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Jerry Punch will celebrate his 60th birthday on Aug. 20.
It's been a charmed life, mirroring moments of Forrest Gump. Punch is no well-meaning dimwit, though. He's a smart man and has a magna cum laude degree from North Carolina State in 1975 to prove it.
But the fortuitous twists and turns? You bet.
He's been a backup walk-on quarterback for Lou Holtz at NC State, an emergency-medicine physician, a NASCAR pit-crew reporter and a college football commentator on ESPN. He also appeared as himself in the 1990 movie Days of Thunder and worked as a technical adviser in the development of the movie.
And he's saved a few lives at the track, too.
He's the Renaissance Man of NASCAR, a guy adept with his hands, quick on his feet, and blessed with the skills to articulate and explain the complicated nuances of restrictor plates and fuel-mileage strategy.
"Do I love NASCAR?" he asks rhetorically. "I live and breathe it. For some people, it's a job. For me, it's a passion."
Punch was well on his way to doing the Doc thing with his life, working at Halifax Hospital in Daytona Beach as part of his residency program. But he kept looking out the windows and seeing Daytona International Speedway, which drew him back to his first passion. Growing up in a small rural community, Punch loved racing his grandfather's car at the Hickory Speedway in Newton, N.C.
Punch, still smitten by a need for speed, began chatting up Big Bill France, one of the founding fathers of NASCAR, and eventually got a job as a broadcaster with the Motor Racing Network. NASCAR had not evolved to the point of meticulous caution regarding safety standards, which allowed Punch to share his medical expertise with drivers who gravitated toward him for advice.
Rusty Wallace once came down with a bad case of food poisoning after making an appearance at a lumber yard in Bristol, Tenn., on a Friday night. He tried roughing it when the drivers were asked to jump in their cars to try to help dry off a wet track the day before the event at Bristol Motor Speedway. Wallace, still feeling woozy and vomiting, crashed on Turn 3. He turned to Punch for help.
"It wasn't a hangover because of too much Miller Lite," Wallace said on Monday. "He had me drinking a bunch of coffee, working like hell on some remedies. We went out and fixed the car, and the next day I won that damn race."
Punch did Wallace one better another time. Once again at Bristol, in 1988, Wallace crashed on the front stretch. Dale Earnhardt got to him first, managing to kick open a window in the car, only to find Wallace unconscious.
Punch, working along pit road at the time, rushed to the scene to revive him by clearing an obstruction in his airway.
"You saved Rusty Wallace's life," Earnhardt deadpanned later. "Why would anybody do that?"
Punch — affectionately called "Doc" by his NASCAR family — continues to pile on stories to tell as he works as a pit-road reporter with ESPN. That will come to an end eventually because NASCAR decided not to extend the ESPN contract and will move into a partnership with NBC after the 2014 season.
He doesn't know where the next adventure will be, or even if there will be any opportunities elsewhere. And he's fine with that.
"I used to tell people being in an emergency room there are moments of terror," Punch said. "You have to think on your feet, and if you don't make the right decision somebody is not going to take another breath. That's pressure. I think about the joy and excitement and being there. It's something Keith Jackson once told me: 'Live for the moment.' That's exactly what I'm going to do."
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THE head teacher of Holyrood Academy in Chard announced he was to stepping down from the role at the end of the year.
Maurice Hicks wrote to parents to tell them he had informed Holyrood's governing body of his decision.
"It has been a great a privilege to have been part of Holyrood over the past 13 years and to have worked with such a strong staff and so many talented young people," he said.
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Logan, six, was named Young Person Volunteer at the Ceva Animal Welfare Awards for fundraising for Hearing Dogs for Deaf People.
Logan raised £28,000 for the charity after an Olympic torch he made at school was continually re-sold by buyers on eBay.
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Team Atlantic's enthusiastic response to their goals has seemed to rub off on the pro-Canada crowd at the Enmax Centre. The team is looking to establish a new goal scoring tradition, as the player who scores leaps into the waiting arms of his fellow teammates near the middle of the player's bench. That enthusiasm rubbed off on the team as well. Team Atlantic scored 6 straight power play goals, giving them a 7-2 victory and their first win in round robin play. The Czech Republic suffered their second loss in as many days and is still searching for their first point of the tournament. Blake Gallagher and James Sheppard of Team Atlantic each collected 3 points. Jiri Tlusty was the player of the game for the Czech Republic. Gallagher was the player of the game for Team Atlantic.
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The first period of the game was pretty evenly matched with the slight advantage going to Team USA, when speedy Rhett Rakhishani moved in from the red line, split the defense and scored giving Team USA an early lead. The second period was all Team USA, as four goals found that back of the twine. Forward Luke Popko scored two goals, while Michael Carmen and Kyle Okposo each scored one. With a minute left in the third period Robert Bote scored for Team Germany, ending the shutout for Team USA goalie Joseph Palmer. The player of the Game for Team USA was Rhett Rakhishani. Bruce Becker received the player of the game for Team Germany. Team USA is 1-0-1, while Team Germany falls to 0-2 in the tournament.
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Dear Amy: My husband and I recently went through the heartbreaking experience of having to terminate our first pregnancy for medical reasons.
My mother, who is anti-abortion, was dismissive of the poor prognosis and told me not to see the prenatal specialist. She also was insistent on being present when we weighed our options. We declined and said we wanted to have time alone to make this difficult decision.
Unfortunately, my parents told some extended family about the pregnancy (despite our wishes), and I received a congratulatory card during this crazy time period. My husband sent a polite email to my parents stating that we wanted privacy, and my mom responded, "It's not great over here, either."
I'm having a hard time getting over this crisis. I am disappointed with my mother's reaction, and I haven't spoken with her since. I'm scared of what she'll say.
