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It's another basketball season at Davidson County Community College and much more often than not, that means the Storm emerging victorious - even now as an NJCAA Division II program.
Jake Kelsey scored 20 points while Mach Hughes and Larry Borland each had 19 as the Storm ran away from Clinton 85-70 in their home-opener on Wednesday at Brinkley Gym.
Basketball at DCCC usually features plenty of 3-point shooting, pressure defense and transition layups with the tempo always being quick. Tuesday was no different. The Storm went 13-for-30 behind the arc, with Kelsey and Hughes getting all but two of them.
"It was a good win for us," said DCCC coach Matt Ridge, whose team is now 3-0. "It was good to see Jake get hot early and Mac come off the bench to make 5-of-7 3s in the second half. That was a huge lift for us."
The 6-foot-6 Borland was also a force inside with nine rebounds along with a thunderous, two-hand slam dunk. Point guard Arion Broadnax scored 6 points and produced 10 assists.
None of what was on display came as any surprise.
"Any time you come in here, you know what's going to happen," said Clinton coach Larry Mullins. "I told our guys they were going to shoot about 50 3s and No. 4 (Kelsey) shoots them from Charlotte. No. 11 (Hughes) goes to the corner, looks for his shot. He has a quick release and flat-out knocks them down. You know they're going to be well-coached. And that's what they do. They're good shooters."
Montez Venable added 11 points and 6 assists for the Storm and Jason Doerr chipped in with 8 points.
Clinton was led by Micah Smith, who poured in a game-high 26 points, helping keep his team in the game for a half. Darries Hampton scored 14 points while Andarius Boulware had 11. Frank Pressley scored 7 points and grabbed 13 rebounds.
DCCC led 40-32 at halftime but quickly moved to assert itself in the final 20 minutes.
In a key sequence, Borland threw down his rim-rattling dunk to give the Storm a 56-45 lead and then Jermaine Jones came up with a steal on the other end. The Storm at times played some 2-3 zone and it worked.
"I thought we were active in our zone," Ridge said. "As much as I hate zone, I thought it was effective in the second half. We did a lot of things well when we did get stops in terms of transition, getting out and getting some easy buckets. That's kind of been our M.O. since I've been here for 12 years. Over 40 minutes we're going to wear you down."
With the 3-pointers raining in, DCCC twice led by 21 in the second half. But play got a little sloppy at times, leading Ridge to call three timeouts late in the game despite the big lead.
"I had 11 freshmen and sophomores dressed tonight," Ridge said. "Some of this is going to be some growing pains. It's hard for me to watch us throw the ball all around the gym and taking 3s. I've got to do a better job of making sure they understand what I want offensively in late game situations."
Clinton, an NJCAA Division I team, fell to 1-1.
The Storm will host Johnston Community College on Saturday at 3 p.m.
Mike Duprez can be reached at (336) 249-3981, ext. 218 or firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow Mike on Twitter@LexDispatch_md.


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SOVAS's "Get Out There" is a fun, inspiring, and informative series featuring success stories and tips from top Voiceover artists and other industry professionals. The podcast demands a diverse set of audio skills, requiring a team effort across Flavorlabs' multiple divisions. Joan and Rudy wanted the project to have a sonic identity, so Erik Blicker and Glenn Schloss of Flavorlab Score worked to create a theme, show package and ID to reflect the "positive, vibrant aesthetic of the hosts". Glenn formulated the sonic ID by aggregating voices of many of the show's guests (as well as his wife and kids) atop a bed of sound effects to produce a multilayered, cascading segment.
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Kisling Nestico & Redick Adds A Webby Award To Its List of Honors
Rob Nestico is the managing partner of the law firm Kisling Nestico & Redick (KNR). At 15, Nestico was in a fatal auto accident. The driver of the car Nestico was riding in was killed. Rob Nestico spent three months in the hospital recovering from head trauma and multiple fractures.
A Lesson Learned
At the time of the above-mentioned accident, Nestico's parents were recent immigrants from Italy. The elder Nesticos had yet to learn English. When it came time to discuss compensation for their son's injuries the insurance company exploited the Nestico's lack of understanding. It was then that Rob Nestico decided to advocate for accident victims against insurance companies.
The History of KNR
Kisling Nestico & Redick came into existence in 2005. Fourteen years later the firm operates 10 offices across Ohio. Between its 30 lawyers and support staff KNR employs 130 people. Many of the firm's members have an insider's knowledge of how big insurance operates. That knowledge has no doubt contributed to the $450 million Kisling Nestico & Redick has won for its clients as of 2017.
Excellence Acknowledged
Of the 1.34 million lawyers practicing in the US only 5,000 rates a listing on the Million & Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum. Lawyers with KNR are listed among those 5,000 attorneys. The National Trial Lawyers Association has ranked KNR as one of Ohio's top 100 law practices.
Kisling Nestico & Redick Earns a Webby Award
The Webby Awards recognize excellence in web page design. In the legal category, KNR received "Best Website" honors. Eighty-percent of law firms considered for a "Best Website" award fails to win. At the 2019 awards ceremony in Akron, Ohio Kisling Nestico & Redick beat out 13,000 other nominees. KNR's competition for the awards included companies from every state and 70 countries.


