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---- — The following are excerpts from editorials in other newspapers across New England:
On Oct. 8, as the Supreme Court heard arguments in McCutcheon v. FEC, various left-of-center organizations asserted the justices "must" uphold remaining limits on political donations.
Michael Waldman, president of the Brennan Center, said "aggregate limits are exactly the type of protections the Founders envisioned." Closer to home, MassPIRG and Common Cause Massachusetts issued a statement urging the justices "to stop handing our democracy over to special interests and wealthy campaign donors."
These groups regularly lament the supposed ill effects of the 2010 ruling Citizens United v. FEC, which struck down portions of the 2001 McCain-Feingold campaign finance reform law.
If McCutcheon finishes what Citizens United began, it will be a victory for the Constitution. For, contrary to Waldman's claim, the Founding Fathers never envisioned a law to abridge the free speech rights of Americans.
Sure, American politics has changed, and the sums involved in parties and factions promoting their visions grow ever larger. But so do the options Americans have to express their views.
Between the passage of McCain-Feingold and the Supreme Court striking down portions of it, Americans re-elected Republican George W. Bush (2004) and elected Democrat Barack H. Obama (2008).
Following Citizens United — when money allegedly flooded the process — Obama won passage of comprehensive health care reform, and was re-elected (2012).
The role of the Supreme Court is not to do the political will of any one party or faction. It is simply to determine the constitutionality of laws as they pertain to actual controversies.
The remedy for free speech that has led to results one does not like is not to petition a court to restrict the rights of other Americans to spend their money on the political process. No court can grant such relief. The only remedy is still more — and more persuasive — free speech, leading to results one prefers.
— The Telegram & Gazette (Worcester)
Medicare rule needs fix
At a time when bipartisan has somehow become a four-letter word in Washington, Democratic Congressman Joe Courtney of Connecticut and Congressman Tom Latham, an Iowa Republican, deserve credit for doggedly reaching across party lines to try to correct a senseless and unfair Medicare rule.
For the third consecutive year, Reps. Courtney and Latham have co-sponsored the Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act. If passed into law, it would end a rule that in 2012 prevented more than 600,000 senior citizens from getting Medicare coverage for their doctor-ordered convalescent stays.
The denial of Medicare coverage forces these seniors to choose between spending tens of thousands of dollars out of pocket for their convalescent care or returning home or to family, without getting the level of care the doctor advised.
At issue is the "observation status" designation. A patient admitted to a hospital for three nights or more is eligible to have follow-up, doctor-ordered care in a convalescent home paid for by Medicare. The exception, however, is if the patient is in the hospital for "observation." In those cases, there is no subsequent Medicare coverage.
The Courtney-Latham bill would allow for the time patients spend in the hospital under observation status to count toward the three-day hospital stay requirement for convalescent home or skilled-nursing care under Medicare. A matching bill, introduced by Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, is pending in the Senate.
It is a breach of faith to deny so many elderly the financial support necessary to get the care doctors say they need.
Congress and the Senate should adopt the Courtney-Latham-Brown bills and President Obama should sign the legislation into law.
— The Day of New London (Conn.)


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What is the greatest threat to human civilization?
In short, what do you think is the greatest threat to human civilization?
Anything from nuclear war, to global warming to alien invasion will be accepted as an answer. Note that actually causing humanity to go extinct in the process is not a requirement.
I would however prefer concrete answers, not abstracts like "lack of wisdom".
I'd have to say plague myself, though whether artificial or natural, I wouldn't know.
We're more interconnected, and travel faster, easier and more prevalent then ever before, and the rapid response and forceful quarantine infrastructure and personnel that would be required to prevent it are simply not in place.
It doesn't help that the vast majority of nations today are too slow to respond to emergencies and/or too softhearted to properly enforce a proper quarantine in the early stages when its still effective.
Seeing as I have some characters left, let me list off other common answers and why I don't think they're as dangerous:
--Global nuclear war simply doesn't seem very likely since the end of the Cold War and the gradual stripping down of arsenals. Localized cases like the India/Pakistan standoff are still there, but they don't threaten global civilization as a whole.
--climate change, man made or otherwise, simply isn't as apocalyptic as people make it out to be. Human civilization has existed for more then 5000 years in a wide range of fluctuating climatic conditions, and in many ways, we've actually grown more robust to their sudden change, not more vulnerable. Don't get me wrong, there is room for tremendous damage, but its not at "deathblow to civilization" levels.
--Zombies would be quickly wiped out by the military. For an army used to fighting against people with guns, zombies would be something of a vacation.
But back to being serious, what do you think is the greatest threat to human civilization, and why?
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peter lindsay 50+Feb 19 2014: Other than Lawren"s answer below the next biggies are the flipping of the poles which is imminent going by the weakening of the Earth's magnetic field and on a much longer scale the next ice age which will kill us all unless we prepare for it. And before anyone jumps in, both these events are scientific certainties. It's just a matter of time.
Feb 19 2014: All we'll have to do with the poles is switch a few parts on all our magnetic compasses. I doubt the change will be sudden enough for the magnetic surge to fry any electronics.
As for oncoming ice ages, seems like something you can prepare for if you see it coming. And as damaging as it is, it doesn't sound at quite deathblow to civilization levels.
Feb 19 2014: Unless, of course, you know what the last Ice Age was like. Where are the world's 10 billion people gonna go, Nadav? The last Ice Age glaciers in North America stopped about 6 miles south of my house, in Moraine, Ohio. 'Moraine' a geological term describing small undulations in ground - everything north of Moraine was scraped down to bedrock by glaciers 1.5 miles thick.
Re magnetic pole flip that has happened many times, I thought I read about possibility of magnetic field actually disappearing for a while. Not a good thing unless you enjoy extreme doses of radiation. Thing is, we really don't know, but hey- its great to see there are folks who do know everything, Nadav... now I can sleep much easier!
Feb 19 2014: I had read many years ago that it is believed magnetic pole reversal occurs every twelve thousand years and this was what occurred to create the evolutionary changes we can't explain. Like where we come from when our best guess is primordial ooze. I had forgotten about this. Thanks for bringing it up.
Feb 19 2014: Its a problem to be dealt with when it shows up, but it doesn't seem to be on the same caliber as some of those other issues people have raised.
Seeing as its supposed to happen fairly often (on a geological timescale), we at least know its survivable without too much fuss. As far as I'm aware, pole shifts don't correlate with any mass extinctions or bottlenecks in the gene pool suggesting large die offs.
Feb 19 2014: There is a possible complication regarding the poles flipping. If there is a large solar flare or CME during the weeks or possibly months during which there will be no magnetic field, there could be massive disruption of power grids. If the whole of the US mainland had no electricity for a week, how many people would die? Remember the same would be happening in Europe and Asia.
Feb 20 2014: Sorry, Nadav, I'm baaaack....
