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She was born Virginia Katherine McMath on July 16, 1911 in Independence, MO, the only child of electrical engineer William Eddins McMath and his wife Lela Emogene Owens, a screenwriter and reporter. From an early age, she was referred to as "Ginja," which came from a young cousin who was unable to pronounce "Virginia." Rogers' parents split shortly after she was born, which resulted in an acrimonious custody battle. During this time, Lela Owens was working in Hollywood, so Rogers spent part of her childhood at her grandparents' home in Kansas City. Later, her mother married John Logan Rogers and moved with her daughter to Fort Worth, TX to work as a theater critic. Although never formally ad... Continue Bio >>
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Update: Maine men arrested in NH on eel smuggling, assault charges
A bucket of baby eels confiscated by Fish and Game officers after two Maine men were arrested for allegedly poaching the eels. (Jason Schreiber/Union Leader)
Matthew Kinney, 29, of Bremen, and his brother, Justin, 35, of Mount Vernon, will face numerous charges after their run in with Fish and Game officers that led to a land and air search.
Fish and Game Lt. Michael Eastman said authorities received a tip early this morning that two men were catching baby American eels in the Hampton Falls River.
Eastman said two conservation officers responded to the area shortly before 5 a.m. and found that the brothers had a "substantial amount" of young eels less than six inches long.
When one of the officers attempted to arrest Matthew Kinney, Eastman said he assaulted the officer and then ran into the river and later fled into the woods with a handcuff on one of his wrists. Justin Kinney ran into the marsh grass and was arrested at the scene.
Several local police agencies, Fish and Game, State Police hunted Matthew Kinney with the help of dogs and a helicopter.
A State Police K-9 team eventually found a track leading from the area where he was last seen to the Hampton Falls Inn on Route 1. Eastman said authorities learned the brothers had rented a room at the hotel Thursday night.
Eastman said "dipping" for the young eels, known as elvers, is legal in Maine, but not in New Hampshire. He said Maine and South Carolina are the only states where it's allowed on the East Coast.
"They were pretty much down here to poach elvers to take back to Maine to sell," Eastman said.
The baby eels can fetch an estimated $2,000 a pound overseas, particularly in the Asian market, Eastman said.
Eastman did not identify the conservation officer who was assaulted, but he said the officer wasn't injured.
Matthew Kinney will be charged with two counts of simple assault, disobeying a conservation officer, resisting arrest, taking American eels less than 6 inches long, and taking without a harvest permit.
Justin Kinney will faces charges of disobeying a conservation officer, providing false information to law enforcement, hindering apprehension, taking American eels less than 6 inches long and taking without a harvest permit.
The two are being held on cash bail and will be arraigned Monday if they're unable to post bail, Eastman said.
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On Tuesday, in Oswego and teamed up to host a benefit for Adamo's 6-year-old son, Isaac Parris. Last June, Isaac was diagnosed with a common form of brain cancer, and since then, he's gone through surgery, radiation treatments and three rounds of chemotherapy, with more on the way.
Hence Tuesday's benefit, organized to help pay the family's medical bills. Culver's agreed to donate 10 percent of Tuesday's proceeds to Isaac and his family. But no one expected the turnout – hundreds upon hundreds of people made their way to the restaurant during the evening hours, all there to lend a hand.
Lines of people stretched out the door and into the parking lot, which was jammed full of cars. Some people parked halfway across Mason Square and walked. The drive-through lanes were full of people waiting to order. And inside, every table and chair was taken.
In the end, Culver's collected $2,638 for Isaac and his family, according to Kelli Glatt, Isaac's first-grade teacher at Lakewood Creek. The restaurant took in more than $7,000 between the hours of 4 and 8 p.m., she said.
The outpouring of community support surprised and delighted Adamo.
"It's amazing and overwhelming," she said. "The things people go through for a little boy some of them they don't even know."
Isaac himself arrived shortly after 3:30 p.m., and as the restaurant filled up, he was constantly surrounded by people hugging him and wishing him well. He took it in stride, smiling and laughing.
Glatt helped organize the benefit. She arranged for fifth-grade students to help serve food, and for teachers from the school to volunteer their time as well. She said she never expected to see such a turnout.
"I never thought I would walk outside and see this many people (waiting to get in)," she said.
Isaac is in his fourth round of chemotherapy, his mother said, and with the family's insurance policy about to renew, they will have to pay their full deductible amount again for his treatments. The money raised on Tuesday, she said, will be a big help.
As they all looked around Culver's with wide eyes Tuesday night, it may have been Adamo's boyfriend Pat Schippers who put it best.
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Katie Taylor: Wins Olympic gold for Ireland
Ireland's Katie Taylor added Olympic gold to her four World Championship titles at London 2012 - but she was made to work hard for her 10-8 win over Russia's Sofya Ochigava amid an extraordinary atmosphere at ExCeL.
With the decibel levels surely hitting new heights, Taylor set about business in her usual way, pushing forward and flinging right hooks at Ochigava, a tough, two-time former world silver medallist.
But it soon became clear Taylor was in for a test as the Russian matched Taylor's strength inside and clinched up close to prevent the overwhelming Irish favourite from getting off her usual array of big shots.
Taylor's frustrations continued in the second, which Ochigava edged to take a 4-3 lead at the halfway stage, but the Bray star stayed patient and scored with a right to the Russian's chin and a superb countering left which turned the fight her way.
Heading into the last with a 7-5 lead, Taylor still had a fight on her hands as the Russian muscled forward, landing two clean rights, making the wait for the verdict a surprisingly anxious one for Taylor and her fans.
The chaotic stands were already a heaving patchwork quilt of green, white and orange when the comeback win was confirmed.
After hugging her Russian opponent Sofya Ochigava, Taylor embraced her father and trainer Peter and then saluted her devoted fans.
She then unfurled an Irish tricolour and draped it round her shoulders, prompting more bedlam in the crowd.
Irish boxing hero Barry McGuigan hugged the lightweight gold medallist as she descended from the ring.
After Taylor departed, the "Clones Cyclone", with tears in his eyes, paid tribute to the fans.
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Friday, December 31, 2004Las Vegas, Nev. - Valpo drained eight 3-point baskets in the second half and went on to defeat Longwood 75-68 in the Crusaders' final game of the Las Vegas Holiday Classic. Dan Oppland led Valpo (4-8) with 22 points, while Seth Colclasure added a career-high 16, which included four treys in the second half. Oppland was named to the all-tournament team.
