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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
The Bluefield High School boys soccer team opened the season with a 7-2 win over the Nicholas County Grizzlies, Saturday afternoon.
Tyler Easley scored Bluefield's first goal on a header from Evan Abbey.
The second goal came unassisted by Ryan Stamper.
Nicholas County rallied to tie the score at the half.
In the second half after some adjustments, the Beavers scored five unanswered goals. Stamper added his second goal from a Zach Springman pass, while Springman scored two goals on passes from Stamper and Easley. Abbey scored an unassisted goal and had his second assist in the game when he laid a ball to the head of Tyler Brooks for the Beavers' final score.
The Beavers have three games this week as they play Mercer County rivals Princeton, Monday and PikeView, Tuesday, before finishing the week Thursday at Midland Trail.
Fairmont Sr. 2, PikeView 1
FAIRMONT — The Polar Bears of Fairmont Senior got goals from Caleb and Justin Anselene to slip past the PikeView Panthers, Saturday afternoon.
Vaughn Campbell scored PikeView's goal and Panthers' keeper Ted White had one save. Fairmont Senior goalkeeper David Childers had seven saves.
PikeView is now 0-1-1 on the season and will play at Bluefield, Tuesday at 7 p.m.
Girls Soccer
Nicholas Co. 4, Bluefield 1
SUMMERSVILLE — The Bluefield Lady Beavers played two players down and fell to Nicholas County 4-1, Saturday. Abby Atwell scored the Beavers' lone goal.
Bluefield hosts PikeView at 5 p.m., Tuesday.
Fairmont Sr. 2, PikeView 0
FAIRMONT — Avery Towns scored a goal and an own goal by PikeView gave Fairmont Senior a 2-0 win over the Lady Panthers, Saturday afternoon.
PikeView goalkeeper Kristin Brinkley had six saves and Lady Polar Bears keeper Kayla Delorenzo had one save.
PikeView is now 0-2-0.


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Children and adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) require specialized teaching strategies when learning about the body, sexuality, and relationships. This complete sex education resource provides practical teaching advice, activity ideas, and illustrated handouts geared towards the needs of children of all ages on the autism spectrum. more »2013, Paperback: £19.99/ $34.95
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Explaining death in concrete terms that children with autism will understand, this book discusses the complicated and painful emotions of bereavement, and offers creative and expressive activities that facilitate healing. This interactive book is ideal for children and teens to work through by themselves, with a parent, or with a professional. more »2012, Paperback: £14.99/ $22.95
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Merges' program is based on the concept that there are 10 hurdles that make it challenging for people with ASD to enjoy social interaction. This book guides the reader through planning, running, and assessing group sessions designed to help participants overcome these hurdles, and ultimately enjoy more independent and fulfilling lives. more »2010, Paperback: £15.99/ $24.95
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Careers in Wildlife Protection
Nearly every job you can think of has some sort of impact on wildlife and the environment. This means that there are more environmental jobs being created every day. It also means that the field is very complex, and you need to do so research and thinking to figure out what might be the best profession for you.
First, a Word of Caution
Some jobs that sound "natural" or "environmental" may not be what you think. For example:
- Some "environmental lawyers" work for corporations, helping them get around environmental regulations.
- Some "conservationists" may be responsible for managing deer hunts, stocking nonnative fish, and other activities to manipulate populations rather than preserve wild animals.
*The mission of The HSUS is to create a humane and sustainable world for all animals-a world that will also benefit people. We seek to forge a lasting and comprehensive change in human consciousness of and behavior toward all animals in order to prevent animal cruelty, exploitation, and neglect, and to protect wild habitats and the entire community of life.
*HSUS policy statement on wild animals.
But with so many job possibilities helping wildlife, you can find plenty of employment choices that are humane. Before you pursue a job...
With federal, state, or local governments, make sure you understand the policies of the current administration toward wildlife and the environment. Will you need to look for a new job if policies change after a new election?
With nonprofit organizations, be certain you understand the basic philosophy that guides the group's actions. Also, does the group focus on issues that are important to you? If you have different priorities, you may want to work elsewhere. Start by understanding major environmental problems.
Troubling Trends
- 25% of mammal, 20% of reptile, and 25% of fish species are now threatened with extinction.
- Over one acre of tropical rainforest is lost per second.
- Desertification claims an area the size of Maine each year.
- 75% of marine fisheries are at or over capacity.
- 50% of wetlands and mangroves have already been lost.
- Current extinction rates of plants and animals are believed to be 100 to 1000 times faster than the natural rate.
Data are from Red Sky at Morning, by James Gustave Speth (Island Press, 2004).
People working for wildlife and nature have the chance to help reverse these trends.
People working in environmental fields today can be on the leading edge of new ideas that will reshape our society and planet. Traditional wildlife-related jobs still exist, such as park rangers, but jobs are growing fast in nontraditional, high tech, and eco-design-related areas.
Learn more about careers helping wildlife and nature.
Suggested readings:
Sirch, Willow Ann. 2000. Careers with Animals. Fulcrum. (Part Four: Careers Working with Wildlife).
Miller, Louise. 2001. Careers for Animal Lovers & Other Zoological Types. VGM Career Books. (Chapter 8: Conserving Wildlife).
- Visit the Environmental Careers Organization. What internships, networking options, and other resources can you find to get you started?
- Study local maps and visitors' guidebooks. Find nature centers, parks, museums, botanical gardens, historical sites, wildlife refuges, and other places where you can go to learn more about nearby wildlife. Are there volunteer or paid positions there? Apply!
- Subscribe to Wild Neighbors News - the quarterly newsletter of The Humane Society of the United States' Urban Wildlife Sanctuary Program
Get to know the diversity of nature protection organizations.
The Wildlife Land Trust
Defenders of Wildlife
Greenpeace International
National Audubon Society
National Parks Conservation Association
The Orion Society
What are some differences between these groups? Which other groups can you find? And which groups are closest to your own interests?


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In the absence of federal policies that are protective of child development and the ecology of the planet on which our children's lives depend, we serve as our own regulatory agencies and departments of interior.... Thoughtful but overwhelmed parents correctly perceive a disconnect between the enormity of the problem and the ability of individual acts of vigilance and self-sacrifice to fix it. Environmental awareness without corresponding political changes leads to paralyzing despair....We feel helpless in our knowledge, and we're not sure we want any more knowledge. You could call this well-informed futility syndrome. And soon enough, we are retreating into silent resignation rather than standing up for abolition now.
from Raising Elijah
"We shouldn't wreck this place down,right, Mom?"
--Elijah, age six, the author's son
Raising Elijah: Protecting Children in an Age of Environmental Crisis
"This could be the most important and inspiring parenting book ever written. Protecting children from the poisons that surround them cannot be left to conscientious mothers and fathers alone. It must instead become our society's highest collective priority." —Naomi Klein; author of The Shock Doctrine
Our children face an environment more threatening to their health than any generation in history. Sandra Steingraber confronts this crisis with precise science and a lyrical, witty, moving memoir. Each lively chapter of this unique book focuses on one of the universals of childhood–milk, laundry, pizza, homework, the "Big Talk"–and explores the hidden, social political, and historical forces behind it. Throughout, Steingraber demonstrates how closely the intimate world of parenting connects to the public world of policy-making and how the ongoing environmental crisis is, fundamentally, a crisis of family life.
"Think silent playgrounds." —Ms. Magazine review
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"Steingraber's narrative is personal and political, funny and smart. She shows us that feminism and motherhood are not at odds; combined, they make for heroes…Raising Elijah is a call to arms, a cry for the moral solidarity that we must forge to prevent environmental degradation and its assault on children's health." —Ms. Magazine review
"Eco-biologist, cancer survivor, activist, mother of two, and author of books about environmental hazards and their effects (including Living Downstream and Having Faith), Steingraber applies her knowledge and philosophy to the challenge of raising children in our toxic, climate-threatened world. She connects many child health issues, including asthma, behavioral problems, intellectual impairments, and pre-term birth to hormone-disrupting, brain-damaging, and otherwise dangerous environmental factors. Chapters tackle weighty problems–diminished fertility; how chemicals infiltrate mothers' milk; air quality and the ozone hole; neurotoxicology; hydraulic fracturing–and how they affect children and families. Two major themes emerge: first, current environmental policies must change to safeguard and support the health of children and, second, we must end our dependence on toxic fossil fuels. Less a guidebook for conscientious parents than an alarming and sobering human rights polemic, the book's narrative is nevertheless a persuasive, personal call to action." —Publisher's Weekly
Steingraber, Sandra.
Raising Elijah: Protecting Children in an Age of Environmental Crisis.
