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"Everyone calls him 'Lee Lee,' " Sharon schools Superintendent John Sarandrea said yesterday, still using the present tense to describe Le'Angelo Crumby Ford.
The 17-year-old Sharon High School sophomore died at 1:47 a.m. yesterday in the emergency room of Sharon Regional Health System after being shot once in the chest during what city police Chief Mike Menster termed a "gathering" of young people at 20 Strawbridge Ave., just a couple blocks away from the school.
The youth's accused shooter, Jontae Maurice Barnes, 19, of 381 Liberty St., Sharon, was taken to Mercer County Jail after failing to post $200,000 bail. He faces one charge of criminal homicide in the case.
Neighbors, students and staff of Sharon City School District were in shock yesterday as word about the shooting spread.
Le'Angelo, of Ravine Place, was a well-liked student at Sharon High who had a promising basketball career in his future.
"It's just a tragic loss," Sharon boys basketball coach Jason Rankin said. "He was a part of our basketball family," Rankin said. "We're just upset to think about everything that happened because he was a good kid."
Le'Angelo "played hard and truly loved the game," Rankin said.
"We had big plans for him," Rankin said, adding he was a "super-quick point guard."
Sarandrea and Rankin both are former basketball coaches at New Castle High. Sarandrea also served as principal there.
Because of social media, word of the tragedy spread quickly through the community, Sarandrea said.
"A number of school officials and others" were at the hospital before "Lee Lee" died, Sarandrea said.
Le'Angelo was taken to the ER by a couple people, including Barnes, who left the hospital before police arrived. Authorities were called by hospital officials at 12:07 a.m., Menster said.
Barnes was fingered as the shooter and was spotted near East State Street and Oakland Avenue and pursued to Prindle Street and Edgewood Road, where he was taken into custody at 12:16 a.m., police said.
After Le'Angelo died, Barnes was charged with the homicide. Le'Angelo had been shot once in the chest, Menster said, adding, "it's too early to comment on a motive."
Yesterday morning, police searched 20 Strawbridge, where Le'Angelo and Barnes and "several" other young people hung out Saturday night into early yesterday.
"This is a very quiet neighborhood," said Kathy Swogger, who lives two doors down the street from the yellow-sided house.
"I keep an eye on this neighborhood," Swogger said, and when police arrived, "I thought it was a drug bust," because there had been a lot of "in-and-out" traffic at the house.
Swogger said a woman apparently rents it and lets grandchildren and their friends have the run of it. "A lot of kids" hung out there, she said.
No one answered the door at the house yesterday.
Sarandrea termed Le'Angelo's death "your worst fear come to fruition" because a "teenager was killed senselessly, needlessly."
"What a tremendous tragedy and a waste," he said.
The killing reinforces the danger of guns, he said.
"Nothing good is going to happen when guns are present," Sarandrea said.
When guns are brandished at any gathering, kids should leave immediately, he said.
"I wonder when everybody's going to wake up to the reality," of the danger guns pose, he said.
Students are out of school today for Martin Luther King Jr. day, and Sarandrea said the district's crisis team is "mobilized" and that counselors will be ready when classes resume tomorrow.
"We need each other in times like this," Sarandrea said. "I just feel horrible, really horrible."
An autopsy is scheduled for today in Erie, Mercer County Coroner J. Bradley McGonigle said.
(Tom Davidson writes for the Sharon Herald).


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A fatal shooting in Camden's Fairview section Friday morning set a new record for murders in the city, breaking the old mark of 58 set in 1995.
Charles Nicholson, 44, of Camden, was shot multiple times as he sat in his car at the Crescent Gardens apartment complex on Independence Road just after 11:30 a.m., Camden County Prosecutor's Office spokesman Jason Laughlin said.
By the time police arrived at the scene, Nicholson was already dead.
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HOUSTON — James Harden scored a career-high 46 points and Jeremy Lin added 29 as the Houston Rockets mounted a furious fourth-quarter comeback for a 122-119 victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Wednesday night.
Houston was down by 14 points with about seven minutes left. The Rockets used a 21-4 run to erase the deficit and take a 114-111 lead with 1:46 remaining. Harden stepped back under heavy pressure from Serge Ibaka to sink a 3 to tie it, before Lin connected on one seconds later to give the Rockets their first lead of the second half.
Harden, traded from Oklahoma City to Houston before the season, made a bucket before Ibaka made two free throws. Then came another 3 by Lin to extend the lead to 119-113.
A 3-pointer by Russell Westbrook got Oklahoma City within three points, but Lin made one of two free throws to secure the win.
Thabo Sefolosha led the Thunder with 28 points and had six 3-pointers, both career highs. His previous career high was 22, which he reached twice, most recently in 2008.
Westbrook also scored 28 points and added 10 rebounds and eight assists. Kevin Durant had 16 points, 12 rebounds and 11 assists for his second career triple-double.
It was Houston's first win this season over the Thunder, who won both previous meetings, including a 30-point win in the last matchup. The loss extends Oklahoma City's skid to three games.
Harden was 11 of 12 from the free throw line, made a career-best seven 3-pointers, had eight rebounds and six assists.
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By Mannix Porterfield
Register-Herald Reporter
Every city in West Virginia could seek entry into the home rule pilot program in a revised bill that easily cleared the House of Delegates but its fate is in doubt in the Senate, since its own version wanted to limit participants to 14 municipalities.
Complicating matters even more was a controversial move reviving HB2760 that would erase gun restrictions in Charleston, South Charleston, Dunbar and Martinsburg.
That original bill stalled in the Senate after Government Organization Chairman Herb Snyder, D-Jefferson, disclosed he had been targeted by a death threat for holding up committee action on it.
"It's a National Rifle Association bill, and the NRA is in the business of selling guns," complained Delegate Nancy Guthrie, D-Kanawha, one of two lawmakers voicing opposition to the revised home rule legislation.
Delegate Patrick Lane, R-Kanawha, had successfully amended the bill only a day earlier to include provision of HB2760 but made no allusion to the Second Amendment advocates who inspired it.
Instead, Lane focused on the success of the pilot project to date, saying it has proved workable in the four cities in the five-year project — Charleston, Huntington, Wheeling and Bridgeport.
"This is about jobs," Lane said.
