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A pressure washer pump is the heart of any washer.
It's easy to forget, as you compare different pressure washer models, that the quality of your pump is just as important as the quality of your engine!
Because the pump is responsible for adding the pressure to the water, which provides you with cleaning power, it's important to know the different pump types on pressure washers, so you can get the most out of your investment.
There are three types of pressure washer pumps: wobble, axial and triplex pumps.
Wobble pumps are used on the entry level pressure washers. Wobble pumps are cheaper to build and they are not replaceable. If you have a pressure washer with a wobble pump that breaks, you'll have to replace your whole pressure washer. These pumps are generally designed to last about 300 working hours.
The next type of pressure washer pump is the axial cam water pump. Axial cam pumps are much more reliable and powerful than wobble pumps. Axial cam pumps have larger bearings and oil reservoirs so they can run harder and longer. On average, axial cam pumps last around 600-700 hours before needing repairs or servicing.
The last pump is the heavy-duty pump triplex pump. These are most commonly seen on the higher quality, contractor level pressure washers. Triplex pumps have a longer life expectancy and are more efficient than axial cam pumps, but they are generally put onto pressure washers that are significantly more expensive and heavy.
My recommendation of the best pressure washer pump? It depends on what you want to use your pressure washer for! Are you planning on using your pressure washer for occasional cleaning? Would you expect to use your pressure washer less than a dozen times a year? If that rings true for you, a pressure washer with a wobble pump is a great choice.
Are you fairly obsessed with power washing? Do you think you'll be pulling out your pressure washer several times a month? Are you buying a pressure washer for the long haul? Then maybe you should consider investing in a pressure washer with an axial cam pump. You'll get years of hard working cleaning power.
Are you thinking about starting your own pressure washing business? Then you really need to invest in a contractor grade pressure washer that has a triplex pump. If you're a pressure washing contractor you don't want to lose time & money so you need a heavy duty pressure washer pump that you can rely on.
Do you have a pressure washer pump problem? Wondering whether to repair or replace your pump? See my Pump Repair page for some important tips.
Looking for pressure washer accessories? Here's a review of the best pressure washing accessories on the market.
Do you need repairs for your Karcher pressure washer? Read my tips on the Karcher Pressure Washer Repair page.
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July 29, 2014
Drivers on Route 495 in Littleton, Massachusetts were seeing red Wednesday...literally.
A tanker truck carrying red dye spilled its load on the northbound side late Tuesday night and with the morning commute the dye spread along a 1,500 foot stretch of the highway.
The spill caused back ups on both sides of the highway, as motorists slowed to check out the red road.
State police have received several reports that the dye is getting on people's cars. The good news for drivers, however, is that it washes off with water.

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Bright, fragrant and gorgeous, the Philadelphia International Flower Show ushers in spring every year with stunning floral displays from both floral professionals and hobbyists alike. The 2010 Flower Show, themed "Passport to the World," featured everything from bright Indian gardens to polar-white, ice-trapped lilies to a display created entirely in old shipping crates. Below, browse through images of orange-petaled giraffes, luscious orchids, rose-backed lobsters and more.
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|The Balloon Centerpiece
|Entryway Display
|Flowering Giraffe
|Giraffe Details
|Bags in "Box"
|"Box" Detail
|Lilies Trapped in Ice
|Polar Fantasy Detail
|Thai Tranquility Garden
|White Orchids
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Skeletal Creatures Carved Out Of Everyday Objects
Artist - Maskull Lasserre
his name is maskull and he carves skeletons you have no idea how happy this makes me
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Arte de mierda.
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'Harmony with self' - Water Color by Rahaf
My friend drew this all by hand in a matter of minutes. She is unbelievably talented
Happy Mother's Day!
Artworks from 'Esteemed,' my collaborative art gallery and eventual fanfiction project about Toph's coming of age into motherhood amongst the stressful duties of law enforcement. These images portray Toph's early days of looking after Lin, and her friends encouraging her through it.
As someone who wants nothing more in this life than to be a father some day, for now, I can only live vicariously through the lives of fictional parents.
This year, I am feeling personally conflicted, as I find myself admiring friends of mine who are mothers, many who've only recently become parents within the last year of two — while my own relationship with my mother is complex, marred by the selfish and illogical decisions she has made in recent years in regards to her own children. It makes me have this weird feeling like, "I wish my mom had made the choices you are making right now." But my mom didn't make those choices. And that's kind of frustrating to reflect on.
But you know what? That doesn't mean Mother's Day isn't worth celebrating. While I may not be very happy with my own mom right now, I'm trying to encourage the friends I have who are mothers to keep doing an awesome job, and keep up the no-doubt stressful work that goes into those early years, in particular.
Wish your own mothers and grandmother's a Happy Mother's Day, of course, but I strongly encourage you to really reach out to someone who isn't YOUR mom and let them know that they are still awesome. You never know how much it might mean to someone to hear a peer encouraging their parenting.
Make sure they know they are not alone, and that they have people who are there to help them be the best parent they can be when the going gets tough — which it does. Even strong, independent women like Toph still need equally strong friends in their lives.
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Senior Citizens interested in taking low-cost courses in a relaxed environment, without tests or grades, are invited to enroll in the Institute of New Dimensions classes, beginning January 8th and continuing though February 7th.
IND continues its 26th year of daytime education this fall. Twenty courses, taught by experts in their fields, will cover such diverse subjects as music,drama,history, opera, art, science, and controversial issues.
Each lecture is 1 1/2 hours. Students may enroll in as many courses as they wish. There is a $5.00 fee per lecture and a $5.00 registration fee.
IND, run entirely by volunteers, supports the belief that intellectual stimulation in a friendly environment fosters a healthy senior population. The program is open to all persons 50 or older.
Tuesday and Thursday classes are given at the Central Unitarian Church on Forest Avenue in Paramus. The location has convenient, free, on-site parking.
Teachers in the program are distinguished experts willing to share their expertise with seniors who are eager to renew or extend their own education. This semester's instructors include current and retired faculty from area universities and colleges, several attorneys and psychologists.
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Sandals Resorts has earned a worldwide reputation for providing two people in love with the most romantic vacation experience in the Caribbean. Currently, there are 14 Luxury Included Sandals Resorts located in Jamaica, Antigua, Saint Lucia and The Bahamas. Each offers stunning beachfront locations; a choice of à la carte restaurants, from white-glove dining to barefoot elegance; all premium brand wine and spirits, including an exclusive partnership with California's legendary Beringer Vineyards; luxurious accommodations in a range of categories; unrivaled watersports including the Caribbean's largest PADI certification program; Butler Service for truly indulgent pampering; nightly entertainment; and signature Red Lane® Spas, with services and treatments inspired by the region. Known as the ultimate resort destination for couples in love, Sandals Resorts is the perfect spot for dreamy and luxurious destination weddings, honeymoons, or the "marriage" of the two, in what Sandals refers to as a WeddingMoon®. Designed to capture the beauty of the Caribbean with a Luxury Included® vacation experience, Sandals Resorts provide couples the opportunity to make life-long memories as they celebrate their love and marriage. Sandals Resorts has set the industry standard for the Luxury IncludedÒ vacation and has been voted the Caribbean's Leading Hotel Brand at the World Travel Awards for 18 years in a row, and World's Leading All-Inclusive Company for 16 years in a row.
With four spectacular locations on the most beautiful beaches in Turks & Caicos and Jamaica, Beaches Resorts is the ultimate getaway for everyone. Every Beaches Resort Luxury Included® Vacation includes gourmet specialty dining; premium brand beverages, including wines from Beringer® Vineyards; luxurious accommodations; a wide array of land and watersports, including snorkeling and SCUBA for certified divers, airport transfers and even gratuities. Fun for everyone means outrageous waterparks, XBOX 360® Game Garages, and exclusive Kids Camps with a full schedule of age-appropriate activities as well as childcare provided by expertly trained Nannies. As a proud sponsor of Sesame Street®, Beaches Resorts offers another exclusive for families, the Beaches Resorts Caribbean Adventure with Sesame Street®, where kids can spend their vacation with their favorite friends from the Sesame Street®. Brand new teen and tween programming will keep coming-of-age guests on their toes, whether dancing the night away at aqua-themed nightclub, Liquid; learning how to spin vinyl; or lounging and mingling with new friends at Trench Town. With additional amenities including Butler Service; Red Lane® Spas, featuring services and treatments inspired by the region; and Beaches WeddingMoons® to make your wedding day just perfect; Beaches Resorts truly offers something for everyone. Beaches Resorts is part of the Sandals Resorts family, the Caribbean's largest operator of Luxury Included® resorts, and have been voted the World's Leading Family All-Inclusive Resort for 14 years in a row.
