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A big hello to all from Australia,
I have been having little success finding info on polk subs and boxes over here as they are only starting to flow into our popular market.
I am building some boxes for my 2 db1040svc subs (2 single boxes). I am using 1 inch mdf and have got my internal box volume to almost exactly what it specifies on the polk box plan page. A side question here is I assume that the volume of .66cu. ft. or 18.69L is the internal volume once the woofer is in place, ie. total box volume - volume of the woofer cone/magnet takes up?
I am going to talk in litres here for a little bit (sorry). Because when you work out the straight volume off the dimensions on the polk site for the db1040 sealed box using 19mm mdf it is 23.76L which must be 18.69 once you take woofer volume away? I have got the dimensions of my box to equal 23.56L so pretty much the same.
Now to my main question. On the polk site it states "minimal polyfil" on the box design page for this particular box. How much does this mean? How much should I put in? should it sit loose in the bottom of glued to the back and sides? Has anyone else built these particular boxes did you use it did it make a difference.
I don't particually want to be taking the woofer in and out heaps of times seeing if the polyfil makes a difference. Hopefully someone here can shed some light on the issue.
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LEWISBURG — The Union County Conservation District is taking orders for tree seedlings for your spring planting. The following varieties are available: Fraser Fir, Colorado Blue Spruce, White Oak, Sawtooth Oak, Red Bud, Black Cherry, and Witch Hazel.
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Fairmont State University head football coach Jason Woodman has announced the addition of three coaches to his staff in Mike Compton (offensive line), Dan Gayton (wide receivers) and Chris Harvey (defensive line/special teams).
"We are excited to add these three men to the staff because they bring obvious coaching strengths and a wide variety of experiences ranging from the NFL to all levels of college football," Woodman said. "They are excited to be at Fairmont State and very hungry to help us win championships here."
Compton comes to Fairmont State after spending the last two seasons as the offensive line coach and director of operations at Bluefield (Va.) College. Prior to that he was the head football coach at Patrick Henry High in Glade Spring, Va., for three seasons.
Compton was a four-year letter-winner and a consensus All-America center at West Virginia University. He was selected in the third round of the NFL draft by the Detroit Lions and spent 12 seasons in the league. He won two Super Bowls as a member of the New England Patriots.
"Mike was obviously an unbelievable player to be an All-American and spend 12 years in the NFL and win Super Bowls," Woodman said. "We are excited to have him bring that kind of experience and knowledge here, but he's also a hard worker who is very meticulous and cares about doing the best job he can as a coach. We are thrilled to have him on staff."
Gayton comes to Fairmont State from Florida State, where he spent five years as both a student and graduate assistant coach under Jimbo Fisher. He was involved in assisting Fisher and offensive coordinator James Coley on a daily basis while also being responsible for opponent scouting, self-scouting and overall evaluation of the offense. Gayton also helped organize campus visits, football camps and Florida State's 7-on-7 Tournament. During his time with the Seminoles, Florida State went 47-20 and won its bowl game in each of those five seasons, including the Orange Bowl on New Year's Day.
"Dan is a young coach who has come up through the ranks much the way I did," Woodman said. "He knows this offense immediately from his experience at Florida State, and he brings a lot of energy and enthusiasm to our staff."
Harvey, a Logan County native, joins Woodman's staff with a strong mix of Division I and II experience as a player and coach. Harvey was a four-year letterman at the University of Miami and was the starting long snapper on the Hurricanes' national championship winning team in 2002.
He went on to coach three seasons at Glenville State as the defensive line and special teams coordinator where he had four players earn All-WVIAC honors. He then spent four seasons at Florida State as an assistant strength and conditioning coach, special teams quality control coach and defensive line coach. He spent one season at North Alabama as the offensive line coach helping the Lions to the second round of the NCAA Division II playoffs and coached two All-Gulf South Conference selections.
"I think Chris' experience at a variety of levels, as well as his ties to the state of West Virginia, are a huge plus for our coaching staff," Woodman said. "Chris brings a lot to the table with his familiarity of the area and the teams in our league. He's got a great personality and has succeeded at the highest level as a player and a coach."


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There are football games -- yes, I said football games -- Saturday at both Yankee Stadium and Wrigley Field. In the Bronx, Notre Dame is playing Army (7 p.m. on NBC) and in Chicago, Northwestern is hosting Illinois.
At both places, the infields have been sodded over. Wrigley, of course, was the home of the Bears before Soldier Field and old Yankee hosted the Giants before the Meadowlands, including the famous Colts-Giants 1958 NFL championship game. Here's a couple pictures I found of the two sites.
Blow 'em up for closer looks. Found them at Bustedcoverage.com. Pretty cool looking.
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Kallgren was also a candidate for state representative in 2010.
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- Network: The CW
- Series Premiere Date: Oct 3, 2013
- Season #: 1
- Summary: A spin-off from The CW's hit series The Vampire Diaries, this New Orleans-set supernatural drama will focus on the vampire siblings of Klaus (Joseph Morgan), Elijah (Daniel Gillies), and Rebekah (Claire Holt).
- Genre(s): Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction
- Show Type: In Season
- Season 1 premiere date: Oct 3, 2013
- Episode Length: 60
- Air Time: 09:00 PM
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Score distribution:
Positive: 5 out of 16
Mixed: 8 out of 16
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This series is about the bonds of family and heated power struggles--with a big dose of vampiric hedonism mixed in. Sounds like the makings of something pretty fang-tastic.
