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This course presents a dual focus on the philosophical and practical aspects of curriculum construction. Students will develop instruction that delivers understanding of content through varied processes in several context and conceptual frameworks. Understanding of course content is developed through a variety of readings, presentations, projects, and class discussion. Key topics include developing curriculum aligned to Missouri's Show-Me Standards, the historical bases for traditional subject-area curricula, alternative curriculum standards, philosophical bases of curriculum development, social and cultural issues, and future trends. 3 Credits


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Bowhunting season is fastly approaching across the country, but it is far from too late to enhance your property with food plots to help improve your hunting prospects this fall.
In fact, my buddy and I just finished up several plot plans this weekend that will not only provide good hunting spots in September, October and November, they will provide nutrition throughout winter for the local deer herd. Well, he did all the work. I just helped with the planning.
We didn't want to mess around with experimentation, so we went straight to the experts at the Whitetail Institute of North America for expert seed reccomendations and planting procedures.
The planting area wasn't huge — only 75 yards long by maybe 25 yards wide of a once very-fertile farm field. The plan here was to plant strips of four different kinds of forages. This will provide a staggered growth pattern throughout the next several weeks and months. The idea is to have plants maturing at varying times in autumn, which will give the deer extra reason to cruise through the property from pre-rut all the way through the post rut.
The field had been mowed about a month ago, so this gave my buddy a leg up on soil preparation. He sprayed the entire area with Round-Up® two weeks ago, which killed everything. Then, last weekend, he disked the plot area and dragged it with an old box spring. From there, he spread the seed in four long strips and worked it into the ground with a cultipacker.
Heading into this project, we knew the soil pH was 6.7, so, according to the planting instructions, one dose of 5-14-42 fertilizer was applied beforehand. After the plants start growing good (they have already sprouted), a second application of fertilizer will be applied. This time (again, per instructions), it will be 17-17-17.
The forages we're using in this area include:
•Imperial Whitetail Winter-Greens®. Whitetail Institute introduced this seed several years ago after much research and testing.
Winter-Greens® is an annual blend of cool season WINA brassicas specifically designed for late-season food plots and late-season hunting. It is highly drought-resistant and able to withstand extremely cold temperatures.
That will be perfect for us, because this area is north-central Wisconsin where snow can fly as early as November. I'm told that Winter-Greens® is almost four times more attractive to deer than any other brassica in many areas. That has given us some high hopes.
•Tall Tine Tubers®. It took Whitetail Institute six years to develop this new turnip variety. We planted it in one long row in hopes of having it work as a double-team with Winter-Greens® in that late-season feeding plan.
If you've never hunted over turnips, you're missing out. Deer will eat these round-the-clock during bow season — even during the early season when the plants are just starting to grow. In fact, when Deer & Deer Hunting TV executive producer Chris Hermans and I were hunting Minnesota two years ago, we got some incredible footage of bucks and does pulling out "baby" turnips and gulping them down like they were candy bars. The forage really shines, however, during the later seasons, especially gun-hunting season here in Wisconsin (which comes in during late November).
•Winter Peas Plus®. This forage includes two pea varieties that are high in sugar and protein, and is extremely cold-tolerant, which makes it another top choice for the area where we live and hunt.
The "Plus" factor is small amounts of Whitetail Oats®, winter lettuce and forage radishes. The idea here is to provide a forage that is highly graze resistant — meaning that deer can hammer it and not kill of the base plants.
•Whitetail Oats Plus®. This might be the ringer of the four seeds we're testing, because it was developed specifically for early fall plantings.
The blend features an oat that is bred to withstand grazing pressure in high-deer-density areas. The land we're hunting is home to an estimated pre-season population of 60 deer per square mile. Doesn't take a mathematician to figure out how much pressure that can have on relatively small food plots!
Like the other forages in this testing, Whitetail Oats Plus® has a high sugar content and is very winter hardy.
Some much-needed thunder showers blew through our area last night. With archery season just a few weeks away, we're hoping for a little more.
Check back on this blog throughout the fall, and I'll show you the progress of these plants — along with the browsing pressure they'll create.
For more information on how, when and what to plant in your food plots, check out the Whitetail Institute's website.
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rosspurple needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 258 designs submitted by 95 freelance designers.
Ross Purple
We are a newly formed fashion brand in the United Kingdom, we main specialise in men and women clothing we specialise in both men and woman high quality fashion t shirt , polo, v necks , jumpers, smart shirts, and as our business grows we will be branching into a lot more fashion ideas.
our target audience are of the same of brands like , levis, lacoste, Fred Perry , Ralph Lauren, Moschino, Lyle and schott we want to aim for our brand to be stand against these brands
We require a Iconic logo , with a combination of both our company name and graphic. we are aiming to for our brand to stand up against the big fashion brands eg; Lacoste, Fred Perry , Ralph Lauren, Moschino, Lyle and schott, levis ect. The Colour purple dont have to be incorperated with the logo
we dont require copy from these brands, we need a unforgetable iconic logo that will be able to have a strong sense of attracting , we would need a logo that would look perfect to be able to be both embroidery, and printed on our garments.
the logo must not be too fusy , we dont want just another simple grapic put together the our name to make a logo thats not what we need. we just want a graphic that will be able to say our name once it is seen, so it definately have to look deferent from the rest and no clip art we want original work.
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My Super Bowl Predictions/Analysis + Latest Pickups!
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Hey guys, here again with my latest blog update! The Ravens look like they're gonna beat the Colts & Andrew Luck (It's 24-9 with 8 minutes left.) while yesterday the Texans handled the Bengals as AJ Green was pretty much shut down. Now onto the best matchup of the day ; My Seahawks vs the Redskins in DC. In all honesty, pundits seem to be getting carried away with the Seahawks with many claiming they have a good shot at the superbowl...In my eyes they aren't ready yet. Against someone like Rodgers or Brady I don't think they'll be able to keep up with those high scoring offenses. I could actually see the Pats winning it this year...But my bet is the Broncos representing the AFC. With Peyton Manning at the helm, they've become one of, if not the best team in the NFL. For the NFC, I'm gonna go with the Packers, Rodgers is a beast at his best, and I feel him and his D# come on late this year, making a suprise super bowl run. Sadly for them though, I predict the Broncos winning it all. PLEASE don't give me too much hate, I'm 15 not an ESPN anaylist..
Picked it up fairly cheap, believe Foles will be a stud in the future.
Also got offered this for 5 bucks extra, so decided to pick it up. Adams was injured I believe, but looked into him and he seems like an explosive reciever with decent potential so can't really go wrong :P
Updated my bucket, and will probably make another post later today. I have a nice RG3 psa/dna certified 8x10 auto in there...Thanks guys![/SIZE][/FONT]


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New Room Coming Soon!
A New Themed Room will soon be up and ready. The Theme is about the Moon, it will be "Up to the Moon and Back". Up here on the hill it sometimes feels like you can reach up and touch a full moon. The stars are incredible. Late at night when everything is quiet and you feel like a walk, South Lake Tahoe is the place. It is so peaceful to watch the heavens above. From the beach along the lake you would think you were on the ocean. The Moon room will have a romantic feel with a little education to go along with it
"Love You Up to the Moon and Back" is a old saying that Earl's Mother Mary loved. Mary said it to all the family members expecially her grandchildren. It has carried over into the lives of her grandchildren and the new great grandchildren. I am not sure were the saying came from and I have spent a lot of time on line trying to find out. I would love to know were she first heard it and why it made such an impression. If there is anyone out there that knows anything about this old saying please let me know.
Mary Pistante we will dedicate this room to you. When Mary passed she left much love in the hearts of all her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. Mary you are loved " Up to the Moon and Back!"
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Obama vs. McCain: Whose Healthcare Plan Reigns Supreme?
October 28, 2008
Presidential hopefuls, Barack Obama and John McCain, both want healthcare coverage for all Americans, but they have very different ways of going about securing affordable insurance for all. Obama's plan involves a heavier government hand, including subsidies and coverage of all children. McCain's plan, on the other hand, relies on individual responsibility.
Which healthcare plan do you think will win over the voters? Check out this overview, and then share your opinion on the discussion board.
Senator Barack Obama – Presumptive Democratic Nominee
Obama's contention with the current US healthcare system is the lack of coverage for 47 million Americans and the ever-increasing costs of health insurance. In order to combat these trends, Obama plans to initiate "Affordable and Portable Coverage for All."
• Guaranteed eligibility – No American, regardless of health history, will be turned down.
• Affordable co-pays, deductibles and premiums.
• A benefits package that covers all essential treatments – including mental health and maternity care.
• Those who do not qualify for Medicaid or SCHIP can be provided with federal subsidies to buy into a new public plan or private coverage.
• Ability to move jobs or locations and keep the same insurance (if enrolled in the public plan or the National Health Insurance Exchange).
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• Easy enrollment
• Part of Obama's plan is the creation of a National Health Insurance Exchange which will help those individuals who want to purchase private insurance plans. This program will monitor insurance companies in order to guarantee affordable insurance for everyone. The Exchange will mandate that all insurance plans are at least as generous as the public health plan. If there are differences between plans, the Exchange will make the differences public.
• Obama's plan will require that employers make an adequate contribution to their employees' health coverage. If they refuse, they must contribute a percentage of payroll toward the costs of the national plan. Small businesses will receive a Small Business Health Tax Credit.
• Small Business Health Tax Credit: This credit will be refundable up to 50% on premiums paid by small businesses on behalf of employees.
• Mandatory Coverage of Children: All children must have health coverage.
• Eligibility for Medicaid and SCHIP will be expanded.
• State health plans will not be replaced by the national plan.
A key element of the Obama plan is to lower the cost of health insurance for everyone. He says this can be done by modernizing the system:
• Reduce the cost of major health expenditures by reimbursing employer health plans for a portion of the costs if the savings are used to reduce employees' premiums.
• Support disease management programs by requiring providers to use disease management programs.
• Encourage team healthcare.
• Full disclosure of quality and cost.
• Ensure providers supply adequate care by promoting patient safety, reward providers based on quality of care, and strengthening anti-trust laws.
• Emphasizing electronic health technology systems.
• Increase competition in insurance and drug markets in order to lower the cost to consumers.
Finally, Obama endeavors to create new initiatives to further the advancement of the healthcare industry:
• Support biomedical research through funding and investment as well improve the efficiency of research by coordinating with the government and other organizations.
• Combat AIDS worldwide through increased investment.
• Strengthen the Americans with Disabilities Act and improve mental health care.
For more information on Senator Obama's health plan, please visit BarackObama.com.


