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By Janet Jacobs
Corsicana Daily Sun
Corsicana —
The annual opening of Corsicana's public pools will be June 5 for Jester Park Pool, and June 6 for the Bunert Park Pool.
The openings will be heralded by a Pool Jam, complete with music provided by DJ Slicky D.
This week, the city is preparing the pools for the opening, according to Sharla Allen, parks director.
"The lifeguards are busy at this time getting the pools ready, cleaning the systems and getting everything organized for June 5 for Jester and June 6 for Bunert," Allen said. "It's definitely an exciting time for us."
Among those chores is filling both pools with water. Jester holds 265,000 gallons of water, while Bunert holds 68,000 gallons.
"It's a traditional treatment, with chlorine and acid," Allen said. "And we treat the pools daily."
Jester has new diving boards, but other than that will be the same as in years past.
Bunert will be closed on Sundays this summer, since there was low attendance on Sundays last year.
Attendance at the smaller pool is much lower than at Jester, although Bunert has a spray park attached to it, and Jester does not. Just over 2,300 people paid to enter Jester Park Pool last summer. During that same time period, 348 went to the Bunert Pool.
The lastly day of the pool season is Aug. 17. The Pooch Paddle, which is a fundraiser for a local pet charity when dogs are allowed to swim in the pools before they're drained for the season, will be Aug. 18.
Both pools are also available to be rented out for morning and evening parties. The cost to rent Bunert is $50; while the cost to rent Jester is $100, or $125 for parties of more than 75 people. Swimming lessons are offered at Jester for $25 per person.
Last year, between the entrance fees and pool party rentals, the pools raised $7,000.
To schedule an event, call Mariela Lara, pool manger, at (903) 732-7166.
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More than six months after Superstorm Sandy caused $50 billion in damage, questions still remain regarding the region's infrastructure, its disaster response capabilities, and what the future holds.
Seeking answers and conversation about the storm and recovery efforts, New Jersey and New York public broadcasting stations are teaming up to broadcast a special multi-platform live Town Hall event. Hosted by Mike Schneider, managing editor of the NJTV's news program NJ Today with Mike Schneider, expert panelists will field questions before live studio audiences at Monmouth University's Pollak Theatre in West Long Branch, NJ and the Tisch WNET Studios at Lincoln Center in New York.
Superstorm Sandy: A Live Town Hall airs live on Thursday, May 16 at 8:00 p.m. on NJTV, New Jersey's public television network, THIRTEEN in New York City, WLIW21 on Long Island, WHYY TV in Philadelphia, and their websites, in collaboration with media outlets WNYC at 93.9FM and AM820, New Jersey Public Radio, The Star-Ledger and NJ.com, NJ Spotlight, NJ News Commons and The New York Times. The event will be streamed live.
Topics of discussion will include: infrastructure: maintenance, parameters for the future and how New York and New Jersey's infrastructure compares to other regions; building codes in the post-Sandy era; the storm's environmental consequences: what can we fix, what may not be reparable; storm response: the effectiveness of Sandy response by FEMA, the government, the utility companies and the region overall; economic ramifications: who is paying the debt the storm left behind, government funds versus constituent responsibilities, and looking to the future: the region's ability to plan ahead for extreme weather.
Guest panelists will include experts in an array of fields, from infrastructure and engineering to climatology and charities. The live program will also feature reporting from various locations across New Jersey, New York City, and Long Island. Lauren Wanko from NJ Today with Mike Schneider, MetroFocus' Rafael Pi Roman, and Long Island Business Report's Jim Paymar will revisit communities and individuals that they covered when the storm hit in November, continuing their in-depth reporting from the worst hit towns and cities. Other special reports will come from WHYY, The Star-Ledger and WNYC.
Panelists at Monmouth University in West Long Branch, New Jersey
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• Richard Constable, Commissioner, New Jersey Department of Community Affairs
• Nicole Gelinas, Searle Freedom Trust Fellow, Manhattan Institute
• Vivien Gornitz, Special Research Scientist, Columbia University
• Ralph LaRossa, President & COO, PSE&G
• Mayor Matt Doherty, Belmar, NJ
• Patrick Murray, Director, Monmouth University Polling Institute
• Peter Reinhart, Director, Kislak Real Estate Institute, Monmouth University
• Bill Ulfelder, Executive Director, The Nature Conservancy of New York
• Mayor Dawn Zimmer, Hoboken, NJ
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• John Boulé, VP, Parsons Brinckerhoff, Ret. Col. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
• John Cameron, Chair, Long Island Regional Planning Council
• Bud Griffis, Professor of Civil Engineering and Construction, Polytechnic Institute of New York University
• Joe Nocera, Op-Ed Columnist, The New York Times
• Richard Ravitch, Former Lieutenant Governor, New York
• Sheena Wright, President & CEO, United Way of New York City
Questions for the panelists may be submitted prior and during the program in the comments field, below, and via Twitter #sandytownhall.
Join a post-broadcast online conversation on THIRTEEN's Google+ page with Live Town Hall panelist John Boulé, Vice President, Parsons Brinckerhoff, and Retired Colonel, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. This is a Google+ Hangout on Air at 10 p.m.
Superstorm Sandy: A Live Town Hall is made possible by the New Jersey Recovery Fund at the Community Foundation of New Jersey, The General Contractors Association of New York, New York Building Congress and New York Building Foundation, Bernard and Irene Schwartz, AECOM, New Jersey Manufacturers, Parsons Brinckerhoff, STV, Tishman – an AECOM Company and the American Council of Engineering Companies of New York.
How will you help those who have saved their whole life to purchase a modest vacation home and are not eligible for FEMA or any other relief and are now going to lose their homes because their flood insurance is not enough to rebuild in compliance with new flood height elevation requirements?
