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Think it is cold?
Winter: Fun or Awful?
Sure building a snow dragon is cool, but what about the other stuff?
Gotta Love Winter
You know it's cold when your transport freezes like an ice cube.
Something to do in Buffalo
Winters in Buffalo, NY can be long, cold, snowy, and depressing. Well what if I told you if you were in Buffalo this winter you could have walked through on giant ice maze?? Excited? Who is up for a road trip??
Winter will soon be gone
Everyone complains about the cold, snow, wind and can't wait for summer, but when winter is gone I miss the quiet of a cold snowy day. I got a bit deep their right? There are 67 pictures so make sure you go to page 2 at the bottom.
It's Still Winter
They are calling for a balmy 41 degrees in New York City today, but don't be fooled because it is still winter!
Beautiful Winter
For those of you in the Northeast section of the US we are supposed to get hammered with another blizzard tomorrow. They are calling for over 10″ of snow in the NYC area and another 20″ or so doe Washington, DC.
Ice can be very cool
I woke up this morning to find a nice layer of snow outside which meant I had to clean off my car and deal with a slushy NYC. Of course even when winter is a bit on the annoying side you can always find some beauty is simple things…like ice.
Snow Art
Some artist decided that normal paper was not good enough for his art and decided to use the snow as his canvas instead. Very nicely done until the wind comes or more snow falls. Pity.
Impressive Ice Sculptures
These are 'cool' (pun intended)!
Summer Ice Sculptures
Very interesting concept in a Moscow Park with the theme: "Mini-Winter in the City during Summer" featuring ice sculptures of all kinds. Not sure how environmentally friendly this event is considering the amount of energy required to keep the ice frozen during Summer of Aug 08!
Winter Photos
A little bit more photos to remind you how picturesque winter can be!


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New Year's Resolutions I Wish Food Companies Would Make (and Keep)
Calling for a stand against BPA, inulin and "kid-targeted sugar bombs."
Rather than focus on self-improvement this Jan. 1, I've decided to take the easy way out: I'm calling foul on a few unflattering practices of food companies that I wish would change. Here are three resolutions I wish the food industry would make for 2014 – feel free to nominate additional ones in the comments section!
1. "We resolve to remove BPA from all of our food packaging – not just the stuff intended for babies."
Bisphenol-A (BPA) is a chemical used widely in food packaging, particularly in can liners and certain plastics. In animal studies, it has been shown to be an endocrine-disrupting chemical, meaning that it interferes with normal hormonal function.
Worldwide, multiple health authorities have investigated available research on BPA and come to mostly the same conclusion: It's not safe enough for infants and children under 3, but plenty safe for the rest of us. France is a notable exception, as it has recently extended a ban on BPA in baby products to prohibit use of BPA for all food packaging due to ongoing safety concerns. (As if I needed another reason to love eating in France.)
Here in the U.S., the FDA maintains the safety of BPA in food applications based on the small amounts that actually leach into food from its packaging as well as on data that show accumulation in humans to be far below levels currently considered toxic. Nonetheless, as the result of some concern about potential effects of BPA on "brain, behavior and prostate gland in fetuses, infants, and young children," industry players voluntarily removed it from baby bottles, sippy cups and infant formula can liners within the past few years – a move that the FDA supported. (It is banned in Canada, the European Union and certain Asian countries for use in baby products as well.) Of note, not all scientific bodies agree with the FDA's reading of available scientific data on BPA with regards to its safety for adults and older kids.
So, is BPA going to be another one of those chemicals that's officially deemed safe … until it's not? In other words, if it's risky enough that we don't want to expose our babies to it, why is it OK to keep it in the food supply so that the rest of us – including, notably, older children and pregnant women – continue to be exposed to it?
[Read: The New Pregnancy Nutrition Rules.]
A handful of food manufacturers, such as Eden Organics, Muir Glen Organic, Amy's Kitchen, Wild Planet and Native Forest, have figured out how to remove BPA from their canned foods, which range from beans, soups and tuna to tomatoes, fruit, vegetables and coconut milk. With suitable alternatives now available and lingering concerns about BPA exposure beyond a certain threshold, why wouldn't the rest of you food companies just follow suit?
2. "We resolve to stop putting inulin in every possible food imaginable to bulk up its fiber credentials." Inulin, also known as chicory root fiber, is a naturally derived prebiotic fiber – or, an indigestible, highly fermentable carbohydrate that feeds the beneficial bacteria in our guts so that they can grow and prosper. But as is the case with any highly fermentable food, doses above a certain threshold can cause excessive flatulence, GI discomfort or diarrhea – and can be particularly distressing for people with more sensitive digestive systems.
[See: Foods That Cause Bloating.]
If inulin were only in the occasional random product, so be it. But these days, there's no escaping it. It's in breakfast cereals, granolas and low-fat yogurts; most protein bars and granola bars; breads and baked treats. Pretty much any product marketed as low-carb, low-sugar or high-fiber is highly likely to contain it – often in hefty doses. It's getting increasingly hard to find a packaged food that doesn't have inulin, meaning that the doses can really start to add up in a typical American diet. As a result, options are becoming increasingly limited for people who don't particularly care to produce enough gas to fuel their own cars.
While I understand – and even appreciate – the effort to boost the paltry fiber intake in the average American diet, there are a lot of other ways to do it. Whole foods-derived fibers like oat bran, chia seeds and coconut flour are far less fermentable than inulin and provide substantial nutritional and digestive benefits while delivering those impressive fiber numbers. There's a world of ingredients out there … Can't you people start thinking outside the inulin box?
[See: Seeds 101: A Guide, From Chia to Hemp.]
3. "We resolve to stop hiding kid-targeted sugar bombs under deceiving healthy halos."
Consumers have come to expect sugar in the most obvious places such as cookies, soda, juice and ice cream. But parents who go out of their way to seek out organic products, particularly those marketed under the pretense of containing "superfoods," are being seriously duped.
For example: A popular baby food company sells toddler-targeted, 4-ounce Greek yogurt smoothie snacks that call out kale and spinach on the front label … but report a whopping 22 grams (5 ½ teaspoons) of sugar on the back label! (By way of context, pure apple juice contains 12 grams in a 4-ounce serving; chocolate ice cream has 17 grams). Nutritionally, I think its safe to say this is not exactly what a kale-minded mom has in mind when she grabs it off the shelf in a hurry.
[Read: Is Organic Food Better?]
Unfortunately, this is but one (albeit egregious) example of an increasingly widespread practice among marketers of supposedly healthy snacks and beverages for kids. We parents expect more integrity from you organic food companies. Step it up.
If you've got issues with a food industry practice, whether it's how companies formulate, package or market their products, speak up! I routinely e-mail food companies with such gripes and always receive a response. Consumer pressure has resulted in a variety of changes in how these companies do business, and the power of our collective voices – and purse strings – can go a long way.
[Read: It's Up to Us, Not Our Kids, to Change the Food Environment.]
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Tamara Duker Freuman, MS, RD, CDN, is a registered dietitian whose NYC-based clinical practice specializes in digestive disorders, celiac Disease, and food intolerances. Her personal blog, www.tamaraduker.com, focuses on healthy eating and gluten-free living.
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Big Vince Country
I don't know how Vince Vaughn is feeling, but I'm still worn out from his visit to Big Orange Country Thursday.
Get your mind out of the gutter. I'm just saying that, what with working and playing with the "Wedding Crashers" star, it was a very long, busy yet fun day.
