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Butler County faces a lawsuit if the two part-time jury commissioner posts are not retained.
Larry Thompson, president of the Pennsylvania State Association of Jury Commissioners, said there would be a lawsuit filed unless the county commissioners reverse their May decision to cut the elected posts for 2014.
Thompson, the county deputy register of wills/clerk of orphans' court, is a former county jury commissioner.
County Commissioner Bill McCarrier, board chairman, said state law was followed when the posts were placed on the chopping block May 23.
Thompson said the plaintiffs in the lawsuit would be the three people who ran for the posts in the May primary, Clinton Bonetti, Jon Galante and Pat Stirling.
Bonetti won the Democratic seat while Galante beat Stirling for the Republican seat. The jury commissioners have no opponents on the November ballot.
Thompson said the plaintiffs would cover the costs to file the lawsuit, which would be tried in county court.
He said there are constitutional issues related to the commissioners' May vote because it violated the separation of powers between the executive and judiciary branches of government.
McCarrier and Commissioner Dale Pinkerton cited cost savings as the reason to eliminate the posts.
For 2013, the salaries and benefits of the jury commissioners is budgeted at roughly $71,000.
County court administration stated its office could absorb the duties, which entail forming jury pools.
Commissioner Jim Eckstein supports keeping the posts.

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We're Not Done Yet
Jan 22, 2010
- Video: Copenhagen may have been an official failure, but for a new generation of climate activists, it was transformative.
School Lunch is a Social Justice Issue
Jan 12, 2010
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John Francis Walks the Earth
Jan 08, 2010
- For over two decades, John Francis has been traveling the planet by foot and sail learning about environmental respect. For 17 of those years, he did so without speaking. Luckily for us, he's taken to spreading his message—here in a speech for TED.
"Peacing It Together" Unites Israeli and Palestinian Teens
Dec 29, 2009
- A movie trailer for the 30-minute documentary "Peacing It Together," which follows 10 Israeli, 10 Palestinian, ad 9 Canadian teens as they make films together that focus on peace.
Growing Home—Urban Agriculture in Chicago
Dec 29, 2009
- Orrin Williams of Growing Home explains urban agriculture's crucial role in rebuilding our cities and communities—from increasing job security and food access to decreasing the environmental impact of farming.
Edward Burtynsky: The Landscape of Oil
Dec 23, 2009
- Photographer Edward Burtynsky documents the effects oil extraction, refinement, use and motor culture use and waste have on landscapes.
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Dec 23, 2009
- Listen to Jarbas Agnelli's beautiful melody inspired by a photo of birds sitting on electrical wires, using the exact location of the birds to determine the melody's notes.
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Dec 14, 2009
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Want to improve your preschoolers' behavior? Be choosy when it comes to the television shows they watch — even if you don't reduce the amount of time they spend watching them, a study finds.
In one of the largest studies yet to examine how modifying television content affects the development of young children ages 3 to 5, researchers report that six months after families reduced their kids' exposure to aggressive and violence-filled programming and increased exposure to enriching and educational programming — even without changing the number of viewing hours — kids demonstrated statistically significant improved behavior compared to children whose media diet went unchanged.
And the improvements — declines in aggression and being difficult and increases in healthy social behaviors such as empathy, helpfulness and concern for others — persisted at 12 months, says the study involving 565 families in today's Pediatrics.
Overall, the amount of television viewed did not decrease, but all kids' behavior improved, and low-income boys, who tend to watch the most TV, benefited the most, says study author Dimitri Christakis, director of the Center for Child Health, Behavior and Development at Seattle Children's Hospital.
(In a separate Pediatrics report from New Zealand, researchers found that the more television watched during childhood and adolescence, the greater the risk of having a criminal conviction, a diagnosis of antisocial personality disorder, or more aggressive personality traits as an adult. In that study, every extra hour of television watched by children on a weeknight increased by 30 percent the risk of having a criminal conviction by age 26.)
In the U.S., preschoolers watch nearly 4.5 hours of TV a day, "an alarming amount," that too often includes age-inappropriate programming, from Mighty Morphin Power Rangers to adult action movies such as Batman, says Christakis. Young children "learn by imitating what they see," and for preschoolers, "a lot of what they see is on TV."
Television content "is vitally important and it doesn't get that much attention," he adds. The study findings, however, are not an endorsement of untold hours of TV watching for kids, according to Christakis: "What it's saying is that how ever much TV your child watches, it's worth the parents' efforts to be more selective."
(The American Academy of Pediatrics discourages TV and other media use by children under age 2 and says it should be limited to less than 2 hours a day for older children.)
"Although this innovative study shows changing content without changing viewing time helps lower aggression, other health issues may need to be approached in different ways," says Jennifer Manganello, an associate professor at the University of Albany School of Public Health. She was not involved in the new study.
"For instance, studies have shown that reducing screen time can be helpful when trying to reduce the risk for obesity," says Manganello, who recommends that parents "consider both screen time and content when they can."
In the study, half of families were given a "media diet' intervention which included telephone calls from case managers, monthly mailings with a program guide of recommended television shows and schedules, a newsletter with tips and reinforcement of key messages, and DVDs with short clips of programs the researchers considered age appropriate and worthwhile. They were also taught how to use the V chip on their television, if they wished, how to set up kid zones on the DVR, if they had them, and encouraged to watch television with their child.
The other half of families served as a comparison group and received an intervention focused solely on healthy eating. Christakis notes that even after the study ended, many parents asked to continue receiving the program guides, an indication of parents interest in finding appropriate TV shows for their children.
Among shows included in one program guide mailing: Yo Gabba Gabba!; Thomas & Friends; Dora the Explorer; Dragon Tales; Ni Hao, Kai-Lan; and Sesame Street.
Modifying kids' TV habits may improve behavior
Want to improve your preschoolers' behavior? Be choosy when it comes to the television shows they watch — even if you don't reduce the amount of time they spend watching them, a study finds.


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Although Buckingham Palace has never confirmed the exact date, Saturday is rumored to be the official due date for the child who will become the third in line to the British throne.
"There are really only two questions: boy or girl? And, what's the name?" Robert Hardman, a reporter with The Daily Mail, tells NPR's Weekend Edition Saturday.
A recent change in the law of royal succession means that for the first time, if Kate and William's first child is a girl, she will keep her place in line for the throne even if a future brother comes along.
