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Coastal Flooding, High Winds A Concern For Storm
High winds and major coastal flooding are big concerns for the upcoming storm expected to bring a mixed bag of precipitation on Wednesday.Mixed precipitation will begin around dawn on Wednesday morning and turn to rain along the coast which could be heavy at times throughout the day before turning to all snow late in the day, leaving 2-5 inches of heavy, wet snow before ending late Wednesday night prompting a Winter Storm Watch to be posted by the National Weather Service.
Temperatures will be in the 40s, helping with melting on treated surfaces. However, the heavy wet snow could bring down tree limbs and power lines.
A Coastal Flood Watch is effect for all of the New Jersey coastline for Wednesday afternoon through Thursday morning for high tides anticipated to be about two feet above normal Wednesday, perhaps four feet Thursday, about the same as the last Nor'easter but well below the surge that took place during Sandy.
Brick and Toms River officials are urging residents in low-lying areas and areas prone to flooding to voluntarily evacuate to higher ground.
A Wind Advisory is in effect as well as Winds could gust to 60 MPH along the coast and at 35-40 MPH further inland.
Heavier snow will fall in the Baltimore-Washigton corridor with 4-8 inches of heavy, wet snow expected to fall with higher amount further west.


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Mercer leads Pilgrims past Memorial
PLYMOUTH — Logic tells you that a first basketball game out of a long break will probably be a little sloppy.
And logic would be right in the case of the Plymouth Pilgrims' Northern Lakes Conference win over Elkhart Memorial, 68-51.
While neither team struggled with execution, both struggled with being sharp in that execution as Memorial turned the ball over 18 times on the night — 11 of those in the first half — and Plymouth responded with 15 turnovers of its own.
The difference in the game, quite simply was the Pilgrims' Mack Mercer, who didn't seem to have taken a break at all.
Plymouth's junior Division I prospect played the way a DI prospect should with a double-double of 31 points and 11 rebounds and maybe more importantly filling in the blanks when his teammates seemed to struggle and adding the exclamation point when they didn't.
Even at that, Memorial coach Mark Barnhizer wasn't terribly disappointed since he knew it would be a long night for his team battling Mercer.
"We had a freshman (Michael O'Toole) play the center spot for us for the whole game, and I'm sure Mack (Mercer) looked like Shaquille O'Neal to him all night," said Barnhizer. "But I thought he did well for his first varsity game. He's got to learn you can't block a guy like (Mercer's) shot. You have to take a charge. That kind of stuff you can live with with a young kid, but we had some older kids make mistakes that shouldn't be making them."
Plymouth boss Ryan Bales was pleased with his team's perseverance while kicking off the rust of the break.
"(Markese) McGuire came out and hit some shots early and got them going, and I knew they were going to compete," said Bales. "In the course of the game we started to pull away a little, made some good plays, made some unselfish passes, some guys hit some shots and it led to a good win for us. We knew an NLC game, it was going to be a battle. Coach Barnhizer does a great job with them.
"In the second half we did a better job of communicating. Joe Knapp in the last couple weeks has really stepped up in that area. We need David Lee to be an emotional leader. Kyser (McCrammer), Ike (Kastner) and Mack, and all those guys who have been around need to communicate. We did a better job of identifying who was getting through screens, who was in help side and who was getting the ball, and that's a big part of any team is communication."
While Memorial got outstanding play from several of their players — especially McGuire with his 21 points — Bales was still happy with his team's effort on the Charger star.
"Kyser is our defensive stopper when it comes to a player like that. Our goal coming in was to hold him to a lower percentage," said Bales. "The key for them tonight was they had some other people step up. They got some open layups from some break downs on our part, but McCrammer did a great job tonight when he was on him (McGuire)."
For Barnhizer it was the little things that changed the game.
"You can't turn the ball over against a team like Plymouth and expect to win — and go 3 for 11 from the line, that doesn't help either," he said. "We did some good things other than that. But you can't do those two things. We lost some guys on the back side of our zone, and they threw skip passes for baskets. You can't have mistakes like that in a game with a team like this."
Plymouth at 8-1 will take on Tippecanoe Valley at home tonight. Elkhart Memorial is now 4-5 on the year.
Plymouth won the JV game by a final of 41-26.
At Plymouth
Score by quarters:
Elkhart Memorial 9 19 37 51
Plymouth 11 29 42 68
ELKHART MEMORIAL (51): Freddie Rhodes 0 0-0 0, Dimitri Giger 4 0-0 8, Cameron Maxwell 2 0-0 6, Austin Miller 0 0-0 0, James Hershberger 3 1-8 8, Darrius Baker 0 0-0 0, Jaylin Rhodes 0 0-0 0, Spenser Gilbert 0 0-0 0, Jon Bailey 0 0-0 0, Michael O'Toole 3 0-1 6, Markese McGuire 8 0-0 21, Darien Williams 1 0-0 2, Evan Anderson 0 0-0 0. Totals 21 3-11 51.
PLYMOUTH (68): Reid Yoder 0 0-0 0, Jack Barron 0 0-0 0, Joe Knapp 4 3-3 13, David Lee 2 3-4 7, Nick Bayley, 0 0-0 0, Mack Mercer 9 10-11 31, Ike Kastner 2 0-0 5, Kyser McCrammer 0 0-0 0, Trenton Briles 1 0-0 3, Josh Anders 0 0-0 0, Tom Felke 2 1-2 7, Michael Kaser 0 0-0 0, Tyler England 0 0-0 0. Totals 19 17-20 68.
3 Pt. FG - Plymouth 9-12 (Mercer 3, Knapp, Felke 2), Elk. Mem. 5-12 (McGuire 3, Maxwell 2); Rebounds - Plymouth 23 (Mercer 11), Elk. Mem. 12 (Hershberger, McGuire 3); Assists - Plymouth 6 (Lee 3), Elk. Mem. 3; Steals - Plymouth 8 (Lee 4), Elk. Mem. 7 (Giger, McGuire 3); Turnovers - Plymouth 15, Elk. Mem. 18; Fouls (Fouled out) - Plymouth 10, Elk. Mem. 17 (Giger).

