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Ashland City Councilor Greg Lemhouse is hoping to win re-election but faces challenger Keith Haxton, a community organizer.
The two are competing for Position No. 3 on the council.
Haxton, 24, said the Ashland City Council has shifted in recent years and become more conservative.
What is your top priority if elected?
Haxton: The city of Ashland needs to become fiscally stable. Currently the city has more than $50 million worth of unfunded projects and pays more than $2 million in debt service annually. We must start by cutting the wasteful spending currently taking place in the city. The most obvious place to start is by putting an end to the non-competitive, no-bid contracts that are regularly approved by the City Council. This year alone the city has approved more than $1 million worth of no-bid contracts and stopping this will be a top priority.
Lemhouse: Complete the Ashland Forest Resiliency Project. This is a project that is crucial to improving the health of our watershed and has become a model of how local government, its citizens, environmental advocacy groups, the federal government and private business can work together to protect and improve our environment. With the potential consequences of what could result from a wildfire in the watershed, it is obvious that prevention would be much less costly than disaster recovery for our community. In addition, the continued work to be done thinning our watershed would also provide needed jobs for our economy.
What should be done about Ashland's homelessness problem?
Haxton: There are many problems that, when left unattended, result in a homeless problem. In Ashland, there are more than 800 unemployed workers, housing costs well above average, household and family incomes are well below average, there's a lack of public shelter and services, and there's a strong sentiment of hostility toward homeless and low-income residents. All of these issues need to be addressed if we are to do anything meaningful about Ashland's homeless problem. I would start with promoting the idea of compassion.
Lemhouse: There are many in our community who have a great deal of passion toward addressing this issue. The most important part, however, is turning passion for addressing an issue into action. The current council was the first to address homelessness by creating a Homeless Task Force. Councilman Dennis Slattery and I have also put forward a plan to the council that would allow the city to further assist our most vulnerable citizens with competitive grant money that would go to fund a Community Resource Center, run by a nonprofit organization that would assist any Ashlander who is in need of assistance.
What should the council do to help strengthen Ashland's economy?
Haxton: Council could start by passing a balanced budget and paying off our debts. The city could then invest in infrastructure development such as upgrading the AFN network, repairing our wastewater system, fixing streets, sprinklers and fountains. We could improve the downtown to make it more attractive by replacing the mix-matched flowerpots, fixing the uneven sidewalks and restoring benches and trash receptacles. In short, we could make our town more desirable and update our infrastructure to the 21st century.
Lemhouse: The council needs to continue to execute its Economic Development Plan, which expands our economic base by retaining and expanding current local businesses. This can be done by a council that is supportive of our local businesses and acknowledges their contributions to our community. The council must aggressively lobby the Legislature through our local representatives to establish an e-commerce overlay zone, which would provide tax incentives for Internet-based businesses that expand their workforce in Ashland. This industry is flourishing here and creates clean, good paying jobs for young families and could create another solid economic pillar for our local economy.
"I saw Greg Lemhouse as the leader of that conservative shift," said Haxton, who is homeless and sits on the board for the nonprofit group Options for Homeless Residents of Ashland. "I decided if I could do something, I would. No one else was running against Greg Lemhouse, so I decided to do it myself."
Lemhouse, 39, said it's narrow-minded thinking to label people as conservative or liberal when it comes to the City Council.
"I'm an independent. I'm a moderate thinker. I focus on problem solving," said Lemhouse, the director of global fleet development for the Ashland-based electric motorcycle manufacturer Brammo Inc.
Haxton said he is opposed to the complete redesign and reconstruction of the downtown Plaza that was recently approved by the council. Smaller improvements were warranted, he said.
He said the planning process was rushed, without enough opportunity for public input.
"I would have given it more time, given that it's a centerpiece of Ashland," Haxton said.
Lemhouse has been a proponent of the Plaza renovation, along with other efforts to spruce up the downtown.
He said revitalizing the downtown will increase tourism and improve Ashland's livability and business climate.
"I want people to enjoy their town and feel good about their town," Lemhouse said.
He said he wants the city to continue with its economic development efforts.
"It's about making sure our community continues on the right track and prospers for future generations so my children can afford to live here," Lemhouse said.
He wants to promote the growth of existing businesses while also working to diversify and expand Ashland's economic base.
Lemhouse said Ashland should work with state representatives to create an e-commerce zone in town, which would use tax incentives to boost the growth of Internet-based businesses.
Lemhouse said while the national recession may officially be over, many people are still struggling.
He is president of the board of directors for the Ashland Emergency Food Bank, a Little League coach, a member of the Lithia Springs Rotary Club and recently joined the board of Mediation Works.
Lemhouse supports a homeless resource center in town where people could get food, mental health services, help finding jobs and housing and other services.
Haxton said Ashland needs to work harder to provide affordable housing.
A recent study found that Ashland has an over-abundance of high-priced homes, especially since its residents on average earn less than the average Oregonian or American.
Haxton said he supports transitional housing scattered in multiple locations throughout Ashland to help homeless people. With housing, there would be less need for a homeless resource center.
"A lot of people do want to get off the streets," said Haxton, adding residents often treat people as if they have chosen to be homeless.
He said he believes Ashland's ban on camping in public places penalizes homeless people who just need a place to sleep.
"You're fining someone for not having a home," he said.
Haxton said most Ashland police officers are nice and respectful toward homeless people, but a few would rather give out citations than refer people in need to social services.
Haxton said there is a difference between Ashland's resident homeless population and transients who come and go.
"Transients shouldn't be our target for providing services. I don't necessarily want to give services to people who are not interested in living here," Haxton said, suggesting that transients should work for services or pay for them.
A jobs program, mental health counseling, transportation to Medford to receive services and substance abuse treatment are all needed to help people, he said.
On other fronts, Haxton said he would like the city of Ashland to stop awarding no-bid contracts.
He said noncompetitive contracts inflate the cost of goods and services that the city government buys. Eliminating them could save money.
The city sometimes awards no-bid contracts when officials believe there is only one viable source or the provider has specific knowledge and skills.
Haxton would like the Oak Knoll Public Golf Course to be completely self-supporting and not receive any subsidies from the Ashland Parks and Recreation Department.
Parks Director Don Robertson said the golf course generally covers 80 to 90 percent of its costs each year with revenues.
Lemhouse said a top priority for him is finishing the Ashland Forest Resiliency Project to thin trees and brush to reduce wildfire hazards in the Ashland Watershed.
"Prevention is a lot cheaper than disaster recovery," Lemhouse said.
Federal funding has paid for most of that ongoing thinning project, which is a partnership of the city of Ashland, U.S. Forest Service, The Nature Conservatory and the Lomakatsi Restoration Group.
Lemhouse said he also wants to continue serving on the City Council because councilors have helped strengthen Ashland's relationship with other Rogue Valley cities in recent years.
