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With Hurricane Sandy moving menacingly up the East Coast, meteorologists are keeping close tabs on the storm that some are calling "Frankenstorm" because of its arrival just days before Halloween.
Weather forecasters with State College, Pa., based AccuWeather say that the "rare and dangerous storm" driven by Hurricane Sandy heading north, influenced by an upper-air disturbance heading east over the Great Lakes region and a full moon on Monday afternoon could combine to create a storm "like a large nor'easter on steroids," according to Alex Sosnowski, expert senior meteorologist with AccuWeather.
The National Weather Service in Blacksburg, Va., has been more cautious about its forecast, but posted a "Hazardous Weather Outlook" for early next week, stating: "The remains of Sandy will combine with an upper disturbance to pull in colder air into the mountains by Sunday night into early next week. This system is capable of producing strong, potentially damaging winds and accumulating snows based on the current forecast track."
Anita Silverman, a meteorologist with the Blacksburg office of the National Weather Service said the weather service usually updates its forecast at 4 p.m., and 4 a.m., but during the next 12-24 hours, they will be updating the forecast every three hours. She said that as of Friday afternoon, the weather service was not projecting Sandy's inland path. "Not at this point," she said.
The fall foliage season in southern West Virginia and southwestern Virginia hasn't ended yet, and as a result, Appalachian Power is watching Sandy's path closely, according to APCO spokesman Phil Moye. "A heavy, wet snow at this time of year with so many leaves still on the trees could be disastrous," Moye said.
"We want our parent company, American Electric Power, to make sure we have some repair crews in our area ready in case we're hit hard by the storm," he said. "We also have 100 or more of our own folks packed and ready in case they're called on to help in other areas where there is a great need. Our folks really have to be prepared for problems inside or outside of our service area."
The threat of the storm prompted Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell, before noon on Friday, to declare a state of emergency as a precautionary measure because the storm has a potential to cause flooding, widespread power outages and even snow in some parts of Virginia. The Virginia National Guard placed 300 personnel on active state duty for "possible severe weather recovery operations from Hurricane Sandy," and will start staging 50 guardsmen on Virginia's Eastern Shore, according to a press release.
In West Virginia, the state Division of Highways issued a press release stating that all 10 DOH Divisions in the state are making preparations to deal with the storm and added that, "crews are making sure that they are stocked with equipment such as chainsaws, generators and mobile messaging boards."
Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin encouraged all state residents to prepare for severe weather by gathering batteries, flash lights, bottled water, non-perishable food items, blankets, medications, a battery-operated radio and other necessities.
Today's high temperature will be 60 degrees with a low of 43, and a 50 percent chance of rain. On Sunday, the high will be about 49 degrees, the low 35 and chance of precipitation 60 percent. The temperatures will drop on Monday and Tuesday, bringing a chance of rain and snow both days.
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— LOCKPORT, N.Y. — As a college athlete Lea Sobieraski. knew about odds and winning percentages. Just part of the game.
But when the "game" suddenly changed to life expectancy, it became a much more serious matter than playing for the Geneseo State College women's basketball team.
Initially, the symptoms weren't severe. Sobieraski had lost her appetite. But she became concerned when the problem persisted and sought a medical opinion.
The news wasn't good. After rounds of testing, she was told she'd need a liver transplant.
With the onset of a rare genetic disorder called Wilson's disease, Lea's liver was destroyed, seemingly in a matter of months. The disease makes the body unable to flush out copper; the metal accumulates in vital organs instead, eventually causing physical symptoms including fatigue, bloating, loss of appetite, easy bruising and achy feet.
Pre-Christmas testing at Eastern Niagara Hospital led Lea to the first in a series of shocking discoveries, as the fit, trim, three-sport scholastic athlete was told that her liver looked cirrhotic, that is, "like a 60-year-old alcoholic's liver."
Wilson's disease and the poor condition of her liver were confirmed by biopsy.
She was placed on a liver transplant waiting list. Some are fortunate and become a good match for a donated organ; others aren't. Given her perilous condition, time wasn't on her side.
Fortunately, Lea got the call from her liver specialist on March 2 indicating a match had become available, and she needed to get to Strong Memorial Hospital, Rochester, N.Y., immediately to receive it.
The surgery was a success marred only by a couple of "minor" treatable complications, according to Lea.
Fifty days after the transplant, she said she was enjoyed feeling "normal" again, easing her way back into a workout routine and looking forward to getting back to Geneseo— and basketball — this fall.
Sobieraski knew she was lucky – and blessed.
But that's only part of her story. She knows she owes her life to a stranger. Some fellow patients needing vital organ replacement won't have occasion to say the same. The odds are high that at least one of them will die waiting.
That is likely to happen partly because there are too few registered organ donors in New York state.
The New York State Donate Life Registry is a means by which people give legal consent to donation of their organs in the event of their death. When decedents are not registered, physicians/surgeons have to get permission from a closest survivor such as a spouse or parent.
Lack of information – and understanding – has been a roadblock to helping people get a transport and a new lease on life,
Sobieraski thinks that if people associated organ donation with "life" rather than "death," the question of whether to register as an organ donor wouldn't be one to avoid. She's presenting herself as living proof that organ donation truly is "the gift of life."
"If people talk about it before they're in a crisis situation, then hopefully they're more comfortable and prepared" to give consent for themselves or a loved one, Lea said.
In an effort to better educate young people, Lea's mother, Wendy Lanfear, told seniors at Lockport High School recently about the registry and the benefit of joining it.
The Sobieraski clan is planning a benefit in May to educate people about organ transplants and the value in making a decision when there's time to help others.
Odds are that with an advocate like Sobieraski leading the way more lives will be saved.
Details for this story were provided by Joyce M. Miles, a reporter for the Lockport, N.Y., Union-Sun & Journal.