Vaughn came to town to promote his upcoming film "Vince Vaughn's Wild West Comedy Show: 30 Days & 30 Nights -- Hollywood to the Heartland." (Yes, the title is almost as long as Vaughn is tall.) The documentary doesn't reach theaters until February, but Vaughn -- who appears in the film and is one of its producers -- is trying to put some heat behind it by holding special screenings in college towns and cities around the country.
Vaughn's modern version of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show consisted of Vaughn taking four rising comedians (Ahmed Ahmed, John Caparulo, Bret Ernst, Sebastian Maniscalco) out on the road to do 30 shows in 30 days. Vaughn and some special guests warmed up the crowd at each venue before the comics took the stage. The documentary captures more than just their performances. It addresses the state of live comedy, the struggles each of these guys has faced and the growth they make during this marathon tour.
Which, by the way, took place in September 2005 -- right after Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast.
Yes, that played a large role in both the tour itinerary and the perspective of the men on the tour.
During his Knoxville stop Thursday, Vaughn did press interviews and visited the UT campus during the day, After a sneak-preview evening screening at the Regal Riviera downtown, he met with fans at an invitation-only reception at nearby Sapphire.
Guests included several UT football players, including quarterback Erik Ainge, who was quick to show me that he was drinking water and not something alcoholic. I already had a crick in my neck from talking with 6-foot-5 Vaughn earlier in the day. Ainge, at 6-6, had me wondering if I was going to have to visit a chiropractor. These guys are seriously tall, especially next to a hobbit like me. As you might expect, Ainge had his own fans hitting him up for photos and such. But nothing like Vaughn's.
The crowd thinned out eventually, and I was able to hang with Vaughn, his best friend, Peter Billingsley (yes, Ralphie from "A Christmas Story"; he's now a producer), and several other members of his team, including some of the sharpest and coolest publicists in the world (I'd name names, but they don't like that; they want to keep the focus on their peeps). Anyway, I was able to ask Vaughn about something that I didn't get to bring up during our interview earlier.
I'd read on Wikipedia that Vaughn is a registered Republican. Now, some of my best friends (and even family members) are Republicans, but it's just not something I like to know about people I like. I told him about seeing that bit of trivia, and he was not pleased to hear it (and even made plans to correct that entry -- note to self and everyone: don't believe HALF of what you read on Wikipedia). So here's what he told me:
"I'm probably one of the most conservative people in Hollywood, but I'm not a registered anything."
I'm not saying Vaughn's a saint. He's human like the rest of us. But this is a guy with his feet on the ground and his heart in the right place. If his head's in the clouds, well, so would mine be if I were 6-5.
Yeah, because the political thoughts of celebrities -- most of whom barely graduated from high school -- are so important that we should write an entire article about how one of them responded to a question about his party affiliation.
Yeah, because one paragraph in a page long BLOG -- by definition, an online diary of PERSONAL experiences and thoughts -- counts as an entire article about his party affiliation.
You can call it a blog, but it's written by a journalist and lives on a newspaper web site. That's an article.
Sorry, Charlie -- I mean Stuart. Cheri wins the prize. The Pickle Dish is my blog. Yes, the blog is here on the NS Web site, but it doesn't run in the print edition of the paper. It exists so that I can make personal observations on the entertainment world or whatever else floats my boat. Sometimes I use it to help promote events that need more play; sometimes I use it to write about things I attend but that don't work with our deadlines.
I don't write news stories in first person; it would be extremely rare for me to insert myself into any story. I also don't express personal opinions or political views in news stories, only in reviews. Or, as it happens, in my blog.
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It's been a long day and you're exhausted. The last thing that you even want to think about is preparing a meal. Time for take out! We are all guilty of it. I ordered a sandwich and salad and had it delivered to my apartment a few hours ago.
Maybe that is what prompted me to write this article. As I wolfed down my huge caesar salad and chicken parmigiana sub while watching Animal Planet (it is my night off, don't judge me), I had a thought. How terrible is take out food for you? We are all made to feel so bad about eating out and not in our own kitchens.
To ease that guilt off our shoulders I did a little research. I compiled a list of choices you can make when picking up take out (or eating out) to choose the healthiest option. Maybe I'll take my own advice next time...
Sub Sandwiches:
-Choose the smaller length, not the foot-long.
-Add lots of veggies.
-Choose lean meats like turkey or chicken.
-Choose mustard over mayo or check to see if they have a low fat mayo.
-Watch the cheese. Only use one or two slices.
-Go for wheat or whole grain bread.
-Wonton, egg drop, miso, or hot & sour soup.
-Skip the fried rice and go with steamed.
-Stir-fried, steamed, roasted or broiled entrees like shrimp chow mein.
-Avoid battered and fried dishes.
-Thin crust pizza with lots of veggies.
-Don't get extra cheese.
-Skip garlic bread and try bread sticks instead.
-Pasta with tomato sauce instead of a creamy sauce like alfredo.
-Try a veggie burger or stick to the one-patty options.
-Skip the mayo and cheese.
-Instead of fries try a side salad or baked potato.
-Don't add bacon to the burger.
-If offered, a grilled chicken sandwich can substitute.
Fried Chicken:
-You can save lots of calories and fat by taking the skin off.
-Try a honey barbecue sandwich.
-Limit gravy and other sauces.


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Early one morning a while back, I answered a phone call from Wayne LaPierre, head of the NRA, warning that the sky is falling _ no worse: that the U.S. is participating in a U.N. treaty effort to deal with the irresponsible international transfers of small arms.
This is a hot-wire single issue. The NRA sees guns as the last defense against tyranny and criminals. It also "sees" such a treaty as a plot to bring the U.S. down from the pinnacle of its freedom.
The alarmists claim that such a ratified treaty will inevitably force governments to: Burden gun licensing with more and more red tape; confiscate and destroy all unauthorized civilian firearms; ban the trade, sale and private possession of all fully automatic weapons; and create an international gun registry, thus setting the stage for taking all guns away. None of this is accurate.
I do not support the NRA because it presents a strident, rigid and narrow message that is more emotional than rational, akin to the focus of "drys" demanding prohibition, or of the "pro-lifers" single-minded rejection of any pregnancy termination.
The U.S. has joined 152 other countries to support the Small Arms Trade Treaty Resolution with dates for a U.N. conference set in 2012. The U.N. effort is to cope with international organized crime, which diverts small arms from the legal channels into illegal ones, controlled by warlords, drug traffickers and criminal cartels.
Nowhere is gun ownership banned, nor is there any jurisdiction over national laws or policy. According to the U.N. Department of Disarmament Affairs, "Gun control advocates and pro-gun organizations alike have participated in the U.N. meetings ... with equal opportunity to present their views."
Personally, I like guns. I have a few, including one (pistol) requiring a license for a concealed weapon. They have craftsmanship and mechanical precision, are fun to shoot at targets or in hunting. We can all imagine boldly confronting an intruder, even shooting at one. But more easily, I can imagine killing some delinquent kid, whose life was more that his errant behavior.
But most people mature out of the powerlessness and resentment that made them feel hopeless and angry in their youth. Yes, there are some really evil people, who do not reform, and crazy people, too, who should never have guns, and who easily get them for all the wrong reasons.
We are not doing much in our society to heal such potential wounds or avert their consequences. Some simply say the heck with 'em, lock 'em up, execute them, thus showing how contagious social conflict is _ not a good climate to have guns freely available.
No wonder our founders wanted "well-regulated militias." I'm sure they did not favor vengeful mobs, vigilante justice or shoot 'em up Western towns. We are a society of law and order, which is the mainstay of our strength and success.