"The city of Ashland is now more relevant as a cooperative player in the valley," he said. "As unique as we are, we're not an island."
Staff reporter Vickie Aldous can be reached at 541-479-8199 or email@example.com.


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August 2, 2014
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- The normal morning routine took a scary turn for a man in Charleston.
Police say the victim was taking out the trash when a man came up to him, pulled out a knife and stole his cash.
The incident happened in the 7-hundred block of Central Avenue about 5 a.m. Friday as the man was getting ready to go to work.
No one was hurt.
Charleston Police say they have a suspect in the case and hope to make an arrest soon.

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Bedford's Witch Way 5K, KidsK raise money for 2 good causes
The race on Saturday, Oct. 26, will raise money for technology equipment for the school and benefit a second good cause.
"We hope to hit 600 to 650 runners and walkers this year," Withee said.
Principal Ed Joyce said this year, the money raised will go toward purchasing Chrome Book Cloud-based computers, as students file their papers to teachers electronically.
Mary Constance, executive director of Camp Allen, is grateful to the schools and the community.
"The people of Bedford are so generous. The town has opened their arms over the past couple of years. We're so grateful to be part of such a great community," said Constance.
"She was in her 40s when she passed away. She was the most giving person who didn't want anyone to know. She wanted people to think she was tough," said Constance.
The cost of the 5K race is $25 through noon on Oct. 25, and after noon through race day registration is $30. The cost of the kids run is $5. T-shirts are available for an additional $10.
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Are you a parent of a teen driver or one who will be getting behind the wheel this year?
California Highway Patrol Temecula Area is coming to the rescue by once again hosting its driver safety program called Start Smart.
Designed for teens ages 15 to 19 and their parents or guardians, new and future licensed teens will learn how to drive safely, avoid collisions, use their seat belts properly and more. Parent responsibilities will also be discussed.
There is a choice of two classes offered in January: 6 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 24 or 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 30.
Classes will be held at the regional CHP office at 27685 Commerce Center Dr. in Temecula.
The free class is two hours long; registration is required.
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Professor Elected Chair of National Arts Education Panel
Stephen Schroth: "Bring the arts into class, you'll see academic improvement."
July 30, 2009
"When teachers take concrete, positive steps to bring the arts into their classrooms, they will see improvement in other academic areas," according to a Knox College professor recently elected to a leadership post in the National Association for Gifted Children. Stephen Schroth, assistant professor of educational studies at Knox, begins a two-year term in September as Chair Elect of the NAGC's Arts Network, and will then serve as Chair of the Arts Network from 2011 to 2013.
"We have a bad history of cutting the arts when school budgets get tight," Schroth says. "The Arts Network advocates that not occur. But I believe that it's up to individual teachers to make the arts a priority. There are many ways that they can tie the arts into the daily practices that occur in the classroom. I and the other educators in the NAGC's Arts Network want to find and publicize practical ways that teachers can incorporate the arts into their typical school days."
The Arts Network focuses on the importance of the arts in K-12 education, Schroth says. "It's vital that all students, and that includes students identified as 'gifted' in any area, participate in both creation and appreciation in the arts."
Schroth and colleague Jason Helfer, associate professor of educational studies at Knox, are conducting a nationwide research project in the field of arts education. "We are compiling responses from a survey that we sent to 1,500 K-12 teachers in every state," Schroth says. "We asked the teachers about their views of arts education, and how they deal with children who exhibit gifts in art, music, theatre or dance."
Schroth says that he and Helfer plan to publish their results in the fall.
A member of the Knox faculty since 2006, Schroth is a graduate of Macalester College. He earned a master's degree at the Teacher's College of Columbia University, a law degree at the University of Minnesota and a doctorate from the University of Illinois. He won a 2003 Inaugural Award from the Laura Bush Foundation for America's Libraries, a 2003 Great Books/Great Teachers Award from the Great Books Foundation, grants in 2007 and 2008 from the Associated Colleges of Illinois for the Project REACH program at Knox, and a 2008 Award for Excellence in Research from the MENSA Education & Research Foundation.
The Arts Network supports interest and education in the visual and performing arts, including public awareness of the arts as an essential facet of academic giftedness. The National Association for Gifted Children works with teachers, parents, administrators and policymakers to develop and support gifted children and high-potential learners.
Founded in 1837, Knox is a national liberal arts college in Galesburg, Illinois, with students from 47 states and 48 countries. Knox's 'Old Main' is a National Historic Landmark and the only building remaining from the 1858 Lincoln-Douglas debates.


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David Hernandez arrested in connection to Hector Alamillo Jr. homicide
On July 30, 2014 at approximately 2:55 p.m. , David Hernandez 40 years, Santa Paula, was taken into custody by Ventura Police Officers.
Ventura County Fair Opens July 30
"A Country Fair with Ocean Air"
The 2014 Ventura County Fair, "A Country Fair with Ocean Air" runs from July 30th through August 10th at the Ventura County Fairgrounds. As always, the fair will feature exciting entertainment and activities for all ages. Concerts, interesting exhibits, farm animals, wild carnival rides and delicious fair food are on tap for summertime family fun.
Two special guests from Time Warner Cable were welcomed to the Boys & Girls Clubs of Santa Clara Valley's Harding Park location for the recent "Kids Day at the Club!" event that featured interactive exhibits that focused on science, technology, engineering and math.
More potential City Council candidates have pulled nomination papers including the retired director of the Ventura County Transportation Commission (VCTC) and a former Mayor.
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Rick Neal (City of Fillmore), Maria Christopher (Rancho Camulos), Kevin Keehl President (Piru MX), Cindy Jackson Vice President (CJ Financial), Talia Wunder Executive Director (Best of VC Marketplace), Ventura County Supervisor Kathy Long 3rd District, and Ron Lewis (Santa Clara Valley Railroad Historical Society). Not pictured: Jeanne Orcutt (California Oil Museum) and Jim Mendralla (Santa Clara Valley Railroad Historical Society). The Heritage Valley Tourism Bureau meets every other month and welcomes the general public to attend. Our goal is to promote tourism throughout the Valley by working together with its Members, the California Welcome Centers, and other Tourism based offices throughout the County and region. If you are interested in becoming a member or would like to participate feel free to give us a call at 805-524-7500 or see us on Facebook.
Santa Paula Unified School District Trustees hit the road to visit schools to give them ideas of what should be built in the new Limoneira East Area 1 development.
Santa Paula Police are in the early stages of an investigation of a homicide that occurred Wednesday afternoon on Grant Line.
If you want to see it you'll have to be there when the City Council holds a special meeting Monday to allocate money for two School Resource Officers and continues discussions on implementing a parking district in residential neighborhoods surrounding the high school.