Hardman, who spoke to host Scott Simon, says Elizabeth and George are top picks for British punters. If it's a girl, Elizabeth would honor the current monarch, he says. If, on the other hand, the duke and duchess of Cambridge leave St. Mary's Hospital in Paddington with a boy, "George VII would have a nice ring to it," he says.
But if you're hoping to be the first with the news of the royal bundle, don't bother monitoring the palace Twitter feed, Hardman says.
Instead, the tip that the joyous event has occurred will be when a member of the royal household emerges from the hospital clutching a red folder with a piece of paper containing the name, if one's been chosen. Next, they will be driven to Buckingham Palace.
Once there, "the piece of paper will be taken inside, placed in a silver photo frame, on a wooden easel and brought outside the palace and put on display for the world to see," Hardman says.
"There are some things that can still beat Twitter. [Like] an old-fashioned wooden easel," he says.
This is WEEKEND EDITION from NPR News. I'm Scott Simon. We've got well-publicized births in the United States, of course - like Kanye West and Kim Kardashian's new, little empress, baby North West. But in Britain, the baby that's so breathlessly awaited could well be a future monarch.
Kate Middleton and Prince William are expecting their first child. It has been rumored, but not confirmed by the Palace, that the due date is today. The baby will be third in line to the throne.
We called up Robert Hardman, of the Daily Mail newspaper. Thank you very much for being with us, Robert.
ROBERT HARDMAN: How are you, Scott?
SIMON: Now, help us understand what's going on now. I mean, are antimonarchists just sort of being quiet about this?
HARDMAN: Yeah. They more or less decided to go on vacation. The whole country is on a sort of state of standby excitement. A handful of Republicans are keeping well out of the way, and everyone else is just waiting with really, two questions: Boy or girl? And what's the name?
SIMON: Well, before we get to that, there's a new piece of legislation we ought to talk about, about gender and the lineage to the throne.
HARDMAN: Yeah. This baby, be it a boy or a girl, will really herald in an entirely new era in the 1,000-year history of the monarchy because for the first time, this will be a truly equal child. There's been a piece of legislation here called the Succession to the Crown Act, which involves amending lots of very ancient, old laws. But what it effectively means is that if it's a girl, she won't be superseded by a younger brother.
Historically, boys always came first - which was extremely unfair, but that's the way it was. It meant that actually, out of the 40 monarchs we've had since 1066, only six have actually been queens. They've been very good queens, on the whole.
SIMON: I was going to point out, some of the most imposing monarchial figures, and greatest historical figures in Britain, have been queens.
HARDMAN: Absolutely. I think you asked anybody to list their top monarchs, I think they'd say Queen Victoria or Elizabeth I, and Elizabeth II would be right up there at the top. So really, what we're looking at is a very - sort of 21st century royal pecking order. The laws of succession have changed, and this child will be the first beneficiary.
SIMON: The betting parlors have pools, I gather, on what the name might be.
HARDMAN: It's almost certainly going to be something royal, and probably something new. I don't think if it is a girl, for example, you wouldn't really want to saddle a poor little baby with a name like Victoria. I mean, talk about the burden of expectation. Not to mention when the poor thing hits her teens, every time she's seen doing something she shouldn't there'll be sort of headlines saying, you know, what about Victorian values?
So I think probably not Victoria. I'm sure Elizabeth might well be in there somewhere.
SIMON: Yeah.
HARDMAN: As a tribute to the current queen, if it is a girl. If it's a boy, the bookmakers, the people running the gambling, they reckon George is probably out in front.
SIMON: George.
HARDMAN: George is a popular name.
SIMON: We have a bad history with King Georges on this side of the pond, you know.
HARDMAN: Yeah. There was a George who actually was our second-longest lived monarch. But you need no lessons about him. But more recent Georges - George V, of course, created the House of Windsor; George VI, our current queen's father, much loved, heroic, wartime leader. So we like our Georges. We like our Georgian architecture. So George VII might have a nice ring to it. But who can tell?
SIMON: Mm-hmm. Do you expect Klaxon horns to go off at the moment of birth?
HARDMAN: I expect...
SIMON: Or maybe not at the moment, at the moment they announce the birth.
HARDMAN: I think it's more likely there will be sort of Keystone Cops, really, because they've decided there is no - they're not going to announce this by the Internet, by Twitter, by email; anything like this. They're going to stick to the old- fashioned way. So at a given point, a member of the royal household will emerge from a hospital clutching a red folder, which will have in it the details of the birth and the name - if there is one, at this stage - and will then get in a car, drive from the hospital to Buckingham Palace. Then when they get to Buckingham Palace, the piece of paper will be taken inside, placed in a silver photo frame, put on an easel, and then brought out and placed in front of the palace for the world to see. And at that point, and that point only, we'll actually know.
SIMON: Oh.
HARDMAN: We will know and say, that's the moment when we're all put out of our guessing game.
SIMON: Oh, my gosh. They do know how to put on a show, don't they?
HARDMAN: They do. I think it's really - I rather like the sort of theater; and here we are in the 21st century, and there are some things that can still beat Twitter - a nice, old-fashioned, wooden easel. For traditionalists, I think this is a great victory.
SIMON: Robert Hardman, who writes for the Daily Mail, is also author of a book that's just been published in the United States called "Her Majesty"; speaking from London. Robert, thanks for being with us.
HARDMAN: Thank you very much, Scott.
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Darin Ruf will not be on the Phillies' Opening Day roster.
Less than a half hour after hitting a walk-off home run to lead the Phillies to a 7-6 win over the Braves, Ruf was called into the manager's office where he was told he was heading to minor league camp. Ruf will begin the 2013 season at Triple-A Lehigh Valley.
"I need to get out there and play left field on a daily basis," Ruf said.
Ruf, a natural first baseman, only began playing the position in August. But to be sent down after winning a game?
"It kind of caught me off guard a little," Ruf admitted. "But, you know, it's a part of the game. I've kind of compared myself to Junior (John Mayberry Jr.) and Brownie (Domonic Brown) a little bit. They've spent the better part of the last 2-3 years trying to improve in Triple-A and help the big league club as well. Hopefully I'll be able to do that at some point this year as well."
Amaro said it's all about getting Ruf more reps in left.
"I think he's geting better, I think he's improved and I think (being here) has been good for him," Amaro said. "But he's got some work to do to be an everyday left fielder in the big leagues."
The move was based strictly on defense.
"We think he's going to hit," Amaro said. "He can hit."
Ruf hit .246 with 2 home runs and 6 doubles in 19 games this spring. After a slow start, his bat came to life in the last two weeks: he had four extra-base hit in his last four games.
