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What does it mean to be Jewish in America today? The answer appears to be changing in ways that could alter the future of Judaism in this country.
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A Pew Research Center survey released earlier this month tackled this question. And the results have raised concern in Jewish circles nationwide and here in the Holy City, once home to North America's largest Jewish community.
Among the survey's key findings:
A large and ongoing rise in Jews marrying non-Jews. Nearly 60 percent of Jews marrying since 2005 married someone who is not Jewish. In comparison, before the 1970s, only 17 percent intermarried.
A dramatic drop in younger generations of American Jews who identify themselves as Jewish by religion, and a corresponding rise among those identifying as Jewish by culture and ancestry.
Two-thirds of Jews who don't identify themselves as religious say they are not raising their children Jewish.
What does this mean for Charleston's historic and robust Jewish community?
"We look at it as a challenge more than anything, not as a sign of doom or despair," said Rabbi Adam J. Rosenbaum of Synagogue Emanu-El, the first Conservative synagogue in South Carolina.
After all, local rabbis note, the Jewish narrative is rife with stories of challenges, doomsday predictions, arduous journeys — and survival.
"A Pew study 2,000 years ago may have looked very similar," said Rabbi Moshe Davis of Brith Sholom Beth Israel Synagogue, the South's oldest Orthodox synagogue. "We're still here. And for me, that is very empowering."
Chosen by whom?
A growing segment of Jewish Americans, especially younger ones, don't consider themselves Jewish by faith in God but rather by culture and ethnicity.
Among the Pew survey's respondents, 78 percent call themselves Jewish by religion while 22 percent deem themselves atheists, agnostic or "nothing in particular."
The changing nature of Jewish religiosity is most obvious over the generations.
About 93 percent of the oldest generation of living Jews, those born between 1914 and 1927, identify as Jewish on the basis of religion. Only 7 percent describe themselves as nonreligious.
Compare that to the youngest generation of Jewish adults, those born after 1980.
Nearly one-third describe themselves as having no religion. They based their Jewish identity on ancestry and culture (although some said they believe in God to some degree), the survey found.
That shift isn't confined to Jews. Americans overall increasingly report no specific religion.
Religiously unaffiliated ranks of Americans have reached 20 percent, the highest ever recorded, according to a separate Pew survey released last year. Compared that to the 22 percent of American Jews who report they are not religious.
A clear exception is among Orthodox Jews. Nearly 90 percent report being convinced of God's existence.
"Belief in God is at the core of Jewish values," said Davis, the local Orthodox rabbi.
Yet, overall Jews surveyed didn't consider belief in God necessary to being Jewish.
About 62 percent consider Jewish identity primarily defined by ancestry and culture. Just 15 percent said it is mainly about religion, the survey found.
"Judaism isn't just a religion. It's a way of life," Rosenbaum said. "Judaism is a people."
Yet, while Rosenbaum is glad that many secular Jews still embrace traditions such as serving Passover Seder and lighting Hanukkah lights, he sees work ahead for Jewish professionals.
"It's totally fine to enjoy those things," Rosenbaum said. "But our job is to say that behind the culture is a really beautiful religious tradition."
Rabbi Stephanie Alexander of Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim, a Reform congregation downtown, said that unlike in a church or mosque, belief in God is not the singular underpinning of Judaism.
At her synagogue, involvement is as much about worship as assembling in a community and studying Judaism.
"It is an openness to God that is essential," Alexander said. "It's a willingness to wrestle with whether or not you believe in God."
Yet, secular Jews are much less likely to remain connected to their Jewish heritage and the cornerstones of Jewish life such as attending synagogues.
This challenges a faith that takes pride in not proselytizing.
"We no longer live in a Jewish society where it's just a given that every Jew will affiliate at some point and be included in the community," Rosenbaum said. "We can't assume people will automatically come to us."
Future of Judaism
The future of American Judaism may hinge on one critical change: Most Jewish people today are marrying non-Jews.
Nearly 60 percent of Jews who have married since 2000 married someone who isn't Jewish. Before 1970, just 17 percent did so.
Intermarrying is far more common among secular Jews than religious ones. Nearly 80 percent of married Jews who aren't religious have a spouse who is not Jewish, compared with 36 percent of religious Jews.
And intermarried Jews, especially nonreligious ones, often are not raising their children Jewish.
"It affirms that we should do everything we can to welcome families making Jewish choices," Alexander said.
The trend prompted Synagogue Emanu-El in West Ashley to adopt a new "household membership" option last year for couples with just one adult Jewish partner. This opens more of the Conservative synagogue's ritual activities to both members of interfaith couples, Rosenbaum said.
Davis added that a key way to ensure children are raised Jewish is by sending them to private Jewish day schools, as Orthodox families do.
At Addlestone Hebrew Academy, Charleston's Jewish day school, he sees children, young adults and parents actively engaged in Judaism.
"We are the People of the Book for a reason. We believe in books and education," said Davis, a father of young children himself. "I see vibrancy."
Reaching out
The changes in American Jewish identity may explain why Reform Judaism, the most inclusive of the three main movements, has become the largest in the country.
More than one in three Jewish Americans identify with the Reform movement compared to 18 percent Conservative and 10 percent Orthodox (although Orthodox have the highest birth rate, which could change these rankings), the Pew survey found.
Charleston is the birthplace of American Reform Judaism, which has long taken steps to embrace this changing Jewish identity.
The local Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim is the fourth-oldest Jewish congregation in the continental United States.
KKBE has made welcoming interfaith families a priority. Its website features common questions these families face, such as: How should the children in interfaith families be raised?
"We need to be a resource to help them find ways to make Jewish choices and to make sure the next generation makes Jewish choices," Alexander said.
Since 1978, Reform temples have reached out to converts and interfaith families. And while Judaism traditionally has recognized lineage only through Jewish mothers, the Reform movement recognizes patriarchal descent as well.
"I'm proud of the welcome it shows and firmly believe it ensures the future for Jewish generations," Alexander says.
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A part of a passage in the torah from Genesis 50:20-21 "You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives. So then, donþÄôt be afraid. I will provide for you and your children.þÄù And he reassured them and spoke kindly to them. " photographed October 23, 2013. Grace Beahm/Staff×
Jewish history is filled with stories of challenge, including this Torah passage from Genesis 50:20-21: "You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives. So then, don't be afraid. I will provide for you and your children. And he reassured them and spoke kindly to them. "×


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The screening of large compound libraries to identify hit compounds involves a number of laborious liquid-handling stages. Plate preparation for compound screening and bioassays involves sample transfer from compound storage plates or vials, serial dilutions, assay plate preparation, and replication. These processes require repetitive, accurate, and time-consuming pipetting as well as meticulous sample labeling and management.
With an escalating number of compounds, small molecules or fragments, and RNAi libraries, automated liquid handling has become a fundamental requirement for high-throughput screening throughout the drug discovery industry.
Automated liquid-handling instruments such as those in the mosquito® product range (TTP LabTech) allow rapid, accurate, and reproducible compound dispensing and assay plate setup, reducing the turn-around time from compound synthesis to assay-ready plates.
In addition, the ability to miniaturize assays using nanoliter liquid-handling instruments reduces the use of expensive reagents, helping to preserve the often limited quantities of valuable compounds or samples.
Following a primary screen it is common for only a small percentage (1–3%) of compounds to be identified as active, requiring further study with secondary screening. At this secondary screening stage, individual samples need to be cherry picked from stock compound plates and new plate formats need to be set up for further biological assays.
Traditional manual or semi-automated methods are unable to deliver the speed or throughput required for the efficient removal of hit samples from large numbers of compound storage or "mother" plates.
In addition, instruments used for plate replication are often unable to cherry pick individual samples from a plate and can be limited for transferring samples between plate sizes (i.e., 384 well plates to 96 well plates or vice versa). Therefore the use of a dedicated automated liquid handler capable of rapidly cherry picking individual hit compounds as well as plate reformatting can significantly enhance the compound screening workflow.
Incorporation of suitable tracking software and 2-D barcodes on the screening platform enable efficient sample tracking and recording, thereby eliminating the potential for manual data input error.
The recent installation of a mosquito® X1 into the HTS Core at the Center for Chemical Genomics, headed by Martha Larsen at the Life Sciences Institute, University of Michigan, has enabled rapid and effective cherry picking of samples following primary screening.
The key requirement for this small academic screening facility was for a low-cost, reliable, and integrated system to confirm primary high-throughput data and screen multiple plates in one operation. Although this research group employs a semi-automated pin tool for compound sample transfers during primary screening, it is not possible to use this instrument to select or array compounds for hit confirmation. Such tools are also not capable of performing serial dilutions for dose-response studies of selected compounds at the secondary screening stage.
In this lab, prior to using mosquito X1, the manual preparation of 384-well plates limited screening throughput to 200 compounds per screen. Using mosquito X1, the group has successfully increased its screening capability to 3,000 compounds in a single run.