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Smokingpipes.com Blog Powered by BlogCFM http://www.smokingpipes.com/blog Peter Heeschen Visits the USA... ~ted~
Peter Heeschen is a lovely man. Charming, humorous, and flush with anecdotes; here at Smokingpipes.com he is often ceremonially referred to simply as ?Uncle Peter?.

Not too long ago I had the pleasure of keeping Peter Heeschen company while he was visiting in the US. We ate out at a handful of the area's countless restaurants, toured the extensive Vereen Gardens, and made a trip to the historical city of Charleston. We even made the opportunity to hang out at Starbucks.

On our ride to Charleston we made a pit stop for gas. As I exited the convenience store, having pre-paid for fuel, I found Adam and Peter at a boiled peanut stand. The idea of a boiled peanut is a strange enough concept for a guy native to California (I?d never heard of such a thing until I moved to the South). But I think Peter was positively dumbfounded - even something we Americans as a whole consider utterly mundane, peanut butter (at least as we know it), is difficult to find in Denmark. He must have been, because Adam captured the moment with a photograph.

Peter Heeschen enjoys his very first Southern-style boiled peanut.

So, what did Uncle Peter have to say about boiled peanuts?

?They are quite different, but also, they are quite good.?

To all you Danish pipe makers, come on down to the South and we?ll treat you to lobster bisque, grilled garlic and chili shrimp, and some boiled peanuts. That?s how we do things here.
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Picking up where we left off at Mac Baren, in Part II of my Danish Chronology, we wended our way from Svendborg on the southern coast of Funen to Odense in the center of the island to visit none other than Peter Heeschen. Peter was waiting for us, beer or coffee at the ready, in his workshop. We sat outside for a time, catching up, with me reintroducing Peter to Kevin, since they'd only met briefly once before. Having arrived mid-afternoon, we would spend the rest of Tuesday and Tuesday night with Peter.

Visiting Peter is an interesting experience, not least of all because he insists that I make a pipe each time I visit. He knows full well that I have about as much native pipe making talent as a large tuna, though trusting me with machinery is even more dangerous, since at least I have thumbs that can be lost in the process. I think this is why Peter insists upon this: if nothing else, it provides endless amusement, and, as a bonus, I've never bled so much as to stain anything in his workshop. This visit was no exception. He had the two of us designing and shaping pipes in no time. Kevin had never done this before, so Peter spent most of his effort helping Kevin. Plus, Kevin seemed to pick things up fairly quickly and I think Peter was delighted to have a student that was a little easier to teach than it would have been if he'd tried to instruct one of his horses in the intricacies of pipe making. Note that the picture is of Kevin with his pipe.My pipe, while it smokes beautifully (Peter did the internals for me), is so ugly that it will never, ever be seen by anyone. I will only ever smoke it, in the bathroom, with the door locked and the lights off. This is a pipe so ugly, I wouldn't show it to my mother. Peter started cooking duck and we continued to work on our pipes. We ran out of time for staining and whatnot, so I buffed each and laid a coat of wax and that had to suffice for finishing (and even there I managed to do a better job with Kevin's than mine; not only is mine lumpen, I'll have to sneak into the office in the dead of night (lest someone see the monstrosity that is this pipe) to refinish it).
Now, cooking duck is something that I actually know something about, though I have to confess that Peter might have me beat there too. Still, I found it slightly ironic (and violating all sorts of division of labor principles from Economics 101 freshman year in college) that Peter was cooking and I was making pipes (for those of you who remember first semester micro, I kinda felt like New York trying to grow oranges). With pipes (sort of) complete, and dinner ready, we sat down together for some seriously tasty duck and potatoes, and spent the rest of the evening talking pipes, pipe shows, various pipe friends and the like, smoking small mountains of pipe tobacco and, in the case of Peter and Kevin at least, consuming impressive quantities of scotch.