My father says that I shouldn't discuss the issue with her further because she disagrees with our decision. How do I move on when it's difficult to forgive her? I'm sad and disappointed that she wasn't supportive, and I'm angered by her words. I think I'm still grieving and am in the "angry" phase, but I want to move on. Thanks for any insight you can provide.
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Dear Wanting: I can only imagine what this must be like for you. Heartbreaking, to be sure.
My insight involves you disregarding your father's well-meaning advice not to discuss this with your mother. Surely he wants to keep the peace, but this issue is too important to sweep under the rug. I urge you to move through this extreme challenge — on your way to moving on from it.
There is no question that your mother's choices were damaging to you and to your relationship, but to move forward you should understand her position as a matter of conscience. Realize that you will not change her conscience; it's part of who she is.
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(about) daily between 3 AM - 5 AMish, if I have not fallen asleep 100%, I can usually hear my toilet making a water dripping sound on the inside. No water is leaking to the outside from the toilet. A Home Depot rep told me I only needed to replace the flapper. Not only did I replace the flapper, but I cleaned the dirt buildup from inside the flusher's bowl. The flapper only seemed to help for a few days, then I heard the same noise again. Another Home Depot rep suggested I replace toilet fill valve with a Quiet Fill toilet fill valve. Will this truly solve the problem, or just make the problem harder to hear? Thank you very much.
Just turn the shutoff valve to the toilet off overnight and see if the tank is empty in the morning. If so, it's usually one of three things: the flapper is not making a good seal (could be the seat where it seals to or the flapper itself), the hose that fills the bowl is not installed properly and is siphoning out water, or the whole flapper assembly is leaking at the base of the seal (if so, sometimes if you remove the tank and tighten up the nut holding it, that can fix it).
There's a right way and a wrong way to install a flapper valve. If the one you had came with a big ring and your toilet uses ears to hold it, if you use both, it can distort the flapper. On those, if you have the ears, you cut out the ring first. THen, if the chain that attaches to the flush lever is not adjusted properly, it can either be holding the thing up, or if too long, get caught underneath the flapper causing it to leak.
Most of these things can be isolated by some careful observation or elimination.
Jim DeBruycker
Important note - I'm not a pro
Retired Defense Industry Engineer; Schluter 2.5-day Workshop Completed 2013, 2014
I used food coloring in the toilet bowl, and there did not seem to be a trace of it in the bowl the next day, or there was so little that I could not tell. It does not seem like there should be a noise that I may hear at 3 AM daily with one toilet, but not another.
I will try to figure out this ring thing. My mother helped me figure out that the chain was not adjusted properly even before I had the flapper replaced. Thank you for all your help (so far).
Was all of the coloration gone from the tank, and, was the level still up to 'normal'? IF so, the leak is so fast, it might just have diluted the bowl's as it kept running. Put some food dye in the tank, turn the main supply off, see if the tank is low after awhile. Check the bowl. My guess is that the tank will be empty and the bowl will be colored. It is usually the flapper valve itself or the seat where it seals to or around the seal that holds the seat (least likely on an older toilet - happens sometimes from the factory on a new one where it isn't tight).
Jim DeBruycker
Important note - I'm not a pro
Retired Defense Industry Engineer; Schluter 2.5-day Workshop Completed 2013, 2014
Can you post a picture of the inside of the tank?
jadnushua, when I did the food coloring, I did put it in the bowl, and I did turn the main water supply off. (I left it off overnight, so for about 6 - 9 hours+ it was off.) All the food coloring was still in the tank as I had left it (or just about all of it). When I filled the tank , I had flushed first, then put the food coloring in so that there would be no overfill to begin with in the bowl.
are pictures of the toilet bowl with parts.
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This is why people shouldn't talk to The Aprons about anything to do with toilets and instead should come here. That marketing piece at HD on "How to Repair A Toilet" is useless and hideous.
Okay. First, I can't tell from the photos for sure, but it definitely seems to me that the water level in your tank is right to the top of the overflow riser. (I'm getting this from your photos 1805 and 1806.) That's your problem.
[The overflow riser is that white plastic tube that is sticking up with the black (in your case brown) hose running into it. It runs down next to the flapper, and any water that goes into it bypasses the flapper and goes down the flush hole into the bowl below. It serves two purposes: First, water to refill the bowl runs from the fill valve through the black hose and down the overflow riser into the bowl. During the period that the tank is refilling, and only then, water will run through the black hose, through the overflow riser, and into the bowl to refill the bowl. Second, if the tank is overfilled (i.e. the fill valve fails to shut off), instead of pouring out the top of the tank, the water ("overflow") will run down that tube and into the bowl.]
If the tank is set to refill right to the edge of that riser, you're sometimes going to get a smidge of overflow, which will go down that riser and maybe cause that kind of fill valve (ballcock) to put a teensy bit more water slowly into the toilet, and it becomes a vicious cycle. If you set the ballcock so that the thing refills to about 1/2" below the top of that overflow riser, which is where most toilet manufacturers want you to set it, I think your problem will be solved. The way to do that is to bend the metal rod with the ball on it DOWN a little bit (hold one part of it in your left hand so you don't snap it off the valve, and push down a bit at the end). You can also adjust the screw on the valve, but most people just bend the rod.
One advantage of the Korky Quietfill valve (also called the 528) is that when it shuts off, it shuts off completely and doesn't allow water to run again until the tank level falls about 1/4". That way, little bits of water don't slowly run to refill the tank when there is just a little leak or little overflow, as with the traditional ballcock that you have. But there's no reason to mess with the fill valve unless it has suddenly failed to work properly, and you have given us no indication that it has. (On the other hand, the brown stain in the tank is about an inch below what now appears to be the waterline, so perhaps the valve is not fully shutting-off anymore...) Another advantage of the Quietfill is that once you install it, it is easy to change the water level in the tank.
