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It was a weekend road trip the Northeast BC and Yukon Trackers would soon like to forget.
The Midget 'AA' regional team went winless in three games during their recent road stint, losing handily to the PAC Spruce Grove Saints and St. Albert Crusaders before drawing even with the Slave Lake Thunder.
On Friday, the Saints, who lead all Northern Alberta Midget Hockey League (NAMHL) teams with a 21-6-1 record crushed the Trackers 7-1.
Saturday, things were no better.
The Trackers were held scoreless against the Crusaders in a 7-0 loss; and looking to bounce back on Sunday against the Thunder, the Trackers appeared down and out but a late third-period comeback assured at least one point.
"Thos teams really attacked the weaknesses in our system," said Trackers head coach Brennen Giroux while trying to sum up the weekend.
He said both the Saints and Crusaders took advantage of the Trackers missed assignments on defence and being caught out of position that led to fastbreak opportunities.
"We gave up a lot of 3-on-2's, 2-on-1's … guys are just not getting the system quite yet."
He said the effort was there every game, but trouble burying the puck in the first two games was the difference.
"In terms of our play, I thought the games were really well played. We did have some bad periods, but overall we just couldn't put the puck in the net."
On Sunday, against Slave Lake, the Trackers trailed 5-2 before Brysan Eklund and the Trackers' third line took matters into their own hands.
Eklund's hat-trick and a goal by Trevor Whynot in the third helped the Trackers finish the weekend on a somewhat positive note.
"We were really happy with how our third line guys and bottom end defenceman [played]. They have been playing well for us right now at this time of the year," said Giroux.
"Especially Eklund who had a four-goal game for us in Slave Lake and was one of the main reasons we came out of their with a really important point with the tie."
Eklund's first goal gave the Trackers an early lead that they carried with them into the first intermission, up 2-1.
But the Thunder rolled all over the Trackers in the second, scoring four unanswered including two powerplay markers.
Eklund went to work in the third scoring his second of the game while on the man-advantage to make it 5-3.
Another Thunder goal, scored by forward Sidney Gladue, revived Slave Lake's three-goal cushion midway through the final frame.
But soon after, Whynot's unassisted effort at 7:12 gave the Trackers life before Eklund notched two more to complete the natural hat-trick and draw things even at 6-6.
"It was a good effort by the boys in terms of getting back into the game and tying it up. Finally the hockey gods were on our side and the puck started going in," said Giroux.
The Trackers are in Lethbridge, Alta. this weekend for a tournament before resuming league play with road matchups against their North Black Division rivals, the Grande Prairie Storm and Peace River Royals.
The Trackers end their season at home with back-to-back games versus the Camrose Vikings on Feb. 15 and 16.


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— SUMMITVILLE — Lucille Harrold, 98, passed away June 21, 2013, at Community Hospital Anderson, after a brief illness.
She was born Nov. 7, 1914, in Summitville, the daughter of Ora and Effie (Dobson) Van Ness. She resided in Summitville most of her life, living in the house in which she was born.
Lucille was a graduate of Summitvillel High School, Class of 1932. She devoted her life, as a farm wife and homemaker, to the care and raising of her family.
She was a member of Summitville First Christian Church and its C.W.F. Guild; member of the T.F.O. Club and the former South and East Club of Summitville. She was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star, formerly of Summitville, now of Fairmount, for more than 50 years.
Survivors include her daughter, Nancy Rosenthall of Summitville; four grandchildren, Matthew (Erin) Rosenthall of Carmel, Dr. Mark (Raean) Rosenthall of Yorktown, Cynthia (John) Hamilton of Greenfield and Michelle (Mark) Bonnell of Royal Center; 10 great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews; and many great, great-great and great-great-great nieces and nephews. Also surviving is her special caregiver, Brenda Johnston.
Lucille was preceded in death by her parents; her husband of 66 years, Herb Harrold, who died in 2001; a son, Gordon Harrold; son-in-law, Roi Rosenthall; and three sisters, Marguerite Hamilton, Juanita Kilgore and Maxine Schultz.
Services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Thursday, June 27, 2013, in the Owens-Noffze Funeral Home, 1009 W. Walnut St., Summitville, officiated by the Rev. Roy Lee and Pastor Nathan Lutterman. Interment will follow in Vinson Memorial Cemetery, Summitville.
Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.
Post online condolences at: owensmemorialservices.com or www.theheraldbulletin.com.

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Gov. Jay Nixon has continued to make budget cuts based on concerns that the Legislature might do something that could reduce future tax revenues.
Nixon's recent announcement of $400 million of spending restrictions is the latest example of how he has tested the constitutional boundaries of a governor's authority to control the budget.
Nixon says he has clear legal authority, but Republican legislative leaders contend he does not.
The Missouri Supreme Court is examining whether the governor has wide discretion to cut spending, even when revenues aren't running short.
Lawyers for Missouri's governor and auditor are battling before the state Supreme Court over the governor's power to make spending cuts.
The Supreme Court was to hear arguments Wednesday on the constitutionality of about $170 million of budget cuts announced by Gov. Jay Nixon in June 2011 and challenged by Auditor Tom Schweich (schwyk).The case is an appeal of a July decision by a Cole County judge, who ruled that Nixon had a legal right to cut spending but also said that Nixon should not have been able to transfer money among various budgeted purposes.
Congresswoman Vicky Hartzler addressed the Columbia Rotary club today to discuss her ideas about how to address the national debt.
Hartzler believes spending plans need a vast renovation if Congress wants to improve the economy. In 10 days, congress could approve the sequester, which will cut funding for schools, medical research, and military defense in order to lower the deficit. Hartzler believes there are other ways around these cuts that would have a more positive impact on the economy.


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Accounting, bookkeeping, and taxes are often some of the biggest bugaboos for small business owners. Often, those just starting online selling businesses feel overwhelmed at the prospect of keeping books and managing money at this level, fearing that they will either need an accounting degree or an expensive accountant to help them to stay on top of things.
While an accountant is never a bad idea (so long as the accountant is a good one), in fact many small selling businesses can get by using tools that are readily available and that go a considerable distance toward automating or at the very least greatly simplifying your accounting tasks as an eBay sellerand they are, for the most part, quite inexpensive as well!
Here are some of those that are the most popular with small eBay sellers.
Accounting and Bookkeeping
In the accounting and bookkeeping space, there are three online products that are really considered the standard go-tos for small eBay sellers that aren't interested in having to get and learn the ins and outs of more serious (and expensive) accounting suites and/or having to hire an actual accountant.
- Outright Bookkeeping - http://outright.com
Outright is probably the most popular and easiest to use of the eBay- and/or PayPal-integrated accounting platforms. The basic package is free to use-just register, answer a few questions, and Outright does the rest, integrating automatically with eBay, PayPal, and your bank accounts to track expenses, sales, profit, loss, your best suppliers, your best customers, needed tax forms (and the data to go on them) and other common small-business accounting needs. Premium accounts are inexpensive (a monthly bill in single digits) and add quarterly and annual reporting and automatic sales tax tracking and management. With a high level of automatic information gathering from your eBay, PayPal, and bank accounts and a lot of very clear and constantly updated charts and graphics, Outright has exploded in popularity since it was introduced. To make things really easy to manage, Outright is also available as an eBay app that can be automatically configured for you and subsequently accessed from your My eBay area.
- Intuit Quickbooks Connect - http://workplace.intuit.com/quickbooksconnect
Also available as an automatically configured eBay app, Intuit's Quickbooks Connect product is an online bookkeeping platform similar in nearly all ways to Outright, Quickbooks Connect begins with a 30-day trial period and costs $12.95 a month after that. The primary differences between these two for most users will be (1) in the face that they present to the user, with Outright feeling much more like polished a "Web 2.0" app and Quickbooks Connect feeling much more like a business-style application, and (2) in the tight integration between Quickbooks Connect and other Intuit applications like Quickbooks for PC (various versions) and Quickboosk online (most versions). If you're already using Quickbooks in other areas of your life or for an online selling business, Quickbooks Connect is the obvious choice for you to automate your eBay accounting.
- Zoho Books - http://www.zoho.com/books/
Zoho Books is also a popular choice amongst small online business owners. While it doesn't integrate as tightly with eBay as do Outright and Quickbooks Connect, it does integrate with PayPal, Google Checkout, and Authorize.net and includes features specifically targeted at project and employee management and the sharing of bookkeeping responsibilities between multiple individuals/login accounts (say, accountants and co-owners), with the ability to establish permissions to control who has access to what quantities and information.
There are a number of other online and offline accounting software packages that have been designed for and that appeal to small business owners, so if none of these is up your alley, take a look at competitors like Freshbooks, Kashoo, or other alternatives that can appear in Google searches for small business accounting platforms.
Tax Preparation
Of course some small sellers would just like some help with their eBay taxes without having to hire an expensive tax preparer or become an accountant themselves. While bookkeeping platforms like Outright have features to help you to complete your taxes, they aren't tax preparation platforms per se and still leave you a great deal of work to do on your own.
Happily, most of the popular electronic tax preparation platforms also either support small businesses and related tax preparation tasks (for sole proprietors) or have alternate versions (for corporations, partnerships, and other company organizational structures) that handle these tasks. Amongst these are:
- Intuit TurboTax - http://turbotax.intuit.com/small-business-taxes
Sole proprietors will find that the regular version of TurboTax is enough to get them taken care of, with businesses organized in other ways able to use the small business version of the product.
- TaxAct - http://www.taxact.com/products/index_business.asp
As was the case with TurboTax, the regular version contains everything that you need for sole proprietorships, while the business editions serve those with more complex company structures.
- H&R Block - http://www.hrblock.com
H&R Block offers versions of their tax software tailored specifically to small business sole proprietors and related paperwork, for those more comfortable using a preparer that has a much stronger "real" (i.e. not just online) presence in the tax preparation world.
Make It Easy on Yourself
Whichever accounting platform or tax preparation platform you use as a small business, the point is to realize that you probably don't have to do it "the hard way," selling on eBay by day and frantically trying to learn accounting and manage your books by night. In fact, if you're doing all the work by yourself and/or by hand, you may be unnecessarily losing valuable time that could otherwise be spent in growing your business.


