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what am i dodging?
who say's im dodging ask and i will answewr
@ ambassador What's a lead pipe behind?
You believe evolution and there is no evidence for that. Where is the fossil record of a half man half ape. I've only ever heard about it in reading.
I ask a question but still no answer... so ya i would say your ether dodging or picking the argument that you think you can win.
People people people, I think Lance is a little punch drunk from being jerked around in circles. Perhaps we could pause the shark attack and just let him answer Gnu's question before demanding answers to all our other questions. What do you say?
FOR THE LOVE OF GOD WHAT IS YOUR QUESTIONS? i've been here since last week and yet you people say i haven't answered anything and i'm dodging. what the hell m i dodging - air? Please ask a question? One by one and let me answer one before we continue to another so we wont be missing anything. Ok GO!!!
Also, as a sidenote, it's the only way there's any interest to be gained from this. It's not like he's capable provide any stimulating conversation. Have you been reading his posts? We need to get at least some amusement out of this.
Quote from: Alzael on December 05, 2011, 08:17:01 PMAlso, as a sidenote, it's the only way there's any interest to be gained from this. It's not like he's capable provide any stimulating conversation. Have you been reading his posts? We need to get at least some amusement out of this.Okay, yeah I definitely see your point. I was hoping to hear an answer to Gnu's question because I asked a similar question of him earlier and he got real defensive. I think he understands that he was being a prick for no good reason when he made that horrible comment to Anfauglir.
Holy Lanceproving a god is dead1. a cross stick(say) with a pointDull but suitable for pokingInto inri ....O the ironyOutcome ....blood in the waterThe sharks feed Longinus by any other name would still be A prickNot without the possible christ aroseCon-secreted by god to the world Evidence not required
I like it, Kin...either it's sounding really deep because I have a couple of glasses of wine sloshing around the cranium or it's even deeper than that and I'm too incapacitated to get it properly.
Quote from: kin hell on December 05, 2011, 08:40:35 PMHoly Lance>snip<You realize he won't understand any of that.
Holy Lance>snip<
Hey glad i made an impression. Com'on guys that's all u got, acussations and more accusations? I'm here to shed some light about the truth and hopefully your intelligence will help you see that, unfortunately i doesn't but doesn't mean i'm gonna give up so ask me a question?
OK thanks Smurf. Ok people no more respond until i answer SMurf's questions or else i'll get carried away by your other responses. Smurf give me a minute. thanks
OK thanks Smurf.
QuoteOK thanks Smurf.Dodged me again, for the ninth or tenth time.Liar.QED.
Cain's wife is from Nod and you have to understand that his wife is not the issue here that's one thing you have to understand in the bible. by the time Cain left Eden people were already populating the world hence the "mark on Cain."
FOR the lOVE of Smurfs can u guys shutup for a while i jus answered Smurf's question
QuoteFOR the lOVE of Smurfs can u guys shutup for a while i jus answered Smurf's questionA pointless post, and therefore another dodge.


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These ideas are either silly or simply not achievable scientifically.
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"When you hearing about America," he said. "You just ring the bell. Come in here. I want to come. I want to go there. It is the land of the free, land of the brave and land of the opportunities."
Garcia's father, a welder, told his son about overseas work, especially in the U.S., which he called a "greener pasture."
There is no grass anywhere near the two-bedroom shack he shared in Bataan with his wife, their four children and a grandchild. The cement-floored house has holes in the roof. The kitchen is outside, along with four fighting roosters, carrier pigeons and a mangy dog.
"I only found out when his application was already in," said his wife, Marilou Garcia. "Even then, he was having a difficult time coming home because he didn't have enough money. He barely had enough money for his application."
Marilou Garcia cried as she talked about her husband's decision to leave.
"I had mixed feelings. I was feeling sad because we are going to be separated," but she grasped onto the hope that "we would have a better future for the family."
Marilou Garcia hasn't seen her husband in three years
Garcia worked as a welder at Grand Isle Shipyard, he and his family said, but his optimism over the new job faded quickly. He said his paychecks were a fraction of what he was supposed to earn.
"Every paycheck, they told us that it's going to go up, it's going to go in, it's going to get a raise. But it never showed up. They always deduct a lot of things, a lot of money from us," he said.
He and others said costs for room, board, safety gear and tools were deducted from paychecks, and families back home continued to struggle.
"He reached his boiling point when the two kids got sick. One of them almost died because of dengue fever," Marilou Garcia said. "We had to turn to loan sharks."
Other former Grand Isle workers now back in the Philippines shared similar stories and documents.
Ellene Sana, of the Center for Migrant Advocacy in the Philippines, said overseas workers are reluctant to complain about illegal recruitment, pay and working conditions because they earn more there than they can at home.