The Pachuco Vintage Car Club of Ventura County (PVCCVC) will offer visitors a look at the rides of their lives at a special July 27 "Groovin' on a Sunday Afternoon" Car & Motorcycle Show and mega concert featuring some of the biggest names in Latin music making.
As traditional, Friday was slow, Saturday picked up more business and Sunday there was no place else to be than at the 47th Annual Kiwanis Club Citrus Festival held at Harding Park.
Last week two more potential candidates pulled the paperwork representing the first step in running for City Council.
SPHS Summer School students graduate
Fourteen Santa Paula High School seniors completed the necessary work to graduate in summer school and received their diplomas in a special ceremony Friday in the SPHS Auditorium.
Four people were injured Saturday in a Highway 126 crash that ripped out a tree and left two people trapped inside the vehicle until the tree limbs could be removed.
An area man out on bail for one crime was taken into custody again at the Santa Paula Police Station - where he had gone to reclaim his towed car - about nine hours later for another crime and was put back in jail for suspicion of felony theft of a utility.
After two days of online outrage, the Santa Paula Police Reserve Officer behind a series of YouTube videos whose latest installment joked about running over bicyclists has resigned.
It was officially billed as "Kids Day at the Club" but adults enjoyed it too with STEM exhibits related to science, technology, engineering and math to fire every imagination.
VFW Post 2043 Installs Officers for 2014-15
Last week VFW Post 2043 had their Installation of Officers for the 2014-2015 and was followed by a small reception where family was invited. The following members were sworn in by Past Commander Bill Florio: Commander, Gerald Olivas; Quartermaster, Rey Frutos; John Campos, Surgeon; David Garcia, Judge Advocate; Carlos Lopez, Jr. Vice Commander; John Hurtado, Sr. Vice Commander; Gordon Welsh, 3rd Year Trustee; Herb Sturm, 1st Year Trustee. Not pictured: Chaplin, Tim Santana and 2nd Year Trustee, Peter Solis. The ceremony was held at the Limoneira Pavilion.
China is evolving and William "Bill" Irion and his company are there, working with government officials and businesses on crafting mutually beneficial relationships.
School Board tours FFA Farm
This will be the last year the Santa Paula High School FFA will be using the farm located behind the old Santa Paula Water Treatment Plant to raise animals for the Ventura County Fair. Currently 54 students have animals at the farm with the program being led by Alex Flores. Thursday evening the Santa Paula Unified School District Superintendent Alfonso Gamino and the School Board, Diana Ponce-Gomez, Christina Urias, Michelle Kolbeck, Chris Wilson and Kelsey Stewart toured the facility. The board was able to see how the animals are cared for and even met students that were on hand tending to their animal. Above left to right looking at a steer are Board Member Kelsey Stewart, Superintendent Alfonso Gamino and Alex Flores teacher and FFA advisor.
The filing period for three open seats on the City Council opened this week and two potential candidates already pulled papers while a third has announced he will run for the office.
Santa Paula Police arrested an area man early Monday on various charges related to tampering with a vehicle parked at a school.
With the official filing period opening this week for a variety of elected offices a former Santa Paulan won't have to worry about a November runoff: Dan Totheroh won the June Primary with more than 50 percent to become an Inyo County Supervisor.
The Supermoon shined down tides of fun at Saturdays' Hot Summer Jazz & Art that filled historic Main Street with a record crowd celebrating music, art, food and fun!
Korean War Veterans Association-Ventura County Chapter #56 will remember those who lost their lives in the Korean War at a special ceremony Saturday at Veterans Memorial Park that also honors veterans who passed in the ensuing years.
Sierra Bancorp Announces Agreement to Acquire Santa Clara Valley Bank, N.A. of Santa Paula
Sierra Bancorp (NASDAQ: BSRR), the holding company of Bank of the Sierra, announced the signing of a definitive agreement to acquire Santa Clara Valley Bank, N.A. (OTC: SCVE) of Santa Paula, California for aggregate cash consideration of $15.3 million.
Ahoy! Old Man Moonlight is going to welcome you aboard the adventure of a lifetime when you book passage to a "Polynesian Paradise!" for the 8th Annual Moonlight at the Ranch celebration, where you'll "Get your Tiki on!" September 20 at Limoneira Ranch.


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Warriors beat Nets 102-93
Published: Wednesday, November 21, 2012 at 3:00 a.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, November 21, 2012 at 10:31 p.m.
OAKLAND — Klay Thompson made two 3-pointers and scored 10 of his 23 points during a pivotal run late in the third quarter and the Golden State Warriors held on to beat the Brooklyn Nets 102-93 on Wednesday night.
David Lee added 20 points, 13 rebounds and six assists while Stephen Curry had 25 points for Golden State.
The Warriors trailed by as much as 13 in the first half and didn't take their first lead until Carl Landry's layup with 2:42 left in the third, but outshot the Nets down the stretch and pulled away for their fourth win in five games.
It was a good night all around for Golden State and came on the heels of news that 7-foot center Andrew Bogut will return to practice Monday.
Brook Lopez scored 22 points for the Nets, who played without starting forward Gerald Wallace.
Criticized after rushing a 3-pointer in the final seconds of regulation in the Warriors' 105-101 overtime win against Dallas on Monday, Thompson got off to another slow start against Brooklyn before coming up big late.
The 11th overall pick in 2011, Thompson missed four of his first six shots but was almost flawless while sparking a 16-5 run at the end of the third quarter that put Golden State in front for good. He made an 18-foot jumper, followed with back-to-back 3-pointers and added a driving layup to give the Warriors a 70-65 lead.
After Reggie Evans made one of two free throw attempts for Brooklyn, Curry made a 3-pointer and was fouled by former Warriors teammate C.J. Watson with 2.5 seconds left in the quarter. Curry completed the four-point play to make it 74-66 heading into the final period.
Thompson made his third 3 of the night to push Golden State's lead to 96-84, then sealed the win with a backdoor layup with 52.7 seconds remaining.
Landry finished with 11 points and five rebounds for the Warriors, who snapped a three-game losing streak to the Nets.
Brooklyn, playing the second half of a back-to-back after losing to the Los Angeles Lakers 95-90 on Tuesday, looked sluggish and tired after taking an early 39-26 lead.
The Nets shot 73.7 percent in the first quarter but went 24 of 64 (37.5 percent) the rest of the way and lost their second straight following a five-game winning streak.
Wallace was given the night off because of the back-to-back games, but it didn't seem to bother the Nets early.
Lopez got Brooklyn off to a fast start, but went to the bench midway through the first quarter after picking up his second foul.
Even without their 7-footer, the Nets seemed fine.
They shot 73.7 percent in the opening 12 minutes, had nine assists and took a 30-18 lead on a spinning layup in the lane by Deron Williams with 23.8 seconds left.
Brooklyn extended its lead to 13 in the second quarter before Golden State went on a 15-6 run to close the gap. Lee had six points while Harrison Barnes had four, including a reverse under the basket that helped pull the Warriors within 46-41 at the half.
