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I'll probably get hate for pointing this out but other than Tablets this is the one place where Win 8's metro GUI actually works well,
You forget that Microsoft would be a direct competitor in the console market. Doesn't sound like a good idea to build your console around their OS. They would probably refuse out of hand, and even if they accepted you'd be at their mercy.
with both Valve and Sony bringing X86 based consoles to market its gonna be another golden age for us PC gamers,[..]its a great time to be a PC gamer regardless
Enjoy it while you can, because it's not going to last. As the vast majority of personal computing users move to smartphones, tablets and living room devices, the PC market is shrinking.
Who's gonna remain?
* Corporations, with all the virtualization and cloud going on, may very well go back to thin clients. Even if they don't, they usually go for standardized workstations, they have no use for interchangeable parts and tinkering.
* Gamers? I have a nagging suspicion that their vast majority wouldn't mind consoles if they got a mouse and keyboard alongside the controllers, and if Valve or anybody else will give them that, it's bye bye PC.
* Pretty much the only niche left for the PC will be professional power-users such as multimedia, music, 3D modelling, CAD, programmers, ie. specialized software on high-end hardware. But it will be a fraction of the current PC market, which might make it into a very different beast.
A decade from now we may very well look back on the PC of today the way we now look back on the golden days of Amiga and Commodore 64.


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Learn about the benefits of Spotify Connect, a wireless way to play Spotify through select A/V receivers and powered speakers.
by Todd Cabell
A series of six driver profiles that will give you an idea of what should be in your next car stereo system.
by Eric Angevine
Why would anyone pay more for a professional grade camcorder? The key is in the word "professional." If you want to make money from your video efforts, you'll need the features a professional video camera has to offer.
by Video Guest
When you dock your 4th generation iPad® into Mackie's DL1608 interface console, it becomes the control surface of a full-featured 16-channel mixer with stereo outputs for your main PA speakers and 6 auxiliary outputs for different monitor mixes or special effects.
by Dominic Devito
Vincent D. from Fallston, MD, did a simple head unit replacement for his 2002 Jeep Grand Cherokee's factory stereo to add Bluetooth connectivity and HD Radio reception. He installed his Kenwood KDC-BT758HD receiver in about an hour.
by Dave Bar
Looking for an easy way to enjoy great sound from your record albums without setting up a big system? We look at two components that make beautiful music together, and give you some cool options for playing your tunes.
by Ken Nail
A look at gear that can help you do multitrack recordings on your iOS devices.
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Looking for a simple way to cut the cable or satellite TV subscription or to replace your Aereo service? A new DVR from Channel Master makes it easy to record over-the-air TV broadcasts
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The TG-850 is loaded with features that came in handy during my trip to New Mexico. The camera is compact, rugged and takes beautiful photographs. Built-in art filters let you access your creative side.
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The Soundgate Powerstage system upgrade by Kicker will transform your vehicle's stock radio and speakers into a high-fidelity sound system capable of giving you full, accurate, and richly-textured musical pleasure. And it does it without changing the look of your interior or dash.
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Learn how to incorporate Sonos wireless multi-room audio into a hard-wired system that features in-wall, ceiling, and outdoor speakers.
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A review of Audioengine's pocket-sized D3 digital-to-analog converter.
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Yamaha's MG mixers draw upon Yamaha's audio expertise and engineering skill to bring you a complete line of live sound mixers. All of them feature a road-worthy metal chassis, balanced XLR outputs, and studio-quality mic preamps.
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In this product video we take a look at the 2014 JVC DVD receivers lineup, including the KW-V10, KW-V20BT, KW-V30BT, KW-V40BT and the KW-V50BT. Learn more about these and other JVC DVD receivers at this link.
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Andrew W. from Charlotte, NC, loaded up his 2007 Toyota Tacoma PreRunner with a wealth of toys, including a Kenwood navigation receiver, some Alpine speakers, a pair of Rockford Fosgate enclosed subs, and an alarm system.
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If you're gigging at small venues, you need a PA system that's compact and easy to operate. And it should be both rugged and affordable. Here are some tips on how to build the right system for your shows.
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With JVC's KD-AR755 CD receiver, plug your Android into receiver's USB input and use JVC's Smart Music Control app to access the media you've stored on your Android. And there's also iPod and iPhone controls, with built-in Pandora control, too. Check out that and more in this demo video.
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The best microphone for the job sometimes depends on the job. We explain how a few AKG, Sennheiser and Shure mics all qualify as "the best vocal mic."
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The PreSonus StudioLive 16.4.2AI digital mixer with Active Integration connects to an iPad for wireless mixing and to a computer for editing and recording. This article looks at how the mixer is used in the Prism Coffeehouse, an acoustic music venue in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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Ditch the discs and go digital with JVC's KD-X310BT. This digital media receiver handles all your music devices, plus it gives you built-in Bluetooth® so you can enjoy hands-free calling and wireless streaming audio. Check it out in this demo video.
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If you're ready to toss that bulky album full of scratched-up CDs and go digital, JVC's KD-X210 digital media receiver offers an impressive array of features for its price range, along with plenty of connections for all your devices.Take a look in this demo video.
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In this article, we discuss the five things you need to consider when setting up a subwoofer in your car. Subwoofer size, enclosure type, power, impedance, and adjusting your amp's filters all play an important role in giving you the bass performance you want from your music.
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Clarion's NX404 navigation receiver delivers accurate guidance and a wealth of entertainment options, along with safe ways to integrate your phone so you and your passengers can stay connected on the go. Check out some of what it can do in this demo video.
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There's music inside your smartphone, waiting to get out. Here are ten ways you can share it with friends and family, and have it sound great in the process.
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Clarion's NX603 navigation receiver provides directions, plays your media, and let you access your phone on the go - it also puts you in touch with a wealth of road-friendly apps through Clarion's Smart Access platform, which utilizes the cloud to keep you in touch with the world outside. All you need is a smartphone and the Smart Access app to enjoy real-time connectivity to social media, news, your calendar, and more. See this and more in this demo video.
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JVC has made it a lot easier to link your phone with your DVD receiver with the KW-V50BT. This DVD receiver boasts an HDMI MHL input so you can see and control your apps from the receiver. Let's take a look at how it works in this Crutchfield video.
