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Victor gives a lot of useful security tips, mostly for advanced users comfortable with editing .htaccess and wp-config.php files, but some tips are for intermediate users too. The Resources section at the end of his corresponding blog post has lists of guides, plugins and utilities.
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Two students from Raleigh Charter High School aced the local Chemistry Olympiad exam, qualifying them to take the national exam last spring.
Dan Qu, a senior last spring, and Andrew Zhou, who was a junior, were among only about 1,000 students nationwide to qualify for the national test, which is used to select a top tier of students to attend a summer Chemistry Olympiad Study Camp from which four students go on to represent the U.S. at the international level.
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PLAISTOW — April School Vacation Week activities continue: Spring Dance & Tea Party with Angie from European School from 10:00-11:00 a.m.—a dance and movement class followed by a Tea Party and simple craft. Please register online in advance. A PG Family Movie will be shown at 1:00 p.m., with popcorn and drink provided: all ages are welcome, no need to register. Visit our website www.plaistowlibrary.com for more information and to sign up for programs requiring registration.
Book donations are being accepted for the Friends' Book Sale. Donations will be accepted until Fri., May 10 - no moldy or tattered books, textbooks, or encyclopedias, please. Come browse the Friends' Book Sale on Sat., May 11, from 8:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. to find a gift for mom, or for yourself. To volunteer at the Book Sale or learn how else you can help the Friends, come to the next Friends meeting on Mon., April 29 at 6:30 p.m. in the History Room at the library. New members are always welcome. The Friends of the Library are holding a drawing for an iPad Touch - tickets are $1.00 each or six for $5.00. The winner will be picked May 11 during the Friends' book sale.
A beautiful and eclectic display of carousel horses is on display at the library courtesy of Robyn Beaulieu. Visit the library to see this collection during the month of April. The art on the walls are block prints from Ms. Duffy's Seventh Grade Explorers from Timberlane Middle School. A reception for students and parents to view the exhibit is planned Mon., April 29 at 6:30 pm at the library.
April is National Poetry Month. Come in with a poem you've written about the library and enter our contest. Three winners will be chosen from ages 1-12, 13-18, and 19 and up, on May 1. Prizes will be announced.
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- There was an error popping out when the watermark tag was removed from XML. Now that is fixed.
- Added the ability to change the image size. You can now setup the output image width and height through the XML code.
- Added .jsp file for those with Java servers.
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This application allows you to take webcam photos and save them on a server. It's XML based so you can easily customize it. If you want you can create different configuration XML files for a site with different languages (example: config_en.xml; config_it.xml etc), and choose through flashvars witch XML to load.
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PORTLAND -- How well do you know your neighbors? They could save your life.
Over the weekend an emergency call came in to the Washington County Sheriff's Department from the West Lake Village town houses in Cedar Mill.
"We don't know what to do about one of our neighbors," the voice on the phone reported.
They worried about 67-year-old Virginia Cartier.
"We usually hear from her, you know. We'll see her go in and out of her apartment. We didn't see her, she didn't pick up her paper or her TV guide and she always does," said neighbor Kyla Sexton.
That concern and the 911 call brought sheriff's deputies to Cartier's condo, where they found her trapped under a heavy dresser. She had spent at least four days there without food or water.
"This could have been very tragic. She could have died on her bedroom floor under her dresser," said Sgt. Bob Ray from the Washington County Sheriff's Office. He believes the neighbors saved Cartier's life.
"So we were very fortunate and we probably were at the end of the window of being successful," he said.
But how many people look out for their neighbors? KGW posted the question on its Facebook page and some commenters responded with inspiring stories of cooperation and caring. Others said they don't get along with their neighbors at all. Police say you should watch out for them anyway.
"I think that if someone noticed something suspicious or out of the norm, hopefully they would still call, even if they don't have that good a relationship with their neighbor," Sgt. Ray said.
Police can't be everywhere.
"We rely very heavily on people calling us in with tips, whether they're following someone they think may be an impaired driver or there's some suspicious vehicle in their neighborhood or parked in their neighbor's driveway and their neighbor's not home," said Sgt. Ray.
Back at West Lake Village, neighbors like Kyla Sexton are glad they got involved. It is, after all, the neighborly thing to do.
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By Cam Huffman
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The preseason talk from the Big 12 coaches was much the same when it came to newcomers West Virginia and TCU, who will meet at 3 p.m. Saturday at Mountaineer Field, a contest that will be televised nationally on FOX.
When the league's two first-year schools were admitted last fall, when the preseason magazines inquired during the spring and certainly at Big 12 media days over the summer, the consensus was that the Mountaineers and Horned Frogs would be major players in the conference football race from the start.
The preseason polls proved it was more than just talk, as WVU was picked No. 2 in the 10-team league, with TCU coming in fifth.
At the halfway point of the 2012 season, though, the results haven't been what many expected. The Mountaineers, once ranked No. 5 in the country, lost two straight in blowout fashion to fall to 5-2 overall and 2-2 in conference play, before getting a chance to catch their breath with a bye week this past Saturday.
TCU, meanwhile, also lost two in a row, falling short against Texas Tech in three overtimes and then betting blown out by Oklahoma State 36-14. The Horned Frogs are now 5-3 overall and just 2-3 in the Big 12.
The adjustment to a new league certainly hasn't been easy for the former Big East (WVU) and Mountain West (TCU) members.
"I don't remember the last time we lost two in a row at West Virginia," said WVU head coach Dana Holgorsen. "But it's the reality of the situation. Every game is going to be tough. But we have a strange combination of a bunch of older guys that want to finish the year strong, want to keep winning and want to get to a good bowl game. Then there's a bunch of young kids that don't understand any of this. So it's a combination of both and it's our job of coaches to mix the two and keep the attitude good.
"From a coaching standpoint, we understand what it is, but from a fan standpoint and a program standpoint, we're learning more about the Big 12 each and every week."
TCU head coach Gary Patterson's response to his team's struggles sounded a lot like Holgorsen's.
"Our group understood the competition going into the season, and it hasn't been any different," he said, going on to explain that his team has seemed a little tired and that it took Monday off to try to get rested. "When you're close to the team you're playing, there are going to be six to eight plays that are the difference in the game. I think that's held up pretty true so far.
"We've played a lot of these guys (before), so we knew the competition level and knew the margin of error would be a lot smaller from week to week. I think our kids are learning that. We'd like to play with older players, but I'm happy with them. We just have to get better at what we do. We're still excited about where we're heading and what we're doing."
