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If the Exorcise Pool has its way, you'll be taking a dip in cleaned water from Newtown Creek, one of the New York City's dirtiest waterways.
Sonic Water lets you watch musical water dance inside a bottle cap. The installation is an exploration of cymatics (the study of vibration) by Sven Meyer & Kim Pörksen.
"Cymatics is like a magical tool that unveils the substance of things not seen. Sound does have form, and you can see that sound can affect matter and cause form in matter," Pörksen tells Co.Design. "So maybe in the beginning there was sound, which shaped all matter. Indeed, we think sound has a fundamental influence on the formation of the universe itself."
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This amazing device can unspool three miles of hose from a helicopter in a matter of minutes, to easily get water to places far away from any source.
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Soma co-founders Mike Del Ponte and Ido Leffler were sitting around talking about water when the thought came to them: why do we have to settle for poorly-designed water filters? Where is the water filter with that sleek, minimalist Apple feel? Del Ponte, the founder of Sparkseed, and Leffler, the founder of Yes To Carrots, think they've created it with Soma, a Jony Ive-inspired water filter.
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Anand Shah's company Sarvajal is working to bring clean water to India. But it's not just giving it away. Instead, it's Each of these franchisees sets up "water ATMs," where rural Indians can go and see their water being purified and bottled.
How do you get hundreds of millions of gallons of water out of a network of underground tunnels? A lot of effort, a bunch of hoses, and a super cool pump train. Here's a look inside the heroic cleanup effort in New York City's subways.
Haitians read #FirstWorldProblems tweets out loud . The result is decidedly unfunny.
How much water does it take to make a juicy hamburger? You'll be amazed.
The water footprint of an object can be hard to wrap your head around. This video gives you a good sense of exactly how much water—everything from growing the cow's food to making the bun—goes into your last burger.
Its solution, called the Hydrolemic system, involves both harvesting more moisture from the air than our current un-modified bodies are capable of, and also doing more to retain the water we have. The company imagines that system would require us to drink .1 cups of water a day.
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Early this morning, employees of ad agency DDB put cup dispensers next to pipes that are releasing some of the dirtiest water in the city. "We were looking for places where water outlets were pumped out into the streetscape," explains Matt Eastwood, Chief Creative Officer of DDB NY. Want some delicious water leaking from a subway ceiling? Now you can get a whole cupful.
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In his latest piece of amusing work for Water.org, the Oscar winner gets a little pushy with some children who aren't asking Santa for the right gift.
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The day after their grandmother was buried, two brothers were in jail together — one charged with her murder and the other charged with inappropriate behavior in the courtroom.
Jeremy Owens was scheduled for a preliminary hearing on Tuesday on charges that he shot his grandmother, 74-year-old Bernice Champlin, at her Lily residence on Wednesday, July 27.
During his preliminary hearing in Laurel District Court, Owens entered a not guilty plea to the murder charge. Kentucky law prevents felony offenses from being tried at the district court level, and Owens' case will be presented to a Laurel grand jury within 60 days of the preliminary hearing.
Laurel County Sheriff's Detective Billy Madden testified Owens admitted killing his grandmother. Champlin was found lying in the hallway of her Queen Road home with a gunshot wound to her head. Preliminary autopsy reports revealed she was also stabbed and severely beaten in the face prior to the shooting. Owens' bond remained at $250,000 cash and he was returned to the Laurel County Detention Center after the hearing.
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Southaven council discusses property tax increase
Southaven officials have discussed a possible property tax increase to fund items in next year's budget such as hiring new police officers and firefighters along with drainage and street improvements.
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Terex Construction Americas , Southaven, Mississippi, has announced that Sargents Equipment and Repair Service is now the authorized distributor of Terex Fuchs material handlers for central and northern Illinois - including the entire Chicago market area - and the eastern, southern and northern portions of Wisconsin.
For the next two weeks, the smack of baseballs and softballs and cheering crowds will fill the Southaven summertime days and nights.
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Annual vehicle safety inspections continue to be required in Mississippi, but there has been confusion among drivers who may have read the headlines about the law's demise in the Legislature.
Operation Fluffy Dog: Rescued one year after living as stray when owner died
"Operation Fluffy Dog" was a success. She was captured late Friday night and is now at the veterinarian's office being checked.
DeSoto County puts $8.5M in jail
Southaven, Miss.-based Murphy and Sons Inc. won the bid in April to add 75,000 square feet to DeSoto County's Jail South at 3425 Industrial Drive in Hernando, Miss., said Mike Childress , principal of the project's Memphis-based architecture firm Evans Taylor Foster Childress Architects.