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Jesus said, "If you [really] love Me, you will keep (obey) My commands." John 14:15 AMP
Love is about freedom. Love always gives us a choice. You love people when you allow them to be who they are, rather than what you want or need them to be. Jesus loves us.
He gives us freedom to choose whether we want to love Him or not; whether we depend on Him, or depend on ourselves. But in Him is life. Acting on our own is sin, and sin leads to death. But you get to choose. He still loves you either way, but sin grieves His heart because it separates us from fellowship with Him. Not His choice, but ours.
One day a bunch of Pharisees tried to discredit Jesus by getting Him to fall into a semantics trap: "Teacher, which is the most important commandment in the Law of Moses?"
Jesus replied, "'You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind.' This is the first and greatest commandment. A second is equally important: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' The entire law and all the demands of the prophets are based on these two commandments." Matthew 22:36-40 NLT.
Note what Jesus said: Love God, love people, love yourself. The greatest command of all is love. When we are loving people, we are loving God, too. And remember, you are a people also. Jesus says, "And as you are loving your neighbor, make sure you love yourself."
Love is about freedom, allowing people to be who they are wherever they are on their Journey. People felt comfortable around Jesus, because He gave them freedom to be. He never forced His will upon them. He never does and never will. That is not what love does and Jesus is love.
There have been times in my life when I wished Jesus would have forced me to do His will. It would have saved me and a bunch of people I know and love a lot of heartache.
But love never imposes upon another. Think about what Jesus did for us, just to give us a choice. He died and paid the wages of sin for us. Then He rose from the dead and offered to give us His life when we were dead in our sins.
The Bible says that sin puts us in bondage to the enemy of our souls. Jesus died, and rose again to set us free. After He did, He said, "Now you are free to choose me if you want. But you don't have to. You can reject the offer."
Can you believe that? If I let my son die for you, which I don't think I could do, you better believe you would owe me. You had better do everything I ask from you forever or else. Father sent His Son to a world that rejected Him, crucified Him and stuck Him in a tomb.
Then Father raised Him from the dead and offered to give us the life of his son. Jesus was and is an outrageous gift. And what does He ask in return? Simply accept the gift, thank Him and go enjoy life — his life. How awesome is that?
"For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son so that whoever believes (clings to, trusts in, relies upon, puts his whole weight upon) in Him should not perish but have everlasting life." John 3:16.
Now, back to my point. Do you really love Jesus? If love is giving another freedom to be who they are without them having to be what we want and need them to be, do you love Jesus like that?
Do you give Jesus freedom to be Who He is without expecting Him to be what you want and need Him to be? If Jesus is your life — he is if you are a born again believer — are you getting out of His way and allowing Him to do and say what He wants? Wonder if Jesus wants to do something wild and crazy like He was prone to do when He walked the earth?
Jesus touched a leper, talked to a Samaritan prostitute in public, drove out the moneychangers in the Temple, defiled the Sabbath by healing a man, allowed a prostitute to kiss his feet at the supper table. I could fill a book with all the religious rules that Jesus broke. But then love never was much for rules.
Jesus loved the unlovable, accepted the unacceptable and made treasures out of what the world called trash. Jesus gives you freedom to be who you are. Would you be willing to return the favor and let Him be Who He is? Do you really love Him enough to give Him the freedom to do whatever He likes?
You never looked at it quite that way before, did you? Do you love Jesus… really?
Kenny Ashley is pastor of The Journey in Lake Wylie.


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- Accommodating Ethnic Differences in Post-Soviet Eurasia
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Woodrow Wilson Center and Johns Hopkins University Press in "Beyond State Crisis? Post-Colonial Africa and Post-Soviet Eurasia in Comparative Perspective" (2002)
- Assymetrical Federalism and Russian State-Building
Gail W. Lapidus
Post-Soviet Affairs (formerly Soviet Economy). Article republished in "Federalism in Russia" by Kazan Inst of Federalism, Tatarstan, 2002 vol. 15 (1999)
- Between Assertiveness and Insecurity: Russian Elite Attitudes and the Russia-Georgia Crisis
Gail W. Lapidus
Post-Soviet Affairs vol. 23, 2 (2007)
- Contested Sovereignty: The Tragedy of Chechnya
Gail W. Lapidus
International Security vol. 23, 1 (1998)
- Demise of Russian Federalism? California and Tatarstan, The
Gail W. Lapidus
Institute of Federalism, Kazan, Tatarstan, Russian Federation
- Dynamics of Secession in the Russian Federation: Why Chechnya?, in Stephen Hanson and Mikhail Alexseev, A Federation Imperiled: Center-Periphery Conflict in Post-Soviet Russia, The
Gail W. Lapidus
Palgrave-MacMillan in "Center-Periphery Conflict in Post-Soviet Russia", ed. M. Alexseev. (1999)
- End of the Cold War Is Also Over, The
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- Ethnonationalism and Political Stability: The Soviet Case
Gail W. Lapidus
Westview Press in "The Soviet Nationality Reader: The Disintegration in Context (1992)
- From Union to Commonwealth: Nationalism and Separatism in the Soviet Republics
Gail W. Lapidus, Victor Zaslavsky, Philip Goldman
Cambridge University Press (1992)
- Gender and Restructuring: Perestroika and Soviet Women
Gail W. Lapidus
Clarendon Press in "Democratic Reform and the Position of Women in Transitional Economies", Valentine Moghadam, ed (1993)
- Gender i perestroika: vliianie perestroiki i ee posledstvii na zhenshchin, in Valery Tishkov, ed., Sem'ia, gender, kultura
Gail W. Lapidus
Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, Russian Academy of Sciences (Moscow) (1997)


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Howard Greninger
The Tribune-Star
While school safety is a priority, exact costs to place special deputy sheriffs into schools must be finalized in writing to ensure taxpayers do not face added costs, Vigo County Auditor Tim Seprodi told a committee of the Vigo County Council.
Under a plan from Vigo County Sheriff Greg Ewing, 10 armed special deputies would be placed in 10 schools in Vigo County for school safety.