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LAUREL COUNTY, Ky. —
Imagine if you will you're the coach. It could be of a football team, or maybe a basketball team. Either way, your team has made the playoffs and you prepare for the first game.
Now imagine that you won that game, but in the next game, you can't use your star quarterback at that position or your leading scorer can't take any shots. Seems like that would be pretty unfair, right?
Well, that's what baseball coaches have to deal with all the time when it comes to pitching, especially during the post season. You want to make sure you win that first game of the district tournament, because if you don't, your season comes to a screeching halt. You can't advance to the region unless you win that first game in the district.
So, unless you are fortunate enough to have a stacked pitching staff, you have to make sure you use the right pitcher to get you that win. Thing is, if you win, and your pitcher went deep in the game, he's done for the next game. If you face a weaker team, then you could possibly save your stud pitchers, but you never know. Every team seems to have one good pitcher, and you know they are going to throw him in that first district game.
It gets more complicated once you get to the region. You need to win that first game. So do you throw your ace, or save him for the semifinals? Either way, if you win both games, he probably won't be available for the championship game, and if he is, it would probably be only for an inning or two.
Unless a quarterback or your leading scorer in basketball gets injured, you know you can use them the next game. Even in softball you can use the same pitcher in every game in a tournament. Many teams do just that.
That's why baseball coaches have a tough decision on which pitcher to use and in what situation. And this just isn't in high school. It goes all the way up to the major leagues. Not every team can be as fortunate as the 1971 Baltimore Orioles were with four 20-game winners, or any of the Atlanta Braves teams that featured Greg Maddox, Tom Glavine and Tom Smoltz. Unless you have a stellar pitching staff like those teams, you have some tough decisions ahead of you.
I was at the North Laurel-Harlan County baseball game last week and saw something that I don't think I have ever seen in high school baseball. There was a play at home where the Harlan County runner was safe. North catcher Ethan Maxey then fired the ball to third in an attempt to get another runner. That ball sailed past the third baseman, and Marcus Carson was there to back up the play.
Now that might not sound like such a big deal, but you have to remember that Carson plays centerfield. He raced all the way from his centerfield position to back up the play. And apparently that's not the first time he's done something like that. Coach Darren McWhorter said in the game earlier this season at Harlan County, he made a double play by tagging out two runners after coming in from his centerfield position.
When I told Marcus that I had never seen a centerfielder back up a play at third, you know what he said? "Well, I was out there, so why not."
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3.9/5 rDev +1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
On-cask at Pizzeria Paradiso, Dupont Circle, Washington, D.C. - March 2012:
The beer appeared a dark amber color that produced a muted head, a thin, but fluffy white head. I would attribute this more to the cask than the beer.
The beer produced a nice aroma, Belgian yeast with spices that gave off a slight pepper aroma.
The taste was good, it followed the nose well, but just a good "saison" flavor that I have come to know if the style.
The beer had a medium body, thicker than most saison's but again I would say that it more typical of the cask than the style. The beer was smooth, low carbonation, but easy to drink. Overall, a solid representation of the style.
Serving type: cask
04-20-2012 17:12:39 | More by PhillyStyle
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4/5 rDev +3.6%
02-01-2014 19:15:48 | More by EddieJoe
3.25/5 rDev -15.8%
08-14-2013 10:34:19 | More by ROGUE16
2.75/5 rDev -28.8%
12-04-2012 04:09:53 | More by chippo33
3.75/5 rDev -2.8%
11-27-2012 06:07:26 | More by C-Dog
3.9/5 rDev +1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
10oz pour
Served in Allagash flute glass
A: Pours a light amber looking color. Thin layer of bright white head is all that this one arrives with. This leaves some sticky lacing on the glass as you drink.
S: The nose is interesting. I do get some of that lemongrass and grain character, but also from figgy notes too. There is another fruity note in there that I can't put my finger on.
T: Dark Saison. Can't put my finger in the flavors. Pulling that lemongrass and wheaty notes. There is some peppery flavors in the mid palate. ABV is hidden nicely. This tastes light and refreshing. Served with a salad and it was perfect combo.
M: Medium bodied. Good carbo.
Serving type: on-tap
10-05-2012 13:58:55 | More by inlimbo77
3.75/5 rDev -2.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
$7 for 10oz pour
Sampled 10JUL12
Brewed with honey, juniper berries and lemongrass.
[A] Pours with a 2 finger bright head, compact and foamy with great retention. Thick foamy sheets of lace cling to the glass and slowly fade into uneven webs. The body is medium to med dark amber orange with moderate haze.
[S] Bright lemony citrus with a little fruit on the nose plus a light caramel-like sweetness and buttered wheat bread further in the background. Small traces of alcohol.
[T] Taste follows the nose rather precisely. Mihm is like an amber Saison, if such a thing exists.
[M] Mouthfeel begins with a semi-coarse level of carbonation, gently prickling the tongue until the swallow has finished. Medium light body. Leans dry throughout. Mild bitterness on the end.
[O] Not particularly Saison like, save the mouthfeel, but a pretty enjoyable brew nonetheless. So...ummm...why doesn't Allahash have a Saison in there year round portfolio again?
Serving type: on-tap
09-16-2012 22:10:44 | More by FeDUBBELFIST
4.25/5 rDev +10.1%
08-10-2012 22:50:12 | More by MonkeyboyATL
North Carolina
4/5 rDev +3.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Appearance: Arrives cloudy, the amber liquid capped with an inch of foam that leaves a few shards of lace
Smell: Lemony and grassy; herbal elements of coriander and a sweet fig undertone
Taste: Fruitcake sweetness and tart dried fruit compete, up front, with a developing lemony/grassy bitterness in the middle; after the swallow, the herbacious coriander and pepper flavors add phenolic depth; the finish was dry but with a subtle underlying sweetness
Mouthfeel: Full body with moderate to high levels of carbonation
Overall: A really interesting beer; a little unbalanced between the fruitcake and the hoppy flavors but still worth a try
Serving type: on-tap
08-01-2012 01:01:22 | More by brentk56
4.5/5 rDev +16.6%
08-01-2012 00:03:12 | More by vinhgoh
3.75/5 rDev -2.8%
07-13-2012 14:36:13 | More by Jason_Quad
3.5/5 rDev -9.3%
07-01-2012 17:42:24 | More by avaldivia
3.5/5 rDev -9.3%
06-22-2012 02:16:36 | More by BeerThursdays
New Jersey
3.53/5 rDev -8.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3.5
Served in a tall, thin Allagash glass at Meadhall.
Saison Mihm pours amber, with next to no transparency. There's just a bit of white foam crowning the beer. The aroma is disappointingly weak, but there is some lemongrass, honey, and mint there. The flavor is a bit more potent, with the aforementioned honey and lemongrass being joined by a touch of wet hay. The close is mostly mint, with a little bit of peppercorn thrown in for good measure. The mouthfeel is way out of whack though, as the body is decidedly too chewy and the ccarbonation is on the dull side. Saison Mihm's an alright beer, but it's not up to Allagash's usual standards
Serving type: on-tap
05-31-2012 21:45:25 | More by axeman9182
4.4/5 rDev +14%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Had on tap at the New World Tavern Plymouth, MA
Appearance: 1/4 inch head, orange-gold in color, clear, moderate carbonation
Smell: lemons and pepper
Taste: lots of lemon, slight earthy and grassy/flowery tones. Big time pepper at the end. There is another flavor I cannot put my finger on in here as well.
Mouthfeel: medium-high carbonation, medium-light bodied, slightly bitter and earthy
Overall: An amazing saison and one of the best from the brewery. I love the big peppery kick at the end of this one. This is right up there with Hill Farmstead as one of the best domestic saisons I have had.
Serving type: on-tap
05-16-2012 13:52:52 | More by tigg924
4/5 rDev +3.6%
05-12-2012 03:17:26 | More by bishopdc0
New Jersey
3.5/5 rDev -9.3%
04-27-2012 20:17:09 | More by bonbini26
4/5 rDev +3.6%
04-17-2012 18:52:09 | More by jsilva
3/5 rDev -22.3%
04-02-2012 00:45:10 | More by jmilo64
4.03/5 rDev +4.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Served in a 13.5 oz tulip at the Great Lost Bear. This beer has been available in town for a month or so, but this is my first time trying it.
It's a dark copper colored beer, almost like an amber ale. The head is tall, off-white and foamy. As it settles plenty of uniform lacing is left behind. It's too dark in here to see if there is any internal carbonation.
The beer has a semi-dry, grassy aroma. There is apparently a lot of lemongrass in this beer, s that is probably what I am smelling. The are small amounts of lemon citrus and candi sugar sweetness, but I am not smelling anything that I can directly attribute to the yeast.