The Table highlights the comparison of data throughput obtained from 200 separate compound screens carried out before and after acquiring the mosquito X1. From this study it was seen that there was a threefold increase in the number of dose-response assays carried out and a fourfold increase in the number of plates screened per assay since using the mosquito X1. This led to a 14-fold increase in the number of compounds tested with over 101,639 compounds confirmed as active.
In addition, with mosquito's capacity for four destination assay plates allowing confirmation and dose-response formats it was possible to link this instrument to a RapidStak (Thermo Fisher Scientific). The RapidStak, which is capable of holding up to 150 plates at a time, automatically feeds to the mosquito X1 instrument, allowing a walk-away solution for secondary screening studies.
Joby Jenkins is applications specialist, and Wendy Gaisford ([email protected]) is senior writer at TTP LabTech. Web: www.ttplabtech.com. TTPLabTech would like to thank Martha Larsen for her help in producing this article and for supplying the figures.
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I failed retirement and took a part time job to keep me off the streets and out of the pool halls. I needed a notebook that I could keep in my shirt pocket and...Read complete review
I failed retirement and took a part time job to keep me off the streets and out of the pool halls. I needed a notebook that I could keep in my shirt pocket and I wanted something a cut above the usual cardboard and wire. This fit the bill, though it is spendy. It might be too bulky for the small pockets of some dress shirts but fits fine in the larger pockets of casual or "outdoorsy" shirts.The first one I bought met an untimely end in the mouth of my Bloodhound. Rather than kill the dog, who had just a few days before destroyed my Levenger large notebook, I sullenly bought another. Unknown to me, my wife feeling bad about the dog, her dog actually, eating my notebook also bought one for me. So, now I have one for my pocket and one for the car - and neither gets near that dog! My only criticism is that; the pen loop is a bit too soft and flimsy to easily slide the pen into or out of. We'll see how the loop holds up on the one I use every day.
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I have been drooling over these pocket briefcases for quite some time. I decided to send a black one to my brother for his December birthday and ordered the saddle one for myself at...Read complete review
I have been drooling over these pocket briefcases for quite some time. I decided to send a black one to my brother for his December birthday and ordered the saddle one for myself at the same time. (I wanted the red but apparently it was on back-order and I didn't want to wait until January.)The first word that came to mind when I opened the briefcase was 'flimsy." The pen clip is very tight and I have to be careful removing it from the loop so as not to stretch or pull the leather. And, I was expecting a more substantial-feeling notebook-type case not a soft one. The writing pad is very narrow - it somehow it looks bigger in the photo. I am glad that it comes with two of them.All that said, it will fit nicely into my small purse, the leather smells divine, and I do love owning something that came from Levenger.
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Pen extends too far due to the loops - I removed them
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I found that the pen loops were not helpful, as the pen extended too far to the right. To address this problem, I removed the loops. I usually use a fountain pen, so I did not need the pen that came with the notebook.
Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
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By topher
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I have had this product before and loved it. After it being stolen from my car I ordered a new one. The old one lasted for years however the pen on the new one leaked within a month. Curious if this happened to anyone else. Still love the product. Lucky for me I had the old pen on me so I use that one.
Awesome lil notebook!
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I love this little notebook and it's perfect for a shirt pocket and stylish to boot! The little pen that comes with it expands to a full sized pen and I cannot believe how well it writes for a ballpoint pen! It's incredibly smooth and fluent.The notebook has two pen loops, so it won't flop open, as one loop is sewn to the front cover and the other loop sewn to the back cover. Very clever and useful! The constrast stitching gives it style. The additional replacement pad is.a great touch. This will serve me for many years to come!
Functional and Well Made
By KylaM
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I purchased three of these SwiftNotes notepads as teachers' gifts this year. They arrived in lovely boxes with a fabric wrap - very elegant. The notepads are high quality leather and well made. All of the teachers were blown away by these notepads and stated that they will use them daily. I also have one of these in my purse and use it often - it has held up so well. I'm a Levenger fan!
Great Product!
By MrsBrazil
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It's small, but I love the quality of the product and how it fits perfect in my purse.
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This item is just what I expected. It's the perfect size and beautifully made.
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By Butch
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I wanted a small,compact leather note pad to keep in my car or in my pocket,this notepad was perfect!! It is ways at hand when needed.The leather is soft and the expandable pen is a very nice touch!! I'm sure it will last a lifetime!!
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I ordered a Swiftnotes a few months ago to replace a similar notepad from Lizell. They no longer make that product so I'm giving this one a whirl. This Swiftnotes holds the same size pad and has a more substantial feel. I don't use the pen loop as I prefer to write with fountain pens but it's a right clever option. It slips in my back pocket and is a must to write (or in my case scribble) something when on the phone. At any rate, it's very handy, functional, and a great purchase.
A durable, well-made constant companion!
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I have been using my SwiftNotes pad for several years and it has served me well -- great for jotting down notes, shopping lists, etc. The pad is well-constructed and durable and has survived being carried around in my pocket, thrown in my briefcase, etc. (carried everywhere). I have given several as gifts and I always get the same reaction "where did you find something like this, it's great!" and of course I tell them about Levenger!
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The Fort Dorchester volleyball team defeated Irmo 3-1 Tuesday to advance in the state playoffs.
The Patriots earned a 25-13,25-14, 23-25, 25-18 win to advance to the second round for possibly the first time.
"We haven't done that since I've been the coach and I don't think we have done it at all, at least not since we've been a 4-A team," Fort Dorchester coach Tarshie Burrell said.
Fort Dorchester jumped ahead early in the first two games to cruise to victory. However, Irmo played like a team that didn't want its season to end the rest of the match.
"It was a challenging match," Fort Dorchester captain Meghan Sanders said. "We lost our intensity for a little but then we picked it back up and played well. Now we just need to keep playing as a family and go all-in during our practices and matches."
The third game saw many ties but the Yellow Jackets finished strong for a two-point victory.
After a 15-15 stalemate in the fourth game, Patriot junior Kira Ozegovich found some holes in the Irmo defense to lead the Fort to a seven-point victory.
Junior Monica Mack led the Fort scorers in the match, knocking down 12 kills and contributing a few blocks for points. Ozegovich finished with six kills and five scoring blocks and senior Jasmine Quinn had five kills, three scoring blocks and two service aces. Junior Amanda Gluck and senior Kristen Lodge also had strong nights offensively.
Fort Dorchester improved to 25-5 on the season with the win and hosted South Aiken for a second-round match played Thursday after press time. South Aiken up set Carolina Forest to advance.
If the Patriots won Thursday, they will travel to the winner of the Aiken/West Ashley match for the third round Nov. 5. Burrell says her strategy for the remainder of the playoffs is to get her team's focus on executing the things it does best rather than attempting to counter what the opposition does well.
"I research the teams we are going to face but I don't talk to my players about them much because if you put too much emphasis on what another team does it can psych your players out," she said. "We just go into every match with an open mind and expecting things to be level."
Both the other Dorchester Two volleyball teams were eliminated from the playoffs Tuesday. Ashley Ridge lost to West Ashley and Summerville lost to Wando.
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MARTINSBURG — In the wake of a recent ruling that no longer mandates county school boards to fund county library systems, the Martinsburg-Berkeley County Public Library faces an uncertain future....
WOW, that would not happen if ourl iberal politicians in Charles Town that collects taxes from the wealthy and redistributes our tax dollars could do anything about it. Liberals like City Councilmen Ms. Poeanessa, Slovver and Bringetot. You know they are all from liberal states like NY, IOWA, DC, NC and the like. Did you happen to see their families there when you were in those other States on vacation last year? That's where they are all from! Maybe you could do a story on liberal people moving to Charles Town and Slovver, Bringetot and Ponessssaa getting them to run for City Council the first year they are here. If makes me wonder what they could know about our City when they have only lived here a few weeks? School Board can't redistribute our tax dollars to libraries, oh the liberals will cry. Now we need to defeat the school levies and get rid of that fraud.
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Library's for public use are no longer needed as the primary research and resource location. Perhaps they should consider allowing Starbucks to open a coffee shop in the lower level and operate off the shared profits. It would be great for the downtown area.
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Copy editing alert: It is interlibrary loan, not inner library--what would be the point of loan a book with the library????
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Where will I poop?
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The elecrtoic age? Sure, that and the electronic age too!
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Public libraries used to be the places one visited to do some research and borrow books just as one used to write letters with pen and ink. Both are still available but unncessary, thanks to the elecrtoic age.