Make no mistake about it, though, Saturday's game is a big one for both teams.
A sixth win will make the winner bowl eligible, but a three-game losing streak for the loser will be difficult to overcome.
"There was a pretty good sense of urgency last week," said Holgorsen, who, at first, didn't like the timing of the off week but admitted that, looking back, he's happy with what his team was able to get done during the break. "The attention to detail tends to pick up when you get beat, if the makeup of your team is what you want it to be. So we just worried about ourselves last week and now our job this week is to prepare them (for TCU) as best as we possibly can.
"You just have to take advantage of your practice opportunities. You get so caught up in the week to week, as far as what your game plan is, throughout the course of the season you tend to forget some of the fundamental aspects of what being football players is all about. How you improve is by getting better at the technique. We did a lot of work on that, and hopefully that will show up on the field."
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But Holgorsen doesn't expect the weather to provide anything his team can't overcome.
"We're monitoring it right now. It's supposed to all be blown out of here by Friday," said the Mountaineers' second-year coach. "It's probably going to affect our preparation a little bit, but we're ahead of schedule right now, due to having an off week and getting a bunch of good practice in last week. So we'll be prepared to play."
His biggest concern is for his players who hail from the areas where Hurricane Sandy is expected to have the most damaging impact.
"We've got a lot of kids from New Jersey, Baltimore and (Washington) D.C., so we're monitoring things to make sure everything is OK with their families," said Holgorsen. "Our thoughts and prayers are certainly with the people in that part of the country."
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UCSF-linked Shinya Yamanaka has won the 2012 Nobel Prize for his discovery of how to transform ordinary adult skin cells into cells that, like embryonic stem cells, are capable of developing into any cell in the human body.
A University of California at San Francisco anatomy professor was named today as a recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
Shinya Yamanaka, also a senior investigator at the UCSF-affiliated Gladstone Institutes, was honored for his discovery that mature cells can be transformed into ones that are "pluripotent," meaning they can develop into any type of cell, similar to stem cells.
The discovery of the new cell technology avoids the necessity of using controversial embryonic stem cells to study diseases, according to UCSF officials.
"He has opened up a whole new field of discovery, and our scientists are working hard to advance the research," UCSF Chancellor Susan Desmond-Hellmann said in a statement.
Mayor Ed Lee also issued a statement praising Yamanaka, who is also associated with the University of Kyoto in Japan.
Lee said the discovery provides "boundless potential for medical advancement" and was "another reminder of why we often say that San Francisco is the 'Innovation Capital of the World.'"
Yamanaka, who shares the prize with Dr. John Gurdon of the University of Cambridge, said in a statement that, "the best part about this prize is that it will bring attention to -- and will likely spur -- the important stem cell work that scientists around the world are conducting."
He said the technology "is for patients -- and the more scientists who build on it, the faster we can help those who live with chronic or life-threatening diseases."


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Propelled by three Pablo Sandoval homers and stalwart pitching from Barry Zito, the San Francisco Giants rocketed to an 8-1 win in Game 1 of the 2012 World Series Wednesday night, and ticket prices for Thursday night's Game 2 rose right along with the black and orange.
While prices on StubHub.com for Game 2 started at around $300 Wednesday, the lowest price by the end of Game 1 had risen to nearly $460 for standing room only tickets. Those Game 2 tickets ranged to an astounding $19,000 Wednesday night, with around 2,400 tickets still available.
Tack on hefty parking prices of more than $40 per car and Giants fans heading to Game 2 are in for a pricey night.
Joellen Ferrer, spokeswoman for Stubhub, told the San Francisco Business Times that pricing "is still pretty on par with what we saw in 2010" when the Giants won the World Series over the Texas Rangers. But overall Stubhub search traffic for Giants World Series tickets is up about 20 percent over search levels during the 2010 World Series, she said.
Craigslist was equally abuzz over Game 2 tickets, with one Marin resident charging $1,800 for a pair of tickets and another seeking $6,000 for four tickets.
Those numbers had some thinking of a non-monetary strategy to get themselves into Game 2.
"I'd walk over to McCovey Cove, strip down to my skivvies and jump in if someone put two tickets in my hand right now," Ed Manalong, 50, of Daly City told the San Francisco Chronicle. "The prices people are charging are crazy, and with the economy this bad you have to be a little creative."
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HARPER,Texas -- He aspired to serve his country, but died while training for his dream career. Yet out of the tragedy, comes hope and a second chance at life for others.
At 18 years old, Jacob Krebs was a well-rounded athlete. It was on the high school track field that he made some great friends and even inspired other students.
"One of the hardest workers you've ever seen in your life," said Chris Stevenson, Harper High School principal.
Jacob was an Eagle Scout, a cross-country teammate and a role model for others at Harper.
"I've been here six years and Jacob ran every year for me," said Will Reid, his coach.
Jacob was two months shy of graduation. Everyone in town knew about his big dream.
"He was always wanting to be a SEAL, even from the time he was able to stand and speak," said friend Dennis Land.
Jacob's' love for the military pushed him to train for the Navy SEALS.
But a week before he died, he was practicing an underwater exercise at a Fredericksburg wellness center.
"The belief is that he lost consciousness under water," said the principal.
Though Jacob will not be able to fulfill his lifetime goal, there is a silver lining.
"Our loss and the family's loss is going to be a miracle to others because he is going through organ donations as we speak," said the principal.
Yellow ribbons adorn school trees in his honor, and the reality that Jacob's sneakers won't set foot on the school track anymore is a harsh reality to swallow.
"That hits hard," said Land. "(It) hits hard."
In spite of the pain they feel, Jacob's friends remember the good times and remain optimistic.
"I hope he's up there running, too," said his friend Michael Montoya. "I hope he's watching over us."
On Friday, April 12, the entire school body will gather to hold a memorial for Jacob and celebrate his life.


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U.S. Rep. Renee Ellmers political opponents are gunning for her.
The Harnett County Republican appears on a website with other political targets, her picture rendered in black-and-white with her mouth open, a time-honored trick in political ads to make someone seem goofy or untrustworthy. The effort against Ellmers will be national, and by the 2014 mid-term elections, possibly millions will be spent to try to dislodge her from her seat in the 2nd Congressional district after three terms.
You might assume her opponents are Democrats. She has some of those, too. But the biggest threat to Ellmers will come from her fellow Republicans.