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Since opening its doors in August of 2007, we haven't been able to say much about happenings at ZeniMax Online Studios – until today. Announced just minutes ago, Game Informer's June 2012 cover story is… The Elder Scrolls Online!
The magazine will be available to subscribers early next week and should arrive at GameStop stores shortly after that. You'll also want to keep your eyes on GameInformer.com/ElderScrollsOnline. Today they put up the magazine cover, and you can expect more updates throughout the month.
The Elder Scrolls Online is planned for a 2013 release on both PC and Mac. To keep up on the latest news for the game, check out our official Twitter and Facebook accounts for the game, and also visit the game's discussion forums.
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Who we are
Through its province-wide network of close to 50 Communities, the Ontario SPCA is one of the largest, most responsive animal welfare organizations in the country, providing care and shelter for tens of thousands of animals every year.
The Ontario SPCA is unique amongst animal welfare organizations in Ontario: the Ontario SPCA Act mandates the Society to enforce animal cruelty laws and provides Society Branch and Affiliate investigators with police powers to do so.
The Society's programs and services include:
- Sheltering and Adoptions
- Humane Education
- Reducing Pet Overpopulation
- Emergency Rescue and Treatment
- Reuniting Lost Pets with their Owners
- Spay/Neuter Services
- Rescue & Relief™ Services
- Provincial Animal Welfare Legislation Enforcement
Our Mission
The Ontario SPCA's mission is to facilitate and provide for province-wide leadership on matters relating to the prevention of cruelty to animals and the promotion of animal welfare.
Our Vision
The vision of the Ontario SPCA is to be the recognized authority on animal welfare issues and making a measurable difference for animals. The Ontario SPCA is an integral part of each community, promoting mutually beneficial human-animal interactions, and is viewed as a desirable organization for volunteerism and support.
The future that the Ontario SPCA is working to create includes:
• All Ontarians respect and appreciate animals
• Ontario has no homeless animals and no animal abuse
Our Goal
The Society's goal is to be a strong, unified and collaborative organization dedicated to the cultivation of a compassionate Ontario for all animals.
What is the Animal Welfare Philosophy of the Ontario SPCA?
The Ontario SPCA is an open admission, For Life, organization; we strive to accept all animals.
When entering one of our facilities, each animal is given his/her own animal care plan. The animal's best interests are always at the forefront of all decisions we make, including adoption, foster care, veterinary care, transfer to other adoption centres or rescue groups or, in some cases, euthanasia.
Our staff are professionals who work in this field because they love animals, and the decisions they make are made for the good of the animal and of the communities that they will live in.
Our Animal Welfare philosophy leads us to focus on optimum solutions for animals in our care including high-volume spay/neuter services, adoption programs like Meet Your Match™, animal fostering, animal transfer programs, humane education for the prevention of cruelty, enforcement of the Ontario SPCA Act and Rescue & Relief™ Services.
The Ontario SPCA works in partnership with many organizations to ensure that optimum animal care strategies are available for communities across Ontario and we extend our programs and resources to Animal Welfare organizations across the province and around the world.
What is a "No Kill" facility?
The term 'no kill' can be a contentious one in animal sheltering and the term is used differently by different groups.
A true 'no kill' facility is one where animals are kept alive at any cost, and no animal is euthanized, regardless of state of health (including emotional health) or temperament.
Unfortunately, many of these facilities do not recognize that emotional and behavioural suffering is just as damaging as physical suffering, and/or will adopt out animals with aggressive temperaments who are a danger to the community.
For example, if an animal is physically healthy, but is showing signs of emotional distress in the form of behaviours caused by living in a kennel or cage for years, a true 'no kill' facility would keep the animal alive, without consideration for the emotional and behavioural suffering this animal is experiencing.
Ideally, the animal would be provided with in-shelter enrichment and/or the opportunity to go to foster care to alleviate the emotional distress, but this isn't always an option for many facilities. Unfortunately, many of these facilities are more like 'warehouses' for animals, rather than safe havens.
There are other groups who refer to themselves as 'no kill', who actually will euthanize animals, thereby negating the term 'no-kill'. Often these groups euthanize only for health related reasons and often only in the case where the animal could not live without on-going physical suffering.
Again, these can be places that do not recognize or treat emotional or behavioural distress or suffering.
There are also 'limited admission' facilities that often also refer to themselves as 'no kill'.
These facilities pre-screen the animals admitted into their shelter, usually choosing not to admit animals who suffer from minor-to-major behavioural problems, aggression, or suffer from any illness.
These groups often take only the 'easiest to adopt' animals, thereby allowing them to say they are 'no kill' simply because the animals they take in are 'easy' animals to adopt back out again. Other animals who do not meet the admission requirements are simply referred to other facilities.
If a shelter has a "no kill" policy, it is important for the public to ask the shelter to define the "no kill" policy, so that the public may understand which definition the shelter is practicing.
The ASPCA has a similar philosophy towards "no kill" facilities:
"The ASPCA believes that unwanted pets deserve a dignified, painless death rather than suffer from such cruelties as malnutrition, disease or trauma, outcomes commonly associated with an unwanted and/or uncared-for existence. Similarly, long-term housing of individual dogs and cats in cages without access to exercise or social activities is not an acceptable alternative. Euthanasia must be understood for what it is: a last-step, end-of-the-road option to spare animals further hardship and suffering."
For more information on the ASPCA, please visit www.aspca.org.
Ontario SPCA Financials
View the complete set of 2017 financial statements here.
View the 2017 Annual Report here.


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Nov 1, 2013 at 6:25 am
You're mighty lucky to have all those dream cars!! Every one of them meet that criteria. If my ship ever came in, I would deal you out of the Mustang first. A lot of my cars I have or have had are pictured in an album on Facebook. But, since I'm going on 82 years old I probably won't be having many more... Bill Madden in Alpine
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The first thing Steve Kelley felt was shock. The Ellenville Regional Hospital CEO was confident the Supreme Court would repeal the portion requiring people to buy health insurance or pay a penalty. It left that and all but one other portion of President Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act intact.
The first thing Steve Kelley felt was shock.
The Ellenville Regional Hospital CEO was confident the Supreme Court would repeal the portion requiring people to buy health insurance or pay a penalty. It left that and all but one other portion of President Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act intact.
"I didn't expect that everything would hold," he said.
Then Kelley felt conflicted.
He loves the idea of expanding health care access but worries that it will bankrupt hospitals or those already paying into the health care system.
"I'm skeptical that we're going to be able to insure 30 million more people without spending more money," he said.
Kelley expects that higher copayments from Medicare patients, smokers and obese people will be needed to bankroll the Affordable Care Act.
The reforms will strip hospitals across the country of $155 billion over the next decade as care ideally shifts from emergency rooms to primary care physicians, said Kevin Dahill, president of the Northern Metropolitan Hospital Association.
But there's already a shortage of such physicians, Kelley said, and funding cuts will make it even harder to attract new doctors into primary care.
That's where community health centers come in, said Anne Nolan, president of Hudson River HealthCare.
The reform created an $11 billion trust fund for community health centers to train doctors and expand offerings.
The $4.92 million secured by Hudson River to expand services in Peekskill, Goshen and Walden would have been in peril had the Supreme Court rolled back the entire act.
"It's a great day," she said.
The Greater Hudson Valley Family Health Center increased its patient load from 13,000 to 18,000 in the 27 months since health care reform was passed, said CEO Linda Muller.
Federal funds will allow the health center to open new facilities in Newburgh and Highland Falls by March 2013.
Muller expects Greater Hudson will have the capacity to serve 30,000 patients in coming years.
"The (reform) is going to improve the lives of millions of Americans," Muller said.
Even the smaller provisions will benefit local providers. These items would have been stricken had the Supreme Court opted to invalidate the law.
Crystal Run Healthcare is one of just 27 facilities nationwide participating in a program where compensation is determined by treatment outcomes rather than the number of transactions carried out, said CEO Hal Teitelbaum.
He expects this program – part of the Affordable Care Act – will result in healthier patients at a lower cost.
"The march to transforming health care is under way," Teitelbaum said.
Woodbourne resident Nancy Greene said it's unfair to burden the insured with having to pay for expanding coverage.
"People that had the foresight to plan ahead are getting raked over the coals," she said.
She also laments that the requirement to purchase insurance will be enforced against law-abiding, hard-working people.
"Why come after somebody that's holding three jobs and let everybody else fly?" Greene asked.
But Kelley said the law can be improved while remaining intact.
He said consumers would be aided and hospitals would face lower administrative costs if the federal government would rate policies that are part of the new health insurance exchange.
Creating three tiers with minimum coverage requirements, Kelley said, would give everybody a clearer understanding of what's covered under a particular plan.
"People don't understand what they're buying," he said. "They just don't know."