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Artists in Residence at Fellowship Bible Church, Franklin, Tennessee, FFH delivers the follow up to 2009's Wide Open Spaces, with The Way We Worship, an album encapsulating the music that defines the band as worship leaders and as touring artists. Exquisitely blending matchless arrangements of acknowledged hymns and modern worship songs, The Way We Worship showcases the sounds that made FFH one of Christian
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The unmistakable harmonies created by the husband and wife team of Jeromy and Jennifer Deibler, are delivered with the incredible passion of those who have overcome through the power of Christ. This intensity engages the listener to have the sense of being led in worship rather than listening to worship.
This album differs from other FFH projects, in that vocally Jennifer has a larger role, satisfying fan requests without losing the FFH vibe that has been expected by those same fans. This provides a depth that has only been hinted at in previous projects and is a delightful addition to the FFH sound.
More: Equally appealing to fans as well as to those who are being introduced to FFH, The Way We Worship is a melodious primer in the education of our spiritual life.
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PLAYERS: Rene Tosoni, Joe Benson, Chris Parmelee, Ron Gardenhire, Sean Burroughs, Justin Morneau, Jim Thome
TEAMS: Minnesota Twins, Philadelphia Phillies
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FORT MYERS, Fla. Chartered flights. Five-star hotels. Tens of thousands of fans in state-of-the-art ballparks. Yes, things are a bit nicer in the major leagues. For several Twins minor leaguers, last season was their first taste of the bigs. Numerous injuries and 99 losses meant several young players had an opportunity to show their stuff with Minnesota late in the 2011 season. Several months later, those same players are trying to make a case to stay in the majors in 2012. "Once you have a taste of the big leagues, you don't want to go back to the minor leagues," said outfielder Rene Tosoni, one of several Twins to make his major league debut in 2011. "But when you get back there, that's all you want to do is get back to the big leagues. Your goal is to stay out of the minor leagues. You want to be playing in the big leagues as long as you can." Tosoni, 25, spent a decent part of 2011 with Minnesota, playing 60 total games in the majors and 73 with Triple-A Rochester. There were others, such as outfielder Joe Benson and first baseman Chris Parmelee, who didn't get that chance until September. Both Benson and Parmelee skipped Triple-A altogether last year, going straight from Double-A New Britain to the Twins in September. The two-level leap didn't seem to affect Parmelee, who batted .355 while slugging .592 in 21 games for the Twins. That included four homers and 14 RBIs in 76 at-bats. "The difference between Double-A and the big leagues was the pitching was a little bit better," Parmelee said. "But at the same time, they were around the zone a little bit more, so I felt like it was a little bit easier to hit. The lights are brighter. The balls are whiter. That's what I think helped me out a lot through the time I was up there was just staying relaxed in the game itself." Benson, ranked by Baseball America as the No. 99 overall prospect prior to this season, didn't have quite the success in the majors last September that Parmelee did. Benson batted just .239 with a .270 on-base percentage in 21 games (71 at-bats). He's been off to a slow start this spring, too, hitting 3-for-14 in his first six games. Benson did hit a deep home run in Sunday's game against the Yankees. He homered 16 times with New Britain last season and 27 combined homers in 2010 between New Britain (23) and High-A Fort Myers (4). That power is something Benson is hoping to exhibit this spring as he fights for a roster spot. "I'd like to make power part of my game," Benson said Sunday after his solo homer. "It's something you can't consciously think about or force, but it just comes with repetition, putting good swings on baseballs, going up there with a good plan and plate approach. Eventually some of them start getting backspin and balls start flying. But for today, the rest of camp, I'm just trying to battle, be aggressive and try to stay out of those two-strike counts." Twins manager Ron Gardenhire knows the early-spring struggles have weighed on Benson, but Minnesota's skipper was glad to see the 24-year-old Illinois native snap out of it with a homer Sunday. "He's got all the tools. Now it's about harnessing that," Gardenhire said of Benson. "Making it to the big leagues (last year) is a good thing. He saw what he needed to work on." Tosoni has quickly become friends with veteran third baseman Sean Burroughs, whose locker is next to Tosoni's in the Hammond Stadium clubhouse. On the other side of Tosoni's locker is fellow Canadian Justin Morneau. Those two have been next to each other since Tosoni's first camp with the Twins three springs ago. For his first two years in Fort Myers, Tosoni was also next to slugger Jim Thome. "A couple good lefties right here," Tosoni said. "Good to take in some information and take it to the field." Now that players like Tosoni, Benson, Parmelee and others have had several spring trainings under their belts as well as a taste of the majors last season they've become more comfortable and assertive, both on the field and in the clubhouse. "You have to be more comfortable when you've been around it for a few years," Gardenhire said. "They've been in camp, most of those guys, for two or three years now. We expect that. That's kind of the process. Better each year, more comfortable, and know what we have to do. We get away from having to, as they say, hold their hand step-by-step every day." Yet while last year's taste of the major leagues was a great learning experience for Minnesota's young players, it doesn't result in any guarantees this spring. "It doesn't matter how old you are, whether you're 20 or 40. You're always fighting for a job," Parmelee said. "You've always got to compete. You've just got to go out there and give it 100 percent. That's how I look at it. It doesn't matter what age you are. You've still got to go out there and earn a spot." Follow Tyler Mason on Twitter.
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Reminding students to continue to strive for excellence in the real world, The University of Texas-Pan American said goodbye to its 75th graduating class Friday and Saturday.
|Earl Jaime Rangel, UTPA master's degree graduate in nursing, celebrates his achievement with his two sons Emilio, left, and Eric, right, during the 6 p.m. ceremony Friday evening.
"Your future holds much promise. We expect great things from you," said Dr. Miguel A. Nevárez, president of UTPA. "Know that your education has prepared you for a journey that demands hard work, discipline and excellence."
Four ceremonies Saturday, May 16 saw more than 1,000 students reposition their tassels as they were awarded bachelor's degrees. For the first time, free admission tickets were issued to graduates of the noon and 3 p.m. ceremonies and an overflow area was set up for 300 additional guests to avoid overcrowding the fieldhouse, officials said
Sergio Lopez of Edinburg was one of about 150 people in the overflow area. He said he enjoyed sitting in the gym because it was more spacious than the Fieldhouse.
"There's 16 of us here and another 12 in the Fieldhouse," Lopez said. "We're here to watch my sister-in-law, Adriana Rios, receive her teaching degree."
Alonda Cerda from Rio Grande City was in the overflow area with three other relatives.
"There's more of us, but the others (without tickets) decided not to come," said Cerda. "I don't really like it because I had to see her graduate through TV, but this is still much better than not getting to see her graduate at all."
Cerda said her cousin, Elda Valdez, who graduated with honors, also had 12 guests in the Fieldouse.
"I'll get to see her after the graduation and, if not here, then at her home for a family party."
Dr. Hilda Medrano, College of Education dean, said this graduating class is the largest to date.
