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Speakers disagreed Thursday as to whether rerouting a major portion of property taxes for a planned water park to nearby infrastructure is a lucrative tax break, or an indispensable means of creating a job-producing amenity.
Speakers disagreed Thursday as to whether rerouting a major portion of property taxes for a planned water park to nearby infrastructure is a lucrative tax break, or an indispensable means of creating a job-producing amenity.
Kalahari Resort CEO Todd Nelson told those attending a Tobyhanna Township public hearing on the plan that it won't be feasible to build his water park on Pocono Manor property unless property taxes on the first phase development go to support facilities. This includes building an access road, traffic improvements on nearby routes 314 and 380 and extension of public water and sewer lines.
"We will pay in excess of $2 million in taxes," Nelson said. "The misconception we're getting anything for free — there's nothing further from the truth."
Township supervisors held the required hearing in advance of considering the proposal. Monroe County commissioners and the Pocono Mountain School Board already approved allowing its tax bills for the initial resort phase — including indoor and outdoor water facilities, a conference center, 450 hotel rooms and 2,500 parking spaces — to go to retiring a 20-year, $26 million infrastructure bond. The township must also grant its approval before the "tax incremental financing plan," or TIF, is adopted by the three tax entities.
Kalahari would continue to pay taxes on the undeveloped land, even as new taxes on the developed water park go to the improvements. Property taxes from planned second and third phases of development would immediately go to the taxing authorities, assuming those phases are built.
"We will be passionately obsessed with getting phase two and three up," Nelson said. "Our model works when we get large."
The township would form a neighborhood improvement district authority with the power to assess Kalahari for any bond repayment shortfalls not covered by the property tax diversions.
Most, but not all speakers, urged support for the tax plan for Kalahari, which operates similar water park resorts in Wisconsin and Ohio. Township solicitor Patrick Armstong noted Kalahari employees would pay the local earned income tax and the 1 percent real estate transfer tax for the property sale, shared by the township and school district.
Greg Pence argued the TIF isn't necessary to induce Kalahari and is a program meant to revitalize blighted areas.
"It's not a blighted area," he said. "It's a beautiful golf course."
He said development of Mount Airy Casino Resoirt also required infrastructure, but it didn't bring in expected spinoff commercial businesses.
"Kalahari is going to develop even if there is no TIF," Pence said. "It's too lucrative not to."
Vincent Trapasso said he built his Swiftwater restaurant because the casino brought in new potential customers. There is "no insurance policy" any business will succeed, he added.
"We all should be proud and honored to have them come here and spend their money," Trapasso said.
Said Dan Snyder of the Kalahari TIF: "It will be an incentive for further development along the thoroughfare."
Supervisors scheduled votes for June 3 on the TIF and the authority to oversee bond repayments.


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A Honesdale man has been charged with animal cruelty after his puppy was dragged behind his vehicle for more than a mile.
A Honesdale man has been charged with animal cruelty after his puppy was dragged behind his vehicle for more than a mile.
Peter Ivosevic, 71, of Honesdale, brought his approximately 4-month-old German shepherd mix to the Dessin Animal Shelter on Monday with extensive injuries, including a nearly severed ear. He told Pennsylvania Humane Society police Officer Marlene Metzger, who is employed by Dessin, that it was an accident.
A cable tie connected the dog's collar to the bumper of his vehicle. Metzger said they were able to calculate how long the pup was dragged by inspecting blood in the road.
"I've never had an animal dragged by a vehicle before," said Metzger, who has worked as a Humane Society police officer for 13 years. "The injuries that this puppy sustained are quite substantial. No, he didn't die, which is wonderful, but these are definitely substantial injuries that should have and could have been prevented."
The puppy, named Dog, was taken to the Cherry Ridge Veterinary Clinic on Monday, because his injuries were beyond what could be treated at the shelter. Dog underwent surgery to remove his ear, treat a severe head wound and other injuries.
"The prognosis is good," Metzger said. "The injuries were quite severe."
She filed two counts of animal cruelty against Ivosevic on Wednesday. The magistrate will determine whether the puppy will be returned to Ivosevic. No court date has been set.
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|2006-08-09, 19:56
|Link #62
Join Date: Jun 2006
What ever the case, after the EL arc most of the crew will receive a very high bounty as they have infiltrated the WG's base. Most likely to be 200Million for luffy, and 60-80Million for Zoro, 50Million for Sanji, and >30Million for rest of crew.
I don't think there will be significant change in Robin, but just an updated version of her photo.
|2006-08-10, 15:01
|Link #63
Master of The Sword
Join Date: Dec 2005
Regardless of if he burnt the Flag. It was the Captain's order and he gave the order which essentially meant a declaration of war on the WG.
|2006-08-11, 02:37
|Link #65
Junior Member
Join Date: Feb 2006
I don't agree . Sanji will definitely get a bounty ( I believe around 60 Millions Belly ). Unlike the arabasta arc, where Sanji (Mr Prince) was never in the battlefield (little garden), he was here one of the most active. Not only did he start to pwn ennemies alone in the train, beating the weird cook who seemed to be quite strong, but he also was there during the burning of the WG flag. Then, he beated a strong opponent, the wolf guy and might have another role to play til the straw hats crew escape.
Therefore I don't see why he wouldn't get a bounty...
But, since Usopp was during the all time under the alias of Sogeking, he might not get a bounty (when sogeking might...that would be so funny IMO)
|2006-08-11, 04:12
|Link #66
Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2005
But then again out of the Schibukai, DoFlamingo seems to be setting up to be the next foe, seeing we know more about him, and know nothing about Kuma... And Luffy will probably go above 340... So When the fight against Kuma finally comes up it could be that Oda will try to do something like "Don't let the lower bounty fool you"... Kinda like saying that Kuma was a Schikibukai much longer than DoFlamingo, and thus his actual bounty if it had not stopped and kept rising would actually be like at 400-500 where as DoFlamingo would only be like 350-375 or something like that...
|2006-08-11, 11:48
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Join Date: Jun 2004
I will go with the higher range.
Lucci is shown to be one of the strongest characters so far. And I won't be surprised if he was considered around the level of Ao Kiji. If Luffy can beat Lucci, Luffy will be considered among one of the strongest pirates, in terms of his own pure strength. And I think considering he directly attacked World Government, he can easily destroy a battleship himself alone, have Robin in his crew, and in the near future Franky, and having a very strong crew following him, his bounty should reach the heights of the two other most dangerous pirate captains alive. Also, note that those two other pirate crews seem to not directly attack the World Government yet at least not like Luffy and the others. So, I expect it to be not less than those two Shichibukai's bounties maybe at least 500 million or so.