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1 Not acknowledging the rules will not exempt one from the punishment.
2 English is the core language used on the server - using another language may result in a kick.
3 Do not do anything to harm the server or otherwise exploit it, purposely exploiting will result in punishments.
4 Give respect to earn respect. All players must be respected.
5 Racism is strictly forbidden.
6 Do not promote religious or political viewpoints, keep it to yourself.
7 Please do not express your anger on the server - no one wants to deal with it.
8 Do not post any NSFW content (inappropriate dupes, music, etc) - young players play on the server.
9 Do not spam - this includes both "ear-rape" and chat spam.
10 Causing drama and harassing may result in a ban.
11 You may be muted/banned for posting malicious links.
12 Bullying is dealt with strictly, punishments vary.
13 Do not have disrespectful / inappropriate usernames or profile pictures [Steam & In-game].
14 Selling in-game items for real money is not allowed and will result in a ban.
15 Where rules do not prevail, common sense shall.
16 Voice changers are allowed as long as they are not excessive or used to annoy others -- this means no mic-spam or "ear-rape".
17 Advertising media (YouTube, Twitch streams, and more) in the server is not allowed.
1 [DO NOT COMMIT RANDOM DEATHMATCH] Killing or attempting to kill a player without a valid reason. Baiting is also classified as RDM.
2 [DO NOT BREAK NEW LIFE RULE] You forget events which have occurred in your previous life, nor can you use any information relevant to it. NLR timer is 3 minutes, however, dying in a raid means you cannot return at all until the raider is gone.
3 [DO NOT COMMIT FEARRP / FAILRP] Breaking roleplay by doing something unrealistic like pulling out a gun while getting mugged / kidnapped, running to spawn to heal during a gunfight, or attempting to mug an armed individual.
4 [DO NOT ABUSE FADING DOORS] Using your fading door keybind to open a fading entity during a roleplay situation (e.g raid, kidnap) you must use your keypad accordingly. You may use the keybind outside of a roleplay situation.
5 [DO NOT METAGAME] Using OOC (out of character) to deliver RP messages & roleplay information to gain an advantage (i.e police-raiding someone because they asked in OOC chat how to silence their printer).
6 [DO NOT RP IN SPAWN] The areas behind the fences are spawning areas, and are not made for roleplaying. Arresting a wanted individual in spawn for example is classified as FailRP.
7 [STEALING] If you're not in a raid, you must advert steal before you steal anything (money, printers, guns, etc.. - excluding chip'n'pins & job items).
8 [WARNING] You can warn players to go away / leave you alone by adverting warn 3 times, if they fail to obey after 3 warnings, you can kill them. You cannot kill someone for warning you.
9 [SELF-DEFENSE] If you're threatened, shot, or pursued by someone, you may kill them as self-defense.
10 [PROPS] Do not misuse or abuse props. Trapping, surfing, climbing and generally minging with props is not allowed.
11 [PERMANENT ITEMS] Dropping permanent items might result in the item getting removed and not refunded.
12 [ROLEPLAY NAMES] Names that cannot be targeted due to unusual symbols and or spaces are not allowed (i.e "K a i").
13 [DEATHMATCHING] The only valid deathmatch is the setup server events, other than that, deathmatching is invalid and may result in a ban for MRDM.
14 [OOC CHAT] Do not argue, cause drama, or spam in the OOC chat - keep it friendly, we're all here to have fun.
15 [ADMIN SITS] Do not interfere with nearby admin sits or take advantage of any incidents.
16 You can return to the casino immediately after death if you died to the spin'n' win or a terror. If you died for a different valid reason (e.g. lockpicking coinpushers), you cannot return for 3 minutes.
1 You can counter raids, mugs, kidnaps and other peoples' counters.
2 You can only counter to assist clan members or people you are basing with (you must own a door or own props within their base).
3 All base participants (including the base owner) must advert counter against a raid if they're flanking (engaging from behind).
4 Government jobs do not need to advert, and may counter for any person, independent of relation to said person.
1 You cannot use one-way props or materials to give you an advantage over a raider. This means the raider has to see you while you're shooting. For example, you cannot have a one-way prop, next to a penetrable prop, then shoot through it while it is not open.
2 While building your base, you must place a 'building' textscreen. This makes you prune from being raided and you cannot hold onto any valuables in the meantime. The sign must be visible and in clear sight.
3 You cannot have a KOS sign alongside a building sign. While building, if a person inside the base is not a participant, they may be killed without a warning.
4 All doors of the area you are building in must be purchased.
5 You cannot use no-collided props to gain an advantage for one-way props.
6 There must be at least 1 entrance to your base. You may prop-block the rest of the openings as long as you have one open and available.
7 You may only have a maximum of three fading door entities for your base's entrance doors (does not apply to fading windows) - you may use 2 additional fading entities for holding loot.
8 Fading doors must be entirely accessible, this means pixel fading doors are not allowed.
9 Fading walkways/ramps, double fading doors, and other fading doors that take more than one battering ram hit to open are not allowed. (REMEMBER: One Fading Door = One Fading Entity).
10 Unfair angles in bases are not allowed. This includes foot-shooting windows, shooting raiders from above/below and extremely small shooting windows that only basers can effectively use.
11 Keypads and buttons need to be right next to the fading door they are operating. They must be visible, high/low enough so players don't have to crouch or jump. Fake keypads are not allowed.
12 You cannot use invisible props.
13 There has to be 2x2 space inbetween each fading door (EXAMPLE: https://i.imgur.com/Wwe2xtL.png).
14 You cannot block or build around NPCs. Using a gap so you can interact with them from inside a base or selling products from behind a wall is not allowed.
15 [Updated] You can't use one way props / prop textures and colors / prop placement to get an advantage.
1 You cannot base on the streets.
2 You may only own a single base/building at a time.
3 As a base member, you cannot shoot through one-way props and one-way materials.
4 KOS signs must be 60+ sized, visible, and not camouflaged. It can only be used for basing against people who are passing a certain area. The KOS area cannot exceed the length of 3 players, starting from your base's entrance.
5 You cannot enforce a KOS sign against someone once they have left the region for more than 3 seconds (unless they're raiding).
6 Parkour, trap, slide, pixel walk, maze, crouch, jump, death/damage bases are not allowed.
7 Death hall/corridors & Zig-zag entrances are not allowed! Your base's entrances cannot be too long for your advantage.
8 Full black bases are not allowed - the path of the base must be completely clear.
9 The only big area in the map you can claim is half of the Industrial area (your limit is between the elevator and between the brown and blue building).
10 In order to claim the industrial area, your base must consist of 6 or more players.
11 You cannot base on top of the fountain or next to it.
12 Sky bases are not allowed.
13 You may base inside tunnels, but there has to be enough room for at least two people to pass through it -- you cannot build outside of the tunnel area.
14 You can only take up the space of the area you claim, your base cannot go over the roads / streets (excluding tunnel bases).
15 Roof bases are allowed, however, they can only be contained within that 1 roof area and cannot exceed out of it (excluding the entrance ramp).
16 Using water to gain an advantage while basing is not allowed (underwater, sewers water stream, etc) - however, you may base ontop of water.
1 [RAID COOLDOWN] 5 minutes (15 for the same person).
2 [PD-RAID COOLDOWN] 15 minutes.
3 You must do /raid to begin raiding.
4 Raids can only last for a maximum of 8 minutes.
5 You cannot raid from afar (you cannot start a raid and kill the basers by sniping from a long distance).
6 You cannot kill anyone outside of the base unless they are countering or are participants of the base.
7 When you're raiding the PD, you can kill anyone inside the department. However, if a Government member is outside the PD, you can only start firing when they're close to the entrance, and beyond inside.
8 You cannot raid while there is a building sign on the base, nor can a person with a building sign raid.
9 You are not allowed to use props during a raid or raid from another base.
10 Code-raiding is not allowed, you have to breach inside bases (you cannot use keypad codes during raids to gain access).
11 You must be raiding the base - this means you cannot advert raid just to kill the base participants.
12 You cannot raid Tramps or DJ's.
13 Destroying other players' products, items and props is considered raiding. However, SWAT & Police may destroy illegals without having to start a raid (unless it's protected in a base).
14 You can overtake raids by doing /raid and killing the raiders, proceed as planned.
15 You cannot steal any job items when raiding (Opium production items, Bitminer servers and etc) -- given these particular jobs cannot raid to return their items, it's forbidden to do so.
1 [COOLDOWN] 20 minutes (45 for the same person).
2 You must do /kidnap while looking at a player with your gun out to begin kidnapping.
3 Hostages can only be held for 10 minutes - after that they must be either killed or released.
4 People who are together must all follow the 45 minute cooldown for the same person (i.e gangs).
5 The hostage must be accessible using keypads and battering rams.
6 You cannot kidnap Tramps or AFK players.
7 You must be actively trying to sell a kidnapped person (maximum ransom is $50,000).
8 A kidnapped person must never be left unattended - you must be actively checking on them (do not kidnap someone, lock them in a room and go away).
9 Your victim cannot be silenced, they can talk all they like, there's no point gagging them.
1 [COOLDOWN] 5 minutes (15 for the same person).
2 You must do /mug while looking at a player with your gun out to begin mugging.
3 The person you are mugging should not be armed, you cannot mug armed players (players with weapons in their hand).
4 You must give up to 15 seconds for someone to pay.
5 People who are together must all follow the 15 minute cooldown for the same person (i.e gangs).
6 Reverse mugs are not allowed (do not mug someone who has just mugged you).
7 You cannot mug Tramps, AFK players or Government members (mayor is not included).
8 When mugged, you cannot retaliate at all. If you deny the mug, you may attempt to run away while facing the risk of getting killed.
1 You are not allowed to glitch into places using your Hoverboard.
2 If you accidentally glitch out of the map / somewhere you shouldn't be, type 'kill' in console.
3 Abusing the Hoverboard will result in warnings and or removal of access.
4 You cannot use the Hoverboard during raids or in bases, however, you may use it to escape from various situations if you're outside (jumping into bases is not allowed).
1 You are not allowed to use a weapon bigger than a pistol unless it is a permanent weapon.
2 You may own a house.
3 You cannot do anything illegal.
1 Do not play ear-rape / anything sexual, if your music is deemed too loud by a staff member, you must either fix your volume or change jobs.
2 Your music must not be able to be heard at spawn.
3 You cannot base at all, however, you may own a nightclub or build a small-to-medium DJ stand on the streets.
4 You may place a KOS sign for your nightclub or DJ stand (unless the DJ stand is deemed too small).
5 You cannot base or commit any crimes, you're a good citizen, act like it.
1 You cannot use any sort of weaponry other than knives and fists (you cannot use permanent weapons that aren't knives or fists).
2 You may be claimed as a pet by someone -- that includes the police, you can do /job K9 Doge.
3 You are not allowed to base unless you are a pet of someone.
4 You can make a little shelter and sit in it and wait to be claimed (cannot be too big).
5 You can assist raids (only with your owner) but can only use your knife.
6 You cannot place hits or commit any crimes, you may only assist your owner with raiding / protection.
1 You may be hired to protect an area by anyone (excluding Doges).
2 You cannot do anything illegal, however, you may print in the property of the person who hired you (only if they're allowed to print as well).
3 You cannot kill someone who is not doing anything to harm the place you are protecting.
4 You are not allowed to base on your own but you may be part of the place you have been hired from.
5 Do not misuse / abuse your Stun Stick, only use it for security purposes.
1 Your job is to protect the bank along with the Government. You cannot do anything illegal, that includes printing.
2 While basing in the bank, your keypads must have the CP's Allowed option checked.
3 You can only have a maximum of 2 fading doors for the bank's entrance.
4 You can only base with Doges and Security Guards.
5 Do not misuse / abuse your Stun Stick, only use it for security purposes.
1 Your job is to protect the casino along with the Government. You cannot do anything illegal, that includes printing.
2 You cannot build anything in the casino.
3 Do not misuse / abuse your Stun Stick, only use it for security purposes.
4 You may KOS anyone lockpicking the coin pushers.
5 You may AOS / KOS anyone with guns out inside the casino.
6 You only have authority within the casino - you cannot enforce the law outside of your jurisdiction.
1 You cannot do anything illegal, however, you may print.
2 You can base with other people.
1 You cannot use any sort of weaponry other than knives and fists (you cannot use permanent weapons that aren't knives or fists).
2 You cannot own any doors and cannot have props inside buildings.
3 You may not use keypads in your tramp constructions.
4 You are not allowed to block off parts of the map.
5 If a staff member deems your tramp creation too big/in the way, they may ask you to relocate or to remove it.
1 You are not allowed to use a weapon bigger than a pistol unless it is a permanent weapon.
2 You cannot do anything illegal.
3 You cannot own any doors and cannot have props inside buildings.
1 You can base with anyone you'd like.
2 You cannot do anything illegal other than making/dealing drugs & printing.
1 You are not allowed to use a weapon bigger than a pistol unless it is a permanent weapon.
2 You cannot own doors, nor can you be part of any base.
3 You cannot form a dictatorship, your laws and authority have to be fair.
4 You cannot enforce laws nor assist during police raids.
5 You may build inside the PD, your keypads must have the 'CPs Allowed' box checked so Government members can simply press "OK" and get through.
6 Your laws must be reasonable and are not allowed to conflict with default laws. 'Jaywalking is illegal' is an example of an unreasonable law.
7 You cannot engage in illegal activities.
8 The SWAT/Police no-NLR rule does not apply to you -- you cannot return to a PD raid after dying at all until the raid is over.
1 [RAID COOLDOWN] 5 minutes (15 minutes for the same person) - this is for police raids; You must use /raid.
2 [ONLY SWAT GENERAL AND POLICE CHIEF] You may build in the PD as long as the Keypad settings are set to 'CP's Allowed'.
3 As an officer of the law and a rolemodel of justice and pacifism, your job is to keep the city safe and friendly of criminals. You should always attempt to arrest before resorting to killing.
4 Before enforcing a law, warn the person you are targeting. You must do "/advert Warn" 3 times before taking action.
5 You must have a valid reason to make someone wanted. You may not make someone wanted for killing you.
6 You must have a valid reason to weapon check someone, an example is, you saw them holding a gun while there's a law against unlicensed weapons.
7 You must have a valid reason to put a warrant on someone. Suspicious or anonymous tips do not count.
8 You are allowed to return to a particular crime-scene immediately after getting killed in a PD raid, bank raid or terror attack. You can ignore NLR during this time.
9 You cannot be 'corrupt', you have to enforce laws and cannot help criminals.
10 Police may build a basic checkpoint for the entrance of the PD (outside) under the Mayor's consent.
11 You are not allowed to excuse your clan for breaking the law.
12 You cannot engage in any illegal activities.
13 You are not allowed to own any doors nor be part of any base.
14 Do not misuse / abuse your Stun Stick or Hand Shocker, only use them for security purposes.
1 You are not allowed to own any doors nor be part of any base.
2 You cannot be 'corrupt', you have to assist government and cannot help criminals.
3 You must have a valid reason to make someone wanted. You may not make someone wanted for killing you.
4 You must have a valid reason to put a warrant on someone. Suspicious or anonymous tips do not count.
5 You are not allowed to excuse your clan for breaking the law.
6 Before enforcing a law, warn the person you are targeting. You must do "/advert Warn" 3 times before taking action.
7 You cannot engage in any illegal activities.
8 Do not misuse / abuse your Stun Stick or Hand Shocker, only use them for security purposes.
1 You are not allowed to own any doors nor be part of any base.
2 You must always be with the Mayor at all times. If there's no Mayor, you must protect the PD.
3 You cannot enforce laws, you may only protect the Mayor and the Police Department.
4 You cannot engage in illegal activities.
5 Do not misuse / abuse your Stun Stick or Hand Shocker, only use them for security purposes.
1 You are two opposing gangs - Bloods vs Crips.
2 [YOU MUST ADVERT GANG-WAR] You may only have a gang-war in Industrial, Residential and Uptown -- anywhere else will be counted as RDM.
3 [COOLDOWN] 35 minutes -- gang-wars can only last up to 10 minutes, it must consist of at least 3 members in both gangs - NLR is null and void until the gang-war is over.
4 You are responsible for crossfire when shooting an opposing member - be careful with your gunfire.
5 All members must follow their leader.
1 You can raid to get to your target. You may obtain raiding tools from a Weaponry Dealer (during a raid, you cannot steal anything - you may destroy stuff though).
2 You are not allowed to do anything illegal other than fullfill your hit and raid.
3 You cannot base nor can you own doors, however, you may build a small hit-stand on the streets (Police may take action against it!).
4 You are not allowed to ask customers to place hits on certain people, it must only be up to the customer.
1 You can base with anyone you'd like.
2 Gangsters must follow a mob boss' orders.
3 Chavs are allowed to work for the police. If an agreement is made, they cannot be arrested..
4 Chavs can raid bases for government in order to gather evidence for them.
5 You can do anything that is illegal which does not involve terror.
1 [LIMIT] 10 minutes -- You can start a terror that consists of 10 minutes using /terror - you can only target Government members or anyone inside the Police Department.
2 A terror attack lasts until you are either killed or arrested.
3 You may not use Sonic / Astro suits while committing a terror.
4 Terrorists can base with anyone they'd like and may take part in other criminal activities.
5 Terrorist Leaders may kill anyone during their bombings (only with the C4 bomb you are deployed with) - however, you cannot throw your bomb into bases or use it during raids.
6 You cannot target, rob or harm fellow terrorists.
1 You can earn a maximum of $10,000 from a single transaction for an item.
2 You cannot self-supply anything other than SMGs or pistols.
3 You must have a store which must be publically available and open majority of the time.
4 You are allowed to own printers but cannot take part in other criminal activities.
5 You are allowed to base with other weaponry dealers, doges and security guards.
6 You are not alowed to scam people and always make sure customers pay first.
1 Most PUBLIC information of players are stored and we can decide what to do with it.
2 There is a possibility you are banned from the server, however, it can be appealed.
3 All cheaters and exploiters will be strictly dealt with.
4 Evading a major punishment in any shape or form will result in a permanent ban -- do not alt (use another account) to evade a ban or to get rid of your warnings on a previous account.
5 Assisting ban evasion puts you at risk of the same consequences given to the alter.
6 Not following the rules will result in punishments, and not knowing the rules will not exempt you from the punishments.
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Region's jobless rates keep tightening
Job growth was a common thread driving Northern Nevada's economy in October, reflected in tightening unemployment rates regionwide.
In the latest monthly state report, the October unemployment rate in greater Reno-Sparks metropolitan area fell below the 4 percent barrier for the third time in 2017. Job growth swelled at a annual rate of 1.5 percent.
Washoe County's official 3.9 percent jobless rate, like surrounding counties, reflects the region's continuing economic rebound from the Great Recession, when Washoe's unemployment swelled to nearly 14 percent at its peak.
"For 14 consecutive months, unemployment rates have declined on a over-the-year basis in all 17 counties," the report stated.
In Washoe, an net increase of 3,300 new jobs were added from October 2016 to October 2017, the report showed, among them:
Construction: 1,100
Transportation/warehousing: 400
Restaurants: 500
Professional/business services: 500.
But while Washoe's leisure/hospitality sector added 500 jobs overall, the casino hotels subsector lost 500 jobs, according to the report.
In the Carson City metropolitan area, an estimated 700 new jobs were added over the year, mostly in the government sector, according to the report.
That helped swell the metro area's job growth rate to 2.4 percent on an annual basis.
Sisolak issues 'Stay at Home' order; business closures extended to April 30
On April 1, Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak formally issued a "Stay at Home" directive for Nevadans and extended closures of nonessential businesses, gambling and school closures to April 30.


