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Hunker woman admits to taking pills while babysitting toddler, denies wrongdoing
State police say toddler climbed out window, walked down street alone
A Westmoreland County woman admitted to taking prescription pills while babysitting a 15-month-old boy, but denied any wrongdoing.
Angela Keefer, 35 of Hunker, is charged in the Jan. 29 incident. State police in Greensburg said she admitted to taking the generic prescription form of Xanax and drinking two glasses of wine while babysitting her boyfriend's son.
Investigators said she fell asleep in the upright position on her boyfriend's couch, and the toddler climbed out of a living room window and fell onto landscape rocks below, scraping his knees. The boy then walked down Sunny Drive until a passing motorist stopped the child, and with the help of neighbors, determined where he lived.
Police reported a local firefighter and the neighbors knocked on the door because they could see Keefer asleep inside, but she didn't wake up. The firefighter then climbed inside the same window from which the toddler climbed and shook Keefer until she awakened.
Keefer spoke with Channel 4 Action News reporter Ashlie Hardway after her court appearance.
Hardway: Are you denying you were under the influence of anything when this happened?
Keefer: Nope.
Hardway: So you weren't drinking, you weren't taking pills?
Keefer: Yes, I was. I'm on prescription drugs. Xanax. Thank you.
Keefer waived her right to a preliminary hearing Wednesday at Magistrate Judge Chuck Moore's court in Scottdale. She added the child is fine.
Hardway: Do you want to apologize to your boyfriend or anything since it's his kid?
Keefer: No because we're still together.
Hardway: So, he's okay with it?
Keefer: Yep.
Hardway: He's not mad at all?
Keefer: No.
Hardway: Is the baby OK?
Keefer: Yeah, the baby's fine.
Keefer's attorney declined comment.


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Firefighters battled a four-alarm fire that broke out in an apartment building in Lynn late Sunday night.
The fire started at about midnight at 145 Lewis Street and quickly engulfed the building.
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Lynn Fire Department Chief James McDonald said crews had issues with the water supply used to fight the flames.
Several residents were forced to use fire escapes to get out of the burning building.
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OJ's "If I Did It�
Okay, O.J. essentially admits he did it, but spares us all the gory details. What a guy!
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Why O.J. Simpson would spend millions on a Dream Team of defense attorneys
only to turn around and confess to killing his ex-wife a decade after being
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Now, however, murder makes for strange bedfellows, as O.J. has collaborated with ghostwriter Pablo Fenjves to write If I Did It, a memoir which essentially amounts to a chilling confession. What is ironic is that Fenjjves had testified as a witness for the prosecution during the celebrated Trial of the Century, since he was a neighbor of Nicole's and had heard the plaintive cries of her pet dog at about the time that she and Ron expired.
Equally odd is the participation of the Goldman Family on the project, which is explained by the fact that they were successful at wresting both the profits and editorial control of the book away from Simpson.
Is it a worthwhile read? Yeah, for those curious about what really happened or still on the fence about Simpson's guilt or innocence. But it all boils down to one chapter, entitled "The Night in Question," which recounts a fairly detailed blow-by-blow of the day's events right up until the point where Ron attempted to use karate to defend himself and Nicole from O.J. and a friend named Charlie (a pseudonym).
At that point, the author conveniently says he blacked out and came around a minute later with a knife in his hands and covered in blood.
Okay, O.J. essentially admits he did it, but spares us all the gory details. What a guy!
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I've spent my entire career obsessively trying to "learn how to draw" when I should've just been drawing. Always thinking "I just need to get a little better… and then I'll start working on (insert any of a hundred personal projects)"
The fact is that i've been good enough since my teens- and would've improved so much more rapidly had my study been in the service of any of those projects- and not in the dozens of sketchbooks pilled in my closet.
Lesson: Don't use "learning" as an excuse to avoid "doing".
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Apple's iCloud servers have experienced several outages in the last few months, including one Tuesday morning, with many users complaining about the problem on social media.
Apple confirmed the Tuesday morning outage, saying that users experienced problems with their accounts and sign in for both iCloud and iTunes purchases, according to 9to5Mac. Over the last few months, iCloud has been having issues with Mail, third-party apps and Find my iPhone. Some experience random error messages, while others have been asked to reset their passwords. From CultofMac:
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AAFitz wrote:Well, I know of one woman who did an absolutely terrible job teaching.
And the point that the bible has many contradictions and cannot be taken literally has been the point we have been trying to make you see all along.
Its nice to see you agree there are contradictions now. Maybe that woman did a better job than I earlier suspected.
And speaking of contradictions, a truly narrow mind, would be incapable of reading into existence something that is not really there. That act would be labeled as a creative one, and while it may or may not result in a correct hypothesis, labeling it narrow, is just stupid, like everything else you've sprouted in here...no..its not stupid....this goes beyond stupid....
Its an obvious outright lie.
I would agree that there are only apparent contradictions. The truth is that contradiction or apparent contradictions are also a teaching tool that God uses in the Bible to make a point. An example of this would be Galatians 6:2 and 6:5. Two conflicting thoughts with one objective to get through to one. But if you read this out of context then you simply wont get it. Never!
As to the narrow mindedness; I wrote "Narrow mind lacking in understanding. Just to set the record straight. An excellent example of this is what happens to people who come forward with the truth and are Ostracized by the narrow minded scientific community lacking in wisdom and understanding, who can't face the truth that the theory of evolution has no foundation or proof of evidence to support it. It's all in the video.


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Looking over the list of our 100 most popular posts of 2012 I was pleased to see that generally, you liked what we liked. Most of our list of favorite longreads of the year show up here, along with the much shorter posts we also loved. Almost all of the posts are new ones, but the occasional old story or random one also found itself going viral thanks to Reddit, Digg, and Fark.