Also, the next time you replace the flapper, chuck that Fluidmaster flapper and use a Korky flapper instead. I think you'll find it easier to to replace and it should be more reliable.
Let us know if we have found your problem, and don't be afraid to come back for more help.
If you do decide to replace the fill valve with a Korky Quietfill, there are helpful videos at korky.com on how to do it, or come back here and we'll give you a hand. It's going to take you ten minutes to do, most of which time will be spent trying to disconnect the old fill valve.
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Sorry it took me so long to get back to you and try your suggestions everyone. I'm not very handy as it is, and a lot of personal stuff came up.
wjcandee and everyone else, thank you for all your great suggestions and help! I am happy to report that bending the ballcock's bar worked wonders! Before I had figured out what to bend and the advice you were giving me, the leak was starting to get worse in the last few days. It looked like the overflow riser (white tube) was randomly receiving water unnecessarily before.
Thank you for the Korky flapper suggestion. Korky must be a good brand!
Based on the overflow riser characteristics I saw, makes me think that the bar bend is a temp fix and that eventually I should focus on the filter replacement, but that I do not have to do it right away or for awhile.
Also, when I turned off the water to bend the bar, not all of the water in the tub would go down the hole as the the hole seems a bit elevated from the bottom of the bowl. I don't know if that's supposed to be the case or if it's a bad design of the toilet bowl, or something else. Thank you once again!
It sounds like the seal in the fill valve is worn. Bending the rod down forces it to apply more pressure, which appears to be shutting the fill valve off and preventing the level from rising to drain out the overflow. It's much easier to just replace the whole fill valve with a new modern one that is easily repaired. The only tricky part is setting the water height in the tank properly on an old toilet (on the newer ones, you may also have to adjust the fill ratio between the tank and the bowl), but this really is pretty simple. Some love the Fluidmaster, I prefer the Korky Quitefill, but either are reliable. BTW, to effectively apply more pressure, you could have also unscrewed the float some, functionally, making the lever arm longer. A whole new fill valve is around $10. You should also replace the hose between the shutoff to the new valve, and that will add a few dollars to the total cost. The only time I'd consider reusing what's there, is if it is a solid metal riser.
Jim DeBruycker
Important note - I'm not a pro
Retired Defense Industry Engineer; Schluter 2.5-day Workshop Completed 2013, 2014
Glad it worked out! Sounds like you are set for the moment. Unless or until it starts acting up again, consider your project a success!
Regarding the bottom of the tank, all flush valves that I have seen do indeed have their mouth a bit above the china bottom of the tank, some more than others.
When replacing either the fill valve or the flush valve, therefore, one will be presented with a little water in the bottom of the tank, even after flushing. Different people deal with it differently. Some sponge it up. Some use a shop vac (wet/dry vaccuum). Some use a turkey baster. Some use this piston-thing that is marketed to plumbers. And some just put a bucket under the fill valve hole, remove the fill valve, and let the water drain into the bucket.
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On looking up license, I found: "A revocable permission to commit some act that would otherwise be unlawful."
If you read the Constitution of the United States, you will find the Second Amendment reads: "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed."
The Alabama Constitution has the following: "That every citizen has the right to bear arms in defense of himself and the state."
It is not unlawful to carry a gun, so we do not need a permit (license). The supreme law of the United States and of the state of Alabama guarantees our right to keep and bear arms.
Although I am glad to see some freedom-minded legislators in Alabama, we do not need these laws they are proposing. We already have those rights. They might go ahead and repeal some of the unconstitutional gun laws.
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Sheriff Richard Mack, who fought and won against the Brady Bill, which tried to make sheriffs pawns of the federal government, has a web page, www.cspoa.org. He lists 283 sheriffs, only six from Alabama, and eight state sheriffs' associations who are saying no to Obama gun control.
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Bryce Molder won the Frys.com Open after edging out Briny Baird in the longest play-off of the year on the PGA Tour in California.
Molder outlasted Baird to finally prevail on the sixth extra hole with a birdie on the par-four 18th at CordeValle for the first victory of his career.
Defeat will have been especially galling for Baird who started today with a two-shot lead and although that had been cut in half at the midway point of the final round, he was still in pole position to win his first PGA Tour event.
The American has not won in more than 12 years on the PGA Tour circuit but has made more money than any player without a victory with just over US dollars 11.9 million (£7.65million) in career earnings.
Bud Cauley was third with a five-under-par 66 and 15-under-par 269 overall while Ernie Els and Shane Bertsch were a further shot back.
England's Paul Casey started today in a tie for second with Els but a poor round of 71, including three bogeys and a double bogey, saw him finish joint seventh.
Tiger Woods finished in a tie for 30th after his third successive round of 68 and he was also the target for a spectator who threw a hot dog at the American.
It was the 17th playoff this year on the PGA Tour, setting a record dating to the modern era that began in 1970.
Baird appeared on the verge of victory when he chipped in from short of the 17th green for eagle to take a one-shot lead.
Molder rolled in a 12-foot birdie putt on the 18th to close with a seven-under-par 64, which got him into the playoff with Baird shooting a four-under 67 as both finished at 17-under 267.
He twice had birdie putts on the 18th in the playoff to win, missing from eight feet and 12 feet.
Molder had three chances to win with eagle putts on the 284-yard 17th, missing from 20 feet, 15 feet and 12 feet before his winning effort on the sixth extra hole.
"It's a little surreal right now," Molder said. "That's a lot of golf today."
For Baird though it is 348 starts without victory and he said: "I finished second before four times, and only one of those four times did I really honestly think I had a chance to win.
"The other times they weren't back door seconds, but I didn't feel like I was out there to win the tournament.
"Today I felt like I was out there to win the tournament.