"Graduates, you have chosen to be teachers. Teaching is the most essential profession – the one that makes all other professions possible," Medrano told the graduates.
|Graduates wait to receive their diplomas during a 3 p.m. ceremony.
Nearly 260 doctoral and master's degrees were conferred in a ceremony Friday evening.
Two receiving doctoral degrees from the College of Business Administration received special recognition – Jose Castillo and Suad Fayez Ghaddar. According to information from the AACSB International – The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business – UTPA recently became only the third Hispanic Serving Institution in the nation to receive accreditation for all business degree levels, from bachelor's to doctorate.
Public school teacher Martha Cecilia Martinez became the first to receive a Master of Science in Interdisciplinary Studies in Physics Education after participating in the Physics for Teachers program in the College of Science and Engineering.
"At the time when I started the program I wasn't sure about where I was headed and what I wanted to do, but it was the best thing that I did," Martinez said. "I think any teacher can get out of the classroom and pursue further goals and dreams."
Dr. Jerwen Jou, professor in the Department of Psychology and Anthropology – who has taught at UTPA since 1993 – served as speaker at the ceremonies for master's and doctoral candidates. In his speech, Jou talked about the importance of research, especially in the light of UTPA striving to become a level II research University. While in graduate school, Jou said one of his former professors gave him one of his most important pieces of advice.
"He said to me that it is very important to him to continue to progress in his life for as long as he lives. To a scholar this means that one has to continue to learn, to produce new ideas and concepts, to discover new facts, and to contribute to the discipline with which one identifies one's self," said Jou.
|John Stevens, executive director of the Texas Business and Education Coalition, spoke during two commencement ceremonies Saturday, May 17.
John Stevens, executive director of the Texas Business and Education Coalition, was the featured speaker at both the 9 a.m. and noon ceremonies. Graduates from the College of Business Administration and the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences received degrees at the 9 a.m. ceremony. Stevens addressed parents, business leaders and members of the University – congratulating them for their support of the students.
"The University of Texas-Pan American is unique in important ways," said Stevens. "With the largest enrollment of Mexican-American students in the nation, this University is helping to bring prosperity to south Texas and, even more important, is developing the future Hispanic leadership that Texas and the nation needs."
He told students that their education is a "valuable asset that no one can take away." Stevens also advised the graduates to keep up with the latest technology, but to remember that technology is just a tool.
"The real problems of this world – poverty, hunger, illiteracy, hatred, prejudice, ignorance and intolerance – will never be solved by technology alone," he said. "Nor can technology bring us beauty, wisdom, justice, love, happiness or peace. Well educated people with good basic values make the difference
Rose Guerra Reyna, Hidalgo County judge for the 206th District, told graduates from the College of Arts and Humanities, and the College of Health Sciences and Human Services during the 3 p.m. ceremony to seize those special moments in time.
"Time is precious because each second that we live is a news and unique moment of the universe; a moment that will never be again," she said. "What you do with that time can make a world of difference."."
|UTPA Faculty stand proudly during the singing of the national anthem.
She also spoke to graduates from the College of Science and Engineering at the final commencement ceremony at 6 p.m. and the importance of education.
"Education is the only thing in the world, that once received can never, ever be taken away."
Nevarez said all graduates this year received special recognition on their diplomas and commemorative mementos.
"These mementos and your diplomas will serve as reminders of your quest for knowledge here and your pursuit of success when you leave us," he said.


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I write about tech stocks and the startup economy.
People are gathering in streets around the world under the banner Occupy Wall Street (OWS). I have been watching with some curiosity — struggling to figure out what OWS wants. If the Occupied Wall Street Journal is a good source, the answer is contained in this simple sentence: "Rebellion will not stop until the corporate state is extinguished."
This statement raises more questions than it answers though. Such as:
In the wake of the Tea Party, I think it's democratic for a movement of people to gather in the streets on the opposite end of the political spectrum. Unlike the Koch Industries-backed Tea Party; however, OWS will need to find non-corporate sources to sustain itself until it extinguishes the corporate state.
Meanwhile, I have a thought on OWS's desire to end the corporate state: mend it, don't end it. Corporations provide many benefits to society — they use people, capital, and technology to create value for consumers, employees, shareholders, and communities. Through competition, companies strive to gain market share by giving consumers good products at an ever-lower price or great products at a higher price.
And in so doing, companies create jobs that provide money, health care, and a sense of purpose. If companies can do all this while earning better than expected profits, they reward shareholders. And by paying taxes and giving to communities, they are decent citizens.
Regrettably, not all companies follow this value-creating script. That's why society needs to regulate companies. And due to the symbiosis between politicians who need cash to finance their quest for power and companies that are eager to supply that cash in exchange for profit-boosting government policies, government does not represent the interests of non-corporate people as well as it does those of corporate ones.
This is where we need to mend what OWS calls the corporate state. That's because as long as they use money to pay lobbyists, make campaign contributions, and dangle the lure of higher paying private sector jobs in front of those in government tasked with regulating business, society runs the risk that corporations will engage in some questionable conduct.
For example, I doubt that fracking – the practice of blowing up rock to release natural gas — would be permitted near residential areas if energy companies did not make hefty campaign contributions. Furthermore, without supplying funds to Washington — such as Ameriquest's $7.8 million in 2004 campaign contributions to George W. Bush's re-election campaign — I question whether sub-prime mortgage lenders would have been permitted to sign up borrowers who couldn't repay.
To limit corporate malefaction, we must limit the reach of corporate cash. If OWS inadvertently achieves that aim, society will continue to enjoy the benefits of the corporate state with fewer of its costs.


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Female attorney guilty of bringing 14-year-old to Canada to make porn
By the time court resumed at 1:15, the jurors had made their decision. A juror later said: "The evidence was pretty overwhelming."
Juror Peter Evans of Manchester said: "It was a difficult case ... I'm not sure I could come up with one (deciding factor)."
Evans said one juror took a little bit of time to join the rest and make the decision unanimous, but he declined to say whether it was a male or female juror.
As for a sentence, Evans said: "She is going to deserve whatever she gets."
U.S. Attorney John Kacavas said the mininum sentence Biron could get at the sentencing hearing set for April 22 is 25 years.
He said the transportation charge carries a minimum of 10 years, each of the exploitation charges carries a minimum of 15 years, and the possession charge carries a maximum of 10 years.
Kacavas, who prosecuted the case with Assistant U.S. Attorney Helen Fitzgibbon, said he was not surprised at the quick verdict. "You don't often have the graphic evidence. The defendant is seen and heard (on the videos)."
He said the defendant "made video evidence that speaks for itself. . . It was overwhelming."
