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LISBON - Columbiana County Commissioner Jim Hoppel, who has already served a record four consecutive terms, is seeking a fifth in the Nov. 6 general election.
He is opposed by Center Township Trustee Joe Csonka, who is making his first run for countywide office. Csonka is a Democrat, while Hoppel is a Republican.
Hoppel, 74, would like to serve another four years because he said for the first time in years the county's financial fortunes may be improving to where they can afford to spend additional money where it is needed: the county drug task force and the sheriff's office, for starters.
He said both agencies need additional officers to better do their jobs, and Hoppel would especially like to see the sheriff be in a position to bring on at least two additional deputies.
Another priority would be to reinstate the county economic development director position, which was eliminated in the early 2000s as a cost-cutting move. "We do well with what we have, but we need to do more," he said of their economic development efforts.
A director would work on recruiting businesses and with local chambers of commerce and other development organizations.
"Government doesn't create jobs. Government creates the atmosphere that attracts the businesses that create jobs," Hoppel said.
The additional revenue is in the form of casino tax money commissioners began receiving this year, money from leasing county property for drilling, plus an increase in revenue generated by the two county sales taxes. Sales tax revenue is up 8 percent over 2011.
Hoppel also addressed the casino tax issue, after communities in the county have suggested commissioners share that money with them. He prefers waiting until commissioners get a better idea how much casino revenue they can expect to receive because the county government certainly has a number of needs that should be, addressed before they consider giving the money away.
"We've had it tough making ends meet and often haven't been able to do what needs to be done," he said. "I think at this point we need to sit back and see how the county finances stabilize ... and then go from there."
Hoppel said none of this should come as a surprise, noting the state Constitutional amendment passed by voters clearly says the money is to be shared among counties, Ohio's 10 largest cities, the state and school districts.
"The people voting for it should know what they are voting for," he said.
Hoppel pointed out commissioners have a history of sharing some of their additional sources of funding, such as federal Community Development Block Grant, which they spread among communities. The Engineer's Office also provides resurfacing services, with the participating townships and villages purchasing the material.
"We've always worked with communities, always had a good working relationship, and we will continue to do so," he said.
Hoppel cited as one of his recent accomplishments construction of the new county government services building. "I think it was a good move," he said.
The old county building that housed the Department of Job and Family Services had fallen into disrepair to the point where commissioners determined a new building was needed. He said they took some flack for doing it, with some saying they spent tax dollars to benefit the people on public assistance.
"We didn't build it for the welfare people. We built if for the people who work there," Hoppel said.
He also spoke about why he was opposed to the top three people recommended for the county Emergency Management Agency director position by the interview committee.
"They weren't totally satisfied with them either," Hoppel said of the interview committee, but the committee felt obligated to offer the three best names from among those who applied.
"People are trying to make this political when it is not. We stayed out of the selection ... We had four professional people interview them," he added.
Csonka, 73, believes he has the right mix of private-public sector business experience, noting he worked for years as a pipe fitter before starting his own plumbing business, which he operated "until my shoulders and knees gave out."
He then took a job at the county health department, serving as plumbing inspector until his retirement this year. Csonka has been a trustee since 2004.
Csonka was asked to run by the Democratic Party after having been approached in the past, but now the time was right with his retirement. "My kids told me you're always complaining and you always wanted to try," he said.
Csonka said every politician talks about creating jobs, but the key is being in a position to provide water and sewer service. As trustee, he was frustrated when the Pleasant View Nursing Home relocated from the township to outside East Palestine after being unable to tap into a nearby Salem water line that serviced the federal prison. He said although the county was involved in the project, they turned control of the line over to Salem, which was a mistake, and the city required annexation in exchange for any residents or business tapping into the line.
"I thought they dropped the ball on that," he said of commissioners.
In a situation like that, Csonka said he would do whatever it takes to obtain water service rather than lose a business under similar circumstances, especially if the business was relocating outside the county. He blamed politics for the loss of the nursing home.
Csonka said his election as commissioners would provide a board member with extensive construction experience, which would be a benefit whenever they take on a construction project.
For example, construction of the new government services building included cast iron pipe for the first and second floor plumbing when PVC plumbing would have sufficed. "I'm not saying commissioners should have caught this," but using PVC would have saved $30,000, he said, adding they also need to take a better look at the work history of the contractors they select.
Csonka was also critical of any plans by commissioners to demolish the old Job and Family Services building and had lobbied for renovating the building instead of constructing a new government services building.
"The building can be saved, the structure is sound," he said.
Csonka believes the mold could be eliminated and the building renovated for office space for oil and gas companies working in the area.
"They're all these people coming here, and they need office space. You could patch up that building and make it usable ... Think of the money you would bring into town," he said. "I'm not sure it would work, but I think that's a more progressive idea than just tearing it down."
Csonka is also advocating commissioners share some of their casino tax revenue with cities, villages and townships, because they are hurting too. He suggested commissioners use the same distribution formula used for state Local Government Fund money, which is based largely on population.
"I can't see why they don't think that is a good idea," he said.
Csonka also disputes Hoppel's contention there are no qualified candidates for the EMA director position and that they should seek new applicants. Csonka supports a man he worked with at the health department - Bob Zehentbauer, the public health emergency preparedness coordinator.
Zehentbauer was not among the finalist recommended for the job, and Csonka denied he was being political when he criticized commissioners for dragging their feet on making the appointment.
"If I'm a county commissioner, I'm going to pick the best person for every job," and Zehentbauer is the best candidate, he said.
Csonka was critical of Hoppel's past opposition to imposition of the 1 percent county sales tax. Hoppel said he believed the voters should have a say on the tax. "If you know you need the money to run the county, the people elected you to make that decision," Csonka said, adding the county obviously needed the tax revenue to operate.
"What Hoppel said is, 'Let the people decide' ... What I think he was saying is 'I want to get voted back in,'" Csonka said. "If you need that to run the county I wouldn't let the county go broke."
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on February 15, 2013 - 12:19 AM
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We knew better. That's why so many of us cringed when Scott Pelley, on CBS, so blithely conveyed his news department's certainty that law enforcement agencies were correct in asserting that Christopher Dorner had burned to death in that cabin.
Haven't we watched, on Pelley's own network, countless forensic dramas where culprits slipped away free at the last minute and lab geniuses figured it all out later? We know you need DNA to be conclusive. And a dental match of a body burned to a crisp to the dental records of a suspect (or "perp," or as "Criminal Minds" so darkly puts it, "unsub," mashing up the phrase "unknown subject").
Well, we think we know that anyway.
In reality, we know precious little indeed, despite the exhaustive grounding in forensic procedure we're given on prime time every night.
What we are sure of is that it made the Dorner manhunt one of the most compelling and horrifying open-ended stories to pass through TV news in a very long time. The horrors of the Sandy Hook Elementary School were all over by the time they were reported, as was the life of the shooter, Adam Lanza. They have already affected American life and will, no doubt, continue to do so. There have been gun laws (New York State's for instance), and there will be more.
The terrors of Sandy the superstorm took days and left consequences people will deal with for years.
But the Dorner manhunt was the very stuff of movies and TV, taking place in the heart of the American popular imagination and played out on TV for the world to see: a man suspected of four murders and four woundings was free in Southern California, one of the most populous areas of the country, with a plan to exact vengeance on all law enforcement agencies.