There is a lot of lemongrass to the flavor of this beer. Some Belgian sugars are also evident. A somewhat dry finish has some musty flavors that I assume are caused by the yeast. There is a touch of pepper in the aftertaste that is very interesting.
The beer has a light effervescent feel. The pepper and carbonation manage to tickle my tongue a lot more than I expected. The beer has a fuller body than most Samson's and has a lot of carbonation.
This is an interesting beer. I can see what it is draft only. I can't see myself drinking a full 750ml bottle of this one, but I also don't see it having the wide appeal that would move it in 12oz bottles. Allagash could get away with doing a brewery only release in 375ml bottles, but the draft only method of delivery will get the beer into more people's glasses. It was a good decision to go this way. If you are a fan of Allagash, give this one a try.
Serving type: on-tap
03-23-2012 18:00:11 | More by ToasterChef
4/5 rDev +3.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
On tap for Allagash night at Boneyard Bistro in Sherman Oaks, CA.
Pours a slightly hazy honey brown with a tan head that settles to a film on top of the beer. Foamy rings of lace line the glass on the drink down. Smell is of grain, spices, yeast, and some fruity aromas. Taste is of grain, dark fruits, spices, and yeast. This beer has a good level of carbonation with a bubbly mouthfeel. Overall, this is a good saison with some complex aromas and flavors. Quite tasty.
Serving type: on-tap
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4.13/5 rDev +7%
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Had on tap at the Mellow in Greensboro over the weekend.Poured into a tulip glass a deep amber with pretty large one finger off white head atop.Alot of yeasty spice in the nose along with a passing whiff of herbal hops,no funk wich was a nice surprise.Vanilla dipped spiced pears was the dominant flavor for me at the onset of the beer with yeasty spice and a nice herbal/green hoppiness in a lingering finish,again hardly no trace of funk to be found.A different kind of saison thats spiced but not overly spiced on the palate with a nice play on the hops.
Serving type: bottle
03-19-2012 13:48:06 | More by oberon
3.61/5 rDev -6.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Served in a snifter at SmallBar Fullerton.
Anyone else remember The Sword in the Stone? Anyway, this stuff pours a lightly-hazy sunrise amber topped by over a finger of white foam. The nose comprises lemon zest, wheat, light grass, and a touch of banana peel. The taste brings in more of the same, with a small vein of sweet biscuit clawing through from beneath. There's also a vague sense of mild fruitiness, but I can't put my finger on what it is exactly. The body is a light medium, with a light moderate carbonation and a drying finish. Overall, a nice little saison, though I'm not sure the berries really did much to help things. Oh well, at least they didn't ruin things, eh?
Serving type: on-tap
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New Jersey
4.5/5 rDev +16.6%
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4.05/5 rDev +4.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
On-tap at the Distillery in Savannah, GA
Pours a dark amber with a very fluffy white head. Huge Saison aromas of ripe pear, coriander, and Belgian yeast. Taste is similarly "Saison-y", with more ripe pear and coriander, plus a good amount of orange peel and Saison yeast. Nice and dry, with a solid earthiness. Medium-bodied, with a smooth mouthfeel and solid carbonation. Overall a really nice Saison that doesn't really re-invent the wheel, just does it right!
Serving type: on-tap
03-15-2012 14:45:59 | More by jsanford
Allagash Saison Mihm from Allagash Brewing Company
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David Malet Armstrong
|David Malet Armstrong
David M. Armstrong receiving his doctor of letters (h.c.) at Nottingham University, UK on 13 December 2007
8 July 1926
Melbourne, Australia
|13 May 2014
(aged 87)
Sydney, Australia
|20th-century philosophy
|Western Philosophy
|Australian Realism, Analytic philosophy
|Main interests
|metaphysics, philosophy of mind
David Malet Armstrong (8 July 1926 – 13 May 2014), often D. M. Armstrong, was an Australian philosopher. He is well known for his work on metaphysics and the philosophy of mind, and for his defence of a factualist ontology, a functionalist theory of the mind, an externalist epistemology, and a necessitarian conception of the laws of nature.[1] He was elected a Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2008.[2]
- 1 Philosophy
- 2 Life and career
- 3 Bibliography
- 4 See also
- 5 References
- 6 Further reading
- 7 External links
Armstrong's philosophy is broadly naturalistic. In Sketch for a Systematic Metaphysics, Armstrong states that his philosophical system rests upon "the assumption that all that exists is the space time world, the physical world as we say". He justifies this by saying that the physical world "seems obviously to exist" while other things "seem much more hypothetical". From this fundamental assumption flows a rejection of abstract objects including Platonic forms.[3]
Armstrong's development as a philosopher was influenced heavily by John Anderson, David Lewis, and J.J.C. Smart,[4] as well as by Ullin Place, Herbert Feigl, Gilbert Ryle and G. E. Moore.[5] Armstrong collaborated with C. B. Martin on a collection of critical essays on John Locke and George Berkeley.[6]
In metaphysics, Armstrong defends the view that universals exist (although Platonic uninstantiated universals do not exist). Those universals match up with the fundamental particles that science tells us about.[7] Armstrong declares himself to be a scientific realist.[8]
Armstrong notes that his view of universals is that they are sparse, not every predicate will have an accompanying property, but only those which are deemed basic by scientific investigation. The ultimate ontology of universals would only be realised with the completion of physical science. Mass would thus be a universal (subject to mass not being discarded by future physicists). Armstrong realises that we will need to refer to and use properties that are not considered universals in his sparse ontology—for instance, being able to refer to something being a game (to use the example from Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations). Armstrong then suggests that a supervenience relation exists between these second order properties and the ontologically authentic universals given to us by physics.[9]
Armstrong's theory of universals treats relations as having no particular ontological difficulty, they can be treated in the same way non-relational properties are. How Armstrong's theory of universals deals with relations with varying adicities has been raised as an issue by Fraser MacBride.[10] MacBride argues that there can be relations where the number of terms in the relation varies across instances. Armstrong's response is to affirm a theory he describes as the Principle of Instantial Invariance, wherein the adicity of properties are essential and invariant. According to Armstrong, complex relations which seem to challenge the principle are not ontologically real but are second-order properties that can be reduced to more basic properties that subscribe to the Principle of Instantial Invariance.[11]
Armstrong rejects nominalist accounts of properties that attempt to align properties simply with classes. Coextension is a problem they face: if properties are simply classes, in a world where all blue things are also wet, class nominalists are unable to draw a distinction between the property of being blue and being wet. He provides an analogy to the argument in Euthyphro: to say that electrons are electrons because they are part of the class of electrons puts the cart before the horse. They are part of the class of electrons because they are electrons.[12]
In Armstrong's view, nominalisms can also be criticised for producing a blob theory of reality. Objects have structure: they have parts, those parts are made of molecules, which are in turn made up of atoms standing in relation to one another, which are in turn made up of subatomic particles and so on. Blobbiness also threatens Platonic universals: a particular instantiating a universal in a world of Platonic universals becomes a matter of the blob-particular having a relation to a universal elsewhere (in the Platonic heaven, say), rather than having an internal relation in the way that a chemical element does to a constituent atom.[7]
In terms of the origin of Armstrong's view of universals, Armstrong says his view of universals is "relatively unexplored territory" but points to Hilary Putnam's 1970 paper 'On Properties'[13] as a possible forerunner. He also says that "Plato in his later works, Aristotle and the Scholastic Realists were ahead of contemporary philosophy in this matter, although handicapped by the relative backwardness of the science and the scientific methodology of their day".[14]
States of affairs[edit]
Central to Armstrong's philosophy is the idea of states of affairs ("facts" in Russell's terminology): in Sketch for a Systematic Metaphysics, Armstrong claims that states of affairs are "the fundamental structures in reality".[15] A state of affairs roughly put is an instantiation of a particular and a universal: a state of affairs might be that a particular atom exists, instantiating a universal (say, that it is of a particular element, if chemical elements are ultimately accepted as part of Armstrong's universals). The particulars in Armstrong's ontology must have at least one universal—just as he rejects uninstantiated universals, he also rejects "unpropertied particulars".[16]
Armstrong argues that states of affairs are distinct things in ontology because they are more than the sum of their parts. If some particular a has a non-symmetric relation R to another particular b, then R (a, b) differs from R (b, a). It may be the case that R (a, b) obtains in the world but R (b, a) does not. Without states of affairs instantiating the particulars and universals (including relations), we cannot account for the truth of the one case and the falsity of the other.[17]
Laws of nature[edit]
Armstrong's theory of universals gives him the basis for an understanding of laws of nature as being relations between universals, a non-Humean account of laws of nature proposed independently by Armstrong,[18] Michael Tooley,[19] and Fred Dretske.[20] This account posits that the relations between universals are truthmakers for the statements about physical laws, and it is realist as it accepts that laws of nature are a feature of the world rather than just a way we talk about the world. Armstrong identifies the laws as holding between universals rather than particulars as an account of laws involving just particulars rather than universals would not adequately explain how laws of nature operate in the case of counterfactuals.[21]
To illustrate the theory, Stephen Mumford gives the example of all ravens are black. Under the theory of Armstrong, Tooley and Dretske, there is a relation of necessity between the universals ravenhood and blackness, rather than there being a relationship with every single raven. This allows the explanation of laws of nature that have not been instantiated. Mumford cites the frequently-used example of the moa bird: "It is supposed that every bird of this now-extinct species died at a young age, though not because of anything in its genetic makeup. Rather, it died mainly because of some virus that just happened to sweep through the population. One bird could have escaped the virus only to be eaten by a predator on the day before its fiftieth birthday."[22] Under the theory of Armstrong, Tooley and Dretske, such a coincidence would not be a law of nature.