Zoro might triple his current amount to reach the range of 200-300 (beating that swordsman captain while going to Enias Lobby, beating Kaku after he ate devil fruit). Usopp will get something this time, controlling Giants, burning World Government flag, sniping skills noticed by Spandam and others. It would be great if he can get something around 100 million. Chopper might only get because of his Giant transformation - and that says a lot. Nami's weapon also will draw some interest - Kalifa was not at a very high level so I am not sure about its impact. Sanji beat another very high level CP9 member. He also attacked the officers on the puffing tom. So he will get a good bounty this time, bot most probably less than Zoro's (more Marimo - less-valued pirate discussion waiting for us then).
|2006-08-11, 15:38
|Link #68
Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2004
bounties aside, one thing that i'm really interested in seeing soon is how the rest of the crew's names will be on the wanted posters as well as their pictures. what i mean is you have luffy as "monkey d. luffy", and zoro as "roronoa zoro". what about the rest who just have one word names like sanji and nami. will they just list that? kinda ominous. what if there's another nami out there
it'll also be kinda hilarous if the picture they use for sanji in is one of his mellorine poses
|2006-08-11, 17:39
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Nami's stepmother was a marine, and sooner or later her full name (from her mother's) will reach the headquarters. Maybe they will give her a name suiting the magical stick she uses. They can also receive information on the origins of Sanji, since the marine he beat is currently working for a strong one (if that was not a filler). A better suited name for him would be Red-Leg Sanji. Maybe cook or chef for less interesting versions. Chopper also has one name, I guess. In his case, Dr. Chopper is ok, but that makes him look like a little psycho.
|2006-08-11, 23:11
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Rock beats scissors
Join Date: Jul 2004
As others have already mentioned, bounties aren't simply a reflection of someone's powerlevel. Ofcourse it has a big influence on the bounty, but there are different factors at work when determining this. In short, I'd say it's a combination of strength, the perceived threat, amount of exposure, activity level, area of operation, and possibly more I can't think of right now.
- Strength: this is ofcourse the most obvious factor. Defeat big names and the bounty is on par with those big names.
- Perceived threat: powerful or not, if someone is considered dangerous because of their viewpoints, methods or harmful to the world government, it adds to their bounty.
- Exposure (or lack thereof): defeating big names is only of influence to a bounty if said exploits are actually known to the navy, and how much focus is put on them.
- Activity: some might not be known for being powerful, but achieve most of their notoriety because committing many acts of piracy.
- Area of operation: the grand line is obviously the place to make a name for yourself, the much lower bounties on the regular seas clearly shows that.
Some examples...
Luffy's bounty is mostly based on his strength by defeating some big names, and his new bounties have been on par with the bounty of the people he defeated. But I think the perceived threat and exposure have also been a large influence. The exposure is natural simply because some big names were involved, but the perceived threat is because of the embaressment he has caused the navy (slapped the marines around, namely the rat guy was shown some humility calling for the bouncy) and world government (defeating Crocodile which the world government doesn't want to become public).
Sanji has no bounty yet, because even if his accomplishments are known to the navy, they were overshadowed by Luffy's and Zoro's and as a result no attention might have been paid to them.
Robin's bounty seems rather high for what was then only a little girl, doing something that lower tier bounties could have accomplished aswell. I think the fact that navy ships were involved here, and the fact she was still young (in other words, she could get even more dangerous when older) have caused this bounty to be so high. I'm actually very curious to know more about Robin's past...
Arlong's bounty was among the highest in East Blue, but simply because he did not stay in the grand line it limited his potential bounty. If he had stayed in the grand line successfully he would easily have doubled his bounty, I think. He would probably wipe the floor with someone like Bellamy (my next example) who has a higher bounty partly because he operates in the grand line.
Bellamy was a total wimp compared to Luffy, and although he might be powerful compared to some lower tier pirates, I think a decent part of his bounty can be attributed to the fact that he's managed to keep operating on the grand line and has a high level of activity. That would also explain Sarquiss' bounty, who looked even less impressive for a 30+ mill bounty and would even have been beaten by Norland if not for Bellamy's intervention, iirc.
Hope that made some sense, the examples covered all the possible factors I listed.
|2006-08-11, 23:54
|Link #71
Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: France
I believe Chopper's full name is Tony Tony Chopper.
As for the others, they were introduced under their full names, that's not like if Monkey D or Roronoa came from nowhere. (and we certainly didn't learn the names by reading their wanted posters)
|2006-08-12, 08:32
|Link #72
Master of The Sword
Join Date: Dec 2005
That alone is enough to warrant a huge bounty-probably on par with the Shicbbuckai, no?
|2006-08-12, 14:14
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Absolute Haruhist!
Join Date: Mar 2006
Age: 31
Maybe because of Luffy's bounty being higher than Bartholomew Bear, Bear would come and challenge Luffy instead of Luffy challenging Bear instead.
The Shichibukai were supposed to hunt down pirates in the first place.
|2006-08-12, 14:36
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|2006-08-25, 18:01
|Link #76
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Lodi NJ
Age: 30
ok like most ppl i cant wait to see the new wanted stuff but i think they will be much higher then you think
im gonna say Luffy will get enywhere from 300 to 400mil
i think the next highest will be Roben with prob enywhere from 200 to 250 mil
when franky joins the crew i think he will be even with roben
(i mean comone ppl roben had 79 mil when she was 8...8!!! she is now 28 def closer to finding out the mistery of the lost years gotten stronger in the 20 years and can help rez the wepon that is said to be abal th destroy the world... THE
F*CKEN WORLD!/ and the same goes for Franky rez the weapon, attack EL and all the stuff he did as a kid) but thats if Franky joins...PLZ JOIN FRANKY!
after that would be Zoro prob around 200mil i mean he beat the 2nd strongest guy in CP 9
next would be Sanji who id give about 150mil he was involved openly alot more in EL and i think he will be well known now
then would be chopper and Ussop/Sorgking which i would say at least 60mil each
(even if they are the weaker crew members they still attacked EL... One of the Main world governments islands which would give enyone a pritty high bounty + Choppers 8th or 9th form mae me piss myself...SKARY)
and then there is Nami...Ooo nami if only the world gov knew that the straw hats would be lost without you then you would prob get at least 100mil but untill they find that out i think your about 25 maby 40mil
i realy think that after EL they are gonna be as well know if not known more then the red hair and white berd pirats.(shanks's for ppl who dont know red hair)
they declared war on the entier world for one crew member... noone has done that and even the old train hag said after this their names will raor throuwout the entier world
so i think these are the apropeat bountys for the straw hats
i def think the crew will be worth at least 1bill after this
(what about carpenters,franky family and 2 giants? whats gonna happen to them...)
sorry for my spelling i am dyslexic
|2006-08-30, 04:10
|Link #77
Pirate King
the marines always decide how much their bounty will be. If they haven't got the news of how strong they are or how strong they have defeated, or how much destruction they had made, then they won't get any bounty that they should have.