One of those videos, made with a cellphone, shows Biron and the victim engaged in sexual activity in Biron's home. Several others showed the 14-year-old victim engaged in sexual activity at a Canadian hotel.
Biron and the teen went to Niagara Falls over the 2012 Memorial Day weekend to meet a 19-year-old Canadian, Kevin Watson, who the teen had met online, so the girl could have sex with the Canadian.
Watson testified that the trio smoked marijuana, drank alcohol and had sex, with Biron videotaping Watson and the young girl. Watson said he had sex with Biron, too, and she took a photo of him on the bed between her and the young girl.
A former Merrimack teen, Brandon Ore, 18, testified he met Biron when he answered a Craigslist personal ad, "2 girls looking to party, 18 and 33."
He said he had sex with Biron the first time he went to her house in July 2012, and she told him to bring a friend the next time because her "roommate" would be there. Ore testified he brought a friend the next five or six times he went to
Biron's Pratt Court residence. He said he had sex with the young girl, and his friends had sex with Biron.
Ore testified Biron showed him on her laptop video of the 14-year-old having sex with the Canadian youth. He said she also wanted him to have sex with the young girl on the couch of her living room. "She was filming us with her iPhone," said Ore, although he didn't realize it at first. When he and the girl asked if Biron was filming, she said "no" but then she laughed, he testified.
Ore said he wasn't happy with his parents' rules, so he moved into Biron's house and lived there for a couple of months. But after another man moved in, Ore said he left and went to Manchester Police to report what he had done and what Biron had done.
When he told Biron what he'd done, she drove him to the police station, telling him to tell police he'd filed a false report and take the misdemeanor consequences. Instead, Ore said: "I asked if I could make a report of her lying."
Ore's September report to police - about having sex with an underage girl and about Biron's videos of the 14-year-old having sex - started the investigation by Manchester Police that led to Biron's arrest in Manchester on child pornography charges and later the federal investigation, indictment and trial, which ended with a guilty verdict.
The final witness, who testified Thursday morning, was FBI forensic examiner James Scripture Jr., who testified that he had copied the hard drive from Biron's laptop and cellphone memory and was able to pinpoint where and when videos and pictures on the laptop were created.
He said the video of Biron engaged in sexual activity with the young girl had been created May 18 at Pratt's Manchester home. That was a week before, Biron told several witnesses, that she took the young girl to Canada and created a "keepsake" video of the girl's first sexual experience.
Biron, who had put her hands over her ears and put her head down Wednesday when the sounds from a video of her with the young girl was played for jurors, did not have a visible reaction to the verdict.
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The final witness in the two-day trial was an FBI forensic investigator who examined Biron's laptop and cellphone.
James Scripture Jr. identified when and where the videos were made, including the cellphone video of Biron and the girl, which he said preceded the Memorial Day weekend visit to Niagara Falls.
In the government's closing argument, assistant U.S. Attorney Helen Fitzgibbon played brief portions of phone calls between Biron and her parents in which Biron appears to blame the teen for her troubles.
"It takes away any doubt of the defendant's guilt," Fitzgibbon told the jury of three women and nine men.
Fitzgibbon said witnesses testified that Biron planned to make the video before taking the girl to Canada, the girl is a minor and Biron exploited the girl in the making of the videos and several still photos.
Fitzgibbon acknowledged the girl wasn't dragged kicking and screaming into making the sex videos, but said she was just 14 and was given marijuana and alcohol.
Defense attorney James Moir told jurors that the case is not about whether Biron is a good or bad person.
What this case is about, he said, is whether the government has proved each and every element.
One charge alleges she transported the girl to Canada to make a pornographic film, but Moir said the issue is her purpose in traveling. "Did she intend to make a pornographic movie," he said, or was it to meet Kevin Watson, to have sex and to see Niagara Falls?
If she didn't decide to make the movie until she got there, he said, she's not guilty.
He also questioned the veracity of witnesses, some of whom stand to avoid any prosecution for sex with a minor as a result of their testimony.
As for sexual exploitation, said Moir, the victim appears to be a willing participant. While the filming is not a nice act, he said: "You have to find that in some way (Biron) caused this. What was the inducement (for the girl)?"
Moir said Biron's friend, Lisa Brien, testified they met at church, and she had known Biron for 12 years and nothing seemed out of the ordinary until her husband left in July 2011.
After that, Moir said: "(Biron) went down this deep hole." Moir said jurors can hate what Biron did, but they must put their feelings aside and decide whether the government has proved the charges beyond a reasonable doubt.
To say, "I'm almost positive" is not enough, said Moir.
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(NECN) - The FDA is drafting a plan to ban trans fats nationwide, following the lead of several states.
Dr. Caroline Apovian, director of the Nutrition and Weight Management Center at BMC, joined us with more on how this decision could change what we eat and save lives.
Haven't a lot of trans fats already been phased out?
"It says zero if it contains less than 0.5 grams per serving, so that's the trick. So there still may be small amounts of trans fats in processed food."
Dr. Apovian says really zero is much healthier.
What are trans fats and why are they so bad for you?
"Trans fats are just unsaturated fats that have hydrogen added to them in a process that makes them more solid and when added to foods, processed food, it enhances shelf life and flavor stability."
She says you'll still have taste if you replace it with something a little healthier; the shelf life is the problem.
What are substitute options?
Dr. Apovian says unsaturated fat, saturated fat like butter and some margarines. While they aren't great for us, at least they are natural.


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Stephanie Clifford is a Metro reporter for The New York Times, covering federal and state courts in Brooklyn. Since joining The Times in 2008, she has written about the retail sector for the Business desk and advertising and magazines for the Media desk. Before coming to newspaper, she was a senior writer at Inc. magazine.
She graduated magna cum laude from Harvard, where she was an executive editor of the Harvard Crimson. She was born in New York City and grew up in Seattle.
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Oyster, chili and vegetable soup will be served. There will also be a silent auction.
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5th Cir. Eases La. Attorney Ad Rules, OKs Endorsements, Some Slogans
Posted Jan 31, 2011 5:34 PM CDT
By Martha Neil
Finding that a blanket ban on results-oriented attorney advertising violates the First Amendment, the New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals today struck down a challenged Louisiana rule of professional conduct that prohibited testimonials and factual information about results achieved in prior representations.
And a three-judge appellate panel also found excessive a complete prohibition on portraying a judge or a jury in attorney advertising, explaining in a written opinion (PDF) that such advertising is not inherently misleading.
However, the panel OK'd a rule prohibiting the use of nicknames, monikers, trade names and mottos that imply an ability to obtain results, finding that the rule was narrowly drafted to achieve this specific purpose rather than prohibiting the use of all such slogans. And it gives examples of such material that does and does not pass muster, such as 'We Work Hard for You' (permissible) and "We Break the Rules for You!" (not).