After breakfast the following morning, we set out for the Orlik factory near the western coast of Funen. One of the greatest things about being in Denmark on a business trip is that it seems like almost every driving stretch between appointments is forty-five minutes, which is how long it took us to reach Orlik, in spite of getting slightly turned around on our way there. Having had a little trouble figuring out where we should be, Troels Mikkelsen discovered us and rescued us from wandering the hallways indefinitely. This worked out well since Troels was exactly who we were looking for.

If I were to discuss our visit to Orlik in any detail, it would require a half dozen blog posts on its own. You've already seen two videos from the visit (and if you haven't, see below and check them out; they're amazing) and I'll probably have one more over the next little while. Troels speaks so knowledgeably and so lovingly about tobacco that one can't help but be swept up in his commentary. We started out in the big tobacco warehouses, filled with thousands of 200kg boxes of leaf, waiting for processing. Countries of origin were stamped on each box: Brazil, USA, Malawi, Indonesia, Malaysia and a half dozen countries one would never expect tobacco from. Whether he was talking about perique or the changes in tobacco growing in southern Africa, Troels was erudite and compelling.

From there, we moved into the production facility, first encountering the great rope making station. When I die, if I end up in heaven, there will be one such station there. This, my dear reader, is where they make the Escudo. On that particular day, they were making Luxury Bullseye Flake, while is almost as much fun (and uses exactly the same process). Yielding heavy pressed batons of tobacco, ready for cutting, the process was a joy to watch (check out the  video here). And thence onto the pressing and mixing and blending and topping and saucing and cutting equipment, much of which is linked together by a bunch of tobacco filled conveyor belts.

And onto the packing equipment, which, frankly, might be my favorite. Yes, the processing stuff is pretty cool, but there's just so much more automated fun to see during the packaging processes. Tobacco goes in one end and tins come out the other. We watches as tobacco was automatically weighed into little hoppers, put in tins, the tins sealed, and proper labels applied, all on one big machine, managed by one woman. It was amazing.

Having enjoyed the tour of the factory, we went to lunch (about which I've posted previously) and from there visited Lasse, the Mad Scientist Tobacco Blender, in the facility used for the My Own Blend line of tobaccos for the Paul Olsen shops, now owned by Orlik. Fully eight metric tons annually come through this small room, hand blended to specification by Lasse Berg based on more than fifty component tobaccos and countless flavorings. As I said previously, it's clear that Lasse thinks he has the coolest job ever. And, if it weren't for my job, I might agree with him. Lasse whipped up two blends, one for each of Kevin and me. Heavy in perique and light in rum, my particular concoction still waits to be opened. I wanted to give it a couple of weeks to sit before I did so, and now I'm trying to smoke through open tins before I open anything else, so I hope to get to it in the next few days.

My trip chronology continues to grow faster than I can work my way through it (which is temporally odd, given that the trip ended almost two weeks ago), so there will have to be a fourth and (I promise) final episode in this little series during which we visit Mogens 'Johs' Johansen in Frederikshavn and I have dinner with Nanna Ivarsson, her husband Daniel, and children, Sixten and Mathis.