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"Jesus Tap-Dancing Christ" The Greatest Craigslist Car Ad Ever
I know it's a bold claim, to say you've found the best Craigslist car ad ever. When a site exists where you could likely see an ad offering a 1985 Isuzu Stylus in exchange for a wood-burning set and 20 minutes of fellatio, the bar is pretty high. More »
How To Be A Dick To Your Wife At 80 MPH
Not everyone is great at math. But this woman trying to explain how many miles you can travel in an hour when driving 80 MPH takes math skills to a new low. More »
Jeremy Clarkson Confirms No Top Gear Until 2013, Blames 'Fat People Singing'
Jeremy Clarkson just confirmed our report about there being no more Top Gear until 2013 is true, although the reason is not the Olympics. It's Simon Cowell.
Yesterday, we reported that the Jezza let slip on a South African radio show that they weren't going to be showing any Top Gear in the fall,... More »
How A $500 Craigslist Car Beat $400K Rally Racers
Professional motorsport is a cold, hard place. If you want to run with the big dogs, you can't just build a car in your mom's garage and show up, right? More »
Since 1997, A Man Has Been Digging Out His Basement Using Only R/C Scale-Model Construction Equipment
A Canadian guy named Joe has been digging out the basement of his house using nothing but radio-controlled scale model construction equipment... since 1997. More »
EXCLUSIVE: Ferris Bueller's Mysterious Super Bowl Ad Is For Honda
There's a lot of buzz right now for the clip above showing Matthew Broderick appearing to be a grown-up Ferris Bueller (bow-bow-chik-chika-chika sound effect included) looking to skip work for another day off.
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This Man Is In A Coma Because He Complimented Another Man's Wheels
If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all. But if you're with 25-year-old Daman Lehman, it's best not to say anything period. James Foster, 21, is in a coma after complimenting Lehman's wheels outside a bar in Puyallup, Wash. More »
Tesla Motors' Devastating Design Problem
Tesla Motors' lineup of all-electric vehicles - its existing Roadster, almost certainly its impending Model S, and possibly its future Model X - More »
The US Marine Behind This Brutal Attack On A Cab Driver Won't Be Charged With A Felony
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- Former Storage Wars Star Says Show Is Fake, Producer Paid For Plastic Surgery To Make Cast Member Sexier
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- Will.I.Am's Extremely Illegal DeLorean Impounded By Police
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- The New Ferrari Looks Like A Uterus
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- Watch Hackers Steal A BMW In Three Minutes
- And Then There Was The Time Someone Tweeted 'YOLO' Moments Before He And Four Friends Died In A Brutal Wreck
- I Sold Everything To Buy A Lamborghini And Drive Across The Country
- Meet The Most Stereotypical Lamborghini Owner In The World
- Meet The 14-Year-Old Girl Building A Car For Her Sweet Sixteen
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- The Sultan of Brunei's rotting supercar collection
- Drivers Stop To Watch This Florida Woman Masturbate Along Highway
- Texas Dealership Selling BMW That Someone Appears To Have Just Had Sex On
- Gymkhana 5: Ken Block Drifts The Streets Of San Francisco
- How It Feels To Watch Mad Men Total Your Car Company
- Two Of The Scariest Cars You Could Drive On The Nürburgring
- Audi's hilarious unintentional Goatse billboard
- High Speed Naked Sex Games In A Ferrari Allegedly Killed The Son Of A Chinese Official
- If You Steal A Racer's Trailer, You Will Get Your Ass Kicked
- Carroll Shelby, Automotive Legend, Dead At 89
- Man Wants To Build Exact Copy Of Nürburgring... In Nevada
- The 2014 Chevy Corvette Will Debut On January 13th
- How the 'World's Most Expensive Car Crash' happened
- The Man Who Spent 17 Years Building The Ultimate Lamborghini Replica In His Basement Wants To Sell It
- This High And Handcuffed 18-Year-Old Girl Stole A Cop Car And Led A High Speed Chase
- 2013 SRT Viper: The Snake Is Back!
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AUSTIN, January 19, 2015 - Person Appointed to Stay Sober. This Holiday Season, TxDOT is focusing on the issue of impaired driving by encouraging people to plan ahead for sober ride home with the Holiday P.A.S.S. (Person Appointed to Stay Sober) campaign.
Too often a designated driver is chosen during the evening and is the "least drunk" person in the group. Also, in many of our Texas towns and cities, mass transit and/or taxi availability is limited – another important reason this campaign message is about planning ahead and reminding our fellow Texans that "Sober drivers make great gifts."
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The Osteenification of American Christianity
Hank Hanegraaff:
Osteenian Scriptorture is not unique. His words and phrases are now mimicked in pulpits throughout the land. As a result, Christianity has been plunged into an ever-deepening crisis. If occult sources such as those referenced in The Secret pose the greatest threat to the body of Christ from without, the deadly doctrines disseminated through the Osteenification of Christianity pose the greatest threat to Christianity from within. To avert the carnage, a paradigm shift of major proportions is desperately needed—a shift from perceiving God as a means to an end, to the recognition that He is the end.
3 Ways to Recognize Bad Stats
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Often times, a statistic is like a piece of candy thrown at a parade—you really don't know if you should bite into it or not. We've all heard Mark Twain's famous quote about lies and statistics. There is a reason so many people have had skepticism toward stats. Too frequently, people repeat inaccurate, bad, or explicitly made-up numbers.
I've written about the issue before—on many occasions. Here at the blog, you can read about a lot about stats, including specifics about bad marriage stats and why we like bad stats in general.
Still, I keep hearing statistics quoted at conferences and through blogs and social media that make me scratch my head in amazement. I'm not sure where some of these stats originate, and I'm the president of LifeWay Research.
So how can you really discern good stats from bad?