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Applications Available for Springfield St. Patrick's Parade Colleen Contest
November 21st, 2011
Springfield, Mass. (WGGB) – Applications are now available for the 2012 Springfield St. Patrick's Parade Colleen contest.
Individuals wishing to apply can find the application at the guidance office's of local high schools and colleges. The application can also be found at the John Boyle O'Reilly Club and by visiting http://springfieldstpatricksparade.org/Springfield_St_Patricks_Parade/Committee.html
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A Wallingford, Conn. product, Mantie produced an incredible performance against Smith in a mid-week game. The sophomore tallied four goals in the opening 27 minutes as she paced Springfield to a 5-0 victory. In an overtime win over Clark in the NEWMAC Tournament, it was Mantie's shot that was initially saved before teammate Sue Silva rebounded home the game-winning marker.
Mantie leads the team in scoring with 18 points off eight goals and two assists. She will join the Pride on Saturday morning as they take on top-seeded Wellesley in the conference semifinals in hopes of defending their conference crown.


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Nakheel bounces back, gets tripped up
Troubled Dubai World's troubled developer Nakheel has resumed work on a number of troubled projects, but no sooner is it back on course than it strolls into more trouble.
December 22, 2010 3:39 by Samuel Potter
Poor old Nakheel. No sooner has the troubled property developer hauled itself back onto its feet, than it finds another obstacle to trip over.
The National reported this week that the company is showing signs of "bouncing back." Not exactly a confident endorsement of the company's current prospects, but after the last year or so that's positive news indeed. The paper says that the company has resumed work on a number of projects since the summer. If you recall, in August it announced that it was restarting construction on six residential projects (Jumeirah Park, Al Furjan, Jumeirah Village, Jumeirah Islands Mansions, Jumeirah Heights Clusters and Al Badrah).
So what's new? Well, nothing if you read the story. It's just the National filling space, but it does provide a useful counterpoint to the news in the Financial Times that Nakheel has lost out on a case that could leave it out of pocket – at least in its view.
Here's the detail: a Dubai tribunal has issued a ruling preventing Nakheel from claiming extra fees from a buyer involved with its infamous World project. According to the paper, Nakheel has sought hundreds of millions in "delay fees" from clients who have made down payments on property on the World, but missed scheduled payments.
The judgment surrounds Nakheel's consolidation agreements. Around a thousand have been completed since the downturn struck; they are part of Dubai World's restructuring agreement on $25 billion of debt. A consolidation agreement transfers payments from one client to another, in this particular case Nakheel was to transfer down payments on two island plots to mainland plots, according to the FT. The basic idea is that the money a buyer has placed down on an unfinished project is transferred to a finished one, so that they can profit from finished real estate.
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It wasn't way back when investors were not at all ready to invest their money in Ahmedabad, but today the scenario has changed. Each and every investor wants a piece of profit in the estate market.
With more and more residential projects coming people can have a house of their own criteria. A number of different and varied residential projects are coming that will change the whole infrastructure of the city. Residential projects such as flats, apartments, bungalows and villas are on a higher demand these days.
This days buying a house is not an easy task as there are hell lot of options available at varied prices that will just add confusion in decision making to which one is the best. This period is the best time to buy a house or a property in Ahmedabad as the price rate is stable.
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Flickerflash pushed herself to her paws and padded slowly to the leaders den. She received many stares from her clanmates, most likely because she hadn't left the medicine den for almost three moons. She ignored the other cats and walked over to Gingerstar's den. "Gingerstar?" she called softly.
"Flickerflash?" Gingerstar called back. "Just a moment."
Flickerflash stood in the middle of the forest. An uneasy silence filled the world around her. She was calm, though she didn't know exactly why. Then another cat stepped from the brambles. The dark ginger tom padded closer to her and still there was no sound. "Where am I?" she tried to ask but no sound came out of her open mouth.
For weeks Flickerflash laid in the medicine den. Se didn't want to live. For many nights she'd stare despretly up at the sky and beg Starclan to take her and bring them back.
The aroma of fresh herbs surrounded Flickerflash in a swirling cloud. She breathed deeply inhaling the minty scent.
She sighed softly and streached her front paws, kneading the moss she was laying on. A purr rose in her throat as she relaxed. She'd always been so busy with the kits she hadn't ever had time just to lounge.
"RUN!!!!!" Braveheart yelled as the flames came closer to the nursery.
"No!!!! My kits are in there." Flickerflash snarled back. "I'll never leave them. I'm surprised you would even ask. Those are your kits too." She was appaled at her mate. Braveheart had never asked her to do anything so heartless. To let her own blood burn..... It wasn't an option.


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Along with photo albums and boxes of memorabilia, my personal archives contain some priceless recordings of sound. A 16mm audio film shows my grandmother narrating a walk among family gravestones in Big Grove cemetery. The constant prairie wind of western Minnesota blows over her smoky voice, rendered breathless by decades of puffing Pall Malls. An audiocassette tape holds my daughter's first laughter, captured as she was lying in her crib and looking up at her father. He sneezes and she giggles. Rounds of sneezing and hilarity ensue. And I have an audiotape of night noises I heard on a naturalist-led hike in the Monte verde Cloud Forest Reserve in Costa Rica. The calls, croaks, and chirps of invisible amphibians, insects, birds, and other creatures resound like so many heartbeats in the moonless night.
Sounds -- in memory or in the moment -- make the world come alive. Seasons, time of day, people, and wild creatures can be recognized by their characteristic sounds. So too can places, which serve as stages for certain sound makers. Therefore, protecting lands and waters can become a way of preserving a soundscape.
The motorless Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness epitomizes the ideal of preserving wild sounds. Advocate Sigurd Olson wrote: "Far more important than the places I have seen or what I have done or thought about is the possibility of hearing the singing wilderness and catching, perhaps, its real meaning."
If you were to visit the proposed new state park at Lake Vermilion (see story on page 8), what would you hear? This 3,000-acre soundscape reverberates with listening possibilities for Minnesota visitors. Not far from Sigurd Olson's celebrated "singing wilderness," this mix of north woods and waters promises bioacoustical space for howling wolves, grunting porcupines, gnawing beavers, yodeling loons, and countless other critters. And it promises plenty of room for the sounds of people -- paddling or motoring on the 40,000-acre lake, skipping rocks along shore, treading paths in the pines, telling stories by a campfire.
As you read this March-April issue, keep an ear tuned to the natural, cultural, and historical sounds suggested by the stories.
Also near Lake Vermilion, Soudan Underground Mine State Park holds the echoes of human labor and industrial history. Reading "Drop Into History," imagine not only the depth and the darkness of the mine but also its interior acoustics. The ring of hammers hitting iron ore. The clang of coupling ore carts. The grind of loaded ore carts on iron rails. The voices of miners eating lunch in a tunnel at a long wooden table.