Golden State kept chipping away at the deficit after the break and pulled even at 58-all before Thompson hit his stride.
Joe Johnson had 13 points and six assists for Brooklyn. Kris Humphries added 10 points and six rebounds.
Swingman Brandon Rush returned to Oracle Arena for the first time since he sustained a season-ending knee injury. He received an ovation in the video during the introductions.
"(Emotions are) pretty high right now," Rush said. "I haven't been able to watch any live basketball since the injury. But I feel pretty good about coming back here, seeing the fans."
Rush tore the ACL and MCL in his left knee in the Nov. 2 loss to Memphis. He went up for a dunk and, after being fouled in the air by Grizzlies forward Zach Randolph, landed awkwardly. Visibly in pain and emotional, he pushed players off him before having to be helped to the locker room.
"I was definitely trying to walk it off to see if I just sprained it or something like that," Rush said. "But once I put pressure on it and I couldn't stand up, I knew something was wrong. And I heard a pop but I hoped it wasn't my ACL. That's what it ended up being and I'm back in this position again."
Rush tore the ACL in his right knee when he was a Kansas Jayhawk. He said he's confident he'll recover.
He said he's expecting to have surgery in early December, once his MCL heals. From that point, he said he expects to take six to seven months to recover. He expects to be ready for training camp on Oct. 2013.
Rush said he hasn't watched the replay of his injury. He said the hardest part, other than the grueling rehab he's facing, is that he was playing so well. Rush said he was on pace for another good season and, if the Warriors won and made the playoffs, that would boosted his value. Rush has a $4 million player option for next season.
"It was bad timing being second game of the season and I was playing well," Rush said. "I was very confident in my abilities and then, boom, this happens. Just brought me right back down."
The MRI of swingman Richard Jefferson revealed only a strained right calf. The Warriors did not issue a timetable for his return.
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HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) — Police in Huntsville say two men were injured by bullets after gunfire erupted at a house party.
Al.com reports (http://bit.ly/Yjj344 ) that one of the injured men, 37-year-old William Robinson, was booked at the Madison County Metro Jail on charges of attempted murder after the Friday night shootings. It was not immediately known Saturday if he had an attorney.
A police report says Robinson was arrested after 27-year-old Darrin Fennel was shot multiple times during a confrontation at the party. The report says Fennel's injuries were considered life-threatening, but his condition at Huntsville Hospital was not immediately available Saturday.
Police say Robinson was also shot in the leg by a third person at the party. Investigators say they interviewed the man they believe shot Robinson and released him from custody.


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The University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing offers coursework that allows students to obtain a level-one school nurse certificate through the PA Department of Education. The School of Nursing is approved by the Department of Education to offer the school nurse certification program.
This program can be completed while meeting the requirements for the BSN degree or by RNs who already have an earned BSN degree. Admission requirements include current RN license, CPR, First Aid, Act 34 and 151 clearances, health evaluation with a TB test, and the prerequisite courses required by the Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE). They are: English writing, English literature and 6 credits of math. Courses required for the program are Educational Psychology, Special Needs, School Nurse Role and School Nurse Practicum. The PDE issues the School Nurse Certificate.


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In recent months, I have become obsessed with baking. I have purchased more baking supplies in the past few months than most people buy over the course of several years. I bought so much in fact that I had to get a commercial-sized shelving unit just to house all of it.
I have baked everything from red velvet cupcakes — on three separate occasions, with the first failed attempt using beets to color them naturally — to a cake I carved into a tooth (for a dentist's birthday), to chocolate chip brownies, to oatmeal raisin cookies, all of which were baked from "scratch."
This is a far departure from the boxed cakes and cookies I have made most of my life. I now find that the remaining boxed cakes and frostings are going to sit on the shelf until they expire, and for once in my life that doesn't bother me one bit.
My most recent venture was my first-ever attempt at hamantaschen, a traditional treat for the Jewish holiday of Purim — coming up sundown tomorrow. As with most of the recipes I have attempted, I wanted to do a practice batch before I needed to make them, in case it ended in disaster (like the beet-colored red velvet cupcakes). Also, as with all of the newer recipes I've attempted, I found it on allrecipes.com, my new favorite place on the internet.
Since I am a perfectionist, and like everything to be done right the first time, I always take much longer to prepare and complete a recipe than each one indicates. If a recipe claims the finished product will be ready in two hours and 15 minutes, as this one does, it will probably take a minimum of three; I call this "Nikki time." I think it ended up taking me even longer this time, as I had never worked with such a thick and sticky dough before. The dough was so thick that I ended up breaking my favorite spatula in half.
Although it took quite a bit longer than anticipated, and my feet were killing me by the end of the night — as my wonderful anti-fatigue foam kitchen mat was not at my disposal — I was very pleased with the finished product. I find it funny just how difficult it was to roll out the dough, as I ended up using a great deal of flour on my prep surface and the dough itself; "lightly floured" my butt.
I did make a couple of minor tweaks to the recipe. While the recipe called for a poppy seed filling, I happen to hate poppy seeds and went with three different flavors of my favorite preserves (Bonne Maman wild blueberry, strawberry and apricot). I also used non-dairy margarine to keep the cookies parve. Lastly, the recipe said to roll out the dough to a 1/4 inch thickness, but I rolled it out much thinner (about 1/8 inch) and was very pleased with both the cookies themselves and the overall yield; the recipe was supposed to make only 36, but I got 59 delicious cookies.
You can find the recipe at this URL: http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Hamantashen/Detail.aspx?scale=36&ismetric=0


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Put this song Angels in Jar on your cassette deck and drive somewhere fun tonight. Wolfsheim's Markus Reinhardt and Peter Heppner were from Hamburg, Germany. This cassette was recorded in 1988.
"In January 2009 Heppner and Reinhardt splitted up due to personal differences caused by the solo activities of Heppner. Currently Reinhardt is fighting in court to get the right to continue the project Wolfsheim with a different singer." – discogs
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April 4, 2007
The Honorable Hillary Rodham Clinton
Subject: H. R. 25, The FairTax
Dear Senator Clinton:
Thank you for your letter of November 20, 2006. In that letter you expressed a number of the usual issues regarding the impact of the FairTax. I have attempted to address your concerns and specifically refute the sources upon which you rely, especially the Brookings Institution Report that erroneously establishes a 60 percent rate. I believe that after analyzing and understanding the FairTax, you will find that your misgivings are unfounded and that the FairTax meets your tax reform objectives of simplicity and progressivity. I would also direct your staff to the FairTax Web site (www.FairTax.org) that provides the empirical research to substantiate my statements which address your doubts.