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Another reason why this question has not been asked more frequently is that the Reformed are rightly zealous for application and experientialism. The Bible shoud make a difference on my life. The precious truths contained in it should lead me on to godly living. This is taught everywhere in the pages of Scriptures (e.g. Titus 1:1 and 1 Timothy 4:16). Some have mistakenly thought that if we say that the Scriptures are first and foremost written to and about Jesus that this will somehow lead on to a denial of my need for transformation. In fact, it is only as we see that the Bible is written to and about Jesus that we will experience Gospel transformation in our lives.
With these things in mind, here are 10 ways to help us understand how Jesus would have understood the Old Testament to have been written to and about Himself.
Outrage Porn and the Christian Reader
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We as Christians are also easily outraged. Sometimes we seem to forget that we are sinful people living in a sin-stained world and that sinners—even saved ones—will behave like sinners. Sometimes we appear to hold the people we admire (or admired) to the impossible standard of perfection. We don't mind if our historical heroes are deeply flawed, but we can barely tolerate the slightest imperfection in our contemporary heroes. When they fail, or even when they falter, we respond with, you guessed it: outrage. For a few days we light the torches and lift the pitchforks in our empty protests. And then we move on.
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We now have a commercial arrangement with Diageo - albeit a temporary (though tasty) one. But that has not stopped us writing a press-release trumpeting this "strategic partnership". I may send a copy to the news wires to see if they will run it.
In all seriousness they probably would. They ran this:
CHANGZHOU, China, Aug. 17, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ --
Trina Solar Limited (TSL) ("Trina Solar" or the "Company"), a leading integrated manufacturer of solar photovoltaic (PV) products from ingots to modules, today announced that through its subsidiary, Trina Solar Australia Pty Ltd, it has signed a strategic partnership with Origin Energy Australia ("Origin"), the leading Australian integrated energy company.
Under the terms of the agreement, Trina Solar is expected to supply Origin with approximately 22 MW of PV modules over the next twelve months starting from the third quarter of 2011.
"We are delighted to initiate our relationship with Origin, Australia's leading energy retailer and the country's largest green energy retailer with significant investments in renewable energy technologies," said John Susa, Trina Solar's Country Manager of Australia and New Zealand. "We are confident that this long-term partnership with Origin will bolster our ability to expand and strengthen our market position in the residential segment."
Being a cynical sort of guy - and knowing that Origin Energy are reputable I checked this release. Here is what Origin said.
Hi John,
Origin has not put out a release as it is simply part of our ongoing supply arrangements and not material in its own right. Trina is one of a number of suppliers we use.
Angus Guthrie
Group Manager, Investor Relations
I blogged this response here.
I almost did not need to check. When a party announces a "strategic partnership" and the press release offers contacts from only one side of the deal then you should be skeptical. Indeed it can hardly be strategic if only one side comments.
There are other strategic partnerships announced by Trina. In all cases there is no contact given for the "strategic partner", for they once announced a strategic partnership in Italy.
I am going to be blunt. The Origin press release has as much substance as Bronte's "strategic partnership" with Guinness. I have no idea about the other strategic arrangements but Trina says some strange things about Italy. For instance in the last conference call the chief operating officer said:
I have been waiting for Italy since I got here. So, we are actually seeing some good activity finally. And we have some pickup in activity. We see it. Obviously, our historic Italian account is at the utilities. We also see Spanish accounts that a lot of them actually served projects there. So, after much waiting and unclarity, we are seeing some pickup in demand. There is – we still have a mix of utility projects in commercial rooftop there. And so what we are seeing moved quicker was the stuff that was utility that was finishing off and now it's blending into commercial rooftop.
It is possible that Italy was taking off just as he said this - but it seemed unlikely to us. After all the banks in Southern Europe were under sharply increasing financial stress at precisely the time of this conference call and funding for long term projects (like solar) was drying up. I did not believe the statement. Maybe it was true - but there is a problem with statements about insignificant "strategic partnerships". Those statements predispose you to not believe further statements.
So here is what I believe. I believe Trina is burning cash increasingly fast. So fast that it is in deep trouble.
Trina, through operating cash burn and capital expenditure chewed through $136 million last quarter. I blogged the calculation here. Chinese banks funded this.
The average selling price during the quarter was $1.46 per watt (reference given here).
The prices per watt have fallen to $1.10 or below when priced wholesale.
So revenue per watt is running 36c lower than during the quarter.
The costs per watt have dropped too. Polysilicon has dropped from say $48 to $38 per kilogram - but exact numbers are hard to find. At 6 grams per watt the costs per watt thus dropped 6c. Efficiency gains add another 2c reduction in costs per watt.
Nonetheless margin per watt will be 28c per watt lower than last quarter.
Production is going to be (at least) 450 million watts - so aggregate margin is going to be $112 million lower than last quarter.
There won't be any tax paid - or anything like that - but the company looks like it will burn through $136 million plus $112 million in cash - more if stuff keeps accumulating in warehouses - less if the hard-selling they are doing actually works.
$248 million per quarter - or roughly a billion dollars a year is a little bit much for Trina to bear.
Unless there is something dramatically wrong with my calculation Trina is doomed. Not even a Chinese bank comes at a billion a year funding requirement just to stay in business.
Now of course all of this is my estimates. I can only go on public information and my own inquiry and my own analysis. I wish I could just use Trina's statements but - and it might just be the PR people who have done this - Trina has devalued its statements with overblown puff pieces about "strategic partnerships".
But I have trouble trusting Trina. And you should have trouble trusting me. I am effectively short the stock. Besides, I have just entered into a very enjoyable "strategic partnership" with Diageo.
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How to grill in the autumn months
By Cris Carl, Networx
If you aren't ready to give up the flavorful joys and easy clean-up of barbecue meals once there is a nip in the air, here are a few tips to keep things safe and efficient once autumn sets in.