Miss. mayor backs same-sex marriage
The mayor of a small city on the Mississippi Gulf Coast has become the first mayor in the state to publicly support marriage rights for same-sex couples.
Authorities identify body found in Southaven ditch
DeSoto County Coroner Jeff Pounders tells The Commercial Appeal 62-year-old Michael J. Gooch was found around 2 p.m. Tuesday on Old Airways near Interstate 55 by a road worker cutting the grass along the highway.
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Lt. Mark Little tells The Commercial Appeal that someone cutting the grass along the highway right of way found the body Tuesday near Church Road.
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The Baptist Memorial Hospital-Desoto in Southaven is the best hospital in Mississippi, according to the 2014-2015 U.S News and World Report Best Hospital rankings Memorial Hospital-Gulfport and University of Mississippi Healthcare tied for second best ranked hospital in the state.
Drug bust at 2 Southaven apartment complexes
He tells the Memphis Commercial Appeal that more arrests were possible after Friday night's roundup.
Inspection stickers still required, despite efforts to end them
Some Mississippians assume state inspection stickers are no longer required, which may the case with the owner of this car, which has been out of compliance for a year.
More than 20 arrested in Southaven drug bust
Southaven police, along with DeSoto County, Horn Lake, Olive Branch and members of a newly formed joint gang task force, arrested more than 20 people during a drug roundup at two apartment complexes in the city Friday night.
Brown Exits New Edition Tour To Focus On Health
A spokeswoman for the R&B group says group members Ricky Bell, Michael Bivins, Ronnie DeVoe, Johnny Gill and Ralph Tresvant wish the 45-year-old singer a speedy recovery.
Southaven ex-mayor gets 2 ½ year prison sentence
DeSoto County Circuit Judge Robert Chamberlain gave Davis a 10-year sentence but suspended 7 ½ years, meaning the maximum prison time would be 2 ½ years, The Commercial Appeal reported .
Former Southhaven Mayor Greg Davis seeks lower bond for appeal
Former Southaven Mayor Greg Davis is asking a Hinds County judge to lower the amount of money he must put up to appeal a state judgment that he repay $73,000 to the city for the alleged misuse of public funds spent on personal trips, expensive dinners and clothing.
Ex-mayor to court: Toss embezzlement conviction
Former Southaven Mayor Greg Davis is asking a judge to overturn his conviction on charges of embezzlement and making false representations to defraud the government.
Ex-mayor to court: toss embezzlement conviction
Former Southaven Mayor Greg Davis is asking a judge to overturn his conviction on charges of embezzlement and making false representations to defraud the government.
Mississippi briefs: Offices closing for Independence Day on Friday
Across DeSoto County, city halls in Olive Branch, Southaven, Horn Lake, Hernando and Walls will be closed Friday for observance of Independence Day, as will administrative offices of state, county and federal government.
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NORMAN — Being away from home is tough enough. Spending all morning and afternoon tucked away in a hotel just makes it worse.
It's why Oklahoma receivers coach Jay Norvell on Tuesday offered up this nugget without even being asked.
"I'm glad we're playing at 11 o'clock. We've started fast against Texas, and it was at 11. Hopefully, we can get our guys in the same mindset," he said.
Those early kickoffs are loathsome to fans for good reason. Saturdays are supposed to be enjoyed. Waking up earlier than a workday, running into traffic that makes rush hour seem brisk and then finding the morning chill is still in the air at kickoff seems more like work than play.
For road teams, however, the 11 a.m. kickoff is as good as it gets. The players' and coaches' rationale is simple: They don't have to sit around all day waiting to play. The bus is led into the stadium by a police escort, so traffic is never a problem. Parking is their concern.
"You get the business mentality on Friday. Once you leave out of Norman, no matter where you go. I mean, even here we stay in a hotel on Friday, so you're already in business mode no matter if you play early or late," defensive tackle Jamarkus McFarland said. "Football is on your mind all day. Just wake up a little bit early and go out and play in the game."
The Sooners have a thin history when it comes to 11 a.m. games. Since it is one of the Big 12's marquee programs, they typically get stuck playing mostly night games or in the 2:30 p.m., ABC telecast.
However, some of OU coach Bob Stoops' biggest victories were in games that kicked off at 11 a.m. The 2000, 2011 and 2012 blowout wins over Texas were all early starts. The 2000 win over Nebraska was at Owen Field, but the early kickoff provided plenty of time to celebrate in the sunshine.