"It's about giving municipalities the ability to structure their finances in a way that can attract jobs to our local areas. If you're for local control, if you're for local reorganization, it makes sense."
House Government Organization Chairman Jim Morgan, D-Cabell, explained the retooled bill would keep the home rule program intact through July 1, 2019.
Delegate Larry Kump, R-Berkeley, applauded the bill, saying it comports well with the Second and 10th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution.
But another critic, Delegate Meshea Poore, D-Kanawha, said she heard no one complain about suspected constitutional violations when the home rule project began in the capital.
Barring participating cities from seeking to restrict carrying firearms is one component of the bill, Morgan had explained.
This, however, goes against the grain of the measure's intent, Poore complained.
"Either we trust the municipalities that we all represent to do what we trusted them to do, or we don't," Poore said.
"We should not be placing any additional and unnecessary rules and regulations on them."
When HB2760 surfaced, it was met with fierce opposition from the get-go by Charleston Mayor Danny Jones. All four cities with gun restrictions were grandfathered in when West Virginia blocked future such limitations in cities.
Delegate Kevin Craig, D-Cabell, said the pilot process has demonstrated the need to make some changes in the program.
Overall, however, he said the project has proven worthwhile.
"We saw the pilot project work as we intended to," he said.
Besides Guthrie and Moore, the bill also was opposed by Delegate Stephen Skinner, D-Jefferson, in a 95-3 vote.


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A man was struck by an SUV during Monday's busy evening commute near downtown Santa Rosa.
The incident occurred at 5:52 p.m. in an eastbound lane of College Avenue approaching Mendocino Avenue.
The man apparently stepped off a sidewalk into the path of the white Ford SUV, Santa Rosa Police Sgt. Clay Van Artsdalen said.
The man was taken to Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital. But his injuries didn't appear to be life-threatening, Van Artsdalen said.
Firetrucks and patrol cars blocked the road as officers analyzed the crash scene.
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The Yamaha VXS was designed to be a no-frills performance watercraft at a reasonable price.Test by Christopher Hughes, BoatTEST.com COO--On the right side of the handlebar you have just the throttle, no cruise assist. The display is simple and to the point – speed RPM, and fuel. What more do you need to know?What you don't get in VXS Waverunner:Yamaha designed this as a no-frills model, with a starting price of $11,199. What has Yamaha left out of the VXS? You don't have cruise assist, trip control, or an adjustable handlebar. But since this watercraft is intended to be driven hard, cranking and banking, those items are not needed.You don't get the supercharger with VXS, which at first left us wondering how this little package would perform. But after the test, we realized you don't need a supercharger on this unit. Since the design is shorter (128.7 in), and thinner (46.1 in) and less weight (728 lbs.), almost 10 lbs. lighter than the entry level VX Sport, the 1812cc power plant is more than enough to give any rider the thrill they are looking for. Further, as we often mention, all of the leading PWC builders purposely limit their units to a top speed of about 65 mph. The display has large numbers making it easy to read at a quick glance.You don't get a fancy multifunction display, but for the way you will ride the VXS, all you need is the speed and the gas gauge. Speaking of gas: Yamaha has optimized the VXS engine to run on 87 octane regular unleaded gas, and our tests showed an advantage to not having that supercharger -- a WOT fuel burn of only 13 gph.15.1 gallon forward storage area under front bonnet also holds your fire extinguisher.You also don't get the large fuel tank -- the VXS has a 15.9 gallon tank -- but as mentioned above, fuel is not an issue on this watercraft as you can run it at WOT for over an hour. Your bottom will probably give out before the fuel does. The VXS likes turns and carves them like a well-honed knife. She is also very forgiving and stable at all speeds.What You DO Get:First and foremost you get performance; the VXS wants to go fast and wants to turn. In our test ride we spent half of our time standing and the other half sitting -- the VXS was equally comfortable in both positions. When turning the VXS is very stable and the hull's nose stays up with no plowing, even if you let the power off a bit after entering a turn. You do get some storage, but only 15.1 gallon in the forward compartment, just enough to bring along the essentials. And since the VXS is designed for three riders, you get a seat that is ergonomically contoured for three people.She looks as bad as they come. The VXS reminds us of something out of Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back. Styling and overall looks are always subjective, but we think the VXS delivers on that as well. The sharp angular bow has pleasing lines that look great even from the driver's seat (which has a scalloped backrest). In fact, of all the vessels on the water, probably nothing is as futuristic and as fast-looking as the current models of PWCs. Did I tell you that the VXS is stable? Stability is probably this vessel's most outstanding characteristic, so pardon me if I repeat myself. And frankly, I can't think of any attribute for a PWC that is more important, particularly one this narrow. Stability is what keeps you out of trouble and it is the element that makes the VXS so "forgiving" when you do something stupid. Our test included hardover turns at 10 mph, 25 mph, 40 mph, and 55 mph, all delivering the same predictable stable, carved turns without sliding or digging in. Now it is a jet drive and a short-based watercraft, so we don't suggest hard over turns below 10 mph with anyone else on board, unless you like testing your balance.You need to put some real effort into tipping the VXS on her side when at rest, her most vulnerable state.Now, all of this is not to say that it is impossible to fall off the VXS. In fact, one of our crew managed that trick. That's when we put to the test the VXS's reboarding step -- this one swings down low enough actually to be helpful. Inadequate reboarding steps on PWCs have been a pet peeve of some of the crew at BoatTEST.com for years. I'm happy to report that the one on the VXS actually makes reboarding relatively easy.Some ConsIf I couldn't find something to quibble about on the VXS I wouldn't be earning my paycheck. What I don't like: First off are the rearview mirrors. I appreciate that they are set inboard of the rub rail and up out of the dock strike zone, but if you are going to have them, then they should be adjustable. Who ever heard of rear view mirrors that are not adjustable?Another item is the latch to open the forward storage cover; we would like to see the small latch replaced with the same style as on the FX series. These are much easier to open while sitting in the driver's seat and leaning forward.Compact design yet enough room to get to all parts of the engine. We feel this will also benefit airflow around the engine.Some ProsThe engine compartment is very well laid out; aft of the divider bulkhead is an easily accessed battery, which is protected and convenient. There is enough space between the engine and body of the PWC to allow you to get your hands on everything, especially the oil filter, which can easily be removed without spilling oil. The engine oil dipstick is convenient on the starboard side, forward of the engine, and the air filter is right on top. What could be better than that?Another "must mention" is the VXS's speed and fuel consumption. Her top end speed of 68.4 mph is nothing to sneeze at and getting from 0-30 mph in 1.8 seconds is also commendable. Now add to that a starting price under 12K and the economical fuel burn (be sure to study the "Performance Tables") you get because there is no supercharger, and you have a nice package, indeed.In the lower left hand corner you can see the hasp for the air filter cover.Note the different textures of seat fabrics that Yamaha uses to make sure the material employed fits the task required of it. This is a level of attention to detail that is important in other more critical areas such as the fuel system.RecommendationDon't take Yamaha's "no-frills" approach to the VXS to mean that it has cut corners. It has not. Everything that is there, with the exception of the two things I mentioned above, is top notch. If you are a beginner or even a reasonably proficient PWC rider, and want something fast, simple, stable, and affordable that can hold three people, you won't go wrong with the Yamaha VXS. If you are looking for the cheapest PWC on the market, the VXS at $10,889 isn't it, so perhaps you should look elsewhere. Our suggestion is that you take a look at the VXS first, so that you will be able to tell exactly what you are not getting with the lower-priced units. If you are a veteran PWC rider and you like all of the bells and whistles on more expensive PWCs and won't be confused by them -- and will actually use them -- then the VXS might be too basic for you. Nevertheless, even in this case, I would recommend that you carefully examine the VXS and use its price as a benchmark when researching bigger, far more loaded PWCs.