The Phillies also want Ruf to take reps and first base while at Triple-A so they have a viable backup in the event that Ryan Howard gets hurt this season. Ruf said he didn't take any reps at first base this spring since he was concentrating on improving in the outfield.


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70-year-old Manchester man arrested at Hooksett Walmart on concealment charge
HOOKSETT - A Manchester man was arrested Sunday afternoon, charged with willful concealment of items from a local retailer.
On Sunday at 5:03 p.m., Hooksett police officer Justin Sargent responded to Walmart on Commerce Drive on a report of a customer concealing items, and spoke to an associate who pointed to an older man who allegedly had been hiding items in his pants. The man, Theodore A. Banks, 70, of Manchester, was asked if he had any items on him that he did not pay for, and allegedly turned over items from his pockets that were not from Walmart.
During a search of Banks' person, Sargent located numerous items inside his pockets and placed Banks under arrest for willful concealment. Banks also had a warrant out from Hooksett police for his arrest for willful concealment from two prior incidents.
He was bailed and released on $13,000 personal recognizance bail, and ordered to appear at Hooksett Circuit Court on April 10 for arraignment.


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Michael Maresh's headline article in the Jan. 3 edition of the Journal did state an obvious truth: "Homeless population in Cortez can have negative impacts." Indeed. Of course, the same is true anywhere else. There are homeless citizens everywhere in this country.
A "homeless population" is not unique to the city of Cortez. What I think was lacking, even with the sidebar about our local homeless shelter, was any suggestion about what we can do about this problem.
Sheriff Dennis Spruell was quoted as saying, "A lot of those people are not homeless. They choose not to go home." True enough in a limited way.
Robert Frost said in The Death of the Hired Man, "Home is the place, where when you have to go there, they have to take you in." It ain't necessarily so. That place and those people may be gone. That home may have been so horribly dysfunctional that taking your chances of dying from exposure in the beautiful parks of Cortez is a reasonable alternative.
You and I know there are lots of reasons to be homeless: Drug and alcohol problems. Mental and physical illness. Lost a job, can't get a new one. Run-in with the law. Got pregnant. Intolerable family situation. Combinations of these things and others.
My wife and I first came to the Four Corners area in 2005 when I took a job at the hospital in Shiprock. We sold our place in Montana and bought a home in Cortez in 2008. We picked Cortez for what I think are probably the usual reasons: great parks, wonderful rec center, mountains and desert, good places to eat. We moved here permanently when I retired from the Indian Health Service last August.
Sometime in 2010, a patient of mine in Shiprock told me how her brother had died in one of the parks in Cortez. We began to support the Bridge Emergency Shelter with donations and as occasional volunteers. Last month I was asked to serve on the shelter's board of directors.
Shoplifting by a homeless person is not a reason to turn our backs on people in need. I hope that Cortez and Montezuma County will continue to support the Bridge Emergency Shelter. I hope that our rec center, library and Welcome Center will continue to provide temporary relief from the cold and the wind.
As a new and very inexperienced member of the shelter board of directors, I invite you to become involved. Visit with the shelter's staff and guests. Donate. Volunteer.
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On the heels of two significant winter storms in the region and with the knowledge that we could experience more severe weather in the months ahead, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) will kick off Severe Weather Preparedness Week next week.
From March 3-9, 2013, these and other federal partners, state and local agencies, not-for-profits, businesses, and individuals will focus on how to prepare for severe weather, and take steps to ready themselves for weather events common to this region.
Both Kansas and Missouri are conducting Severe Weather Awareness Weeks and will be hosting special events and activities to promote preparedness.
Each year, individuals are killed or seriously injured by tornadoes and other types of severe weather, despite advance warning. In 2012, there were more than 450 weather-related fatalities and nearly 2,600 injuries. Severe weather knows no boundaries and affects every individual.
"There are a number of reasons why people wait until just before a storm hits to take care of those important to-do's; things like - grocery shopping, getting household supplies or even making a plan for what to do once the storm hits. But there are things individuals can and should do well before the day before the storm," said Beth Freeman, regional administrator for FEMA Region VII. "We'd like to see more people prepared and have a plan in place for what they're going to do -that's what Severe Weather Preparedness Week is all about."
Know Your Risk: The first step to becoming weather-ready is to understand the type of hazardous weather that can affect where you live and work, and how the weather could impact you and your family. Every state in the United States has experienced tornadoes and severe weather, so everyone is exposed to some degree of risk. In the last several years our region has had to deal with record flooding, horrific tornadoes and, most recently, record snowfall in some areas. You can help protect yourself and family by regularly monitoring weather forecasts and by visiting www.Ready.gov/severe-weather for valuable information about how to deal with these and other types of severe weather that could impact you.
Pledge and Take Action: Be a Force of Nature by taking the Pledge to Prepare at ready.gov/severe-weather. When you pledge to prepare, you will take the first step to making sure that you and your family are prepared for severe weather. This includes filling out your family communications plan that you can email to yourself, putting an emergency kit together, keeping important papers and valuables in a safe place, and getting involved.
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Be an Example: Once you have taken action share your story with your family and friends. Create a YouTube video, post your story on Facebook, comment on a blog, or send a tweet. Building a Twitter list with local, state or federal agencies and organizations that could provide valuable information when an emergency occurs is a good activity to do before a crisis. Then share your list with family, friends and neighbors. Studies show that many people use social media in the event of a disaster to let relatives and friends know they are safe. This is an important trend because people are most likely to take preparedness steps if they observe the preparations taken by others. Social media provides the perfect platform to demonstrate preparedness actions for others.
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STOCKTON - Curbing the scourge of methamphetamine abuse has to start with the youth, and it won't be a pretty picture.
STOCKTON - Curbing the scourge of methamphetamine abuse has to start with the youth, and it won't be a pretty picture.
That was the message journalist and author Scott Thomas Anderson delivered Thursday night at the Stockton Meth & Crime Town Hall.
Anderson cited a program that presents junior high school students with pictures of meth addicts - their open sores, sunken faces and horribly decayed teeth, what's called "meth mouth."
This gritty approach playing on one's personal vanity, which some find offensive when applied to young people, is the best way Anderson said he knows of discouraging meth use before its addiction sinks in.
"If it's working, then it's probably a pretty useful tool," he said, citing the Montana Meth Project.
Anderson spoke at an event organized by Celebrate Life Meth Free, a coalition of health care providers who organized to promote education about the effects of meth on people, families and the community.