The conservative Club For Growth, a zero-tolerance, virulently anti-tax group, has deemed that Ellmers is no longer one of the herd. She has earned the dreaded appellation RINO, meaning Republican In Name Only.
At its website, PrimaryMyCongressman.com, the club even uses a rhinoceros image to decorate the page about Ellmers, whose conservative rating by another group, the American Conservative Union, is 91 (out of 100).
The Club For Growth page documents her sins: Among them, voting to increase the debt ceiling in 2011; voting for a budget that included funding for the Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare, which was already law by then; and voting against cuts to the National Park System.
Perhaps unintentionally, the anti-Ellmers page also highlights why its so hard to get anything done in Washington and why it seems Congress since 2010 has lurched from crisis to crisis.
Many representatives are in districts drawn in a way they cant lose unless they run afoul of their own party. Thus they have little incentive to reach across the aisle to the other party, which is a sure-fire way to get their own party mad at them.
And many Congress folks seem to associate losing their seats as akin to death.
When the specter of losing his Senate seat in a primary reared its ugly head in 2010, John McCain abandoned his long-held advocacy of comprehensive immigration reform and started running TV ads in which he said the goal of reform should be to complete the danged fence.
With his seat safely secured, McCain has drifted back to his original position.
In this environment of fear, you can see how gerrymandering to create safe districts leads to gridlock.
In the U.S. House, too many districts are drawn in a way to almost guarantee that one party always wins, either Republican or Democrat.
Ellmers was elected as a tea party candidate in the GOP wave of 2010. That same year, a Census year, the new Republican majority in the N.C. General Assembly got to redraw the maps for U.S. congressional districts. Their goal was to send more Republicans to Congress and fewer Democrats.
North Carolina is a purple state that narrowly voted for President Obama in 2008 and Mitt Romney in 2012. Our previous congressional delegation reflected this close split, with seven Democrats and six Republicans going to D.C.
But with the redrawing, the 2012 elections yielded nine Republicans and four Democrats despite the fact that the Democratic candidates earned more actual votes. Put another way, Democratic House candidates earned 51 percent of the vote, but the party will have only 31 percent representation in Washington. This is as fine a specimen of pure gerrymandering as youll ever see and not exactly democratic (small d).
One consequence of the redrawing was to put Ellmers in a safe and snug bright-red district where it will be tough for her to lose to a Democrat.
But as the Club For Growth website makes clear, that does not mean Ellmers is on easy street. She has to constantly peer over her right shoulder at potential tea party challengers who are willing to be more extremist and hard-headed than she. From a purely political sense, she has no reason to work with Obama and the Democrats on anything.
Most representatives in her position simply toe the tea party line and wait to coast to victory next election. Ellmers was thrown off this safe course when party officials in the House began grooming her for top leadership. Shes quite photogenic and appears on TV a lot, often in the background in shots that feature Speaker of the House John Boehner and Eric Cantor, House majority leader.
But with leadership comes responsibility. She is expected to take tough votes that are unpopular with the GOP rank-and-file in order to break the numerous logjams with Democrats. Compromise makes Washington work but in todays partisan environment is often perceived as betrayal.
To say that big money makes this problem worse is to severely understate it, especially since the Supreme Courts 2010 Citizens United decision that loosed huge corporate spending onto the political landscape.
The only way We the People can remedy this problem of gerrymandering is to push for nonpartisan drawing of congressional districts. It sounds impossible, because the party in power, whether Democrat or Republican, would never go for it.
Thats why the people must press the case strongly and hold future candidates for office accountable on whether they support nonpartisan districts.
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---- — BOSTON — Michael McLaughlin, a former Methuen town manager who was paid $360,000 a year to run the Chelsea Housing Authority before resigning under fire, has been indicted again, this time on state charges of illegally seeking campaign donations for former Lt. Gov. Timothy Murray.
McLaughlin, 67, was indicted yesterday by a Suffolk County grand jury on four counts of unlawful solicitation by a public employee, four counts of solicitation in a public building and four counts of conspiracy to solicit in a public building.
McLaughlin, who was town manager from 1990 to 1992, then quit under pressure, was sentenced last month to three years in prison after pleading guilty to federal charges of falsely reporting his income. Gov. Deval Patrick pressured McLaughlin and the Chelsea Housing Authority board members to resign in 2011 after the director's huge salary was revealed.
Murray, who resigned as lieutenant governor earlier this year and now heads the Worcester Chamber of Commerce, yesterday agreed to give back $50,000 in illegal contributions. The money came from fundraising events that McLaughlin helped arrange in Methuen between 2008 and 2010 as well as gatherings that a state worker put together in the Worcester area.
Murray also agreed to pay a civil penalty of $80,000. Ten-thousand dollars of that will come out of his own pocket.
"Talk about a slap on the wrist," state Rep. James Lyons, R-Andover, said. Lyons said one-party rule in Massachusetts has contributed to a political culture that allowed McLaughlin to keep getting his salary raised without oversight.
The dominance of the Democratic Party, he said, has permitted members of the state's political establishment "to protect their own." Murray, who had planned to run for governor and was aggressively raising money for that quest, pulled himself out of the race.
Lyons said it's outrageous that Murray is being allowed to pay the bulk of the civil penalty, $70,000, out of his campaign fund.
Former state Sen. James Jajuga of Methuen pointed out that the indictment against McLaughlin is merely an allegation — not a conviction.
Jajuga also noted that McLaughlin has not been accused of stealing anything. McLaughlin's indictment and Murray's agreement to pay a large civil penalty "feed into the cynicism" that people have about politicians, Jajuga said.
Most people in public life, he said, "do the right thing," Regarding Murray's relationship with McLaughlin, Jajuga said, "He feels he was duped."
McLaughlin asked Chelsea Housing Authority workers to attend fundraisers for Murray and directed one of them to collect donations and send out invitations, according to state Attorney General Martha Coakley.
"It is important that campaign finance laws be adhered to," said former Methuen Mayor William Manzi, now the town manager of Seabrook, N.H. The actions taken against McLaughlin and Murray show that the attorney general will enforce those laws, he added.


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Marin County's gun buyback program has become a victim of its own success.
During its first-ever gun buyback event on Tuesday, the county collected 827 guns and more than 1,500 rounds of ammunition, most of it from Marin County residents, according to the district attorney's office, which organized the event.
Those turning in guns were given $200 for semi-automatic handguns or long guns, and $100 for other guns. But the $43,000 in cash that was available to those surrendering firearms was depleted within 90 minutes.