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U.S. stock futures tumbled Monday amid a rout in global stocks after Standard & Poor's downgraded the U.S. credit rating for the first time.
S&P cut the long-term debt rating for the U.S. by one notch to AA+ from AAA late Friday. The move wasn't unexpected, but it comes when investors are already feeling nervous about a weak U.S. economy, European debt problems and Japan's recovery from its March earthquake.
Ahead of the opening bell, Dow Jones industrial futures fell 200 points, or 1.8 percent, to 11,202. S&P 500 futures fell 24, or 2.percent, to 1,173. Nasdaq 100 futures fell 44, or 2 percent, to 2,143.
In Europe, the German DAX index fell 2.3 percent. In Asia, Japan's Nikkei 225 index fell 2.2 percent.
Prices for U.S. government debt, though, rose. That's because Treasurys are still seen as one of the world's few safe investments. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note fell to 2.5 percent from 2.57 percent late Friday. It fell as low as 2.46 percent earlier Monday. A bond's yield drops when its price rises.
But where Treasury prices are at the end of the day will be more important than where they are at the start, Bill O'Donnell, head of U.S. Treasury strategy at RBS Securities, wrote in a report.
"We will learn more about the future path of Treasury prices at today's close than we will by the open," he said. "I want to see how the market clears and how it synthesizes the cacophony of news of late."
Gold is another investment that investors traditionally run to for safety. It rose above $1,700 per ounce for the first time. Its price remains below its 1980 record after adjusting for inflation.
"Investors are concerned about a rising risk of global recession, credit downgrades especially now in the eurozone, such as France, the threat of a major bank bust and a global liquidity trap as investors stay in cash," said Neil MacKinnon, global macro strategist at VTB Capital.
Investors are worried that Spain or Italy could become the next European country to be unable to pay its debt. The European Central Bank said it will buy Italian and Spanish bonds in hopes of helping the countries avert a possible default.
Seeking to avert panic spreading across financial markets, the finance ministers and central bankers of the Group of 20 industrial and developing nations issued a joint statement Monday saying they were committed to taking all necessary measures to support financial stability and growth.
"We will remain in close contact throughout the coming weeks and cooperate as appropriate, ready to take action to ensure financial stability and liquidity in financial markets," they said.
Crude oil, natural gas and other commodities fell on worries that a weaker global economy will mean less demand. Oil fell $3.40 to $83.48 per barrel.
Last week, the Dow Jones industrial average fell 698.63 points. That was its biggest point loss since October 2008, during the financial crisis. The Dow has dropped in nine of the last 11 trading days.
Worries about the U.S. economic recovery have been building since the government said that economic growth was far weaker in the first half of 2011 than economists expected. The economy grew at a 1.3 percent annual rate between April and June, below economists' expectations of 1.7 percent. It expanded at just a 0.4 percent rate in the first quarter.
Then reports showed that the manufacturing and services industries barely grew in July. Job growth was better than economists expected last month. But the 117,000 jobs created in July were still well below the 215,000 that employers added between February and April, on average.
The Federal Reserve will meet on Tuesday, but economists don't expect much to come out of the meeting. The central bank's key interest rate is already at a record of nearly zero, where it has been since 2008. The Fed has also already said that it plans to keep rates low for "an extended period."
The central bank finished a $600 billion program in June to buy Treasurys in hopes of supporting the economy. Chairman Ben Bernanke said last month that the Fed would step in to help the economy if it further weakened. But some Fed policymakers oppose more bond purchases, saying it could lead to higher inflation.


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Miranda Lambert's Revolution Continues Tour Extended for 20 More Dates
With the whirlwind of a year Miranda Lambert has had, she could hardly be blamed for wanting to unplug and take it easy for awhile. Give the girl credit for gumption, though — not only is she not clearing her schedule, she's actually adding to it.
Lambert has extended her The Revolution Continues tour, adding 20 dates to a run that was supposed to end in August, but will now keep her on the road through late October.
"The revolution continues but not for too much longer," she said in a statement. "This is the last leg of the tour. We have had so much fun and have had so many great bands come out to join us and some great artists, as well. Don't miss your last chance to see us on the road this year."
Even after the tour ends, Lambert fans will have no shortage of options this year — she's releasing a solo album, 'Four the Record,' in November, as well as the debut from her new country girl group, Pistol Annies, due at the end of this month.
New Revolution Continues Tour Dates:
9/8 – Terre Haute, Ind.
9/9 – Bloomington, Ill.
9/10 – Mankato, Minn.
9/17 – Puyallup, Wash.
9/22 – Tupelo, Miss.
9/23 – Panama City Beach, Fla.
9/24 – St. Petersburg, Fla.
9/29 – Bossier City, La.
9/30 – Baton Rouge, La.
10/1 – Cedar Park, Texas
10/6 – Topeka, Kansas
10/7 – Sioux Falls, S.D.
10/8 – Rapid City, S.D.
10/9 – Billings, Mont.
10/11 – Missoula, Mont.
10/13 – Eugene, Ore.
10/14 – Nampa, Idaho
10/15 – Yakima, Wash.
10/20 – Cape Girardeau, Mo.
10/22 – Jonesboro, Arkansas


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Keep kids cosy and dry all year with the Chiecco 3 in 1 Jacket v2. Wear the fleece inner for warmth, or the NGX2 outer for wind and rain protection. Zip them together when you need both. Kids love the bright colours. Parents love the versatility.


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ERFURT, Germany – (BUSINESS WIRE) – Jun. 20, 2014
X-FAB, the leading analog/mixed-signal and MEMS foundry
Will exhibit its open-platform MEMS 3-axis inertial sensor process that is now available for volume manufacturing. This MEMS technology is suitable for a wide range of applications such as mobile devices, consumer goods, games and toys, automotive and robotics applications, and industrial and medical equipment that use 3D accelerometers or gyroscopes. The 3-axis inertial sensor technology comes with a complete set of design rules, process specifications and X-FAB's own design-rule checking software to verify designs prior to silicon production.
In addition to the MEMS sensor technologies, X-FAB will discuss its modular CMOS process technologies that are ideal for implementing a broad range of sensing applications, signal conditioning and signal-processing devices. For designers of opto-electric sensors, various diodes and transistors are available that can be used as photo diodes or transistors for light-sensing applications.
Sensors Expo & Conference, Booth #821
Wednesday, June 25, 2014 – 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Thursday, June 26, 2014 - 10 a.m.-3 p.m.
Donald E. Stephens Convention Center, Hall G
9301 W. Bryn Mawr Ave; Rosemont, IL 60018
About X-FAB
X-FAB is the leading analog/mixed-signal and MEMS foundry manufacturing silicon wafers for automotive, industrial, consumer, medical and other applications. Its customers worldwide benefit from the highest quality standards, manufacturing excellence and innovative solutions by using X-FAB's modular CMOS processes in geometries ranging from 1.0 to 0.18 µm, and its special BCD, SOI and MEMS long-lifetime processes. The analog-digital integrated circuits (mixed-signal ICs), sensors and micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) are manufactured at five production facilities in Germany, Malaysia and the U.S. X-FAB employs 2,400 people worldwide. For more information, please visit www.xfab.com.
3D: Three-dimensional
BCD: Bipolar CMOS/DMOS
BiCMOS: Bipolar junction transistor and CMOS transistor integration
CMOS: Complementary metal oxide semiconductor
MEMS: Microelectromechanical systems
SOI: Silicon on Insulator


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Alan Alda in Scientific American Frontiers "Hot Planet - Cold Comfort" Alda learns about global warming and what could happen if the great Atlantic Conveyor shuts down. He also slogs through melting permafrost to survey drowning forests in Alaska.G
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Alan Alda in Scientific American Frontiers "Hydrogen Hopes" The show looks at how science might obtain hydrogen from renewable sources, store it safely and provide a usable fuel.G
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NOVA scienceNOW "Can Science Stop Crime?" Pogue gives the third degree to scientists pushing the limits of technology -- not only to solve horrific murders -- but also to try to prevent crimes before they even happen. He learns the latest techniques, from unraveling the clues embedded in a decomposing corpse, to detecting lies by peering directly into a suspect's brain, to tracking the creation of a criminal mind. And we meet a genius crime-stopper who's made some terrifying discoveries, including how easy it is for a bad guy to highjack -- not just your laptop -- but your kids' toys, medical devices and even your car. D
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NOVA "Forensics on Trial" NOVA investigates the shaky state of crime science and looks for cutting-edge solutions. Today's forensics are in a state of crisis with few established scientific standards, no central oversight and poor regulation of examiners. Innocent men and women have been convicted on faulty forensic evidence. Of the more than 250 inmates exonerated by DNA testing in the last 10 years, more than half of the wrongful convictions stemmed from poorly executed forensics.G
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Inventions That Shook The World "The 1920's" Mobsters, jazz, and turbulent economic times mark the 1920s. Silent film makes the transition to the talkies as sound comes to the silver screen. The refrigerator gets a makeover from the smartest man in the world, and poverty inspires a desperate inventor to come up with a winner called television. Part 3 of 10G