Simplicity. In 2010, the total number of U.S. returns is estimated to be 249,688,100. In FY 2003, the total information returns received was 1.313 billion; the IRS made 4.288 billion contacts and sent out 8 billion forms and instructions so taxpayers could attempt to know how much they owed. In 2003, Americans were assessed 28,767,480 civil penalties (19.1 million for the individual income tax alone). Consider as well that income taxes are collected in the course of a coercive and even brutal examination of virtually every aspect of every taxpayer's life. Each taxpayer, furthermore, is obliged by law to keep accurate records of his income and deductions, and then painstakingly and truthfully to fill out and submit the very forms that detail his life. And this is a lot of obliging. For FY 2005, individuals filed 132.8 million returns, partnerships filed 2.7 million, and corporations filed about 6.1 million for a total of 142 million returns.
The FairTax is vastly simpler than the existing system. Individuals who are not in business need never file a tax return again in their lives. Under the FairTax, businesses need only track their sales to consumers. By contrast, today businesses must comply with a wide variety of complex rules regarding inventory (including the uniform capitalization rules); complex rules regarding capital cost recovery (including tracking for each asset its basis using sometimes three different depreciation schedules for regular tax, alternative minimum tax, and earnings and profits purposes); complex rules regarding pensions and other qualified plans; complex rules regarding employee benefits; complex rules regarding passive loss limitations; a myriad of rules regarding qualified dividends and capital gains; complex rules regarding income sourcing, expense allocation, and separate foreign tax credit baskets for international tax purposes; and so on.
State and local taxes. The state and local tax deduction is not available to low- and moderate-wage earners. It is exclusively available to the more prosperous minority of taxpayers who itemize. It allows taxpayers to pay their state and local income and property taxes with pre-income tax (but after-payroll tax) dollars. By contrast, the FairTax allows all taxpayers (including those who do not itemize) to pay those taxes with entirely pre-tax dollars (dollars that have not been subject to income, payroll, or sales tax). Thus, the FairTax provides all Americans the benefits of state and local tax reductions now available only to those who itemize under the current tax system.
Tuition. Only under the FairTax (and not current law), education is treated as an investment in human capital and is not taxed. Under the current system, most taxpayers today have to pay their tuition with after-tax dollars. Only a very few can take advantage of complex rules to limit the income tax they must pay with respect to income used to pay tuition. Thus, under the FairTax there is no sales tax imposed on primary, secondary, or university tuition, and all taxpayers may pay tuition entirely free of any tax. If the current system were to be made to encourage education as the FairTax does, then an amendment would be required to allow a much broader deduction against income and payroll taxes.
Progressivity and household necessities. The FairTax provides each family with a prebate monthly in advance that protects all families from paying sales tax on the necessities of life. Every household is exempt from taxes on spending up to the poverty level and married couples receive an extra amount to prevent a marriage penalty. Thus, a couple with two children receives a prebate of $6,297 per year, allowing them to consume $27,380 free of tax and reducing the effective tax rate on a family spending $54,760 to 11.5 percent. In contrast, all families today even the poor pay 15.3 percent in payroll taxes (which are repealed by the FairTax). The FairTax is the only tax reform plan that entirely eliminates taxes for the poor because it is the only tax reform plan that repeals the high and regressive payroll tax. Thus, your concerns about the impact of the FairTax on low-income Americans and the poor are misplaced.
The tax rate. The Brookings Institution study you cite did not analyze the FairTax when it erroneously concluded that the FairTax would impose a 60 percent rate. It finds that a sales tax plan invented by Bill Gale, the study's author a dedicated sales tax opponent with an extremely narrow, loophole-ridden tax base would require such a high tax rate. Objective studies find that the FairTax rate, depending on the year, is revenue neutral at a 23 to 25 percent tax rate. For example, a recent study by the Beacon Hill Institute at Suffolk University and Laurence Kotlikoff of Boston University and the National Bureau of Economic Research found the FairTax revenue-neutral rate to be about 23.5 percent in 2007. See "Taxing Sales Under the FairTax: What Rate Works?" Tax Notes, Vol. 113, No. 7, November 13, 2006. The debate between Laurence Kotlikoff and Bill Gale about this very subject took place on February 28, 2007 at the American Enterprise Institute. Mr. Gale was asked to retract his erroneous math. Whether he is willing to admit his error is one consideration, but the fact remains that the base of the FairTax is almost twice that of taxable income allowing for a lower marginal rate. Of course, that effective rate is zero or less for the poor.
Savings from compliance cost reductions inure to the middle class. Compliance costs are significant, regressive, and growing. The Tax Foundation estimates taxpayers spent over $265.1 billion dollars in 2005 and will spend over $482 billion a year by 2015 complying with the code. The Tax Foundation's December 2005 study (Special Report No. 138) showed taxpayers with less than $50,000 of AGI pay over 54 percent of the total compliance cost to individuals $60.3 billion out of the $110.7 billion.
I hope you and the appropriate representatives of your Senate office and presidential campaign will make the effort to analyze properly the FairTax in light of these facts. To that end, more detailed studies which address the concerns you have raised and others can be found on FairTax.org. In addition, I understand that economists and researchers on the FairTax team can provide you with detailed briefings at your earliest convenience. Given your reputation for rigorous and fair debate of the issues, I feel confident that you will reevaluate your position on the FairTax.


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Looking to bounce back after a defensive disappointment in its last district game, the Weatherford varsity baseball team vented any lingering frustrations on the Arlington Colts, who came to visit Raymond E. Curtis Field on Friday. The Roos won the District 3-5A contest, 15-5, ending the affair with a pair of run-rule scores in the bottom of the fifth inning.
After Arlington pushed across a couple of runs across to start the game, spotting the Roos a couple of runs before coming to the plate, left fielder Brock Riebe gave Arlington an unsavory hint of things to come, stroking the second pitch he saw over the center field wall. The wake-up call unsettled the Arlington pitcher a bit, as he walked the next batter on four pitches.
The Roos did their best to keep the Colts hurler uncomfortable, using more free passes, passed ball opportunities and a Beau Burrows double to score five runs by the end of the opening frame.
Despite the early lead But the contest was not without drama, as Arlington hitters mounted a comeback, tying the game in the top of the fourth.
Weatherford head coach Terry Massey, did not welcome the spurt of scoring from the opposition, but preferred the method on this night to recent history.
"We hadn't given up any earned runs in the past four games," Massey said. "But we went 2-1-1 [because of all the errors we have been making]. But tonight, [Arlington] was just hitting the ball early.
"I can live with that much better than giving up runs with errors."
The WHS defense ceded just one unearned run on the night.
The bottom of the fourth proved to be the bane for Arlington pitching, with the Roos making seven round trips. First baseman Dustin Williams began the inning with an opposite-field double and before the inning was done, Weatherford had chased the Colts starter and one of its relievers. WHS' Mitchell Dworsky and Burrows both had RBI-producing doubles, with Williams second at-bat in the inning also netting an RBI hit. Andy Rogers also hit safely, driving home the final score of the frame.