A win over Iowa State wouldn't go into that class. But OU knows being able to play an early road game is a rare treat.
"I wouldn't say I'm a morning person. I don't think anyone really likes waking up early," center Gabe Ikard said. "It's gonna be nice to not have to sit around and wait all day for the game. That kinda wears on you and you're thinking too much. Sometimes it's nice to get up and go and get ready to play quickly. That will be good for us."
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Who are you? Your best friends may think of you as silly or serious, shy or a real talker. Maybe your teachers think of you as a creative student, a good athlete, or someone who works hard or makes people laugh.
What we're talking about is your identity — the way others think of you and the way you think about yourself. Your identity can affect the decisions you make, what you decide to do and not do.
You're always you, of course, but you probably have different identities depending on the situation or who you're with. For instance, at school you might keep a quiet profile and stay out of trouble. But at home, you might be known for your practical jokes and silly side.
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If you use the computer to play and talk with friends, you also have an online identity. That means you have an identity that's related to how you look, what you do, and what you say when you're using the computer. If you play on Club Penguin and put seven disco balls in your igloo, that says something.
Sites like Club Penguin and Webkinz let you create an avatar — a character that represents you. It's fun to dress up that character and maybe give it a sense of style you'd never try at school. Would you like a rainbow mohawk hairstyle? It's yours at the click of a mouse.
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When you're using the computer, it can be tempting to use a screen name as a kind of mask. It might seem fun to play a joke on someone — by teasing the person or pretending to be someone else. Or maybe you're angry with someone and it's easier to say something rude if the person doesn't know it's you.
But it's mean and hurtful to do stuff like that online. Even if you're only kidding, these jokes can make a girl or guy feel very low. It's a lonely feeling when you don't know who's messing with you. Is it someone just being funny or does the person really mean it?
Whether they are strangers or friends, try to be kind online. In other words, be a good citizen in the online world. Here's a good test: If you wouldn't say it to someone's face, don't say it to the person on the computer. And just like with regular bullying, tell a grownup if you know that someone is being hurt in this way.
Rules to Follow
If you're a kid who likes to have fun and mix with friends online, here's how you can stay safe, avoid problems, and enjoy your online identity:
- Stick to safer sites. Your parents and teachers can guide you to the best sites for you. Some sites have age restrictions, so you might be tempted to lie about your age. It's safer to tell the truth and avoid those sites until you're older. Also remember that plenty of sites let you play games and have fun without asking you to create an account. If you need an account and password, ask a parent first.
- Guard your passwords. If someone can sign in as you, you have no control over what they do or say. And everyone will think it's you! For that reason, don't share your passwords with anyone except your parents. To keep people from guessing your password, don't pick something easy like your pet's name or your favorite team. For a truly secret password, try picking two very random nouns that have nothing to do with you (lampshadeMilk). To keep it super secret, put a number between the words (lampshade7milk). It's a good idea to change your password every couple of months.
- Limit what you share. It's best to think first and type second when you're telling stuff about yourself online. You probably already know that you shouldn't tell a stranger where you live or give out your phone number. But you might wonder about other information — your parent's email address, your favorite color, the celebrity you'd most like to meet. If you're not sure if you should share a piece of information, ask a parent.
- Remember that anything you put online or post on a site can stay online forever, even if you try to delete it. It's easy for anyone to copy, save, and forward information online. For this reason, don't share your secrets or personal information about friends and people you know. A good guide is if you wouldn't want your entire class to know something, you shouldn't share it with anyone online.
- Don't be mean or embarrass other people online. Just like you, there's a real person attached to that screen name who has feelings, too.
- Always tell if you see strange or bad online behavior. Tell an adult right away if someone says something to you that makes your uncomfortable. Also tell an adult if you see anyone bullying or saying strange stuff to other kids. Many sites have easy ways to report or flag a user who is breaking the rules. By using them, you protect yourself and other people, too.
- Be choosy about your online friends. Some sites let kids make lots of friends with people they don't know. Some kids even compete to see who can get the most friends. But online friends are not the same as real in-person friends. Never agree to meet an online friend in person or give out personal information about yourself, such as your home address, where you go to school, or your phone number. It's dangerous because some people pretend to be kids online but actually are creepy adults.
You'll stay safer by mixing online with people you already know. To be sure you know who you're talking to, have your friends write down their screen names. Then, you'll recognize them in the online world. But will they recognize you with that rainbow mohawk?