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Harvest - Time/Expense Tracking - Hooray! Education expenses are tax-deductible. When tax time rolls around this app provides easy expenses totaling for your tax accountant or TurboTax.
QuickVoice Recorder - The late comedian Mitch Hedberg used to say, "I sit at my hotel at night; I think of something that's funny; then I go get a pen and I write it down. Or if the pen's too far away, I have to convince myself that what I thought of ain't funny." Agreed. The best ideas always seem to come when there isn't a pen within arm's reach. Knowing this, QuickVoice allows you to record messages to yourself. Play them back later for transcription or to take action.
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OK, the first of your references I checked spent most of the 120 some pages of their 'report' telling why their computer projections didn't match their conclusions. They wanted more something or other to study further... Not a good sign for your side.
You list something called 'New Scientist' magazine. I thought that was one of those 'Popular Science for Democrats' type of magazines. Anyway I didn't read much of what they said because they seemed to be quoting the first report without any of the 'sorry that we couldn't actually prove what we are positing, because our computer models don't seem to match what our direct observations tell us' stuff.
Tell me something, please? Isn't the entire 'Science' of climatology based on Computer Models? and if those Computer Models don't match the direct observations within a 3 sigma margin of error, doesn't that lead you to suspect that either the computer models are wrong, or the conclusions drawn from that very mismatch are suspect? Now, if a 'Scientist's' entire field is based on Computer Modeling, and he can't get it right, doesn't that bother you a little bit?
Everyone who does really huge Hydrodynamic Codes knows that modeling is really hard. The Physicists that I worked with, (and the ones I talked about in my first note,) deal with modeling the effects of an atomic bomb blast underground. There aren't many codes bigger, or more important to 'get it right.' So, when a code looks like it works to model something up close (in time) and then diverges over time, there's usually a problem with the code. Since the divergence we are talking about here is the entire basis for their claims that 'the sky is falling', don't you think it might be more productive to develop a code which didn't diverge from their own observations?
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So, 'New Scientist' is written by writers, not Scientists. I'll bet, when you're paid to write a story, you write it the way they tell you to write it. I know I did back when I was a Technical Writer for about six years.
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Mitt Romney's words, delivered to a select audience at the home of private equity trader Mark Leder, have been widely circulated. Romney' contention, that 47% of Americans feel entitled to food, shelter, even health care, provided by the federal
government, is based on fact. 47% of Americans do not pay federal income taxes. Romney even went so far as two write off those Americans politically,
and contend they cannot care for themselves: "I'll never convince them they should take personal responsibility and care for their lives." However, we need to look more closely at Romney's claim, what he overlooks in making it, the assumptions he makes about almost half of the nation he would lead, and how
his comment is a symptom of the GOP's continuing class war and evolution into an extremist party.
Romney's evidence is true: 47% of Americans pay no federal
income tax. This has been a growing concern on the American right, which fears that half of us aren't paying our share, and are "taking" from the "productive" citizens who are compelled to "give," unwillingly, to support an ungrateful dependent class. However, as Ezra Klein ably argues in his Washington Post blog, Romney and his conservative colleagues overlook other facts. FICA and Medicare deductions are taken from every paycheck, so the division of "givers" and "takers" is mendacious, and many of the 47% that Romney has written off politically pay a higher percentage of their incomes in federal taxes than Romney himself: "For what it's worth, this division of "makers" and "takers" isn't true. Among the Americans who paid no federal income taxes in 2011, 61 percent paid payroll taxes — which means they have jobs and, when you account for both sides of the payroll tax, they paid 15.3 percent of their income in taxes, which is higher than the 13.9 percent that Romney paid. Another 22 percent were elderly."
Once we take that closer look at federal taxes, the situation is not nearly as alarming as the Republicans would have us believe. Some 28% of taxpayers are employed, pay FICA and Medicare deductions, but do not earn enough income to pay federal income tax. Another 10.3% are elderly: are Romney and the GOP in favor of taxing Social Security benefits? Another 6.9% are not elderly, but have
incomes below $20,000 per year. Is the GOP serious about reducing federal deficits by finding ways to tax those folks? Are their plans to reduce federal
expenditures aimed at the working poor or recipients of public assistance?
Klein's most explosive revelation, however, comes when he looks at when the numbers of citizens who pay no federal income taxes grew most sharply: during the Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush administrations. GOP tax policy has produced the situation which figures like Romney present as a dire threat to the stability of the nation. More to the point: has GOP tax policy created a wealthy class of taxpayers who do not shoulder their fair share of the burden, but still expect the public services upon which this society, and their fortunes, depend?
I've had many an argument with conservatives who bemoan our "culture of dependency." But, as David Brooks argued in his cogent essay about Romney's statement, many of the Americans who are "dependent" on federal benefits are Caucasians with a high school education, the central element of the GOP's voting strength. Indeed, when you look at the map below of those states with the highest numbers of "dependent" people, they are clustered
in the American Southeast, the regional base of the GOP.
The current iteration of the GOP and American conservatism
has short-circuited any serious discussion of American fiscal policy. Instead of taking a sober look at the growing
numbers of Americans who receive federal benefits, as Brooks wishes they would,
conservatives have chosen to invoke a divisive class war against those
Americans who have been left behind by the serial failures of Reagan, Bush I,
and Bush II economic and fiscal policies.
Indeed, the GOP seems to forget who the real "job creators" are. While wealthy Americans like Romney and Leder sit on some $2 trillion in capital, Americans like you and me continue to pay, not just federal income taxes, FICA, and Medicare, but our property taxes, state and local income taxes, sales taxes, and various excise taxes, as well as fees to register our vehicles, or to hunt and fish. We are the real "job creators," since our tax dollars pay our emergency medical techs, police and fire fighters, social workers, teachers, road crews, and the millions of other salaries which keep our country going by providing public services we all need and benefit from.
Makes me wonder who the REAL parasites are who contribute nothing to this country.
Link to the full video of Romney's address from Mother
Jones: http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/09/watch-full-secret-video-private-romney-fundraiser
Link to Ezra Klein's blog: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/wp/2012/09/17/romneys-theory-of-the-taker-class-and-why-it-matters/
Link to David Brooks' essay: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/18/opinion/brooks-thurston-howell-romney.html?_r=2&nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20120918