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For the first time ever, America's Next Top Model is looking to add male contestents to the show—and one Dearborn man wants his shot at stardom.
An open casting call for ANTM's 20th cycle was held at P&A Scholars Beauty School in Ferndale on Friday, Jan. 4.
CW50 Detroit covered the casting call with live tweets from hopeful contestents, who came from all across Michigan—and some, from out of state—in an effort to secure their spot on the show's next season.
In the upcoming cycle of the show, in which contestants vie for a prize package that will help launch their modeling careers, male models will be added to the group of contestants competing for the title of America's Next Top Model.
A 21-year-old Dearborn resident identified only by his photo and his Twitter handle—@whyohwhybri—said he heard about the casting call from his mom.
Hopeful models reportedly waited in line for hours for the casting call. Auditions included an interview and a runway walk.
There's no word on when decisions about the cast will be announced.
Viewers will continue to be able to vote for their favorite models though social media, helping decide who gets eliminated and who stays in the running.


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PHOTO CALL: First Look at Natural Affection With Kathryn Erbe, John Pankow, Chris Bert and Victoria Mack
By Joseph Marzullo
Natural Affection, Featuring Kathryn Erbe, John Pankow, Chris Bert and Victoria Mack, Began Performances Sept. 17.
Natural Affection will officially open Sept. 26 and continue performances through Oct. 26.
Directed by TACT co-artistic director Jenn Thompson, the cast includes TACT company members Alec Beard (Lost in Yonkers, Semi-Monde), Eve Bianco (Bedroom Farce, Dandy Dick) and Victoria Mack (Happy Birthday, Venus in Fur) as well as guest artists Tobi Aremu, Chris Bert, Kathryn Erbe (The Grapes of Wrath, "Law & Order: Criminal Intent") and John Pankow (The Iceman Cometh, "Episodes").
"In Natural Affection, a troubled young man, who, abandoned early in life by his single mother (Erbe), returns from reform school to find her now living with a lover," press notes state. "As the tension between them mounts, their fight for forgiveness and connection gives way to desperation, setting this insecure family on a collision course of reckless, heartbreaking and almost inevitable violence."
The creative team comprises John McDermott (sets), David Toser (costumes), Mary Louise Geiger (lights), Toby Algya (sound) and Lauren Madden (properties).
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If you suffer from constipation predominant irritable bowel syndrome (IBS-C), you may have come across the recommendation to take a magnesium supplement as a way of regulating your bowel movements and easing constipation. Before taking magnesium, or any vitamin, it is extremely important to be educated about possible risks as well as potential benefits. The following is a discussion of the questions you need to consider to make an informed decision for yourself regarding taking a magnesium supplement.
What Does Research Say?
Although magnesium does have a well-established reputation for its laxatives qualities, there does not appear to be any direct research support for the use of magnesium as a treatment for IBS-C. Of interest is a 2006 study that looked at the relationship between constipation and water, fiber, and magnesium intake. The study was conducted in Japan with a whopping number of 3,835 subjects who were between the ages of 18 and 20. Constipation was not found to be associated with low fiber intake or low intake of water from fluids. Constipation was associated with low intake of magnesium and low intake of water from foods.
What Does Magnesium Do For The Body?
Magnesium is a mineral that is essential for overall physical health. Approximately half of the magnesium in our bodies is found in our bones. The rest serves to help cell functioning throughout the body's various systems. Magnesium plays an important role in muscle function, heart rhythm, blood pressure, immune system functioning and blood sugar level. In general, healthy individuals have enough magnesium in their system and do not need to take a magnesium supplement.
The laxative effect of magnesium appears to come through two different mechanisms. Magnesium relaxes the muscles in the intestines which helps to establish a smoother rhythm. Magnesium also attracts water; this increased amount of water in the colon serves to soften the stool, helping to make stools easier to pass.
Does My Doctor Approve?
Before taking supplemental magnesium, or any over-the-counter remedy, it is extremely important that you discuss the matter with your doctor, as only your doctor knows your complete medical history. Your physician will be able to tell you if there is anything about your medical picture that would put you at risk should you start taking a magnesium supplement. A particular red-flag would be raised if you suffer from any kind of kidney disease because magnesium is excreted through the kidneys. If your kidneys are not functioning well, you could be at risk for having excessive magnesium in your system.
What Else Am I Taking?
As a general rule, people tend to view vitamins as harmless substances. However, the possibility for negative side effects exists for vitamins in the same way as for any prescription medication. In the case of magnesium, it may be unwise to take an additional supplement if you are already regularly taking antacids or laxatives that contain magnesium. Read labels carefully so as to prevent a buildup of unhealthy magnesium levels in your body.
Supplemental magnesium also carries the risk of interfering with the effectiveness of some prescription medications. Again, it is essential to discuss the use of magnesium with your doctor if you are taking any of the following:
- Diuretics
- Chemotherapy agents
- Certain antibiotics
How Much Is Safe to Take?
The National Institutes of Health has published a fact sheet that offers a table with an outline of the recommended daily intake of magnesium. The amount recommended varies by age and different guidelines are offered for women who are pregnant or breastfeeding.
Which Type Should I Take?
Magnesium supplements come in a variety of forms, with the most popular being citrate, chelate and sulfate. There does not appear to be any significant health or absorption differences among the various kinds. Just be careful that the magnesium supplement you choose does not contain calcium, as calcium supplements offer the possibility of constipation. If for other health reasons, your doctor recommends that you take supplemental calcium, discuss the possibility of finding a magnesium/calcium ratio that does not compound your constipation problem.
It is important to know that milk of magnesia is a very different product. Milk of magnesia is not intended to be used as a dietary supplement. Milk of magnesia is an osmotic laxative, which works by drawing water into the intestines. This increase in water stimulates bowel motility and increases the size of the stool so as to prompt a bowel movement. Physicians rarely recommend milk of magnesia nowadays, as there are safer and more effective products available to treat constipation.
Murakami, K., Sasaki1, S., Okubo, H., Takahashi, Y., Hosoi Y., & Itabashi, M. "Association between dietary fiber, water and magnesium intake and functional constipation among young Japanese women" 2007 61:612-622.
Dietary Supplement Fact Sheet: Magnesium. National Institute of Health Office of Dietary Supplements.
DISCLAIMER: The information contained on this site is for educational purposes only and should not be used as a substitute for diagnosis or treatment rendered by a licensed physician. It is essential that you discuss with your doctor any symptoms or medical problems that you may be experiencing.