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A single-family ranch at 4 Freedom Drive was destroyed by fire Wednesday night but a couple at the home was able to get out safely, fire officials said.
Firefighters responded to the home at 5:09 p.m. Wednesday and arrived to an active fire.
"The fire was well involved on arrival," said Richard Hutchings, chief of the town of Canton Volunteer Fire and EMS Department.
Members of the Canton department and other area departments responded.
Hutchings said the Farmington Valley Tanker Task Force was activated to provide a second source of water. Canton firefighters set up a portable pond from which to draw water but in the end an area hydrant provided enough to fight the fire, Hutchings said.
The fire was deemed "under control" at 5:58 p.m.
The weather provided some challenges. Runoff water created some very slippery conditions in the area as it froze on the roadway.
Initial emergency radio reports indicated propane tanks and possibly a vehicle were involved. Hutchings confirmed that there were two grill-sized propane tanks on the back porch and a van in the driveway was likely "secondarily" involved.
He did not have a cause for the fire but late Wednesday evening said Canton Fire Marshal Adam Libros was on scene.
"We're looking at everything," he said.
A couple at the home was able to get out safely, Hutchings said. Senior and Social Services Director Claire Cote responded to the scene and helped coordinate arrangements with the American Red Cross. In a statement sent to the media, the Red Cross said it was helping "with emergency housing, food and clothing needs" as well as other items. The assistance is free of charge.
Connecticut Light and Power was also called to the scene. During the fire, some sparks were seen due to live wires to the house but Hutchings said other area homes did not lose power.
The home was built in 1956, according to the Canton assessor's office.


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I apply unconventional logic to economic issues.
President Obama is proud of his bailout of General Motors. That's good, because, if he wins a second term, he is probably going to have to bail GM out again. The company is once again losing market share, and it seems unable to develop products that are truly competitive in the U.S. market.
Right now, the federal government owns 500,000,000 shares of GM, or about 26% of the company. It would need to get about $53.00/share for these to break even on the bailout, but the stock closed at only $20.21/share on Tuesday. This left the government holding $10.1 billion worth of stock, and sitting on an unrealized loss of $16.4 billion.
Right now, the government's GM stock is worth about 39% less than it was on November 17, 2010, when the company went public at $33.00/share. However, during the intervening time, the Dow Jones Industrial Average has risen by almost 20%, so GM shares have lost 49% of their value relative to the Dow.
It's doubtful that the Obama administration would attempt to sell off the government's massive position in GM while the stock price is falling. It would be too embarrassing politically. Accordingly, if GM shares continue to decline, it is likely that Obama would ride the stock down to zero.
GM is unlikely to hit the wall before the election, but, given current trends, the company could easily do so again before the end of a second Obama term.
In the 1960s, GM averaged a 48.3% share of the U.S. car and truck market. For the first 7 months of 2012, their market share was 18.0%, down from 20.0% for the same period in 2011. With a loss of market share comes a loss of relative cost-competitiveness. There is only so much market share that GM can lose before it would no longer have the resources to attempt to recover.
To help understand why GM keeps losing market share, let's look at the saga of the Chevy Malibu.
The Malibu is GM's entry in the automobile market's "D-Segment". The D-Segment comprises mid-size, popularly priced, family sedans, like the Toyota Camry and the Honda Accord. The D-Segment accounted for 14.7% of the total U.S. vehicle market in 2011, and 21.3% during the first 7 months of 2012.
Because the D-Segment is the highest volume single vehicle class in the U.S., and the U.S. is GM's home market, it is difficult to imagine how GM could survive long term unless it can profitably develop, manufacture, and market a vehicle that can hold its own in the D-Segment. This is true not only because of the revenue potential of the D-Segment, but also because of what an also-ran Malibu would say about GM's ability to execute at this time in its history.
GM is in the process of introducing a totally redesigned 2013 Chevy Malibu. It will compete in the D-Segment with, among others, the following: the Ford Fusion (totally redesigned for 2013); the Honda Accord (totally redesigned for 2013); the Hyundai Sonata (totally redesigned for 2011); the Nissan Altima (totally redesigned for 2013); the Toyota Camry (refreshed for 2013); and the Volkswagen Passat (totally redesigned for 2012).
Automobile technology is progressing so fast that the best vehicle in a given segment is usually just the newest design in that segment. Accordingly, if a car company comes out with a new, completely redesigned vehicle, it had better be superior to the older models being offered by its competitors. If it is not, the company will spend the next five years (the usual time between major redesigns in this segment) losing market share and/or offering costly "incentives" to "move the metal".
THank you and thats what I meant by people swinging wildly from the hip of hate about the bailout. They dont seem to understand the implications of not bailing out GM and the entire picture of profits, investments, and jobs.
The author really should do more homework.