7 months and still out of my house – please address flood insurance. Brigantine
When will Congress realize the hardships imposed on everyone with a home in a flood zone — elevation mandates and exorbitant insurance rates — because the Biggert-Waters Act bails out FEMA from its Katrina debt with our money? When will Congress change the Act's 4-year rise in premiums to the 20-year phase-in recommended by FEMA itself?
Follow up to the Belmar Mayor's comments…the gov't didn't come through with funding for replenishment. But local gov't didn't come through either when it came to enforcing the ordinance that's on the books that require beachfront property owners to maintain the dunes and terrain in front of their homes. The beachfront property owners who did take the responsibility seriously and have diligently maintained the dunes over time successfully mitigated the damage to their own homes as well as those behind, further inland. If the property owners had been held accountable to the law locally, there would have been much less damage and perhaps less need to argue about the easements that are needed to permit the Army Corp on the beaches.

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She holds several Montana Masters pool swimming records and is a USA Triathlon Level I Certified Coach and a USA Swimming Level I Certified Coach.
Marathon Swimming
On 31 August 2011, von Jentzen swam across the 55-mile Lake Chelan in Washington State, U.S.A. in 36 hours. Her unprecedented charity swim was called A Lakke for Katelyn, a fundraiser for Katelyn Roker who is battling Stage 4, a high-risk neuroblastoma. She raised US$8,500 for a 5-year-old with acute high risk nueroblastoma.
In 2010, von Jentzen became the first woman to swim 30 miles, the length of Montana's Flathead Lake, in 18 hours 30 minutes. In addition to setting her first world open water swimming record, she also raised US$9,500 to help pay medical expenses for Karmyn Flanagan, a 3-year-old child battling leukemia.


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The Lions Club delivered 2000 cookies and 670 Christmas Cards to the vets at the Sandusky Veterans Home on December 8th, Saturday. The cards were filled out to the specific resident at the home wishing them a Merry Christmas and thanking them for their service. Chocolate chip cookies were donated, baked, bagged, and loaded by the American legion Post 211 in Avon Lake and delivered by the Lions in the Legion van.
Lions volunteering were John Kaczmarek, Paul Johnson, John Aunspaw (Santa), Pete Kratt, Eric Jaworski, and President Jen MacNamara. We arrived at the home at ten in the morning and left early afternoon, but not before meeting a few hundred grateful veterans who were very grateful for the cookies and the well wishes in the cards. Santa had quite a few wishes given to him and the vets and the staff got a huge kick out of seeing him and it really put a charge into their work day.
Thanks to all those who wrote out cards, the list is endless but the effort and the contents of those cards were not in vain-more than one vet and Lion member got a "a case of the sniffles" when the vet read out the card. The American Legion Post came through-as usual. I don't know if people really realize what a great organization this is-they don't just support vets-they support our entire community. I got a first hand view of this when they hosted our Junior Shoreman Award Banquet several years ago. Support them in any way you can.
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Debating Donald Trump in 2012
Feedback on Paul Ryan's Budget and Donald Trump's 2012 Bid
Debating Paul Ryan's Budget
Rep. Paul Ryan has the courage to tackle the "third rail" of politics and come up with a sensible plan to get America back on track ["Deficit Hawk Takes Aim," April 8]. Democrats railing about "shared sacrifice" really mean to avoid any sacrifice and to let our nation slide into an economic disaster. We need real leaders who are worried about us and not their re-election, and who truly have our nation as their first priority.
JOHN GOODRICH Estero, Fla.
Neither the Republicans nor the Democrats are winning anything but contempt from the American people. The Fed prints money faster than anyone can keep track of, and no one is doing anything to stop it. Families and businesses have had to make drastic changes to their spending to try and balance income with spending. No one in Washington is doing anything. The Republicans always cut taxes and add to the national debt. They have always borrowed against the future. The Democrats have always tried to raise taxes and then spend more that the new taxes will cover.
PAUL KRIG Katy, Texas
[Check out a roundup of political cartoons on the budget and deficit.]
Ryan has it right. All of Medicare and Medicaid need to be updated to reflect modern life spans. It is also time for the Democratic Party to remember its history. About 50 years ago, a Democratic president said, "Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country." Today's Democratic mantra is, "Ask not what you can do for your country, rather ask, nay, demand, what your country can do for you."
ROBERT MILLER Woodbridge, Va.
[Vote now: Should Paul Ryan's budget plan become law?]
Trump 2012?
Donald Trump has completely ruined his credibility as an aspiring presidential candidate by restarting the old far-right claim about President Obama having been born in Kenya ["Editor's Note," April 8]. Watching his interview, I found him arrogant and self-promoting. He reminds me of a neighborhood bully. Are we looking at one more candidate who is willing to say anything just to call attention to himself?
MICHAEL BANN Mount Bethel, Pa.
Trump is a fresh voice unrestrained by the practice of divisive party politics. Many people might turn toward Trump out of frustration with our current political process and the system's leaders (or lack thereof). I just wish he would get off the Obama birth certificate kick!
ROBERT H. WILLIAMS Sanibel, Fla.
[Vote now: Will Trump seriously run for president?]
Trump is only a serious self-promoter—he is not interested in being president or the leader of anyone he cannot say "you're fired" to on the spot.
TIM MILLINGTON San Antonio, Texas
The American electorate is stupid enough that Trump has a real chance.
JAMES BOUSMAN Honolulu, Hawaii
That Trump is spending all his time investigating President Obama's birth certificate is a perfect example of why he is basically unqualified to be president. He should be talking about real issues that matter to most Americans and not some wacky ideas from the fringe right wing.
DAVID P. SMITS Kaukauna, Wis.
[Check out a roundup of political cartoons on the GOP 2012 candidates.]
Just because Trump makes statements that the media or other people claim are ludicrous does not mean that he is exempt from running. For the most part, running for the presidency requires money, ego, and self-promotion, and Trump seems to have all of the above.
