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The fat stack of business cards inside Irl VanPool's wallet makes the old, tattered piece of fabric nearly impossible to close. Each card is significant to the 63-year-old homeless veteran – a helpful step toward permanent housing as he and his wife reside in Woodstock through McHenry County PADS, a division of Pioneer Center for Human Services.
"It's been a long journey, but it's going to be well worth it," VanPool said. "It's not quite over yet, but I can see the light at the end of the tunnel. Our family is going to be together again soon."
The journey is expected to end in Marengo later this month, when the married couple of more than 17 years moves out of the transitional shelter into a four-bedroom, two-bathroom home donated to the Aging and Disability Foundation.
"I had never even heard of Marengo," said Charlotte VanPool, who grew up on the North Side of Chicago. "This is our dream house and will finally give us stability. Christmas is coming early."
The couple last year couldn't afford to renew a lease at the two-bedroom apartment in Cicero they shared with their six young grandchildren and a seventh sibling they are responsible for, Charlotte VanPool said. Now homeless, the grandchildren were turned over to the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services.
They had been caring for the six grandchildren since their daughter and son-in-law had been incarcerated, Charlotte VanPool said. The duo took custody of the 10-year-old sibling when she was 3 years old for unrelated reasons.
The Vietnam War veteran, his wife and the young sibling proceeded to live out of a truck for some time after that, spending the majority of their time parked at the VFW in west suburban Berwyn.
It was there that members of the Berwyn Police Department took a liking to the family, giving them water and food, letting them use their cellphones to call shelters, and even chipping in their own money to put them up in a hotel room for a night.
"All of us tried to help out any way we could," Berwyn police Detective Rich Novotny said. "We worried about them, especially the girl, and we were able to reach out and give them some options."
Members of the police department connected the family with representatives from Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital in Maywood, who referred their case to the Aging and Disability Foundation, a nonprofit focused on finding affordable housing for families, veterans and the disabled.
They moved into the transitional home in September, while the grandchildren remain split between different DCFS housing.
While searching for housing, the Elk Grove Village-based foundation received a foreclosed home on the 400 block of North Taylor Street in Marengo as a donation.
More than $80,000 worth of renovations and improvements to the home later, it is nearly ready for the family, defined by HUD as critically homeless, to move in.
"It's a wonderful thing," said Robin Schubitz, Aging and Disability Foundation founder. "It's building their lives back up and giving them a second chance."
The couple are confident that when they move into the home DCFS will release the six grandchildren back into their custody.
"If we don't get them, they will be split up forever," Charlotte VanPool said. "This home will give them a decent life and get them away from the bad memories, beginning a whole new life for all of us."
Marengo Mayor Donald Lockhart sees the improved home as a win-win for the family and the city.
"If you would have seen this house prior to the changes, you wouldn't have believed it," Lockhart said. "The city is proud to be able to help a homeless veteran."
This is the third family the Aging and Disability Foundation has placed in affordable housing since the organization was created in April 2011.
"There have been so many people who have helped us along the way," Irl VanPool said. "Everything appears to be falling into place, and it is amazing what people will do for a veteran."


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Find me talking to Richard Jackson at Artbound…
Hey Folks:
I've got a profile of the inimitable L.A. painter Richard Jackson up at KCET's Artbound. Jackson is one of those under-recognized SoCal figures with a penchant for producing ephemeral works. Which means if you didn't see it the first time, chances are you didn't see it at all — he's not big on producing saleable objects. Now he's got a retrospective up at the Orange County Museum of Art through May 5.
Please click through to the KCET piece and give it a thumbs up or a Retweet if you can. If the story gets a lot of traffic, then KCET does a TV segment. And I desperately want to see a TV bit about Jackson — who is a funny, smart, no bullshit kinda guy.
Update: the piece is now up for vote on KCET's website. Please click through! A vote for Jackson is a vote for artistic pandemonium!!!
You'll find a few more pics from opening night after the jump. If you live in the greater SoCal area, this show is worth the haul.
Photos above, top to bottom: Jackson's "Bad Dog" relieves himself on the side of the museum, the floor underneath "Painting With Two Balls," and a pair of his site-specific wall murals.

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After mentioning the apparent apocalypse that I fear will accompany the commencement of America's final strike against Sadam Hussein, I received (courtesy of Laurie Mylroie) the following account from the Israeli newspaper Ma'ariv (Israel's second largest Hebrew language newspaper) of Israel's preparation for the Saddam's anticipated response:
"Homat Barzel" [Iron Wall] — this will be the alert code to be used by the IDF Home Front Command to warn the population of a missile attack on Israel.
The IDF has recently stepped up the preparation of the home front in anticipation of the expected US attack on Iraq. Security officials estimate that Saddam Husayn will order his army to fire long-range missiles at Israel, including some outfitted with chemical and biological warheads, already at the beginning of the US strike.
In "quiet contacts" held recently with the heads of the US Administration, Israel asked a forewarning of several days prior to the strike to be able to prepare for the possibility of missiles being fired on Israel's civilian population. The issue was raised by the prime minister, the defense minister, and the chief of staff in their visits to Washington.
Sources in Israel affirmed that a forewarning of a mere several hours –as prior to the US attack on Afghanistan — would be insufficient. The IDF foresees a public "avalanche" on the gas mask distribution centers in case of an emergency. Therefore, it has trained some 3,000 reservists, who would be called up at once to help the centers increase distribution to over 50,000 gas masks a day.
The IDF has also finished drafting the procedures for updating and informing the public. The moment the report is received of a missile having been fired, a siren will be activated throughout the country, broadcasts on all television and radio stations will stop, and the public will be notified of the new alert code (replacing "Nahash Tzefa" of Gulf War fame), which will be read out by Oded Ben-Ami, a former IDF spokesman.
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Mike and Chris Myers, both of Lexington, topped a rain-soaked field of 30 fishermen to win Saturday's Susan G. Komen Fishing for a Cure Striper Tournament at High Rock Lake held in conjunction with the Ole North State Line Siders.
Mike and Chris Myers, both of Lexington, topped a rain-soaked field of 30 fishermen to win Saturday's Susan G. Komen Fishing for a Cure Striper Tournament at High Rock Lake held in conjunction with the Ole North State Line Siders.
The two anglers fished live bait on the main lake to land their two-fish tournament limit of stripers that totaled 20.50 pounds, a catch anchored with the big fish of the day, an 11.60- pound striper. They received $724, a $75 gift card and a Penn reel for first place and an additional $330 for the big fish of the tournament.
Joe Garner of Asheboro captured the second-place prize of $366 and a $75 gift card with one striper weighing 11.40 pounds. Garner also received $100 and an Echo blower for catching the biggest striper released alive.
Garner's name was called out as the winner of the side-pot High Roller contest and had his hands on the $400 check until tournament officials realized they were in error. Garner wasn't eligible for that phase of the tournament, which required an additional payment of $50.
"Easy come, easy go," said Garner as he returned the check to tournament officials.
Josh Tuttle and Jesse Adkins of Lexington had one striper that went 10.70 pounds that paid $224 and a $75 gift card for third place.
Jimmy Davisson and Mac Moneta of Charlotte placed fourth with a 10.60-pound striper and received a gift certificate.
Eighteen teams started off in an early morning drizzle amidst chilly temperatures. The weather went downhill from there. By 12:30 p.m. heavy rains pounded High Rock Lake and persisted throughout the 3 p.m. weigh-in at the Abbotts Creek Landing. While contestants waited for the start of the weigh-in, several makeshift tents offered some protection against the steady downpour and shifting winds. During the wait, they were served barbecue sandwiches, chips, and soft drinks by Jeremy Fritts of D & E Marine and his assistants.
Most of the fishermen had boats with Bimini Tops that made fishing bearable throughout the dreary day. The fish weren't turned on by the weather, either. Fewer than 10 stripers came to the scales; yet the fish that were caught were quality fish, ranging from 8 to 11 pounds. They were caught with live bait or bucktail lures at the creek mouths or on the main body.
The tournament raised $833 for the Susan G. Komen Foundation to support the organization's fight against cancer.
The weather wasn't any better on the Rowan County side of the lake where 14 qualifying teams took off from Tamarac Marina for the Carolina Anglers Team Trail Fish-off.
Todd Shoaf of Linwood fished solo and took first place with 13.21 pounds, a catch that included a 4.35-pound bass, the big fish of the day. Shoaf received $3,081.
Jeremy Talbert of Albemarle and Tod Haynes of Concord finished second with 13.11 pounds and shared $1,000.
The Lexington team of David Wright and Chris Brown claimed the third-place prize of $250 with 12.95 pounds.
Lexington's Gerald Beck caught a 4.15-pound bass, the second-biggest fish of the day worth $39.
GEICO, the insurance firm with the little green critter, has become the title sponsor of the 2014 Bassmaster Classic, set for Feb. 21-23 at Lake Guntersville, Ala.
"It's a pleasure for us to play a larger role in the Bassmaster Classic," said Ted Ward, vice president of GEICO marketing. "Bass fishing, and the Classic in particular, is a wonderful way to enjoy what's become an enormous popular sport. Entire industries have developed around bass fishing and we're delighted to be part of it."
According to BoatUS, the worst enemy of your boat and trailer during winter storage is water. Precautions should be taken to keep your possessions dry.
Boat Us recommends keeping your boat and trailer in a slightly bow-up position to allow water to drain. The drain plug should be removed for the same purpose. Tie the drain plug to your ignition key, so you'll know where it is in the spring. Check the boat cover periodically to be certain it's snug to prevent the intrusion of water and unwanted critters.
Tony Garitta is a fishing columnist for The Dispatch.


