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They are ugly statistics that paint a picture of a state heading down an unsustainable —and unjust — path.
n As of 2011, Michigan spent $34,000 for every prisoner held in its bulging prison system and about $11,000 for a public school student - on average. Districts such as Traverse City get just $7,500 or so per year per student.
n Michigan is one of four states that spends more on prisons than higher education — $1.19 on corrections for every $1 spent on public universities and community colleges in a recent year. Only Vermont's ratio was higher. Minnesota had the lowest, 17 cents on prisons for every $1 on higher education. Forty-five states spent more on higher education than prisons, according to the Pew Center on the States.
n Michigan spends about $2 billion a year on prisons; the percentage of the state General Fund allocated to Corrections in the 2009-2010 budget was 4.5 percent.
n There are more than 50,000 people in Michigan's 49 prisons and prison camps. The Department of Corrections employs more than 16,000 people.
n Michigan's 83 counties spent $75 million to $80 million in 2009 on criminal defense for indigent defendants, the 44th-lowest amount nationally.
Now, nearly five years after a study showed poor defendants are routinely processed through the state's justice system without ever speaking to an attorney — let alone getting any meaningful legal advice — the Legislature is taking another stab at meeting its Constitutional obligations.
A group appointed by Gov. Rick Snyder last year recommended fixes, but they stalled in the Senate.
A new plan would create an independent, permanent state commission to establish standards ensuring effective counsel for low-income defendants. Lawyers' ability, training and experience would have to match the nature and complexity of the case assigned, for example.
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— MILLSAP – Shirley Jean Yandell, 76, beloved mother, grandmother and sister, died Monday, Sept. 30, 2013.
Service is 10 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 3, at White's Chapel of Memories, 130 Houston Ave., Weatherford. Interment will be in Greenwood Community Cemetery. Visitation is 6-8 p.m. Wednesday at White's Funeral Home.
Shirley Jean Light was born Sept. 26, 1937, to Eugene Davis and Pauline Butler Light in Weatherford. She spent many years working on the family farm doing a little bit of everything. Later, Shirley worked as a logistics employee in the civil service, assisting in relocation of service members and their families.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Homer Edwin "Eddie" Yandell in 2010.
Survivors include a son, Michael Yandell and wife, Patricia; daughter, Vickie Sanders and husband, Lee; grandchildren, William, Frances and Matthew Yandell and Cristopher and Ashley Valdez; great-grandson, Carter Yandell; sister, Donice Way; and numerous nieces and nephews.
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With a shortage of volunteers to work the polls for this year's presidential election Nov. 6, a poll observer training will be hosted in Glendora Sunday.
The training will be hosted by the non-partisan group Election Integrity Project Sunday, Oct. 28 at Glendora Friends Church, 827 S. Lone Hill Ave., from 2 p.m to 5 p.m.
The training will provide volunteers with materials needed to help run assigned precincts.
Volunteers will be taught how to observe the polls, the laws and requirements of working each poll and how to communicate with voters.
Those interested must RSVP online. For more information, contact Debbie Neal at 626-335-8222.


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Chris Paul scored 24 points and Blake Griffin added 22 as the LA Clippers leveled the LA Lakers 125-101 last night at the Staples Center. Paul shot 8/14 (57%) from the field and dished out a team high 13 assists. Griffin made good on 11/15 (73%) overall and hauled down 10 rebounds. Chauncey Billups contributed 21 and Caron Butler finished with 13 as the Clippers found what it's like to win while being totally healthy shooting 52% overall including 16/30 (53%) from beyond the arc. The Clip joint outrebounded the Lakeshow 47-37 and recorded 25 assists against 15 turnovers. Kobe bryant led the Lakers with 20 points and 11 assists but committed 6 turnovers. wight Howard added 18 along with 8 rebounds and Antawn Jamison contributed 17 off the bench. The Lakers shot 51% from the floor overall but tanked from beyond the arc making just 6/20 (30%). They did record 30 assists but committed 17 turnovers. The Clippers scored the first 15 points of the contest despite their weariness. At 39-17 they'll need only nine wins after the break to secure the best season in the club's Los Angeles history, and 11 victories for the best year in franchise history, surpassing the 49-win Buffalo Braves in 1974-75. The Clippers appear to be cruising toward the first division title in the woebegone club's 43-year history, dominating the lackluster Pacific and establishing themselves as a legitimate threat to Oklahoma City and San Antonio in the West. The Lakers fell to 25-29 overall but still have won of 8 of their last 12 heading to the break in 10th place out west, four games below .500 with little reason to suspect things will get a whole lot better - particularly without Pau Gasol, who's likely out until April with the latest in their series of serious injuries. Bryant rebounded from his four-point performance Tuesday against Phoenix with a solid game, but the Lakers' defense couldn't keep up with the Clippers' perimeter shooters. Paul, Butler and Matt Barnes hit three 3-pointers apiece.
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Available in ten models offering varying levels of performance due to their respective engines, the 2011 KTM SX offers a versatile array of offroad bikes for any level of experience, including bikes intended for youths which have a smaller frame and seat height. Geared towards motocross racing and hill climbing, the KTM SX includes a lightweight frame to maximize its potential speed and agility to handle all sorts of offroad environments. Several improvements have been made to this year's line of bikes, including an improved chassis and engine, which add to the SX's overall appeal as a sporty and aggressive motorcycle.
The key difference between the many models is the power that they provide. Novice rider to expert will be able to find the motorcycle that is just right for them with all the choices the 2011 KTM SX makes available to consumers in the market for a competitive dirt bike. The KTM SX 50 MINI and SX 50 offer 49-cc displacement and smaller frames for younger riders. The SX 65 also offers a smaller bike for youths, but includes a heftier engine displacement of 64.9-cc. The SX 85 offers 84.9-cc of power and the SX 105 gets a displacement of 104-cc. Next in line, the SX 150 features 143.6-cc, while the SX 250 gets 249-cc. All the previous engines which are mentioned are two-stroke engines, while the SX F models receive a heftier, four-stroke engine. The SX 250 F, 350 F, and 450 F have an engine displacement of 248.6-cc, 349.7-cc, and 449.3-cc, respectively. The F models are designed for higher performance and are often sought after by motocross professionals.
Offering all levels of power to suit any buyer looking for a sporty, offroad motorcycle, the KTM SX leaves no stone unturned when it comes to providing a versatile line of sports bikes. Including all the latest innovations in its engine and other performance parts, as well as a lightweight plastic body with an appealing and athletic design, the KTM SX hits all the marks consumers in this segment of the market are looking for in an offroad-capable motorcycle.


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WORCESTER, Mass. – October 25, 2007 – The Springfield College women's swimming and diving team opened up the 2007-08 campaign with a 126-116 victory over Holy Cross on Wednesday evening.Emily Sheehan (Erin, N.Y.) and Moira Price (Berkeley Heights, N.J.) each recorded a pair of individual victories in the meet. Sheehand took the 1000 freestyle in a time of 11:06.08 and the 500 freestyle in 5:28.67. Price, an All-American, won the 50 freestyle with a time of 25.37 and the 200 breaststroke in 2:27.33.
Erin White (Glastonbury, Conn.), also an All-American, swept the diving events with wins in the 1-meter (236.10) and 3-meter (226.47). Melissa Nelson (Wallingford, Conn.) placed second in the 3-meter (224.32), Meghan Kijanka (Methuen, Mass.) finished in third (214.72).
Kallie Pottle (Brewer, Maine) also touched first in the 200 backstroke with a time of 2.15.45. for the Pride.
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For Twihards everywhere, the highly anticipated, final installment of the the Twilight Saga means the end of an era this weekend.
At last, Breaking Dawn - Part 2, is premiering in theaters across the country, and the Cranberry area is no exception.
The vampire-and werewolf-packed flick starts Thursday night at the Cranberry Cinemas, with a showtime at 10:05 p.m. The 10 p.m. showing already is sold out.