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Doting on the financial interests Coca Cola, ConAgra, and Del Monte instead of America's school kids isn't going to get the approval rating for Congress recover from an all-time low. By Jim Hightower How small-minded is Congress? How tangled-up in a right-wing ideological knot is it? How subservient to corporate lobbyists is it? The answers …
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This is a post done by one of my other characters from my "The Dragon Wars " Rpg forum, her name is Reiko Sawada. You can find a link to the forum at the bottom of this post. There is some violence in this post, but I do not believe it borders on the side of graphic. I could have gone into a lot more detail... but I didn't, for the sake of the post getting too long as it stands.
Reiko Sawada had been trailing the Kagakura Clan for several nights now. They had yet to suspect anything out of the odd, but it was quite easy for Reiko to tail people without being noticed. She would simply shift out of her solid form, and into that of a phantom, or a ghost. The benefits of ones father having been a ghost himself, when he impregnated ones mother. When the group of ninjas stop, so does the floating apparition that had been following above. Listening to the exchange of words below, Reiko allows her body to manifest once more into it's solid form. Crouching low upon the cliffs rocky ledge. This looked like the perfect chance, that rare moment she'd been waiting for night after night. It was about time, she had grown tired of their abrasive jokes that were anything but funny, and the foul stentch of body odor that drifted from each of them. How they ever managed to sneak up on anyone smelling like that, eluded Reiko's sense of understanding.
Drawing her right hand forward, there's a shruiken held between each gap of her fingers. Waiting for the exact moment... her entire body falls still, even the rise and fall of her chest, since she was now holding her breath. Just a little longer... Finally, the one the others seemed to be teasing fell against the mountains side, and the leader of the Kagakura clan was moving closer, to stand above him. With a flick of her wrist, four shruiken's are launched, the black metal is coated in shadows so that they do not whistle through the air to give away their arrival, or where they had been thrown from. Each one stirkes the Kagakura clan leader, in a vital area. The first pierces the center of his forehead, the second his throat, the third his stomach, and the fourth his groin. His eyes go wide, as he stumbles backwards a few feet, before falling upon his back. The mans blood hitting the ground causes the shadow demons of the valley to stir once more. They quickly form their various states of chaos and murder. Within a matter of seconds, the entire Kagakura clan lies dead within the belly of the beast.
Avoiding transformation, the young woman merely jumps from one level to the next. The rocks skidding beneath her boots, raining small pebbels upon the man who was sitting on the ground below. He would feel the ground shake beneath him, and the warm leather of her boot rubs against his arm as she lands right next to his body. Kneeling down, she lowers her face infront of his, so that she's looking at him upside down. Clicking her tongue softly, she grips both of his shoulders, and hoists the man up onto his feet. Once he's standing, she comes about to stand infront of him, her eyes still studying his face, as if she had seen him somewhere before, but couldn't quite place it at the moment. Finally, a bitter laugh escapes her lips, and she crouches down to pick up the sword of the fallen Kagakura clan leader.
" I would have thought Kojusho, would have taught his pupils better... but why should I be surprised. He never was anything more than an arrogant fool, who felt that his word should be law, even over the deities themselves. At least I always thought so, couldn't stand that man, or those upright members of the Kiyomasa clan. Ugh, ecspecially that whiney little brat that they wanted me to marry. Of course, he was older than me... but a brat none the less. "
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" Higure, your eyes... such a shame, they were the only part of you I ever found attractive. Oh well, perhaps the valley's curse shall wear off eventually. Well! My quest is done, the Kagakura clan has fallen. I shall be going home now. It was lovely to see you again. "


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Favourite numbers from the musicals, traditional tunes, jazz songs and top hits will all feature on the set list of the Teddington Choral Society's next show.
The group will present highlights from the American Songbook at its summer concert this weekend.
They will perform an arrangement of God Only Knows, as sung by the Beach Boys, with whom accompanist Geoffrey Bowyer played in a concert at London's Royal Albert Hall in the 1960s.
Pianist Bowyer will be joined by Mark Laflin, also on piano, while Patrick Martin will conduct the choir.
Audiences can expect an eclectic range of tunes including numbers from West Side Story, the music of Fats Waller and songs that have featured on the Billboard Hot 100 through the years, including Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah.
Refreshments will be on sale during the interval, including homemade American-themed cakes, while the choir does its best to look as American as possible.
Teddington Choral Society presents the American Songbook; Waldegrave School for Girls, Twickenham; June 28; 7.30pm; £10, concessions £8; On the door or teddingtonchoral.co.uk/next-concert.
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following... the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office is grieving over the death of an officer killed in a head-on crash with a semi-truck. Last night at 10, we learned that Officer Tchenter Wilson, a 15 year veteran - died in that shortly before 8 on Busch Drive near Whittaker Road. Sheriff John Rutherford released this statement: "This is a sad day for the men and women of the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office. Officer Tchenter Wilson, a 15 year veteran of our agency was killed tonight in a crash, while off duty in his personal vehicle. Anytime we lose one of our JSO family it is difficult. Our prayers are with the Wilson family, and we stand ready to assist them and his many friends in any way we can." According to the Florida Highway Patrol, Wilson was killed on Busch Drive when his SUV crossed the center line into the other lane and struck an 18-wheeler head on. Wilson was taken to UF Health where he later died. This video shows how badly the front end of that semi was damaged on impact. The driver of the semi was not hurt. FHP has confirmed that this dash cam video is now part of their investigation. They say it shows Wilson's SUV well before the crash...crossing the center line to pass another semi-truck. The video was captured by a FedEX driver, who says he had to pull off the road to let the SUV pass through his lane. 3 3 3 3 3 3 _0829BC 07 58 17 ITS KINDA HARD TO DETERMINE SPEED AT THIS POINT...AS PART OF THE INVESTIGATION.BUT TO 0828 07 47 52 I CANT SPEAK TO THE DETAILS OF THE INVESTIGATION. ..THAT IS A FACTOR IN ALL OF OUR INVESTIGATIONS. 3 The driver of the semi truck was identified by FHP as 50-year-old Timothy Thomas. Troopers haven't said if alcohol or a medical condition played a role in the crash.