Seprodi said costs for the 10 deputies was to be $270,000, with the county paying $135,000. The Vigo County School Corp. would pay the other half of the cost.
"If they are county employees, costs will increase" from required Social Security and Medicare payments., Seprodi said.
"Costs would increase from between $368,300 to $535,000," Seprodi told the council's annual budget committee on Thursday.
Councilman Tim Curley said the deputies "would be school corporation employees, paid by the school corporation. The county would just fund half the cost."
Seprodi said that could increase costs to the school corporation.
"My issue here is if you are going to do a subcontract, I know when dealing with the IRS [Internal Revenue Service] if you are telling a person you have to be at a certain place, between which hours, they [IRS] will consider them employees. In which case, a government entity or the employer will be responsible for Social Security and Medicare, retirement and insurance," Seprodi said.
The county auditor said an interlocal agreement with the school corporation should state that the county will only pay $135,000, with other costs covered by the school corporation.
Ewing said the county attorney is working on the agreement, which will first be submitted to county commissioners prior to a March 12 meeting of the Vigo County Council.
Curley said the agreement was for special deputies to be paid $27,000 a year, with 10 deputies needed. The county, Curley said, would pay the school corporation $135,000 a year.
The Terre Haute Police Department is also sharing costs with the school corporation to provide armed officers in 12 schools inside city limits. That measure has a cost of $353,000, split between the city and school corporation.
The county auditor also asked the sheriff about patrol vehicles.
Ewing said he is working on a plan for the vehicles. The sheriff said the community "has stepped up, because this is a buy-in from not only government, not only our schools, but from the public," Ewing said.
On Friday, Ewing said he has received $35,000 in pledges from businesses to help pay for used vehicles. The sheriff said the money could help obtain five used vehicles. His department already has three other vehicles used by reserve deputies.
"We have old light bars in storage we will use. These cars will not be tricked out with computers and all that. They will have light bars and stripes," the sheriff said.
The cars will also not have radios as the special deputies will have portable radios, the sheriff said. Ewing said additional pledges of support could also be used to obtain vehicles.
Ewing said the sheriff's department will cover vehicle insurance costs. The sheriff told the committee Thursday that Riley Fire Department and Honey Creek Fire Department have pledged maintenance, such as changing oil, on police vehicles used at schools in their townships.
Reporter Howard Greninger can be reached at 812-231-4204 or howard.greninger@


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This Sunday night, the Musically Speaking radio program will spotlight Moonbeam Lane, who provided the featured musical entertainment when MS's "Big Al" brought his comedy act to the King City last month at the Genkota Winery.
The band (Jamie Dodson-lead vocals/percussion; John Metcalf-acoustic and electric guitars/vocals; Sharon Smith-upright acoustic bass/vocals; Larry Barringer-acoustic and electric guitar/dobro guitar/percussion/vocals) has added a number of new additions to their quite extensive song-list. Those additions include quite a few original tunes written by Barringer.
Readers of the Register-News, the King City's oldest (by a long shot, 1865) newspaper are most likely already aware of at least some of the exploits of the members.
If you have not been riveted to your radio each Sunday night for the last two-and-a-half years (and why were you not?), you can still hear interviews with each of the members by going to the MS web-site. Simply click on the archived programs link.
Maybe you'll recall that Jamie and John made a trip to Nashville for an audition with a television program in January, 2008.
Jamie was interviewed on this radio show for the first time in October of 2008. John and Sharon were on in January, 2009 (maybe you have heard about the Yuccas here). Larry was on the radio in June, 2010.
As a matter of fact, if you decide to listen to the show from June 27, 2010, you'll hear Larry and his "Bad Boy" band-mates (Bill Kelton and Kenny Taylor) perform a favorite of mine, one entitled "Wolfman's Howl."
Just kind of reminds me of our old friend, the one and only Bob Trout (The Wolfman), the reason that we have the WolfStock music festival each and every fall here in Mt. Vernon.
Those of you who attended WolfStock 3 in September 2010 may remember another event-related performance by the band known as Doc Jones. Their original, "Wolves," was dedicated to the memory of The Wolfman and proved to be a crowd-pleaser.
Here I am, digressing again.
For the last few years, I have annually been invited to attend an event that is like no other in Southern Illinois. That would be when the band known as "Big River" plays their annual show in Elizabethtown, on the Ohio river in deep Southern Illinois, every August.
Every year I have had to decline due to changes in the sports stuff that I also do.
So, imagine my delight when I found out that Big River will be the headline act at the second annual GenkotaFest on May 21.
Just to give you an idea of the rarity of a public performance by this band, I saw that a poster promoting the show in May, proclaiming that the bands next "port-of-call" would be in E-town on Aug. 27.
Not to beleaguer the point, but those of you who follow what happens in this fine institution known as the Mt. Vernon Register-News, may already be aware of the story that I did on this band as they were in the spring of 2006. I was fortunate to be invited to a practice at a secret location in southeastern Jefferson County. I was privy to a performance that is worth the wait.
The 2011 line-up of Big River is scheduled to include: Del Herbert, Brad Blades, Steve Mandrell and Danny Allen, along with some very special guests. South of 70 will perform the next day, Sunday, May 22.
Don't forget to check out: http://musicallyspeaking.mvn.net.
Enjoy this weeks terrestrial-radio show, or internet-radio show, and please be careful out there.
Don't drink and drive or text and drive.
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CHICAGO, IL – APRIL 22: Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel attends the opening day event for Motorola Mobility headquarters at Chicago's Merchandise Mart on April 22, 2014 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images for Motorola Mobility)
Hillary Clinton jokes about Darth Vader for president in 2016
Former secretary of State says someone as dark as Darth Vader would be a bad choice for the White House.
Sarah Palin begins her own online channel
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Bob Dole: Both parties need to learn compromise
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The Orange County District's Attorney's office is looking into complaints filed by a parent and frequent critic of the Capistrano Unified School District.
Deputy District Attorney Ray Armstrong of the special prosecutions unit confirmed he was investigating the complaints but declined to reveal specifics.
"All I can say is we're reviewing it," Armstrong said.