"We expected some of our hitters, like Dustin and a couple of others, to do well at the plate early this season," Massey said. "But up and down the order, our hitting has been very good.
"Brock Riebe has been very good at leadoff. He can lay down a drag bunt, or hit one out like he did tonight."
Massey also gives kudos to his pitching staff, and hopes the better defensive performance of Friday is a sign of things to expect as the district slate continues.
"If we field the ball in all our games earlier this season, we only lose one game," he said. "And that's what we have to do if we expect to win this district and make the playoffs."
Matt Riney recorded the win, pitching in relief and denying the Colts any earned runs. The Roos held Arlington scoreless in the top of the fifth and ended the contest with two more runs in the bottom half of the inning.
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According to The Washington Examiner, the bill would require building owners to notify the council if they plan on changing the building's permitted use, allowing time for both public and council comment.
Councilwoman Karen Toles, D-Suitland, introduced the bill after noting many liquor stores and fast food chains in her neighborhood, the Examiner reported. Her constituents told her they wanted "healthier" options.
A research analyst at the Center for Consumer Freedom, a nonprofit funded by restaurants, food companies and consumers, however told the Examiner that a 2009 Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis study found that the proximity of the fast-food restaurant to a family home had little effect on the children's weight.
J. Justin Wilson said the proposed bill was "government paternalism."
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Form what i've read on the forum, it takes a few weeks before you're notified if you design was accepted. If you're not accepted do they give any reasons or feedback at all? It would just be nice if they said something like it's not what we're looking for or denied because of copyright issues so you can know what was wrong about it and what you can change to possibly get it accepted later. Also, i have almost finished my first design and was about to get started on the next one but it has a lot of faces in it and i was wondering if i should make the faces detailed or keep them less detailed to avoid any issues?
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RiteGuyShirt105 weeks agonegative, they receive about 1200 submissions a month so they really can only respond to those picked I've read it can take up to 4 weeks. so some of my submissions are still in the fingers crossed area.
the50ftsnail105 weeks agoI shouldn't think you'd have issues with the amount of details in the faces, assuming you've drawn them and the like. As for style and quality of images, the best way to get feedback is probably to post them on here and hope that people respond.
The one time I've had anything accepted, they let me know after a couple of weeks, I tend to give up if it takes any longer though, but I'm impatient.
ronin200105 weeks agoThanks Rite and 50. I was also trying to think of the best way to post my designs here for people to comment about them.
RiteGuyShirt105 weeks agoI use Photobucket then use the given html code from their share link.
ronin200105 weeks agoThanks RiteGuyShirt. I check them out. I hope to post my first design and submit it for approval soon.
danballbrand105 weeks agoHow likely is it that they'll pick a design that was submitted 2+ months ago? Do they have a waiting list of submissions they plan to feature that's several months long or do they just flip through the submissions quickly and trash ones that don't satisfy their whimsy on that particular day?
Caddywompus105 weeks ago2 weeks is the average turn around time from submission to notification. It could be up to a month but past that it's a very slim chance.
No one knows the exact method to their madness other than the mad ones themselves. When you consider the volume they deal with, I can't seem them having a large maybe pile they are just holding off to the side just incase they can't find something better.
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New Bill Would Put 'More Eyes on Pepco'
District 18 Del. Al Carr's new state house bill would level the playing field for those testifying against utility rate increase requests.
Posted by Laura L Thornton (Editor) ,
The bill, proposed by Del. Al Carr (D-District 18), should be heard in the Maryland House of Representatives sometime in the next few weeks, Carr said on a conference call Tuesday afternoon. The Maryland General Assembly begins its 2014 session on Wednesday, Jan. 8.
Modeled after a similar measure in California, the bill would make it easier for residents to present a case against a utility rate increase request by covering some or all of the expenses involved in preparing testimony. Pepco and Delmarva Power together spent $1.8 million in 2012 making cases to the Maryland Public Service Commission for rate increases, and those costs ultimately were passed on to ratepayers, Carr said.
For an individual or nonprofit to make a case against a rate increase, it can cost hundreds of dollars and hours—from filing and copying fees to time spend on research and report writing—Abbe Milstein of PowerUpMontCo (@Powerupmontco) added.
The proposed bill would level the playing field of resources available to testify about rate increase requests, and would put more eyes on Pepco, which has been permitted by the Maryland Public Service Commission to neglect its infrastructure for years, Carr and Milstein said.
Hrant Jamgochian, candidate for the position of state delegate for District 16, joined Carr and Milstein on the conference call in support of the proposed bill, and spoke of how power outages had affected his family.
As of Tuesday afternoon, no co-filing bill had been made in the state senate, Carr said.
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By Katie Dahlstrom
Herald Sports Writer
Clinton Herald staff reporters Natalie Conrad and Katie Dahlstrom investigated legends and spooky stories involving the area's history with Halloween.
For the next four issues of the Herald, those stories will focus on ghosts, homes and legends in the Gateway area. For today's story, Dahlstrom spent the evening of Saturday, Oct. 13, in St. Irenaeus with the Quad Cities Paranormal Research Organization. This is her account of the evening.
The darkness of St. Irenaeus enveloped me as I nervously perched on one of the dozens of pews.
I'm not alone. In the pew behind me, Gavin called to whatever spirit might have been moving through the more than century-old church on this eerie Saturday night.
Beside me, Lisa Ricker watched her K2 EMF meter for blips of light indicating an increase in electric energy.
"It's literally energy, that's typically how we know if something's going on," Ricker said.
Ricker is the founder of the Quad Cities Paranormal Research Organization (QC PRO); Gavin, who wished to be referred to only by his first name, is the co-leader of the group.
They, along with three other investigators, ventured from the comfort of their homes to spend an evening coaxing spirits in the cold, black night.
The two have been in the former church that the Clinton County Historical Society now uses as a cultural center once before to investigate what, if any spirits have made their home in the former church.
"We're pretty skeptical, but we believe," Ricker said.
Gavin explained the group rules out ungrounded electrical outlets or animals infestations before determining if unnerving happenings are the result of a haunting. Throughout the course of the investigation they generously allowed me to observe, with Ricker and Gavin indicating on their continuously recording digital voice recorder and cameras that certain noises and sights were not to be mistaken for a paranormal occurrence.
In a move that inadvertently set the tone for the hours to follow for me, we started the evening by listening to the electionic voice phenomenon (EVP) captured during the group's visit to the church on Labor Day weekend. To capture the voices, they use a recorder and a small instrument called the SB7 Spirit Box, which captures voices over a rapid sweep of radio frequencies.
"They talk on a different frequency than us," Gavin said. "Most of the time we don't hear the response with our ears. They could be yelling at us and we won't hear it."