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Keep Winter outside where it belongs! Warmth and comfort that has no equal- the Wigens Leather Lindbergh is a classic aviator style hat made with smooth buttery leather. The front trim and earflaps are made of silky rabbit's fur and the interior has a full quilted satin lining with a slightly padded feel for even more comfort. Earflaps clip to the top when not in use. Brown leather has brown fur trim, black leather has grey fur trim. Swedish quality and design. Made in China. Wigens Says- "Use Your Head."


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Today's Market Winners and Losers
The stock market is mixed Tuesday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.27%, the Nasdaq down 0.35% and the S&P 500 up 0.13%. Today's winners are a biopharmaceutical company that continues to see its shares rise on a positive drug trial result and an oil company with a major shareholder that plans to nominate directors to boost returns. Today's losers are a technology company reporting a poor 2013 outlook and another pharmaceutical company reporting disappointing trial results for a treatment.
These are Tuesday's market winners and losers.
Biggest Winners
Shares of Keryx Biopharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: KERX) are up 37.05% on trading volume of 24.2 million shares. The stock continues to jump after positive reports regarding the company's kidney drug. Before Tuesday, the 52-week high was $6.86.
Shares of Hess Corp. (NYSE: HES) are up 9.33% to $68.31 on trading volume of 10.3 million shares. Elliott Management announced it plans to nominate five executives to the board to help boost shareholder returns. Before Tuesday, the 52-week high was $67.86.
Biggest Losers
Shares of VMWare Inc. (NYSE: VMW) are down 19.66% to $78.99 on trading volume of 13.1 million shares. The company announced in its fourth-quarter earnings presentation that it would likely earn $1.85 a share, below the $1.90 expected by analysts polled by Reuters. Before Tuesday, the 52-week low was $79.46.
Shares of Anacor Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: ANAC) are down 17.79% to $4.25 on trading volume of 4.2 million shares. The shares fell following disappointing results on a test for toenail fungus therapy. Before Tuesday, the 52-week low was $4.50.
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You can take the man out of Wofford College, but even after 25 years you can't take the Wofford out of the man.
Ron Robinson, now the Perkins-Prothro chaplain and professor of religion, graduated from Wofford in 1978, anxious to see the world.
That journey continued at Duke University in Durham, N.C., where he earned two Masters degrees, then worked as a campus minister. He followed that with work in local churches, mostly with young people, then accepted a position with Myers Park United Methodist in Charlotte, where he held three different jobs in 15 years. He also did doctoral work during that time.
When Wofford came calling in 2003, though, he found himself drawn back to Spartanburg.
"I always thought that I'd love to come back to a college campus, particularly Wofford," he says. "When the chaplain they had for 17 years retired, they offered the position to me."
He gladly accepted. His goal was to emulate some of the qualities he saw in Don Welch, who was the chaplain while he was at Wofford.
"He was very bright, extremely humorous, and a social activist," says Robinson of Welch. "I'd like to think I can bring some of those qualities to this job."
Robinson brings all three and more. One of the things he is most known for around campus is helping students identify their strengths.
"The student and I will sit down and talk, and although a portion of my counseling involves dealing with problems, most of what I do is help students sort out who they are and what they want to do with their lives," says Robinson. "Sometimes it's something deep inside that they haven't articulated to themselves. I try to help them discover that, then find places where they can experience that in positive, practical ways -- be it an internship, a travel experience or what have you."
If anyone can help them find places, it's Robinson.
"I have been to 48 of the 50 states," he says. "I've been to every continent, including Antarctica, except one -- Australia. And I hope to go there in the next year. I think my desire to travel began at Wofford. But it's not just travel -- I have spent an extended time in a variety of places. The travel I do isn't usually tourist travel. I
t tends to be travel where I can engage the people and the local culture. I generally don't consider that I have visited a place unless I know someone's name and their story. I've traveled to many places where people are extremely poor. I think it is important to hear the voices of those easily ignored or marginalized.
"Because of all the travel I've done and the diverse opportunities I've had with the church, I have connections in lots of places. We've been able to use those connections to help a number of students find internship and service opportunities. I've been able use them to help the Presidential International Scholars as they travel through South America, Africa, Europe and Asia. Mostly, I try to find meaningful experiences where students can, as one of my favorite theologians says, 'Connect their greatest gifts with the world's greatest needs.'"
Robinson enjoys helping students find their strengths and building on them, which is fitting because that's one of the qualities he likes most about Wofford.
"Wofford has figured out that it can do a few things really well," he says. "I like being in an environment where there is focus along with a desire for excellence and achievement.
"Another thing I love about it is that Wofford has always seemed to be a 'can do' place. If you come up with a good idea, you can carry out that idea here. You don't have a lot of bureaucracy to go through. You can try it and I really like that. I can sit down with a group of students and faculty or staff, and we can come up with something we want to do and we can proceed with it. That's the kind of environment I want to be in. I'm a creative person and I like trying new things."
That trait follows him home from his job. Ask Robinson about his passions and you get a long, eclectic list of hobbies, many of which he has tied in to his job somehow.
The first one is fly fishing. It may be the most obvious, as he keeps his equipment in his office for others to borrow. He's teaching an Interim course on the subject again in January. Why does he like walking out waist deep into a river?
"I love nature," he explains. "You can work out a lot of cobwebs when you're out casting a line in the river. It's renewing. It's exciting. And there's more to it than that. I have a competitive element in me. I like outsmarting the fish. I release most of what I catch, and I even crimp the barb on my hook so I don't hurt the fish."
Robinson's fly-fishing fancy has taken him to Alaska, Montana, Utah, Idaho, South Dakota, and even right up the road in North Carolina and Tennessee. He has gone with students, staff, other professors, and Wofford football coach Mike Ayers.
"We don't have to talk about work or anything," says Robinson. "We just get out there and enjoy being a part of nature. I see a connection between what I do at work as a chaplain and what I see out there. I'm really interested in our environmental studies program. I'm doing a lot with eco-theology and justice issues related to the environment.
"Being out there makes me appreciate preservation and conservation. Environmental science and economics are incomplete without an aesthetic appreciation of the planet. And it is important to keep asking ourselves, 'Are we humans a life-sustaining species?'"
Robinson is also known for being on the cutting edge of technology, and he often helps students sort out ways to use the resources available to them. When faculty and students learn of a new technological tool, they usually stop by the chaplain's office to find 'Rev. Ron,' as he is known on campus, already using it.
Other passions include basketball (he once was part of the team at Wofford, though he says he spent his time keeping stats on the bench rather than dribbling or shooting), reading either Southern literature or books about religion and the environment, popular film, oil painting, kayaking, stargazing, storytelling and Native American research. The last two come together when Robinson teaches the folkways of southern Appalachia.
"That's where I grew up," he says. "At the time I didn't realize the rich cultural heritage around me. While I was at Duke I simultaneously took a folklore course at the University of North Carolina. It was there that I found out I had grown up in a place steeped in folk traditions. I listened to a lot of Cherokee stories and mountain stories as a child. I enjoy sharing those folkways with others."
Robinson enjoys sharing lots of things, which is why he is so successful at what he does. It's second nature for him, as is keeping busy and keeping the calendar full of things to do and places to see.
"The compelling aspect of my job is that I'm a part of the faculty, part of the staff, part of the administration, and I'm the chaplain," he says. "So I get to do a lot of different things. That's perfect for me. I'd go nuts if I had to do one thing all the time. I like having my hand in all those pies, and this is an ideal place to do that."