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|2006-08-30, 23:53
|Link #78
Junior Member
I don't know how the government is really going to react to this, because CP9 is undercover, so doesn't that mean only some people in the government know about it? Won't everyone wonder who the strawhats defeated to get such high bounties? They know ofcourse they wouldn't get such high bounties just for beating Spandam-or the low level marines. They have to do something serious to get those bounties. If people were to discover CP9 was an assasin group, their faith in the goverment would shake.
|2006-08-31, 00:12
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Join Date: Dec 2005
|2006-08-31, 00:27
|Link #80
Junior Member
Hmm.. yea that is true. That makes me wonder what all the shichibukai did do get such high bounties. I hope that when the new bounties come out, they show all the strawhat previous enemies and friends as well seeing how huge he is becoming!
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Walking through the Palace of the Fans facade, visitors enter a theater themed as an old ballpark. There is seating for 90 visitors in the wooden grandstand. At the front of the theater is a replica of a Crosley scoreboard (from the 1930s and 1940s era), flanked by two Crosley Field-themed light towers. The scoreboard is transformed into a screen on which guests see the companion film to the Kings of the Queen City exhibit, a 15-minute presentation of the most important and unforgettable moments in Reds history.
Leaving the theater, guests walk toward the south end of the museum and large windows that overlook what was left-center field of old Riverfront/Cinergy Field. In plain view is the location where Pete Rose's record-breaking hit landed (no. 4,192), on September 11, 1985. The area is covered by a large rose garden, and the exact spot where hit #4,192 landed is marked a white rose bush amidst a sea of red roses.
The interior exhibit space features a reader rail that highlights Rose's career, including a dramatic, 50-foot-high "wall of balls" that includes 4,256 baseballs (the number of hits in Rose's career). Stairs and an elevator lead to more exhibits on the upper floor.
Visitors enter an office-lobby setting marked as the Reds front office. Display cases line the walls. Historic business documents are on display including items related to the 1869 Red Stockings.
Celebrate Reds All-Star history with Stars of the Queen City. Located on the museum's upper floor, the exhibit features artifacts related to each of the five All-Star Games played in Cincinnati with a particular emphasis on the 2015 Midsummer Classic. The exhibit also includes audio and video highlights from each of the Cincinnati-hosted All-Star Games.
This gallery includes the Strike Zone Exhibit Presented by Beacon Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine, a pitching interactive that allows visitors to throw from a Major League-graded mound to a strike zone target 60' 6" away. Balls and strikes are called and pitch speed is measured. Visitors can also sit in the gallery's dugout next to statues of great Reds managers Bill McKechnie and Sparky Anderson.
This section of the museum is aimed at visitors 6 and under and features a downsized locker room where Mom and Dad can help their future Hall of Famers wriggle into their Reds jerseys. The section also includes a play area that features a themed slide and a "baseball crawl."
The high point of this gallery is a recreated broadcast booth where visitors can take their place behind the mike to call plays. Marty Brennaman and Joe Nuxhall provide introductory commentary and set the stage for your call. Afterward, you'll be able to hear how they called the same play. Exhibits in this gallery include photos and artifacts representing the writers and broadcasters who have followed the Reds throughout the club's history. Fans can also follow the evolution of broadcasting in an exhibit that explains how announcers used telegraphy to call out-of-town games.
Ok, so your spouse thinks it's a room full of junk, but you know better. Here is where you keep your "treasures," the memorabilia you have collected and put on display in your tribute to the Reds. The bobbleheads, the pennants, the advertising signs, the baseball cards; they all surround you in your ultimate rec room. Of course there's a big screen TV, and it's playing Reds bloopers and highlights. Settle into one of the Riverfront seats and enjoy the show. Is this heaven, or what?
This large circular gallery highlights the championship teams and is dominated by a tribute to the Big Red Machine. The celebration of the greatest of all Reds teams is highlighted by a memorable representation of the Machine's fabled starting lineup. Presented by Prestige AV & Creative Services, "The Great Eight" statue display includes life-sized statues of Pete Rose, Ken Griffey, Joe Morgan, George Foster, Johnny Bench, Tony Perez, Dave Concepcion and Cesar Geronimo in a celebration scene inspired by the Reds' memorable victory on the final play of the decisive game of the 1972 NLCS. As visitors enjoy the scene, the dramatic radio call of this play (by Reds play-by-play announcer Al Michaels) provides the sound. Big Red Machine memorabilia, photos and video monitors tell the rest of this story of one of baseball's greatest teams.
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Bettering her division meet time by nine seconds, Dana Cebulski, East Hampton High's freshman phenom, placed fifth in the county Class B girls race at Sunken Meadow State Park Friday, a finish that enabled her to become the first female runner from Bonac ever to advance to the state meet in the sport, whose program was begun here in 1991.
Also as a result, she was named to the all-county second team, another "first."
Moreover, her time of 20 minutes and 20.06 seconds set an East Hampton High School record for Sunken Meadow's 5K course, a record that East Hampton's girls coach, Diane O'Donnell, thinks will be hard to beat.
Asked if Dana, an all-around athlete, according to her mother, Nidia, was the best runner she'd ever had, O'Donnell said, "Certainly she's the most talented freshman runner I've ever had. She has that competitive drive, though she's still got things to learn."
While the day was an elating one for Cebulski, who covered the course, which includes two big hills (Snake and Cardiac) and several smaller ones, in the aforementioned 20:20.06, it was a very disappointing one for East Hampton's star senior, Ashley West.
Absent a stress fracture in her left shinbone, "Ashley would have been right there too — in the top seven," said O'Donnell. "I wish it had happened for her — she's put so much into it."
West, who has been rehabbing the injury and who forwent the division race in order to give herself a better chance in the county one, pulled out in pain on emerging into a clearing from a short uphill known as the Mousetrap a little more than a half-mile in.
She was in tears afterward, "but there were a lot of other girls in tears that day," said O'Donnell. "Girls who had expectations but who, for whatever reason, didn't realize them."
O'Donnell and Bill Herzog, who, as the East Hampton Middle School coach usually is the first to spot the talented young runners here, and who helps see them through their high school careers, strongly advised West to take the winter off so that she would not risk further aggravating the injury. "That way, she'll come back strong in the spring and have a great finish to her high school career," O'Donnell said.
Regarding the race, which took the some 78 competitors over a hilly 3.1-mile course that is ranked as the fifth-toughest in the entire Northeast, O'Donnell said, "Dana did exactly what she, and I, and Kevin [Barry, East Hampton's boys coach] agreed should be done before it began. We told her to forget about the twins [Miller Place's top two, Talia and Tiana Guevara, the eventual winner and runner-up], but that she had to beat the third Miller Place girl [Laura Nolan, an eighth grader], which she did. She'd beaten the John Glenn girl [Sarah Hardie, who finished fourth] before, but Dana said she ran a strong race."