The example he chose the Chevrolet Malibu has been the top rate care in its class for 4 years running. The competitors are redesigning their vehicles because they are playing catch-up.
For the author to call the Malibu an also-ran tells me he is clueless about the automobile market and his subject in general.
"GM going under would've hurt Ford and helped the Japanese automakers. "
Good grief. What planet are you on???
I feel exactly the same way . . . have had a zillion GM products over the years. NEVER AGAIN . . . I won't do business any "state-run" company.
In 2008, every country with a car manufacturer was subsidizing them to keep them alive — so I guess you'll have to bike.
Also, the efficiency, performance and economy of the Malibu will not be known until they deliver the standard offering this fall. Yes, the back seat may be an issue for some, but the Malibu is substantially wider than the highly rated 2008. This is why it has more frontal area which would give slightly less fuel economy than the 2008, everything else being equal.
Don't be so happy to write GM's obituary — sounds like you want the US economy to fail just so you can prove Obama wrong. Careful what you wish for.
I do not know enough about GM finances to know whether its bail out was bad or good or it entire future product range.
All I will say is that not all government bail outs are bad all the time. For example the UK government bailed out Roll Royce in 70s, the jet engine maker when it went bankrupt developing its Trent engine, it now the top jet engine producer and maintenance firm, as well as other stuff in the world that employs tens of thousands of people.
Much of the French car industry was bail out by the French Government in the 70s and 80s they now have several well run manufacturers. The British government did not and there no longer a major UK owned car manufacturer, we are still one of the top producer of cars in the world. UK government did lose millions investing in the Delorean through. But UK still a hub of car designs and technology development especially in F1 which feeds down into normal people cars, eventually .
It seem to me investing the car business is incredible risking thing to do, some time it goes right some time it goes wrong, usually it somewhere in between. For example the US government investment in Tesla seem to be going from strength to strength, with it cars be widely praise for excellence in design and technology, and they are selling them as fast as they are making them. I believe they will be releasing there third model next year or the year after.
Well that comment is a bit all over the place, but my general point is that government aid does not always fail or lead to the tax payers losing it investment.
Just to add there nothing in the article which state what the normal time for return on a investment as large as the US government made in GM, I could not imagine it being shorter that 10 years in most cases and I could imagine it being much longer in most cases.
Yes, tens of thousands of worker instantly fired, that will do great for the US economy. Of cause I sure Bain capital will looking for a way to make money from it, shortening shares, buying some of GM suppliers and off shoring production and firing workers. Who knows how much money Bain capital and Romney personally could make from doing what you suggest.
And you will be contributing to the failure of the bailout should that happen. TO not buy a GM car because of quality or value is one thing; to refuse to buy ANYTHING they build because you dont want to support social engineering (whatever that is) is refusing to support a democratically elected administration. I'd like GM to succeed because we taxpayers would get our money back; it has nothing to do with supporting the current administration. The next could be Romney Ryan…then they'd have to deal with the bailout issue. Sweet irony that would be.
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Just wondering – what cars do you own? Personally I own a Civic and a Toyota Matrix. GM has nothing to compete with either car in price or reliability. Every GM car I've ever test driven was a piece of crap. Their highly-praised Camaro is made in Canada. In fact you have to pay a "destination charge" i.e. import tax just like any other foreign car.
The Volt was an embarrassment of epic proportions.
And this is somehow a winning formula? How can you defend such a crap company? Taxpayers should demand a refund!
Considering that all the major Japanese,some Korean, and most German auto builders have Plant here is one reason why your argument is totally without merit. With increased demand to take the place of GM products those displaced workers would have been hired here,not outsourced.And Ford would have had increases in demand and a ready workforce close by and trained to fit right in.So take off the rose colored glasses my friend,they just make cars and nowadays almost anyone knows how to do it well and make a profit,except GM it seems.


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Englishwoman Kathleen Ryall has pottery in her blood. Her grandfather was a "dipper," whose job was to add glaze to ceramics in a factory setting. Her great-grandfather was a fireman, not one who puts out fires but one who tends to them. In this case, it was the firing of a huge oven filled with ceramics.
"It would take three days to fire, and he would sleep there," she said. "Firemen could make or break a factory, because if the firing failed, a number of weeks of work would be ruined."
Ryall, 59, grew up in the county of Staffordshire, England, and moved to North Carolina in 1990, first to Winston-Salem and then to Oxford. The city she lived in, Stoke-on-Trent, is akin to North Carolina's pottery capital of Seagrove, though much larger and more internationally prominent. Nicknamed "The Potteries," the city's most famous industrial designer and manufacturer was Wedgwood, though there were many others.
In her own creation of porcelain ceramics, on display through July 2 at Craven Allen Gallery in Durham, Ryall combines her training and career in industrial manufacturing with her aesthetics and work as an artist. The results are unique and striking -- thin and elegant vases and bowls with sensual colors and lips.
Both Kathleen and her husband, John, who works with her, have long histories in ceramics, even running their own 20-person factory in Stoke-on-Trent. When the pottery business there started to decline, John, now an American citizen, turned his sights on the United States. When John got a job as a designer and model maker in 1993 at the now-defunct Lenox China plant in Oxford, they moved from Winston-Salem to Granville County. Kathleen established her own studio in 1997, after she was granted permanent residency in the country.
Ryall's education is in fine art and design, and she has also worked as an exhibition and display designer and as an interior designer. She has a master's degree in industrial ceramics and worked for several years as an industrial designer.
"The courses were about educating students to go into the industry as designers, but for me it was about taking the information with a view to making my own work using industrial methods with molds, not machinery," she said. "I use the technique and the innovation and industry of Stoke-on-Trent, and I push it to the limits and try to be more innovative. So I'm not a conventional studio potter, because I'm using industrial methods, which include casts and molds."
That sort of artwork doesn't always get the respect it deserves, she said.
"In art colleges, it was taught that there was a purity in actually using a wheel and being true to the clay," she explained. "It was called 'truth to materials,' because you're using an organic material. But I think it's a misconception that one is better or more work than the other. I do as much work as anyone who throws on a wheel. I use industrial techniques, but it's all done by hand. All my work is handmade."
A complex process
Ryall uses the technique called slip casting, where "slip," a liquid form of clay, is poured into plaster molds.