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Sometimes a project just catches your eye. I saw this on Pinterest and it did just that, caught my eye. It reminded me of the framed botanicals I made a couple of months ago and placed above my old barn window. This project does something similar, except it uses the old window as the frame. It's gorgeous don't you think? Check it out over at Meadowbrook Farm: a four part story.
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The role of interval appendectomy after conservative management of perforated appendicitis remains controversial. Determining the etiology of perforated appendicitis is one reason to perform interval appendectomies.
To determine whether adult patients undergoing interval appendectomy experience an increased rate of neoplasms.
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All patients 18 years or older who underwent appendectomy for presumed appendicitis from January 1, 2006, through December 31, 2010.
Appendectomy for presumed appendicitis.
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Underlying neoplasm as the cause of presentation for presumed appendicitis. Demographic data, clinicopathologic characteristics, interval resection rate, and complication data were collected and analyzed.
During the study period, 376 patients underwent appendectomies. Interval appendectomy was performed in 17 patients (4.5%). Neoplasms were identified in 14 patients (3.7%); 5 of those tumors occurred in patients who had undergone interval appendectomy (29.4%). Nine neoplasms were mucinous tumors (64.3%), including all neoplasms associated with interval appendectomies. The mean age of all patients with appendiceal tumors was 49 years (range, 35-74 years).
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Mucinous neoplasms of the appendix were found in 5 of 17 patients (29.4%) undergoing interval appendectomy. Interval appendectomies should be considered in all adult patients, especially those 40 years or older, to determine the underlying cause of appendicitis. A multi-institutional study to determine the generalizability of these findings is warranted.
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A tagine is a unique type of ceramic or clay cookware that's popular in North Africa. The bottom is a wide, circular shallow dish used for both cooking and serving, while the top of the tagine is distinctively shaped into a rounded dome or cone.
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Although tagines are traditionally made of clay or ceramic, some Western cookware companies are now making tagines from other materials. Where to Buy Tagines Online will give you an idea of where to buy both traditional and modern tagine styles.
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The use of ceramics in Moroccan cooking is probably a Roman influence. Romans were known for their ceramics, and likely brought that tradition to their rule of Roman Africa.
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I take it the led strip is an add on also.
The problem with common sense, is that its not that common.
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I added the led strips ages ago - the work via a switched ignition supply so they're 'always on'.
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Mission Chinese - Put down the Kool Aid
Ok, So i FINALLY went here last night. I felt I was prepared - I was not expecting anything traditional but some sort of new/unique interpretation of Chinese food. What I felt I got was slightly tweaked versions of real dishes that were so-so and just left me feeling like I was at a not great regular Chinese restaurant.
I got:
Pork Jowl
Fish Frangrant Eggplant
Cumin Lamb.
The cumin lamb was probably the worst version of it I've had at any restaurant ever. It wasn't terrible but it was only OK and its usually quite good anywhere else that bothers to make it. Pork Jowl I thought was kind of boring and the eggplant I thought was just a mediocre version of egglplant in garlic sauce. Again, it wasn't new or innovative, it was just an ok version of a real dish. Why are people waiting on line here? What is with all the type? Am I taking crazy pills? I would never order any of the dishes I got again and with that type of a miss rate I have no desire to go back to give it a second try on the chance I did a terrible job ordering the first time. Any others in the same boat?
Take the place for what it is: Americanized Oriental food. That's Danny Bowien's own description. The Kung Pao Pastrami and Thrice-Cooked Bacon are unique, as Kathryn mentions. Delicious and inventive takes. One issue is that the music can get loud at times but I am glad I first heard "Senegal Fast Food" there!
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re: Chandavkl
For those interested there was a long thread on the SF Board some years back about MCF when it initially opened. There were some humorous yet very heated exchanges about why MCF is bad according to those who have been eating Chinese and Cantonese food overseas.
The takeaway from that thread is that Mission Chinese is basically Chinese food re-interpreted, while retaining similar yet misleading names, but totally different style, approach, and execution. This style of food is obviously not for everyone and can thrive in the USA, but probably not much at all in Taiwan, SE Asia, Hong Kong, China. However when Bowien was a guest chef at an event in southern China, he cooked some high end stuff with fusion touches that had little to no resemblance to MC/MCF....yet the HK bloggers ate it up and enjoyed it....so Bowien understands his audience, just like Chang. Surely the stuff he cooked in southern China would also sell well here, but perhaps that's going to be another project another time, since MC/MCF continues to sell.
At least I know where to get my dan dan noodles, and not get a version called dan dan noodles but is 1) cold 2) contains sesame paste and 3) fairly one dimensional in flavor.
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As I see it, there are two issues here:
1) Is it good or bad food -- on a basic level, is everything properly cooked, does it taste good, etc.; and
2) Is it unique -- are they doing something that's actually notable -- plenty of places can manage to cook food well.
1) The general consensus seems to be yes. While there have been some complaints about it being too salty (first time I went the pastrami was a bit salty), but Renguin is the first person I've heard to have had such a downright negative view of the food. I think his experience was an outlier (and he/she could have ordered better) .
2) I think some people have overblown how unique it is. They took the classic Americanized chinese food menu that hasn't been changed since the 1950s, and updated it -- dishes are supposed to be recognizable. For example, they've turned Beef with Broccoli into Broccoli Beef Brisket with Smoked Oyster Sauce. Kung Pao Pastrami is pretty much your standard meet with stir fried vegetables, except that they use pastrami. And instead of having vegetable/chicken/shrimp/beef fried rice, they do it with mackerel. I do think the changes are enough to qualify it as unique (relative to Americanized Chinese Food) -- and they do have what seem to be original creations, like the poached tofu in soy milk -- but they're certainly not trying to reinvent Chinese food.
