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-- Kerry LaLone, a social studies teacher at Cherryland Middle School in Elk Rapids, was received a professional development scholarship from MEEMIC Insurance Co. She used the money to attend the 2010 Michigan Council for Social Studies' annual conference.
-- The Traverse City West Senior High School Key Club raised more than $1,000 for the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) by participating in the Trick-or-Treat UNICEF fundraising program.
-- Traverse City Area Public Schools Director of Human Resources Cindy Berck has completed all requirements for a doctorate in education from Northcentral University. The degree has a specialization in education leadership. She has a bachelor's degree in education from Butler University and a master's degree in educational administration from Central Michigan University.
-- The following is Traverse City Central High School's Debate Team final standings at the Dexter Delight Tournament: Dylan Cooper, first-place varsity speaker; Katie Stanton, eighth-place varsity speaker; Kevin Trippe, ninth-place varsity speaker; Clara Trippe, first-place novice speaker; Samantha Donohue, sixth-place novice speaker; Callie Chappel, eighth-place novice speaker; Emily Cain, 10th-place novice speaker.
In the team standings, four TC Central High School Novice Teams advanced to the quarterfinals, composing half of the eight-team bracket: Hanna Casperson/Callie Chappel and Samantha Donohue/Evie Leadens lost in the quarterfinals, while Elena Rothney/Clara Trippe locked out Emily Cain/Allyson Schultz and advanced to the semifinals, where they lost to eventual Novice Champ Midland Dow.
Education Newsmakers: 11/30/2010
-- Kerry LaLone, a social studies teacher at Cherryland Middle School in Elk Rapids, was received a professional development scholarship from MEEMIC Insurance Co. She used the money to attend the 2010 Michigan Council for Social Studies' annual conference.
- Education Newsmakers: 10/11/2011
- Newsmakers: 10/06/2011
- Newsmakers: 09/27/2011
Education Newsmakers: 01/10/2011
Today's Newsmakers: Traverse City Central High School; Jessica Hemming; high school seniors named Outstanding Students in 2010 by the Rotary Club of Traverse City; high school seniors named Students of the Month in 2010 by the Kiwanis Club of Traverse City; local students graduated from Central Michigan University in Mount Pleasant in 2010.Continued ...
Education in Brief: 01/03/2011
'College A Cappella Night' fundraiser; Singwell Academy expands classes; Gaylord class of 1971 plans reunionContinued ...
- Tuesday, December 28, 2010
Hickory History: Students gather stories
Ryan Ness and Molly Tompkins could have done a lot of things over their summer break. Instead, the two high school juniors spent much of their free time researching the history of Hickory Hills for a book to help celebrate the city ski area's 60th birthday next year. Their volunteer research and writing will continue through much of 2011.Continued ...
Ask Evelyn: Break out the board games
Family games also teach honesty and fair play, how to follow rules and cooperate, how to make choices and be responsible for the choices you make and how to win or lose graciously.Continued ...
Education in Brief: 12/28/2010
Summer registration for Camp Daggett; Kirtland will hold winter registration; Youth program seeks participants; Community Cinema Series continuesContinued ...
- Newsmakers: 12/28/2010
- Tuesday, December 21, 2010
College admissions officers give essay tips
The pressure is on for high school seniors to write the perfect college application essay. But what are schools really looking for? And what role should parents play?Continued ...
Ask Evelyn: Shopping with kids
Q: I worry about our very active 6-year-old when I have to take him shopping. He gets excited, he moves too fast and talks to absolutely everyone he sees. I don't want to be paranoid, but please list some safety tips for me.Continued ...
- Education Newsmakers: 12/21/2010
Education in Brief: 12/21/2010
Holiday break activities for kids; 'Learn to Skate' clinic fundraiser; plus more.Continued ...
- Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Goal: Read aloud 15 min. a day
Local reading advocates hopes a box of books will spur more families to read out loud to one another.Continued ...
Ask Evelyn: Humor is a holiday gift
Q. I enjoyed one of your past columns about using humor to reduce stress during the holidays. Can you do a reprise?Continued ...
Education in Brief: 12/14/2010
Meeting changes for Bear Lake PATS; WSH students stage Lewis Carroll classic; Stage play brings fairy tales to life; Participants sought for youth program; Sign up under way for video workshops.Continued ...
- Education Newsmakers: 12/14/2010
- Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Education in Brief: 12/07/2010
Students can make PSAs for contest; CHS hosts Super Science Saturday; WSH Choir stages Madrigal 'Feaste'. (Plus more)Continued ...
Education newsmakers: 12/07/2010
Jamie L. Schaub, of Traverse City, recently received a scholarship from Women In Defense Michigan Chapter at the organization's recent Black Tie Gala.Continued ...
- Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Blazing: Students work to create trail guides
Traverse City West Senior High School science teacher Marek Ulicny and a group of current and graduated students want to create nature guides to local trails that point out and explain plants and habitats.Continued ...
Ask Evelyn: Share special moments
Q: Our family did something new for Thanksgiving; we helped serve food at a community meal. It was such a good experience for our children that I wanted to share my feelings about it with others.Continued ...
Education in Brief: 11/30/2010
Manistee bands give holiday concert; Leelanau Children's Center fundraiser; Craft Show at TC High School; Interlochen School holds bake sale; plus more.Continued ...
- Tuesday, November 23, 2010
New research highlights language learning
New studies on how language learning occurs are beginning to chip away at some long-held notions about second-language acquisition and point to potential learning benefits for students who speak more than one language.Continued ...
Education in Brief: 11/23/2010
Boy Scout Troop 36 will sell cookies; TC High School's Arts and Crafts Show; Story time with a Christian theme; Mensa scholarships available for 2011.Continued ...


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Before Octane became a household name in the GPU-rendering sphere, I was a beta tester on the project. And although one of my images briefly appeared on the splash screen of a very early version, I haven't been very faithful to it since. This could change thanks to the release of Octane for 3ds Max, a quite well integrated version of the render, which removes the need to export geometry to Octane for rendering. We are not talking about the degree of integration of Vray, which supports nearly all functions of Max, but it is definitely as easy to use as Maxwell. And there is even a Vray Material Converter built into the plugin (which I haven't tried as I like to build my mats from scratch).
Clearly, Octane is not going to replace Vray for me as long as we don't see a massive increase in the amount of RAM on consumer graphic cards (I have 24GB in my Workstation and routinely max them in Vray). But I can see myself using it a lot more for small scenes or product viz, especially if Vray continues to grow slower and noisier, as has been the case for me with recent versions (though not everyone has noticed this so it may have to do with my setup or idiosyncratic workflow).
The images at the top are my entries for the latest Octane render competition. Those at the bottom are just details done for fun. These clear so fast it's a joy, even on my very modest GTX 285. Hope you like them.
EDIT: Just found out these images had ended 2nd at the competition. Thanks refractive software!
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Why should he use Arion when the work done with Octane is amazing? It doesn't matter what software you use; software is just a tool, if you are a real 3D artist and you have great skills you can create mesmerizing images with any rendering engine for what I'm concerned
Well done BBB3viz!