May I recommend more deep reflection on your part before replying to many of these posts?
Re the possibility of a vanishing magnetic field that is the only thing that shields us from solar and other cosmic radiation, except for a way-too-thin atmosphere, you said,
"Its a problem to be dealt with when it shows up, but it doesn't seem to be on the same caliber as some of those other issues people have raised."
Excuse me? How on Earth, or any other celestial body, can we possibly "deal with" such a catastrophe, especially considering the vast armada of catastrophes/fire-ships already upon us? You simply cannot left-brain this kind of stuff, assuming that the Great God Science will "deal with it," my man. Increased age will teach you, hopefully, the wisdom espoused by the great Spaghetti Western philosopher Clint Eastwood: "A man's gotta know his limitations."
There are times when ego-surrender is inevitable, and though you claim to be an atheist, you also once asked me, "Why shouldn't I want to extend my lifespan as long as possible?" when we were discussing lifespans in excess of 200 years? Learn to "let go," Nadav - there are times when we adults must realize that there are situations utterly out of our control and the best thing to do is accept that and contort our precious egos enough to bend over and kiss our rosy-red butts goodbye.
Feb 20 2014: Geomagnetic reversal is a process that takes millennia, and the risks to the biosphere are inconclusive and somewhat suspect. In any case, it's hard to classify it as a threat to civilization.
peter lindsay 50+Feb 20 2014: Yes it takes millennia for a complete reversal, that is the problem. The chaotic period between produces a magnetic field that isn't organised enough to protect us from ionising radiation from the sun
From your reference.
Feb 20 2014: Again, from my reference, there is no conclusive evidence that detrimental effects have occurred in the past or will occur next time. Life on Earth has quite nicely survived several of these events without a major disruption to the biosphere. I can't see how an organized, cooperative technological civilization would be impacted by a phenomenon that we will have several milennia to adjust to.
Feb 20 2014: The point is we have no data on how it will effect the electrical systems we now rely on. Previous events are no indication as the technology didn't exist then. A scrambled magnetosphere may allow atmospheric ionisation to levels that make it impossible to operate any electrical device or even at a much lower level shut down power grids. No electricity means no traffic lights, no sewerage, no tap water, no refrigeration, no internet or cell phones and no air traffic control.
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By Jessica Bruha
The Norman Transcript
NORMAN — Three individuals were charged with arson Monday, and two were arrested by Norman fire marshals in conjunction with the state fire marshal's office. The other individual was expected to turn himself in Tuesday.
Timothy Carl Idell, 32, of Noble, was arrested and charged with one count of first-degree arson and two counts of third-degree arson. Court documents state that the incidents occurred on or around Aug. 8.
Idell allegedly started a structure fire at a manufactured home at 15010 Post Oak Road in Cleveland County.
The difference between first- and third-degree arson charges is a matter of "occupied and unoccupied" property, Norman Fire Marshal Fred Henderson said.
"First-degree arson is when someone attempted to set something on fire that's habited. There's someone living there," Henderson said. "Third-degree arson is (setting on fire) property like cars, shed buildings and things of that nature."
For first-degree arson, the penalty is up to $25,000 in fines, up to 35 years in the state penitentiary or both. For third-degree arson, the penalty is up to $10,000 in fines, up to 15 years in the state penitentiary or both.
Henderson said one charge of first-degree arson and two charges of third-degree arson could result in up to $45,000 in fines and up to 65 years in the state penitentiary.
Second arson charge: Marty Lee Wilcox, 41, of Norman, was charged with five counts of third-degree arson. Wilcox allegedly set wild land fires Sept. 21 at Lake Thunderbird near Indian Point Road and Alameda Drive.
The affidavit stated there were five distinct and separate fire origins within the identified area between 120th Street and Indian Point.
The document also stated that no electrical or mechanical machinery was within the area of the fire origins and no inclement weather occurred prior to or during the time of the reported fires.
According to a Norman Fire Department press release, Wilcox was expected to turn himself into authorities Tuesday. As of late Tuesday afternoon, there was no record of Wilcox in custody, according to the Cleveland County Sheriff's Office.
Third arson charge: Kimberly Lynn Gowens, 38, of Noble, was arrested and charged with two counts of first-degree arson. Gowens allegedly started fires in Walmart's westside restroom on July 7 and the eastside restroom on Aug. 1. Both incidents occurred at the Walmart at 601 12th Ave. NE.
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Terre Haute South grad Kelly Fougerousse has helped the South Georgia College softball team to reach the Division 1 Junior College World Series.
SGC defeated Georgia Perimeter College 3-2 in the championship game of the Region XVII tournament, and became the first of 16 national tournament qualifiers.
The national tournament will be played at Plant City, Fla., from May 15-17.
For the season, Fougerousse was one of the top all-around performers in Region XVII this season. She finished third in the region in hitting with a .413 batting average, four doubles and three home runs. Fougerousse also had a 5-7 pitching record with one save and a 1.89 ERA.
Several other Wabash Valley area softball performers have been honored for their successful seasons this year.
Junior shortstop Morgan Wheeler of Indiana Wesleyan was named first-team all-Mid-Central College Conference and also first-team MCC all-academic. She led Indiana Wesleyan with 15 doubles and 31 runs scored and also hit three home runs on her way to a .421 batting average. She also had a .492 on-base percentage and a .649 slugging percentage.
IWU finished with a 20-19 record.
Ashley Walters of Riverton Parke was named first-team all-TranSouth Athletic Conference. She finished the regular season with a .406 batting average with seven doubles, four triples, three home runs and 24 RBIs. Walters also had a 3-2 pitching record.
Union is hosting the TSAC tournament this weekend.
South Putnam's Amy Harris was named first-team all-Gulf South Conference for the second straight year.
Harris is the team leader in home runs and RBIs with 10 and 55 respectively. Harris, who also captured GSC Player of the Week honors this season, moved into third place all time in home runs at UAH with 39.
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The Chargers are competing in their conference tournament this weekend.
n Sears to VU — Linton senior track and field standout Aubrey Sears has signed a letter of intent to continue her academic and athletic career next season at Vincennes University. The school record holder in the shotput signed with the Trailblazers at the North Daviess Invitational April 18.
College Report
College Report: Fougerousse helps her team reach JUCO World Series
Terre Haute South grad Kelly Fougerousse has helped the South Georgia College softball team to reach the Division 1 Junior College World Series.
- College Report
College report: Former Patriot runner Mundy is 'proud to be a Hoosier'
After redshirting the indoor and outdoor track and field seasons this year, Chanli Mundy was eager to do one thing recently as she prepared to compete in the USATF Junior Outdoor Track and Field Championships at Eugene, Oregon. "The biggest thing I'm looking forward to is being able to wear an IU uniform," she said last week prior to making her cross-country trip.