His name was Christopher Jordan Dorner, and he'd been fired from the long-controversial Los Angeles Police Department in 2009.
The consequences were terrifying while he was on the loose – shootings, deaths. A state of acute hypervigilance throughout the Southern California law enforcement community resulted in a very real event in Torrance, Calif., that crystallized the differences between the real world and its representation in TV and movies.
Police opened fire on what they thought was the purple Nissan Titan truck that Dorner was driving. That's the truck they'd been told to look for. Unfortunately, the truck they showered with a hail of bullets was actually a blue Toyota Tacoma containing a woman and her mother delivering the Los Angeles Times.
No one died, thank God.
You can imagine all sorts of TV shows and movies – especially – that would make very dark Keystone Cops comedy out of it. Unfortunately, in the real world there were two profoundly terrified women cowering together in that truck hoping the siege would end. It is a blessing that only one was seriously injured (with, at last report, a good prognosis).
That gruesome case of mistaken identity conveyed better than almost anything else the state of mind that took over at least some members of law enforcement.
In its new era, led by well-traveled TV executive Jeff Zucker, CNN seized the Dorner manhunt for coverage as wall-to-wall as it could possibly get away with. When the final shootout took place Tuesday, some of the news footage was more extraordinary than what most TV and film directors could invent for their fictions.
Everyone covered it, obviously. It was a TV story, full of helicopter-eye views, the way they've long been accused of doing in Southern California (and which, of course, has become a staple in TV programs and movies everywhere).
Perhaps the most amazing thing about it all was the "manifesto" left by Dorner to explain why "a man you knew who always wore a smile wherever he was seen" had "taken dramatic" action in the preceding days.
"Unfortunately," he wrote, "this is a necessary evil that I do not enjoy but must partake and complete for substantial change to occur within the LAPD and reclaim my name. The department has not changed since the Rampart and Rodney King days. It has gotten worse."
How one "reclaims" one's "tarnished" name by vengeful killings of thoroughly innocent people (cops' relatives!) is, needless to say, not covered in Dorner's massive explanatory document.
It's an incredible rant. He pleads for journalists to investigate what happened – how it all started, he says, with a whistle-blowing incident in 2007, in which he reported a fellow officer for using excessive force while "cuffing a suspect." The officer in question (whose name was redacted but, we're told, is now a sergeant) "kicked the suspect twice in the chest and once in the face." Later, he labels the kicking officer "Caucasian" and the victim "mentally ill."
After investigation of his report, "nothing was done," but Dorner's role in the department was on its way to dismissal in 2009.
While Rush Limbaugh, on Thursday, rightly decried anyone trying to make Dorner into any kind of hero, I honestly don't think it's possible for any fair journalist anywhere to read Dorner's astonishing manifesto and not wish that members of the profession would take up his plea for investigating a law enforcement unit that has, since the 1950s, been accused of excessive force, racism and worse.
At the same time, Dorner is so lacking any sense of empathy for community horror that, in the same document, he crows that other officers are "high-value targets" for his shootings. "No one grows up and wants to be a cop killer," he says. "It was against everything I ever was."
And then he threatens "you have misjudged a sleeping giant." In a moment of truly chilling self-delusion, he threatens his "targets" this way: "I know your route to and from home and your division. I know your significant others' routine, your children's best friends and recess. … I assure you the casualty rate will be high. … Unfortunately, orphanages will be making a comeback in the 21st century."
And then, in this final missive to the world, he wants to send messages of his own from his literally crazed and homicidal fury – that he agrees with Mia Farrow about gun control, that he loves "Mrs. Obama's new bangs," that he likes Hillary Clinton, Gov. Chris Christie, Chris Matthews, Brian Williams, Wolf Blitzer, Meredith Vieira, Tavis Smiley, Piers Morgan and Anderson Cooper, as well as Jennifer Beals, Serena Williams, Kate Winslet, Gabrielle Union and Natalie Portman (among other famous beauties). He thinks "Dave Brubeck's 'Take Five' is the greatest piece of music ever, period" and that "Jeffrey Toobin and David Gergen" are "political geniuses and modern scholars." He wants Charlie Sheen to know that he's "effin awesome."
In response, Charlie thanked him for his words on TMZ and said before the final immolation, "Let's figure out together how to end this thing."
What makes him sad aren't his innocent victims but that "I won't be around to view and enjoy 'The Hangover III.' What an awesome trilogy. … 'World War Z' looks good and 'The Walking Dead' season three (second half) looked intriguing. Damn, gonna miss Shark Week."
A consummate 21st century self-portrait from a deranged killer – a man who began with what sounds, for all the world, like some legitimate beefs, seems to have perished in a blazing resort cabin after becoming a public terror and finally left our earth truly regretting that he was, after all, going to miss the Discovery Channel's "Shark Week."
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To no one's surprise, the North Tahoe boys followed up a dominant regular season with another beat-down at the Northern Division III regional championships in Reno this past Friday.
The Lakers swept the top four spots to easily capture the regional title with a low score of 23 points to runner-up Incline's 47. Sage Ridge was a distant third, with 102 points, followed by Sierra Lutheran with 113.
Also surprising no one, junior Noah McDermott claimed the individual regional title, posting a time of 17 minutes, 32 seconds over the 5-kilometer course at Rancho San Rafael Park.
Three of his teammates finished in a tight pack not far behind, as senior Patrick McElravey was second in 17:46 and juniors Shane Christian and Peter Holmes were third and fourth in 17:47 and 17:48, respectively.
Freshman Julien Bordes rounded out the Lakers' top five scores (the amount used for the team result) with a 13th-place finish in a time of 18:44. That gave the Lakers an average time of 17:56 to Incline's 18:15 and Sage Ridge's 19:18.
And that was without one of their top runners, Sean McDermott, who's injured.
After the North Tahoe foursome were Excel Christian's Zachary Hunt in fifth, posting a time of 17:52, Incline's Levi Dodge (sixth, 18:01), Sage Ridge's John Dewald (seventh, 18:07), and Incline's Josh Lewis (eighth, 18:08), Evan Vomund (ninth, 18:09) and Owen Graffis (10th, 18:09).
North Tahoe's Dominic Antonucci (22nd, 19:26) and Brandon Hackett (26th, 19:48) rounded out the Laker contingent.
A total of 68 boys raced from 10 schools. The top four teams advanced to the state championship, which is scheduled for Saturday in Boulder City.
Tara Gallant, meanwhile, had her own race to win.
Sporting pink shorts and shoes for breast cancer awareness month, the North Tahoe sophomore raced to a regional title in a winning time of 21:11 to Incline runner-up Stephanie Homola's 21:26.
Led by five top-10 finishes, Incline took the team title ahead of North Tahoe, with a low score of 24 points to the Lakers' 55. Sierra Lutheran was third with 75 points and Virginia City fourth with 133 to punch their tickets to state.
The Lakers had two top-10 finishes, as Gallant was followed by freshman teammate Sophia Tallarigo in fourth in a time of 22:00. North Tahoe senior Emily Nall was 12th in 23:12, sophomore Ingrid Roske was 16th in 24:15 and freshman Holly Lewis was 22nd in 25:12.