It (Arion) also has many more features, better SSS, spotlights, … and a significantly better BRDF system.
As of today, I would refrain from extolling Arion. This aircraft lost altitude, while the Orion "blooms and smells."
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Hi, Love your work, very inspirational to someone who is new like me.
I am trying to decide on a renderer my self.
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Buys, holds, and hopes
Propaganda is dangerous. This isn't news to most, but it's important, nonetheless, to remind ourselves periodically of just how pervasively propaganda can alter perceptions of reality.
Recognizing the effectiveness of well executed propaganda blitzes, it is important that the public identify them when they arise in order to allow sound decision-making based on the facts, not the flash. This brings us to the issue of natural gas.
Analysts recently found North America to be abundant in natural gas reserves, a fuel touted by many as the bridge between traditional fossil fuels that we greatly depend on now and the far off potential of renewable energy technologies. It would seem that gas would be embraced as invaluable to solving energy issues in the U.S., and that policymakers would be embracing it as both a job creating engine and one of the keys to a reduced carbon future.
Yet, a small cabal of special interest groups opposes the resource and, consequently, has sought publicity to spread their dubious beliefs. Case in point: a scene from the upcoming documentary Gasland, which features a man lighting his faucet water on fire and making the ridiculous claim that natural gas drilling is responsible for the incident. The clip, though attention-getting, is wildly inaccurate and irresponsible.
To begin with, the vertical depth separation between drinking water aquifers and reservoir targets for gas production is several thousand feet of impermeable rock. Any interchange between the two, if it were possible, would have happened already in geologic time, measured in tens of millions of years, not in recent history.
The only way that drilling could have caused communication is through the vertical well bore itself which is cemented and cased. Millions of wells have already been drilled throughout the world, of which only a handful have experienced accidental leaks into water aquifers– a percentage smaller than a person's chances of being struck by lightning in fact. In the rare instances of a leak to the surface, energy companies alert and voluntarily evacuate residents while the safety of the site is evaluated.
Occurrences of flammable tap water, if not the result of existing gas transport pipelines, can be explained by totally unrelated gas leaks that occasionally occur around coal beds, which are far closer to the surface than natural gas deposits. Coal reservoirs contain methane. This is the same gas responsible for recent coal mine accidents, and it can infiltrate the water reservoir if there is too much pumping, which creates a pressure draw down. Attempting to portray this as the result of natural gas drilling is taking poetic license to near criminal extremes.
Abounding benefits of natural gas for the economy, the climate, and America's overall energy security are well worth accepting the limited risk associated with its development–risks that have been widely overstated by propagandists. Don't be sucked into the hype regarding negative effects of natural gas. The positives are overwhelming.
Virturally everything we read contains some taint of propaganda. What I do know is we rely on the option of hydraulic fracturing for water wells that support the lakes, ponds and streams our firm designs. This is especially true for trout habitats we build in warm climates that require greater volumes of cold well water to support them.
Propagandists have woven hydraulic fracturing in with the energy industry. This threatens our work of developing high quality aquatic habitats.
The EPA's 2004 study did not address drilling in shale, which is common today. They didn't take into account the relatively new practice of drilling and hydraulically fracturing horizontally for up to a mile underground.
Residents from several states have reported
changes in water quality following fracturing operations of gas wells near their homes. The explainations have cited casing failures, impacts from other mining operations, methane migration and other explanations for water contamination.
Regulators and the public have had
to accept these explanations, in part, because industry has refused to disclose the recipe of fracturing chemicals,
and investigators do not know what specific chemicals they are looking for following fracturing complaints.
Your piece is a perfect piece of propaganda in defense of the gas industry for which no doubt, you are a shill. First: fracking is a new technology even though drilling is not. 5000 wells slated for our area here in Dimock Pa, each one requiring 1 million gallons of water mixed with 20,000 gallons of chemicals. Do the math. There is tuolene in the water here now and our real estate is worthless. Thirty families down the road have poisoned water. Would you drink water with methane gas in it , or tuolene, or give it to your children? Come to Dimock and see for yourself. Opinion stated as fact is not journalism, it is propaganda. But you should know that if you call yourself a writer.
Your comment about "thousands of feet" between water and rock is questionable to me because I don't think there are layers of UNBROKEN rock between the two…rather there is constant shifting among the many layers so that seepage is likely between the rock formations. Your explanation is too simple, I think. Admittedly, so is my understanding of the matter.
Geology is a very complex science. If you are not knowledgeable in the area perhaps you should not comment.
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Oregon Inlet
No report. Contact: Oregon Inlet Fishing Center 252-441-6301, www.oregon-inlet.com.
Offshore reports said big red drum, small puppy drum, blue fish, pompano, sea mullet have been biting. Contact: Red Drum Tackle 252-995-5414, www.hatteras-island.com; offshore news, Oden's Dock 252-986-2555, www.odensdock.com; or www.hatterasharbor.com.
No report. Contact: Tradewinds Bait & Tackle 252-928-5491, www.fishtradewinds.com; Morris Marina 252-225-4261, www.portsmouthislandfishing.com.
Cape Lookout/Bogue Inlet
Offshore wahoo fishing has been excellent. Dolphin fishing has been fair. Scattered billfish biting along the coast. Bluefish and spanish mackerel have been reported biting on the beaches. Puppy drum, trout and flounder are biting in the sound. Contact: EJW Outdoors 252-247-4725; Portside Marina 252-726-7678; www.ncoif.com.
Topsail Island
Spanish mackerel, bluefish and albacore are biting at the surf and off the pier. Pompano have also been present. Speckle trout have been reported along the surf. King mackerel can be caught from the pier to 15 miles out. Wahoo are also biting in the gulf stream. Contact: East Coast Discount Tackle 910-328-1887, www.eastcoastsports.com.
Wilmington/ Wrightsville Beach
Fall pattern fishing is beginning. Redfish are biting from the intercoastal waterway to the surf. Bluefish are also biting in the surf. Speckle trout and flounder fishing are also good from the near shore to the intercoastal waterway. King mackerel and spanish mackerel are biting offshore. Black fin tuna and wahoo have been caught farther offshore. Drum, flounder, spot, croaker and sea mullet are also biting in the surf. Contact: Tex's Tackle 910-791-1763, www.texstackle.com.
Southport/Sunset Beach
Drum are biting off the pier. Spanish mackerel, bluefin and small spot are out in the surf. Small amount of flounder are also biting. Contact: Dutchman Creek Bait & Tackle 910-457-1221; www.yeahrightcharters.com; or www.oifishingcenter.com.
Falls Lake
Bass fishing is inconsistent, they're being found 8 to 15 feet deep along the creek or in the main lake. Bass are hitting jigs, spinnerbait and shakey head worm. Crappie are holding 12 to 16 feet deep on brush piles and hitting minnows. One- to 3-pound catfish are biting on night crawlers and chicken liver. White bass are schooling where the creek enters the main lake, hitting blade bait and spinners. Water level: normal 251.5, Wednesday 250.91, full pool 264.8. Contact: Outhouse Tackle 919-217-0085; www.wmi.org.