College report: Wabash College relay team earns All-America honors
Some summertime notes from here and there:
College Report: Brazil's Baysinger navigates college tennis waters
Garrett Baysinger of Brazil played his senior season of tennis at Rockville, one of the smallest high schools in the state to field a team in the sport.
In a sport dominated by foreign players for teams in both genders at most levels, the competition for any college roster spot is extremely difficult. Baysinger did well at Rockville and on the summer circuit and earned a spot on the team at Kaskaskia Junior College in Illinois.
College Report: Former Oblong standout helping VU baseball in Junior College World Series
Ryan Cheek of Oblong, Ill., helped pace the Vincennes University baseball team to a regional championship and was the winning pitcher as the Trail Blazers won their opening game Saturday in the National Junior College World Series at Enid, Okla.
Cheek pitched 5.1 innings to pick up the victory as the Trail Blazers won 9-4 over top-ranked Mesa Community College in a rain-delayed contest that took more than five hours to complete.
College Report: Behind former Valley standout, SIU-Edwardsville back on national softball scene
Southern Illinois-Edwardsville dominated softball at the NCAA Division II level for many years, and knew it would take a little while to get back on the national stage after moving up to Division I three years ago.
South baseball cruises past Robinson
Terre Haute South swept Robinson in high school baseball Saturday at the South diamond.
College Report: Haley Chambers making noise in OVC softball circles
Two Wabash Valley natives are again making big news for the Southern Illlinois-Edwardsville softball team.
Former Riverton Parke and Cascade standout pitcher Haley Chambers was recognized for a string of dominant performances in the circle by being named Ohio Valley Conference Pitcher of the Week on Monday.
College Report: Valley athletes helping Wabash College
Two Wabash Valley hurdlers helped the Division III Wabash College track and field team go head to head against talent from NCAA Division I schools in the Vanderbilt University Black and Gold Invitational this past weekend.
The Little Giants produced several quality times, including a first-place finish by Northview grad Joel Whittington in the men's 400-meter hurdles. The junior captured the title with a top time of 54.4 seconds, the fourth quickest recorded for NCAA DIII men this season. Cole Seward, a freshman from Terre Haute North, took third place, crossing the finish line in 55.7.
College report: Former Terre Haute South player Conrady returns to coaching
Former Terre Haute South and Furman University basketball standout David Conrady has re-entered the coaching world after a short hiatus. Conrady was recently named head coach of the boys team at Chattanooga Christian, a prep school in eastern Tennessee.
College report: Valley softball pair help Ball State start off with 12-2 record
Two Wabash Valley products have helped the Ball State softball team get off to a 12-2 start, including five straight wins last weekend to capture the Louisville Slugger Invitational at Arizona State.
College Report: Valley pair square off in softball pitching duel
Administrators and coaches long ago scheduled the East Tennessee State and Indiana University softball teams to both compete in the Georgia State Panther Invitational in Atlanta last weekend. Little could they have realized, however, that a Sunday afternoon pitching matchup between the two teams would pair two successful, blonde, and versatile performers from western Indiana in a head-to-head clash.
College report: Versatile Vicars set to help VU baseball program
Chris Barney knew what qualities he wanted as he was searching this winter for a new assistant baseball coach at Vincennes University. He wanted someone familiar with his program and his coaching style, someone from the Wabash Valley area who understood the state's high school and American Legion programs, someone who had played several different positions in the field and also someone who had made a successful transition from junior college to Division I baseball. It didn't take him long to realize that Cole Vicars was his man.
College report: Terre Haute pair Berry, Comer to boost Sycamores' lines
While many people have varying opinions on the most important position on a football team, most old-school gridiron veterans would consider strong line play as a necessity for anything else to work — kind of like pitching in baseball and guard play in basketball.
College report: Wabash Valley hoops pair earn MVC weekly honors
Two Wabash Valley natives picked up big honors this week from the Missouri Valley Conference for their excellence on the basketball court. Evansville freshman Sara Dickey of Riverton Parke earned the league's Newcomer of the Week for the third time while Loyola sophomore Matt O'Leary of Terre Haute North was chosen as the league's Scholar-Athlete of the week.
College Report: Mahurins playing major role for Indiana Wesleyan
R.J. Mahurin, a senior at Indiana Wesleyan, was selected as the Crossroads League's Men's Basketball Player of the Week for the period of Nov. 24-30.
The fifth-year senior from Rockville led Indiana Wesleyan, then ranked No. 2 in NAIA Division II, to an 88-82 win over No. 9 Bethel last month in the Crossroads League opener.
Mahurin scored 33 points on 12-for-18 shooting from the field, including 7 of 10 from 3 point range. He also recorded seven rebounds and two assists while knocking down both free throws in the contest.
COLLEGE REPORT: Former WRC football standouts playing key roles for No. 1 Mount Union
It's a huge jump from the Wabash River Conference, one of the smallest leagues that plays high school football in Indiana, to Division III national powerhouse.
But two Wabash Valley standouts have made that leap and are significant contributors for top-ranked and defending national champion Mount Union (Ohio).
College Report: North grad enjoying sophomore season at Virginia Tech
A.J. Hughes had an admittedly up and down freshman season as the punter for Virginia Tech's football team, but the sophomore from Terre Haute North High School has elevated his game like one of his long, hanging left-footed punts.
Hughes ranks first in the Atlantic Coast Conference in punting with a 44.8-yard average per punt, a 4.7 increase over last year and a lofty number that ranks him ninth nationally.
College Report: South graduate becomes Wabash College swim coach
Brent Noble's climb up the collegiate swimming coaches has taken another big step, after the Terre Haute South grad was recently named the new head swimming and diving coach at Wabash College in Crawfordsville.
Noble joins the Wabash program after serving for a year as the women's head swimming coach at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Conn.
College Report: People with Valley ties getting up-close look at top-ranked Crimson Tide
Trivia question: What do Trent Miles, A.J. Hughes and Johnny Manziel have in common?
Maybe nothing right now, but after Saturday they will all have played against the top-ranked Alabama Crimson Tide already this season.
Manziel has no known local ties, but was involved in the most-hyped game of the year last month as Texas A&M fell just short in a late comeback against Alabama.
Hughes, a sophomore punter for Virginia Tech from Terre Haute North, did his part in the Hokies' 35-10 season–opening loss to the Tide.
Turner hoping to prove himself in junior college
Jeffrey Turner hopes a couple of years at junior college will do for his basketball career what it did for Derek Shouse.
COLLEGE REPORT: Watson, Seliger move on in strength and conditioning careers
Three members of the Indiana State athletics strength and conditioning staff, including two from Terre Haute, have advanced their careers and moved on to other opportunities.
Daniel Watson, former graduate assistant from Terre Haute North, has been hired by Rocky Mountain College to serve an assistant football coach and the head strength and conditioning coach.