Guns serve as "equalizers" in an inequitable society. But power must be equalized by democratic process, proper law enforcement and judicial process. We are a civilized country where cops don't stand on every corner with submachine guns.
In emergencies, a civilian carrying a gun just might add to the danger, and if many guns were at the scene, one can imagine a chaotic circular firing squad as easily as a swift resolution.
Beyond that, it is all too common for guns to hurt or kill family members by accident, or owners by suicide, or spouses by temporary insanity. Guns all too easily enable a hair-trigger impulse to become a damning tragedy. With guns we have become our own worst danger, not the wild animals of earlier times.
Automobiles give us more everyday freedom than guns ever could do. We use our cars under strict regulation, requiring operator fitness and licensing, registration, ensuring financial responsibility, and observing rules of the road.
Cars are more useful and dear to us than guns, and it seems it would be a small sacrifice to register guns, to control their appropriateness for use, license owners and make them responsible for their actions with guns. Some people could be declared unfit, as drunk drivers are.
Gun ownership is not a human right. It is a civil right and must be embedded in the orderliness of society. The serious power of a weapon is very susceptible to fickle misuse, endangering the rights of others.
Guns too easily enable some people to take the law into their own hands, an impulse not unfamiliar, even when watching the news these days.
William Masters can be reached at email@example.com. The views expressed in this column do not necessarily reflect those of The Daily Star and its editorial board.


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MLBTradeRumors.com has identified what they believe are the Top 50 Free Agents this offseason and have predicted their landing spots. For the Twins, they've predicted Terry Ryan would lock up Joe Blanton and Scott Baker.
Rotation? Fixed.
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MLBTradeRumors.com has identified what they believe are the Top 50 Free Agents this offseason and have predicted their landing spots. For the Twins, they've predicted Terry Ryan would lock up Joe Blanton and Scott Baker.
Rotation? Fixed.
Speculation. Guesses. Not anymore informed than the average fan on this board.
This list was one of the highlights of the offseason for me last year. Not only does Dierkes have them locking up those two, he also has them looking into Anibal Sanchez, Shaun Marcum, and Jeremy Guthrie. Of the other pitchers on this list, I could (and hope to) also see them going after: Edwin Jackson, Dan Haren (if the Angels don't get a trade worked out), Joe Saunders, and Joel Peralta (for bullpen help). Not that they should count on even having a shot, but just calling Greinke's agent for a working price wouldn't be the worst thing, either. After that, pitchers they would want to bring in (other than relief pitchers) probably aren't worth giving a shot.
if the Twins don't sign Greinke they will be in last place for the next 3 years.
If the Twins are truly serious about fixing the rotation it can't/won't be done through free agency alone, one of Span/Morneau/Willingham/prospects will have to be moved for a front line starter as well.
If Blanton is the best we can do (having made $10M last year), we're in deep trouble. He hasn't shown much since '07. Hopefully, there's someone out there who's willing to do what Jackson did last year - take a one-year deal to set themselves up for a multi-year deal. And if we're lucky, they'll do well, like it here and want to stay longer term (i.e. Pavano, Willingham, Doumit).
I don't mind the idea of Blanton. He's an okay back end of the rotation guy and being at Target Field might help him suppress some of those HR's compared to Citizen's Park. He's not going to get 10 million this off season either.
The MLB Trade Rumors Free Agent prediction page is always depressing to me, because I know that the Twins have never been aggressive shoppers, so I see names that I think would be a good fit or help the team improve and I doubt the Twins will make an offer to the player, let alone a competitive one.
Signing Willingham and Doumit last year was really encouraging, though. I would be really happy if the Twins went against their usual tendencies and went after some of the better Free Agent Starters or made some aggressive moves on the trade market.
Is there a list somewhere of Starting Pitchers that are likely to be traded? I've seen rumors about Buerhle and lots of speculation about Dan Haren being traded before his option is due- anyone else?
Dierkes pretty much tells us how much this is worth in his opening paragraph when he says he got 8 of 50 of these correct last year.
Complete guess work.


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A Chenango County farm received a $275,000 grant according to a recent announcement by Empire State Development.
The state agency's board of directors met about a week ago and approved $12.4 million in funding for projects expected to create more than 80 new jobs and retain 625 existing jobs throughout the state, according a media release.
Sunrise Family Farms, a company that manufactures a variety of dairy products including frozen yogurt and smoothie base as well as Greek-style yogurt, will use a grant of up to $275,000 for a portion of the cost of the purchase of machinery and equipment as part of a project that includes facility renovations and the development of a new dairy processing plant.
Because of a rapid increase in sales and product demand, Sunrise outgrew its existing facility. The company asked the state for assistance to establish a second manufacturing location, and to purchase machinery and equipment.
The project was completed in September, and Sunrise has acquired, renovated, and equipped a 25,000-square-foot vacant manufacturing building in Greene to increase production.
As a result of the additional facility, the company said it expects to be able to double its manufacturing capability as sales and demand continue to increase. Sunrise will retain 35 existing jobs and has already created 17 new jobs, exceeding its job-creation goal, according to the release.


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Breaking through the proverbial glass ceiling of the improvisational rock scene proves no easy feat for young bands. Burgeoning musicians lumped in the dare we say it, jamband realm, need to successfully marry a deep high-quality catalog of material, whimsical stage presence, diverse writing chops, virtuoso instrumentation, and a calendar containing upwards of 200 shows per year. Correction, breaking through the glass ceiling of the improvisational rock scene is damn near impossible.
But that doesn't mean it doesn't happen, and Brooklyn's Turbine would like to submit their CV. On their first official live release, Sounds in the Hall, as they have over the course of 8 songs checked off every single one of the preceding prerequisites. Comprised of carefully hand-picked selections of both Turbine classics and newer material, Sounds in the Hall covers all the bases, but the clear differentiating factor that sets Turbine far above the masses is their amazing penchant for writing memorable and distinctive songs across a variety of sounds and genres.
Just running through the eight song track list, Turbine touches on a bonafide hit-single in waiting "Blackout Song," the slow summer groove akin to the Grateful Dead "Eddy From the Sea," a thick extended funk jam on "Behind These Walls" that stretches all way to cow funk-era 1997, blazing bluegrass chops on Maritime Rag, and a handful of tunes that highlight the remarkable vocals and smoking harmonica leads.
Having played a seemingly infinite number of shows over the past couple of years, the Turbine boys took a lot of time in selecting their finest renditions of the material on Sound from the Halls, as described by guitarist and harmonica player Ryan Rightmire.
"There were so many factors in selecting the songs. Being that this is our first official live album, we wanted to include songs from our two studio albums as well as feature some unreleased ones. In the end, half the album is made up of unreleased tracks. Listening back to the performances, it was hard to ignore the energy of the big shows. Bonnaroo and the Telluride Bluegrass Festival brought out some great moments, so they are well represented. As for a specific memory, at one point during "Stand Down" I played the harmonica with a balloon, and you can hear the crowd erupt mid-song. It's those mid-song responses that always tell us things are going well."
It bears highlighting that Turbine's Ryan Rightmire incorporates the harmonica like it's never been used in a rock context. Not only does he employ some trickery like playing with a balloon, but it's not uncommon to hear him layer on some effects and turn his harp into a synth-laden rhythm instrument. Alternatively, he possesses to chops to play it clean and go toe-to-toe with John Popper and perhaps remain the last man standing. While it's probably not wise for the bands' publicity to start entering them into fights, these guys are pretty scrappy so keep your guard up, Popper.