Jordan Lake
Crappie are biting off minnows. Water level: normal 216, Wednesday normal 215.34 , full pool 240. Contact: Wilsonville General Store 919-362-7101; Crosswinds Marina 919-362-5391.
Kerr Lake
Strokers are biting early in the evening topwater off live bait. Catfish are also biting in small numbers. Crappie fishing is picking up off brush 10-25 feet deep. Largemouth bass have also been biting. Water level: normal 300, Wednesday 298, full pool 320. Contact: Bobcat's Bait & Tackle 434-374-8381; www.kerrlake.com.
Lake Wheeler
No report. Contact: Wilsonville General Store 919-362-7101.
Shearon Harris Lake
Crappie have been biting at variable depth off minnows and natural colored soft plastic baits off jig heads. Largemouth bass have been caught in the morning off weed beds. Also biting off medium crank baits and vertical jigging pools. Contact: The Tackle Box 919-557-8255; www.wmi.org.
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SAN DIEGO (AP) — Kevin Bacon's "Six Degrees" world got even bigger Sunday at Comic-Con. During a Sunday panel for his Fox show "The Following," a fan brought up the pop culture game known as "Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon," whose premise is anyone in Hollywood can be linked to the actor. Full Story
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Springfield, Mass. -- December 15, 2009 -- Freshman guard Marcia Voigt (Skillman, N.J.) led four teammates in doubles figures with 13 points to lead her No. 2-ranked Amherst College women's basketball team to a 69-29 non-conference victory over Springfield College tonight at Blake Arena.
With the victory, Amherst ups its record to 9-0, while Springfield finishes the first semester at 3-6.
The other double figure scorers for the Lord Jeffs included sophomore guard Kim Fiorentino (Holmdel, N.J.) with 12 points, and junior center Sarah Leyman (Cincinnati, Ohio) and sophomore guard Caroline Stedman (Walpole, Mass.) with 10 points each.
For Springfield, sophomore guard Kelly Murphy (Mechanicville, N.Y.) led her squad with 9 points, followed by sophomore forward Kelly Slattery (Somers, Conn.) with 7, and junior center Amelia Sapowsky (Ware, Mass.) with 6.
The home team had one-point leads twice in this contest -- at 3-2 and 5-4, the latter on a short jumper by Sapowsky. After freshman guard/forward Meghan Biondolillo (Levittown, N.Y.) made a lay-up which cut Amherst's lead to 12-9 with 16:16 left in the first half, the Lord Jeffs began to make it rain three's.
Fiorentono hit consecutive 3-pointers with 15:59 left and 15:28 left. That was followed by another 3-pointer by sophomore guard Shannon Finucane (Cortland, N.Y.), and suddenly the score was 21-9. A lay-up by Murphy for SC interrupted Amherst's flow. But Stedman hit another 3-pointer with 12:50 left, and Amherst was on its way at 24-11.
From that point on, SC scored just six more points to end the half. At the intermission, it was 35-17, Lord Jeffs. In the second half, Amherst outscored the Pride, 34-12. Amherst's largest lead came at 69-27 with 1:55 remaining on a jumper by freshman forward Bridget Crowley (Hampden, Mass.). A Slattery lay-up with four seconds left closed the scoring.
The real story of the game could be found in turnover numbers -- SC had 33 (including 18 in the first half), while Amherst had 18 for the game. SC shot just .306 from the field (11-for-36), while Amherst shot .422 ((27-of-64). The Pride made just 3-of-17 shots from the floor in the second half. Amherst made 7-of-20 3-pointers for the game (.350). The Lord Jeffs outrebounded SC, 40-25, led by Leyman's game-high 11. Stedman had a game-high 5 steals.
The Pride will now take a break from the court and classroom until it returns to action for the annual Hampton Inn/Naismith Classic on Saturday, January 2 when it plays Colby Sawyer at 1:00 pm.


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We continue our Project Milwaukee series: Black & White, examining race relations in the city.WUWM's Susan Bence visited New Hope Missionary Baptist Church on the northeast side, as members gathered for a weekly discussion group.They shared their experiences and views of race relations in Milwaukee.
We continue our Project Milwaukee series: Black & White, examining race relations in the city.We discovered a group that gathers once a month specifically to talk about race. WUWM's Susan Bence attended a recent meeting.
Robert Miranda is the editor and publisher of the Spanish Journal; he's also the Executive Director of Esperanza Unida, Inc. in Milwaukee. Troy Shaw is President and CEO of TDS Management, which produces diversity-themed television programming. They spoke with Mitch Teich about their frustrations about the state of relations between Milwaukee's African-American and Hispanic communities and the white community.
Maria Cadenas is the executive director of the Cream City Foundation, and Brenda Coley is the director of adult services for the Milwaukee-based Diverse & Resilient. They spoke with Stephanie Lecci about how the broader state of race relations in Milwaukee gets reflected in the LGBT community.
Della Wells is a visual artist, founder of ABEA and on the board of the Museum of Wisconsin Art in West Bend. Reynaldo Hernandez is an artist, muralist and illustrator. Dr. Walter Sava is the Executive Director of the Latino Historical Society of Wisconsin, and has worked with Latino Arts, the Greater Milwaukee Education Trust, Latinos United for Political Action, and the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.
Today we bring the Latino population into our Project Milwaukee series on race relations. The number of Latinos in Milwaukee County has been growing rapidly – up 40 percent since the year 2000. Now, Latinos make up 12 percent of the county's population. WUWM's Erin Toner reports on how this demographic shift has impacted the area's racial dynamic.
Our Project Milwaukee series about race relations continues now on WUWM. Today, we talk about a newer wave of immigrants to the city: Latinos. They now comprise 12 percent of the population of Milwaukee County, or more than 114,000 residents. WUWM's Marti Mikkelson reports on the Latino movement here and how it compares with the black and white experiences.
Erin Winkler is an assistant professor in the Department of Africology at UWM. She spoke with Stephanie Lecci about how children learn to perceive race and how we consider it as adults.
Laura Snyder plays double bass for the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra. Bruce Cole is a working drummer and the Development Librarian for the Jean Cujé Milwaukee Music Collection at Marquette University. Snyder begins the conversation by remembering the racial makeup of Milwaukee Symphony when she arrived from New York City almost 40 years ago.
Jill Florence-Lackey is the Executive Director of the Milwaukee-based firm, Urban Anthropology, Incorporated. The group has studied Milwaukee's cultural groups for more than a decade. It also takes people on tours of Milwaukee's ethnic communities, including the area which was once Bronzeville. Florence-Lackey explained to Mitch Teich what the factors were that led to the creation of Bronzeville.


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Guest commentary curated by Forbes Opinion. Avik Roy, Editor.
By Daniel Shuchman
The Supreme Court's deliberations on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) have been portrayed as a flashpoint for competing visions of America's federal system, enumerated powers, economic liberty and social policy. The outcome of the case no doubt involves very high stakes on all of these issues.
But perhaps the most astonishing and disturbing aspect of the case has been the apparent common ground among the Obama administration, the states and other parties challenging the law, and most of the Supreme Court Justices. The implications are potentially more troubling for the future of economic liberty than the individual mandate itself.