Reviewed by: D'Arcy Lyness, PhD
Date reviewed: May 2009
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Taking a page from the realm of virtual reality and games like Second Life, those in and around Bexar County interested in another career can wander a digital replica of a career center.
"We're using a 3D gaming environment to connect them to jobs, education, training, and employment opportunities," said Eva Esquivel with Workforce Solutions Alamo.
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A new diversion program in Bexar County will allow young adult offenders ages 17-21 a chance to correct one-time indiscretions that have gotten them into trouble.
District Attorney Susan Reed said the M.I.L.E.S. program -- Meaningful Intervention Leading to Enduring Success -- will protect young offenders from spending their lives paying for one mistake as they begin their military, college, or work careers.
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The Affordable Care Act's online health insurance exchanges go live on Oct. 1, which is where many people without health insurance can pick a plan and enroll.
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State Board of Education member Thomas Ratliff is looking into how House Bill 5, a bill passed in the last legislative session that reduces standardized tests and creates multiple educational paths for public school students, can benefit convicted criminals who are locked up.
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— WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is drawing no "red line" for North Korea after a successful long-range rocket test, tempering the public condemnation to avoid raising tensions or possibly rewarding the reclusive communist nation with too much time in the global spotlight.
The U.S. has told the world that it won't tolerate Iran's acquisition of nuclear weapons or Syria's use of chemical stockpiles on rebels. North Korea, in some ways, is a trickier case.
The U.S. wants to forcefully condemn what it believes is a "highly provocative act," and that was the first public reaction from the White House late Tuesday. But it also is mindful of the turmoil on the Korean peninsula and treading carefully, offering no threat of military action or unspecified "consequences" associated with other hot spots.
Just two years ago, the North allegedly torpedoed a South Korean warship and shelled a South Korean island. Some 50 South Koreans died in the attacks that brought the peninsula to the brink of war.
North Korea already has the deterrent of a nuclear weapons arsenal. The U.S. is bound to protect next-door South Korea from any attack, but has no desire now for a military conflict.
Raising the rhetoric can even serve as a reward for seeking attention to a government that starves its own citizens while seeking to leverage any military advance it makes into much-needed aid.
"No doubt Pyongyang is pleased. It again has unsettled its leading adversaries. And it is in the news around the world," said Doug Bandow, senior fellow at the Cato Institute. "The allies should have responded with a collective yawn. After all, the plan is nothing new. The DPRK has been testing rockets and missiles for years."


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"Note: Some material might not be appropriate persons under 18. During Korea's 18th century Chosun Dynasty, the slightest impropriety can be punished with flogging, torture, and even dismemberment and death. Kim Yoon Seo (Suk Kyu Han), a police inspector, stumbles into an erotic world never before imagined that changes the course of his life forever. Asked by the king to investigate a forgery of a drawing by his favorite concubine, Jung Bin (Min Jung Kim), Yoon Seo discovers the underground workshop of Hwang the bookseller (Dal Su Oh), who is preparing an erotic novel for publication. Yoon Seo overcomes his initial shock over such illegal material and soon writes his own erotic novel, which becomes a bestseller. He also begins an illicit affair with Jung Bin and writes an erotic novel about her. He recruits another inspector, Lee Gwang Hun (Beom Su Lee), to illustrate the novel, allowing him to watch the two being intimate so that he would know what he is being asked to illustrate. Will Yoon Seo pay dearly for his forbidden acts or will he be able to survive the king's mighty wrath? "Forbidden Quest" is a 2006 historical film from South Korean director Kim Dae Wu."
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Brenda Z. Guiberson has written many books for children, including Cactus Hotel, Spoonbill Swamp, Moon Bear and Disasters. As a child, Brenda never thought she wanted to be a writer—her dreams tended more toward jungle explorer. She graduated from the University of Washington with degrees in English and Fine Art. She started thinking about writing for children when her son went to elementary school, and she volunteered in his class and in the school library. After taking exciting trips that involved a fifty-foot cactus, hungry alligators and sunset-colored spoonbills, she wanted to create books for children that would be like a field trip. Her books are full of well-researched detail, and Brenda sees this research as an adventure—one that allows her to be a jungle explorer at last. She lives in Seattle, Washington. Alix Berenzy is author and illustrator of A Frog Prince, Rapunzel and Sammy. She lives in Benton, Pennsylvania.
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NASA officials announced plans to build a new rover that would follow Curiosity and Opportunity on the Red Planet's surface in 2020, potentially to collect soil or rock samples that could later be sent back to Earth.