The Sandals® and Beaches brands are highly advertised and recognizable to anyone interested in a Caribbean vacation. These nationally known brands will attract anyone looking for a tropical getaway, whether as a couple or with the whole family.


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Freedom New Mexico LAS VEGAS, N.M. — Break up the suddenly-hot Eastern New Mexico University volleyball team. The Zias stretched their winning streak to four matches — the longest since late in the 2004 season — with wins on Friday over Denver-based Johnson & Wales 25-14, 25-12, 25-9 and Southwestern Oklahoma 17-25, 25-22, 25-18, 25-23 […]
Zias extend win streak to four in volleyball
Sept. 7 Elida news
Upcoming events: Tuesday: Varsity, seventh-grade volleyball vs. Hondo, 5 p.m. Wednesday: AYP Party for students in grades 7-12. Thursday: Volleyball at Lake Arthur (varsity, junior varsity), starting at 5 p.m.. Friday: Football at Clovis Christian (Yucca Middle School), 5 p.m. Saturday: Junior high volleyball vs. Texico (three matches), 4:30 p.m.
Elida school news — Aug. 31
Week of Aug. 30 Aug. 30: Volleyball — at Marshall JH, 4:15 p.m. — JH (7th) Today: Volleyball — Dora JH, JV, V, 4 p.m.; Individual, football, volleyball and cheerleading pictures Wednesday: Elementary/High School Open House, 6 p.m. Thursday: Volleyball — at Floyd JH, JV, V, 4 p.m.; football — NMSD, 4 p.m. Friday: Volleyball […]
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Sports starting up soon Football season starts Saturday with a scrimmage at Vaughn. The time will be posted online when available. Volleyball season starts Aug. 31 with a home game against Dora starting at 4 p.m. Football schedules and volleyball schedules are available online or in the front office. Check the school website, www.elidaschools.net, frequently […]
Tuesday morning briefing: Volleyball, questions about ice cream and the mess at 21st
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ENMU hosting 5th annual mud volleyball tournament
By Clarence Plank: PNT Staff Writer The fifth annual Mud Volleyball tournament is 10 a.m. Saturday at Eastern New Mexico University on the lawn behind Lincoln Hall. Changes this year include the addition of scholarships, a concession stand and music. "There will be five courts, double elimination and it is open to college students and […]
ENMU rehires Maguire as volleyball coach
Freedom New Mexico Jeff Geiser didn't have to leave Eastern New Mexico University's campus to find its new volleyball coach. But the college's athletic director doesn't think he would have found a coach better than Mike Maguire if he searched the country. Maguire, who spent 20 seasons leading the Zia volleyball team, returns to the […]
Zias volleyball coach resigns
Freedom New Mexico Eastern New Mexico University volleyball coach Kim Falkenhagen has resigned her duties at the school. ENMU athletic director Jeff Geiser made the announcement on Wednesday. "I appreciate all the work that coach Falkenhagen has done here at Eastern," Geiser said in a release from the school. "I wish her luck in her […]
10-4 Elida news
Volleyball Oct. 6 – Melrose @ Elida – JH, JV, V – 4:30 p.m. Oct. 8 – Ft. Sumner @ Elida – JH, JV,V – 4:30 p.m.
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Friday, October 4, 2013: Dr. Laurie Ryan, SMCM '86 (National Institute on Aging) will speak on "Alzheimer's Disease: Targets and Treatments" at 3:00 pm in Goodpaster Hall 195.
Monday, October 21, 2013: Dr. Greg Elmer (University of Maryland Baltimore) will speak on "Domains and Constructs in Motivation: Where Does the Habenula Fit In?" at 4:45 pm in Goodpaster Hall 195.
Friday, October 25, 2013: Dr. Terry Davidson (American University) will speak on "Why We Overeat and Become Obese? It Could be What We Think!" at 3:00 pm in Goodpaster Hall 195.
Alumni Highlight
Dr. Gwen Calhoon '06 recently received her Ph.D. in Neuroscience from the University of Maryland Baltimore, and was inducted into Nu Rho Psi.
SMP Spotlight
NEUR 302. Directed Research in the Neurosciences (4E).
The design, execution, and presentation of the results from an original laboratory research project in the neurosciences. Small group projects encouraged. Participation in the Neurosciences Study Area seminar required. This course may be repeated for credit. Prerequisite(s): NEUR201 and NEUR 301 or permission of instructor.


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Carter® 2 Shot Buckle Release
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Carter® 2 Shot Buckle Release.
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"Company with no future and leadership"
Pros – Good salary, benefits, and community to live in.
Cons – No future, no leadership. The current management is caretakers; the cigarette volume continues to decline the management is hoping the smokeless business will offset the decline in the cigarette volume. For the senior management to continue to receive their bonuses they will need to continue squeeze cost and that translates to continue to outsource and eliminate jobs. The only hope is for British American Tobacco to take the company private when the ownership restrictions from the merger expire.
Advice to Senior Management – Keep squeezing the cost and eliminate as many people as you need to make the stock an attractive purchase.
No, I would not recommend this company to a friend
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"Once a great place to work, now a shadow of what it was"
I worked at Reynolds American
Pros: Salary was great and advancement for hard-working individuals was available. Benefits were fantastic… Cons: After the RJR merger in 2002 most employees expected the worst, however a CEO was brought in who fully understood what made the company great.… Advice to Senior Management: Look yourself in the mirror every morning and ask yourself if you are proud of what you have… No, I would not recommend this company to a friend More
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Even if your tree isn't up at home this is still the perfect time to visit the Silver Educational Center and have fun creating your own ornament for the holiday season. Reservations required, $5 members, $10 for non members. For more information, call 203-322-6971, visit www.bartlettarboretum.org or e-mail email@example.com
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Wilma Daugharty, 99, died Sunday, January 20, 2013 at Fellowship Home.
Funeral Services will be held Tuesday, January 22, 2013 at two p. m. in the chapel of the Carson McLane Funeral Home. The family will receive friends from one until two p. m. Burial will follow at McLane Riverview Memorial Gardens. Condolences to the family may be expressed online at www.mclanecares.com. — Carson McLane Funeral Home


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I purchased this to fit under a pellet stove. The size was perfect for my needs, and the weight made it easy to maneuver. This stove had been in place for about 20 years, with enough play in the stovepipe that a 3-man job was all it took - two to lift and one to position the pad. A side benefit was it tightened everything up so the rattles subsided substantially. Excellent value.
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HTC Twilight 5K
And 1-Mile Fun Run
Formerly known as the Women's Distance Festival 5K
Saturday July 19, 2014
UAH Campus -
Registration/Packet Pick-up: 5:30 PM
1 mile fun run: 6:40 PM
5K Race: 7:00 PM
Awards/Door Prizes: 8:00 PM
Register online here at Active.com
Benefiting UAH Track & Cross-Country Programs
Registration and race number pickup will begin at 5:30 PM at Spragins Hall.
Course is a 5K loop on the campus of UAH. Please click here to view a course map.
Directions: UAH is located
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Then take a left at Holmes Ave., then right on Ben Graves Dr. Spragins Hall is on the right.
Registration: $10.00 entry fee postmarked by July 14, 2014
$15 after July 15 and on race day.
Early Packet Pickup – July 18, 10AM – 7PM - Fleet Feet Sports
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1 mile fun run for kids
Bring the kids (under 12 years old) for a FREE 1 mile fun run before the 5K events.