In its original Supreme Court brief, the Obama Administration claimed that even the ACA's challengers concede that "Congress has the constitutional authority to regulate the interstate healthcare and health insurance markets….And they do not question Congress's power to regulate how individuals pay for health care….They do not even challenge Congress's power to impose monetary penalties or other consequences (such as denial of health care) on those who lack health insurance, or to require that insurance be used to purchase health care." [emphasis added]
Consider what an extraordinary and ironic claim that is. It is clearly a noble goal for our society to attempt to ensure that everyone can gain access to medical care. But in its rush to establish a "right" to health care and to guarantee that no one will be uninsured even for basic medical services (let alone emergency and catastrophic care) Congress also could, according to President Obama's Solicitor General, deny access to health care to those who have the temerity to seek to pay for it from out-of-pocket funds. The Administration argues that, since Congress retains such vast (albeit as yet unexercised) power in regulating the provision of health care, the Constitutional objections raised against the individual mandate are trivial and lack substance. But is it really possible that the following conversation could happen in America?:
PATIENT: "Thank you for seeing me today, Dr. Wickard. I heard you are the best specialist in the area to treat my condition. I saw at your front desk that 'Payment is expected at the time services are rendered.' I plan to pay you by personal check or VISA."
DOCTOR: "Sorry, Mr. Filburn, I am not legally permitted to treat you unless you have government-approved insurance. I am afraid you will have to leave."
Even if the Obama administration believes that such a latent power resides in Congress, could it possibly be that even those challenging the ACA on Constitutional grounds also believe that such a law would be permissible under our Constitution?
The recent oral argument seems to indicate that there may be a broad consensus that under the modern interpretation of the Commerce Clause, Congress has the power to regulate economic arrangements even in this most intimate of relationships, doctor and patient. As long as it is part of a broad plan to regulate interstate commerce, it seems as if Congress could treat the doctor/patient relationship as if it involved contraband or entailed some anti-social activity. To say nothing of the fact that the medical care transaction is usually local, not interstate – a distinction dismissed by the Court since the New Deal.
Early in the Obamacare oral argument, in answering a question from Justice Kennedy, Solicitor General Donald Verrilli Jr. said "…Respondents agree that Congress could require that you have insurance in order to get health care or forbid health care from being provided – -." Mr. Verrilli was immediately interrupted by Justice Scalia, but with a question on an unrelated matter. So the statement stood unchallenged by Scalia or any of the other Justices. Perhaps the conversation was moving fast and the fact that no one spoke up should not be interpreted as tacit agreement?
Any doubt was later erased, however, when Justice Sotomayor asked attorney Paul Clement, who represents the states challenging the ACA, "Do you accept here the General's position that you have conceded that Congress could say, if you're going to consume health services, you have to pay by way of insurance?" His response: "That's right, Justice Sotomayor. We say, consistent with 220 years of this Court's jurisprudence, that if you regulate the point of sale, you regulate commerce, that's within Congress's power."
Mr. Clement and his colleague Michael Carvin meticulously walked the Justices through what they viewed as the Constitutional deficiency of the ACA's individual mandate, whereby "a subset of the citizenry" – those who opt to self-insure – are being forced into commerce against their will so as to subsidize insurance companies for the cost of providing health care to other customers. Unfortunately, it seems that if a future Congress structures a national health care plan with a different enforcement mechanism, it is likely these Constitutional problems could be avoided.
There is a doctrine of statutory construction expressed in Latin — expressio unius est exclusio alterius, which means "the express mention of one thing excludes all others." In wording the Commerce Clause the way in which it is worded, the drafters of our Constitution were fully aware of this limiting principle of interpretation and, therefore, did NOT expressly mention what commercial activity/inactivity could be regulated and what could not. Instead, they left those decisions in the hands of the people, through their elected representatives. The electorate is the limiting principle of the Commerce Power, as our Founders intended it to be.
First, lest readers think this is impossible, it is not only possible but happening, just north of the US. In Canada, the system some want to import here, it is illegal tot pay the doctor, with severe penalties both for patient and doctor: financial and jail time!!
Rights in the US are constraints against government in the service of our singular right: freedom. Our Rights to free speech, congregate, religion, etc. are all saying the central authority should not prevent us from exercising those rights. It does not guarantee us eloquence, ability to travel, or a minister.
An implemented right to health care (service by one person to another) would require enslaving health care providers, i.e., taking away their freedom. A right to health care is antithetical to the highest value in the US: freedom.
I discussed this briefly in "Uproot US Healthcare," but have since learned that two pages wasn't enough. Therefore, coming out in December is "Not Right!" which explores the putative rit to health care from historical, financial, ethical and practical viewpoints.
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Per the comment that it is "illegal" to pay a doctor directly in Canada, there is a backlog of about a year for legal immigrants to get covered (refugees apparently are covered immediately). One immigrant from Scotland, married to a Canadian, gave birth in a hotel room in Vancouver because her application for medical coverage had not been processed and she feared getting hit with a $10,000 bill. Per this comment, if she had gone to the hospital, she would have been penalized by law if she paid her medical bill! People commenting on the story mentioned how they also had to pay medical bills in Canada. There is no mention that paying such bills was illegal. Here is the story from CBC News in Canada.
Students will be denied admission to college unless they purchase health insurance. Kalamazoo College in Michigan will require all students entering in 2012 to have insurance at an estimated cost of at least $900 (see link below) I see it as another burden on the young who might forgo getting an education because of the escalating cost.
So, is denial of an education because of failure to purchase health insurance, Constitutional? Maybe next, they won't allow you to purchase broccoli at the grocery store unless you show your health insurance card! (You might slip in the produce aisle and not be able to afford a cast since it will run in the thousands of dollars, what with all of the MRIs and CT scans and unusual and expensive pain medications and therapies.) What a mess they've made of paying for services rendered.


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Microsoft pulls awful iPhone mocking ads, admits they were 'off the mark'
Apple seems to be a constant target in Microsoft's advertising campaign of late, but the latest effort out of Redmond has actually been pulled. The 'parody' ads poking fun at the new iPhones depicted fictitious meetings taking place within the walls of Apple's Cupertino HQ, and even had a character that looked a lot like Steve Jobs – albeit from behind. Now, in speaking to CNET, Microsoft explains why the ads have been taken down:
The campaign "was intended to be a lighthearted poke at our friends from Cupertino. But it was off the mark, and we've decided to pull it down," a Microsoft representative told CNET.
Fun is fun, but there's a fine line and Microsoft seems to acknowledge that this time, the line was crossed. It also continues to differentiate Apple marketing from that of its competitors; Apple shows the strength of it's own products, not simply trying to trash another company's.
Did you see the ads before they were taken down? And do you think Microsoft is right to take them down? If you want to see a much better quality parody, jump a little further for a reminder of TeamCoco's fine effort from late last week.
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I did, it was awful.
It was not just awful. It was stupid and served no purpose.