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Jenkins was hired after a national search by the board of Rolling Hills, which has a 64,000-square-foot wildlife museum and a sprawling zoo with more than 100 species from around the world.
Two weeks into the job, Jenkins told The Salina Journal he considers Rolling Hills "a real gem."
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Where a House Costs Less Than a Used Car
A tiny 'studio house' in D.C. costs $250,000. A one-bedroom house in Iowa? $10,000.
Can't find a house in your price range? In some parts of America, homes are cheaper than the cars in the garages.
In my hometown of Titonka, Iowa (pop. 880), my family recently put my great-aunt Katherine's house on the market for $20,000. They got $9,750.
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That's already staggeringly cheap, but compared with my current city of Washington, D.C., the contrasts are dizzying. A one-room house recently went up for sale in the Capitol Hill neighborhood for $248,500. D.C. real estate website Urban Turf this week highlighted the "studio house," which is described on realtor.com as an example of "extreme simplicity." The one-room home is on the market for more than 25 times the price of Aunt Katherine's house, which at 900 square feet is larger than the entire 746-square-foot lot on which the Capitol Hill house sits. And Aunt Katherine's house isn't an outlier; towns across rural northern Iowa go for similarly low prices, well below $100,000 in many cases. True, incomes are lower in Titonka than in the District. Median household income in my hometown is at $46,597, according to the Census Bureau, compared with $61,835 in the District of Columbia. That could account for a bit of the price differential, but it's certainly not the whole story.
The contrast between the two homes is also an illustration of the old real estate maxim: "location, location, location." Titonka is a wonderful place, in my unbiased opinion, but like many tiny towns nationwide, it doesn't have the features that would make it desirable to a wide cross-section of Americans: a wide variety of jobs, for example, or any form of mass transit that could take you to the movies (20 miles away) or the mall (50 miles)...and the nightlife is pretty quiet.
It boils down to the question of priorities: those who want to climb the career ladder in D.C. pay dearly for their housing. Those who want nothing more than to be a homeowner, however, can buy houses — perhaps multiple houses — in the thousands of towns and villages scattered across the country.
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FOREST Green boss David Hockaday has distanced himself from the vacant manager's job at Swindon Town.
He is one of the favourites to take over at his former club after Paolo Di Canio resigned earlier this week, but insists he has no intention of leaving Rovers.
"I haven't been approached. I'm employed by Forest Green Rovers and I love my job," he said.
"I've got the best chairman in the world and a job to do at Forest Green. I am very happy at the club.
"I'm Forest Green through and through. If ever my chairman wants me to leave then that's a different matter but until such time I'm happy here.
"I've got a great group of lads here and we're building something special."
Hockaday, 55, represented Swindon more than 300 times over the course of a long and distinguished career in Wiltshire, during which he won promotion with the Robins from the old Division Four in 1985/86 and Division Three the following year.
His stock is understandably high after guiding Rovers to fourth in the Blue Square Premier table, just five points behind leaders Wrexham.
Although Hockaday's odds have drifted slightly, with Paul Buckle emerging as the hot favourite after resigning manager of Conference rivals Luton Town on Tuesday, he is still as short as 5/1 to become the next Swindon manager with Bet Victor. Di Canio's former assistant Fabrizio Piccareta was in charge for the 3-1 win over Tranmere that lifted Swindon to the top of League One on Tuesday night, but has since left the club.
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A lighter side of fantasy hockey
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Its almost fantasy hockey draft time if theres a season and the trash talk has already started and many of the proposed rule changes are being bandied about like politicians filibustering to get their legislative changes through the House of Commons. Hearing all this double-talk and non-sensical jibber jabbering about something


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A lot is being made of the drop in the unemployment rate to 8.1%. One of the speakers at the DNC made a great point. He said it is all about the arithmetic. Brilliant!
We add 96,000 to the fortunately employed list and the unemployment rate drops to 8.1%, now that is good? Here is the problem with the arithmetic, over 300,000 left the work force or stopped looking for work. It continues to be widely agreed upon that the true unemployment rate is closer to 16%, or double of what is being reported.
23 million out of work and we added 96,000 jobs and we're being told, by President Obama he needs more time. I wonder how many of the 23 million will actually say OK to 4 more years?
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Since we all have our share of imperfections, it can be awkward to go passing judgment on other people's character flaws. "Let he who is without sin cast the first stone" about sums it up.
But when the issue is character within a political context, the ground rules undergo a shift.
Nobody is forced to enter the world of politics, to seek election, to hold himself or herself out as a suitable leader.