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"Anybody have any idea what invention has saved more lives than any other in the history of humankind?" Matt Damon asked a room filled with reporters. The answer? "The toilet." In a new public service announcement, the actor and Water.org co-founder announced, semi-seriously, that he was going on strike against the toilet — and he wants everyone to join him.
The Oscar-winning actor and philanthropist is taking the bold and uncomfortable step of refraining from using toilets in order to raise awareness of the lack of clean water and sanitation for millions of people worldwide. While the video is humorous, the campaign itself is quite serious. It's meant to shed light on the fact that around the world, 780 million people – which, as Damon pointed out, is twice the population of the United States – lack access to clean water. And some 2.5 billion people lack access to a toilet or basic sanitation. To support Water.org's cause, Damon declared, "In protest of this global tragedy and until this issue is resolved … I will not go to the bathroom."
If you wish to join the Promised Land actor in his strike, or to donate to the cause in other ways, visit strikewithme.org.
MORE: Gates Foundation: Funding the Toilets of the Future


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Mexico City: Mexican federal police say they`ve arrested one of the FBI`s most wanted fugitives, a Los Angeles man sought on charges of murder, kidnapping and rape.
The federal police agency says Joe Luis Saenz, who is about 37, was taken into custody in the western city of Guadalajara Friday.
Mexican officials expect extradition proceedings to begin in the coming days.
The FBI says Saenz is accused of fatally shooting two rival gang members in Los Angeles in July 1998 and of kidnapped, raping and murdering his girlfriend less than two weeks later.
He is accused of a fourth murder in Los Angeles County in October 2008.
There was a reward of up to USD 100,000 for information leading to his arrest.


text: We've known for a little while that a new version of the PlayBook would be coming out soon. What we didn't know though is that this new PlayBook could possibly be LTE enabled. Back in late January, a leaked RIM slide showed plans for the release of a 3G-enabled PlayBook in April. Today, this seems to have taken a turn for the better for users. The above screen shot shows the PlayBook LTE release as being scheduled for early-April. Let's hope this plans don't change and we can get our hands on a nice LTE PlayBook!


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The Spice smoking mixture range has been one of the most popular "herbal" smokes ever, and now it's no suprise why.
To get an idea of just how popular these mixtures are, just take a look at this data from Google's keyword tool:
That's over 37,000 searches a month for these three search terms alone — Spice is definitely a customer favourite. I also get no less than 500 emails a day from Russia asking if I can ship it there by the kilo. So what's behind it all?
This paper [PDF; 246 kB] has some interesting things to say. It turns out that the Spice blends all contain JWH-018 as well as two compounds based on CP 47497 — all of them synthetic cannabinoids. These are man made chemicals designed to tickle the same receptors as THC, the active compound in cannabis, so it's no wonder these smoking mixtures are so powerful. The difference in potency between the Spice blends appears to be accounted for by increasing levels of these CP 47497 homologues.
Since this discovery, Spice has been banned in several countries, including Austria and Germany. The BBC also reported on it and had the following to say:
The UK drugs regulator, the Medicine and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), is understood to have identified JWH018 in products available in the UK. It is currently in order to determine whether or not it should be classified as a medicinal product — which would mean it should only be available from a doctor.
The UK Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs, which advises the government on whether a drug should be made illegal, is also aware of the substance, and is investigating it.
The Spice manufacturers make no mention of these synthetics on their packaging, so a lot of herb-enthusiasts feel somewhat betrayed. Rightly so, I suppose — not being told just what you're smoking exactly. People have the choice to put things in their body and some Spice smokers might make a different decision if they had all the facts in hand.
But, why?
The typical reaction to this news seems to be the disgust about putting any of these "unsafe" man-made compounds into their body, as though mother nature was some kind of safety net. "These plants have thousands of years of safe use", they say! But let's take a closer look…
Take Kratom, for instance. Kratom contains a powerful compound called mitragynine, which acts upon the opioid receptors; the same targets for opium and its derivatives. One alkaloid in kratom, although present in much smaller quantities, is 7-hydroxymitragynine, which is apparently 17x more potent than morphine! While I wouldn't call this plant harmful, compared to other drugs like cocaine and heroin, it wouldn't say it was harmless either. The opioid receptors are a dangerous set of receptors to be messing with — the mu subtype responsible for the classic euphoria that accompanies opiate use also stops you breathing if you tickle them too much. Opiates are also addictive, just like kratom can be if you take too much. While this plant may have seen thousands of years of responsible, moderate use, this is no reassurance at all towards its safety.
Now days, people generally don't toil in the field every day that Newton sends — we have more free time and money to spend than ever before. We can now afford to use large quantities of kratom every day, as well as other entheogens from around the world, but we don't have any information about this level of exposure to kratom itself or in combination with other stuff. For all we know, taking a mixture of kratom and Salvia divinorum daily could make your eyeballs explode after day 300, or chronic kratom use might give you some kind of evil superpower. Looking at paracetamol as a rather boring example, if you take the odd one every now and then, you'll be fine, but if you take 8 pills a day every day for a year, you'll likely end up with some serious condition. There's also the fact that modern chemistry can create powerful extracts of these entheogens. Who's to say they're safe, just because they come from a plant? And what about any other drugs we might be on? Being on a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor like Prozac for depression isn't uncommon in today's society — combine them with the "perfectly safe" Banisteriopsis caapi vine, itself a monoamine oxidase inhibitor, and you have a potentially fatal combination of drugs in your system. I bet there are many more contraindications we haven't even considered.
What about plants like cannabis and tobacco? They've also been used responsibly for thousands of years, but it's only when so many people start to take these things that we realised "Actually, smoking is bad for us". Besides, our current medical knowledge means we've only recently been able to diagnose these kind of things. I'm not sure I want to trust any data from a period when epilepsy might have been down to a demonic possession. How many adverse health effects could we identify in these ancient entheogen users based on what we know today?
So, while we can be uncertain of the long term effects on health of JWH-018 and friends, it seems we can't actually be certain about the safety of most of the things we happily consume. Yes, they may turn out to be super toxic (although probably not, if they're given to lab rats), but at least they only act on your cannabinoid receptors. Kratom tends to be prepared as a tea — once you've drunk it, you've drunk it. If you've taken too much, you'll realise when its already in your blood. It would be much harder to overdose on these synthetics due to the speed at which they get in your system — if you're too stoned, you won't want to smoke any more, never mind being physically able to. The cannabinoid receptors they target are also much safter than the opioid targets of kratom. Cannabinoid receptors seem play a modulatory role, rather than being majorly important, so messing with them doesn't have as drastic an effect. Smoking too much might make you feel a bit sick and dizzy for a while, but you certainly won't stop breathing.
In all, I think Spice is in the wrong for not making this clear in the first place, but then I'm not suprised they didn't want to list these compounds in the current political climate. Maybe when the government realises that it is our right to put things into our own bodies, listing these ingredients wouldn't be an issue.
Even with this new information however, I'll still be using the stuff. It's great!.