There are a lot of moving parts and agendas here, but The Originals does a pretty good job of stitching them all together by the end of its first hour.
If you're into The Vampire Diaries (I'm not), you'll get sucked into this sleek spinoff.
The originals strikes me as what "Dallas" might have been if J.R. and Bobby had been immortals. And living, of course, in the Big Easy.
The heavy-handed dialogue, courtesy of series creator Julie Plec and Michael Narducci, doesn't deliver much bite.
The Originals should give us some idea of just how deep the current teenage affection for vampire stories goes. If it can support a show this ludicrously written and terribly cast, it's deeper than most adults can fathom.
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Positive: 26 out of 33
Mixed: 2 out of 33
Negative: 5 out of 33
Nov 8, 2013This is one of 2013's best series. Although it is a spin off from Vampire diaries, it has gone above and beyond what is expected of a supernatural series. This show not only features some good acting, but there is also some real charisma amongst the actors. Additionally, it take suspense to a new level.… Expand
Mar 18, 2014One word I would describe the Originals AMAZING! I like Vampire Diaries, but so far prefer this show over that in a heart beat! It seems like the werewolf and vampire shows and movies are so many, but the witches add a nice twist! If anyone has not given this show a chance hang in there you wont regret it! Time to go Supernatural is starting!… Expand
Oct 19, 2013I think "The Originals" is great for a spin-off. It has some of the best characters from its mother show. Most of the actors are great actors and are very believable. I also love the fact that the antagonists and the protagonist (who was an antagonist on the Vampire Diaries) are not 100% evil or good respectively; I believe that is more like the reality of the human nature, no one is 100% evil all time and are capable of kindness sometimes, and there is always a reason to why someone is "evil" no one is born evil; and the converse is true no one is a completely good all time; so I love the accuracy of the portrayal of the human or used to be human nature. I also love the more mature plot and themes of this show compared to its mother show. However, the show did take a couple episodes to set up an interesting plot, but the plot it started setting up seems very interesting and definitely holds your attention and makes you think.… Expand
Mar 15, 2014This show is a great twist that was necessary for TVD. More interesting, more deep in the knowing the original vampires and telling their story. This was Julie Plec's best idea after TVD.… Expand
Oct 11, 2013I don't understand the reviews for this show, it just proves that critics are usually the worst reviewers available. First they consider their opinions to be the only ones that matter so they give creative material absolutely NO wiggle room for interpretation.
This show is NOT vampire diaries. It's a little older, more mature, and a bit edgier. While VD is about an awful main actress and her unbelievably complicated *or some say stupid* romantic life, this is about family. Not family in the disney sense, but in the medieval "My brother is really my worst enemy, at least until we come up against someone even more vile".
This sets a story with believable motives (if you can believe in witches, vampires, etc, or give the writers the benefit of the doubt that within this universe they exist) and interesting characters. I love me some grey (rather than black/white) antagonists. I love the motives for moving to/staying in New Orleans. Klaus is a fantastic actor. Elijah is.... kind of a god. Rebecca is obviously the weak link in the Originals, and seems to now have moved off of VD, which is both good and bad. I hated her in VD, but her presence in the Originals has me apprehensive. Yet, even here the character's motives and dialogue are improved over the dialogue (in the same week) the character has on VD.
Let's see where this goes, though I am a bit anxious that the Originals (and by extension VD) keep finding more and more powerful baddies, at least in the Originals the motives behind Marcelle and his Devina are clouded.… Expand
Oct 9, 2013Last year, The Vampire Diaries gave us a preview of what the spinoff, The Originals would be like. And, if very much is, exactly how they said it would be. The question remains, is the character of Klaus, notorious for doing everything we don't want him to do but still managing to not have us COMPLETELY hate him because of his moderately good looks and awesome powers enough to sustain a show? After two episodes, I'm not so sure. The show... lacks color and variety. What I mean is, the cast isn't very strong in terms of likability and unless they throw in some crazy Vampire Diariesesque twists and surprise deaths, I feel it will not live beyond a first season. It's not terrible, I didn't say that but it's not the Vampire Diaries. Klaus isn't really doing it for me.… Expand
Feb 9, 2014This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Unoriginal vamps must really appeal to those zombiefied tweenies, yep can see this playing alongside bieber in some emo rave.
Start one-two hundred years previously., then jumps to modern times, three guesses where? D'oh! New Orleans because that is where True Blood comes from, with all the werewolves, vampires, and witches. Next opening up with a vampire on a cell phone because they aren't telepathic, but wait he is chatting to another vampire taking a bath in the bathtub. If you make it any further, you discover that vampires were made by a witch to defeat werewolves so now they has hybrids, werevamps. These were the original vampires ever, only now 200 hundred years later and New Orleans is infested with vampires, snarks and grumpkins. If vampires were that easily made, every witch would be one then they all could be daywalkers.
These original vampires are about as clueless as they come, you would have to be a zombie, in giving this show more then 15 minutes. It really sucks!… Expand


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Some established performers return to the Triangle repeatedly over their careers, while others come several years running when their popularity is peaking. Both categories are well represented this fall, including these highlights:
Loudon Wainwright III (Sept. 4-8, PlayMakers Repertory Company, Chapel Hill. $15-$40; playmakersrep.org) For the singer-songwriters third local appearance in the last four years, hell perform his own stage piece, Surviving Twin, a tribute to his late father, focusing on issues of birth, self-identity, loss and mortality.