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From 19 to 29, remembering the attack on America
September 11, 2011
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It's hard to believe that it has been 10 years since the morning of September 11, 2001. (Preparing to write this column, I have been trying to think of all the ways that I could write this, finding poignancy and brilliance throughout, but I keep coming back to the same spot.) That morning — I was living with my brother at the time — I had gotten out of bed and shuffled down the hallway toward the kitchen, needing coffee before I got ready for my day of classes at Lorain County Community College. My sister-in-law, who was my brother's girlfriend at the time, was sitting on the couch with the television on. At first glance, I saw the World Trade Center with smoke pouring from the side, and I asked her what was going on. She told me that a plane had hit the building, and I, thinking it was just an unfortunate accident, went back to my daily routine of getting ready for class. Within minutes, I was back in the living room, glued to the television as reports poured in of a similar plane crash at the Pentagon. The words that were spoken that day, I can't recall, and the longer time goes by, the vivid memories that I once had are beginning to fade away, but the images of that second plane hitting the World Trade Center are as clear as if they happened yesterday. For the first time in my life, I was truly scared. I was 19 years old, trying to figure out what I wanted to do with my life, and I was sitting and watching the United States of America, a place that I felt was invincible, being attacked. I went to my first class, but all we did was sit and watch the news, talking quietly to one another about what we thought was happening. The rest of the day was canceled at LCCC, and I went home. I can remember how lifeless the world seemed that day. An almost numb sense of shock had gripped everyone. On the drive home I was amazed at the few cars I saw. I listened to Howard Stern most of that morning, as he had stayed on the air much longer than normal to talk about the scenes in New York City, and drove aimlessly for about an hour, not wanting to go home or anywhere else. For a 19-year-old college student, it was too real. There were thoughts of continued attacks across the country, the reaction of our government and military, and really not knowing what to expect anymore. I watched as the towers were hit and listened to classmates cry out helplessly as the towers fell. I saw the scenes of dust-covered men and women dressed in their work clothes, being helped away from the scene. And they were the lucky ones. I still get a pit in my stomach remembering watching what looked like debris falling from a window of the tower, only to realize that it was a person. The day wore on, and we learned of United Airlines Flight 93 crashing in rural Pennsylvania and the heroic people who lost their lives attempting to save many more. The days and weeks after the attack, we learned more about what had happened and who was to blame, and unity and pride began to well up inside the people of the United States. For those few weeks, there was more to our lives than the petty differences that we far too often allow to divide us. The party lines that are drawn so tightly now had begun to fade, because we were no longer Republicans and Democrats, we were Americans. It was a sense of when someone hurts your brother. You may fight with that brother about everything, physically or verbally, but if someone else tries to do the same, you are the first to back him up. The horrific moments of that day hurt us, but we were not going to be defeated. Looking back on these 10 years, I have a hard time believing that it was that long ago. The memories and the feelings remain, but then I realize that I've lived almost a lifetime since then. I was pushing 20 years old, uncertain of my life's path and scared of what was in store for me and the country. Now, I'm pushing 30 and have become a different person. I'm still not really certain of my life's path, but I have a better view of it. The events of 9/11 will stand out in the minds of those who witnessed it, whether on television or in person, forever. Much like the way that the attacks of Pearl Harbor, or the shootings at Kent State or the Vietnam War define a generation, the 9/11 attacks too will define this generation for the way we banded together, stood up and refused to be beaten. We can't let time to allow us to forget about that day and the lessons we learned. The world is a much different place than it was 10 years ago, and we can't forget it or those who were lost. firstname.lastname@example.com


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Love nearly every Thorndyke book! Where Sherlock Holmes uses his powers of deduction, Dr. Thorndyke is one of the first forensic investigators. Freemans books were written in the beginning of the 20th century and it's amazing to see that he uses a science that we call "modern" in books that are nearly a century old. Very well written. Even after reading over 10 of them, each book is still very different.


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MACON, Ga. -- As Stetson finished its pregame warm-ups Saturday and headed to bench for player introductions, the pep band, cheerleaders, and Hatter fans all started chanting, "I believe that we will win!"
The players must have believed it, too.
Stetson pulled off a victory for the ages, rallying from a 15-point, second-half deficit to shock top-seed and undefeated FGCU 70-64, capturing the 2013 Atlantic Sun Conference Championship and the league's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.
"This is so unbelievable and I never felt anything like this," sophomore C.J. Coddington said during the postgame celebration. "I am so excited and so proud of my teammates. We couldn't have done this without each other and our coaches."
Sasha Sims broke a 64-64 tie with a 10-foot jumper to the left of the lane with 21 seconds remaining, and Cherisse Burris rebounded a missed three-point attempt by Joyce Iamstrong in the closing seconds and the celebration was on.
"I heard the crowd and the bench went crazy, but I was just trying to put the ball in basket," Sims said. "I was trying to find the open man but couldn't find anyone, so I knew I had no choice but to shoot it and make it."
The Hatters played tenacious defense in the first half inside the paint, but FGCU knocked down nine three-pointers to take a 40-27 lead at halftime.
"We knew we were going to have to fight," Stetson head coach Lynn Bria said. "We knew it was going to be a battle. I just felt like if we could stay close then we would have a real chance to win the game.
"I felt like the start of the second half was a real key," Bria added. "The last couple times we played them they jumped out on us in the start of the second half. We just hung in there. We got stops when we needed it. I'm just proud of our entire team. It really was a total team effort."
Trailing 56-42 with 13:13 to go, the Hatters went on 9-0 run to cut the deficit to three. Sims blocked Sarah Hansen twice on back-to-back shot attempts, then ran the floor and finished off a three-point play.
The chants of "Let's Go Hats!" continued to grow louder from the crowd.
"It helped a lot to hear that," senior Shanasa Sanders said. "Coach talked to us before the game about people not believing in us, but when we heard the band and the Stetson fans behind us, we knew we had to do it. In the huddle we said, 'It was now or never'."
The teams traded points down the stretch until Coddington tied the game with a free throw at the 1:33 mark. Burris put Stetson in front for the first time since early in the game with 54 seconds left.
"I am so excited," Burris said after the game. "This is my first time winning conference. I finished second every time in state (high school), and I couldn't be any happier. I love my team."
The Eagles (27-6) weren't done as Iamstrong, the tournament's MVP, hit a tough shot while falling down to knot the game at 64. It would the last points for FGCU.
Sims knocked down the go-ahead jumper and Burris and Sanders hit four final free throws to cap the improbable comeback. The Eagles had won 41 consecutive conference games (including the postseason) over the past two seasons, but that streak ended Saturday.
Sims led four Hatters in double figures with 15 points. Victoria McGowan and Burris each scored 14, and Sanders chipped in 12. Stetson outscored FGCU 43-24 in the second half.
"It's an incredible feeling," said McGowan, who along with Sims was selected to the all-tournament team. "It was the championship game and we knew we had to come out with a win."
Stetson (24-8), which won its school-record 24th game of the season, will be heading to the NCAA Tournament for the third time in school history, and for the second time in the last three years. The Hatters will find out its destination on Monday March 18 in the tournament selection show on ESPN.
Notes: It was Stetson's fourth A-Sun title (1989, 2005, 2011, 2013) ... The Hatters have been to the NCAA tournament twice before (2005, 2011) and both times traveled to Knoxville, Tenn. ... Head Coach Lynn Bria won her third A-Sun title (1999, 2011, 2013) ... Assistant Coach Jenna Burkett has been a part of three conference championships (once as a player at Robert Morris, and once prior as an assistant coach at James Madison) ... After the game, President Dr. Wendy Libby said: "They just came back more than I had ever seen before. I just knew they could do it. We believed that we could win and we did it. What a great team effort and great coaching." ... Athletic Director Jeff Altier said: "It was an amazing comeback and a tremendous victory." ... Stetson's team bus will return to the Edmunds Center at noon on Sunday.


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Eight weeks of #noemail (and the results are in) | Opensource.com
Eight weeks of #noemail (and the results are in)
Professor Jones seems to have struck a chord with his attempt to abandon email. Since we published our look at his #noemail attempt and sat down for a chat, he's been interviewed, referenced, and talked about all over the Internet--and even on the (local) nightly news. Other people have followed suit (knowingly or not), and some of the people who influenced Jones are continuing to promote a move towards a different kind of social communication (like, say, IBM or all this talk about Google+).
Even we were pretty surprised--the response to the piece we ran was pretty impressive all by itself. And the numbers from the poll seem to suggest that lots of you out there would like to ditch your inbox, even if you don't think you could actually do it.
So how is Jones faring? Has he cheated and sneaked some email on the side? Have his detractors softened their stance? He was gracious enough to let us ask a few more questions and give his updated report on life with #noemail.
OSDC: So, you really did it? Really really, and you're not sneaking emails in the middle of the night when your wife is asleep? (With the exception, of course, that you've already mentioned--your son, who is abroad for a while, can best reach you by email.)
Paul Jones (PJ): Tucker [Professor Jones' son] will be in Serbia starting in August, but the email that I did read since June 1 was from his college and about his planned travels. I've had much less email from that than I had anticipated. So no reading email at all.
OSDC: Have there been any surprises?
PJ: Probably the biggest surprise--and looking back, I shouldn't have been surprised--is that people with strong technical backgrounds somehow think that email is private and secure. Or even more amazing, that they can control their email because they control a server or two.