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The weekend started off with Avery losing her first tooth at school. She didn't even realize it - I think it went down with her lunch.
Saturday, however, just as we were getting settled into our hotel with room service and PJs, Isla fell off a chair, and hit the edge of a coffee table - putting a deep gash into the back of her head. Ben spent the rest of the evening in the ER with her, while I held down the fort with the baby and Avery, all the while feeling so guilty that I wasn't there when my little girl got three staples in her head.
Apparently, they were out of the skin glue.
So, chalk this weekend up to two firsts: toofers and stitches.
P.S. - Stay tuned....Barring any other crash and burns, nursery reveal coming rurl soon.


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Even though it has been signed by 22 of the European Union's 27 members, ACTA, the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, is unlikely to be ratified by the EU, according to The Guardian.ACTA had gained favor among lawmakers looking to harmonize copyright enforcement around the globe, but a series of protests -- as well as what critics have called vague language about scale and damages -- have prevented it from being ratified.
And at this point, that likely won't happen.
From The Guardian:
Ryan Heath, a spokesman for [European Commissioner for Telecoms and Technology Neelie] Kroes's office, said the European Commission has not changed its position on the usefulness of ACTA and was continuing to work toward its ultimate ratification, but added that Kroes was "observing political reality." Kroes' comments come weeks before the commission, the EU executive, is due to make public new rules to ensure that musicians and film-makers get paid, and while it is trying to overhaul the bloc's copyright regime to cater for the Internet era.The article goes on to report that with ACTA seemingly destined to fail, governments have focused on multilateral agreements to ban websites such as MegaUpload and The Pirate Bay.
Journalist Tweets His Arrest in MoscowKevin O'Flynn, a journalist covering the inauguration of Vladimir Putin in Moscow, live-tweeted his own arrest Monday, according to Mashable.
Before being arrested, O'Flynn, working for The Guardian, tweeted that there was increased police presence around Moscow's Presidential Administration Building.
And how.
O'Flynn's press credentials were approved by authorities, but he was nonetheless arrested about a minute later, according to his Twitter feed.
After being captured, O'Flynn snapped a photo from inside a Russian police van. He was released from custody after less than 10 minutes.
Hundreds of Russians have been arrested during protests against Putin, according to The Daily Telegraph. Putin was sworn in for his third term as Russia's president Monday.
Australia Mulls Data CollectionAnything in Australia with an Internet connection -- be it a tablet, smartphone or computer -- might have its Web history stored for up to two years, according to The Age.
The country's attorney general, Nicola Roxon, announced last Friday that the county would be reviewing "national security legislation to ensure our national security capability can evolve to meet emerging threats."
This, according to Tuesday's article in The Age, could entail extensive data collection and retention:
A terms of reference for the committee is yet to be released, but a draft copy circulating around parliament which Fairfax, publisher of IT Pro, has seen indicates that the committee will be asked to look at a controversial data retention proposal for telcos [telecommunications companies] ... The spokesman added that it was important to note that the government had "made no decisions" about data retention and said many of IT Pro's questions regarding what exactly telcos would need to potentially log were up "for consideration" of the committee in the first instance, not the government.The Age compares the potential data collection plan to the scheme that already exists in the EU.
The draft terms of reference states the committee will be tasked with looking at a tailored data retention period "for up to 2 years for parts of a data set." It doesn't define what the data set will consist of but some fear it will include any data telcos can log and store on customers, including their Web browsing history.
Lenovo Rolls the DiceLenovo, China's No. 1 PC manufacturer, will invest 5 billion yuan, or about US$790 million, to establish a facility that will be primarily devoted to research and development.
The facility will go up in Wuhan, the capital of Hubei Province and home to some 10 million people.
The site will include integrated facilities for mobile device R&D, production and sales, Lenovo said. It will be operational in October of 2013.
News of the new facility comes at a precarious moment for the PC industry, according to ZD Net Asia:
Lenovo's latest investment comes amid a slowing global PC market. Gartner (NYSE: IT) [a technology research firm] had earlier revealed that worldwide PC shipments totaled 89 million units in the first quarter of 2012, a 1.9 percent increase year-on-year. The research firm said growth outlook remained cautious as the market awaits the arrival of Ivy Bridge processors and Microsoft's (Nasdaq: MSFT) Windows 8 operating system.Samsung earlier this year announced construction on a $7 billion memory chip plant in Xian, China.


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Refusal to Give Harmful Medication to Daughter Results in Use of a SWAT Team and a Tank [VIDEO]
A Michigan mother's decision to stop giving her daughter a controversial medication resulted in authorities bringing in a SWAT team, and a tank... This is in America!
When caring and competent Michigan mother Maryanne Godboldo took her daughter off of a controversial psychiatric drug, because it made the child violent, the Department of Human Services attempted to remove the child from her home. She refused to release the child, and shut the door.
The mother then barricaded the door to the house, and the police were called Police decided to bring in a SWAT Team and an Armored Tank to deal with the mother and her 13-year-old daughter. After a 10 hour stand-off Maryanne was arrested and the child remanded to a pediatric psychiatric facility.
Who decides what is best for your child... you or the government?
All charges were dropped against the mother, when it was discovered that the removal documents had never been approved by a judge, and was just rubber stamped with a judge's signature by probation officers.
Maryanne Godboldo battled against the illegal seizure of her daughter for nine month, and ten court appearances, and she won.
I vowed that I would never let anyone harm my child, under any circumstances. My mother protected me, and I wanted to do the same for my child ~ Maryanne Godboldo
Here is video about her ordeal...