"For me that's a big deal," Baird said. "There's a hurdle that I overcame today that I'm not scared to talk about it."


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After a few weeks off due to the Holidays and a lack of rated games (not to mention a trip to CES in Las Vegas), we are back with a whole messload of games that the ESRB posted in the first 10 days of 2008. This was an interesting couple of weeks, as the PC dominated and the Next-Gen systems FINALLY came out of hibernation with quite a few titles. Nintendo also pumped out some good games for both the Wii and DS, but still has a steady supply of drivel. We finally saw a few titles rated that have been flying under the radar pop to the surface. All in all, a good couple of weeks if you are a gamer looking toward the immediate future.
This week(s) were dominated by PC games, with over 43 rated out of 102. It seems that the digital download services and PC packing of the Tom Clancy series by Encore USA is bolstering the games getting rated or re-rated. There were the usual casual games and card games as well, so I don't foresee the PC ratings to go down anytime soon.
Nintendo still seems to have lost a bit of steam, as the Wii and DS were beaten out by the PC for top honors, and once again have Sony nipping at their heels. It was refreshing to see some quality titles for the Wii getting rated and a handful from the DS. However, the same junk I have been bitching about for awhile now made a huge comeback on the DS. At some point I imagine people will wise up and quit buying the crap, which would force Nintendo to focus on getting better quality games on the popular handheld. It will be interesting to see if Nintendo will continue to pump out titles for DS and Wii at such a high rate or if the other systems will close the gap and keep up, albeit with higher quality titles.
The next-gen system(s) spit out a whole bunch of new games with the Xbox 360 (14) and the Playstation 3 (9) having a total of 23 rated games. It wasn't just Arcade and casual titles though, as Dark Sector, the latest MLB 2K8, FIFA Street 3, Dynasty Warriors 6, LOST, Dark Sector and NFL Tour were all rated for both platforms. There were quite a few retail titles that were rated for one or the other, such as MLB 08 the Show for the Playstation 3. The Xbox 360 though, had Supreme Commander, Warhammer: Battle March, Jumper Griffin's Story and Dark Messiah: Might and Magic Elements. This is quite a decent haul for those of us that have been feeling lonely with the lack of releases during the Holidays.
The ESRB ratings held several surprises and quite a few games I haven't heard much buzz on lately for the Xbox 360. Games rated include TiQal, Shred Nebula, Shotest Shogi and Jumper Griffin's Story, all of which are Xbox Live Arcade titles except Jumper Griffin, which is based off the upcoming Jumper movie. The PS3 looks to be getting Rayman and Street Fighter Alpha to the Playstation Network before long. Not a bad way to start off 2008, so let's just hope that there is a steady stream of new titles getting rated all year long.


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Everything in the ward seemed different now, and I no longer felt its calming presence. The Fitzgeralds stirred something in me that had been dormant for a long time, and I was not prepared to face it....
From New York to Paris, Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald reigned as king and queen of the Jazz Age, seeming to float on champagne bubbles above the mundane cares of the world. But to those who truly knew them, the endless parties were only a distraction from their inner turmoil, and from a love that united them with a scorching intensity.
When Zelda is committed to a Baltimore psychiatric clinic in 1932, vacillating between lucidity and madness in her struggle to forge an identity separate from her husband, the famous writer, she finds a sympathetic friend in her nurse, Anna Howard. Held captive by her own tragic past, Anna is increasingly drawn into the Fitzgeralds tumultuous relationship. As she becomes privy to Zeldas most intimate confessions, written in a secret memoir meant only for her, Anna begins to wonder which Fitzgerald is the true genius. But in taking ever greater emotional risks to save Zelda, Anna may end up paying a far higher price than she intended....
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Hotel owners are putting pressure on hotels to produce more profits in this period of very high demand. But incredibly, many hotels have systems in place that make it difficult for groups to fill their blocks. Look at what some of these practices/systems are:
1. Many hotels will not allow name changes on room reservations if they are close to being sold out. These hotels treat a name change as a cancellation, and the group loses the room.
2. Some hotels will not make rooms available to groups after the cutoff date because the contract requires that they do so at the group rate. Hotels can resell those rooms at a higher rate after the cutoff, so it is less profitable for them to extend group rates. I understand this position, but most groups would be willing to forsake their "after cutoff" rate protection to give attendees the option of booking the hotel at a higher rate. (This would also lessen a group's liabilities at each hotel.) When a group does not allow the rate to be increased after the cutoff, some hotels accept reservations from attendees anyway--but at a higher rate and without the group's block being credited.
3. Many hotels do not have a policy in effect that permits a group to match its reservation list against the hotel's "in-house list." (Sheraton is a wonderful exception.) Thus, groups are billed for attrition even though the number of rooms occupied by attendees exceeded allowable attrition. The question is, if hotels sell all their rooms, why would they bill a group for attrition? Sadly, the answer is that some hotels are more concerned about increasing their bottom lines than they are in enhancing the customer relationship.
4. When a hotel does run a group's registration list against its in-house list and finds mis-coded rooms, some properties will not give the group credit for these rooms for the purposes of comps, agency commissions, or attrition. This is probably the greatest injustice of all.
Our industry has many good and extraordinary people. These leaders on the hotel side need to stand up for their customers. They need to look at practices such as these and establish policies that allow groups to get full credit for rooms occupied by their attendees.
Every group should have the right to check its list of registrants against the hotel's in-house list. Ifa hotel hides behind the issue of privacy, then it should be able to provide a list that shows only guest name and arrival/departure information. If there is a match, the planner could provide additional information for the hotel to verify that the guest came to the hotel as a participant in the meeting.