"In most cases they do not file a complaint to the embassy because they would rather keep their employment, even if they are working many long hours," she said.
There are also legal questions about how the Filipino workers get here and are able to stay. Several workers had multiple Social Security numbers they said were provided to them by employers.
They said they knew they were being exploited.
"They can make money with us," Real told a reporter. "Let's say they going to hire you, they going to pay you $20 an hour. They going to hire me, just only paying $6, $10. So they are going to make more money."
Rufino Orlanes, a pipefitter, said he helped the recruitment company with ties to Grand Isle Shipyard interview and choose Filipino workers. He soured on the company in time.
"It hurts to be discriminated," he said. "It hurts because we are both persons. We are just the same people in the world, living. But with our color, being discriminated is, it's a little depressing for us."
The former Grand Isle workers live on donated goods and items from Catholic Charities while they look for work and wait for their civil case to be tried, something that could take years. They can remain in the country until their visas run out.
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The alternative is to leave and surrender, he said, and in doing that he would "surrender everything — my family, my kids. They are sacrificing. It's been a year right now that we don't see each other. But because of the case, I'll never surrender my principles."
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since1970 wrote:I really wanted them to sign someone like Damon or whoever was around last year just to be there to teach them what a playoff race was all about, but they kept Presley, Hague, and as much as I like Walker he's not Rogers Hornsby, but I do agree with the youth aspect. TBH though this is where they manager and coaches have to make up for the lack of veteran leadership since the FO didn't address it, and Hurdle and Co. failed.
thehockeyguru wrote:Mr. Colby wrote:Stanton would be so sexxxxy on the Pirates... would require way too much though and we'd only have him for like 2 years
Why? He is arbitration eligible starting in 2014 and not a UFA until 2017. If they ask for Marte and a pitcher I'd do in a minute.
since1970 wrote:Never said to have him here in April. I only wanted him here from August on, as a mentor, since we were wasting roster spots what does his OBP matter, if there was someone better I would've been happy to see him here in the same role. This team sorely lacked leadership, so if it came from a .190 hitter with an extensive playoff/WS resume I'll take him.
ulf wrote:Not saying for sure they are going to make any signings but no one really gets signed until winter meetings anyway
thehockeyguru wrote:ulf wrote:Not saying for sure they are going to make any signings but no one really gets signed until winter meetings anyway
Everything I've heard and read seems to indicate that they aren't going to spend more than 5M-6M total this off-season.
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Portland outlasts Williamston in double OT
The Haslett girls basketball team took advantage of nearly every open shot and Ionia defensive miscue Friday night to earn a 54-37 win over the Bulldogs.
"We had some missed assignments on defense and every time we did they made us pay," Bulldog coach Andy Barr said. "It felt like they knocked down every open shot they had, but that's what good teams do."
The Vikings held a 9-5 lead at the end of the first quarter, then got going in the second, outscoring Ionia 15-6 to take a 24-11 lead at the break.
Sarah Swartz led the Lady Dawgs with 14 points while Taylor Bovee finished with nine and Anna Riccius chipped in with eight.
Ionia (10-6, 4-4 in CAAC Red) will be on the road Tuesday night when they travel to Corunna.
Portland 51, Williamston 43 (2OT)
WILLIAMSTON — The Hornets outscored Portland 17-5 in the fourth quarter to force overtime Friday night, but the Raiders were able to prevail in the second extra quarter to clinch a share of the CAAC White title.
Kelsey Spitzley finished with 18 points, while Maddie King finished with 13 points and five steals. Allie Grys scored eight points to go along with eight rebounds, while Nikki Green also finished with eight points.
Portland (14-3, 8-0 CAAC White) will play host to Corunna on Friday for Winterfest. With a win the Raiders would claim the CAAC White title outright.
P-W 61, Potterville 16
POTTERVILLE — The Lady Pirates built a 23-10 halftime lead, then outscored the Vikings 23-6 in the third quarter Thursday night to pick up their 12th Central Michigan Athletic Conference win of the season.
Madison Smith led the Pirates with 14 points, while Jenna Wellman and Marlena Klein finished with 10 points each.
P-W (13-4, 12-1 in CMAC) will play host to Saranac on Thursday.
Boys Basketball
Comstock Park 70, Belding 46
COMSTOCK PARK — The Redskins trailed the Panthers by only eight points in the fourth quarter, but the home team racked up 20 points over the final eight minutes to pull away and earn the win.
Kole Hart led Belding with 13 points and seven rebounds while Brendan Sutherland finished with 10 points and seven boards.
The Redskins (3-12, 1-8 in O-K Blue) will travel to Allendale on Tuesday.