When the cash ran out, participants were given vouchers that they were told they could redeem within 30 days. Marin County District Attorney Ed Berberian said $70,000 in vouchers was distributed.
However, it now appears those with vouchers might not be paid unless the county receives more donations for its buyback program, Berberian said Thursday.
A second gun buyback event is scheduled for Monday at the Mill Valley Police Department, but Berberian said people surrendering guns there will be told they won't receive any money. The buyback is scheduled for 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Initially, there were scheduled to be two collection sites on Monday but the county has since cancelled one that would have been in San Rafael.
Berberian said the people who received vouchers on Tuesday were told that the vouchers were not guaranteed, and many said they didn't care.
County officers will pick up al the collected firearms in the next few weeks and take them to a facility that will dismantle and melt down the materials.
"I have committed to destroying all the firearms collected," Berberian said. "Yes, even antique/valuable firearms will be destroyed if they are operable."
The only exception to destruction, he said, is if a legal firearm was stolen and the victim of the theft can be identified. The gun owner would be contacted and the option would be provided to have the firearm returned.
Anyone who wants to make a tax deductible donation to cover the vouchers issued in the buyback program can mail a check to the Marin County District Attorney's Office, Attention Gun Buy Back Program, Room 130, 3501 Civic Center Drive, San Rafael CA 94903.
A tax identification number will be issued to contributors, Berberian said.
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Bachelor of Arts in Business Management
This degree is designed to provide students with the skills, knowledge, and wisdom necessary to run their own business, be successful in an organization of their choosing, and be prepared for graduate study. The student's education in this major comes from both the classroom and real-world experiences, including on-site internships in the field. Specifically, the degree focuses on planning, in reference to products and service; organizational structure; leadership, human resource management, marketing, and financial management.
Learning Outcomes for Business Management Majors
The faculty of the Business/Economics Department have identified five learning outcomes that should be developed and mastered by the time students graduate. Business management graduates will:
- Successfully apply classroom knowledge to real-world experiences.
- Demonstrate industry-appropriate communication skills and the ability to work effectively with diverse groups in a team environment.
- Demonstrate the ability to adapt themselves to a changing business environment while encouraging others to do so as well.
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American Jewish
AP/Wide World
CBS News Archives
Nesse Godin
Library of Congress
Los Angeles
Ernest Michel
National Archives
and Records Administration
New York
The Seattle
UCLA Film and
Television Archive
of Southern Carolina Newsfilm Archive
United States
Holocaust Memorial Museum Photo Archives
The Washington
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inception in 1988 until 1993.
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throughout the world.
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Lithuania Ghetto, the Stutthof Concentration Camp, four labor camps,
and a death march. She lived in Shauliai, Lithuania with her parents
and two brothers until the Nazi invasion. She and her husband Jack,
also a Holocaust survivor, came to the United States in 1950 and
settled in the Washington, DC area.
Nesse has dedicated her adult life to teaching
and sharing memories of the Holocaust, and has appeared before a
variety of audiences. Nesse is Co-President of the Jewish Holocaust
Survivors and Friends of Greater Washington. She also serves on
the boards of other Holocaust survivor groups.
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Special Assistant, 1941-1946
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author of fourteen books who has written extensively about Israel
and the Middle East. During World War II, Gruber worked as a foreign
correspondent and then as a special assistant to Harold Ickes, Secretary
of the Interior in the Roosevelt Administration.
In 1944, Ickes asked Gruber to escort a ship
carrying 1,000 European refugees from Italy to Oswego, New York.
She documented this trip through accounts and photographs in several
books and projects including, Haven: The Unknown Story of 1,000
World War II Refugees, and a CBS miniseries scheduled to air
in 2001.
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UP and CBS
Richard C. Hottelet covered World
War II for the United Press and CBS. In 1938, he joined the UPs
Berlin bureau and covered Hitlers intense preparation for
war. In 1941, he was arrested and jailed by the Gestapo. After his
release, Hottelet worked for the Office of War Information in the
United States and London.
In 1944, Hottelet became a CBS News correspondent
in Edward R. Murrows London bureau. Assigned to the Ninth
Air Force and U.S. First Army, Hottlet covered major military battles
including the invasion of Normandy and the Battle of the Bulge.
He continued to work for CBS after the war, and completed a 40-year
career with the network.
Marvin Kalb, Executive Director, Shorenstein
Center, Harvard University
Marvin Kalb is the first Executive Director and a lecturer in Public
Policy for the Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public
Policy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.
He has studied and lectured on the topic of the American Press response
to the Holocaust.
During his award winning career in journalism
that spanned more than 30 years, Kalb was the Chief Diplomatic Correspondent
for CBS and NBC News, and moderator of "Meet the Press."
Laurel Leff, Professor of Journalism,
Northeastern University
Deborah Lipstadt, Professor of Holocaust
Studies, Emory University
Dr. Deborah E. Lipstadt is the Director
of the Institute for Jewish Studies and a Professor of Holocaust
Studies at Emory University. In 1986, Dr. Lipstadt wrote Beyond
Belief: The American Press and the Coming of the Holocaust.
This book examined American press coverage of the persecution of
European Jewry, and addressed the question "what did the American
public know and when did they know it?"
Her latest book, Denying The Holocaust: The
Growing Assault On Truth And Memory, is the first full length
study of the history of those who attempt to deny the Holocaust.
The book was the subject of simultaneous front page reviews in the
New York Times and the Washington Post. It also resulted in an unsuccessful
libel case filed in British Court by Holocaust denier David Irving.
Dr. Lipstadt has also worked as a historical
consultant to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, served
on the United States Holocaust Memorial Council, and has been called
upon by members of the United States Congress to consult on political
responses to Holocaust denial.
Dr. Rafael Medoff, Professor of Jewish
Studies, S.U.N.Y., Purchase
Dr. Rafael Medoff is the Visiting Scholar
in Jewish Studies at Purchase College at The State University of
New York. He has published widely on the subject of America's response
to the Holocaust, including the 1987 book, "The Deafening Silence:
American Jewish Leaders and the Holocaust." Dr. Medoff has
also authored several essays and articles that have appeared in
scholarly journals, and he recently served as guest editor of a
special two-part issue of "American Jewish History" devoted
to "America and the Holocaust: New Perspectives."
Dr. Medoff has also received research fellowships
from the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library, the Lady Davis Fellowship
Trust, the American Jewish Archives, the American Jewish Historical
Society, and other institutions.