The differences of autumn grilling vs. summer grilling
Your grill will take twice as long to achieve an optimal heating temperature and your food will take longer to cook, so be prepared. If you are having friends over to watch a football game, a Halloween gathering, or any other special event that warrants barbecue meals, have snacks and drinks on hand. You will also use more fuel as a result of the longer prep and cooking times, so make sure your propane is full or there is plenty of charcoal.
The colder it is outside, the longer it will take to heat your grill. Do not close the vents. It may seem like closing the vents would keep the heat in, but in fact you'll smother the fire due to lack of oxygen. Don't open and close the lid too often, or the heat will escape.
Turn your temperature dials up a bit. You may need to experiment a little, but keep your eye on the heat gauge until you get a feel for the difference.
If you are cooking a variety of different items on different sections of the grill, try using warmed cast iron pans with lids to keep the heat in. The food will cook a little quicker and it will help you avoid cross-contamination.
Autumn barbecue safety
The leaves are so beautiful, drifting from the trees as the winds stir briskly. Sounds great, but leaves and other dried debris are also a terrific fire hazard. Make sure that you have cleaned up any leaves from around your grill and place your grill in an area that has some shelter from the wind. For example, having the grill close to the house in an L-shaped alcove or in the corner of your yard if surrounded by a wall or bushes will help prevent dangerous flare-ups as cook your barbecue meal. And while it may seem tempting, never grill in an enclosed porch. Besides being a fire hazard, the fumes can be deadly.
If you are bringing food to a tailgating party, make sure your food (especially meats) is well wrapped, properly cooled, and cooked thoroughly. Use a meat thermometer to be sure your meat is properly cooked. For hamburgers and all pork, heat to 160 degrees. For all poultry, 165 degrees and for veal, lamb, steaks, and beef cuts, heat to 145 degrees.
A few other ideas for autumn barbecue meals
- Early autumn is a good time to check out specialty stores for deals on grills and accessories that are being closed out.
- The cooler temperatures are a good time to do "harvest roast" barbecue meals. Just lightly oil pepper halves, summer squashes, tomatoes, etc. with some olive oil. No pan needed and you'll have a fairly easy clean-up afterwards.
- If you have larger cuts of meat, such as roasts, or a whole chicken, allow them to thaw thoroughly before putting them on the grill to reduce cooking time.
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Helen Wallace reports from a vivid production of Tippett's grand opera
There's a scene in Act III of King Priam where Helen, her mother-in-law Hecuba and sister-in-law Andromache get together for a potent bitch-fest. Hecuba (the polished and penetrating Laure Melroy) plays the Angela Merkel role, a woman of the world, coolly determined to retain political power; Andromache (a formidable Camilla Roberts) is the Nigella-cum-Camilla Batmanghelidjh one, Domestic Goddess and Mother Earth rolled into one, flying the flag for stay-at-home Mum-ness, reserving her special disgust for the adulterous but beautiful Helen (vibrant young mezzo Niamh Kelly), the 'it' girl, who knows the value of her erotic power, despite Hecuba's taunts that the Trojan war has nothing to do her.
It's a scene of intense intimacy, threat, and startling familiarity. Though it mirrors a stylishly ritualistic earlier scene in which Paris chooses Aphrodite (Helen), Tippett's women have no mythic veil to throw off, no excess rhetoric, and little in the way of pathos. In James Conway's taut production they feel like 21st century creatures, as do the troubled leading male characters and the chorus of slave girls who break the tension with an uncomfortable truth: they couldn't give a monkeys who wins the war, rape and death will follow. In this confrontational, fast-paced drama, Tippett shuffles multiple viewpoints to disarming effect. There are not two sides in this battle, but a crowd of individuals in search of meaning in their own 'bitter charade', networked by a sort of Twitter-feed in the shape of Hermes (a nimble Adrian Dwyer).
Much of the work's raw immediacy, comes, of course, from its music. From the crackling trumpets, and defiant opening chorus to the swarming violas that greet the news that Paris will grow up to kill his father, Priam, to the ravishing duet between Helen and Paris (a charismatic Nicholas Sharratt, whose voice is a remarkable match) this is a dancing, dynamic score driven by restless invention. Michael Rosewell conducted the orchestra behind a screen, the only practical solution in this space but a shame given their demanding, virtuoso parts: Agon was the inspiration, and Tippett uses solo instruments as voices in the drama, each woman, for example, has their own instrumental 'daemon' which felt disembodied.
Not everything in the opera works, and not everything was well done: the prolix Act 2 scene in Achilles's tent sags, and Achilles's long, sustained songs pushed Charne Rochford beyond comfortable limits. There were patches where excessive piano made it feel like a rehearsal, and the opera's final measures lose direction, though Roderick Earle gave the increasingly bewildered Priam a poignant dignity. The charge traditionally levelled at Tippett that his libretti were wordy and over-discursive doesn't stick here: despite shades of TS Eliot and Brechtian self-consciousness, the story-telling is remarkably clear. We feel Tippett's radical innocence at work in his forensic examination of cause and effect, shuttling back and forth through time, his gaze as frankly curious and wide-eyed as the boy Paris (the heart-stopping Thomas Delgado-Little).
Anna Fleischle's bestial-inspired designs brought rich texture to the stark staging, from the stunning feather headdresses (shades of Alexander McQueen) to the antlers used for fighting. The Linbury is in dire need of improvement, and this grand work needs a bigger stage – but the fact that it spoke so vividly in a cave-like pit is a measure of the work's power, and the performers' conviction.
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VERONA -- Maple producers, vendors and students shared their expertise at the 18th annual Maple Producers Conference this weekend at Vernon-Verona-Sherrill High School.
"This conference is really important to us because it helps FFA members learn from other maple producers and puts our name out there," said VVS FFA President Joe Brown.
Terry and Pat Laubisch of Flyway Farm in Madina were some of the 44 differen vendors attending the event. They demonstrated the use and production of granulated maple sugar throughout the day, including workshops on maple seasoning, cheesecake and cookies.