But what would you expect from these desperate companies? Microsoft, Google, Motorola, Samsung, HTC, Nokia, RIM ... gosh so many to remember! LOL
Apple did it back in the day so. What the diff. at least they did admit it was in bad taste.
Yeah but I don't think you could call what Apple did as being in bad taste. They were mocking the PC, knowing that lots of people use PC's at home because its what they use at work and are familiar with.
The same reasoning goes for the iPhone (lots of people use them and are familiar with them). Not sure what point you're making since the competition always wants to take jabs at the top dog.
Would really say they are still the top dog thou. Not mocking the phone or the OS. But the Galaxy market share is quiet big. I do like the iOS and phone, but are they really top dog still.
Desperate companies, man APPLE users are dumber than I thought....
You guys just crack me up, if this was reversed, you'd all be saying Apple has character or something like that....
If you are hinting at the I'm a Mac line of commercials, which everyone likes to point to that series as "look, Apple did it," miss the point. Apple took a perceived by many issue with Windows, often an issue many people faced, and mentioned it then, and this is the key, explained why the Mac was better in that instance.
They were not ads that said, Windows based PCs stink. Laughter. Boom with the Apple logo at the end.
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Dude does commercials were complete and utter BS and totally tried to get the message across that PC's stink. The the perceived "why MAC was better" in that instance was even a bigger truckload of BS.
Yep, I watched the ad. My impression was that the ad's tasteless reference to Jobs was less offensive than its reckless stupidity.
I think Microsoft should have left it up as an instructive case for how a company in decline behaves before it collapses on itself.
I don't think the ads crossed any arbitrary line, but they were just plain awful. I'm all for a good ad poking fun -- even mocking -- at Apple, but these ads were stupid. It wasn't even clear to me what they were trying to poke fun at.
I guess my circle of friends is the only group in the world the finds these ads funny. True, they should not be TV ads, but they easily fit into the new class of viral YouTube ads that goes around. For starters, people that have been expecting more from Apple in the last two years are getting a little frustrated, so this ad seems to hit a nerve. "We're going to give users the Finger...the Fingerprint," or "We can charge anything we want".
At our Company, we had about 200 iPhones, but now those are melting away as contracts renew and our company decided to support Samsung-Android & Nokia-Microsoft. Last year, about half of the people that had renewals moved to Samsung, this year its about 1/3 Samsung, 1/3 Microsoft & 1/3 iPhone.
Two years ago, news teams were covering people sleeping on sidewalks to get their iPhone first. In some cases, people were buying as many as they could, so they could sell them for more than they paid. Those days are behind us. I don't imagine many people will camp out on sidewalks for fingerprint recognition. The iPhone fad is behind us. Apple, has no more tricks up their sleeve for now. They're going to have to slug out the feature/margin challenge like everyone else, only they're not really good at that.
The video went around the office late Friday and over the weekend. Apple and all the crazed people we had who "slept on sidewalks" have become kind of a joke around here and this ad sums it up for us.
I agree that Conan's parody was more intelligent and much funnier. Microsoft just has no class at all. Leave it to Conan, a Harvard man, to do it right!
They have a hell of a lot more class than most Enterprise companies out there, and they've done a lot more for people than most companies put together.
I agree that they have done a lot for enterprise in general. Not a day at work goes by without me using Outlook and Exchange in general. But that doesn't mean they have any taste. Steve Jobs put it best: "The problem with Microsoft is that they have no taste. They have no taste and I don't mean that in a small way, I mean that in a big way." The pulled parody commercial and all of the current iPad commercials demonstrate Steve's point beautifully.
So they pulled the ads because they have no taste? Seems to be the other way around...unlike Apple. Steve Jobs put it best huh, we talking the same classless guy who wouldn't even recognize his own illegitimate child who at the time didn't want anything from him except acknowledgement. Is it the same guy who ran the company that sent 7 year old girls Cease & Desist letters when they wrote to the company for a school project?
BTW, I wasn't talking about their Technical Prowess, I was talking about taste and class outside their business, like all the money they've donated, and all the things they've done for various communities...Unlike Apple who couldn't give a RATS A$$ about 11 year old kids being whipped to build iPhones until it gets into the news....
Stupid ads from a stupid company. Shouldn't expect anything more from Microsoft.
Best commercial ever. Y? Because it's true! Apple stopped being innovative after releasing iPhone 1. Since then they are trying to catch up with the rest of the world.
What a shame, company which first implemented touchscreen technology, and so many years later - none of they All-in-ones or laptops has a touchscreen. First company inventing GUI - graphic.user interface, and they iPhone home screen didn't change for years and years and years - still looks like poop, just flat now (which is style implemented by Windows and Android). Pathetic.
All you blinded Apple lovers... you deserve to pay extra for piece of crap.
Me: Computer system analyst, 15 years user experience and interface designer.
P.S. I didn't subscribe for notification if any of you blinded apple ass suckers will reply with some low IQ comments, so don't even bother (but since you are a low IQ creatures anyway, you will reply, and I still won't give an apple crap) LOL Suckazzzzz


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Updated 2:10pm Thursday 24th January 2013 in News By Zoe Forsey, Senior Reporter
Residents are being asked for their ideas on how St Albans can be made a safer place to live.
The district council's Community Safety Partnership, which works alongside the police and fire service, has set up a survey to give people the chance to highlight the issues that are most important to them.
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* Sunset Bay Experience 5K, Sunset Bay Beach Club in Irving, 9:30 a.m. Saturday, 907-0219.
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I'm wondering if Johnny is being groomed by NBC to eventually replace Scott. Scott may be thinking of retiring or at least not travelling overseas any longer.
I'm wondering if Johnny is being groomed by NBC to eventually replace Scott. Scott may be thinking of retiring or at least not travelling overseas any longer.
^I certainly hope so! So excited for this new opportunity for Johnny. I miss his skating, but I'm so glad that he'll be a part of the NBC Olympic coverage. Now, how to boot Hamilton and Bezic out...
Are they going to let him bling up his NBC jacket?
I'd rather be thought of as absolutely ridiculous than as absolutely boring.
And please NBC get rid of Tom Hammond and replace him with Terry Gannon and you'll have a broadcasting team people will want to hear. As people are saying it's time for some new blood.
But I am working on my drinking game if she gets the job. (One sip for every giggle, one gulp for every "when I skated" and down the drink for every reference to her as "the youngest Olympic champion" Only problem is I may be drunk very early LOL!)
That article from Johnny was lovely - particularly the parts about his mom.
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Johnny has shown in the past that he can tone it down such as at US Nationals 2012 during the Men's competition. As for Tara's "me me me" i'm not so sure.
Back to Johnny, lovely article. It made me teary-eyed. Very well-written and brimming with class. He'll make a fine addition to NBC.
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See ya in Sochi, Johnny (I hope in the broadcast booth or somewhere with a microphone)!!!
My wish come true. Johnny's commentary from 2011 U.S. Nationals was a keeper and worth hearing more than once. He received kudos from some of the skaters too for his wit and insights. Congrats, Johnny! Perhaps your stint in Sochi on NBC might turn out to be the most fun you ever had at an Olympics.