Matt Seliger, also a former graduate assistant and North Patriot, has been hired by Athletes' Performance in Frisco, Texas, to serve as an intern.
Longtime Butler assistant stays loyal to new job
Matthew Graves waited patiently for nine years as a member of the Butler men's basketball staff for his chance to be a head coach.
COLLEGE REPORT: Several Valley standouts busy with baseball
Several of the Wabash Valley area standouts now in college baseball are busy with summer league teams.
COLLEGE REPORT: Kentucky baseball star Reed earns All-SEC
Kentucky sophomore baseball standout A.J. Reed of Terre Haute South Vigo High School earned first-team All-Southeastern Conference honors in voting by the league coaches for the recently completed season.
- COLLEGE REPORT: Wabash College All-American relay team has TH flavor
Catching up as the school year winds down
Odds and ends from here and there as the school year quickly winds down. For starters, high jumper Nick Jaeger of Terre Haute South was named the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference's male track & field newcomer of the year:
College Report: Lively earned collegiate upgrade with strong play
Hillary Lively signed to play Division II basketball at Maryville (Mo.) during her senior year at North Vermillion, but those plans changed and she would up at nearby Danville Area Community College — where she recently concluded an outstanding two-year career.
Lively was impressive enough to earn a Division I scholarship to Southeast Missouri State of the Ohio Valley Conference, and both her future and past college coaches think she will continue to succeed there.
"She fits what we need," SEMO coach Ty Margenthaler said. "She has college experience, she is strong and physical and plays well around the basket and moves well.
"Her strength, rebounding and touch around the basket will be a big help. On the defensive end, she'll be able to guard a true center."
COLLEGE REPORT: Valley prep athletes getting ready for next level
The NCAA "regular" signing period begins Wednesday for all sports except football, field hockey, soccer, track and field, cross country and men's water polo.
COLLEGE REPORT: Conferences honor Valley softball players
Several Wabash Valley area college softball players have been honored by their respective conferences for outstanding play this spring.
COLLEGE REPORT: Jake Newton makes big impact for Lincoln Trail College
Jake Newton had a long time between playing in competitive basketball games, a span of about 18 months, and used the frustration from that long dry spell to produce a stellar freshman season for Lincoln Trail College this winter.
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- College report: Former Patriot runner Mundy is 'proud to be a Hoosier'


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RICHMOND — Mary "Miki" Beeler Clouse, widow of Dr. William Gibson Clouse M.D., passed away Wednesday in her Richmond, Kentucky, home.
She was born on September 27, 1932, in New Albany, Indiana, to the late Moses I. and Mahalah Sheckler Beeler.
Miki was a homemaker and a member of the St. Mark Roman Catholic Church.
Survivors include: three sons, Judge William G. Clouse (Jane) of Richmond, Ky., Neal I. Clouse of Richmond, Ky., Richard M. Clouse (Sharon) of Bowling Green, Ky., one daughter, Michelle Clouse Richards (Alan) of Richmond, Ky.; one sister, Betty Meyer of Louisville, Ky., 10 grandchildren, Kristin Clouse of Lexington, Ky., Josh Clouse of Little Rock, Arkansas, Natalie Jacobs of Houston, Texas, Megan Richards, Emily Richards and Jenna Richards, all of Richmond, Ky., Margaret Clouse, Meredith Clouse, Mallory Clouse and Mitchell Clouse, all of Bowling Green, Ky.
Services for Miki will be conducted 2 p.m. Saturday, June 22, 2013, at Saint Mark Catholic Church with Father Jim Sichko officiating. Burial will follow in the Richmond Cemetery.
Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday at the Oldham, Roberts & Powell Funeral Home, 1110 Barnes Mill Road, Richmond, Ky.
Pallbearers will be: Dr. Randy Allen, Dr. John Johnston, Dr. William Mitchell, Jimmy Dale Williams, Jason Morgan, Jim Barnes, Clay Mitchell, Tommy Clouse, Dale Carrier and Paul Fagan.
Miki's family would like to express thanks to all her many friends, neighbors and to the community for the many thoughts and prayers for the Clouse family.
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Football has always been a big deal in Clairton.
Just last December, the Bears celebrated winning the team's third PIAA championship in a row, continuing a decades-old tradition of being a powerhouse team.
As memorable as those games are for some, the one played on Nov. 6, 1981 is remembered by others—but not because of the sport. For them, the disappearance of ninth-grader Toni Lynn McNatt-Chiappetta the night before is what brings that game to mind.
A petite 14 year old, Toni left her home on Van Kirk Street, just one block over the Clairton Bears' football stadium on Miller Avenue. Atop her white sweater and jeans, she was wearing a black jacket with orange-trimmed cuffs and waist. "Toni" was in white letters on the front and "Clairton Band" on the back.
Football season was nearing its end for the year and the pep rally for the Bears drew students that Thursday evening to support the team. There are conflicting reports as to whether that pep rally was at the stadium or at the high school several blocks away.
She was to meet a date about 6 p.m. and then head to the rally. He waited 15 minutes for her, and then left alone when she never showed up, according to a story in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Friends told authorities that she never arrived at the rally.
Toni was last seen just blocks from her home by a friend between 6 and 7 p.m. Nov. 6, near the intersection of Mitchell and Miller avenues, where a soft-serve ice cream stand buffered the nice, tree-lined residential street from the main business corridor. Her mother, Audrey McNatt-Chiappetta, worked at a bar across the street from the stand, but was not working the night her daughter disappeared.
A few days after the disappearance, there were some many conflicting reports, including one that Toni was seen several blocks from the stadium because she might have had plans to go shopping and not attend the rally.
There was no evidence of a disturbance in her home, according to reports from the time. A search of wooded and isolated areas around the mill town yielded no clues. Toni's father, Sam Chiappetta, then a truck driver for United Van Lines, launched a nationwide search by distributing flyers.
Toni had no history of running away and no steady boyfriend. She would now be 43 years old. Authorities say foul play is suspected.
Toni is described as a white female; 5 feet, 2-inches tall; 105 pounds; with blonde, straight hair and blue/green/hazel eyes, a mole on the left side of her neck, one on the right front of her nose, light freckles across her face and a scar on the left side of her stomach. She also has pierced ears.
Just five days before Toni disappeared, the body of 15-year-old of Peters Township was found in a wooded area of South Fayette Township. Christine had disappeared while waiting for a bus into Pittsburgh on Oct. 26, 1981. Police at the time did not think the two incidents were connected.
If you have any information concerning this case, contact Pennsylvania State Police Trooper Tim Cross at 412-929-6262. All information may be submitted on an anonymous basis.
For more information about this and other missing person cases, visit Pennsylvania Missing Persons, NamUs or the Doe Network.


