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Ask yourself….What has happened and why? McCarthy was right, my friends. According to this picture, the Bolshevik cabal on Marxist insanity have been taking our guns for over 60 years. "You say you want a revolution, well, y'know"….revolution through EVOLUTION.
My own family always had guns in the home. We had old guns dating back to the "Civil War" hanging on our wall. Guns are American. With no guns, there is no America. Some other rag-tag, 3rd world banana republic will become our reality if ever we are so stupid to give up our guns.
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Talk about acid reflex … the other day I had my local fuel distributor deliver gas to my home and the invoice left me with major heartburn. We're paying more than $4 for a gallon for premium (non-ethanol) gas this fall and when you fill a large tank, you practically need to take out a second mortgage on your home to cover the bill.
The interesting thing about fuel prices is that it seems to peak every four years … right near election time. And we're about as close to election time as it gets.
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Marilyn Carr Besh, 75, of Livingston died Sunday, Oct. 27, 2013.
The family will receive friends from 5:30-7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 1, at St. Francis Catholic Church in Livingston. The Funeral Mass will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 2, at St. Francis.
Survivors include her husband of 52 years, John; sons, Mike Besh and wife Genny of Athens, David Besh of Theodore, and Bob Besh and wife Kim of Concord, N.C.; daughters, Anne Davis of Memphis, Tenn., and Susan Comensky and husband Frank of Birmingham; and eight grandchildren.
Marilyn was born in Mount Ayr, Iowa, on Sept. 28, 1938. She graduated from Mount Ayr High School in 1957. Marilyn graduated from Iowa State University with degrees in early childhood education and child development. She owned and was director of the Livingston Kindergarten for 25 years and was appointed to the Sumter County Board of Registrars for the last 10 years. Marilyn was a devoted wife and loving mother and grandmother. She loved most spending time with family.
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By Katie Dahlstrom
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Nearly 2,000 people are at risk of being homeless in Clinton County — a statistic that doesn't surprise many of the people fighting to decrease that number everyday.
"The homeless are not just people living on the streets or in shelters," Pastor Ray Gimenez, executive director of the Victory Center said. "They're people doubling up, staying with friends or family. They're invisible."
While a number of organizations including the Victory Center, Information, Referral and Assistance Services, the YWCA and others work to prevent homelessness and help those already in its grip, the number of those needing help continues to grow as funding faces sharp cuts. The need for help from the community is greater than ever before, leaders said.
According to the Iowa Council on Homelessness, an agency of the Iowa Finance Authority, there were 455 homeless in Clinton County last year. That mix includes households and individuals.
However, the state data shows another 1,965 are at risk of being homeless in the county.
"Most of the people we see are a paycheck away from homelessness," Regan Michaelsen, director of Information and Referral, said.
Her organization works to prevent homelessness in the area by providing rent and utility assistance to those struggling to pay their bills.
Each year $10,000 is budgeted for rent assistance and another $10,000 goes toward utility assistance. On average Information and Referral helps 400 people in a month, about half need help with rent.
"If you have any interruption in everyday life that can be devastating," Michaelsen said. "If your car breaks down on the way to work. Now you've missed work and have to pay to get the car fixed. A simple car repair, anything like that could be huge."
Information and Referral also offers a transitional housing program called JERICHO that has the capacity to house six families. Some of these families come from other programs while some are in recovery or struggling, Michaelsen said.
By partnering with agencies such as the Associate Benevolent Society and the Salvation Army, community groups can bring the homeless or quasi-homeless items such as food and personal items that can be the difference between paying rent or being evicted.
Despite its best prevention efforts, the number of homeless or those teetering on the edge continues to grow.
"It's becoming harder and harder to fix the need," Michaelsen said.
According to the state report, homelessness has a long-term effect on those in Clinton County. Of those surveyed in 2011, 81 of the 175 individuals who answered said they were chronically homeless.
For 48 it was the first time being homeless.
For 40 they had been homeless two or three times before and six people had been homeless four or more times.
Gimenez, who founded the Victory Center 25 years ago, said while more than 40 percent of the people who come to his shelter take the programs and leave for productive lives, he's also seen some of the same people make their way back to the shelter several times.
"I think a shelter is the last place people expect to find themselves," said Ronelle Clark, Director of the Clinton YWCA's Crisis Services Director. "Ninety-nine percent of people have tried other options."
However, as shown by the state's figures and numbers from local emergency shelters such as the YWCA's, many in the community do seek this kind of help.
Last year the YWCA's emergency shelter housed 171 women and children who were fleeing because of a sexual assault, stalking or domestic violence. Another 65 chose to use the agency's transitional housing. Further, 165 women and children were turned away from emergency shelter due to lack of space while a waiting list of women and children kept their fingers crossed for a spot in transitional housing.
"There are a lot of challenges for people looking for help," Clark said.