Incline freshman Hannah Laurie was third in 21:47, while Incline's Kate Ballan was fifth in 22:07, Haley Kennedy was sixth in 22:08 and Julia Golimbik was eighth in 22:19 for the Highlanders' top five.
Freshmen Kaya Williams (24th, 25:34) and Erica Backus (36th, 28:34) also raced for the Lakers.
A total of 53 girls and nine schools competed.
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Remember Megan Summers from my Listen To Your Mother show? She sent me this photo of herself babywearing at a wedding in 1987.
"That big 9 month old is now a 6'3" man and 25 years old. Some days I just can't believe it. I must admit in looking for that picture today, I went through years of memories and had a good little cry along the journey."
babywearing photos while I was out and about this week but I wanted to have the moms view the photos first before I post them. In the meantime I found Megan's oldie but goodie timely because I wrote a (controversial?) (silly?) babywearing piece about the debate of wearing your baby forward facing or not... and I give my updated opinion on a certain kind of baby carrier (yes, that is me circa 2002) that many babywearers hate. Would love to know what you think about it all. Babywearing: Are You Doing It Wrong? How You Carry Your Baby Could Scar(e) Them For Life.
See past I love the way your wear your baby: beautiful babywearing photos
As always, I love to see your babywearing photos. If you've posted any recently, feel free to link in the comments below!
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'Designer Babies:' Who Would Really Benefit from Three-Person IVF?
(NEW YORK) -- The argument that three-person in-vitro fertilization is a step toward engineering "designer babies" doesn't make sense to Lori Martin, whose 4-year-old son Will was born with an incurable genetic disease and likely won't survive past childhood.
Three-person IVF, called mitochondrial transfer, may be on its way to fruition in the United Kingdom as a means of eliminating mitochondrial diseases like Will's by swapping out the genetic material that causes it.
"I could never imagine myself trying to engineer some insanely talented kid because my first kid that I created had this terrible disease," said Martin, who lives in Houston. "It just doesn't register in my mind that way at all…They want to give another child a chance to have a healthy and happy life."
Will has a mitochondrial disease called Leigh's disease, which renders his cells unable to turn food into fuel. Like all mitochondrial diseases, which include muscular dystrophy, it's passed down from the mother via mitochondrial DNA and has no cure.
"There's no crystal ball to tell you what's going to happen tomorrow," Martin said. "He could wake up tomorrow and have lost all function. There's no rhyme or reason."
Because Will's condition is genetic, doctors told Martin she shouldn't have any more children without using a healthy egg from a donor. Although a baby from a donor egg would be free of Martin's bad mitochondrial DNA, it would also lack the 99.8 percent of her DNA that is not responsible for Will's condition but is to blame for her brown hair, smile and all her other physical traits.
The mitochondria are the energy-producing parts of every cell -- think of them as little batteries. As such, cells don't function properly if someone has a mitochondrial disease because cells can't turn food into fuel. For patients with Leigh's disease, for example, the mitochondria fail over time, and children often don't live past age 7.
Mitochondrial DNA determines how the mitochondria will function, but it's only passed on from the mother. Nuclear DNA comes from both parents and determines children's characteristics, such as eye color and height.
The three-person IVF being proposed in the United Kingdom would keep the nuclear DNA from both parents while swapping out the mother's "bad" mitochondrial DNA for a donor's mitochondrial DNA. Government officials estimate that it will be able to save 10 lives per year.
But in the United States, the Food and Drug Administration effectively banned a similar procedure called cytoplasm transfer in 2001.
Therapy that involves manipulating cells beyond traditional IVF -- an egg cell being fertilized by a sperm cell -- falls under the FDA's jurisdiction.
According to a 2001 letter that went to clinics practicing cytoplasm transplants -- which include injecting cytoplasm from a young egg into the cytoplasm of a new egg without removing any existing material -- the FDA must conduct a clinical investigation, which can't even start until an "investigational new drug" application has been filed.
But that was more than a decade ago. Since then, no clinic has been approved, and the FDA is not allowed to comment on whether any applications have been filed, according to a spokesman.
"There are, of course, people who think this is inappropriate," said Debra Mathews, a bioethicist at the Berman Institute at Johns Hopkins University Medical School. "That this is the first step on the way to designer babies."
Although three-person IVF has similarities to cytoplasm transfer, the intent is different, Mathews said. Three-person IVF is not just about increasing the chances IVF will work, it's about creating a baby without a deadly disease.
"We certainly think about things differently in different contexts," Mathews said.
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Thursday, July 25, 2013
This pictured – and much pampered – pup runs a vineyard in North Carolina. Actually, her humans run it, but admit she is the titular head. Lulu is not only their official enthusiastic greeter but their unofficial overseer. She performs the latter daily by racing around hundreds of acres of growing grapes. I suspect she was named because she has turned out to be a real "lulu," and the "loco" stems from her alternate duties of licking customers and loping around her domain. Lulu is so popular one of their best red wines is named for her. She is pictured on the label with a soulful look and adorned with a perky red scarf.
Lulu is a rescue dog much beloved by her owners but because of her energy and dedication, she hurt her foot and now sports a temporary limp and a purple bandage. At the moment Lulu spends much of her time on the sofa adjacent to the wine tasting room, totally relaxing and allowing her family to temporarily take over. They told us "she's milking that situation for all she's worth!"
To me, this canny canine represents the July cycle of Hill family celebrations. My birthday is mid-month and our son and his wife celebrate their wedding anniversary on that same date. Jim and I toast our years together two days later. As usual the kids plan "a little something" to celebrate the occasions. This year they outdid themselves.
First, David and his wife Amy treated us in an elegant restaurant featuring a floral scented courtyard with a glowing starry sky overhead. One entrée, seared scallops encrusted with ground pistachios, inspired David to promise to replicate the dish so we can all celebrate even more. It was wonderfully special to spend this private time together.
We got another chance with another duo. Our daughters Cathy and Mary Clare were more mysterious, asking us to reserve last weekend and keeping mum about plans until they were all set. Turns out this quartet spent time in and around Hendersonville, N.C. The trip, meticulously planned as a treat by the girls, began with "Les Miserables" on stage. They quite rightly reviewed it as "stunning." Other activities included shopping (naturally, with three women), a six-hour, three-stop wine tour, and wonderful food in our B&B's dining room as well as on its roomy front porch.
One of the most memorable times was the wine tour – as much about the people as the libations. We rode in a 15-passenger van with a delightful and informative tour guide as well as a good mix of congenial fellow passengers. I guess my most memorable part of that activity was getting on and off the van. When you're only five feet tall and the one step into the vehicle is higher than your knees, entries and exits are a real challenge. Then two gallant – and thankfully muscular and much younger – men stepped up to help me. They put their hands under my elbows wafting me upwards with seeming ease, gifting me with six smooth transitions from ground to van floor level.
Like that vintner's dog, my family all took some time to recoup from busy schedules, lick any current wounds, sit back and relax in the company of those we love. And with a little help from new friends. Maybe Lulu wasn't so Loco after all.
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Australian "Couple on the Run" Andrew and Sue O'Brien will take on the Laguna Phuket International Marathon on 9 June as the latest step in their worldwide running mission to promote shared exercise as a means of achieving personal goals.