It is also essential for planners to stress in their marketing materials the importance of attendees showing that they are affiliated with the group, which will mean that they are much more likely to get the group rate, and that their rooms will be credited to the group. The real issue comes down to basic fairness. Groups should not tolerate any system that unfairly puts them at a higher risk. Don't be afraid to write to the presidents and sales vice presidents of the hotels where these problems exist. These executives are generally "salt of the earth" people who will support your concerns.
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text: They say life imitates art. For Dee Clements, it's the opposite. A few months back, the School of the Art Institute grad/weaving wunderkind relocated to Portland, Maine, on a whim. Taken with the landscape, architecture, and inhabitants of her new home, Clements felt compelled to create a winter collection (she'd planned on waiting until spring 2013). The striking four-piece line brings her intimate observations to life: Longfellow's inky blues, moody grays, and herringbone pattern recall a white-haired fisherman; a coral, cream, and heather infinity scarf in a German bird's-eye pattern evokes a lighthouse overlooking the Atlantic; navy, red, and sandy brown Munjoy is inspired by an artsy up-and-coming neighborhood; autumnal-hued Mackworth summons the changing leaves on the eponymous island. Clements layers Kentucky-milled cotton, bamboo, Tencel, merino wool, silk, and cashmere for rich textures and dramatic draping. Her loom takes two days to set up; the work is built to last. Up next: blankets. We're not just spinning yarns. Available at herronclothier.com, $150-$225.Photo: Courtesy of Herron Clothier


text: Zooey Deschanel, the entertainment world's reigning queen of quirk, was nominated for her very first Emmy in 2012 for playing the uproariously dorky Jessica Day on Fox's New Girl. While this doe-eyed beauty's career may have been kicked off on the silver screen, Zooey's well on her way to conquering the television world as well. But this should come as no surprise, as Zooey's already a double threat. The alternative country duo in which she sings lead vocals, She & Him, won their first Grammy earlier this year.


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"(Our sound) kind of falls between the cracks," said vocalist and guitarist Arnold Mitchem. "It's not straightforward folk rock."
Mitchem describes the four-piece, sometimes five-piece, band as an eclectic mix of sounds and when reading the individual band member's musical rap sheets, it is no wonder that the Bourgeois Gypsies have such a refined sound. They are a group of musical know-it-alls.
"I've been doing this for a long time," Mitchem said of his musical career. "I've played with Jeff Buckley and Chris Whitley."
Complimenting Mitchem's playing experience is vocalist, bassist, harmonica and mandolin player Taylor Williams; guitar player Kieth Rutherford; drummer Peter Miller and lead vocalist and acoustic guitar player Kaisa MacDonald.
Mitchem met MacDonald on a whim and after playing open mic nights together for nearly two years they decided to add members to develop a band. Even though Mitchem has experience in the music industry, the group is still evolving and has come together with a sound that is crisp and clean.
"We've been playing seriously for about a year," Mitchem said.
Bourgeois Gypsies are now releasing the band's second studio album, "Faulty Fairytales," the follow up to its debut, "Blue Morning." The band's instrumentation mixed with MacDonald's hauntingly smooth voice gives the songs a personality, and beautifully written lyrics seem to spill out of MacDonald.
"When we're writing, it's just how it comes out," Mitchem said of the creative process. "Kaisa writes some pretty good lyrics."
MacDonald's voice melodically growls out "Bright" with lyrics that are deep and personal in a voice reminiscent of a young Stevi Nicks: "I was sitting in my car / You were breaking apart a star/ Teardrops of light coming falling down…As tempting as you are/ Slinging arrows from afar/ You send them raining down…"
But to experience the Bourgeois Gypsies means mixing in a little bit of bluegrass, a little bit of rock and a little bit of blues.
"We've been called swamp-pop," Mitchem said. "But we're not from the south. I've also heard (us called) urban barn dancing."
Admitting that he isn't sure of either classification, but is himself unsure of how to classify the band's feel-good sound, Mitchem said he's OK with the contradictory word play — similar to the contradiction posed by the band's name.
"We were just tossing around words that we liked," Mitchem explained. "It's kind of a contradictory term. Sometimes we have to explain it."
But there is nothing uppity about these gypsies. They're just happy to be playing music.
"We're really indie," Mitchem said. "We got really strong college air play with our first album."
Time to expand the band's fans base, the Bourgeois Gypsies are happy to play in Sparks Friday night.
"We're just trying to reach out more and play," Mitchem said. "In the winter time we play at the ski resorts and the pubs."
Don't miss a chance to see the Bourgeois Gypsies play an exciting mix of songs ranging from slow and moody to energetic and poppy.
The Bourgeois Gypsies will take the stage at the Great Basin Brewing Co. located at 846 Victorian Ave. at 9 p.m. There is no cover for the show, so there is no excuse to miss this show.


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This is a major release, the first of the 4.2 series; it is a free upgrade to all users of version 4. The main features of this significant release are:
- Usability improvements: these are documented in detail in this blog post:http://blog.twproject.com/2009/05/13/usability-game-mechanics-teamwork
(actually even more than what described there has been done along this line: just try it out…)
- An empowered meeting management section
- Two new interface translations: in French, and in Chinese
- Several tool expansions for the power users, on automatic advancements, code generations, test status on issues etc. (this is detailed in the following)
- A new skin: ulm
The user guide has been updated. Download the release here; the installer will upgrade your web application and the database schema and data; remember to do backups!
General features
- Added "test" status to issues
- Improved Portuguese translation
- Added option in config for setting task progress to 100% when complete
- Added option in config for generating task codes from types
- Saved filters are visible in the button bar
- Costs are in currency in all the interface
- Easter is not mandatorily a holiday
- Avoid to duplicate subscriptions when present on parents
- Subscribe overdue tasks
- There is task name in the subject of email generated by TW?