While Clark works at the YWCA, she also serves as the chairperson of the Clinton and Jackson County Coalition for the Homeless. In that role she sees not just women and children suffering, but all types of people with a myriad of struggles preventing them from finding permanent housing.
Many of the programs in the community focus on specific sections of the population, while limited resources are available to those who do not suffer with domestic violence, substance abuse or chronic mental illness.
"There's a gap in the community," Clark said.
According to the state report, a majority of those served in Clinton County were homeless due to economics and reasons classified as "other" or reasons not because of crime, moving, family or medical reasons.
Although not all dealing with homelessness also deal with substance abuse, Gimenez and his wife, Mary Anne, said a number of the people who occupy the 90 beds available through the Victory Center's shelter and YMCA space have struggled with drugs or alcohol.
County Attorney Mike Wolf also said substance abuse and mental issues are recurring themes of the several homeless who come through the court system every week.
Although these people sober up while in jail, a more sustainable solution would be to institute preventative measures.
"We're a place of last resort," Wolf said. "We're not a permanent fix. Treatment is a permanent fix."
However, looming cuts to mental health and victim's assistance funding from the state could threaten the court system's ability to help the homeless with mental or domestic problems. The YWCA is anticipating a $240,000 shortfall while the cuts to mental health funding could total half a million dollars.
"I'm concerned it will add to the homeless problem in the community," Wolf said.
Organizations that prevent and treat homelessness in the area rely on support from community members. The Victory Center stopped taking money from the state 11 years ago and has since not had major troubles funding its $500,000 annual budget with around $100,000 coming in the form of in-kind donation of goods and services. However, this year the organization will need $700,000 in its budget.
Future budget cuts paired with rising need will force all organizations to rely even more heavily on donations and contributions.
Leaders of the Victory Center, YWCA, Information and Referral, Associate Benevolent Society and Salvation Army echoed each other's sentiments that financial support is the most effective way to help. Other ways to help include donating sleeping bags, warm blankets, toiletries and food to the Associate Benevolent Society and Salvation Army. The Victory Center also appreciates people hosting fundraisers, or making and serving a meal to the people who visit three times a day for food.
Beyond donations, Clark urged residents to advocate for services by writing local legislators and continuing to make their voices heard.
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By Bob Flynn
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The Lady Patriots (4-7-1) played perhaps their best all-around game of the season Saturday, shutting out a very good Garrard County team, 1-0.
Model junior Kylee Miller got her first goal of the season with 18:35 remaining in the first half to give the Lady Patriots all the scoring they needed on the day.
Model Coach Michael Bailey lauded his defense after the game, particularly the play of Brooke Roberts, Ruby Smith and Katelyn Cox.
"Our defense was the real key to us winning this game. I can't say enough about the job Ruby and Katelyn did out there," Bailey said. "Brooke played probably her best game of the season."
Roberts began the season playing forward for the Patriots, but Bailey said he switched her back to her natural position at defensive right fullback and her play had really picked up and so has the overall defense of the team.
"I don't think Brooke was really comfortable at forward, but the move back to fullback had made a world of difference," Bailey said. "We set her up against the other team's best forward every game. She is aggressive, which we weren't seeing from that position. Not only is she doing a great job covering that part of the field, she is providing support for the other side also and she's the only one that has the speed to do that for us."
After getting the early lead, the Lady Patriots found themselves in the unfamiliar position of having to make the single goal stand up over the remainder of the game.
But if they felt the pressure of protecting a slim lead late in the game it didn't show as they continued to press on offense and never paid attention to the clock, even in the final few minutes when Garrard County increased its offensive pressure.
Bailey said that with his young team he didn't feel like it would be wise to change to a ball control team late in the game.
"Coming off a team that has been shut out so many times in the past, there was no reason for me to change the style during the game," Bailey said. "We've got to learn to keep playing through the entire game and have the mentality to keep on pushing and scoring and scoring till we get that mentality that we can score a lot of goals."
Bailey said he knew when he took over the program this year that the Lady Patriots were a very young team that had been down the last few years and it would take some time to build a winning culture at Model.
But with eight games left in the season, he said he's seen his team grow by leaps and bounds since the beginning of the season.
"When we came in we had to try to rebuild the girls' confidence in themselves. We did that through the way we run our practices and the way we run in games. Now I think they are starting to feel like soccer players and a soccer team instead of just a team for Model that they go out for and have fun and enjoy themselves," Bailey said. "They are taking ownership of this team now. Once you start doing that and you start thinking like a soccer player, you are there. If we keep developing in these last eight games and district comes, we might just catch somebody sleeping."
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I'm sure this is asked all the time, but for the life of me, I can't find a thread on it!!
Not sure I personally like the idea of a TV miniseries. I just don't think they would have the pull/money to get the actors, special effects, and writing down. I'd like to see it done right rather than done as a mini series, which I feel like would be a death knell to ever seeing it as a movie.