Why was I surprised? When I was promoting email in the 80s, I often had to warn, alert, and otherwise caution people that email was more postcard than mail in an envelope. Once sent, there were (and still are) numerous ways for the letter to be purloined, copied, inspected, and shared--and since then, also data-mined.
I don't let social media off the hook on privacy and security, but I can't see how anyone with tech-fu could say that email that passed through several hands--none of them trust-verified or ultimately accountable--is any better.
I should have remembered Upton Sinclair's quip: "It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it."
OSDC: The introduction of Google+ seems to have been pretty timely for you. I know you mentioned (in a blog post) that you believed modern web infrastructure like HTML5 and JSON would bring us something more useful--is Google+ that tool? You say that it's better than email--how much better? Or is it too soon to tell?
PJ: Less than three weeks into G+ and I'm still impressed. There is much to be done to make me completely satisfied--public Circles and a good search-able archive for starters--but G+ and its total integration (also continuing) into the Google-verse goes a long way toward what I was asking for when I started #noemail.
Really, I had also expected more from Facebook after Sheryl Sandberg's talk a year ago at Nielsen Consumer 360. I had also expected more from Diaspora, Twitter, and even from Microsoft (after acquiring Skype). None of those players have done much--especially compared to G+.
Google's Takeout and their Data Liberation Project are also impressive compared to their competitors.
OSDC: What advice do you have for someone considering making the #noemail move?
PJ: Interesting that you should ask, I just made a blog post yesterday that lists advice for folks who would like to move up the technology food chain to #noemail.
OSDC: What's next? Are you trying to hold off the haters? Make nice with the media? Where should we look for this story to go from here?
PJ: Interesting that saying that I'm not doing something--email--gets more attention than saying that I will reply exclusively on social media alternatives. What #noemail is really about is exploring alternatives of active social engagement, integrated but faceted communications streams, video inclusion, and collaborative technologies. I'm constantly looking for better ways to do things.
One thing we're interested in here at ibiblio.org is to expand and improve the way that larger open data can be shared. Ibiblio torrents, which is working now, are part of our work in that direction. And I hope we can talk more about the ibiblio DataHub project here at Opensource.com soon.
OSDC: A hearty thanks to Professor Jones for taking the time out to talk to us, and for all his thoughtful responses. You can continue following his #noemail tales on his blog.
PJ: My pleasure entirely.
(Don't miss our previous coverage of Jones' experiment, including our interview.)
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Your note about Upton Sinclair's quip "It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it" if far more prescient than you may realize.
I've been working on an e-mail security project for a not for profit and am not surprised that the competition between companies has impeded the actual implementation of HIPAA data security. Google doesn't even implement its own products with consistent interfaces, nor do they obey their own "rules" consistently.
So how does this relate to #noemail? Simple. We waste tons of time on half-baked solutions that are poorly implemented and we don't look at the consequences of our bad designs. We just try to replace with some other half-baked system, What a waste of resources and our time.
Actually, Lotus Notes can be a secure form of email. However, the internet took over because it was free and all the subtle security inherent in the Lotus Notes design seems to have been forgotton. For example, in Notes you could have encrypted transmission; use a private encryption key that only your recipients could (easily) decrypt. You could also sign your email; once done Notes would detect and inform readers that it had been tampered with.
I do not think email can be replaced entirely, however it could probably be replaced substantially. I don't care for FB, however I haven't tried Google+. . .
Notes was secure only within itself, not so much outside the Notes environment. It was a nice trick and probably somewhat useful to those who didn't realize that most information security breaches happen not on the servers but on the end devices - PCs, Laptops and phones -- where the mail has already be decrypted. Then there is the act of communication itself...
Anyone who wants privacy or authenticity can use PGP/GnuPG to encrypt or sign their email. Email CAN be private and secure.
Some email under some circumstances sent to the proper recipient can be occasionally secure.
But no email sent outside of a closed (say interoffice or intranet) is private even if encrypted. The very act of the communication and the fact that the contents have been encrypted attracts attention and reveals more than the content itself.
True, an encrypted e-mail can reveal a lot without being decrypted. This is why RDF triangulation was responsible for more U-Boat sinking than decrypts from Enigma.
However, there is one difference between that situation and the Internet, but only if encrypted e-mail becomes common. If the number of encrypted e-mails is a significant percentage of the total then it becomes hard to separate the wheat from the chaff, much like warplanes drop radar reflecting material to create spurious "images" of planes in the air. Which is the real plane? Which is the e-mail that is from a significant source? Or is it through some proxy/open WiFi hotspot to another proxy or open hotspot that has no identifier in the headers that allows for sorting to find the needle desired?
Also, what if we all send encrypted nonsense? Sure they know who it is from and where it is delivered but they have no clue what we are communicating about. In fact we could be very misleading by using the subject line like a demonstration flyer from the Vietnam War era which announced a "Nude and Noisy Be In" in front of the Oakland Draft Center. The only attendees were about 600 cops and assorted "watchers" and not a single demonstrator!
Though the _contents_ are still:
private (cannot be read/decrypted by anyone else in a reasonable timeframe)
secure (cannot be modified or forged)
and almost never done as a daily practice. I'll have to find the numbers, but I remember seeing how few email was encrypted or secure. Seems like less than 1%.
You're saying: Yes it can be done. I say: Yes but it isn't even by the vigilant -- only the paranoid, curious and nefarious. So when it is, it attracts attention. In attracting attention, the broader purpose of privacy and security is compromised.


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TWC9: Homo Sapiens 1.0, Windows 8 & Surface Pre-orders, IE10, VS Love and more
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@briankel Nope. I'm watching this on the Xbox now, where I've also got a Kinect attached, and you didn't voice control my Xbox. Nice try... LOL
General Note: One thing to remember is the Kinect commands are context based. So "Xbox Play DVD" is an unknown command in the IE context. Now if you said, "Xbox Go Back..."
Na, even that wouldn't work. The Kinect and its Mic Array is smarter than that. That's why its voice commands work at all when you're playing a move/video/game/etc. It knows the direct from which the voice commands are coming from (and whom to ignore... cough... like all "Brian's".. . cough
Final Note: When viewing TWC9 or any Channel 9 video on the Xbox and you have a Kinect, use the "Fullscreen" command. It will play the videos full screen (even if the website hasn't exposed that kind of feature).
If you're interested in all the supported voice commands check out the above linked Internet Explorer for Xbox Developer's Guide, Page 6...
I am so not impressed by Sinofsky skateboarding on a Surface. I want to see Ballmer do it.
That Web Essentials plugin rocks! Crazy.
It knows the direct from which the voice commands are coming from (and whom to ignore... cough... like all "Brian's".. . cough
Seriously, thanks for all of the info Greg. I kind of assumed that the Kinect would be smart enough to filter out any noise coming from the Xbox itself, but I wasn't 100% sure. Good to know.
"Will it blend?" Really?
Come on. It always blends.
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Men's Hoops Visits MAC-Leading Akron Wednesday
MUNCIE, Ind. -- The Ball State men's basketball team visits the team with the best record in the Mid-American Conference on Wednesday when the Cardinals meet Akron for a 7 p.m. tipoff at Rhodes Arena.
Ball State (7-7, 1-1 MAC) is looking to bounce back from a 61-47 loss Saturday against Kent State, while Akron (11-4, 2-0 MAC) is coming off a 68-53 victory at Northern Illinois for its seventh straight win.
Live Coverage
• Radio (Flagship): Ball State Radio Network (104.1 FM WLBC); Play-by-play: Joel Godett
• Internet: Live audio and stats at ballstatesports.com; live video at mac-sports.com
The Matchup
• Ball State trails by a slim 16-15 margin in the all-time series against Akron with the Zips having won the past eight contests to grab the lead.
• The series dates all the way back to 1937, though 27 of the 31 meetings have come since Akron joined the Mid-American Conference for the 1992-93 season.
• The Cardinals' last win over the Zips came by a 76-72 score in Muncie in March 2004.
• Akron won last year's meeting by a 70-58 margin in Muncie.
• The Zips have won nine of the previous 14 meetings with the Cardinals in Akron.
A Quick Look at the Cardinals
• Ball State enters the game at 7-7 (1-1 MAC) following a 61-47 loss Saturday to Kent State.
• Junior forward Majok Majok posted his fifth double-double of the season with 13 points and 12 rebounds in the loss, while Chris Bond scored 10 points and grabbed nine boards.
• Bond, who is tied for the MAC lead in steals, logged four of them for the second straight game in the Kent State contest.
• The Cardinals trailed the Golden Flashes by 18 points early in the second half but trimmed that deficit all the way to one before Kent State regained control.
• Junior guard Jesse Berry -- a preseason all-MAC selection -- leads the Cardinals with an average of 13.3 points per game.
• Senior guard Jauwan Scaife, who is 14 points away from the 1,000-point milestone for his career, has picked up his scoring of late and is averaging 11.3 points per game.