Turbine is by no means any one trick pony either, guitarist Jeremy Hilliard plays law-running lead guitar and cranks out definitive melodies throughout his lead playing as well as helping shape Turbine's wide reaching sound with his song-writing talents. Bassist Justin Kimmel and drummer Octavio Salman hold down the low post like Abdul-Jabar, as both are trained musicians with the ability to run the offense and take over the game at any moment.
Sometimes these things just feel meant to be; when Turbine showed up to perform their show at Bonnaroo, from which three of these tracks were taken, they found a bit of encouraging irony. "There was a giant wind turbine spinning next to the stage. As of matter of fact, it powered our entire show including all of the recording equipment. We made the announcement that this was the first turbine-powered Turbine concert. I kept expecting the songs to speed up every time a gust of wind made it spin faster."
Taking the name from the lyrics of one the album's highlight tracks, "Behind These Walls," Sounds in the Hall evokes a sense of the live experience the overall feel for this tour, which included some big venues. We can only hope that with the help of a successfully release, that the halls will keep growing and the sounds will just keep getting better.
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1. Eddy the Sea – Telluride Bluegrass Festival, CO listen
2. War of 9161 (The Pledge) – Breckenridge, CO listen
3. Invited – Bonnaroo, TN listen
4. Behind These Walls – Boulder, CO listen
5. Doing to Me – Bonnaroo, TN listen
6. Stand Down – Bonnaroo, TN listen
7. Maritime Rag – Telluride Bluegrass Festival, CO listen
8. Blackout Song – Breckenridge, CO listen
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Spring Forward, It's Daylight Savings Time!
When you are changing your clocks and watches, be sure to follow the steps below to update your pump and CGM:
Device: Minimed Paradigm® REAL-Time Revel™, 522/722, 515/715, 512/712, and the Guardian® REAL-Time Continuous Glucose Monitoring System.
1. Go to the TIME/DATE SETUP Screen
HOME Screen > MAIN MENU > UTILITIES > Time/Date
2. Select 12 Hour Setup or 24 Hour Setup and press ACT.
3. Press ACT again to change the settings.
4. Change each of the settings as follows:
a. Change the hour. Press ACT.
For 12-hour setups, press the UP or DOWN arrows until the correct A (am) or P (pm) appears.
b. Change the minutes. Press ACT.
c. Change the year. Press ACT.
d. Change the month. Press ACT.
e. Change the day. Press ACT.
5. The TIME SET AT screen will show the settings that you programmed.
After you've programmed the new time, always double check your settings (especially that the AM/ PM setting is correct).
Remember to synchronize the clocks on your computer, insulin pump, and blood glucose meter to maintain accurate times for the data you upload to CareLink®. More information is available in our help and support section of our Web site.
Happy spring!
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Thank you for me having a way of printing out what you have said about updating your Insulin Pump for Daylight Savings Time. I have had my Medtronic Insulin Pump for over 4 years now and I have enjoyed it very much. I am on my 45th year of being a Type 1 diabetic and eat a very healthy Whole Wheat diet.
Once again, thank you for giving all of us that us an Insulin Pump the way to upgrade them during Daylight Savings Time.
Posted on Sat Mar 09 04:01:30 GMT 2013
Is there a plan to have software track this change (savings time)? Would be a nice option and shouldn't take up much 'space' in the electronics/programming.
Would also be nice to have a clock/date function that can auto check and calibrate to the national clock or through the internet when uploading data for example.
I foresee a future where GPS could also track (as an on/off function) location and handle time zone changes with a verify for travellers. Some locations would be tricky as the lines are not always straight forward but it would generally be a great help. Besides, programming space should increase as technology moves forward.
Posted on Mon Mar 11 16:59:07 GMT 2013
Hi Taepo, thanks for the suggestion! I'll be sure to pass that along to the product development team.
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Availability: Vienna Wolf Trap Hotel
Standard Room, 1 Queen BedMax Occupancy: 2 guests (up to 1 child, 1 infant)
Standard Room, 2 Double or 2 Queen BedsMax Occupancy: 4 guests (up to 2 children, 2 infants)
Vienna hotel with a restaurant
With a stay at Vienna Wolf Trap Hotel in Vienna, you'll be close to Meadowlark Botanical Gardens and Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts.
This hotel is within the vicinity of Tysons Galleria and Tysons Corner Center.
Make yourself at home in one of the 114 air-conditioned rooms featuring microwaves. Rooms have private balconies. Cable television is provided for your entertainment. Bathrooms have complimentary toiletries and hair dryers.
Enjoy a satisfying meal at a restaurant serving guests of Vienna Wolf Trap Hotel.
Featured amenities include a business center, a 24-hour front desk, and multilingual staff.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!
Vienna Wolf Trap Hotel Amenities
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The hotel offers a restaurant. Guests can enjoy a complimentary breakfast. Public areas are equipped with complimentary high-speed wireless Internet access. A business center is on site. This Vienna hotel also offers multilingual staff and coffee/tea in the lobby.
- Number of buildings/towers - 2
- Total number of rooms - 114
- Number of floors - 3
- Business center
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- Free Wi-Fi
- 24-hour front desk
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Guests are offered a complimentary continental breakfast.
Tequila Grande - This restaurant serves lunch, dinner, and brunch. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar. A children's menu is available.
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Check-in time starts at 2 PM
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Check-out time is 11 AM
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- Pets
Pets allowed
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Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
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The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.
- Pet fee: USD 30.00 per week (maximum USD 90.00 per stay) plus USD 50.00 one-time cleaning fee
- Early check-in fee: USD 20.
- Late check-out fee: USD 5.00
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Moses, Man of the Mountain (eBook)
In this 1939 novel based on the familiar story of the Exodus, Zora Neale Hurston blends the Moses of the Old Testament with the Moses of black folklore and song to create a compelling allegory of power, redemption, and faith. Narrated in a mixture of biblical rhetoric, black dialect, and colloquial English, Hurston traces Moses's life from the day he is launched into the Nile river in a reed basket, to his development as a great magician, to his transformation into the heroic rebel leader, the Great Emancipator. From his dramatic confrontations with Pharaoh to his fragile negotiations with the wary Hebrews, this very human story is told with great humor, passion, and psychological insight—the hallmarks of Hurston as a writer and champion of black culture.
About the Author
Zora Neale Hurston (1891-1960) was a novelist, folklorist, and anthropologist whose fictional and factual accounts of black heritage remain unparalleled. Her many books include Dust Tracks on a Road; Their Eyes Were Watching God; Jonah's Gourd Vine; Moses, Man of the Mountain; Mules and Men; and Every Tongue Got to Confess.
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TRAVERSE CITY — The death of a 6-year-old boy at the Northwestern Michigan Fair prompted an outpouring of community support for a new bike path in the child's name at the fairgrounds.
Team Elmer's pledged the materials necessary to construct a bike path along the far eastern edge of the fairgrounds where Ezekiel "Zeke" Goodwin was fatally struck by a pickup on Aug. 8, a company spokeswoman said. Thousands of dollars raised from livestock sales at the fair also were donated to Goodwin's family, and donations for the bike path continue to roll in.
"Its all been out of the generosity of everyone's heart," said Darrel Robinson, president of the Northwestern Michigan 4-H Livestock Council.
Goodwin was struck by a pickup truck riding his bike on a dirt road leading to the fair's barns and auction grounds. The driver, Tad Marshal Thompson, 39, of Kingsley, was leaving the fair, forgot something, stopped his pickup and started to back up when it struck the child. Thompson told authorities he never saw the boy. An investigation is continuing, a Grand Traverse County Sheriff's official said.