"I'll have a concept, and I'll draw something. It has to be able to be made in the way we make it in the molds, so there's a lot of discussion before we even get going. There's a huge investment in time and energy before the piece is even out."
From Ryall's design, a model and mold are made, a process that contains many steps. After pieces are taken out of the molds and dried, they're put into the kiln. For the vases and bowls with distinctive rims, Ryall sculpts the tops by hand after casting. After pieces are fired, some are glazed and fired again, sometimes with a luster finish that adds an iridescent mother-of-pearl effect.
Among Ryall's specialties are complex double and triple castings, where one color of slip creates an outer layer and a second (and sometimes even third) slip forms inner layers.
She is also starting to decorate her pieces with relief patterns, which add depth and dimension. They're made by working in reverse, with the finished product not exposed until after the firing.
"I'm so excited about it," she said. "You're working in the dark for a long, long time without getting a result. It's a challenge."
Although Ryall has worked full time in the region for 12 years, her work is not well-known. A Craven Allen Gallery owner first saw Ryall's work after she donated a vase to the Durham Arts Council for a fundraiser last year. Only one gallery in the Triangle, Accipiter in Cameron Village, regularly carries her work. Ryall also sells to galleries in Charlotte, Wilmington, Banner Elk and in several other states.
"I suppose I've kept a low profile," said Ryall, who typically contacts galleries directly to see whether they want to carry her work. She figures she hasn't joined local artisan guilds not only because her husband is a ceramist, but because her daughter, soon returning from England, is a jeweler. "I suppose I get all the input I need from them. My husband draws, too. We said that some day we should all do a show together."
While Ryall might not be a household name, her former work does appear in households via television with some regularity.
"We did relief modeling for a designer who did a lot of work for the BBC," she said of the British Broadcast Corp. television programming "We'll be watching a period piece on TV, like 'Sherlock Holmes,' and I'll say, 'Oh, there's my bowl!' We've often seen our work on different programs. It's easy to spot."
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Des Moines, Iowa — September 13, 2011
Iowa farmers have long used a two-crop rotation to keep the yields up in their fields, but new research at Iowa State University (ISU) indicates they could increase their yields even more by using a third crop in the rotation cycle.
ISU agronomist Matt Liebman says an example is the boost soybeans get from using three crops instead of two. "We've seen a gain from 42 bushels an acre in the two-year rotation up to 54 and 55 bushels an acre in the three-year and the four-year rotations."
Liebman says rotation can reduce the impact of "soybean sudden death syndrome (SDS)" and increase weed seed predators. "And we get outstanding weed control; that's important now, because we are starting to see resistance to glyphosate."
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The Des Plaines Police Department provided the following reports.
A patron sitting in the hallway of the first floor of the Des Plaines Public Library, 1501 E. Ellinwood St., reported another patron told him to mind his own business and punched him in the mouth after he asked the man to stop shouting on his cell phone at 3:11 p.m. on Dec. 26, police stated. The man was described as 45-55 years old, 6-foot 2-inches tall, 200 pounds, with a medium build, medium brown complexion, brown eyes, wearing dark clothing. He left the library in an unknown direction, police stated.
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A 2000 blue Honda Civic two-door coupe was reported stolen from a driveway on the 2100 block of S. Wolf Road sometime between 1 a.m. and 3:30 a.m. on Dec. 29, police stated.
Consumption of Alcohol by a Minor, Possession of Alcohol by a Minor
Simon M. Muller, 20, address unknown, was issued citations for minor consumption of alcohol and minor possession of alcohol after police responded to a report of an unwanted and intoxicated subject at Walgreen's, 1858 E. Oakton St., between 6:16 p.m. and 6:20 p.m. on Dec. 28, police stated.
Police made contact with Muller on the 1500 block of S. River Road, according to the report, he matched the description and said he was at Walgreen's. Policed stated Muller's breath smelled like alcohol and his eyes were bloodshot and watery. Police found a 750-milliliter bottle of Graduate brand vodka in Muller's backpack, according to the report, and they transported him to the police station. Muller was given a court date of Jan. 23 at Skokie courthouse.
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Hardware - HMI, operator interface, thin-client: Mitsubishi Electric Automation unleashes an innovative HMI solution for design engineers: The GT16 Series HMI, which tightly integrates multimedia and video that extends beyond the traditional KPI presentations. This is a Control Engineering 2013 Engineers' Choice Awards Honorable Mention.
Communication is a major challenge that faces design engineers around the world and the impact of a poorly designed machine can reverberate well past a single production line, but into the entire supply chain. The good news for design engineers at machine builders is that with their GT16 Series HMIs, Mitsubishi Electric Automation has infused the standard HMI display with much more than just basic visualization and simple blinking lights for communication.
The GT16 Series offers superior hardware quality, benchmark performance and a multitude of advanced features including an ultra-high speed RISC processor combined with Mitsubishi Electric's own HMI Graphics Accelerator. Phenomenal in clarity and display refresh, terminals provide an extensive range of advanced capabilities, including advance alarm management, flexible recipe management, data logging, multi-language support (Unicode 2.0), Microsoft Windows Fonts and a wide range of drivers support connection to most common automation vendors.
Machinery is becoming more sophisticated than some operators can understand and grasp. Guiding and instructing both skilled and unskilled technicians is difficult. Alarm conditions and the recovery process have moved well beyond the simplified icon on the screen. Today's engineers want access to help videos, multimedia tools and interactive instructions that can easily guide just about anyone to a resolution. Mitsubishi Electric Automation has taken its HMI manufacturing expertise and developed the GT16 HMI to satisfy all these requirements and more.
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Hampton Inn Colorado Springs Central Air Force Academy features an indoor pool and a fitness center. High-speed wireless Internet access is complimentary. Business-related amenities consist of a 24-hour business center and a meeting room. Guests can enjoy a complimentary breakfast each morning. This business-friendly hotel also offers multilingual staff, coffee/tea in the lobby, and complimentary newspapers in the lobby. Onsite self parking is complimentary.
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How Jacksonville Prepared for the Super Bowl
Greatest Jaguars Players of All Time
The Jaguars may not have enjoyed that much success in the past decade, but since the team's inception in 1995, it has fielded plenty of talent. The following players, however, stand out above the pack as the Jaguars' greatest
Jaguars 1997 Season in Review
A look back at the Jaguars' 1997 season, which ended with an 11-5 record and a wildcard playoff berth.