• Majok, who leads the MAC and ranks 16th nationally in rebounding, is one of 19 players in the country averaging a double-double at 10.9 points and 10.3 rebounds per game.
• Wednesday's game is the first of back-to-back road contests for the Cardinals, which play three of their first four league games away from home.
Scouting Akron
• Akron comes into the game riding a seven-game winning streak that has improved its record to 11-4 (2-0 MAC).
• Ball State will be the third straight MAC West opponent for the Zips, which opened league play last week with a 65-43 home win over Western Michigan and a 68-53 road win at Northern Illinois.
• Zeke Marshall leads the attack for an Akron team that has nine players scoring at least 5.0 points per game. Marshall averages 12.3 points, 6.6 rebounds and a MAC-best 3.4 blocks per contest.
• Nick Harney (10.5 ppg) and Demetri Treadwell (10.3 ppg) are also averaging double figures, while point guard Alex Abreu ranks second in the MAC with 5.6 assists per game.
• Akron, which ranks near the top of the MAC in most categories, has the league's top scoring offense at 76.5 points per game and its second-best scoring defense at 62.7 points per game.
More on the Loss to Kent State
• Three days after shooting a season-best 58.5 percent in a win at Eastern Michigan, Ball State made 17 of 61 shots from the floor (27.9 percent), 5 of 23 from 3-point range (21.7 percent) and 8 of 24 from the free throw line (33.3 percent) in the loss to Kent State.
• Ball State held a 48-39 advantage on the boards against the Golden Flashes, including a commanding 23-8 margin on the offensive glass.
Scaife Closing in on 1,000
• Senior guard Jauwan Scaife now owns 986 points for his Ball State career.
• The local product from Muncie Central High School needs just 14 more points to become the 26th member of Ball State's 1,000-point club.
Thrilling Finishes
• Before Saturday's loss to Kent State, Ball State won back-to-back games on its final possession.
• The Cardinals topped Norfolk State, 62-61, Jan. 2 when Jesse Berry drove the length of the floor with 6.3 seconds left and found Majok Majok for a buzzer-beating dunk.
• Jan. 9 at Eastern Michigan, Berry's pass went to Chris Bond, who drew a foul at the rim and made both free throws with less than one second left to lift the Cardinals to a 60-58 win.
Bond's Big Week
• Chris Bond turned in a pair of strong all-around performances last week, averaging 14.0 points, 6.0 rebounds, 4.0 steals and 3.5 assists over Ball State's first two MAC games.
• In the Jan. 2 league opener at Eastern Michigan, Bond matched his career high with 18 points and knocked down the game-winning free throws in the final second.
• Bond finished the game a perfect 8-for-8 from the floor, the most efficient shooting performance in the league this year, to go along with four assists and four steals.
• Saturday against Kent State, Bond fell just shy of a double-double with 10 points and nine rebounds, and he added four more steals.
Bond Stealing the Show
• Junior forward Chris Bond is tied for first in the Mid-American Conference in steals with an average of 2.2 per game.
• Bond is averaging 4.0 steals per game through Ball State's first two MAC contests.
• Bond had a career-high five steals Nov. 20 against Wofford and has recorded four steals in four other games, including each of the past two.
• Just 14 games into the season, Bond's 31 steals have already surpassed his previous career high of 29 steals as a sophomore last season.
Scaife Picking up his Offense
• Senior guard Jauwan Scaife turned in the best three-game scoring stretch of his career over the final two non-conference games and the first league contest.
• Scaife averaged 19.0 points per game during that stretch with a season-high 21 against IUPUI and 18 against both Norfolk State and Eastern Michigan.
• Scaife knocked down 55.9 percent from the floor (19-for-34) and 57.9 percent from beyond the arc (11-for-19) over those three games.
Berry's Explosive Performances
• Junior guard Jesse Berry topped the 20-point mark for the fourth time this season and the third time in four games with his 21-point effort in the non-conference finale against Norfolk State.
• Berry, who leads Ball State with 13.3 points per game, scored a career-best 28 points Nov. 28 against Cleveland State.
• He went for 22 in back-to-back games Dec. 15 at South Dakota and Dec. 18 at Purdue.
• Berry owns six career 20-point games and has led the Cardinals in scoring six times this year.
• He has been the MAC West Player of the Week twice this season and three times in his career.
Scaife, Berry on Career Treys List
• With 22 treys this season, senior guard Jauwan Scaife has moved into fourth place on Ball State's career 3-pointers list with 155.
• Scaife recently moved past his cousin and former Ball State star Bonzi Wells (1994-98) and former Cardinal Chris Williams (2001-03) for fourth on the all-time list. He is six shy of Randy Zachary (1993-97) for third.
• Junior guard Jesse Berry has also climbed into the top 10 on that list. He now owns 124 career 3-pointers to rank ninth.
Mr. Double-Double
• Junior forward Majok Majok is one of 19 players in the nation averaging a double-double at 10.9 points and 10.3 rebounds per game.
• The last Cardinal to average a double-double in a season was Theron Smith, who tallied 19.6 points and 10.9 rebounds per game in 2001-02.
• The No. 18 junior college prospect in the country by JucoJunction.com coming out of Midland College, Majok leads the Mid-American Conference with five double-doubles.
• Majok was named the MAC West Co-Player of the Week Dec. 10 after averaging 13.5 points and 16.5 rebounds per game in wins over Holy Cross (Ind.) and South Dakota the previous week.
• With 18 points and 17 rebounds Dec. 5 against Holy Cross (Ind.), Majok became the first Ball State player since Cameron Echols in 2002 with at least 18 points and 17 rebounds in a game.
Majok on the Glass
• For the season, Majok ranks 16th nationally and leads the Mid-American Conference at 10.3 rebounds per game.
• Majok's 46 rebounds over Ball State's three games from Dec. 5 through Dec. 15 were the most in a three-game stretch by a Cardinal since Theron Smith grabbed 46 over three conference games from Jan. 5-12, 2002.
Posley the Distributor
• Freshman guard Marcus Posley leads the Cardinals with an average of 2.9 assists per game.
• Posley has reached five assists in four games this year, including a career-best six helpers without a turnover in the season-opening win over Grambling State.
• He has had only three games this season with more than two turnovers.
• His 1.86-to-1 assist/turnover ratio would rank among the MAC leaders, but he just barely misses out on the 3.0 assists-per-game minimum.
Koch Returning to Form
• Junior forward Tyler Koch is now six games into his return to the court after missing the first eight games of the season with a hand injury.
• Koch scored 10 points Dec. 23 against IUPUI and then added six points on a pair of key 3-pointers in the Jan. 2 win over Norfolk State.
• A former Wright State transfer, Koch started 22 games last year in his first season at Ball State. He scored 6.6 points and grabbed 3.3 rebounds per game.
High Volume Rebounding
• Junior forward Matt Kamieniecki is averaging 0.34 rebounds per minute, having grabbed 56 rebounds in his 165 minutes on the court.
• By comparison, Siena's O.D. Anosike, who is tied for the national lead with 11.9 rebounds per game, is pulling down 0.31 boards per minute.
• Kamieniecki matched his career high with nine rebounds in 16 minutes Nov. 25 at Indiana.
Getting to the Line
• As a team, the Cardinals are getting to the free throw line 23.2 times per game.
• BSU has shot 65 more free throws than its opponents (325-260) for the season.
• Junior forward Majok Majok (98 attempts) and junior guard Jesse Berry (73 attempts) have combined to shoot 171 free throws, more than half of Ball State's team total.
One of the Best in the West
• Ball State has finished among the top three in the MAC West Division in each of the past four seasons, including first- or second-place finishes in three of those years.
• The Cardinals tied for the division crown in 2008-09 and finished second in both 2009-10 and 2010-11. Last year, Ball State tied for third in the West.
Returning Experience
• While Ball State returns only six letterwinners from a season ago, those six players have now combined to play in 399 games with 204 starts for the Cardinals.
• Senior guard Jauwan Scaife is the most experienced, having played in 104 games (77 starts).
• Junior guard Jesse Berry (76 games, 29 starts), junior forwards Chris Bond (72 games, 53 starts), Matt Kamieniecki (58 games, 11 starts) and Tyler Koch (33 games, 22 starts), and senior center Zach Fields (56 games, 14 starts) also have a wealth of experience in the Ball State program.
Welcome Freshmen
• Of the eight newcomers on Ball State's active roster, seven are true freshmen. Here is a breakdown of the freshman class by position ...
• Guard -- Marcus Posley (Rockford, Ill./Auburn HS), Michael Ramey (Indianapolis, Ind./Southport HS), Chase Brogna (Houston, Texas/St. Thomas HS) and George Cater (St. Peters, Mo./Fort Zumwalt South HS).
• Forward -- Bo Calhoun (South Bend, Ind./Washington HS) and Rocco Belcaster (Berwyn, Ill./Morton HS).