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Consensus Report
Letter Report on the Review of the Food Safety and Inspection Service Risk-Based Approach to Public Health Attribution (2009)Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology
Each report is produced by a committee of experts selected by the Academy to address a particular statement of task and is subject to a rigorous, independent peer review; while the reports represent views of the committee, they also are endorsed by the Academy. Learn more on our expert consensus reports.
The proper inspection of meat and poultry products -- foods that are major contributors to human-foodborne illness -- is vital to the public health of our nation. The task belongs to the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which recently proposed a risk-based methodology for prioritizing its inspection of slaughtering and meat processing facilities. Facilities are ranked according to the risk their food products pose to human health, based (in part) on the proportion of illnesses attributable to those food products (such as deli meat and ground beef). At FSIS' request, this NRC letter report evaluates the agency's methodology for ranking facilities based on the extent to which their food products are potential sources of Salmonella, E. coli O157:H7, and Listeria monocytogenes infection. The report finds that allocating illnesses among food products is extraordinarily difficult because the assessment must cover the "farm-to-fork continuum" -- for example, a contaminant may pass from a bird to a chicken at the farm, from one chicken to another during processing, and from chicken to lettuce in a kitchen. Thus, an illness could be attributed to the lettuce, obscuring the importance of contamination in chickens much earlier in the continuum. The report recommends that FSIS consider using additional public health data and developing a methodology that more clearly presents the rationale behind the agency's approach. Further, because attribution data are scarce, FSIS should consider models for prioritizing risk that do not rely on food product attribution or that use attribution data in a different way.
Key Messages
- Attribution estimates based on outbreak data which reflect disease occurring at the point of consumption do not directly translate to attribution at the point of slaughter and processing. Because the risk-ranking algorithm does not explicitly consider the contribution of non-regulated attribution sources to FSIS-regulated products, it can under or over-estimate the proportion of illnesses actually attributable to slaughter and processing.
- Because FSIS estimates public-health effects on the basis of a small number of observations, the estimates have large uncertainties that should be communicated in the ranking algorithm.
- Failure to characterize the uncertainty in the attribution estimates and other inputs of the risk-ranking algorithm is a critical weakness in the proposed PHRBIS.
- In the proposed public-health risk-based ranking algorithm, FSIS's method of categorizing facilities on the basis of their LOI (indicators of process control) before incorporating public-health attribution (public-health effect) ranks facilities according to inspection-based risk (for example, recalls, enforcements, and verification testing). This ranking may not reflect public-health risk.
- Salmonella serotyping and molecular subtyping not only will be critical for improved attribution efforts but will enhance the agency's ability to monitor pathogen trends, such as emergence of new subtypes. Salmonella serotype-based and subtype-based attribution models are not yet at a stage where they should be used for policy decision-making.
- The data sources currently available for assessing attribution are insufficient to be used independently. FSIS has not used some data that are readily available to supplement the CDC outbreak data and expert elicitations.
- The development of performance measures is premature, given the limitations of the attribution estimates and the lack of uncertainty characterization.
- FSIS should also recognize that attribution estimates will need to be updated as disease incidence in humans changes to retain their relevance when used for risk-based inspection.
- FSIS should present a more transparent algorithm to rank slaughtering and processing establishments according to public-health risk.


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Littleton poised for a new recount on public works building voteBy JOHN KOZIOL
Union Leader Correspondent
March 23. 2014 9:31PM
LITTLETON — For the second time in two years, a recount will be held on an article that fell a handful of votes short of passing at Town Meeting.
In 2013, voters narrowly defeated a new collective-bargaining agreement with the union representing fire, highway and transfer station employees, leading to a recount that upheld the result.
This year, voters rejected an article to appropriate $1.2 million to construct a new public works/highway building. The tally was five votes shy of the required 60 percent majority.
Residents petitioned for a recount and it will take place Tuesday at 3 p.m., according to Town Clerk Judith White. She said she is confident the recount, as was the case with last year's recount, will uphold the tally recorded by the town's voting machines.
White explained that three teams, overseen by Town Moderator Gerald Winn and the Board of Selectmen, will first sort the 1,015 ballots cast into piles of 25 and then begin the recount. Once the observers agree that it is definitively a "yes" or "no," it will then be separated accordingly and a final count done.
"I do believe in the machines," White said Friday. "But sometimes the marks are not where the machine could read them."
She said in her 16 years as town clerk and in other recounts, the machines have been proven correct. Should the public works/highway building article fail in the recount, the result of the recount can be appealed to Grafton County Superior Court.
Town Manager Fred Moody said Thursday the current public works building is old, inefficient to heat and too small for the amount of equipment the department now owns.
"The building is a mid-1950s steel-frame Butler building that has not been substantially improved since then. It's functionally out of date," said Moody, "and needs to be improved for energy-conservation purposes."
Back in the 1950s, he said, "fuel oil was very inexpensive" so the public works building was not well insulated. The town spends between $14,000 and $15,000 annually to heat it, Moody said.
Not only was heating oil cheaper 60 years ago, municipal vehicles were also smaller, said Moody, "and now we're having to store some of our equipment outside."
Moody said a structural engineer last year determined that the connection between the current building's frame and the concrete floor had "significant corrosion so for all those reason the building is in need of substantial structural improvements," or replacement.
Moody said a municipal committee was formed to study the situation. The committee, after looking at "a number of different options," concluded that "a replacement building was the best solution."
He acknowledged that the committee didn't consider building a structure that could accommodate the public works as well as the parks and recreation and cemetery-maintenance departments under one roof as some residents at Town Meeting had wanted.
Voters approved a number of other municipal improvements, including appropriating money to reconstruct and repave the Main Street sidewalk; to renovate the selectmen's meeting room at the Opera House; and to spend $430,243 to upgrade various town roads.
Additionally, voters approved two articles that will facilitate the ongoing effort to revitalize and re-open a corridor that runs parallel to Main Street between Main Street and the north side of the Ammonoosuc River with improvements to sewer, water and traffic flow.
Finally and also significantly, according to Moody, voters approved the three-year CBA between the selectmen and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, Council 93, Local 1348. Voters rejected the agreement last year, leading to the recount that confirmed their opposition. This year, Moody said some 64 percent of voters thought the measure should be adopted and voted accordingly.


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Hello fellow jasammers. sorry for not posting, my phone is still out of function. I miss jasam so much. GH is a total mess and I am turned off by it.
As much as I love BM and KM, I don't know how much longer I can hold out hope for this show.
Anyways Jasam are the best couple on Gh and are not shown any respect or appreciation from this show.
Long live Jasam.


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As we await the season's last dumping of snow, readers dump a load of monthly fan mail lovingly known as Random Axe of Snideness.
As we await the season's last dumping of snow, readers dump a load of monthly fan mail lovingly known as Random Axe of Snideness.
Another satisfied customer: You're going back to your immaturity. I think it's disgusting. You make a big ha-ha of things. You can do better than that. — Roxy
You don't like the ha-ha? Then how about a hee-hee? Or a ho-ho? Whatever, never any ho-hum.
Bad penmanship: It's long overdue for somebody to make you eat that pen of yours. — Jimbo
Golly, that doesn't sound too healthy, Jimbo. And I'm not referring to myself.
Pass the want ads. Couldn't you find something better to do? — Trixie
And miss out on all of this fun-filled interaction with loving readers? Perish the thought.
No business like snow business: Thanks for writing about lunatics who don't slow down in their pickup trucks and 4x4s in heavy snow. I have a sneaking suspicion that your article won't reach its intended target. — Janet
The targets were hit, just not in the brain. See Exhibit A, below.
Apparently, anybody can get a driver's license: i drive a jacked up 4x4 because out here in the country if u dont have it a lot of times u cant get to town especially if the wind is blowing the snow all u city living prius pukes can suck my exhaust its a country thing — Jason
Just curious: is the inability to use punctuation — not necessarily correctly, just using it at all — also a "country thing"?
Not a Pryor-ity: As someone who has spent his entire professional life working in the performing arts, the only viable solution to keep the Madison Theater as a performance space is to rename the theatre as "The Richard Pryor Centre for the Performing Arts." This would give national attention to the project, plus provide an opportunity for thousands of his fans to support the project through individual donations. — John
Interesting idea. But it'll never happen. It took years just to get a tiny chunk of street named after Pryor.
No business like shoe businesses: Re the near-riot at Northwoods Mall by shoppers clamoring for new Air Jordans: The moral of the story is that the crowd doesn't know how to handle themselves in public without embarrassing themselves. — Matthew
Ssh! Don't warn lunkheads about avoiding embarrassment. Otherwise, there would be no Snideness columns.
Sweet cherry pie: Who cares about the shoe mob? Remember when the new Warrant album caused a riot at Sam Goody? — Toby
If you're talking about "Cherry Pie," I know you're kidding, because I was there the day that album came out — and we Warrant fans were a peaceful throng. I bought a cassette, so I could crank "Uncle Tom's Cabin" in my red, T-top Firebird. But no Air Jordans: I wore Rebook high-top pumps. Imagine all the awesomeness in that picture.
Well, it IS Friday: A piece of advice: If you can't reach heaven, raise hell. — John
Thanks, bro. See ya at the next Marshall Tucker show.
PHIL LUCIANO is a Journal Star columnist. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com, facebook.com/philluciano, 686-3155 or (800) 225- 5757, Ext. 3155. Follow him on Twitter @LucianoPhil.