The day after the accident, 15-year-old Joe Bancroft of Kingsley told 4-H leaders he wanted to donate the proceeds from the sale of his steer at the fair's auction. That spurred a wave of donations from other children selling livestock, which raised thousands of dollars.
"It was overwhelming, the support and the love in the room," said Bancroft's aunt, Cindy Gibler. "Everyone was crying when that steer was sold. It kind of inspired a lot of other kids to think about whether there was a portion of proceeds from their animal they could donate."
The heavily traveled dirt path where Goodwin was struck is shared by trucks hauling livestock trailers, recreational vehicles and dozens of young bike riders. More than 70 childrens' bikes were in racks at the end of the roadway the day after Goodwin's death. Children rode their bikes down the road adjacent to an occasional passing vehicle.
Robinson said "a lot of thought" will go into the construction of the bike path and related bike racks, which will lead from the barns to nearby camping areas and separate bicyclists from vehicles.
David Walls is a senior pastor at First Congregational Church where Zeke Goodwin's father, Jeff, serves as an assistant pastor. Walls said he's been deeply touched by the depth of community support for the bike path and concern for the Goodwin family.
"I have never lived anywhere or seen anything like this in terms of a community response," Walls said. "I've been associated with larger churches and larger communities — but this is so overwhelming. It doesn't matter where I am in the city. Everyone wants to speak to the issue, and the first thing everyone asks is, 'What we can we do to help?'"
Memorials are being made to the Northwestern Michigan Fair's Zeke Goodwin Bike Path Memorial Fund, 3606 Blair Town Hall Road, Traverse City, 49685. Donations that exceed the cost of the bike path will be put into a college fund for Goodwin's three siblings.


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August 1, 2014
Posted Thursday, October 31, 2013 --- 4:50 a.m.
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) -- The Green Bay Packers are asking fans to donate their old cellphones to help victims of domestic violence.
The team will collect phones Monday at Lambeau Field prior to the game against Chicago. Fans are also invited to donate chargers, batteries and other accessories.
Volunteers will accept the equipment at each of the stadium's seven entrances, from 5:30 p.m. until game time at 7:40 p.m. For each phone collected, Verizon Wireless will donate $10 to Golden House, an organization in Green Bay that helps survivors of domestic violence.
Most of the phones will be refurbished. Verizon donates the phones and airtime to survivors or domestic violence, and provides funding to domestic-violence shelters nationwide.
Fans who aren't going to the game can drop off phones at any Verizon store.
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Seattle's own baroque-pop outfit, Hey Marseilles, is gearing up to perform at Bumbershoot for the second year in a row, bringing their hodgepodge of instruments—accordion, cello, shakers, etc.—with them. After playing an acoustic mini-set at the Toyoto/KEXP Tent Saturday afternoon, Hey Marseilles' viola player, Jacob Anderson, gave the lowdown on new material, Ultimate Frisbee and what it's like to play in a band that has more instruments than people. Hear the band's full set at the Broad Street stage tomorrow at 2:15 p.m.
Treeswingers: You were a University of Washington student, correct? Did you ever go to Bumbershoot?
Jacob Anderson: Oh yeah, I've come most years—the times I've been in Seattle.
T: What has been your favorite performance in the last few years?
J: Favorite Bumbershoot performance… I saw Kay Kay and his Weathered Underground last year in a tent. I can't even—see I've been to Bumbershoot so many years I can't even remember who I've seen. It's like every band that I've ever known has played at Bumbershoot.
T: It's a pretty good deal. So your music, to me, is very uplifting and emotional.
J: Thank you.
T: So I'm curious, what kind of brings Hey Marseilles down? Like what are your pet peeves?
J: Everybody wants to play altogether at the same time, which with seven people that doesn't work, you know. It's a struggle for us to try to keep it simple, keep it enjoyable, rather than a bunch of stuff all going on… Well, everybody else hates it when I turn up my viola too loud on the monitor because I need to hear myself. Nobody wants to hear that.
T: But I'm a big fan of viola.
J: Thank you. What else brings us down…Work.
T: What's your day job?
J: I'm a bank regulator.
T: Ok that's not too bad.
J: I mean we all have day jobs, so that kind of brings us down.
T: You guys have a lot of instruments, obviously, but what is one musical talent you'd like to recruit?
J: Woodwinds, banjo… Nick [Ward], the guitar player, has been messing around a little bit with the string bass, which we've done a couple shows with and now we're not doing anymore. But we'd like to bring that back in. Samuel [Anderson, Hey Marseilles' cello player], my brother, he also plays mandolin. And I think we want to start incorporating that a little more.
T: It's been almost two years since To Travels & Trunks was released the first time. How do you keep the live show fresh?
J: We keep changing up the songs and a lot of stuff we play live isn't from the record. So that keeps it fresh. We're constantly getting bored with the songs and adding new things. We all want to make another record.
T: Are you playing any new stuff tomorrow?
J: We do some instrumentals. We didn't play it [at the Toyota Tent] but tomorrow we'll play some fairly new songs and some instrumentals—they're easier to write. We'll keep it exciting.
T: On to some serious business. You guys on your Twitter are always talking about Ultimate at Ravenna Park. So if all seven of y'all are on the line, how good is the Hey Marseilles team?
J: We'd be very good. [laughs] No, we would take on a pretty decent team. When we're touring, we'll stop at a gas station—we get out and throw it around. It keeps us getting fresh air and stuff like that.
T: Who do you think is the team MVP?
J: Samuel and Philip [Kobernik on accordion and piano]—they're taller.
T: Better targets.
J: I think that I'm a pretty good addition to the team. I like to move around a bit on the inside—be the fast breaks. When it goes up for the like, jumping, I'm not that good at that since I'm not as tall as other people.
T: You can box them out.
J: Yeah. So I think we'd actually do pretty well as a team. We should try that. We've never actually all seven of us played on a team.
T: Lot of leagues in Seattle.
J: If we have time, I think that's the next thing we'd do.
T: Will you be recording any new stuff soon?
J: We've been doing some demos. We will be recording—we're still kind of in the process of just coming up with ideas, melodies. We'll sit down and play different versions of some melody for hours a day. We're just in this recording these little snippets, seeing where are heads are going. So we've got a few demos, which will probably be changed a lot.
T: With the songwriting process, how do you step back and say, like, 'Maybe we shouldn't do the extended thumb piano solo?'
J: Yeah, I don't know, it's pretty collaborative. That has its drawbacks—a lot of opinions. And some strengths. The theory is that if everybody's ideas are there, we'll end up with a good one. Yeah, it's definitely a battle. We'll see how it goes. We haven't really started recording tracks for real, like what'll actually end up on CD, so it's anyone's guess as to how that'll go. We're excited about it, that's the bottom line. We weren't really a band even, per say, when we made that record—I mean, we'd played together a few months. The new record, we've played together for a few years now so that'll make it easier some ways.
T: So who are you guys looking forward to this weekend?
J: Bob Dylan.
T: Definitely, he sold out today.
J: I think we'll be able to get in with our passes, but we'll see. Hole probably. I suppose Weezer. Edward Sharpe.
Hey Marseilles- Goodbye Versailles (download)
A version of this review will appear in The Stanford Daily on Sept. 27, 2010.