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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - This past weekend, the Seminoles displayed their strength and endurance as they won three matches in three days. On Friday, February 18th, they pulled out the match against the Florida Atlantic Eagles by a score of 4-3. Following that hard fought match, the Noles defeated the University of Southern Mississippi by a score of 4-3 and the Stetson Hatters by a score of 6-1 in Sunday's doubleheader. Friday's match against Georgia State has been rescheduled to March 19th.
With only seven home matches left in the 1999-2000 season, the 45th-ranked Florida State Seminoles tackle the University of Miami Hurricanes on Sunday. During the 1994-1995 season, the Noles defeated the Hurricanes by a score of 5-2. However, the past three meetings with the Hurricanes have resulted in a tight 4-3 loss each year.
Success on the court...
Playing together for the first time this past weekend against Stetson was the tandem of Jay Travis and Jeff Scarella, who successfully defeated the Hatters at No. 1 by a score of 8-5. Adding to this victory, the No. 3 duo of Mike Ingham and Chad Mooney had a successful doubleheader. The senior/junior team defeated both the University of Southern Mississippi and Stetson increasing their record to 4-2.
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Sunday's match against Miami is a big day for promoting and
emphasizing the importance of Seminole tennis. The marketing department at
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MALONE — The United States Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service will hold a Local Work Group meeting for Franklin County. This meeting is open to the public.
It will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Oct. 3 at the USDA Service Center, 151 Finney Blvd., Malone.
The Local Work Group will focus on agricultural and natural-resource issues existing in the community. Participants can be agricultural producers, owners of nonindustrial private forest land, representatives of agricultural and environmental organizations and representatives of governmental agencies carrying out environmental, agricultural or natural-resource conservation programs and activities.
For information about the State Technical Committee, contact Assistant State Conservationist for Programs Tammy Willis at (315) 477-6503.
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PLATTSBURGH — New York Farm Bureau is encouraging high-school seniors who have been involved with agriculture and plan on continuing studies in this field to apply for the New York Farm Bureau Agricultural Youth Scholarship sponsored by the New York Farm Bureau Promotion and Education Committee.
Scholarship awards are $1,500 for first place $1,200 for second and $1,000 for third place. The first-place winner will be invited to present their essay at a NYFB Spring Event.
Students applying must have a family Farm Bureau membership or a Student Farm Bureau membership (a membership application may be included with scholarship enclosures). Students are required to submit a brief essay answering the question, "If you had the power to change something in your community or on your farm, what would you change and why?"
District winners will be notified on or before Jan. 18, 2013.
The application deadline is Nov. 18, 2012. To nominate someone for the scholarship or to request an application, call 1-800-342-4143 or visit http:/www.nyfb.org and scroll down to "Farm Essentials" for scholarship information and the application.
Local farm products go to Washington
PLATTSBURGH — Northern New York farm products were represented at the 11th annual New York Farm Day in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 12. Cornell Cooperative Extension and local business representatives took a diverse array of regional foods to the gathering of 700-some federal officials, guests, area restaurant operators and media on Capitol Hill.
CCE Essex County Executive Director Anita Deming and Northern New York Regional Foods Specialist Bernadette Logozar with CCE Franklin County were part of the contingent. Among the North Country products were baguette bread made with locally grown organic wheat served with hand-blended olive-oil dipping spices; freekah mix made from immature spelt and organic emmer, ancient grains grown in Northern New York; Honeycrisp apples; lamb sticks; maple cream and maple syrup; and wine ice cream.
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MALONE — New York farmers and landowners have until Nov. 16 to apply for 2013 conservation program funding. The programs falling within this deadline include the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP), the Agricultural Management Assistance Program (AMA) and the Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program (WHIP). Applications are competitive and ranked based on national, state and locally identified resource priorities and their overall benefit to the environment.
Although the 2012 Farm Bill has yet to be approved, proposed legislation indicates that it will contain similar conservation programs to those offered under the 2008 Farm Bill. At this time, applicants may still apply for funding through the same programs. At the time of application, applicants must specify the resource concerns that they intend to address. Once further guidance on the 2012 Farm Bill is provided, NRCS will transfer applications to the appropriate conservation program.
EQIP offers financial assistance for practices that address soil erosion, water quality and habitat degradation.
AMA focuses on improving irrigation efficiency through micro-irrigation.
WHIP helps participants develop fish and wildlife habitat. In New York, there are two focus areas: grassland and shrubland.
Information about NRCS New York Conservation Programs can be found at www.ny.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/. To apply, visit www.ny.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/general_information/how_to_apply.html. Or, apply by visiting the local NRCS field office.


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Boston College locks up with arch rival Boston University in the second semifinal on Monday night at TD Garden; the Eagles have won the last four Beanpot trophies.
Boston College and Boston University will square off in the 264th Battle of Comm Ave. on Friday night at Kelley Rink. The Eagles clipped BU, 5-1, in the first meeting on Nov. 8
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Boston College is 5-1 in its last six trips to Agganis Arena; Friday's contest marks the first time BC will play a BU team not coached by Jack Parker since Feb. 21, 1973.
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HOUSTON—Harris County leaders are asking for further study on a plan to turn the deteriorating Houston Astrodome into a giant convention center and exhibition space.
County commissioners during a meeting Tuesday in Houston voted to have the budget office, the county attorney and the public infrastructure department review the proposal, which could take a month or so.
"I keep saying that it is not about the historic nature of it, but in a way of course it is," said County Judge Ed Emmett. "If it was not the Astrodome that the public loves and sees and an icon of the community, we would probably not be having this conversation."
Last week, the Harris County Sports & Convention Corp. voted to recommend the project. Officials say it would cost an estimated $194 million and take about 2 ½ years to complete.
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The fog advisory lifted at noon, but the fog stayed ... until it gave way to rain.
Patchy, gray, dense air continued to cover much of New Jersey on Friday, limiting visibility on roads and making the beaches disappear along the Jersey Shore ... before it gave way to rain.
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The statistics are shocking. One out of 88 children born today will be diagnosed with autism by the time they are eight years old. A married couple, who are two of the country's leading autism researchers, tells us what they're doing right now to help cut that number.
Luca was just 18 months old when his mom noticed something was just not right.
"Repetitive motions and, you know, getting frustrated," said Tracy Sekhon, Luca's mom.
He was diagnosed with autism. The husband and wife team of Dr. Eric Courchesne and Dr. Karen Pierce are working hard to help kids like Luca.
"What we discovered recently is that the child with Autism has 67 percent more brain cells," said Eric Courchesne, PhD, professor of neurosciences at UC San Diego.
Those cells are in the pre-frontal cortex, the part of the brain important for social, emotional, and language functions. The doctor believes something happens in the second trimester when brain cells are being formed. Another issue, the CDC says the average age of diagnosis is four years old.