Mail entry before July 15 to:
Twilight 5K, 2136 Bluff City Rd., Somerville AL, 35670
Awards: Top male and female overall and masters (40+) finishers will receive awards. Overall winners are not eligible for age group awards which will be presented to the top three in the following male and female age groups:
0-9, 10-14, 15-19, 20-24, 25-29, 30-34, 35-39, 40-44, 45-49, 50-54, 55-59, 60-64, 65-69, 70-74, 75+
Tee shirts to the first 350 registered runners.
Facilities: There are rest rooms in Spragins Hall.
Please note: Due to liability insurance requirements the following are not allowed during the race: strollers, baby joggers, skateboards, bicycles, animals, roller blades, headphones, unauthorized vehicles, unentered runners, etc. Your cooperation is greatly appreciated.
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Entry Form Mail to Twilight 5K, 2136 Bluff City Rd.,
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(Fee $10 before July 15, $15 after)
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(Fee $10 before July 15, $15 after)1 mile fun run
Race Waiver: I, individually, (and/or as parent, and/or guardian of the named minor) for and in consideration of acceptance of this entry in the aforementioned event, do hereby release, remise, waive, and forever discharge the Road Runners Club of America, Huntsville Track Club and any and all other supporting groups of this said racing event, together with all their officers, agents, officials and employees, from any and all liability, claims, demands, actions, or causes of action whatsoever arising out of, or relating to any injury, illness, loss, or damage, including death, relating to participation in the aforesaid event. I further state I am in proper physical condition to participate in this event. In addition, I agree that my participation in this event requires that I will not participate with roller blades, baby joggers, skateboards, animals, headphones, or anything which the race director deems dangerous to myself or other participants and that the race director may remove me from this event for a violation of said policy. I further grant permission to this race and the organization conducting the race and/or agents authorized by them to use any photographs, videotapes, motion picture, recordings and any other record of this event for any purpose. I also agree that all entry fees are non-refundable and that this entry is non-transferable.
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Students are very involved with supporting the various teams. Most of the students on campus are varsity athletes. The athletic facilities are great, but they need to expand the facilities to accommodate everyone.
A large majority of students are athletes. Fan support and school spirit could be better. Football/lacrosse field are newly renovated as well as the baseball field. The pool is subpar as it is outdoors, in meters, and not able to be used in the winter or for home meets.
Rhodes has nice athletic facilities. Spacious, clean fields, and lots of equipments. There is a decent amount of school spirit too.
I am not involved in any athletics on campus. Some students attend games but not a ton.
Having been an athlete in high school, athletics are important to me. The ambiance of a football or basketball game are often what brings a school together. Although Rhodes College is a division 3 school, we have school spirit. To my surprise much of that school spirit is fostered in the alumni that seem to always be in the crowd. I make use of athletic facilities such as the outdoor and indoor tracks and must say that they are well kept. I am proud to be a Rhodes Lynx!
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Rhodes is a school that's not very sports-oriented. No one really knows exactly why that is. Maybe it's because it's Division III, or maybe everyone gets too hyped up about SEC (Southeastern Conference) football teams to focus any excess energy on Rhodes' team. Either way, varsity sports are mainly only important to the people who play them or to those with friends on the team. Some students will make it out to a few games each year, but usually the stands are pretty bare. It's unfortunate for the players, especially since Rhodes does in fact have some great teams, but that's just how it is.
Intramurals and club sports are much more popular. That could be because they're a good balance for students who are unable or unwilling to try to deal with varsity athletics with a full, intensive course load. Ultimate Frisbee, soccer, basketball, and even Quidditch have big followings, and students love getting involved to take a break from working and to meet new people. Intramurals are the way to go if the lack of real sports drama is killing you. You could drive to Ole Miss (University of Mississippi) an hour and a half away to see a real SEC game, but if that's too much effort, you're out of luck. Technically, Sewanee is the school rival, but few people are even aware of that, let alone care enough to get truly competitive. Rhodes Activities Board (RAB) has started creating events to try to bring students into the stands and make everyone more involved, and it is working a little bit. You can also try to create school spirit on your own by putting on the red and black, and getting out into the stands, but you might have some trouble trying to drag your friends out with you. It's sad that the sports teams don't get enough credit because they do produce wins, and they're a great thing to be a part of. You don't need to be recruited to get involved—one of the pros to being Division III!
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Pre-Law Advising
Many undergraduates in ILR think about attending law school. In actuality, about one-third of any graduating class will apply to law school.
If you are thinking about law school for the future you may find it helpful to attend programs sponsored by the Pre-Law Advising Network and Cornell Career Services. The university Office of Career Services is located in 103 Barnes Hall.
Students applying to law school should attend presentations in ILR concerning the application process and consult with Laura Lewis (email@example.com) in OSS, 101 Ives Hall.
Things to Keep in Mind
- There is no pre-law major at Cornell, nor are there courses that all pre-law students must or should take.
- One or two S-U (pass-fail) registrations are not frowned upon by law school admissions committees.
- Activities and work experience will not, in the main, compensate for an unimpressive academic record or disappointing LSAT scores.
- Few ILR students send applications to less than five or more than ten law schools.
- Application materials should be submitted to law schools some time between Thanksgiving and the published deadlines. Those law schools with early decision or early action may require earlier submission.


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A Ripple of Hope, a documentary film created by Covenant Productions® at Anderson University, has been named as an official selection in both the New Orleans Film Festival (October 10-16) and the Heartland Film Festival based in Indianapolis (October 16-24).
On April 4, 1968, the day Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated, Robert Kennedy was in the midst of a presidential campaign that was attempting to bridge racial and economic divisions. As word of the assassination spread, riots and fires erupted in cities across the nation. Though urged to cancel a rally before a mixed crowd in the inner city of Indianapolis, Robert Kennedy refused. The threat of violence was very real. But the few, simple words he spoke that night are credited with creating a sense of calm that averted violence during chaotic days following Dr. King's death.
A generation after his death, the words of Robert Kennedy continue to speak to our political and popular culture. The independent documentary A Ripple of Hope, produced by Covenant Productions®, captures one poignant day in the life of RFK and explores a little known act of personal courage and responsibility.
The story is told in part through interviews with some of the most significant participants and eyewitnesses, including campaign aides, civil-rights leaders, politicians, journalists, members of the stunned crowd, scholars of rhetoric and people whose lives were impacted by the speech.
Robert Kennedy's words that night are remarkably relevant today. From the inner city of Indianapolis to the Memphis hotel where Dr. King was shot, A Ripple of Hope explores the passion for justice and the personal courage that linked these two extraordinary figures in life as well as death.
The New Orleans Film Festival includes selected new films in every genre from local, national and international filmmakers. As an official selection, "A Ripple of Hope" will be considered for both the Documentary Feature Award and the Audience Choice Award. The viewing schedule for "A Ripple of Hope" will be published September 18th at the New Orleans Film Fesitval website: www.neworleansfilmfest.com.
The Heartland Film Festival, a non-profit organization, was established in 1991 to recognize and honor filmmakers whose work explores the human journey by artistically expressing hope and respect for the positive values of life. Each October, Heartland screens Truly Moving Pictures from around the world and presents cash prizes and Crystal Heart Awards to the Festival's top entries. "A Ripple of Hope" is eligible for Heartland's Audience Choice Award. The viewing schedule for the documentary will be published September 16th at the Heartland Film Festival website: www.heartlandfilmfestival.org.
"A Ripple of Hope" was produced and directed by award-winning filmmaker Donald Boggs. For information visit www.rippleofhopemovie.com.
For more information about the 2008 Heartland Film Festival, visit: www.heartlandfilmfestival.org . For more information about the New Orleans Film Festival, visit: www.neworleansfilmfest.com .
Anderson University is a private Christian university of 2,800 undergraduate and graduate students in central Indiana. Anderson continues to be recognized as a top Christian college: in 2008, U.S. News and World Report ranked Anderson University among the best colleges and universities in the Midwest for the fourth consecutive year. Established in 1917 by the Church of God, Anderson University offers more than 65 undergraduate majors and graduate programs in business, education, music, nursing and theology.


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The start of the 2012 season has been a successful one for the Oakville and Cor Jesu soccer teams.
Oakville improved to 4-0 Saturday with a . Ashley Burton scored her team high fourth goal in regulation and Lauren Fussell added the winner in overtime. The Tigers have scored 16 goals in their four victories.