In honor of movie, the family-owned theater will hold a beanbag toss Thursday night for a chance to win Twilight-themed posters.
Cranberry Cinemas also will show Twilight practically every hour throughout the weekend starting at 11:30 a.m. Friday. For a complete list of show times, or to buy tickets, click here.
Admission is $6.75 for adults prior to 6 p.m. and $9.50 for adults after 6 p.m. Admission for seniors and children are $6.50 per ticket.
Rave Cinemas in McCandless also will premier Breaking Dawn-Part 2 Thursday. The theater will show Twilight at 10 p.m. and at 12:05 a.m. The ticket price is $7 for adults and $5 per ticket for seniors and children.
There also is special airing of Breaking Dawn Parts 1 and 2 at 7 p.m. The admission price for that show is $15 per person.
For more information, click here.
Are you excited for the final installment of the Twilight series? Are you planning to see it Thursday night? Tell us in the comment section below.


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Apparently on the 15th anniversary of their first release they released new music. I must have been sleeping under a rock.
cop it here: http://binarystarduo.bandcamp.com/
VERY DOPE, and not at all disappointing for an EP.
New Binary Star?!
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"Reality Check" off the "Master Of The Universe" album is an all time favourite for me.
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Point/Counterpoint - Solid-State Drives vs. Rotational Media
Bill: You know, I just got a new 2.5" drive for my laptop.
Kyle: Yeah? What'd you get?
Bill: Picked up a 7200RPM 500GB disk for $100—half a terabyte, man.
Kyle: That's a lot of storage, but really? 7200RPM? That hasn't been a fast rotation speed for about a decade. Why not get a solid-state drive?
Bill: SSDs are too expensive for my taste, and they don't hold nearly enough data. I like carrying my movies, music and docs around with me—despite the fact that I love cloud storage.
Kyle: I suppose they are a little pricey, but you get a huge performance boost with that price. Plus, it's not too expensive to get a 100Gb+ drive, which should be enough for most of the things you'd need on a laptop. Oh, and nice try throwing the cloud in there to distract me. The fact is, many people are using their laptops as their primary machines these days, and for heavy use, 7200RPM laptop drives just don't cut it. That's especially true if you want to play around with any kind of virtualization. Have you ever tried running two VMs at the same time on a 7200RPM laptop drive? I have, and it's painful.
Bill: For heavy use, 7200RPM drives don't cut it? What crack are you on, man? My machines are plenty fast for what I need. I just priced a 128GB SSD, and it's $475! That's nearly 4x the cost for 1/4 the storage. A 256GB SSD is $679. Crazy prices, man. I can buy a whole laptop for $679.
Kyle: The prices are a bit high right now, but they keep coming down. Sure, you can buy a whole laptop for $679, or for $1k, you could buy a laptop with twice the performance. With the multicore and other high specs in machines these days, the disk is definitely the bottleneck. If you solve that problem, you can take advantage of the rest of the machine.
Bill: Not to mention there's the whole "not fully baked yet" issue with the technology. Do you remember Intel's boo-boo when it had some firmware glitch that killed performance and ate your data? Rotating media isn't perfect, but its issues are known. I love the smell of baked data in the morning—just like when I tried XFS at your insistence.
Kyle: That's true, rotational media has never had a firmware problem nor issues that resulted in data loss. They certainly don't have any problems in portable devices like laptops if they get any kind of shock. The fact is, it's common now for laptops to have at least two cores, if not more. Parallel computing is not just the future, it's how we use our computers today, and you need storage that doesn't choke with multiple processes accessing random sections of disk.
Bill: This from a guy who was running a single-core laptop until just a few months ago—with a 1.8" disk, if I recall.
Kyle: Yeah, in fact, it was a 1.8" disk, a 5400RPM one (the fastest they made at the time), until I upgraded it to SSD. The old rotation media in the laptop just didn't cut it.
Bill: I didn't say they haven't had issues. But, SSDs were touted as invulnerable and the greatest thing since sliced bread until that point.
Kyle: I'm sure you still listen to music on vinyl, so no wonder you prefer your storage to use the same technology. At least if you bump your record player, you risk only a scratch and not a head crash.
Bill: Hey, I don't listen to vinyl. Are you not paying attention to our own column? I listen to music on my iPhone, man. And, not all SSDs are super performance-oriented. I have a Netbook with an SSD in it, and the thing is the biggest POS I have ever used.
Kyle: I agree not all SSDs are equal. You have to do a bit of research, just like with video cards or any hardware purchase where performance matters. Oh, and thanks for the lessons on data integrity. I must be remembering some other friend of mine who trashed his rotational laptop drive by putting his magnetic palm pilot case too close to it.
Bill: Yes, I killed my disk. Like you've never smoked a piece of gear. It's funny how recently you got on the performance bandwagon too. I remember you telling me that "a single 1.2GHz core was fast enough", and "I'm willing to pay the penalty for a slow 1.8" disk for the portability".
Kyle: Yeah, I was willing to pay the penalty for portability. Now my main portable computer is an N900, so I can stand to have a slightly larger laptop that can handle a larger drive. Recently, I've tried using it for virtual machines, and the 7200RPM drive it has is a pain. It just chokes when you have too much going on. I'm wishing I had invested in an SSD when I first spec'd it out, but I figured I'd give the 7200RPM drive a chance first.
Bill: Regarding g-forces and rotating media, the new accelerometer-based tech has helped disks survive crazy things, and the smaller, lighter head shave helped too. Anytime you have IO contention, you'll have performance issues. Faster disks move that out. But really, it's not like two VMs are unusable—I have two going on my laptop routinely. Matter of fact, one of them is how I access e-mail (don't ask, I have some totally bizarre corporate antics to put up with).
Kyle: I'm glad they've made the tech equivalent of a seat belt and airbag to save your rotating media, but I'd rather it not be a problem in the first place. I mean, even the iPod figured out SSDs were the way to go years ago. I'd figure if it's good enough for Apple, it'd be good enough for you. The bottom line for me is that my laptop is more than just a portable computer, it's my main computer for anything resource-hungry these days (I use a pocket computer for everything else). So performance matters, especially when I have multiple processes accessing different parts of the disk at once. SSDs are the future, and although they are a bit pricey now, the price keeps coming down and will continue to come down.
Bill: Hey, it's all about price/performance ratio. SSDs appear to have about an 8x premium, and that's not something I'm willing to pay when a 7200RPM disk gets the job done for me and allows me to carry all the data I could possibly want and more. SSDs are the future—yes, I grant you that. But, we live in the present, and I'm totally fine with letting early adopters like you find the data-eating bugs and drive the cost down to the point where it does make sense for me to buy. Today, my money's still on good-old rotating media.
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The Cure for the Common Hangover
A Las Vegas doctor treats the sick and needy
Drink too much booze on Saturday night and it doesn't matter if you have a health insurance plan so comprehensive it even covers distance Reiki healing: The American medical establishment is going to leave you sweaty, trembling, and nauseous on Sunday morning. Oh, sure, you can hit up 7-Eleven for some Hangover Joe's Recovery Shots . But it's 2012, the age of bionic eyeballs and facelifts at the mall. While the imprimatur of the Warner Bros. licensing department lends Hangover Joe's a certain medical authority, is this product really the best solution that 21st century medical technology can offer us?
Clearly Dr. Jason Burke doesn't think so. A board-certified anesthesiologist with a medical degree from the University of North Carolina, Dr. Burke is, according to his website, the "first physician in the United States to formally dedicate his career to the treatment of hangovers."
Earlier this month, he unveiled his new treatment clinic, a 45-foot-long tour bus emblazoned with soothing blue and white graphics and his business's name, "Hangover Heaven." Inside the bus, it looks like a cross between an ambulance and a conference room at Embassy Suites. IV drips hang from the ceiling, patients are swathed in blankets, but there are also spacious leather sofas with built-in beverage-holders and flat-screen TVs. EMTs administer relief to patients in the form of branded medical cocktails. The $90 Redemption package contains one bag of saline solution, vitamins, and an anti-nausea medication. The $150 Salvation package includes a double shot of saline solution, the vitamins, the anti-nausea medication and an anti-inflammatory as well.