Anderson was invited to talk about his book "Shadow People: How Meth-Driven Crime is Eating the Heart of Rural America," which chronicles his work as a crime reporter.
For seven years, he has covered crime. He works at The Press Tribune newspaper in Roseville. In his beat reporting, he quickly saw the underlying theme of meth abuse in stories ending in murder, child abuse and car stereo thefts.
His book is the culmination of a reporting project where he spent 18 months embedded with law enforcement focused on meth thanks to a grant from the Washington, D.C.-based Phillips Foundation.
Anderson said he didn't advocate giving up on helping adult addicts get cleaned up, but the relapse rates are so daunting that he more often encourages communities to focus on prevention.
Unfortunately, in economically tough times, behavioral health programs aimed at treating drug addicts are often the first to go, he said.
"It's not OK to cut all of your services," he said, noting that the result is a rise in property thefts and foster care for children whose parents can't care for them.
Stockton police Capt. Scott Meadors, who also spoke, said a large percentage of crimes are based in drug abuse, and often meth. Once known as a drug abused by whites, meth addiction now crosses all ethnic lines, he said.
A former meth addict in the audience shared his experience, first stealing car stereos and graduating to an armed robbery that landed him in state prison for 16 years. He blamed meth use and sales in the eastern part of Stockton.
Anderson said that Stockton features a prominent role in the Northern California meth trade. Highway 99 coming up Southern California and the city's central location unfortunately provides an ideal distribution center, he said.
In his investigations, Anderson spoke with hundreds of addicts and those involved in the drug trade. While working in Calaveras and Amador counties, they often told him Stockton was their source of meth.
In his talk, Anderson said he wanted to steer clear of politics, but the recent prison realignment, a change in state laws to reduce the state's inmate population, will keep meth addicts out of prison, he said.
This new reality for Stockton and communities throughout the state puts the discussion of fighting meth in the forefront, Anderson said.
"The time is now to take on this addiction," he said. "We have ... got to get them clean now."
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Mary Shelley's Frankenhole
Season 1
In order to sleep with attractive women like Jackie O and Marilyn Monroe, newly appointed President Lyndon Baines Johnson asks Frankenstein to put his brain into the handsome head of the recently deceased JFK.
Attack of the Were-Lawrence
Unlovable lycanthrope, Stewart Lawrence needs to find someone to love him in order to kill him.
Heal Hitler
Hitler is sick of hating the Jews. Can Mad Scientist Victor Frankenstein help? Tune in and find out.
When Death doesn't get Victor's respect, he takes it out on the immortal's extremely mortal children.
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Director and ex-child star, Ron Howard wants Frankenstein to make him young and cute again.
Hunger of the Vampire
To become a more effective hunger striker, Mahatma Gandhi mixes his blood with Dracula's.
With permission from Jesus Christ (Andy Dick), Victor Frankenstein takes a Frankenhole back in time and cheats on Elizabeth with her younger self.
Season 2
H.G. Wells' Scary Monster Contest!
Victor Frankenstein begrudgingly enters his overly sensitive Creature into the annual Scary Monster Contest.
Robert Louis Stevenson's Belushi!
Gluttonous, all-consuming John Belushi accidentally drinks Dr. Jekyll's serum and turns from a lovable rogue into the worst possible version of himself.
HP Lovecraft's Vagina!
In a classic Battle of the Sexes, Victor and Elizabeth decide to switch roles in order to prove the inferiority of each others gender.
Bram Stoker's Loudmouths!
Victor is tired of Vampires being disruptive in movie theaters and hatches a plan to end their reign of terror once and for all.
Victor Hugo's Identity!
The Creature, wanting to explore his ancestry, makes Victor dig up and reanimate all the corpses that "donated" his body parts.
Edgar Allen Poe's Jesus!
The Grim Reaper researches the demise of human life by following around history's greatest catalyst of death: Jesus.
Franz Kafka's Jealousy!
In order to prove that he doesn't have a jealous bone in his body, Victor puts out a singles ad for men to have sex with his wife, Elizabeth.
Hyralius, Mutant Monster!
Japan is plagued by it's most horrible threat yet; while the monsters in Victor's little town fear that no one is taking them seriously as threatening creatures anymore.


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TRACY - The Tracy Police Department is searching for a man who robbed a bank Wednesday morning, authorities said.
The man entered Chase Bank in the 2600 block of South Tracy Boulevard about 9:20 a.m., demanded money and left with an undisclosed amount of cash, police said.
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Kenneth Allen Healy, 21, was traveling west on Highway 4 near Lakemont Drive about 10:30 p.m. Nov. 13 when his car crossed the double yellow line into the eastbound lane, then overcorrected back across the highway, officials said. His 1990 Honda Prelude struck a traffic sign and a large tree.
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The Black Tapes is an investigation of the paranormal. The team look into a number of demonic and ghostly occurrences which gradually appear to have some sort of chilling connection to each other.
The show's "as real" documentary approach helped influence many other creators in recent years, as the "docudrama" became a subgenre in its own right.
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As I mentioned, this is purely my personal picks, and there's a massive amount of shows I think are top quality that I've not listed here.
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We set out to find out how workers are faring both in terms of their experiences of economic security and the quality of work in the UK. In the first report for the RSA's new Future Work Centre, we reveal seven portraits of modern workers, reflecting on what it's like to navigate today's labour market.
The rise in zero-hour contracts and gig work has been followed by fears that the labour market is fragmenting into low paying, poorly protected jobs. The more flexible the workforce becomes, the more insecure workers appear to be, raising questions about whether workers' interests are still being safeguarded under employment law.
In response to this unease, the government appointed Matthew Taylor to carry out a review of modern working practices. This was published in July 2017 and sought to achieve more than a reform of labour law for atypical workers. Its ultimate conclusion – that, as a society, we should strive for all work to be 'good work' – is relevant to workers across the labour market, no matter what the job. Our new report further explores the state of good work in the UK.
What we've found is that contract type and employment status are not adequate measures of whether someone is economically secure or in poor quality work. For example, while some people in the gig economy may struggle to make ends meet as they go from job to job, others are satisfied with the hours they work and their degree of autonomy. Moreover, there are many workers in seemingly secure jobs who are just managing to scrape bybut are overlooked in debates about how to improve economic security when contract types or employment status are used as proxies for precarity. From retail workers to warehouse operatives, and from care workers to cleaners, we are beginning to uncover the hidden millions who are chronically broke year in, year out.