Melbourne-based Sue and Andrew became known as the Couple on the Run in 2008 when they ran eight marathons together in eight countries in eight weeks, a feat they later recounted in a best-selling book.
With more than 100 marathons under their belts, they live by the philosophy that harnessing the principles of exercising with a partner and applying this to other areas of everyday life enables people to achieve more.
They claim fitness is one part of the equation but plays only a small part, with greater benefits including shared motivation to get things started, commitment to regularity and enjoying quality time with one another – all leading to better understandings, shared goals and ultimately lessons in life.
At Laguna Phuket Sue and Andrew will not only run the full 42k marathon, they'll also capture the experience for the Partnerunning Media group incorporating their popular online Couple on the Run Webcasts and The Partnerunner Magazine, as well as present their philosophy to fellow runners and visitors in a live version of The Partnerunning Show.
"We've already sampled the course at Laguna Phuket and we're really excited about taking part in this great marathon with all the many other runners from around the world who'll be there," said Sue.
"This event is one we've heard a lot about and with its range of race distances for all ages and abilities it really fits into our philosophy of harnessing running as a means to achieve personal goals."
The O'Briens combine diverse yet complementary experiences – Sue is a fitness expert and former Australian triathlon representative, while Andrew is an award-winning CEO, corporate adviser and facilitator, and the creator of their Desired Futures™ and Partnerunning™ organisatons.
These organisations aim to inspire and educate businesses and individuals to perform at their best by applying principles of vision, strategy, planning, communication, teamwork, relationships and fitness.
Andrew took up running in his 30s in order to improve his health and fitness after living an unhealthy lifestyle which resulted in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. He met Sue during his efforts to regain his health and before too long decided to run a marathon as a goal for recovering from illness.
Mother-of-two Sue has worked in the fitness industry for more than 25 years and is now a sought-after speaker and workshop presenter. Before taking up marathons she was a regular winner of state and national age group triathlons and twice represented Australia at the World Triathlon Championships.
Another Couple on the Run activity is their Great Running Destinations video series, which encourages tourists and business travellers to run or walk while on the road. Laguna Phuket and other Thai destinations feature in the series, with promotion of the Laguna Phuket International Marathon. Further information available at: Coupleontherun.com/Thailand.
The Laguna Phuket International Marathon offers a full marathon, half marathon, 10.5k run, 91.5FM 5k community walk and 2k kids' run. Online registration is available at www.phuketmarathon.com with special deals at Laguna Phuket hotels also on the website.


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The Brookings Public Library awarded the winners of its Twelfth Annual Scary Story Contest on Friday, October 25. There were 157 entries in six categories. Randy Grimsley was the featured reader. The winners are
K-1st grades
1st place: Anika Hooda
2nd place: Jacob Saunders
HM: Rayena Katz
2nd-3rd grades
1st place: Spencer Christie
2nd place: Audrey Yonce
HM: Jadyn Kuehl
4th—5th grades
1st place: Nikita Rohila
2nd place: Jordan Lier
HM: Zoey Rae LeBlanc
6th-8th grades
1st place: Kashfia Rahman
2nd place: David Park
HM: Sarah Timmerman
1st place: Jay Roe
2nd place: David Keith
HM: Michael Jacobson


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quote: In order to safely brake and simultaneously turn the vehicle, you need to ensure that there is not an overly large reliance on the trailer brakes and that the tractor retains sufficient authority over the drawbar.
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quote: Yes and that proves his point that trailers rely on vehicle brakes and tow vehicles are designed with that in mind.
quote: that's why there's a max tow limit and any trailers past a certain weight has to have brakes.
quote: If you're towing a load that's greater than the tow vehicles GVWR, which if you're towing anything you are, you ARE overly relying on the trailers brakes! LOL! The tow vehicle is NOT designed to brake anything over its own GVWR.
quote: If the trailer >> tractor, then you have issues.
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It's been wonderful guys," the mother of three, 52, who was often the voice of reason on the show, posted on her Twitter exactly one minute after the show's reunion finale aired Sunday on Bravo.
"I've decided to leave #RHONJ this season was my last. Love and kisses to you all. Xoxoxo"
Manzo's departure doesn't come as a complete shock. Bravo recently revealed that she was filming a pilot for her family's own spinoff, Manzo'd With Children.
"I may be leaving Housewives, but my relationship with Bravo will continue as we started production on a pilot, Manzo'd with Children, which if [it] goes to series promises to give the viewers a very different look into the world of the Manzo Family," she wrote.
"We are having an absolute blast filming it, and I hope you all join us as we start our new chapter within the Bravo network. We didn't close the book, we just turned the page."
The new show will focus on Manzo, her hardworking husband, Al, and her three children, Albie, Lauren and Chris, who have long been featured on The Real Housewives of New Jersey.
Manzo and castmate Teresa Giudice, who along with her husband, Joe, currently face the possibility of 50 years behind bars for multiple counts of fraud, have battled incessantly over recent seasons.
And they kept it up until the very last seconds of the Oct. 13 reunion finale, on which Giudice said, "You know I have a good heart," and Manzo replied, "No, I can't say that in all honesty. I consider you someone I used to know … I'm done."
"I've always prided myself on giving you the truth of who I really am, the good, the bad, and the ugly," Manzo wrote on Bravo's blog. "Over the past few years my outlook on the show has changed from something I couldn't wait to show my future grandchildren to something I hope my future grandchildren never see."
Manzo, who also seemed to grow weary of the ongoing family feud between Giudice and her brother, Joe Gorga, summed up her thoughts on leaving on the blog: "Going back to film another season of Housewives would only make me a hypocrite. For me, peace and integrity cannot be bought with money or fame. As I said on the reunion, I'm done … I have nothing more to give."


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1. The students and the instructor have little time for play. [Compound subjects (the students and the instructor) regularly take plural verbs (have).]
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4. Each of the students in Dunham was asked not to pull tiles down from the ceiling. [The indefinite pronouns any, anybody, each, neither, everyone, either, everybody, and nobody should be followed by singular verbs and pronouns.]
5. She is one of those doctors who think they know everything. [The relative pronoun who is the subject of the dependent clause. Since the antecedent of who is the plural doctors, the verb think must be plural as well and other parts made consistent.]
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Where would we be without action heroes? We'd have no one to fight off alien menaces, take down terrorists or run for high powered goverment positions. We've seen these actors become iconic figures in the last few decades, but in recent years video game characters have tried to muscle in on the action. But who is better: the video game action hero or the old fashioned movie action star? We've pitted the very best in head to head fights to find out.
Sam Fisher v Jack Bauer
This is a tough contest. Both Fisher and Bauer are clear experts in their field – preventing disasters through the application of extreme violence. They're both prepared to "go rogue" if need be, and they're both happy to improvise: Fisher uses broken mirror shards to look around corners, and bathroom sinks to bash people's faces in; Bauer can use any household item to torture you into a confession – whether it's necessary or not. However, in Splinter Cell Conviction it seems that Fisher is guided by simple instructions that are stylishly projected onto his surrounding scenery. Bauer, by contrast, only seems to operate under his own special brand of insane logic. If you hired him as a bodyguard, he'd probably shoot you in the lung – because that's precisely the last thing that the bad guys would expect.. Right? RIGHT?!
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The U.S. Women's National Soccer Team is prepped, ready and completely focused on this month's London Olympic Games.