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WWE wrestler found dead in Minneapolis hotel
MINNEAPOLIS — World Wrestling Entertainment superstar Eduardo Gory Guerrero was found dead in his hotel room Sunday morning in Minneapolis, where he was scheduled to appear that evening in a WWE Supershow.
When Guerrero, 38, didn't respond to a wake-up call, hotel security at Minneapolis Marriott City Center and Guerrero's nephew and fellow WWE wrestler, Chavo Guerrero, forced entry into the room shortly after 7 a.m., police said.
The 5-feet-8, 220-pound wrestler was found on the floor. Attempts to revive him were unsuccessful.
There were no apparent signs of foul play or suicide, police said. An autopsy was planned at the Hennepin County medical examiner's office.
He was a featured star on the UPN series "WWE Smackdown!" and son of Mexican wrestler Gory Guerrero.
He is survived by his wife, Vickie, and daughters Shaul, 14; Sherilyn, 9; and Kaylie Marie, 3, according to WWE Web site.
"This is a huge loss," said WWE chairman Vince McMahon. "Eddie was a wonderful, fun-loving human being. Eddie was a consummate performer."
Chavo Guerrero and McMahon said Guerrero was open about his past drug and alcohol abuse but they said he'd been sober for four years.
Guerrero was in the Twin Cities with 60 to 80 other wrestlers to film "Friday Night Smackdown" at the Target Center.
"I know Eddie would want the show to go on," Chavo Guerrero said.
In February 2004, Guerrero became the second wrestler of Hispanic heritage to be WWE champion when he defeated Brock Lesnar, a former University of Minnesota wrestling standout. Guerrero lost the title four months later.
In May 2004, UPN aired the special "Cheating Death, Stealing Life: The Eddie Guerrero Story." The one-hour program chronicled his childhood and his struggle with drug addiction that almost cost him his job, family and life before his recovery and eventual capture of the WWE championship.
Guerrero grew up in El Paso, Texas. He and his three older brothers were all wrestlers.


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Silver eye bath, Europe, 1701-1900
Eye baths are a means of applying a liquid medicine or a simple wash to a notoriously sensitive part of the body. Once the silver bowl was filled with liquid, the patient would place the bath over the eye, tilt the head back and open and close their eye repeatedly in the liquid. The bowl is curved to fit the socket of the eye and avoid spillage. Such treatment may have been needed for an infection or to remove an irritation. The base of this example can be detached and itself filled with a liquid medicine, which could then be dripped into the eye through the stem. This eye bath is made of silver and has a floral design punched into the base. Eye baths can be made from a range of materials including other metals, glass, ceramics and plastic.
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The branch of medicine dealing with the diseases and surgery of the visual pathways (usually the eyes or the brain).
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A small glass or vessel for applying lotion to the eye. This is often necessary to sooth irritation.


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Impact Mobile Inc. provides end-to-end mobile marketing solutions, allowing our clients to engage and interact directly with mobile subscribers. Our flagship JumpTXT® platform and suite of services provide comprehensive mobile marketing capabilities, and carrier-grade mobile messaging infrastructure.
Impact Mobile is a technology company with over 12 years of mobile experience. As mobile pioneers, in 2003 we ran the first cross-carrier short code campaign in North America. And, we continue to lead the way through innovative, industry-first mobile campaigns, such as the first 'smart book' (with NFC tags) introduced in 2011. Our success in the marketplace is also demonstrated by being on Deloitte's list of fastest growing technology companies for six years running.
Impact Mobile has offices in several locations across North America, and is very active in the mobile space holding key leadership roles in various industry associations.


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OTTAWA, Ohio (AP) -- The family of an Ohio man who stepped on a downed power line and was electrocuted while trying to check the condition of a man in an accident has filed a lawsuit against the driver.
The State Highway Patrol charged the man involved in the January crash into a power pole with driving under the influence.
The State Highway Patrol says 42-year-old Michael Feldman of Cloverdale in northwest Ohio drove to the nearby crash site to try to help the person involved in the crash that momentarily knocked out power at Feldman's home.
Troopers say Feldman stepped on a live wire and was pronounced dead at the scene.
The Lima News reports (http://bit.ly/L3Zk5Y ) that Feldman's wife and his daughter also filed the lawsuit against the man who owned the car.


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[Verse 1]
Too much thinking, on top of that, I'm getting high and drinking
I'm floating on cloud 9, watching these niggas sinking
No blinking, you blink too much, you lose your turn
Sleep is the cousin of death, you might as well pick your urn
I been talking my intentions, now it's time to go and do it
Take you were I come from, that influence on my music
Ain't no U-turns on this path, think before you choose it
Hold this autograph, come get your cash and try to use it
I came here unexpected, I'mma leave a legend
Brought up in this hell, how I'm breathing heaven
I swear I fear I hear my niggas laughing while I'm balling
Woke up this morning the weed and alcohol calling
Living that life of a Mac, kicking them hoes out often
Ask 'em when they coming back, knowing that they done lost 'em
Hit them bitches from the back, I ain't want all the talking
Don't be blowing up my jack, flat line on that cat
Let's get this money, then let's make it stack
Then let's make history cause they can't take that back
Back to balling and spending, running up in these women
Got a bitch out the movie, take a look how I'm living
And do you know what it took? I take you back down the road
Before the riches and bitches and the platinum and gold
I got it all from the work, no contract in my soul
I don't ball up and die, I bomb back on them hoes
[Verse 2: A$AP Rocky]
I'm tryna buy my soul from Satan, I can't keep up with payments
Strange writings on the wall got me feeling like a cavemen
Call that shit the "Days Inn," life is so degrading
But to my last statement, I keep praying 'til it's "Amen"
Top is where I'm aiming, left the way I came in
I'ma keep on raving 'til them islands is the Caymens
And my bitch from Mexico, she don't know she next to go
Suit yourself, then screw yourself! Shoot yourself, Plaxico!
Bang, bang! Thought you were a giant
Couldn't hear the mournings, but I bet you hear them sirens
First I close my eyelids, then everything is quiet
I could go out in silence, but I would prefer the riot
I catch the first star with my fist raised, Versace shades, my french braids
Had sick chains since 6th grade, safe to say we've been slaved
These niggas tryna shoot me! These crackers tryna sue me!
Wake up to your favourite actresses, my life is like a movie, boy!
[Verse 3]
Heat up in the winter, so I'm cooler come the summer
We out here, gambling Aruba money, sucka
P.Y.T. all the way up to cougar, I'mma crush her
And I always been a rebel, never been a cuffer
You just talk it, you don't does it, so all those who suffer
You so humble out in public, computer make you tougher
I got Rosé by the bottle, bitches by the car-load
6 or 7 new ones, I'm switching up the tomorrow
Bitch I sleep in the Apollo, I'm always on stage
I should take my show to broadway cause that hallway like a grave
Can't no bitch get in my mind, so I know it's physical
I kick out the dimes, I think I'm invincible
I climbed to the top, now I'm pissing off the pinnacle
I pray to God that I get rich, getting money spiritual
Diamond in my physicals, that's why I'mma stand out
You don't got your hand in, you just got you hand out, son
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By Ben Hayward | Spanish Football Writer
It is occasionally argued Barcelona do not need a coach. So deeply ingrained is the Catalans' passing game, it is claimed, at any one time, each player knows exactly where his team-mates will be, where to play the ball and what to do next - like a kind of telepathic tiki-taka. It sounds good in theory, but Wednesday's damaging defeat at AC Milan proved that argument is simply not valid.
Barca looked lacking in motivation at San Siro; the Catalans had the ball but did little with it and barely shot at goal in the entire 90 minutes. The stars failed to shine, Lionel Messi was consumed by anonymity instead, team lethargy replaced the normal vibrant, energetic side. It was desperately disappointing, their poorest performance in recent memory - and the worst possible time to produce such a dire display.
This Barcelona side have had bad nights before, of course, including another in Milan back in 2010, when Pep Guardiola's team lost 3-1 to Jose Mourinho's Inter. That Italian side, however, was far superior to the current AC Milan team, and such results were the exception rather than the norm under the Catalan coach.
Guardiola has since moved on to take a sabbatical, making way for his assistant Tito Vilanova in the Camp Nou dugout, but the current coach is receiving treatment for cancer and is expected to be away from the team until at least the end of March.
In the meantime, the project may suffer. With Coach one and Coach two in New York, it is left to a third man, Jordi Roura, to fill in, and the interim boss was unable to inspire or ignite his charges in Milan on Wednesday.
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Tactically, Tito too offered plenty of assistance to Guardiola in the big games. Barca miss Pep's motivation but, right now, they do not even have a full-time coach. Vilanova phones in instructions from New York, where his short breaks between treatment means he must rest and cannot return to Barcelona due to the long flights. But he is not there in person - and it showed on Wednesday.
Barca looked lacklustre, appeared content to play out a draw and ended up paying the price. Now, their hopes of winning the Champions League depend initially on turning around the tie at Camp Nou in mid-March. It may prove a step too far, even for this team - and especially given their lack of a true leader on the sidelines.
There are no such concerns in La Liga, where Barcelona's commanding lead over both Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid, plus the relative weakness of most of their rivals, means they are unlikely to be caught, but the Catalans' next three weeks may define the success of the current campaign.
After a Liga clash at home to Sevilla on Saturday, Barca host Real Madrid in the teams' Copa del Rey semi-final second leg match at Camp Nou, having drawn 1-1 in the first game. They then meet Madrid again in La Liga (and although this match is unlikely to have any bearing on the title race now, they will not want to lose a Clasico) before the return against AC Milan at home on March 12. Tito will be away for all of those games and, when he returns, he could find his team are left only with La Liga.
Barcelona have let it be known Roura is simply a stand-in and Tito remains the boss. That will not change. The club will give their coach as long as he needs to return to his role, yet there was concern at the nature of the side's surprise loss in Milan on Wednesday. The idea is now to close ranks behind the scenes and at Camp Nou confidence remains at the prospect of passing to the last eight of the Champions League - as well as the final of the Copa del Rey.
Tito's treatment comes first, yet Barcelona's players have admitted they have been hit hard by their coach's illness and, in Roura, they are now playing for their third trainer in less than nine months, It is far from an ideal situation. On pure talent, the Catalans should be beating all of their rivals, but against the top teams they are currently missing the tactical input and motivation of both Guardiola and Vilanova. The former will not be coming back in the foreseeable future, but the club must hope the latter is able to return sooner rather than later and, it will be hoped at Camp Nou when he does, it will be with the chance to lead the side to three titles this term instead of only one.
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Man, woman charged in 3 Kensington burglariesBy JASON SCHREIBER
Union Leader Correspondent
December 10. 2013 6:32PM
KENSINGTON — Police have charged a pair in connection with burglaries in Kensington, and more charges are expected related to other break-ins in Exeter.
Terry M. Deschenes, 23, of Seabrook, will be arraigned this morning on three felony counts of conspiracy to commit burglary.
He was being held in Maine after his arrest on a probation violation following burglaries in Kennebunk, Maine, but was returned to New Hampshire to face charges stemming from three burglaries in Kensington last month.
Kensington police have also issued an arrest warrant for Shannon M. Reed, 24, of Portsmouth, on three felony burglary charges.
She was also arrested in Maine last week on charges related to the burglaries in Kennebunk, Maine, and remains held at the York County Jail.
Kensington police Sgt. Scott Sanders said Reed will face the Maine charges before she's brought back to New Hampshire.
"We don't know the timetable of when we will be able to take custody of her," Sanders said.
According to Kensington police, a residence was burglarized on Osgood Road on Nov. 22. The next day, burglaries were also reported at a home on Laurel Lane and another on Kady Lane.
Following the burglaries, Kensington police worked with detectives from the Exeter and Seabrook police departments to find some of the stolen items and develop suspects, police said.
Exeter police Capt. Stephan Poulin said his department also plans to issue warrants for their arrests. They are suspected in burglaries at two homes on Front Street on Nov. 20 and Nov. 22, Poulin said. Money and electronics were stolen from the residences, he said.
Deschenes and Reed were arrested in Biddeford, Maine, on Dec. 4 after Kennebunk police received intelligence information from Exeter police regarding the burglaries in Exeter and other neighboring towns.
According to Kennebunk police, information provided by Exeter matched information Kennebunk police had received. Police identified Deschenes and Reed as suspects and a possible vehicle.
After the information was shared with other York County law enforcement agencies, Biddeford, Maine, police found the two at the Biddeford Motel.
Deschenes was arrested on an active warrant for a probation violation in New Hampshire. Kennebunk police said he is expected to face criminal charges there.
He is being held without bail on the probation violation and $10,000 cash on Kensington's burglary charges at the Rockingham County jail.