"We know that that's really too late," said Karen Pierce, PhD, associate professor of neurosciences at UC San Diego.
That's why Pierce is attacking the problem two ways.
"I developed this eye tracking test," Pierce said.
Babies watch a one minute movie. On one side of the screen, kids are dancing, on the other side, moving geometric shapes.
"They will fixate on that and they won't look at the social images and when a baby does that, um, so far, that's been 99 percent accurate that that child is actually going to be on the spectrum," Pierce explained.
She's also using imaging to show abnormalities in children's brains. The earlier the diagnosis, the earlier the treatment, and a better chance kids like Luca have a normal life.
Pierce was in the running in 2012 for Time magazine's most influential people for her work in the field of diagnosing autism. She says the goal of the team's research is to discover an autism test that could give a diagnosis at birth.
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BACKGROUND: Autism is a developmental disorder that appears in the first three years of life, mostly affecting boys. It affects the brain's normal development of social and communication skills. A report released by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) suggests that autism is more common than we thought. Doctors believe that the increase in autism is due to a newer definition. The term "autism" now includes a wider spectrum of children. For example, thirty years ago, a child with autism may have been thought to be strange; now that child would be diagnosed with high-functioning autism. Most of the time, parents can suspect that there might be something wrong when the child is 18 months. They might notice that their child has difficulties with social interactions, pretend play, and communicating verbally and nonverbally. The exact causes of autism are unknown, but research has led the scientific community to believe that genetic factors seem to be important. Identical twins are more likely than fraternal twins or siblings to both have autism. Similarly, language abnormalities are more common in relatives of autistic children. Chromosomal abnormalities are more common in families with autism. Other suspected causes (but not proven) include: diet, mercury poisoning, digestive tract changes, vaccine sensitivity, and the body's inability to properly use vitamins and minerals. (Source: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
SYMPTOMS: Most children who have autism appear normal before one or two and then they suddenly "regress." Symptoms can include: being overly sensitive in hearing, sight, touch, smell, or taste; performing repeated body movements; and having unusual distress when their routine changes. The symptoms will vary from moderate to severe. Children will have communication problems as well. They include: repeating words they memorized (such as commercials); the inability to maintain a social conversation; language develops slowly; communicates with gestures; a slow language development; does not point to direct others' attention to objects; does not adjust gaze to look at objects that others are looking at; and does not refer to their self correctly (for example, says "you want cookies" instead of "I want cookies"). Social interactions can signal autism too; for example, if they are withdrawn, show a lack of empathy, does not make friends, treats others as if they are objects, prefers to be alone, and does not play interactive games. (Source: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
TREATMENTS: There are a wide range of available treatments for autism. The most commonly used treatments include Pivotal Response Training (PRT): Floor Time, Early Start Denver Model (ESDM), Relationship Development Intervention (RDI), and Discrete Trail Training (DTT). "Behavioral" therapies focus on the principles of behavior and attempt to teach children skills by providing specific cues and consequences for behavior in order to teach them new skills. Therapies based on a "developmental" model focus on identifying a child's current ability level and guides them through a sequence of learning experiences that become more developmentally complex across time. (Source: www.autism-center.ucsd.edu)


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SHERMAN — Four years after stopping the execution of convicted murderer Lester Leroy Bower and granting him a hearing for new evidence, Grayson County Judge Jim Fallon finally began to hear those details on Monday.
"I'm hopeful and we are so grateful for the opportunity that we have to present some of this new evidence," said Leslea Miller, Bower's oldest daughter.
Bower, now 64, was convicted of killing Bob Tate, Phillip Good, Ronald Mayes, and Jerry "Mac" Brown in 1983 while buying an ultralight aircraft at a rural hangar in Sherman.
Though admitting he initially lied to the FBI about being at the crime scene, Bower — who lived in Arlington at the time — has always claimed his innocence.
But his defense team did not immediately reveal the results of the forensic testing they requested in 2008 — or any other new evidence on Monday.
"They're as convinced he is innocent as we are that he's guilty," said Robbie Brown Dutton, Brown's widow. "This is just more of what we've heard over the past 29 years. We wouldn't want Mr. Bower to be put to death for a crime he didn't commit. But we have to think to all the evidence that proved it."
The defense called four witnesses to testify on Monday — including Les Bower — along with a former Mesquite resident who also claims he is innocent.
The woman came forward in 1989 before Bower's first scheduled execution date. She said four other men are actually responsible for the murders, including one she briefly dated named "Lynn."
"It weighed real heavily on me," she said. "Had Mr. Bower gotten a life sentence, I probably wouldn't have said anything."
The woman's identity is under seal, but in court she was referred to as "Witness One." Bower's defense team said she was not subpoenaed to testify, but volunteered to discuss what she remembered about Lynn.
"He said that he and his friends had gone there for a dope deal, and it didn't go right, and they had to kill some people," Witness One testified.
She went on to say that Lynn had a hard time sleeping after the crime took place in 1983.
"He said that he could see the man's eyes when he shot him, and he could hear the noise reverberating off the tin building," she recalled.
Since coming forward in 1989, Witness One has shared her story several times in legal proceedings and with the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
During cross-examination, prosecutors scrutinized the woman for failing to notify police or prosecutors about what she said she knew.
Kerye Ashmore, an assistant district attorney in Grayson County, picked apart Witness One's story and characterized her as a drug user with a foggy memory who volunteered information to the defense, but fought a subpoena from prosecutors to testify about it before the grand jury.
Late Monday afternoon, Bower took the stand for the first time since 2000.
"Who's responsible for you being in prison?" asked his attorney, James Glenn.
"This is my doing," Bower replied, admitting he should not have lied to two FBI agents about being at the hangar.
Bower — who sat in an orange jumpsuit between his three attorneys when not testifying — suffers from hearing loss and cannot hear all the testimony, his legal team said.
Bower's wife, two daughters, friends and family filled a couple of rows in the courtroom immediately behind him.
Robbie Brown Dutton — along with friends and family of the four victims — sat on the other side of the courtroom behind the prosecutors.
Anthony Roth, one of Bower's attorneys, said the defense plans to call six witnesses.
Grayson County District Attorney Joe Brown said his team plans to call four witnesses and reveal results of DNA testing on cigarette butts and hair collected from the hangar after the murders.
Bower's evidentiary hearing was originally scheduled to last two days, but he still faces cross-examination on Tuesday, with as many as a half-dozen additional witnesses who may be called to testify.
Judge Jim Fallon will eventually make a recommendation to the Court of Criminal Appeals, which is currently considering Bower's case, on whether the new evidence exonerates him. The judge has to make his recommendation by the end of the year.
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In this article series by Reynante Martinez, we will learn how to go about creating a underwater scene from scratch. We will begin by creating the terrain for the underwater environment. In the sequel of the article, we will learn how to add vegetation, pebbles and corals. After which we will discuss how to add distant terrains, lighting effects and finally composition.