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With a stay at Hilton Garden Inn Houston Westbelt in Houston (Westchase), you'll be convenient to Halliburton Headquarters and Westwood Golf Club.
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Make yourself at home in one of the 120 air-conditioned rooms featuring refrigerators and plasma televisions. Wired and wireless Internet access is complimentary, while MP3 docking stations and satellite programming provide entertainment. Private bathrooms with shower/tub combinations feature complimentary toiletries and hair dryers. Conveniences include safes and desks, and housekeeping is provided daily.
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Grab a bite to eat at the hotel's restaurant, which features a bar, or stay in and take advantage of room service (during limited hours). Quench your thirst with your favorite drink at a bar/lounge. Buffet breakfasts are available daily for a fee.
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Hilton Garden Inn Houston Westbelt features a restaurant, a bar, and evening room service; the property's grocery is open 24 hours a day. The business center is open 24 hours a day; wireless Internet access is complimentary. A complimentary shuttle takes guests within five miles of this Houston property. The hotel includes an outdoor pool and a spa tub as well as fitness equipment. A gift shop and laundry facilities are on site, and dry cleaning is available.
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I have done some bowl capping for a few years and consider myself pretty decent. One thing I have learned is trust the defense in Bowl Season. Why? Because the numbers make it seem like it's going to be close. I don't think they Auburn will miss Michael Dyer as much as some would believe. Onterio McCalebb is a fine talent, and Tre Mason has the same sort of physical gifts running the ball. That being said? Auburn is bad at not letting a good rush defense through. Virginia has that. Cam Johnson and Matt Conrath are fine talents, and they will get a big stop or two. Conversely? While Auburn is not going to face a singular talent as special as a Trent Richardson, the Cavaliers have a tag team in the backfield with Kevin Parks and Perry Jones who get a lot of the scoring for their offense. The Passing game for Virginia is decent. Auburn's been okay regarding pass defense, but a good quarterback has found a way to beat them.
Though Auburn has come up with a good defensive performance or two along the way, but their defense is bad. All in all, I think Virginia is good enough to win by two scores and have them winning this game by 13 points. Can you say money line dog again. Auburn struggles mightily to get off the field. Virginia's not nearly as much of a shutdown defense as a Georgia, let alone an Alabama, but they're good. For the final time? Auburn's run defense dooms them.
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It was perfect : big "desayuno" (local fruits, juice, cafe/the, breads, cake or pie, cheese, ham, avocado, tomato... served by a very very kind woman. And Keka, the owner who is rapa nui, talk with you about the history of the island, the things to do, etc. There is a kitchen (totally equiped). Very calm place where you will have all you need.
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Hope leader says thanks for giant response
Once again I have the pleasure of expressing sincere gratitude to the community, on behalf of both Hope Southern Indiana (formerly Interfaith Community Council) and myself personally.
We applaud the significant support that families and individuals of all ages showed at our sixth-annual "Giants in the Faith" community celebration and luncheon in August. It's humbling to see so many people from diverse backgrounds come together for the purpose of praising God and his hand in our lives and for honoring the behind-the-scenes people whose faith continues to make a difference in others' lives.
This year's event hosted 420 people for an afternoon of heartwarming fellowship and sharing Christ. It is not a fundraiser, so Hope is additionally grateful to the News and Tribune for its title sponsorship, along with Seabrook Dieckmann & Naville Funeral Homes and First Harrison Bank for supporting sponsorships. Many other individuals and businesses also donated time and goods to make the afternoon possible and memorable.
We are excited to announce that the seventh-annual "Giants in the Faith" will be earlier than before — Sunday, Aug. 4, 2013, again from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. at Plantation Hall at Huber's Orchard and Winery in Starlight. Please note this on your personal and church calendars so people can plan.
The entire community will once again be invited to submit the names of people (who live or worship in Floyd County) who have had an impact on their Christian faith. The process was not designed to recognize just a list of roles that people have held but ways in which they live out their faith as examples to us all.
Watch the media for more details in the spring as the submission period begins, followed by the time to make reservations. Plan to attend and capture in person the excitement that comes when God's people raise the roof to honor him as the greatest Giant ever!
Mark your calendars now for Aug. 4. Encourage your family, friends and church to do the same, and hold the date. You will be blessed!
— Christine Harbeson, executive director, Hope Southern Indiana
Reader makes school board endorsements
The need for change is once again the center of political discussion. And this year, it is a critical local issue for Clark County, particularly its youth and their future.
In less than two weeks, we will vote on whether the Greater Clark County Schools Board of Trustees will continue business as usual. In recent years, the board exercised good judgment in hiring Stephen Daeschner, who pulled schools out of sagging scores and lead Greater Clark to the greatest increase in student academic achievement in the district's history. Indeed, our children achieved gains that exceeded all other comparable districts in the state. Nevertheless, the board dismissed him as superintendent, stating reasons that left most of us scratching our heads.
The board also has a history of doing business with the appearance of favoritism. For example, rather than recusing herself, Christina Gilkey voted to extend a six-figure contract to her uncle's company. She declared that her participation in the decision did not violate ethical rules, a conclusion that may be technically correct.
However, quality education is more than information and test scores. It provides children with a compass for decision-making. Just because you can do something doesn't mean you should. Gilkey's participation in advancing a family member's interests in this instance, and a few other board members not calling the question, reflect poorly on their objectivity and ability to protect the trust that the community extended to them.
We cherish the closeness of our community. Our community's proven leaders are trying to forward our school system, our teachers and our most valuable asset, our children's future. We have other "leaders" that are trying to forward their nepotism-monopoly and play politics with our children's future. Our school system is not the place for small-town politics. Our children deserve fresh thinking, proven leadership, and most of all, a heart for doing what is best for our kids — not trustees with selfish motives.
I urge you to help cultivate a new culture on the board and vote for Dale Moss, Alice Butler, Vicki Boisseau and Becka Christensen. Let's show our children how to cast a strong vote for a bright future and not a vote for politics as usual in our county and put the trust back in trustee.
— DeAnna Hall, Charlestown
Reader tired of GOP
The voter I.D. law is another way the Republicans are trying to suppress the poor and middle class from voting. This is wrong. They are trying to make this country more like Russia.
Maybe it is time for an Arab spring in this country to take our country back. The Republican agenda is no taxes on the rich, no cuts to defense. Is this for our protection, or to protect their wealth?
Trickle down is to lower your wages to $4 an hour to do away with your retirement, Medicare and Medicaid.
Ask them for facts and you get baloney. War is their way to increase their wealth. They are for big oil, deregulation of banks and Wall Street so they can continue to hurt the middle and lower class.
We need to outlaw lobbyists who bribe our fine lawmakers. They need to do what is best for our so-called Democratic country. All they know is suppression and taking away our rights. It is time for us to take back our country.
— George L. Dorman, Clarksville