The third-place finisher was Bayport-Blue Point's Katie Saroka. Bayport-Blue Point was the team winner, with Miller Place second. East Hampton, which had been seeded ninth among the 12 entries, wound up seventh, a result that pleased O'Donnell, who has coached girls cross-country here since the fall of 1992, taking over from Kevin Corliss, who had overseen East Hampton's first girls team in 1991.
"It wasn't just Dana — everybody on our team, except for Ashley and Brittany Rivkind, who each had to pull out, ran a p.r.," said O'Donnell. "Jennie DiSunno was our second runner [and 28th over all] in 21:49, a p.r. by 50 seconds; Jackie Messemer [a freshman like Cebulski] was our third finisher, in 23:05; Emma Newburger was our fourth, in 23:10, and then came Jamisine Staubitser, who was subbing for Carrie Kaestner, in 23:17, a p.r. by two minutes! . . . Every single girl there ran a race she could be proud of. They were complaining last week that they were the only team out there practicing, but now they're saying they had a great season and they're sorry it's over."
The boys team, whose lead runner was Dana's older brother, Adam (in 18:44), also did better than expected, placing eighth among the 11 entries, bettering its prerace seeding of 10th.
Adam Cebulski, who placed 26th over all, was followed by Mike Peralta, in 19:12, Thomas Brierley, in 19:25, Mike Hamilton (who was hampered by Achilles' tendinitis), in 19:35, Deilyn Guzman, in 20:07, and Jack Link, in 20:16.
Dana Cebulski looked to be in some pain herself on crossing the finish line, but quickly recovered, and soon was smiling, surrounded by her brother and his teammates.
She was excited to be going to the state meet (in Verona, N.Y., outside Syracuse, this weekend), Dana said in answer to a question.
Given that she had been one of the Y.M.C.A. Hurricanes' top swimmers as a 10-year-old, and that she apparently is a very good volleyballer, there was some question as to which sport she'd choose this fall. Her parents, her brother, and Herzog were pushing for cross-country, but, in the end, she said, "I made the decision. I'd been thinking about it for a year. It was the right one."


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Amazing is one word I'd use to describe it. Inspiring would be another.
That's just two of the reactions I had when looking over the nominations we received this year for E&P's 10 Newspapers That Do It Right. Just the amount of thought put into the nominations by those of you who did was enough to make me proud to be a part of this industry.
From the tiny weeklies such as the McKenzie River Reflections in Colorado (circ. 800), to the big metropolitan dailies, such as the New York Times (circ. 1.5 million), every nominee was impressive in its own way.
Of course, we're always asked how we select which newspapers make the final list. Actually, a lot goes into the selection process. We look at the nominations for such things as circulation growth, increased advertising sales, revenue achieved through new channels, and digital products that do more than repurpose old content on new platforms. But, much more than that, we look for ideas and strategies that are unique and creative whether they bring in revenue or not and regardless of newspaper size.
And so many of the nominations we receive convey that resourcefulness with which newspapers have always used to stay relevant and causative to the readers they serve.
Take, for example, the El Paso Times. The paper played a critical watchdog role over the past two years in identifying and fixing deep problems in the El Paso Independent School District. The Times identified one of the nation's worst school-cheating scandals in a year-long investigation. And when the school district and state education agency became paralyzed in trying to deal with the fallout, the Times used its editorial pages to map out a reform plan that was largely adopted by state and local leadership. You can see two years of coverage of this issue at www.elpasotimes.com/episd.
Other newspapers demonstrate they value the historical significance of their communities. The State Journal-Register in Springfield, Ill. has published continuously for 183 years, making it the state's oldest newspaper. In 2013, it created a project known as Flashback Springfield. Included was a collaboration with the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and the Papers of Abraham Lincoln project in which the paper printed never-before-published letters to Lincoln.
Last year seemed to be the Year of the Event for many newspapers looking to add revenue and market themselves in new and bigger ways. Whether it's a bridal expo, a book fair, a kids expo, a Christmas crafts show or jazz music weekend, an event can generate revenue, and, just as importantly, events create experiences that leave lasting impressions in the minds of readers, advertisers and the community.
But what I'm always so impressed with is the never-give-up attitude among newspaper folks. For example, Keith Foutz, who, together with his brother, Fred, bought The Early Bird weekly in Greenville, Ohio in 2012, told me about the patience it took before he was finally able to land the purchase.
"I pestered the owner for about a dozen years, writing her Christmas cards every year with a note that said, 'Let me know if you ever consider selling the paper,' " Foutz said. "Finally, I received a reply from her after my 2011 Christmas card, saying, 'Maybe it's time we talked.' "
And the rest, as they say, is history. This year, The Early Bird was named one of the 10 Newspapers That Do It Right.


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The Boston Celtics' Brandon Bass doesn't know how to swim, so he's learning how in a class filled with students roughly as tall as his legs in. Adorable.
That was only his first class, though. Bass participated to promote water safety and teaching children how to swim, but he says he's going to stick with the lessons and actually learn—as his Celtics schedule permits—so that he can conquer his fear of the water.


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|System: X360, PS3
|Review Rating Legend
|Dev: platinumgames
|1.0 - 1.9 = Avoid
|4.0 - 4.4 = Great
|Pub: SEGA
|2.0 - 2.4 = Poor
|4.5 - 4.9 = Must Buy
|Release: Jan. 5, 2010
|2.5 - 2.9 = Average
|5.0 = The Best
|Players: 1
|3.0 - 3.4 = Fair
|ESRB Rating: Mature
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August 19, 2008 - One could argue that the action platforming genre has become a bit stagnant in recent years. Since many developers have been focusing on RPGs and shooters, many have speculated that action platformers like God of War were a dying breed. However, Devil May Cry mastermind Hideki Kamiya is firing back at this speculation and has created an all-new IP to prove that this genre is alive and well.
Bayonetta is a new game that revolves around a witch (appropriately named Bayonetta) who is battling heavenly beasts in an alternate universe where human beings are merely reflections and don't figure much into the cosmic equation. The game features quick and stylish action a la Devil May Cry, and looking at early footage, it is fairly obvious where this game's pedigree comes from. Combos are really fluid and feature high flying attacks as well as over-the-top acrobatics. The game is essentially a single-player affair, and you will be spending a lot of time getting to know the titular character.
Bayonetta herself is actually a pretty impressive creature, and she is probably the best reason to be interested in this game, much like Dante was the best reason to play Devil May Cry (sorry, Nero!) Bayonetta is a witch with other-worldly powers and a decidedly sexy style. She exudes charm and her overall look radiates sexuality, from her skin-tight clothes to her moe-style glasses. Her fighting style can best be described as a potent mix of both gunplay and magic. She uses a combination of four guns: Two she uses in-hand, and two others are attached to her boots. Yes, you read that right, Bayonetta can shoot people with her feet. Although one has to wonder how she can pull the trigger....