In his day job as an anesthesiologist, Dr. Burke uses such regimens to treat post-surgery patients suffering from dehydration, nausea, and similar symptoms. Recognizing that they might prove useful in other contexts too, he experimented on himself after a night of revelry. The treatment worked, and soon he was wondering if he'd stumbled into a potential business as well as a cure. At first, he considered establishing a traditional office but ultimately decided the costs associated with that were prohibitive. "Being that this was a somewhat unique business idea, I didn't want to be on the hook for a five-year lease if the thing tanked," he says. So he decided to go mobile, purchasing a tour bus that already had most of the accommodations he needed. "This way, if it doesn't work out, I can sell the bus."
But if the risks of blazing new medical ground are high, so are the potential rewards. According to a study published in the November 2011 edition of the American Journal of Preventative Medicine (AJPM), excessive alcohol consumption resulted in economic losses of approximately $223 billion in 2006. Moreover, the study elaborated, $74.1 billion of those losses resulted from impaired workplace productivity. Another $4.2 billion in losses resulted from workplace absenteeism. With so much money at stake, you'd think there'd be more efforts to find effective treatments. And yet because of the other costs associated with excessive alcohol consumption—in the AJPM's estimation, it leads to 79,000 premature deaths a year and generates approximately $45 billion a year in healthcare and criminal justice costs—many medical practitioners believe hangovers function as nature's own aversion therapy, a useful deterrent and punishment that discourages subsequent alcohol consumption. In the opinion of some researchers, a 2004 New York Times article reported , even just studying the efficacy of hangover cures "raises ethical issues."
And yet what would happen if this prohibitionist mindset were applied across the entire spectrum of medical treatment? Should liposuction and bypass surgery be off-limits to anyone who ever ate a donut? Should ultra-marathoners have access to Ibuprofen?
In Las Vegas, the prospect of eliminating hangovers—and the productivity declines that come with them—is particularly compelling. While $20 cocktails are a major part of the city's lifeblood, the fuel that keeps roulette wheels spinning and wedding chapels open around the clock, they also exact an economic toll. A tourist who spends all day in his hotel room, popping Excedrin and dry-heaving to Dr. Phil, is a tourist who isn't staring slack-jawed at Criss Angel's illusions or piloting race cars at Richard Petty's NASCAR fantasy camp . "If you're only here for three days, and you're hungover one day, that's a third of your trip that just went poof," Dr. Burke says. "This service is all about getting people back to enjoying their vacation."
Then there are the legions of radiologists, sportswear retailers, and adult video producers who converge on the city each year for trade shows. For them, a day lost to hangover recovery could mean a squandered networking opportunity, a missed deal, career sabotage. "There was a group of seven that came on our first weekend," Dr. Burke says. "They were here for an oil and gas conference, and they
just brought their whole sales team on the bus. We treated them all so they could make it back to their conference."
The Hangover Heaven treatments take about 45 minutes and Dr. Burke says that so far about 95 percent of his patients report feeling significantly better afterward—a few recent customers felt so good, in fact, that they went straight from the bus to the thrill rides at the Stratosphere Tower.
Still, these cures have their limits. They can't undo a DUI. They can't erase a facial tattoo. And as the Hangover Heaven website disclaims, the service isn't intended for emergencies or serious medical conditions resulting from alcohol or long-term alcohol abuse. In addition, a semi-exclusive door policy is in effect. "We don't just fire IVs and medicines into anybody that shows up," Dr. Burke says. "This is a real medical practice. We don't treat intoxicated people. We take a medical history and a consent. If people have complicating medical conditions, like diabetes or high blood pressure, we don't treat them."
Hangover Heaven also doesn't take insurance. That means it's that relatively rare medical practice where consumers pay directly for the services they desire. And because profit margins are thin, Hangover Heaven won't prosper unless the bulk of its customers find the service effective, safe, and a good value. To ensure that they do, it's more consumer-oriented than many medical businesses, emphasizing convenience, transparent pricing, and a commitment to improving the customer's experience. For example, because some potential customers are wary of IVs, Dr. Burke's exploring the feasibility of offering oral treatments. In addition, he's thinking about converting the bus's engine.
"I'm going to try to get the bus to run on biodiesel so that it smells like bacon," he says. No doubt some nay-sayers will question the heart-healthiness of this move, but to Las Vegas visitors looking for the most pleasant recovery process possible, such touches no doubt bear the unmistakable scent of progress.
Contributing Editor Greg Beato writes from San Francisco.
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The best and only way to guarantee you don't have a hangover in my experience is to chug a few glasses of water before you go to bed.
There is no way to guarantee that you won't get a hangover (besides not drinking a lot). At least not after you are 30.
I don't know about that. We have narrowed the field of the causes of a hangover, and we have ways of treating all of those. Ensuring that you get enough water to drink goes a long way to fixing a hangover. Also, to add to heller's suggestion, I recommend you also eat an orange (or at least have some orange juice). The citric acid in the orange will help overcome the inhibition of the Citric Acid Cycle caused by the buildup of NADH. Other possible pre-treatments are the consumption of caffeine and/or ibuprofen, but be warned, routinely consuming lots of alcohol and then immediately taking ibuprofen can lead to serious damage of the stomach and intestinal track.
That's interesting. When recovering from being hungover, I have always CRAVED orange juice.
That might be related to the citric acid cycle, but I wouldn't bet on it.
More likely it's a simple byproduct of a learned associated between orange juice and health. Because of the sugar and vitamins (specifically Vitamin C), OJ is both healthy and refreshing, and our society has promoted OJ as a great "get well" drink. As a child, you were likely indoctrinated to associate OJ with getting better, because your parents probably gave you OJ when you weren't feeling well. I know that happened with me.
When I was detoxing off a 1/2 gal a day vodka habit, I was craving oj and milk like mad and drank a gal of both every day for a week...and I don't even like oj or milk.
I think that's naive biochemistry. You think you can sop up reduced NAD by providing more of a reactant, citric acid, that otherwise acts catalytically, and you presumably want to make act stoichiometrically? I don't think you're going to affect the overall "turning of the wheel", nor to reduce the buildup of acetaldehyde.
My medical opinion, and experience earlier in life, was to take the advice of a clinical pharmacist who suggested 400mg to 800mg and one Pepcid OTC one to two hours before imbibing. When I was a drinker, it worked. Also what heller said. Stay hydrated but don't get water logged.
400 to 800 mg of what?
"...400mg to 800mg Ibupofen..."
Whenever I see FTFM, I always think "fuck the fucking monkey!" Don't ask me why, but it's oddly appropriate. Usually, FTFM mistakes are stupid and trivial, so it seems like an appropriate profanity. Just saying...
The specter of a hangover is the only thing keeping me from getting shitfaced every night. Even more so than the prospect of damaging my single kidney.
damaging my single kidney
You one of the selfless or one of the unlucky?
Which is why this business will be regulated out of existence shortly.
I was never a "problem" drinker. At least I didn't have a problem with it. But I did get a brutal hangover about 24 years ago. I felt horrible, and I was too sick to take my kids to the pumpkin patch (it was around halloween). The guilt and misery combined such that I have not been seriously drunk since. Man, I hate hangovers.
My dad had a serious drinking problem, and he told me he didn't get hangovers. Too bad. They might have saved him and his family a lot of trouble.
Shutdown and license-revoked in 3...2...1...
Of course. Dr. Burke is doing God's work, therefore he must be shut down. Just like all those medical MJ dispensaries. Like, it's so, like, simple. And stuff.
No, I meant because he's basically offering nutritional advice.
Aspirin and water before bed. Lot's of water and a cheeseburger and fries the next day.
go fuck a cheeseburger.