Eight different players have scored so far for Summit in its 3-0 start. Kali Thomas leads the way with four goals.
Defense has been the key for Cor Jesu in its 4-0 start. The Chargers have three shutouts in the four games with wins over Edwardsville (4-0), Marquette (4-0) and Ursuline (3-0).
Affton's Haley Stewart found the back of the net five times in a pair of Cougar victories, which moved them to .500 at 4-4. Stewart had three goals in a 10-1 win over University City and had a part in all four goals with two goals and two assists in a 4-1 victory over Brentwood.
Seckman also got back to .500 at 3-3 after a 1-0 win over Perryville Friday.
Lindbergh has had a tough early season schedule and has a 1-2 record to show for it with a 3-0 win over Hazelwood Central and losses to Triad (2-1) and Hazelwood West (3-1).
Lutheran South and Fox are struggling in different ways. The Lancers are 1-3 after giving up 19 goals in back-to-back games last week. Lutheran South lost to Kirkwood 9-0 and De Soto 10-4. Fox fell to 3-4 as it followed a three-game winning streak with a three-game losing streak. The Warriors scored just one goal in the three games.
The Lindbergh baseball team improved to 4-1 after a pair of routs and a classic pitcher's dual. The Flyers used the big inning in victories over St. Mary's and Mehlville. Lindbergh scored eight times in the fifth inning in a 14-4 win over St. Mary's Tuesday and did itself one better with nine runs in the fourth Wednesday in a 15-2 rout of Mehlville. Sean Murphy had three doubles, four runs scored and three RBI in the win over the Panthers.
The Flyer bats took a day off Thursday but one run was good enough for pitcher Jordan Harmon, who blanked DuBourg 1-0.
The loss to Lindbergh is the only one so far for Mehlville in the early going. The Panthers improved to 4-1 Wednesday with a 9-3 victory over Webster Groves.
Lutheran South has been one of the area's hottest teams and the Lancer bats are the main reason. Lutheran South has scored 65 runs in its first six games, all victories. The Lancers got off to a good start in the Metro League last week with wins over Principia (16-5) and Priory (10-1).
Northwest and Affton both made its first wins of 2012 memorable ones. Northwest came back after being down 3-0 after four innings to beat St. Charles West 8-3. Bradley Cornman pitched five scoreless innings for the Lions and also had two hits and two RBI. Affton scored twice in the seventh in its 4-3 win over Herculaneum Tuesday. Anthony Herron struck out 13 and also had a pair of hits, a run scored and RBI to pace the Cougars.
Oakville and Summit each lost a pair of one-run games this week. Webster Groves scored twice in the seventh Tuesday to defeat Oakville 6-5. Parkway South beat the Tigers Thursday 10-9 despite a home run, double, three runs scored and three RBI by C.J. Martin.
Summit fell to 0-3 for the season after tough losses to Parkway North (10-9) and Fort Zumwalt East (4-3).
Patch Female Athlete of the Week: Oakville soccer's Lauren Fussell scored the overtime goal against Mehlville Saturday afternoon. The goal was the first one for the senior who has four assists for the season.
Patch Male Athlete of the Week: Lindbergh pitcher Jordan Harmon allowed just two hits in going the distance while striking out seven and walking just one. The 6-foot-2 junior also drove in the game's only run.


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Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. on Thursday defended the FBI's handling of an investigation into a sex scandal that forced the resignation of CIA Director David H. Petraeus, saying investigators found no national security threat that would have warranted alerting President Obama and senior lawmakers.
"We do not share outside the Justice Department, outside the FBI, the facts of ongoing investigations," Holder told a news conference in New Orleans as he addressed the issue publicly for the first time. "We made the determination as we were going through the matter that there was not a threat to national security. Had we made the determination that a threat to national security existed, we would of course have made that known to the president and also to the appropriate members on the Hill."


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Children have always had a knack for seeing the world in ways that adults miss. Their vocabulary might not be as sophisticated, but they frequently speak with a clarity well beyond their years.
Last week, to help cope with the tragedy of Sept. 11, numerous schools invited students to put their thoughts about the events on paper. The result was a rush of raw emotions, questions, fears, hope and creative suggestions, as expressed through poems, journal entries and letters to President Bush. Below are excerpts from the writings of students at five area schools:


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---- — ALLEN W. BUSH, 90, of Traverse City, passed away Monday, Sept. 9, 2013, at Munson Medical Center.
The memorial service will take place at 11 a.m. Friday, Sept. 13, at Central United Methodist Church, where friends may call from 10 a.m. A complete obituary will be in Thursday's Record-Eagle.
The family is being served by Reynolds-Jonkhoff Funeral Home and Cremation Services.
RACHEL COOPER, 83, of Traverse City, passed away Monday, Sept. 9, 2013, at Munson Hospice House.
Funeral services will be held Saturday, Sept. 14, at 11 a.m., with visitation from 10 a.m., at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Traverse City. Burial will follow in Memorial Gardens Cemetery. A complete obituary will be in a later edition of the Record-Eagle.
Arrangements were made by Wolfe-O'Neill Funeral Home, our family serving yours.
DR. WILLIAM J. DINNEN JR., 90, of Traverse City, formerly of Port Huron, passed away Sept. 10, 2013.
A memorial service will be held Saturday, Sept. 14, at 2 p.m., with visitation from noon, at the Reynolds-Jonkhoff Funeral Home, Traverse City.
EDWARD ORVIL FALBERG, 92, of Traverse City, passed away peacefully Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2013, at Traverse Victorian Assisted Living.
Arrangements are pending with the Reynolds-Jonkhoff Funeral Home.
DOUGLAS ALLAN JONES, 68, of Traverse City died Sept. 7, 2013. He was the loving father of Brian (fiancée Angel) and Stephen; cherished grandfather of Brett, Brenna and Dylan; and brother of Marilyn Balcom. He is also survived by several nieces, nephews and cousins and is the former husband of Claudia McConkie Jones.
Memorial services will be held at 11 a.m., Thursday, Sept. 12, at A.J. Desmond & Sons Funeral Home, 2600 Crooks Road, Troy, Mich., 248-362-2500. Family will receive friends from 5-9 p.m., today.
Memorial tributes may be made to the Salvation Army.
View the full obituary and share memories at www.DesmondFuneralHome.com.
SANDRA MARIE (MALLISON) O'SHEA, 48, of Kaleva, died Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2013, at her home.
Cremation has taken place. A celebration of life gathering will be held at a later date.
The family has entrusted funeral arrangements to Oak Grove Funeral Home & Cremation Center, Manistee.


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Dolores Sundin, 91, of Plymouth passed away Nov. 12, 2012. She was born March 30, 1921.
She is survived by husband, Bob; son, Wade (Mary); daughters, Cheryl Haugen (Larry), Barbara Blattner (Rick), Debra Sundin; grandchildren, Lyssa, Jeremy, Paul Robert and Andrew; four great grandchildren; brothers, Marvin and Curtis Swanson; other relatives and many friends.
Interment is at Fort Snelling National Cemetery.
No memorials please.
Visitation is 9:30-10:30 a.m. Monday, Nov. 19, at Lord of Life Lutheran Church
7401 County Road 101 in Maple Grove. Funeral service to follow at 10:30 a.m. on the same day and in the same location.
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by Henrietta Pacquement on Nov 28, 2012 at 13:17
As we move into 2013, market focus is likely to shift increasingly to growth. Will the real economy pick up momentum? The IMF estimates global growth to finish up around 3.3% this year, with growth prospects expected to tick up modestly to 3.6% in 2013.
While this growth rate sounds appealing, it is a worldwide average that hides a high level of disparity between the developed world (IMF estimate 1.5%) and developing countries (IMF estimate 5.6%). A number of factors are capping growth potential going into next year as developed countries' deleveraging continues. Recent industrial production numbers in the US and the eurozone illustrate the magnitude of the challenge that lies ahead.
Some industries in the Western world are in structural transition and in the process of adjusting to increased globalisation. The auto sector, for instance, is dealing with a raft of capacity reductions across Europe. The steel industry is also feeling the pain as growth is focused on emerging markets, and these are required to consolidate. Another field in transition is the financial sector. Banks are still licking their wounds following the financial and subsequent sovereign crises.