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So happy Johnny will be joining the broadcast team, looking forward to watching him in Sochi, I wonder if NBC may consider sending him to Boston as well?
Bringing in Johnny/ Tara/ Tanith is a great move by NBC. Young, eloquent, sharp people who are experts in the sport (and who are also glamorous and opinionated, which should entertain the public). Looking forward! I am sure we'll all disagree with them a thousand times, but it's part of the fun.
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Well, blind Freddie could see this one coming. After all the hype, all the "I'm going to skate in Sochi!", of course he's retired. It was blindingly obvious from the moment his SP finished at CoR last year.
What happens about the money that was donated to him (after he begged shamelessly for it on Twitter) that was supposed to go to his training expenses? I think they should be entitled to a refund.
And it's funny that he mentions "champions know when to retire" well, you didn't, Johnny, because your time was four years ago, not now.
Your bias is showing!
Now that he's an NBC analyst, Johnny rates his own skating outfits. Hint: he loves them all...
Talk about fluff.
Haven't read the thread, just read the news, and my immediate thought was Johnny's selection was probably based on his potential to fill the void left by Mr. Button ~ cerebral, witty, sarcastic at times, funny, and knowledgeable. Congratulations, Johnny!


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Head straight for the casino, or wait for that lucky feeling while you enjoy one of the other recreational opportunities, such as a health club and an outdoor pool. Additional amenities include complimentary wireless Internet access, babysitting/childcare, and gift shops/newsstands.
Enjoy a meal at a restaurant, or stay in and take advantage of the hotel's 24-hour room service. Thirsty? Quench your thirst at a bar/lounge, a poolside bar, or a swim-up bar.
Featured amenities include a 24-hour business center, complimentary newspapers in the lobby, and dry cleaning/laundry services. A roundtrip airport shuttle is provided for a surcharge (available on request), and free self parking is available onsite.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!
DoubleTree by Hilton Cariari - San Jose Costa Rica
At your hotel
Situated on 134 tropically landscaped acres, DoubleTree by Hilton Cariari - San Jose Costa Rica is centrally located 1 mile (1.6 kilometers) from Plaza Real Cariari mall, 5 miles (8.1 kilometers) from downtown San Jose, and easily accessible to all major businesses/attractions in and near the capital.
The hotel is home to a casual-dining restaurant with a poolside terrace and a lobby bar with a great atmosphere for a snack or a drink at the end of a long day or to watch your favorite sports.
A beautiful outdoor pool area features a sundeck with a fountain, a swim-up bar, a children's pool, and a sauna.
Onsite shops include a jewelry store, an art gallery, and a beauty parlor; an ATM/banking machine is also available. A fitness room and a 24-hour business center (surcharge) are also on site. Complimentary wireless Internet access is available throughout the hotel.
- 24-hour front desk
- Airport transportation (surcharge)
- ATM/banking
- Babysitting or childcare
- Number of floors - 3
- Bar/lounge
- Casino
- Complimentary newspapers in lobby
- Conference space
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Gift shops or newsstand
- Hair salon
- Health club
- Free Wi-Fi
- Multilingual staff
- Total number of rooms - 222
- Poolside bar
- Porter/bellhop
- Restaurant
- Room service (24 hours)
- Free self parking
- 24-hour business center
- Sauna
- Smoke-free property
- Spa tub
- Children's pool
- Outdoor pool
- Swim-up bar
- Television in lobby
- Wedding services
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
Stay connected
Available in all rooms: Wireless Internet access (surcharge)
Available in some public areas: Free Wi-Fi
Park your car
Free self parking
In your room
- Air conditioning
- Premium bedding
- Phone
- Refrigerator
- Private bathroom
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Climate control
- Coffee/tea maker
- Complimentary toiletries
- Cribs/infant beds available
- Desk
- Hair dryer
- Daily housekeeping
- In-room safe
- Iron/ironing board
- Cable TV service
- Wireless Internet access (surcharge)
- Premium TV channels
- Rollaway/extra beds available
- Shower/tub combination
Eat and drink
Las Tejas Restaurant - Casual dining. International cuisine with local specialties. Terrace dining with views of the pool. À la carte lunch and dinner.
Chiriqui Bar - Located off the lobby. Light meals and cocktails. Live entertainment nightly. Open late morning till late night.
El Chapuzon - Swim-up bar. Cocktails. Open from late morning till late.
Room service - Available 24 hours a day.
Doubletree Cariari by Hilton San Jose has an adult pool with swim-up bar, a children's pool, and a poolside sauna. A small fitness center contains state-of-the-art cardio machines and strength-training equipment.
Enjoy a special rate at the adjacent Cariari Club Golf Course.
The recreational activities listed below are available on site or nearby this Costa Rican hotel; fees may apply.
To make requests for specific accessibility needs, complete the "Special or Accessibility Requests" section of "Trip Preferences" when you book your hotel.
- Accessible path of travel
- Accessible bathroom
- Roll-in shower
- Accessible parking
- In-room accessibility
The fine print for DoubleTree by Hilton Cariari - San Jose Costa Rica
When you arrive
Check-in time starts at 2 PM
When you leave
Check-out time is noon
How you can pay
Accepted at this hotel: American Express, MasterCard, Visa
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
No elevators
- Fee for in-room wireless Internet: USD 10 (for 24 hours, rates may vary)
- Pet fee: USD 50 per room, per stay
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Barack Obama assumes the presidency today and not a moment too soon.
For starters, it means we're rid of the most incompetent president in the history of the republic. Practically everything Dubya touched turned to you-know-what.
It also means we're past the run-up to the inauguration and all the fawning by the press. The final straw for me was this Sunday's edition of the New York Times Magazine, with a huge photo spread entitled "Obama's People" that treated the subjects like for rock stars. I got a quarter of the way through it before closing the magazine in disgust. Journalism it was not.
People, I don't think it's going to get much better for a while. The press, like much of the nation, is smitten with our new president. The public I can understand - it's been a long eight years. But the press needs to get back to work.
The national press often isn't good on the big stories anyway - witness the way it played lapdog to Dubya after 9-11 and the run-up to the Iraq fiasco, how it never saw the financial meltdown coming. So anything resembling real scrutiny - as opposed to meaningless controversy - of the new administration is going to have to come from the wings. At least for a while.
Me, I'll continue to read the mainstream press, but I'm going to be seeking out voices on the left and right to round out the picture. I'm not talking wind-bag entertainers like Rush Limbaugh, but people with informed, intellectual heft. I suggest you do likewise.
As for Obama, I, like almost all Americans, save those still lamenting Lee's surrender at Appomattox, hope he succeeds. He's certainly a bright, capable guy who seems to have much of the "right stuff" necessary to be a successful president, especially during these especially difficult times.
My fear is that he'll get sucked into Washington's political culture and the thinking that goes with it and we'll end up with a lot more status quo than the nation thought it was signing on for when it voted for change in November. I think we're already seeing signs of it in some of his key appointments and early decisions.
I like a lot of his senior appointments, starting with the cast he's assembled to deal with global warming. Smart, accomplished, top-notch people. And a lot of other progressive people elsewhere. Finally, some brains and competency.