Parent Dawn Urbanek submitted several complaints to the D.A.'s office last month. Among her accusations:
- Parents were shut out of the collective bargaining process with teachers and other unions as district officials attempted to trim millions from the CUSD budget. Capistrano Unified spokesman Marcus Walton said the district afforded the public many opportunities to address the school board. (See PDF).
- CUSD started negotiations with unions in January, about three months before it was authorized to do so by the school board. As evidence, Urbanek cited an email from Patricia Koch, the representative assigned by the Orange County Department of Education to oversee CUSD's precarious finances, which says, "They are starting to negotiate with CUEA next week beginning with a possible early retirement incentive that would be tied to class-size increases." It was dated Jan. 5.
- The district illegally supported Prop. 30 instead of remaining neutral. Urbanek filed a similar complaint with the state's Fair Political Practices Commission, which chose not pursue the matter. When Patch asked CUSD for comment, Walton forwarded remarks from Superintendent Joe Farley. "Districts are entitled to use their resources to educate trustees, employees and the public about the fiscal impact of budget-related initiatives," Farley wrote in an Oct. 4 letter to Urbanek, a copy of which was also sent to the D.A.
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Moving New Jersey's school board elections to November was expected to raise the stakes of these historically sleepy races, but at least in this first year, the money didn't live up to expectations.
In fact, campaign spending in these elections seemed to step way back. State campaign finance reports and a survey of school board members show tepid sums expended on individual races.
And at least one huge player mostly stood above the fray. The New Jersey Education Association, the powerful statewide teachers union, spent virtually nothing on the elections -- after shelling out more than $4 million in the past decade and upward of $750,000 in 2011 alone.
According to the state's Election Law Enforcement Commission, the NJEA election committee didn't even file a campaign finance report for the November ballot. Its reports for the few remaining April elections showed only about $20,000 spent, mostly to support its locals.
The reason was pretty simple: the move by a vast majority of districts to November elections essentially took school budgets off the ballot for the first time, quieting the NJEA's usual campaigns in support of school funding.
Under the law enacted last year, districts choosing November elections no longer were required to put their annual budgets up for vote as long as they stayed within state caps.
As a result, only a handful of districts ended up holding budget votes. For the NJEA, that took the issue off the table, the one that had prompted its annual statewide mailings and other media campaigns.
Those campaigns essentially peaked three years ago, with Gov. Chris Christie's steep cuts in state aid and his public call for voters to reject local budgets if teachers didn't take a wage freeze.
Before this year, "school budgets had become essentially statewide elections, and we simply don't have the same dynamic anymore," said Steve Baker, a NJEA spokesman. "We will certainly continue to push for support of our public schools, but for that specific project, we just didn't do it this year."
The individual races for school board seats remained pretty quiet affairs as well, according to a survey of its members conducted by the New Jersey School Boards Association and released yesterday.
Only 10 percent of respondents said they had spent more than in previous elections, and 34 percent said they spent less. A large number also indicated they spent nothing on their races, although the survey didn't make it clear if they were first-time candidates or did not run at all.
Campaign finance reports showed far less spent overall, with both the April and November elections totaling just under $600,000. That is less than half of the $1.3 million spent in 2009.
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By Hannah Hinners, Reporter
Daily Iowegian
The Franklin Farmhands were called to order for their regular meeting by Clayton Merritt on Sept. 26.
Shanay Sloan was introduced as a new member.
It was discussed and approved that flowers were sent to the Jeff Younker family for his funeral. We also discussed the recent fire at the Appanoose County Fairgrounds and that we may want to replace the Ronald Turk Area sign when the show ring is rebuilt.
Colton McGill gave a talk on making a duct tape wallet. Justin and Joshua Brown gave a talk on the drought year comparison.
We had an election of officers and the new officers are president: Cendra Sebolt; vice president: Tell Heesch;secretary: Danielle Fulin; treasurer: Anthony Furlin; reporter: Hannah Hinners; historian, Ashtin Glenn.
Nick Howell led the pledge to the American Flag and Hannah Hinners led the pledge to the 4-H flag.
Refreshments were provided by Joshua and Justin Brown, Colton McGill and Cendra Sebolt.
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Star-Advertiser, Sierra Club endorse City Council candidate Natalie Iwasa (District 4, East Oahu).
An on-the-ground look at the direct and indirect costs of the world's largest soccer tournament on Brazil's every day citizens.
Hawaiʻi-based dance theatre troupe Wai Company uses its medium to address GMOs with an informed and balanced portrayal.
The mayor of Honolulu County bases his endorsement on his close working relationship with the governor.
Hawai'i Island OHA Trustee Robert Lindsey tells The Independent why he pushed for OHA to withdraw from the Thirty Meter Telescope contested case.
An exchange of letters between a Hawaiian political leader and a U.S. senator in 1897 reflects the central questions of today's Hawaiian sovereignty movement.
The executive office continues to fill vacancies on state agency boards with new appointments to the Land Use Commission and the Hawaiʻi Housing Finance and Development Corporation
After meeting on Tuesday to discuss the possibility of pursuing a petition OHA filed on July 7 to contest the Thirty Meter Telescope sublease, OHA's trustees have decided the agency will not attempt to block the project.
Government transparency advocacy groups make their pick for this year's most altered, unrecognizable and least transparent bill of the 2014 legislative session.


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Copywriter Seeking Work
Good Morning!
I'm a copywriter specializing in digital, print, SEO, and social media. I'm looking for work in my field as I've spent the last two years under-employed in Richmond, VA (lots of individual freelance projects, but not enough to make a real living on). The Martin Agency has flooded our market here with tons of out of work ad and marketing folks and it's so hard to get a job that many of them are banding together and working as impromptu agencies themselves. Since I never worked at Martin, I'm not in the club. So I am committing to seeking work out-of-state.
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1. Increasing numbers of households on the housing register rising from 3000 to over 4000 in the past year.
2. There are around 130 bids for each 3 bed Council or housing association property that is offered for re-let. Average waiting time is nearly 5 years.
3. Increasing numbers of households accessing the Council's Homelessness Service for advice. July to August figures for this year are up 40% compared to last year.
4. Affordability and insufficient housing supply are at the root of the problem.
5. The introduction of the Local Housing Allowance (LHA), which limits benefit payments, means that very few private rented properties are affordable for LHA claimants. A recent study suggested only 10% of advertised properties were affordable. When transitional arrangement end next year it is likely that homelessness will increase.