Armstrong rejects dispositionalism, the idea that dispositional properties (or powers as they are sometimes referred to) are ontologically significant and have an important role in explaining laws of nature.[23] Armstrong believes that the challenge that dispositionalism presents for his account of laws of nature is not in the case of manifested dispositions (say, a glass dropping on the ground and breaking) but unmanifested dispositions (the fact that counter factually if one were to drop the glass on the ground, it would break). Armstrong simply states that the disposition is simply in the nature of the instantiated properties of the thing which is supposed to have the disposition.[24]
Truth and truthmakers[edit]
Regarding truth, Armstrong holds to what he describes as a "Maximalist" version of truthmaker theory: he believes that every truth has a truthmaker, although there doesn't necessarily exist a one-to-one mapping between truth and truthmaker.[25] The possibility of one to many relations between truths and truthmakers is a feature that Armstrong believes allows truthmaker theory to answer some of the criticisms levelled at older correspondence theories of truth (of which he believes truthmaker theory to be an improved version).[26] Negative truths have truthmakers in Armstrong's account: he gives the example of a wall that is painted green. The wall being painted green is a truth for the proposition that it is not painted white and the proposition that it is not painted red and so on.[27]
The difficulty in providing an adequate account of truthmakers for events in the past is one reason Armstrong gives for rejecting presentism—the view that only the present exists (another reason being the incompatibility of such a view with special relativity). Presentists, Armstrong argues, must either deny that truthmakers are needed for statements about the past, or account for them "by postulating rather strange truthmakers".[28]
Armstrong holds to a physicalist, functionalist theory of the mind. He initially was attracted to Gilbert Ryle's The Concept of Mind and the rejection of Cartesian dualism. Armstrong did not buy into behaviourism though and instead developed a theory he referred to as the "central-state theory", which identifies mental states with the state of the central nervous system. In A Materialist Theory of Mind, he accepted that mental states such as consciousness exist, but stated that they can be explained as physical phenomena.[29]
Armstrong's view of knowledge is that the conditions of knowledge are satisfied when you have a justified true belief that you arrived at through a reliable process: that is, the belief was caused by some factor in the external world (hence the label of externalism). Armstrong uses the analogy of a thermometer: as a thermometer changes to reflect the temperature of the environment it is in, so must one's beliefs if they are reliably formed. The connection between knowledge and the external world, for Armstrong, is a nomological relationship (that is, a law of nature relationship).[30] Here, Armstrong's view is broadly similar to that of Alvin Goldman and Robert Nozick.[31] The intuitions that lead to this kind of externalism led Alvin Plantinga towards an account of knowledge that added the requirement for 'properly-functioning' cognitive systems operating according to a design plan.[32]
On the question of the relationship between beliefs and knowledge, Armstrong defends a "weak acceptance" of the belief condition, namely that if a person can be said to know some thing p, he or she believes p. In a paper for the Aristotelian Society, Armstrong rejects a series of linguistic arguments for a rejection of the belief condition which argue that one can have knowledge without having belief because a common usage of the word 'belief' is to imply lack of knowledge—Armstrong gives the example of if you asked a man on a railway station whether the train has just left and he said "I believe it has", you would take from this that he does not know that it has.[33]
Armstrong also argues that contradictory beliefs show that there is a connection between beliefs and knowledge. He gives the example of a woman who has learned her husband is dead but cannot bring herself to believe her husband is dead. She both believes and disbelieves her husband is dead: it just happens that one of her two beliefs is justified, true and satisfies some knowledge conditions.[33][34]
Armstrong presents a response to Colin Radford's modified version of the "unconfident examinee" example. A student is asked when Queen Elizabeth I died, and he hesitatingly answers "1603" and exhibits no confidence in his answer. He has forgotten that at some point previously, he studied English history. Radford presents this as an example of knowledge without belief. But Armstrong differs on this: the unconfident examinee has a belief that Queen Elizabeth I died in 1603, he knows that she died in 1603, but he does not know that he knows. Armstrong rejects the KK Principle—that to know some thing p, one must know that one knows p.[33][35] Armstrong's rejection of the KK Principle is consistent with his wider externalist project.[36]
Life and career[edit]
After studying at the University of Sydney, Armstrong did a B.Phil at the University of Oxford and a Ph.D at the University of Melbourne. He taught at Birkbeck College in 1954–55, then at the University of Melbourne from 1956–63. In 1964, he became Challis Professor of Philosophy at the University of Sydney, where he stayed until his retirement in 1992. During his career, he was a visiting lecturer at a number of institutions including Yale, Stanford, the University of Notre Dame, the University of Texas at Austin and Franklin and Marshall College.[37]
In 1974, when the University of Sydney's Philosophy department split into two departments—the Department for General Philosophy and the Department for Traditional and Modern Philosophy—Armstrong joined the latter along with David Stove and Keith Campbell, while the former department pursued more radical politics and taught courses on Marxism and feminism.[38] The two departments were reunified in 2000.[39]
Armstrong married Jennifer Mary de Bohun Clark in 1982 and had step children. He previously married Madeleine Annette Haydon in 1950.[40] He also served in the Royal Australian Navy.[37]
In 1950, Armstrong formed an Anti-Conscription Committee with David Stove and Eric Dowling, all three former students of John Anderson. Anderson supported conscription and also believed that anti-conscription opinions ought to be suppressed.[41]
To mark the 50th anniversary in 2014 of Armstrong's appointment to the Challis Chair of Philosophy at Sydney University, Quadrant magazine published a tribute to him by David Stove[42] and an overview of Armstrong's work by Andrew Irvine.[43]
- Berkeley's Theory of Vision: A Critical Examination of Bishop Berkeley's Essay towards a New Theory of Vision. Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1960.
- Perception and the Physical World. London: Routledge & K. Paul, 1961. [ISBN 0-7100-3603-5]
- Bodily Sensations. London: Routledge & K. Paul, 1962.
- A Materialist Theory of the Mind. London: Routledge & K. Paul, 1968. [ISBN 0-415-10031-3]
- Belief, Truth and Knowledge. London: Cambridge University Press, 1973, [ISBN 0-521-08706-6]
- Universals and Scientific Realism. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1978. [ISBN 0-521-21741-5]
- The Nature of Mind and Other Essays. Cornell University Press, 1981. [ISBN 0801413532 ]
- What is a Law of Nature? Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1983. [ISBN 0-521-25343-8]
- A Combinatorial Theory of Possibility. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1989. [ISBN 0-521-37427-8]
- Universals: An Opinionated Introduction. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1989. [ISBN 0-8133-0772-4]
- A World of States of Affairs. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997. [ISBN 0-521-58064-1]
- The Mind-Body Problem: An Opinionated Introduction. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1999. [ISBN 0-8133-9056-7]
- Truth and Truthmakers. Cambridge University Press, 2004. [ISBN 0-521-83832-0]
- Sketch for a Systematic Metaphysics. Oxford University Press, 2010. [ISBN 0199590613]
Selected articles[edit]
- "Is Introspective Knowledge Incorrigible?" Philosophical Review 72 (1963), 417–32.
- "Meaning and Communication". Philosophical Review 80 (1971), 427–47.
- "Alan Ker Stout, 1900–1983", Proceedings of the Australian Academy of the Humanities 12 (1982–83): 106–109, retrieved 2009-02-18.
- (with Peter Forrest) "An Argument against David Lewis' Theory of Possible Worlds". Australasian Journal of Philosophy 62 (1984), 164–8.