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Reading Unbound
In my recent interview with writer Neal Pollack, he called his first novel Jewball "the book I've always dreamed of writing." And for Pollack, a writer most known for satirical memoir, those dreams of an action-packed, historical fiction with noir undertones, featuring Nazi-fighting Jewish basketball players, seem like they've been a long time coming.
Several of Pollack's previous books, such as Never Mind the Pollacks, Alternadad, and Stretch, feature stylized versions of the author as their main characters, following real events with a veracity hovering somewhere between memoir and creative non-fiction. Given Pollack's body of work, perhaps it makes sense that Jewball would take historical events as its narrative baseline. Yet Jewball is also a book that relishes in genre fantasy. Even though Pollack ostensibly transitions from quasi-memoir to quasi-historical fiction, he approaches his narrative with the enthusiasm of a writer who has been longing to break free from the strictures of reality.
Yes, the story of Jewball is tethered to real events transpiring just before WWII. Yes, most of the characters are based on real people, some of whom are known historical figures. But even putting aside the fact that pre-war America is one of the richest settings of the modern era, in terms of potential for rich narrative, this book just feels more like fantasy than historical fiction. It is to basketball what Raiders of the Lost Ark is to archaeology. Pollack comes at his readers with both genre barrels blazing, combining the experience of an expert nonfiction writer and the enthusiasm of a first-time novelist.
In terms of genre conceit, Jewball has just about everything. We see action, romance, comedy, revenge, damnable villains, and a heroic (though complicated) central character. The story follows a group of Jewish basketball players during the 1930s, whose coach incurs a sizable debt to the American wing of the Nazi party, otherwise known as the German-American Bund. There are long sequences of sports heroics within an archaic, though exciting brand of professional basketball. There is a laconic, world-weary protagonist in the person of Inky Lautner, whose negotiation of his urban underworld works as a sort of noir bildungsroman. There are ethnically motivated brawls between Jews and Nazis, and heaping spoonfuls of comic relief.
In my recent interview with Pollack, he described his book as "a Sabbath stewpot" of all his favorite things, basketball, kick-ass Jews, and noir fiction. But there are good stews and bad stews. This one works, because the ingredients have a common base—a fictional treatment of historical underdogs that is equal parts sympathy and empowerment, with a splash of knowing satire. Pollack's basketball-playing Jews are oppressed by Nazis, superior athletes, and sometimes even each other. They're sympathetic, but they also don't want your sympathy, and are certainly not the typical picture of oppression seen in films. In a word, these Jews are tough. And in the midst of their take-no-prisoners attitude toward those who would deny their right to existence, one can also find a few satirical nods to tried and true archetypes of Jewish identity and tradition.
Take the book's opening passage. We're at a South Philadelphia Hebrew Association basketball game. Pollack writes, "The folks in the crowd had suffered the requisite tight-quartered Shabbat with their toothless Bubbes… But now it's Saturday night. These grandchildren victims of post-shtetl nostalgia needed to cut loose in so many ways… [to belong] to something bigger and sweatier than themselves." Point-guard Inky Lautman is at the free throw line, but he's less worried about sinking his shots than a bevy of Bundsman who are leering at him from the stands, "silently sipping rye from little silver flasks with swastikas on the sides."
Inky calls a time-out and on the sidelines erases the game play from the coach's chalkboard to set up a different defense against the Bund, one that involves a box-out by his team's "plodding behemoth rebounder," who also happens to be a concert violinist, and a diversion by the team band, which breaks into a Duke Ellington number. A bloody free-for-all ensues, one of several we see before novel's end.
Pollack's first novel is the literary version of a great action movie crossed with a sports-themed "underdog makes good" flick, with enough comedy and noir intrigue to make the lulls between fight scenes worthwhile. In short, Jewball is good fun and highly recommended to anyone who likes basketball, noir, Nazi-fighting Jews, not to mention good fiction-writing, or any combination of the above.
Mr. Pensky,
One of the dangers of writing historical literature, especially fiction, is that the modern writer almost invariably tells the story through lens and filters of history and modern expectation. In the early 21st century the idea of basketball playing street-tough Jews seems contrary to our cultural stereotypes an thus a source of potential amusement. However, had the writer written this in the 1930′s it would not have seemed ironic at all. At the time, there were different cultural stereotypes about Ashkenazic Jews the North America. Jews were thought be "natural" basketball players, being thought to be short, wiry, and "clever". It was different game then, there was no "above the rim" in those days and shorter, faster players were thought to be the best. In New York city high school basketball in the 1930′s, Jewish players were dominant. Jews were also thought to tough-guys and prone to criminality. Many leading gangsters were Jewish. Meyer Lansky, one of the most successful gangsters of all time, ran the Brooklyn Mob (and most of the action in Cuba until 1959). Meier "Micky" Cohen was the top gangster in Los Angeles for decades. All of Murder Inc. was Jewish from Benjamin "Bugsy" Seigal to Abe "Kid Twist" Reles and Samuel "Red" Levine. It is amusing to note that the more assimilated German-American Jews found this stereotypes horrifying as it reflected badly on them and there were often strained relationships between Yiddish speaking and German speaking communities.
The irony of this book could be, I have not yet read it, that it breaks modern stereotypes by invoking past ones.


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Congratulations to Waupaca County Environmental Youth Connections and Waupaca County Schools (Clintonville, Iola-Scandinavia, Marion, Waupaca and Weyauwega-Fremont) for receiving Wisconsin Environmental Educational Board Grants for $5000 each. This grant money will support these schools and communities in connecting classroom curriculum with local natural areas in their schools, communities and in the county. For more information on this initiative contact Connie Abert, firstname.lastname@example.com


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COPLEY TWP.: A Collier Road site overflowing with old tires has gotten township trustees' attention.
Trustees approved a resolution Wednesday to apply to the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency's scrap tire remediation program for grant money to cover the full cost of cleanup.
Township Planning Director Matt Springer estimated that the site, at 1666 Collier Road, contains as many as 3,000 tires.
He said the property owner is deceased, and no family members have come forward to claim the property.
Service Department employees have secured the site.