"We're just showing people to 'think outside the jug'," said Terry, using the workshop's catchphrase. "Once you make the sugar, you can do anything you want with it. One cup of maple sugar is equivalent to one cup of cane sugar."
The couple has been participating in the Maple Conference events since its inception in Norwich.
"The kids at the FFA here at VVS have done a wonderful job for the past 14 years," said Pat. "They're always so helpful."
Richard Crooks of Marcland Instruments in Schroon Lake had similar feelings about the FFA helpers throughout the day. He said all the chapter members in Norwich, Attica and VVS he has worked with were upstanding young men and women, eager to lend a helping hand.
"I was and continue to be blown away by their patriotism, helpfulness, and sense of morals," said Crooks. "That is where I want to see our youth, and I know that they get their values from great leaders like Keith Schiebel."
VVS FFA freshman Martin Collins and sophomore Ashley Findley were enjoying the second day of the conference and both said the opportunities at the conference were great.
"There's a lot of people here in the industry and we've enjoyed meeting everybody," Findley said.
"Today, I learned that sap can be taken from other trees besides maple, like birch and walnut trees," Collins said.
"This is a great opportunity for our students because it gets them experience," said FFA Advisor Keith Schiebel. "They're engaged in the agriculture industry working with adult producers and equipment managers. First-hand experience generally excites them in learning."
For the last 14 years, the school has hosted the event, which has grown exponentially since its first meeting 18 years ago in a garage in Norwich. The first conference had 26 attendees; Friday and Saturday's events saw just under 1,000 people coming into the conference, according to Schiebel.


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As the More is More Mom®, I'm all about………..(With help from Target) more Meals for Moms staying at Ronald McDonald House. My mantra is more of everything is always better, especially when it comes to family and giving to a worthy cause.
Ronald McDonald House Charities provides a "home away from home" for families with children that are receiving treatment at local hospitals. I can't think of a nicer way to show these families warmth and support in their time of need than with a homemade meal.
This past fall, Amanda and I had the pleasure of bringing a meal to share with the families staying at the Ronald McDonald House, serving University of Chicago's Comer Children's Hospital. We were so moved by the experience, we knew we had to do it again.
If you are a regular reader of my blog, you know that I am absolutely Target's biggest fan. As a slave to style, I'm addicted to Target's smart and sassy designs. To quote Billy Crystal, parodying Fernando Lamas, "It's better to look good, than to feel good, and you look…..mahvelous!" At Target, you can look good and feel good because you get more for less! (this is not a paid advertisement……unfortunately)
I suddenly had an epiphany. Target was invented for moms like me; maybe they would want to help me help other moms. I zipity-zipped over to my favorite Target, in Warrenville, IL (because they have a super-duper grocery store; shop for food, shop for clothes, shop for home, shop for fun!) and I made a wonderful new friend in Store Manager Madeline Smith. When I shared with Madeline my plan to make a meal for the families staying at the Ronald McDonald House near Children's Memorial Hospital, she jumped at the chance to get Target involved. They contributed $150.00 in groceries!
The moons and planets all moved into alignment when my dear friend Sal Swanton, of Swanton Video Media, Inc. (firstname.lastname@example.com), had an amazing idea; let's make a video to raise awareness about Ronald McDonald House Charities and their Meals for Moms program. Once again, Target jumped at the chance to help the community, allowing us to shoot our video in their store.
Now, I'm practically a movie star since Sal and his crew of 5 (including Megan, hair and makeup guru, who followed me around all day. Perhaps she makes house calls……) filmed me shopping (my all time favorite activity) at Target, making my famous Egg Casserole, and visiting Ronald McDonald House. To see our awesome video, please visit me at my website https://moreismoremom.wordpress.com/video/
Now that I had done all of my grocery shopping, it was time to bring our meal to Ronald McDonald House. On a warm and sunny Sunday morning, my friend Missy and I, along with our own families, brought a brunch feast to share with the families staying at Ronald McDonald House near Children's Memorial Hospital. Our menu included:
- Egg Casserole
- French Toast
- Bacon
- Fresh Fruit
- Homemade Buttermilk and Cinnamon Bundt Cake
- Muffins
- Orange Juice
Everybody loves a good egg casserole. For the recipe, and step by step photos, please visit me at:
My Bundt Cake was also a HUGE success; light and fluffy, cinnamon-y goodness! Here's the recipe:
Buttermilk and Cinnamon Bundt Cake
It's so tasty you might want to make two!
Pre-heat oven to 350°
1 package of white cake mix
1 cup buttermilk
½ cup butter, melted
5 eggs
3 Tbsp brown sugar
3 tsp ground cinnamon
1 Tbsp sugar
Top with Creamy Buttermilk Frosting (for details, see end of recipe)
In a large mixing bowl, with an electric mixer, beat;
White cake mix
5 eggs, 1 at a time
Beat until creamy smooth
In a small bowl, combine;
Brown sugar
Using the shortening, grease the Bundt pan and sprinkle with sugar
Spoon 1/3 of the batter into the Bundt pan
Sprinkle the brown sugar and cinnamon mixture evenly over the batter
Pour the remaining batter in the pan
Bake for 45 minutes or until the cake sets and a toothpick comes out clean
Cool then flip over onto a wire rack or platter
Drizzle with Creamy Buttermilk Frosting
1 cup of powdered sugar (plus more if necessary to thicken)
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(Phoenix, Ariz. – March 15, 2006) Attorney General Terry Goddard today announced an agreement with CVS Pharmacy Inc., the country's largest drug store chain, to implement new procedures to reduce sales of tobacco products to minors. The agreement affects more than 5,400 stores in 34 states, including all 58 stores in Arizona.
"Every day that we keep a child from smoking is a public health victory," Goddard said. "CVS joins the growing list of retailers who have demonstrated their commitment to keeping kids healthy in Arizona and across the country."