I like the idea of a miniseries, though I really hope if this happens Karen makes sure they follow the books exactly.. would really hate to see a trueblood like thing happen to fever.. (imagine if the guy making the series decides he likes 1 character better than the other and twists the story accordingly! *shudders*)
I hope if it will be made, that the cable channel will be one that allows adult content. I can't imagine a PG-13 Fever Series movie
I would love for this series to be aired on TV. Something like HBO or Showtime where they allow that sort of content, lol. Barrons also has to be carefully picked >.>
In a way I'm kind of glad that the deal fell through simply because I think that they would of destroyed the series for me (which happens with so many film adaptations)
I like the idea of HBO doing the series. After falling in love with Game of Thrones I think it would be great!


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Learning PostgreSQL at the Big Nerd Ranch
I spent last week learning about PostgreSQL at the Big Nerd Ranch, held at Historic Banning Mills, a remote but majestic location less than an hour's drive west of the Atlanta airport. The organizers of the event provided transportation from the airport on Sunday afternoon as well as for the trip back after lunch the following Friday.
The setting was perfect for this type of training. It was peaceful and relaxing, not at all like the training conferences I've been to (in big cities) in the past. The food was fantastic. I can't emphasize this enough. If you go, you'd better go on a diet beforehand, because you're going to gain at least five pounds eating their terrific food. I felt like I was eating at a five-star restaurant all week. The area has cell coverage, but it's not too great. Verizon was the best, but you had to be outside and preferably on the third-floor balcony to get a decent signal. A phone card, on the other hand, proved to be quite handy for me. The lack of cellular service probably was a good thing, however, because no one received distracting cell phone calls during class. The Internet service was by satellite, so it was a bit slow. The organizers y plan to install a T1 line soon though, so this may not be a problem in the near future.
We started each day with breakfast at 8:30. Lunch was at 12:30 and dinner at 6:30. Each day, around 2pm, we took a break from training and took about a 45-minute walk through the woods, exploring the different sites and scenic trails around Historic Banning Mills. This was a good thing, because it helped stave off the afternoon food coma that ordinarily would have set in. It's not quite long enough to burn off the lunch calories, but it's invigorating nonetheless. After dinner, some would go back downstairs to the classroom to work on individual projects with assistance. Others would check e-mail or simply hang around and chit-chat. Others would play pool or watch a movie on the large-screen television upstairs. One night a few of us built a camp fire in the fire pit of an open-air pavilion just up the hill from the lodge. On Tuesday night, we watched the vice-presidential debate on TV and talked politics for a bit.
The training was structured to teach as much about PostgreSQL administration as possible in five days. It even says so on my diploma. There is room for 12 in the class, but only 11 participated in this class. The organizers provided two manuals so we could follow their lesson plans and walk through the related exercises. On the last day of the class, we received a CD with the course materials, slides, documentation and even some photos we had taken during the week. Thanks to the generous (free) licensing of PostgreSQL, the lessons often included the official documentation for commands relevant to that lesson. This was their first time training for PostgreSQL 8.0, which still is in beta, so there were occasional minor mistakes in slides and manuals.
Aaron Hilegass and Chris Campbell were terrific instructors. Each knows PostgreSQL thoroughly and conveyed that knowledge with ease. They played tag-team training throughout the week, each teaching different lessons. The lessons consisted of a 10-30 minute slide presentation, followed by an exercise and a challenge problem to test what we had learned. I usually had time to do everything before we moved on to the next lesson. There were 40 lessons in all, covering everything from how to set up PostgreSQL, psql (the client command-line application) tricks, an overview of SQL, user and group permissions, client authentication, logging, backing up and restoring to a point in time, monitoring the server, query optimization, rules, triggers, replication and much more. On the last day, we wrote some C programs with the libpq library and Perl scripts using Perl DBI. Again, the manual stepped me through everything, so my inexperience in those languages was not a problem.
Each topic was well-researched and thoroughly covered. I was impressed by the depth in which the instructors covered the important topics. For example, a good amount of time was spent explaining how indexes are built and used internally and how to optimize your queries--stuff that good database developers need to know but usually do not bother to learn in detail.
Overall, I'd give the Big Nerd Ranch a ten out of ten. We had a great time and learned a tremendous amount of material in a week's time. This was, without a doubt, well worth the expense. Even though PostgreSQL is free, my time is not, and I'm sure I shaved off a huge chunk of the learning curve by attending this class.
Doug Hall is the primary database developer for AIDT in Montgomery, Alabama. He has developed in-house applications, primarily with 4th Dimension, for the past 13 years.
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ELIZABETHTOWN — Paige Baker says she had just smoked a cigarette on her balcony and was going inside to lie down when she heard yelling at about 11:30 the night Robert Rennie died.
Testifying in Essex County Court on Friday morning, she told the jury that will decide whether Paul J. Taylor is guilty of murder that she could not discern most of what she heard.
But she heard two things clearly.