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Blues spoil Bruins rally with overtime winSportsDirect Inc.
February 06. 2014 11:30PM
ST. LOUIS - T.J. Oshie scored 3:29 into overtime as St. Louis improved to 10-0-1 at home against Eastern Conference representatives with a 3-2 win over the Boston Bruins.
Oshie alertly tapped the puck away from Boston's Carl Soderberg behind the net before chipping it past Tuukka Rask at the left post for the game-winning tally.
The goal was Oshie's 14th of the season and second in as many contests.
Jaden Schwartz scored and set up a goal and Alexander Steen netted his team-leading 28th tally for the Blues, who skated to a 3-2 road shootout victory over Boston on Nov. 21.
Jaroslav Halak turned aside 36 shots and Dmitrij Jaskin notched his first career NHL assist in the win.
David Krejci and Brad Marchand scored 2:08 apart midway through the third period to forge a 2-2 tie.
Rask finished with 24 saves for the Bruins, who lost for the first time in overtime and fell to 7-1-2 in their last 10 games.
Steen's slap shot from the edge of the right circle opened the scoring with 4:12 remaining in the first period.
Schwartz unleashed a wrist shot from the top of the left circle 3:32 into the second, but Krejci answered with a snap shot from the high slot before Marchand netted his 18th goal by converting a sharp-angle bid from along the goal line.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Boston captain Zdeno Chara missed the contest as he prepares to carry the Slovakian flag in the Opening Ceremony of the Winter Olympics. ... St. Louis captain David Backes saw his three-game goal-scoring streak come to an end. ... Wearing a Blues jersey, Aeneas Williams dropped the ceremonial puck prior to the game. The former Arizona Cardinals and St. Louis Rams CB was voted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Saturday. ... St. Louis LW Brenden Morrow played in his 900th NHL game.


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YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — The head of humanitarian affairs for the United Nations says conditions at refugee camps in western Myanmar housing victims of recent communal violence are among the worst she has seen in the world and is pleading for international aid.
Under Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs Valerie Amos issued a statement Saturday after a four-day visit to western Rakhine state to assess the living conditions of thousands displaced by deadly violence between Rakhine Buddhists and Muslim Rohingya.
"We have to improve the situation," Amos said in the statement. "People are living in overcrowded conditions with appalling sanitation and limited access to water, and an increasing risk of disease outbreaks."
Amos visited eight different refugee camps, with varying living conditions, but she described one camp in Myebon as particularly shocking.
"I have seen many camps during my time as the (U.N. emergency relief coordinator), but the conditions in this camp rank among the worst," she said.
Her remarks underscored concerns about Myanmar's stability even as the country makes strides toward a democratic society under the reformist government of President Thein Sein after almost five decades of military rule.
"There have been a number of very encouraging political developments this year, but also a number of humanitarian challenges that need to be addressed where the United Nations and our partners can help and make a difference," she told a news conference in Yangon on Friday.
She called on the government to promote reconciliation in Rakhine state, where antagonism between the two communities burst into deadly violence in recent months, killing around 200 people on both sides and displacing about 110,000 people, the vast majority of them Muslims.
She also urged the international community to contribute urgently needed cash to help improve the situation.
Last month, the U.N. humanitarian coordinator based in Myanmar said donors had already pitched in $27 million, but that an additional $41 million was needed to meet humanitarian needs through June 2013.
There is widespread resentment of the Rohingya community, whom many in Myanmar regard as illegal immigrants from Bangladesh out to steal their land. The resentment extends to U.N. and other agencies that provide relief to the displaced Rohingya.
"In Rakhine, the tensions between the communities are still running very high. There is a loss of trust and I believe the government must play a critical role in reconciliation," Amos said. "We need the political leaders at all levels in Myanmar to support the important humanitarian work being done by the United Nations and our partners."
Amos also called on the government to allow the U.N. to travel to areas in northern Myanmar controlled by ethnic Kachin insurgents who are fighting against the army, in order to provide assistance to civilians affected by the strife
"In Kachin and northern Shan states, continued fighting since June last year has forced some 75,000 people from their homes and in need of assistance," she said.
For almost six months the U.N. has not been able to provide assistance to almost 40,000 people because it is not permitted to go to areas controlled by the Kachin rebels, who seek more autonomy from the government, she said.
"We have asked the government to give us permission to travel to these areas and provide the aid that is so badly needed," Amos said.


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"Nintendo is releasing a 279-page book that will be published by Dark Horse Books, that will tell the history of the Legend of Zelda. Called Hyrule Historia, the hardcover is scheduled to be released tomorrow (January 29th) in various online retailers and anywhere books are sold."
I preordered this thing months ago. I can't believe it comes out today. I should have mine delivered within the next day or two. Very excited to pour over it.
I ordered mine a couple months back from Amazon and it just gotdelivered earlier this morning. I can't wait to get home and read it.
Pre-ordered it last night since it was still on Amazon with a huge discount :D cant wait to get it Friday, hope the mail person doesn't get lost!
Just got mine in the mail.
It's... cool enough, I suppose. 1/4 of it is dedicated solely to Skyward Sword, 1/4 is dedicated to the manga, 1/4 is dedicated to cataloging how the art style has evolved over the past 25 years, 1/4 is the Hyrule Timeline.
I mean, it's not disappointing per se, and I really appreciate all of the art in it, but I would have really liked to have seen more background material--more background on how the games were made and conceived, and things like that. You know, more nonfiction elements.
Oh: and the thing is huge. 12 inches wide, 18 inches long.


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Decision delayed on status of Manchester's economic development officeBy TIM BUCKLAND
New Hampshire Union Leader
July 16. 2013 10:29PM
MANCHESTER — An aldermanic committee on Tuesday delayed making any recommendation whether the city's economic development office should be its own department or a division of the mayor's office.
But before the joint Administration/Human Resources Committee of the Board of Mayor and Aldermen voted 4-2 to table the discussion, some aldermen gave hints that they were ready to reverse the board's decision, made less than two months ago, to place economic development under the auspices of Mayor Ted Gatsas.
"I can honestly say I've changed my mind," Alderman-At-Large Joseph Kelly Levasseur said after identifying himself as someone who had advocated consolidating the economic development position "since 1999" and "finally got my wish."
The existing model makes economic development a division of the mayor's office, with two positions, an economic development coordinator and a marketing and retention specialist.
"I have determined that it is not in the best interest of the city based on what I've seen in the last couple of months," he said of having the position under the Mayor's Office. "I would be for returning it to a department head status."
Waiting for audit
The committee tabled the matter, though, after Ward 4 Alderman Jim Roy said he wanted to wait until aldermen receive an audit of the now-defunct Manchester Economic Development Office, which Gatsas has said should be delivered by the next aldermen's meeting. Roy said he wanted the information even though it examines only recent years.
"I'd like to see that audit. I don't care if it doesn't go back to when Hector was a pup," Roy said.
The proposal to make economic development its own department was brought to the committee by Ward 3 Alderman Pat Long, who also proposed bringing economic development under the Mayor's Office. Long has said he wanted to reverse course given that economic development staff would be hired and fired by the mayor and thus subject to the inherit politics of the Mayor's Office and possibly compromising longevity among staff.Gatsas did not attend the meeting, but Ward 12 Alderman and mayoral candidate Patrick Arnold did.


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Legend Rare Coin Auctions 2/2015:129, $6,168.75
Heritage 1/2014:4732, $6,462.50 - Legend Rare Coin Auctions 5/2016:267, $7,637.50
David Hall: The 1940 is the rarest of the Philadelphia Mint Walking Liberty half dollars of the 1940s, but it isn't very difficult to locate even in Gem condition. This issue is usually very sharply struck and there are many Superb Gems known with either pure white luster or beautiful iridescent light gold toning.
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A home fire Thursday evening on East Animas Road (County Road 250) caused extensive damage and closed the road for several hours, but no one was injured.
The house, at 6856 East Animas Road, belongs to John Willibrand through Willibrand Properties LLC. He is a part-time resident.
Guests, not the homeowner, were home, Durango Fire & Rescue Authority Fire Marshal Karola Hanks said. They started the stove and had gone in to cook a hamburger and get ready to watch the (vice-presidential) debate. Then a neighbor came pounding on the door to tell them the roof was on fire.
While it is still under investigation, Hanks said it appears the fire started in the stove case, the pipe that vents smoke through the roof. The fire spread between the ceiling and the roof on the second floor and spread across the rooms on the floor.
Three tankers, an engine, ladder truck and ambulance along with 25 firefighters and command staff were on scene. Hanks said they were paged about 6:45 p.m., and the road was closed for safety reasons shortly after 7 p.m.
One lane opened at 10:30 p.m. Thursday, and she believed DFRA would release the scene and open the road by 11:30 p.m. The reopening will be announced on DFRAs Twitter feed.
Willibrand was en route from Missouri, where he lives part of the year.
Hanks wanted to remind people to get their flues cleaned.
Anything youre going to put a fuel in, whether its a wood stove or a pellet stove or whatever, should be cleaned on a regular basis, she said. You want to make sure theres no creosote buildup, no bird nests and the vents are working properly. And make sure you have a screen on top of the chimney to catch sparks so your roof doesnt catch on fire.
This time of year is a good time to do it, she said.
Its fall and getting colder, when people are just starting to use this equipment, Hanks said. People tend to procrastinate on getting their flues cleaned and say theyre going to do it next week. Next week is here.