Without some among us willing to enter that arena, our representative democracy would be in sorry shape. Once a person is brave enough to climb through the ropes, however, the public has a right to gauge that person's character – a catch-all quality that boils down to a penchant for good and selfless conduct – as a measure of fitness for office.
Many Democrats have been found wanting in that regard – John Edwards stands out as a recent example, although he managed to keep his character meltdown concealed until after his presidential campaign had withered. Democratic House Speaker Jim Black drew a federal prison term a few years back for his descent into corruption. More to the timely point is the character train wreck that has embarrassed the N.C. Republican Party and its Wake County branch.
Debra Goldman, first-term Wake school board member and the GOP's candidate for the sensitive post of state auditor, is said by fellow school board member and Republican legislative hopeful Chris Malone to have been involved with him in a relationship that became physical and "very heated."
Goldman basically denies having an affair, although Ron Margiotta, the Republican former school board chairman, says a relationship between the two "seemed to be common knowledge."
Both Malone and Goldman are married; Goldman and her husband are now separated.
The bizarre twist that first put the story on our front page a week ago – after our news department was clued in by an unknown source – was Goldman accusing Malone of burglarizing her house in 2010. The fallout "certainly had an impact" on the school board, said Margiotta. "I can't tell you how much time was spent dealing with them," he told The N&O.
Police investigated the burglary, but made no charges. They're now taking another look, presumably with an eye toward whether Goldman's burglary report – not followed by an insurance claim – was legitimate.
A common-sense question: What was Goldman doing with $20,000 in cash hidden away in a backpack at her house – money that was stolen, she claimed, along with $100,000 worth of jewelry plus $10,000 in collectible coins? She said she decided to keep the cash on hand after having trouble getting money out of a bank in the aftermath of 9/11. Uh, really?
This scenario is not a confidence-builder for someone who wants to be in charge of auditing state government's books.
Here's what is bothersome in a larger sense. Goldman, with no credible qualifications (her degree from Penn State is in advertising and marketing, and she lists certification as a firefighter), files to run for state auditor. Party chieftains apparently don't say boo.
When she comes in first in the May primary but without a big enough margin to avoid a possible runoff, out-of-state GOP consultants discourage runner-up Greg Dority from calling for a runoff. They're concerned that to have a chance he would have to attack her on character issues, which anyway he doesn't want to do. At least that's Dority's account, as reported by this newspaper.
There's been back-pedaling in GOP circles from Goldman's candidacy. She was uninvited from some group campaign events. And Pat McCrory, the party's nominee for governor, virtually endorsed Democratic incumbent auditor Beth Wood with the compliments he paid her during a TV debate last Monday.
Yet state party chairman Robin Hayes still was saying the best choice for voters is straight-ticket Republican. It's easy to see why he wouldn't want people to take the trouble to avoid voting for Goldman. They'd have to select individual candidates up and down the ballot, and there might be some other GOP candidates who wouldn't get the expected straight-ticket boost.
But we have to ask: How cynical is that? Debra Goldman is plainly unsuited to be state auditor. As Wood says, she was unqualified even before the business with Malone and the purported burglary came to light. Is the Republican Party willing to take a chance that she might be elected just to save a few votes for its other candidates? That's how it looks.
From its torrents of nasty, out-of-context ads to its willingness to tolerate Goldman's absurd candidacy for a key post, the GOP this election cycle has shown that what it wants is to win, even at all costs.
Its contempt for the public interest is so thick you couldn't cut it with a machete. The party collectively seems character-deficient. If Robin Hayes doesn't like that verdict, he can follow McCrory's lead and sing the praises of Beth Wood. And he can apologize for foisting a candidate as unsuitable as Goldman on the public.
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Historic commercial building available in the heart of West Jefferson. Building originally built in the 1920, features 2 street level retail suites and 2 upper level units that could be combined for one large area. Second level has been gutted and is ready for development. 4 W. Main currently has a long term tenant paying $750 per month and 2 W. Main which is currently vacant, the previous tenant was paying $450 per month
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A discussion has raged all week on Local Editor Jessica Miller's Ames story about a presentation by experts and Gov. Terry Branstad explaining the science behind lean, finely textured beef, otherwise known as pink slime; activists rallied outside the hall against the ammonia-treated meat scrap process. .
The Patch mayor with the most colorful name, Marion's Allen "Snooks" Bouska, donned a helmet made of folded newspapers as part of his presentation about the time he spent as an aviator, both in the Navy and as a crop-duster. and the culture of the age he started his career in aviation, beginning in 1966.