Mark Brunell - Jaguars Greatest Players
Mark Allen Brunell was born in Los Angeles in September of 1970. He loved football even as a child, and as starting QB led his high school team the two league championships and an appearance in the state championship series.
Fred Taylor - Jaguars Greatest Players
His 11,695 career rushing yards places him 15th in career rushing yards. Fred Taylor is also the Jacksonville Jaguar franchise record holder in a number of categories including career rushing attempts and rushing yards.
Meet the Jaguars 2013 Draft Class
The Jaguars entered the 2013 NFL Draft with a roster full of holes and needs all over the board. They emerged with a slew of players that will have an opportunity to contribute in some capacity, with several likely earning starting positions
Jaguars 2012 Season in Review
With less than two minutes to go in the first half against the Tennessee Titans in the final game of the season, the then 2-13 Jacksonville Jaguars were in the Titans' red zone hoping to add to a 14-7 lead.
Tony Boselli - Jaguars Greatest Players
Born in California's Central Valley in the 1970s, Tony Boselli grew big and strong in the North American epicenter of agriculture. He turned out to be a dominating force on the Fairview High School Knights football team
Jimmy Smith - Jaguars Greatest Players
Former Jaguars wide-receiver Jimmy Smith was born in Detroit and raised in Jackson, MS. He attended high school at Callway in Jackson, and he went on to star at Jackson State University.
1998 Jacksonville Jaguars Season in Review
A look back at the Jaguars 1998 season. In 1998, the Jaguars finished with an 11-5 record and won their first division title.
Jacksonville Jaguars 2012 NFL Season Schedule
Will 2012 be the year the Jaguars return to the playoffs? We can only hope so. The Jaguars haven't made the playoffs since their stellar 2007 campaign. With a new coach and a mostly returning cast, the Jaguars should be better than they were in 2011.
Players becoming free agents after the season
This living document is designed to keep you up-to-date with the contract situations involving Jaguars' players. Following the new CBA (Collective Bargaining Agreement), players are eligible to become free-agents following four years of service
Jaguars New Coach Gus Bradley and What the Future Holds
A round-up at the Jaguars changes and what to look for in the future.
Jaguars First Round Draft Picks - 2001 to 2012
Our second draft-analysis covers all of the Jaguarsfirst round picks from 2001 to present
1996 Jacksonville Jaguars Season in Review
It's a little difficult to sum up the Jaguars miraculous 1996 season in just a few hundred words. In fact, several writers, including current Jaguars.com Senior Writer John Oehser, have written books about the season.
Jaguars First Round Picks - NFL Draft
Part one of this list contains draft picks from a much-better era in Jaguars football. From 1995 to 2000, the Jaguars, for the most part, drafted very well and were able to field a competitive product. Here's a look at the team's draft picks from Tony Boselli to R. Jay Soward
Jacksonville Jaguars 2001 Season in Review
he 2001 NFL season was the Jaguars' seventh season in the league, and its second season in "Salary Cap Hell." The club's salary mismanagement led to the exile of a number of talented and popular players, such as Carnell Lake, Reggie Barlow and former Pro Bowl RT Leon Searcy
1995 Jacksonville Jaguars Season Review
It was, by some accounts, a miracle that Jacksonville was granted the 30th football franchise in the NFL. It was at the very least an upset.
Jaguars 2002 Season in Review
The 2002 NFL season marked the end of an era for the Jacksonville Jaguars, as the 2003 season would bring a new head coach and a new philosophy.
2003 Jaguars Season in Review
The Jacksonville Jaguars' 2003 season marked the ending of one era and the beginning of another. It was the first season in team history the club was not led by Head Coach Tom Coughlin.
Jaguars 2004 Season in Review
The Jaguars 2004 season was the second season of the Jack Del Rio coaching era, and the first season long-time Jaguars quarterback Mark Brunell was not a member of the team since the club's inception in 1995. Brunell, after controversially losing his job after the first few games in 2003, was traded to the Washington Redskins.
Meet the Jaguars Draft Picks
In April 2012, the Jaguars completed their first draft under new owner Shad Kahn and new head coach Mike Mularkey. Let's take a look at the Jags' 2012 draft picks, who will hopefully help the team reach the playoffs this season and beyond.
Jacksonville Jaguars Season by Season Results
A detailed look at the history of the Jacksonville Jaguars, with season by season recaps and records, from the inaugural 1995 season to the most recent season. Relive the best and worst moments in Jaguars' history.
2006 Jaguars Season Review
The Jaguars began the 2006 season with a renewed sense of optimism, after having finished 12-4 the previous season and making the playoffs.
2005 Jaguars Season in Review
The Jaguars 2005 season is generally seen as one of success, although the club was knocked out of the playoffs in the Wild Card round by the New England Patriots.
Jaguars 2007 Season in Review
The Jaguars cruised to an 11-5 record during the regular season, and added a memorable playoff victory in Pittsburgh to wrap up their finest season of the 2000s.
Jaguars 2011 NFL Season Overview
The Jacksonville Jaguars 2011 season was one filled with drama, excitement and disappointment -- sometimes simultaneously. Due to the NFL offseason labor lockout, training camp and player participation got off to a late start for the 2011 season.
Jaguars 2010 Season in Review
The Jaguars entered the 2010 NFL season with hopes of making the playoffs, after narrowly missing the postseason during the 2009 season.
Meet Jaguars' New Coach, Mike Mularkey
Following an extensive search process conducted by Jaguars GM Gene Smith, as well as Shahid Khan, the team's new owner, the Jaguars pulled the trigger and hired Mike Mularkey, former Atlanta Falcons' offensive coordinator.
Jacksonville Jaguars 2008 Season in Review
Greatest Moments in Jaguars History
Since Jacksonville's NFL franchise entered the league in 1995, the Jaguars have had plenty of up-and-down moments. Recently, there have been more downs than ups, but that's the nature of the league: success is often cylical. Let's take a look at the top 10 moments in Jaguars history.
Jacksonville Jaguars 2011 Schedule
Although the status of the 2011 NFL season is a bit unclear due to the labor lockout, the planned schedule for the season has been released. The Jacksonville Jaguars open up at home against the Tennessee Titans.


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A game for 2 players. Given a board of dots in a grid pattern, players take turns drawing a line by connecting 2 adjacent dots. Your goal is to complete more squares than your opponent.