Corunna 53, Lakewood 44
LAKE ODESSA — The Vikings kept close with Capital Area Activities Conference White leading Corunna Friday night in their Winterfest game, but were unable to overtake the Cavaliers.
Alex Potter led Lakewood with 12 points while Dylan Durkee finished with 10 points and five rebounds. Mike Carr scored eight points, while Colin O'Mara and David Parks pulled down five rebounds.
The Vikings (6-11) will play host to Mason on Tuesday.
Williamston 51, Portland 46
WILLIAMSTON — The Raiders jumped out to a 20-10 lead after one quarter, but were outscored 41-26 the rest of the way as the fell on the road to the Hornets.
Jared Krausz led Portland with 30 points and made five 3-pointers. He also pulled down seven rebounds.
Zach Gustafson finished with nine points for the Raiders as well.
Portland (9-5, 4-4 in CAAC White) will travel to Haslett on Tuesday, then play host to Corunna on Friday for Winterfest.


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Much attention has focused lately on pharma jobs moving out of state, and this is an issue New Jersey should address, Brent Saunders, chief executive of eye care giant Bausch & Lomb, said today before a speech at Fairleigh Dickinson University in Madison
States compete for pharma jobs and "If I were giving New Jersey some advice it is: get into the competition. Don't just assume because you have it today it will be here tomorrow."
New Jersey's status as a global drug industry hub played a key role in Bausch & Lomb's decision to put its pharmaceutical division in Madison more than four years ago.
Saunders said of New Jersey, "For a pharmaceutical company, it's the best place in the world to be. It is the medicine cabinet of America; the talent level here in New Jersey is fantastic." Because it is home to so many drug companies, the state provides "a great source of talent but it also gives you great sources of partnerships." He said the company often looks to recruit "People with experience—in clinical trials or research or statistics or what have you. We find there is no issue finding talent in New Jersey."
Bausch & Lomb's global pharmaceuticals leadership team, including the people who manage new drug clinical trials all over the world, is based in Madison. Bausch & Lomb has received some tax incentives, but they were not the primary reason for the company choosing New Jersey as the headquarters for its pharmaceuticals division, according to a company spokesman. Saunders, who became CEO in 2010, said: "We came for the talent and the location. We are very committed to New Jersey, and we will continue to grow and expand in New Jersey."
With about 170 corporate staff in New Jersey, the pharma division of Bausch & Lomb has annual revenue of more than $1.2 billion and growth in the mid to high teens: Saunders called pharma "the locomotive of growth for Bausch & Lomb."
During his speech, Saunders described the effort he is leading to move new products more quickly from the research lab to the market. The problem, he said, was that researchers "were incentivized to toil away on research projects that had little or no chance of ever becoming products." He said this has been replaced by a new "patient centered product flow" approach. "We encourage our teams to scour the globe for new ideas and innovations that we can develop into real products. Whether by new partnerships, acquisitions or licensing, we make sure our scientist have lots of ways to bring a product to market quickly." He said the result is that the company's innovation pipeline is now the strongest it has been in its 160-year history.
Headquartered in Rochester, N.Y., Bausch & Lomb makes a wide range of eye care products including contact lenses, pharmaceuticals and surgical instruments.
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Lillian Mae Hartwell
Lillian Mae Hartwell, age 87, of Pickford Michigan, died Sunday, March 24, 2013 at
War Memorial Hospital in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. She was born June 19, 1925 in St. Ignace, Michigan to Francis Michael and Lilly Mae (Kelly) Potter.
Lillian grew up in St. Ignace and attended school in Adrian, Michigan. After school she met William Hartwell and they were married in St. Ignace. Lillian and her husband worked in the area in the woods and the fisheries.
Lillian attended the New Horizons Church of the Nazarene in Pickford and the Les Cheneaux Christian Fellowship in Cedarville, Michigan. She enjoyed visiting the casino and playing bingo.
Lillian is survived by her daughter, Georgeanna (Michael) Plont of Pickford; eight grandchildren: Phyllis Thompson, Ruth Mastaw, Barbara Patrick, Joann (Earl) Pomeroy, Paula Thompson, Susan Thompson, Paul (Kimberly) Thompson and Francis Thompson; eighteen great-grandchildren: Henry, Denny, Tyler, Dawn Marie, Ashley, Shaunda, Melissa, Josh, Paul Robert, Sherry, George, Tammy, Michelle, Michael, Sheryl Ann, Beth Ann, Samantha and Johnny; and thirty-four great-great-grandchildren.
Lillian was preceded in death by her husband, William Henry Hartwell; three brothers: Billy Potter, Walter Potter and Alfred Potter; and one sister, Dora Shampine.