When it comes to workers' financial circumstances:
With regard to the quality of work, many report poor experiences.
Our seven portraits reflect a more nuanced analysis of these issues, helping us to better understand who is having a good experience and who needs more support.
1. Conventional jobs are no panacea.
We identify more than a dozen indicators of economic security and quality work. So although, contract type and employment status are certainly factors in workers' experiences, they are not proxies for security or precarity. When we confuse them for such we overlook the many workers in seemingly secure jobs who are struggling to get by.


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Obama and Syria: Credibility dashed
September 09. 2013 4:39PM
Tonight, President Obama will try to convince the American people (whose opposition gives Congress pause) that the United States of America should attack Syria. His chances of success are "unbelievably small."
That phrase was deployed by Secretary of State John Kerry on Monday to describe Obama's contemplated strike on Syria. He thought those words would reassure the world (he spoke in London) that the planned military action would not amount to war. He claimed that the United States could launch a missile strike with two defining characteristics: It would be so effective that it would degrade Syria's ability to use chemical weapons, but so small that it would not count as "war." This is the logic of teenage boys on prom night.
On Monday, Kerry gave Assad a week to hand over all of his chemical weapons or face a military strike, thus drawing a second "red line" behind Obama's. Incredibly, an administration unable to carry out its first threat has issued a second before getting the approval of Congress to carry out either. Obama is shooting from the hip — with blanks.
Supporters of a strike say it is necessary to preserve America's credibility on the world stage. Obama already has dashed that credibility. It can be restored only by removing him from office, which, if he strikes Syria after Congress votes not to, should be done immediately.


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BURLEY, Idaho — Moderating feed prices and strong dairy exports will bring improvement to dairy operations in 2014, but market shocks, volatility and near breakeven margins will continue to challenge producers.
While dairymen aren't totally healthy, they may be in a little better position than the last couple of years in 2014, Wilson Gray, University of Idaho extension livestock economists, told producers during the University's agricultural outlook seminar on Dec. 11 in Burley.
Greater availability of forage and feed will bring significant relief in feed prices in the near term, but volatility in milk prices and the cost of inputs are a part of doing business, he said.
There's no doubt, however, that feed prices will moderate in the short term. Drought in the Southern Plains in 2011 and widespread drought in 2012 were game changers for feed grain and hay prices. And winter kill of alfalfa in the Midwest last year exacerbated the tight supply of alfalfa, he said.
While the West still has some drought issues, conditions have improved in most of the country, and 2013's improved crop season is bringing feed prices down, he said.
Corn is down from last marketing year's average of $6.90 a bushel to $4.20 and is likely to come down another 15 cents, given a normal crop year and the slowing ethanol demand as blenders hit the "10 percent blend wall," Gray said.
Alfalfa is coming down off the national average of $210 a ton in the 2012/13 marketing year to $185 a ton and should come down another $50 as winter kill areas go back into alfalfa production due to demand, he said.
High feed prices culled a lot of cows and reduced the U.S. milk cow herd by 10 percent in 2012. Culling continued at a slower pace this year, and total numbers are up a bit due to a good supply of replacement heifers, he said.
Idaho's cow inventory dropped 1 percent in 2012 and was down 10,000 head in October compared with Jan. 1. Those cow numbers had been growing at 4 percent to 6 percent a year from the early 1990s until 2008 but that growth slowed to 1 percent to 2 percent over the last few years and appears to be leveling out, Gray said.
Future demand from Chobani for its Greek yogurt plant in Twin Falls, however, could fuel renewed growth. The company's first phase of production requires 2 million pounds of milk per day, but its 5-year plan is to ramp up to 7 million pounds per day. That would require an additional 60,000 to 70,000 milk cows, he said.
With fairly stable U.S. cow numbers but a slight increase in U.S. milk production, the all-milk price in 2014 is expected to range between $18.25 and $19.25 per hundredweight, down from $19.40 to $19.90 in 2013, according to the Livestock Marketing Information Center (LMIC).
LMIC projects prices for Class III milk for cheese to range between $17.75 and 18.75, up 1.39 percent from 2013. The CME futures market is only projecting those prices in the low to mid $17s, while a forecasting group moderated by the University of Wisconsin is projecting Class III between $17 and $18 per hundredweight.
Domestic demand for dairy has stabilized and is improving and growth in U.S. dairy exports – which were up 26 percent January through September over the same period in 2012 – is expected to continue, he said.


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United Flight 629
On November 13, 1955, FBI agents search the home of John Graham, a chief suspect in the bombing of United Airlines 629 that killed 44 people on November 1, 1955 over Longmont, Colorado. The flight had originated at New York's La Guardia Airport and made a scheduled stop in Chicago before continuing on to Denver, where there was a crew change. The flight took off at 6:52 p.m. and eleven minutes later, air traffic controllers saw two bright lights suddenly appear in the sky north-northwest of the airport.
Numerous telephone calls soon began coming in from farmers and other residents near the town of Longmont, who reported loud explosions and fiery debris falling from the nighttime sky. Ground searchers who reached the crash site noted that all 44 people aboard the DC-6B had died instantly. The debris from the accident was scattered across six square miles.
There was early speculation that something other than a mechanical problem or pilot error was responsible. Investigators suspected that the aircraft had been blown-up by a bomb. There was also a strong smell of explosives on items from the No. 4 baggage compartment. The FBI, certain that the aircraft had been brought down by a bomb, performed background checks on the passengers. Many had purchased life insurance at the airport just before boarding. One such person was Daisie Eldora King, 53, a Denver businesswoman who was en route to Alaska to visit her daughter. When agents identified her handbag they found a number of newspaper clippings containing information about King's son, John Graham, who held a grudge against his mother as the result of an unhappy childhood, was the beneficiary of both her insurance policies and her will. Agents also discovered that one of Mrs. King's restaurants, the Crown-A Drive-In in Denver, had been badly damaged in an explosion; Graham had insured the restaurant and then collected on the insurance following the mysterious blast.
On November 13, 1955, law enforcement officers searched Graham's house and automobile, where they found wire and other bomb-making materials identical to those found in the wreckage. Faced with the mounting evidence and discrepancies in his story, Graham confessed to having placed the bomb in his mother's suitcase. Authorities were shocked to discover that there was no federal statute on the books at the time (1955) that made it a crime to blow up an airplane. Therefore, on the day after Graham's confession, the Colorado district attorney moved swiftly to prosecute Graham via the simplest possible route: premeditated murder committed against a single victim - his mother, Mrs. King. Thus, despite the number of victims killed on Flight 629 along with Mrs. King, Graham was charged with only one count of first degree murder. It was the first trial in Colorado to be televised.