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Don was born in San Diego on Aug. 31, 1935 to Donald Nelson and Phyllis Talbot Anderson. Don graduated from La Jolla High School in 1953. He earned his Bachelor of Science from the University of California at Berkeley in 1958 and his Doctor of Dental Science (DDS) from the University of California Medical Center in San Francisco. After graduation from dental school, Don served as a captain in the Army Dental Corps at Fort Leavenworth for three years, honorably discharged in 1966.
Don is survived by his wife, Catherine Striso Anderson; sons Ske Anderson of Newport Beach and Ketch Anderson of Newton, Mass.; daughter Jill Jackson from a former marriage; two granddaughters; and sister Diane Harvey (husband Dave and their two sons Will Harvey of Palo Alto and Ben Harvey of Sacramento). Don belonged to the extended Anderson family descended from the late state Sen. John Anderson and his wife, Elizabeth, Don's grandparents.
Don's enthusiasm for life was demonstrated by his many professional interests. He was a dentist; a commercial fisherman; a licensed boat captain; the owner/skipper of three sport-fishing boats; an award-winning contributor to research on pelagic fish (tagging them in oceans around the world); an award-winning winemaker who owned and managed a vineyard and a winery; a frequent public speaker and contributor to publications devoted to wine, boating, or fishing; and an author of four books, including three novels that connected his vast knowledge and experience to his understanding of world-wide issues ("Deadly Calm," "Seas the Day" and "Golden Results").
Don was a member of Phi Kappa Tau fraternity, St. Andrews Presbyterian Church in Newport Beach, the Orange County Mensa Society, the Orange County Dental Association and many other organizations dedicated to dentistry, oceans, fishing or winemaking. Beyond his accomplishments, Don will be remembered for his gentleness, kindness, quiet sense of humor and his ability to observe and listen.
Services for Don will be held at St. Andrews Presbyterian Church in Newport Beach on Friday, April 5 at 1 p.m. A reception will follow. Don's ashes then will be scattered at sea. Memorial donations may be made in Don's name for Cal Men's Crew (made to U.C. Regents, c/o Cal Athletics Department, 195 Haas Pavilion, Berkeley, 94720, or online at www.calbears.com-/donate ), or to the Don Anderson scholarship fund at Progressive Strength Recovery, Inc. of Irvine (1150 Main Street, Suite B, Irvine, 92614, or call (949) 851-1007).


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"Witches of East End" goes to series, but production moves to Vancouver
Lifetime has announced that its wants to be in the witch business. Thursday the network ordered 10 episodes of "Witches of East End," the pilot of which filmed in the Wilmington area last fall.
The series, based on Melissa de la Cruz's best-selling novel, stars Julia Ormond ("Mad Men"), Jenna Dewan-Tatum ("American Horror Story"), Rachel Boston ("In Plain Sight") and Mädchen Amick ("Twin Peaks").… Read More »


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WMU Guide Regarding Requests Under Michigan's Freedom of Information Act
In 1976, the Michigan Legislature enacted P.A. 442, known as the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).
An act to provide for public access to certain records of public bodies; to permit certain fees; to prescribe the power and duties of certain public officers and public bodies; to provide remedies and penalties; and to repeal certain acts and parts of acts.
Public Policy
It is public policy of this state that all persons, except those persons incarcerated in state or local correctional facilities, are entitled to full and complete information regarding the affairs of government and the official acts of those who represent them as public officials and public employees, consistent with the Act. The people shall be informed so that they may fully participate in the democratic process.
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Don't laugh at us when we complain, it gets cold in Hawai'i.
Not ice blistering Alaska cold, but cold all the same.
Before you call us pussies, let me explain. In Hawai'i, most houses are semi-contained. Many places here have either no windows or some windows, and the rest is screened in. There's no heat, and rarely air conditioning. So whatever the temperature is outside, is what the temperature is inside.
So while the rest of the world would have their thermostats moderating something around 65°, we're getting nice moist chilled air swooping off the mountains below 50° nighttime through the early morning.
The past few days I've had to resort to toaster hand warming, running the oven and opening the door, using the still-hot saucepan (after making rice) on my belly and bones, hot showers, foot soaks, jogging in place, ThermaCare neck warmers taped on the back, wool socks and hoodies, and even stuffing my Malamute / Chow Chow under the covers, to no avail. In a few hours I'll be in shorts and a t-shirt, and the rest of the freezing world will be jealous, but until then….
While we're on the topic, every year on weather modification sites you will see posts about snow here. To be clear, before there were airplanes, there's been snow on the tops of Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa. That doesn't discount "geoengineering" by any means, nor does it discount the fact that even those not living near the tops of volcanos are shivering.
I might even have to bust out my long sleeve 2mil wet suit top today for our current brisk ocean temp of 75.7 – what, don't laugh!


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Pennsylvania Democratic Senator Bob Casey, a longtime champion of guns rights, has changed his stance in regards to new legislation on guns in the wake of the tragedy in Newtown, CT. Senator Casey said he is "haunted" by last week's events.
The Inquirer spoke with Senator Casey who was a longtime champion of guns rights in the US, but has since been forced to reconsider his stance. Some bidding from his wife, as well as an unusually emotional reaction from the Senator, in the wake of Sandy Hook also helped to nudge him in that direction.
"The power of the weapon, the number of bullets that hit each child, that was so, to me, just so chilling, it haunts me. It should haunt every public official," said Sen. Casey in an interview.
Sen. Casey was re-elected just last month on the platform that he did not support more gun control legislation. Political analysts now say that he has "time on his side" as he heads into his second term, which will last six years.
Naturally, the Sandy Hook tragedy has forced a shift in many politicians' views on gun control. Democrats have called for reinstating the assault-weapons ban and barring magazines that hold more than 10 rounds of ammunition.
Senator Casey is joined by once pro-gun Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada and Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia in saying that they are open to considering new legislation limiting gun access.
"If those two bills come before the Senate, I'll vote for both," said Casey, a move that was "summoned" by his conscience.
"Work that we do doesn't always bring you to that kind of deliberation or consideration. This has, for me, and I have to, and I think I should, vote that way on those two (measures)," he said.
Senator Casey, who is still a "strong" supporter of the Second Amendment, had said following the Virginia Tech shooting in 2007 that "No man-made law will ever eliminate cruelty and evil from every human heart." The Newtown shooting has since, evidently, changed his mind.
When asked why he hadn't reconsidered his stance earlier, Sen. Casey touched upon the fact that the tender age of the children killed at Newtown put it into a new perspective for him.
"I wish that maybe I had spent more time thinking about those other tragedies in the way that I have on this," said Sen. Casey.
"There's no question I'll be open to criticism, and I understand that," Casey said. "I just believe that in light of what's happened, in light of measures we can take to lessen the chances that will happen [again], that these are two steps we can take."
And that criticism has already begun. Kim Stolfer, chairman of the Pennsylvania-based Firearms Owners Against Crime, said on Wednesday evening that Sen. Casey is now "a political opportunist seeking to curry favor with a public that knows nothing about the current level of laws."
She continued, "Firearms are the most regulated commodity in this nation. Our rights are not meant to be toyed with at a moment's whim, and we don't predicate freedoms on what others do."
Sen. Casey is characterized for his often strictly analytical movements, but once again, the distinct tragedy of Sandy Hook has swayed his emotions.
"This isn't a tax debate. This is different," he said.
"I've been around government and public policy a long time, and I can't think of another time when I had these same feelings. I don't really care if people criticize me for having emotions about this. It probably helped me think about it in a different way."