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What happens when a passion for solar energy gets combined with enthusiasm for traveling, facilitated by the small-house movement? Enter the Tiny Solar House, a mobile marketing campaign that gives people a first-hand example of the practicability of living in a home powered by solar.
The Tiny Solar House has been on a surprisingly big tour of America the past 6 months, sharing experiences and inspiration of a solar-powered lifestyle. Logging over 10,000 miles since departing from Austin, Texas, in May, the journey has made stops in 15 states and 10 National Parks.
This 210-square-foot off-grid house on wheels is essentially an RV with a different look. The base of the home is a dual-axle trailer atop a structure was framed, insulated, and enclosed.
The Tiny Solar House features a multifunctional living room/office/art studio, kitchen with full-sized fridge, double sink, and propane oven, shower, toilet, and upstairs sleeping loft big enough for a queen-sized mattress.
But the true beauty of the Tiny Solar House comes from the outside. 6 photovoltaic, 280-watt SolarWorld solar panels adorn the roof and send solar energy to a small metal box above the tongue of the trailer. Inside the box there are 6 deep-cycle batteries wired for 750 amp-hours at 12 volts, a Midnite Solar charge controller, and a clever Xantrex inverter with capability to plug into an RV electrical hookup if needed.
This special feature came in handy recently when stopped at a tiny house community on the outskirts of Austin, Texas.
"We were hit with back to back to back cloudy days which depleted our battery bank and forced us to hook up to grid power," said Michael Chance, owner of the Tiny Solar House. "It was a sad day, and the first time in six months that we had to rely on non-solar electricity," he added.
The Tiny Solar House is one of 19 tiny houses currently parked at Austin Live|Work, one of the largest tiny house communities in the nation. This 10-acre, alternative housing community is drawing like-minded individuals together for a number of reasons. Some tenants have chosen the tiny lifestyle to decrease their carbon footprints and get more in-touch with the land, while others see it as a path to financial independence and an escape from rapidly increasing cost of living, longer work hours, and frustrating commutes.
Read more – http://www.motherearthnews.com/green-homes/meet-the-mobile-off-grid-tiny-house-traveling-across-america-zbcz1612