This is the eighth multi-state agreement with companies to reduce tobacco sales to young people. Other retailers and gas stations who have entered into an Assurance of Voluntary Compliance include 7-Eleven, Wal-Mart, Walgreens and Rite Aid stores, and gas stations and convenience stores operating under the Conoco, Phillips 66 or 76, Exxon, Mobil, BP, Amoco and ARCO brand names. Combined, the agreements now cover more than 60,000 retail outlets in the 34 signing states and Washington, D.C.
The agreement announced today requires that CVS do the following:
- Check the ID of any person purchasing tobacco products when the person appears to be under the age of 27, and accept only valid government-issued photo ID as proof of age.
- Prohibit self-service displays of tobacco products, the use of vending machines to sell tobacco products, distribution of free samples, sale of cigarette look-alike products, and the sale of smoking paraphernalia to minors.
- Hire an independent entity to conduct random compliance checks at more than 1,300 CVS stores annually in the signing states.
- Limit tobacco signage to brand names, logos, other trademarks and pricing, and ensure that all tobacco advertising inside the store is confined to the area where tobacco products are sold.
- Train employees on state and local laws and company policies regarding tobacco sales to minors, including health-related reasons for laws that restrict youth access to tobacco.
The Attorneys General have long recognized that youth access to tobacco products is one of the nation's most serious public health problems. Across the country, 2,000 teenagers begin smoking each day, one-third of whom will die of a tobacco-related disease. In Arizona, more than 20 percent of all smokers are under the age of 18.
The Tobacco Enforcement Unit of the Arizona Attorney General's Office monitors retailer compliance with state laws that prohibit the sale of tobacco products to minors. To report suspected violations of Arizona's youth tobacco laws, please call the Arizona Attorney General's Office Youth Tobacco Inspection Information Line at 602-542-7747 or the Arizona Youth Tobacco Hotline toll free at 1-866-342-7855.


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Remonstrantie en deductie
Remonstrantie en deductie over de Leere, en conventiculen der Mennisten der Stede Deventer (Deventer, 1670) (Inquiry and Conclusion Concerning the Doctrines and Meetings of the Mennonites in the City of Deventer) is a pamphlet by an anonymous (Reformed) author addressed to the magistrate of Deventer, Dutch province of Overijssel, for the purpose of having the Mennonite meetings in this town prohibited. Shortly before, another pamphlet had appeared: Redenen waerom de . . . Magistraet den Mennisten tot Deventer niet magh toelaten Conventkulen te houden (Deventer, 1670) (Reasons Why the Magistrates of Deventer Should not Allow the Mennonites to Hold Meetings). These reasons are repeated in Remonstrantie en deductie; they are partly theological and partly political, viz., that the Mennonites were Socinians, rejected the magistracy, and were of Münsterite origin.
Abraham Willemsz Cremer, the Mennonite minister of Deventer, opposed both the Redenen and the Remonstrantie en deductie in the pamphlets Nootwendighe ontschuldinge (Necessary Apology) (Deventer, 1670) and Antwoorde (Answer) (Deventer, 1671).
The magistrates of Deventer officially decided to close the two Mennonite churches in this town, but actually they made no serious attempts to stop the Mennonite meetings, and the Mennonites continued to meet without hindrance.
Doopsgezinde Bijdragen (1919): 48-61.
|Nanne van der Zijpp
|Date Published
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Zijpp, Nanne van der. "Remonstrantie en deductie." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1959. Web. 28 Feb 2020. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Remonstrantie_en_deductie&oldid=119437.
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Zijpp, Nanne van der. (1959). Remonstrantie en deductie. Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 28 February 2020, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Remonstrantie_en_deductie&oldid=119437.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, pp. 295-296. All rights reserved.
©1996-2020 by the Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. All rights reserved.


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First, I want to discuss the submissions that I've received in response to last week's call to collectively brainstorm some songs that the fans can all sing together at Earthquakes matches. There were some great ideas and I'm ready to take this thing to a whole new level.
I want folks to record themselves singing these chants on video and we will have the San Jose soccer community vote on which song should become the official Quakes Anthem. Just hit record, upload your video to YouTube or submit it on TheSocialFootballer.com and send me the link, then we will take care of the rest.
OK, now to the matter at hand: The New Galácticos. For obvious reasons, I decided to write this post right before we take on the New York Red Bulls. With their acquisition of Dwayne De Rosario to bolster a lineup that already boasts Thierry Henry and Rafa Márquez, they have a ton of money on the field. I am not saying that they are an American incarnation of Chelsea or Real Madrid, but in terms of MLS, they are definitely heading that way. The question that I pose to our fans is whether or not this is a recipe for success?
Personally, I think that MLS is not a league where star power translates into victories. To date, no team with a Designated Player has won an MLS Cup. History has shown that teams with a "Blue Collar" work ethic that lack a specified star and have a core of players who all share the same values have proven most successful. It's not that I believe a team with a DP will never be successful, but said DP must buy into the personality of the team and not vice versa.
Lets take the Quakes of 2001 and 2003. Those teams were full of players that no one had heard of. Yes, I realize that Landon Donovan was on the team, but that was right after he had returned from Germany and everyone had written him off. That team had a bunch of hard workers who all knew their role and wanted to win for each other.
The 2001 and 2003 Quakes didn't have any stars, but from that team stars were made. Guys like Landon Donovan, Brian Ching, Brian Mullan, Richard Mulrooney and many others had their beginnings in San Jose. These players transformed into stars during their time with the team.
Also worth noting is that players who joined that team had to fit into that the club's mentality. Take Ricardo Clark, Brad Davis and Ryan Cochrane. All of these players had a team mentality infused into their brains and have been successful since moving on because of the work ethic and leadership that they assimilated in those years.