The fiscal picture across the West remains unstable and subject to change, complicating corporate and private economic planning. The general trend across the board is consistent: governments on the whole are looking to increase their level of revenue. The 'when, how and where' this is done generates uncertainty, causing postponed investments, delayed hiring and other unintended consequences. These negative effects are further amplified by the number of countries looking to adjust at the same time. As a result, the fiscal multiplier is likely to be higher than historical trends suggest.
Developed world unemployment levels remain historically high. In the US, while the trend is now positive, unemployment levels peaked in September 2009 at 10% and have since been declining to reach 7.8%, but the absolute level remains historically high. In Europe, unemployment has reached a record of 11.6% and is likely to continue to increase in months to come. This puts pressure on consumer sentiment and reduces capacity and willingness to spend.
Banking sector lending standards in Europe are tightening according to recently published surveys. Banks are still suffering from the fall-out of the sovereign crisis and its effect is compounded by regulatory changes, reducing risk appetite and increasing the cost of capital.
On a more positive note, however, a number of sources of growth have the potential to counterbalance this rather gloomy picture.
Developing markets are continuing their expansion at a decent clip. Middle classes in Asia and Latin America are expanding, benefiting the consumption industry be it in beverages, retail or luxury goods. Global auto sales are back to pre-2007 levels, driven by growth in emerging markets. Luxury brands in particular continue to benefit from these trends.
The US deleveraging cycle is well advanced. The housing and construction markets seem to have reached a floor and are showing signs of growth, albeit from a low base. This is starting to show in the earnings of construction-related companies with exposure to the US market.
Even though funding remains difficult for smaller companies, cheap money is readily available for large corporates in the US and core Europe. All in investment grade corporate funding levels average between 2 to 3% in the medium term.
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Posted Jul 11, 2011 6:40 PM CDT
By Martha Neil
A lateral associate at Clausen Miller who reportedly worked at two law firms for nearly a decade apparently may never have been licensed to practice.
In fact, it's not even clear that Mark Pastuszak graduated from law school, the Daily Business Review reported.
Pastuszak worked as an insurance coverage associate in the New York office of the Chicago-based Clausen Miller. However, the firm notified court authorities in Mercer County, N.J., by letter late last month that it couldn't confirm he was licensed to practice in either state. The firm's director, Edward Kay, said Clausen Miller called licensing authorities "who have confirmed to us that no one named 'Mark Pastuszak' has ever been admitted to practice in either New York or New Jersey," the legal publication reports.
Pastuszak previously worked at Lester Schwab Katz & Dwyer in New York, the legal publication reports. It appears that he is now also a former associate of Clausen Miller, which no longer includes his bio on its website.
Kay wouldn't say what alerted Clausen Miller to the licensing issue. However, the article says the firm, had been seeking to have reinstated a Pastuszak case dismissed due to discovery deficiencies. It contended he misrepresented the status of the case to both Clausen Miller and the client, saying as recently as May that there had been merely a "technical" dismissal.
At least as of April 2009, in a cached version of his Clausen Miller biography, Pastuszak also claimed in to have clerked for "mulltiple" state superior court judges in New Jersey. At last report, judicial officials there were scrambling to try to determine whether he had, in fact, done so.
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A healthy lunch or some much-needed medication?
It's a question that far too many Pennsylvania seniors seem to be asking themselves, as the budget isn't always there for them to be able to afford both.
But it doesn't need to be that way, according to the AARP.
The senior advocacy group says that almost 350,000 seniors in the commonwealth do not always have enough
money to buy food. That's a staggering and sad-dening number.
What makes the situation even more distressing is that many of them spurn programs that could help them put a healthy and much-needed meal on the table.
In many instances, the stigma that surrounds food stamps is stronger than their hunger pangs.
We understand the seniors' desire to stand on their own two feet. It's an admirable trait and one that we wish was stronger in some of the working-age people who are more than comfortable relying on government assistance for long periods of time.
But our seniors are in a different situation. Most have worked hard all of their lives, whether in blue-collar jobs, service to our nation or at home, raising a younger generation. Now that they can no longer provide for themselves, they're too proud to ask for help.
Well, at least when it comes to food stamps. Many more are willing to accept assistance when it comes to paying for their medications.
In rural Pennsylvania, according to a story written by John Finnerty of CNHI's Harrisburg Bureau, the number of seniors enrolled in the state's food stamp program is less than half the number of those receiving assistance with the cost of prescription drugs.
That's astonishing, considering that the income guidelines for the programs are essentially the same.
Much of the difference is because of the stigma attached to the food-stamp program, according to Thomas Snedden, who is the director of the prescription drug plans run by the Department of Aging.
"It's one thing to present a prescription card at the pharmacy," Snedden said. "It's another thing to use food stamps at the cash register in the grocery store."
It shouldn't be. A well-balanced diet can be just as important for senior citizens as many medications. The inability to afford healthy food options can lead to more medical problems, which can result in the need for even more medication.
We urge our seniors who are in need of some help in getting healthy meals to reach out for it by contacting the Cambria County Assistance Office at 533-2491 or toll free at 877-315-0389 or the Somerset County Assistance Office at 443-3681 or toll free at 800-248-1607.


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Gardening Carolina
Appalachian Mountains,Piedmont and the Coastal areas.
Season of Planting
The time at which vegetables are planted outdoors depends on the cold hardiness of a particular species or cultivar. Vegetables can be divided into two categories based on temperature requirements: cool-season and warm-season crops.
Cool-season vegetables originated in temperate climates and have their favorable growth period during the cool parts of the year. Cool-season crops grow poorly in summer heat. Though cool-season crops continue to grow well past the earliest freeze in the fall, they should be started early enough to mature before hard freezes are expected.
Warm-season crops primarily came from subtropical and tropical regions and require warm weather for seed germination and plant growth. They are injured or killed by freezing temperatures and should not be planted outdoors in the spring without protection or until the danger of freezing temperatures is past. Warm-season crops planted in the summer to mature in the fall should be planted early enough so they can be harvested before the killing freeze in the fall.
To determine when to plant cool- and warm-season vegetables in South Carolina, refer to Table 1. Knowing the number of days required to reach maturity, a gardener could determine the appropriate planting time for seeds and transplants by using the average dates of the first and last freezes in their area.
Piedmont: Abbeville, Anderson, Cherokee, Chester, Edgefield, Fairfield, Greenville, Greenwood, Lancaster, Laurens, McCormick, Newberry, Oconee, Pickens, Saluda, Spartanburg, Union and York counties.
Central: Aiken, Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Chesterfield, Clarendon, Darlington, Dillon, Florence, Kershaw, Lee, Lexington, Marion, Marlboro, Orangeburg, Richland and Sumter counties.
Coastal: Beaufort, Berkeley, Charleston, Colleton, Dorchester, Georgetown, Hampton, Horry, Jasper and Williamsburg counties.
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Oct. 30
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30. Re: Quit = Temp BanV3LKRO May 3, 2012 10:07 AM (in response to sgt.viper)
This only applies when you quit 4 times in less than an hour. If you got more real life important things to do, (more than 5 in one hour) you should not be playing.
31. Re: Quit = Temp Bandougeefresh5454 May 3, 2012 10:10 AM (in response to V3LKRO)
I could care less about quitters. What I would like to see change is the way a win/loss is kept up with. If a host dashboards mid match, that person and he/she ALONE should get the loss. It sucks that everyone in the match gets a loss when this happens. I think that the wins and losses should only count for a complete match, From start to finish.
32. Re: Quit = Temp BanPaulofduty May 3, 2012 10:14 AM (in response to Film_Not_Rated)
As for join in progress it should be made only to count once u have chosen your class and activley entered the game therefore giving the player a choice whether to play or leave this works well if the game is about to end or the game is too far gone to have a chance of winning!!!
33. Re: Quit = Temp BanV3LKRO May 3, 2012 10:18 AM (in response to dougeefresh5454)
Yes i put a KD vd WL threat, and why WL is worthless in this game, i can tell you like 30% of my losses are not legit.
Basically, what i promote was "Any game you join in progress , will not count as a loss or win" if you quit or dashboard it will count as a loss.