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Six miles west of Redding a row of old, half-ruined, brick buildings remind passing motorists that Shasta City, the lusty "Queen City" of California's northern mining district, once stood on this site. These ruins and some of the nearby roads, cottages, and cemeteries are all silent but eloquent vestiges of the intense activity that was centered here during the California gold rush.
Iron shutters still swing on massive, old, iron hinges before the doors and windows of grass-filled, roofless buildings that once were crowded with merchandise, and alive with the human sounds of business, trade, and social endeavor.
The County Courthouse is restored to its 1861 appearance, the year when it was converted from commercial uses to become the Shasta County Courthouse. Today the building is filled with historical exhibits, and an unparalleled collection of historic California Artwork that make it the central figure of Shasta State Historic Park.
The park is six miles west of downtown Redding. Highway 299 passes through the town's main street.
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July 31, 2014
A new grimace in town...and his crime...caught on tape...
"Ha.. ha...ha .. that's so crazy."
Customers are talking about this surveillance video...that shows a man walking into McDonald's and heading straight for one of the cash registers. He fumbles around with it....but when it won't budge he changes his order and instead...
"Loads up an arm full of the yogurt parfaits and heads for the door."
That's right...no golden nuggets...only 5-dollars worth of yogurt. But this sweet story doesn't end here. When police watched this surveillance video, one of the officers recognized the man.
And were even more shocked when they say they looked outside and saw the man, walking right in front of the restaurant again...covered in evidence.
"He still had some glass from when he had broken the door to get in on him."
Police say this man...Christopher McGlauflin.. is behind the great Mc-Yogurt heist. He now faces several charges for running off with the fast food.
"If you're going to get the charge for breaking in you might as well get something out of it. We've seen a little bit of everything... it's a crime but it was still kind of amusing for the officers that were involved."
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CLINTON — Through six innings, it looked as though Sterling Newman was going to walk away handily with its second win of the night Thursday, leading Fulton 8-1 at Ashford University Field. This after the Steamers no-hit the Comets last week in a 10-0 route.
Then Fulton caught fire.
A late-inning rally started with a leadoff single in the seventh by Colin Tichler. Ethan Jones drove him in on a fielder's choice. Austin Manon reached on an error, and Cody Huff blooped a left-field RBI-single.
The Steamers were back in business, cutting the deficit to four. Then, freshman Devon Ballard stepped to the plate, with two outs and the bases loaded.
"I was a little nervous," Ballard said. "But I believed in myself. I knew we could do it."
Ballard worked a full count, then knocked a line drive to right field. The hit drove in two runs, forcing Newman to change pitchers, its once seven-run lead down to two. Tichler tallied his second hit of the inning, singling to right and moving Ballard to third base. The freshman was 90 feet away from completing a miraculous comeback.
It wasn't meant to be. Matt Dail's second at-bat sent a hard grounder to Newman's first baseman, Trevor Bolin. It pulled the fielder far enough away where it looked as if Dail might outrun a force out.
But as quickly as the Steamers got hot, the game ended in a cold, hard bang-bang play, with Bolin tagging the base for the game's final out, the Comets on top 8-7. It was deflating for Fulton coach Jayme Farrell, his team entering the seventh with two hits and ending the game with eight.
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Advanced "New" Labels
Last month, we looked at those pesky "new" labels that webmasters like to put on their sites. The intention is good, pointing us to documents we are unlikely to have seen before. In practice, the "new" labels are artificial, telling us when the document was last published, rather than whether it is actually new to us.
The techniques we explored last month—server-side includes, CGI programs, and templates—were interesting, but inefficient and slow. This month, we will look at ways to speed up our performance by using mod_perl, the Perl module for the Apache server.
We have discussed mod_perl on previous occasions in this column, but it is worth giving a quick introduction for those of you who may have missed it. The Apache server is built of modules, each of which handles a different part of the software's functionality. One of the advantages of this architecture is that it allows webmasters to customize their copy of Apache, including or excluding modules as necessary. It also means programmers can add functionality to Apache by writing new modules.
One of the most popular modules is mod_perl, which puts a copy of the Perl language inside the Apache server. This provides functionality on a number of levels, including the ability to set the configuration directives in Perl (or conditional, depending on whether or not certain Perl code executes). More significantly, it allows us to write Perl modules that can modify Apache's behavior.