- There is a new "ulm" skin, really pretty
- There are "tags" everywhere for tagging and then finding anything
- Assigning a task: create resources on the fly if you have permissions, and put a link in message bar
- The issue in line editor is easy to edit, and to jump from there to entities
- Save on issue line magically appears – no need to press "tab"
- Unassigned resources can be set on issues
- Messages on save and every action are really visible
- Set a default color on resource so that say notification stickies from different assignees are in different colors
- Worklog week: allow add more the one record per day without reloading the page
- A new "first start" starting page
- Badges as balloons for users
- Discussion points have been empowered, and are edited in the same page as the supporting calendar event
- Now there is a minute for every discussion point
- Every discussion point can be printed separately
- Issues can be added by simply selecting text of the minute
Bug fixes
- Boards: manage the z-order correctly
- Bug in computing difference in worklog week
- Bug in saving names of default filters
- 3rd level task ordering alphabetical not by task number (after selecting task)
- Document: double save "upload" boom!
- In worklog analysis "move all 796 work logs to selected assignment:" covers the "total" bottom line
- Icons of menu never reloaded
- Summa bug on docs
- Must put operational role on the resources created on the fly
- On chrome: issue list, change a description, press search button, do not leave the page, save the issue, press search again does not work
- Priority not set on assignments created by project tree or issues


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• Hand Powered Portable Washing Machine from Clean Air Gardening $49.99
• BoostTurbine 2000 from Eton $59.99
• GSI Vortex Blender from Amazon $84.95
• The Human-Powered Home (Electricity Need Not Apply)
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the Eton radio can be had for a bit less on Amazon.
Hand crack paper shredder... just rip up the paper ;)
anybody know if the A+R shredder cross shreds or just cuts strips?
I have an antique coffee bean grinder for when, you know, the apocalypse hits.
I love my hand crank flash light, no need to worry about if there are batteries that work, or if you have replacement batteries.
There are also several other gadgets powered by hand crank battery. You can check some out on www.windup-battery.com.
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It's Day 2 on the water with the Day 1 leaders La Monroe and Day 1 runner-ups Arkansas Tech.
Hop in the boat with Justin Lucas as he sight fishes on the St Johns River.
Day 1 of the Central Regional was more of a game of "who can leap the high-water hurdle" -- and the team who managed it best was that of Preuett and Blackett.
Images from Day 1 weigh-in of the 2014 Carhartt College Central B.A.S.S. Regional on the Ouachita River.
We take you out on the water to see how the anglers adapt to a high and muddy Ouachita River.
Streaks are appropriately a big deal in sports. Here are the biggest and best in the world of bass fishing.
Mark Davis is a big man … in stature and in heart.
Brian Fickett and Lucas Kamoen won the Connecticut B.A.S.S. Nation's annual CastingKids Finals, April 5, at Cabela's.
Anglers register for the 2014 Carhartt College Series Central Regional on the Ouachita River.
Mike Iaconelli will be hosting Brett Hite on his new online show at 8 p.m. ET on April 14.


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25¢ Cultura
I like vending machines, especially the ones near the door at grocery stores. You know the ones I'm talking about, they're usually painted an eye-catching red and contain candy, cheap toys or stickers in plastic balls. I think most parents hate those things. I've seen children pulled away from the vending machines crying and the parents saying, "No! We're not wasting money on junk! Let's go!"
I personally think 25 cents is a small price to pay for a little fun, and I'm just as likely as the kids to run to Carlos, pidiendo una "cora". (I just aggravated a dear friend by pronouncing/spelling "quarter" like that. Hee hee. Sorry, Ángel.)
Wherever we go, I always check the vending machines to see if there's anything new or exciting. I especially love when the growing Latino population is reflected in which candies or toys they chose to offer.
That being said, I present to you my new favorite find… "Gold" Patron Saints necklaces.
Posted on November 11, 2010, in Culture, humor, Language, Latinidad, niños, Spanglish and tagged foto. Bookmark the permalink. 11 Comments.
Yesssss! I want! This is totally something I would get and put in my sister's car, lol!
You've got to be kidding me! This is a great find!!
Y no tienen una del Flying Spaghetti Monster?
I totally check out the little vending machines too! remember the 'homies'??? well, in houston at a taqueria i saw that they had 'santos' and they were by the 'homies' people. collect them all! that was my most awesome cora-machine find. the virgen de guadalupe was the hard to get one. go figure.
look, i found a blog post about them here which has a pic: http://www.blogadilla.com/2009/02/10/santos-50¢/
Yep… my "coras" and victims of those machines. My mom used to get the "boligomas" for my son. They both loved to play with them so nw everytime I see them, they make me smile.
But that religious Bling Bling…. never seen anything like that. Did they have San Judas Tadeo? He is my hero!
omg!! I love them!! that's the coolest thing ever since the homies and the virgen temp. tattoos!
Love these! I still go and check out vending machines just to see what they offer. I've always headed to these vending machines with my sons to check them out.
I've got quite a few Homies as well as the Mijos (Homies wannabes) and temporary tattoos. I liked the cora- I remember as a kid, asking por un die-me myself.
Sometimes I've encountered inexpensive key chains and other religious bling things as well. I've got a couple of sacred bleeding hearts and Jesus con las espinas looking upward in key chain pattern.
Much of what I've seen as miniature devotional items goes back to dashboard altars on buses and trucks in Mexico. Great stuff, just miniaturized for portability and prayer on the go.
This reminds me of the virgin mary statuette in glitter I once saw in a bookstore.


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Facebook is rolling out Nearby Friends, a feature that will allow for more meetups and run-ins in your everyday life.
Will you opt-in to letting your Facebook friends know when you're in the neighborhood?
The good news: There's no child missing. The bad news: People thought it was OK to create a fake missing child.
You have to look at Facebook's auto-playing video ads, but you don't have to listen.
Public Internet data fair game for IRS agents rooting out fraud.