The 2012 games should be the most entertaining competition in the women's play since its inception. The U.S. has been so dominant that it will be shooting for its fourth gold medal in five summer games.
With just 12 countries in the Olympic women's field, American coach Pia Sundhage looks for the most challenging matches for her team since she took the reins as head coach in 2007. In their final team warm-up match prior to the games, with Canada on Saturday, the women looked extremely solid with a workmanlike 2-1 win over the Canadians.
The U.S. Women's National Team has long carried the top spot in the FIFA Women's World Cup rankings. Amazingly, through the beginning of 2012, the team had lost just eight regulation matches since 2003 and only five with Sundhage at the helm.
As the level of competition has risen, the American's roster has met the challenge and is packed with a talent laden squad. It features the world's top goalkeeper, Hope Solo, who is backed up by Nicole Barnhart, who could no doubt start for any other team. There is even a Pennsylvania connection in the team. USA's other keeper, Jill Layden, had an incredible career at Villanova.
Anchoring the defense for the USA will be team leader and captain Christine Rampone. Rachel Buehler, Rampone's partner in the middle, has looked awesome in team play. The U.S. boasts an excellent controlling midfield, always on the attack with center midfielder Carli Lloyd and Shannon Boxx leading the way.
Up top at forward is the amazing Abby Wombach, the USA's all-time leading scorer with 129 goals after the Olympic qualifying tournament. She will be the key to finishing many goals for the American women as no one else in the game can hit a header at goal with more intensity than Wombach. She has been nearly unstoppable at finishing and scoring off corner kicks for the squad.
Fans will first get a glimpse of the American ladies in action Wednesday, July 25 when they open against France. The rest of their group matches feature action with Columbia on July 28 and Korea DPR on July 31.
Scholastic coaching changes
In area scholastic soccer, some changes are in store for the upcoming season.
Spring Cove School District is initiating a boys and girls high school program and has chosen its coaching staff. The Central boys will be led by Randy Trexler, Spring Cove Soccer Club president and previous head coach in the junior high program from since 2010. He has been active in the Keystone Classic Soccer Club, serving as the team manager for the 2011-12 Keystone Krew U-15 team under the direction of Altoona Area High School boys coach Dave Alexander, who served as head coach for the Krew. It was a good move for Alexander as five of the Krew's players were from Altoona and would be playing for him at the high school level.
Trexler's son, Eric, was also part of the squad, and he will have the opportunity to work with his dad in the upcoming scholastic season.
The Central High girls squad will be led by Brad Reininger, an active AYSO coach and volunteer girls high school coach at Northern Bedford School District for several years. The team's soccer boosters will help in a big way to sustain and maintain the program financially as stated in its recent school board meeting.
Penn Cambria High School has always tried to maintain its coaching staff with in-house personnel, if possible, believing it made for smoother and easier communication with coaching staff and administration. Although Penn Cambria still does not sport a varsity boys program, it will have a new coach from within the school district for the girls program. Jess Kline, hired on as a social studies instructor and who has a strong playing background, will be stepping up as the head girls soccer coach. Kline should receive some strong assistance for the 2012 season from all-conference seniors Sabrina Palguta and Marissa Rodriguez, along with league leader in saves, goalie Alli Reese.
Another area squad seeking leadership close to the start of the season is the Cambria Heights School District. Athletic director Tom Boyle is seeking a varsity and assistant coach for the boys high school program.
With the number of changes occurring in area scholastic soccer programs, the 2012 season should prove to be quite interesting.
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Two drivers were taken by ambulance to Erie County Medical Center late Thursday after a two-vehicle crash at Abbott Road and Southwestern Boulevard, Orchard Park police said.
Both drivers were driving on Southwestern about 10:25 p.m., police said. The westbound driver was making a left turn onto Abbott when the eastbound driver crashed into the passenger side of his car, police said.
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the name for a boy who enjoys killing diabetic babies
leenieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee tarafından 22 Mayıs 2010, Cumartesi
a secret hit man whos is gay also likes godd music and can act very homosexual at times
oh mike is such a mike
shadowm32 tarafından 1 Nisan 2010, Perşembe
One who sit's inside all day and scopes young children from their window of choice. Usually uses binoculars, at times a telescope if necessary. A total douchebag that usually has an inverted penis. He is also predestined for lifelong virginity. A Fat, Irish Drunk, With hilarious stories about almost dying, getting wasted, and a creepy little girl that haunts his house. YOUNG MARINE!!!! A mysterious creature that can neither shower nor speak proper english. Even though it lacks the male genatailia the Mike is some how able to masturbate during math classes. This creature is often seen wearing a red coat, sadly it is only able to shed this coat every 4-5 years. It is often wondered how the Mike will carry on offspring as no female would ever mate with it. The Mike's obsession with childrens games such as Pokemon suggests it will become a child molester in its adulthood. and acts like a dip shit dinosaur
Mike: Shut up, i'm stalking this hot chick.
Nick: She's 6 years old.
Nick: She's 6 years old.
Johnnylllllllllllllllllll tarafından 24 Temmuz 2010, Cumartesi
The god of camels. His birthday is every wednesday!
All hail Mike!
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An Irish-Jew. Originates from the the derogatory term "Mick" for an individual of Irish heritage and the more offense "Kike", the derogatory term for an individual of Jewish heritage. Despite it's negative origin, Irish-Jews often take great pride in being Mikes.
Ireland is great, they were the only country not to kick out the Jews. I'm a Mike and proud.
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A unit of wasted expenditure - currently (in 2010) equal to approximately £25,000 per year
Especially relevant to spending by local government, but can be applied elsewhere.
Especially relevant to spending by local government, but can be applied elsewhere.
Local Govt officer 1: We've just wasted £10,000 on this pointless new initiative.
Local Govt officer 2: Don't worry about it: that's less than 0.5 mikes.
Local Govt officer 2: Don't worry about it: that's less than 0.5 mikes.
dave555123 tarafından 18 Kasım 2010, Perşembe
Mike's the type of guy any girl would love to have. He's very random and can always make you laugh. He was the cute shy guy in school which made all the ladies go crazy for him. ;) He's changed a lot since then and everyday is like a new begining. He likes to rap and is very good at doing it!! Sometimes you'll be frustrated at how easy his words come out, but heck you cant be mad cause its just so darn cute. He's that boy you always dreamed about but never thought existed.
Mike: Is My Buttercup.
Mike: Not the Packer Coach!
Mike: Not the Packer Coach!
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TAHOE/TRUCKEE - Excellence in Education hosted its annual event at the Olympic Village Lodge in Squaw Valley on October 11, 2012. The gathering is an annual celebration of Excellence in Education donors, Fellow and Star Award recipients, and Foundation accomplishments.
This year was particularly sweet as the Foundation marked twenty-five years in the community, while also celebrating Tahoe-Truckee's recent designation as an All-America City. Tahoe-Truckee received the national All-America City award for a plan to improve grade level literacy in our community.
Over 200 people attended the anniversary celebration representing over two and a half decades of Foundation support. The crowd included educators, parents, business leaders and even a few founding board members. Alder Creek Middle School and North Tahoe High School's jazz bands treated those in attendance to energetic performances.