But it is not the pedal-based gunplay that makes Bayonetta unique. No, it is her magical powers over hair which sends this game into a completely new stylistic stratosphere. Bayonetta's hair is basically the centerpiece of both her attack power and her wardrobe. Her entire outfit is made out of hair, and when she initiates an attack sequence, the hair from her outfit will detach itself and form something else completely, like a giant fist or stiletto heel that will smash all who stand in her way.
Bayonetta can also use her hair for certain in-game boosts. For example, if she needs to jump over a long pit, she can create butterfly wings from her hair and just float to her destination. I'll be the first to admit that the hair mechanic sounds a little weird at first, but seeing it in action looks pretty cool, and the hair-based mechanisms actually give Bayonetta a very unique feel.
However, there is more to Bayonetta's power than just hair manipulation. Bayonetta is also able to implement a high level magic spell that changes the flow of time into "Witch Time" and slows things down considerably. This is probably a less innovative mechanic then all the hair attacks, but it is nice to see that Bayonetta will be incorporating some more traditional elements to please longtime fans of the genre.
In addition to Witch Time, there are also some more familiar elements in Bayonetta that will help people who are seasoned action veterans feel right at home. The game makes use of a pretty familiar looking upgrade system where you trade collectible angel halos for stronger weapons and attacks. New weapons can also be found in various level stages, or they can be taken from conquered foes.
From what we've seen, Bayonetta looks a lot like it's spiritual precursor, Devil May Cry. It has a lot of style and some considerable substance to back it up. The visuals look amazing and, while the hair aspect is certainly unexpected, I would be excited to get some hands-on time with this title and try it out before making any judgment. Bayonetta definitely has some serious creative potential, and hopefully it will help push the action genre forward in a way we haven't seen since the original God of War! It is slated for release sometime next year, so hopefully we'll have more to report on this title soon!
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Talk by Eugenia Lean, Columbia University
Monday, March 03, 2014
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In the 1930s, leading industrialist and famous romance novel writer, Chen Diexian (1879-1940) compiled and published technological treatises and collectanea on household science, chemistry, medicine, and industrial technology, ostensibly for the general reader. An examination of the texts reveals how Chen mixed long-standing practices of collecting and compiling knowledge with new forms of industrial and commercial pursuits to popularize and legitimate the incorporation of modern science such as chemistry into daily life and industrial endeavors. In an era when words, texts and things were easily mass produced and often copied and pirated, Chen Diexian's practices of editing sought to bring order to a world of material and textual abundance by serving to authenticate certain regimes of knowledge and material practice. His texts promoted strategies for readers with which to identify false goods, non-native commodities and the inauthentic, even while seeking to identify certain forms of commerce as patriotic, technology and industry as honorable, and native production and products, virtuous. By focusing on this Chinese case study of a man-of-letters-cum-industrialist, this paper examines how the global phenomenon of producing knowledge about modern science occurred within the specific context of China's uneven and fraught integration into global commerce in the twentieth century.
Eugenia Lean is an Associate Professor of Modern Chinese history at Columbia University. She is the author of Public Passions: the Trial of Shi Jianqiao and the Rise of Popular Sympathy in Republican China (UC Press 2007), which was awarded the 2007 John K. Fairbank Award from the American Historical Association. She is interested in a broad range of topics in modern Chinese history with a particular focus on the history of science, consumer culture, emotions and gender, and law and media. Her current project, "Manufacturing Modernity in Early Twentieth Century China: Chen Diexian, a Man-of-Letters in an Age of Industrial Capitalism," examines the cultural, social, and intellectual dimensions of industrialization by focusing on the commercial practices and writings of polymath Chen Diexian, a professional writer/editor, science enthusiast, and pharmaceutical industrialist.
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It sounds like my recorder is like the bottom level of digital recorders that would make your grade if used at their highest settings. which was sort of what I expected - that it was likely the cheapest recorder that would actually do an acceptable job. Cool!
Only thing was this bit:
4. A to D conversion should be a 24 bit system. The 16 bits usedd in regular voice recorders do not provide sufficient resolution.
Where would I find out that info for my recorder?
Most good quality recorders provide this informaton in their technical specifications. This would be considered a selling point and if the particular recorder did meet this spec in all likelyhood they would advertise that. If you can't get it there, it would be a part of the service information provided to service centers. You might also try Googleing the make and model as well. Often someone has evaluated that model and done the research to dig up the specs.


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Antiques Roadshow "Louisville, KY - Hour One" Treasures include original cover art for the Saturday Evening Post by John Falter, brought by his stepdaughter, who modeled for the illustration. An enduring symbol of the Kentucky Derby - an heirloom 19th-century mint julep cup created by a Louisville silversmith - is valued at $2,000. Part 1 of 3G
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British Antiques Roadshow "Tatton Park 2" Fiona Bruce and the experts return to the Cheshire location. They uncover a silver inkstand reputed to be given to Admiral Nelson by his lover, Lady Emma Hamilton, in 1805, and an oak coffer that arrives via an unusual mode of transport.G
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Rick Steves' Europe "The Best of Slovenia" In the little-visited and underrated alpine country, Rick begins in the capital city of Ljubljana, enjoys the mountain resort of Lake Bled, ventures into the Julian Alps, goes spelunking in a gigantic cave, and swims with Slavs in a charming Adriatic port.G
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The Lawrence Welk Show "My Blue Heaven" This show features Jo Ann Castle performing "Hello Dolly" and Arthur Duncan's tribute to Bill "Bojangles" Robinson. Norma Zimmer sings the aria "One Fine Day" by Puccini. The show culminates with a patriotic segment celebrating Flag Day.G
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Are You Being Served? "Diamonds Are A Man's Best Friend" A wealthy customer loses a large diamond from her pendant, starting a chain of conspiracies because everyone wants the reward she offers.G
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Keeping Up Appearances - The Memoirs of Hyacinth Bucket "Early Retirement" Richard has no hiding place from Hyacinth now that early retirement has been thrust upon him.G
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As Time Goes By "The Old Folks' Party" Jean gets the whole gang, including Lionel's father and step-mother, to help out with her old-age party at the church hall.G
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The Thin Blue Line "Court in the Act" Grim and Foyle frame a drug dealer by planting evidence at the scene and Goody, having found the "evidence," is trained by Fowler to handle the pressure of testifying.G
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The Red Green Show "Mike Goes Straight" Mike volunteers as a bylaw enforcement officer. Then, Red turns a treadmill into a moving sidewalk.G
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My Family "It's A Gift (Christmas Special)" Ben gets Susan a present from the store where Alfie works as one of Santa's elves. But he soon learns it is the wrong gift for a happy holiday. He tries for something more romantic but finds he could have gotten a better deal by waiting. Then, a present to themselves turns up with the wrong picture.G
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Doctor Who Series "The Almost People" As the solar storm rages and the factory crumbles, a doppelganger driven mad by the memories of being "decommissioned" is seeking revenge. The Doctor must convince the terrified factory workers to embrace their own humanity and work together with the doppelgangers to overcome a monster of their own making.G


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Dufur Under the hot sun and with the Threshing Bee festivities in the air, 39 local runners were on hand this past weekend for the annual Dufur Valley 5k and 10k run/walk, and many of the top harriers from across the gorge hit the pavement with some top times in mind.