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City Hall renovations, pay-by-phone parking options, sidewalk renovations and new PEPCO smart meter deployment are all included on Tuesday evening's Mayor and Council work session agenda.
Find a summary of agenda items below, and view the agenda in its entirety in the PDF accompanying this post.
The meeting begins at 8 p.m. in the Council Chambers on the second floor of City Hall, 4500 Knox Road. An executive session (not open to the public) begins at 7 p.m., to discuss pending or potential litigation and a legal matter.
If attending, remember that you can pick up a free parking pass at the windows just inside City Hall.
- City Hall Renovations
Architects will present proposals for City Hall renovations and additions, projected to cost between $5 and $6 million. The current building could expand from 16,670 square feet to 28,690 square feet, and the existing space will be renovated. Recommendations also include a minimum silver-level LEED certification, possibly incorporating a vegetated roof.
- Pepco Smart Meters
Pepco representatives will share details about its smart meter deployment in College Park. Bringing the electric system into the "digital age" will create a smart grid that is expected to reduce energy cost, increase reliability of service and environmental protection, according to the presentation included in the meeting agenda. Crews will continue with the installation process through December 2012 until all of Pepco's Maryland customers receive a new meter, according to the Pepco website.
- Pay-by-Phone Parking
The city is considering a service that would allow drivers to pay for parking in the lots with new pay station system by using their phones. A vendor will be present at Tuesday's meeting to present such a product. If this new service were introduced in College Park, would you take advantage of it? What questions do you have about it? Tell us in the comments.
- City Employee Health Insurance
City staff will recommend approval of contracts for health, dental and liability insurance and worker compensation. The vendors and costs are included on page 19 of the agenda, which accompanies this post.
- Radio Bandwidth Limitation
The city's director of public works will recommend that the city procure and use the University of Maryland Department of Public Safety 800 MHz frequency narrow-banded system and give up the use of the present 450MHz system. This will allow the city to abide by a looming Federal Communications Commission decision to narrow banding on two-way radio frequencies. (Not a techy? Bandwidth is how much data you can send through a network or modem connection, according to TechTerms.)
- 2013 Action Plan
Council will review the fiscal year 2013 action plan to determine what items need to be moved to the fiscal year 2013 budget.
- Sidewalk Renovation
The city could receive county funds to reconstruct sidewalks in Old Town, Lakeland and Berwyn. The planning staff seeks council's authorization for its application to the Prince George's County Department of Housing and Community Development for a $90,000 block grant, intended for "shovel ready projects," like the sidewalk renovations. See the PDF that accompanies this post to view the targeted locations in College Park.
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March 21, 2013 | Vol. 39, No. 12
During the regular meeting of the Petersburg Borough Assembly Monday evening, Petersburg Borough Manager Steve Giesbrecht reported that there are over 20 interested applicants for the police officer position and two potential Chief candidates from Alaska.
"The police officer position is the position that Heidi will be vacating," Giesbrecht stated. "We will be replacing that with an officer, not a Sergeant."
According the Giesbrecht, the two police chief candidates are from Alaska and have expressed a desire for the position.
Giesbrecht also reported that the Petersburg Library roof insulation is complete and about half of the shingles have been installed and the concrete floor and mezzanine are complete inside the building.
The Hospital Roof Project, which was funded through State money, should begin soon.
"We were unable to begin this project in the fall," Giesbrecht stated. "We had a timing issue, but it will begin very soon."
Giesbrecht has instructed the Director of Community Development Building Official Leo Luczak, to work with the hospital staff to determine their responsibilities for the inspection process.
"We are recommending to the hospital that they consider paying a Project Inspector for the project," Giesbrecht stated.
Petersburg Power and Light is shortening the maintenance cycles on the Blind Slough Hydro to extend its life before a full rewind is required.
"This unit was put into service in 1955 or 56," Giesbrecht said. "It has never had a major overhaul and it just makes sense to keep a close eye on this."
According to Giesbrecht, the Middle and South Harbors are almost full with people transitioning out of the North Harbor.
Property assessments will be mailed out April 1.
"Property owners will have 30 days to file a written appeal and the appeal forms can be found on the Petersburg Borough website," Giesbrecht stated. "These assessments will not include anything outside of Service Area 1."
The condition of the Rasmus Enge Bridge is being monitored closely, according to Giesbrecht.
"We are making sure we have a significant number of extra planks on hand and we are looking at what it will cost us to re-plank the whole bridge," Giesbrecht said. "We are a little worried about funding for that bridge, I'm just not sure we are going to get any. Re-planking the bridge will give us a couple of years."
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Echo Boomers to Shape Housing Market for Next 2 Decades
With about 62 million in its ranks, echo boomers will drive the housing market for the next 20 years, experts say.
When it comes to the swooning housing market, sometimes it seems only a knight in shining armor can save it, and according to some experts, that salvation could come in the form of the so-called echo boomer generation.
About 62 million strong, echo boomers—Americans roughly between the ages of 17 and 31—will shape the next two decades of the housing market, according to the National Association of Realtors, noting that young homebuyers already make up 31 percent of all recent home purchases.
"Clearly it's a significant demographic group," says Charlie Young, president and CEO of ERA Real Estate. "With about 5 million turning 21 every year, they're going to be driving the first-time homebuyer market for years to come."
[Read: EBay for Real Estate?]
"I believe the market will be fueled by the coming of age of this generation," he adds.
But rescuing the ailing housing market is a tall order for a group that's been faced with mounting student loan debt and dwindling employment opportunities. Younger Americans still face relatively high unemployment rates and many have been forced to move in with family, cutting off what was once a deep well of housing demand.
"People who have high student [loan] debt and people who are in an underemployed situation, they will not have an easy time becoming a homeowner," says Lawrence Yun, chief economist at NAR.
Still, Yun says the tight financial situation many echo boomers face today won't last forever. In the short term, factors such as mortgage rates and the job market will drive the level of activity in the housing market, he says.
[Read: Return of the McMansion?]
"I expect the U.S. economy and the unemployment rate to return back to historical norms within a few years," he says. "And the thing with student debt loads is that as long as people have jobs they can pay that off, so it's really about the job creation."
In the meantime, most echo boomers will rent until their financial situation stabilizes, but that doesn't suggest a long-term, fundamental change in the way Americans view homeownership, experts say. On the contrary, poll after poll reports that most Americans still have homeownership as a financial and life goal.
"Homeownership is a key part of America's social fabric and it will continue to be," Young says. "Not many people grow up to say, 'I want to rent my home.' I don't expect over the long haul there to be any substantial change in buying patterns."
Meg Handley is a business reporter for U.S. News & World Report. You can reach her at firstname.lastname@example.com and follow her on Twitter.


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Travis W. Iles and Tracey S. Todd of Augusta, Ga., announced their engagement and upcoming marriage.
The future groom is the son of Gary and Jane Iles, of Mt. Vernon, and the grandson of George and Georganna Iles of Browns and the late Billy and Laura Mae Siegert of Grayville. He is a 2005 graduate of Mt. Vernon Township High School and a 2010 graduate of Purdue University in West Lafayette, Ind. Travis works for Abbott Laboratories as the therapeutic nutrition specialist, acute care for the central region of Georgia. He is also pursuing his master's degree of business administration at Augusta State University in Augusta, Ga.
The bride-to-be is the daughter of Richard and Lisa Todd of Kokomo, Ind. She is a 2005 graduate of Western High School in Russiaville, Ind., and a 2009 graduate of Purdue University, where the couple met while attending college. Tracey is employed at Georgia Health Sciences University and Health System in Augusta, Ga., as a marketing specialist.
The couple will wed on Nov. 16, at the historical Crowne Plaza Union Station in Indianapolis, Ind.
Travis and Tracey reside in Augusta, Ga.


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Leftover turkey, stuffing, potatoes, cranberry sauce, and gravy can be turned into some wonderful recipes. And you don't just have to make plain old turkey sandwiches either! What about Cranberry Meatballs, Sweet Potato Bread, or Turkey Club Pizza? You'll find these recipes and dozens more in the articles below.
Make sure to store your leftovers properly. Refrigerate food within 2 hours of its removal from the oven, microwave, or crockpot. Cover leftovers tightly so flavors don't transfer. And use the leftovers within two or three days. If there's anything left after that time, freeze it!
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This collection turns plain old turkey and mashed potatoes into really special treats. My favorites of the bunch include Mini Cranberry Filo Bites and Updated Turkey Mornay. Yum.
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This second bunch of quick and easy recipes adds more flavor and includes some ethnic recipes. New Cuban Grilled Sandwich and Mexican Crockpot Turkey are my faves.
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Top 2016 GOP Contenders Distance Themselves from DOMA Ruling
Presidential primary conventional wisdom may be changing.
Rather than simply focusing on gay marriage as a moral issue, some potential conservative presidential contenders – who all condemned the Supreme Court ruling Wednesday that struck down the federal ban on gay marriage – also voiced their support for states' rights, reflecting an avenue to thread the needle on social issues.
But despite the social conservative dominance in two of the three early presidential nominating states, experts say politicians, from Gov. Chris Christie, R-N.J., to Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., to Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., to Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., are not likely to jeopardize their presidential ambitions by choosing not to employ fire and brimstone condemnations following the ruling.
[READ: Meet Vin Testa, the Face of the Supreme Court Gay Marriage Rulings Today]
"I believe each state, acting through their elected representatives or the ballot, should decide their own definition of marriage," said Rubio in a lengthy statement. "For the purposes of federal law, however, Congress had every right to adopt a uniform definition and I regret that the Supreme Court would interfere with that determination. I respect the rights of states to allow same-sex marriages, even though I disagree with them."
Ryan, who was Mitt Romney's vice presidential running mate in 2012, also said he believes marriage is between one man and one woman.
"[Marriage] is the foundation for the family. I respect those who have a different view, and I hope we can carry on this conversation with civility and understanding," he said in a release. "There are honest disagreements over how we should recognize different legal arrangements. The states will now decide this issue through the democratic process."
[PHOTOS: Gay Marriage Supporters Celebrate]
Christie, in a New Jersey radio appearance, called the court's 5-4 dismissal of the federal ban on gay marriage a bad decision.
"I thought that Justice [Anthony] Kennedy's opinion in many respects was incredibly insulting to those people, 340-some members of Congress who voted for the Defense of Marriage Act and Bill Clinton," he said. "They basically said the only reason to pass that bill was to demean people. What I've said all along is what I said when I vetoed the last one, let the people decide. You're talking about changing an institution that's over 2,000 years old."
Rand Paul, in a radio interview with Glenn Beck, questioned whether the government should be involved with sanctioning marriages at all.
"Historically, we did at the state legislative level, we did allow for some social mores to be part of it," he said. "Economically, if you just look without any kind of moral periscope and you say, 'What is it that is the leading cause of poverty in our country?' It's having kids without marriage. The stability of the marriage unit is enormous and we should not just say, 'Oh, we're punting on it, marriage can be anything.'"
[SEE: Political Cartoons on the Gay Marriage Debate]
Keith Nahigian, former presidential campaign manager for Michele Bachmann, says Rubio and Ryan's support for states' rights can also be a conservative winner.
"You are never in a bad position in the primaries being on the side of states' rights and Supreme Court decisions never really influence things as much as people think," he said.
David Woodard, a South Carolina political consultant and visiting professor at Southern Methodist University, says conservatives in the Palmetto State want to pick a winner, rather than just a feel-good candidate.
"The feeling amongst Republicans is that they could have won in 2012 with a better candidate," he says. "To sort of remain hardheaded in the face of the evidence would probably not be wise so coming to South Carolina and just campaign hard on the social issue, I don't think that's very viable anymore."
Ford O'Connell, a political consultant who worked on the McCain-Palin campaign, cautions that there may be some room for a social conservative – such as Rick Santorum – to gain some early momentum in 2016, but didn't think it would be a make-or-break issue."There may be some greater room for a social conservative candidate to be able to walk further through the door in some early states," he says.