Lily Tomlin (Oct. 10, Carolina Theatre, Durham. $37-$77; carolinatheatre.org) Now in her fifth decade of performing, this beloved comedienne and actress returns to the Triangle after a hiatus with an evening of her endearing characterizations and pithy observations.
Jake Shimabukuro (Nov. 20, ArtsCenter, Carrboro. $31-$35; artscenterlive.org) The Triangle cant seem to get enough of this wizard of the ukulele. Hes back to show off his amazing range, which can conjure the sounds of mandolin, banjo and guitar.


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First of all thanks for all the replies to my other posts. Now I've taken it all into account and was wondering on what you guy's might recommend when you see stats.
162 lbs
Bench - 150 X 8
Biceps 85 X 12
Deadlift 240 X 10
Squat 225 X 8 - 12
My friend here is
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Bench - 95 X 10
Biceps 50 X 8
Deadlift - Unknown
Squat - Unknown
He is in great need for mass. He has literally tried everything. I mean seriously he is a **** machine. He eats and guaranteed 15 minutes later it's gone. I used to be fat ... Yea ... but I wanna gain weight just not fat. But I eat food all the time and don't put on any weight. I'm strong for my size but I wanna be bigger and I don't want to accept the fact that genetics suck. So if you could give me anything at all it would be GREATLY appreciated. For my friend as well. Again, Thx for your prior replies I'll take all this information and put it to good use.
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Since you posted in diet and nutrition forum, I'm guessing you are asking for a diet. Eat upwards of 18 times your bodyweight in kcals if you both are trying to bulk. If you're still not gaining, up the cals. If you're gaining too much fat along with the muscle, lower the cals.
Keep lifting, keep progressing.
"I tried so hard and got so far, but in the end, it doesn't even matter." - Linkin Park
to date I have not seen a person with a metabolism that approaches the description you mentioned. Most of the time if you count calories on that person it will tell a much more indepth story. I used to think I was a person with a super fast metabolism. That was until I started eatting more =) (Yes more then what i thought was "all that I could eat")
So my advice is for your friend to count calories and make sure hes in surplus


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---- — Oneonta city police are cautioning residents to stay away from sickly looking foxes, which have been reported seen in city neighborhoods in recent months.
Some area foxes are suffering from mange, a disease that causes loss of fur and scabs, a state Department of Conservation official said Monday.
Since July 1, more than 60 callers told police about ill or injured foxes near homes, schools and parks, Oneonta police said.
The tally includes 14 callers Saturday who reported seeing a fox in the area of South Main and Market, Grand and Division streets, Lt. Douglas Brenner said Monday. The DEC has been notified.
DEC spokesman Rick Georgeson said some foxes in Otsego and Delaware counties have been suffering from mange, a highly contagious form of canine scabies.
Last winter's mild weather resulted in growth in the fox population, Georgeson said. An affected fox is likely to lose its coat and die of exposure during the coming winter, which is nature's way of adjusting the population, he said.
Infestations of sarcoptic mange run in cycles, Georgeson said, and the disease spreads through direct contact with an infected animal. Cats and dogs are vulnerable, he said, but human contact is unlikely.
Georgeson said a dead fox shouldn't be touched. The body should be double-bagged and buried 3 or 4 feet deep to prevent animals from accessing it in a garbage container, he said.
Residents seeing sickly foxes should call police, Brenner said, and the animals shouldn't be approached.
Police officers are dispatched to find the foxes but often the animals are gone by the time patrols reach the location reported, he said.
However, in one case, and officer found an ailing animal and shot it because of its unhealthy appearance and actions, Brenner said. Sightings of skunks, raccoons and deer in the city aren't uncommon, he said, but the high volume of fox reports is unusual.
Police will continue to respond to calls for service regarding foxes, the release said.


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Wisconsin is changing its tune over tourism -- literally.
The State Department of Tourism tells NBC–15 News it is accepting an offer from the composer to write a new song for its summer advertising campaign.
The current music sounds strikingly similar to a song by a British band.
Tourism Department Communications Director Jerry Huffman says the debate was taking away from the tourism campaign's message, so the decision was made to take up the offer to change the music.
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The Lost Generation
For teens at the Rock for Life concert, the abortion debate was over. But the issue wasn't.
When I saw the pink earplugs in his hand, I felt older than I've ever felt in my life.
I had been invited to be a speaker at an all-day rock concert, and the host had warned me in a prior e-mail that the groups following me would be pretty loud. The afternoon bands, I was told, were "kind of mellow--my mom likes these bands." (Reading that sentence was thesecond
oldest I've felt.) But "the bands at night are hardcore--which is very loud and the lyrics are basically screamed out."
As I came off the stage and some rangy kids in black took my place, my host was there, reaching into his pocket and bringing out a pair of earplugs for me.
Taking care of Grandma, I thought.
The event was Rock for Life, one of a series of rock concerts held nationwide to benefit organizations that help pregnant women. Admission was $8 "and a jar of baby food or some baby clothes." When I walked in, the room was crowded with teen and twenty-somethings wearing chains, tattoos, spiked hair, metal studs, and distant, aloof expressions. Perhaps that was part of the outfit, or maybe they were just worn out by the preceding punk rock and ska bands.
How to get their attention? I couldn't imagine they were waiting eagerly to hear a pro-life-movement old-timer speak. I clambered up on stage and announced that since it was a concert, I was going to begin by singing something.
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) -- U.S. Senator Joe Manchin has defeated his Democratic primary opponent, setting up a rematch of the 2010 race that put him in office.