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Mike Shalin's Working Press: Steelers game looms large for rolling PatsBy MIKE SHALIN
November 20. 2017 8:40PM
Rob Gronkowski wasn't really a key factor in the Patriots' south-of-the-border rout of the Raiders, but that doesn't mean he wasn't important.
The big fella is always a worry to the opposition, thus freeing Tom Brady to do other things. No. 87 also blocks and is just a general nuisance. His 10-yard catch near the end of the first half set up Stephen Gostkowski's 62-yard field goal that easily could have been a 70-yarder if needed.
But in the world of post-game stuff, Gronk had the two best lines and was part of another.
"Me llamo Roberto," he said as he opened his stay at the podium.
Then, later, he said, "It was just a fiesta all over the field, man."
Gostkowski said: "I think every time I've had a long kick, I think Gronk makes the catch right beforehand, so I think it's a nice little Polish connection."
As usual, Gronk was spot on. It really WAS a fiesta for the Patriots. The sixth win in a row gives them 17 straight seasons of at least .500. It was early when you figured it was time to look ahead.
We know this team isn't going to go undefeated through 19 games. But how about running the table to a sixth title?
Dec. 17 is the date everyone has circled on the calendar. Forget two games with the Dolphins and Bills and one with the Jets. The Steelers are 8-2 and the Pats have to go there for what could come down to a battle for home field down the road in the playoffs.
Another milestone
Bill Belichick broke his tie with Tom Landry and is now third on the NFL's all-time wins list — and was presented with the game ball by Robert Kraft.
"That's a credit to our players. Players win games," Belichick said. "I think what it means is, No. 1, I've been doing it for a long time. No. 2, I've coached a lot of great players. So I've been fortunate to have a great coaching staff, great players and had a great opportunity to direct those people."
As usual, the Patriots did everything right on their two-week road trip to high altitude. They outscored the Broncos and Raiders by a combined count of 74-24. Neither opponent showed up, but the Patriots can do that to a team. They hit you early, they end the first half by scoring — seven straight games scoring in the last two minutes of the half and outscoring the opposition 27-0 in those important minutes.
The Broncos stink. The Raiders stink. So many teams stink in that league. But as we said here recently, the Patriots don't stink and they just keep pounding these inferior opponents.
Add Miami to the list next week.
Keep traveling
Pats president Jonathan Kraft on his team playing future international games: "We are open to doing it. ... We are not afraid of taking the show on the road."
On that same pregame show Sunday, Kraft, alluding to Jerry Jones' problem with the commish, said Jones sent a message to his dad that read, "I think you all should take your medicine and focus on winning football games." ...
Raiders coach Jack Del Rio, whose team has played in Mexico two straight years, likes the idea but says, "If this was a road game I would enjoy it. Stop making them our home games, we'll be fine."
Gone too soon
I can recall my first week on the Boston College football/basketball beat. Dan Henning, a very nice man who was an unfortunate victim in the football gambling scandal, had his team in New Jersey to play Ohio State at the Meadowlands.
The Eagles had gone 7-4-1 the previous season and were ranked heading into 1995. But as he stood in a hotel lobby the night before the opener, he knew what his team was up against: an Ohio State roster that was loaded with future NFL players.
Terry Glenn was one of those players. The Buckeyes won 38-6.
Glenn died in a car accident in Texas early Monday morning at age 43.
"Incredibly sad to hear about my buddy Terry Glenn," tweeted Drew Bledsoe. "Overcame a ton of adversity to become an excellent person. May your soul rest in peace my friend. #riptg88"
As a rookie, after being the seventh player taken in the draft, Glenn butted heads with Bill Parcells, the wrong guy to pick a fight with. Parcells famously referred to Glenn as "she," a tag that stuck with a productive wide receiver throughout his career. Glenn caught 90 passes that rookie season and helped the Pats to the Super Bowl. He caught Brady's first NFL touchdown pass.
He also played for the Cowboys and the Packers, finishing with 593 catches for 8,823 yards and 44 touchdowns.
Said Belichick: "I was pretty close with Terry. His rookie season was my first year here in '96, so I had a lot of interaction with him and other people that were involved in his life and his upbringing separate from the Patriots. Terry was a very smart individual, had a lot of, obviously, a lot of physical skill and talent, could do a lot of things on the football field very naturally. I think he was deep down inside a good person with good intentions and a good heart. Obviously, it's a very unfortunate passing. I mean, it's just sad. It's a sad day. It's sad news."
Good trip
The Bruins still aren't scoring goals, but they did post back-to-back low-scoring victories to close the three-game West Coast portion of a trip that ends — after the team actually came home — with a game in New Jersey on Wednesday night.
If you were awake for the very late games, Anton Khudobin was outstanding in both games. That creates a legitimate goalie controversy on Causeway Street.
Through the first 20 games of the season, Khudobin is 5-0-2 with a 2.17 goals-against average and .935 save percentage. Tuukka Rask is 3-7-2 with a 2.89 GAA and .897 save percentage.
If you go back to last year, Khudobin is 11-0-2 in his last 13 starts.
To Rask's credit, he took it well when Khudobin got the two straight starts on the trip.
"I would have done the same thing if I was the coach," Rask said. "Doby played a heck of a game. The results have been there. I haven't been able to get wins in the past three starts. So it's understandable."
Said coach Bruce Cassidy: "Tuukka gets it. Anton has played well. We got a lot of hockey left. It's not like it's some permanent move."
Kids come through
Cassidy is impressed with the play of his young players.
"We talked about it in July and August that some of these kids were going to be given an opportunity and you'd never know which ones are gonna step up," he said. "It was (Anders) Bjork for a while. He's injured. (Peter) Cehlarik comes in and gets his first goal. He's playing in key situations. Jake (DeBrusk) has really bounced back from a little banishment up top.
"Charlie (McAvoy), you see it on a nightly basis. (Sean) Kuraly doesn't get talked about much, does a good job for us. He's out there against (Joe) Thornton sometimes in their end. He's out there against (Logan) Couture. These are world-class players. Good for them.
"We need it, especially being absent some of the guys we rely on… a lot of positives. You hope it pays off in the long run."
Mike Shalin covers Boston pro sports for the New Hampshire Union Leader and Sunday News. His email address is firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Christopher Eccleston and Julie Walters garnered the main acting awards as British TV productions won five International Emmys, including two for the BBC crime anthology "Accused."
"Accused," written and created by Jimmy McGovern, received the Emmy for best drama series at the 39th Annual International Emmy Awards ceremony at the Hilton New York Hotel. The anthology tells the stories of people accused of crimes as they sit in holding cells beneath the courtroom awaiting the verdict in their trials.
The ceremony kicked off with a surprise appearance by Lady Gaga, wearing a tattooed-thigh-revealing, floor-length black gown and oversize sunglasses. She presented the honorary International Emmy Founders Award to Britain's Nigel Lythgoe, executive producer of "American Idol" and "So You Think You Can Dance."
Gaga praised Lythgoe as her favorite producer and expressed gratitude for "all of the early opportunities he gave me to perform on TV." She also cited the more than $140 million he has raised for charity through "Idol Gives Back" and his Dizzy Feet Foundation that provides scholarships to young dancers.
"He has always helped to nurture and foster my ideas, no matter how crazy or demographic-unfriendly they may have been," said Gaga, before introducing a video tribute to Lythgoe featuring "Idol" judges Randy Jackson, Steven Tyler, Jennifer Lopez and host Ryan Seacrest. "He always spoke poetically about the pursuit of widening the boundaries of love and acceptance in TV."
Lythgoe returned the favor by calling Gaga "the most creatively talented woman in the world of show business right now." But he couldn't resist taking a few good-natured jabs at former "Idol" judge Simon Cowell, who received the Founders Award last year.
"I now call Simon Lord Voldemort because he must not be named because every time I name him the press say that we're enemies and we're fighting each other," Lythgoe said. "That's not true at all. Simon has no enemies whatsoever in the world. He just has a lot of friends who hate him."
"Accused" originally wasn't even among the nominees in the drama category. But it ended up replacing another British crime show "Sherlock" after it was determined that the updated version of the Sherlock Holmes mysteries had also been nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award in the U.S. The rules bar a program from being entered into the two Emmy competitions in the same year.
Eccleston, the former "Doctor Who" star, won the best actor award for his role in an episode of "Accused," in which he played a financially stressed, lapsed Catholic plumber who's struggling with an adulterous relationship and coming up with the money to pay for his daughter's wedding. After praying to God, he finds a packet of 20,000 pounds in the back of a taxi, doubles his money on the roulette wheel, but ends up on trial after the windfall turns out to be forged notes.
Walters, who earlier won a British BAFTA TV award for the same role, was chosen best actress for the TV film "Mo." She portrayed the late Mo Mowlam, the unorthodox British politician who battled a brain tumor which she concealed from Prime Minister Tony Blair while working to forge the 1998 Northern Ireland peace accord.
The other British winners both centered on teenagers in unusual circumstances. "Gareth Malone Goes to Glyndebourne" won in the arts programming category for its account of the staging of a new opera by untrained teenagers at the renowned British opera house. The Emmy for non-scripted entertainment went to "The World's Strictest Parents," which takes unruly British teenagers and sends them abroad to spend 10 days living with a strict host family.
Forty nominees from a record 20 countries were competing in 10 categories for International Emmys, honoring excellence in television programming outside the U.S., at the ceremony hosted for the second straight year by former "Beverly Hills 90210" star Jason Priestley.
The award in the TV Movie/Mini-Series category went to Sweden's "Millennium," based on the late Stieg Larsson's best-selling trilogy that follows investigative journalist Mikael Blomkvist and the anti-social computer hacker Lisbeth Salander as they unravel various crimes.
A real-life family drama, Canada's "Life with Murder," about an Ontario couple, Brian and Leslie Jenkins, struggling to accept their son back into the family after he's convicted of murdering his younger sister, was chosen the best documentary. The couple learned during the making of the film who actually killed their daughter and the real killer confessed on camera.
"This is the most meaningful Emmy that I've won because of the wonderful sacrifice of the family in the film ... made by allowing us into the darkest and most difficult corners of their lives," said director John Kastner, who now has won three International Emmys.
Other winners included Portugal's "Lacos de Sangue" ("Blood Ties") for best telenovela; the Belgian hidden camera show "Benidorm Bastards" for best comedy, and Chile's "Con Que Suenas?" ("What Is Your Dream?") in the children & young people category.
Actress Archie Panjabi ("The Good Wife") and Citigroup chairman Richard Parsons presented the honorary International Emmy Directorate Award to Indian media mogul Subhash Chandra, who broke a government monopoly by launching India's first privately owned satellite television channel nearly 20 years ago. His Zee TV network now reaches more than 600 million viewers worldwide.
"All eyes are on India today and it is a great privilege to be the first Indian to receive this award," Chandra said. "While India has been well respected as a technology and IT software giant, this award helps tremendously to raise the profile of India's leading role in television production and broadcasting media."
The awards are sponsored by the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, which includes media and entertainment figures from more than 50 countries and 500 companies.