6. Those suffering hardship include families and people leaving hospital.
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8. There is difficulty in finding suitable temporary accommodation, with increased pressure on hostel accommodation, and the use of bed and breakfast cannot be ruled out.
9. Poor housing conditions have a number of knock on implications, including for health, educational attainment and economic growth.
10. There is a need to increase the supply of affordable housing, particularly to meet the needs of families, and vulnerable adults and children.
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look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.75
Poured from a 750 ml corked bottle into a Duvel tulip glass. 2014 vintage bottle.
Appearance: Big pop from the cork. Pours a bright and fairly hazy golden orange with a lot of rising bubbles. Huge gushing white head that takes up most of the glass and slowly settles into a smaller foamy layer. Leaves a lot of clingy lacing.
Smell: A very funky, yeasty, spicy, and fruity Belgian style aroma with hints of Brett, pepper spices, and fruit esters. Belgian yeast with clove, peppers, and funky Brett yeast giving some sour cherry hints. Big mix of fruit esters with hints of lemon, orange, green apples, banana, white grapes, pear, grapefruit, mango, tangerine, and peach. Earthy and floral hop scent with hints of grass. Sweet hints of candied sugar and honey. Pale malt with hints of wheat, straw, grains, and cracker. A very complex and good aroma.
Taste: Like the aroma previews, a nicely funky, yeasty, spicy, and fruity Belgian farmhouse style taste with big notes of Brett, spice, and zesty fruit. Belgian yeast with hints of farmhouse funk, clove, peppers, and Brett yeast giving some sour notes. Big taste of fruit esters with notes of lemon zest, green apples, orange, banana, pear, white grape, grapefruit, mango, peach, and tangerine. Earthy and herbal hop scent with some subtle notes of grass. Some candied sugar notes as well. Pale malt background with some notes of wheat, straw, grains, and cracker. A really good taste.
Mouthfeel: Body is on the heavier side of medium. Lots of prickly carbonation. Fairly tart and spicy with a drying finish. Alcohol presence is mild.
Overall: A very good twist on a Belgian style Saison. Good mix of fruit esters and spices with a nice kick of Brett funk.
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I left a 2012 a couple of years ago with my father, who returned it to me today. I had forgotten buying it, and it was such a treat to have a well-aged Saison Brett unexpectedly show up at my doorstep.
As others have commented, the head is huge. It takes patience to let it settle enough to indulge without getting a foam mustache. But that gives you time to take in the floral scent of this brew, which is surprisingly delicate.
Saison-Brett is a yeast-worshiping beer, to the extent that it reminded me of a hefeweissbier. But the alcohol comes through to sharpen its edges, and there's none of the unpleasant belch-provoking fizz of that German hangover remedy.
Though the flavor profile is different, what stands out is the artisanal quality of this brew, worthy of the greatest Belgian examples.
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A: Giant pile of uncontrollable soapy mile high pile of head atop a straight up orange beer. Three step pour process because of the massive foam. Head is rising about two inches, like a for over the glass.
S: Smell is awesome. Extremely flowery, but not overwhelmingly so. Not overwhelmingly anything.... Fermented mixed fruity berries including cherry, tantalizing citrus, and other warm summer aromas. Soft soapy bananas work their way through with creamy meringue but not necessarily of the lemon variety.
T: Taste, also very nice, brings many of the aromatic qualities with added bitterness and noticeable alcohol strength. Floral hops, brisk fruit, bready malts, spice and funky fruity Bret. Very enticing. A lighter version would be fantastic for outdoor summer drinking.
M: Semi-syrupy, slick, smooth and soft.
O: Great!
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The fundamental shift: Doctors are now being told to no longer adhere to rigid clinical guidelines that trigger the use of a statin when cholesterol levels reach a certain threshold.
Instead, people will be advised to take a statin if they already have heart disease, if their bad (LDL) cholesterol is extremely high (190 milligrams per deciliter of blood or more) or if they're middle-aged with type 2 diabetes.
People between 40 and 75 years of age with an estimated 10-year risk of heart disease of 7.5 percent or more will also be advised to take a statin. Experts say this new rule could greatly alter the number of patients who will now be advised to take such a drug.
Here's the calculator being used to determine risk;
This would double the number of people who are eligible for statin treatment. Doctors are also being advised to focus on statin treatment and ignore alternative treatments like chelation and other drugs outside the class of statins. This decision was made in part based on the most recent studies showing the safety and effectiveness of statin therapy. Interesting developments.
"The evidence was never there" for the LDL targets, he said. "Past committees made them up out of thin air" he added.
Yep, I would agree.
"Those goals, of less than 70 or less than 100 [mg/dL>, were never based on any kind of careful scientific study,"
He still supports cholesterol as a risk factor for heart disease. And he said this week;
There was a very large study known as HPS, the Heart Protection Study, that looked at statins in one group of patients versus placebo, a sugar pill, in the other. And it didn't seem to matter where the levels of LDL cholesterol started.
If you had high risk, and you got a statin drug, your risk went down, and it went down a lot, on the order of 25 to 35 percent for the things we really care about like heart attack, stroke and death.
So, take a statin, cholesterol goes down, risk goes down, same message.
He said about the fact that the number of individuals that will be on statins is projected to double;
I'm okay with it. Let me just point out, by the way, that there's only one of the statins that's still branded. Lipitor went generic several years ago. We can get these drugs for most patients for as little as $10 for a three-month supply. So there isn't a profit motive anymore here, and I think that makes it a whole lot easier to accept the guidelines.
Takes the wind out that same old "statins feeding the money machine balloon", doesn't it.
Nissen also said
treating patients with a calculated risk exceeding 7.5% is a lower threshold for treatment than previous guidelines and likely expands the use of statins to millions of patients who would not have otherwise been treated under the ATP III guidelines. What will help is that the drugs are so cheap, now that all the statins, with the exception of rosuvastatin, are available as generic medications.