Underwater scenes are one of the most exciting, inspiring, and gorgeous environments in real life and computer graphics world alike. And with this awe-striking appearance comes a very complex array of possibilities. From a photographer's point of view alone, underwater scenes seem to be one of the most challenging places and situations to be at, let alone the difficulty of acquiring a proper lighting and the satisfactory combination of shutter speeds and apertures. Same thing applies also to recreating such a scene in computer graphics, specifically in 3D.
Throughout my career in 3D design and animation, I have never thought exactly how to approach an underwater scene not until I actually delved, sat down, and started thinking what approach to do. Fortunately, after hours of conceptualizing and imagining, I came with an approach, which might seem odd to others, but it works which. And that has been my primary motivation in writing this article and sharing my discoveries.
Hopefully, this wouldn't be too software-centric as compared to my previous articles, which I was trying very hard not to do. The concepts I will present throughout this entire writing will be based off from my own experiences and repeated mistakes. Since there are so many possibilities in approaching problems, hopefully you'll find mine to be one of the simplest one.
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Below are some reference images I looked up at Google. These will be our starting point and our scene bases.
You'll notice from the images above that underwater scenes could greatly vary depending on your location and on how deep you are. The shallower your location is, the darker it might get, and the more life there would be. But for now, we'll focus on just the ambience of the scene and we'll try as much as we could to imitate this.
Now that we're comfortable with our references and how our scene will faintly look like, let's go ahead and start the actual creation of our environment. First, we have to create our terrain where our props and other models will be situated on. I had this on the first order so that we can pretty much see where and how our props which we are going to model later will look like or if we ever need them to be in the scene at all. Approaching it this way will give us more leeway on the proceeding steps we'll do later on.
For this environment, our terrain will simply be a subdivided smooth plane with varying elevations (as would have implied by water movement). To achieve this, first let's delete whatever default scene elements we have (objects, lamps, etc.) by hovering our mouse pointer over to the 3D Viewport Window, pressing A once or twice (depending whether you have a selected object or not) to select all visible elements in your scene, and press X > Erase selected Object(s) or by pressing the Delete button on your keyboard. After this, we simply add a plane primitive mesh to the scene via spacebar > Add > Mesh > Plane or by clicking on Add > Mesh > Plane on the menu header. It's a good idea to start adding objects in a hierarchical or orderly manner right from the start so we could easily keep track of our progress and solve problems that may arise later on.
Erasing the Default Scene Objects
Adding a Plane Primitive to the Scene
After adding the plane to our current scene, let's go ahead and scale it a little bit larger just to give us an initial sense of scale and enough room to add our proceeding objects later. Do this by selecting the Plane Object (if it hasn't been selected by default), then press S to scale and then type 5 consequently to scale it up by 5 Blender Units (BU) uniformly on the X, Y, and Z axis respectively. Or alternatively, you can use the Transform Toolbox (N) and type in 5 in the Scale X, Scale Y, and Scale Z input fields, better yet, to save time, enable the Link Scale button, and type 5 in either of the scale axes and the others will follow along.
The Default Plane Added to the Scene
Scaling the Plane Object
To review, what we basically did was to add a mesh primitive to our scene, in this case a Plane, then to have enough room to work on, we scaled it five times its original size. Looking at the plane in the 3D space though, you might notice that it lacked thickness which is one of the key roles of the z-axis, so with this in mind, we could just scale it along the x and y axes, disregarding the z axis, which we can do by pressing Shift Z after executing the Scale operation. What this will do is scale it only in the other axes excluding z, which will result in the same appearance as scaling it in all axes. But for future reference and to eliminate ambiguities later on, it's better to just scale it in all axes which is the default option after doing the scale command.
Continuing from where we left off, we are now going to create more vertices from our existing plane, these vertices will be our manipulation points that will eventually define our object's shape later on.
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We'll do this by subdividing our plane a couple of times. Select the plane object and proceed to Edit Mode (Tab) then position your mouse cursor on your 3D View and press W to access the Specials Menu, then choose Subdivide Multi and in the pop-up menu that appears, type in 20 to subdivide our mesh plane 20 times.
Now that we have a fair amount of vertices to work on, we can now sculpt out the shape that we want for our terrain, but before that we will first create a camera in our scene and make it our default. We need to do this prior to jumping in and creating our terrain so we don't waste time by modeling parts of the terrain which are not going to be seen at all. To add our camera, move your mouse cursor over to your 3D Viewport and press spacebar then choose Add > Camera. After this, go to your front view (Numpad 1), switch to Perspective View by pressing Numpad 5 and look through your 3D Viewport as though your were looking via your camera, when all is done and you have your camera as your active selection, press Ctrl Alt Numpad 0. What this does is it changes your camera's view to what you are seeing in your viewport. If you're not comfortable with hotkeys, you can alternatively access this function by going to View > Align View > Align Active Camera to View . After having magically transported into the camera's view, you can further enhance your viewing experience by enabling Passepartout which darkens the view outside of your current field of view. To do this, access it in the Editing Buttons window, and click passepartout and increase the Alpha to a non-zero value, depending on what you're convenient with.
Most of the time though, you don't want your passepartout to be totally opaque (Alpha 1), since it will then deprive you of viewing other objects that might be of importance to you that you wish to include later on your shot or view. Another disadvantage of setting it to a high value is you'll have a hard time selecting the camera's outline (which then selects the camera itself) because of the blending between your camera's outline (black) and the dark bg.
Subdivide Multi Tool
Adding a Camera
Camera View and Passepartout
Align Active Camera to View Menu Option
Right now, our camera placement seems a little bit odd due to some empty space showing through on the bottom half of our view, to address this, we'll simply zoom in our camera while on its own view. We can quickly do this by selecting the camera (through its border/outline), then press G for Grab and follow it up immediately by clicking on your middle mouse button and confirm it by left clicking or pressing the Enter key. What this trick does is it moves the camera along its depth axis or its local z axis, this way we can smoothly adjust the way our camera is placed in an inward and outward fashion.
Moving the Camera Along the Local Z-axis
Now that everything's set, we're good to start the actual sculpting of our underwater floor. Select the plane mesh and go to Edit Mode (Tab) then select few vertices from the plane, these points will represent our influence vertices. To get a better view from your selection process, you can exit your camera view by pressing Numpad 0, rotating your view with middle mouse button, or pressing Numpad 5.
Selecting Few Vertices
Now let's go back to our camera view by pressing Numpad 0 or you could simply split your screen and have the other half always a camera view. With our vertices still selected, press O on your 3D Viewport and grab the vertices along the z-axis by pressing G then Z, then you will notice that neighboring vertices got pulled too, this is because we turned on Proportional Editing which is a very handy tool in manipulating meshes. To control the radius of influence, you simply scroll with your mouse wheel. You can access this menu and further more options on the 3D Viewport menu represented by a circle icon on the far left.