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As of Tuesday, thousands of residents will be able to log onto the state's health care exchange, the Maryland Health Connection, to browse for medical insurance and even buy a policy.
The exchange and others like it across the country are considered key to getting the uninsured insured, which in Maryland is estimated to involve as many as 800,000 people.
The Maryland exchange will feature 45 plans offered by six private carriers.
"Maryland Health Connection is not government-run health insurance. It's a store," said Becca Pearce, executive director of the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange, which runs the online marketplace. "We built a store, and the commercial carriers are putting products on our shelves."
It isn't for everyone.
Those already covered under Medicare or Medicaid don't need to buy a policy on the exchange.
If you get your insurance through your employer — which most people do — that should continue.
And the Affordable Care Act excludes some people from the mandate of buying insurance or paying a penalty. These include immigrants in the country illegally, members of Indian tribes and those whose incomes are so low that they don't have to file a tax return or find that insurance premiums eat more than 8 percent of their household income.
But those with modest incomes and no insurance — or very expensive insurance — should check out the exchange. They could be eligible for federal subsidies to help buy a policy — financial assistance only available through the exchange. Even workers with insurance on the job could receive a subsidy to purchase a policy on the exchange if they pay more than 9.5 percent of household income for self-coverage.
Final details on premiums and plans won't be available until the exchange opens for business at 8 a.m. Tuesday.
Policies will provide 10 core benefits, including prescriptions, emergency care and lab tests, as well as maternity and pediatric care. Maryland also will offer some standalone dental plans.
"There won't be a lot of variation in benefits covered, but all plans are designed differently and have different networks, different providers who are participating and different cost-sharing," said Carolyn Quattrocki, executive director of the Governor's Office of Health Care Reform.
For those who need help, the exchange will have so-called navigators who can assist with enrollment. You also can phone the exchange's call center at 855-642-8572, which will answer questions in dozens of languages.
Or you can seek the help of an insurance broker. Maryland Health Connection has trained more than 800 brokers to sell plans on the exchange, Pearce said.
Here are some things to know before shopping in this new marketplace:
Open enrollment Consumers can purchase a policy from Oct. 1 through March 31. Thereafter, you will have to wait until open enrollment each year. However, you can purchase a policy outside of open enrollment if you have a life-changing event, such as a marriage, birth of a child or you lose a job along with your insurance.
Next year's open enrollment will be shorter, running from Oct. 15 through Dec. 7, Pearce said.
Getting started You will need to set up a secure account on the exchange's website at marylandhealthconnection.gov.
If you think you may be eligible for a subsidy, you will be asked to provide financial information to determine if you qualify.
Consumers will be able to shop for coverage by searching by insurance company, type of policy or under your doctors' names to find out which insurance they accept.
"You can enter up to three or four different doctors and find out what the best match is for you based on the participation rate," Pearce said.
The system will pare down the plans, and you will be able to compare policies side-by-side, including deductibles and out-of-pocket costs.
Bronze to platinum Policies will fall under categories of bronze, silver, gold and platinum. These refer to cost-sharing or how health care costs will be divided between you and the insurance company.
Bronze policies will have lower premiums, but that's because consumers pick up a bigger share of costs. Under bronze plans, the insurer assumes 60 percent of the medical costs, with the consumer paying 40 percent. The insurer's share is 70 percent under a silver plan, 80 percent in a gold plan and 90 percent for platinum.
Still, there's a cap on how much an individual and family must pay out–of-pocket annually. Next year, the limit is $6,350 for an individual, and double that for a family.
Premiums You no longer can be charged higher premiums for being in poor health. But premiums can vary based on age, where you live and whether you smoke. Older consumers who tend to be heavier users of health care can't be charged more than three times the premium for a young adult. Smokers can be charged up to 1.5 times more than a nonsmoker.
The cost of running hospitals or doctors' offices can vary by locale, which is why geography plays a role in premiums, said Jennifer Tolbert, director of state health reform with Kaiser Family Foundation.
All the premiums won't be available until the exchange opens. But the Maryland Insurance Administration — which approves rates — released a sampling of estimated premiums. For instance, the monthly premium for a BlueChoice bronze policy for a 25-year-old nonsmoker would be $124 in Baltimore and $114 in Western Maryland.
Catastrophic policies Exchanges are required to offer a catastrophic policy for those under 30. These high-deductible policies typically appeal to young, healthy individuals because the premiums are lower, yet they'll have coverage in case of a major medical event.
Maryland's marketplace will offer three catastrophic policies.
But older consumers who can't find a policy on the exchange that costs less than 8 percent of their income will be able to buy a catastrophic policy, too, Tolbert said.
The deductible — how much you must pay before the insurance kicks in — on these policies is expected to equal the annual out-of-pocket limit, which next year is $6,350 for an individual, Tolbert said. The policies, however, also must cover up to three primary care visits annually and preventive care at no cost.
Medicaid Maryland is expanding Medicaid by raising the income eligibility. Consumers who earn up to 138 percent of the federal poverty limit will be entitled to coverage at no cost under that program beginning next year.
Consumers in the Medicaid program now don't need to take any steps; they are already covered, Pearce said. Going forward, consumers enrolling in Medicaid will do so through the exchange.
Subsidies Lower-income people who don't qualify for Medicaid may be eligible for two federal subsidies to help with premiums and cost-sharing.
"People ask, 'How is it possible that I am going to be able to afford health insurance in 2014 when I have never been able to afford it before?' It's because of these federal subsidies," Pearce said.
The premium subsidy will be on a sliding scale for those with income of up to 400 percent of the federal poverty level — with the largest subsidy going to those with the lowest incomes.
For example, if you earn 133 percent of the federal poverty level — $15,281 this year for an individual — you will be expected to contribute 2 percent of income for insurance, or $25.47 per month. The federal subsidy will pay the rest, a benefit that could be worth hundreds of dollars each month.
Earn 400 percent of the poverty level — $45,960 this year for a single person — and you would contribute 9.5 percent of income for insurance, or $363.85 per month.
The subsidy is a tax credit that you can choose to be paid directly to the insurer or to be claimed later on your federal tax return, Pearce said. Or, you can elect a combination of these two methods — taking a reduced subsidy during the year and claiming any unused subsidy later on your tax return.
Most people will likely have the subsidy sent directly to the insurer each month, Pearce said. But be aware: If your income goes up during the year, you might end up receiving a bigger subsidy than you're entitled to and have to return that overpayment to the government, she warned.
The cost-sharing subsidy reduces a consumer's share of medical costs and is available to those making less than 250 percent of the federal poverty level.
You must be enrolled in a silver plan in which the insurer picks up 70 percent of medical costs. The subsidy can reduce your share of the medical bills from 30 percent to 27 percent, 13 percent or as little as 6 percent, depending on your income.
Penalties Unless you don't have to file a tax return or fall into one of the other excluded categories, you will have to have health insurance next year or face a penalty. Parents, too, must make sure their young children are covered, Tolbert said.
In 2014, the penalty will be $95 per adult and $47.50 per child — with a family total of no more than $285 — or 1 percent of income, whichever is larger.
Penalties get bigger with time.
By 2016, the fine will be whichever is larger: 2.5 percent of income or $695 per adult and $347.50 per child, not to exceed $2,085 for a family. Thereafter, those dollar amounts go up with inflation.
You won't owe a penalty if you're without insurance for less than three months. And the penalty will never be larger than the national average cost for a bronze plan.
There's been much speculation about whether younger consumers might just pay the penalty and forgo coverage.
Young and healthy people are just one car accident way from thousands of dollars of medical bills, Quattrocki said.
"It may be cheaper, but you aren't getting health insurance," she said.
Maryland Health Insurance Plan This program was created years ago to provide coverage for residents unable to get insurance because of a pre-existing condition. The Affordable Care Act prohibits insurers from using pre-existing conditions to deny coverage.
About 21,000 Marylanders are in this plan, and around a third of them will be eligible for a federal subsidy to buy insurance and shifted to the exchange at the beginning of next year, Pearce said. The rest can remain in MHIP for now or go to the exchange.
Buying a policy The first payment will be made through the exchange, but thereafter premiums will be paid directly to the insurer. You must pay that first premium for the insurance to take effect.
To ensure coverage beginning Jan. 1, purchase insurance by Dec. 15, Pearce advised.
Wait longer, say Jan. 3, and the earliest that coverage will kick in is the first day of the next month.
Pearce predicted that there will be a surge of interest by consumers checking out the Maryland Health Connection in October. But she doesn't expect a jump in sales until early December by those wanting coverage starting in January and again in March, before open enrollment ends.
Visitors to the site might notice changes in the months ahead.
"What we go live with on Oct. 1 may not look the same as it does by the end of March because we will continue upgrading and making things better," Pearce said.