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Red Carpet Beauty at the 2014 Oscars had us clamoring to cop the chic and simple hairstyle of it-girl of the moment Lupita Nyong'o… Beaming in a gorgeous shade of icey blue in a Grecian inspired pleated Prada number, Lupita Nyong'o served Oscar viewers a throwback to the carefree elegance of the inimitable Audrey Hepburn….Published on March 02, 2014
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Rethink Sporty Chic Safari Cargo Pockets in an ode to Africa at Balmain Fall 2014
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Steal some Bombshell Sexy hair tonight from Versace Fall 2014
Don't you love some bombshell sexy hair as a little bit of teased height is looking so right again. Let the recent Versace Fall 2014 runway lead you on the way to easy, super-glam sexy bombshell hair with professional style tips from the man who created the look himself… Sure the clothes won't hit stores…Published on February 25, 2014
From the runway to you: Try the Bloomsbury BoHo look from Burberry Fall 14
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Enjoy Top Runway Trends from the Fall 2014 New York Fasion Week collections to even consider trying now… In one of the strongest season's in recent times at #NYFW, designers did their best to not only update classics, but to rethink approaching cold weather dressing in ways that will have YOU seeking the unexpected when…Published on February 13, 2014
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New York Fashion Week Trend Spotlight: Oversized elegance at Derek Lam Fall 14
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— NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Vanderbilt Commodores just want to start having some fun again.
They've been busy trying to just focus on football the past few weeks, and it hasn't been easy. A receiver was kicked off the team Sept. 17 after pleading guilty for his role helping cover up an incident where four former teammates are charged with raping an unconscious woman in a campus dorm in June.
The Commodores (2-2) have one last chance Saturday night for a tuneup against UAB (1-2) before diving back into the meat of their Southeastern Conference schedule.
"We have to get some of our juice back," center Joe Townsend said. "We're playing for each other. We have to have fun. When you have fun, that's when the plays come."
Vanderbilt scored 35 points in a season-opening loss to now No. 21 Mississippi. But the Commodores have struggled scoring early and needed two fourth-quarter touchdowns last week in beating winless Massachusetts 24-7.
The Blazers are potent offensively with Darrin Reaves averaging 6.9 yards a carry and Austin Brown throwing the ball very well. Brown has six touchdowns to only one interception. This will be UAB's second SEC opponent this season, having lost 56-17 at LSU.
"This is a big opportunity for our program, to go up there on television and get our record back to 2-2," UAB coach Garrick McGee said. "We are looking forward to it."
Vanderbilt coach James Franklin wants to see more from his own quarterback Austyn Carta-Samuels who has nearly as many interceptions (four) as touchdown passes (six). Franklin said running the ball better would help his quarterback.
Carta-Samuels also might be helped by a local prosecutor clearing the quarterback's name last week after Carta-Samuels was mistakenly identified in a hearing as having carried the alleged victim from a hallway into a dorm room. Carta-Samuels is listed as a witness for the prosecution in the original indictment against the four former players.


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Campfield Pays Off Loans, Drops Below Foe in Campaign Cash
Rep. Stacey Campfield raised almost $38,000 in the past three months for his state Senate campaign, then used most of that money to repay personal loans to his current and past campaigns.
After the loan repayments totaling almost $35,000, Campfield had a balance of just $3,109 remaining in his campaign account as of Sept. 30, his recent financial disclosure shows.
His Democratic opponent, Randy Walker, raised less money in the third quarter $26,590 but still had a balance of $30,209 cash on hand at the end of the period, his report shows.
Independent candidate Chuck Williams raised $200 in the period and had $111.23 remaining on hand.
"I've been paying my own way in my races forever," said Campfield in an interview. "This is the first time I will break even on a race... I'm not ashamed of getting out of debt."
Drew Rawlins, executive director of the Bureau of Ethics and Campaign Finance, said the repayments were perfectly legal. But Sen. Andy Berke, D-Chattanooga, who donated $500 to Walker earlier this year, said Campfield's move raises some questions.
"I find it curious that Rep. Campfield has taken close to $25,000 from politicians and PACs and used that ... to pay himself," said Berke. "(It) certainly makes me scratch my head as to why these people were giving him the money and whether he intended to give himself that money from the beginning."
"I'm also wondering if he ever has shown the Registry of Election Finance that he actually made those loans to his campaign," said Berke in a call to a reporter. "I'm suggesting that, when you pay yourself the same amount of money you raise in a quarter three weeks or so before the election, something sure looks strange."
"... If he's under some kind of financial stress and putting money into his pocket, that's certainly something voters ought to know," Berke said.
Campfield, told of Berke's remarks, said repeated that the repayments were a predictable and legitimate use of campaign funds. He has reported each loan, as required by state law, as made - dating back to past campaigns for his House seat, Campfield said.
Campfield's disclosures show he began the quarter with just $4,565 in his campaign account and just over $20,000 in loans outstanding, including about $12,000 dating back to prior years.
He received $37,795 in contributions for the quarter, most apparently from a fundraiser held for his Senate campaign with co-hosts including Republican gubernatorial nominee and Knoxville Mayor Bill Haslam and Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey.
At least a dozen Republican legislators were among donors to Campfield for the quarter. Ramsey gave him $7,500 through his political action committee, RAAMPAC, and another $2,000 from funds left over from Ramsey's unsuccessful campaign for governor.
Sens. Randy McNally of Oak Ridge and Bo Watson of Hixson gave $2,000 each while the other legislators gave lesser amounts, including $1,000 from Sen. Jamie Woodson, R-Knoxville, Senate Majority Leader Mark Norris of Collierville and others. The total from politicians is at least $23,500.
Campfield reported spending $18,454 on various campaign expenses - the largest a $7,500 to Dodson and Associates of Knoxville for "campaign workers." He used $34,344 to repay loans.
Of the loans, $13,000 were in August and early September and repaid along with the older loans in late September, according to the disclosure.
Campfield said that, when in need of campaign supplies, he typically has used his personal credit card to pay the cost and treated that as a loan. In past years, he has lacked campaign funds to repay such loans, he said, but this year they are available.
Campfield said he is also not concerned about being outspent by his opponent in the last weeks of the campaign. New contributions have come in, he said, and the state Republican party has already paid for two campaign mailings to support his candidacy.
He also noted that, until the current campaign, he did not take money from PACs. While that was possible with some self-funding in a House campaign, he said it is "virtually impossible" in a larger Senate district.
Walker's disclosure shows he had $16,309 on hand when the quarter began, raised $26,590 and spent $12,689, leaving a balance of $30,209. He had just two donations from politicians during the quarter -- $1,000 from Sen. Reginald Tate, D-Memphis, and $1,000 from Senate Democratic Leader Jim Kyle's political action committee.
Campfield is not the only candidate to repay loans with contributions reported in the past quarter.
Ramsey reported that he repaid $200,000 loaned to his gubernatorial campaign with funds remaining after he lost the Aug. 5 primary to Haslam. Another $14,000 in leftover gubernatorial campaign funds was used to give donations to Republican legislative candidates - including the $2,000 to Campfield.
Even after that, the Ramsey gubernatorial campaign still had a balance of $399,557 remaining on Sept. 30. Much of that is because contributors gave money earmarked for use in the general election rather than the primary.
Under state law, donations earmarked for the general election cannot be spent in a primary. But if the candidate loses, he is free to spend those dollars - after the election is over - as "excess campaign funds" for any number of purposes, said Rawlins.
At least one other Republican Senate candidate, Steve Dickerson, who is opposing incumbent Democratic Sen. Douglas Henry of Nashville, repaid $32,000 loaned his campaign earlier with some of the $86,546 he raised during the third quarter.
Are there reasons to discuss any substantive political issues or is this best we can do?