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Thursday, January 31, 2013
Gareth gets hacked
Gareth Morgan has gone out of his way to make himself unpopular in the last ten days, so this is no surprise at all; apart from it having taken ten days!
The warning is there loud and clear for any politician who ever considers the madness of banning cats.
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National's Simon Bridges recently banned magnets.
What a nanny in a Nanny Party!
- January 31, 2013 at 2:54 PM
Gareth Morgan should have quit when he was behind, instead he went on Campbell Live again last night to explain again why he is right and cats need to go to work towards his predator free utopia.
Love the hacking, and the picture - absolutely brilliant. I note that it remains hacked with the catlovers picture on the homepage.
- January 31, 2013 at 8:06 PM
- mark said...
Kill the killers.
- January 31, 2013 at 9:41 PM
Website hacking, tool of the intolerant.
- January 31, 2013 at 11:52 PM
- Keeping Stock said...
Normally I'd agree with you Observant. But in Morgan's case, and coming as I do from a feline-dominated home, I'm prepared to make an exception!
- February 1, 2013 at 6:16 AM
I comment when I appreciate a article on a website or if I have something to valuable to contribute to
the conversation. It's a result of the passion communicated in the post I looked at. And on this post "Gareth gets hacked". I was actually excited enough to drop a thought ;-) I do have a couple of questions for you if it's okay.
Could it be simply me or does it give the impression like
a few of the comments appear like written by brain dead visitors?
:-P And, if you are writing on other online sites, I'd like to keep up with anything fresh you have to post. Could you make a list all of your communal pages like your twitter feed, Facebook page or linkedin profile?
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Maplewood Golf News
Our 10th Annual Ladies Social in Support of Breast Cancer is scheduled for Wednesday, July 23rd at 6 pm. This event is a 9 hole/4 person scramble followed by a lunch. This is a fun event with lots of different contests and challenges. Cost is only $20 and is open to the first 72 paid entries. Call 858-7840 to register. In conjunction with this event, we will again be having our ladies clothing sale (with a portion of all sales going to breast cancer). There will be a great all new selection of ladies clothing starting at just $4.95. Sale starts on July 23rd and runs through to the end of July. Everyone is welcome to check it out--shop early for the best selection.
July 7th through 13th is Take a Kid to the Course Week. Kids under 16 play for free with a paying adult after 10 am daily. Make sure you pick up your ballot for the Grand Prize Draw for a golf trip for 2 to Ocean City, MD.


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The staring can be kind of creepy, if you're not used to it.
When our 5-year-old labradoodle, Gatsby, wants or needs something, he plants himself on the ground and fixes his brown eyes upon you. He'll stay that way, sitting upright (with perfect poodle posture) for as long as it takes. He doesn't make a sound; he just waits, staring our from under apricot-colored curls.
It's an effective technique that usually means he needs to go outside, he's hungry or he wants to go for a walk. And Gatsby always gets what he wants, even if it takes a while.
This thing he's good at – patience. It's something my husband and I were reflecting on recently. We both agreed we could learn something about patience from our pooch. What prompted this reflection was our other labradoodle, Garth.
Garth is still a puppy. He's Gatsby's opposite in every way -- loud, klutzy and has an attention span of about 2 seconds. Much of this is typical puppy behavior, but the interesting thing we've noticed about Garth is that when he wants affection, he doesn't hesitate to ask for it.
If he wants to be petted, he'll walk over and insert his head under your hand. If he wants to snuggle, he doesn't ask for permission – he just hops on your lap. As a result, he's consistently getting love.
It's yet another lesson I think we can learn from our dogs.
What have you learned from your pets?
Katherine Sather is an internet marketing geek who lives in Seattle with her husband and two labradoodles. Find her on Twitter @ksather.