That's enough from me. What do the readers think about this topic? Which team would you rather have: Galácticos or Blue Collar Boys?
A new addition to this blog, let's take a look at the top Tweets by San Jose Earthquakes players:
- @J_Hernandez_21 (Jason Hernandez): SFO -> EWR.. Looking forward to my time back in ny/nj! Can't wait for every driver to honk their horns and tailgate like nascar. Lets do it (Don't forget to hit the Jersey Shores, kid.)
- @AnthonyAmpai (Anthony Ampaipitakwong): @ChrisWondo you better watch your golden boot!! twitpic.com/4jbh5y (Rookie getting in on the locker room prank war. Well done, young Ampai.)
- @bobbyburling (Bobby Burling): "@AnthonyAmpai: @ChrisWondo you better watch ur golden boot!! http://bit.ly/fWYDPx" Dude that's like holdin the stanley cup your not worthy! (No love for the rookie. Love it.)
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So many of you sent in photos capturing Leitch's brief cameo on YES (photos sent via computer of a TV screen on which a writer is staring at a computer screen) that we decided to make a pretty gallery. Enjoy!
"Hi, I'm sure you'll be inundated with this tonight, but Michael Kay was talking about the Yankees' writers at the start of the 7th inning of tonight's game, and they showed a wide shot of the various beat/newspaper/etc. writers. Of course, the one writer they focused on in particular for his own shot was your own Will Leitch. For what it's worth, here's a screengrab. Thanks." (Kevin L.)
"Apologies (especially if this isn't a tip or 'news'), here's a pic without my lamp in the background. Will sure does look surly, though. Thanks again." (Kevin L.)
"Top of the seventh in the Yanks/Rays game and the YES camera guys are doing the thousand monkeys shot of the press box. They pick the emeritus to represent the horde. I'm guessing this'll now get glanced over in the game coverage tomorrow morning and that you've received this picture about a dozen times. Just thought it was worth getting on the record." (Matthew L.)
"Michael kay and john flaherty discussing how writers have come a long way since typewriters and word processors and the camera panned to this lovely gentleman and his beautiful mac, thought it was worth a picture and a tip." (bigricks)
"They showed will when talking about 'real' sportwriters working the game. He has nice seats close to the exit I guess. I'm sure someone has a better shot but that's him." (Patrick)
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My report on the problem of Early School Leaving (ESL) has been voted on by the European Parliament. I'm happy to report that it was passed almost unanimously with 543 MEPs voting in support of it. Of course the 23 Tories present, including London MEPs Marina Yannakoudakis, Syed Kamall and Charles Tannock, voted against it.
I hope now that the report will help reach the EU 2020's very ambitious target of reducing early school leaving by 10% by 2020.
This report follows on from my work on Early Years Learning in the EU, where I highlighted the importance of Member States providing high-quality early years services for children aged 0-6. It also follows the publication (in January 2011) of the Commission's Communication on Tackling Early School Leaving.
Writing this report has taught me that ESL is a complex phenomenon and one of the hugest challenges facing Europe at present. Although rates vary across EU Member States, as well as between towns and regions, the European average in 2009 was 14.4%.
In my report I define early school leavers as individuals between the age of 18 and 24 who have left education and training with only lower secondary education or less. Though for some not having this level of qualification may not be such a hindrance, but the fact is over 50% of people in this category are unemployed.
My report also looked at the causes ESL, which are typically a process of disengagement, as a result of personal, social, economic, geographical, education or family-related reasons. A significant part of the problem can also be attributed to lack of support or guidance, disengagement, and courses and modules that are too rigid.
The consequences are far reaching as well, contributing to social exclusion in later life and driving economic and social instability, with higher rates of antisocial behaviour, teenage pregnancy and drug abuse.
But there are solutions to this problem and in the report I recommend that a personalised and inclusive approach be adopted, with counselling service in schools, better career guidance for students and mentoring schemes. I also believe that Member States should introduce a system of means-tested financial support for those who need it, like the educational maintenence allowance in the UK, which the Tories unthinkingly destroyed. There are numerous studies that show that such support means that young people who would otherwise have to leave school at 16 to support their families or, more importantly, themselves can afford to continue their secondary education.
Perhaps one of the biggest problems is the provision of 'Second-chance' schools. These should be able to reintegrate school leavers back into the education system without stigmatisation and with proper support. The report even recommends that if someone is working, their employer should provide them with reasonable, but limited amount of time off to get their secondary qualifications.
The fact is that there are fewer and fewer jobs that do not require some level of qualification. This is a problem that could lead to even higher levels of unemployment in the future if it is not addressed now. What's more, young people who have been let down by the education system will find themselves increasingly excluded and impoverished.
This report will now be sent to the Commission and the Council and I hope that it will inform a larger part of the discussion around these issues.


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1. Spinal stroke may occur many weeks or months after a primary event involving sudden straightening of the spine due to physical trauma such as impacts, sudden athletic overstrains, certain sports activities and other daily activity not providing immediate neurological symptoms.
2 The classic spinal stroke onset and symptoms may occur following subsequent minor overstrains or lesser impacts many weeks later. The detailed mecanism of sudden vascular obstruction is now established.
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Bank of America's Settlement Tally: An Update
It's time to update Deal Journal's running tally of Bank of America settlements once again.
At least today, the bank was kind enough to announce not one, but two multi-billion settlements, thereby making this process more efficient.
In the past three years the bank has now reached settlements, some of which still require judicial approval, totaling at least $43.52 billion. That would be more than the annual GDP of Lithuania.