- "Classes are States of Affairs". Mind 100 (1991), 189–200.
- Black Swans: The formative influences in Australian philosophy, in Rationality and Irrationality, (Proceedings of the 23rd International Wittgenstein Symposium, Kirchberg am Wechsel, Austria, 2000) ed. B. Brogaard & B. Smith, Wien.
- "Interview". In Lee Jobling and Catherine Runcie (eds.), Matters of the Mind: Poems, Essays and Interviews in Honour of Leonie Kramer. Sydney: University of Sydney, 2001, 322–332.
See also[edit]
- ^ Biographical Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Philosophers, London: Routledge, 1996, pp. 31–32, ISBN 0-415-06043-5
- ^ "Book of Members, 1780–2010: Chapter A". American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 25 April 2011.
- ^ Armstrong, D.M. (2010). Sketch for a Systematic Metaphysics. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 1–2. ISBN 9780199655915.
- ^ Interview
- ^ Peter Forrest, D.M. Armstrong in A Companion to Philosophy in Australia and New Zealand (Oppy and Trakakis)
- ^ D. M. Armstrong; C. B. Martin (1969). Locke and Berkeley: A Collection of Critical Essays. Macmillan.
- ^ a b D. M. Armstrong (1989), Universals, Boulder: Westview Press, ISBN 0-8133-0763-5, 0813307635
- ^ D. M. Armstrong (28 November 1980), A Theory of Universals, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 978-0-521-28032-7, 052128032X
- ^ Armstrong, D.M. (2010). Sketch for a Systematic Metaphysics. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 19–20. ISBN 9780199655915.
- ^ MacBride, Fraser (2005). "The Particular–Universal Distinction: A Dogma of Metaphysics?". Mind 114 (455): 565–614. doi:10.1093/mind/fzi565.
- ^ Armstrong, D.M. (2010). Sketch for a Systematic Metaphysics. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 23–25. ISBN 9780199655915.
- ^ Mumford, p. 23–24
- ^ In Essays in Honour of Carl G. Hempel and reprinted in Volume 1 of Putnam's Philosophical Papers.
- ^ Nominalism & Realism, p. xv
- ^ Armstrong, D.M. (2010). Sketch for a Systematic Metaphysics. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 36. ISBN 9780199655915.
- ^ Mumford, p. 29
- ^ D. M. Armstrong (1989), Universals, Boulder: Westview Press, pp. 88–94, ISBN 0-8133-0763-5, 0813307635
- ^ In What is a Law of Nature (1983).
- ^ Tooley, Michael (1977). "The Nature of Laws". Canadian Journal of Philosophy 7 (4): 667–698.
- ^ Dretske, Fred. "Laws of Nature". Philosophy of Science 44 (2): 248–268. doi:10.1086/288741.
- ^ Mumford, p. 45
- ^ Mumford, ch. 44 'Laws and Dispositions', in The Routledge Companion to Metaphysics, p. 472-473
- ^ Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Dispositions
- ^ Armstrong, D.M. (2010). Sketch for a Systematic Metaphysics. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 48–53. ISBN 9780199655915.
- ^ Mumford, p. 171
- ^ Armstrong, D.M. (2010). Sketch for a Systematic Metaphysics. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 61—66. ISBN 9780199655915.
- ^ Truths and Truthmakers, p. 24
- ^ Armstrong, D.M. (2010). Sketch for a Systematic Metaphysics. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 101. ISBN 9780199655915.
- ^ Mumford, p. 133-140
- ^ Lehrer, Keith. (2000), Theory of knowledge, Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press, p. 178, ISBN 0-8133-9053-2, 0813390532
- ^ John L. Pollock (1999), Contemporary theories of knowledge, Lanham, Md: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, p. 13, ISBN 0-8476-8936-0, 0847689360
- ^ Alvin Plantinga (1993), Warrant and proper function, New York: Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-507863-2, 0195078632
- ^ a b c David Malet Armstrong (1969). "Does Knowledge Entail Belief?". Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society 70: 21—36.
- ^ Mumford, page 155
- ^ Mumford, page 155
- ^ The KK (Knowing that One Knows) Principle, Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
- ^ a b "Vita".
- ^ Paul Crittenden. "Sydney, University of, Department of General Philosophy". A Companion to Philosophy in Australia and New Zealand.
- ^ Duncan Ivison. "Sydney, University of, Department of Philosophy (Reunification – 2009)". A Companion to Philosophy in Australia and New Zealand.
- ^ Andrew Chrucky. "An Interview with Professor David Armstrong".
- ^ Aubrey Townsend. "Anderson, John, and Andersonianism". A Companion to Philosophy in Australia and New Zealand.
- ^ David Stove, "A Tribute to David Armstrong," Quadrant, March 2014, 42-43.
- ^ Andrew Irvine, "David Armstrong and Australian Materialism," Quadrant, March 2014, 36-39 and "David Armstrong: A Reader's Guide," Quadrant, March 2014, 40-41.
Further reading[edit]
- John Bacon, Keith Campbell & Lloyd Reinhardt (eds.), Ontology, Causality, and Mind: Essays in Honour of D.M. Armstrong. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993. [ISBN 0-521-41562-4]
- Radu J. Bogdan (ed.), D.M. Armstrong Dordrecht: Reidel, 1984. [ISBN 90-277-1657-9]
- James Franklin, Corrupting the Youth: A History of Philosophy in Australia, Paddington: Macleay Press, 2003, chapters 9, 11, 12.
- Andrew Irvine, "David Armstrong and Australian Materialism," Quadrant, March 2014, 36-39.
- Andrew Irvine, "David Armstrong: A Reader's Guide," Quadrant, March 2014, 40-41.
- Stephen Mumford, David Armstrong, Durham: Acumen, 2007. [ISBN 1844651002]
- David Stove, "A Tribute to David Armstrong," Quadrant, March 2014, 42-43.
External links[edit]
- Guide to the Papers of David Armstrong
- David Armstrong's Curriculum Vitae
- P. Forrest, 'Armstrong, D.M.' in A Companion to Philosophy in Australia and New Zealand
- Armstrong's Pufendorf Lectures 2004


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WACO, Texas — The tarp was removed from the south end zone at Baylor's Floyd Casey Stadium Thursday night. It had been years since that concrete had seen the light of day.
But what was really exposed turned out to be No. 12 Oklahoma. The debate over whether No. 5 Baylor is overrated could potentially continue. The Sooners' status is no longer up for deliberation after it was taken to the woodshed in a 41-12 loss to the Bears.
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It was a ruse — and a horribly executed one at that. The Sooners never came close to establishing the run. In the first half, its running backs — Brennan Clay, Roy Finch and Damien Williams — combined for just seven carries.
"From the very beginning, I felt like the offense didn't get anything going," said OU quarterback Blake Bell, who completed just 15 of 35 passes for 150 yards. "Obviously, we didn't have any chemistry. It felt like something was going wrong for us out there."
The biggest issue was getting Bell in a position where he had to throw the ball 35 times. But OU's running game was stagnant. Thirty-four carries produced just 87 yards. OU had to get that going early.
Instead, its inability to run the ball was evident early.
Early in the second quarter, the Sooners had the ball at the Baylor 1 with a chance to take a touchdown lead. Bell, instead, was stuffed for a 1-yard loss. It was the first of three red zone trips for the Sooners. They accumulated just 10 points off of them.
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All natural, dyed or imitation furs, and all articles made wholly or partly therefrom, sold at retail within the commonwealth, shall be plainly marked or labelled with an accurate statement of the material which they contain, together with the name and address of the seller. If such statement refers to the fur or other material by a trade name, it shall further designate it by the true name or names of the animal or animals from which such fur is taken or of such other material. In the case of fur, such statement shall fully disclose that the fur sold or contained in the article sold is dyed, or that the fur or article is made of pieces of fur other than whole skins, if such is the fact. Such statement shall contain no misrepresentation as to the place from which the fur or other material came, as to the manufacturer of the article, or as to any other matter, and shall be plainly and permanently marked or branded on the inside of the skin, or plainly set forth in a permanent label firmly sewed to the material or article or to the permanent lining of the article. Whoever violates any provision of this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than two hundred dollars.
CREDIT(S)Added by St.1941, c. 422.


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By Justin Sondel
Niagara Gazette
Niagara Gazette — U.S. Rep. Brian Higgins wants the New York Power Authority to pay for the removal of the Robert Moses Parkway.
Using the Niagara Gorge as a backdrop while standing in front of an elevated section of the parkway near the Whirlpool Rapids Bridge, the Buffalo Democrat, whose Congressional district now includes the city of Niagara Falls, announced plans Thursday to seek $120 million from the power authority to finance removal efforts along the northern and southern parkway sections.