Manchin beat former Monongalia County legislator Sheirl Fletcher, a former Republican who questioned Manchin's Democratic allegiance.
Manchin will face Republican John Raese, who was unopposed on Tuesday. The two first faced off in a 2010 special election two months after the death of U.S. Sen. Robert C. Byrd.
Raese's campaign already has launched a radio ad challenging Manchin's support for Obama's health care plan.
Manchin came under recent scrutiny for saying he's not sure whether he'll vote for President Barack Obama or presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney in November.


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Cheryl Ann Cole (née Tweedy, born 30 June 1983) is an English singer, songwriter, actress, dancer, model, and television personality. Cole rose to fame in 2002 after becoming a member of pop group Girls Aloud through ITV's reality television programme ''Popstars: The Rivals''. They have become one of the few UK reality television acts to achieve continued success, amassing a fortune of £25 million by May 2009. With Girls Aloud, Cole has been successful in achieving a string of 20 consecutive UK top ten singles (including four number ones), two UK number one albums, and received nominations for five BRIT Awards, winning Best Single in 2009 for "The Promise". In 2008, Cole became a judge on ... Continue Bio >>
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Police: Man Hides In Bathrooms, Drinks Boys' Urine
Man Previously Convicted Of Rape
UPDATED: 10:04 am EST February 27, 2006
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- A Central Ohio man allegedly told police last week that he likes to drink the urine of adolescent boys.
Alan Patton, 54, is in jail after allegedly telling Gahanna, Ohio, police about his affection for urine.
Police said Patton goes to family restaurants and movie theaters and waits for boys in a bathroom stall. Investigators said he shuts off the water to the child-level urinal and puts a cup in the bottom.
"He goes back and retrieves the cup and drinks the urine," Detective Ron Fithen said.
Patton allegedly told police that he leaves the stall after the child leaves.
Fithen interviewed Patton after he was arrested while leaving a movie theater last weekend.
"Listening to him describe it, it's like listening to a crack or cocaine addict. He's addicted to children's urine," Fithen said.
According to police, Patton said he's been drinking urine for years.
"He told us he's been doing it over 40 years, since he was 7 years old," Fithen said.
Police said Patton told them it makes him sick, but that it's almost spiritual to him. He allegedly added, "I like it because it makes me closer to them -- like I'm drinking their youth."
A New Albany, Ohio, father played a role in Patton's arrest. He told someone at a movie theater that Patton was staring at his son in the bathroom. The theater employee then called police.
Officials said Patton is a registered sexual predator, who was convicted of rape 13 years ago.
Police believe Patton has been collecting and drinking urine in cities around Central Ohio, including Hilliard, Westerville, Dublin, Worthington and Gahanna.
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I just threw up in my mouth a little.
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That's disgusting.
I've heard about that sorta thing before - I read something once about a web site that bought & sold urine, blood, and other bodily fluids and solids for consumption (and other uses that I don't even want to think about)
That's F'd up - How do you even arrest & disinfect those people? It's probably oozing out their pores. Take them by a barnyard & throw them in a vat of cow dip or something.
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I say you just drag them out into the street and shoot them. I hate people that prey on kids. I had the pleasure of throwing one in jail this week.
That is one sick dude !!! A piss drinker....man my stomach hurts just thinking about that sicko drinking piss."This flag, which we honor and under which we serve, is the emblem of our unity, our power, our thought and purpose as a nation. It has no other character than that which we give it from generation to generation." Woodrow Wilson, 1917
I found a picture of the urinal. I guess they should have seen it coming.
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whats the big deal? cant a guy just drink a little boy's urine in peace...lol...ugh, how fucking terrible.
What a freak. Everyone knows elderly men have the best urine, aged to perfection.
OMG!!! I can't stop dry heaving....That is beyond sick! This guy has serious mental disorders....Even animals don't even drink their own urine!!!!
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03-02-06, 06:33 PM #12michiganstud GuestOriginally Posted by fscf3801
Could be worse...........he could want to drink it straight from the tap!
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No, they just use their own tounges for toilet paper.
just kill him now and and save the state money...this one cannot be rehabed...
03-04-06, 12:14 AM #15Cris1102 GuestOriginally Posted by cntryboy0531
I was gonna say make them clean all the public restrooms in the city with their tongue - but never mind, they may enjoy that.
I got that from a Wierd Al song I heard on the Doctor Demento show once - Normally nothing good can come from the advice of Wierd Al, but in this case his advice may make sense in terms of punishment for this guy:
I'd rather have my blood sucked out by leeches,
Shove an ice pick under a toenail or two.
I'd rather clean all the bathrooms in Grand Central Station with my tongue,
Than spend one more minute with you.
Yes, I'd rather jump naked on a huge pile of thumbtacks,
Or stick my nostrils together with Krazy Glue.
I'd rather dive into a swimming pool filled with double-edged razor blades,
Than spend one more minute with you....
Well, I heard that you're leavin',
Gonna leave me far behind,
'Cause you found a brand new lover,
You decided that I'm not your kind,
So I pulled your name out of my Rolodex,
And I tore all your pictures in two,
And I burned down the malt shop where we used to go,
Just because it reminds me of you.
That's right, you ain't gonna see me cryin'.
I'm glad that you found somebody new,
'Cause I'd rather spend eternity eating shards of broken glass,
Than spend one more minute with you.
I guess I might seem kinda bitter.