Ernest Michel, Holocaust Survivor
Ernest Michel is a survivor of several
Nazi concentration camps including, Auschwitz, Birkenau, Buna-Monowoitz,
and Buchenwald. Michel was born in Germany and sent to his first
camp in 1939 at age 16. He escaped from a death march from Auschwitz
before the end of World War II.
After the war, Michel worked as a special correspondent
for the German News Agency DANA where he covered the Nuremberg War
Crimes Trial. His articles carried the byline, "Auschwitz Survivor
#104995," and appeared in all German newspapers. Michel arrived
in the United States as a displaced person in 1946 with the aid
of UJA funds. He eventually became a UJA staff member, culminating
his career by serving as the Executive Vice President of the UJA-Federation
of New York for 19 years.
A.M. Rosenthal, New York Times,
A.M. Rosenthal is a columnist at the
New York Daily News, but he spent the majority of his journalistic
career at The New York Times. He started as a college corespondent,
then worked his way up to reporter, foreign correspondent, Executive
Editor, and then as a columnist after he formally retired.
In 1996, the New York Times celebrated
its 100th anniversary. To mark the occasion, the newspaper put together
an exhibit that traced its century of news coverage. Rosenthal wrote
the caption for the Holocaust display that read, "The charge
has often been made that the New York Times coverage
of the holocaust was grossly inadequate. The clippings from the
New York Times shown on the left demonstrate that the charges
were justified."


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alright. so i couldn't make up my mind and waited too long to purchase some surrounds. none of the circuit city's near me have any old Fxi's in stock.
i'm looking for some help on acquiring some NEW fxi30's or 50's at a good price. i'm open to calling a non-local store that is willing to ship or even paying someone on here to buy them and ship them, assuming the price is right. anybody seen any for sale in the past couple days? give me a store name and location.
the fry's near me has one set (displays) of fxi30's for 199. the price is reasonable but i'd much rather have a new set, call me anal but i want the box/warranty card/etc. i guess i might end up buying that pair (assuming it's still there) just in case i can't find a new set someplace else.
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CSi30 (rear center)
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George Clooney's Run-In With the Secret Service
- By Andrew Lapin
- March 16, 2012
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George Clooney's tour of Washington's sights this week has thus far included a trip to Capitol Hill, a meeting with President Obama, the front steps of the Sudanese Embassy to the U.S. and now ... the local jail?
The Oscar-winning actor and activist was arrested Friday morning -- along with Enough Project leader John Prendergast, Martin Luther King III, NAACP President Ben Jealous and several lawmakers -- for trespassing on private property. Clooney and his companions were protesting the Sudanese government's blocking of humanitarian aid to its people.
According to The Washington Post, Secret Service agents were the ones making the arrest -- just another exciting day in the life of a federal officer.
Clooney testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday, along with officials from the U.S. Agency for International Development and the State Department, regarding the crisis in Sudan and met with Obama on Thursday, advising him to push China to pressure the Sudanese government. He also attended the State Dinner on Thursday, sitting at the VIP table with the Obamas.
NBC reports that the current and former lawmakers arrested along with Clooney were Rep. Jim McGovern, D-Mass., Rep. Jim Moran, D-Va., and former Rep. Tom Andrews, D-Mass.
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Ashlea Ebeling, Forbes Staff
I write about how to build, manage and enjoy your family's wealth.
By ruling that ObamaCare is constitutional, the Supreme Court has set in motion a slew of tax hikes. Well, someone has to pay for it. For rich folks, looming big is the 3.8% Medicare surtax on investment income, and the 0.9% Medicare payroll tax hike (from 1.45% to 2.35%). And then there are the tax hikes for everybody else.
Obama's pledge against any form of tax increase on Americans making less than $250,000 a year "was thrown out the window" when he signed the healthcare law, says John Kartch, communications director with Americans For Tax Reform (founded by anti-tax crusader Grover Norquist).
Here's a rundown of seven ObamaCare tax hikes that affect the hoi polloi.
No. 1. The Individual Mandate Excise Tax. Starting in 2014, anyone not buying "qualifying" health insurance must pay an income tax surtax. It goes up each year until 2016 and beyond when a couple would pay a tax of the higher of $1,360 or 2.5% of adjusted gross income.
No. 2. The Over-The-Counter Drugs Trap. Since Jan. 1, 2011, employees with health savings accounts, flexible spending accounts or health reimbursement accounts have no longer been able to use pre-tax funds stashed in these accounts to buy over-the-counter medicines for allergy relief and the like without a doctor's prescription (there's an exception for insulin).
No. 3. The Healthcare Flexible Spending Account Cap. Starting Jan. 1, 2013, employees will face a $2,500 cap on the amount of pre-tax salary deferrals they can make into a healthcare flexible spending account. There is no cap under current law. In light of the new cap, employee benefits groups are lobbying for Congress to modify the use-it-or-lose-it rule that means employees forfeit unused funds in their accounts at the end of the plan year.
No. 4. The Medical Itemized Deduction Hurdle. Starting Jan. 1, 2013, taxpayers who face high medical expenses will only be allowed a deduction for expenses to the extent they exceed 10% of adjusted gross income, up from 7.5% now. Taxpayers 65 and older can still use the old 7.5% threshold through 2016. For how to score the medical expense deduction before 2013, click here.
No. 5. The Health Savings Account Withdrawal Penalty. Since Jan. 1, 2011, taxpayers who withdraw money from health savings accounts for non-medical expenses before age 65 face a 20% penalty, up from 10% before.
No. 6. The Indoor Tanning Services Tax. Since July 1, 2010, folks using indoor tanning salons face a new 10% excise tax. This one hasn't been bringing in as much revenue as anticipated.
No. 7. The Cadillac Health Insurance Plan Tax. Starting in 2018, there will be a new 40% excise tax on taxpayers who are covered by high-cost health insurance plans (with premiums at or above $10,200 for a single or $27,500 for a family). Insurers or employers who are self-insured will pay the tax, but it is expected to trickle down to mean higher costs for consumers.
Americans For Tax Reform has a full list of ObamaCare's 20 new or higher taxes on American families and small businesses.
OPPPS you took a breath and yes according to the IRS you are here legally as a US citizen. You qualify for the OBAMACARE TAX.
Yes thats now leagl by the way Justice roberts says so.
Thanks Supream Being Court !!
So we actually pay these people to dream up ways to screw us up totally !!
We actually voted people in to screw us !!
Guess were screwed !!