As the case progressed, Graham quickly recanted his confession, but at his 1956 trial his defense was unable to counter the massive amount of evidence presented by the prosecution. He was convicted of the murder of his mother and sentenced to death. He was executed on January 11, 1957 in the gas chamber of the Colorado State Penitentiary. Before his execution, he said about the bombing, "as far as feeling remorse for these people, I don't. I can't help it. Everybody pays their way and takes their chances. That's just the way it goes."
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knitting 101Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Last Sunday, my favorite eleven year old taught a knitting class. All family members were required to attend.
It took Libby over an hour to set up. Gathering books, projects, yarn and needles. Setting up a refreshment table. Most important to lure the boys.
And speaking of those boys. They were less than cooperative. Wrestling and throwing balls all through class. Libby didn't seem to mind though. She stayed completely focused. I think she was just happy to have humans to teach, as she usually teaches school in this room to 23 invisible children.
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What great family time! And what a sweet memory to tuck away in your heart and treasure forever!!ReplyDelete
This is so great! Bet you are a proud mama!ReplyDelete
Reading this makes me smile - such neat glimpses into your kids' lives and individual personalities.ReplyDelete
Hehe, 'pearling', cute!ReplyDelete
What a fun time. My boys have each knit a garter ridge scarf (no purling yet for them), and my 9 yr old was taught by my 8 yr old Libby (when they were 6 & 7), but in a much more informal tutoring type session on the couch! No dry erase boards involved...
My husband has yet to give it a try, but I try not to hold it against him!
Fun stuff- keep it up!
Happy knitting-
Bless her! And how lovely to get stuck in to knitting at an early age, too.ReplyDelete
How exciting...I wish I could have been there. I need some lessons!!! LOL!!!ReplyDelete
i love that she has a "learning target". and of course that one of those is "pearling."
future teacher?
this is so so cute! maybe you can round up some more willing neighborhood kids (or moms) to participate next time. she is so so sweet.ReplyDelete
I wish Katie could go to Libby's class! Tell Libby that she'll be the one laughing when those boys lose their mitten or scarf and she knows how to make them a new one.ReplyDelete
This is so sweet! I bet the boys secretly liked knitting.ReplyDelete
reading this makes me smile... thanks for sharing this experience with us... I also learn knitting early on, and it's just an amazing experience... still puts a smile on my face knowing that at that age everything is still so very pure and brings so much more joy... congrats to libby, and you must have been so proud...ReplyDelete
what a wonderful post about your so wonderful daughter. looks like she'd have a full class with all of us! I'd love to sign in!ReplyDelete
Very very sweet.ReplyDelete
Seriously...your daughter taught a knitting class, at home, and you guys all attended, meaning boys, too, at home? Do you know how freakin' cool that is? That rocks. And she's awesome. Totally know where she gets that from! WOW! I'm just in awe, more and more, with every visit. It's light and a foundation. I know Mother Earth will survive, her children happy, for grounded, good people that exist like you & your family in a crazy world that at times seems lackadaisical mad!ReplyDelete
Thanks for making my day!
I love it! I think our daughters must be kindred spirits ... I can't tell you how many "classes" Maudie has taught using that very same whiteboard and markers!!ReplyDelete
I love how she mispelled Purl!ReplyDelete
Aww... that's so sweet!ReplyDelete
That is so cool! I Love it!ReplyDelete
Oh, I wish I could get my sister interested in learning! I think I started knitting when I was 11, that would make it three years now... wow! What a pretty collection of knitting needles, That is like a knitters candy! :)ReplyDelete
(Cute outfit, Libby!) :)
Creative and enterprising - your daugghter is wonderful.ReplyDelete
Oh I loved this post! I can so relate to this -I had two brothers also and I was constantly trying to get them to cooperate in plays, classroom reenactments or pretend-anything. Sometimes they would, but it was always with unpredicatable and hilarious results. And their attention span was always about 5 minutes if wrestling wasn't involved. Hang in there Libby! Wish I could have signed up for your class too!!ReplyDelete
awwww... this is so sweet. Glad that everyone had fun!ReplyDelete
Go Libby & hooray for dad!!!ReplyDelete
can i attend her next class?ReplyDelete
sweetest. thing. ever.ReplyDelete
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that libby is so creative and imaginative! perhaps she has a future as a teacher or yarn store owner? :) family discount!ReplyDelete
She had goals for the class...WOW!! She is good!!! What great times.ReplyDelete
She looks like a very organized teacher! Can I join the class next time? :-)ReplyDelete
Is there anything else a knitting mom could be more proud of?ReplyDelete
These moments . . . they are flying past us so quickly. How thoughtful of your entire family to support her. You have instilled a sense of family that will carry on through the ages. Thank you for bringing us back to center regarding family. Thank you.ReplyDelete
where was I love????ReplyDelete
must get together!
We have two eleven year olds that project and teach like this often. Just last night, our Libby and Aubrey taught us how to write naming songs. We laughed until we cried. It was such fun! ~KellyReplyDelete
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This is absolutely precious! Tell Libby if I lived nearby I would attend her class for sure! :)ReplyDelete
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NH expert: Human factor likely doomed Malaysian Flight 370By JOHN KOZIOL
Union Leader Correspondent
March 17. 2014 10:59PM
BRIDGEWATER — Bob Martens reviewed hundreds of accidents as a Federal Aviation Administration safety inspector and did a study of why a Learjet crashed into a Dorchester mountain in 1996. And he suspects that as in the Learjet case, the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 will ultimately be traced back to the actions of human beings, not mechanical failure.
Carrying more than 200 passengers, Flight 370 left Kuala Lumpur on March 8 bound for Beijing; it has not been heard from since. (Story, Page A4.)Martens, who has more than 7,600 hours of flight experience, is following the situation closely.
Martens' aviation career began in 1970 when he joined the U.S. Air Force, eventually piloting Hercules HC-130s in a rescue-and-recovery squadron in Florida and Okinawa.
He joined the Air Force Reserve in 1977 and flew a variety of transports, including the C-5 Galaxy, out of Westover Air Force Base in Chicopee, Mass. He retired as a colonel in 2001.
In his civilian life, which overlapped with his time in the Air Force Reserve, Martens from 1986 to 2006 was the aviation safety inspector at the FAA office in Windsor Locks, Conn.