Proportional Editing
Let's now go to camera view (Numpad 0) and start altering our mesh plane according to what we see in our view. Move the vertices like how we see in the screenshot below.
Moving the Vertices Proportionally
This would be a good shape for now. But since we wouldn't want our plane to appear too blocky or edgy, all we have to do is go to Object Mode and click the Set Smooth button in Editing (F9) and under the Links and Materials tab.
Smoothing the Plane Mesh
After we're done with the initial model of our terrain, let's go ahead and assign a basic material to it, just a diffusion color for now then we'll get back to it later and add in more material settings and textures. To do so, let's head over to the Shading (F5) then to the Material buttons, then under the Links and Pipeline tab, click Add New to add a new material to the datablock. Let's name it sand and check the screenshot below for more details on the material settings and shaders.
Basic Material Settings for the Terrain
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CUMBERLAND — A 12-week training course in the skill of card dealing began Tuesday for nearly 100 students who hope to land jobs this spring with the new Rocky Gap casino, according to Jeff Kirk, the interim vice president of Continuing Education and Work Force Development at Allegany College of Maryland.
The course, known as Dealer School, was developed in collaboration with ACM and Lakes Entertainment, the company managing the new Rocky Gap Lodge & Golf Resort.
"We are very pleased about the course. It's a win-win for both (ACM and Lakes). The training meets their needs and we get continued funding for the college," said Kirk.
Those who successfully complete the training could work at 10 gaming tables that, along with 558 slot machines and two restaurants, will make up the main core of the resort's casino.
"The classes are held each day. It's five days a week," said Kirk.
Kirk said that due to the large size of the class, which is being held at an off-campus site leased by Lakes Entertainment, one group meets in the morning and another in the afternoon.
Although the specific card games to be played at Rocky Gap have not been released, Lakes Entertainment verified that the casino will have a wide variety of card games.
"We helped them meet the Maryland state gaming and licensing requirements," said Kirk.
Lakes Entertainment has expressed interest in partnering with ACM on additional training programs in the future, Kirk said.
Cumberland Mayor Brian Grim was excited about the progress with the resort that is set to open this spring.
"It creates jobs for local people and it will have the possibility of bringing people into our area," said Grim. "It fits well into our plan for population growth."
Lakes Entertainment is expected to hire 250 full- and part-time people to staff operations at the casino.
"There are 70 some different job descriptions that will be open there," said Kirk.
Lakes Entertainment held a question-and-answer session for students at ACM on Friday and took applications. The Times-News spoke to some applicants but decided to use their first names only to protect their identity.
Tiffanie, 21, of Cumberland, said, "I'm working on phones now. Most of the work at Rocky Gap is face-to-face. I prefer that. I hope to get long-term employment."
Tina, a nontraditional student, said, "I hope to work in an office in accounting. I prefer not to work in the casino. I like to be behind the scene."
Becky Ruppert, director of professional development and community service for the Center for Continuing Education, has been pleased with Lakes Entertainment.
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Rodney, 22, a student who lives in Keyser, W.Va., is hoping to be hired.
"I like working with people. I will take whatever I can. I think it (the casino) will be good for our area," said Rodney.
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Following a public hearing Thursday, members of the IDA Board of Directors voted to approve the tax abatement for Gooding Co.
The Davison Road-based company will receive a 15-year Payment-In-Lieu-of-Taxes agreement, a standard deal for manufacturers. That would include an 80 percent tax abatement for the first two years, which would then be reduced to a 70 percent abatement for years three and four.
Years five through nine would come with a 60 percent abatement, then a 50 percent abatement for the rest of the PILOT agreement.
Gooding is located in the Ulrich Business Park off the south end of Davison. It moved there in 1999 from Gooding Street in the city
The expansion project is expected to generate an estimated $2.7 million in benefits to the state and region; the IDA said, while the estimated value of the incentives to Gooding are $147,628.
The project will expand Gooding's production area by more than double its current size.
The 5568 Davison Road location will add somewhere between 12,500 to 15,000 square-feet of production space. The current location is 16,500 square feet, but not all of it is used for production. The 137-year-old company is a manufacturer of inserts and outserts for the pharmaceutical and medical industries.
Gooding Co. President Jerry Hace met with the IDA Board of Directors last month. At that meeting, Hace said Gooding has added several new machines in the past year, including one machine in particular that can fold a paper insert over 200 times. Sales have risen by 20 percent in the last two years and now approach $6.5 million a year.
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Democrat Al Muratsuchi and Republican Craig Huey will face each other in the November election for the 66th Assembly District, according to the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder.
Muratsuchi, of Torrance, and Huey, of Rolling Hills Estates, ran neck and neck much of Tuesday night, finishing with 40.9% and 38.54% of the vote, respectively, crushing Republican Nathan Mintz. Mintz had received 20.56% of the votes by the time ballots from all 273 precincts had been counted.
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Services for Beulah Ann Bratcher, 81, Ada, are 2 p.m. Tuesday at Community Free Will Baptist Church at Pickett. John Henry Lippard and Dan McGehee will officiate. Burial will follow at McGee Cemetery at Stratford.
Mrs. Bratcher died Saturday, Feb. 16, 2013, at an Ada nursing center. She was born Nov. 20, 1931, at Stonewall. She attended Stonewall schools and had been employed as a housekeeper, in the food service industry and was a homemaker. She was a Baptist.
She and Thomas Edward Bratcher were married Feb. 15, 1951. He died in 1986. Survivors include two sons, Terry Bratcher and his wife, Kathy, Oil Center, and Bobby Edward Bratcher and his wife, Leslie, Stonewall; five daughters, Reejeana Reeves and her husband, Roger, Gaar Corner, Tommie Picazo, Ada, Velma Lee Carter, Stratford, Peggy Ruth Miller, Ada, and Paula Sue Farquhar and her husband, Tony, Tulsa; two brothers, Charles "Monk" Sanders and his wife, Jane, Ada, and J.K. Sanders and his wife, Wilma, Stonewall; 28 grandchildren; numerous great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
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Let's overlook our racial barriers and be the unified church God has called us to be.
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Have you ever wondered what God thinks about the church being the most segregated of all communities? In this study we will take a look at the cultural history and diversity of the New Testament church as we seek to integrate all peoples and nations into the church of Jesus Christ. How would true integration affect the life of the church as a whole if we dared to take the challenge? Are we truly prepared for what would come next? These are some of the questions we will discuss in this Bible study, as we read how four pastors from the Latino, Asian, black, and white communities respond to the book, United by Faith, that calls for pursuing multiracial churches as the biblical pattern.
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Teaching point two: No matter what our differences are, we are one in God's house because the blood of Christ unites us.
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