You got me feelin' down in the dumps.
'Cause I'm stranded all alone in the Gas Station of Love,
And I have to use the self-service pumps!
Oh, so honey, let me help you with that suitcase.
You ain't gonna break my heart in two.
'Cause I'd rather get a hundred thousand paper cuts on my face,
Than spend one more minute with you.
I'd rather rip out my intestines with a fork,
Than watch you going out with other men.
I'd rather slam my fingers in a door,
Again and again and again and again and again.
Aw, can't you see what I'm tryin' to say, darlin'.
I'd rather have my blood sucked out by leeches,
Shove an ice pick under a toenail or two.
I'd rather clean all the bathrooms in Grand Central Station with
my tongue,
Than spend one more minute with you.
Yes, I'd rather jump naked on a huge pile of thumbtacks,
Or stick my nostrils together with Krazy Glue.
I'd rather dive into a swimming pool filled with double-edged razor
Than spend one more minute with you.
I'd rather rip my heart right out of my rib cage with my bare hands
and then throw it on the floor and stomp on it till I die...
Than spend one more minute with you.
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With flu-related deaths reaching the epidemic level, health care facilities across the nation are using every tool available to combat the spread.
Health care workers provide the front line of defense, so hospitals and nursing homes launch annual campaigns to see that their employees get flu shots.
This year, some have gone as far as firing nurses and aides who refuse the vaccine. While none of the facilities contacted in this region has gone to that extreme, the prevention-awareness level is high.
At Laurel View Village nursing home near Davidsville, all employees are required to wear surgical masks while working near residents. Visitors are restricted to immediate family members, Administrator Ginger Barnes said.
Masks are required for all non-vaccinated employees at Arbutus Park Manor nursing home.
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None of the nursing homes reported alarming flu outbreaks. Even at Laurel View, Barnes said the flu is "not as bad as we understand a lot of places are seeing."
At Arbutus, there have been only four confirmed influenza cases, Administrator Rick Wilson said.
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Employee vaccination rates at area hospitals and nursing homes contacted by The Tribune-Democrat are near or above the national average of 63 percent.
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A teenager at a Cleveland high school opened fire in the school cafeteria Monday, killing one student and wounding four others before being chased from the building and captured, according to the Associated Press.
The Ohio shooting is the worst at a U.S. high school in 11 months, and the worst in Ohio since late 2007, according to the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence.
The shooting took place at around 7:30 a.m. local time while students were in the cafeteria studying and eating breakfast. The gunman reportedly targeted a group of students sitting at a cafeteria table. Students ran screaming through the halls after gunfire broke out and teachers locked down their classrooms as they had been trained to do during drills.
Police have not formally identified the gunman because he is a juvenile, but students, parents of students, and local media told Reuters his name is T.J. Lane.
FBI officials did not comment on a motive for the attack, but some students said the gunman was known as an outcast who had been bullied. Other fellow students disagreed, describing T.J. Lane merely as quiet. "Even though he was quiet, he still had friends," said Tyler Lillash, 16. "He was not bullied."
Whatever the motivation, the Ohio attack fits into a broader pattern of deadly school shootings in America. The deadliest shooting in the U.S. was the 2007 massacre at Virginia Tech University that left 33 people dead.
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Her killer did a bad job. It was amateur work: There were bloody fingerprints and footprints all over the apartment, and the killer even defecated in the toilet and forgot to flush. But that wasn't the worst of it. Whoever murdered Meredith Kercher didn't know how to use a knife.
The first two wounds weren't deep enough to do fatal damage, the knife catching on bone. On the third try, the killer found a soft spot in the left side of her throat and plunged the blade full to its hilt. The attacker then pulled the weapon from left to right several times in a sawing motion, then up and back, leaving a gash more than three inches long and three inches deep. It was clear, from the purposeful savagery of this final blow, that the intent was to kill. But since the blade missed the carotid artery, Kercher's agony lasted as long as 10 minutes. An experienced killer would have known better.
After the stabbing, the killer's behavior was peculiar, displaying an attitude rarely evident in a crime scene: remorse. Three white towels were used in a frantic effort to staunch the bleeding. When that failed, the killer removed the comforter from Kercher's bed and, in a perverse gesture of compassion, laid it over the corpse. Investigators would wonder whether the person had even seen a dead body before. Finally, the killer ran out through the front door, leaving a trail of bloody shoe prints.
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When an attractive young woman from a privileged British family is murdered in Italy, you've got a popular crime story. When the person suspected of killing her is an attractive young woman from a privileged American family, you have tabloid gold. When the prosecutor hypothesizes that the victim was slaughtered during a satanic ritual orgy, you've got the crime story of a decade. When a sitting U.S. senator declares that the case "raises serious questions about the Italian justice system" and asks if "anti-Americanism" is to blame, and when 11 Italian lawmakers in Silvio Berlusconi's coalition request a probe of the prosecutor's office — well, at that point, you have an international crisis.
One might expect that the lead role in this blockbuster would be assigned to the victim, a placid, pretty girl from London named Meredith Kercher. The daughter of a tabloid writer and his Indian-born wife, Kercher was a serious student who didn't take herself too seriously; she had been drawn to the Italian city of Perugia, in part, for its reputation as the City of Chocolate. She quickly made a group of British girlfriends, joining them for dinner parties, movie nights and dancing at the local discos. Kercher was beautiful, bubbly, devoted to her family, a model daughter.