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Last month the team at Candy Nichols children's clothing launched a Web site to give their customers another option to view and purchase their most popular products.
Although many local merchants have a presence on the Web, Candy Nichols is among just a handful who are now selling their merchandise online.
In the past several years Candy Nichols closed store locations in Greenwich and Rye, so they felt the new Web site could reconnect them with customers who no longer have a store in their local neighborhood. They also wanted to reach customers who've made purchases while visiting New Canaan from far-flung places once they've returned home.
Candynichols.com launched the first week of September offering the store's best lines and most popular brands, such as One Kid and Petit Bateau.
Candy Nichols employee Tara Carberry (and the owner's daughter) built the site and negotiated with the bank over the terms for online selling, despite being an English and Art History student with little background in computers. Last April she started teaching herself to skills to launch the site while taking classes and working part time.
Carberry is still generating ideas to entice customers to visit candynichols.com, including showcasing on the site a gallery of six New Canaan children modeling store clothing, and offering free shipping and holiday wrap to online shoppers.
Anna Carberry, co-owner of Candy Nichols, says they are able to view their site traffic and know they have lots of "lookers," but that they have not yet completed a sale online. So far they have about 1,000 customers who have provided their emails to hear about store news, and they have all been informed about the new Web site.
Lang's Pharmacy launched online shopping about two years ago and communicated the new service primarily via in-store signage. Retail Manager Shannon Kelly says about 400 customers now utilize langspharmacy.com monthly, and about 800 are registered. Most log on to order prescription refills, which can either be delivered to a customer's home for a flat fee or picked up in store at one's convenience. The site does not process payments.
Although he primarily sells and rents movies at his Gramophone Video Shop, Jack Trifero has gone online with a couple of sideline enterprises.
A few years ago Trifero watched the only local premium, professional photo development store close its doors. To fill the void, he launched Gramophone Photo, where customers can upload photos, edit them with tools such as cropping and red eye reduction, and order them for pickup the next day at his video store. He says he has loyal customers who have been using the service regularly.
Trifero also launched modernhouseman.com to advertise his driving tours of New Canaan's modern houses and discussion of the Harvard Five architects, including Philip Johnson, who lived and worked here in the 1940s. Personalized tours of up to four people begin at his Gramophone Video shop downtown and last for about an hour and fifteen minutes. His clients have come from cities across the U.S. and even from Europe.
Other merchants have thought about offering online services, but have not yet taken the plunge.
Chris Smith, manager at Zumbach's Gourmet Coffee, says owner Doug Zumbach has been considering offering mail order service for their whole bean and roast and ground coffees. Other possible offerings could include biscotti or gift baskets. Smith does not anticipate a launch until 2010, but customers can stay informed of the store's online selling plans by registering at zumbachscoffee.com.
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Sedro-Woolley man with Alzheimer's still missing
By Friday Oct. 5th, 2012 - 8:51am
SEDRO-WOOLLEY, Wash. (AP) -- Authorities have suspended their search for an
80-year-old man with Alzheimer's who walked away Monday from a memory care home
in Sedro-Woolley.
The Skagit Valley Herald reports searchers have covered the areas where they
where they think Ray Jones may have walked.
His family continues to search and thinks Jones could be trying to return to
Ennis, Mont., where he grew up. Police believe Jones may have hitched a ride
somewhere or is staying in an empty house.
His niece, Bonnie Jones Graham of Billings, has been handing out fliers, and
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Easy Vegetable Stir Fries
Gingery Stir-Fried Bok Choy with Cashews
Quick, and colorful, this bok choy stir-fry gets an extra rich flavor from lots of cashews and ginger. You can also use extra-virgin coconut oil, extra virgin olive oil, or sesame oil for this delicious vegan and gluten-free side dish. Recipe contributed by Leslie Cerier. Photo by Tracey Eller. more→
Mixed Vegetable Stir-Fry ("Buddhist's Delight")
If you're a longtime vegetarian or vegan, you've likely ordered a version of this Chinese restaurant standard. It's easy to make at home, and always a treat for anyone who loves Asian-style meals. Serve over hot cooked brown rice or Asian noodles, along with a simple slaw-type salad or a mixed greens salad with orange sections and toasted almond slices. For protein, choose your favorite simple tofu, tempeh, or seitan preparation to serve alongside or atop this dish.
Simple Stir-Fried Tofu with Spring Greens
This easy stir-fry highlights fresh, quick-cooking spring greens, combined with tofu. See the note below for suggestions on which leafy greens to use; you can vary it each time. My favorite is baby bok choy! more→
Stir-Fried Greens with Napa Cabbage and Tofu
Napa cabbage combines nicely with darker leafy greens, adding a lighter texture and flavor as well as visual interest. This dish comes very close to being downright addictive. It's an amped-up variation of Stir-Fried Chard with Napa Cabbage from Wild About Greens,* with tofu added, and the flexibility of using whichever kinds of greens are most abundant in your garden or at the farm market. Serve with (or over) a simple noodle or grain dish and a bright, colorful salad. more→
Spicy Orange-Sesame Stir-Fry
I tell my health coaching clients to get at least four colors onto their plates at every meal, with green being the main color. Without getting too science-y about it, the nutrients in fruit and vegetables lie in their color, and therefore eating lots of colors ensures that we're getting lots of nutrients. Pretty simple, huh?
Ginger Cashew Cauliflower
After you cut each piece of cauliflower into tiny florets using a small, sharp paring knife, the rest of the recipe goes quickly. For a complete meal, serve with cooked brown rice and/or tofu, and a colorful salad. Recipe reprinted with permission from Ripe: A Fresh, Colorful Approach to Fruits and Vegetables * © 2012 by Cheryl Sternman Rule, photography by Paulette Phlipot. Reprinted by permission of Running Press, a member of the Perseus Book Group. more→
Thai-Flavored Tofu and Broccoli
Serve this easy dish of tofu and broccoli in a prepared Thai peanut satay sauce over rice or bean-thread noodles, a simple coleslaw dressed in sesame-ginger dressing, and strips of red bell pepper and cherry tomatoes. Thai peanut satay sauce provides a bold flavor and is surprisingly low in calories. more→
Napa Cabbage and Mushroom Stir-Fry
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Founder and CEO of Eleven Dimensions Media, a media technology company and former vice president of business development of BIAS, a Petaluma audio software company. Member of Technology Advisory Committee since 2010.
Age: 44
Why I'm Running:
"I'm at the point in my life where I want to give back to the community. I have a real stake in the community, with two kids in elementary school. I bring a unique skill set from nearly two decades of international experience in business development in the technology sector and bring a more international perspective having lived in Holland for two years."
Top Three Issues:
- Drawing more businesses to Petaluma, especially high-tech companies, which are clean and green. Also focusing on other sectors identified in the Economic Development Plan, such as health care and food and beverage processing.
- Retaining the historic feel of our town
- Enhancing our access to the river
On New Development:
"There are certain types of developments that can undermine the very attractive force of our town: the clean air, the parks, the historic downtown. These are things that aren't incompatible with business, in fact, they foster it...My tendency is to advocate the reuse of existing structures as best as we can and promote a proper mix of retail that doesn't undermine what we have.
"We need to find ways to draw businesses here, either by offering them goal-based tax incentives (reducing taxes if they commit to hiring a certain number of people) or if they grow by a certain amount...But really there are already a ton of incentives and we just need to market them better. Sometimes the message about Petaluma is tainted and we need to take a positive approach to attract the right kind of business and let people know that we are open for business."
On Being More Business-Friendly:
"We need to be competitive with other cities. We've already made efforts to lower our impact fees and implemented streamlined permit processes. Now we have to let people know about them...But I also have lots of ideas like developing an smartphone app people could use to find which local stores carry what they are looking for."
On Raising Revenues:
"If we are trying to prioritize revenues for the city, while retail is an important component, high-paying jobs is even more important. So it's not that I oppose big box stores, but they are typically offering very low wages that don't allow people to live in this area, which means there is more commuting...
I think the model for retail is changing and I don't know if the larger format stores are working for everybody anymore...People are shopping differently (including online) and I think the days of the huge inventory are over...so as we develop these retail spaces, we need to make sure they are consistent with modern trends."
"You need to have a long-term, mid-term and immediate trajectories to bringing money in besides raising taxes...I think we will need to make more cuts moving forward and I'm not sure every stone has been turned over. I want to see if there are ways we can be more fiscally responsible, while at the same time developing a stronger marketing platform to bring more business. If your efforts start now, the impact can be felt as soon as in a couple of months."
On Smart Growth:
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EYEWITNESS LOCAL NEWSReplica Of Stolen Bell Back On Charleston Hilltop
from Eyewitness News Online
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Videographer: Bob Frank
Web Producer: Jeff Morris
Reported: Nov. 18, 2013 8:20 AM EST
Updated: Nov. 18, 2013 12:44 PM EST
Charleston , Kanawha County , West Virginia
A neighborhood association on a Charleston hilltop has replaced a school bell that was stolen three years ago.
A replica of the Fernbank School bell was put in place last week along Bridge Road.
The Charleston Gazette reported the original bell called children to and from school each day in the early 1900s. The Bridge Road Neighborhood Association had acquired the bell in 2009. It was stolen a year later.
Pieces of the bell were recovered after the theft and used to craft the replica bell. It now sits atop a 10-foot column at the base of the hill where the school once stood.
A dedication ceremony for the bell is scheduled for Dec. 1.
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Fahrradi Farfalla FFX is a pedal-powered supercar
Over the times, we have shown you examples of some of the finest and the most expensive cars developed by the world's distinguished automakers. Also, we have seen some of the crazy and artistic creations like the Mercedes-Benz 300SL Gullwing made entirely out of wood and the Ghost 1939 Pontiac Plexiglas Deluxe which is America's only transparent car. But, the exceptional car like the one we are here talking about, the Fahrradi Farfalla FFX have just found herself a different place in an all-together unique category, for being stunningly and practically different from standard cars. Masterly disguised to look-alike an exotic Ferrari, the Fahrradi Farfalla FFX is actually a bicycle that gets its horsepower from the driver's legs. However, we have also earlier seen the pedal go-kart version of the Ferrari FFX for the budding kid racers.
It may look like a Ferrari FFX, which is one of the fastest cars that comes packed with some incredible 789hp under the hood, but this example only packs 1 human-power to get you around the town in style, that too slowly at the meager speed of 10 mph. Christened Fahrradi Farfalla FFX, the name comes from the German word for bicycle, which is 'fahrrad' and the 'farfalla' which is the Italian phrase for butterfly.
Developed by the master designer Johannes Langeder, who is known for sending his vehicles into real traffic, that moves silently and with weightless elegance instead of making motor noise, the Fahrradi Farfalla FFX has been constructed masterfully from the ultra light tubes and strong adhesive connections. Its low-slung profile body houses a strong aluminum frame which allows the rider to pedal through the road traffic.
This two-seater supercar-style bicycle comes equipped with 11 gear operating mechanism that powers the bespoke slim wheels via pedals of-course. Further, it comes complete with gullwing doors, and aerodynamics and Ferrari-like headlights holding 200 LEDs that replicates the looks of the high-end supercar.
This eco-friendly clone version of the supercar is custom-made and boasts the smoothest red finish that matches the Ferrari's FFX. Undoubtedly, it's paying its due homage to the car it imitates, but it is certainly not an affordable mode of transport, as the enthusiastic buyer has to splash out a total of $1.9 million.
Also, check out the video to watch the supercar-style bicycle in motion.
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Editor, I travel a lot and have written on the subject of gun rights before. Recently in Atlanta, they locked down a school because a neighbor was squirrel hunting nearby. Those people in Sandy Hook, Conn., are getting a new school because one of their own citizens committed murder there. Pretty soon, local commissioners are going to be sending drones through the community to look for zoning violations.
Editor, April marks the nation's "Month of the Military Child" - a time to honor youth and their service to our country. On Tuesday, April 15, as a visible way to show support and thank military children for their strength and sacrifices, the public is invited to "Purple Up! For Military Kids." Everyone in the community is encouraged to wear purple shirts, scarves, shoes, buttons and pants. If it's purple, or can be turned purple, make it happen.
It happened recently - the 20th anniversary of stock-car racer Davey Allison's death. Maybe you remember him. Maybe you don't. But I shall never forget him.
There is nothing more important than the safety and protection of innocent children. Not constitutional rights, not animal rights, not thoughts, opinions, feelings or political beliefs. The lives of children must be given top priority.
Editor, Call me what you want for changing my mind on who I want to support in the upcoming 1st Congressional District primary, but I can no longer say I will be voting for state Sen. Buddy Carter.
The final days of the Georgia General Assembly concluded last week, and much was accomplished this legislative session. There was a flurry of activity as both the House and Senate carefully considered and passed legislation that will now go before Governor Deal for his consideration.
March 18: Day 39 of the legislative session can be as busy, if not busier, than day 40. Proof of this is the fact that we have 83 bills on the calendar today.
Editor, I cannot be the only one who is tired of the status quo in Washington, D.C. Primary election time is coming up, and we have a tough decision to make. We can either elect somebody who is a career politician, like Buddy Carter, or we can vote for Dr. Bob Johnson, an Army veteran who has never run for public office.
Since the policy of the federal government seems to be to snoop on the conversations of private citizens, I thought it would be appropriate if we turned the tables on them. So, I authorized my columnist commandos to infiltrate the White House disguised as teleprompters and get the real scoop on the latest developments in Ukraine.
These are hard times for Congress.
We had a funeral at church the other day, which is not unusual. Rodney laid his work aside and came to direct the choir. That, too, was not unusual. I sang in the choir. Now that was very unusual.
I'd like to take just a moment this week to thank all my readers out there who've been so kind and complimentary to me since I began writing this column a year and a half ago. People regularly call, email and stop me in public to praise my writing and tell me they enjoy the stories I tell, and that means so much to me. I'm grateful to you all for your willingness to step into my chaotic, messy, unpredictable world each week, if only for a few minutes. In addition, I've received some good advice ...
The 2014 Great American Cleanup is under way in Liberty County.
Liberty County School System proud to showcase its STEM initiatives
Editor, This is an open letter to the commander of the 3rd Infantry Division and Fort Stewart:
Their histories, accurate and complete, are lost to time and buried with them and those who knew them. I wish I knew more because their stories would read like a page-turning novel.
I've always heard and read that it's a good idea to involve children in meal-preparation efforts, because they're more likely to eat dishes that they helped cook. That makes sense.
Q: The sassiness that I have heard so much about from my friends started a few months ago with my 5-year-old daughter.
Politically speaking, perhaps the biggest news story this election cycle is the historic loss of U.S. House Majority Leader Eric Cantor in a primary election.
As Americans hop in their cars this summer, gasoline prices are at a six-year high. Thanks to surging demand and continued turmoil in Iraq, gas is quickly approaching $4 per gallon.
Editor, I saw an item in Friday's paper informing me about the fireworks at 9:30 p.m. at Cottrell Field on Fort Stewart. Having been raised here, I already knew that, but was surprised to see they were shooting off their fireworks at 9:30 p.m., instead of closer to July 5, if you catch my drift. As I reflected on years gone by, my blood began to boil.
Ogeechee Riverkeeper Day is Saturday over at Loves Seafood. That's a good thing.
Editor, The special purpose local option sales tax is another example of Liberty County spending taxpayers' money before it is even collected, making the taxpayers liable for county expenditures.
With the July 22 runoff elections fast approaching, I called Junior E. Lee, general manager of the Yarbrough Worldwide Media and Pest Control Company in Greater Garfield, Georgia, to get his thoughts on the various races and to see who he thinks will make it to the finals of the November general election and who will be eliminated this round.
My toddler has a late bedtime. I may even be playing it fast and loose with the term "bedtime." My husband and I try to get our 2-year-old to bed by 9 p.m., but really, what time she actually goes to sleep is anybody's guess.
My grandmother - Daddy's mother - sometimes was called "crazy" by others who didn't quite understand her eccentric ways. Of course, in the South, we are proud of such a label because it means that we are interesting and worthy of being the center of coffee-and-cake conversation.