Tanning tax? Horrors! Communism! My health insurance goes up by more than all these taxes every year and so do the deductible.
What an asinine thing to post. Because the tanning tax is the main reason conservatives attacked Obamacare, amiright? And not the fact that a mandate (even if disguised as a "tax" – which Democrats STILL insist it's not despite the ruling yesterday!) is a clear violation of the original meaning (the only intellectually honest way to interpret any law) of the Constitution and the clear intent of the Founders and their plan for limited government. Nor the fact that Obamacare is, according to the Progressives themselves, just a stepping stone to "single payer", which would be a VERY socialist program. So shove off with your idiotic straw man attacks.
Lord knows we've never amended the Constitution since its original writing by the founding fathers.
Romney care in Mass is mandated and has a tax penalty; just like Ocare. So what are the main diffs between the 2 other than one is for a State and the other is for the nation. Rom says it worked great in Mass; why won't it work great in the U.S.?
Is that aimed at me? What exactly is your point? Are you comparing the unconstitutional Obamacare to a Constitutional amendment? On a related note: Are you insane?
excellent piece, Ashlea. a very nice summary of what we're in for.
"advisors are ready with ideas" for "planning around the tax hikes". So what's the big deal then?


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Incumbent state Supreme Court Justice Paul Newby, fueled by an unprecedented amount of outside money that helped him overcome an opponent from a family of well-known North Carolina lawyers, defeated challenger appellate Judge Sam "Jimmy" Ervin IV on Tuesday.
It is widely considered to be one of the most important races of this year's elections. Several controversial issues that arose out of the Republican takeover of the General Assembly are likely to end up in the state's highest court, including redistricting.
The N.C. Supreme Court race attracted far more attention than usual. Thanks to an unprecedented gush of outside money from super PACs, TV viewers across the state were introduced to Newby through the corny but memorable "banjo ad" that aired on a dozen stations over the past three weeks. There was also a more restrained Newby ad and an attack ad that tied Ervin to disgraced former Gov. Mike Easley.
The ads and the controversy over the infusion of so much money – somewhere in the neighborhood of $3 million total raised for both sides, although mostly for Newby – generated unprecedented news coverage of what is usually a low-profile campaign.
A nonpartisan elections group and about three dozen Democratic lawyers and former judges from around the state raised a red flag about the influence – real or perceived – that so much outside money might have on the independence of the judiciary.
Others, including Ervin, also raised the concern that the spending would undermine the public-financing system in North Carolina, which was a national model when it was enacted in 2006, as a way to help educate voters about the candidates and limit the need for outside money. The Supreme Court candidates could only raise about $80,000 on their own in order to receive $240,100 in state funds.
But a Federal Elections Commission ruling in 2010 following two federal court cases created independent expenditure committees that could raise and spend unlimited money to support or oppose candidates. They were dubbed "super PACs," and this year's Supreme Court race in North Carolina spawned two of them, raising money through a variety of interests, both in-state and out.
Although the office is nonpartisan, it was easy to distinguish the two candidates simply by their associations. National and state Republican organizations, business interests and other conservative groups lined up behind Newby with more than $2.5 million. Ervin had the support of the state's Democratic organization, trial lawyers and education interests. Somewhere around $200,000 in outside money was spent on Ervin's behalf.
Based on party registration, the court has tilted conservative by a 4-3 split, and that's why groups like a national Republican Party offshoot sent more than $1 million to keep Newby on the bench.
On the campaign trail, Newby and Ervin struggled to rise above the fray, even as the money and politics swirled around them. In campaign forums, Ervin hewed close to the role of inscrutable jurist, stressing that politics played no part in his decisions as an appellate court judge, and would not if elected to the state's highest court.
Newby said he was also impartial and fair, but he has never shied away from public appearances with religious conservatives. He also more readily discussed his judicial philosophies, which he described as a belief in the separation of powers and "judicial self-restraint."
Newby, 57, has not been a radical jurist during his eight years on the court. He has said he tends to come down on the side of precedent – upholding the court's previous rulings rather than striking out a stance as a maverick. He earned the endorsements of several former Supreme Court justices from both parties.
Newby, although backed by the bulk of the money, felt he faced an uphill battle in the campaign to overcome the Ervin family name. Ervin, 56, comes from a lineage of North Carolina jurists; he is the grandson of the late U.S. Senate Watergate Committee chairman Sam Ervin.
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Cassava Cake is a classic Filipino dessert made from grated cassava or manioc, a woody shrub where the starch that is used to make tapioca are derived.Being a popular dessert, different recipe versions are available for Cassava Cake. This recipe is my personal favorite.Our good friend, Sharon, was kind enough to share this with us. I also got her permission to share it with you guys. I hope that you'll like it.Let me also add that the procedure is very simple. You don't need to be a chef or have any Culinary Arts related experience to be able to successfully make this delicious dessert.As for the cost, this should come in real cheap – especially if you grow cassava in your garden.If you are like our other business minded readers, this can even be an income opportunity. We love to see our you benefit using our recipes, that is why we are always encouraging everyone to start your own small business using them. Try this delicious Cassava Cake Recipe and let me know what you think.
Cassava Cake Recipe
- 2 packs grated cassava (about 2 lbs total weight)
- 1 can coconut milk
- ½ can evaporated milk
- 2 pieces raw egg
- ¼ cup butter, melted
- 6 tbsp cheese, grated
- ½ cup condensed milk
- 14 tbsp sugar
- 1 can coconut milk
- 2 tbsp sugar
- ½ cup condensed milk
- 2 tbsp flour
- 2 tbsp cheese, grated
- 1 piece raw egg
Cooking Procedure
- Combine the grated cassava, butter, condensed milk, evaporated milk, cheese, sugar, and eggs in a mixing bowl and mix thoroughly
- Add the coconut milk in the mixing bowl where the mixed ingredients are. Mix again.
- Grease the baking tray then pour-in the batter (ingredients that has just been mixed)
- Pre -heat oven for 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 10 minutes then put-in the baking tray with batter and bake for 1 hour.Remove from the oven and set aside.
- Meanwhile prepare the batter by combining the sugar and flour and put-in the heated saucepan.
- Pour-in the condensed milk then mix thouroughly.
- Add the cheese while stirring constantly.
- Pour the coconut milk and stir constantly for 10 minutes
- Pour the topping over the Cassava Cake (baked batter) and spread evenly.