Of the 24 participants in the 5k event, there was less than five minutes separating the top-6 in the overall standings.
Coming out ahead was Mark Johnson, who hustled past everyone with a final marker of 18 minutes and 58 seconds, besting the next competitor, Randall Jones, who crossed the line in 19:26.
Johnny Nelson came in third place at 20:14, Ethan Shubert was good enough for 22:37, Maddie Wood had a 22:49 and Clayton Ringer finished in sixth place in 23:22.
The Dalles Wahtonka athlete Katie Burns (24:47), Molly Nelson (24:49), Scott Bryant (24:50), Tai Rodgers (27:19) and Olivia Allison (28:14) and Brenan Allison (28:14) rounded out the 12 lowest times of the bunch.
Finishing in a tie for 13th place with times of 28:16 were the duo of Tom and Lisa Harris.
Judy Richardson had a 28:43, Julie Johnson kicked in a 34:21 and Lodell Halvorson (34:21) tapped out in 17th place.
In 18th place was Hailey Halvorson with a 35:02, Alec Smith motored in at 36:01 and the Terry trio of Andrea, Lori and Alex Terry finished in less than 46 minutes.
Andrea had the best time of 36:01, Lori followed in 42:31 and Alex picked up a 45:09.
Zora and Dan Richardson capped the group with identical marks of 49:07.
Dufur High School graduate and event coordinator, Alex Dillard, did not show any rust in his 10k attempt, as he scorched the field of 15 with a competitive time of 30:48.
Gary Daubenspeck made a good name for himself in the 10k event where he stopped the watch in 37:07 for second place.
TDW assistant cross country coach, Mandi Williams, rattled off the best overall running time of the seven women penciled in with a marker of 43:33 for top honors.
Grace Neal ended up fourth in 45:26, Travis Dray added a time of 45:45 and Brad Anderson (45:51) capped the top-6.
Sheila Burchell wound up sixth in 50:54, Brian Mears tacked on a 51:44, Erin Dray scored a 52:49 and Leona Egeanel notched a 53:08.
Dionne Allison had a total of 54:31. Jerry Wilson hit at 55:25 for 12th place and Albert Olson made it home in 1:01.43.
Shilah Olson ended up being tied with a 1:01.43 and Lauren Morris was the final participant to cross the tape with her marker of 1:02.10 for 15th place.
There two races left this month for these harriers to get back into the swing of things.
On Aug. 17, the Wasco County Fair run is on tap, and two weeks later, the annual Eagle Indian run is set for Aug. 31 at Sorosis Park in The Dalles.
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Based on the Yamaha Road Star, Roland Sands did the business on this piano bike for the AMD World & European Championship of Custom Bike Building.
With a 110 cubic-inch motor that has been worked on by Patrick Racing, the RenStar is not only capable of being a daily rider, but also capable of blowing away any takers at traffic lights. Around a turns might be harder though, with a 240 tire on the back, but hey…it looks good right?
The folks at the biker build-off didn't think so, but we do. Pictures after the jump.


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Thousands of NASCAR events have been held during the past six decades and produced some rather interesting, humorous facts.
Thousands of NASCAR events have been held during the past six decades and produced some rather interesting, humorous facts.
Some have been lost over time. That is, until now.
NASCAR's founder Bill France Sr. first held races on the sands of Daytona Beach before the sanction became incorporated in 1948. The course was 4.150-miles in length and included a portion of Highway A1A that's still used today. France used the course from 1949 until late 1958 before opening Daytona International Speedway in February 1959. Hastily organized races and land speed attempts were held on the beach as early as 1920.
In the early 1950s, three-time NASCAR champion David Pearson built the roll cage for his first short track car using a metal headboard and footboard bed frame discarded by his mother. After becoming one of the sport's biggest stars in the early 1960s, he was known for requesting a cigarette lighter on the dashboards of all his race cars. Pearson often smoked during caution periods.
Team owner Raymond Parks first used surplus World War II two-way radios in races in the early 1950s. Jack Smith used a bulky Ham radio mounted inside his Bud Moore Engineering Ford in the first World 600 on June 19, 1960. The reception was very bad and the heat and vibration in the car broke the radio's glass tubes.
Numbers have played a big part in NASCAR events as well as with car numbers.
Richard Petty won 27 of 48 races in 1967 with 10 of those wins coming consecutively. Miraculously, his chief mechanic used only one car for the entire season.
Darrell Waltrip logged 84 victories included 15 wins using the No. 17 on his cars. He won the 1989 Daytona 500, driving the No. 17 for Hendrick Motorsports in his 17th try in a race when a purse was $1.7 million and was assigned pit stall No. 17.
Ralph Earnhardt, father of Dale Earnhardt, liked No. 8 because it read the same upright as it did when flipped over on his roof. Bobby Allison liked the No. 12 because it's the month of his birthday — December. Five-time NASCAR champion Jimmie Johnson got the No. 48 because it's double teammate Jeff Gordon's No. 24. Richard Petty wanted No. 24, opposite of his father Lee's 42. Instead, Richard made No. 43 the most popular number in all of NASCAR history with 200 career wins.
There have been some rather big surprises along the way.
In 1968, Richard Petty ran a vinyl top in the Daytona 500. Those he raced against protested, citing it was some kind of advantage. Truth was an inexperienced crew member made a mess of the paint job on the top of the car and vinyl was a quick fix to the problem.
Also that year, law enforcement officers found a well-built moonshine still with a concrete tunnel under the Middle Georgia Raceway at Macon, Georgia. It was hidden behind a trap door in the floor of a ticket booth. Months later, a jury found the track owner not guilty. Speculation has it that some members of the jury may have had a few jars of their own delivered in the dark of night long before the case went to trail.
Carl Kiekhafer, an eccentric soul dubbed the "Rick Hendrick of the 1950s," wouldn't let any of his drivers or crew members sleep with their wives the night before a race, citing they needed, um, their energy and a good night's sleep before each race. He was the most successful owner of that era and abruptly left the sport in 1956 after logging 52 wins and two championships among 10 drivers. Kiekhafer also conducted bed checks at 8 p.m. each night to make certain his drivers weren't out partying — without their wives.
Spartanburg was once considered a major hub of stock car racing with as many as a dozen teams being housed there. Team owners Cotton Owens and Bud Moore are recent inductees into the NASCAR Hall of Fame.