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The University's commitment to ensuring healthy air quality for faculty, staff and students is evident in a recent shift to a line of environmentally green cleaning products.
Associate Director of Building Services T.J. McCarthy explains that after careful consideration, facilities chose the Diversey product line of general purpose, glass, floor and bathroom cleaners because it was certified by the GreenGuard Environmental Institute. The industry-independent organization certifies products and materials for low chemical emissions and provides a free resource for choosing healthy products and materials for indoor environments.
"With people spending a lot of time inside our buildings, it's important that we provide a healthy place for everyone to learn and work," says McCarthy.
After switching to the Diversey products and participating in training sessions, UMass Lowell received the GreenGuard Healthy High Performance Cleaning Certified Provider recognition, the first university in New England to do so.
"Company representatives put us through a 360-degree view of examining our process beyond just the products that we selected," says McCarthy. "We learned about special application tools like microfiber, tips to prevent dirt from entering buildings, and best practices for applying the cleaners."
In each of the custodial closets, a new dispensing system was installed to properly measure the amount of solution for each cleaning procedure. This system is expected to reduce waste and save money.


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The Time-Off Planner (TimeOffPlanner.hta) is a handy HTML Application (HTA) that you can use to help keep track of how much vacation time you have available throughout the year. As you enter the vacation time you're taking off, it automatically deducts those hours from your vacation-hours balance. If you're an on-call staff member, the Time-Off Planner color-codes the weeks you're on-call so that you can avoid scheduling time off during those weeks.
The Time-Off Planner creates a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet that shows in weekly increments how much vacation time is available. For me, this view makes it easy to evenly spread out my vacation time throughout the year.
Figure 1 shows the Time-Off Planner's UI when it first opens. To use this HTA, you just need to plug in a few values:
- Enter how many vacation hours you currently have available in the first input box. Pay stubs often include this number. Alternatively, you can get it from your HR representative.
- Enter the number of vacation days you earn per year in the second input box. For example, if you get two weeks of vacation, you'd enter 10.
- Enter the date when you'll be on-call next in the third input box. If you're lucky enough not to be on-call, simply leave this input box empty. If you enter an on-call date, it's automatically adjusted to the Monday of the week that you enter. (This date needs to be a Monday to correlate with the weeks of the year listed in the first column in the spreadsheet.)
- Enter how often your on-call duty rotates in terms of number of weeks in the last input box. For example, if you're on-call once a month, you'd enter 4. If you're not on-call, leave this input box empty.
Figure 2 shows an example of how you might fill in the input boxes. You can press the F1 key while your cursor is in any of the input boxes for context-sensitive help. For the general help screen, you can click anywhere on the HTA's background and press F1.
After you fill in the appropriate text boxes, you just need to click Create Worksheet. Figure 3 shows an example of what the spreadsheet might look like before you make any vacation entries. Notice that the AvailableVacHrs column automatically calculates the number of vacation hours you'll have available each week. Also notice that the on-call weeks are in blue text in the Week column so you can easily plan your vacation time around those weeks.
After you create and save the spreadsheet, all you need to do is enter the number of vacation hours you plan to take in the RequestedVacHrs column and when you plan to take those hours in the StartingVacHrs column. When you enter a value in the RequestedVacHrs column, the vacation balance is automatically adjusted for the remaining weeks. Figure 4 shows what the spreadsheet might look like after you've made some vacation entries.
The Time-Off Planner assumes that your workday is 8 hours long when calculating the number of vacation hours accrued each week. (The length of a workday varies among organizations. If you're uncertain, check with your HR representative.) If your workday is shorter or longer, you can adjust the formula used in this calculation. Simply click the first entry under VacHrsPerWk (cell F2) and change the formula accordingly. For example, if your workday is 7.5 hours, you'd change the formula from (E2*8)/52 to (E2*7.5)/52. As you can see, this worksheet is easy to modify to fit your situation.
You can download the Time-Off Planner by clicking the Download the Code Here button near the top of the Web page. The Time-Off Planner has a lot of interesting VBScript code that you might want to explore, particularly if you're interested in creating .vbs scripts that use Excel for output or in providing context-sensitive help screens within your HTAs. To view the HTA's code, right-click somewhere in the HTA background and select View Source. Alternatively, you can open the HTA in Notepad.
I hope the Time-Off Planner helps you track and spread out your hard-earned days off!


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Barrington couple die from carbon monoxide poisoning
March 15. 2013 7:06AM
BARRINGTON -- A local couple died Monday from carbon monoxide poisoning the result of a malfunctioning kitchen appliance, police said.
David F. Miller and Barbara Miller, both 61, were found dead by police and fire officials who went to their home just before 6 p.m. after receiving a 911 call asking for medical help and reporting a probable untimely death.
Police did not release the Millers' address in a news release of the incident which was investigated by Barrington police and fire and rescue, the Chief Medical Examiner's Office and Strafford police.
The Chief Medical Examiner's Office determined the Millers died from carbon monoxide poisoning from a malfunctioning kitchen appliance.
Fire officials stressed that all homes should be equipped with a carbon monoxide detector.


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Are Canadians vacation deprived?
Do you use all the vacation time allotted to you by your workplace every year? If you don't, you're not alone.
The results from Expedia.ca's 10th annual Vacation Deprivation survey reveal about 19% of the Canadian population is letting their vacation time go to waste. Still, we're much better at taking time off than we were 10 years ago when 33% of Canadians didn't use all their vacation time.
According to Expedia's survey, 81% of Canadians use all their allotted vacation time – up from 67% 10 years ago, – with residents of B.C. most likely to take time off. Just 13% of West Coasters said they didn't use all their vacation time this year.
Canadians living in the Prairies were the least likely to book days off, with 25% of respondents saying they took less vacation time than they were entitled to this year.
In Alberta, 15% of residents didn't use all their vacation time, followed by Atlantic Canadians (18%), Ontarians (21%) and Quebecers (21%).
"After 10 years studying working Canadians' vacation habits, it's great to see we're growing more comfortable taking off the time we deserve," Sean Shannon, vice-president and managing director of Expedia Canada, said in a press release. "Seeing new places, immersing in a culture, fulfilling a lifelong dream to visit a destination, and even just enjoying a warmer climate are experiences we should make time for because of the immediate and long-term benefits travel has on our professional and personal lives."
Respondents said cost (26%) and trouble coordinating schedules with family (21%) were reasons they didn't take time off.
Even Canadians who use their vacation time, though, can't seem to get the workplace off their minds, with 59% of respondents admitting they regularly or sometimes check work email or voicemails while on holiday.
"Regardless of anyone's position on the corporate ladder, there are real benefits to 'falling off the grid' and focusing on enjoying your holiday," said Shannon. "Despite the challenges we sometimes experience catching up with work after returning from vacation, there's no doubt that those who take the vacation time they are given come back invigorated, happier and de-stressed."
Canadians receive an average of 15 vacation days a year, according to Expedia's survey.