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Having come out of the delights and dangers of Pamplona's feria de San Fermín running with bulls – already described in the abstract on 'The Pamplona Post', also detailed with a more purist slant on the blog, 'The Last Arena' – I was particularly pleased to see my more cerebral, less visceral side represented in my review of Dr Robert Goodwin's magnum opus, Spain: The Centre Of The World, 1519-1682 (Bloomsbury Press) in The Spectator. In summary, my view of the book is:
What distinguishes Goodwin from other historians of the period is the sheer multiplicity of his perspectives. He is erudite and concise in covering familiar ground, while full of original insight when it comes to the motives and actions of the key players…
…it is [his] passion that removes Goodwin's learned book from the shelves of academia, giving it breadth and breath. The most notable effect on this reader was an urge to return to Spain, especially to Goodwin's beloved Seville, that 'deeply religious and very beautiful provincial backwater', with 'its quiet lanes and courtyards', its 'grand monuments' and its 'ghosts'. After all, it is not enough to bring truth to history. One must also bring life — and this book has it in golden abundance.
(The review is available in full online here.)
Now I must turn myself to the contentious issue of Big Game hunting for the same magazine in the light of the death of the aged male lion some Oxford biologists rather tastelessly and unprofessionally anthropomorphised with the name Cecil. (Cecil Rhodes was the colonial overlord of Zimbabwe, hence its colonial name of Rhodesia.)
This is an event my own former zoology tutor at Oxford – who has worked hand-in-glove with both the Kenyan and Tanzanian governments on conservation over the decades – referred to in his email as "murder". He also ended the email, "suffice it to say that I am on the side of the large mammals of Africa excluding the destructive Homo sapiens."
I do find his response a little ironic, as I remember in my interview with him in '93 he asked me which of the Pleistocene megafauna had most caught my interest. (It was my time in the Kruger Park in South Africa that inspired me to go and study under him.) I answered unequivocally "lion", to which his response was how boring they were to study as they spend most of their time asleep. Later I would end up in the Hwange National Park in Zimbabwe, from where Cecil came, following what would have been his grandparents and great uncles and aunts.
Anyway, given that I can count among my friends both professional hunters and conservation biologists, and have myself no immensely strong views about the death of animals lower on the cognitive 'chain of being' than elephants – a notion of moral status outlined for Prospect magazine, and derivative from my time with Great Apes described in the Financial Times – I hope I'm in a good position to write the piece in a way that lives up to my description in today's Daily Telegraph magazine: "he is a stone-cold pragmatist with a poet's soul."
However, as a child, my best friend was this cat, so in the end, I'll be on the side of the predators. The question is: which ones?
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Contrary to popular belief, many race tracks are still extremely accessible for public consumption, whenever the public feels like it. And that's because these race tracks are actually still public roads. Just, you know, when no one's racing on them. Which is a wonderful thing.
One of the most famous race tracks on public roads is the Mount Panorama Circuit, home to the famous Bathurst 1000. When there isn't your local Australian V8 Supercars or other Australian fisticuffs festivals going on at the track, it becomes a string of docile civilian streets.
You might also notice how damn narrow some of the turns are, especially at the higher elevations, belying its status as a non-purpose-built track. There are no wide boulevards for passing for passing's sake here, kids. And yet, the racing is just completely beautiful:
There are plenty of race tracks around the world that are built on public roads. Which do you think is the best?
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Electric car owners face fee
State law adds annual $100 in lieu of gas taxes
Tue., Dec. 25, 2012
SEATTLE – Owners of electric cars in Washington state don't pay gasoline or gas taxes, but they're soon going to be hit with a $100 fee to own the battery-operated cars.
A section of Washington state law that takes effect next year will require electric car owners to pay a $100 annual fee for road and highway improvements intended to compensate for the lack of gas taxes they pay.
The law does not apply to hybrid vehicles or to those that don't exceed 35 mph. About 1,600 cars currently registered in the state would likely be subject to the fee, including the Nissan Leaf, Tesla Roadster and some custom electric vehicles, according to the state licensing department. Hybrid vehicles that use electricity and gasoline, such as the Toyota Prius and Chevrolet Volt, are excluded.
Starting Feb. 1, 2013, electric-car owners must pay the fee at the time of their annual vehicle registration renewal. The fee would be in addition to standard vehicle registration fees owed each year.
Supporters of the fee say electric cars are good for the environment but they put the same wear and tear on the state's roads that gas vehicles do and should pay their share for the road's upkeep.
Fred Nelson, who lives in Spokane and owns an all-electric Nissan Leaf, said he has mixed feelings about the new law, which passed as part of House Bill 2660. "It's a little frustrating. I do understand the logic behind it because we don't pay gas taxes," he said.
Nelson doesn't like that the fee is more than double what he has been paying. But on the other hand, he said he saved thousands of dollars in state sales tax and federal tax credits when he bought his Leaf last year.
"I think it's wrong. You pay taxes on the electricity, it's not like they're getting away for free," said Joe Lambrix, who lives in Olympia, owns two electric cars, one of which may likely be subject to the fee. "… You're trying to do something good and they still find a way to get revenue. It's unfortunate."
Washington's gas tax stands at 37.5 cents per gallon, and is the state's largest source of transportation dollars. It costs the average motorist, driving roughly 12,000 miles in a vehicle that gets 23 mpg, about $200 a year.
Jay Friedland, legislative director for Plug In America, a California-based electric car advocacy group, said "$100 isn't that big of a deal, but it's not well-balanced policy."
"EV drivers really want to pay their fair share but it seems ridiculous from a policy standpoint," Friedland said. The state on the one hand has given out sales tax exemptions to encourage residents to buy more electric vehicles, while charging the fee on the other hand, he said.
The group urges states to consider charging drivers based on the vehicles miles traveled and the weight of the vehicle. He said electric vehicles have the added social benefit of reducing greenhouse gas emissions and dependence of fossil fuels.
Nelson said he bought his electric vehicle in 2011 because he's a proponent of alternative energy and figured the Leaf was ideal for commuting the five miles between his home and work. "I've owned enough of the fossil-burning type, I figure I should do something green and clean," he said.
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