• Center -- Mading Thok (Boyden, Iowa/Western Christian HS).
• Ball State's only non-freshman newcomer is Majok Majok (Perth, Australia/Midland College).
Fields Gets Smaller to Play Bigger Role
• After four years in the Ball State program, fifth-year senior center Zach Fields made his first career start in the season opener against Grambling State and has started every game since.
• Fields made the most of the opportunity in the opener, logging career highs with 10 points and eight rebounds. His previous career bests were four points and four boards.
• He scored eight points on 4-of-5 shooting last week in the MAC-opening win at Eastern Michigan.
• The 6-foot-10 Fields, who has lost 30 pounds in an effort to make a greater impact, is averaging 18.1 minutes per game this year after never logging more than 5.4 minutes per game previously.
Same Starting Five
• Ball State has used the same starting lineup in each of its first 13 games: guards Jesse Berry and Jauwan Scaife, forwards Chris Bond and Majok Majok, and center Zach Fields.
Locking Down on Defense
• Ball State has ranked first or second in the Mid-American Conference for scoring defense in each of the past four seasons.
• Here are the Cardinals rankings by year: 2008-09 (59.7, 1st), 2009-10 (62.4, 1st), 2010-11 (64.0, 1st), 2011-12 (60.7, 2nd).


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SALEM - Local Habitat for Humanity volunteer Tim Baillie witnessed extreme poverty and endured extreme working and living conditions while building homes in Haiti last year during a weeklong work project.
He's returning this November, all too happy to sacrifice his time and talent for a cause he believes in, the "faith in action" that he said defines Habitat for Humanity.
"There's still just an incredible need in that country for aid of all types," the 61-year-old Salem resident said.
Baillie traveled to Leogane, Haiti last November as a member of the Habitat for Humanity Jimmy & Rosalyn Carter Work Project team. The area where they built 100 homes is located about 20 miles west of Port-au-Prince, the poor nation's capital, and 8 miles from the epicenter of the devastating earthquake in January 2010 which flattened the country.
The former president and first lady worked right alongside the volunteers, living in the same tents where they slept and eating the same food they ate.
Baillie worked as a manufacturer's representative selling plumbing and heating equipment, with his last 10 years working as a salesman and estimator for Tolson before retiring a year ago. He became involved as a construction volunteer with Habitat for Humanity of Northern Columbiana County 13 years ago, serving as head of the building committee for several years and serving on the board and as a board officer.
He retired Sept. 1 as interim ReStore manager, but still volunteers with construction projects and with the ReStore.
Last year he heard about the Carters' two-year work project in Haiti and decided to apply.
"I just thought it was a good opportunity to give a lot more to Habitat. I knew there was a great need down there, but I didn't realize how bad it was," he said.
With nearly half a million people still displaced, he said "there's oceans of tarps and tents that people have been living in. It's just horrendous."
The homes being built for the project are 200 square feet and hurricane and earthquake resistant. The interior is an open space with a small divider for a private area inside, but with no utilities or bathroom facilities. Each group of four homes shares an outside facility, like an outhouse. Roofs of the homes are made of tin and structured with a rain barrell near each home.
Volunteers are divided into teams of eight and each team builds two homes during their week of service. Foundations are already there and the crews finish the upper walls, roof, door and windows. By the time they finish after two years, he said they'll have about 250 homes completed.
Due to the extreme poverty and high unemployment, Haitians have no money for a mortgage, so partner families perform more sweat equity on the homes. Every volunteer has to raise $5,000 toward the cost of the homes. Habitat contracts with an Irish aid group which has a mobile camp facility, to feed and house the volunteers.
Baillie described the conditions as extremely difficult. Volunteers stay in tents and are bussed to the work site, but because of the road conditions, travel takes a lot longer, with the bus traveling 5 to 10 miles per hour. He said it took two hours to travel the 20 miles from the airport to the camp facility and about half an hour to travel from the camp to the work site just a few miles away.
The temperatures were in the 90's with high humidity, causing dehydration. He lost about eight or 10 pounds and had trouble sleeping. The bathroom facilities were outhouses and one night he recalled getting up to go and seeing a tarantula on the wall. He said they were all checking their shoes in the morning.
They worked all day and went back to camp to eat and try to sleep. Before leaving, he had to have several shots to protect against typhoid and hepatitis and had to take malaria pills. Cholera was a danger also. They used bottled water and the food was brought in from the Dominican Republic.
While there, they were told not to be asking the president for autographs or photos. He and Rosalyn were there to work and that's exactly what they did. During the trip home, he greeted the volunteers and Baillie met him, saying he was a "very genuine guy."
Baillie said when he was flying back home, he knew he wanted to do something again, but after what he went through, he wasn't sure about returning to Haiti.
"Once you get over the emotional beating, you think about what you did. It was pretty easy to convince myself to do it again," he said.
On the day after Thanksgiving, he'll fly to Atlanta for an organizational meeting and then fly with the group to Haiti for another week of building houses. He said his family was very encouraging, including his wife, Carol, a teacher at Salem High School, and their two children, Brad, who works at The Ohio State University, and Katie, a clothing designer, also of Columbus.
Baillie has about $3,500 raised towards his $5,000 and sent letters and emails out asking for donations, using the local Habitat's mailing list.
Donations are tax deductible and can be made by check to Habitat for Humanity NCC, with Carter Project-Haiti written in the memo line, mailed to Habitat for Humanity, 468 Prospect St., Salem, Ohio 44460.
To donate by credit card, call Tim Baillie at 330-332-5530 with an email address and a link will be forwarded where a donation can be made.
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Celebrity Central / Top 25 Celebs
Lea Michele
- 1994
Broadway Beginnings
At 8, Michele accompanies a friend to an open casting call for Broadway's Les Misérables, where she lands the role of Young Cosette. "I didn't know I could sing until I auditioned for Les Misérables," she tells Glamour. "My mother was like, 'You can't sing.' I'd never tried!" When she outgrows the role, the budding stage star follows up her debut with Ragtime in 1998 and Fiddler on the Roof in 2004.
- 2006
Leading Lady
Michele matures from child actor to stage ingénue with the role of Wendla in Spring Awakening. The coming-of-age rock musical, costarring Jonathan Groff, earns rave reviews and a Tony Award for best musical in 2007 – a year before Michele exits the show to pursue work in Hollywood.
- 2009
A Glee-ful Start
Michele jumps from stage to TV, playing neurotic glee club diva Rachel Berry in the FOX musical hit, Glee. "It was written for her," co-creator Ryan Murphy says of the role. "We had the prototype, which was a Reese Witherspoon Election-esque Broadway baby that was a mix of Barbra Streisand and Patti LuPone. I really believed in Lea's talent because her talent was once in a lifetime."
Calling All Gleeks
With Glee's soundtrack racing up the charts, Michele and costars Cory Monteith and Matthew Morrison land the cover of EW. "I keep getting e-mails and phone calls and running into people at parties just telling me the show makes them feel happy," co-creator Brad Falchuck tells the mag.
Award Worthy
Glee is a standout during its inaugural awards season, earning Michele a Golden Globe nomination for best comedic actress. "It is such an honor, something I never thought I would be lucky enough to have happen to me in my life," she says before taking home a SAG Award for best TV comedy ensemble in January.
- 2010
Caught Kissing
Despite reports linking her to costar Cory Monteith, rumors of a Glee romance are put to rest when Michele steps out with Broadway star Theo Stockman at Time magazine's 100 Most Influential gala. "I'm a relationship girl. I would rather be long-distance with him than not have a relationship at all," she says of Stockman, whom she dates until 2011.
Too Hot for TV
After appearing semi-topless in Marie Claire, Michele poses for a series of racy photos in GQ with Glee costars Monteith and Dianna Agron. After the Parents Television Council criticizes the sexy shoot (the group says the photos "borders on pedophilia"), Agron apologizes, while Michele says, "We were just having fun and obviously never intended to upset or offend anybody."
- 2011
A Star-Studded Debut
Michele jumps from the tube to the big screen in the romantic comedy New Year's Eve, opposite Ashton Kutcher and a gaggle of A-listers, including Halle Berry and Hilary Swank. Though the film is critically panned, it soars to No. 1 at the box office.
- 2012
Gleefully in Love
After splitting with Theo Stockman, Michele is caught kissing Glee costar Cory Monteith during an NHL game. Days later, the new couple continue to spread their affections for one another publicly in the Big Apple, and Michele goes as far as referring to Monteith as "really hot" on her Twitter account.
- 2013
Love & Loss
Less than a month since the pair was last spotted together, Cory Monteith is found dead in his hotel room at the Fairmont Pacific Rim Hotel in Vancouver, Canada. The actor had recently completed a rehab stint in April, during which Michele stood by his side. The actress joins Monteith's family in Vancouver for his cremation ceremony, and her rep issues a statement saying she is "deeply grateful for all the love and support she's received from family, friends, and fans."