Services will be held Tuesday, April 2, 2013 at Reamer Galer Funeral Home, 24549 S. M-129, Pickford. Visitation will be held from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. The funeral service will begin at 3 p.m. with Pastor Craig Weihman conducting the service.
Spring burial will be in North Rudyard Cemetery in Kinross Township, Michigan.
Condolences may be sent to the family at www.reamergalerfuneralhome.com.
Carl William Crocker
Carl William Crocker, age 73, of Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan passed away Wednesday morning, March 27, 2013 at his home.
Carl was born on July 15, 1939 in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, the son of the late James and Martha (Allen) Crocker. After graduating from high school, Carl joined the Navy where he honorably served his country for more the 22 years, retiring as a Chief Warrant Officer. Carl truly loved his time in the Navy. He enjoyed the ships and traveling. He also enjoyed playing cribbage and going to the casino.
Carl is survived by two sisters: Betty Bell of Ohio and Nancy (Joseph) Anderson of California. He is also survived by a special cousin: Bob (Edna) Henderson and their family, as well as many other cousins.
Carl was preceded in death by his parents and a sister: Brenda Crocker.
According to Carl's wishes, there will be no public services. Interment will be in Riverside Cemetery. Arrangements are being handled by C.S. Mulder Funeral Home and Cremation Services. Condolences may be left online at www.csmulder.com
Ernest "Ernie" Tate
Ernest "Ernie" Tate, 79, passed away in Tucson, AZ on Sunday, March 24, 2013. He was born in Sault Ste. Marie, MI the only child of Lawrence and Lyma (Koivisto) Tate.
He was proud of his 42 years of service to his country — 20 years of active duty with the Air Force and 22 years in civil service — all in the flight simulation field.
He is survived by his wife of 59 years, Florence (Tilson); daughter, Vicki (Terry) Soetaert of Tucson; son, Greg (Marina) of Frankfurt, Germany; seven grandchildren: Jason (Melissa) Damian (Annie), David, Shauna, Danielle, Aaron and Brittney; and three great-grandchildren: Brydon, Emma and Aila. Also survived by many Tilson family members and Tate and Koivisto cousins, and lots of Yooper friends.
Per his request, no formal services will be held and cremation has taken place.
If so desired, donations can be made to the American Cancer Society as he was a seven year survivor of esophageal cancer.
His favorite place on earth was Rudyard in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.
He was an avid golfer, so hit them long and straight Ernie, and rest in peace.


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Concordia sophomore, P-W graduate named conference player of the year
In only her second season of collegiate basketball, Concordia University sophomore Abbey Hengesbach has made a name for herself in the Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference.
Last week, the 2011 Pewamo-Westphalia graduate was named the WHAC Women's Basketball Player of the Year.
Hengesbach said she is excited about winning the award and
being able to help her team accumulate a 27-6 record.
"It's really cool to win the award after (transferring) last season," she said. "Being able to come in and play such a big role for my team in the conference has been very special.
"My goal is always to be in the running for the player of the year award and my coaching staff told me that I could be the best. Getting the award was kind of a surprise, but I was really excited when my coaches told me I had won it."
With their record, Cardinals have also earned an automatic bid in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics Division II National Championship Tournament has made the season.
Hengesbach led the WHAC in scoring this season, averaging 18.56 points per game. She also finished third in field goal percentage (0.477) and assists/game (3.94).
In only her second collegiate season, Hengesbach scored a total of 594 points, the second most in a single-season for a Concordia women's player, and has eclipsed 1,000 career points. Heading into the NAIA National Tournament, she sits 52 points behind Cardinal Hall of Famer Kristy Bilble on the single-season points list.
Along with her player of the year award, Hengesbach was also named WHAC Player of the Week on Monday, the fifth time she has heard that honor this year.
Hengesbach said much of the credit for her solid season has to go to her coaches and teammates.
"The coaching staff and my teammates are great and because of them the transfer (from Davenport) last year could not have been better," she said. "I also could not have won the player of the year award without them."
Hengesbach said she is also grateful for the support she has gotten from so many people from the Pewamo and Westphalia area.
"I have had the best support system since I was in fifth grade," she said. "Whether it is family, friends, coaches or past teammates, I have been truly blessed with the support I have received from all of them."


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Wellington police will be taking part in a saturation patrol Labor Day weekend, on the lookout for drunk drivers.
Local law enforcement will be increased Friday August 30th 2013 through Sunday September lst 2013 as police work a DUI task force in an effort to decrease the amount of intoxicated drivers on the streets.