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Apple Earnings Preview: All Hands on Deck!
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is covered almost every hour by the financial media and reported on by outside websites quite literally thousands upon thousands of times each and every day. Today is reckoning day as the consumer electronics giant and largest company by market cap is due to report earnings after the close of trading.
Thomson Reuters has a consensus forecast of $13.44 earnings per share (EPS) and a gain of 18% in sales to $54.73 billion. For the current quarter's guidance, Thomson Reuters has a consensus grouping of $11.70 EPS and $45.63 billion in revenue, for 16.4% expected sales growth. Wall St. will be focused on margin compression.
What investors need to care about the most is that Apple's fundamental growth story remains, but its stock is broken and similar to peaking trends seen in many past great tech stories. It closed at $504.77, and its 52-week trading range is $443.14 to $705.07. Analysts have been lowering their price targets regularly of late, and the consensus price target from Thomson Reuters is now just under $710.00 for one-year from now. Apple is still worth some $475 billion in market value.
Apple's chart peaked in September, and it has been considered a broken stock since it fell below the 200-day moving average at the start of November. The stock tried to make another challenge of that 200-day moving average over the next month and failed. That level now is listed as $590.60. When Apple broke and failed at the 200-day moving average, that was effectively the first test and failure in about three years. Apple also has been unable to get back above its 50-day moving average either, and that level is now $536.46.
As we have maintained before, Apple has dead air under the $500 share price, if that level does not hold. If a failure is seen, Apple's prior price moves would leave nothing but air down to $440, or even as low as $425, before the next serious support area can be found. Options traders seem to be braced for a move of close to $25 in either direction.
Stay tuned for earnings. Everyone else will be!
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== Install ==
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The [[|installation]] is fairly standard using a pendrive.
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The Nokia Booklet 3G is a small, light and nice Netbook with some interesting features:
- Aluminium frame.
- 12h theoretical battery life (actually 8 to 10h of real use in Linux with low screen brightness, which is still nice).
- 1280x720 screen resolution, much better than the normal on other netbooks (1024x600).
- 3G modem, working well with Linux, so you can get connected everywhere.
- HDMI output.
- No fans, no noise, moderate hot.
- Bluetooth and wifi integrated.
Most of the hardware of the Booklet if fairly compatible with Arch Linux out of the box. The worst part is always the Intel GMA500 graphics card, with good support for 2D acceleration (general experience is smooth and good), but a total lack of 3D and video acceleration, and some problems with HDMI output and suspend.
Probably the second bad thing is the hard disk speed, but there are some tricks we can do with Arch to improve it.
The volume of the speakers are just incredible low (even at maximum volume). It is recommended to use headphones, both wired and Bluetooth works.
The installation is fairly standard using a pendrive.
Graphics Card
See Poulsbo for configuration and options (including brightness control).
HDMI out only works with
modesetting driver (which is the newer one).
Hard Disk
The hard disk is stoping the spin very soon, causing a very bad usage experience, specially with firefox (which access the HD very ofen). There is a solution for this using hdparm:
# pacman -S hdparm
Now edit
/etc/rc.local and add:
hdparm -a 512 -B 255 -S 241 /dev/sda
Run the command yourself to see the effect inmediatly. Se
hdparm man page to see possible values, specially for
-S option.
3G Modem
The modem is working correctly with full speed (7.2mps) and good reception, and the recommended way to manage it is using NetworkManager, because you probably will need to connect or reconnect several times along the day. Also,
nm-applet indicates the signal strength in its icon.
But sometimes it may stop working correctly, needing a full reboot. This is due to corruption in the BIOS.
To avoid this, edit
/etc/default/grub and add
memory_corruption_check_size=256K to
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX variable. (Don't forget to update grub with
grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg).
Software recommended for this machine is the same recommended for most netbooks:
- xfce4 as a general desktop system is good.
- wmii or awesome are very nice for managing windows. You can combine them both with xfce4 or run alone.
- gnome or kde can run, but not smoothly with 3D effects, so it is better to avoid composition.
- NetworkManager is the best to manage the modem and the wifi. Specially, nm-applet can show 3G signal strength in real time.
- firestarterAUR is a very good firewall because it can start and stop when you use the modem, and can share connection by wifi.
- Chromium is preferred over firefox because it feels much faster on Atom procesors.
In general, try to keep simple and avoid bogus applications. Remember that you're running a 1Gb-RAM system with no 3D acceleration with an Atom processor.