You made the mistake of ordering real Chinese dishes at a restaurant that specializes in distinctly Sino- American food.
Danny Bowien is a Fing rock star whether anybody likes it or not, the guy is Rick Springfield in 1981
re: AubWah
Rick Springfield: a guy who gave a lot of people some superficial short-term pleasure, made no lasting cultural contribution, and eventually vanished without a trace, virtually forgotten, leaving nothing significant behind.
Really makes me want to wait two hours to eat in this place.
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I've had one dish from Mission Chinese, the chilled dan dan noodles, and based on that and that alone, I concur with the OP. It is an attractive dish - soba noodles lightly dressed with a sesame sauce and ringed by pickled mustard greens, tiny carrot rounds, some other greenery (the menu sez pea shoots, but it was something else, more cabbage-y), and yuba. The supporting players tasted pleasant enough, although once I learned to make my own pickled mustard greens (it ain't hard), I have ceased to be impressed by anyone else's. The problem was the spicing.
I'm not a true heat-head, I freely admit. I am crazy about X'ian's cold skin noodles, and Legend's Sliced Conch Peppery Flavor, and Ollie's on 42nd St.'s Tears in Eyes mung bean noodles. But I don't automatically like spicy food just for being spicy. And the spiciness in Mission's noodles did not win me over. For starters, it's inexpertly applied. There were clumps of spice powder lying in wait throughout the dish. It is no fun at all to bite down one of those, and I can't imagine anyone would do so on purpose (I could be wrong - maybe it's desirable and I just don't get it). But what really repelled me was the overall unpleasantness - it's not so much warming or numbing (which I like) as burning, almost poisonous. I even had a few minutes of worry that I'd inadvertently ingested dishwasher soap, that's how non-culinary the taste was. But I'm alive, so obviously Mission isn't serving anything dangerous.
Because I want to like the place, I'll go back and try some more stuff and hope that it's more to my liking. I'm particularly interested in the fried rice (which I'll get sans sausage), so if anyone's had that, I'd like to know your thoughts.
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The Salt Cod Fried Rice is delicious.
We tried Mission Chinese for the first time last weekend. We ordered:
salt cod fried rice
mapo tofu
cumin lamb
egg noodles with hen egg, ginger, scallions and ham
kung pao pastrami
smashed cucumbers
I generally liked everything, particularly the fried rice, noodles, and the mapo tofu. The kung pao pastrami was mostly celery, not enough pastrami or peanuts. The cumin lamb was tasty but rather fatty. The heat wasn't quite on the same level as Szechuan Gourmet but the saltiness was almost overwhelming.
I'd probably go back to try some of the other dishes but I'm not rushing. I loved the vibe and the service but it's definitely not worth the long wait (for me anyway). The good news is that we didn't have any trouble getting a reservation for a group a few weeks in advance.


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Oneonta High amassed 18 hits and scored in every inning of its 15-6 Southern Tier Athletic Conference baseball victory at Susquehanna Valley on Friday.
"We hit the ball certainly the best we've hit it all year," OHS coach Joe Hughes said. "We hit hard line drives. We had some productive at-bats. Today, we made significant improvement at the plate. We had more quality at-bats than we've all year long. It was good to see."
Zach King led the way with four hits. Chris Pindar contributed three hits and three RBIs, and Jonathan Vega, Collin Neer and Conor Tavarone had two hits apiece for the Yellowjackets, who bounced back from a 12-5 loss to Chenango Valley on Wednesday by scoring a combined 27 runs against Windsor and SV the past two days.
"We had quality at-bats up and down the lineup," Hughes said.
Kragh Delello hit a two-run double and scored on an RBI double by Neer as Oneonta extended its to lead to 8-1 in the fourth inning.
Kevin Smith improved to 2-0. He struck out four, walked one, scattered eight hits and allowed three earned runs in a complete game.
The Yellowjackets (7-3, 5-3) will travel to Johnson City on Monday.
Oneonta 15, SV 6
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Kevin Smith (W,2-0) and Zach King. Matt Hassig (L), Jimmy Mitchell (3), Steve Greiner (6), Dan Osborn (7) and Vince LaMantia, Corey Ewanow (3). 2B: Kragh Delello (O), Collin Neer (O), Conor Tavarone (O).
Sidney 18, B-G 6
Damian Zimmer had three doubles and two RBIs, and Bill Kozak and Nate McDonald had two hits apiece to lead visiting to a Midstate Athletic Conference victory.
Winning pitcher Zak Green struck out six over five innings.
Lucas Butcher went 3-for-4 for Bainbridge-Guilford (8-2, 6-2), which will host Unadilla Valley on Monday.
Sidney 18, B-G 6
Sidney 036 501 3 - 18 14 1
Zak Green (W), Jordan Constable (6) and Pat Vibbard, Nick Jump (6). Mark Cordner (L), Timmy Parsons (3), Corbin Palmer (4) and Tyler Ouimet. 2B: Bill Kozak (S), Damian Zimmer (S) 3, Jump (S), Lucas Butcher (B).
Unatego 18, Hancock 1
Alex Walley hit a grand slam to highlight a 14-run fourth inning for Unatego, which cruised to a Midstate Athletic Conference win at home.
Quinn Barnhart went 2-for-5 with a double and a home run. He also struck out six over six innings to earn the pitching victory.
Jon Wingate had three doubles, two RBIs and two runs for the Spartans, who received two hits and two RBIs from Tyler Butler.
Unatego (11-3, 8-0) hosts Afton on Monday.