Eager for a sample of what I might be getting into, I snatched a pair of headphones and fearfully listened to a recording of a man's voice commanding "go out."
Following the listening session and subsequent setup of eight cameras designed to capture any ghostly apparition throughout the former church, the investigation was on.
The spirits of St. Irenaeus did not disappoint.
As I sat on a pew in the center of the dark church ready to bolt in case of overwhelming fright, clearly audible thuds resembling the cadence of foot steps echoed from the stairs descending from the choir loft behind us.
After reviewing the recordings at home, Gavin confirmed to me the footsteps were captured on his recording device along with three voices. He said one of the spirits playfully responded to his request to let him capture it on camera with, "Hurry up, catch me on video." Going through five to seven minutes of audio can take hours in order to ensure nothing is mistaken to be a ghost, when it could be otherwise rationalized, Gavin explained.
"It leads me to believe we have an intelligent haunting, not a residual one," he said.
In an intelligent haunting, Gavin explained, the spirit is aware of the living world and responds to it.
The rest of my night produced comparable scares. In the small side room below the south steeple, voices over the SB7 Spirit Box told us 26 spirits inhabit St. Irenaeus, six of them priests.
One of them, possibly Father Frederick Cyrillus Jean, who was the founding priest of the massive structure in the 1860s. According to the "Five Catholic Churches of Clinton, Iowa," which was written by Mary Ellen Eckelberg in 1999, Father Jean was removed from the church he loved by Bishop John Hennessy of Dubuque in 1872 amidst a cloud of tension. He died under mysterious circumstances in 1890 at age of 53. Some reports attributed his death to an alleged poisoning by the anti-catholic secret society, the American Protective Association, which was established in Clinton in 1887, Eckelberg wrote.
A number of the questions that night were asked to Father Jean.
"I've been in the presence of a holy person before," Gavin said. "I feel like there's a holy person here."
In the room below the north steeple, Gavin asked the spirits to show me they exist. Seconds later, little rocks fell onto us from the ceiling. The mel meter (another paranormal investigator gadget) also showed a temperature drop in the already chilly room. I can't explain why it happened; I only know that it did.
The investigation concluded by 10 p.m. As the group gathered equipment, my mind reeled trying to process the unexplained knocks on pews, footsteps in the darkness and priests' spirits. Weeks later, I attribute some of the scares to my first-paranormal investigation jitters. Having never done a paranormal investigation before and being intrigued by the opportunity, my nerves were sensitive. To Gavin and Lisa, however, what happened that night in St. Irenaeus went beyond sensitive nerves.
"We really clearly had some things going on," Gavin said.


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It just keeps getting sicker every year. Oakley's incredible team of Wake rippers reaffirmed their dominant presence in the industry at the 2011 Transworld Wake Awards in Orlando recently – racking up major honors and hardware after an all-time year of brilliance across the board. A typically vibrant celebration at the Surf Expo trade show, the Awards, laced with Oakley branding, went off yet again this year. All on the heels of a clean King of Wake Series sweep – with Young Star Harley Clifford claiming the men's crown and fellow Aussie Amber Wing grabbing the Women's Title. Add the Junior Pro Tour Title secured by O's up and coming young rider, Shota Tezuka of Japan, and it's safe to say that Oakley's team is poised to continue dominance today and shape the future of the sport tomorrow.
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The Oakley Wakeboard Team might as well be a Royal Court. At the final intense stop of the 2011 Pro Wakeboard Tour, the most prominent pros on the Planet collided to vie for victory in Knoxville…and to seal the deal for even bigger honors: The King and Queen of Wake Titles. Harley Clifford claimed the King of Wake crown, Amber Wing emerged as Queen of Wake and Oakley Japan's Shota Tezuka claimed his first-ever Jr. Pro Tour title!


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The battle for the top spot in the Capital-South went down between Belleville and Marshall Friday night, as both teams entered the game 2-0 in the conference.
The Cardinals came out flying to start the game under quarterback Carl Henning. Henning started off the game with a quarterback keeper touchdown to cruise in for a quick 7-0 lead.
Henning and Marshall would open up the offense a little more in the later in the game. Eric Salas gave Marshall a 14-0 lead with a 63 yard touchdown run.
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I had heard that he created his own lettering system so that his words would be easily distinguishable from the actual words of the Torah. Is this just hearsay or speculation? If so, is there any reason given for why?
It is mentioned in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rashi_script that it was not Rashi's script (according to he.wikipedia.org, the script is actually sefardic in origin).
The printers needed a new script to differentiate commentaries from the main text. (Tosfos also uses "Rashi letters" as well as many other commentaries)
He didn't. According to a Mansucript Preparation class I attended this year, what's known as Rashi script was the font the printer used. As a side point, the script used in some Judeo-Arabic written manuscripts - particularly the Rambam's handwriting - is very similar to Rashi script.
also because it takes less space, you can write more within the same page, meaning cheaper, smaller and more concise books
I was taught that since ink and particularly parchment was at a premium, it would make sense to fit as much writing as you could onto a sheet, and as such, what we know as Rashi script was born, as it was more compact than block.


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Mike Lunsford
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More than a year after his wife's death, the great American poet, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, wrote in his diary on Christmas Day. "'A merry Christmas' say the children, but that is no more for me. Perhaps someday God will grant me peace."
It is an often-told story. Longfellow, who had endured the death of his first wife in 1832, had lost his second, Frances, in 1861 to a tragic fire, and the grieving widower was in despair. He was a man who had come to know sorrow and loneliness and anger.
In the wake of what has happened in Newtown, through the pall that has been cast over us this Christmas by the murderous evil that manifested itself there, something can be learned from Longfellow and how he turned his grief and sorrow toward faith and understanding. He never got over Fanny's death. That is evident in his sonnet, "A Cross of Snow," written in 1879, but he did understand that hope could emerge from heartache, and, for us, that may be the only real lesson we can take from what has transpired in Connecticut these past few weeks.
In the spring of 1861, Longfellow and Fanny, and their five children, were living happy lives.
He was America's most established and popular poet, known for his depictions of Paul Revere, the wreck of the good ship Hesperus, Miles Standish's courtship, and so many others. He was among the nation's most outspoken opponents of slavery, and he and his wife lived in a beautiful and already historic home (Craigie House had been General Washington's Revolutionary War headquarters for a while), given to the couple by Fanny's father. Life in that house near the Charles River in Cambridge was safe and secure, despite it being the opening months of the Civil War.
But on July 9, while sealing some of 7-year-old daughter Edith's newly clipped curls in wax, Fanny's dress caught fire. Despite her husband's attempts to put out the flames, she was horribly burned and died the next day. Longfellow carried the scars, both emotionally and physically, the rest of his life.