One was a man saying, "'I'm going to f******g get you,'" she said, and the other was a man saying, "'OK, I've had enough. Get off me,'" and then the same voice saying, "'Help me … someone please help me.'"
Baker said her balcony is situated at the front of the apartment building on AuSable Street in Keeseville, facing the Ausable River and part of River Street. The bridge near where Rennie's body was found on Aug. 26, 2012, is visible from the balcony.
Essex County Assistant District Attorney Michael Langey asked Baker whether she further investigated the disturbance.
She said she did not, saying, "I figured it was just the kids in town … who do a lot of property damage."
An aerial photograph of the land surrounding the closed bridge on River Street was displayed on a screen in the courtroom to clarify the location of Baker's apartment for the jury — it is located on the Clinton County side of Keeseville with the bridge a little ways down the street.
Public Defender Brandon Boutelle, Taylor's defense attorney, asked Baker whether she was sure she heard four male voices that night.
Baker said she was fairly certain she heard the voices of four men, and she was able to distinguish one from the other because of differences in pitch.
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Carol Pagan signed up to volunteer in 1974 at the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall. She was in her 30s then, living off Fruitville Road and raising three sons east of the interstate.
It was an ambitious move given that she lived 25 miles from the theater — so ambitious, in fact, that Pagan forgot she signed up altogether. Family responsibilities got in the way.
Thirty-five years later, Pagan, now 67 and living in a downtown condominium, has finally assumed a post at the landmark performing arts hall. Season-ticket holders know her as the redhead who runs the souvenir counter during intermission. She sells Van Wezel baubles, T-shirts, mugs and assorted bric-a-brac, including, but not limited to, battery-operated fans, pewter key chains, spoons and beer koozies.
"No matter what we sell, it always has a little purple in it," says Pagan, who works as a legal assistant at Kimbrough & Koach law firm off Ringling Boulevard.
A classically trained dancer, Pagan is a natural saleswoman for the arts. Earlier this year, she blew through boxes of miniature instruments during the run of "Defying Gravity."
"The stuff sells," Pagan says. "Sometimes I'm gone for a week and, when I come back, all the merchandise is gone. You just never know."
But a run on trinket trombones?
"Yes," Pagan says. "They were reasonably priced and people like leaving with a little novelty."
Sales are strong at Pagan's small, glass kiosk. During intermission, she stands in the lobby, chatting up patrons, complimenting them on their outfits and handbags.
Pagan says watching the audience can be as fun as watching the show, especially when the Sarasota Film Festival is happening. This year, after working the red carpet for photographers, actor Woody Harrelson walked within inches of a blushing Pagan.
"He was dressed pretty casually," Pagan giggles. "Sneakers, sports coat, that sort of thing, and I was standing there selling the usual stuff. I know when he saw me, he smiled."
Around the holidays, Pagan sells a lot of tote bags, scarves and ties, usually bedecked in musical notes.
During "The Wizard of Oz," she saw a lot of women and girls in red Dorothy shoes, and when the ballet is performing, she sees a lot of little girls in tutus.
"The dress is becoming more formal," Pagan says.
At the height of season, she will work up to five nights a week, often after working an eight-hour shift at the law office.
"The atmosphere here is so nice that the tiredness just goes away," Pagan says. "It keeps me sleeping well."
• Funds from the Van Wezel gift shop benefit the organization's education-outreach programs.
• According to head usher Ann Bergeron, the top-selling item at the hall is a toss-up between purple Teddy bears and miniature musical instruments.
• A volunteer staff of seven to 10 people runs the gift shop during season.
•Good news for Sarasota Ballet patrons: Souvenir shop coordinator Carol Willis is currently looking for trinket pointe shoes to sell.
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Phoenix Contact's fourth annual Nanoline Contest challenges students to design an original control system. The winning group will receive a trip to Germany.
Phoenix Contact's fourth annual Nanoline Contest challenges students in middle school, high school and technical school to design an original control system using Phoenix Contact's Nanoline controller. The winning team receives an all-expenses-paid trip to the Hanover Fair in Germany next spring. They will present their project in TectoYou, a special hall at the Hanover Fair dedicated to promoting science and technology careers to young people.
Phoenix Contact will hold an informational seminar for interested teachers at its U.S. headquarters in Middletown, Pa., at 11 a.m., on Saturday, Oct. 1. Teachers outside of Central Pennsylvania can attend via a live WebEx. Judging will take place in February. At least one representative of each participating team must present the project in person.
Nanoline is a controller that automates basic tasks. It is programmed with nanoNavigator software, so no previous programming experience is necessary. Phoenix Contact supplies the participating teams with the Nanoline controller, nanoNavigator software and technical support.
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Shannon Siviski's fifth-grade class at High Plain Elementary School has raised $460 this season to help end hunger in Massachusetts through Project Bread's annual Holiday Spoons Project fundraiser.