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William S. Farish Jr.'s Grade 1 winner Pool Play will face 10 rivals in the 28th running of the $150,000 Elkhorn Stakes (G2), a 1½-mile race on the turf for four-year-olds and up on Friday, closing day of Keeneland's 16-day spring meet. Trained by Mark Casse, the eight-year-old horse by Silver Deputy was second in the 2011 Elkhorn, won by Musketier (GER), and in his next race won the Stephen Foster Handicap (G1) on dirt at Churchill Downs in his final race of the year.
Pool Play, who was eighth in the 2012 Breeders' Cup Classic (G1), opened 2013 at Gulfstream Park, where he ran second to Csaba in the one-mile Hal's Hope Stakes (G3) and sixth behind Graydar in the
1 1/8-mile Donn Handicap (G1).
Miguel Mena will ride Pool Play, who will break from post nine in the Elkhorn.
Another major winner in the race is Soribel Stable's Al Qasr, a Group 1 winner at the Elkhorn distance and on the turf in Argentina in May 2012. Horse of the Year in Peru, where he won one Group 2 and three Group 3 races, the five-year-old son of Aptitude did not race again until March 30, when he was sixth behind Cigar Street in the Skip Away Stakes (G3) at Gulfstream. Edgar Prado will ride Al Qasr, who drew post six in the Elkhorn.
Their rivals include Phipps Stable's Reflecting, who won a 1½-mile allowance race on the turf at Keeneland on April 11. The Elkhorn marks the stakes debut for Reflecting, a four-year-old Elusive Quality colt who is trained by Shug McGaughey. McGaughey's three wins in the race include last year's renewal with Point of Entry.
The Elkhorn will go as the ninth race on Friday's 10-race program with a 5:13 p.m. (ET) post time.
The field for the race, from the rail out, is as follows: Sky Blazer (Rosie Napravnik, 118 pounds), Al Qasr (Prado, 118), Side Road (Gary Stevens, 118), Helicopter (Arienne Cox, 123), Reflecting (Robby Albarado, 118), Dark Cove (Joel Rosario, 118), Macho Bull (Brian Hernandez Jr., 118), Ioya Bigtime (Jeffrey Sanchez, 118), Pool Play (Mena, 118), Forte Dei Marmi (GB) (Julien Leparoux, 118) and Al Khali (Garrett Gomez, 118).
Regalo Mia, who will bid for her third consecutive stakes victory in Thursday's 1½-mile Bewitch Stakes (G3) on the Keeneland turf course, is the 120-pound highweight in the race and is a star for trainer Michelle Nihei. But she's not the most accomplished runner in Nihei's string here. That honor belongs to Grade 1 winner Prince Will I Am, who has been Nihei's pony horse since the spring meet opened.
"He's a pretty cool guy. He's one of the nicest horses, movement-wise, that I've ever ridden," Nihei said about Prince Will I Am, a six-year-old ridgling by Victory Gallop whom she first rode when he was two.
Racing for Casa Farms I LLC, Prince Will I Am won five of 19 races and earned $429,084 from 2009-2012. He won the 2010 Jamaica Handicap (G1) to give Nihei her first Grade 1 win and captured the 2010 W.L. McKnight Handicap (G2) and 2011 Mac Diarmida Stakes (G2). The chestnut made one Keeneland start, running fifth in the 2009 Coolmore Lexington Stakes (G2).
Prince Will I Am had a few physical issues during his career that eventually led to his retirement. His final race was last November at Calder, where he finished fifth in the W.L. McKnight.
Nihei said Prince Will I Am was bored when he was turned out at the owner's farm but is thriving at the racetrack - "he's always enjoyed having a job" - and seems to be a mentor to the younger horses in Nihei's 10-horse stable.
"He likes to go to the track," Nihei said. "He doesn't care if I take five sets to the starting gate."
Nihei trains Regalo Mia, a four-year-old Florida-bred daughter of Sligo Bay (IRE), for owner Steven W. Ciccarone of Baltimore. The filly has won two races at Gulfstream Park this year, taking the January 19 Sunshine Millions Filly and Mare Turf Stakes and the March 30 Orchid Stakes (G3), the latter at the same conditions as the Bewitch.
"She's doing so well," Nihei said. "I don't like to run anybody back too quickly and sometimes she seems to be more of a six- to seven-week horse, but she has never come out of a race better so it's hard to turn this one down."
Last year, Regalo Mia was ninth in the Mrs. Revere Stakes (G2) at Churchill Downs behind Centre Court, who won the Jenny Wiley Stakes (G1) here on April 13. Regalo Mia had a second in the Herecomesthebride Stakes (G3) at Gulfstream and a third in the Appalachian Stakes (G3) at Keeneland. Those races were won by Dayatthespa, who won the Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup Stakes (G1) here in October.
"We've never made it easy for her," Nihei said about Regalo Mia, who will be ridden in the Bewitch by Luis Conteras and break from post position nine in the field of 12.. Contreras was aboard her in the Orchid.
On Sunday, trainer Mike Maker won one race to score his meet-leading 16th victory and equal the spring season trainer's record set by Todd Pletcher in 2005. D. Wayne Lukas, for whom Maker and Pletcher both served as assistants, set the overall track record when he won 22 races in the fall of 1989.
Thirteen of Maker's wins have been for Ken and Sarah Ramsey, who have won a record 17 races as owners.
Leading jockey Joel Rosario, who has 26 wins, has been aboard 15 of the Ramseys' winners. Randy Romero set the spring record of 32 wins in 1990. In the fall of 1991, Pat Day set the overall record when he rode 45 winners.
Of the 18 horses the Ramseys have entered on the final three days of the meet, 15 are trained by Maker and 13 will be ridden by Rosario. One of them is Dark Cove, who was entered Tuesday for Friday's Elkhorn Stakes (G3). If Dark Cove wins, the Ramseys will earn their eighth graded stakes victory at Keeneland and receive a gold tray from the track in recognition of the milestone achievement.
Ricardo Santana Jr. scored his first Keeneland win when he rode Tattaglia to victory in the second race on Sunday. Owned by the Ackerly Brothers Farm and trained by Steve Asmussen, the three-year-old Rockport Harbor colt won the six-furlong maiden claiming race by a head in 1:37. The win came in Santana's second race at Keeneland. …
Magdalena Racing's Grade 1 winner Pure Fun, seventh in the Coolmore Lexington Stakes (G3) on Saturday under Rosie Napravnik, was scheduled to leave Keeneland around 12:30 p.m. today for Churchill Downs and her next start in the Kentucky Oaks (G1) on May 3. Trainer Ken McPeek tweeted that Julien Leparoux will ride the daughter of Pure Prize in the Oaks.
Wednesday, April 24
Keeneland Handicapping Contest presented by Daily Racing Form. Register at Wagering Central. Entry fee is $10; 100% of fees are returned in prizes, with the top 10 handicappers qualifying to Keeneland's Tournament of Champions in November. Winners of the Tournament of Champions receive an all-expense paid trip to Las Vegas to compete in the 2014 Coast Casinos Horseplayer World Series.
United Way Day. Keeneland will donate a portion of the day's gate receipts to the United Way of the Bluegrass.
Thursday, April 25
TVG Hat Giveaway. The first 1,000 patrons with paid admissions through the gates will receive a voucher for a free TVG hat.
Friday, April 26
Concert on the Lawn. Join us on the Clubhouse Lawn immediately following the day's races for a free concert by Changes In Latitudes, a premier Jimmy Buffett tribute band, hosted by the Markey Cancer Foundation Legacy Council.
(Stats Through Sunday, April 21)
Current Meet Leading Jockeys
Name Sts 1st 2nd 3rd Purses
Joel Rosario 83 26 12 8 $984,004
Julien Leparoux 77 15 12 10 $1,480,433
Rosie Napravnik 64 9 13 11 $545,100
Alan Garcia 38 9 3 2 $442,704
Edgar Prado 28 7 3 3 $362,300
Javier Castellano 26 6 3 3 $344,056
Shaun Bridgmohan 52 5 6 8 $282,004
Jesus Castanon 32 4 4 3 $144,998
Corey Lanerie 68 3 12 12 $277,641
Robby Albarado 29 3 4 2 $141,056
Joseph Rocco Jr. 37 3 3 3 $200,427
Roberto Morales 27 3 2 1 $ 77,438
Gary Stevens 23 3 1 2 $124,733
Current Meet Leading Trainers
Name Sts 1st 2nd 3rd Purses
Michael Maker 59 16 9 4 $483,275
Wesley Ward 34 8 6 3 $287,023
H. Graham Motion 25 6 4 3 $398,086
Ken McPeek 34 6 4 2 $679,080
Mark Casse 30 5 2 1 $209,807
Shug McGaughey 14 4 3 2 $275,454
Todd Pletcher 9 4 1 2 $484,948
Jonathan Sheppard 10 4 1 0 $141,416
Wayne Catalano 20 3 2 5 $122,642
George Arnold II 20 3 1 2 $313,592
Eddie Kenneally 10 3 1 1 $ 97,445
Charlie LoPresti 13 3 1 0 $330,241
Current Meet Leading Owners
Name Wins
Ken and Sarah Ramsey 17
Augustin Stable (George Strawbridge Jr.) 6
Gary Barber* 3
Phipps Stable (O.M. Phipps, et al) 3
Team Valor International (Barry Irwin) 3
Alto Racing (Gil Moutray) 2
Mort Fink 2
G. Watts Humphrey Jr. 2
Ice Wine Stable (David Reid) 2
Magdalena Racing (Susan McPeek, et al) 2
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Cancer isn't a single specific disease that can be cured with a universal treatment because there are many, many different kinds of cancers. Just about any multi-cellular organism can suffer from cancer, but the occurrence of cancer in some species is remarkably low -- leading scientists to study those animals to find out why -- to see if there might be a strategy for preventing cancers in mammals like us. Here are just a few interesting links on cancer research.
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But, of course, Perry, herself isn't struggling. As the full podcast by Planet Money notes, Perry has been able to avoid getting sucked into a "360" deal where the label gets to take some of all the revenue she earns. They just get the record sales. Perry, in the meantime, is estimated to have made $44 million in 2011 -- a large chunk of that coming from her tour, which alone grossed over $50 million.
What you begin to realize as you see more and more stories like this is, once again, the "problem" has nothing to do with the "music industry" failing... or even that musicians aren't able to make money any more. It's all about the bad economics of the record labels. They set themselves up to fail this way, focusing solely on that one slice of the pie, and not moving very quickly to adapt when the market shifts. Instead, they seem to have kept up the inefficiencies associated with making such a "hit" album, without figuring out a way to profit from the results. Of course, for artists like Perry, things are great. She's able to make a ton of money, most of which doesn't first have to filter through the label...