When I say "behavior", I mean both the behavior users see, displaying documents and responding to HTTP requests, and that which takes place behind the scenes, ranging from the way authentication takes place to the way logging is done.
Each invocation of a CGI program requires a new process, as well as start-up time. By contrast, mod_perl turns your code into a subroutine of the Apache executable. Your code is loaded and compiled once, then saved for future invocations.
When we first think about what happens to an HTTP request when it is submitted to Apache, it seems relatively simple. The request is read by Apache, passed to the correct module or subroutine and returned to the user's browser in an HTTP response. In fact, each request must travel through many (over a dozen) different "handlers" before a response is generated and sent. mod_perl allows us to modify and enhance any or all of these handlers by attaching a Perl module to it. The handler most often modified is called PerlHandler. Other more specific handlers are given other names, such as PerlTransHandler (for URL-to-filename translation) and PerlLogHandler (for log files).
This month, we will look at a number of PerlHandlers that will make it possible to create truly useful "new" labels for our web sites.
The first PerlHandler we will define is rather simple: it puts a "new" label next to any link on a page. This is not a particularly difficult task or a good use of mod_perl. However, it does gently ease us into writing a Perl module for mod_perl, and it will form the basis for future versions we will write.
Our module begins much the same as any other module, declaring its own name space (Apache::TagNew, in this case), then importing several symbolic constants from the Apache::Constants package. The module defines a single subroutine, called "handler". This is the conventional way to define a handler under mod_perl; that is, create a module with a "handler" subroutine, then tell Apache to use that module as a handler for a particular directory.
We instruct Apache to invoke our handler in the configuration file httpd.conf. For example, my copy of httpd.conf says the following:
PerlModule Apache::TagNew <Directory /usr/local/apache/share/htdocs/tag> SetHandler perl-script PerlHandler Apache::TagNew </Directory>
The PerlModule directive tells Apache to load the Apache::TagNew module. The <Directory> section tells Apache that the /tag subdirectory of my HTML content tree should be treated specially, using the handler method of Apache::New instead of the default content handler. Once we activate our module by restarting our server (or by sending it a HUP signal), any file in the /tag directory will be handled by Apache::TagNew, rather than Apache's default handler.
The first thing handler must do is retrieve the Apache request object, traditionally called $r. This object is the key to everything in mod_perl, since it allows us to retrieve information about the HTTP request, the environment, and the server on which the program is running. We also use $r to send data back to the user's browser.
Our method is expected to return one of the symbols we imported from Apache::Constants. Returning OK means we successfully handled the query, data has been returned to the user's browser, and Apache should move to its next stage of handling the request. If we return DECLINED, Apache assumes our module did not handle the request and it should find some other handler willing to do the job. There are a variety of other symbols we can return, including NOT_FOUND, which indicates that the file was not found on our server.
In Apache::TagNew (see Listing 1), we normally return OK. We return NOT_FOUND if an error occurs when opening the file, and DECLINED if the file does not have a MIME type of "text/html". Hyperlinks are going to appear only in HTML-formatted text files, so we can save everyone a bit of time and energy by letting another handler take care of other file types.
The rest of the handler works by reading the contents of the file, then replacing them with our new and improved version. We append a "new" label after every </a>, which comes after each hyperlink. In this way, every hyperlink is tagged as new.
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A New Haven High School student diagnosed with viral meningitis just days before Thanksgiving is expected to make a full recovery.
The student reportedly became ill at school Nov. 19 and was taken to a nearby hospital where doctors initially diagnosed a non-contagious form of bacterial meningitis, according to a letter sent home to parents Nov. 20.
New Haven Superintendent Keith Wunderlich said the diagnosis was later changed to viral meningitis, a much less severe form.
While there is no specific treatment for viral meningitis, most patients completely recover on their own within seven to 10 days, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Wunderlich said the student is expected to make a full recovery, but had not returned to school as of Tuesday.
New Haven High Principal Carl Wagner assured parents in his Nov. 20 letter that every precaution would be taken to ensure the health and safety of students and staff, which included the school's thorough cleaning during the Thanksgiving break.
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big boulder review
by lineskier - 4th January 2009
Pros: a lot of chair lifts compared to the amount of slopes
Cons: length of slopes too straight and short
very icy, terrain park had a few big hits, nothing smaller for younger skiers. a bunch of rails that were repetitive. slopes were very short, and straight d... Full review