Higgins described the "poorly utilized roadway" as both a physical and economic barrier to the "renaissance" of Niagara Falls while suggesting that the authority should pay for the implementation of community-based removal plans.
"We believe that will unleash the extraordinary potential of Niagara Falls, N.Y. as a great waterfront city drawing those millions of people who visit Niagara Falls, Canada every single year," Higgins said.
Higgins outlined his proposal in a 14-page plan called "The Niagara Falls Waterfront: NYPA's Responsibility for the Robert Moses Parkway." The plan includes historical information about the roadway, the authority's role in its development and data on authority revenues. He delivered a copy of his proposal to NYPA Chairman John Koelmel on Thursday.
The congressman said the authority evicted residents through eminent domain and built the highway that now stands as a barrier between the city and the water. As a result, he believes the authority should pay to remove the road and rebuild the area.
A spokesperson from the power authority declined to comment on Higgins' plan, but later sent out a two-sentence statement.
"We just received Congressman Higgins' letter on the Robert Moses Parkway and will review it," the statement said. "We will respond in a timely manner and will continue to have an open dialogue with the congressman as we have in the past."
The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation is expected to reveal its recommended options for the future of the northern section later this month. A consultant working with state parks presented a total of six options for the roadway for public review, including options to leave it as is and total removal from the Falls to Lewiston.
The southern section has been eyed for several changes aimed at making it more pedestrian friendly and less of an obstacle to waterfront access.
Higgins stopped short of endorsing any specific project, saying he'll support whatever the community decides on both sections, while adding that his effort will be "entirely consistent" with the state parks plan.
"I think that's why this announcement is important, because it's timely," Higgins said.
Higgins said the key to any plan is the money needed to carry it out.
Only $5 million is currently available for the south section redesign - too little to carry out the actual construction. The $120 million request by his office represented an estimate of what he believes will be needed to make the sort of progress on renewal efforts that he believes the city needs and deserves.
"This is something that's very doable," Higgins said.
The congressman called on the authority to finance the effort because he said it "certainly" has the resources to "make it happen."
The Niagara Power Project in Lewiston has been key to the authority's profitability, according to Higgins who said more than $1 billion from the facility has been used in the past six years to fund operations elsewhere within the authority's system.
In 2008 alone the authority had a surplus of $309 million, of which $236 million, or 76 percent, came from the Niagara facility, according to documents from the authority.
"We have a rightful claim to that money," Higgins said.
Higgins said Buffalo and Niagara Falls were historically two of the strongest economies in the nation because of the unique natural resources of the Niagara River and Niagara Falls, that is until an act of congress — the Niagara Redevelopment Act passed in 1957 — reallocated the hydropower created by the river to other parts of New York and to seven other states.
"They didn't have the right to do that," Higgins said.
Higgins, who was instrumental in negotiating a 2007 licensing agreement between the power authority, said he can use the relicensing of a downstate power project as leverage to get NYPA to pay for the removal of the parkway.
The authority needs federal approval to continue to operate facility, which Higgins said loses money and is subsidized by the Niagara Power Project.
Higgins used a similar relicensing need as leverage when negotiating the relicensing agreement that ultimately led to the financing of substantial improvements along the waterfront in Buffalo.
"We will continue to be very aggressive in advancing this idea because it makes a lot of sense," Higgins said.
"That's what we did in Buffalo and we're prepared to it again," he added. "This community is worth fighting for."
Mayor Paul Dyster said parkway removal was one of the major issues that convinced him to enter politics.
"I've been involved in efforts to deal with problems caused by the parkway pretty much the entire time I've been in public office here in Niagara Falls," Dyster said.
Growing up in the DeVeaux neighborhood, Dyster said he experienced the barrier that the road creates first hand. People would cut holes in fencing installed by the state and cross the highway to get to the water, he said.
"Anytime somebody from the state would put that fence back up, someone from the neighborhood would cut a hole in it," Dyster said.
Dyster appreciates the federal backing from Higgins on an issue that has been important to him for a long time, he said.
"I think it's really great that only a few weeks into his representation of Niagara Falls he is willing to take a lead role in trying to find resources to correct this," Dyster said.
Dyster said he agrees with the congressman's assertion the the power authority should fund the removal of the parkway.
"This region, through the generation of hydropower, has contributed more than its fair share to the state's coffers," Dyster said. "I think it's entirely appropriate for the city to seek funds to deal with issues that are in the purview of the power authority."
Dyster said it is encouraging to have Higgins, who successfully negotiated for funding to improve Buffalo's waterfront, in his corner.
"He's not going to be afraid to speak up on behalf of waterfront issues in Niagara Falls," he said.


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CYPRESS, Texas -- With the push of a button, Kelly Trlica and Ashley Dutton are fighting crime one copy at a time, printing hundreds of flyers with the composite sketch of a rape suspect who may have struck in the Cypress area more than once.
"So we'll go ahead and put them on every door in the neighborhood of Village at Cypress Lakes off of 290 and the Meushki area where he's been hitting," said Trlica.
When these co-workers heard the news of three sexual assaults in the Cypress area in as many weeks, two of them remarkably similar, they didn't just sit back in disbelief. They decided to take action.
"Because it's my neighborhood," said Dutton. "I don't want anything to happen to one of my neighbors or my family members or myself."
"We're all in the cypress area," said Trlica. "It's scary that this is happening during the daylight hours. There's moms with children around and as a mom myself with a small child, I want people to know. He needs to be caught."
The most recent assault took place in the Cypress Landing subdivision. A mother of two had just gotten home from work when her door was kicked in. Fortunately, her children weren't home from school yet, which was not the case earlier this month, when a mother's door was kicked in three miles away, and she was raped while her children were in another room. Investigators are trying to determine if the same suspect is responsible.
"I kind of figured if we put the news out there and tell everybody what he looks like and what he drives, if they see it, then they'll know, hey, this guy has been on the news, and maybe it can stop sooner than having another incident happen," said Dutton
The suspect is said to be a thin Hispanic male in his 20s with a military style haircut. He's approximately 5'10" tall and drives a white four door Chevy Cobalt with Texas stickers. If you have information call Crime Stoppers at 713-222-TIPS.


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Sumner police released surveillance footage Monday of a suspect vehicle in a fatal hit-and-run that happened Oct. 5 near the Log Cabin Tavern.
The video shows the vehicle, which police think is a dark small sedan or sports car, traveling left to right across the screen on East Valley Highway.
It's the same vehicle that was involved in the hit-and-run accident in the 2700 block of East Valley Highway that killed 23-year-old Rachel Givens, police said.
She was crossing the road to the Tavern when she was hit, investigators said.
They hope the public will help identify the vehicle or put together a more complete description of it. It will have damage to its front end and maybe windshield, police said.
They're also hoping to speak with people who were in a silver Subaru Outback that was heading south on East Valley Highway right after Givens was hit, just before 11 p.m.
The Subaru is not visible in the surveillance video.
Sumner Police also said Monday that an anonymous donor had offered $5,000 for information leading to the identification, arrest, prosecution and conviction of the suspect.
Anyone with information is asked to call 253-299-5678.


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The first time I ever walked into a coin show was my first day
of work for the ANA. That's right, I got my start with the ANA in
Chicago at the World's Fair of Money in 2011. My first day of work
was literally to get on a plane to Chicago, find the convention
center, and get ready for the biggest show in
No pressure there or anything.
Walking into your first coin show can be overwhelming, as I
learned first hand. So, for those collectors who are attending an
ANA show for the first time, I've rounded up some tips that were
previously published in The Numismatist to share here at
The Exchange.


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How to repair a torn sidewall on the road or trail
Here at Bicycle Times we love getting out and exploring by bike, whether its on a road, trail or something in between. And while tubeless technology has eliminated pinch flats, it can't help when a catastrophe strikes. A torn sidewall usually means the end of a tire's lifespan, but you'll still need to get home somehow.
Western Bikeworks has a great how-to video with some tips for getting yourself out of trouble with a torn sidewall by using a tire boot. Watch and learn — after all, the best rides are out of cell phone range!Tweet Print
Voting now open for Oregon Manifest project bikes
Which will be the "ultimate urban utility bike?" Five bike custom bicycle companies partnered with five industrial design firms to build their vision of that ideal, and now you get to decide which will make it into production by Fuji Bikes.
Teams from five cities revealed their projects last week and now voting is underway online to determine the winner of the 2014 Oregon Manifest challenge.