At the event Cindy Gustafson, Tahoe City PUD General Manager and original Excellence in Education board member, recalled the initial vision of creating a non-profit organization that would supplement school needs and raise funds through local business efforts.
"It is phenomenal to see how much our business community has contributed to our local schools," she said. "It has touched students and enriched their opportunities for over twenty-five years."
The original members of Excellence in Education created the organization as a partnership between business and the community. "Skiing for Schools" was the Foundation's first fundraiser and launched in the winter of 1991/92. Local ski areas donated lift tickets or a portion of their proceeds from a designated day to the Foundation. Since its inception Skiing for Schools has raised almost two million dollars for the Foundation.
The "Dining for Schools" and "Golfing for Schools" programs were developed in 1993 and 1994 respectively and are still primary fundraising tools for the Foundation.
Many of our local ski areas have been partners with Excellence in Education from the beginning. Squaw Valley, Sugar Bowl and Northstar were original Skiing for Schools participants and continue to support the program today.
Sugar Bowl General Manager, Rob Kautz, recalls conversations designing the Skiing for Schools fundraiser and is pleased with the enduring strength of both the program and the Foundation.
"Northstar is a proud sponsor of Excellence in Education," stated Northstar's Marketing Director, Davy Ratchford at the celebration event. "The programs they support have allowed local teachers to continue to be innovative, and have provided incredible results for our youth. We recognize that our annual contributions directly impact students in our community, and we are honored to work hand-in-hand with such a dynamic, impactful organization."
Jan Ganong, also a founding board member and TTUSD Speech Language Pathologist commented that the Excellence in Education Foundation "has truly become an integral part of our school district.
Teachers look forward each year to the grants, which fund their innovative projects for student learning. I'm proud that our original vision to involve local individuals and businesses in our schools continues stronger than ever."
It is through the dedication of our local business community and the individuals who repeatedly support our fundraising programs that the Foundation is able to make a positive impact in our schools. The funds raised from these programs go directly to supporting the classrooms and students of our school district.
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The so-called Boeing effect is going to get bigger — a lot bigger.
Nine months after Charleston County Aviation Authority Chairman Chip Limehouse leaked in a public meeting that Boeing was eyeing more airport property for expansion, the aerospace giant took steps Thursday to potentially triple the size of its footprint in North Charleston, laying claims to more than 800 additional acres around its 787 plant.
The authority, which owns Charleston International Airport, voted unanimously Thursday to begin the process of selling Boeing Co. 320 acres along International Boulevard across from its existing plane-making operation. No price has been set.
The airport board also voted to offer the Chicago-based airplane manufacturer the first right of refusal on 488 acres straddling Michaux Parkway at Dorchester Road and abutting the Air Force base, as well as the option to purchase the 265 acres under its existing manufacturing campus.
"This is a major Christmas present for the Lowcountry," said Limehouse, who is also a state lawmaker and is considering a run for Congress. "We've tied our hat to the rocket ship Boeing."
Boeing did not disclose any concrete plans for the property.
Before it could build, the airport board must obtain an appraisal to compare with Boeing's and eventually settle on a price. Then, any development plans must clear environmental and regulatory hurdles.
"I think the best thing we can say right now is anticipated, possible future growth," Boeing South Carolina chief counsel Mark Fava said. "We don't 'land-bank,' and I think our past practices will show that."
What's next?
Nevertheless, Thursday's announcement set off speculation among company observers and analysts about Boeing's long-term strategy.
Some believe the company will bring other commercial airplane production lines to North Charleston, while others emphasized the leverage the holdings would give Boeing in negotiations with its powerful unions in Washington and governments in other states.
"We believe Boeing is preparing to eventually locate new airplane programs in Charleston rather than Washington State," Scott Hamilton of Issaquah, Wash.-based aviation consulting firm Leeham Co. wrote in an email Thursday.
Hamilton and others, like London-based analyst Saj Ahmad, said he would "not be at all surprised" to see the double-stretch Dreamliner, the 787-10, assembled in North Charleston.
Hamilton also floated the possibility of the 777X or the eventual successor to the 737 MAX being made in South Carolina in the coming decades.
"This is entirely our assessment; we can't say we know anything about this," Hamilton said. "But the old adage is that if it looks like a duck and walks like a duck, then it's a duck. And this sure quacks to us."
On the other hand, aerospace analyst Richard Aboulafia said "there's a very good chance they're going to expand, but nothing is guaranteed."
"Basically, why not have that option?" Aboulafia said, adding that he doesn't think anything will spring up there in the next few years. "It also sends a message to anyone you might be negotiating with elsewhere that you're serious about keeping your options open."
Aboulafia, vice president of The Teal Group, a Virginia-based consultancy, downplayed the idea of a major shift in manufacturing to South Carolina, and doesn't think it has specifically to do with Boeing's ongoing negotiations with the Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace in Washington state.
"It's unlikely that this facility will be used to stand up a corps of engineers like they have back in Washington," Aboulafia said. "I think it's more of a broader message."
"It shows their production line diversification efforts seem to be paying off," he added.
The news of the land deal was welcomed in Columbia.
"It's proof positive that South Carolina is a place where businesses flourish," Gov. Nikki Haley's spokesman Rob Godfrey wrote in an email.
A spokesman for Washington Gov. Christine Gregoire declined to say whether the deal is cause for concern there.
"Boeing has a bright future in Washington, adding more than 13,000 employees in our state in the last year to reach a new high-water mark of more than 87,000 workers," Jason Kelly, Gregoire's spokesman, wrote in an email, emphasizing the governor's investment in aerospace education.
"We are focused on maintaining Washington's position as a world leader in commercial airplane production."
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Fava said Boeing broached the possibility of acquiring more of the Aviation Authority land in a closed-door meeting "many months ago," declining to be more specific.
"It begins with a discussion and then it goes into deeper discussions and then you've got to go through due diligence," said Rick Muttart, Boeing South Carolina's director of site services. "It's a process that you've got to go through."
The approval came a week after Boeing closed on the purchase of three neighboring office buildings totaling 178,000 square feet from the South Carolina Research Authority.
The final OK came Thursday after about an hour-long, closed-door meeting. South Carolina Speaker of the House Bobby Harrell and state Sens. Larry Grooms and Paul Campbell attended the meeting along with Boeing officials, including the company's top in-house lawyer, former federal judge J. Michael Luttig.
Airport board proxy member and Charleston County Council Vice Chairman Elliott Summey, sitting in for his father, North Charleston Mayor Keith Summey, made the motion for the deal.
"I think it's encouraging they believe in our community as much as we believe in them," the younger Summey said. "This says more about our workforce than our politicians."
Charleston Mayor Joe Riley, who also sits on the airport board, called the development "wonderful news" for the region.
The undeveloped property Boeing set its sights on contains about 20 percent wetlands and is home to the airport's radar facility, Summey said. The Federal Aviation Administration also must sign off on the deal after considering Charleston International's future expansion needs and whether the sale price is fair.
"Then, at the end of the day, if the parties say that's not the price we're willing to offer it at, or that's not the price we're willing to purchase it at, we at least know what the price is," Fava said.
But it seems unlikely they won't be able to strike a deal.
Boeing received more than $900 million in state and local government incentives to build a 787 final-assembly factory here, according to a Post and Courier analysis. The massive factory opened in summer 2011, delivered its first locally made plane in October and its second on Thursday, both to Air India.