It would be months before he could even speak of Fanny's death. In a letter to his brother, Longfellow wrote, "And now, of what we both are thinking I can write no word. God's will be done." To a visitor at Craigie House, who told Longfellow that he hoped the poet would "be able to bear his cross," the poet replied, "Bear the cross, yes, but what if one is stretched upon it?"
On the first Christmas after Fanny's death, Longfellow wrote in his diary, "How inexpressibly sad are all holidays … I can make no record of these days. Better leave them wrapped in silence." Longfellow's grief was later compounded when his oldest son, Charles, left home to join the Union Army without his father's permission. On March 14, 1863, the poet received a letter from Charley, who wrote, "I have tried hard to resist the temptation of going without your leave, but I cannot any longer … I feel it to be my first duty to do what I can for my country, and I would willingly lay down my life for it if it would be of any good."
That November, Longfellow received word that his boy had been wounded at the Battle of New Hope Church in Virginia. He and another son, Erny, traveled to Washington to bring Charles home and care for him. Longfellow expected his son would die, but he didn't.
By Christmas Day, 1863, Longfellow, perhaps inspired by a year in which the Union armies had won stunning victories at Gettysburg and Vicksburg, and his son's recovery, wrote a poem called "Christmas Bells." Two of his stanzas directly referred to the war, yet even while the fighting still raged, and in fact, the slaughter increased, it was Longfellow's oft-repeated lines that proved most touching: "Then pealed the bells more loud and deep/ God is not dead; nor doth he sleep!/ The Wrong shall fail,/ The Right prevail,/ With peace on earth, good-will to men!"
In 1872, composer Jean Baptiste Calkin set the poem to music, removing the two verses that referenced the war, and the poem became the beloved hymn, "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day."
The massive bells of the National Cathedral rang last Friday at 9:30 a.m. They pealed 28 times for the victims in Newtown, and, yes, even for the man who took their lives. They rang all across the country, and they rang in the churches of Newtown, as well. In ages past, the sounds of bells were used to call those of faith to pray for the departed dead, and so they should still be reminders for us to do the same. But like Longfellow's words, they can also be heard as the peals of hope. Years later, Longfellow wrote "The Bells of San Blas," which was published a few months after his death in 1882. Those words are fitting for us, too. He wrote: "The world rolls into light / It is daybreak everywhere."
Christmas Bells
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
I HEARD the bells on Christmas Day
Their old, familiar carols play,
And wild and sweet
The words repeat
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!
And thought how, as the day had come,
The belfries of all Christendom
Had rolled along
The unbroken song
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!
Till ringing, singing on its way,
The world revolved from night to day,
A voice, a chime,
A chant sublime
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!
Then from each black, accursed mouth
The cannon thundered in the South,
And with the sound
The carols drowned
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!
It was as if an earthquake rent
The hearth-stones of a continent,
And made forlorn
The households born
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!
And in despair I bowed my head;
"There is no peace on earth," I said;
"For hate is strong,
And mocks the song
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!"
Then pealed the bells more loud and deep:
"God is not dead, nor doth He sleep;
The Wrong shall fail,
The Right prevail,
With peace on earth, good-will to men."
Mike Lunsford can be reached by email at email@example.com, or c/o the Tribune-Star at P.O. Box 149, Terre Haute, IN 47808. You can learn more about his writing by going to his website at www.mikelunsford.com. He is currently working on his fourth book.


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6/15/2010 - Three Million Passengers Travel Through Orlando International Airport in April
ORLANDO, FL. – The fluctuating passenger numbers for 2010 were down in April at Orlando International Airport (MCO). The uneven ride out of the recession showed an overall traffic decline of 2.4 percent for the month as compared to the same month last year. The reduction in passengers can be attributed to lower domestic travel numbers as 3.24 percent fewer travelers took to the skies.
International passenger counts continued to increase in April, up 5.82 percent, despite the massive, global air-travel disruptions caused by the start of the volcano eruptions in Iceland.
Aircraft operations at Orlando Executive Airport (ORL) were up 2.4 percent for the month.
Statistical Information for April 2010:
- Over three million passengers moved through MCO in April with 3,013,328 recorded travelers
- Year-to-date traffic is up .69 percent
- International traffic increased 5.82 percent
- Domestic traffic declined 3.24 percent
- Overall traffic fell 2.41 percent for the month of April
Orlando International Airport offers 90 domestic, non-stop destinations, more than any other airport in Florida.
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Crusaders Second at DePauw Quadrangular
Saturday, April 03, 2004Valparaiso's women's track and field team finished in second place at the DePauw Quadrangular meet on Saturday afternoon in Greencastle, Ind.
The Crusaders tallied 189 points on the afternoon, trailing Indiana Wesleyan by 54. DePauw finished with 158 points, while Butler tallied 80.
Laura Arloszynski (Greenfield, Wis./Greenfield H.S.) was a double-winner for the Crusaders, taking first in the 100m dash with a time of 12.74 seconds, the second fastest in school history. She also took top honors in the 200m with a time of 26.88 seconds.
Maggie Zellner (Downers Grove, Ill./Benet Academy) led Valpo to a top-three sweep in the 400m crossing the finish line in a time of 1:00.46. Mary Frisch (Chesterton, Ind./Chesterton H.S.) also was a winner at a 400m event, doing so in the hurdles with a time of 1:11.00.
Amanda Lee (South Lyon, Mich./South Lyon H.S.) took first in the 3000m steeplechase with a six second victory in a time of 11:39.96.
Valpo's lone field event winner was Jessica Cherrington (Roseburg, Ore./Umpqua Valley Christian H.S.), who took the title in the javelin with a heave of 108'2".
The Crusaders will return to the oval next Saturday, April 10, as the Brown and Gold travels to Oxford, Ohio for the Miami (Ohio) Invitational. The first event begins at 8 a.m. CDT.
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DeLoyce McMurray is now 87 and was one of nearly 20,000 men who trained at Montford Point, a segregated camp for black Marines in North Carolina that operated in the 1940s before training was integrated.
The Edwardsville native who spent more than 60 years living in Alton enlisted in the Marines in 1944. He eventually helped evacuate wounded troops during the battle of Iwo Jima.
Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin gave him the nations highest civilian honor during a special ceremony in Springfield on Tuesday. McMurray couldnt travel to Washington, D.C. last year to receive the award with 300 other Montford Point trainees.
Durbin called the award a long overdue symbol of gratitude.


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The TMA publishes a newsletter for our members twice a year, which contains articles by physicians and health care providers. There are also articles written by people with the rare neuroimmunologic disorders. A membership directory is published and distributed annually. The TMA assists in the development of local support groups and is involved in various fund-raising efforts, such as Reading for Rachel, to raise awareness and funds for research. The TMA supports and conducts various symposiums and workshops involving both professionals and patients for the exchange of information regarding research and treatment strategies for persons with the rare neuroimmunologic disorders of the central nervous system.
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