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Local Editor Beth Dalbey ventured into a seedy part of West Des Moines to cover the arrest of 28-year-old Alex Edward Currie in connection with a stabbing at a residence .
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Have you ever been to a carnival that has kiddie rides? One of the more popular rides for young kids is the mini-coaster. It consists of several cars, usually decorated to look like a dragon or an alligator. It rolls around on a metal track with gentle ups and downs—a placid, oval journey. It's many a kid's first thrill ride without the comforting presence of mom sitting alongside. This is as tame as amusement park rides get, and running The Gator has to be about the most boring duty a carny can pull.
One July 4 weekend, as my family and I strolled through the midway at a local carnival, The Gator caught my eye. It wasn't the ride; that was the same as always. It was the operator.
Here was a guy, probably in his mid-50s, dressed in scuffed cowboy boots, stiff blue jeans that were a bit too tight, a growing paunch restrained by a belt with a huge silver buckle, and a denim shirt with pearl snaps and the sleeves rolled up to show his USMC tattoos and knock-off Rolex. A pack of thin cigars was tucked in his shirt pocket. His skin was so leathery that he looked like he might be half gator himself. His face was mostly hidden behind mirrored shades, a handlebar moustache, and a straw cowboy hat with the brim rolled up on the sides and broken down so sharply in front that it practically brushed the tip of his nose. And he was chewing a matchstick.
You could find a more intimidating figure to park in front of a carnival ride for three-year-olds, but not without some effort.
What really grabbed my attention about this scene, however, was the sign taped to the ride. It was scrawled in black marker on a piece of corrugated cardboard, and read:
What does this have to do with D&D? Much of what brings a game to life is NPCs. Battles can be exciting and memorable, but they're not where the characters live. You have a battle; you interact with NPCs. They are the most direct expression of the world that characters will meet, and the more varied and colorful they are, the more the world breathes. If your characters stroll though a carnival, you could describe the sights and sounds around them or you could describe Gator Man and let the characters talk to him. The conversation will make a deeper impression.
What might Gator Man look like in a D&D setting? Consider his essential characteristics. Gator Man didn't look like just any cowboy; he looked like the cowboy. He went out of his way to make himself look grizzled and fierce for his job of working with young children. Your NPC could be an old warrior, retired from adventuring but still tough as nails; his ornate sword hangs in a patched, cracked scabbard and the battered hat of an officer in the Dragon Cavalry is crushed around his skull as if it grew there. Is it true that he saved the Duke's life but then was dismissed in disgrace? Why does he call himself the Gorgon Man, and how did he wind up running the town's orphanage?
Answer those questions and you'll get a unique NPC who the characters will remember whether they encounter him once or a dozen times.
The good news for DMs is that varied, colorful people are all around. You can't miss them if you keep your eyes open. They might not all be as distinctive as Gator Man, but he was one-of-a-kind.
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By ROBIN CAUDELL
---- — PLATTSBURGH — Plum tomatoes, green beans, beets, Brussels sprout, dill weed basil, summer squash and marigolds are Keitha Farney's harvest from the Plattsburgh Community Garden.
"Last year, I shared this plot," said Farney, a retired kindergarten through grade-six librarian and Plattsburgh resident.
"This year, it was my whole plot. This year was not quite as good as last year because of the weather. Last year was an unbelievable growing season with so much sunshine and so forth. This year, we had rain when we didn't need it, but my garden is great as far as I'm concerned."
Her orange cats, Slinky and Little Guy, are recipients of a feline garden treat.
"There's always catnip that grows itself, and I harvest that for my cats. They don't go outdoors, but they do love the catnip. They go crazy for catnip," she said.
Farney's dill attracts butterflies.
"I think it's good for the soil," she said. "I did read somewhere it's a good companion plant for Brussels sprout, so I put a lot of it in there and let it come up next year."
She has lived in Plattsburgh for five years but has gardened for much longer.
"My father had a garden when I grew up. I wasn't enthusiastic then, but as I got older I wanted to have a garden, so I've always done gardening."
She grew up on the other side of the Adirondacks in Lewis County in a little town called Beaver Falls.
She finds the Champlain Valley a warmer zone. But her Brussels sprout will continue on for a while longer.
"I didn't grow them from seed, of course, but I bought the six little plants. I am amazed. I think I have actually planted them too close together. I had six plants. I've taken three down, and I'm still leaving three because they are still good when it's cold," she said.
This fall day, Farney was alone in the garden.