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Insects and other foods the trout should be eating:
1. Little BWOs
2. Green Sedges (Caddisflies)
3. Cinnamon Caddis (Mostly Abrams Creek)
4. Light Cahills
5. Little Yellow Stoneflies (Yellow Sally)
6. Sulphurs
7. Slate Drakes
8. Golden Stoneflies
9. Little Green Stoneflies
Most available/ Other types of available food:
10. Sculpin, Minnows (Streamers)
11. Inch Worm (moth larva)
12. Beetles
13. Grasshoppers
Changes In the Insects Taking Place
I'll take a days jump ahead and call this June. As far as aquatic insect hatches are
concerned, it's the middle of June. The warm weather we have averaged for the past few
months has resulted in most hatches taking place early, even earlier than the cushion we
built in to our Smoky Mountain hatch chart.
I've dropped some insects from the above list and list of flies to imitate them and added one,
the Little Green Stonefly, which will begin to hatch soon. I also added the inch worm, which
should have been on there for the last couple or three weeks, and beetles and
grasshoppers. That still leaves several aquatic insects on the list but they will drop off down
to a few after the month of June.
This doesn't mean everything the fish are currently eating is going to suddenly change.
That won't happen at all as yesterday's strategy article pointed out. It just means there
needs to be some changes made in your fly boxes within the next few day, or involve
different fly boxes, depending on how you store your flies. Right now the Green Sedge
caddis, Light Cahills, Slate Drakes, Golden Stoneflies and Little Yellow Stoneflies continue to
represent the majority of the most available and most plentiful foods.
Some Changes in the Weather Forecast:
I noticed, as expected, the National Weather Service has already made some changes in
their forecast through the weekend. They increased the percentages of rain for today and
Friday. There's now a 70% change of rain and you just may as well call it 100% because
that's what they will do once it starts raining.
Maybe I'm just hoping because we need the rain. While entering the Summer with low water
levels is great from a fishing standpoint from my personal perspective, it is scary from a
subsequent water level standpoint. The first front brought some decent amounts of rain to
the north of the Smokies but only dampened the woods in most places. I'm not calling for a
flash food but I hope it rains and inch or two today and tomorrow.
The other change I noticed is the cooler weather they were forecasting isn't going to last as
long as their original prediction. It will go to 86 degrees today in Gatlinburg and that's at
1900 feet elevation. I don't call that cool.
It appears the cool spell will only last a couple of days, if the latest forecast is right. The high
for Friday and Saturday is going to be around 74 but then it goes back up in the low eighties
for Sunday and Monday. That's better than the low nineties.
Flies You Need
Flies You Need
Copyright 2012 James Marsh
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2012 Troutfest Journal article:
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U.S. Air Force sprays deadly nerve agent onto Texas populace to combat mosquitoes
Intellihub | Military aircraft dousing Texans with Dibrom to quell pesky mosquitoes
Floridians at risk of deadly brain-eating amoeba post Irma
Intellihub | Swim at your own risk: Experts warn of having an amoeba travel up your nose and eat your brain, Southern states
Woman dies of flesh-eating bacteria after wading through flood waters in storm-ravaged Houston
Natural News | It now appears as though the fears were well-founded
Report: Brazil, Argentina and Australia sign contracts worth hundreds of billions of dollars to...
Intellihub | Contracts worth hundreds of billions of dollars presented to at least 4 countries will run from 2014-2014, a 10-year span in which the Yellowstone supervolcano is expected to erupt, devastating a large portion of the U.S.
Former FBI Chief poisoned for saying Chemtrails Are Real?
Intellihub | Symptoms indicate that Ted L. Gunderson was poisoned
Yellowstone earthquake swarm hits entire park, more than 60 on Friday alone
Intellihub | Earthquakes as big as 5.0 were recorded on USGS censors placed throughout the Yellowstone region
Dr. Michio Kaku admits government weather control on CBS News
John Vibes |Physicist talks of past and present weather control to nervous CBS news crew
Irma's current path
Intellihub | It looks like Hurricane Irma is going to run up the west coast of Florida devastating everything in its path
LIVE video feeds from Key West, watch as Irma hits
Intellihub | View the current status of Hurricane Irma and her powerful winds, flooding, live from four different camera angles in Key West
FEMA Chief, Miami Beach Mayor warn: "Get out now, this is a devastating, nuclear...
ZeroHedge | Meanwhile, supplies of water, gas and other necessities were running out as residents stocked up...
Geoengineering and the deliberate melting of the Arctic
Michael Murphy | Multiple ways to melt the Arctic ice
Meteorologists baffled by bizarre isolated winds that whip San Francisco Bay Area
SF Gate | The gusts knocked some communities while others areas were completely still
Mexico earthquake: Mysterious green flashes light up the sky after tremor
Yahoo News UK | A video of the earthquake lights was captured by a witness
Proof: Populace of Las Vegas sprayed with chemicals via aircraft at night in recent...
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WHO admits Monsanto's glyphosate 'probably' causes cancer; chemical found in 75% of air and...
Ethan A. Huff | Kidney cancer, skin tumors just a few health problems caused by glyphosate
Insecticides being sprayed from helicopters onto general public at low altitudes to combat Zika...
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Top physics professor: 'All Hell to break loose over next few days from...
Shepard Ambellas | Red flags raised, China hacks U.S. weather network, drills coming
Scientists warn of supervolcano that could destroy humanity, urge global governance to prepare
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"Weather wars" theorists claim Hurricane Harvey was engineered, "steered" toward Houston as a "weather...
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Geoengineering & CERN: Darkness Is Being Unleashed on This World
SGT Report | Today, as the result of numerous documents and reports, we know Geoengineering is real.
Harvey to make landfall as CAT 3 hurricane, 110+ mph winds, 35 inches of...
Intellihub | Deadly rain and wind approaching Texas Gulf Coast, Hurricane Harvey expected to be a CAT 3 or higher, officials say
Key West ravaged, ocean waves crash over rooftops of homes, flooding
Intellihub | Hurricane Irma's devastating winds reached speeds in excess of 110 mph pounding the Keys with heavy winds, waves, and floodwaters
Officials "fully expect" 8 more explosions at a Texas chemical plant
Intellihub | More explosions are on the way, officials warn
Downtown Miami completely flooded, under feet of water
Intellihub | Hurricane Irma continues to surge pushing seawater inland engulfing the entire Miami downtown area by Brickell Ave.
Hurricane Maria devastates Dominica, races toward Puerto Rico
ZeroHedge | The storm, which made landfall Monday night, has maximum sustained winds of 155 mph, and remains on track to directly hit Puerto Rico
GMO Corn – the POISON plant everyone eats
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Idaho earthquake swarm: Over 200 quakes in past 9 days
Intellihub | Scientists fear that the big one could be on the way as a recent earthquake swarm intensifies east of Soda Springs
NASA heliophysicist admits "chemtrails" are real, Lithium being sprayed on populace
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Video captures animal exodus from Yellowstone park, is eruption imminent?
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Disgusting: Liberal professor fired for celebrating Hurricane Harvey's destruction as "instant karma"
Intellihub | Liberals throughout social media celebrate devastating hurricane


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i usually waffle between blue and really happy.
hardly ever angry.
except now.
who the hell does he think he is?
i'm a pretty even tempered person
Posted by heatherfeather Friday, September 30, 2005
i usually waffle between blue and really happy.
3 comments:
- particleman Friday, September 30, 2005 9:03:00 pm
wow, that's pretty freaking preposterous. some people are really, really ignorant. and just plain stupid.
- heatherfeather Friday, September 30, 2005 9:05:00 pm
people keep saying, "that's out of context!"
however, i can only think of one context that'd ever be acceptable for:
"some dumbass said, '[inflammatory comment.]' i should punch him in the face."
(he used to be sec. of education under reagan, too.
- Cherz Saturday, October 01, 2005 1:29:00 am
what an ass. and he was the sec. of edu?
what the heck is going on?! ugh. it's disgusting.


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HERSHEY, Pa. — Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center's Division of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery will host a free screening event for oral, head and neck cancer.
The screening will take place from 4 to 7 p.m. on Tuesday, April 10, at the University Physician Center, 100 Campus Drive, Suite 400, on the Medical Center campus.
The event is for people who answer "'yes" to any of the following questions:
- Do you smoke or chew tobacco products?
- Do you have a sore in your mouth?
- Have you had a sore throat that lasted more than two weeks?
- Have you had a hoarse voice for more than two to three weeks?
- Do you have trouble swallowing or the feeling that something is stuck in your throat?
- Do you have a painless growth or swelling in your neck?
Registration is required by calling 1-800-243-1455.
Last Updated April 04, 2018