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The Arabidopsis Leucine-Rich Repeat Receptor-Like Kinases BAK1/SERK3 and BKK1/SERK4 Are Required for Innate Immunity to Hemibiotrophic and Biotrophic Pathogens.
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Quick-thinking teacher and expert cardiac care save 6-year-old girl
Posted Aug. 24, 2011
It was the end of an ordinary day in February for Delaney Conway and everyone else at Village Elementary School in North Highlands when suddenly it became extraordinary for the 6-year-old and everyone around her.
Delaney collapsed without warning. Her teacher, Christy Santin, immediately began performing CPR, continuing chest compressions until an ambulance arrived.
When it did, paramedics discovered that Delaney's heart was in a life-threatening arrhythmia called idiopathic ventricular fibrillation. The paramedics used a defibrillator to resuscitate her prior to transporting her to a nearby hospital. Once there, the medical team determined she should be treated at a tertiary care hospital, UC Davis Children's Hospital.
From community hospital to UC Davis Children's Hospital
Physicians in the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) dispatched the hospital's critical care transport team to transfer Delaney from the community hospital to UC Davis, providing her with expert care during her journey. She would be treated in the PICU for nine days for a condition that is exceptionally rare, especially in young children, according to Jeanny Park, the pediatric cardiac electrophysiologist who cared for her.
"This is quite rare," Park said, "And it's even rarer to survive completely neurologically intact."
Delaney's teacher's quick thinking probably saved her life, Park said, ensuring that oxygen flowed to her vital organs, especially her brain, so that she has suffered no long-term disability from the incident.
UC Davis Children's Hospital is the Sacramento region's only nationally ranked, comprehensive hospital for children, serving infants, children, adolescents and young adults with primary, subspecialty and critical-care services.
It includes the Central Valley's only pediatric emergency department and level I pediatric trauma center, which offers the highest level of care for critically ill children. The 110-bed hospital includes a 49-bed, state-of-the-art neonatal intensive care unit and a 16-bed pediatric intensive care unit. With more than 120 physicians in 33 subspecialties, UC Davis Children's Hospital has more than 74,000 clinic and hospital visits and 13,000 emergency department visits each year. For more information, visit children.ucdavis.edu.
Once someone has an episode of idiopathic ventricular fibrillation, they are at increased risk of experiencing subsequent episodes. So, Park gave Delaney a gift that would keep on giving — and far sooner than anyone could have anticipated.
Park implanted a defibrillator into the happy, active little girl's chest. The device has remote-monitoring capabilities that allow her doctors to know when it is activated.
One month later, at around 3 a.m., the device activated while Delaney was sleeping. The activation didn't awaken the child or her parents, though the family dog started barking when it heard the tones it emitted.
"Without the defibrillator, she wouldn't have made it. We would have been asleep and probably wouldn't have found her until the next morning," said Delaney's grateful mother, Monica Conway.
Return to life as a normal kid
Today, Delaney's life is back to her normal. With her defibrillator in place and following a regimen of beta blockers, she has had no further difficulties, Conway said.
The Conways feel a definite bond with the teacher who saved their daughter's life. Santin was named Teacher of the Year for Village Elementary, which is in the Twin Rivers School District.
The family also has bonded with the PICU staff, and since has made donations to the hospital's Child Life and Creative Arts Therapy Program and to the Children's Miracle Network.
"She had a great team of doctors and nurses," Conway said of her daughter's treatment at UC Davis Children's Hospital. "The child life specialists also took great care of her. She missed school, but they kept her occupied with arts and crafts."
"The entire staff, from dietary to doctors, was so patient and understanding," Conway said. "A couple of the nurses went well above and beyond to care for her. It was amazing."