The Holiday Spoons Project encourages children of all ages — through schools, youth groups, neighborhoods and family gatherings — to get involved in both raising money and learning about the overall hunger crisis in America.
To raise money, children take ordinary wooden spoons and transform them into works of art, which they then sell, with the proceeds benefiting Project Bread.
Along the way, the children learn about hunger, including the basics that humans need to survive, who is affected by hunger, the importance of a healthy breakfast, how affording healthy food can be difficult for some, ways to help people who face hunger and more.
Siviski says in a release it was a great process watching her students "create the spoons, hearing what the students thought about the project and the motive behind it, listening to them `marketing' the spoons at the school craft fair and, most of all, sharing a valuable lesson with the class and learning more about hunger together."
Project Bread has been presenting the Holiday Spoons Project for nearly 20 years. Jordan's Furniture has teamed with it on the initiative for the last 14, and matches up to $10,000 in donations.
The students now have a chance to win a free, private screening at a Jordan's Furniture IMAX theater as a result of their spoon decorations. People have until Jan. 6 to vote online for their favorite group of spoons, with the winner earning the screening. For more information, visit www.projectbread.org, www.facebook.com/projectbread, or www.twitter.com/walkforhunger.


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Sharon's Isabel Southard helped the Boston College women's golf team to a fifth place finish out of 13 teams (922, +58) at the Hoosier Fall Invitational in Florence, Ind. The Eagles finished strong, jumping three places in the final round on Sunday to finish 10 strokes ahead of sixth place East Tennessee State.
A freshman, Southard finished seventh overall (223, +7) and recorded a 72 on Sunday, which was the lowest final round score of the entire tournament field. The Sharon native leads the Eagles with a 74.80 average over 10 rounds of play.
Wisconsin took first place (894, +30) followed by Indiana (896, +32) and Minnesota (904, +40).
The Eagles will complete their fall schedule next Sunday, Oct. 28. at the FIU Pat Bradley Invitational in Sarasota, Fla.
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Douglas W. McClain joined Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center in 1996 as director of information services. He received his BA in business administration from Lake Erie College, and came to The Blood Center after 13 years of increasing responsibility with the American Red Cross Blood Services in Cleveland, Ohio. He brought with him a broad history of experience in project management, software development, regulatory compliance, strategic planning and staff development. Mr. McClain is credited with having brought The Blood Center to the forefront of information technology. Developing and implementing an intra and internet capability and developing a comprehensive website were important advances. However, installing a blood bank software system was most critical to the day-to-day operations of The Blood Center and the overall safety of the blood supply.
In 1999, Mr. McClain was appointed chief information officer and in late 2000 assumed responsibility for the departments of donor recruitment, marketing and public relations, product management and donor collections in addition to information services. Mr. McClain also oversees operations of The Blood Center - East Texas and The Blood Center of Brazos Valley.


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All women who have kids and work outside of the home have guilt. Period. This is not an opinion or an assumption. It is a reality. Something happens to you when you give birth and you forever feel that responsibility and that tie to your child. So when you go to work, and leave that child behind, there is an incredible amount of guilt that goes with it. Even if you have no choice and must work, and maybe more so if you have a choice.
I think the hardest thing to reconcile is the personal need and personal self-worth that that women get at work vs. the need to provide for your children every moment of everyday. At this point in our society, not only is it ok to be a dad and a working man, but it is the expected path. Somehow though, many people still feel that women should be home with the children and that going to work is somehow putting kids second.
So how do you reconcile it? How do you get beyond the "Mommy Guilt" and feel good & proud of your choices? I wish that I had all the answers, but I don't. At the very least, I can share what has worked for me:
1. I am proud of who I am. Being a business person and being successful makes me a better person and mother.
2. I love my life. I do not wish I was in a different place. I do not see my life passing by wondering whether I will regret my choices, but instead embrace my choices and rejoice that I am in a position to be a mom & a working woman.
3. I want my sons to see and KNOW that women have as much of a place in the work world as men. I want them to grow up with a successful working mom and eventually marry strong women. I want them to never think that women shouldn't be involved in anything that they want to be involved in.
4. I try to keep extracurricular work activates down to a minimum. I would love to volunteer more, be a part of more advisory boards and help more people in entrepreneurship. But, I realize that there is only so much time in the day. Between my duties as a CEO and a mother, and my partnership as a wife, I just don't have extra time. Give me another 15 years or so and then I should have lots more time to participate in extracurricular activities.
5. I don't judge other women's choices, but in return I expect to be respected for mine. Often times I hear working moms beat up on stay-at-home moms and vice versa. Women have a right to choose. And yes I know, some women don't have a choice – they are single mothers or in a family that requires 2 incomes. But if you have chosen one way or another – then be happy with your choice and respect the choices of others.
6. I understand the compromises. My husband and I have been lucky enough to find good careers in a small town where I have family support. I would love to live in a bigger city, but I would give up the family support that helps make my life possible. Figure out the compromises that you can afford to make working and being a mom easier.