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School Superintendent Cover Letter
School superintendents oversee all operations, budgets, HR functions, and strategic planning responsibilities across school districts. Equipped with expertise in education administration and fiscal management, these professionals work collaboratively with school principals, administrators, staff, teachers, and parents to identify areas of need, build consensus, put together strategic action plans, and achieve improved academic standing and performance. Excellent communication, leadership, and networking talents are highly beneficial to success in this position.
Cover letters for this role often mention the following:
- Operations management
- Fiscal, budget, and financial management
- Strategic and tactical planning
- Curriculum planning and development
- Facility planning and construction
- Teacher and staff recruitment, hiring, and development
- Professional development
- Community partnerships
- Consensus building
- Relationship building and maintenance
- Student and school performance evaluation
Please find below a sample cover letter for a school superintendent noting comparable skills, qualifications, and credentials.
A good cover letter can make you stand out from the rest. Learn how to create one in our Cover Letter guide.
Dear Mr. McClure:
Upon learning of your posting for the position ofschool superintendent, I felt compelled to submit my resume for your review. As an accomplished, visionary leader in the academic sector with 22 years of operational, planning, administration, and financial management experience within the Mount Vernon public school system, I am well prepared to significantly contribute to your goals and objectives.
My expertise lies in overseeing areas such as staff development and training, financial and budget administration, community partnership building, board communications, and policy implementation to realize improved academic performance while containing costs. From conceptualizing and establishing forward-thinking development plans to collaborating with teachers and administrators to achieve consensus across multiple levels, I excel at directing strategic enhancements to drive goal achievement while communicating openly and collaboratively with teachers, staff, parents, and principals.
Highlights of my experience include the following:
- Advanced through an accomplished tenure of administrative and instructional leadership to assume position as superintendent of the Mount Vernon public school system, spearheading curriculum development, fiscal management, strategic planning, program development and evaluation, student progression, and team leadership
- Instrumental in driving the creation, development, construction, and opening of two new schools to meet the needs of Mount Vernon's growing school district
- Administered a $39M operating budget across five school buildings and one administrative office building
- Maintained a steadfast dedication to encouraging staff professional development; provided district-wide training opportunities and instituted a policy to require all Title-funded schools to allocate 10% of school funds to support staff development activities
- Demonstrated outstanding communication, time management, networking, and organizational abilities while leveraging a highly collaborative and personable nature to secure community, teacher, and staff partnerships
- Holding a master's degree in education administration from the University of Washington
My skills in academic operational oversight and directional leadership have been finely honed, and I am confident my additional strengths will readily translate to your environment. The chance to offer more insight into my qualifications would be most welcome. Thank you for your consideration; I look forward to speaking with you soon.
Glenn E. Payson


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Crafted from 4.5mm ply, handmade by Mocked the Easter signs brings a little bit of fun to Easter. My kids love placing the sign out for the Easter Bunny so that he knows exactly where to stop and leave their eggs!!!!
All Easter signs are handmade to order so please be patient and allow up to 2 week for manufacture and delivery. In most cases your items will arrive within days of you ordering. Thank you for your patience.
NOT A TOY: Items are not to be handled or played with by children, they are for eyes only.
PLEASE NOTE: Due to the handmade nature of these items no one item is exactly the same.


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OUTSIDE portrays four homeless men. Starting from the objects they carry around with them OUTSIDE opens the gates to a world that otherwise remains hidden. The film not only invites to a change of perspective but tries to show four homeless people that have persevered a sense of dignity and pride that is all too often denied to them.
ein Film von / a film by
Tama Tobias-Macht & Johanna Sunder-Plassmann


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Product Description
Itokii wireless open/closed sensors provide information on the status of doors, windows, cabinets, etc. Know if a building or area is being accessed when it should not be, or if a door or window has been left open. Alerts can be setup to notify a user by SMS text, email or voice call if a door or window has been opened or left open.
The standard version of this sensor is powered by two replaceable 1.5 V AA sized batteries (included with purchase). This sensor is also available with a line power option. The line powered version of this sensor has a barrel power connector allowing it to be powered by a standard 3.0 - 3.6 V power supply (Included with Line Power option upgrade). The line powered version also uses two standard 1.5 V AA batteries as backup for uninterrupted operation in the event of line power outage.
Power options must be selected at time of purchase, as the internal hardware of the sensor must be changed to support the selected power requirements.
Product Features
- Sense immediate door or window access.
- Sense if a door, window, drawer is opened or has been left open
- Monitor access to specific areas of buildings.
What does this wireless sensor's data look like in software?
What's in the box?
- Sensor Magnet with Mounting Flange
- Wireless Sensor
- Mounting Hardware
- 2 x AA Batteries
Magnetic Sensor Specifications
Switch Cycles 50 million Operation Gap Up to 3/4 inch Magnet Alnico Magnet Case Construction Weatherproof, high-impact ABS plastic with self-adhesive backing Magnet Temperature Range -15°F to 160°F (-25°C to 70°C) Wire Leads 22 gauge / 13.5 in length (+/- 1.5 in)
AA Specifications
Battery Type 2 Replaceable AA 1.5 V Batteries Dimension 4.375 in x 2.470 in x 1.12 in Sensing Element 2.0 - 3.6 V (2 x AA 1.5V Batteries or Optional Power Supply) Device Range 250 - 300 ft. non-line-of-sight device range* Battery Life At 1 hour heartbeat setting, included AA batteries will typically last 3-4 Years. ** Max Operating Temperature Using AA Alkaline -18°C to 55°C (0°F to 130°F) Max Operating Temperature Using AA Lithium -40°C to 60°C (-40°F to 140°F) Optimal Battery Operating Temperature +10°C to +50°C (+50°F to +122°F) Enclosure Material ABS
900 MHz Specifications
Operating Frequency 900 MHz Operating Frequency Certifications Complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. (FCC ID: ZTL-RFSC1)
Complies with Industry Canada standards. (IC: 9794A-RFSC1)
* Actual range may vary depending on environment.
** Battery life is determined by sensor reporting frequency and other variables.