Officers on patrol for the taskforce will look for people driving too slowly, crossing center lines and running red lights, in addition to other signs that indicate intoxicated driving. lf an officer stops a suspect for driving under the influence of alcohol, they may take further action, if the driver has the smell of alcohol on his or her breath, if eyes are
bloodshot or if speech is slurred, said Chief Tracy Heath.
The purpose of the program is to saturate a pre-designated area with roving police officers that continually monitor vehicular traffic for signs of impaired dn'ving. Patrols also place emphasis on speeding, safety belt and alcohol-related violation.


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Last Thursday the Missouri House of Representatives passed all thirteen of the budget bills, sending them on to the Missouri Senate.
Last Thursday the Missouri House of Representatives passed all thirteen of the budget bills, sending them on to the Missouri Senate.
I am certain that by now many of you are aware that the most controversial budget item—the proposed expansion of Medicaid—was rejected by the House. Medicaid is a federal-state cost sharing program that provides healthcare to individuals who are unable to pay for such care.
After compelling arguments on both sides of this issue, along with some very heated debate, the decision was made to neither accept nor expand Medicaid. The majority of the House believes expanding Medicaid at this time is not a responsible use of our taxpayer dollars.
Those in favor of Medicaid expansion say that the federal government will pay for the entire expansion for the first three years. And, yes, it is true that they promised to do that, but with almost $17 trillion in national debt, many believe they may not be able to meet this obligation. Even if the federal government is able to totally fund Medicaid expansion for three years, the addition of the proposed approximately 300,000 new Missouri recipients on the rolls will cause our state Medicaid expenses to skyrocket. At the end of the three-year time period when the federal Medicaid funding will begin to diminish, the states will be required to pick up more of the costs. Then the question will be, "Where will the money come from?"
As a state, we will most likely have to raise taxes substantially and make drastic cuts in such programs as public education (K-12 and higher) and infrastructure to fund Medicaid.
Under the Supreme Court's decision on the Affordable Care Act, states may choose to expand their Medicaid rolls to include individuals below 138% of the federal poverty level. As previously mentioned, the federal government would pay 100% of the cost for the first three years for new enrollees before backing off on payments. The feds have structured the Medicaid expansion to be attractive to the states, appearing to increase health coverage at little or no cost to the states. However, after the three promised years, the expansion could become very, very expensive to the states.
Currently, the Obama Administration is proposing to reduce the federal-state matching rate, but many state governments are already struggling with Medicaid spending as it is. Today there are 60 million Americans (approx. 1 in every 5) covered under Medicaid, at an annual cost of $450 billion. Just the size and the complexity of the current program are mind-boggling. If the proposed expansion becomes a reality, it could increase our national Medicaid expenditure by another $220 billion per year on top of what is already being spent. Medicaid is Missouri's largest budgeted item.
Various analysts believe that the Medicaid program is broken and that it is time to implement reforms to the system, reforms that include dealing with dishonesty. A big problem with Medicaid is fraud. Official federal estimates show that at least 10% of current Medicaid payments are fraudulent. Many prosecutors believe this figure to be closer to 30% for fraudulent Medicaid payments, and they aren't alone. Those on both sides of the aisle—at state as well as federal level—agree that combating Medicaid fraud is a priority in order to continue to provide needed services while keeping down costs.
Instead of adding millions of individuals to the already bulging Medicaid program, maybe Washington should be looking at ways to make the necessary changes and reforms now—including aggressively dealing with fraud—and giving states more control over spending, benefits, and federal mandates.
If I can be of help to you with any state matter, please do not hesitate to contact me by one of the following means:
Mail: Bill Reiboldt, Office 235-BB, State Capitol, 201 W. Capitol, Jefferson City, MO 65101. Telephone: (573) 751-9781. Personal cell phone: 417-456-0441. Email: firstname.lastname@example.com. My website is www.billreiboldt.com
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Bill Reiboldt represents the people of Southwest Missouri in the Missouri House of Representatives.


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text: In more than 40 years of ups and mostly down's, I've never once bet against my beloved Chiefs. This week, however, my disgust in the direction this team has taken, and the fact I really could use a little extra cash will force me to bet pragmatically rather than emotionally for once. You see I'm still alive in a big suicide pool and have not used The Steelers yet. Seems like a no brainer, no? In fact, one consolation for my team s*#king so badly is that if I now bet against them every week (except for the Broncos games since I've already used them), I stand a fair chance of cashing in on more than 10Gs. Now, flaming aside ... though I will accept any as deserving .... are there any remaining games that you think we have a chance at winning that I should avoid?


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Mall sale, food chemical acquisition self-storage investment.