They weren't famous presidents, but their names were familiar. John Kennedy had 18 career starts in NASCAR from 1969 to 1979, but never recorded a top-10 finish. There was also a driver named Bill Clinton. He ran six races between 1961 and 1964, but was never in the top 10. George Bush, of Hamburg, N.Y., raced in five events in 1952 and scored three top-10s. There is no record if they were Democrats or Republicans.
On the 90th lap of the 1973 Talladega 500, Bobby Isaac pulled onto pit road and got out, telling car owner Bud Moore that he heard voices to quit or something bad would happen. Isaac drove in 19 more races in 1974, '75 and'76 with little success.
Janet Guthrie was the first woman to lead a lap in a NASCAR Winston Cup Grand National race. She led five laps under caution during the Los Angeles Times 500 at Ontario, CA., Nov. 20, 1977. She finished 24th.
Ben White is a motorsports columnist for The Dispatch.


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The Argument for a Private Cloud in Prisons
By Howard Baldwin, Contributing Columnist
The stories on the Connected Life Exchange frequently focus on the importance of bringing broadband access to the Internet where it's needed most — underdeveloped countries, rural communities and under-served areas. While broadband in and of itself cannot boost an economy, it's a fundamental element in improving both education in the public sector and opportunity in the private sector.
But there's one demographic segment of the population in the U.S., the UK, and undoubtedly in many other countries, that doesn't have Internet access, and is unlikely to have it soon: prisoners.
On the one hand, the ban is understandable. According to this February, 2010 article in The Guardian, prisoners using smuggled smartphones posted taunts on the Facebook pages of their victims. On the other hand, how is society supposed to fight recidivism if it doesn't train prisoners scheduled for release on the basic skills of the 21st century?
Arguably, they have access to computers, and that helps with basic applications, but when was the last time you could do your job without Internet access? There's a big difference between learning how to drive in a classroom and getting behind the wheel of a car.
Connected Life Outlook, after Incarceration
"It's a tough issue," says Chris Redlitz, founding partner of Transmedia Capital, a San Francisco-based venture capital firm, who works with prisoners at nearby San Quentin prison. "There's a big concern about unsupervised communications. Where do you draw the line on access?"
In the interim, then, several programs exist to do what to the connected world might seem impossible: teach prisoners how to use the Internet without actually giving them access to the Internet. It's been said that being forced to work without resources forces you to be highly creative — and that's exactly what's happened.
Back in 2005, a man named Neville Cavendish, a Relationship Manager in the UK's Department of Work and Pensions, began working with Cisco to create Prison Information & Communication Technology Academy (PICTA), which offers Cisco Networking Academy (CNA) courses in UK prisons.
Initially set up in 16 prisons, the program has expanded over the last seven years to include 36 prisons in the UK and one in Ireland, with 2,200 students taking part in that time. Cavendish estimates that by 2020, some 90 percent of jobs will have some technological component to them, so he strongly believes that fighting recidivism starts with education.
One of the star graduates of the program is Sean Kelly, who, in his words "misbehaved quite a lot as a youngster" and ended up in London's Wandsworth Prison (for more on Kelly, see this interview). There, he entered one of the Cisco CNA programs. Upon his release, he went to college and now plans to be a network engineer.
Skills Development within a Managed Cloud
More recently, Redlitz started the Last Mile program at San Quentin, which may be even more ambitious. He had met some volunteers at San Quentin socially, he says, and realized that there were similarities between what he did with entrepreneurs and what might be done with prisoners. "Working with entrepreneurs is different, but there's a lot of talent and passion behind bars that can be nurtured, one person at a time, the way we do it in venture capital."
The six-month-long program has three tenets: (1) educating a group of six men about how the world has changed since the creation of the Internet (which none in the group have ever seen); (2) discussing how entrepreneurs think and make businesses work; and (3) having them create a business plan and a pitch, the same way any entrepreneur would, at what Redlitz calls Demo Day, which took place last May.
"The talent level is amazing. Some of these pitches were as good or better as any of the ones I've seen in my office," says Redlitz. "Guys who haven't seen the Internet have to be that much more imaginative to create something viable." His favorite was called Coach Potato, a screen app that lets people watching football games communicate with each other interactively.
The first group was so successful, Redlitz has increased the group to ten prisoners this time, but will limit it so that the interaction can be as personalized as possible. Last Mile is also working on a new computer curriculum that will allow it to increase numbers to 25 students from the prison.
And, with the unqualified support of Matt Cate, Secretary of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and Gov. Jerry Brown, the program is being replicated at Folsom Prison (made famous by singer Johnny Cash).
With the success of programs like PICTA and Last Mile, the question of broadband access for prisoners is going to keep popping up. Currently, the San Quentin prisoners write everything they want to post in social media in long-hand, and others input into computers for posting on blogs, on Twitter, or on Quora, a question-and-answer site, with all content being moderated. "It's given them a voice, and exposed a lot of people to how these guys feel and some of the issues that exist in prison," says Redlitz.
While Redlitz acknowledges that you don't give prisoners the ability to run an illegal enterprise from within prison walls, "there may be opportunities for some prisoners to have limited access for research. It's not a bad idea at this point. We're trying to create a qualification so those who get to a certain point that they have the opportunity for access."
One wonders why, if certain global governments can limit the Internet access of their citizens, why a prison couldn't use the same technology to limit network access for those incarcerated there. Even caching a series of Web sites on a restricted system (like a private cloud), disconnected from the outside world, would give prisoners a sense of how the Web — and the underlying network infrastructure — actually works. It seems a simple step to bring an under-served population into the 21st century.
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There are a number of geographic locations in the country that are named Winegar most of which I am not able to connect with our family. An exception to that is Winegar Hole Wilderness which is within Caribou-Targhee National Forest in Wyoming and borders on Yellowstone National Park. The area was established to protect prime grizzly bear habitat. I have not visited the area, but my sister Donna Holmes and her daughter Dawne have been there. They report that it is a very primitive area and that there is not much to see. Dawne took pictures there and I hope to get some of her pictures to add to this site.
According to Wikipedia: The Fremont County (Idaho) history says: "The same Egin Bench was the first settlement when Stephen Winegar and his four sons, George, Willis, Leonard and John, put up the first log shelter during the summer of 1879 when they cut and stacked the wild hay in the river bottoms. Winegar Hole and "Gideon Winegar June, 1882, carved on the cliff beside the Snake River, are reminders of these early settlers."
My genealogical records show that Stephen Winegar had sons Gideon and Willis. He had brothers John and George. Leonard was a common name in the family at that time, but I don't show him as a son to Stephen.
Family Tree Maker shows that Stephen Winegar is my second cousin four times removed. We have common ancestors. We are both decended from Ulrich who settled in New York in 1710 and his son Garrett. Stephen is decended from Garrett's son Samuel while my line goes through Garrett's son Ulrich. Samuel had a son Samuel Thomas who was Stephen's father.
All the attached photographs were taken by Ralph Maughan.