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For the better part of three decades, many locals, and even some celebrities, have turned to Doralynn Keltner when needing formal wear or a wedding gown.
SOUTH DAYTONA — For the better part of three decades, many locals, and even some celebrities, have turned to Doralynn Keltner when needing formal wear or a wedding gown.
Tom Day, former Buffalo Bills defensive end, once bought a fur coat from her. Rapper MC Hammer — whose real name is Stanley Burrell — once took his wife, Stephanie, shopping for purses, jewelry and dresses at Keltner's store.
And the late Major League Baseball Hall of Famer — and fishing enthusiast — Ted Williams was a frequent customer who bought fishing shirts from her.
After 29 years in business, Keltner, owner of Doralynn's Bridal & Formal at 2033 S. Ridgewood Ave. in South Daytona, says she just can't do it anymore. She has been undergoing radiation treatment for uterine cancer since September and plans to close her store for good on Dec. 15.
"I just don't have enough strength anymore," Keltner said. "I hate to give (the business) up. But if I can't be there with my customers — even though I have a wonderful employee — I just can't give the customer service I want to."
Doralynn's Bridal & Formal has been at its South Ridgewood location since 2004. Before that, Keltner operated stores up and down Mason Avenue as well as along Riverside Drive in Daytona Beach.
She opened her first store — a consignment clothing shop called Wear It Again — on Mason in 1983.
She dealt exclusively in casual clothing and used bridal and formal wear until a film crew member from the set of "Days of Thunder" — the 1990 movie about NASCAR starring Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman — asked her to sell about 75 dresses from a scene that had been cut.
She sold them in less than three week and realized there was demand for used formal and bridal wear.
"I've been carrying formal wear ever since," Keltner said.
The movie was shot in Daytona Beach and DeLand.
Keltner's experience with the "Days of Thunder" crew was not her last run-in with the entertainment industry.
Athletes and other celebrities in town to film at Sportsolution Inc., a sports documentary studio next to one of Keltner's Mason locations, often would drop by the store to pick something up for themselves or their families, Keltner said.
Keltner was a co-owner of Sportsolution.
"If (the studio) needed a prop or something, they'd come in for that, too," she added. "You see the biggest people in town in the consignment or thrift shops. You never knew who you were going to meet."
MC Hammer and Deion Sanders not only visited Keltner's shop, they visited her home, as well. In the late 1990s, Keltner went fishing with the two celebrities while she was producing a fishing television show that never aired. After spending a day on the water, Keltner invited MC Hammer and Sanders to her home, where they cooked their catches and had dinner.
"He could dance," Keltner said of MC Hammer, adding that the rapper showed off a few of his moves while visiting. "And, boy, could he fish."
Keltner said most of her longtime customers are local, everyday shoppers.
She said she's been in the formal wear game for so long she eventually found herself fitting the daughters and nieces of customers who bought their wedding dresses from her in the 1980s and 1990s.
"I became as much a friend as I was a customer," said Edith Van Doorn, an Ormond Beach resident who bought her wedding dress from Keltner 20 years ago. "She has seen my daughter grow up. You don't find many places that remember your husband and kids and ask about them by name."
Van Doorn said she doesn't know what she's going to do when Keltner's shop closes.
"I'm very sad," Van Doorn said. "(Keltner) was such an outstanding business person, and she really went out of her way to accommodate (her customers). She'd spend time to help you find just what you needed."
Now, Keltner is trying to sell through her shop's remaining inventory and wind down her operations. Though she is planning to close the store, she said she is holding out hope that Doralynn's Bridal & Formal can continue — even if it's without her.
"Maybe someone will come in and buy (the store)," she said.


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Most people would respond that "Reverse Metering" is good and I'd go along with that view. I also decided that it was theoretically not so difficult and I was happy with my point of view until someone inserted a bit of reality.
It is being done so the mechanics of the problem are known. There is a lot of scope to get it wrong but that is eliminated in the USA (for instance) by having to get the system inspected rigorously by inspectors before commissioning. I know it involves pure sine wave inverting. Go to any site selling inverters and compare modified sine wave inverters to pure sine wave inverters and you'll see that pure sine wave inverters are at least 3 times more expensive and that is before the synchronizing problem is even tackled. At the level of small turbines of less than 1 KWatt I would think it would be virtually impossible to make it worthwhile from anybody's standpoint ie the utility or the private generator.
However, and this surprised me, the mechanics of the process are not the biggest problem. There are three problems that I can remember - there are more.
The first concerns grid maintenance. In the conventional system that excludes reverse metering when a switch is thrown everything below that switch is isolated and can be worked on. With reverse metering that no longer holds and maintenance becomes difficult and where an end node is not obvious virtually impossible. There are ways around this problem and they are all expensive - for instance duplicate lines. This topic is the subject of major research and for new distributions new workable solutions could be designed into the system. Not easy.
The second is costing. By and large the biggest problem facing a utility is matching power production to power consumption with the production exceeding consumption by the smallest margin practicable. The excess production is lost and the costs involved are simply part of the production costs. However with Reverse Metering the utility is forced to "repurchase" any and all production by the private generator - this is not fair on the utility. The private generator suffers no losses due to overproduction and is not fair "competition" to the utility. One supposes that somehow the utility could control when it will repurchase - another level of complexity !?
The tail can wag the dog. If the utility is not many times stronger/more dominant then the sum of private generation then the utility cannot predictably make production slightly exceed consumption and essentially control is lost over the grid and can lead to massive under-production, a very disagreeable situation. Incidentally it can also lead to massive over-production and who would foot the bill ?
For these reasons alone it is already obvious that although desirable it is simply not simple. I'm not sure that if I represented the utilities I would allow it at all and paradoxically I'm firmly on the side of the private generator.


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March 25. 2014 6:25PM
— A Canaan couple has been jailed and charged in connection with the rape of a 15-year-old girl, police announced Tuesday.
Raymond Estes, 36, was arrested Friday and charged with aggravated felonious sexual assault involving the girl, police said. His wife, Niessa Estes, 34, was arrested on two Class A misdemeanor charges of endangering the welfare of a child. Police allege that Niessa Estes knew about the sexual abuse and did nothing to stop it.
During an arraignment Monday, a judge increased Raymond Estes' bail to $50,000 cash; his wife's bail stayed at $5,000 cash, police said.
The couple was being held at the Grafton County jail while police continue their investigation. Raymond Estes' charge is a special felony, which carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, police said.
Niessa Estes faces up to a year in jail and a $2,000 fine if convicted.


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The Operational Team
Dr Anthony Ribbink - CEO
Dr A J Ribbink is an internationally recognised scientist who applies his expertise in the service of the people of SouthAfrica and Africa as a whole. He bridges the gap between science and community by placing science and technology in the appropriate socio-economic context with the spe cific aim of improving the quality of life of many rural communities. Hundreds have benefited from Dr Ribbink's capacity-building initiatives and from being positively exposed to science and many continue to benefit from the Sustainable Seas Trust. For many years Dr Ribbi nk also leveraged science and technology to enable the peoples of different countries to work in concert to achieve African-defined and African-driven visions. He also anticipated by many years the human rights issues current today by, for instance, initiating in the late 1970's the development of the Lake Malawi National Park in which villagers were able to maintain their traditional rights.
In November 2007 Dr Ribbink became a founding trustee and CEO of Sustainable Seas Trust. Preceding this he was the Director of the World Bank GEF project on Lake Malawi/Nyasa for Malawi, Mozambique and Tanzania. From 1999 to 2005, he managed two international WWF projects on freshwaters, and concurrently, from 2002 to 2007, developed, raised the funds for and managed the African Coelacanth Ecosystem Programme (ACEP).
Dr Ribbink has authored more than 100 scientific and other publications, and his work has been internationally recognised with, among others, a gold medal from WWF for contributions to conservation and education and a silver medal for limnological research, an award only presented four times since the society's inception in 1964. In 2008 Dr Ribbink was awarded the Royal Society of Southern Africa's Centenary medal. During his career, Dr Ribbink has also been part of the production of more than 40 environmental education films, initially as an underwater cameraman and later as an advisor and producer.
Ncumisa Mzaza - Education Officer
Driven by her love and respect the environment, SST's Education Officer, Ncumisa Mzaza, is able to relate and teach information to primary, high school pupils and adults alike.
She is actively involved and plays a leadership role in local community initiatives which aims to develop the skills of the youth while instilling hope for a bright future and curbing crime and drug abuse despite the difficult home circumstances many youth face.
Ncumisa is also spearheading SST's environmental theatre group which aims to educate the public through plays, music, dance and poetry. By encouraging children off the streets and keeping them busy and educating them about the wonders of our oceans, Ncumisa is actively implementing SST's vision to develop caring communities, giving the youth a sense of belonging alongside nurturing love and respect for the ocean.
Mike King - Office Manager
Mike joined the SST team in October 2016. He handles all the financial and day to day operations of the Kenton office.
Originally from Johannesburg, he moved to Kenton with his wife and two daughters in March 2016. He is primarily from a Sales and marketing and Business Development background.
Kirsty Venter - Education Manager
Kirsty is the newly appointed Education Manager here at Sustainable Seas Trust. The majority of her previous research has focused on Marine Megafauna particularly dolphins and whales. This research has included diet analysis, species diversity and trophic level interactions. Her research has taken her to various parts of South Africa as well as internationally to Mauritius and Antarctica.
Wade Lane - Researcher
Wade was born and educated in George. He studied at the University of Cape Town from 2008-2013 achieving a B.Sc in Zoology and Ecology, B.Sc (Hons) in Botany and M.Sc in Conservation Biology. His role is as our principle researcher for our GIS project which aims to model and map the distribution of marine plastic waste.
Tatjana Baleta - Communications
Hailing from Cape Town, Tatjana graduated from the University of Cape Town with a B.Sc in Genetics and Ecology and Evolution and B.Sc (Hons) in Medical Science. Her love for the ocean led her to pursue her Dive Master in Mozambique before travelling to Indonesia to collect data for manta ray research. Back in South Africa, she is putting her writing skills and scientific background to use at SST and the African Waste Network.
WESSA Volunteers


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About johnslaw
To help your case, you should inform the appropriate authority of any accident, such as the local council, your employer or owner of any property where the accident occurred, if possible, should be a note of your accident in the accident book. names and addresses of witnesses to the accident. Where possible, we should also encourage you to take photos to show any defect or danger, which was responsible for your accident or injury (use a ruler if necessary to show the depth or height of a threat).
Patents are hindrance to progress.