Pho is the best next-day meal.
+1 for the Pho. That shit works.
No, you don't fuck the cheeseburger you eat it. You can do whatever you want with your Pho.
I guess the proles are going to need their Soma soon.
And the Orgy Porgy! Ship all the wowsers off to an Island!
I'm surprised a Reason writer would rely on those government statistics on alcohol, given that the official Reason policy vis-a-vis marijuana is that the government are a bunch of no-good liars who will say anything it takes to make weed sound dangerous when actually it is a miracle drug that cures the sick and has absolutely no negative effects whatsoever. It almost gives me hope that Reason might someday acknowledge that just because something should be legal doesn't mean it is good.
Heller got it right from the git-go. Water is the key.
And Zeb, I've noticed that I have a lot fewer hangovers as I get older. Maybe I'm just not drinking as much, but I managed to get 'faced at my daughter's wedding a few years back and woke up feeling just fine.
As they say, YMMV.
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I've noticed that I have a lot fewer hangovers as I get older.
You lucky bastard. It works the opposite way for most of us. I get easier and worse hangovers every year.
I don't get hangovers (maybe four in forty years), but (with or without drinking) I feel like crap if I don't get enough sleep.
Still, the wine has calories. The stuff you get at the Green Cross Store doesn't. :-)
the correct adjective is *nauseated*, not *nauseous*
Lot woke up in his cave one morning with a wicked hangover. He had trouble remembering what he'd been doing the past couple of days...his only memory was a dim recollection of banging a couple of smokin' hot chicks.
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If Obama hears about this, it'll be added to the treatments included in your new, improved medical insurance! For FREE!
Best detox is retox
After a series of near fatal hangovers I gave the shit up. The buzz isn't worth the hangover, let alone my beer gut. A little weed and I'm good to go. It's nice feeling good every morning.
1) Drink vodka or some other "clear" hard liquor, not Scotch or JD or stuff like that.
2) Drink a full glass of water and pop a headache pill before going to sleep.
3) Enjoy a much reduced hangover.
I know that 2) is hard, but "no pain, no gain".
Dr. Jason Burke's contributions are remarkable and "Hangover Heaven" seems a great idea.
try lime and salt with water it will definitely ease in some way...
As an Anesthesiologist I have been providing this same therapy in the LA area for some time now. I have a private following made up of everyone from a few celebrities, to the ultra rich in Malibu, to my doctor friends. Works great for everybody (hangovertherapy.com). Contact me if interested.


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Parents of Pacific Students - Friday, Oct. 11, 2013
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The Student Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) will be selling pink shirts for $10 in support of Breast Cancer. ALL proceeds will be going to the Oregon Health and Science University! Shirts will also be sold before all the athletic events this weekend.
Oct 11, 2013
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Girls learn about college and discuss "growing up" facilitated by trained professionals. Cost: $5. Registration required.
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We will be selling school spirits for Homecoming. All proceeds will go to making a garden at Harvey Clarke Elementary. Please come buy to support this worthy cause. Donations will be accepted.


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This new hype video has it all. From the Friday Night Lights series music, to the voiceover to the huge plays. This video will get you ready for another year of Arkansas sports.
One summertime storyline that's gotten lost in spring practice and new uniform hoopla, WHEN YOU GETTIN THE SEC NETWORK, COX CABLE? I might have to move somewhere where I can get Uverse come July.
It's not very long, but this is a pretty cool video of the Hogs celebrating through the Rupp Arena tunnels on their way to the locker room. What joy.
Looks like Bill Clinton may have let the cat out of the bag a little early on this one. UA has not yet announced any formal plans for a 20th anniversary celebration, but it seems likely that something is in the works, and that something may include retiring a special #42 jersey for Clinton. It's unknown if that's the only jersey they would retire since there are several others that should be cough34cough. With the regular season winding down, there will likely be an announcment sooner rather than later, if this is actually going to materialize at all. (h/t hogdb)
Get set for the A&M game by going through the top 10 dunks from the Razorbacks' non conference games. What's amazing is that there were so many great ones not included.
The best part is Blake Eddins, who is the announcer you hear on the video, say "Oh my God" like he just saw something amazing but horrific. The UA people are trying to push the #FayettevilleFlush tag for this, but we're going to go with #FayetteSLAM
For all that seems to be going wrong right now, here is a video of what is right and good about Arkansas football. It highlights the new $50 million facility and how this coaching staff is going about finding the right players to boost the program to new heights. Here's the best quote from Bret Bielema: "I'm a strong believer in the Kentucky Derby theory of coaching: You need to have the right horse to win that race."
A look at a Bret Bielema Practice. Get a load of that Lingo... It's like they're speaking some kinda foreign language.
Here's the video that played at the stadium in Fayetteville today. I think the idea of having former players recite the fight song was pretty cool. I even missed Darren McFadden's forceful "Never Yield" at the game because it happens so fast. Glad he's in it though. The video is supposed to cut off midway. That's when the stadium just plays "Beautiful People" for a while until the game starts. Not sure why they included that in this clip.
10. Years. And folks wonder why Arkansas fans are crazy.
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Here we are in Chicago, working hard to get everything set up for our KidMin Conference guests in just two days! We are SO excited to welcome everyone and serve them in a way that's transformational!
Just this morning we met with the hotel staff (20 men and women in black suits!) to give them a vision for the amazing, humble, visionary, passionate, (and a tad tired) folks who are coming. We all agreed that we're eager to give to them in a way that sends them home refreshed.
Take a look at this photo and just imagine what our Angry Pigs game is going to be like during our opening session Friday night! We have crazy fun and giveaways planned.
But more than that, we're excited about what we've planned for our conference guests to have authentic conversations, deeper learning, and renewed passion!
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Citing increased demand, strained inventory, record-low mortgage rates and robust investor interest, a real estate information service reported this month that San Mateo County continued its year-over-year rise in this fall.
DataQuick reported that the median home price in San Mateo County rose to $618,000 in November, up 13.9 percent percent from $542,500 a year earlier. A total of 612 homes were sold in November, up 19.3 percent from 513 in November 2011.
The rise of the median home price in San Mateo County had some individual cities showing remarkable spikes, according to DataQuick's city data for October. In Novato, for instance, the median home price jumped from $775,000 in October 2011 to $976,250 in October 2012, a nearly 26 percent jump.
San Mateo/Foster City, Palo Alto, Daly City and Burlingame all had double-digital, year-over-year percentage increases in their median home price. In Pescadero, average home prices jumped an astounding 76 percent, from $625,000 in October 2011 to $1.1 million a year later. Three homes were sold in the tiny coastside town in October 2012.
The month of strong sales and rising sale prices in San Mateo County was on part with most of the Bay Area housing market, which "continued its march toward normalcy in November," DataQuick reported.
A total of 7,296 new and resale homes were sold in the nine-county Bay Area last month. That was up 15.5 percent from 6,317 for November 2011, according to DataQuick.
"Current trends are likely to stay with us well into spring, at least," John Walsh, DataQuick president, said in a statement. "One of the variables that could really impact the market would be supply—how many homes are put up for sale. There are still mortgage finance issues. Some loan categories are not active. But right now, low mortgage interest rates make up for that."
The median price paid for a home in the Bay Area was $438,000 in November. That was up 5.3 percent from $416,000 in October and up 20.5 percent from $363,500 in November a year ago. Last month's median was the highest since August 2008, when it was $447,000.