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Ryan Slatcher (L), Lane Bass (5) and Lane Bass, Alex Thompson (6). Quinn Barnhart (W,4-0), Derek Liner and Lucas DeJoy, Tanner Winchester (4). 2B: Ryan Smith (H), Kellen Komenda (U), Tyler Butler (U), Quinn Barnhart (U), Josh Feyerabend (U), Jon Wingate (U) 3. HR: Quinn Barnhart (U), Alex Walley (U).
Oxford 12, Afton 8
Jeff Lawton went 4-for-5 with four RBIs and two runs to lead visting Oxford to a MAC victory. Teammate Andrew Golden contributed two hits and three runs.
Josh Austin had two hits, two runs and an RBI for Afton (3-9, 2-6), which visits Unatego on Monday.
Oxford 12, Afton 8
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Kevin Davis (W), Richard Ryan (6), Cameron Heggie (7) and Matt Moore. Austin Ticknor (L), Matt Olin (5), Connor Graven-Briggs (6) and Josh Austin. 2B: Jeff Layton (O), Matt Olin (A). 3B: Andrew Golden (O), Josh Austin (A).
UV 10, Greene 9
With two outs and bases loaded in the bottom of the seventh, Austin Taylor drew a bases-loaded walk off of Luke Day as host Unadilla Valley won in the Midstate Athletic Conference.
The Storm loaded the bases in the seventh on a walk by Brandon Kuhn, an error and a single by Mason Alford.
Kuhn finished 2-for-4 with two RBIs.
Greene tied the score at 9 in the top of the seventh by scoring runs. Day had a two-run single in the inning.
Unadilla Valley (5-6, 4-4) will play at Bainbridge-Guilford on Monday.
UV 10, Greene 9
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Josh Hurlburt, Cole Browning (3), Luke Day (5,L) and Kurt Bartholomou. Nate Shackelton (W) and Kyle King. 2B: Justin Ekstrom (G) 3B: Lane Whitaker (G).
Harpursville 7, Walton 3
John Arnold finished 3-for-3 with five RBIs to pace host Harpursville to a win in the Midstate Athletic Conference.
Abel Clark finished with two hits, and Joe Sinistore and Steve Klein both doubled for Walton.
Harpursville (6-5) will play at Hancock on Monday.
Harpursville 7, Walton 3
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Robert Merrill (L) and Joe Sinistore. Brendan VanEtten (W), Justin Koranka (5) and Devon Dean. 2B: Jon Arnold (H) 2, Joe Sinistore (W), Steve Klein (W).
Cooperstown 12, M-E 4
Freshman Ray Cabrera earned his first varsity pitching victory, working four innings in relief of starter Park Summers.
"Ray did a nice job tonight in relief. We were able to get four solid innings out of him," Cooperstown coach Frank Miosek said. "Summers had a little stiffness in his pitching arm. We just want to be a little cautious."
Nico Knull went 3-for-3 with a triple for Cooperstown (4-1, 4-1), which received two hits from James Johnson.
Collin Pearsall went 3-for-3 with three RBIs for Morrisville-Eaton.
Cooperstown hosts Sauquoit Valley at home Monday.
Cooperstown 12, M-E 4
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Alec Diable (L), Matt Paljarri (7) and Cody Merkle. Park Summers, Ray Cabrera (4,W) and Jack Donnelly. 2B: Matt Paljarri (M), Scott Curtis (C). 3B: Nico Knull (C).
Windham 12, Margaretville 3
Zach Meyer's three-hit day included two doubles as visiting Windham won in the Delaware League.
"They were a very solid team," Margaretville coach John Bernhardt said of Windham. "They presented themselves on the field like they had played a lot of baseball. Several of their position players had strong arms."
Brandon Cohane contributed two hits for the Warriors, who received a combined five-hitter from winning pitcher Michael Lennon, Meyer and Brandon VanValin.
Kyle Short had two hits for the Blue Devils (4-4, 1-4), who will travel to South Kortright on Monday.
Windham 12, Margaretville 3
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Michael Lennon (W), Zach Meyer (4), Brandon VanValin (6) and Aidan Cohane. Cooper Reither (L), Colby Russo (4), Eric Mathiesen (6) and Kyle Short. 2B: Zach Meyer (W) 2, Brandon Cohane (W), Kyle Short (M).
Edmeston 24, Worcester 3
Clayton Hawes hit a two-run homer during a 14-run first inning and Clayton Lyon homered in the fourth as Edmeston won on the road in the Tri-Valley League.
Lucas Miller went 3-for-4 with three runs for the Panthers.
Worcester (4-5, 4-4) will host Richfield Springs on Tuesday.
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Clayton Lyon, Bryan Head (2,W) and Clayton Hawes. Nate Nicklaus (L), Chris Mralvja (3) and Chris Mralvja, Ryan Perrillo (3). 2B: Bryan Head (E), Bobby Rundblad (W). HR: Clayton Hawes (E), Clayton Lyon (E).
Franklin 9, Schenevus 6
Joe Terrano had an RBI single during Franklin's four-run eighth inning that carried the visiting Purple Devils to a Tri-Valley League win.
Terrano finished with two of Franklin's 10 hits.
Jacob Darling had two hits for Schenevus (1-8, 1-7), which will host Worcester on Tuesday.
Franklin 9, Schenevus 6
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Derek Beers, Joe Terrano (7,W) and Billy Davis. Jacob Darling, Jordan Burton (6), David Vosatka (8,L) and Jordan Burton, Jacob Darling (6). 3B: Jacob Darling (S).
Milford 7, Laurens 6
Host Milford rallied for three runs in the bottom of the seventh to win in the Tri-Valley League.
After Laurens benefited from two errors in the top of the seventh to take a 6-4 lead, Paul Van Warner's RBI triple made it a one run game. Van Warner then scored on a passed ball to tie the score at 6. Wyatt Waters followed with the second of his two doubles and went to third on a groundout. Waters scored the winning run on a passed ball.