- Separate the yolk from the egg white of the remaining egg (we'll be needing the egg white)
- Glaze the topping with the egg white (you may use a basting brush for this step)
- Broil the Cassava cake until color turns light brown.
- Garnish with grated cheese and serve. Share and enjoy!
Number of servings (yield): 8
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Celebrating Dutoit
Charles Dutoit - Conductor
Maria João Pires - Piano
The Philadelphia Singers Chorale - Mixed chorus
Glinka - Overture to Ruslan and Lyudmila
Chopin - Piano Concerto No. 2
Ravel - Daphnis and Chloé (complete ballet)
Saturday, May 19, 20128:00 pm Verizon Hall
For tickets please call 215.893.1999
Acclaimed pianist Maria João Pires has graciously agreed to join The Philadelphia Orchestra as soloist in its May 17 and 19 concerts, replacing Maurizio Pollini, who was originally scheduled to appear. Mr. Pollini has regrettably withdrawn from the Orchestra's performances, as well as all of his upcoming U.S. engagements, for health reasons.
Maria João Pires makes her Philadelphia Orchestra debut with these concerts. A friend of Chief Conductor Charles Dutoit for over three decades, Ms. Pires makes a rare U.S. appearance with these performances in honor of Mr. Dutoit's final concerts as chief conductor of The Philadelphia Orchestra.
Ms. Pires will perform Chopin's Second Piano Concerto (instead of the composer's First Piano Concerto, which was originally programmed). The previously announced orchestral repertoire remains the same.
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A blaze of media attention recently greeted the claim that a newly discovered hominid species, Australopithecus sediba, marked the transition between an older ape-like ancestor, such as Australopithecus afarensis, and a more recent representative of the human line, Homo erectus. As well as extensive TV, radio and front-page coverage, the fossils found by Lee Berger and his team at a site near Pretoria in South Africa featured prominently in National Geographic, with an illustration of the three species striding manfully across the page. In the middle, Au. sediba was marked with twelve points of similarity: six linking it to Au. afarensis on the left and six to H. erectus on the right. Though Berger did not explicitly describe Au. sediba as a link between the two species, the inference was clear and not discouraged. The Missing Link was in the news again.
Ever since 1857, when the discovery of Neanderthal Man showed that prehistoric humans did not look like us; and 1863, when Thomas Huxley wrote that one day 'some unborn palaeontologist [might find] the fossilised bones of an Ape more anthropoid, or a Man more pithecoid, than any yet known' – for 150 years, the Missing Link has been a beacon of palaeoanthropological research.
For the first 100 years or so, the study of fossil humans was more of a debating society than a science, with its participants more numerous than the objects on which their interest was focused. Even in the 1950s there were fewer than a dozen fossils covering the several million years during which modern humans had evolved from an ape-like ancestor, with plenty of space (both temporal and morphological) between them for erudite speculation. Some practitioners managed to find (or even manufacture, in the case of Piltdown Man) specimens that filled the gaps with Missing Links.
Accumulating evidence (genetic as well as fossil) has shown that the ancestors who lived in Africa millions of year ago were not alone. They were one of several (perhaps many) primates whose evolutionary trajectories were similar to ours, and who lived at the same time. Untangling the fossil evidence to reveal our line of descent is a challenging task. Especially when the fossils are often so broken, distorted or incomplete that opposing interpretations of the same features can be proposed with equal validity, and the points distinguishing them may be so slight, or so ambiguous, that interpretation depends as much upon the proponent's preconceived notions and force of argument as upon the evidence of the fossils themselves.
No surprise, then, that when a new fossil species attracts a blaze of publicity and Missing Link attribution, discerning observers are inclined take the history of the author into account as they appraise the relevance of the announcement. For instance, in the case of Australopithecus sediba, Science magazine announced the species in detail whilst also including a profile of the lead author himself, sub-headed: 'After a career marked by controversy, Lee Berger hopes new hominin fossils will salvage his mixed scientific reputation.'
It is probably fair to say that Berger has had a chequered career, but the science on Au. sediba is sound. After all, it was good enough to convince anonymous reviewers and the editors at Science. Indeed, no one has questioned the specimen's relevance to several important areas of palaeoanthropological research.
Interpretation is another matter, however, and here there is little expert approval of Berger's claims, particularly in respect of the species's transitional status. At root the issue is simple: if Au. sediba is to qualify as an ancestor of our genus, Homo, it must be older than any known Homo fossils. But, with an age of just 1.977 million years, it is appreciably younger than a 2.3 million-year-old specimen from Ethiopia which is widely accepted as the earliest known representative of our genus. Faced with that conundrum, Berger questions whether the Ethiopian specimen is, in fact, Homo. But even if it is, he says, his discovery could still represent a late surviving population of Au. sediba that led to Homo at another place and time.
This approach, seemingly offered principally to defend, not elucidate, a provocative interpretation, could be seen to diminish both its author and the science. Which is a pity, for instead of creating media hype, the discovery and study of Australopithecus sediba should focus on the study of our fossil ancestors and our greater understanding of human evolution.
John Reader is Honorary Research Fellow in the Department of Anthropology, University College London. A writer and photographer with more than fifty years of professional experience, his work has included contributions to major international publications, television documentaries and a number of books, including including The Untold History of the Potato, Africa, Pyramids of Life with Harvey Croze, and Rise of Life. His latest book, Missing Links: In Search of Human Origins, publishes this month.
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I clearly now understand that evolution would in-fact take place in extinction this reason to be said is an obvious answer. A species that underwent modification to adapt from previous genes the specie reproducing would transmit new information to their dna into the offspring's. Years and years of this procedure would literally cause a common species to change its structure into something more profound, though it doesn't mean that it will have more complex structures or cells that operate from previous ancestors. While this formation takes place in other babies previous structures will disappear overtime. In science wouldn't you think previous structures been seen today, especially ancestors like Neanderthals whom would be walking around our earth with modern humans. I can estimate dna takes a great toll in evolution there must have been some genetic alteration either by the environment changes or the subconscious mind altering the whole population of the species. This idea again follows ape-men; if apes have been complex in their own dna structure wouldn't they evolve into a non-complex orgasms, but better adaptive traits of their own kind. I find it odd that apes who underwent this law would only adapt to gain better physical traits, an ancient ape that evolved into a less adaptive human and then another evolution into a human. Though the ancient ape needed also to evolve to become more adaptive itself and afterwards became extinct, there is no logical sense.