34. Re: Quit = Temp Banaodhan567 May 3, 2012 10:24 AM (in response to V3LKRO)
What if you have to leave when your friends invite you? or had to go out now? or things you need to get done faster? UNFAIR when banned. -_-
35. Re: Quit = Temp BanLoneTactical May 3, 2012 10:32 AM (in response to V3LKRO)
I have quit before, most times I have to go do something.
Maybe make it like Halo where you quit 20 times in one day and you get a ban.
36. Re: Quit = Temp Bannicedrewishfela May 3, 2012 11:25 AM (in response to V3LKRO)
I've read through this thread and seeing some interesting points on every side.
To me, it seems that the best way to keep it from happening is to actively save stats as you go through the game. I've had it happen both ways to me. I've left early when having a horrendous game (Not all that often, but lets face it, we play for fun, and there are times its just NOT fun), and I've also had matches end unexpectedly when I was having a good game. I've had challenges revoked or had to restart them because the kills I got in that match were lost. It seems if the game tracked kills to your record constantly throughout the course of the game, rather than compiling them afterwards, perhaps there would be less quitters. Dashboarding won't help, your kills/deaths have already been logged. I've had games where I started out horribly and turned it around, perhaps it would convince others to try to do the same.
I also am liking the idea of a DNF stat. I think for most of us, pride would keep us from allowing that stat to rise whenever possible. Life will still get in the way and we will still have to leave games early from time to time, but I think the ban feature leaves too many questions to work effectively for this game.
One thing I would like to see, and perhaps needs another thread, is a "kick player" in-game feature. Got a team killer? Someone stealing your care packages, destroying team's equipment, blasting music over the com system, trash talking, etc? Nominate them to be kicked, if the majority of your team votes for it, that player is booted from the lobby and takes a loss on their record. Some downsides to this as well, I am sure it could be used to bully others and perhaps even cause players simply having a bad game to be kicked, but at the same time would help serious players get rid of the riff-raff that plagues multi-player team-based modes.
37. Re: Quit = Temp BanNIGHTSTALKERUP May 3, 2012 11:38 AM (in response to V3LKRO)
meh...dashboarding is one thing...backing out is just fine with me. i paid 50 bucks or whatever for the game on release day. i didn't pay to get lagged out, shot by invinsible people and heatseeking bullets. i will leave when and how i choose to. but thanks anyway.
side note...i would support a dashboarding ban...
38. Re: Quit = Temp Banstonculd May 3, 2012 2:53 PM (in response to V3LKRO)
They need a system that will not drop a game but only does host migration no matter how a player quits. There however should be a number for how many times you quit that is attached to your combat record. I realize people have things that cause them to quit prematurley but I believe this statistic would help seperate the people who quit just to bolster their K/D and those who are in the normal spectrum of numbers of quits. I also would like to see a game where you do not get dumped into a losing game thats like 2100-6500 and there is tons of air support killing everyone in sight dogs running around and such. These games need to finish with the people that are there, not by dumping some poor sap in the game who has no chance except to get wasted a few times before taking a loss on their record. If everyone quits on the losing team the winning team gets a win by forfeit. No reason to complain about that IMO. This sort of thing does somewhat fall under bad matchmaking as far as peoples stats and how they are selected to their team. This can be horrendous at times grouping the losing team over and over and that can be very frustrating.


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LAURINBURG — In April 1911, when tiny Laurinburg boasted only a few thousand souls, the body of a murdered carnival worker arrived at McDougald Funeral Home, his head smashed in by a tent stake the size of a baseball bat.
His name was Cancetto Farmica, a 23-year-old Italian immigrant who spoke little English, and all anybody in Laurinburg knew was that he'd died in a scrap with a fellow carny, perishing to the music of a steam calliope.
But on Thursday, the town marked the 100th anniversary of his death with a macabre nostalgia. You see, nobody ever claimed Farmica, so he spent the next 61 years as a mummy. For most of those years, he reposed in a glass-topped box on display - nicknamed, affectionately, "Spaghetti."
"I grew up with a mummy in my garage," said Beacham McDougald, modern keeper of the family business. "My house was attached to the funeral home, so I had to walk right past him. It was like, 'There's Spaghetti.'
"So when I say I've got a warped sense of humor, there's a good explanation."
The story of Spaghetti the Carny Mummy occasionally draws a curious TV news crew or lands Laurinburg in the pages of a collection of weird news. In 1972, the funeral home buried him in Hillside Cemetery under a red cedar and several tons of concrete, bowing to protests from a New York congressman of Italian descent.
But the picture of Spaghetti, his skin brown and desiccated, his arms folded, his face dried into a grin, is stamped on the psyche of this town, where three boxes of Jiffy Mix still cost $1 at the Piggly Wiggly.
McDougald paid Spaghetti a centennial tribute on Facebook last week, and dozens of people posted memories of daring each other to peek at the immigrant mummy.
"It was always a thrill as a little girl," wrote Robin Martin McLaurin, "walking from school to the church for Girl Scouts with all my girlfriends. We would stop by to see Spaghetti and scream every time, as if we had never seen him before. It is so fun to be a little girl!"
For the McDougalds, who run one of the state's oldest, independent, family-owned funeral homes, keeping Spaghetti was just good business.
Family found, then lost
Farmica's father arrived in Laurinburg shortly after his son's death, and with the aid of a Catholic priest, he managed to request in Latin that the funeral home hold onto the body until he could consult with the family. So John McDougald embalmed Farmica and waited.
Several months later, a letter arrived from Italy asking that the body be sent home, so McDougald researched the cost of overseas shipping and mailed the family a response. Nobody heard another word from them.
So the wandering carny stayed on the third floor of the funeral home, drying out and turning brown.
Folks grew fond of him, but few in 1910s Laurinburg had much practice at pronouncing Italian names, so the mummy became "Spaghetti" for convenience's sake. The name stuck.
By 1938, Spaghetti was still waiting for his ticket home, but by then the funeral home had moved to Biggs Street and he had migrated to his glass case in the garage.
After decades, a burial
Kids in Laurinburg recall nightmares about Spaghetti coming to life and climbing in their windows, and they dared each other to visit his garage. McDougald still keeps a copy of the term paper written by his friend William C. "Sandy" Barrett, recounting this childhood encounter:
"There, in front of me, was the mummified remains of a man dressed only in a loin cloth," it reads, "and in the corner of the upright box was a large tent stake. ... His eyes were sunken and closed, and in his head were perfect stitches aligned one after another as if the top of the head were a baseball."
In 1972, with all the hubbub created by Mario Biaggi, the New York congressman, the funeral home got a judge's permission to bury Spaghetti. The concrete in his grave lies only eight inches below the surface, foiling grave robbers.
His is the only grave in Hillside Cemetery with different dates for burial and death. Otherwise, he is anonymous among the generations of Southerners who gawked at him.
A set of train tracks passes just behind Spaghetti's grave, and you wonder if somewhere, he can hear the engines whistle - heading east, toward home, without him.
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CrunchBang worth more than just a test run
Next up: OSCON. Get there if you can, and give them my regards because I can't make it this year :-(
Those of you who read these hallowed pages know I have an affinity for distros that — how can I put this tactfully? — are unique and can be arguably considered as "boutique" or specialized distributions. While others may consider them as such, I don't necessarily see them that way — I liken them to modified distros in the same way a Shelby Cobra is a step above a mere Ford Mustang, with the proviso of course that ultimately, like the Shelby, they're not for everyone.
When I test these distros — as I did recently with Kororaa and Bodhi (not to mention the BlueBubble spin of Fedora 15 that Juan Rodriguez built from the ground up, nearly single-handedly) — I generally put them through their paces and, until I update them, I don't use them on a regular basis despite the fact they remain on the laptops they're tested on. Generally after the review consisting of a day or two of use, I go back to my old trusty Fedora for daily digital duties.
However, I'm on my fourth day of using CrunchBang — also known in shorthand as #! — and, for once, the temptation to use it for longer that the simple "test drive" is overwhelming, to the point where it's completely feasible that I may be using this for quite awhile.
The last time I had an opportunity to use the words "crunch" and "bang" in the same sentence, I was describing how an old pickup truck had run a red light and, not seeing it thanks to traffic in the left lane, I ran into it with my Volkswagen Jetta last January.