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High-powered group assembled by Linc Kroeger of Pillar Technologies
A year ago if someone had said Greene County could become another Silicon Valley, he or she would have been scoffed at. A year ago very few Greene County residents had heard of Pillar Technologies or Linc Kroeger, and people weren't thinking of building a career academy at the same time as a new high school.
Much has changed in the county during the past year, and about 150 area residents and members of the media heard Saturday evening that even bigger changes may be in store.
Linc Kroeger of Pillar Technologies (now owned by Accenture) hosted high-powered guests from the Silicon Valley in Jefferson, showing them the town and the former Odd Fellows Hall, which in early June will open as Pillar's newest Forge. Kroeger recruited them to participate in his Revive, Rebuild, Restore initiative, which seeks to rebuild rural communities by making them home to innovative technology companies. R3, as Kroeger calls it, would enable young people drawn to high tech jobs to stay in the rural areas they're familiar with rather than relocating in California or the East.
Due in large part to Chris Deal, a 2003 Jefferson-Scranton graduate and now a mechanical engineer, Kroeger is locating Pillar's first rural Forge in Jefferson. Kroeger thinks of it as a model that can be replicated in other rural areas.
People like Kevin Scott, chief technology officer of Microsoft, Allen Blue, co-founder of Linkedin, Mitch Matthews, author of Dream, Think, Do, and Congressman Ro Khanna of California's 17th Congressional district (the Silicon Valley) are partners with Kroeger in proving he's correct.
Each of the partners spoke briefly at an invitation-only event at History Boy Theater. Guests included Jefferson city council members and Greene County supervisors, representatives from the county's larger employers, those who were instrumental in the school bond referendum campaign earlier this year, Jefferson Matters: Main Street board members, representatives of Des Moines Area Community College and Iowa Central Community College, and members of the local, regional, and national media.
During opening comments Kroeger said what he's doing "is for Jefferson, is for rural Iowa, and is for rural America…. There is no nobody focused on rural America. I'm involved in so many urban development plans, which are so important and we need to do, but rural America's been left for dead."
Kroeger said 78 percent of Iowans who finish a four-year college degree in STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) leave the state. He wants to change that.
Ro Khanna (D-Calif), represents Silicon Valley in the House of Representatives. He explained that six months ago Kroeger reached out to him, and finally went to California to see him. Khanna emailed other people Kroeger had pitched on R3. "They were so blown away by his sincerity, by Jefferson, and what we can do to bring our country together, to create jobs, to show that the Digital Revolution is one that every community can and should participate in. I'm so proud of the people who have come here… as patriots, to do something that is good for our nation.
Khanna said the 180,000 to 200,000 tech jobs that are outsourced to other countries can be done in communities across the country. He said AAI, Power Lift and Scranton Manufacturing demonstrate there is innovation in the county, and the next step is to provide young people with jobs. He said building links with rural towns will make the country stronger in the 21st century.
Chris Deal spoke next and thanked Kroeger for allowing Jefferson to be part of his vision. He noted that the three companies Khanna mentioned are homegrown entrepreneurial companies that demonstrate a Midwest work ethic.
Kevin Scott of Microsoft said he was "incredibly inspired" when he heard of Kroeger's R3 and his rural Forge. Scott grew up in a small town in Virginia, he said, and had to leave Virginia to begin his career as a computer programmer. "That's the reason I'm so excited and so hopeful about this… I believe this work can give young people in rural parts of the country, in Iowa, an opportunity to stay where they want to be… to have opportunities for really great tech jobs, to build lives for themselves, and to build an economic foundation for themselves and for the community."
Scott said it's crucially important to spread the tech industry across the entire country rather than concentrations of technology in only a few places.
He said his family foundation is contributing to Gov Kim Reynolds' Future Ready Iowa initiative to help get R3 off the ground. He's also writing a book to draw attention to the opportunities technology creates and the ability to have good jobs in places like Jefferson. He said the Forge in Jefferson "will look just like any other high tech company sitting in Silicon Valley."
He said that with video meetings and such, it doesn't matter much where people are sitting as they work. "I really hope this is not just a success for Jefferson, but that it's a role model that inspires people across the country to duplicate similar sorts of programs," he said.
Chase Wilson is director of admissions at the App Academy in San Francisco and New York. The academy is a "coding bootcamp" that teaches computer coding in 12 weeks. Graduates can land jobs starting at $105,000 annually and no tuition is due until a job is secured. The academy has launched an online academy and plans to give a full ride scholarship for the academy to someone from Iowa.
Kroeger introduced A.J. Wahling, who will lead the training program at the Jefferson Forge. Linsey Kitt, Greene County class of 2019, was with Wahling.
Kitt told of taking a middle school exploratory class in coding and enjoying it, but then losing interest when she couldn't access more information after the class. She talked about Greene County geometry and technology teacher Jeff Whylie, who started with the district for the 2017-18 school year. She rediscovered her interest in computer coding in one of Whylie's classes.
She said Pillar Technologies will bring opportunities that most students in rural areas don't have.
Wahling plans to move to Jefferson. He said he'll train students so they grow in their ability to write software and deliver high quality software projects. His job will also include recruiting and retaining people and helping them grow in their careers. His third goal is to bring "Triple A" projects – projects that deliver value and are impressive to the world – to rural Iowa. He said the Jefferson Forge will do a project for the San Francisco 49ers at the outset.
Tim Ritchie, president and CEOI of the Tech Museum of Innovation, said "talent is abundant everywhere. It's just waiting for an opportunity to burst into a white hot flame." The Tech Museum of Innovation is a K-12 partner in R3 and will bring its Design Challenge Learning curriculum to the table. The company trains teachers to bring Design Challenge Learning into their classrooms. They'll do two large in-service trainings for all the teachers in the spring and again next fall. "This is our first serious partnership outside Silicon Valley," Ritchie said.
"If this works, it can go throughout the country. I think the kind of civic leadership you have here is really quite unusual, that you've brought us all together…. Communities change because of overlapping civil institutions. A lot of times rural communities can't have that overlapping leadership that creates the conditions for change. You have it here and you should be happy for it and we're really happy to be part of it."
Design learning will be done at all grade levels.
Greene County school superintendent Tim Christensen said the district is working to build the curriculum. All middle school students are now taking computer classes. He said he's eager for the connections and contacts Pillar/Accenture is bringing. He's also excited about the opportunity for new jobs that will increase population and school enrollment.
Next to speak were Dan Kinney and Rob Denson, presidents of Iowa Central Community College and Des Moines Area Community College, respectively. Iowa Central will furnish/equip, staff and operate the career academy. In most cases, high school students in one community college region do not attend classes in another region. However, Iowa Central and DMACC have agreed to work as partners in training students for tech jobs.
Kinney thanked Kevin Scott of Microsoft for the donation his family foundation made to Iowa Central for scholarships for Greene County students studying technology, and Brad Garlinghouse, CEO of the cryptocurrency company Ripple for helping fund the computer lab at the career academy. (Garlinghouse was present bud did not speak on stage.)
Denson said DMACC will roll out a computer science course in Java that will be available to Forge-bound high school students in January. Denson called Saturday night "The start of a revolution," and said he looks forward to similar partnerships happening across Iowa.
Iowa Workforce Development director Beth Townsend spoke in the absence of Gov Reynolds. She said Future Ready Iowa is the overall strategic plan for developing Iowa's workforce. "What we're seeing here in Jefferson is the poster child for what we want to do all across Iowa," Townsend said.
She said Iowa has three things that aren't combined anywhere in the country as well as in Iowa. She said Iowans collaborate across all levels of education and industry; Iowans have a strong commitment to finding local solutions to local issues; and strong leadership in communities, government, business and industry, and education.
Greg Huber, director of the Bio Hub, spoke about his work. Bio Hub is a science research institute formed by Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg with a goal of curing or managing all human disease within 100 years. University of California-Berkeley, University of California- San Francisco, and Stanford are in the consortium. Huber is a bio physicist; he says biophysics and computer science are closely aligned. The work they're doing requires brilliant people. "We believe we want to have the most diverse workforce possible, and that brilliant people are everywhere. With Linc's help, we're going to find brilliant people here in Iowa and we're going to do externships and internships and see how that works out," Huber said.
Madhu Chamarty is CEO of Beyond HQ. His company helps tech start-ups and companies expand their workforce outside the Silicon Valley. Beyond HQ recommends locations and manages expansion projects. The company looks for places that have strong local talent, a supportive local community, and a strong list of partners.
Kroeger and dean MD Isely of DMACC met with Du two months ago and "educated" him "about all the things that are happening in Jefferson, about R3 and Future Ready Iowa… They talked about work ethic and resiliency and collaboration, and these are the same characteristics required for successful start-ups," he said.
He plans to do all he can to showcase Jefferson and other communities as options for growth to start-ups in Silicon Valley.
Next to speak was venture capitalist Greg Sands, CEO of Costanoa Ventures. Costanoa invests in early stage software companies selling to businesses. According to Sands, "it's the work of the country to expand digital job opportunities." He wants to create companies in Iowa for Iowans. He has pledged to invest $50,000 in the winner of "Shark Tank" competition to be held next June soon after the opening of the Jefferson Forge.
Zack Mannheimer told of the creative placemaking he has done for Greene County Development Corporation, and said "the ideas happening in Jefferson are bold beyond belief," and that he has seen more investment in Greene County than in any other county he's worked with.
Mitch Matthews is author of Dream, Think, Do. He originated Big Dream Gatherings, which have been held all over the country. He will work with Kroeger to have a Big Dream Gathering in Jefferson.
Allen Blue, co-founder of Linkedin, said he's learned the importance of taking initiative, and that the Pillar project shows leadership, innovation and collaboration. He said Jefferson can be "a lighthouse for attacking skills problems across the U.S." He said he will send people to Jefferson to see how skills gap challenges have been solved.
Kroeger said that new owner Accenture three weeks ago made his position fulltime working on the R3 initiative.
Demolition on the interior of the Odd Fellows building west of Sierra Community Theatre is under way. The $1.7 million renovation, which is being carried out by Chris Deal, doing business as East State Street Properties LLC, will be completed in late spring.


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Workplaces are increasingly stressful with most people feeling overwhelmed at least some proportion of the time. This can lead to all manner of mental and physical health problems so it's worth looking at ways to alleviate stressful symptoms sooner rather than later.
We found this interesting infographic originally on The Salary Reporter website highlighting how our body responds to stress, which should give us all motivation to deal with the problem in order to take care of our long term health rather than trying to eliminate stress altogether. We know the latter is impossible for many of us but the one thing we do have control over is how we respond to stress in any given situation. Even acknowledging the point where you're feeling stressed, taking the time to do some deep breathing or removing yourself from the situation can be all it takes to give yourself space.
Closely observe the pictures you visualise and the words that you say in your mind as these have a profound effect on how you feel physically. We need to persevere in changing our thought patterns and images over time in order to build new thinking habits. Even if you do this and feel it's not working, keep going. You will break through that seemingly invisible barrier and develop more a more healthy response mechanism to situations that used to bother you. Meditation and yoga are very useful tools too.
As well as this, you should always take your holidays every year – never lose them. When you realise that the world of work will carry on without you there and that your inbox will still be full regardless of whether you take a holiday or not, you will start to opt for the latter. Better to have some time out and relaxation and have a full inbox than being completely frazzled and much of the same. No one will thank you for it.
One thing to remember if you really are struggling with stress is to talk to your GP or one of the many charities that are set up to help people in your situation. You don't have to feel you are alone.