In "King of the Forest," essayist Birney Dibble sets the stage for a ruffed grouse's repeat performances of his courtship drumming. A "gust of wind swooshes," "a small branch cracks like a pistol shot," and "a deep boom resounds through the brush." Hunters and birders know where to listen. If you want to hear the whirrrrrrrr, you can listen at trackseventeen.com.
Near the same beaver pond where he recorded the drumming grouse, freelance audio engineer Curt Olson also captured the buzzing of an American woodcock. More difficult to spot than most shorebirds (see story on page 26), the woodcock often requires birding by ear. In spring the courting male takes flight at dusk, twittering on his way up and whistling as he plummets to the ground.
Spring, perhaps more than any other season, awakens the aural sense. What sounds mean spring to you? What's the sound you would most like to hear that you've never heard? If you could bring back a sound from childhood, what would it be? When I asked my husband these questions, he said the backyard cardinal announces spring. He'd like to listen in a jungle at night and to once again hear crickets chirping at night in the Catskill Mountains.
Some spring evening, step out on your porch and listen. If you can, escape to a wild place and hear a priceless soundscape.
Kathleen Weflen, editor
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Linux Foundation's New TAB
There are many faces behind what goes on at the Linux Foundation: the officers and employees who run the day to day show, the Board of Directors who keep the ship on course, and of course, the volunteers who support, promote, and participate in the Foundation's activities. Among that number are those that act as the voice of the people themselves.
The Linux Foundation's Technical Advisory Board is described as one that "collaborates with the Linux Foundation on programs and issues that affect the Linux community" and "fosters bi-directional interaction with application developers, end users, and Linux companies." The ten individuals are elected by the kernel community itself — half one year, half the next — and sit on the TAB for two years, with the possibility of re-election. Its chair — who will be elected at the Collaboration Summit next March — holds a seat on the Foundation's Board of Directors.
That possibility was recently fulfilled for two members, with the announcement of the results of the annual election, which took place at the Japan Linux Symposium in Tokyo. Of the five additions to the Board announced by the Foundation, two already have favorite spots at the table: Jon Corbet, Linux Kernel Weather Report author, and Greg Kroah-Hartman of Novell, SUSE Labs Senior Engineer and Linux Device Driver Project manager.
New additions in the boardroom will be Alan Cox, who requires no introduction, Ted T'so, the Linux Foundation Fellow and incoming Vice Chair for the board, and Thomas Gleixner, who "manages bug reports for NAND FLASH, core timers and the unified x86 architecture."
According to Foundation Executive Director Jim Zemlin, "each member of the TAB personifies collaboration and works hard to help us increase the technical dominance of the Linux operating system." As for the Board itself, it "provides essential guidance to the Linux Foundation and its members."
Those who will continue personifying collaboration and providing essential guidance for the coming year are its current chair, James Bottomley of Novell, SCSI subsystem maintainer, Chris Maso of Oracle, Btrfs file system creator, Chris Wright of Red Hat, LSM framework maintainer, Kristen Carlson Accardi of Intel, ACPI, PCI, and SATA subsytem contributor, and Dave Jones of Red Hat, Fedora kernel maintainer.
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Written by Irving J. Silvertoad // January 10, 2008 // Health and Gorgeous Beauty, The Dormitory // 15 Comments
A Cyclone of SexualProwess
Sound, Responsible Sexual Advice
By Irving J. Silvertoad
I have noticed that on these hallowed pages they allow a sex advice column. I further have noticed that it is by a woman. Now, as a man of the world I have had sexual relations with a number of women and have more knowledge about their workings than any woman possibly could have about herself, much less about the desires of a man such as myself. Indeed, how could a woman who has been with only one man (her husband) know more about sex than I?
Thus, I will now regale you with all you need to know about that sacred thing I like to call 'Connubial Bliss.' I first wrote this piece in 1909 for a men's journal called The Lion's Roar and reprint it here with my own permission and would be more worried about it going public but have been made to understand that not only has the literacy of women increased, but it is also now fairly well accepted that they can read whatever their father or husband chooses for them. Thus, I leave it to those gentlemen's good discretion.
Victory in the Bedroom Battle
Firstly, the anatomy of a woman is a terrifying jungle of a thing. The Conradian mess it presents is a mystery even to the most knowledgeable of doctors. A man's uncircumcised member is uniquely capable of negotiating its treacherous recesses. The foreskin acts as an acute helmet guarding against the foul mists that are emitted by women. This natural god-given protection granted to all Christian men is something that Heathen men will never understand and is believed to be a large contributor to their various ailments.
Jews, for instance, are unable to please women in any way and cannot even enter their wives without artificial protection. I happen to know for a fact from thorough research and interviewing that robbie bowman has never pleased a woman sexually. Though this could also be, in part, because a woman foolish enough to be bedded by him may, on close examination, be a corpse. He is not alone, however. No Jew can release seed into a woman without his own roger withering and falling off. As a result, Jewish children are all created through various forms of witchcraft and black majik.
The intricacies of a woman's nethers are dangerous not only to a man's noble stallion. I used to know of a fellow who dared to put his face near that area and the mysteries and poisons therein robbed him of his youth, his vigor, and his native intelligence. He turned into a blithering idiot in no time. But what about relations purely for enjoyment and not for the creation of children?
I cannot speak harshly enough against such an endeavour but if a man insists, there are ways to achieve the joy of release without risking rumors surfacing years later that he contributed to a bastard. The French, a filthy people, are so degenerate they have devised something of a stocking for the man's glorious apparatus. The finer ones are made of lamb's skin and there are courser ones made of sausage casings. However, for men of a pedigree as refined as my own I have found a man who will supply me with ones made from the foreskins of orphans and then lovingly stitched together with spidersilk. While the cost is prohibitive, I can recommend them heartily. I was given a gift of them once from George Bernard Shaw who discovered them while researching a play he intends to title Pygmalion. He said that it was the only way to explore the various models for the guttersnipe in his play. He also showed me how to properly clean and store them so that they can be used multiple times and how to lotion them to keep from drying up. I keep mine in a bag of oilcloth after the cleanings and that seems very effective.
Now that many of our precautions are out of the way, perhaps we can discuss how to do this thing properly. First of all, there is nary an incorrect way. If a man is able to disperse his essence then the exercise has been a success.
If the woman's passages should be dry and difficult to traverse, a quick trip to the kitchen can remedy the situation. A handful of drippings will loosen things considerably and leave a pleasant bacony scent. As far as various postures are concerned, find one that minimizes the workload while allowing a rhythm that will suit you, the man. But how?