See the entries and cast your vote here.Tweet Print
In Print: If It Ain't Moto, It's Music
Words and photo by Kevin Murphy
Through the 1980s and '90s, Ross Shafer and Salsa Cycles were a force to be reckoned with. Salsa became one of the most sought-after boutique brands, which made stems, handlebars, quick releases, production and custom frames. But it wasn't all just great product.
Shafer and his Petaluma, Calif. crew instilled a joyful soul into the brand and everything it touched. Annual festivals, fun apparel, and an ethos they lived and breathed. It was full-on fun, and moto. The incredible popularity and cult status among Salsa bicycle owners would be reason enough to tell the story of Shafer and Salsa. But there's a hidden track on this LP.Tweet Print
Roundup: Three pairs of women's riding pants from Giro, Club Ride and Ibex
Though it may come as a surprise to some, women do ride bikes. We've all heard that number is growing (Hooray!). They also, sometimes, wear pants. As a lady in the bicycle industry I'm frequently asked by other ladies I know, who ride either occasionally or everyday, where are the women's specific cycling pants? Pants that don't look like a riding kit or have a chamois? Does such a thing exist?
Yes it does.
Here are three pairs of women's pants that I've been using on and off the bike this spring that I think are pretty awesome.Tweet Print
Video: Whole Foods in Brooklyn begins delivery by bike
The Whole Foods at Third and 3rd in Brooklyn already has an impressive track record of sustainability initiatives, including solar panels and wind turbines, but its latest project sure looks like the most fun.
Partnering with People's Cargo, the store is readying specially built Bullitt cargo bikes with e-assist motors and refrigerated boxes. Delivery charges vary based on how far you are from the store, but if you don't have your own cargo bike, grocery shopping has never been easier!
Watch the video to learn more.Tweet Print
First Look: Felt 2015 lineup with 'adventure road', new fat bike
Felt Bicycles develops bikes in nearly every category with worldwide distribution, an impressive feat for a company with a crew of 32 in its Irvine, California, headquarters. Its 2015 launch for more than 30 journalists from around the country highlighted several Bicycle Times-friendly models alongside the standard high-zoot carbon machines, including e-bikes, endurance, commuting, fat bikes and dirt.Tweet Print
Introducing Salsa's new Blackbarow adventure fat bike
When the Salsa Mukluk first burst onto the scene in 2011, it was designed for backcountry exploration moreso than actual mountain biking. Well in the past few years things have changed quite a bit, and as fat bikes have become more specialized, tires have gotten bigger, and customers' desires have changed, the bikes have had to evolve quickly.
See what makes the Blackbarow unique here.Tweet Print
First ride: Salsa's full-suspension fat bike, the Bucksaw
We had seen it coming. There were spy shots and rumors tossed around about a full-suspension fat bike. In fact, the Bucksaw isn't even the first one—several smaller brands have built bikes that qualified as "full-suspension", but this one is different. This is a major brand making a big commitment to a new product segment, and bringing an advanced suspension design with it. Mike Riemer, Salsa's Marketing Manager, said that Dave Weagle, the creator of the Bucksaw's Split Pivot suspension, told him it was the most complex project he had ever worked on.
One thing is for sure, this is not a "stealthy" bike. From the big tires to the candy-colored paint, the Bucksaw is breaking a new trail in mountain biking. But how does it ride?Tweet Print
First Impression: Niner RLT9
Niner's RLT is inspired by the "Road Less Traveled", and is perhaps an unlikely leader in the adventure bike trend. There's a lot to admire about the fresh-looking bike, even without pedaling it: three great color schemes, plenty of tire clearance, carbon fork, internal cable routing, similar airformed tubing to Niner's AIR9 mountain bike, singlespeed or geared options, integrated fender mounts, rear rack mounts, relaxed geometry and disc brakes all make for an extremely attractive package.Tweet Print
Modify Watches let's you rep your favorite cycling brand, or go full custom
I'll admit I'm a bit of a watch nut so I was I wanted to share this new timekeeping option for cycling fans – or really anyone who wants something unique. Everything these days is about standing out from the crowd. Brands like Timbuk2 and Chrome offer custom products, and even Trek is in on the action with its Project One bikes.
Modify Watches was launched from a crowd-funding effort and offers stock or custom watches for less than $100. You can choose a pre-made template, use the online configuration to build your own, or even send in your own design and have it printed on the watch face. The cycling industry is getting in on the action with plenty of brands and styles to choose from.
Modify has made custom watches for SRAM,Pinarello, Ritte Racing, Hodala Cyclocross Team,Cyclehawk, Godspeed Courier and Levi's GranFondo to name a few. Shops such as One On One Bicycle in Minneapolis and West End Bikes in Portland are signed on to carry custom watches as well as stock options. If you're a brand or bike shop, get in touch with Modify to learn about making your own.
Want to let loose on the weekend but need to be serious at the office? You can purchase an extra strap for just $15 and switch the face out in seconds.
What do you think? Should we make a Bicycle Times watch?
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Are you preparing that generator you purchased after Hurricane Sandy? If so, keep in mind these safety tips for generators and more.
Generators and Heating Units
- Never use a generator, grill, camp stove or other gasoline, propane, natural gas or charcoal-burning devise inside a home, garage, basement, crawlspace or any partially enclosed area.
- Locate units away from doors, windows and vents that could allow carbon monoxide to come indoors.
- Never contact a generator directly to your home's wiring unless your home has been wired for generator use.
- Portable generator safety information is also posted by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Carbon Monoxide
- Install carbon monoxide alarms in central locations on every level of your home and outside sleeping areas to provide an early warning of accumulating carbon monoxide.
- If a carbon monoxide alarm sounds, move quickly to a fresh air location outdoors, or by an open window or door.
- Call 911 from the fresh air location and remain there until emergency personnel arrive to assist you.
Gasoline Safety
- Gasoline containers should never be brought inside. Store and use outside.
- Never smoke or use any item that can cause a spark anywhere near gasoline.
- Only use "approved" gasoline containers.
Candle Safety
- Candles are not recommended, but if they must be used, follow these guidelines.
- Put candles in sturdy metal, glass or ceramic holders and place them where they cannot be easily knocked down.
- Keep candles at least 12 inches from anything that can burn.
- Keep candles out of reach of children and pets.
- Children should never be allowed to play with matches, lighters or candles.
- Never use a candle where medical oxygen is being used. The two can combine to create a large unexpected fire.
- Extinguish candles after use and before going to bed or leaving the house.
- Keep candles away from windows where they can ignite curtains.
- Never leave candles unattended.
Water Pipes
- For those who still have no power or heat, consider turning off your water in your home at the main shut-off to prevent broken water pipes or keep water from trickling from the tap to keep the water flowing -- this will lessen the chance of pipes freezing.
Power lines
- Never assume that a downed power line is not energised, as it could be "live."
- To report a downed wire, call 911.
- Never go near or touch an electrical wire or anything in contact with the wire.


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MALONE — Franklin County may need new jail space to handle the increase in female inmates and to reduce costly maintenance as the 20-year-old existing building ages.
Darrin Rubadeau, County Buildings and Grounds superintendent, also told legislators he needs another person to help catch up on the repairs and preventive maintenance needed at the Bare Hill Road facility.
His department lost a position in 2011 when the county laid off 11 staff, and the loss is being felt as repairs pile up at the jail, he said.
Rubadeau said his staff also takes care of the Public Safety Building next door and that he doesn't have enough staff to easily perform routine tasks at each site, such as mowing and trash collection, or to do the inspections and equipment repairs that often crop up.
"In 1993, when it was built, there were 40 inmates, and it was a new building, so there wasn't a lot of maintenance needed," he said.
"Now, it's 20 years old, and there are about 120 inmates, so the work's tripled. Things are going down. Preventive maintenance needs to be done."
Rubadeau said he could find enough money in his existing budget to pay for an extra person until the end of the year, but he urged legislators to restore the position he lost.
County Manager Thomas Leitz said it makes sense to put the job back because savings will be realized next year when fewer maintenance workers will be needed at the County Nursing Home — a planned merger of that facility with Alice Hyde Medical Center's nursing home is set for 2014.
Rubadeau there are three full-time maintenance people at the Nursing Home and 14 cleaners, but post-merger, he may only need one maintenance person and one or two cleaners.
The cost for a maintenance worker assigned to tasks at the jail is reimbursed at 80 percent from the Sheriff's Department budget, he said.


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Amy Holmquist
The Chronicle
Pella —
An international program through the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) has been sending resources overseas to get electricity in impoverished areas for 50 years now, but this is the first time one of Pella Cooperative Electric's own linemen has stepped up to join the cause.