Found in prehistoric creatures but often overlooked is the velociraptor. often portrayed as evolving into a bird and living into the present, this animal has a large claw appendage on the front of its foot and is often portrayed as climbing trees or prey. The front claw, which is thought to be for slashing prey, may actually be the animals adaptation needed to grab or hold on to prey. That being said, the grab holding claw might be used to climb trees, may later become a big toe, and the velociraptor may become a tree climbing primate later in life.


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James " Jimmy" Lee Grimes 55, died unexpectedly Thursday, March 7, 2013, in his home due to heart complications. Jimmy was born May 11, 1957, to William E. and Freda J. (O'Malley) Grimes.
He attended and graduated from Kokomo High School in 1975. Jimmy was blessed with two children, Mariah Dawn Parson Grimes and Eli James Grimes, who were the "loves of his life." He was an avid IU basketball fan. He grew up playing baseball at UCT, and continued to play softball in various leagues until his arthritis would not allow it. Jimmy worked at Chrysler, Fortune Management, Chemlawn and recently umpired NSA.
He will be sorely missed by all of his family and friends.
Jimmy is survived by his daughter, Mariah; son, Eli; father, William; sisters, Patricia "Patty" Lindsay and Debbie (Bob) Hill; nieces and nephews, Heather, Alexander Vincent, Bridget (Scott) Swing, Robbie (Azeneth) Dockermeyer, Jared Alexander, Jason Hill, Hillary (Jarred) Summers, Chris (Kayla) Hill and Angelica (Brad) Hodges; several great-nieces and great-nephews; and many close friends.
He was preceded in death by his mother, Freda Grimes; brother, Danny Grimes; brother-in-law, Bobbie Joe Lindsay; and nephew, Brian O. Vincent.
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This letter is being written to inform the people of Tipton County of a safety concern that seems to be too small of an issue for the courthouse to take seriously.
Let me start by saying that back in the early March time frame, it was decided to cut down trees on the courthouse lawn. Sounds simple enough, huh? Well, some of the trees that were cut were cut in such a manner as to leave as much as just short of a foot of trunk sticking up. The county didn't have them cut to the ground or have them flagged, or spray painted, or marked in a manner as to protect the public of the trip hazards.
So, approximately four months later, it happened: A citizen tripped over one of the stumps, broke bones in her foot and has filed a claim against the county for the medical bills. I don't know the full extent of the injuries and certainly wouldn't guess as to the cost this is going to be to the county.
But, folks, this type of thing should never have occurred, as public safety must be the first and overriding priority, period.
Why would I take the time to write a letter to the paper to inform people? Because two weeks after the incident, not one of our leaders has corrected this issue, and it leaves us as taxpaying citizens on the hook for legal liability. I even attended the BOC meeting on July 1 to bring this to the attention of our leaders. I got no response as to why this issue had not been corrected.
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I ran in highschool and college and then took almost 20 years off before getting back into it as an empty nester. About 6 months in to my training ( 20 - 25 miles a week) I started expheriencing really high heartrate. The heat here in Florida really exacerbates this.
My heart rate shot up to 220 while on the treadmill during my stress test and i have been on betablockers ever since. Now my resting heart rate is really low (49), I have put on weight, and I am not making any gains in my running (time wise). I was wondering if any of the other individuals have dealt with these issues as well. Thanks so much!
You did not even mention your blood pressure. Why do you think that you have exercised induced hypertension?
What was your BP during the stress test?
What did the doctor say caused the high HR? Was it AFIB?
You need to ask questions and get details.
Beta blockers do lower the HR and specially limits the max heart rate and does limit maximum exercise capacity.
Some runners says that it helps to take the beta blocker at night or after their run.
Do you use a HR monitor?
You might need an adjustment in dosage.
Have you talked to your doctor about your running?
I did run with a Polar monitor. i haven't lately since the heart rate is now artificially controlled and the cardiologist said that perceived exertion would be a more effective way to go.
My understanding (which is limited) is that there are hot spots in the electrical wiring of the heart that cause the spike while exercising. There is a procedure where they can try to burn these hot spots. For now, we are trying to adjust the dosage.
I had an updated ectocardiogram Monday and go back Wednesday for results. I welcome any suggestions for questions that I should ask as I never feel competent in this area.
I will redo it tomorrow.
It sounds like you might have AFIB (Atrial fibrillation). But there are other tachycardia's.
Ask your doctor for a specific diagnoses.
And electrophysiologist is a cardiologist that specializes in heart electrical problems. If you have an ablation is will be done by an electrophysiologist.
Here is a blog by an electrophysiologist who is also a cyclist and also has AFIB.
You might want to look around his blog for other info.
Here is another source.
And here is an forum of "athletes" (one one that wants to exercise) with heart problems.
There are a number of runners with AFIB and/or on beta-blockers.
This subject comes up often.
After visiting the cardiologist several times, I was finally taken off the beta blocker. I have now been on Omega 3 capsules for two years now and my BP is 114/64 this morning. My cardiologist said that the beta blockers can reset the heart, however, there is no real treatment for the condition other than the beta blockers. There is not much known about the condition.
It has been two years, I feel fine and have resumed my regular exercise. I am not an athlete. It was scary and there was no answers to why the spikes occurred while doing nothing but sitting. I can understand it happening under a stressful situation.
The drugs helped, the Omega 3 helped, my triglyceride level is lower as a side effect. If your heart rate is low, your metabolism is slowed which can account for the weight gain. I can appreciate your frustration.
I switched cardiologist and he suggested a new beta blocker on the market, Bystolic. It works very well for me and I can exercise as much as I want to. I'm a marathon runner and do a lot of my training running in the mountains. The main side effect with Bystolic is intolerance to cold weather, which is a problem living in a cold climate. I don't experience fatigue or sluggishness. My resting HR is low and it took some time to get used to it, but I'm very happy to be able to do whatever physical activities I want to.
When I was diagnosed, there was hardly any literature on the topic, but it seems to be a lot more awareness now. The biggest problem with exercised induced hypertension is that it isn't detected during routine examination.
It is for athletes and just those that want to be active and have heart conditions of all types.
I know that there are those with AFIB, but have not seen anyone mention exercise hypertension.
And Bystolic and other beta blockers are often discussed.
BTW, I wonder if exercise hypertension is a separate "disease" or rather a side effect of the irregular heart rate.
My last stress test I reached 212/100, but because of anxiety (and I was shaking from the cold room) my resting BP was 178/80. It is usually more like 125/75.
And my heart stayed in normal sinus rhythm and nothing was said about exercise hypertension.
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