Here's a Bay Area breakdown of home sales and median price:All Homes #Sold #Sold % Change Median Median % Change
Nov. 2011 Nov. 2012
Nov. 2011 Nov. 2012
Marin 239 272 13.8% $629,000 $682,000 8.4% Alameda 1,334 1,525 23.7% $340,000 $415,000 22.1% Contra Costa 1,225 1,394 13.8% $255,000 $322,000 26.3% Napa 99 133 34.3% $297,000 $360,000 21.2% Santa Clara 1,478 1,707 15.5% $452,000 $550,000 13% San Francisco 422 524 24.2% $644,500 $728,000 25.1% San Mateo 513 612 19.3% $542,500 $618,000 13.9% Solano 522 584 11.9% $190,000 $221,500 16.6% Sonoma 485 545 12.4% $285,000 $349,000 22.5% Bay Area 6,317 7,296 15.5% $363,500 $438,000 20.5%
Last month distressed property sales—the combination of foreclosure resales and "short sales"—made up 35.0 percent of the resale market. Foreclosure resales—homes that had been foreclosed on in the prior 12 months—accounted for 11.5 percent of resales in November.
Absentee buyers, mostly investors, purchased 24.4 percent of all Bay Area homes in November, up from 23.7 percent in October, and up from 21.7 percent a year ago.
Here's a breakdown of Belmont and San Carlos home sales and median price:
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University mourns the passing of Dr. Fred Scheller ('43, MA '54)
One of the University's most beloved and respected alumni and professors leaves a legacy of discovery, vision and hope
Pacific University mourns the loss of one of its greatest community members, alumnus and professor Fred Scheller ('43, MA '54), who passed away on Saturday, May 8 at the age of 89.
Few, if any, have embodied Boxer Spirit more so than Fred, whose love for the University and dedication to it spanned more than 70 years.
His unsurpassed commitment to Pacific's growth into a comprehensive institution of higher education began as an undergraduate student in 1939.
Despite limited financial means, Fred's desire to discover was so strong he hitchhiked to Pacific's Forest Grove campus from his family farm near Aloha.
Fred embraced the tutelage provided by professor and mentor Hap Hingston, who encouraged Fred to lead the speech team.
After earning his baccalaureate degree in 1943, Fred served in the Navy in Alaska's Aleutian Islands during the last year of World War II, and later said his military training made a key difference in his life.
He returned to the University in 1953 where he taught for 30 years. He earned his doctorate in speech education from the University of Oregon while at Pacific.
In addition to teaching a full load of speech courses and mentoring hundreds of speech students, Fred founded a University radio station and developed the University's audio-visual program, opening a media lab, television studio and language lab.
His countless hours of time spent fundraising to make the program a reality is just one example of his extreme generosity.
Fred became one of the University's first recruiters of students from Hawai'i and played an instrumental role in the development of the Hawaiian Club - Na Haumana O Hawai'i.
He is perhaps best known as the catalyst to the birth and development of one of the largest Lu'aus in the continental United States, which recently celebrated its 50th anniversary.
A longtime supporter of the University's music program with his wife Ruth, Fred also taught theatre courses and directed stage performances.
He retired in 1983, but remained active as a prominent voice and face for the University's Alumni Association and Speech and Forensics Team, and was a key part of "breaking in" each new President as they came along. The Scheller Scholarship and annual Scheller Speech Breakfast honor his love for the University and speech and debate program.
Fred's legacy lives on and he will be remembered and loved for dedicating his life's work and energy to Pacific. The Boxer community is forever grateful to he and his family.
The University will honor Fred with a moment of silence during its annual Faculty and Staff Awards Ceremony on Thursday, May 13.
Fred's memorial service took place at the First Congregational United Church of Christ in Hillsboro on Saturday, May 15.
View "Lu'au 2010: Behind the scenes," a video featuring Dr. Scheller and his work with Pacific's annual lu'au.
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In July 2013 I had the privilege of working for the US Department of Defense in their Strategic Languages section and assisted others in teaching the future of America the Chinese language. In other words, I worked at a Chinese Immersion Summer Camp for kids called StarTalk. It was a blast and we did a comic recently about the experience that I thought might need some explanation. So without further ado here is COMIC EXPLAINED: 5 Things Often Said During Chinese Immersion Summer Camp
We're pretty excited! We've published our 2nd Kindle book, another collection of our boy's bilingual tweets! You can follow us on Twitter @MandMx and follow his tweets now but we've made it easier for you! We've collected his second year. You see our boy speaks both English and Chinese and some of the stuff he says is funny or interesting or touching. We tweet it out and it's fun for many out there who are interested in Chinese/English study and also bilingual studies in a bi-cultural family. Here's from the Amazon page:
"A year's worth of our son's bilingual tweets on Twitter. Follow us on @MandMx He speaks both English and Chinese and his bilingual communication is funny and interesting in both Chinese and English. Magnus is an American Cartoonist and Teacher and Ming Xing is a Shanghainese world traveler and Businesswoman."
We're pretty excited. Won't you spread the word and help support this website and the work we do?! Head over and buy the book! It's at a super cheap price and it's fun reading. While you're at it you can also buy our 1st book! Bilingual Chinese/English Tweets 1: An MandMx.com Collection
Here's an example from almost from the book:
Here's our post announcing the first book!
The other day I brainstormed ideas for Christmas songs and movies with a Chinese twist. Twitter makes it easy to post simple ideas so I shared them with the twittersphere. If you can think of anymore, that would be great. Use the HASHTAG #ChineseChristmasClassics
Kiss of the Reindeer #ChineseChristmasClassics— Magnus and MingXing (@MandMX) December 6, 2012
Rumble in the North Pole #ChineseChristmasClassics— Magnus and MingXing (@MandMX) December 6, 2012
Crouching Elves, Hidden Mistletoe #ChineseChristmasClassics— Magnus and MingXing (@MandMX) December 6, 2012
I'm Dreaming of a Kung Fu Christmas! #ChineseChristmasClassics— Magnus and MingXing (@MandMX) December 6, 2012
We 3 Monks of Shaolin Temple #ChineseChristmasClassics— Magnus and MingXing (@MandMX) December 6, 2012
The Man with the Iron in his stocking #ChineseChristmasClassics— Magnus and MingXing (@MandMX) December 6, 2012
House of Flying Toys #ChineseChristmasClassics— Magnus and MingXing (@MandMX) December 6, 2012
Kung Fu Snowman #ChineseChristmasClassics— Magnus and MingXing (@MandMX) December 6, 2012
Enter The Santa #ChineseChristmasClassics— Magnus and MingXing (@MandMX) December 6, 2012
Drunken Santa #ChineseChristmasClassics— Magnus and MingXing (@MandMX) December 6, 2012
The children were nestled all snug in their beds, While visions of egg-rolls danced in their heads. #ChineseChristmasClassics— Magnus and MingXing (@MandMX) December 6, 2012
Rudolph the 红烧 Hóngshāo Reindeer #ChineseChristmasClassics— Magnus and MingXing (@MandMX) December 7, 2012
All I want for Christmas is my new split pants! #ChineseChristmasClassics— Magnus and MingXing (@MandMX) December 7, 2012
I saw Santa doing 太极拳 Tàijí quán #ChineseChristmasClassics— Magnus and MingXing (@MandMX) December 7, 2012
Momma Got Run Over By Santa's 黑车 Hēichē (black illegal taxi) #ChineseChristmasClassics— Magnus and MingXing (@MandMX) December 7, 2012
Oh Little Town of Shanghai Let Nothing You Dismay #ChineseChristmasClassics— Magnus and MingXing (@MandMX) December 7, 2012
Good King Xi Jinping Looked Out on the Feast of Beijing #ChineseChristmasClassics— Magnus and MingXing (@MandMX) December 7, 2012
I'm Dreaming of a Silver Iodide Snow Christmas #ChineseChristmasClassics— Magnus and MingXing (@MandMX) December 7, 2012
-This looks like a great book and very creative.
Roots, Fruits, Shoots and Leaves: A Guide to Shopping at Chinese Fresh Food Markets
Have you ever wondered about that wacky-looking fruit staring back at you in the market? Or did you want to know how to prepare a seasonal Chinese vegetable, but don't have the language or culinary skills? This pocket-sized guidebook to fresh produce – with photographs, pronunciation guides, Chinese characters and advice on cooking – will help tourists, foodies and adventurous shoppers navigate the colorful markets of China, Hong Kong and Chinatowns around the world.