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I have found that Virtual Assistants are extremely helpful in relieving the tasks involved with managing a business. Professional assistance goes a long way to help you even if you work outside of the home. A Virtual Assistant can help you with almost anything to give you more time with family. I even have my own Virtual Assistant! I am thrilled to have found your blog, thank you.
I think it might be a good idea to talk to your boss and get better hours or even the opportunity to work from home if possible. Often all it takes is just a conversation with understanding boss.
I really appreciate the comment by May. I am also working with my husband in our business. I was able to stay home for a time when the children were younger, and I did have difficulty with some people's attitudes with regard to stay at home moms. I think it is challenging for women no matter what their choice. I am encouraged by May's comments that everything worked out so well for her children. My children miss me, as I do them, but they have said many encouraging things to me. I think that my working is setting a good example for them also.
Thank you for opening this discussion.
Although I followed the same path, my job was helping in a business we started and I had a cooperative husband. I agree it sets an example as I can say at the age of 83, the Mother of six, all of the children are self starters with two taking over the business. There are things I may have missed out on but I would do it again. It's the single parent that I greatly admire.
Dear Sabrina-
Thank you again for pointing out that once we put all judgments aside and pursue our passions that we bring out the best in ourselves.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Fire ripped through an apartment building Wednesday night and it took more than 60 Charlotte firefighters to bring it under control.
Everyone was able to get out of the 22-unit building alive, which is part of the Matthews Crossing apartment complex on Carter Creek Drive.
Charlotte Fire Department spokesperson Captain Rob Brisley said, "Early arriving firefighters had to deal with heavy fire conditions that were raging through the roof and attic while at the same time going door to door to ensure everybody was out of harms way."
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A resident of the building next door, Frankie Matos, took dramatic home video of the flames that he said were shooting 30 or 40 feet into the night sky.
"I know some of the folks that were living in that apartment and I went over to see if they were safe or not, and they are safe," said Matos.
While firefighters worked to bring the fire under control, residents and friends who came by to check on loved ones were kept well back. Terrell Setti came to check on his aunt and make sure she was OK.
"She's a little flustered right now but what can you expect at a time like this?" he said.
The Red Cross has taken all those who had to evacuate to the complex club house where arrangements will be made to help them.
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Soccer camp set for next week
The Silver Creek boys' soccer team will host a camp July 22 to 25 at the Silver Creek Township Park. Times are 5:30 to 7 p.m.
The soccer program at SCHS is growing under the coaching staff of Colin Bell and Eric Stackhouse and the youth of the area are invited to be part of this growing program.
Cost for the camp is $30. Contact Bell at 502-303-1301 or Stackhouse at 502-240-7473 for further information.
Paving to start on Eighth Street
The Jeffersonville Street Department will start on an Eighth Street paving project next week from Perrin Lane to Penn Street.
Milling and paving work is expected to take three days and the road will still be passable during repairs, but delays will be likely. The street department is encouraging motorists to use alternate routes.
The milling work is expected to begin at 7 a.m. Wednesday, July 24, starting at Perrin Lane. Paving will also begin at 7 a.m. July 25 starting at Perrin Lane. The timeline for the milling and paving work is weather dependent.
First Harrison to celebrate decade
Celebrating 10 years in the neighborhood, First Harrison Bank, 2744 Allison Lane, Jeffersonville, is sponsoring a neighborhood party from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, July 20, at the bank. Bring the kids and enjoy food, fun and family and see Kyle Busch's M&M NASCAR.
Ice cream, food and refreshments will be served from noon to 3 p.m.
Motion Studios seeks dancers
Motion Studio in New Albany is looking for intermediate to advanced level dancers ages 10 to 18 to perform in benefit dance concerts in the fall. Dancers should have at three years of dance experience.
Auditions will be held Wednesday, July 24. Times and details are available online at motionstudioonline.com or by calling 812-207-4434. The studio is located at 3211 Grant Line Road.
You must reserve a spot in the audition no later than Monday, July 22. Spots will be limited to the first 45 reservations.


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Sean Malone
Position: Center
Junior team: U.S. Under-18 (USHL)
Born: Buffalo
Measurables: 5-foot-11, 183 pounds
2012-13 stats: 44 games, 13 goals, 14 assists, 27 points
Central Scouting rank: No. 62 (North America)
Lowdown: Malone has toured the world since leaving Nichols School last year. He's played home games in Michigan and pulled the USA crest over his head in Sweden and Russia. He'll play in Boston next season as a forward for Harvard University. He'll also get a future stop on his resume when an NHL team drafts him.
Malone's hustle and skating should pique the interest of teams starting in the middle rounds. He has international experience after playing in the under-18 world junior tournament and the Ivan Hlinka tourney. The exposure helped him make a 38-spot jump in the eyes of NHL Central Scouting, which had him at No. 98 in the midterm rankings.