"Statins have had a profound impact on the risk of morbid and mortal events for heart disease. They are generally very safe. The old guidelines previously emphasized the treatment of patients in older age groups. Now it's easier to look at people in their 40s or 50s and have them reach a 7.5% risk. In many ways, that's good, because if you wait until people are older to treat them, they'll already have vascular disease by the time you begin treatment. The point of treatment is to prevent disease."
You think statins are widely prescribed now, just wait. It will be like taking aspirin.
All in all, pretty much proves what was thought all along. Well done!
Met you goals already, good job.
Here is the one associated with the new guidelines.
It is in the form of a downloadable spreedsheet.
And some one as made it into an online calculator.
Depending on the classification it is either high intensity therapy, statins upto the max dose to reach a >= 50% reduction in LDL levels.
Or moderate intensity therapy, enough statins to reach a 30%<= to < 50% reduction.
I read an article but I can't post it as it's from a source where my institution is a paid member. The hypothesis is the vast majority of those on statins will have their LDL levels increase to a level sufficient to put them back into the treatment group based on the new guidelines if taken off their meds so this is all really a moot point. The new members of the treatment group will come from the 7.5% risk assessment guideline which could double the amount of people on statins.
What is happening here is something that has been in debate for years, should statins be used to prevent cardiovascular disease in otherwise healthy individuals. The decision has clearly been made that says yes, more statins to prevent more disease. This validates the cholesterol theory and the effectiveness and safety of statins.
Let me explain, what some here will read as an increase in the recommended level of LDL from 130 to 190 is actually just an additional risk factor included to capture anyone with familial hypercholesterolemia. If you read the functions and inputs of the risk calculator, they have moved the cholesterol risk to that function. Anyone with a TC between 200 - 320 are bumped into a higher risk factor. Anyone with a TC over 320 bumps into the higher risk stratification which may qualify for more aggressive treatment. As I look into the specific function of the calculator, anyone with a TC over 200 (which is the existing guideline)and older than 40 and a male will more than likely have a 10 year risk score right at 7.5% and make them eligible for statin treatment. In fact, the way this operates all males will eventually hit 7.5% as they age.
Again, basically this is a way to make statin therapy open to more patients in an effort to PREVENT heart disease and stroke.
Very well done...............
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PALMETTO -- Saying people in Palmetto are suffering, Palmetto City Commissioner Charles Smith on Wednesday announced he would run for a Manatee County Commission seat next year.
Smith, a Democrat, said he intends to finish out his term on the Palmetto commission, which ends in November 2014.
But he announced early so those who would like to run for his seat would have plenty of time to prepare, he added.
Asked why he decided to run for the seat now held by Democrat Michael Gallen, Smith replied, "The main reason I'm running is I don't see anything being done in District 2."
The area needs jobs, development, infrastructure improvements and stores, said Smith, 49, of Palmetto, a marketing consultant and civic leader.
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Gallen, the incumbent, said after Smith's announcement, "Competition for elected office is good for the people of Manatee County."
"I always taught my students this when I was an American government teacher. This is exciting news," he said.
Among those who appeared with Smith during a news conference was Bradenton City Councilman Harold E. Byrd, Jr. and his mother, Ruby Byrd; athlete and civic leader Henry Lawrence; and Charles N. Williams Jr., who last year lost his bid to be Manatee County elections supervisor.
"He's energetic and has a heart for people," said Geneva Presha, who said Smith was her nephew. "I'm so excited."
Smith was born in Batavia, N.Y., but was raised in the Lincoln area of Palmetto.
He graduated from Palmetto High School and the University of Central Florida with a degree in criminal justice, according to his Palmetto Commission website profile.
Smith is a member of Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church, where he is an ordained deacon. He also serves as the chairman/president of the Manatee-Sarasota Chapter of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, and on the SCLC's state and national boards.
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If you think nothing interesting ever happens in the burbs, think again. Patch is highlighting some of the more unusual crime news from throughout southeastern Wisconsin in our feature, "OMG PD."
It'll be a pale ale
Perhaps the next special batch should be titled "Don't Do That Here."
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If you're looking for just the right fragrance for your status hearing, this is your guy.
He flipped out
The regular police caught him, but the fashion police want to question him.
Flush with success
Here's hoping the bandit at least washes his hands after stealing.
The above items are from reports from local police departments. In all incidents where an arrest occurred, a charge is merely an accusation and not evidence of guilt. The arrested person is presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.


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Many have seen the famous Salvador Dali painting, "Persistence of Memory." The most memorable images in the surreal painting are unquestionably the pocket watches that are drooped over a ledge, a tree branch, etc.
Given that Indiana State's first appearance in the NCAA Tournament in a decade turned out to be the last to start among the 32 games in the second (cough … first) round, you almost felt Friday as if you were transported into painting itself … and were tortured by the constant dripping of the clocks.
It was a long Friday in Cleveland for ISU and its fans. So much so, that one could be forgiven if he thought the tipoff actually occurred early this morning.
The Sycamores and Orange got down to business at an unfashionably late 10:20 p.m. It was the latest tipoff time of the season for ISU by nearly an hour.
Given that, fans and players had no choice but to bide their time. I chose to bide mine by taking in the other games at Quicken Loans Arena.
The games at Quicken Loans Arena started at 2:15 p.m. I arrived midway through George Mason-Villanova and thought the day was off to a good start when the Patriots rallied with a late 8-0 run to vanquish the overrated Wildcats 61-57 in the first of Cleveland's second- (cough … first-) round games.
But once the Ohio State bloodletting of Texas-San Antonio began — the No. 1-seeded Buckeyes pillaged the Roadrunners in a 75-46 victory — time stood still. Minutes seemed to turn to hours, and worse, the games at the venue fell almost 30 minutes behind schedule.
It was a long enough day for observers, although ISU fans could sample the delights of Cleveland and see sights like the Rock 'n Roll Hall Of Fame. The alumni association hosted a pep rally at the team hotel at 6 p.m., an event that was well attended by Sycamore fans.
But can you imagine what it was like for the Sycamores themselves?
ISU kept busy as best it could on Friday. It had two practice sessions that clocked in at roughly 60 minutes. One was a shootaround at Quicken Loans Arena, the other was a practice at nearby Cleveland State.