Real estate investment trust Vornado Realty Trust, in Paramus, announced Friday its partial affiliate has completed the sale of Kings Plaza Mall, in Brooklyn, N.Y., for $751 million to Santa Monica, Calif.-based shopping center operator Macerich Co. as part of an effort to reduce its mall business.
Chemical and plastics producer PMC Group, in Mount Laurel, announced Friday it has acquired the food production product line of chemical giant BASF to expand its France-based specialty anti-foaming agent subsidiary, PMC Ouvrie. Terms were not disclosed.
The Philadelphia office of commercial real estate investment firm Marcus & Millichap Real Estate Investment Services announced Friday it has sold a 36,400-square-foot self-storage property in Carneys Point for $1.7 million.


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Several community organizations have taken steps to make City Council aware of the homeless problem in Milford. In January the council agreed to create a task force that would be charged with addressing that problem.
Several community organizations have taken steps to make City Council aware of the homeless problem in Milford. In January the council agreed to create a task force that would be charged with addressing that problem.
The task force consists of Milford City Council members Dirk Gleysteen, Steve Johnson, Allen "Skip" Pikus and Katrina Wilson, as well as representatives from Circle of Light, Home of the Brave, People's Place, Delaware State Services, Connections, Milford School District, Catholic Charities, local churches and other groups, as well as individual members of the community, as was previously reported.
An outgrowth of that group has been a working group – formed to collect data and brainstorm solutions. That group met for the first time on March 19. The meeting focused on cataloging what services already exist to support the homeless community.
"The working group is made up of people involved in homelessness on a day to day basis, we have an intimate knowledge of how the system works and doesn't work," said Linda Boone, who represents The Home of the Brave on the working group.
"What we are trying to do is compile a list the services that are available now, which will help us to go forward and find out how to close some of the gaps," Wilson said.
The resources they looked at included: state services, People's Place, Home of the Brave, Circle of Light, the Milford School District and Milford area churches. The group also strategized about how to coordinate their efforts with those of Delaware Interagency Council on Homelessness and Delaware Homeless Planning Council.
"We are reviewing resources and creating summaries of all the services available," said Dan Bond, who is the head of the working group. "We want to make sure that we have people from those organizations involved on the board."
Bond said the working group hopes to have a report to present to City Council as quickly as possible, and that it should be ready by this summer.
"We want to give them time to prepare before next year's critical time, which is winter," said Boone. According to Boone one of the biggest priorities for the working group is to address the problem of homeless children in the area. As of January, the Milford School District was reporting 141 children as being considered homeless.
At the moment the working group is operating without a budget.
"It's all volunteer," said Boone. "We care very much, we feel like this is important, we want to invest our resources. "
The next meeting of the Homeless Task Force Working Group will be held at 7 p.m. on Tuesday in the Social Services annex building at 13 S.W. Front St. Meetings will be held every other Tuesday at the same time and location. All meetings are open to the public and will be posted on the City of Milford Web site a week in advance.


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This is the 13th challenge in a weekly series from GeneaBloggers called 52 weeks of personal genealogy and history, suggested by Amy Coffin, that invite genealogists to record memories and insights about their own lives for future descendants. Week 13 – Sweets
I have to admit that I was never really a sweetie loving kid – at least I don't recall that I was. The first sweet shop I remember was run by an elderly lady and I think it used to be a room in her house. I clearly remember going up a short flight of stone steps to the door of the shop – more like going into someone's front room. It was the sort of old fashioned sweet shop that you think of – with big glass jars and you asked for a "quarter of …." and got your purchase in a little paper bag.
I imagine that if you ask most people of my age in the UK to think of one sweet from their childhood a lot of them would say Spangles – so let's get them out of the way. Just in case you can't remember, Spangles were square sweets with rounded corners and a dimple in the middle of each side, they were individually wrapped and came in a tube. They were made by Mars and came in a selection of different colours and flavours – including blackcurrant and orange. I'm sure there were many more – do you remember?
One other Mars sweet product was Opal Fruits – chewy fruit sweets that were "made to make your mouth water" (according to the jingle) – come on now I know that you're singing it as you just read this. They came in four "refreshing fruit flavours" – orange, lemon, lime and strawberry. Which one was your favourite – Jayne has just told me that hers was strawberry. Controversially Mars changed the name in 1998 to Starburst.
And then of course there was the good old Sherbet Fountain. This particular delight came in a yellow cardboard tube filled with white tangy sherbet and had a hollow liquorice stick poking out of the top. I think the idea was that you suck the sherbet through the liquorice – quite often as I recall we just ate the liquorice and poured the sherbet straight into our mouth or if you wanted to be more elegant you dipped the liquorice into the sherbet and sucked it.
Sticking with the sherbet theme what about flying saucers – rice paper discs filled with the old tangy stuff that just melted in your mouth.