The 18-year-old struggled at times during the under-18 world juniors. He had just one assist in the seven games and was minus-2 while averaging 13:14 of ice time per game.
He said it: "You see all these guys here, all the same age, all working for the same thing. You want to make sure you're working hard because you've got other competitors here. If you put in the work in the offseason, you can maybe get a step above some of these guys." – Malone after attending the NHL Scouting Combine.
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Saturday, April 15, 2006Valparaiso clinched second place in the Mid-Continent Conference and assured itself of its first winning season in over a decade as the Crusaders defeated IUPUI 6-1 on Saturday afternoon at the Valparaiso University Tennis Complex to close the regular season.
With the win Valpo improves to 11-9 on the season and 5-1 in Mid-Con action, a game behind regular season champion Oral Roberts, which defeated the Crusaders 4-3. Valpo also won its eighth match in its last nine outings and finished the home portion of the schedule a perfect 6-0 outdoors.
The Crusaders took the doubles point to begin the match as Nic Kooyers (Holland, Mich./Holland H.S.) and Joe Venegas (Saint Charles, Ill./North H.S.) topped Javier Saab and Zach Breneman 8-5 at the top of the order. Mike Shideler (Valparaiso, Ind./Munster H.S.) and Alex Lau (Bloomington, Minn./Jefferson Senior H.S.) also defeated Joe Harvath and Ronnie Pedro 8-5 at third doubles to secure the point. IUPUI (1-17, 1-5 Mid-Con) earned its lone doubles win at the second spot as Ross Gehlhausen and Tsuyoshi Yamabe defeated Mike Wagner (Ann Arbor, Mich./Pioneer H.S.) and Dave Bukowski (Mount Prospect, Ill./Prospect H.S.) 8-4.
In singles play, Kooyers capped off his perfect Mid-Con run at first singles with a 6-3, 6-1 win over Saab. The junior finishes Mid-Con play 6-0, dropping just one set along the way, and has now won nine straight matches overall while reaching the 20-win plateau for the season.
Lau also finished off a perfect Mid-Con season with a 6-0 mark as he defeated Breneman 6-1, 6-1 at the sixth spot. Venegas was a 6-1, 6-3 winner at second singles over Gehlhausen while Wagner posted a 6-2, 6-1 win over Pedro at the third spot. Shideler earned Valpo's other win with a 7-5, 6-1 triumph over Greg Fallowfield. IUPUI won its lone match at fifth singles as Yamabe defeated Buskowski 6-4, 6-3.
Valpo will now head to the Mid-Continent Conference Tournament in Tulsa, Okla. beginning next Friday. Official tournament pairings are set to be released later this weekend or Monday morning.
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An Extremely Simple Explanation of the 'Fiscal Cliff'
Did you miss all the fiscal cliff news amid the election coverage? Don't worry. We've got you covered.
Tired of wall-to-wall election coverage? Ready to take a deep breath, fire up a few browser tabs, and get some variety in your news?
That's really too bad, because it's going to be all fiscal cliff, all the time, until the end of the year. For those who have been tuning out of government budget news over the past few months, here is a quick primer on the fiscal cliff and what it means.
What's the fiscal cliff?
It's a package of spending cuts and expiring tax cuts set to kick in on Jan. 1. All told, they will reduce the 2013 deficit by $770 billion, or around 5 percent of GDP (depending on whose numbers you look at).
So, what's so scary? Deficit reduction sounds good.
Cutting government spending by so much, not to mention raising people's taxes (meaning less money for people to buy things with), will really hurt GDP, and our economy is only barely recovering from the recession as it is. The Congressional Budget Office, which tells Congress the economic and fiscal impacts of its decisions, estimates that allowing all of those provisions to go into effect would send the economy into another recession in 2013, bringing next year's GDP growth to -0.5 percent, along with pushing unemployment back above 9 percent.
[RELATED: The Fiscal Cliff Just Got Steeper]
Good heavens. How is this even a thing?
Last summer, when Congress was arguing over the debt ceiling, these cuts were put in place as part of the deal they made.
Why would they even do that?
It seemed like a good idea at the time—a way of making a divided Congress take action by putting a really ugly consequence in place. Sort of like how you promise yourself that if you don't quit smoking/start eating more vegetables/quit talking about your medical problems on Facebook, you'll give $500 to your least favorite charity or shave half your head or something.
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No one wants to hear about your psoriasis.
So if they don't do anything by New Year's Eve, then we're all doomed?
Things will be bad, yes, but not immediately. With all of the scary talk about recessions and unemployment, it's easy to think of all this as a reason for a Y2K-style, build-a-bunker-and-amass-weaponry freakout. But the effects won't be immediate.
[READ: Economists to Obama: Avoid Fiscal Cliff]
Rather, the fiscal cliff is really more of a hill—we wouldn't all wake up on Jan. 1 to a new jobs crisis and immediate recession. The provisions would affect the economy over months. Defense cuts could hurt defense contractors, causing those companies to lay off workers. And tax hikes could mean that, come April, tax bills could be thousands of dollars higher for some families.