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A successful Greater Dayton 5K Heart Walk/Run will give us the opportunity to help fulfill the American Heart Association's commitment to fund the research and education that is critical to reducing heart disease and stroke, especially in the Dayton community.
Our mission is to build healthier lives, free of cardiovascular diseases and stroke. That single purpose drives all we do. The need for our work is beyond question. The American Heart Association is reducing the devastating impact of heart disease and stroke, the No. 1 and No. 5 killers in the United States.
As the signature fundraising event for the American Heart Association, the 5K Heart Walk/Run promotes physical activity and heart healthy living in an environment that's fun for the whole family. Nearly 4,000 people will gather here in Dayton and raise these all important funds. Visit the vendor area before and after the walk/run for a health fair, free screenings, health tips, massages, free refreshments, a fun Kids Zone, and more! Walk or run with friends, family, co-workers, or strangers you'll bond with along the way. Anyway you choose to do it, your heart will thank you for it!
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About 100 concerned – and some short-tempered – residents piled into the newly renovated Simpsonville Community Gym on Monday evening to hear new details and ask pointed questions about the Outlet Shoppes of Louisville, the outlet mall Horizon Group Properties is planning to build in the city.
The development, which is planned to be more than 365,000-square-feet of retail space on about 50 acres, sits just south of Interstate 64 on Buck Creek Road behind the current BP gas station, and many residents who live in that area attended the meeting to voice their concerns about mall and ask why it has to be built in Simpsonville, of all places.
Horizon Senior Vice President Tom Rumptz told the crowd that Simpsonville is the perfect place for the $75 million development, citing it's location close to Louisville but within a short drive from Lexington and because of the state's improvements to I-64.
"We did look at other locations but felt this was the best one," he said. "The property is bordered to the north by Interstate 64, to the east by Buck Creek Road to the west by railroad tracks and to the south by undeveloped land.
"The site has easy on and off with I-64, and we believe we have designed the development with the least impact on the residents."
Still, many of those in attendance voiced their concerns about Horizon's plan to drain a 6.5-acre pond and the increased traffic the development would bring with it, and required zone change.
Deborah Bilitski, an attorney with Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs who specializes in zoning law, said the company had submitted its zone-change request and application to the Triple S Planning and Zoning Commission.
"The application was submitted today [Monday], and we hope to be on the agenda for a public hearing in July," she said.
Officials at the office of Triple S confirmed the application was submitted in time to be on the agenda for meeting on July 17.
Along with the zoning request, Horizon awaits a permit from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers about the draining of the pond and some surrounding wetlands. The pond in question was dug when I-64 was built in the early 1960s.
Bilitski said company officials weren't sure when the Army Corps would rule on the permit, but she said she expected that decision to come sometime after the zoning hearing next month. Horizon does not need the Army Corps' decision on its permit to request the zone change from Triple S.
The zone change request covers less than one-third of the property – some of which is zoned agriculture and some commercial. The majority is zoned Interstate Commercial. If this passes, all the property would be entered under the current regulations for Interchange Zone (called X-1), which lists outlet malls in its zoning description.
Environmental issues
Rumptz said the company plans to work with the proper officials to move any wildlife from the pond area.
"We also moved the development a little to the north to lessen the impact of filling the pond," said Kevin Young of Land Design Development of Louisville, who designed the development. "The part of the pond not filled in will be used for dry retention, meaning it will collect water as it runs off the paved areas and slowly release it, working much like it does now. But it won't always be full of water, like a pond."
The company would also have to pay mitigation fees for environmental purposes.
"Since this project would be on private land, those credits would go toward clean-water projects on public land to benefit the community," Rumptz told the crowd.
And what happens if the Army Corps of Engineers denies the permit to fill the pond on site?
"We'd have to start looking elsewhere," Rumptz said.
Traffic concerns
However, residents were quick to point out how the development does not fit with the surrounding area and questioned the competency and thoroughness of the planning – including the completeness of the required traffic impact study, which had been turned in to the planning and zoning office earlier that day with the application.
Bilitski tried to assure them that the study was completed in accordance with the state's regulations and that it is currently being reviewed by state transportation officials.
Another point of concern with traffic is the amount of tractor-trailer traffic already in the intersection because of the Pilot Truck Stop, which is on the north side of I-64.
Young said the widening of ramps – which would blend into the new 4-lane overpass that has been constructed in advance of the ongoing widening of Buck Creek Road to four lanes between I-64 and U.S. 60 – to include a "free-flow" lane southbound and a dedicated right turn lane northbound should alleviate the concern of backup there.
Others compared the potential traffic backups to those that occur during peak times in Louisville around the Oxmoor and Mall St. Matthews shopping centers.
"If you look at both of those, they are probably about eight hundred thousand square feet. That's about three times the size of our proposed site," Rumptz said. "And that traffic is screwed up because they didn't control their entrances, their points of access."
Rumptz pointed to the free-flow lane from the I-64 ramp, saying it would help ease traffic concerns to the entrance, and to where Buck Creek Road would meet Veechdale Road, an intersection that would be moved south of the development and include a traffic signal with two right-turn lanes to allow traffic to enter the development on the south side. Those lanes also would be designated deceleration lanes for right turns into the development.
The design
To help the design fit into the surrounding areas, Bilitski said the company chose a "Churchill Downs-type of theme to help it blend into the horse capital of the world."
Said Rumptz: "In Oklahoma City [where Horizon recently opened a new development] we used a vibrant art-deco design with bright colors to fit the surroundings, and in Gettysburg [where Horizon owns a more established development] we chose a more traditional eastern seaboard look. So we always try to take into account where we're building and what our surroundings are like."
That design also addresses another big concern of those attending: the lighting for the mall.
"We design all our sites with what the industry calls dark-sky regulations," Rumptz said. "Our lights don't bleed off site, and we use a lighting system, actually from Eaton Corp [which has a facility in Simpsonville], which helps us control the lights all night."
Competing plan
The question of another outlet mall opening on the east side of Buck Creek Road – as is being planned by Trio Property Development – was broached, but Rumptz said he believes that would be unlikely.
"That would give this area an outlet center that would be too big for it to support," he said. "It would likely be bigger than the biggest one in the country, serving the New York City market."
Public input
Shelby County District 2 Magistrate Michael Riggs, who lives on Veechdale Road, attended the meeting – although no official from the city of Simpsonville did – and reminded the citizens that it would not be Triple S or Shelby County Fiscal Court that makes the final decisions on the property. It will be Simpsonville officials, because the entire project – after some recent small annexations – all falls within the city's boundaries.
"We need to make our voices heard on what we can affect," Riggs said.
He noted several zoning changes, the possible waivers the developers will seek with their development plan and the road plan changes.
"These are areas we can make a difference in and be heard," he said.
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1. The acronym to "Jerk Off Like A Rhesus Monkey," which alludes to an attractive woman's affect on a man. 2. Sometimes the acronym serves as a scale that measures the level of attractiveness by identifying the number of times jerking off is required.
1. Tonight I was so turned on thinking about John's wife that I JOLARMED repeatedly before I could get to sleep. 2. John's wife is a 5 JOLARMER.
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Dear Riley,
As the child of one of my best friend's, Joe, I'd like to welcome you to existence in Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, Planet Earth, Milk Way Galaxy, Whatever Temporal Plane of Reality We Reside Upon.
Your dad just sent me a picture of him holding you, and I have to say—wow, soooo cute, so beautiful, so gorgeous. And, Riley, you're not bad either.
As a new member of the human race, you could not have arrived at a more materially advantageous, more interesting, and possibly terrifying time. Yes, we cured polio and clean drinking water is abundant (at least it will be for you) but great challenges remain.
You'll soon realize this is the second thing I've now written about you, after your dad and I decided that we would be schooling you in basketball on a regular basis in order to get you WNBA-ready. I made this public in a RedEye column (by the time you read this, RedEye will probably have been replaced by brain-chips that import tidbits about the Kardashian-Odom children straight to your brain stem).
First of all, you'll need to learn to be more punctual. Your mom, Laurie, spent a great deal of time giving birth to you. You're forgiven, but don't let it happen again.
Secondly, I feel as if it's now my duty to explain some things to you and offer some unclely-advice. Here are the twelve most important and pressing items to keep in mind.
1) Don't trust white people. I know, your mom is one, and three of your grandparents will be as well, but believe me on this. Once you get into school and take classes on North American history from 1492-2012 you will understand.
2) Make sure to try blueberry yogurt as soon as possible. I held out on eating blueberry yogurt nearly twenty years because I didn't like the lumps, and to this day I can't believe how many years of joy I missed.
3) Do not trust boys ever under any circumstances. Boys are like the white people of the sexes.
4) Learn how to drive a stick-shift. For some reason women never know how to drive manual transmissions, and this sets them back greatly in real-world utility and horror movies when they have to get away from the killer.
5) Because both your parents are tall, you will probably have a period of awkward pre-pubescent years when you are not only tall for a girl but tall for your entire class. Take it out on the basketball court and by pushing a boy's face in the mud if he makes fun of you.
6) The best way to push a stupid boy's face in the mud is to grab his hair and kind of mush his face back and forth. Be sure to let him have a little air every now and then, and if he starts actually crying let him go. This will scar him for life without actually leaving permanent physical marks. Then, by the time he gets to high school, he'll be in love with you and not even understand why.
7) Before you get into any other rap/hip-hop, be sure to listen to 2Pac's "All Eyez On Me," Outkast's "Aquemini," and Dre's "The Chronic: 2001." It's important to have a solid background in the classics.
8) Always pick the standard classic Super-Soaker in a water-gun fight. I know they have the huge, heavy monster Super-Soakers now, but you want to go for speed. You want to be nimble in a water-gun fight, which is why no one has ever improved over the original Super-Soaker. You can have more power, sure, but you'll lumber around with it and get soaked in the meantime.
9) You can become a fan of any sports team you want except for the Miami Heat. You may not root for the Miami Heat under any circumstances.
10) Be patient with people who can't keep up with you, whether in sports or school or life. Judging by your parents, you will be one of those kids who excels at everything, and many people let their innate talent turn them arrogant or outright cruel. You will be much happier if you resist this temptation.
11) Watch the film "Ghostbusters" as soon as possible. It is awesome.
12) Listen to everything one specific white guy says, which is me. I promise I'll never lead you wrong.
Love always,
Uncle Markley


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After about 6 months of work, the new book I've coauthored with Grant Fritchey (Blog|Twitter), Phil Factor (Blog|Twitter) and Alex Kuznetsov (Blog|Twitter) is out. They're all smart folks I talk to online and this book is packed with good ideas backed by years of experience. The book contains a good deal of information about things you need to think of when doing any kind of multi person database development. Although it's meant for SQL Server, the principles can be applied to any database platform out there. In the book you will find information on: writing readable code, documenting...
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This release adds a great new feature and fixes a few bugs.
The new feature called Window Content History saves the whole text in all all opened SQL windows every N minutes with the default being 30 minutes. This feature fixes the shortcoming of the Query Execution History which is saved only when the query is run. If you're working on a large script and never execute it, the existing Query Execution History wouldn't save it. By contrast the Window Content History saves everything in a .sql file so you can even open it in your SSMS. The Query Execution History...
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WMI is Windows Management Instrumentation infrastructure for managing data and machines. We can access it by using WQL (WMI querying language or SQL for WMI). One thing to remember from the WQL link is that it doesn't support ORDER BY. This means that when you do SELECT * FROM wmiObject, the returned order of the objects is not guaranteed. It can return adapters in different order based on logged-in user, permissions of that user, etc… This is not documented anywhere that I've looked and is derived just from my observations.
To get network adapters we have to query the Win32_NetworkAdapter class....
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Musical Chairs: Where Does the Bridal Couple Sit at Their Wedding, and How Do They Greet Guests at Each Table?
One bride's mother insists the newlyweds greet their guests in a rather peculiar manner. Do you agree?
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I'd like to take this opportunity to wish all my bridal couples and their loved ones a happy and healthy New Year. Thank you for submitting your questions to the Wedding Guru. It has been my pleasure to answer your questions and I look forward to continuing to do so in 2012.
A Hudson Valley bride asks: "How would you set the tables at the reception? My mother thinks that the bride and groom should sit at a new table with each course. My fiancé and I don't want to play musical chairs. I think only the advice of a professional will win this argument for me!"
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The contact details submitted by our customers are retained by Extranomical Tours, LLC. for the purpose of contacting our customers with future offers and updates. This continued contact between Extranomical and its customers is mutually beneficial and is described in detail below (see 'Email').
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Bicyclist hits man marching in Columbus Day parade
Bicyclist hits man marching in Columbus Day parade
Police say a bicyclist ignored barricades set up for Pittsburgh's Columbus Day Parade and struck a man who was marching.
Police say 56-year-old Giovanni Cimino was knocked to the ground Saturday while he was handing out fliers to parade watchers and was briefly unconscious.
He was taken to the hospital with a head injury.
His wife, Karen Cimino, tells the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review that her husband was being kept at the hospital overnight so doctors could perform tests.
She says he was confused and needed stitches.
The cyclist's name hasn't been released. He suffered facial injuries and a possible concussion and also was taken to the hospital.
Police say the cyclist faces charges.