Milford (6-1) also scored three runs in the sixth inning to tie the score at 4. Blake Elliott hit a two-run triple in the inning.
Peyton Griffiths had four hits, and Waters and Stephen Banks each had two hits for Milford, which will host Cherry Valley-Springfield on Tuesday.
Mitchell Corrigan and Mason Weir had two hits apiece for Laurens, which received seven strikeouts and no walks from losing pitcher Mitchel Barra.
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Mitchel Barra (L) and Pheonix Howard. Peyton Griffiths, Stephen Banks (7,W) and Kevin Musser, Blake Elliott (7). 2B: Wyatt Waters (M) 2. 3B: Blake Elliott (M), Paul Van Warner (M).
Stamford 11, Gilboa 3
Greg Mattice's two-run homer in the first inning highlighted his three-hit day as visiting Stamford won in the Delaware League.
Sean Vroman, Dustin King, Erik Ehrhart and Matt Anderson had two hits apiece for the Indians, who scored in all but the third inning.
Patrick Kuzma doubled and tripled, and Cole Fancher had two hits for Gilboa (3-3, 3-1), which will travel to Downsville on Monday.
Stamford 11, Gilboa 3
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Geoff Mattice (W), Wade Tompkins (6) and Dustin King, George Curbelo (6). Cole Fancher (L), Christian Cooper (6) and Nick Vogiatzis. 2B: Matt Anderson (S), Geoff Mattice (S), Glen Cioccari (S), Sean Vroman (S), Patrick Kuzma (G). 3B: Patrick Kuzma (G). HR: Greg Mattice (S).
Jefferson 13, Roxbury 2
Winning pitcher Jimmy Reeves struck out 16 and walked three in a two-hitter to lead host Jefferson in the Delaware League.
Reeves also went 4-for-5 with three RBIs.
Eric Shultis had an RBI triple for Roxbury.
Jefferson (5-5, 4-2) will host Stamford on Tuesday.
Jefferson 13, Roxbury 2
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Nick Hamil, Chris Clark (3), Eric Shultis (5) and Spencer Hinkley. Jimmy Reeves (W) and James Quagliano. 3B: Eric Shultis (R).
Ryan Sluiter finished 4-for-5 with four RBIs, including a two-run double in the sixth, to lead South Kortright to a Delaware League victory on the road.
Winning pitcher Dylan Cole struck out five and hit a triple.
Tanner Slutzky paced Hunter-Tannersville going 2-for-4 with a triple and two RBIs.
H-T (0-5, 0-3) will play at Stamford on Saturday.
South Kortright 101 507 1 – 15 7 1
Dylan Cole (W) and Dan Lutz. Elijah Ruoff (L), Tanner Slutzky (5), Stan Sutton (7) and Austin Scaccionce. 2B: Ryan Sluiter (S), Elijah Ruoff (H) 3B: Dylan Cole (S), Tanner Slutzky (H).


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Vigils in 100 cities are being planned for Saturday over the verdict in the Trayvon Martin killing.
The Rev. Al Sharpton says his organization will hold prayer vigils and rallies will be held in front of federal buildings. Sharpton joins the NAACP and others calling for federal civil rights charges against George Zimmerman, who was acquitted in Martin's 2012 shooting death in Florida.
Largely peaceful rallies were held Sunday in cities across the country. There were some arrests in Los Angeles, where more than 100 police officers in riot gear converged on a crowd of about 80 protesters.
Sharpton has urged peace, saying any violence would mar Martin's name.
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Liam Neeson has been mostly promoting "Taken 2" on his talk-show tour, but decided to take a break from talking shop to get (nearly) naked for a cause even closer to his heart.
The 60-year-old hunk paid a visit to "Ellen" on Monday (wearing nothing but a pink robe and matching undies), stripped down to his knickers and climbed into a dunk tank. The Irish star agreed to go buff (and get soaking wet) on national television to help raise awareness – and a whopping $20,000 – for breast cancer research.
"You are setting the bar high [for] whoever follows you," DeGeneres said as Neeson prepared for the stunt.
Adding even more charm to the moment was the fact that the audience member chosen to throw balls at the tank's target was a woman who was diagnosed with breast cancer four years ago and is now cancer free.
The host's dunking tank is just one of a number of fundraising pursuits DeGeneres is spearheading during Breast Cancer Awareness month to bring in money for Susan G. Komen for the Cure.
Liam Neeson raised $20,043 wearing this outfit. $20,000 from Shutterfly, and $43 in singles stuck in his spe instagr.am/p/QQSmBptjKZ/— Ellen DeGeneres (@TheEllenShow) October 2, 2012
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Betsey Johnson
Eleven years after beating breast cancer, Betsey Johnson continues to meld two of her defining passions--fighting the disease and creating eye-popping fashion pieces. This year, when you buy Johnson's $150 "Breast Cancer Awareness Bundle," you'll get a tank, tote, gloves and two pairs of socks that boast, "I'm a survivor!" and help support Fashion Targets Breast Cancer. For an even sweeter treat, dig into her signature ice cream sundae at the famed NYC eatery, Serendipity, to benefit the National Breast Cancer Coalition Fund and the Weill Cornell Breast Center at New York-Presbyterian Hospital.
Christina Applegate
After undergoing a double mastectomy in 2008, Christina Applegate vowed to "have cute boobs" until she's 90 and to make sure that all women, no matter their financial situation, have access to critical cancer screenings and care. The "Samantha Who?" star kept good on her promise and founded Right Action For Women, a nonprofit that educates women about what it means to be at "high risk" for breast cancer and provides aid to those who can't afford life-saving screenings. Want to help? Donate here.