How indeed. I have found that humming a John Philip Sousa tune is extremely helpful. I am a wonderful mimic and I like to trumpet and drum terrifically with my mouth as I thrust into my lady, thus providing a stirring performance and some marvelous entertainment as well. I understand a certain circle of ladies has circulated a nickname for me of TheHummer, something in which I take a large amount of pride and I am pleased knowing that any time you hear of a Hummer, you will think of me.
I have been asked before for advice on how to tell when a woman is enjoying the sexual experience and I cannot stress this single notion enough: Who cares?
While this may seem like an entirely cruel response, it is the result of a single fact. I have been with many women and each and every one of them seemed bored and uninterested each time and yet, at the end of our encounters, each and every one of those bored and uninterested seeming girls assured me that it was, in fact, quite good or very nice.
If all these things are not enoughto stimulate a man to triumph, allow me to suggest that you indulge yourself into fantasy. In your mind there can be any scenario you like and if this helps you to find pleasure, who is anyone to judge it? Even so, it may be best to keep such stories to yourself. Oscar Wilde told me of some stories that were outrageous and was so lost in these fantasies he seemed to believe they had actually taken place. Which is preposterous. I can't think of a handsomer, more debonair man and surely such a fellow is a ladykiller.
I earlier labeled all of this as an exercise. I must clear up in concluding that a man of taste must avoid exercise at all cost. Gratuitous expenditures of energy will result in a man losing weight and showing the muscles and sinew and veins at work under the skin. They may even seem to grow and swell. This disgusting and vulgar display is loathsome to all, particularly women. After all, we all admire success and what better show is there of success and good health than a lovely, round cherubic man with a fine softness. I myself have been eating non-stop for two weeks after an illness left me looking unwell with various muscles emerging. My body could handle no more than lean meats and green vegetables and it left me looking like a common laborer who digs ditches during his days. Health and fitness belong in another column, perhaps, but all things are connected.
In closing, I suggest you get out right away and begin your new confidence by reading this column six or seven more times until you have it nearly memorized. The printers have been given explicit instruction which, if they follow, will allow the eagle eyed man to see drawn in the pattern of vowels on these pages, a diagram of various methods and techniques which are unsuitable for spoken language. Best of luck.
Note: This being a reprint, the diagrams were unable to be reproduced. Apologies.-ed.


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Legislative Reaction To Recent Court Decisions
In response to a couple of cases rendered earlier this year, the Tennessee legislature has adopted Senate Bill 2271, which has two important impacts. The statute was signed into law by Governor Haslam on May 10, 2012. For a PDF copy, click here.
The new law provides that the signature of an applicant for or party to an insurance contract which states the type, amount, or terms of condition of coverage actually creates a rebuttable presumption that the statements provided by the person so signing bind all insureds and that the person signing such document has read, understands, and accepts the contents of the document.
Secondly, the new law provides that the payment of premium by an insured also creates a rebuttable presumption that the coverage provided has been accepted by all insureds.
This should have some immediate impact in coverage cases dealing with the knowledge of an insured as to certain coverages.
Agent Potentially Responsible For Failing to Insure to Value
One of the most commented upon topics presented by this Blog has been the question of co-insurance, or insurance to value, and where liability lies when there in an improper valuation. Although not specifically dealing with co-insurance, I commend to your reading the case of English Mountain Retreat, LLC. et. al. v. Suzanne Crustenberry-Greg, et. al., a case decided by the Eastern Section Court of Appeals on September 21, 2010. In this case, a building owner had contacted an agent and inquired about insurance. The agent made a couple of visits to the property and, during one visit, presented a proposal with her recommendations as to different coverage limits for the various buildings involved. With respect to one of the buildings, which was subsequently destroyed by fire, the agent used what she described as the "accepted practice" of multiplying the square footage of the building by the cost to replace one square foot to obtain the replacement cost. The agent testified that she typically requires the customer to provide the square footage of the property, but in this case could not recall how the square footage figure was determined. As it turns out, her proposal included an estimate of the square footage of the property that was only off by approximately 4000 square feet, resulting in the building being underinsured.
The Trial Court dismissed the case upon directed verdict by finding, in part, that the building owner's reliance upon the insurance agent's recommendation was not justified because the owner should have had independent knowledge of the value of the building. The trial court also found that there was an absence of proof of financial loss. The Court of Appeals reversed and remanded for a full trial.
Click here for a full PDF version of the opinion (PDF).
"But the agent..." - Ending the Litigation Tactic of Blaming the Agent
In litigating coverage cases on behalf of insurance carriers, I often hear – "But, my agent said…" or "But, I told the agent that…" In Tennessee, juries still hold litigants to a degree of personal accountability and responsibility, particularly when they have had the opportunity to read the document about which they may be claiming ignorance. Often, I have been successful in convincing juries that an insured was simply incorrect about the representations of an agent (either by innocent failure of recollection or otherwise), or that is was simply unreasonable for an insured to have relied upon the representations of an agent when faced with application provisions or clear policy provisions in documentation they have received. .
Our appellate courts have aided this cause in the past two years, through two significant cases imputing knowledge to applicants and insureds when information was readily available. Most recently, in the case of Tennessee Farmers Mutual Insurance Company v. Farrar, No. E2008-00779-COA-R3-CV, filed April 30, 2009, the Tennessee Court of Appeals held that an unintentional misrepresentation regarding the ownership of property was material, and increased the risk of loss, such that the policy could be voided from inception. In this case, the applicant had failed to disclose the existence of a life estate, and the testimony from the underwriter for the carrier was that, had the life estate been disclosed, the holder of the estate would have been required to complete a form entitled "additional named insured application for insurance," and the form would have been submitted to the company's home office. The policyholder argued that it would be speculation as to how the policy form would have been answered. The court did not accept the argument, however, noting:
The point, however, is not what he might have answered; the point is that because the life estate was not disclosed, the Company never had an opportunity to ask him questions so it might evaluate the risk associated with the dual ownership of interests of the Claimant and Mr. Volheim. As a holder of a life estate, Gary Volheim has a right to possession and enjoyment of the property to the exclusion of Mr. Farrar….As the company puts it, 'Based on [the Claimant's] application, [the Company's] Underwriting Department had no knowledge that the right to present possession and enjoyment of [the property] was actually vested in Gary Lee Volheim, a man that [the Claimant] described as mentally ill, an alcoholic, and a paranoid schizophrenic.'
The court also noted that the applicant had signed the application, but apparently did not read it. The court held:
The Claimant's signature binds him as a matter of law to the representations in the signed document and he may not now attempt to rely upon alleged oral statements to or by the insurance agent to avoid the effects of his own negligent failure to read the application.