My final memory is of liquorice Pontefract Cakes – they were a particular favourite of my grandfather in Leeds.
My wife, Jayne, had a Saturday job working at Woolworths in Skegness, Lincolnshire. She admits that her preference would have been to work on the record counter – but no, she was on the sweetie "pick and mix".


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Building a Custom Serial Interface
Build RS232/TTL serial converter
Etching a circuit and building your own serial converter is pretty simple. The materials cost about one fourth of what a prebuilt level converter costs and it has the added benefit of not requiring the difficult step of relocating r76.
The parts required to build this are:
- A single sided copper clad circuit board.
- A small amount of ferric chloride.
- One MAX-3232CPE chip in a DIP package.
- Five .1 microfarad Tantalum capacitors.
- One 1/8 watt 10K resistor. (optional if you can relocate r76)
- One male D9 connector.
- A four pin straight header.
- 18" 22 guage wire.
- 6" 26 guage wire.
Components can be found at Digikey
The tools required are:
- 15 watt (maximum) soldering iron
- Diagonal cutters for trimming component leads
- Thin rosin core 60/40 solder.
- Wire strippers.
Build the Circuit Board
I have designed a circuit board layout. It can be downloaded from Here and printed out. I learned a trick several years back for etching circuit boards. It is pretty easy to do yourself. Follow these steps:
1. Print the circuit design (without scaling it) on a laser printer. An inkjet printer won't work for this.
2. Cut the board to the proper size. the outline of the board is part of the layout.
3. Use a regular iron set at its highest temperature (usually linen) and iron the circuit printout onto a single sided copper clad board. Iron the pattern on for at least 3 minutes and be sure to move the iron by lifting it off the copper board and replacing it in a different location every 10 seconds.
4. After the circuit board has cooled to room temperature, soak the copper board in water for at least an hour. After soaking the board most of the paper should come off without much work. What will be left is the toner and some of the paper fibers that are stuck in the laser toner. You can use an old toothbrush to remove as much of the paper fibers as possible, but make sure not to remove any of the toner. If you do remove some of the toner, you can touch it up with a sharpie.
5. Etch the board by either placing it in a bath of ferric chloride (available as Radio Shack, at least it was a year ago) and agitating it until the exposed copper is removed or you can don a pair of ruber gloves and use a sponge to wipe the board with ferric chloride. the sponge method is much faster (less than a minute as opposed to 15 minutes). I have heard of others using muriatic acid diluted 1:1 with water (never add water to acid, add acid to water). I do not recommend this as it is quite caustic (even compared to ferric chloride). Make sure to etch your board in a well ventilated area.
6. After the copper that is not protected by the toner has been etched away rinse the board under running water and scrub with a green scrubbing pad or 0000 bronze wool to remove the toner. Do not use steel wool as it will get into the circuit board traces and cause problems later. What is left after scrubbing the board is the copper traces. It should be noted that the toner is somewhat porous and the traces will be slightly etched themselves. as long as they are not completely severed the board will work. Test the traces with an ohm meter to make sure there are no shorts or open traces. Open traces can be repaired with solder and shorts can be repaired with a scratch awl or dremel tool.
7. Drill the holes for the components in the circuit board with a .035" diameter drill bit. A dremel tool works well for this. Note that the pads for the capacitors are placed so you can use surface mount capacitors (on the trace side of the board) if you want, but I doubt you will as the object here is to make assembly easier, not more difficult.
Populate the Circuit Board and Solder the Components in Place
The trick to soldering is to make sure the two items to be joined are sufficiently hot before applying the solder. Melting the solder with the iron will lead to cold solder joints which are brittle and will fail. The easiest way to insure a good solder joint is to place the soldering iron on one side of the component lead and place the solder on the opposite side of the component lead. When everything is hot enough the solder will melt and flow around the component's lead.
One more trick is to make sure the soldering iron has a good tip and is properly tinned. The tip will erode with use and will need to be sharpened. A black tipped soldering iron is also difficult to use because the black stuff (usually burned rosin) gets into the solder and causes a poor connection. If the soldering iron tip isn't sharp (about a 60 degree angle at the tip) use a file to sharpen it and tin the tip. If the iron's tip is black it also needs to be tinned. Tinning is accomplished with a moist sponge and some solder. Use the moist sponge to wipe as much of the black stuff from the tip of the hot soldering iron. Apply solder to the tip and repeat as necessary. If you cannot get a good tin on the tip of the iron usa a file to remove the black and start over. If this fails, buy a new tip for your iron.