But some of the key appointments involving big problems, starting with the economy and foreign policy, give me pause.
In Larry Summers and Timothy Geithner, Obama has empowered two prominent members of the deregulation crowd that helped set the table for the financial mess we're in now. For encores, Summers got run out of Harvard and Geithner got nailed for failing to pay tens of thousands of dollars in taxes.
Yeah, yeah, I know, they're both "brilliant." So was Robert McNamara, and all he has to show for his smarts is 50,000 body bags shipped back from Vietnam.
I wouldn't trust Summers and Geithner with my 401-K, much less the national economy. Come to think of it, we did trust these two, among others, and look where it's gotten us.
Then there's Hillary over at the State Department.
Let's see, as First Lady she botched health care reform. As a U.S. Senator, she didn't do squat for upstate and blew the biggest vote of her career, giving Dubya the green light to got hunting for imaginary WMDs. As a candidate for president, she ran what most observers agree was a pretty crummy campaign. And of late, we've been treated to the news that she used her clout as a Senator on behalf of big donors to her husband's foundation.
Yeah, this is someone I want to entrust world peace to.
And the beat goes on.
We've got Eric Holder incoming as attorney general, a guy involved in some of Slick Willie's most-dubious dealings.
We've got Tom Daschle lined up to be secretary of health and human services. Maybe he can ask the doctors to help him regenerate the spine he shed as head of the Senate Democrats when they decided to roll over and play dead when Dubya declared war on the Constitution and human decency.
And then there's chief of staff Rahm Emanuel, who took time away from government in the late 1990s and early 2000s to work as an investment banker, parlaying his contacts into millions of dollars. In the middle of it, he served on the asleep-at-the-wheel board of Freddie Mac during a wave of scandals.
Look, I know much of this stuff is child's play compared to the Bush crowd, but Obama promised us better.
A few of Obama's early decisions leave me wondering, as well, starting with the economic bailout.
He still favors big tax breaks as a way of stimulating the economy, even though the consensus is that they won't deliver much bang for the buck. He's pushed Congress to release a second wave of bailout money without fixing the problems with the first one, which has been an unqualified bust. And too much of the Phase Two money is earmarked for purposes that don't strike me as having much to do with fixing the economy. But it will give pols like Chuck Schumer an opportunity to play Santa Claus.
Then there's the company Obama is keeping.
I didn't have a problem with him palling around with Bill Ayers. But breaking bread with George Will and his right wing buddies is another matter. I'm only half kidding.
Memo to Obama: Don't talk to those people. They give bad advice and are part of the crowd we just put out at the curb.
My grumbling notwithstanding, I think Obama has the potential to be a good, maybe great president. But I'm prepared to be disappointed.


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By SHELLEY SMITH
Glasgow Daily Times
The South Green Elementary gymnasium was packed full of local first responders for the school's 11th annual Patriots Day celebration on Wednesday.
The program was dedicated to local emergency responders. Chad Muhlenkamp, South Green Elementary principal, said the day is a way to thank people who give so much to the community.
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Keene, N.H. - March 21, 2012 - The Springfield College baseball team plated four runs in the top of the ninth but was unable to complete its rally as dropped a 7-6 decision at Keene State on Wednesday afternoon. The game marked Springfield's first game after playing the opening eight games in Phoenix, Ariz.
Keene State improved to 9-5 on the year, while Springfield lost for just the third time to drop to 6-3.
Playing in the mid-70's on a beautiful sunny day, the Owls built a 7-2 lead going into the top of the ninth inning. That's when the Pride made things interesting, scoring four runs on five hits and taking advantage of two KSC errors.
KSC took a 2-0 lead in the first inning. Kyle Morrill hit a solo shot over the fence in left center field before Erik Bergstrom followed with a single and came home on a RBI double down the right field line by Larry Longo.
The Owls added two more runs in the third inning on a ground out by Peter Burgio and a run-producing single by Longo, who was 3-4 in the game.
After Keene State added a run to go up 5-0 in the seventh, the Pride came back with two runs in the top of the eighth on a two-run home run by sophomore Frank Calabrese, who had three hits in the game.
The Owls got the two runs back in the bottom of the inning on a key RBI double by Matt Boulay and sacrifice fly by Morrill.
With one out in the ninth, Springfield used three straight singles from Shane O'Leary, Jared Hopkins, and Tom Burke to start the rally. Steve Starr would later blast a double to make it a one-run game, only to have Tim Quagliaroli got the final two outs in the ninth to pick-up his second save of the season and preserve the win for Keene State.
Eric Chase took the loss (1-1) for Springfield as the Pride had six different pitchers toe the rubber on the day. Both Starr and Mike McGowan added two hits in the loss.
Springfield will now gear up for its New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) opener on Friday when it travels to take on WPI.


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Nearly three months after Hurricane Sandy caused extensive damage across Brookhaven, Town officials said cleanup costs from the historic storm currently stand at $24 million.
"These numbers are preliminary, but they are pretty good [estimates]," said Supervisor Ed Romaine. "Not included in these numbers is beach re-nourishment and dune restoration on Fire Island."
The largest cost so far has been removal of downed trees, tree limbs and other debris by the Highway Department, which include overtime, equipment and processing fees totaling $9 million.
Romaine said Brookhaven opened its landfill to serve as a regional drop off center for several surrounding towns following Sandy, accepting debris for a contracted fee.
"It will never offset these costs, but we will be up by about $1 million," Romaine said.
Brookhaven officials estimate that as much as $9 million will be spent to reconstruct roads and fix stormwater drainage systems damaged by Sandy.
Town facilities were heavily damaged by the storm as an estimated $1.25 million will be spent to repair marinas, piers, bulkheads and beaches, which does not include areas damaged on Fire Island.
Romaine and other Town officials were expected to meet with the Federal Emergency Management Agency on Tuesday to discuss Fire Island issues and beach re-nourishment, a project that will be carried out by the Army Corp of Engineers.
The supervisor said initial estimates show that restoration of Fire Island's boardwalks will be as much as $5 million with an additional $135,000 needed for the docks.
However, Fire Island repairs will be put on hold until Town officials and FEMA have property authorization to finish hauling away Sandy debris, a cleanup effort that is on-going, Romaine said.
"I sent out 2,200 registered letters to people who own land on Fire Island asking them to sign a Right of Entry form to allow FEMA to go onto their property and remove debris," he said.
He is hoping to get 75 percent of Fire Island property owners to respond so a full-scale cleanup can begin.
Further complicating Fire Island's cleanup efforts are a lack of roadways, severely limiting FEMA's ability to bring heavy equipment such as bull dozers and fork lifts into the area.
Romaine is hopeful that FEMA will reimburse Brookhaven for 75 percent of its total Sandy cleanup costs, with New York kicking in another 12.5 percent.