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I disagree with Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.'s characterization that President Obama is anti-entrepreneurship or self-reliance ("Mr. President, nobody else 'made that happen,'" July 22). The GOP whines that they hate government, but they're more than happy to accept Social Security, Medicare, police and emergency services, tax subsidies, corporate welfare and earmarks.
As a parent, making sacrifices for my children is part of the job description. However, it's also my responsibility to instill a sense of gratitude, not entitlement. When my 7-year-old tells me I'm mean or she hates me, I eliminate some of her privileges. Perhaps if Republicans had to deal with the austere government they claim to want, they'd learn to appreciate all the blessings they currently take for granted.
Mr. Ehrlich, Democrats aren't anti-success or wealth. We just want those who have benefited from America's many opportunities to stop trying to erect barriers, preventing others from doing the same. We all benefit from investments in infrastructure, education and research, so why exactly is gratitude for the role of government so controversial?
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In October 1998, Wyoming college student Matthew Shepard was brutally beaten and left to die. The horror of this murder pushed Laramie into the media spotlight and sparked a nationwide debate about homophobia, gay-bashing and hate crimes.
Filmmaker Beverly Seckinger returns to her hometown to see how this event had affected the site of her own closeted adolescence. Along the way she meets "God-hates-fags" Westboro Baptist Church Reverend Fred Phelps, who condemns Shepard and all LGBT people to an eternal hell. But Seckinger meets many more—parents, teachers, clergy and students—telling their stories, speaking out and taking action.
An achingly intimate journey into the response of the citizens of Laramie, Wyoming to one of the most sensationalized and publicized hate crimes of the 1990's.
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A very personal look at the town and its people. Seckinger's film is an important addition to the narratives that help us understand what happened to Matthew Shepard, why it happened and how that community was affected by the crime.
Moises Kaufman, The Laramie Project
Laramie Inside Out is a story of hope and grace rising from the shadow of hate and darkness.
John Eric Rolfstad, Lutheran Lesbian & Gay Ministries
A lovely, loving testament.
Beth Loffreda, Author, Losing Matt Shepard


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Can anyone tell me if it is possible to look up sailing ship crew lists, or, does anyone have a crew list for the "Blue Jacket" which sailed from London 5th August 1865, arriving Lyttelton 13th November 1865. Thank you for your help.
George Scott ex "Blue Jacket" to Lyttelton New Zealand 1865
The 'Blue Jacket" from London arrived Lyttelton (Port for Christchurch) New Zealand November 1865. Included in the list of Cabin passengers were Mr. George Scott, Miss Jane Scott and Miss Lucy Scott. Can anyone provide information on any of these Scott's.
Scott's - Drumenagh, Co. Londonderry Ireland
Thomas Scott born about 1831 Co. Londonderry, (Probably Drumenagh) married Eliza Lennox 14th October 1856, Artrea Parish Church, Co. Londonderry, Ireland. Brides father, Andrew Lennox. Groom's father, George Scott. Data from FamilySearch.org
I am looking for information on George Scott the father of Thomas. His parents, brothers and sisters. I am trying to link this Thomas with Drumenagh Scott's that I have in my tree http://a.m.scott.tribalpages.com
Thomas was living in house 37 in Drumenagh at the time of the 1901 Census, together with son and daughter, William and Annie. At that time there were other Scott families in Drumenagh who are in my Tribalpages tree. The family names and location make it almost certain that Thomas is related to other Drumenagh Scott's in my tree but I cannot establish the exact link.
A full list of Thomas's and Eliza's children, all born Drumenagh, is as follows. Mary Jane b 6 Nov. 1857. Sarah b 15 Jan. 1859. Elizabeth b 17th may 1861. George b 21 Dec. 1862. Andrew b 6 Dec 1864. John b 21 Nov.1866. Thomas James b 17th Feb 1869. Annie b about 1871
George Scott & Elizabeth Vickers, Christchurch, New Zealand
I live in Christchurch, New Zealand. I am particularly interested in reseaching the origin of, and descendants of, George Scott and Elizabeth Vickers who arrived in Christchurch, New Zealand, probably about 1865. Elizabeth's Death Certificate in 1922, states they were married in New Zealand but there is no official record of this marrage. George died in 1877 with the oldest of six children, age eleven. They had two sons, Alfred Vickers Scott who married Grace Woolcock (ex Cornwall) and George Litson Scott who married Beatrice Mills. The daughter's married into the following families - Hull, Ball, Harris, Homes. The information of most interest, that I hope to obtain, is the origin of George and Elizabeth. Information on their Death Certificates does not help much. It is possible that George worked his passage as a ships steward as this is his occupation as shown on the Birth Certificate of their first child Emily, born 1866).
Considerable research has been done since early listings. The updated data can be viewed on the home page and in persons notes of my Tribalpages.com tree.
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More Details Emerge As States' Attorneys General Seek To Hold Back Innovation On The Internet
from the this-is-a-bad-idea dept
the unintended consequence of Section 230 in that "you've essentially given these guys immunity" when state criminal laws are broken.Except, that's wrong. Section 230 does not grant them immunity if they broke state criminal laws. It gives them immunity if their users broke state criminal laws. And that's perfectly reasonable, because the AGs should be going after the actual criminals, not the company who made the tools they used. In fact, since many companies will cooperate with legitimate law enforcement requests, having a good relationship with these companies should help these AGs catch criminals. That is, rather than blame Craigslist for criminals using it, they should be working with them to use information on the site to catch criminals. But I guess actually catching a pimp is less exciting than falsely calling Craigslist a pimp-enabler and attacking them in the press.
Meanwhile, some other AGs are looking to completely reinterpret section 230 to their liking. We already noted just recently that Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood is trying to blame Google because he could search and find counterfeit goods for sale (by others). In comments, at the NAAG meeting, Hood is now trying to argue that because of Google's "autocomplete," it shouldn't be subject to 230 safe harbors.
One avenue prosecutors may seek to explore is the statute's vague definition of an intermediary versus a content provider, Reidenberg suggested. During discussion after the panel presentations, Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood pressed that angle, asking the panelists what acts by a site operator might be sufficient to categorize it as a content provider, not simply an intermediary.Except that if Hood actually understood how autocomplete worked, he'd know that's ridiculous. Google is not creating that content. It's just showing you what terms others are searching for. That is, it's providing factual information. That information could actually be useful to Hood, if he wanted to actually do his job and go after those who are selling the counterfeit drugs, rather than stupidly attacking the platform that would be a big help in tracking down the criminals. But, apparently, stopping truly rogue pharmacies is less headline grabbing than going after Google, even if Google has nothing to do with the actual sale of the counterfeit drugs.
Hood zeroed in on autocomplete in particular, saying, "We know they manipulate the autocomplete feature." He is concerned about search engines, particularly Google, where for example a user entering "prescription drugs online" is given "prescription drugs online without a prescription" as an autocomplete option.


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ARM Barrow, Alaska Station
Did you know...
Radar-Based Cloud Microphysical Retrievals
The North Slope of Alaska (NSA) site provides retrievals of cloud water content, and droplet/crystal size based on 35-GHz radar measurements for 1998 through 2003. The input data sets were collected by the Department of Energy ARM Program at the North Slope of Alaska site located at 71° 19.378' North, 156° 36.934' West.
Contributors to this project, as well as information on how these data sets should be referenced and acknowledged, can be viewed in ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Barrow Data
Click image at left to view plots of the following instrument data at Barrow:
Data is also stored in NETCDF format with one file/day. The VERSION NOTES provide important information on how theoretical techniques to retrieve cloud properties were applied to the input data sets. It is highly recommended that the user read these version notes carefully.
A REFERENCE section provides information on publications that describe instruments, retrieval techniques, and NASA, DOE, and NSF programs that have supported this work.


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NEW YORK (AP) — The nation's natural gas supplies shrank last week, the government said Thursday.
The Energy Department's Energy Information Administration reported that natural gas in storage fell by 118 billion cubic feet to 2.684 trillion cubic feet for the week ended Feb. 1.
Analysts expected a rise of 122 billion to 126 billion cubic feet, according to a survey by Platts, the energy information arm of McGraw-Hill Cos.
The inventory level was 15 percent above the five-year average of 2.333 trillion cubic feet, and 7.8 percent below last year's level of 2.910 trillion cubic feet, according to the government data.
Natural gas futures fell 8 cents to $3.33 per 1,000 cubic feet in New York.