The Tennessee Court of Appeals has also addressed a situation where an agent allegedly made a representation that coverage would be provided for particular losses, when the policy issued did not provide such coverage. The Court noted:
In this case, the commercial fire policy with Shelter states that its terms "can be amended or waived only by endorsement issued by [Shelter Insurance Company] and made a part of this policy." Ms. Finchum admitted that she received the policy. The terms of the policy unambiguously excluded coverage for damage or loss due to theft, and stated clearly that only Shelter Insurance had authority to alter or amend the terms of the policy. This language was clear notice to the Plaintiffs that neither Davenport nor Patterson had the authority to alter the provision in the policy excluding coverage for damage or loss due to theft. Moreover, the Plaintiffs do not allege that Davenport misrepresented that she had authority to alter the policy. They assert only that they did not read the policy. The plaintiff in Reed made a similar assertion; in response, the Reed court stated: "While the plaintiff alleges that he did not read the documents, it is settled law in Tennessee that he is nonetheless charged with knowledge of their contents." Id. at *3 (citations omitted). We agree.
Finchum v. Patterson, 2008 WL 2019408, 7 (Tenn.Ct.App.,2008)
These cases emphasize than an applicant or insured has a duty to read materials, and will be presumed to know the contents of documents available to or signed by them. These holdings reflect reality, in my opinion. Many times during jury selection, I have asked "How many of you have ever read your insurance policies?" For many years, nary a hand was raised. However, in recent trials, particularly after Hurricane Katrina, I have seen quite a difference. In fact, in one trial, every single member of the jury indicated that he or she had actually read their insurance policies.


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Bryant's green computing efforts drawing attention in higher education
October 13th, 2010 | EdTech
Bryant University's green computing initiatives have saved money and energy. In two articles, one headlined "Blades of Glory," the other headlined "Trailblazing on a Budget," the November/December edition of EdTech Magazine takes a look at Bryant's scalable modular data center.
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We all know that modeling is a big part of parenting. Parents realize that yelling at their children and then telling them not to yell at mom or dad is an oxymoron.
In most situations during early childhood children tend to do what they think their parent would do. That's just how learning during childhood goes.
The following shares why children stop listening when someone is yelling at them and may help you switch from yelling to correct behavior to using teaching discipline. Using teaching discipline, instead of yelling, will also afford you the opportunity to say to your child, "I stopped yelling at you, and I would like you to stop yelling at me."
Yelling happens in most families at one time or another. Most parents rationalize it by saying, I'm simply sending the message that, "I say what I mean, and mean what I say!"
There are two big problems with yelling. The first is, there's a really good chance your child doesn't really comprehend the words you're saying when you're yelling. The second problem is that yelling can cause a great deal of emotional damage to a child's self-esteem if the parent is screaming, being mean, or attacking a child's character.
Most parents' think the louder they get, the firmer they appear to their child. Actually, the opposite is true. The more yelling you do, the less your child can hear you. Why?
Children tend to withdraw just a little bit in order to withstand the intensity of your yelling.
Watch your child the next time you yell. You'll see her shift her attention from the yelling and words you're saying and slightly shut down.
She's doing what any human being would do when being yelled at, moving her attention from the words and loud sounds to emotionally protecting herself from the onslaught of your anger.
Yelling stops her comprehension too. Instead of clearly hearing your words, you begin to sound like a Charlie Brown adult sounds, "mwa, mwa maw mwa" making it difficult to listen, think about what you're saying and comply.
When you stop yelling and she emerges from emotionally withdrawing she's probably crying, whining, yelling back at you or creating more misbehavior. This reignites a parents' anger and makes a parent feel forced to resort to punishment.
However, if you stop yelling as step one, you may never need to deal with the reactions your child has to your yelling.
So the next time you yell at your child and say, "Listen to me right now, I'm talking to you," or "Don't you dare yell at me!" Take a breath and realize that your child has begun to model how you react ,because she knows no better at this age. This simple change will help you gain a better chance of her really hearing you.
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Haines Borough manager Mark Earnest is reviewing complaints from personnel within the police department about chief Gary Lowe, mayor Stephanie Scott confirmed this week.
Scott said Tuesday Earnest is investigating complaints made by employees in the police department, but would not discuss the nature of the complaints.
"I am aware that there are personnel complaints within the department regarding the chief. And I am aware that the manager is tending to them," Scott said.
Earnest would not answer questions concerning the investigation this week. "I'm not going to comment on the whole thing at this time," he said.
In an email Lowe sent Feb. 22 to Earnest, four officers, and five dispatch employees, the chief wrote that he had met with the manager to discuss "several concerns" Earnest had heard from members of the police department and dispatch.
According to the email, Earnest said people in general are afraid to talk to Lowe. Several reasons for this were identified, including "people feared retaliation," "people said I could be uncaring and sarcastic," "people said that I make fun of them or belittle them," and "when people bring me ideas I do not value their opinions."
Earnest said "he felt the sentiments expressed to him were the general consensus of both departments," according to the email.
In the email, Lowe encouraged all employees to feel free to talk with him at any time. He offered to meet in either group or one-on-one sessions to gather constructive criticism.
"I realize that there are times that we can get on each other's nerves, but when I am the culprit, no one feels like they can hold me accountable. I want to hold myself accountable, but I need your help with providing me areas that I need to focus on," Lowe wrote.
Scott said she has "no authority whatsoever" to act in a personnel matter; that responsibility falls on Earnest.
"He is working through the standard procedures for this kind of situation, which I assume means talking to everybody involved, including the police chief," Scott said.
Assembly member Debra Schnabel said she met with Earnest and Scott this week to discuss the complaints against Lowe. Earnest said he was conducting an investigation and would have a report on the matter to present at the assembly's next meeting, Schnabel said.
The assembly can terminate Lowe's contract with or without cause. The contract expires in 2014.


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We've made the rounds this summer, my three young boys and I. At any given time we could be found at events and locations near and far: from the Como Zoo and Como Town to Bunker Beach Waterpark, from the local t-ball fields to many of St. Michael and Albertville's neighborhood parks. We've waved at parades, taken in magician shows and splashed in a variety of lakes.
But as summer winds down, there is always that item or two on the summer bucket list that just didn't get checked off. For us, it was a rainy day activity of bringing our older kids to The Works in Bloomington that just never panned out, and yet another summer has come and gone without spending a day around the lakes area of Minneapolis and taste-testing Sebastian Joe's ice cream.
With one more official summer weekend before school begins Tuesday, there's still a glimmer of hope to fit in one last fun outing and end summer with a bang. What event are you still hoping to fit in this year, or wish you could have? Perhaps your suggestion could be the perfect idea for someone else's summer send-off.