And yet, less than a day after her murder, Meredith Kercher was all but forgotten. The show was stolen by an accidental ingénue named Amanda Knox, who, until she was convicted of murder and sentenced to spend the next 26 years in prison, was unaware of a number of significant facts about herself. Knox did not understand, for instance, that she was beautiful. It was new to her, her beauty — as a high school student at Seattle Prep she was heavier, had acne and was more devoted to rock climbing and backpacking than to dating. She didn't have her first boyfriend until she was 19. "She's a little dork who doesn't wear matched socks," says her best friend, Madison Paxton. "I'd never use 'sexy' to describe her." Her beauty is no longer a mystery to her, however, now that she's received hundreds of letters from male admirers all over the world.
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Knox also didn't realize that she would be judged by her behavior, her looks and her nationality. Nor did she suspect that her faith in human nature was a dangerous fantasy. She would learn other terrible lessons along the way too — the kinds of things most of us don't like to think about. In July, while she waits for her appeal case to be settled, Knox will turn 24. It will be her fourth consecutive birthday in jail. She's learned her lessons. Now she just wants to go home.
This is what we know for certain: Shortly after 10:30 a.m. on November 2nd, 2007, Amanda Knox left the apartment of her boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito. They had met only one week earlier, when Knox and Kercher had attended a Schubert recital at the university where Knox was studying. Knox had noticed Sollecito, a gawky, pale 23-year-old with delicate, rimless glasses and zero history with women. He struck her as "an Italian Harry Potter." After Kercher departed at intermission, Sollecito tentatively approached the American girl.
"She seemed to be searching for something in my eyes," Sollecito would tell his father. "I noticed that her opinions on the music were odd... She didn't concentrate on the emotions it provoked but only on the rhythm — slow, fast, slow."
Knox told him that she was working that evening at Le Chic. The bar, popular with students, was owned by a Congo-born Perugian named Patrick Lumumba, who had hired Knox on as a waitress. Sollecito showed up later that night and stayed until closing. Amanda spent that night at his apartment, and the next seven nights as well.
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On the evening of November 1st, she was supposed to come over after her shift ended, but Lumumba had texted shortly before Knox was to begin work, telling her not to bother coming in — it was a holiday and nobody was drinking. She returned to Sollecito's house and, after dinner and a joint, the couple had turned off their cellphones for the evening.
They always stayed at Sollecito's because, unlike most of Perugia's 40,000 students, he didn't have roommates. His father, a wealthy urologist, had set him up with the apartment — along with the black Audi A3 that he parked outside. The only problem with the apartment was the plumbing. Whenever he used the sink, as he did that night when he made dinner for Knox, the pipes leaked and water pooled on the floor. Sollecito was so flummoxed by the puddles that he called his father for advice on how to get rid of them.
This is how, at 10:30 a.m. on November 2nd, Knox found herself returning to the cottage at 7 Via della Pergola that she shared with Kercher and two Italian girls. She planned to take a shower in her own bathroom, change clothes and grab a mop.
When she arrived, she began to notice several things that struck her as "abnormal." The front door to the cottage had been left ajar. Knox called out, but no one responded. This was unsurprising, as she knew that her Italian roommates would be away for the holiday weekend. Kercher's door was shut, so Knox assumed she was asleep.
It was only after her shower that Knox noticed the blood. In a flustered e-mail sent to friends and family two days later, she described what had happened:
There were drops of blood in the sink. At first I thought the blood might have come from my ears, which I had pierced extensively not too long ago, but then immediately I knew it wasn't mine... when I touched the blood in the sink, it was caked on already... I thought it was strange, because my roommates and I... wouldn't leave blood in the bathroom, but I assumed that perhaps Meredith was having menstrual issues and hadn't cleaned up yet. Ew, but nothing to worry about.
When Knox used a hair dryer in the second bathroom, she saw the feces in the toilet. Knowing none of her roommates would have forgotten to flush, she started to suspect an intruder. She grabbed the mop and left the house in a panic.
After telephoning her roommates — and reaching one, Filomena Romanelli — she returned with Sollecito to check for signs of a burglary. Knox's room appeared untouched. In Romanelli's room, however, the window had been shattered. They tried Kercher's door. It was locked. Knox knocked gently at first, then loudly — no response. Finally Sollecito threw himself against the door, but he wasn't strong enough to break it down.
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The use of roundabouts as a means of improving traffic flow along the busy Hamilton Boulevard corridor was discussed at Monday's town council meeting.
Three intersections along Hamilton Boulevard are candidates for roundabouts, according to Town Manager Ted Daniel, including its intersections with Houghton Avenue, Parker Avenue and North Main Street.
Daniel told council he had been working with VDOT to identify improvements to the busy corridor, with VDOT encouraging the use of counter-clockwise roundabouts to help in traffic flow.
Daniel had looked at several other roundabouts in nearby localities and asked council for their input, with Councilman Coleman Speece saying in his opinion roundabouts could be used to expedite traffic but not necessarily heavy traffic.
Councilman W.R. "Bill" Snead said he has driven in a number of roundabouts while visiting France with his father.
"I love roundabouts…they work great," said Snead. "You may have to wait a tik but traffic keeps moving."
In the long run roundabouts can be a good thing, added Vice-Mayor Ed Owens, but in the short run some residents would take a while in getting used to them.
"We have a bunch of citizens in our community who have a tough time with stoplights," Owens said.
Public Works Director Alan Auld told council the town has $500,000 of "urban money" already earmarked for improvements to Hamilton Boulevard.