-This whole series of "Scenic Musical Journeys" looks really good! But we're biased to Shanghai! Watch the Trailer here.
Naxos Scenic Musical Journeys Shanghai A Cultural Tour with Traditional Chinese Music
The city of Shanghai, China's most important port, owes some of its prosperity to the so-called unequal treatises forced on China during the 19th century. The place had its origin as a settlement during the Tang dynasty (618-906 C.E.), but the Treaty of Nanking in 1842 ceded Hong Kong to the British and made possible the development of foreign trade through the five 'treaty ports', of which Shanghai became the most important. The growth of Shanghai into an international trading centre and the concessions made to various foreign countries explain the interesting mixture of architectural styles, continued today with the high-rise buildings of recent years. The music chosen for this tour of Shanghai is played on traditional Chinese instruments. Performing the music are the wind and string ensembles known as 'silk and bamboo', from their silk strings and bamboo pipes, and ensembles that also include percussion. Instruments given prominence include the dizi, heard first in Moonlight Autumn Night by the Lake, a transverse bamboo flute, and the yangqin, a Chinese dulcimer whose strings are struck with two bamboo sticks. Traditional Chinese music, like Chinese painting, is largely representational, its character indicated in its titles, although these may sometimes be drawn from opera or from poems.
-Huge game in China, relatively unknown in the west… until now? Watch the trailer here.
Weiqi Wonders: Conversations About the Game of Go in China
Known as "Go" in English, Weiqi is a Chinese board game that has cultural associations ranging from Confucian nobility to military strategies. In talking about this game people reveal themselves, their society, and their views of other cultures.
Explore a different side of China through interviews with teachers, university students, senior citizens, amateurs and professionals.
-Haunting… watch the trailer here.
Aftershock by Feng Xiaogang
Tangshan, 1976. Two seven-year-old twins are buried under the rubble of the deadliest earthquake of the 20th century. The rescue team explains to their mother that freeing either child will almost certainly result in the death of the other. Forced to make the most difficult decision of her life, she finally chooses to save her son. Though left behind as dead, the little girl miraculously survives, unbeknownst to her brother and mother. AFTERSHOCK follows the family on their separate journeys over the course of the next 32 years, as they build lives forever shadowed by the traumatic experience of the earthquake, and eventually face each other and the decisions of the past.
The acclaimed epic that broke all box-office records in China, AFTERSHOCK Featuring an all-star cast including Jingchu Zhang (Rush Hour 3) and Daoming Chen (Hero), AFTERSHOCK shines with its powerful exploration of how one moment can change a family s life forever.
-Oh no they didn't… find the trailer here.
Disney World Cinema High School Musical: China
From the Disney World Cinema Collection, High School Musical China captures all the excitement, drama, music and dance of the original U.S. film with unique Chinese characters and extraordinary adventures. A new student at an international college in Shanghai meets a gifted young man, with whom she shares a secret passion for singing. Without her parents' support, she and her new group of friends enter an inter-school singing competition and discover their true calling and the value of friendship. Anything is possible when you follow your dreams!
-Looks low budget. See the trailer here.
It's time I chose a direction and the Far East is as good as any," shrugs David Braddock (James Snyder, Sheís the Man), exactly the kind of aimlessness that has his parents worried about their newly minted college grad. Pressured to travel to Shanghai on behalf of the troubled family business, the party's over and David is reluctantly thrust into a country strangely unaltered by the modern world. His translator (popular Chinese actress Fei Fei Sun), a beautiful young girl as directed as he is directionless, attempts to help the struggling David. Problem is no one seems to take him seriously there either! But ñ despite the language barrier, cultural differences, culinary shock and a near international incident – romance blossoms. David returns a changed man, but the family business is in worse jeopardy than before. Determined, David returns to Chinato see things through both professionally and personally. Will this fish-out-of-water finally find his way?
-I've seen it and it's AWESOME! See the video and trailer here.
Every spring, China's cities are plunged into chaos as an astonishing 130 million migrant workers journey to their home villages for the New Year's holiday. This mass exodus is the largest human migration on the planet – an epic spectacle that reveals a country tragically caught between its rural past and industrial future.
Working over several years in classic verité style Chinese-Canadian filmmaker Lixin Fan (with the producers of the hit documentary Up the Yangtze) travels with one couple who have embarked on this annual trek for almost two decades. Like so many of China s rural poor, Zhang Changhua and Chen Suqin left behind their two infant children for grueling factory jobs. Their daughter Qin – now a restless teenager – both bitterly resents their absence and longs for her own freedom away from school, much to the utter devastation of her parents.
Emotionally powerful and starkly beautiful, the multi-award-winning Last Train Home's intimate observation of one fractured family sheds unprecedented light on the human cost of China's economic 'miracle'.
From Materialism to Nukes, My Students Have a Fascinating View of China's Ever Expanding Growth and Power
China will rule the world. Mark my words people.— Lucky (@BrownSteveJobs) November 10, 2012
China will one day rule the world! Do you agree or disagree?
1. "Yes, I agree because China makes most of the stuff we buy."
Susan's answer is the cynical American's view. China rules us because they make everything that we use. Besides the inherent untruth to that, imagine if that were actually true! Take a second today and count just how many things you buy on a daily basis that are "Made in China" and you'd be surprised how few there are.
2. "I disagree with this statement. I disagree because I believe in my country."
Sam's answer begs the question, "Does America rule the world?" To which I would surmise his answer to be yes. Another further question should be posited to be "what exactly do you believe your country should be able to do?"
3. "No, I disagree because China and USA have gone to war before and USA has won."
So true, Greg. But that resulted in the creation of North and South Korea, and too many deaths on both sides. We don't want that to happen again right?
4. "No, every country and state has its own rights. One place can't control the whole world. There are many differences between everyone's religion."
Arianna has the jack of all trades answer. It tries to be everything to everybody. Yes, there are rights and yes, not one place can control the whole world, but why was religion brought into the picture?
china will rule the world sooner rather than later— Rossssssss (@RossChalmers94) November 15, 2012
6. "I don't agree because in America we have more stuff than China and China's technology is not as fast as our technology in America. I don't even think they have cellphones."
Interesting Gary. Very interesting. So materialism will save America, right? And what exactly do you mean by China's tech isn't as fast as US tech? Are we talking fast computers or the rate of growth? But you're 100% wrong about the whole cellphone thing.
7. "I disagree because so we'll all have peace."
Well, Justin, just because you disagree that China will rule us all one day, it doesn't necessarily mean that there will be peace. I guess one could look at the Cold War as a period of peace but what a tenuous peace.
8. "I disagree because we will nuke them if they try to take over because they will try to eliminate us."
Manuel's answer might take the "video game answer award!" We'll just nuke 'em! Nice. Too bad China's a nuclear power too (since the 60s) and they won't take it so lightly that we've fired a nuke at them and most likely they'll retaliate. Nice. Back to the Cold War.
Those with the most Gold will Rule the World! China! Also has 95% of All Rare Earth Material that's ever been discovered! Look it up!— Superman Chris (@chris23superman) November 14, 2012
Mx is such a great teacher and our boy can really memorize songs. (perhaps he gets that from MX, not me.) This was a song that she taught him a while back and a song that many children learn while growing up in China. Since our boy is creative and has all these grandparents he decided to sing to each one of them. The song might be repetitive but hopefully by the end of 3 minutes you too can sing the song.
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Saving open space for future generations has all kinds of beginnings, back stories and results.
Sometimes those stories are successful, sometimes they're mind-numbingly complicated, and sometimes they simply bring tears to the eyes.
All three are the case for the "Alpine property," the 354-acre tract in Eldred Township, Monroe County, that has been taken over by the Pennsylvania Game Commission and added to State Game Lands 168 as a diverse and rich habitat.