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- The Lord of the Rings Attack on Weathertop from LEGO
- Part of the The Lord of the Rings brand
- We recommend this product for ages 8 and up
What It Is
With the Attack on Weathertop building set, kids can build and recreate the scene from The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring where the Ringwraiths come after Frodo atop the ancient fortress ruins of Weathertop. This 430-piece set includes five minifigures: Aragorn, Frodo, Merry, and two Ringwraiths. The Ringwraith figures can either sit on top of their horses or be removed from the horses. The horses' heads and back legs also move. Frodo, Merry, and Aragorn each have two faces so kids can give the figures battle faces when it's time to fight. Accessories include five swords, a torch, and a ring. The Weathertop fortress features a tree, a flick missile function, a trapdoor, a weapon rack, a pedestal, and a fireplace with food. The fortress opens up so that kids can play inside.
Is It Fun?
There is a lot of great detail in this set that will appeal to fans of The Lord of the Rings. We like the horses' red eyes and their poseability. While some of the mechanics of the set are not from the movie (trapdoor, flick missiles), they add action to the set and allow kids to make up their own version of the Weathertop battle.
Who It's For
The Attack on Weathertop set is for The Lord of the Rings fans and collectors ages 8–14.
Adult fans of LOTR will enjoy this as well.
What To Be Aware Of
It took an expert builder about an hour to build this set. You should count on this taking a little longer, but enjoy the fun of assembly! No matter how long it takes you to build, remember that building is part of the fun of LEGO.
Even though Sam and Pippin were also in this scene in the movie, their minifigures are not included.
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Hey i was hoping anyone who has an eye for estimating body fat might give my picture a werl.
I'm 6'2 180 lbs.
I'm flexing in the picture.. if its better to not flex.. i can make another photo.
Tough call but id say around 12% give or take
PS: nice nipple ring bro
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Yeah I'd say about 14%.
The problem is that the skinner you get, the more difficult it is for me to give a good estimate. No offense but 6'2" 180 certainly isn't thick or anything in my book (not that it should matter to you, it's all about how you want to look).
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He didnt mention himself being think anywhere....
14% is fairly close
My sig scared getfit.
I know I was just saying I'm not as good at estimating thinner people. I don't know how big he thinks he is but I just didn't want to offend anyone.
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around 14% bro
Time to bulk.
thanks 14% it is...
And i don't think i'm thick. Just starting out seroiusly about a month ago and happy with the small gains so far.
My goal is 190lbs at 10-11% bf. for now.
I dont think you are 14%. I can see your bicep vein and the are around your midsection is kinda lean. I'm gonna go with 12.5-13%