Limehouse said the proceeds of the land sale would go to the $200 million redevelopment and expansion of the airport's 27-year-old passenger terminal.
More than 6,000 Boeing employees and contractors work at Boeing's local operations, which include a year-old interiors fabrication plant off Ladson Road. The company leases the land under its existing operations from the Aviation Authority. That lease expires in 2041, but Boeing wants to purchase its existing property by 2025, said Fava.
If Boeing acquires all the land it is seeking, it will amass nearly 1,100 of the 1,300 acres Charleston County Aviation Authority currently owns at Charleston International.
"It's an exciting milestone in the development of Charleston International Airport," Airport Director Sue Stevens said. "After two and a half years of talks, I feel like 10 pounds has been lifted off my shoulders."
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For nearly 150 years, Cary Memorial Library has nourished and sustained our literary and cultural heritage, and has enhanced our understanding of the world. Lexington townspeople have demonstrated their appreciation and affection for our public library through a strong municipal commitment coupled with essential charitable support.
The Cary Memorial Library Foundation continues that proud tradition by raising funds for the Library's operating budget, capital needs, and endowment, today and for the future.
The Cary Memorial Library Foundation, Inc., was established in 1999 at the behest of the Cary Memorial Library Board of Trustees as a tax-exempt, nonprofit, 501(c)(3) charitable organization (tax ID number 04-3462996) responsible for raising funds for Cary Memorial Library in Lexington, Massachusetts. The Foundation's mission is to raise funds for the Library's capital, annual, and endowment needs, today and for the future. Its first accomplishment was to raise $4.2 million toward the $15 million building renovation completed in 2004. Since the Annual Fund was launched in 2003, over $550,000 has been raised to address the current needs of the collections and support new programs.
The Foundation works in partnership with Library staff, the Friends of Cary Memorial Library, Inc. [4], and the Library's Board of Trustees.
Board of Directors
Jeri Zeder, President
Andrea M. Jackson, Vice President
Bob Boudreau, Treasurer
Nancy Shepard, Clerk
Suzie Byers
Jane Deutsch
Kelly Flaherty
Mollie Katz Garberg
Lila Heideman
Geeta Kannan
Jeanne Krieger
Karen Kristin
Anne Leary
Peter B. Lee
Ashley Rooney
Jagesh V. Shah
Rand K. Spero
Victoria A. Sullivan
Heidi Tyson
Reem Yared
Kat MacDonald, Director of Development
Liaisons to the Board
Laurel Cooley, President, Friends of Cary Memorial Library
Norman P. Cohen, Chair, Library Board of Trustees
Koren Stembridge, Director, Cary Memorial Library
A History of Charitable Support For Our Public Library
The Cary Family Launches a Tradition
Lexington's earliest library, established in 1827, was the first tax-supported library in the United States. In 1868, Maria Hastings Cary presented Lexington with a challenge gift of $1,000. The Town agreed to match this sum if $400 or its equivalent in books could be raised in additional private donations. Lexington residents exceeded the fundraising goal and a new free library was established with a collection of 1,200 books.
In 1906, Alice Butler Cary memorialized her mother, Maria Hastings Cary, with a new building inscribed with the name Cary Memorial Library. Designed by renowned architect and Lexington resident, Willard Brown, the elegant structure housed 2,617 volumes in our small farming community of 2,250 people. There was no sewage system and no streetlights. Yet Lexington proudly offered a free public school system and eagerly embraced the creation of a free library for all.
Growth, Change — and a Town's Unwavering Commitment
As Lexington's population began to rapidly increase in the 1950s, demands on the Library grew—as did public and private support. The collection grew from 10,000 in the 1940s to 85,000 titles, largely because of the generosity of Lexington's private citizens. The first Library addition was completed in 1958; a second renovation was completed in 1975.
By the end of the 20th century, the Library's vast collection had grown to more than 225,000 books, periodicals, historical documents, and audiovisual items. With more than 80% of Town residents holding library cards, citizens borrowed materials at the rate of 650,000 a year. More than 10,000 people walked through Cary Library's doors each week, making Cary Memorial Library the most heavily used library of its size in the Commonwealth. All this took its toll on the Library's physical structure.
A New Building, a New Beginning
In 2000, Lexington again rallied around its beloved Library, undertaking a third and massive renovation that was completed in 2004. The project's total cost was $15.5 million. Of that, $4.2 million in private money, raised by the Cary Memorial Library Foundation, was donated by the citizens and business community of Lexington. The beautiful new Cary Memorial Library building was restored to the original Willard Brown historic 1906 design with an addition, and features
- State-of-the-art technology
- Easy access for all
- Spacious meeting room for 80 people
- Quiet study rooms
- Cost-effective, energy-efficient heating, cooling, and electrical systems
- Preservation of our historical collections
- Enlarged Children's Room
The Cary Memorial Library Foundation is committed to realizing the promise and potential of this free and open community center for lifelong learning. With the generous support of Lexington's citizens, we promote the Library, help expand its collections, broaden its programs, and rebuild its endowment.
Every Lexington citizen is both a stakeholder and a steward of Cary Memorial Library. Each of us can ensure that future generations will benefit from our generosity, just as we have benefited from the foresight of the Cary Family.


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A town in extreme upstate New York that is pretty much the only place for activity in that whole area. Very cold in the winter.
I went up north towards Quebec; all of interest along the way was in the city of Plattsburgh.
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let's just say that without the college, there wouldn't be a city. the winters are long, freezing and full of parking bans. the city cops pretend like they are nypd. they pull over everyone and anyone and treat them like they are some kind of drug dealer wanted in 20 states...i mean after all, they were going 33 in a 30. The summer brings out all the local townies and farmers, and they dress for the occasion! They all head down to the super walmart for some fun.
If you must go to Plattsburgh, bring a camera..you may be lucky enough to see Champ, the sea monster of Lake Champlain..dun dun duuuun!
by buttercups56 August 10, 2006
Sleepy town in upstate New York only going ons are the occasional college party, meth lab busts, or walking around the mall. For fun many teenage residents go to Montreal to drink or walk the streets of the "Burgh" for hours loathing their own existence. Due to the crippling bored found here drug use and alcoholism of all those who are above the age of 12 is very high and considered the favorite pastime of the city. Also winters are cold the weather men are treated like gods and there is a hatred of all things french canadian that can only be compared to south's hatred of freed slaves after reconstruction.
I need to get out of Plattsburgh.
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A wonderful little town in picturesque northern NY. In the late 70s to early 80s known as the number one place to find the first exploded USSR nuclear warhead. Plattsburgh is now, as then, known to be a very safe and pleasant town. Bordered on the east by the sixth great lake, Lake Champlain, and on the west and south by the Adirondack mountains, Plattsburgh boasts both water sports and skiing within the range of a motorcycle's reserve fuel. All in all, a great city to raise a family.
"I pine for the days when a 10 year old kid could ride his bike to school without the fear of someone kidnapping him. Those days are gone."
"Dude, that still exists in Plattsburgh."
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City in NE New York State. Site of 1814 Battle of Plattsburgh during the War of 1812. Home of SUNY at Plattsburgh and within a short drive of Clinton Correctional Facility.
We stopped to get gas in Plattsburgh before we hit the border.