An extension of noughts and crosses in which the grid is enlarged
and the length of the winning line can to altered to 3, 4 or 5.
A game for two players on a large squared space.
Exchange the positions of the two sets of counters in the least possible number of moves
A game for 1 person. Can you work out how the dice must be rolled from the start position to the finish? Play on line.
A game for 1 or 2 people. Use the interactive version, or play with friends. Try to round up as many counters as possible.
Here is a solitaire type environment for you to experiment with. Which targets can you reach?
A game for 2 people that can be played on line or with pens and paper. Combine your knowledege of coordinates with your skills of strategic thinking.
Choose the size of your pegboard and the shapes you can make. Can you work out the strategies needed to block your opponent?
An interactive game for 1 person. You are given a rectangle with 50 squares on it. Roll the dice to get a percentage between 2 and 100. How many squares is this? Keep going until you get 100. . . .
Try this interactive strategy game for 2
A game to be played against the computer, or in groups. Pick a 7-digit number. A random digit is generated. What must you subract to remove the digit from your number? the first to zero wins.
An interactive game to be played on your own or with friends.
Imagine you are having a party. Each person takes it in turns to
stand behind the chair where they will get the most chocolate.
A shape and space game for 2,3 or 4 players. Be the last person to be able to place a pentomino piece on the playing board. Play with card, or on the computer.
Here is a version of the game 'Happy Families' for you to make and
Use the tangram pieces to make our pictures, or to design some of
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Can you make the birds from the egg tangram?
A train building game for 2 players.
A game for 2 people that everybody knows. You can play with a
friend or online. If you play correctly you never lose!
Work out the fractions to match the cards with the same amount of
An interactive activity for one to experiment with a tricky tessellation
A card pairing game involving knowledge of simple ratio.
Try to stop your opponent from being able to split the piles of counters into unequal numbers. Can you find a strategy?
A game for 2 players. Can be played online. One player has 1 red
counter, the other has 4 blue. The red counter needs to reach the
other side, and the blue needs to trap the red.
The game uses a 3x3 square board. 2 players take turns to play,
either placing a red on an empty square, or changing a red to
orange, or orange to green. The player who forms 3 of 1 colour in a
line. . . .
A game to make and play based on the number line.
Slide the pieces to move Khun Phaen past all the guards into the position on the right from which he can escape to freedom.
Hover your mouse over the counters to see which ones will be
removed. Click to remover them. The winner is the last one to
remove a counter. How you can make sure you win?
A fun game for two. You'll need some counters.
A game for two or more players that uses a knowledge of measuring
tools. Spin the spinner and identify which jobs can be done with
the measuring tool shown.
This is a game for 2 players. Each player has 4 counters each, and
wins by blocking their opponent's counters. A good follow-on from
two stones.
This is a challenging game of strategy for two players with many interesting variations.
The aim of the game is to slide the green square from the top right
hand corner to the bottom left hand corner in the least number of
A game in which players take it in turns to try to draw
quadrilaterals (or triangles) with particular properties. Is it
possible to fill the game grid?
Basic strategy games are particularly suitable as starting points
for investigations. Players instinctively try to discover a winning
strategy, and usually the best way to do this is to analyse. . . .
A simple game of patience which often comes out. Can you explain
A game for 2 players that can be played online. Players take it in turns to select a word from the 9 words given. The aim is to select all the occurrences of the same letter.
A game for 2 players. Given an arrangement of matchsticks, players
take it is turns to remove a matchstick, along with all of the
matchsticks that touch it.
A game for 1 person to develop stategy and shape and space awareness. 12 counters are placed on a board. Counters are removed one at a time. The aim is to be left with only 1 counter.
Can you work out how to win this game of Nim? Does it matter if you go first or second?
This article supplies teachers with information that may be useful in better understanding the nature of games and their role in teaching and learning mathematics.
A game in which players take it in turns to choose a number. Can you block your opponent?
A game for 1 person to play on screen. Practise your number bonds
whilst improving your memory
A game for 2 or more people, based on the traditional card game
Rummy. Players aim to make two `tricks', where each trick has to
consist of a picture of a shape, a name that describes that shape,
and. . . .
The computer starts with all the lights off, but then clicks 3, 4
or 5 times at random, leaving some lights on. Can you switch them
off again?
Advent Calendar 2010 - a mathematical game for every day during the
run-up to Christmas.
A game in which players take it in turns to turn up two cards. If
they can draw a triangle which satisfies both properties they win
the pair of cards. And a few challenging questions to follow...
Design your own scoring system and play Trumps with these Olympic Sport cards.
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Looks like the Biebs is not coming to the Bears.
On Monday, the Newark Bears announced pop sensation Justin Bieber was set to perform at the Newark Bears & Eagles Riverfront Stadium for the team's second annual "Stadium of Screams." Bieber was scheduled to perform acoustic Oct. 28 and meet with season ticket holders afterward.
But now, it seems a performance by the "Boyfriend" crooner is a no go.
Bieber's publicist Melissa Victor told The Star Ledger Tuesday that word of the star's appearance is "pure fiction."
"No such appearance was ever confirmed," Victor told the Ledger in an e-mail. "His legal team will take legal action against any firm or person holding themselves out as Justin's authorized agent who may have confirmed any such event. AEG is their exclusive promoter in the U.S. for all dates on the current tour."
Bears owner Danielle Dronet, though, reportedly insisted via Facebook and Twitter that the Biebs was set to perform at the charitable Halloween event. Those tweets have been taken down. The Bears also stripped their website of any Bieber-related mention Tuesday, after being contacted by the 18-year-old's lawyer.
Newark Bears blamed the snafu on "a situation regarding fraudulent representation of Justin Bieber, who has no part of any potential related fraudulent activity," the team said in a statement.
The "Stadium of Screams" will go on as planned, with the Bears saying it will "continue to work on a special performance for the event."