Photo Credits
BIOGRAPHY (top to bottom): Joan Marcus; Courtesy Jeffrey Richards Associates; Carin Baer/FOX; Larry Busacca/Wireimage; Patrick McMullan/SIPA; Courtesy GQ; John Shearer/Getty; James Devaney/WireImage; Splash News Online
- Name
- Lea Michele
- Real Name
- Lea Michele Sarfati
- Date of Birth
- August 29, 1986
- Birth Place
- New York, N.Y.
- Relationships
Matthew Paetz, boyfriend (2014 to present)
Cory Monteith, boyfriend (2012 to 2013)
Theo Stockman, ex-boyfriend (2010 to 2011)


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A girl who you mite usually see as a friend but is actually something more. Very trustworthy and caring. Sometimes mite seem like a bitch but when you really get to know them their a great friend. Very beautiful and strong.
Don't make the mistake of loosing them as a friend because you will regret it.
Don't make the mistake of loosing them as a friend because you will regret it.
that girls name must be TAYLOR.
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An extreamly Good Looking Girl! Blonde Taylor's are the best. They normally have really nice figures and beutiful eyes. She will be really outgoing. She likes to party but not to much.Most taylor's care alot about animals and the enviornment! If you get the chance to kow a taylor honor that moment..love her..cherish her! She weill be one of a kind!!!
Dude: look it's Taylor
Dude2:She is Amazing!
Dude2:She is Amazing!
by lollypoplover March 27, 2008
Taylor is a absolutley stunning girl with an amazing personality. Shes so funny and always there for you. She is unknown to how beautiful she is. She usually can get just about any guy she wants if she trys. Shes very flirty. Shes a girl you'll have amazing and awesome funny memories with. If you ever find a taylor, hold on to her. Shes always gonna be there for you in the end. Any guy would be so unbelieveably lucky to ever have a taylor in his life. Shes kind and caring and have beautiful eyes. Shes absolutley amazing. She'll be your best friend. Hold on to a taylor in your life if you find one.
guy: have you seen taylor?
guy2: dude yeah, shes smokin hot!
guy: na dude, shes isnt hot.
guy: shes breath taking.
guy2: dude yeah, shes smokin hot!
guy: na dude, shes isnt hot.
guy: shes breath taking.
by hellosalutbonjor June 19, 2011
A decent looking girl who is always just one of the guys. Can be your best friend or your worst enemy. Sarcastic and funny yet could get annoying. Resembles a mermaid. Shows little emotion but is truly deep and emotional on the inside.likes to chase the boys but rarely falls in love. Is quite easy to fall for.
Wow she is such a Taylor! I want her on top of me!
by Taylorrerre March 27, 2008
Taylor is the girl you are gonna marry. Though she seemed like a friend, there is something more. She is the one for you. Taylor is intelligent and beautiful and is quite the catch.
Guy 1: Nah, Taylor is just a friend
Guy 2: No dude, she is the one for you. Everyone has practically planned you guys' wedding and you are the only two who don't know it.
Guy 2: No dude, she is the one for you. Everyone has practically planned you guys' wedding and you are the only two who don't know it.
by thispersoncannotbenamed January 27, 2009
Taylor, is someone you should care about. Don't use her, or decide to like her for like 5 months then leave her, for someone "better" cause no one is really better. when you find a Taylor, don't let her go, love her, and hold her in your arms as long as you can. a Taylor is usually easy to love, beautiful, and fun. They can be sarcastic a lot, but you will learn to love it. Brunette are usually the best kind of Taylor's.
him: man she's hot
other him: yeah, she must be a Taylor.(:
other him: yeah, she must be a Taylor.(:
by blahblahblah.:) March 12, 2010
A hella good time. Can brighten up anyone's day. Can turn an ordinary day into a day you'll never forget. Can be a bitch when she needs to be but is a sweet person when you get to know her. You'd be lucky to be her friend. Partially dirty mind, nice body, cute hair, and beautiful eyes. Love to hang out with friends and just have a good time! You'd be lucky to have a friend like Taylor!!
Boy 1- Is that Taylor?!
Boy 2-Yeah man, she's hot as hell!
Boy 2-Yeah man, she's hot as hell!
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Symphony EastSymphony East has its business meeting at 11 AM, lunch at noon, and a free public musical program with singer Claudia Benack and pianist Deana Muro at 1 PM.03/06/2013Time: 1:00 pmLocation: Redstone Highlands, 4951 Cline Hollow Road, Murrysville, PAwebsite
ThurgoodIn 1967, Thurgood Marshall became our first African-American Supreme Court Justice. Ted Pappas directs this exuberant one-man play which tells Thurgood's story in his own words – from humble beginnings as a waiter in Baltimore, to behind the scenes with leaders such as General MacArthur, Robert Kennedy and President Lyndon Johnson, to his triumphant rise to the highest court in the land. A journey of epic proportions, Thurgood by George Stevens, Jr., is an eye-opening, humorous, and uplifting portrait of a true American hero. 03/07/2013 - 04/07/2013O'Reilly Theater, 621 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh, PAwebsite | map
Music 101 - Alison Peters Fujito"Never Say Never" is an informal lecture/performance by PSO Violinist Alison Peters Fujito. She'll discuss her career and respond to questions from the audience in the Dorothy Porter Simmons Regency Rooms.03/07/2013Time: 12:30 pmHeinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh, PAwebsite | map
UnspokenA program of captivating choreography by three masters, George Balanchine, Anthony Tudor, and Mark Morris. Featuring Tudor's Lilac Garden, Balanchine's dynamic classical work, Valse Fantasie, and Mark Morris' Drink toMe Only With Thine Eyes, this choreography speaks in ways words cannot.03/08/2013 - 03/17/2013Location: August Wilson Center, 980 Liberty Ave., Pittsburgh, PAwebsite
Mozart & BartokConducting favorite Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos returns. Mozart's Serenade No. 6 is a delightful orchestration for two small ensembles. Powerhouse pianist, Shai Wosner makes his PSO debut with Mozart's Concerto No. 15. Bartók's Concerto for Orchestra is one of the composer's most popular works, in which each section of instruments plays a virtuosic role. 03/08/201303/08 - 8:00 pm03/10 - 2:30 pmHeinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh, PAwebsite | map
Rossini, Higdon, Respighi, and Ilana Davidson sings MozartThe orchestra celebrates the 50th birthday year of Pulitzer-Prize winning composer Jennifer Higdon by performing her dynamic Concerto for Orchestra. American soprano Ilana Davidson brings a crystalline soprano, assured musicality and interpretive insight to Mozart's Exsultate, jubilate. The Pines of Rome features off-stage trumpets and a large orchestra as a finale to this concert conducted by André Raphel,03/08/2013Time: 8:00 pmCapitol Theater, 1015 Main St., Wheeling, WVwebsite | map
HMS PinaforeThe Savoyards' 74th Season spring show, Gilbert & Sullivan's "HMS Pinafore." 03/08/2013 - 03/17/2013Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall, Carnegie, PAwebsite | map
Music in PicturesMaestro Istvan Jaray conducts Beethoven's Symphony #6 "Pastoral," and Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition. Also featured will be the JSO's Young Artist Competition winner, pianist Anthony Cornet, now pursuing a Masters Degree in piano performance at Duquesne U.03/09/2013Time: 7:30 pmPasquerilla Performing Arts Center, 450 Schoolhouse Rd., Johnstown, PAwebsite | map
Movie NightFeaturing the winner of the annual collegiate Young Artist Competition. Music Director Matthew Kraemer also leads the orchestra in familiar music from popular recent movies.03/09/2013Time: 7:30 pmButler Intermediate High School, 551 Fairground Hill Rd, Butler, PAwebsite | map
LunasaNamed for an ancient Celtic harvest festival in honor of the Irish god Lugh, patron of the arts, Lunasa is indeed a gathering of some of the top musical talents in Ireland. Its members have helped formed the backbone of some of the greatest Irish groups of the decade.03/09/2013Time: 7:30 pmCarnegie Lecture Hall, 4400 Forbes Ave., Pittsburgh, PAwebsite | map
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New York, I Love You (& Further Adventures…)
18th August 2012
I'm packing up my East Village apartment this week, Blog Reader. There is a lot of travel ahead – First things first, I'm starting with a trip back home to London (bit of a last minute thing, I know, I know). I'm excited about returning back home again for a break. I hope you stay with me for these adventures in London and beyond.
I'm not one for huge long goodbyes. I tend to subscribe to the wisdom of Carrie Bradshaw:
"After all, things change, so do cities, people come into your life and they go. But it's comforting to know that the ones you love are always in your heart… and if you're very lucky, a plane ride away."
I am very fortunate to have met so many amazing people here in NYC. You all know who you are, and you made me feel very welcome. Thank you – I will miss you!*
I have also truly loved living in the East Village, Manhattan. Though we are perhaps not as trendy as our West Village counterpart there are a heap of amazingly cool bars, places to eat and boutiques to shop in.