Those funds possibly could be used toward planning and construction of roundabouts or widening of Hamilton Boulevard from John Randolph Boulevard to North Main Street.
Another possible use of the funds would be in extending the westbound right turn lane from Hamilton Boulevard onto North Main Street at one of the town's busier intersections.
Citing increasing construction costs, Auld added the town was getting "less bang for the buck each day we talk about it."
Extension of terms on commissions and boards draws comments
Council offered mixed opinions on a town staff recommendation to amend Town Code to allow planning commission members to serve more than three four-year terms.
Daniel explained members of both the planning commission and board of zoning appeals undergo substantial training and do a lot of work on behalf of the town.
"Look at the planning commission and the board of zoning appeals," said Daniel.
"You ask citizens to receive training, and they're performing in a professional manner."
The need to keep qualified citizens on both panels calls into question the practice of setting term limits, Daniel continued.
"We don't want to lose that talent," he added.
Several council members expressed their concerns over the proposed amendment, including Morris Bryant and Owens.
"I understand the rationale for doing it, but it seems that it just shuts out other citizens who want to serve," said Bryant.
Owens said that 12 years is long enough for anyone to serve on any board, adding the town should be inclusive and not exclusive.
"It's a good learning ground for people who want to serve on council," continued Owens.
"We've had some people serving for 25 years, that's ridiculous."
Speece said there was a need to keep competent people on the board of zoning appeals and the planning commission because of the important job they do, while Snead stated council could simply take a position that 12 years on any town board is enough.
"If you know you have to wait 12 years to get on a commission, that's a long time to wait," said Councilwoman Tina Wyatt Younger.
Councilman Robert "Bob" Hughes added he could see both sides of the issue.
Washington-Coleman Community Center construction update
Daniel updated council on construction costs regarding the Washington-Coleman Community Center.
A total of $864,139.25 is available in capital funds for the project, said Daniel, who added McDannald Construction Company was low bidder for the project with a base bid of $944,397.
Daniel proposed transferring $30,500 from the Parks and Recreation line item along with $49,757.75 in contingency money to the capital line item in the current budget.
In addition, Daniel proposed $1.2 million in bond anticipation borrowing (Suntrust) for the current fiscal year, giving the town approximately $2.2 million to complete the project.
The issue was advanced to council's Nov. 5 meeting.
Finance statement
With one quarter of the fiscal year complete, Town Finance Officer Erle Scott told council budget figures were on track, with revenues standing at $2,360,234 as of Sept. 30 (20 percent of budget) and expenditures standing at $2,802, 703 (24 percent).
The cash operating general fund had a balance of $2,596,666, Scott said.
Personal property tax statements and real estate tax statements have been mailed to residents, Scott told council.
Selected general fund revenues for categorical aid stand at $575,144 as of Sept. 30, or 21 percent of budget; personal property tax relief at $295,432 (100 percent); local taxes at $112,347 (29 percent); occupancy tax at $39,749 (32 percent); meals tax at $288,252 (27 percent); and business license tax collections at $25,600 (5 percent).
A total of $37,321,83 in delinquent taxes had been collected as of Sept. 30, including penalties and interest, Scott reported.
The town has set a goal of $130,350 for delinquent tax collections in 2012-2013, Scott noted.
Other council items
In other items, council set a public hearing for Monday's meeting to hear citizen comment on an application for certificate of convenience and necessity for a taxi service in South Boston.
Jackie Bowey has applied for a certificate to operate a taxi service in South Boston – Jackie's Cab - at 210 Factory Street.
Bowey formerly operated a taxi service for over nine years but did not seek renewal when her certificate expired in 2010.
State and local laws require taxicabs to have a certificate of public convenience and necessity, with town council establishing the number of taxicab certificates allowed and conducting a public hearing before new certificates are issued.
Council also advanced to next week's agenda a proposed amendment to Town Code requiring pawnbrokers to submit electronic daily reports.
Police Chief Jim Binner told council the amendment would allow town code to mirror state code and help police monitor the movement of pawned goods.
Pawnbrokers already submit daily electronic reports to his department, according to Binner, who added the new language "gives us teeth" to hold pawnbrokers accountable for the reports.
"It's not an unusual request," Binner said, adding his department provided pawnbrokers with the software to record items in a format easily understood by the police department.
Appointments made to joint library committee
Town council came out of closed session Monday night and voted unanimously to appoint Vice-Mayor Owens and Councilman Snead to the joint library committee.
The committee was formed recently to study and research consolidation of the branches in South Boston and Halifax and other matters of service and funding for the county library system.


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By a margin of 68-27 percent, Connecticut voters believe adults should be allowed to use marijuana for medical purposes, with a physician's prescription, according to the poll. No gender, partisan, income, age or education group surveyed was opposed to the idea.
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"Connecticut may be the land of steady habits, but no Sunday liquor sales is one habit voters are ready to kick," Schwartz said.
But 63 percent of those surveyed said they do not believe should be allowed to sell beer, although 43 percent of those surveyed said supermarkets should be allowed to sell beer and wine, another 32 percent favor supermarkets selling only beer as they do now, and 20 percent would like to be able to buy beer, wine and liquor from .
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Connecticut voters also strongly came down in support of the death penalty, calling a legislative proposal to abolish it a "bad idea" by a margin of 62-31 percent. Women want Connecticut to keep the death penalty by a margin of 58-33 percent, men support the death penalty by a margin of 66-29 percent. Democrats surveyed supported repealing the death penalty by a margin of 48-44 percent, while those who classified themselves as "liberals" supported its abolition by a margin of 48-45 percent. All other groups surveyed supported the death penalty.