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One of Dickens's most popular novels, Oliver Twist is the story of a young orphan who dares to say, "Please, sir, I want some more." After escaping from the dark and dismal workhouse where he was born, Oliver finds himself on the mean streets of Victorian-era London and is unwittingly recruited into a scabrous gang of scheming urchins. In this band of petty thieves Oliver encounters the extraordinary and vibrant characters who have captured readers' imaginations for more than 150 years: the loathsome Fagin, the beautiful and tragic Nancy, the crafty Artful Dodger, and perhaps one of the greatest villains of all time—the terrifying Bill Sikes. Rife with Dickens's disturbing descriptions of street life, the novel is buoyed by the purity of the orphan Oliver. Though he is treated with cruelty and surrounded by coarseness for most of his life, his pious innocence leads him at last to salvation—and the shocking discovery of his true identity.
Among other public buildings in a certain town, which for many reasons it will be prudent to refrain from mentioning, and to which I will assign no fictitious name, there is one anciently common to most towns, great or small: to wit, a workhouse; and in this workhouse was born; on a day and date which I need not trouble myself to repeat, inasmuch as it can be of no possible consequence to the reader, in this stage of the business at all events; the item of mortality whose name is prefixed to the head of this chapter.
For a long time after it was ushered into this world of sorrow and trouble, by the parish surgeon, it remained a matter of considerable doubt whether the child would survive to bear any name at all; in which case it is somewhat more than probable that these memoirs would never have appeared; or, if they had, that being comprised within a couple of pages, they would have possessed the inestimable merit of being the most concise and faithful specimen of biography, extant in the literature of any age or country.
Although I am not disposed to maintain that the being born in a workhouse, is in itself the most fortunate and enviable circumstance that can possibly befall a human being, I do mean to say that in this particular instance, it was the best thing for Oliver Twist that could by possibility have occurred. The fact is, that there was considerable difficulty in inducing Oliver to take upon himself the office of respiration,—a troublesome practice, but one which custom has rendered necessary to our easy existence; and for some time he lay gasping on a little flock mattress, rather unequally poised between this world and the next: the balance being decidedly in favour of the latter. Now, if, during this brief period, Oliver had been surrounded by careful grandmothers, anxious aunts, experienced nurses, and doctors of profound wisdom, he would most inevitably and indubitably have been killed in no time. There being nobody by, however, but a pauper old woman, who was rendered rather misty by an unwonted allowance of beer; and a parish surgeon who did such matters by contract; Oliver and Nature fought out the point between them. The result was, that, after a few struggles, Oliver breathed, sneezed, and proceeded to advertise to the inmates of the workhouse the fact of a new burden having been imposed upon the parish, by setting up as loud a cry as could reasonably have been expected from a male infant who had not been possessed of that very useful appendage, a voice, for a much longer space of time than three minutes and a quarter.


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So I think he is good (or very good depending on how you rate his non-jump elements) and he will add variety to men's skating--unless we want all male skaters to be alike.
I also think some US fans like the obskure skaters such as Jonathan Cassar because of their style, regardless of whether they will medal. While I am not a big fan of Cassar, I appreciate how the non-world medalists skaters get some fan following.


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Post-Blackness, like post-modernism, is about boundless possibilities. According to Touré and the multitude of Black thinkers in Who's Afraid of Post-Blackness?: What It Means to Be Black Now, identity and authenticity are no longer at odds in the current age of individualized notions of Blackness. Touré shares a variety of contemporary anecdotes and examples of Post-Blackness as he critiques the commentary of contemporary culture's Black movers and shakers.
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These incidents were among the official reports of the Libertyville Police Department. Readers are reminded that an arrest does not constitute a finding of guilt. Only a court of law can make that decision.
Anne J. Gram, 47, of 538 Tindalls Nest, Twin Lakes, WI, was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol Jan. 19 near North Milwaukee Avenue and School Street. She was also cited for DUI over .08, improper lane usage, improper stopping on roadway and drivers license not on person. She was released on a $3,000 personal recognizance bond pending a Feb. 8 court date.
Riley J. Markus, 19, of 1941 Kenton Lane, Green Oaks, was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol Jan. 25 on Garfield Avenue near Park Avenue. He was also cited for DUI over .08, speeding, illegal consumption of alcohol by a minor and having expired vehicle registration. He was released on his drivers license and a $1,000 personal recognizance bond pending a March 1 court date. Two passengers in the vehicle were also charged with illegal consumption of alcohol by a minor: Gregory Andrew Thomas, 20, of 624 S. Dymond Road, Libertyville; and Sarah E. Onufer, 19, of 1314 Blackberry, Libertyville. Both Thomas and Onufer were released on $120 bonds pending a March 13 court date.
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Diego Garcia, 24, of 874 Quincy Court, Island Lake, was charged with criminal damage to vehicle Jan. 24 at Condell Hospital, 801 S. Milwaukee Ave. Police said he broke the drivers side window of a vehicle. He was released on a $120 personal recognizance bond pending a Feb. 20 court date.
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From the Monona Police Department:
On 08-10-2012 at approximately 03:59 a.m. the Monona Police Department received a call from a citizen in the 200 block of Valorie Lane, Monona, Wisconsin, who reported seeing a male subject in the parking lot checking car doors.
Officer's responded to the area where they located the suspect male. Police did recover some stolen property during the investigation. The Monona Police Department is asking anyone from the area who may have had items stolen from their vehicle to please contact the Monona Police Department to report the theft at (608) 222-0463.
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by Dennis Robaugh
Can we beat the record this year? In 2013, fireworks-related injuries blasted their way to their highest level in a decade, reports the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.
The tally of woe includes 11,400 injuries, a 31 percent increase from 2012's 8,700 reported injuries. That's a lot of blown-off fingers.
At least eight people died of injuries or in fires caused by fireworks, according to the agency's annual report. And these weren't kids, either. Among the deaths:
- a 33-year-old male and a 49-year-old woman died in a building fire ignited by fireworks powder
- a 35-year-old man died five days after a powerful firework blew up in his face
- a 54-year-old man perished when a launching tube in his hand, held at chest level, blew up and tore into his chest
- a 46-year-old male making illegal fireworks in his trailer died when the works blew up
- a 42-year-old male who leaned over a firework and tried to light it with his cigarette died of an explosive head injury
These are the highest injury numbers since 2005, when 10,800 injuries were reported, and 2000, when 11,000 injuries were reported. Hands and fingers bear the brunt of the wounds — 41 percent, with a lot of burns. Heads, faces and ears are next at 19 percent.
Be careful out there this weekend, folks.
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Historic Newspapers, a constantly growing, online, searchable collection of newspapers going as far back as 1822 is now available at Live-brary.com through Suffolk County Public Libraries. Live-brary.com provides access to 12 historic local newspapers in a digitalized format enabling you to delve back nearly 200 years into Suffolk County's history. Articles can be viewed separately or as they appear on the full page. They can be printed and saved to your local computer or emailed. Prior to the creation of this collection, these newspapers were only available on microfilm at a limited number of libraries and historical societies.
"Newspapers have been an important and unique form of communication in American history - from colonial times to the present. They have also become our windows to the past," said Suffolk Cooperative Library System Director Kevin Verbesey. "Public Libraries have long recognized the needs of students, genealogists, researchers and the general public to access these historical newspapers for local history school projects, genealogy and historical research, and for the curious."
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