Yet for those of you keeping score at home, there's nothing close to resembling a crash here. CrunchBang, so says its home page, "is a Debian GNU/Linux based distribution offering a great blend of speed, style and substance. Using the nimble Openbox window manager, it is highly customisable (Editor's Note: That British English for "customizable") and provides a modern, full-featured GNU/Linux system without sacrificing performance."
Without sacrificing performance — let me emphasize this for a moment, because when I first used CrunchBang, running the ThinkPad T30 from a USB stick, the performance from the live media was the fastest I've ever experienced from live media. I'll give credit to the Openbox desktop atop the Debian Squeeze for that. Further, installing it on a hard drive and running it for the last few days, the speed with which this old T30 runs is nothing short of remarkable.
For the uninitated, the Openbox desktop can take a little getting used to, with navigation being a little different than some of the other, more common desktop environments. But what you give up in lacking familiarity (albeit temporarily) you get back with speed and efficiency — I would go out on a limb and assume that the processor temperature never going over 50 has to do with the fact that the ThinkPad's not breaking a sweat thanks to the lighter desktop.
One of the features that I found astounding in CrunchBang was that the VLC Media Player, for the first time, actually worked on this old Thinkpad; I've never been able to get it to run on other distros. I watched part of "Mr. Baseball" on a laptop which had never shown a DVD before. Also, CrunchBang comes with Chromium as a web browser, with Flash support — this may not appeal to some free-as-in-freedom software advocates, but for those who absolutely, positively must have their YouTube and other Flash-driven sites, it saves those users from having to set it up themselves.
A deal-breaker that became a deal-maker: The only quirk it took awhile to overcome was not being able — at least immediately — to replace OpenOffice.org with LibreOffice. There are workarounds outlined on the CrunchBang forums, however the way I did it was to follow the instructions on the forum regarding changing a Debian repository and changing Synaptic to "Download from : Server for United States."
CrunchBang is probably not for the neophyte, but if you've been using GNU/Linux and FOSS for about a year or longer and you are comfortable tweaking your system, you should have no trouble getting up to speed on this quick distro. The site does have a caveat on the "about page" at the bottom that "CrunchBang Linux is not recommended for anyone needing a stable system or anyone who is not comfortable running into occasional, even frequent breakage. CrunchBang Linux could possibly make your computer go CRUNCH! BANG! Therefore CrunchBang Linux comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by applicable law."
I think the lawyers made them say that, because after four days of tweaking, some of which not exactly the most advised (but nonetheless corrected), I have yet to make it go "CRUNCH! BANG!" In fact, I think I may keep the drive with this distro installed in the ThinkPad for awhile for use on a daily basis.
Finally, the naming convention for CrunchBang does not escape mention: Currently, CrunchBang is based on Debian Squeeze — keep that letter S in mind — and the name for the current CrunchBang version is Statler, as in Waldorf and Statler, the two elderly gentlemen in the balcony on "The Muppet Show."
CrunchBang is one of the more pleasant surprises on the Linux distro scene, and it's clearly worth a test drive. Or more.
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The far and the wide
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A wide assortment of issues and items have cropped up in the last several days, all of which are newsworthy and most of which cry out for comment. On the latter, that's what I do. After all, they don't call it "commentary" for nothing.
So let's take a look at some of these digital news blurbs, like
RMS: Just say no to the Cloud: For once, I am completely and unequivocally behind the man behind the GNU. Richard Stallman wrote an article appearing in the electronic version of Der Speigel outlining the dangers of so-called cloud computing. It's fairly simple — your data, held remotely, is not really your data since you don't have possession of the drive that physically holds it. Yep, call me "old school" about this, and I'll thank you for it.
But why is it in Orlando? The release schedule for Ubuntu 12.04 is out and it looks like the UDS — that Ubuntu Developer Summit to the unenlightened — will take place at the end of October or early November, in Orlando, Fla., as usual. Why? Disney World? Who knows?
Who's on first? Though not a news item per se, Carla Schroder wrote an excellent piece on Linux.com about how to find out who and what is on your network. The Linux.com tutorials and "weekend projects" are generally top notch and very educational, and this one in particular takes one through how to go about doing some router spelunking.
Meanwhile back in the Sunshine State . . .: Florida is getting a lot of attention. Red Hat is holding its North America Partner Conference on Oct. 25-27 in Miami. That's about 240 miles south of Orlando, where the UDS will be taking place about the same time, possibly. It's a straight shot down the Florida Turnpike, if you're interested. According to the VAR Guy, "the event signals a shift for Red Hat, which previously lumped partners and customers together at the annual Red Hat Summit."
Now if you'll excuse me, I have an appointment to fiddle with a newly installed version of CrunchBang.
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A comment worth repeating
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[BLOGGER'S NOTE: This comment from Simfox in Rwanda came last night around midnight my time. Rather than have this very poignant response sit in the comments section of the previous blog post, I've taken the liberty of reposting it to a new blog item, including my response to it. I have not changed any of the text, but I have changed the formatting to provide paragraph breaks to make it more readable. Thank you, Simfox, for this insightful comment to my blog. --LtFSG]
Submitted on 2011/07/20 at 11:59 pm
Generally agree with the sentiments re MS, and the logic upon which they are based, but disagree with the Nazi reference.
I work with Genocide survivors and perpetrators in Rwanda and view our human predilection to evil as both reversible and redeemable. We often encounter extraordinary instances of reconciliation and forgiveness here, but they are always (and I repeat, ALWAYS) based upon full and complete recognition of the wrong that was done, an attitude of contrition backed by consistent, long-term acts of restitution, and a humble, determined desire for forgiveness.
It is real, and it happens, so even a Nazi supporter can, with a genuine change of heart and mind, find himself a welcome guest in your local Synagogue.
Which brings me back to MS: what would they have to do to earn my trust as a long-term Linux user? Well, let's see, where have I encountered this before? Step 0: recognition of wrong-doing. Step 1: acts that palpably demonstrate this change of attitude. Step 2: humble requests for forgiveness/reconciliation.
In my assessment MS can achieve this without GPLing their IP, but their latest actions vis Kernel contributions are no indication of incipient rapprochement
Butare, Rwanda
Submitted on 2011/07/21 at 8:22 am | In reply to simfox.
As I mentioned in the blog, this is a controversial position and I have received the same reaction that you make in your comment whenever I make the Nazi analogy. I don't make it often, and I don't make this assessment flippantly or casually. I understand the gravity of the comparison. But as hardline and dogmatic as it might be, I stand by it.
The Nazis in Germany called the Jews and Judaism "a disease" and, I would assume, that those who still advocate for Nazism still do. Microsoft calls Linux "a cancer" and hasn't, to my knowledge, retracted that statement. Microsoft has made it clear in word and deed that they are out to exterminate Linux and any other competition. They have failed here on many fronts, thankfully. I find it hard to believe that they would change this policy no matter how conciliatory and how much repentance or restitution they might perform (and again, I'm not holding my breath for them to do this).
Further, my hat is off to you for your opinion that the "human predilection to evil as both reversible and redeemable," especially since you lived through the recent horror in Rwanda. Perhaps you are right, but I find it very difficult — bordering on impossible — to forgive anyone who participated in genocide. As an aside, I think my capacity to forgive is wide, but not wide enough to include such blatant and horrible sins against humanity. I believe that the hottest places in hell are reserved for those who have participated in genocide, no matter how much they admit their wrongdoing, how much restitution they make, or how conciliatory they are.
Which brings me back to the comparison: Is my comparing Microsoft to Nazi Germany "too much?" It could be. But the point I hope I'm making — the point that spurs this comparison — is that Microsoft, in a corporate and societal sense, is acting in a way that mirrors Germany in the '30s and '40s. By no uncertain terms do I mean to belittle or take away from the grave horror of the Holocaust or any other genocide.
Regarding Microsoft earning our trust: Assuming they did take Steps 0 through 2 as you outline, history has shown that they have gone back on their word before, so to have them open their code and license it under any variety of licenses — having their remorse and restitution in writing in a legally binding document — seems to me to be the only way to approach this.