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The choices that kids and teens make matter; their decisions and their choices, will be what ends bullying – whether online or in person – nothing more, nothing less.
By Mary Kay Hoal
The choices that kids and teens make matter; their decisions and their choices, will be what ends bullying – whether online or in person – nothing more, nothing less.
It's simple. It's straightforward. It's powerful and it's exactly the message that the nine to 16 year olds at Yoursphere.com want their peers, parents and teachers to understand and learn while also challenging each of us make a better choice.
When listening to the young community at Yoursphere talk about the problems they and their peers face related to bullying, one message bubbled from the crowd loud and clear: 'We are what matters when it comes to ending bullying; our choices matter. We can stop bullying by making a choice not to bully each other'. Instead, they said, choosing kindness, respect, compassion, friendship or love over bullying, and applying that choice to their every day actions was what needed to be done in order to end bullying.
The insight of these thoughtful and inspiring kids and teens from Yoursphere is the driving force behind Yoursphere Media Inc.'s nonprofit (FCISER) anti-bullying education campaign, "I Choose".
"I Choose" aims to stop bullying of all kinds with this simple, positive approach, challenging young to embrace the concept that bullying is a choice and the power to choose is theirs. They're urged to consider their words and actions before they have the power to hurt someone else. When confronted with a choice involving peer relationships, they're asked to put their chosen word into action.
Visitors to the "I Choose" website are also invited to make a choice and to share their story. The site shares a number of heart-felt, but also heart warming real-life stories and videos of young adults, kids and teens that experienced bullying, as well as poignant tales about how the healthy choices they have made have impacted their lives.
For youth leaders, educators and teachers, Classroom Challenge Kits are offered as a way to incorporate the "I Choose" philosophy into the lives of the young people that they work with.
This blog was reposted from www.aplatformforgood.org/blog/entry/kids-and-teens-say-their-choices-are-the-key-to-ending-bullying.
MARY KAY HOAL is a nationally recognized children and family online safety expert. She is the mother of five children ranging in age from 8 – 21 years old. She is the founder and president of Yoursphere Media Inc., which focuses on the family and publishes the award-winning kids' social network Yoursphere.com, and the Internet and social networking safety resource site YoursphereForParents.com. The company's education nonprofit, (FCISER), engages community educators and industry leaders in empowering families with solutions to have a positive and safer digital experience.


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You�re not beautiful if someone hasn�t written poetry about you, and you will all be glad to know that New Bern is beautiful.
You�re not beautiful if someone hasn�t written poetry about you, and you will all be glad to know that New Bern is beautiful.
It isn�t like Robert Frost, Walt Whitman or Langston Hughes have come to town and sat distractedly in the coffee houses as their pens scrawled euphoric couplets. It�s not like you�ll find New Bern�s praises sung in the next Norton Anthology.
But they�re there. Some are pretty awful, but others attain the dizzy heights of being readable. A few are even good.
The public library will hold a special evening of readings and discussion on New Bern�s poets on Sept. 22 at 3 p.m., and Sam Love, a local poet who is involved with that event, thought it might be an idea to whet your appetite, as it were.
Most people who are obsessed enough with New Bern�s history to know any of its poets, know Stephen R. Chester (d. 1836). He was a 19th century Presbyterian with a sense of humor, who described events and architecture in the form of iambic tetrameter couplets.
Take this little verse about the arrival of one of New Bern�s earliest steamboats, the Norfolk:
�We could not speak nor think nor dream
of anything, but boats and steam
at length the gilded bauble gave
its beauty to the expectant wave �
had Cleopatra�s barge appeared,
it had not been more gaily cheered.
It�s easy to cheer a new invention over a dusty, tape-wrapped corpse, of course.
And, lest you think his humor left him incapable of the finer feelings, he even had a love poem for a New Bern bell:
The tine of your bowers is balm to the eye,
Their melody balm to the ear;
But the fiery planet of day is too night,
And the snow spirit cannot come here.
For those of you not into poet-ese: the sharp points of your shady places is medicine for my eye (I myself think sharp points would hurt), the music of her shady places is medicine to my ears. I�m guessing that fiery planet is the Southern sun, and she�s splitting for somewhere north because she�s a cold weather fan. Poor Stephen.
One cannot, of course, forget Judge William Gaston, who lies beneath a stone at Cedar Grove that looks like a giant, decorative trunk. He wrote our state song, �The Old North State,� back in 1840, although Raleigh never got around to adopting it until 1927:
Though she envies not others their merited glory,
Say, whose name stands the foremost in Liberty�s story!
Though too true to herself e�er to crouch to oppression,
Who can yield to just rule more loyal submission?
I am a huge fan of Judge Gaston, but not of his poetry. If you read that verse out loud, trying to emphasize its meter, William Shakespeare climbs out of his grave and slaps you. I believe Mr. Gaston is speaking of himself in the start of his next verse,
�Plain and artless her sons��
We are told he was listening to a girls� choir singing outside the state building in Raleigh when he wrote that, stealing their tune. Maybe he was distracted by their pretty dresses.
Looking at Mr. Love�s interesting manuscript, I see a few poems about the Neuse. Speaking of other rivers, Thomas Watson wrote in 1838,
��And I loved their sweet murmuring voice, but I�m sure
I never as Neuse thought them love to me.�
Steven Spielberg read that verse and invented Yoda.
Unlike Chester and Gaston, Watson broke from the couplet and used the ABAB rhyme scheme. He ends with a sweet bit of doggerel:
�For wander where you may, you ne�er will kiss
A shore so bright, so beautiful as this.�
Robert Walser, an early New Bern fashionista, wrote about a stroll down Pollock Street in his �furry hat�:
�A wag came by and quick observed
(In presence of some people)
�He thought that was too small a house
For such a lofty steeple!�
He notes that a young lady is at his elbow while he wears his furry hat:
�Some b�hoys came by, I looked behind
And heard this thundering yell
(issued from twenty throats, or more)
�That steeple�s got a belle!�
I should criticize this little pun, but actually I kind of like it. �B�hoy� was slang of the period meaning a lively and lower-class fellow.
Mary Bayard Clarke was a famous poet of the Civil War era, who would live in New Bern. She was educated and stately, as we know by the title of her poem written to dedicate the Confederate Memorial in Cedar Grove Cemetery: �Dux Foemini Facti.�
Dr. Joseph Patterson, a key figure in the fire of New Bern (1922), was a bit of a poet and he also wrote some free verse about that memorial � or rather a Poe-esque description of its desecration:
�But ground once hallowed now is soiled
Inside the vault the broken bones
Lie sprawled in disarray. Sockets
Stare in frantic search, in horror
And despair, from skulls split
By well-placed bullets� blast�
If you want to hear the rest, and a lot of other interesting examples of New Bern poets and their work, you will have to attend the Sunday program. Perhaps I�ll see you there.
Contact Bill Hand at email@example.com.