Currently, Martens is an aviation safety consultant who uses the lessons learned from the Dorchester crash to prevent such incidents in the future.
The human factor
Martens said in his case study of the Dorchester crash, which he has presented numerous times, it became immediately clear that the pilots — who left Bridgeport Municipal Airport in Stratford, Conn., on Christmas Eve 1996 to fly to Lebanon, where they were supposed to pick up passengers bound for Northampton, N.Y. — were responsible for the crash of their plane.
Despite intense search efforts, it took nearly three years to find the Learjet.
A forester, who had been in the same area just a day earlier, found debris from the crash.
Martens subsequently obtained the transcript of the plane's cockpit voice recorder as well as the radar track of the Learjet's flight from Connecticut to within 20 miles of Lebanon Municipal Airport. The jet disappeared after making a missed approach to the Lebanon airport.
With those two sources of data, "we knew exactly where they had been," said Martens. "The only thing we didn't know was why they had done it. And my presentation said human factors, human frailties, were responsible and saw these guys fly a perfectly good airplane into the side of a mountain and be clueless."
The pilots "didn't wake up that day and say 'We're going to kill ourselves,'" said Martens, but they were "just oblivious they were heading down this awful road."
Little left intact
When the Learjet was found, very little of it was intact. "When a projectile at 200 miles per hour impacts a mountain, it obliterates it," Martens said. "It pulverizes it."
Even with a jet as large as the Malaysia Boeing 777, if it crashed into something solid like a mountain, or into water at a steep angle, "You're going to compact that whole plane down and not have a lot left," Martens said.
"There are some parallels," he said, between the Learjet crash and the missing Malaysia Airlines plane because of the similarity of terrain and because neither plane was tracked by approach-control radar, which would have followed them below 5,000 feet.
Over the ocean, aircraft are not tracked as blips on a radar screen, Martens said. "You're in a very remote section of the world and you (the pilot) give position reports on a frequency and someone plots where these planes are between reporting points.
"That's why there's so much mystery here. The system depends on them calling in where they are because it's a very inexact science over the water and it's literally dependent upon voice transmission of where the planes are."
Pilot error
Every plane crash is a sequence of events, Martens said. Research into crashes has repeatedly found that the pilots, not the craft, were at fault.
"Quite frankly, there's a lot higher chance of human culpability," he said. "Ninety percent plus of accidents are due to human rather than mechanical factors and that keeps going up all the time.
In the Malaysia Airlines case, "Now they're looking at the human element and that's probably going to bear out," said Martens.
"Everything in aviation, year in and year out, has been getting safer and human beings remain the weak element in the system," he said.
In the U.S., aviation-safety officials have focused on that human factor for almost 40 years, he said, and as a result, "in the U.S. we have virtually eliminated aircraft accidents at the commercial level and that's tremendous testimony to the system."
Martens said the Malaysian government doesn't have the resources or training, and he has little confidence in its ability to do a proper investigation.
"The take-away for me is that the cry should be for credible information," he said, "and the information being reported, in my opinion, is marginally credible."
Martens doesn't think Flight 370 will be found with its passengers and crew unharmed.
"After ten days, you're not going to keep a perfectly intact aircraft with people onboard secret. With each passing second, that becomes less of a possibility. The good news is the millions and millions of people who travel safely every day."


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ST. JAMES — As the sweet aroma of grapes fill the air and "mom and pop" grape stands along Interstate 44 open for business, the St. James Chamber of Commerce volunteers prepare for yet another year of celebration.
ST. JAMES — As the sweet aroma of grapes fill the air and "mom and pop" grape stands along Interstate 44 open for business, the St. James Chamber of Commerce volunteers prepare for yet another year of celebration.
The 80th annual Grape and Fall Festival, which has a theme of "Proud of the Past...Poised for the Future," will be packed with activities Wednesday through Saturday, Sept. 4-7.
Each evening of the festival, a featured event will provide entertainment for the entire family.
The Miss St. James Pageant will start the festival off with the crowning of the 2013 Grape and Fall Festival queen on Wednesday evening, Sept. 4, at the St. James Middle School. The pageant starts at 7 p.m.
From the Ozark mountains of Missouri, the multi-award-winning Link family band, Link Union, will inspire its audience with "old country, old rock, pop, patriotic, spiritual, celtic, original and mountain music." The group will perform Thursday, Sept. 5, at 7 p.m.
FFA and 4-H youth have spent the year preparing their livestock and small animals for the Junior Livestock Show and Sale, which will begin with the Small Animal Show Thursday evening, Sept. 5.
4-H youth will also have exhibits on display to showcase their creativity. There also will be 4-H demonstration as youth develop their skills in public speaking.
Back by popular demand, the Ozarks Highlands Old Tractor Association will feature tractors built between 1938 and 1959. The pull will start at 7 p.m., Friday, Sept. 6.
Saturday, Sept. 7, is jam-packed with events, starting with the ever popular street market at 9 a.m. At 11 a.m., attendees are invited to pull up a lawn chair to watch the 80th annual Grape and Fall Festival parade.
Longtime St. James area resident Bob Edwards has been named the parade grand marshal. He and his wife, JoAnn, moved their family and family business to St. James in 1967.
Edwards and his wife have five children and 10 grandchildren. They are members of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in St. James.
Edwards is a Fourth Degree Knight in the Knights of Columbus and has served on the St. James Ambulance Board and currently serves on the board of the Pregnancy Resource Center. He is also active in the Association of the United States Army (AUSA), Phelps for the Fort, St. James and Rolla area chambers of commerce and many other philanthropic organizations.
Saturday afternoon, festival-goers can take off their shoes and try their hand at the Old World Italian tradition of stomping grapes.
This year's grand finale will be a dual demolition derby Saturday, Sept. 7, at 8 p.m.
Additional activities throughout the four-day event include kids games, Knights of Columbus bingo, Southern Fun Carnival rides and games, horseshoe pitching tournament, pie and ice cream sale, Ozark Cloggers and live entertainment at the wine and beer garden.
In addition, the Lucy Wortham James exhibits serve to honor the many contributions of St. James' benefactress, Lucy Wortham James.
The open exhibits provide an opportunity for local community members to showcase a myriad of home-grown, homemade and hand-crafted items.
Season passes
Adult season passes, available in advance for $25, will provide free parking all festival days, which is a $6 value; free cover charge to the wine and beer garden on Friday and Saturday, a $10 value; admission to the Miss St. James Pageant, a $5 value; admission to the Link family concert, a $5 value; admission to the tractor pull, a $10 value; and admission to the demolition derby, a $12 value.