Spam your friends for advice on anything!


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TAU Lays Cornerstone for the Pouran and Parviz Izak Nazarian Building
Thursday, October 4, 2012
A new world class visitor building is celebrated as "gateway" to university community
Parviz Izak Nazarian, TAU President Prof. Joseph Klafter, and Pouran Nazarian
On August 19, 2012, the cornerstone of the new Pouran and Parviz Izak Nazarian Building was laid in an official ceremony on the campus of Tel Aviv University. Surrounded by their children, grandchildren and University officials, including President Joseph Klafter, Pouran and Parviz Izak Nazarian were honored for their unwavering commitment to TAU and Israeli society.
The stunning new pyramid structure will house the new Yechiel Ben Zvi Visitors' Pavilion and provide a permanent home for The Citizens' Empowerment Center in Israel (CECI), a non-profit organization which seeks to create a stronger, more stable society through research and education. The building promises to be an essential pillar of the TAU campus and the community at large.
"It will represent our community spirit, our sophisticated campus and our advanced research, teaching and public outreach capabilities," stated President Klafter at the ceremony, praising the generosity of the Nazarian family.
Artist's rendering of Nazarian building
Parviz Izak Nazarian responded, "We are honored to provide a gift to benefit the students of Tel Aviv University, tomorrow's future leaders. It is important to give back to Israel so that the country will remain strong and safeguard Jews everywhere."
Prior to the ceremony, Israeli Home Front Defense Minister, Avi Dichter, presented Parviz Izak Nazarian with the "Ot Ha'Kommemut," a prestigious military medal awarded only to those who had served in Israel's War of Independence, an honor which further highlighted the Nazarian family's valuable contributions to the State of Israel.
Pouran Nazarian commented, "Our love and devotion to Israel knows no bounds. We are thrilled that this beautiful building will be able to enhance the TAU campus and make a positive difference in the life of the university, its students and the community."
The Nazarian family gathered for the groundbreaking ceremony
Support of education has always been a priority for Parviz Izak Nazarian. Throughout his life, he has maintained strong support of many universities in Israel. In May of 2003, he received a Doctorate of Philosophy Honorary Degree from Tel Aviv University in recognition for his spirit and resourcefulness in transforming himself from a destitute child into a successful entrepreneur, community leader and philanthropist.
In 1997, the Nazarians established The Pouran and Parviz Nazarian Chair for Modern Iranian Studies at Tel Aviv University in recognition of the need to better understand Iran and the Islamic regime's influence in the Middle East.
Dora Kadisha, daughter of Pouran and Parviz Nazarian and Executive Director of CECI, shared her belief that the building would serve to inspire community involvement. "For our family, TAU has been a home away from home for many years. We are happy to build a monument that will serve as a permanent location for CECI and will host our research facilities and many important events to promote citizens' empowerment."
Highlighting social contribution
The Pouran and Parviz Izak Nazarian Building, featuring a striking glass pyramid facade, is located adjacent to the Miriam and Adolfo Smolarz Auditorium. The structure will transform TAU's current Visitors' Facility, serving as the point-of-entry to welcome all guests to the TAU campus. The Visitors' Pavilion inside will include a gallery for exhibitions, highlighting the University's history and research achievements, a 120-seat auditorium hall and a training room for tour guides.
Referring to the building as an icon in the making, President Klafter noted that it would be a "physical symbol for the tremendous contribution of the Nazarian family to Israeli society and advancing the security and prosperity of the country."
Yoram Eldan, the TAU architect who designed the building, commented, "The design of the building was chosen to balance old and new, referring on one hand to the ancient Egyptian pyramids, and on the other hand recalling the contemporary glass pyramid of the Parisian Musee du Louvre."
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Thompson Plans Rally for Local Post OfficeIt's another Friday night rally in Thompson, only this one isn't for a football team or a political candidate. It's at the Post Office. It's for the Post Office.
By: Chuck Haga, Grand Forks Herald
It's another Friday night rally in Thompson, only this one isn't for a football team or a political candidate.
It's at the Post Office. It's for the Post Office.
In an email distributed Wednesday night to residents of the Grand Forks County town of about 1,000 people, Mayor Karyncq Hippen urged an all-Thompson turnout for a meeting scheduled at 5 p.m. Friday to discuss the local office's future.
"The more people we can get to show up, the more support it shows for our post office," she wrote.
"If you value having our community supported by the U.S. Postal Service, having our very own Post Office rather than being served by a bigger, further away entity, come out and show your support!"
Under the latest U.S. Postal Service plan to reduce costs, about 13, 000 small post offices — including those in Hatton, Emerado and several other area towns — likely will see their office hours reduced between now and September 2014. The plan was developed as an alternative to an earlier plan that had targeted many smaller offices for closure.
Janet Dolleslager, who has worked at the Thompson Post Office for a little more than three years and acts as relief for an ailing postmaster, said that residents received a letter earlier this year from the U.S. Postal Service laying out options for the local office.
Those options range from reducing weekday window service from eight hours a day to six, to closing the office and contracting with a local business or routing business to a post office in a nearby community.
Post office hours already hamper residents who work those same hours, Hippen said Thursday, so it's "very important" the service not be reduced.
"We're a bedroom community, and there are other things we rely on Grand Forks for," she said. "But this is a vital part we don't want to let go. It would feel like a step backwards when everything else is moving forward."
Dolleslager declined to comment on the options, bit she said she's heard from "a lot of people voicing concern," and she expects the meeting Friday to be "overflowing."
In an email sent to the local office last week, the Postal Service scheduled the community meeting and said officials would share results of a survey on post office use and answer questions about the reorganization plans.
"The Postal Service will not make a final decision regarding this office until after the public meeting," according to the email. "This will enable the Postal Service to obtain all community input and opinions, from both the surveys and the meeting, before making a final decision."