At least ISU has experience with these long tournament waits. At St. Louis, the Sycamores cooled their heels all day as they played Evansville in the last game of the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament quarterfinals. That game tipped at 9:35 p.m. Eastern, bright and early compared to Friday's game.
But aside from that, the day was one long protracted wait. Assistant coaches Deryl Cunningham and Dave Ragland told me during the Xavier-Marquette game that the key was trying to keep the Sycamores off their feet, but mainly, the players watched the Friday games just like everyone else did.
But just when you thought the Friday marathon wait was a drag, you saw the faces of the Sycamores as they went through pre-game introductions.
Jake Odum broke a wide grin and patted Jake Kelly on the shoulder, joking as always.
Carl Richard was his usual stoic self. So was Myles Walker. Dwayne Lathan chest-bumped Isiah Martin. So did Aaron Carter.
All of the other Sycamores took in the moment as they had their eyes on the Jumbotron as they shook their teammates hands. They wanted to see themselves on the big stage too.
When the Sycamores take the floor, you could tell the long day was worth the wait.
And by the time you read this, you'll know whether they saved the best NCAA moment for last.
Todd Golden is sports editor of the Tribune-Star. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com or at (812) 231-4272. Please read his blog at http://blogs.tribstar.com/downinthevalley.


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Due to WBBZ's coverage of the Yankees-Red Sox game tonight, "Bucky & Sully" will air a half-hour earlier, at 6:30 p.m., than its regularly scheduled start time. The show goes back to 7 p.m. Monday.
Replays of the shows can be found on BuffaloNews.com shortly after their conclusion on Mondays and Fridays. View past episodes here.
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His Music , His tattoos , Or how hee LOOks ?
What one thing you mostly love about wiz khalifa ?
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His Music , His tattoos , Or how hee LOOks ?
His Evevevrythinng ; thats why he is liked so much cause he isnt like the rest .
Hes orginal , & new
EVERYTHING.................his swag is ridiculous, his way of lyrically attacking a beat is just monster!!! and OMG his smile!!!! Oh wow!!!
Maan, i love Wiz's flow. all he talks about is pussy weed patron, he knows exactly what hes doin.
hes gonna go huge, bigger then any rapper alive. bigger then pac and smalls if he keeps his shit goin, cause man he influences me from the minute i wake up in the mornin. dude is smart, knows the rap game well. he knows what we wanna hear!!!
he seems so real & love how goofy he gets on stage, has an amazing singing & rapping voice & he's just an all around amazing entertainer & is cute as f*ck !
His music, his personality, and the way he seems to be enjoyin' life...
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SOMERSET — Ronald M. Park Jr. has resigned as president and chief executive officer for Somerset Hospital after only 13 months in the top leadership position.
The abrupt resignation was accepted during a 90-minute meeting of the hospital boards this evening.
Craig Saylor was immediately named interim CEO for the hospital and Andrew Rush was named interim CEO for Somerset Health Services Inc.
Rumors that Park would be leaving the position surfaced late last week and may have been cemented during a gathering of hospital leaders this morning.
Hospital spokeswoman Michele Beener would not confirm that board members were meeting this morning, but had The Tribune-Democrat reporter wait in the hospital lobby for several hours before announcing there would be no information released until after the 5 p.m. board meeting.
"I am not allowed to leave any reporters unattended today," she said.
There was no explanation provided for Park's sudden departure, which was remarkable in contrast to his appointment in January 2013.
In the release, hospital board Chairman Bruce Shipley said only, "I'd like to thank Ron for his years of service to Somerset Hospital. We certainly wish him the best.
"As we look forward, the board of directors is pleased to announce an interim succession plan that ensures a continued bright, secure future for Somerset Hospital."
Saylor started his career at Somerset in 1982 and has served the last five years as vice president and chief operating officer.
Rush has been with the hospital since 2000 and was promoted from the position of vice president for physician recruitment.


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Mark Bennett
The Tribune-Star
Drew Helton nodded his head like a wise college professor dispensing scholarly advice.
Instead, Helton — a fifth-grader — was explaining the definition of the word "za" to a visitor at Wednesday afternoon's gathering of the Eastern Greene Middle School Scrabble Club. Awareness of such exotic two-letter combinations comes in handy to players of the iconic board game, which celebrates its 75th anniversary this year.
"It means 'many pizzas,'" Helton said of "za."
To vocabulary challenged folks who only know "many pizzas," Scrabble can be intimidating. It is played with two or four players by forming words with randomly drawn letters (printed on square tiles) and placing them on spaces plotted on a 15-by-15 grid. As in crossword, words can be played downward or across the board, and new entries must connect with one of those already played. Letter values range from 1 point (as in the common "a") to 10 points (as in the "z" in "za"). Working with seven letters at a time, play typically continues until one competitor has no tiles left and the draw bag is empty. The high scorer wins.
The Eastern Greene Scrabble Club owns an impressive history of winning.
The youngsters have won five Indiana State School Scrabble Tournament titles and have participated in the past 10 National School Scrabble Championships since Eastern Greene fifth-grade science and math teacher Dinah Fuller started sponsoring the club in the late 1990s.
On Thursday, the club conducted its annual fundraiser silent auction to help defray the $1,000-per-student cost of this year's trip to the nationals May 3 and 4 in Washington, D.C. That amount covers an airline ticket, food, hotel and sightseeing. Fuller hopes to send four two-player teams to the event. By encountering students from other states and cultures in a metropolitan city hundreds of miles from the hills of rural eastern Greene County, the experience broadens the kids' minds, Fuller said.
"I tell [the parents], 'You know, you better squeeze them now, because you're not going to get the same kid back,'" she said.
The game itself has an impact on them, too. Their vocabularies expand.
"Words like 'za' and 'qi' I would have never known otherwise," said Lilli Southern, a former Scrabble Club competitor and current Eastern Greene High School sophomore, who returns to Fuller's classroom on Wednesdays to help coach and referee the middle-schoolers' games.
It's a popular place.
After school Wednesday, as usual, students' backpacks lined the hallway floor outside Helton's classroom and that of fellow fifth-grade teacher Matt Roberts, who assists with the club. The number of participating kids — from grades 5 through 8 — in the rooms leaves no space for backpacks.