Pella Cooperative Electric Assocation's (PCEA) Journeyman Lineman Randy Reineke took two weeks of vacation last December and traveled down to Caracol, Haiti where he joined other lineman from a Minnesota cooperative to help bring electricity to homes that have never been blessed with electricity before.
NRECA's international program's slogan is "Electrifying the world…..one village at a time." The program works to send co-op volunteers, usually linemen, CEOs and engineering managers, on a two to three week trip, and Reineke wanted to be involved.
"I figured I could help somebody in need. I thought it would be kind of neat to be one of those people that finally got to electrify a household for the first time, someone that's never had it before," Reineke commented.
A new power plant has just been built in Caracol, and Reineke along with other workers ran REC specified line from the power plant out to the homes of Caracol, providing power to some homes for the very first time. In Caracol, there has been no reliable power source. If a home had power, it would come on sporadically and never more than 5 hours at a time. A home could not have the main household appliances you see in the United States – refrigerators or microwaves - so they had no way to keep any food cold.
"It's amazing of what all they can do without the amenities we take for granted," Reineke said.
The main things the people of Caracol wanted electricity for was for a light in their home, a refrigerator to keep their food cold and a means to charge their cell phone. A main spot in the community had a generator, so the Haitians would congregate at the local spot to charge their cell phones and have light at nighttime.
The goal of the trip was to bring electricity to those homes who have never had it before. Working through the language barrier, Reineke and the other linemen ran REC specified line from the newly built power plant out to homes so they can have electricity 24/7.
Happy to help bring electricity to their homes for the first time, many of the locals jumped in to help dig holes for the poles. They also taught some of the Haitians how to set poles and transformers without a boom truck.
"To have brought them power that would stay on an extended amount of time, you could tell right away it was helping them," Reineke said.
Especially for the fisherman, having electricity is a huge help. They can now keep fish cold for their own family and be able to sell it.
"While you were there, you got an appreciation for the people. They're working hard to put food on the table," Randy said.
Reineke learned that a lot of the locals in Caracol worked at a local factory that makes t-shirts for U.S. stores like Kohl's and Target. They get paid around $5 per day and for every minute they were late to work they lost an hour of pay. So it wasn't uncommon to see Haitians running to the factory trying to get to work on time.
At the end of Reineke's trip, the power plant sent out their first round of bills to 27 families. Most of the Haitians have never had a bill before, so representatives from the power company spoke to each of the families and explained their bill. They had to pay around $10.50 to get set up on electricity and will pay around $10 per month plus a facility charge. Transformers were not provided by the power company, so it was likely to see a transformer sitting inside one of the homes.
"Hopefully we set them up to better their lives," Reineke said.
The NRECA continues to send linemen down to Haiti and other countries to help electrify cities. Would Reineke do it again?
"In a heartbeat," he said.


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Lauritzen Gardens will offer free admission Saturdays and Sundays from December 15 through the 30th. They also are offering $15 off all memberships.
Anyone interested in purchasing holiday merchandise from the gift shop will also receive 50% off from December 15 through the 31st.
For more information, click the link below.


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The guys from Dude Perfect team up for their craziest trick shots yet.
News from ClarksvilleNow.com
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Witness says she saw video three years after disappearance.
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The fire destroyed a restaurant and two apartments.
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Springfield man arrested for hitting father with car
Both men charged with aggravated domestic assault.
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Email on overhead from Pratap at DLZ to Daniel Edwards at DWSD. December 24th 2003. Saw this email in court yesterday. Clearly indicates that it will be an RFP evaluation and not lowest bidders. Strong preference to be given to Detroit based businesses. As many as 7 contractors working. Special attention needs to be paid on ability to perform and past performance.
So says Rataj the 2 contractors for pilot were Ferguson and Hayes, 2 Detroit-based companies? Yes.
Wouldn't it make sense FEI and Hayes would have a leg up because they had helped make pilot project a success? No.
You don't agree with that? No. Can I explain why asks witness?
No- Rataj shoots witness down.
Now looking at DLZ letter to Awni Qaqish at DLZ.
Witness can't read document on overhead. Kwame's lawyer Jim Thomas comes over to straighten document.
The letter recommends giving contracts to Hayes Excavation and Ferguson Enterprises based on pilot project performances for downtown main work.
Witness says there are many steps a water contract will go through to be awarded if it's not done through a special administratorship.
A memo from Mercado to Audrey Jackson head of Purchasing in finance Deportment. time stamped January 13th 2004. It lists 4 contracts awarded 642 and 649 to Hayes and 650 and 651 to Ferguson Enterprises and 1 other.
In the memo, DWSD asks for authorization to proceed with Emergency Procurements for the contracts listed. Emergency Procurements necessary because water mains are so deteriorated they require immediate work.
The combined cost for the 5 contracts is $3.8 million.
It says Hayes and Ferguson have demonstrated ability through the pilot project and they are both minority businesses.
Document is signed by Mercado and approved by Audrey Jackson.
Judge says this is a good place to take a 20 minute break.
10:57AM Judge back in the courtroom. Mike Rataj making nice with Judge Edmunds, talking about her favorite subject, the Tigers.
EPA Agent Carol Paszkiewicz takes the stand again so that Rataj can finish his cross.
Do you remember yesterday in your direct testimony some text messages and documents? Yes.
And he asked you to make connections? Connections, no. Elements of time.
Then you and I will agree to disagree says Rataj.
Documents related to CM 2012 and the pilot project? Yes.
Looking at text from February 18th 2004.
B:" "Hate to bother you, but you need here this, pratap people stopped negotiation with my people and is trying to give water main job to one of other contractors."
B:"Is just what you said before when we are not, apart of the decision making, we get fucked no matter how the process started. you still in the office."


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Spotlight on East coast rail route investment (From York Press)
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8:34am Wednesday 28th November 2012 in News
COUNCIL leaders from towns and cities along the East Coast Main Line have met in York to mark out priorities for investing in the rail route.
The first meeting of the representatives from local authorities from Stevenage to Scotland was held last month after being instigated by City of York Council leader James Alexander, coinciding with the Department for Transport confirming the franchise for the line would not be put on hold.
The councils, who met again yesterday, have teamed up to "present a strong position" to the Government and call for improvements to the route's infrastructure so it can cope with demand. Coun Alexander said: "York has very close ties with the railway and the rail industry, and for the first time local authorities have come together to lobby for the future of the line.
"We are making a difference, as since our first meeting Transport Minister Norman Baker said the Government was now playing its part to increase capacity on the route over the next two years."
Coun Alexander said the councils were looking to identify ways of working together to maximise the economic benefits of the line, and are seeking "fuller involvement" in the process to decide who takes on the franchise.
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9:10am Wed 28 Nov 12
pedalling paul says...
The level of service that East Coast & others can run depends on track capacity, and also the incredibly high cost of leasing the trains that they use.
9:41am Wed 28 Nov 12
old_geezer says...
9:58am Wed 28 Nov 12
Gladys Cheesepick says...
Yes to both.
9:59am Wed 28 Nov 12
Gladys Cheesepick says...
11:11am Wed 28 Nov 12
Ignatius Lumpopo says...
12:00pm Wed 28 Nov 12
Capt. Dobie says...
And also a carriage for Geordie/ Maccam/ Sanddancer/ Monkeyhanger drunkards swearing their way to York for whatever reason at 9.30am...I always enjoy explaining to my 3 yr old what that word the loud lady said means.
A family carriage perhaps, or seat bookings that work and don't get 'stolen', but certainly more room.
5:09pm Wed 28 Nov 12
babmed says...
5:16pm Wed 28 Nov 12
Caecilius says...
2:07am Sat 1 Dec 12
Magicman! says...
The class 91 electric loco's and the Mk4 carriages that make up the electric trains have had plans drawn up for a full refurbishment - the 91's will get a second pantograph fitted so that if the primary one gets ripped off on the wires the secondary one will go up and the train will continue.
Capacity issues that could be looked at include the flat crossways at Newark, as this reduces capacity on both lines significantly. In addition, building platforms at Northallerton Low Level would increase capacity as Middlesbrough and Sunderland services could use those platforms thereby freeing up the mainline for faster trains to go past whilst a train was waiting at low level.
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It's been years since Edith Miller hosted the annual Snowflake, MN, Christmas Extravaganza. After her son was killed in the war, some five years ago, her Christmas spirit died along with him. So she is more than happy to loan all her Christmas decorations to Stella Hanson, the new teacher in town. After all, what does she have to celebrate?
But when the blizzard of the decade traps Stella-and four other wanderers-in Edith's home, Edith finds that by opening her door, she just might open her heart to a new reason celebrate Christmas.