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By now you've heard: pioneering Washington journalist Helen Thomas has, thanks to a viral video interview, been pilloried for offensive comments about Israel and ousted from the press corps' inner sanctum. Her words were definitely incendiary—Jews should "get the hell out of Palestine" and "go home" to Europe and America. But the reaction suggests that the Rabbilive ambush was just a catalyst for a gathering storm of political enmity. She was after all, one of the few hard-nosed reporters (and women) in the briefing room who ruthlessly challenged the White House on foreign policy issues.
To George W. Bush's former press secretary Ari Fleischer, the comments were tantamount to a call for genocide: "She is advocating religious cleansing," he told Huffington Post. "How can Hearst stand by her? If a journalist, or a columnist, said the same thing about blacks or Hispanics, they would already have lost their jobs."
Getting fired for bigoted words? Somehow that fate has not befallen the cabal of right-wing bloviators who have literally built their careers pushing the propaganda war against Latinos, other people of color, gay people, liberals and anyone else they disagree with. They're not journalists in the formal sense, but their frothing tirades, word-for-word, arguably wield more influence over the corporate news cycle. In contrast to Thomas-gate, though, Limbaugh and friends don't need to be ambushed and exposed by rogue YouTube muckrakers. They've spewed their venom to millions daily on television and radio, backed by advertisers, media executives and an audience that happily blinds itself to political hypocrisy.
At HuffPo, some cooler heads have spoken in Thomas's defense while criticizing her remarks, noting a double standard in how Americans talk about who should "get the hell out." On moral relativism, Paul Jay of Real News argues:
The obvious comparison is asking all European Americans to "get the hell out", and leave the land to its rightful owners, Native Americans. One could argue Mexican Americans might have an argument to stay in certain parts of the country.
The European migration to America isn't such a stretch if one thinks about it. Colonialism makes use of people fleeing religious persecution to populate their new possession . . .
At any rate, we all know what's going on here. The hyper-pro-Israel lobby, in both parties, hasn't much liked the fact that Helen Thomas dares to speak up and question that most sacred of topics, and right from the front row of the White House Press Gallery.
James Zogby of the Arab American Institute puts Thomas's comments in perspective and calls out the right-wingers, embodied in the character assassination of Ari Fleischer, for its far more virulent rhetoric against people of color, gays, and, oops, yes, Jews:
Where was their indignation when Rush Limbaugh was making disgraceful and insulting comments about African Americans, gays, Muslims, and women and then was hosted and toasted at the White House? And did they speak out when Pat Robertson was making bizarre pronouncements connecting the devastation of Katrina or Ariel Sharon's stroke with God's justice? If I thought they understood shame, I would advise them to feel some.
When Dobbs, Beck and company have likened immigration to an illegal invasion of America's god-given dominion, they're just brandishing their patriotism, right? As opposed to the misguided journalists who dare question an actual occupation, perpetuated by the U.S., in another part of the world. Granted, it's hard to tell who's blaming who for what sometimes, as right-wingers tend to employ the same terminology when debating immigration and America's Muslim and Arab adversaries: invaders, terrorists, conquerors, and the occasional fascism reference.
Language is a funny thing. With all her experience in the White House press corps, Thomas should have known what words are off limits. There are some lines you just can't cross in the media... unless you're the one who gets to write the rules.


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I just got back from two weeks at the beach. It was wonderful although my wife warned me that my Facebook friends were probably getting tired all of the pictures I posted showing the crabs I caught that were waiting to become dinner that night. I was very intention about 'being on vacation' the first week. For me that means avoiding real work at almost all costs. No email. I need to do that once or twice a year. I kept up the second week but would be lying if I said I worked a normal schedule. I made sure to enjoy time with family and friends and I took some time for myself. Like I said; it was great.
What does your downtime look like?
Most of us take vacation. We've read countless articles telling us how important it is. We all know that it's not great to be tied to our devices 24X7 at night and on the weekends. We know it. So I won't try to convince you. But most people simply don't disconnect often enough and some people never seem to do it.
What keeps people from disconnecting?
I suppose there are lots of reasons. I saw a tweet from @BuckWoody shortly after I came back from vacation that shared this quote:
"One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one's work is terribly important." – Bertrand Russell
There's a lot of truth to that sentiment. You work isn't as important as you sometimes want to think and your career should never become your identity.
What happens if you're a manager and you have key people that really and truly can't be disconnected on a regular basis because they are that important? You're probably a bad manager and not doing your job well. What happens if you have a job that simple doesn't allow you to ever be disconnected. Find a new job. Life's too short. Years or decades might go by before you regret the time you wasted but eventually you'll realize living your life that way sucked and you'll regret it.
What does your down time look like? How important do you think your work is?


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The Walrus Says
New Year resolutions:
Keep a positive attitude - Marlene Murphy
Provide more items of convenience for my customers - Ilesh Patel
Quit smoking - Johnna Jamieson
Start a walking program - Andrea Sherry
Slow down and get some sleep - Karen Gorden
Be at peace with life - Dr. Durga Larkin
Get back in shape - Cathryn Jamieson
Find more time to volunteer - Amy Krainin
To continue not smoking (been off them for 7 weeks) - Scott Sherman
Spend more time with the family - Trish O'Brien
Peace and happiness for all - Mike DeVito
To get in shape to get in shape(cq) - Jim Pemantell
To save money - Katrina Westall
Stay within my budget - Paula Noll
Quit smoking - Sam Albaugh
Larry Lewis came through with the answer to who starred in the movie "Christmas in Connecticut." "The 1945 screwball comedy about a woman and her fabricated life starred Barbara Stanwyck, Dennis Morgan and Sydney Greenstreet. It's filled with great one-liners, like, 'Nobody needs a mink coat but the mink'."
Thanks, Larry.
The RI Festival Chorus, which includes the Men' Chorus of Jamestown and the Jamestown Community Chorus, is holding a rolling raffle that will end on Jan. 10. A tax-deductible donation of $20 will make contributors eligible for eight chances at prizes of $50, $500 and a grand prize of $1,000. The first drawing will be on Jan. 10 and the grand prize drawing on March 14.
The Festival Chorus is planning its third event, entitled RISingsIII in September in Providence. Questions about the raffle? Call B.J. Whitehouse at 423-1574 or e-mail at email@example.com.
...........then we fell in with a preacher......
Pig Newton is in Florida again. This time for four weeks. Pig is a 19-year-old male Vietnamese pot belly pig who resides with Bill and Lois Cone on Hamilton Avenue and goes where they go. The 55-pound quadruped makes frequent trips south. Lois told us Saturday that her husband was at that time driving Pig down and that the animal "loves it in Florida. He sits by the pool and thinks. The climate is similar to that of Southeast Asia."
Actually Pig belongs to their daughter Jennifer but lives year round with the senior Cones. Lois said the Pig is really her "grandpig." The pet lives on vegetables and fruit and sleeps on polar fleece only, no wool. When we spoke to Lois she said she has been wiping off snout marks on the refrigerator. "He knows where the food is," she said.
He also knows how to live a pig's life.
Tania Biddle, Kathy Tiexiera, Brenda Ratcliff and Anna Templeton Cotill identified The Jamestown Press office as the place that once housed the telephone company. Anna said that when her mother called from Philadelphia and Anna wasn't home she would ask the operator to help locate her. And, she would.
Alice Cooney Erdmann wrote that she used to be one of the telephone operators on Jamestown and now lives in Exeter. Carol Fuquea of Coventry e-mailed that when she moved to Jamestown in 1962 you had to have the operator place your call. "You would pick up the receiver, the operator would come on and ask what number you were calling and then she would dial it for you."
Jim Pemantell related how on one very hot and humid August night shortly after he joined the police department he was checking doors on Narragansett Avenue after the bars had closed. The telephone company's door was unlocked and he saw nobody in the room. When he went in he heard a loud whirring noise coming from a fan in the back room. He shouted out but nobody answered so he went to the back room. In that humid, before-air conditioning night the operator tried to beat the heat by stripping down to her undergarments while she worked the switchboard. Jim apologized and made a hasty retreat.
Thanks guys!
Where was Westall's Ice Cream shop?
A Snapple cap moment: One brow wrinkle is the result of 200,000 frowns.
*** Be true!
We wish you a happy and healthy new year!!
Call in your stuff for this column to 423-0383 or 829-2760 or e-mail us at jtnwalrus@hotmail. com.


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CAMDEN, Mich. (AP) -- Police say a baby riding in an Amish horse-and-buggy was killed after a minivan rear-ended the buggy in southern Michigan.
MLive.com reports (http://tinyurl.com/6ub2khx) the 10-month old was thrown from the buggy Tuesday afternoon near Camden-Frontier High School and not far from the boundaries with Ohio and Indiana.
Michigan State Police Trooper Dan Bowman says the infant was flown to an area hospital. The child was pronounced dead there.
Bowman says a family of four was inside the buggy. Their conditions as well as those inside the minivan are not yet known.