In her email to residents, Hippen said that Thompson has been "a strong community for 130-plus years."
"Our school has thrived, our community has grown, and we have a lot to be proud of," she wrote. "We haven't fallen victim to the epidemic of rural North Dakota towns shrinking. … We are strong. We have heart. We can make it into another 130-plus years if we all band together and make the bigger entities notice our support, our community spirit."
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Berkeley DB (libdb) is a programmatic toolkit that provides embedded database support for both traditional and client/server applications. It includes b+tree, queue, extended linear hashing, fixed, and variable-length record access methods, transactions, locking, logging, shared memory caching, database recovery, and replication for highly available systems. DB supports C, C++, C#, Java, PHP, and Perl APIs. It supports key-value pair (NoSQL), SQL, and Java Object formatted data. It is available for a wide variety of Unix platforms as well as QNX, Android, Mac OS X, and several varieties of Windows.
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The BRU Backup and Restore Utility features data-verified backups, scalability, configurability, and ease of use for Linux and Unix. Versions are available for Linux, FreeBSD, and most UNIX variants. It works via an X11 interface, command line interactive, or through a scripted, scheduled (CRON) mechanism.
Diald manages network links, particularly on-demand links such as dial-up SLIP or PPP. It can also be used to manage and/or monitor any network interface. Diald monitors traffic on the link and makes intelligent (and highly configurable) decisions as to when the link should be brought up or taken down. The included control program, dctrl, runs on any system with Tcl/Tk (yes, even Windows) and allows diald to be controlled and monitored remotely.
The EnRus dictionary tools are TCL/Tk scripts for reading a textual (plain or compressed by gzip or bzip2) dictionary base and compiling new dictionary bases from plain text files. It consists of a few TCL console scripts and a Tk interface to them. It is configurable for different languages. The dictionary base may contain proper formatting and output procedures.


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Rambling thoughts and observationsPosted Friday, December 14, 2007, at 4:56 PM
This week a quick look around the county and my thoughts:
Welcome back Gene
If you've been to the Greene County Courthouse lately -- since last Monday morning -- you've probably noticed a familiar smiling face greeting you at the southeast entrance, just before you undergo a search to enter the facility.
Yes, it's former Greene County Sheriff Gene Gastineau.
Gastineau has joined the courthouse security staff -- coming out of retirement.
Gene most recently worked as an investigator for the Monroe County Prosecutor's office, following his two-terms as sheriff. He's also a former Bloomfield Town Marshal and worked for years as an Indiana State Police trooper with his new boss, William H. "Butch" Brown.
Someone commented the other day that they were surprised that Gene would give up his leisure time golf game to take on this new job. But it was pointed out since there is a new indoor putt-putt golf facility located about a block away from the courthouse in downtown Bloomfield, that he could probably still keep his skills around the green tuned up over his lunch hour.
Seriously, the selection of Gene -- a real professional and a super nice guy -- for the security job was an excellent choice.
Recommendations worth a look
Have any of you read the recommendations that were handed down by the Kernan-Shepherd committee this week that would drastically change the way this state operates state and local government?
Among the long list of recommendations to help reduce our property tax bills were:
* Replace the three county commissioners in each county with one county executive.
* Eliminate elected County Auditors, Treasurers, Recorders, Assessors, Surveyors, Sheriffs, Coroners, and Clerks.
* Establish an appointed county assessor based on qualifications.
* Provide all local public safety services through a countywide body.
* Transfer the funding of state trial courts to the state.
* Transfer funding of child welfare to the state.
* Transfer all township government responsibilities, including assessment, poor relief, fire, EMS, and cemeteries, to the county.
* Merge school districts with a minimum student enrollment of 2,000.
* Require school corporation bonds be approved by municipal or county governments.
* Prompt joint purchasing for all school districts.
* Conduct all non-partisan school board elections during November of even-numbered years.
* Allow Councils to appoint city clerks in second-class cities.
* Move all municipal elections to even-year cycles.
Now, that's a lot for one state to digest in the "department of change" and I think we would all be dreaming if we believed that all of these recommendations included in the report would take effect any time soon.
I do think some of the recommendations make great sense and we probably need to look at them with an open mind and with the understanding that these local government transformations will save the taxpayers money.
Towns look nice
Well, the ho ho ho holiday season is quickly approaching us and it's probably time for this old elf to begin his shopping, don't you think?
Downtown Linton sure looks very nice again this year with its light-wrapped lamp posts and other Yuletide decorations.
As I was driving through Newberry the other night, I noticed the tiny community has also taken on a festive look with lighted snowflakes and garland wrapped around the light poles. And, there are some nice holiday banners also put up.
I understand the ladies who are members of the Newberry Progressive Club -- and a few other helpers -- are responsible for giving the small town a definite Christmas look.
Nice job and Merry Christmas to all.
Keep Guardsmen in your prayers
Don't forget to keep our local National Guard unit -- Alpha Company -- in your thoughts and prayers. These brave young men are getting ready to head out into harm's way to defend the many freedoms we enjoy every day.
Please don't take for granted what they are doing for you and I.
Pray for the Guardsmen and their families. They deserve our support.
Nick is the assistant editor for the Greene County Daily World. He can be reached by telephone at 847-4487 or 1-800-947-4487 or by e-mail at email@example.com
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I can't imagine the courthouse being a safer place with two experienced crime fighters like Gene and Butch providing the security. Butch Brown knows more about isobars than anyone I have ever met.
Butch told me one time about when he pulled this farmer over and said: "Sir, do you realize your wife fell out of the car several miles back?"
The old farmer replied to Butch: "Thank God, I thought I had gone deaf!"
-- Posted by simmons on Sun, Dec 16, 2007, at 12:10 PM
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