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Schools urge careful driving as buses hit roads
by Staff Reports
There will be additional
reasons for drivers to be careful when Watauga County Schools reopen for students Monday.
A recently enacted law known as the Hasani N. Wesley
Students' School Bus Safety Act stiffens the penalties for drivers who illegally pass a stopped
school bus.
The legislation is named
for Hasani Wesley, an 11-year-old boy who was killed in Kernersville last December by a driver who
passed a stopped school bus despite the flashing red lights and stop arms deployed by the
Hasani was one of four
students killed in North Carolina last year while crossing the street to or from a school bus.
Three of the four were struck by motorists who were illegally passing a stopped school bus.
According to the new law, drivers
convicted of passing a stopped school bus face a $500 minimum fine, a substantial increase from the
previous $200 maximum. A driver who hits a child in the process will receive a fine of between
$1,250 and $2,500.
To make sure
drivers don't escape the increased penalties, the N.C. Division of Motor Vehicles will withhold the
renewal of registration for drivers who don't pay their fines. In addition, repeat offenders will
have their licenses revoked for at least a year and could permanently lose their license.
Drivers hoping to catch a break when
their case comes to trial will be disappointed.
Violators cannot receive a Prayer for Judgment for passing a stopped school bus
under any circumstances. They will be found guilty of a Class I misdemeanor if no one is hurt and
convicted of a Class I felony if their vehicle strikes a child.
Even when no one is hurt, the expense of passing
a stopped school bus doesn't stop with the fines. A conviction for passing a stopped school bus
adds five points to a driver's license for a personal vehicle and nine points for a driver
operating a commercial vehicle.
These additional points can raise the driver's price of auto insurance by 80 percent or more, which is likely to cost the offender thousands of dollars.
The new bus safety law has the enthusiastic support of Watauga County Schools
Transportation Director Jeff Lyons.
"I'm for anything that helps get people focused on child safety," Lyons said.
"There are far too many people who think their time is so important that it's worth putting a child
at risk to save 30 seconds by passing a stopped school bus."
Lyons has the statistics to back up his
Each year there is a
designated date for a statewide School Bus Stop Arm Violation Count, a day when all N.C. school
districts keep a record of how many drivers pass stopped school buses.
Last year's count on March 13 tallied 3,316 incidents in which drivers passed stopped school buses, including eight cases in Watauga County. A substantial majority of the violations -- both statewide and in Watauga County -- involved situations where the driver passed a bus that had stopped on the opposite side of the road.
"Drivers need to remember that stopping for a stopped school bus is not just a matter of 'stop and go' as long as no children can be seen," Lyons said. "Vehicles approaching a school bus displaying its mechanical stop signal and flashing red lights must stop and remain stopped until the flashing red lights are off, the stop signal is not displayed, and the bus is in motion."
Despite the threats posed by inattentive motorists, the overall safety record of
school buses is impressive. The Fatality Analysis System of the U.S. Department of Transportation
shows that a child is about 60 times more likely to be hurt in a personal vehicle than in a school
Lyons said he is pleased with
that figure but he is also convinced safety can be improved with more cooperation from motorists.
"There is no excuse for any child to ever be hurt or killed by someone passing a stopped school bus," Lyons said. "I hope the additional penalties will help people realize that passing a stopped school bus is a serious threat to our children and a serious crime to boot. Safety is always the number one priority for our bus drivers. It should also be the number one priority for every driver on the road."


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Dolores M. Foster, 95, of Centerville, died Dec. 6, 2012, at the Centerville Nursing and Rehab Center in Centerville.
Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at Lange Funeral Home and Crematory in Centerville; with Pastor Lloyd Johnston officiating. Burial will follow at the Oakland Cemetery in Centerville.
Visitation will be from noon to 7 p.m. Sunday at Lange Funeral Home and Crematory with the family present from 5-7 p.m. An Order of the Eastern Star service will take place at the visitation at 6:45 p.m.
Memorials have been established to the Walnut Masonic Lodge-#588 and the Drake Public Library and may be sent to Lange Funeral Home, 1900 S. 18th St., Centerville, Iowa, 52544.
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Rabbi David SternRan into my rabbi last Sunday -- David Stern, head man at Temple Emanu-El of Dallas, very hip and very influential so I hear -- and asked him: "You mind sending me your Kol Nidre sermon? I'd like to post to Unfair Park." He grinned and said sure -- grinned, I'm sure, because it w ... More >>
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A West Hartford First Student Bus and a Honda CRV were involved in a collision at the intersection of Sedgwick Road and South Main Street on Monday morning. According to Lt. Brancoforte of the , the accident was reported at 8:58 a.m.
Three individuals, including the driver of the CRV, were taken to Hartford Hospital for evaluation, police said. All of the injuries were "very minor" according to police.
In addition to the driver, the bus was occupied by two teenaged students.
An accident between a small First Student school bus and an SUV occurred just after 9 a.m. this morning at the intersection of Sedgwick Road and South Main Street.
According to police, there were minor injuries.
Police and fire personnel were on the scene investigating.
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The issue of Airport Security is looked at in many different ways. Is there too much? Is there too little? Is there a need for change? Who?s responsible for leaks in Airport Security? Are Airports safe? If they are not, how can we make them safe? These are the questions I am going to answer. First I will go into the current security regulations. Air travelers are limited to one carry on bag and one personal item on all flights. All passengers need a government issued ID and boarding pass to get by security check points. Chris Woodward stated how all electronical items, such as laptops and cell phones are additionally screened along with random pat-downs. All weapons of any kind are prohibited past security checkpoints including tweezers, nail files, and disposable razors (Woodward). Now I will go into the current changes that are being examined at our airports today. One new idea is to change pre-boarding questions. Gary Stroller (B) explains how the current pre-boarding question ?Has anyone unknown to you asked you to carry any item on this flight?? has its biases. Charlie Leblanc of Houston based Air Security International stated that the reason that the question is worded that way is because airlines don?t want to slo Continue...
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There are mixed emotions about this, some people think it will speed up the screening process and increase the amount of overhead space (Woodward). Another innovation is the use of the internet to watch the cockpit from the ground. Anytime the aircraft is on the ground airlines are losing money which will transfer into increased airfare (Bayles). Another instance a team managed to get by a passenger x-ray having on them a gun sealed under their belt buckle and an automatic Mac2 machine gun on their back. New changes need to be made and they are for the positive. The public wants some input on this subject and the government and departments of transportation are shutting them out. Having only one carry on bag would be an inconvenience that some are not ready to deal with. An example is in 1986 a young Irish woman by the name of Anne Murphy was given a bag to carry on an airplane from her boyfriend containing 3 pounds of plastic explosives. The FAA is also doing background checks on anybody that has access to the tarmac like runway employees, baggage employees, etc. These security questions are mandatory and should be followed as so. Blake Morrison (A) explains that the 1 vulnerability at airports today is the level of training and turnovers of screeners. Pilots will then be permitted to carry a weapon on board. If not, the confidence of the screeners will never be met by the public.
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State Rep. Hugh Crawford will continue to chair the House Regulatory Reform Committee for the 2013-2014 legislative term. This is Crawford's second term as chair of this committee.
"I am looking forward to my second term as chair of the Regulatory Reform Committee," said Crawford, R-Novi. "Regulatory issues play a big part in the success of our state's economy, and it is important to continue looking for ways to remove obstacles and help residents of our state succeed."
Crawford says the committee will focus on continuing to eliminate and reform regulations where possible to help make Michigan's economy even healthier.
In addition to chairing the Regulatory Reform Committee, Crawford will serve on the Education, Health Policy, and Tourism Committees.
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Derry, N.H. — Maureen A. (O'Connor) Chapman, age 71, of Derry, N.H., died Wednesday at the Community Hospice House, Merrimack, N.H. She was born in Somerville, Mass., grew up and was educated in Belmont, Mass. She was a resident of Derry for the past 24 years, formerly of Haverhill. Maureen was a social worker for the State of Massachusetts in Haverhill. She enjoyed traveling and loved doing crafts.
She was predeceased by her son David Bennett. She is survived by her husband, Woody Chapman of Derry; children, Darlene Sampson of Derry, John and his wife, Carey Bennett of Seffner, Fla., and Paul Bennett of Burlington, Iowa; stepchildren, Kathy and her husband, Peter Robinson of Derry, Bob and his wife, Sue Chapman of Windham, Beth Chapman and her husband, Mohamed of Burlington, Conn., David and his wife, Kate Chapman of Pelham, N.H., Gary and his wife, Laurie Chapman of Colchester, Conn., and Glenn and his wife, Toni Chapman of Seabrook, N.H.; sister, Peggy Lyons of Belmont; 17 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews.
ARRANGEMENTS: Funeral services will be held Monday, March 11 at 10:30 a.m. at the Douglas & Johnson Funeral Home, 214 Main St, Salem, N.H. Burial will follow in Cemetery on the Plain, Windham. Calling hours will be Sunday, March 10 from 2-6 p.m. at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Community Hospice House 210 Naticook Rd, Merrimack, NH 03054. To send a message of condolence to the family, please view the obituary at www.douglasandjohnson.com