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Ilene Eckhart broke down in tears speaking about the property her grandfather, Milton Buskirk, owned in Monroe County in the 1900s. Back then, she said, it was farm land and wildlife and fish habitat, a place where Buskirk did farming, blacksmithing and "other sundry businesses associated with Prohibition."
That tract of land was purchased by the Matinho family, which runs a Portuguese-language newspaper in Newark, N.J., to build an Alpine-style mountainside race track.
Part of the initial work for the race track was complete, but even though the project had all the proper permits, funding became problematic. Paul Matinho called it a race — literally — between his group's intent to develop the property, and conservationists to make a good enough bid to buy it outright.
The racetrack was a dozen years in the making, Matinho said. Some of the investment group thought it was taking way too long to complete. Others died. Matinho wanted to build a race track.
Blue Mountain Preservation Association asked Wildlands Conservancy to help broker a deal to purchase the property. After two years, the deal pooled together $2.3 million from the Palmerton Zinc settlement with CBS, $400,000 from Monroe County, $1,000 from Pennsylvania Audubon, $29,000 from Lehigh Gap Nature Center through the BMPA, and another $1 million from the Pa. Game Commission.
"Two years ago, we pursued it as an option," Matinho said on Monday during a formal ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Alpine property and the Morton property, about seven miles north, the latter of which is being incorporated into the Cherry Valley National Wildlife Refuge.
"These folks came up with the money before we got the money to proceed," he admitted.
Once the deal was complete, the game commission took ownership of the property and is looking to plant a forb mix in the fields, clear out some invasive tulip poplars and fight invasive Japanese barberry while improving the diverse habitat, according to PGC regional group land management supervisor Dave Mitchell.
Coupled with the game commission's recent acquisition of the King Manor program, thanks in large part to the zinc settlement, 1,500 acres have been added to SGL 168 in a year.
The Alpine property can be seen from the Appalachian Trail along the Kittatiny Ridge, and can be accessed from Lower Smith Gap Road. Mitchell said the game commission will raze a building along the road to make a parking lot for the tract.
"This property is not on the AT, but will help provide spectacular views and wildlife viewing for AT hikers for generations to come," said Dennis Reidenbach, the northeast regional director of the National Park Service, which manages the Appalachian Trail.
A 3.1-mile hiking path, which would have been the racetrack layout, will remain on the site to facilitate habitat care and improvements. ATVs, mountain bikes, horse and camping are prohibited, but it is open for hiking and will be open for hunting.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service coordinated the ribbon cuttings starting with a ceremony at the Cherry Valley Refuge. Officials from USFW, Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration Program, the game commission, Wildlands Conservancy, BMPA, Friends of Cherry Valley National Wildlife Refuge and the general public spoke during the formal presentation. Short walking tours of both properties followed.
"This conglomerate of partners has provided public recreation and natural habitat for generations to come," said Christopher Kocher, president of Wildlands Conservancy. "The work we have done here will be lasting."
Already, significant rare species have been discovered on the Alpine property, including the first-ever brook snaketail dragon fly recorded in Pennsylvania. That property is also home to, and possesses ideal habitat for, the endangered Louisiana water thrush, according to Mitchell and Kathleen Patnode of the USFWS.
Now that the beginning, back story and results of preserving these parcels of open space are in the books, it's time for nature to take over, and for man to nurture it.


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What is clinical bioethics consultation? What are the key elements to ensure a fair and just process—from both a legal and bioethical standpoint—that is democratic and non-elitist? What is the role of mediation in fulfilling this goal?
Nancy Neveloff Dubler, LL.B., a nationally recognized expert in the subject, will discuss "Fairness and Justice in Bioethics Consultation" at the Bernard G. Segal Memorial Lecture in Law and Ethics at The Jewish Theological Seminary.
The program will take place at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 11 at JTS, 3080 Broadway (at 122nd Street) in New York City. Application for CLE accreditation of this program in New York is currently pending.
Professor Dubler is director of the Division of Bioethics at Montefiore Medical Center and a professor of Bioethics and director of the Center for Ethics and Law in Medicine, Department of Family and Social Medicine, at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine.
Professor Dubler directs the Clinical Ethics Consultation Service at Montefiore as a support for analysis of difficult cases presenting ethical issues in the health care setting—this service uses mediation as its process—at Einstein's Department of Family and Social Medicine. She is also director of the Certificate Program in Bioethics and the Medical Humanities, conducted jointly by Montefiore/ Einstein and Cardozo Law School of Yeshiva University.
She lectures extensively and is the author of numerous articles and books on termination of care, home care and long-term care, geriatrics, adolescent medicine, prison and jail health care, and AIDS. Among the groundbreaking books she has co-authored are: The Ethics and Regulation of Research with Human Subjects; Bioethics Mediation: A Guide to Shaping Shared Solutions; Ethics On Call: Taking Charge of Life-and-Death Choices in Today's Health Care System; and Ethics for Health Care Organizations: Theory, Case Studies, and Tools. She consults often with federal agencies, national working groups and bioethics centers. Professor Dubler received her LL.B. from Harvard Law School.
The annual Bernard G. Segal Memorial Lecture was established by JTS in honor of the late philanthropist and community leader. Mr. Segal was the first Jewish president of the American Bar Association and the first Jewish chancellor of the Philadelphia Bar Association.
Admission is free but reservations and valid photo identification are required. Attendees are asked to arrive at least fifteen minutes prior to the program.
For more information and to register, please contact the JTS Department of Public Events at (212) 280-6093.


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NEW COLUMBIA - State police are searching for a suspect after students reported that a person on a bicycle brandished a gun this morning near the White Deer Elementary School, part of the Milton Area School District. No shots were fired and all children are safe, police said.
Police are continuing to search the area of the Route 15 underpass near the school for the suspect. Reports were that the suspect was wearing a dark hooded sweatshirt and was riding a bike.
All elementary school students, teachers and staff are safe, and the school has been placed on lockdown for about an hour. The lockdown was lifted at 11 a.m., but administrators said they would continue to monitor the movement of pupils in and around the building.


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Horoscope | Bernice Bede Osol
Gloucester Daily Times
---- — Before moving on to some new endeavors in the year ahead, make sure the ones you are presently involved in have nothing of quality left to offer. You might be pleasantly surprised at what you find.
Scorpio (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) — Those with whom you have dealings will immediately sense that you're not making idle promises. Your mind will be focused on making good on your commitment.
Sagittarius (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) — Your financial prospects look to be quite promising. It's possible that you might receive some extra gains through your own efforts and an arrangement set up by another.
Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Taking a situation at face value is not likely to be one of your weak points. In fact, you're more likely to be interested in what's behind a facade than what is in front of it.
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) — Although you're in a good achievement cycle right now, you still might not get everything you pursue on your first try. If you should fall short of your mark, simply regroup and try again.
Pisces (Feb. 20-March 20) — Should a bright idea flash through your mind regarding how you can constructively revitalize a flagging relationship, try it. Chances are it'll work.
Aries (March 21-April 19) — Because you are so easily motivated, your possibilities for achieving your goals are better than usual. You'll know what you want, and you'll know how to get it.
Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Your situation might dictate needing to concentrate strictly on the immediate, but it wouldn't hurt to look ahead a bit as well. Plan now for future action.
Gemini (May 21-June 20) — If there is something that you feel can be changed for the better, don't suffer in silence. Instead of waiting for others to take action, make the adjustments yourself.
Cancer (June 21-July 22) — Difficult decisions won't be resolved by ignoring or sidestepping them. Look these problems straight in the eye and take whatever steps necessary to remedy them.
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Even if you get a few additional responsibilities dumped in your lap, you'll be able to handle them. In fact, getting successful results will give you a sense of pride.
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Your managerial skills are functioning at all levels. Associates will find you to be quite compatible and easy to get along with, yet you can be quite serious and dedicated when necessary.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) — Although this could be a rather hectic day, you should still be able to find the time to conclude several matters that need to be completed. They may all be interrelated.