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January 31, 2013
Ruth V. Gorski
Ruth V. Gorski, age 72, passed away on January 31, 2013, at her home. She was born on July 20, 1940 in Niagara County, NY, daughter of the late Edwin and Beulah Mante. Mrs. Gorski was a member of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, Gastonia, NC.
She is survived by her daughter, Cheryl McAbee; husband, Jonathan of Gastonia; brother, Harold Mante and his wife, Rosemary of North Tonawanda, NY; grandchildren, Jennifer McCune and Kimberly McCune; great-grandchildren, Victoria, Gabrielle, Keylan, Damien, Aydriannah. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Chester J. Gorski; and great-granddaughter, Kailey Carroll.
The family will receive friends from 12:30 - 1:30 PM on Saturday at Greene Funeral Service, South Chapel, 1503 S. York Rd., Gastonia, NC. A graveside and interment service will be held at 2 PM on Saturday at Evergreen Cemetery, Belmont, officiated by Rev. Dr. J. George Gilbert. Memorials may be made to Gaston Hospice, P. O. Box 3984, Gastonia, NC 28054.
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Closer Mentality/Closer Role
by, 10-11-2012 at 08:12 PM (1010 Views)
Last night's Yankees-Orioles game got me thinking about the idea of the Closer Mentality and the Closer Role. I absolutely believe in the Closer Mentality. I consider myself a statistically inclined baseball fan. I understand that research shows that closer is just a word. A good reliever makes a good closer and whatnot. However, I don't believe the Closer Mentality is a myth. The idea that some people perform better or worse in specific situations makes perfect sense to me. Human Psychology, blah blah and so forth. I understand the concept of small samples and unfortunately, most failed closers have a small sample. Does that prove that Closer Mentality does not exist? No. But it certainly does not help prove that it does either. Regardless, I believe in it, even if I cannot quantify it. And I do that without regret.
However, the Closer Role is something that I do not believe in. Last night, Jim Johnson was left in to face Raul Ibanez after he pinch hit for Alex Rodriguez. Brian Matusz was available and even pitched later. In fact, he gave up a home run to said Ibanez. Whatever. In a Bizarro World, point proved! Robinson Cano was due up in the 9th regardless of the pinch hitter. Brian Matusz had dominated left-handed batters. Had Cano come up with 2 outs (no Ibanez pinch hit), Johnson would have faced Cano because he has the Closer Role. However, Matusz would have been a better matchup for Cano.
In that same scenario in the 8th inning, Matusz would have relieved someone like Darren O'Day (who might be a reliever just as talented as Johnson) and faced Ibanez and/or Cano. Why did the one inning matter? I guess I don't get it. It makes sense with someone like Mariano Rivera or someone like... well, maybe no one else. Why play the match-ups for 8 innings, then ignore them for the 9th? This isn't an original thought, but what do others think?