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"As we've seen in past Quinnipiac University polls, Connecticut voters still think abolishing the death penalty is a bad idea," Schwartz said. "No doubt the gruesome still affect public opinion regarding convicts on death row."
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The Boston Public Library will be hosting the second annual Boston Storytelling Festival on Saturday, Feb 23. All ages are invited to gather around the proverbial fire for a variety of storytelling experiences—including workshops, folk and fairy tales and a "Trickster" themed slam.
9:30-11 a.m A storyteller, swashbuckler and puppeteer, Alan White has been performing for audiences of all ages for more than 20 years. Though well versed in folk and fairy tales from around the world, White's featured performance will focus on African folk story traditions.
9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Traditional storytellers include: Norah Dooley, Danielle Schulman, Cindy Rivka Marshall, Andrea Lovett, Nicolette Heavey and Tony Toledo.
2-4:30 p.m. Storytellers "for the 21st century" include: Scott Schultz, Alicia Quintano, Amy Goldfarb, Peter Carcia, Cheryl Hamilton, Chuck Collins, Cindy Rivka Marshall, Daniel John, David Erik Finn, David Nevins, Devin Bramhall, Jackson Gillman, Katie Liesener, Lynn Cooper, Sandy Miller-Jacobs, Ron Goldman.
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PennDOT Secretary Barry Schoch has a blunt assessment about the state's aging transportation infrastructure and the government's new plan to upgrade it.
"Every year we duck this issue and every year the bill becomes bigger," Schoch said. "It doesn't go away."
Schoch spent Wednesday afternoon meeting with reporters at PennDOT's District 11 headquarters to outline Gov. Tom Corbett's plan to uncap the state's oil company franchise tax, which would increase the price of gasoline, but would bring in billions in new revenue.
"There are a lot of questions of the cost about doing this," Schoch said. "There's also a cost if we don't do anything."
The cap on tax at the wholesale level would be lifted over five years in unison with a 2-cents cut in the state flat tax. That could add more than a quarter to a gallon of gas, although Schoch said the exact increase would fluctuate and not be completely passed on to consumers.
"If we don't address the problem it gets more expensive or we face the prospect of closing roads and bridges," he said.
Lifting the cap would inject $1.8 billion in new annual revenue that could be used to repair unsafe bridges, rebuilt roadways, invest in transit and construct new routes.
Some of the "hundreds of projects" Schoch envisions in the Pittsburgh area include reconstruction of I-376 near the airport and rehabilitating the Birmingham Bridge in Pittsburgh. He added that the state hopes it will be able to complete the Southern Beltway from Route 22 to Interstate 79.
PennDOT plans to launch a website that shows all the projects that would be completed over the next 10 years.
But Schoch said all of these projects would be on the backburner if new funding isn't found. It's not known if the state legislature, which must pass the wholesale gas tax increase, has the political will to make the change.
Other changes drivers night see are annual registration for cars would be instead every two years. PennDOT would also discontinue sending registration stickers drivers put on their license plates. A driver's license would be renewed every six years instead of every four.
The administration's plan would also look at ways to streamline mass transit by investigating whether merging services between counties or consolidating into regional agencies would be more productive.
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The Confederate flag is what the citizens find distasteful.
The second town hall meeting, held 7 p.m. Monday, April 1 at Mt. Olive Baptist Church Life Center located at 106 W Park Ave. in Orange expressed the opposition approximately 100 residents of Orange feel towards the Confederate Flag Memorial being erected near Martin Luther King Jr. Drive.
Jackie Mayfield, NCAAP president of Orange, said he will not stop fighting if the memorial goes up.
Mayfield also said the he does not want to tear the town apart in the process.
"Violence leads to more violence," Mayfield said. "Citizens must protest against the flag, not a monument, but the flag and what it means."
Mayfield also said it is important to know our history and articulate it in an intelligent fashion.
Several members of the panel said the location of the memorial with the flag was distasteful and disrespectful.
Carolyn McCall, one of the panel, said it was an injustice to the citizens.
"Our options are few," McCall said, "But it is not over until God says it is over."
City of Orange Councilmember Annette Pernell said the meeting should have been standing room only.
"Orange needs to stop sleeping," Pernell said. " We need standing room only to win this battle."
Pastor Larry Anderson of Kingdom Fellowship Tabernacle said it is important to maintain moral character and their Christian beliefs.
Mayfield said he has spoken to leaders within the community and they do not want national attention brought to the issue.
"It will bring a stigmatism," Mayfield said. "We are trying to stop this from becoming a circus affair."
Reverend Franklyn Gans said currently the issue was in-house but things could change.
The City of Orange knew of the memorial since 2011, according to Pernell.
Texas Division Commander of Sons of Confederate Veterans Granvel Block purchased the land for the purpose of erecting a memorial.
City of Orange Council members told residents Block provided building plans and met all minimum standards of ordinance when applying for the permit during a council meeting in February.
Mayfield said the city needs to denounce the flag and racism.
"If not," Mayfield said. "Then I have a problem."
Members of the audience suggested protesting at a church believed to be the one Block attends. The women who made the suggestion left shortly afterward making the suggestion.
Demetrius Moffett, pastor of The First Church of God - Orange, said they could not protest a church.
"What is the first thing we say about church?" Moffett asked. "Come as you are."