For the first time the St. James Chamber will offer season passes for students six to 18 years old.
Student season passes, also available in advance for $25, will provide admission to the Link family concert, a $5 value; admission to the Miss St. James Pageant, a $5 value; admission to the tractor pull a $5-10 value depending on age; admission to the demolition derby - $8-12 value depending on age; and one carnival wristband pass (to be used during any one wristband session, a $15 value.
Adult season passes are available at a number of locations throughout the St. James area including Phelps County Bank, Town and Country Bank, Community Bank of St. James, the St. James Tourist Center and the Rolla Tourist Center.
Student season passes are available only at the St. James Tourist Center.
For further information on events and season passes, contact the St. James Chamber of Commerce at 265-6649, or stop by the St. James Chamber of Commerce and Tourist Center at 100 State Route B or visit


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Man says he made bomb threat to spend time with his kidsBy JAMES A. KIMBLE
Union Leader Correspondent
July 02. 2013 9:59PM
BRENTWOOD — A Somersworth man who put off his jail sentence to "spend more time with his kids" by calling in a bomb threat at the Rockingham County Courthouse had two to four years added to his time behind bars on Tuesday.
Jonathan Michael Long, 27, pleaded guilty to charges of falsifying physical evidence and false reports as to explosives for calling 911 to report a bomb threat on Dec. 4 — the day he was due in court to be sentenced in another case.
Long told a 911 dispatcher there were two pipe bombs in the courthouse that were going to explode between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. He made the call while sitting in a car up the road at the intersection of Routes 125 and 101.
Long's wife, Rosie, later told detectives that she was in the car when her husband called in the threat. She asked her husband why he did it, prosecutors said. Long had to only serve eight months in jail.
"He related a desire to spend time with their kids," Assistant County Attorney Brad Bolton said. The disposable cell phone used for the call was tossed out the window near a Burger King parking lot. Investigators recovered the phone the next day, Bolton said.
Long said few words beyond "yes" and "no" in response to questions by Judge Larry Smukler on Tuesday.
Bolton said that Long was trying to dodge a plea-and-sentencing on charges that he created a bogus doctor's letter to get him freed on electronic monitoring. The letter claimed that Long's 2-month-old son needed surgery to drain fluid from around his brain.
Long was serving a 12-month jail sentence at the time for violating the terms of his probation on forgery and theft convictions, court records show.
Long called his wife from jail with instructions on how to create a letterhead and word the letter so that it resembled one that came from an actual doctor who worked at Children's Hospital in Boston.
Deputies investigated the claim about the surgery, and even reviewed recorded jail calls to his wife.
One deputy who investigated the bogus letter case also recognized Long's voice on the 911 call.
Bolton said Long also called in a bomb threat at a Walmart store in Somersworth a day prior to calling in the threat at the courthouse.
It's unclear if he was ever charged in that case.
Long will have to pay up to $3,000 in restitution, with $2,652 going to the Rockingham County Sheriff's Department and the remainder paid to state police for the hours-long response.
Scores of people were evacuated from the building and a bomb sniffing state police dog was brought in to search the courthouse and grounds.
The prison sentence Long will serve time on is actually for the jail term he was trying to avoid when he called in the threat. He received a suspended 3½- to 7-year prison term for calling in the threat, and will remain on probation for five years.


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110 year old haunted house
Posted 01 March 2009 - 08:57 AM
All 3 experienced disembodied voices, full on aparitions and disembodied heads moving through the hallway, unexplainable noises like footsteps, coughing, speaking, music, doors opening, sound of furniture moving when it didn't, equipment moving (across the room), people calling their names, being touched and when I offered to lay in my bed (using a heat signature camera) I described the exact sensation of cold moving onto me just as he was watching it move. He also said I had (during this time) the prescence of a "belt" and a solid black area slowly covered my chest as I could feel heaviness. As I laid there a large slam came up through the bed and it showed on the camera as a large black blob.
With the heat signature camera they also had full bodied images appear and stay on the walls. Totally black behind them.
It was wonderful to finally have someone come here and be able to experience all that I had said was happening. I was extremely happy that everyone (ghost) liked them and felt comfortable enough to show themselves. The whole team was thrilled and will be coming back several more times.
They put a digital recorder in the basement and when the investigator went to retrieve it, it had moved to the stairs and he was confronted and a man happily said, "Hello!"
I should mention this house was part of the underground railroad and the sight of the Indian wars. They also were in agreement that there was a "doorway" in the hall that they could see spirits flying out of.
Thank you TAPS and your family,
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Posted 01 March 2009 - 08:06 PM
Wow. Your house has a lot of activity! Did the group get some of this recorded? Did they review it with you?
They got video, thermal, evp and reviewed a lot with me last night. He was thrilled by the activity and everyone was jaw dropping amazed!
Of course I hear and see these things all the time.
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Posted 02 March 2009 - 10:02 AM
I hope you will be able to post what was collected. You should be able to, since you are the client.
I will. He is working on all the information and will be sending via email as each piece of equipment is processed.
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Posted 26 March 2009 - 01:23 PM
I don't mind it either. Do they bother you ?
As long as they aren't destructive,and they don't eat my last Twinkie,I don't mind cohabitating
with the unseen.
Posted 26 March 2009 - 01:43 PM
Did you folks tell the spirits to move on or will the investigators return for a follow up?
Love Ghost Village
Posted 26 March 2009 - 09:01 PM
The broomsticks are mounted. The ghosts are a-fright. Enchanting takes wing, On All Hallows Night.
Posted 29 March 2009 - 12:14 AM
Waiting with baited breath!!
Posted 29 March 2009 - 08:37 PM
Wow....I honestly wish the people in charge of where I work (I work for the county parks system in the county where I live) would let either TAPS or a team part of the TAPS family into Crossroads Village.
I'd love if the folks in charge where I workwould do the same. 'Course, neither me nor my coworkers have brought up what we've experienced when our higher ups in Maintence have popped in. Dunno if we've said anything 'round the principles.
Cry Havoc! And let loose the Dobermans of war!
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Each morning when I open my eyes I say to myself: I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be.Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn't arrived yet. I have just one day, today, and I'm going to be happy in it.
Posted 06 April 2009 - 07:54 PM
I have been places where what felt to me to be child like spirits coming to play games or pranks from time to time rather then being caught here.
I would be interested in your follow up also.
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