Further, I think this exchange probably deserves more than to sit here in the comments section of my blog, so I am taking the liberty of posting your comment — probably one of the best I've received ever — and my reply, verbose as it is, as the next blog item. Thank you, Simfox, for sharing these thoughts and I salute you for your candor and courage.
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I am honoured to take on the role of Chair of Correspondents, following on from Caroline Series. The Newton Institute plays a very important role in the mathematical life of the UK and to fulfil that role attracts a significant fraction of EPSRC's budget for the Mathematical Sciences. I see it as crucially important that the Newton Institute's activities contribute to the research activities of as many UK mathematicians as possible. The Newton Institute has a number of schemes which allow and fund short visits to the Institute by interested mathematicians from the UK and also encourages resident participants to visit other mathematics departments in the UK. In order to realize the potential for new collaborations that are offered by the large number of overseas mathematicians resident at the Newton Institute, good communication between the Institute and the rest of the UK mathematics community is essential. That is where you come in.
Later in this bulletin, you will see a description of the communication activities that we hope all correspondents will get involved with. I think it is very important that the communication goes in both directions. While we expect you to pass information to your colleagues about what's going on and how to get involved at the INI, we also want you to pass on your colleagues' comments and criticisms and to let us know about obstacles to participation in Newton Institute programmes.
I hope to have the opportunity to help the Newton Institute review its communication strategy over the next two years and will be asking you all for suggestions about that in due course. I hope you will feel free to get in touch with me at any time and look forward to meeting you at the Annual Meeting of Correspondents in June.
As there have been a number of new Correpondents appointed recently, we thought it may be useful to remind all Correspondents about the important role that they hold and what is expected of them. This list is also available on the Correspondents' webpage.
This year's annual meeting of Correspondents will be held on Monday 10th June. Your involvement would be greatly valued. Invitations will be issued closer to the time, but in the meantime please keep the date free. Comments and suggestions made by Correspondents during the Discussion Sessions are greatly valued by the Institute, and it is hoped that the Correspondents' Day Lecture is enjoyed by all.
No 32: January 2013
1. Turing Gateway to Mathematics
2. New Programmes
3. Grothendieck-Teichmüller Groups, Deformation and Operads: Lecture Series
4. Women in Mathematics Day
5. Workshop announcements
6. Rothschild Lectures
7. Social Networking Sites
8. Reminders
In 2013, the Institute is launching the Turing Gateway to Mathematics to widen access to non-mathematical scientists, offering mathematical insights into their research and inviting them to raise questions that may prove challenging to the mathematical community. The initiative is so named because of Turings exceptionally wide influence across a very broad front, and is being developed as a channel for the interchange of knowledge and ideas between academics and users of modern mathematics.
In addition to running the visitor research programmes, the Isaac Newton Institute brings academic researchers in the mathematical sciences together with industrial, commercial and government organisations and individuals through activities such as the Open for Business events. The success of these events (see http://www.newton.ac.uk/ofb/) together with follow-up activity associated with the Institutes research programmes is a key motivation for the Turing Gateway to Mathematics initiative.
Gateway activity, to be located in INIs Faulkes Gatehouse, would expand on the current schedule to include events such as scoping meetings for programme proposals, bespoke training programmes, summer schools and practical courses on communicating impact, as understood by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) and Research Councils UK (RCUK).
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The organisers of the current Grothendieck-Teichmüller Groups, Deformation and Operads programme are continuing their series of short courses for students in February and March 2013:
The courses will be mainly addressed to students and to non-specialists and will be organised in order to make them accessible to the UK community.
Some funding is available to support students who wish to attend.
Those who were unable to attend the introductory workshop in January 2013 may be interested in watching the seminars online at their own leisure: http://www.newton.ac.uk/programmes/GDO/gdow01p.html
The Women in Mathematics Day is an annual event organised by the London Mathematical Society. This year it will be replaced by a two day event on 18–19 April and will be held at the Isaac Newton Institute. As usual, sessions will include talks by women mathematicians at different career stages and a poster session. There will also be a number of practical sessions to help women get the most out of their careers in mathematics. Sessions will include advice on how to get funding for your first postdoc and beyond and discussion groups on topics such as combining family and career, working overseas and making the next step in your career. The event provides an opportunity to meet and talk with women who are active and successful in mathematics.
The event is open to all but would be of particular interest to women mathematicians, especially PhD students and those at an early stage of their career. Further details are available at http://www.newton.ac.uk/women/WIM/wimw02.html.
Applications are currently open for the following workshops:
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Commuter trains have always been an important means of travel for folks heading to and from the workplace. However, only since the 1970s have most commuter rail operations been handled by city, state, or federal agencies as prior to that time it was the private freight railroads' responsibility. This soon changed following the collapse of the intercity passenger rail business in the 1960s and early 1970s, which prompted the creation of Amtrak in the spring of 1971. While the freight systems continued to handle commuter traffic following Amtrak it soon became apparent that most just were not financially capable of doing so, not to mention that while a necessary service light rail was just not profitable, which prompted many states to begin implementing their own services with names like NJ Transit, Maryland Rail Commuter Service (MARC), Sound Transit, and many more. Today, these services have become increasingly popular; particularly as gas prices continue to rise.
Another service that is making a big comeback is the old interurban lines (trolleys), today also known as light rail transit or LRT for short. Essentially the same thing as the venerable trolley, which during the first half of the 20th century could be found in virtually every medium-sized town throughout the country, these single car or small trainset operations use much lighter rails (hence their name) to serve a local city or region. LRT services have become increasingly popular, just within the last 10 years and have begun popping up all over the country in cities like Charlotte, Austin, Norfolk, Minneapolis, and Portland among others. You can also still find traditional trolley cars operated in New Orleans, San Francisco, and even on SEPTA in Philadelphia.
One of the biggest benefits to LRT operations, particularly compared to "heavy rail" services, is the lower cost of building and operating/maintaining such systems. Still, even though heavy rail services are more expensive (such as what is offered by NJ Transit and Sound Tranist) to operate many of these trains continue to be full, or nearly full, and are becoming increasingly popular for commuters heading too and from work as gas prices rise. And, likewise, over and over it is proven that if the service is offered, the passengers will come. For instance, ridership projections for new trains, whether they be LRT, commuter rail, or long-distance operations continually prove to be too low. Two of the most proactive states regarding passenger and commuter rail services include North Carolina and California. Both are doing a magnificent job developing passenger rail corridors in their respective states, particularly North Carolina.
If you are interested in seeing how a
passenger rail network should be properly implemented, planned, and
carried out have a look at what the Tarheel State is doing. For instance, the four graphs you see here (information courtesy of the American Public Transportation Association or APTA), illustrate that commuter rail and LRT are increasingly
being used by the public (the numbers reflect the total usage of
commuter, light, and heavy rail in millions, dating to
1990 although a further study of such ridership numbers will show gains going as far back as 1960). Interestingly, if you notice some of the largest gains in both
types of rail service has been just since the start of the 2000s, part
of which is due to the fact that since that time more monies have been
spent at the state and federal levels to expand commuter rail and LRT.
In any event, below you can find more information about many of the current commuter and light rail operations around the country:
For an idea of just how many new commuter rail and LRT projects are either in the works or under way please visit this page at Light Rail Now!, the premier resource on the web covering commuter operations and light rail transit. Also, for full data and statistics regarding not only light rail and commuter rail operations but also all modes of public transportation please visit the American Public Transportation Assocation's (APTA) website. There you can also learn about the latest news, happenings, and other goings on regarding the subject. A final resource worth mentioning is the Bureau of Transportation Statistic's website which provides additional resources highlighting rail transit.
Above and beyond everything already said, as Don Phillips stated in his monthly column in Trains Magazine a few years ago that either we as country decide to properly update our transportation network (including our Interstates), particularly passenger trains and their infrastructure, or face complete gridlock as Interstate funding is barely able to keep up with the growing traffic volume. Along with the Interstate issue currently airline service is nothing but in shambles, and for the money invested passenger rail is the most cost-effective solution at reducing highway (and overall traffic) congestion. In all, however, the future of passenger trains in this country looks very bright and here to stay. Finally, for a state guide to available Amtrak passenger trains please click here.