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The Navy SEALs have been fighting terrorists around the world for more than a decade. And for all that time, the Bandito Platoon from SEAL Team Seven have been on continuous combat rotation. Now they have drawn a shipboard assignment off Central America-an easy day. But for a Navy SEAL, the only easy day was yesterday. Act of Valorgoes deep into the secret world of today's most elite and highly trained group of warriors. When the rescue of a kidnapped CIA operative leads to the discovery of a deadly terrorist plot against the United States, a team of SEALs is dispatched on a worldwide manhunt. As the men of Bandito Platoon race to stop a coordinated attack that could kill and wound thousands of American civilians, they must balance their commitments to country, Team, and their families back home. But each time they accomplish their mission, a new piece of intelligence reveals another shocking twist to the plot, which stretches from Chechnya to the Philippines and from the Ukraine to Somalia. The widening operation sends the SEALs across the globe as they track a terrorist ring to the U.S.-Mexico border-where they engage in an epic firefight with potentially unimaginable consequences for America... In a powerful story of global anti-terrorism-inspired by real-life missions, Act of Valorcombines stunning combat scenes, up-to-the minute battlefield technology, and heart-pumping emotion for the ultimate in action adventure.


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If parents divorce when their kids are preschool age, those children could be at risk for behavior problems.
That's according to new research by Georgetown University and the University of Chicago.
It says disruption during a child's first three years strongly influences their development.
Researchers analyzed nearly 35-hundred students.
The study's co-author says the behavior problems tend to happen with the move from a two-parent to a single parent household.
There didn't appear to be negative behaviors associated with going from a single-parent home to a blended family.


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The August 5 Regular Council Meeting has been cancelled to allow Councilmembers to attend Neighborhood Night Out activities.
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Xcel Pipeline Project Update
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Mosquitoes Test Positive for West Nile Virus
Mosquitoes in southeast Fort Collins have tested positive for West Nile virus. Make sure to protect yourself and loved ones with the four Ds: Drain, Dress, DEET, Dusk and dawn.
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Mayor Pro-Tem Gerry Horak and Councilmember Gino Campana will host a Q&A session on the proposed disposable bags ordinance July 30 at Fossil Ridge High School.
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Much attention is being paid to obesity in the media, and it has been said that in the United States obesity has reached epidemic proportions. Roughly two thirds of Americans are overweight and our children are developing disorders such as type II diabetes and hypertension that were typically considered adult maladies linked with being over weight. Obesity is also linked to heart disease, stroke and several cancers -- More about that later.
Causes of obesity are fairly easy to identify. Consuming more calories than are used results in that excess energy being stored as body fat. This was good for the survival of our ancient ancestors, and calorie storage is still a positive function for today's bears that hibernate through the winter. In the 1960's the average American ate around 3,100 calories per day. By the 1990's that figure rose to about 3,700 calories per day. We have inexpensive and high calorie fast food, and easy access by drive through, to the high fat burgers, white carb buns, and sugary sodas, shakes and, you know, most will have fries with that. Most restaurants are serving up double to quadruple portions!
Americans are eating more processed foods than ever before, and we spend more time sitting in front of computers, sitting in a vehicle to get where we are going, and even more time sitting in front of our big flat screen televisions. Yes, it is not very difficult to see why more and more people are shopping in the plus size stores. For a small percentage of people with unexplained weight gain, (that is to say, their eating and activity are the same yet they start adding pounds) may find through a simple blood test that it is due to a hormonal imbalance pertaining to the thyroid gland.
"To get what you want, stop doing what isn't working." --Unknown
What seems most difficult is changing our behaviors, to reflect patterns of a healthier lifestyle. Lasting weight loss demands that a transformation of eating and exercise habits takes place. Using hypnosis can help people to look forward to eating and increasing activity in a way that leads to a healthier lifestyle. Many other choices we make each day, such as how much time is spent sleeping or surfing the Internet, can also make a huge difference.
The approach of simply eating less and moving more is fairly easy, unless you happen to be an emotional eater. Many people who successfully reduce their weight gain it back if they haven't come to terms with the emotional factors that lead to the weight gain in the first place.
Some examples of the emotional factors that present a challenge for maintaining a healthy weight are:
• Maintaining the motivation over time is helpful for maintaining those healthy lifestyle changes.
• Improving body image is a key to long-term success.
• Having skills for handling stressful situations rather than eating for comfort.
• Thinking positively by changing negative beliefs.
• Having satisfaction in your daily life, through acquiring useful skills for day-to-day living.
In comparing slender people with those who are overweight, it has been found that people that have chronic weight issues are more likely to have experienced the loss of a parent in early childhood either through death or divorce, experienced some form of abuse, lived with a parent who had a substance abuse problem, has had clinical depression (57% vs. 22%), experienced rage, and felt that having fat is a form of protection (25% vs. 0%).
According to the American Cancer Society An estimated 1 out of every 3 cancer deaths in the United States is linked to excess body weight, poor nutrition, or physical inactivity. These factors are all related and may all contribute to cancer risk, but body weight seems to have the strongest evidence linking it to cancer. Excess body weight contributes to as many as 1 out of 5 of all cancer-related deaths.
Dramatic results can often be achieved with hypnotic techniques including visualization and guided imagery. The key to guided imagery learning to deeply relax and opening the subconscious mind to suggestions that enable people to erase those unwanted behaviors and the desire to have unhealthy foods and replace them with a stronger desire for a full, rich, and healthful life.
Utilizing hypnotherapy as part of a weight control plan will make it much easier to change those unhealthy patterns into healthy behaviors and thought patterns. People will still need to make healthy choices in the foods they eat, and they will still need to increase activity, but this can be accomplished without feeling deprived and worrying about failing with a little help from a qualified Certified Hypnotist.


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Make-It-Yourself Paper Pinhole kit assembles in 1-2 hours – no knife or scissors needed. The camera uses 35mm film, preferably ISO200. Pinhole cameras to not have an optical lens. Instead, light exposes the film through a small hole. This pinhole captures a direct image of everything in front of it. This is called 'raw' photography. Film is exposed by light through a tiny hole in front of camera. Because there is no lens, the image will be in focus at all distances. The best pinhole pictures are taken on a bright day. The camera must be very still when shooting. Exposure times range from 5 seconds to hours and sometimes days.
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Birthdays are pretty special at our house ! I tend to over celebrate my own, setting aside the entire month of November as a birthday celebration. And I've extended that to my husband. He's not a cake aficionado, I love cake. But he does like a good lime pie and he enjoys a frozen lime cocktail. So, combining the two, I give you a thoroughly tasteful rendition of a Mojito, my Mojito tart!
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