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Earl Mills was 48 years old before he read his first book.
Now he has written and published two and is working on a third.
Mills, an adult literacy advocate from New Bern, is one of 10 authors scheduled to participate in the annual Authors Luncheon on May 18 in Havelock.
"I graduated high school in 1971 at Jasper High School and I was married, raised five children, had the same job for over 25 years while essentially hiding the fact that I could barely read beyond a second-grade level," Mills said.
Mills said his lack of reading skill was exposed when he embarrassingly stumbled through a reading of scripture at his church.
Mills sought the assistance of the Craven Literacy Council.
"At the age of 45, I walked in and they assessed me at a second-grade reading level," Mills said. "When I walked in there, I had trouble spelling words like girl and bird."
After one-on-one tutoring, Mills made progress.
"The more I read, the better I got, the faster I could read and the more words I could pronounce," Mills said. "We worked about 2 1/2 years before I read my first book at age 48. Now I�ve read approximately 100 books and I�ve written over 100 poems."
Mills said that an estimated 15,000 people in Craven, Pamlico and Jones counties can�t read at a proficient level.
"When you can�t read, you keep it under a lock and a key and you let hardly anyone inside of that part of your life," Mills said. "Can you imagine taking your small child to the doctor and the doctor gives you a prescription and you have it filled and you can�t even read well enough to administer the medicine to your sick daughter? Can you imagine your granddaughter coming to you asking you to read to her and you tell her that the letters are too small to see? You have to lie. It�s like one lie after the other. I left my glasses. These lies you hide behind."
Mills said there is an enormous amount of shame for people who are illiterate.
"It�s a silent cry. The illiterate voice is crying," he said.
Mills said somebody filled out his job application at Hatteras Yachts, but he had the opportunity for promotions but couldn�t handle the paperwork and had to give them up. He said math helped him cover up that he couldn�t read well.
"I could figure out how many bricks it took to build the Empire State Building," he said. "I could figure out how much concrete it would take to pour a driveway. I could read blueprints. My math skills helped me hide my illiteracy."
In his book, "From Illiterate to Poet," Mills has many poems that express the frustration of an illiterate person.
"My poetry is my innermost being on paper," he said. "If you read my books, you are really taking a peek inside of me because I try to let the world see through my illiterate eyes, the situations and the circumstances that I�ve been through.
"Most people think that they don�t know anyone who can�t read, but the person who can�t read is your co-worker, your next door neighbor or the person you just passed on the street. It�s the person sitting beside of you in the church pew. It�s personal. It�s deep."
Mills will join authors Bethany Faith, Bettye Goodman Green, David Cecelski, Devyn Dawson, Bruce Roberts, Gloria Martin, Sharon Phennah, Norma Harper Doane and Evelyn Heckhaus at the Authors Luncheon. The event, which serves as a fundraiser for the Friends of the Havelock-Craven County Public Library, is scheduled for 11:30 a.m. May 18 at Cherry Point United Methodist Church. Tickets are $20 and available at the library at 301 Cunningham Blvd. For more information, call 447-7509.