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Home >> Daily News >> Thailand News >> Economy >> Thai growth on course
Thai growth on course
"Economic growth may come in at more than 4.5 percent, but we're maintaining our forecast due mainly to the troubles in the automotive industry," said secretary-general Arkhom Termpittayapaisith,
Last month, domestic automotive assembly fell by 15 percent, with car exports contracting by 9% from March due to effects from the Japanese disaster.
The industrial sector expanded by only 1.7 percent in the first quarter, down from 4.8 percent in the previous quarter, due to reduced production of hard disk drives and automobiles, a direct result of a parts supply shortage from Japan following the natural disasters.
The industrial sector is expected to slow down further in the second quarter due largely to traditional slower growth in the automotive and related industries during this time, said secretary-general Arkhom Termpittayapaisith.
However, he predicts the impact of the troubled automotive industry on the overall economy for the full year will be insignificant.
Thailand's gross domestic product expanded by 3 percent year-on-year in the first quarter, down from 3.8 percent, 6.6 percent, 9.2 percent and 12 percent in last year's first through fourth quarters, respectively.
Mr. Arkhom said this year's first-quarter growth was driven by exports, higher agricultural product prices and volume - especially for rice, sugarcane, corn and rubber - a 14.5% year-on-year rise in tourist arrivals to 5.4 million, increased domestic spending and a jump in private investment.
The momentum is continuing in terms of consumer confidence and private investment, while exports remain competitive as countries such as Vietnam, Indonesia and India face rising costs, he said. Exports have long been the main driver of economic growth in Thailand and after jumping 28% last year had been expected to slow this year.
However, first-quarter exports were valued at $56.9 billion, up by 28.3 percent year-on-year. The NESDB has revised up this year's export growth target to 17 percent from 12.5 percent previously and its import growth target to 20.5 percent from 14.6 percent.
It also raised the inflation target to a range of between 3 percent and 3.8 percent from 2.8 percent to 3.8 percent before.
However, the upward trend in interest rates could negatively affect both producers and investors through higher production costs.
Spending worth 20-30 billion baht for the general election will only slightly affect the country's economic growth, said Mr. Arkhom.
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Molecular & Translational Drug Discovery
Servier Drug Discovery Program
Dr Chris Langmead
Head, Servier Drug Discovery Program
Lab Head
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Project areas | Collaborations | Key publications | Lab members | Funding
Project areas
Research focus
G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are the largest family of receptors and are responsible for regulating a range of physiological functions and pathology. As such, it is unsurprising that approximately 40% of marketed drugs target this receptor family. We utilize a variety of platforms, techniques and collaborations in order to progress our GPCR discovery projects towards clinical development. Research in this laboratory covers a range of disciplines including molecular biology, molecular pharmacology, cellular & native tissue pharmacology and translational biology.
Servier Discovery Program: Our portfolio includes multiple GPCR projects at differing stages of the drug discovery process, ranging from target validation though to lead optimisation. Our primary therapeutic areas of interest are schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease and metabolic disorders.
Additional Projects: The lab has a strong research interest in disorders associated with the basal ganglia in the CNS, including projects studying the role of the orphan GPCRs and muscarinic acetylcholine receptors in schizophrenia, cognitive disorders and addiction.
Molecular pharmacology
To probe molecular mechanisms of action, we utilise a range of biochemical, pharmacological and cell-signalling assays including radioligand binding, TR-FRET, calcium mobilization, cAMP accumulation, GTPγ35S binding, ERK1/2 phosphorylation and label-free technology. Additionally we develop and run cellular assays in 384-well format to enable high-throughput and primary SAR screening.
Figure legend: Positive (top) and negative (bottom) allosteric modulation of acetylcholine (ACh)-stimulated inositol phosphate accumulation in CHO cells expressing the muscarinic M5 receptor after treatment with the receptor alkylating agent, phenoxybenzamine (PBZ). Adapted from Berizzi et al., (2016) Mol Pharmacol. 90(4):427-36.
Cellular and native pharmacology
To better reflect the in vivo situation, we study GPCR pharmacology (using many of the assays above) in native tissue and cellular systems, including isolated brain tissue, primary cultured neurons, isolated primary blood cells and immortalized cell lines endogenously expressing GPCR targets.
Figure legend: Variation in chemotactic response in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) and a monocyte-like cell lines (THP-1 and U937) with a range of GPCR-targeting chemoattractants. Adapted from Riddy et al., (2018) PLOS One (https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0197177)
Figure legend: Expression profiling of the orphan receptor, Gpr52 (white), in the dorsal striatum of mouse brain using RNAscope fluorescent in situ hybridization. Gpr52 is primarily co-expressed with the dopamine D2 receptor (Drd2; red), but not the dopamine D1 receptor (Drd1; green), in medium spiny neurons (Sherie Ma).
Translational biology
To provide translation from recombinant and cellular studies to in vivo models and better understand drug mechanism of action, we utilise a range of translational approaches, including electrophysiology, in vivo neurobiology, obesity and metabolism models and PK-PD studies, often in collaboration with the Centre for Drug Candidate Optimisation at MIPS.
- Dr Catherine Rochat, R&D Alliance Management
- Dr Jean-Philippe Stephan, Dr Celine Legros & Dr Loubna Chadli, CPCB
- Dr Elizabeth Harley & Dr Philippe Delerive, Metabolism Centre for Therapeutic Innovation
- Dr Stefano Chimenti & Dr Michel Feletou, Cardiovascular Centre for Therapeutic Innovation
- Dr Mark Millan, Dr Ross Jeggo & Dr Clotilde Mannoury la Cour, CNS Centre for Therapeutic Innovation
- Dr Philippe Pastoureau & Dr Massimo Sabatini, Immuno-inflammation Centre for Therapeutic Innovation
- Dr Anne-Marie Chollet, Dr Arnaud Le Tiran & Dr Philippe Gloanec, Medicinal Chemistry
Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Professor Arthur Christopoulos, Drug Discovery Biology
- Professor Patrick Sexton, Drug Discovery Biology
- Professor Roger Summers, Drug Discovery Biology
- Professor Jonathan Baell, Medicinal Chemistry
- Professor Sue Charman & Dr David Shackleford, Centre for Drug Candidate Optimisation
- Cameron Nowell, Drug Discovery Biology (Imaging Platform)
Other collaborations
- Professor David Spanswick, Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University
- Professor Michael Cowley and Dr Stephanie Simmonds, Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University
- Professor Andrew Lawrence, Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health
- Dr Jess Nithianantharajah, Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health
- Associate Professor Andrew Murphy & Dr Hélène Kammoun, Baker IDI
- Associate Professor Alex Fornito, Monash Biomedical Imaging, Monash University
- Professor Andrew Tobin & Dr Sophie Bradley, University of Glasgow, UK
- Professor Craig Lindsley, Vanderbilt Centre for Neuroscience Drug Discovery, USA
Recent publications
Research papers
Riddy DM, Cook AE, Shackleford DM, Pierce TL, Mocaer E, Mannoury la Cour C, Sors A, Charman WN, Summers RJ, Sexton PM, Christopoulos A, Langmead CJ. Drug-receptor kinetics and sigma-1 receptor affinity differentiate clinically evaluated histamine H3 receptor antagonists (2019) Neuropharmacology 144:244-255. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2018.10.028.
Bradley SJ, Molloy C, Bundgaard C, Mogg AJ, Thompson KJ, Dwomoh L, Sanger HE, Crabtree MD, Brooke SM, Sexton PM, Felder CC, Christopoulos A, Broad LM, Tobin AB, Langmead CJ. Bitopic binding mode of an M1 muscarinic acetylcholine receptor agonist associated with adverse clinical trial outcomes (2018) Mol Pharmacol 93(6):645-656. doi: 10.1124/mol.118.111872.
Riddy DM, Goy E, Delerive P, Summers RJ, Sexton PM, Langmead CJ. Comparative genotypic and phenotypic analysis of human peripheral blood monocytes and surrogate monocyte-like cell lines commonly used in metabolic disease research (2018) PLoS ONE e0197177; doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0197177.
Diepenhorst NA, Leach K, Keller AN, Rueda P, Cook AE, Pierce TL, Nowell CJ, Pastoureau P, Sabatini M, Summers RJ, Charman WN, Sexton PM, Christopoulos A, Langmead CJ. Divergent effects of strontium and calcium-sensing receptor positive allosteric modulators (calcimimetics) on human osteoclast activity. (2018) Br J Pharmacol; doi: 10.1111/bph.14344.
Berizzi AE, Perry CJ, Shackleford DM, Lindsley CW, Jones CK, Chen NA, Sexton PM, Christopoulos A, Langmead CJ, Lawrence AJ. Muscarinic M5 receptors modulate ethanol seeking in rats. (2018) Neuropsychopharmacol; doi: 10.1038/s41386-017-0007-3.
Bradley SJ, Molloy C, Bundgaard C, Mogg AJ, Thompson KJ, Dwomoh L, Sanger HE, Crabtree MD, Brooke SM, Sexton PM, Felder CC, Christopoulos A, Broad LM, Tobin AB, Langmead CJ. Bitopic binding mode of an M1 muscarinic acetylcholine receptor agonist associated with adverse clinical trial outcomes. (2018) Mol Pharmacol; doi: 10.1124/mol.118.111872.
Berizzi AE, Bender AM, Lindsley CW, Conn PJ, Sexton PM, Langmead CJ, Christopoulos A. Structure-activity relationships of pan-Gaq/11 coupled muscarinic acetylcholine receptor positive allosteric modulators. (2018) ACS Chem Neurosci; doi: 10.1021/acschemneuro.8b00136.
Bender AM, Cho HP, Nance KD, Lingenfelter KS, Luscombe VB, Gentry PR, Voigtritter K, Berizzi AE, Sexton PM, Langmead CJ, Christopoulos A, Locuson CW, Bridges TM, Chang S, O'Neill JC, Zhan X, Niswender CM, Jones CK, Conn PJ, Lindsley CW. (2018) Discovery and optimization of potent and CNS penetrant M5-preferring positive allosteric modulators derived from a novel, chiral N-(indanyl)piperidine amide scaffold. (2018) ACS Chem Neurosci; doi: 10.1021/acschemneuro.8b00126.
Diepenhorst NA, Nowell CJ, Rueda P, Henriksen K, Pierce T, Cook AE, Pastoureau P, Sabatini M, Charman WN, Christopoulos A, Summers RJ, Sexton PM, Langmead CJ. High throughput quantitative analysis of human osteoclast differentiation and activity (2017) Anal Biochem 519:51-56.
Riddy DM, Cook AE, Diepenhorst NA, Bosnyak S, Brady R, Mannoury la Cour C, Mocaer E, Summers RJ, Charman WN, Sexton PM, Christopoulos A, Langmead CJ. Isoform-specific biased agonism of histamine H3 receptor agonists. (2017) Mol Pharmacol 91(2):87-99.
Choy KH, Shackleford DM, Malone DT, Mistry SN, Patil RT, Scammells PJ, Langmead CJ, Pantelis C, Sexton PM, Lane JR, Christopoulos A. Positive allosteric modulation of the muscarinic M1 receptor improves efficacy of antipsychotics in mouse glutamatergic deficit models of behavior. (2016) J Pharmacol Exp Ther 359(2):354-365.
Berizzi AE, Gentry PR, Rueda P, den Hoedt S, Sexton PM, Langmead CJ, Christopoulos A. Molecular mechanisms of action of M5 muscarinic acetylcholine receptor allosteric modulators. (2016) Mol Pharmacol 90(4):427-36.
Rueda P, Harley E, Lu Y, Stewart GD, Fabb S, Diepenhorst NA, Cremers B, Rouillon M-H, Wehrle I, Geant A, Lamarche G, Leach K, Charman WN, Christopoulos A, Summers RJ, Sexton PM, Langmead CJ (2016) Murine GPRC6A mediates cellular responses to L-amino acids, but not osteocalcin variants. PLoS ONE; e0146846.
Riddy DM, Valant C, Rueda P, Charman WN, Sexton PM, Summer RJ, Christopoulos A, Langmead CJ. Label-free kinetics: exploiting functional hemi-equilibrium to derive rate constants for muscarinic receptor antagonists. (2015) Mol Pharmacol. 88:779-90.
Riddy DM, Delerive P, Summers RJ, Sexton PM, Langmead CJ. G protein-coupled receptors targeting insulin resistance, obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus. (2018) Pharmacol Rev 70(1): 39-67 (doi: 10.1124/pr.117.014373).
Diepenhorst NA, Rueda P, Cook AE, Pastoureau P, Sabatini M, Langmead CJ. G protein-coupled receptors as anabolic drug targets in osteoporosis. (2018) Pharmacol Ther 184:1-12 (doi: 10.1016/j.pharmthera.2017.10.015).
Christopoulos A, Changeux J-P, Catterall WA, Fabbro D, Burris TP, Cidlowski JA, Olsen RW, Peters JA, Neubig RR, Pin J-P, Sexton PM, Kenakin TP, Ehlert FJ, Spedding M, Langmead CJ. (2014) International Union of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology. XC. Multisite pharmacology: recommendations for the nomenclature of receptor allosterism and allosteric ligands. Pharmacol Rev 66:918-47.
Langmead CJ, Christopoulos, A. Functional and structural perspectives on allosteric modulation of GPCRs. (2014) Curr Opin Cell Biol 27, 94-101.
Langmead CJ, Christopoulos A. (2013) Supra-physiological efficacy at GPCRs: superstition or super agonists? Br J Pharmacol 169:353-356.
Langmead CJ, Watson J, Reavill C (2008) Muscarinic acetylcholine receptors as CNS drug targets. Pharmacol Ther 117(2):232-43.
Langmead CJ, Christopoloulos A. (2006) Allosteric agonists of 7TM receptors: Expanding the pharmacological toolbox. Trends Pharmacol Sci 27(9): 475-81.
Lab members
Dr Patricia Rueda
Research Fellow & Project Leader
Darren Riddy
Research Fellow & Project Leader
Dr Greg Stewart
Research Fellow & Project Leader
Dr Sherie Ma
Research Fellow
Dr Sheng Ang
Research Fellow
Alice Berizzi
Research Fellow
Dr Sanja Bosnyak-Gladovic
Research Fellow
Dr Rocio De La Fuente
Research Fellow
Dr Natalie Diepenhorst
Research Fellow
Dr Stewart Fabb
Research Fellow
Dr Monica Langiu
Research Fellow
Dr Cherry Mao
Research Fellow
Dr Jon Merlin
Research Fellow
Dr Tracie Pierce
Research Fellow
Dr Mohsin Sarwar
Research Fellow
Yao (Jackie) Lu
Research Assistant
Jen-Yin Goh
PhD Student
Jimmy Tao
Honours Student
Michela Vermeulen
Honours Student
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"The only thing that takes time"
My staff is willing to save every one of the reward codes off of the boxes that come in on delivery days. We collect them all year long and then we select items from the shopping list for gifts for our Holiday Party.
We have fun entering the Reward Code labels to see how many points each one is worth plus looking for those big bonus points. Entering the points on line is easy and very fast - the only thing that takes time is deciding what to get with your points because there are so many choices.
Thank you for being out there!
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On this day in 1939- seventy-nine years ago Lou Gehrig the immortal Yankees first baseman who had played in 2130 consecutive games- took himself out of the line-up in a game in Detroit against the Tigers. Something was clearly wrong with Gehrig who was a powerhouse of a man and only 35 years old at the time. In eight games he had 4 hits in 28 at bats- a .143 average. No home runs and just one RBI. All four of his hits were singles. During spring training it had appeared something wasn't right- he wasn't hitting and was his fielding wasn't the same either- he seemed weak and clumsy.
We know the rest of the story- Gehrig never played again. He went to the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota and was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis- ALS- now commonly known as Lou Gehrig's Disease. The great Gehrig would be dead within two years. His record of consecutive games played was a hollowed record- I recall as a young fan reading how that was one of the records – along with DiMaggio's 56 game hitting streak and others- that would never be touched. Then in the 1980's along came Cal Ripken Jr of the Baltimore Orioles and in 1995 Ripken did the unthinkable- he broke Gehrig's record- and set a new one at 2632. Surely 2632 is safe forever.