"I just wanted to get my garden cleaned up; I thought I would take those and see what sprouts I could get off them," she said.
She has already dried her plum tomatoes.
"I put them in the oven. It's actually a Martha Stewart thing I found online. I think at 200 degrees or something like that. You slice them," Farney said.
"She tells you halves, but if they're really big, (cut them into) thirds, vertically, and put them in the oven. Put a little oil on the sheet first. She actually says use parchment paper, which I think I did because I had it. It takes four to five hours. I put them in oil after I dried them and put them in the refrigerator."
She transformed her basil into pesto.
"I froze a lot of green beans. I have a little garden at home too so it's both places. I grew the same green beans here that I grew there," she said.
"I had green peppers both places, and I'm lucky enough that some of them got practically red. I froze some of those."
Farney gardens for a variety of reasons.
"First of all, when I don't garden, I try to buy as much locally as I can. I like growing my own food and knowing where it came from and so forth. If you garden yourself, you have more choices because you can choose what seeds to plant and plants to buy. It's fun. I like to be able to go and pick things and eat them fresh. I just really enjoy it," she said.
"I think it's good for you to be out in the garden, digging in the dirt, being outdoors and getting some physical activity. Those are all the reasons why I garden, I guess."
She has a compost at her home.
"You just put in all your leftover vegetable scraps, anything in the kitchen, your peelings and all of that. You have to put some dirt and stuff in it, too. You will be amazed. Just stir it up. Coffee grounds are great in there. I always put my coffee grounds and so forth in there. Every so often I will empty out the bottom, and there's this nice brown dirt," she said.
"Sometimes it's not totally turned, but you can just put it in the ground and turn it over. Instead of having all that waste go away, it just goes down to nothing. It's amazing. Every so often, I go out and shake it up with a pitchfork and pull the stuff from out of the bottom. Sometimes I put it back on top. Sometimes I put it on my garden."
Farney threw her garden remains into a huge bin on-site. She was not alone in reaping the benefits from her plot.
"We had a great season," said Doug Butdorf, chair of the Plattsburgh Community Garden Group.
"We had 60 plots supplying food for an estimated 250 Plattsburgh residents, all the households and family members in each household. We had no incidents of catastrophic plant illnesses. The Japanese beetles were lighter than previous years.
Working with Plant Another Row for Hunger, the community gardeners had donated several hundred pounds of produce for the Interfaith Food Shelf."
The group is partnering with the Advocacy Resource Center, the Clinton County Health Department, the Plattsburgh Housing Authority and possibly the Salvation Army to create a garden on-site at the Housing Authority in 2014.
"People can contact me if they are interested in helping," Butdorf said.
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The core of the University's mission is the discovery, dissemination, and application of knowledge. Faculty in university departments, centers and institutes have been classically thought of as the principal incubators of new discoveries and ideas. To that end, our department has designated the discovery of new knowledge by the performance of scientific research as its primary mission.
Prestige and the respect of one's professional peers is the coin of the realm. In academia, this is more often than not acquired by recognition of ones research achievements. As the Department of Molecular, Cellular and Craniofacial Biology continues its growth and evolution, the objective of new faculty recruitment to the department will be to strengthen the developing research focus on molecular/molecular genetic mechanisms of birth defects, specifically, craniofacial anomalies. This research strength will contribute to, and synergize with, the significant extant focus on children's disorders at the university. Thus, the broad primary departmental objective will be to conduct fundamental and applied research on cellular and molecular aspects of embryonic development and acquired congenital malformations.
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Interactions between scholars and students enlivens the pursuit of knowledge. The obligation of each faculty scholar is to work in the context of communicating his/her research to students and trainees. The university's research and teaching mission (the creation and dissemination of knowledge) are not separate functions that compete for attention but, rather, are integrated activities. Thus, an important departmental objective is faculty engagement in exciting teaching—specifically, dissemination of new knowledge acquired through biomedical research.
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A progressive political action committee has bought radio ads in California apologizing for Rick Perry "getting out again."
The Lone Star Project ran the ad on Tuesday in the middle of the Texas governor's trip to recruit California businesses to relocate.
Perry was featured in different ads last week, where he denigrated California taxes and regulation and touted the Texas business climate.
The progressive's radio ad is airing in many of the same places, only offering a very different point of view.
A male voice with a Texas drawl apologizes for Perry, repeats criticisms that Perry misuses taxpayer money to attract businesses and insists that Texas is a nice place to live despite the current governor.
California Gov. Jerry Brown has called Perry's trip insignificant.
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