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export genesis.obj with clothings (or separately) to blender
Hi,,, I seldom use blender,, but I now studying step by step,,
then everytime I failed when I import genesis and figure,,
when I use hexagon,, if I do not use bridge, I can easily adjust setting to export obj as I want,,
but about Blender,,I can export genesis and may make morph ,,if I want,, but I can not import
the clothing obj which saved as obj by daz,,
I select same setting as genesis obj, and clothing obj (both obj are saved from ds ,,)
if I import them as same setting,, the clothing must fit to genesis positon.
but I import them to blender, separately,, the clothing translated to above (blender z axis,,)
and may scale change,,(so far from genesis,, that I have thought there is no obj ,,blender miss
to import obj ^^; try again and again,, but actually there is clothings far away from genesis,
it fly on the air,,)
so,, please tell me,, what setting do you use for improt obj which saved (expoted) as obj from ds 4.5,,
I have tried again and again to use genesis in blender and make something ,,
but everytime I missed setting just import,,, figures and,, give up TT)
I have no improved about it,, from May I first touch ds and genesis,, uuuu TT) help please,,
I export clothing for Genesis to Blender all the time and I've never had this problem. It looks like you are exporting the clothing at a different scale to what you used when you exported Genesis. If you exported both by the same route and method then, unless you change the settings in the DAZ export dialogue, they should match.
Did you perhaps export Genesis earlier by another method? Have you tried exporting Genesis again, by exactly the same method you used for the clothing, immediately after exporting the clothing item so that the settings will be the same?
The only scale setting in Blender on import is Clamp Size and this will only scale downwards. I steer clear of this and leave at 0 as it works in mysterious ways. In your case, I don't think this is the issue.
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Yep. Looks like you have it set to Poser scale when exporting Genesis but not when you export the clothing.
yes,,,now I try again,, you are right, though, I did not change setting ,,(I try samethings almost 20 times ^^;
if I missed or change export size,, but everytime,,, I import genesis and clothing , clothings or genesis,
show up strange positon or scale ^^;)
but ,,,,,,, clamp size zero work ! (picture1)
I everytime export from ds as 100%size,, then change setting of other 3d tools when import obj,,
and when I use clamp size zero, genesis become so big and grid far away,, I tried another scale
eg cramp size 1.00 but genesis become too little,, like been,, so
so may need to more than 10 th scale when improt to blender,, I thought,,,
then I did not try cramp scale 0.00 never,, but it works ,,,
(why,, zero,,,yes it seems defautl value,,, but ,,zero ^^;)
and if I change clamp size eg scale 10 ,
then improt again same obj,, it is same as before,, ^^; (picture 2)
I imported again same obj as picture 1, just change cramp scale "zero" to "10.00"
now,, I think it is better if export obj as scale 10th or more from ds,, then import by blender
with clamp size,, zero ^^; (will it work? or not?)
I feel not so good because,, grid is too far away,, so how you change ? or just leave it off as they are?
after load the obj,, if I tweak scale or positon,,,,I think it is difficult when I export and re import to daz ^^;
so how do you set when export from blender??
anyway ,, so thank you :red: ,, if you do not tell me about cramp size,, I never try with zero again,,
and may give up ^^; if I can work with genesis in blender,, as same as other user ^^; I hope,,,
and try anothe setting,, export 100% from ds, then cramp size "1.00",,
so I must need set cramp size "0.00",,, maybe,,, as for me,,
u,,,uuu,, believe me,, I did not change setting of export from ds,,, TT)cramp1.JPG622 x 476 - 28Kcramp10.JPG380 x 398 - 20Kcramp0.JPG692 x 604 - 34KPost edited by kitakoredaz on
On the Blender side, keep Clamp Size at 0 when importing and keep Scale at 1 when exporting. Then Blender will not effect the scale. You don't want two programs affecting the scale!
Choose your scale setting in DAZ obj export and stick to it. Many people say they use Poser scale, which is absolutely fine. Personally I use Lightwave scale which is 1% at export or 1 unit = 1 metre (DAZ scale is big!). The reason I use this is because this is the scale that Blender physics works at (e.g. for cloth simulations). The default cube in Blender is 2 units per side which is 2 metres high, and when you export, say, Genesis at 1% from DAZ and then import into Blender, you will see the default cube is slightly higher than Genesis, which at 2m is what you would expect.
I re-import at 10000% (Lightwave, etc.).
The grid is so small because your model is so large! You can make the grid bigger by increasing the viewport display scale. In the viewport press N to bring up the properties panel (press N again to get rid of it when you have finished). Near the bottom of this panel you will see Display. Click the little arrow to open up the display subpanel. In there you will see Scale: set this to 100 for the scale you are using and the grid will be in scale with the model.
With a model at this scale (DAZ 100% export) you will notice that if you scroll too far away it disappears in Blender and I think there are other viewing issues. I think you are better to use a smaller scale, such as Poser (which I think most people use) or Lightwave/Modo, etc. If you change scale, remember to set it to the same scale preset when both exporting and importing with DAZ.
Good luck with morphing with Blender. It works very well (especially with proportional edit) and I find it a lot of fun. You can also use Sculpt mode, which, although is nowhere near ZBrush, is a lot better than it used to be.
thank you @@; Hiro Protagonist
by your help,, now I understand clear :lol:
I wasted a lot of time to find this,,, ,, TT thank you much,,, )
memorize here,,
(export obj from ds 4.5 to Blender)
In ds 4.5, set small scale (eg 10% or 2% etc) and export obj.
in Blender, must fix the value of clamp size "to zero" then import obj.
export obj from Blender to ds,
in Blender, keep Scale at "1.00" when exporting
in ds , change setting of ds import scale. (if used 10% export >> 10th scale import, 2% export>> 50th scale import,)


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We need a fresh and creative logo for our interactive web design business, with a Zen type feel. The selected candidate could also be considered to continue with the website's design.
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- Preference for futurist/ new+classical style as described here.
- too many colors (its not google!)
- noisy, too detailed
- too flat
- generic looking
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Photo Friday: Mobile Phone Photo
Taken with iphone 4 on auto – I was standing on the sidewalk trying to keep the bottom of the fence level, not sure if it worked or not. I like the photo just not sure why. It's not a personal connection – I don't know anyone who lives in that house or built that fence. It's not something that I can articulate, it just makes me smile. I love the colour of the wood, the way the sunlight hits it and the clear blue above. I love the way the shadows dance on the wood.


text: Priscilla Sloan, Grace McCullough, Caitlin Thiege and Tori Conrad represented Ancient City Gymnastics in the AAU national competition. Sloan placed second in every event with a 9.4 on beam, 9.2 on floor, 8.55 on bars, 9.05 on vault and first in all-around with a 36.2. McCullough was fifth on beam (9.15), 14th on floor (8.85), third on bards (9), third on vault (9) and fourth all-around (36). Conrad competed in the vault (8.42), bars (7.75), beam (8.625), floor (7.9) and all-around (32.695).