One last bit of information. Use the proper size soldering iron. If your iron is shaped like a gun, it is too big. I do most of my component soldering with a 15 watt pencil type soldering iron and don't recommend anything bigger. Soldering takes time. You must allow time for the component leads to heat up. A bigger iron will heat the components too fast and will damage components. Take your time and you will be soldering like a professional.
I usually install one component at a time and I work from the center of the board to the outside or one side of the board to the other side.
Install the MAX3232 chip first making sure to orient the chip properly. Pin one is marked with a small dot. By the way, the components go on the opposite side of the board from the copper traces (in this particular design). Solder pins 1 and 9 first. That will hold the IC in place while you solder the remaining leads. remember. place the iron on one side of the lead and the solder on the opposite side. Hold the iron in place only long enough for the solder to flow around the component lead and only apply enough solder to cover the copper pad and fully connect the lead on all sides of the lead.
Next install the capacitors. The capacitors are polarized and must be installed in the right direction. They will have a lead marked with a plus and that lead should match up with the hole that is marked with a plus on the component layout. Install all 5 of the capacitors.
Next we need to attach the 4 pin header to the board. We place a piece of masking tape over the holes for J1 on the component side and flip the level converter over so the components are facing down. We place the long ends of the 4 jumper pins into the holes (the pins will stop at the paper tape) and solder them into place.
KuroBox Specific Parts
R76 - To Install or not to Install
You definately want 2 way communication. It allows all sorts of experimentation that is not possible without 2 way communication. We now have to decide if we want to move r75 on the Kuro's motherboard to the r76 position. DO NOT TRY TO TACK ONE SIDE OF R76 IN PLACE AND BEND IT DOWN TO ATTACH THE OPPOSITE END. YOU WILL END UP PULLING THE SOLDER PADS OFF OF THE KURO'S MOTHERBOARD. If you are up for the challenge go for it and skip ahead to the next section. If not, just place the tip of the iron directly on r75 and remove the chip all together. Don't worry about losing r75 as you won't need it anyway. Instead of trying to place that 1mm by .4mm resistor, install a regular 10K resistor in the place marked r76 on the level shifter board (this component is optional if you managed to relocate r75 to r76). Next solder a piece of 26 gauge single strand wire to the r76 or r75 pad closest to pin 1 of J1. This is much easier than trying to relocate that tiny chip because you can use a piece of wire that is 6 or 8" long which is much easier to hold in place while soldering. Tin the stripped end of the wire first and trim it to about 1/16" long before attempting to solder it. You should then be able to solder it in place without using any additional solder. Once the wire is soldered to the pad on the Kuro we will trim it to about 1.5" long and strip the last 1/4" of wire. We will connect it to the circuit board later.
Next, install a new 1/8 watt 10K resistor on the level shifter board in the place marked r76.
Installing the Serial Connector
Next we attach 3 pieces of wire that are about 6" long to the D9 connector pads on our circuit board marked 2, 3, and 5. You guessed it. These wires will lead to a male D9 connector (like the one on the back of your computer) at the back of our Kurobox. We will connect these wires to the same pin numbers on the D9 connector. You will need a null modem cable (5 to 5, 2 to 3, 3 to 2) to connect the kuro to your computer but any serial accessories (modem, palm device, etc.) you use will simply plug into your Kuro.
Before we solder the level converter in place we need to connect the wire we soldered to the Kuro's motherboard (at r76) to the pad marked W1 Try to shorten this wire as much as possible as any extra length could compronise the integrity of the received data. Skip this step if you managed to relocate r75 to r76.
Finally we turn the level shifter over and place the other ends of the jumper pins through J1 on the Kuro's motherboard making sure that the pin numbers on the motherboard match the pin numbers on the level shifter. The plastic spacer should keep the level shifter from touching the motherboard, but you should make sure this is the case and add spacers if necessary.
The last step is to cut a hole in the back of your kurobox to mount the D9 connector (optionally you can just snake it out of the case) and reassemble the kurobox.
Testing Your New Serial Port
Plug the Kuro into your computer with a crossover serial cable and start a terminal program on your computer (hyperterminal works well). Set your terminal program to 57600 baud, N,8,1 with no flow control and start your Kuro. If you did everything right you should be able to see the boot messages in a terminal window on your computer. If 2 way communication is working you should also be able to login through the terminal.
Here are a couple of photos of the completed board prior to installation (I didn't have a kuro without a serial converter so I built this one for waite). You will notice that the circuit traces aren't the prettiest. That isn't a problem as I beefed them up on the board layout. Spots to check carefully are where the traces travel between pins 1 & 2, 2 & 3, 6 & 7 and 12 & 13 of the MAX3232 chip.
Note the blue wire. This is the wire that attaches to the Kuro motherboard at r76.
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