"There's something exciting about seeing that mess out there, because it means they've dropped everything to come in here," Fuller said.
"I call them my prodigies," she added. "They're people who are anxious to belong to something."
Words and young faces dominate the scenery in Fuller's classroom, from the middle-schoolers playing Scrabble on desks or the floor to inspirational sayings posted on her walls and a photo collage on her bulletin board. Those snapshots include several taken during past Eastern Greene team trips to the national tournament. Those memories return in real-life form, too. Scrabble Club alums, now high-schoolers such as Southern, routinely drop in on Wednesdays to assist Fuller and play a game or two.
"I just love Mrs. Fuller, and Scrabble is just fun," explained alum Dylan Abell, now a freshman.
At last week's session, Abell took on the team of Tristan Vincz, a fifth-grader, and Tucker Piedmont, a seventh-grader. At the side of the board, the game clock — allotting 25 minutes per side — ticked away. Amid the convergence of common words was "hilts," played by Abell. Through Scrabble, he said, "you learn new and different words."
A few desks away, four fifth-graders pondered their tricky seven-letter sets in another close game. The tray in front of Helton and teammate Kolton Miller contained the letters w, b, i, i, e, g and t. On the opposite side, girls Jordan Newman and Kennedy Caswell eyed their assortment of g, k, n, i, n, e and v. Fuller recommends to the kids to think two words ahead of their next move. "We try to get two [ahead]," Caswell said, "but sometimes we can't."
Some of the club participants play Scrabble electronically, with tablets such as a Nook or a Kindle. The club, along with state and national competitions, encourages in-person matchups.
"Although there's a lot of ways to play Scrabble electronically, they love to sit across from another person and play a game," Fuller said.
That's the case at home, too. Club players break out the Scrabble board with parents, grandparents and siblings. "It's good practice for when you come here [to the Wednesday sessions]," Miller said.
And vice versa.
"It's also fun to go home and play against my family," Southern said, grinning. "They think it isn't fair."
Like the students, Fuller — a 54-year-old wife, mother of four and grandmother of six — plays Scrabble on the board at home with her family. She prefers those moments over online duels or one-on-ones in clubs composed of seriously competitive adults. "It's like a lot of things — if you do it hard core and do it all the time, it becomes a job," she said.
Fuller aims to keep the game in perspective in the club, too. At state and national tournaments, students learn to use good sportsmanship even in pressure situations. "It's been fun to see our kids do the right things in competition when they have the opportunity not to do the right thing," she said.
In her own childhood days, Fuller knew Scrabble as a snow-day activity. "As the daughter of two teachers, everything literary was encouraged," she recalled.
Scrabble's literary virtues show up in the standardized test scores of the Eastern Greene club members. "When it comes to a language-development section, they do a better job," Fuller said. "They learn these quirky words."
The game also offers life lessons in microcosm. "Sometimes you just get a lousy rack of letters," Fuller said. "Sometimes you get all vowels or no vowels."
That scenario became the subject of Eastern Greene Middle School Scrabble Club T-shirts. Printed on the shirts was the slogan:
"Philosophy of Life: Do the best with what you have. Philosophy of Scrabble: The same."
Mark Bennett can be reached at 812-231-4377 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
• American architect Alfred Mosher Butts created Scrabble in 1938, basing its letter values on the frequency of their appearance on The New York Times' front pages.
• Hasbro markets the game in North America, while Mattel sells it elsewhere.
• Players theoretically have a pool of more than 120,000 possible words, according to the National Scrabble Association website.
• The all-important Scrabble Dictionary is available in paperback as well as a new downloadable mobile phone app.


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McAlester Police Det. Capt. Gary Wansick was named interim police chief Wednesday morning.
Wansick said he visited with McAlester City Manager Pete Stasiak Wednesday. "He requested that I step in as interim police chief," Wansick said.
Wansick is taking over the duties of former McAlester Police Chief Jim Lyles, who was relieved of his duties with the McAlester Police Department on Monday. Wansick said Stasiak estimated it would take about 60 to 90 days to fill the police chief position. "In that time period I will assume the duties and responsibilities of police chief," he said.
"I'm just extremely pleased that (Wansick) is going to step forward and assist the city in this interim period," Stasiak said Wednesday afternoon. The city manager plans to begin looking for a permanent police chief immediately. "We're going to open this up internally for current city employees to apply for the job as well as externally — nationwide. My job is to find the right person for our citizens and our community," Stasiak said.
Until the position is filled, Wansick will handle the police chief duties, Stasiak said.
Wansick has served MPD for 32 years. "In fact," Wansick said, "I will have 32 years on Monday." Wansick started with MPD as a patrolman, he said. And prior to his new position as interim chief, Wansick served as detective-captain for MPD. He said he will be handling duties for both positions until the police chief position is filled.
Although Stasiak said he could not comment about personnel matters, he did have this to say about his decision to relieve former Police Chief Jim Lyles of duties:
"This was a very difficult decision. Jim Lyles gave the city many years of distinguished service for our community."
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Americans have resisted the dollar coin. We like our small denominations in paper.
But phasing out the dollar bill and replacing it with a coin will save an estimated $4.4 billion over the next 30 years, Congressional auditors say.
For savings like that, can we learn to carry them?
On the pro-side of the change, the coin has a longer shelf life. Coins can last decades, where the paper bills typically have to be retired after four or five years, according to a report in the Boston Globe.
On the negative side, the paper bill would have to be completely eliminated for the savings to accrue. And it would take several years and up-front expenses to produce the coin.
Advocates point to the recent experience in Canada, where the $1 coin has proven a huge hit. And now a $2 coin has been introduced.
Should the U.S. drop the dollar bills and make the switch? Tell us what you think in the comments section.


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Do you like to sing great music?
If you enjoy performing in a large chorus, with instrumental accompaniment, under inspiring musical direction, in beautiful churches & concert halls, then come to an open rehearsal of the Dedham Choral Society. All voices are welcome.
Open rehearsals will be held January 9 & 16, 2013, at 7:00 p.m.
Allin Congregational Church, 683 High Street, Dedham
Regular Rehearsals are held Wednesday evenings: 7:30 - 10:00 p.m.
For more info, visit www.dedhamchoral.org