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Trident Technical College has selected seven students, including two from Moncks Corner, to represent the college as student ambassadors for the 2013-2014 academic year.
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Stopping in five cities throughout the state (Madison, July 2–6; Rossford, July 9–13; Bexley, July 16–20; and Coshocton, July 23–27), the Ohio Chautauqua brings you face to face with some of our state's most notable historical figures from the 19th century.
"We wanted a theme that would resonate with people," says Ohio Chautauqua coordinator Fran Tiburzio. "Last year marked the bicentennial of the War of 1812, and Ohio played such an important role. So to be able to celebrate the impact on the frontier was especially meaningful to us at the Ohio Humanities Council."
Ohio Chautauqua will offer a variety of workshops for children and adults. Taking center stage are scholars portraying naturalist and folk hero Johnny Appleseed; frontier aristocrat Margaret Blennerhassett; Iroquois leader Chief John Logan; York, a member of the Lewis and Clark expedition; and Oliver Hazard Perry, hero of the Battle of Lake Erie.
The series includes fun and fascinating classes for all ages, in which those depicting historical figures present different aspects of their character's personalities and links to history: For example, Sylvania's Jeremy Meier, who plays Oliver Hazard Perry, talks about the importance of the "Star Spangled Banner," and explores its meaning for us. At the conclusion of his program, children are invited to create flags displaying the important symbols in their life.
"Our scholars have spent so many years researching their characters, they are able to answer using the person's own words," says Tiburzio. "You can ask [Johnny Appleseed] a question and get [Johnny Appleseed's] answer."
Scholars also step out of their roles and answer questions the character wouldn't be able to, such as how they died. Additionally, educators have the opportunity to discuss their research and offer unique perspectives about the life of the character being portrayed.
Since 1999, the Ohio Humanities Council has created a Chautauqua tour. Competition among Buckeye cities is fierce and includes a comprehensive application process, followed by site visits. Tiburzio then makes recommendations based on her findings.
"I see the facilities [towns] have and meet the people we'll be working with," she says. "We want to make sure the events are held in places that are used to putting on huge programs."
"This is something that appeals to people of all ages — kids, parents, friends and neighbors," Tiburzio adds. "We call it 'edutainment.' And that's what it is. It's education and it's entertainment."
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NEW YORK � The seven Big East schools that don�t play FBS football are considering making a break from the drastically reshaped conference � and how best to go about doing it.
In any form, such a breakup would be complicated and conceivably could kill the Big East.
Commissioner Mike Aresco conferred by phone with the leaders of those seven schools early Thursday, according to a person familiar with the situation. The person spoke on condition of anonymity to The Associated Press because of the sensitivity of the discussions.
The person said the schools hadn�t notified the conference of their decision as of Thursday night.
The current Big East football membership includes only four schools � Cincinnati, Connecticut, South Florida and Temple � that are committed to the league beyond 2013. But there are 11 schools with plans to join the Big East in the next three years, including Boise State and San Diego State for football only in 2013.
Because those schools won�t be members until next summer, the nonfootball schools in the Big East could try to vote to dissolve the conference now. Or they simply could leave the league.
The schools that do not play FBS level football are DePaul, Georgetown, Marquette, Providence, Seton Hall, St. John�s and Villanova. Officials at those schools have concerns about the direction of the conference and feel as if they have little power to influence it.
If the schools were to break off on their own, they could do so without financial penalty. The Big East has provisions in its bylaws that allow a group of schools to leave without exit fees.
But what they would do remains unclear, as are the legal ramifications of their actions. Who owns the rights to the Big East name could be up in the air, too. And, of course, there are millions of dollars that would have to be divvied up.
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quote: We've become accustomed to thinking that platforms that look similar are used in a similar fashion. But this is clearly not the case. The shopping data is only one proxy but there are others: developers and publishers have been reporting distinct differences in consumption on iOS vs. Android and, although anecdotal, the examples continue to pile up.And engagement is not a frivolous platform attribute. It is highly causal to success because it correlates with all cash flows associated with ecosystem value creation. Especially when a platform like Android depends more on engagement than "monetizing hardware."I'm not satisfied with the explanation that Android users are demographically different because the Android user pool is now so vast and because the most popular devices are not exactly cheap. There is something else at play. It might be explained by design considerations or by user experience flaws or integration but something is different.
quote: Even after the JB improvements, Android still has a LONG way to go to catch up with iOS.
quote: I'd argue that WP8 is much closer to getting to that benchmark based on the fact that support isn't entirely in the hands of carriers
quote: All that said, hardware makers are still putting inferior hardware and displays into their Android hardware.
quote: Horace Dediu at Asymco had this to say:
quote: That's an interesting snapshot of the consumption of mobile devices, but is there a pattern here?
quote: These reposts you selected are wordy and weak in support of convincing me my purchase of an Android device was a mistake.
quote: This is not at all a snapshot of the consumption of mobile devices but of the usage of these mobile devices.
quote: It is significant because if you are a developer, digital content provider, advertiser or peripheral maker then you are only interested customers who actually spend money.
quote: Consider: in the following areas iOS (which sells less units) is a better platform than Android (which sells more).advertising revenue; ... profitability; ... content revenue; control of the platform; ... lock-in; loyalty; monetization; profits to developers; ... repeat customers; retention; ... trust
quote: culture; demographics; ... popularity with teens;
quote: ...Windows is better than OSX because Windows supports a ton of different hardware options.
quote: I thought the SIII alone outsold the iPhone 5?
quote: There are plenty of Android phones that are garbage and don't even have LTE,
quote: On that front buying a high end Android gives you more. Not just a little more, alot more
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On the mend? Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson is healing Superman-fast after emergency surgery.
Wearing a Superman shirt, the Pain & Gain star Tweeted a photo of himself in his hospital bed after having surgery Monday to repair torn abductor and abdomen muscles suffered in his WWE Champion title fight against winner John Cena.
"Surgery a success! Dr. repaired 3 hernial tears (fun pain). Superman is on the mend," Johnson wrote.
The April 7 match, watched by 80,000 people at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey, was apparently tough on the action star, 40. The operation caused Johnson to miss the Pain & Gain premiere in Los Angeles where director Michael Bay issued his well-wishes from the red carpet.
"Dwayne's hurt tonight. He was pushing it too hard. [He] needs to grow up and stop wrestling 300-pound men," Bay joked to E! News.
Johnson had announced the trip to the hospital to his fans on Sunday with typical "Rock" aplomb. "Saw my Dr. who had to push my intestines back through the tear in my abdomen. Kinda romantic. #Bringiton," he wrote.
Pain & Gain opens April 26 and costars Mark Wahlberg.
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The two principal leaders of Sabiqun, an anti-Semitic Muslim group that advocates for the creation of a global Islamic state, have become popular speakers on college and university campuses over the past several years.
Sabiqun founder, Imam Abdul Alim Musa, who heads a mosque in Washington DC, and Imam Abdul Malik Ali, leader of a mosque in Oakland, California, have used their appearances on campus to promote hostility toward Israel and American Jews.
For example, during a speech at UC Irvine in May 2010, Malik Ali compared Jews to Nazis, expressed support for Hamas, Hezbollah and Islamic Jihad and called for the destruction of the "apartheid state of Israel."
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