Right now, Blog Reader, it's all about #TeamGB. There is a lot of inspiration from my homeland for this current blog post**, seen in my cute Forever21 Union Jack tee in grey, gold and black. Yet worn with my skinny jeans from Artistic Fabric Mills and chunky All Access heels from Nine West, there is a little America here too.
I previously wrote some reflections about blogging and personal development, but I also think a lot of changes that I have encountered these past eighteen months have happened because of moving to a different country and experiencing a different culture. I'll leave more of these learnings for another time, but mostly America is an amazing place with a great attitude of how to live with hope and possibilities. I'm a huge fan of that way of living.
I'm heading to Top Of The Rock tonight to take in all of Manhattan. Hope you have a fabulous weekend, Blog Reader!!
Wearing: Forever 21 tee, All Access heels from Nine West, Jeans from Artistic Fabric Mills (sample).
Photos by the AMAZING Lydia Hudgens.
*Not really a goodbye, I hate goodbyes and I will be back for a New York visit in September.
**The hair is undeniably NYC. When you come to Manhattan, you get sleek, not frizzy. England you'd better have good weather in store for me!


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BERLIN CENTER - One week after rushing for a school record 315 yards, Southern Local running back Mike McKenzie was upstaged by the ball carrier on the other sideline. Western Reserve got over 200 yards of total offense and four touchdowns from running back Tim Cooper as the Blue Devils dispatched the Indians 28-6 at Western Reserve High School.
Southern Local (5-3, 3-2) is now effectively out of the running for the ITCL lower tier crown as well as state playoff contention.
"This loss hurts a lot for our seniors," said Southern head coach Mike Skrinjar.
"Our goal at the beginning of the year was to make the playoffs, and after not making last year, this one was really hard to swallow."
While Southern's hopes of playing in week 11 are dashed, Western Reserve's playoff chances are still very much alive. The Blue Devils (6-2, 5-0) are now in sole possession of first place in the ITCL lower tier and in control of their destiny. After opening the season with two straight losses, Western Reserve has now won six in a row.
"After starting out 0-2 we could not afford to let up in our focus," head coach Andy Hake said. "We had to treat every game like a playoff matchup because one more loss could drop us from contention."
Playing in their final home game of the season, the Blue Devils started fast scoring on their first possession when Cooper scored from 15-yards-out to make it 7-0. Southern responded on their next drive when McKenzie ran 45 yards untouched around the right side for a touchdown. After a blocked extra point it was 7-6 Western Reserve. Early in the second quarter it was Cooper again, scoring from 7-yards-out on a direct snap to make it 14-6. On the ensuing drive Southern drove all the way to the Western Reserve 12 before Cooper picked off quarterback Luke Griffith in the end zone. Western Reserve marched right back down the field and scored just before halftime when Cooper took it in from 6-yards-out to make it 21-6 at the break. Southern never seriously threatened in the second half as McKenzie and Griffith were bottled up by an agressive Western Reserve defense. McKenzie finished with 122 yards on 14 carries with the bulk of that yardage coming on two big runs.
With the playoffs and a league title no longer a possiblity, Skrinjar says that the focus for the rest of the season has to be on sending the seniors out on a winning note.
"We have to play these last two games for the seniors," Skrinjar said. "We have to focus on making sure that this team leaves behind a good legacy for other teams to follow. This program has come a long way over the past few years, and we have to use nights like tonight as a building block for the future."
Southern (5-3, 3-2 ITCL Tier 2) is at Leetonia next week, while Western Reserve (6-2, 5-0 ITCL Tier 2) travels to Wellsville.


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Every day in America, there are people who lose their jobs for saying the wrong thing in the wrong place at the wrong time.
It happened to me 45 years ago when I publicly said something disparaging about the company for which I worked. Did I have a right to say what I said without the government coming down on me? Of course I did. Did the company have a right to send me packing? Of course it did.
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After a leaked image made the rounds on Facebook, Jaguar was eager to unveil its new F-Type sports car at this week's Paris Motor Show. The F-Type, first announced last April at the New York Auto Show, is a two-seat roadster meant to evoke classic Jags like the E-Type and XK120.
Visually, the F-Type is almost identical to the C-X16 concept shown at the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show. An added flourish that we haven't seen before is the rear end treatment. The taillights look like they were taken off Jag's C-X75 hybrid supercar concept, and the center exit exhaust is a nice, sporty touch.
The position of the exhaust will actually indicate which engine is under the hood. Both V6 models will get the center exit system, while V8 models will have a quad exhaust.
There will be three F-Type models. The base F-Type will have a supercharged 3.0-liter V6 with 340 hp, the F-Type S will have the same engine with 380 hp, and the F-Type V8 S will have a 5.0-liter V8 with 495 hp. Each engine is paired with an eight-speed automatic transmission.
The output numbers are 5 hp more optimistic than what was previously reported, and Jaguar appears to have met its performance estimates. It originally said it wanted a car that do 0 to 60 mph in under five seconds and a top speed of over 180 mph. The F-Type V8 S will do 0 to 60 in 4.2 seconds and has a top speed of 186 mph.
The company says the base F-Type will reach 60 mph in 5.1 seconds and top 161 mph. The V6 F-Type S will do the same in 4.8 seconds, and has a top speed of 171 mph.
Jaguar also says the F-Type's interior was inspired by a jet fighter cockpit. The "one-plus-one" layout is meant to divide the driver and passenger areas and a huge grab handle that looks like it was taken off an SRT Viper accomplishes that task. Jaguar must have wanted passengers to hang onto for dear life as car and driver do their thing.
Continuing the fighter jet theme, Jaguar threw out its trademark rotary shift knob for an old-fashioned stick designed to look like an aircraft joystick. Overall, the cockpit has a modern appearance but still seems focused on driving. A decent-sized navigation screen is paired with individual binnacles for the gauges, both good, functional elements.
Jaguar has not announced pricing for the F-Type, but it will go on sale sometimes next year. A hardtop coupe will follow in one to two years.


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Carter's is the leader when it comes to children's clothing, gifts and accessories. Carter's baby clothes are so well known and loved that Carter's sells more than 10 products for every child born in the U.S. Carter's sells anything for your baby, including baby toys, baby clothing, and baby gifts. Use Carter's coupons and a Carter's promo code on your next purchase. Carter's is know for its thoughtful little details as well as their designs based on their heritage of quality, innovations, and value. Carter's philosophy is that childhood is a celebration, and their colorful printed designs and fun characters are inspired by the joy and love that children bring. Carter's ships to over 80 countries, and offers payments in 60 different currencies. There is a $6 flat rate shipping fee for the U.S. Carter's is sold at over 600 of their own stores, as well as thousands of national department stores. Carter's began in 1865, and are currently the largest branded marketer of baby and children clothing in the U.S.Working with organizations, and helping out others is huge for Carter's brand. They assist with many programs such as "Light the Night," which is walking for a cure for leukemia and lymphoma, "Pajama Program," helps children in need to get a good night's sleep, "Disaster Relief," building child-friendly spaces in dangerous places, and "Early Childhood Education," that provides moms with tools to help their children reach full potential.


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While in the shower, spreading your butt-cheeks, thus allowing water to flow freely through them, and emitting a fart from deep within. The resulting sound is similar to that of Donald Duck.
Last night I Donald Ducked myself in the shower and nearly gagged to death.
de slohse 15 Aprilie 2010
That crazy Duck who's a companion to Sora in the kick-ass game Kingdom Hearts.
"I'm gonna get Kingdom Hearts cause Donald Duck's in it!!"
de Suna 04 Mai 2003
The sound that stems from flatulence in the shower as the water runs in between your butt cheeks.
Jill: Why the hell does this shower smell like the inside of your colon?
Jack: Donald Duck says Hello.
Jack: Donald Duck says Hello.
de K-rokBABY 13 Decembrie 2009
1. Cartoon duck created by Walt Disney. Generally bad-tempered in nature and dumber than a couple of chipmunks on helium.
2. To fart in the bath.
2. To fart in the bath.
"Sorry about that Mickey. Just turn the TV up."
de Mr Ben 07 Februarie 2005
This is where a guy sticks his dick deep into a girl's throat and she tries to talk as he fucks her mouth.
Dude, Marcy was trying to tell me about her day while I was fucking her mouth. She sounded just like Donald Duck.
de Kalhiem 28 Ianuarie 2008
Someone with DD boobs
haha check Donald Duck over there.
How does she balance
"stop breathing it is exiting me"
How does she balance
"stop breathing it is exiting me"
de Jaime O 12 Noiembrie 2006
A funny funny man who likes asian invasions, and vaginas and fubars.
Yo, Donald Duck is my yo best friend yo on this friggin' website yo!YOOOOO!!!!MOOO!
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Does the state you live in take too much out of your paycheck? If you moved to another state, what can you expect the taxman to take?
Which states have the highest, lowest income tax rates?
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