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Several unique logistical challenges are usually involved in on-site space and storage for any large-scale industrial and commercial construction projects. To get the job done quickly and on budget, large funds are often spent for equipment, materials and manpower. Not to mention the urgency where everything must be on the location at the right time. If you're a project manager head of logistics in your company in the UK, options for temporary storage buildings in the UK include rentals for temporary warehouses and used temporary building for sale. Temporary warehouses and buildings have given a cost-effective option and solution to facility and project managers everywhere in ensuring that their valuable materials are readily available on-site. Not to mention the advantage of having temporary meeting, break or lunch spaces for employees. Temporary warehouses not only provide benefits for covering construction site storage needs, they can also be beneficial for covering convention exhibit space and enclosing remediation sites.
Let us delve deeper into the benefits of these temporary storage structures for rent:
· When it comes to construction and other functions that need inventory storage, there are many possibilities that you need to move the utilities of your business to another town or even state. Whenever relocation is needed, these temporary storage structures can be incredibly versatile since the full edifice can be moved, both in pieces and as one single component.
· And due to its movable nature, it is much easier to build it up compared to actually building a conventional building. If you are seeking for a quick setup structures, these custom-made temporary storage solutions can be installed within weeks so it won't waste your time and effort.
· Renting storage structures, compared to buying or building one, will allow you to manage the allocation of your business capital better and keep extra funds that may be better used as conservative capital.
· You can make the necessary adjustments in the structure location, size, or even the features that you have available to you when your storage needs change since these temporary warehouses can be placed nearly wherever and used for whatever purpose.
· They provide ample space for machinery operations since there aren't many interior columns to interfere with any movement inside the structures.
· They are very versatile structures that can be used in construction logistics like mobile storage, production workshops, equipment maintenance, material handling bases, aircraft hangars. They even serve as venues for sports and entertainment functions like a concert hall, exhibition hall, horse riding arena, ice rink covers, and even a tennis court cover.
· What appeals the most across almost all sectors and industries about the usage of temporary storage is that it can be used in almost any climate or type of environment. In order to maintain strict control of the temperature, moisture level, and other factors, there are climate and environmental control features added to the temporary building.
· One of the most convenient things about these temporary warehouses is that you don't need to find somewhere to store the structural components when you are not using them. The removal is also a breeze since the temporary storage firms will do all the work for you.
For more info about temporary warehouses considering visiting https://temp-re-build.co.uk/


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Police charges the maverick Arab politician with passing unspecified secrets to the enemy.
Police charges the maverick Arab politician with passing unspecified secrets to the enemy.
Bowing down to American pressure, Israel will not invade Gaza in response for the resumed rocket attacks. Hamas formally ended truce after IDF killed nine Arabs over the weekend.
Declares, if any more soldiers are kidnapped, Israel will kidnap Hanieyh. Palestinians attempted to kidnap Israeli soldiers under the cover of rocket barrages on Monday.
Soldiers, Sderot residents confirm dozens rockets are fired from Gaza, in line with Hamas' figures and contrary to IDF's official claim of six rockets only.
Conservative estimates of disengagement from Judea and Samaria project the costs in excess of $50 bn.
for asking Israel to retract from its current policy of "fear, terror, division."
after American presidential elections, claims Iran needs weapons-grade uranium and ballistic missiles for peaceful energy programs.
celebrating Independence Day in the Megiddo Forest. Firendly Arabs waived PLO flags.
DuMont announces his goal of acquainting Israel with "better, pre-Nazi Germany." Every pre-Nazi German government except the Weimar republic severely restricted civil rights of the Jews.
Promises the Hamas won't shell Israel for long.
Sort of a-penny-a-day.
Visit 21st Century Paladin
Iraq paints a relatively rosy picture for its foreign sponsors, arrests thousands at random to imitate a crackdown on insurgents.