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Backup technologies and processes will take you just so far when it comes to a disaster. Tier 1 data (the most critical stuff) makes up approximately 50% of an organization's total primary data. When the Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG) surveyed IT professionals responsible for data protection, 53% said their organization could tolerate one hour or less of downtime before their business suffered revenue loss or some other type of adverse business impact; nearly three-quarters (74%) fell into the less-than-three-hour range. (The results of this survey were published in the ESG research report, 2010 Data Protection Trends, April 2010.) Under the best conditions, the time it takes to acquire replacement hardware, re-install operating systems and applications, and recover data -- even from a disk-based copy -- will likely exceed a recovery time objective (RTO) of one to three hours.
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The Tonawanda News
Tonawanda News — The North Tonawanda girl's 4x4 relay team is really good. So good, in fact, that Lady Jacks coach Sean Kibrick has a loaded deck when it comes to the 4x4 relay team — six girls that are ready to blaze around the track whenever any one of their names are called.
The NT girl's 4x4, ranked in the top six of Section VI and second-best during the indoor season, competes today, along with the entire NT track team, in the annual Niagara Frontier League championship meet.
Kibrick said that the Lady Jacks are starting to round into form at just the right time after several early-season injuries. Team captain Emily Pawlik pulled her hamstring in the first event of the team's second meet, so other girls had to step up and fill in to help NT continue to compete.
Amanda Wildt, who dealt with her own early-season injury problems, erupted for the Lady Jacks upon her return. She won the 100 at Allegheny and went undefeated in the same race in the team's first few meets, Kibrick said.
"Amanda is having a great season. She started out injured so she wasn't able to get a ton of good workouts in at the beginning of the season, but started out competing and has been fantastic," he said. "She has been running at the top of her game and probably could have won the 100 at Pioneer, but she had to take her SATs, so she came out when she was done and won the 200. That was pretty cool."
Wildt rotates with Pawlik, Kelly Nichols, Madison Wawrzwynek, Courtney Crooks and first-year runner Gabby Hanson on the 4x4 relay team.
Today is the day Wildt and her teammates have been waiting for all season, and she is hoping all her hard work pays off.
"It's great when we're all doing well and working well together," she said. "We push each other and we win as a team and lose as a team. It's really good to have that support behind you and people that appreciate what you're doing. I love the competition. You get to see where all your hard work has gotten you."
While Wildt entered the season as one of the top runners for the girl's team, Hanson, a senior standout on the volleyball team, is running track for the first time in her life.
Hanson didn't know what to expect, but started to realize how much she enjoyed the sport shortly after the season began.
"Gabby is a first-year runner that's come out of nowhere," Kibrick said. "We noticed she looked good in practice one day doing 200's so we put her in the 400 and she qualified for sectionals provisionally in her first race. She's been our most consistently fast girl."
Kibrick said that Hanson's emergence has been especially important with all the injuries to the girl's team. He said she has gotten better every day and her contributions this season have been huge.
Hanson likes competing on the relay team because she enjoys the team aspect of sports.
"Everyone on the team is so nice and they've helped me with parts of it that I didn't know. Before I started I just thought track was running — (I didn't know) how intense it really is. … I like the 4x4. You get that team feeling and it's better than running by yourself. It's like you're running for your teammates."
The NFL championship meet begins today at 3 p.m. at Lewiston-Porter High School.Contact Sports Editor Matt Parrino at 693-1000 ext. 4117 and find Tonawanda News sports on Twitter @TonaNewsSports.


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No bank or association director shall be eligible to continue to serve in that capacity and his or her office shall become vacant if after election as a member of the board, he or she becomes legally incompetent or is convicted of any criminal offense involving dishonesty or breach of trust or held liable in damages for fraud.
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Corker Backs Deficit Ceiling Deal; DSCC Says Demint Threatened Him
Sen. Bob Corker sent out a statement today saying he'll vote for the deficit ceiling deal. The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee sent out a statement today saying, more or less, that Corker has been threatened with a primary opponent if he does so.
From Corker's office:
WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Bob Corker, R-Tenn., made the following statement today announcing his support for the Budget Control Act of 2011.
"Left to my own accord I would have much rather seen larger spending cuts now, a long-term plan like the CAP Act to put a fiscal straitjacket on Congress, and a constitutional amendment to keep Congress from falling off the wagon, but regrettably, with the current administration and Republican control of only one house of Congress, I believe this is the largest package we can get at this time. In the final analysis I had to ask myself: do I believe two to four more weeks of negotiating would produce a better deal? The answer is no, and I think the deal could get even worse," said Corker.
"I'm encouraged that passage of this agreement changes the paradigm in Washington by requiring real cuts in order to raise the debt ceiling. I view the $900 billion down payment as a start and the additional $1.5 trillion the select committee is charged with finding as the floor for their work and will be pushing hard between now and December to get them to work toward something that is much more significant. In business, I learned that you shouldn't say no to taking a profit, and in Washington I've found that you shouldn't say no to a cut in spending.
"Our country's battle with spending is the struggle of this decade and this package is a down payment which I view as the beginning of our work and not the end. With its passage, we have changed the conversation in Washington from 'how much will we spend?' to 'how much will we save?'. As we move forward, I believe this debate has been good for our country. I feel like we have achieved the most significant cuts possible with the current administration, and I'm glad that resolving this issue will result in more predictability for the markets which will ultimately positively impact businesses and put Tennesseans back to work."
From the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee:
Bob Corker is already facing threats of a tea party primary challenger emerging from his own party. And now Corker's colleague, national Tea Party leader and U.S. Senator Jim DeMint of South Carolina is threatening to withdraw support from Corker and support a primary opponent if Corker votes for the bipartisan debt agreement that would prevent the American economy from default. This comes just days after Corker infuriated the extreme wing of his party by echoing Democrats' demands that an agreement extend the debt-ceiling until after the next election.
According to the news reports today:
"DeMint had promised after last year's election that he would not endorse any opponents to his fellow Republican senators, but is angry enough with the debt ceiling compromise that ... he may back serious challengers to Republican senators who support the plan, according to a source close to the senator."
Other conservative groups like the Club For Growth have also opposed the bipartisan debt agreement.
"Rank and file conservatives in Tennessee are rejecting Bob Corker," said Matt Canter, spokesman for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. "But now, Jim DeMint, a colleague of Senator Corker and one of the most prominent Tea Party leaders in the country, is threatening to support a primary opponent to Corker if he votes to prevent the nation from default. Will Corker pander to the extreme wing of the party or will he face the wrath of Tea Party leaders in Tennessee and across the country?"
Just last week, Corker infuriated the extreme wing of his party by siding with Democrats who wanted any agreement to extend the debt-ceiling until after the next election.
"If we can get worked out over the next several days something that... extends the debt limit beyond this next election, to me that would be a perfect solution and I hope we can do that," Corker told MSNBC.
DeMint Is "Angry Enough" That He May Back Challengers to Republican Senators. In August 2011, DeMint "is angry enough with the debt-ceiling compromise that Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Speaker John Boehner struck with President Obama that he may back serious challengers to Republican senators who support the plan, according to a source close to the senator." [The Hill, 8/01/11]
December 2010: DeMint Reassured Colleagues He Would Not Endorse Primary Opponents Against Incumbents. In December 2010, DeMint privately reassured his Republican colleagues up for reelection that he won't recruit or endorse any primary opponent against them. [Politico, 12/10/10]
But in Mid-June 2011: DeMint Said "It's Going to Be Pretty Hard" To Stay Out of Primaries. DeMint said in mid-June that "if we have folks who go the wrong way on [the debt ceiling vote], it's going to be pretty hard for me to sit still" and stay out of primaries. [The Hill, 8/01/11]
Conservative Club For Growth Urging Congress To Vote 'No' Debt Deal. On August 1, 2011, the conservative Club For Growth issued a statement urging Congress to vote no on the Budget Control Act of 2011. [Club For Growth website, accessed 8/1/11]