So calling it a "fiscal gentle slope" doesn't really convey a sense of the painful recession it could cause (not to mention the fact that it's not very punchy). Maybe think of it as a slope covered with pointy rocks and raptors. Angry raptors. With crossbows.
But that sounds awesome!
As a metaphor for the economy, it's not.
What else can Congress do? They can hunker down over the next few weeks and quickly strike a balanced deal that cuts spending and raises revenues, all without tanking the economy, thereby putting the nation on a sustainable long-term path to fiscal health. And maybe they can even get it done before Thanksgiving!
Great! Sounds easy enough.
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Rocky Mountain National Park – Day HikePosted on June 19th, 2012
During my recent trip to Estes Park with my pregnant wife, we were able to get in a couple of relatively easy hikes, but both had a decent amount of elevation gain. Kristy did very well, having hardly ever visited the mountains in her entire life, and being pregnant on top of that. The hike we did on our third day was my favorite. We started at Bear Lake and hiked up over 600 feet to Emerald Lake, which was still partially frozen. This hike was pretty easy compared to the hike with 1,200 feet of elevation gain on our first day.
Starting off from the parking lot at around 9,600ft we were already seeing drifts of snow along parts of the trail and in the trees. I didn't come equipped for tromping through snow, in fact I was waring Chaco Sandals! This didn't deter us though, and we marched on.
This particular trail was partially paved in parts, as it is a very popular trail amongst tourists. The hike provides breathtaking alpine views without having to hike for hours on end. I could definitely see why it would be such a popular hike. Just over three miles round trip, the hike brings you to three stunning alpine lakes.
The first lake was relatively free of snow, except for a few drifts in the trees, but as we gained elevation we started crossing through more snow until eventually a majority of the trail was covered in it. I found humour in the amount of "good lucks" I received when people noticed I was wearing Chacos. My guess is post of them didn't make it all the way to Emerald Lake, but we did!
The second lake (Dream Lake) we found pretty much the entire trail covered in snow, but it was well traveled, so it wasn't difficult to find out way. The trails also were not icy, as one individual told as as he was descending. All it took to finish the hike was careful footing and a slower pace. The alpine scenery was well worth the extra effort. And even though I would have rather had water proof hiking shoes on, I found hiking through the snow in my Chacos fairly easy.
Once we arrived at the third and final lake (Emerald Lake) we found ourself surrounded by steep cliff faces and a partially frozen alpine lake. Above us we could see ski tracks from where late season backcountry skiers had recently descended Hallett Peak and Otis Peak, likely from a hike up Flattop Mountain.
We spent a few minutes taking in the view and pondering what it would have been like to ski the lines we could see in the snow. Having never backcountry skied myself I see the attraction to it, but at the same time it seems like a lot of work for what would end up being a very short run. After refueling on Bearded Brothers bars and other dried fruits, and nuts, we made our descent.
The descent was slightly more difficult and resulted in a lot of sliding around. My pregnant wife actually maintained her balance better than I did. I fell on my butt only once. But, that was one more time than I should have. After arriving back to the base of the hike we took a short jaunt over to Bear Lake. It was one of the largest alpine lakes I have ever seen.
This hike is definitely worth your time. But, based on the volume of people we encountered in the off season I would probably suggest doing this hike around the same time we did, or in LATE summer after a majority of the tourists have vacated. I can immagine this hike being quite congested in the busy summer months. The parking lot at the base was HUGE, and on top of that there was shuttle parking further down the road.
I personally prefer the more remote locations, but you are in RMNP, so you are bound to face a crow anywhere you go. Even when I climbed Longs Peak a couple years ago we encountered crowds.


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George Anthony Wilson, whose appeal of his initial murder conviction was delayed more than a decade by a clerical error, pleaded guilty Friday to second-degree murder in the death of Tacoma's Yoshiko Couch.
Pierce County Superior Court Judge Ronald Culpepper sentenced Wilson to 20 years, four months in prison as part of an agreement between his lawyer, Zenon Olbertz, and county prosecutors.
The deal shaved five years off the sentence he received 15 years ago when a jury convicted him of first-degree murder in Couch's death. The 65-year-old woman was raped, robbed and asphyxiated in her home by Cecil Davis, who was sentenced to die for the crime. Wilson was convicted as an accomplice.
Prosecutors argued at trial that Wilson, 17 at the time of the crime, knew details about Couch's death that he could have known only had he invaded Couch's house with Davis the night of Jan. 25, 1997.
Wilson, now 34, always denied being involved in Couch's death, contending he never went inside the house after Davis kicked in the door and rushed inside.
He appealed his conviction in 2001, saying he received ineffective assistance of counsel. Superior Court forwarded his appeal onto the Court of Appeals, but the paperwork never made it.
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