The piss poor attempts by the News Sentinel to discredit Mr. Camfield have gotten out of hand. I don't know what this poor man did to piss them off, but every day now, there's an article about him on the front page, that wouldn't make the local section if it was another politician. No wonder your newspaper is in the toilet. This is news?
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Even I, a political veteran, was astounded when I read that Senate candidate Stacey Campfield had used his $38,000 in campaign contributions to pay off debts to himself, including some from old campaigns for the House. Is this the same Campfield who always campaigned for the House seat declaring that he would not accept PAC contributions and would never be "beholding" to any special interest groups?????
It's a safe bet that the RAM-PAC contribution, as well as the contributions from other legislators, is in large part money from other PACs rather than from individuals.
Wow – not just an about-face, but the very thing Campfield has made a career of publicly blasting – blatant hypocrisy in the name of political expediency.


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Possible drowning probed after man pulled from creek
- Last Updated on 12:31 PM 06/12/13
- BY The Gazette-Virginian
A 31-year-old South Boston man died Tuesday night after possibly drowning in a creek on Johnson Mill Road in the Vernon Hill community.
At 7:30 p.m., the Halifax County Sheriff's Office, Halifax County Emergency Services and Oak Level Fire and EMS units were dispatched to the 1000 block of Johnson Mill Road in the Vernon Hill community for a call about a possible drowning, according to Halifax County Sheriff Fred Clark.
Upon arrival of Cpl. D.H. Barksdale, Deputy T.H. Clarke and Clark, they were told a man had been recovered from the creek, CPR was in progress and he was being transported to Halifax Regional Hospital.
The man was identified as 31-year-old Jonathan Brumfield of South Boston. He was pronounced dead later at the hospital.
According to his friends with him at the creek, Brumfield jumped in the water to get his hair wet, came back up but did not resurface again. Witnesses advised Brumfield was underwater approximately 10-15 minutes before his friend was able to locate him and pull him out
The Halifax County Sheriff's Office was advised that Brumfield was in good health, a good swimmer and swam at that particular creek many times.
His body was sent to the Medical Examiner's Office in Richmond for an autopsy. The investigation is continuing.


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Weeping Water, Nebraska is following through on its pet licensing regulations.
According to the Cassgram, the city attorney advised the Weeping Water City Council that he filed proceedings against five people who have continually failed to comply with pet licensing requirements.
Court dates have been set for all but two people who had signed waivers, prior to the court appearance date.


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Gun Control Bill Hits a Wall ... But Just For Now?
The blogosphere reacts to gun control legislation getting blocked in the Senate.
Of the senators from the 25 largest states, the Manchin-Toomey legislation received 33 aye votes and 17 nay votes — a more than 2:1 margin, putting it well beyond the 3/5ths threshold required to break a filibuster. But of the senators from the 25 smallest states, it received only 21 aye votes and 29 nay votes.
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In response to the point made by Klein and Soltas, Ed Kilgore of Political Animal too says the structure of the Senate is fundamentally flawed, and led to the downfall of the legislation:
I would normally say "this has to change." But for this to change, the first step is for political actors and political media to recognize and draw attention to the problem. I noted late yesterday that in a long report on the Manchin-Toomey vote in The Hill, the words "filibuster" and "cloture" do not appear, even though the vote in question was actually on a motion for cloture to end a filibuster. The defeat of the measure by a Senate minority was treated as just the way things are done. That is what has to change first, before real change can come to the Senate. And frankly, any post-mortem on the failure of gun legislation, however well-meaning, that doesn't prominently mention the horrifically anti-democratic set-up of the current Senate is missing a crucial point.
Kevin Drum of Mother Jones writes that despite the public outcry following Newtown and the momentum it brought to gun control, the gun rights lobby was still able to maintain its grip on Washington:
Generic support for gun control fell from 78 percent to 44 percent over the past two decades. Over that time, the NRA persuaded the public that gun control was a bad idea, and it paid off for them today. The upward blip in support following the Sandy Hook massacre is probably fairly ephemeral, but even if it's not, 58 percent support just isn't enough to pass contentious legislation. You generally need two-thirds or more. Even 70 percent support in 1994 was only barely enough to pass a modest assault weapons ban.
That's the power of the NRA. They've worked hard to get the public on their side, and that brings politicians along automatically. They don't really need to threaten conservative senators to get their support because conservative senators already agree with them. That agreement is strong enough that even a watered-down background check bill with 90 percent public support can't overcome a filibuster, and renewal of the assault weapons ban is just flatly out of the question.
President Obama was right to call this "round one." This kind of thing is a long-term fight for public opinion, and only after you get the public firmly on your side do you have any real chance of passing serious legislation. So the question today for liberals is simple: Is this issue important enough to keep banging away on it for years on end, the way the NRA does? If not, nothing will ever happen.
But U.S. News & World Report's Robert Schlesinger writes that the victory may be a pyrrhic one for the NRA:
The NRA didn't need to make this a fight. Given that the NRA used to support them, universal background checks can't be that radical a threat to the Second Amendment. They could have read the polls and given a little ground. They could have accommodated the overwhelming will of the American people. Instead they chose the maximalist position and they scored a victory.
King Pyrrhus, who gave his name to the type of victory, is said to have commented after his signature event that "one other such would utterly undo him." I somehow doubt NRA chief Wayne LaPierre made a similar comment yesterday, but time will remind him of King Pyrrhus's lesson.
Allahpundit of Hot Air criticizes Obama for only politicizing the gun issue after his reelection, and said he can hardly blast senators for having an eye on their own political self-preservation:
Where was this supposedly righteous anger after Aurora? The victims in that case weren't small children, but that can't possibly explain O[bama]'s dramatically more subdued reaction after that shooting. They were innocent people too; many of them were young, if not kindergarteners. No angry Rose Garden press conferences freaking out about Senate inaction after Aurora, though. Any theories why? Anything, maybe, having to do with when that shooting happened vis-a-vis Newtown? Right: One of them came three months before a presidential election and the other came a month after. That's the difference. As you watch him point the finger here at supposedly gutless senators who care more about retaining public office than Doing Something, remember that there's hardly one among them who's as attuned to political self-preservation as O. He kept his mouth shut nice and tight about guns when it was his own ass on the line last year in purple states[.]


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09.01.10 New Study on Increasing C-Section Rates
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But as I read this article, I thought of her. A new study says that inducing labor often leads to C-sections, and that previous C-sections are the main cause for repeat C-sections. The authors discuss the doctor's role in this:
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Margaret A. Martino, 83, of Bridgeport, passed away Sunday (Feb. 10, 2013).
She was born in Anmoore on Nov. 22, 1929, a daughter of the late Cosmo and Rosa Lizzi Fragmin. Her husband, David V. Martino, preceded her in death on Oct. 29, 2002.
Mrs. Martino is survived by three sons, David F. Martino and wife, Mary Beth, of Clarksburg, Gary J. Martino and wife, Donna, of Bridgeport, and Robert V. Martino and wife, Lori, of Bridgeport; one daughter, Rosemary Martino of Bridgeport; 10 grandchildren, David Martino Jr. and fiancée Jenna Elder, John Martino, Maria Martino, Sam Martino, Whitney Martino, Taylor Martino, Kobe Martino, Clay Martino, Sophia Martino and Gianna Martino; and several nieces and nephews.
She also was preceded in death by four brothers, Frank, Carlo, Dominick and Guy Fragmin; and three sisters, Katherine "Kitty" Page, Teresa Manown and Dorothy Folio.
Margaret was a homemaker and her greatest enjoyment was the time she spent with her children and grandchildren. She was a Catholic by faith and member of Immaculate Conception Parish. She was a loving and devoted mother and wife.
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FREEBURG — Oscar "Ozzie" Hoffman, 91, our beloved father, grandfather, great-grandfather, father-in-law, brother, brother-in-law, uncle, neighbor and friend, passed away peacefully holding the hands of his daughters on Friday, April 5, 2013, at the home of his daughter and son-in-law. Just as he lived his life, he fought the good fight with strength, courage and determination, surrounded every step of the way by his family, who loved him so very much, and the wonderful caring staff of SUN Home Health and Hospice.
Oscar was born in Freeburg on Oct. 29, 1921, a son of the late Simon E. and Rose (Dunkelburger) Hoffman. On Dec. 28, 1946, he married his loving wife, the former Isabella North Hendricks, who preceded him on Jan. 28, 2010, ending a loving and committed marital union of 63 years.
Oscar was a 1939 graduate of Freeburg High School, a class consisting of eight boys and four girls.
After graduation, he worked in a hosiery mill until September 1942 when he was drafted into the Army Air Corps, serving in World War II along with his two brothers. While in the Army Air Corps, he went to Aircraft School, where he learned to work on B17 bomber planes. He volunteered to go overseas to England, France and Germany. While in France, he built a plane from spare parts that he used to fly to southern France to reunite with his brothers. He spent three years three months in the Army Air Corps, where he was promoted through the ranks to staff sergeant with military qualifications including the Airplane Mechanics Badge and Carbine 43 Sharpshooter. Oscar was honorably discharged in December 1945 after being decorated with the Good Conduct Medal, the American Campaign Medal, the World War II Victory Medal and the European African Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with three Bronze Stars. Upon his departure from the Army Air Corps, Oscar returned to the hosiery business until he went to bricklaying school. With bricklaying skills honed, he became a contractor, worked and retired in his own contracting business with a partner, having built many homes and swimming pools.
Oscar was a member of Freeburg United Methodist Church, Freeburg. He attended regularly and was loved by many of the church members. He was a life member of the Freeburg Fire Company and the Canyon Lodge in Tioga County, where he enjoyed hunting with his family members. Oscar was a member of the Shade Mountain Golf Course and a former member of the Susquehanna Valley Country Club.
As a young man, Ozzie was quite an athlete. He was an outstanding pitcher-infielder for the Freeburg Bucs. He played soccer and was moved to the varsity team in eighth grade. He was an avid hunter and fisherman who truly enjoyed the out-of-doors. He enjoyed bowling and scored high and enjoyed time with his brother, John. His favorite sport for the past 50-plus years was golf. He excelled at his favorite pastime with the Susquehanna Valley Country Club championship in 1972, scoring five holes-in-one and shooting his age beginning at the age of 78 many times throughout his golfing career.
He is survived by his two daughters, Martha H. "Marti" Bowen and husband Bill, of Selinsgrove, and Debra H. McDonald and husband Len, of Harrisburg; nine grandchildren, Matthew and Melanie Bowen, Kristin and Ryan Powell, Ryan and Malina Bowen, Ivy and Brian Harro, Chandra Hoffman and Jamie Cornwell, Fonda and Dan Heintzelman, Jaredd and Leslie Bird, Alisha Bird and Ashley Bird; 11 great-grandchildren, Josephine Bowen, Cassan Powell, Bennett Bowen, Brice and Caitlin Harro, Aaron and Shelby Shrawder, Hannah, Lauren and Chase Heintzelman and Joshua Ash; one sister, Martha Neff; one sister-in-law, Lj Hoffman; and seven nieces and nephews.
He was preceded by a son, David O. Hoffman; two brothers, John and Bill Hoffman; one sister-in-law, Mildred Hoffman; one brother-in-law, Harold Neff; and a nephew, Thomas Hoffman.
Oscar was a familiar name in Freeburg, having been born in Freeburg and living his entire life in his beloved town. He enjoyed friends and neighbors who also called Freeburg their "home." Oscar was a strong, honest and determined individual. He was a kind and caring man who loved most of all spending time with his family. He had a great sense of humor and enjoyed sharing his many stories with family, neighbors and friends. After he lost his beloved wife, Isabella, in 2010, his son, David, in 2011, and his brother, John, in 2012, he showed his strength as he found his way on a daily basis. Over the past months, his health and loneliness convinced him that he was ready to go "home" to his loved ones who passed before him, which he peacefully did on April 5, 2013.
The family will receive friends for the viewing from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at the George P. Garman Funeral Homes Inc., 9366 Route 35, Mount Pleasant Mills. There also will be a viewing from 10 to 11 a.m. Wednesday at Freeburg United Methodist Church, Church Street, Freeburg, followed by the funeral at 11 with the Rev. Patricia A. Bennett officiating.
Burial, with full military honors accorded by American Legion Victory Post 25, Selinsgrove, and Selinsgrove Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 6631, will be in Evergreen Cemetery, Freeburg.
Donations may be made in Oscar's memory to Freeburg United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 188, Freeburg, PA 17827, or SUN Home Health and Hospice, 61 Duke St., Box 232, Northumberland, PA 17857.


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2:30pm Thursday 25th April 2013 in News
Two charities that work to improve the lives of Helston residents have been given grants by the town's mayor.
Jonathan Radford-Gaby presented the Mustard Seed and Helston Age Concern with a cheque for £1,000 each.
He said the money had been raised through the mayor's ball, together with "the generosity of many members of various organisations and members of the public."
"We did raise a significant amount of money," he added.
Mr Radford-Gaby said the donations would go towards the Mustard Seed's property in town for adults with special needs and Helston's Age Concern's ongoing fundraising to maintain its existing minibus and ultimately buy a new one.
Nick Martin, from Helston Age Concern, said the bus was used by more than the elderly in the town.
"Thank you very much for that generous donation," he added.
David Williams, from the Mustard Seed, said the donation made "a huge difference" to adults with disabilities in the town.
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October 31, 2013
Clyde R. Spencer
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Clyde R. Spencer, age 61, of Northumberland, PA, passed away Wednesday, October 30, 2013, at his residence.
He was born in Charleroi, PA on August 8, 1952, the son of the late Floyd and Mary Jane (Lynn) Spencer. He married the former Cheryl A. Greco on August 30, 1996.
Clyde was a self-employed truck driver. He was a Jack-of-all-trades and enjoyed repairing cars and all sorts of mechanicals. He was a devoted family man. Clyde wanted to be remembered as an honest, decent, hardworking man who took whatever life had in store for him with a grain of salt and sense of humor.
In addition to his wife, he is survived by two sons and one daughter-in-law, Shane R. Spencer of Northumberland, PA and Clyde R. and Christy Spencer, Jr. of North Tonawanda, NY; and by one daughter and son-in-law, Jennifer and Dave DeFrank of North Tonawanda, NY. Also surviving is one step-son and his fianc, John S. Weaver and Jamie Nagle of Etna, PA; three grandchildren, Desiree and Devin DeFrank and Nicholas Spencer; four brothers, Floyd, Roger, Richard and Raymond and one sister, Darlene, all of North Tonawanda, NY. He was preceded in death by one brother, Randy.
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In honor of the upcoming Valentine's Day this week, we will be discussing what we love about Delridge, what we love about previous and ongoing projects of the NDNC, as well as the changes and improvements to the neighborhood that would strengthen our love. This will be a continuation and expansion of the very brief visioning exercise from the December meeting. Also on the docket is a discussion of the NPSF applications and numerous updates about the many things going on in our very lovable 'hood.
Join us! There will be heart cookies! Full agenda here.