Sheryl Crow
Even before this nine-time Grammy award winner was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2006, she was advocating for its victims, Health.com reports. Now that Sheryl Crow's defeated the disease, she's ensuring that others have the same opportunity to do the same. Last year, Crow helped found the Sheryl Crow Imaging Center, in conjunction with L.A.'s Pink Lotus Breast Center, which offers the latest advancements in digital screening and diagnostic imaging technologies. Dedicated exclusively to preventing and treating breast cancer, the center is the only one of its kind in the country and it also provides free treatment to uninsured women. Want to help a patient in need? Donate here.
Cynthia Nixon
Cynthia Nixon is not only a breast cancer survivor; she's also the daughter of a two-time survivor. The Susan G. Komen spokeswoman said in a testimonial, "I feel like I have a very concrete story to tell. My story isn't just my story, it mine and my mother's story." Nixon's served as an ambassador for the foundation, which is the world's largest grassroots network of breast cancer survivors and activists, since 2008. Want to help? Donate to the Susan G Komen Foundation here.
Melissa Etheridge
Breast cancer survivor Melissa Etheridge is known for her symbolic anthem "I Run" and for her advocacy for breast cancer research. Her most recent contributions to the cause include donating a pink 12-string guitar from her summer tour, for which bidding is currently open at her site's "Pink Page." Want to help? Donate to organizations Etheridge supports here.
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Please accept this letter of support for the team of Kevin Rooney and Haakon Jepsen for Wyckoff Township Committee.
I have come to know Kevin over the past 18 months; during that time I have found him to be one of the most honorable men and hardest working Committeemen I have known. He has spent countless hours, on behalf of all Wyckoff residents. Kevin spent countless days working for Wyckoff during the Oct. 31, 2011, storm, helping each department, as Mayor, as well as keeping our residents updated. As Finance Chairman, Kevin has been instrumental in keeping the Wyckoff tax rate flat. Always his thoughts are what is right for Wyckoff, and how can we afford it without burdening our taxpayers. Kevin looks at each issue, carefully, and always comes up with a solution that is a logical and proper. Kevin is a man who wants to turn a "no" into a "how can we help you make this work so we can say YES".
Kevin Rooney is a man Wyckoff MUST keep in office. He brings to Wyckoff a dedication that runs deep and is willing to work countless hours on behalf of Wyckoff residents to keep Wyckoff a pleasant place to live and raise children. After all, a man who when the Committee was discussing dog walking on Township parks, says, "Why not add Municipal Field to the list?" A man who considers even our canines is one I want in office! Kevin considers the quality of life in Wyckoff and always works to make it better within the boundaries of good financial sense.
I could find no better man to support for re-election to the Wyckoff Township Committee than Mr. Kevin Rooney. Please Vote Rooney–Jepsen on Nov 6th.
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1. The Borough of Emmaus will not increase taxes in 2013, according to the proposed 2013 passed by Borough Council last night.
Beyond that, things are a bit confusing. Right now, the tax rate for the 2013 budget is set at 4.20 mills. However, that rate could change slightly, according to Borough Manager Shane Pepe, depending on how reassessments at the county level play out.
But Budget and Finance Committee Chair Brian Holtzhafer stressed that no matter what happens at the county level, the total amount of tax dollars coming into the borough will remain constant; the millage will simply be adjusted based on the county assessments.
In an attempt to help clarify things, Councilman Brent Labenberg explained that the fact that the borough of Emmaus is not raising taxes does not mean that tax bills for individual property owners in the borough will not rise. Some residents could see an increase, others a decrease, he said. It all depends on the county's assessment of a given property.
"If your assessment goes up, your bill goes up and that's not because of us," Labenberg said.
2. Water bills will go up in 2013.
Last night, council approved, by a 6-0 vote, 2013 water increases from $1.95 to $2.05 per 1,000 gallons. Borough residents also pay a quarterly water meter usage fee, and that, too, will be going up slightly in 2013, from $13.55 to $15 per year or $1.45 per quarter for a standard meter.
That fee increase translates into about a 5 percent increase, according to Holtzhafer, who said that other meter sizes will increase in cost on a similar scale.
3. Sewer bills will go up in 2013.
Increases to sewer rates were approved last night, also by a 6-0 vote, with no discussion. When asked for additional detail on the 2013 sewer rates after the meeting, Holtzhafer said that he could not quote specific numbers, but that the increase was in the neighborhood of 5 percent, similar to the water rate increase.
4. Refuse bills will go up in 2013.
Trash bills will see a slight bump from $306 to $312 per year. That $6 increase will earn residents unlimited use of the borough's compost facilities, including an ID card that will grant them access to the compost site.
5. The final 2013 budget vote is set for Borough Council's Dec. 17 meeting at 7 p.m. in Borough Hall.
Taxpayers can review the proposed 2013 budget between now and then in Emmaus Borough Hall.
Councilman Nathan Brown was absent from last night's meeting.


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Jaguar has announced a multi-city drive program called 'Alive'. This driving program will give customers across 12 major cities in India an opportunity to try out the Jaguar F-Type and the XKR-S sportscars. The program will commence in Indore and will take place over two days – July 24 and July 25.


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By SAMANTHA PERRY
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
There was cake and bell ringing. Accolades and celebration. Fireworks and concerts. Well wishes were given by those near and far. It was an appropriate commemoration of a 150th birthday. And one well earned and well deserved by the great state of West Virginia.
The Mountain State celebrated the big day last Thursday. Events to honor the occasion were held from Wheeling to Princeton, and all points in between. Current residents and former Mountaineers paid their respects.
Growing up, West Virginia Day was always a big deal in our home — perhaps, in part, because June 20 was also my grandfather's birthday. He was coal miner. A gardener. A true friend and good neighbor. And he was proud to have been born on the date that West Virginia gained her statehood.
As the date approached on the calendar, he never talked about his own birth. Instead, he would speak of the Mountain State with pride. He would share stories of her history, and little-known facts and trivia.
At a young age we learned to respect the date on the calendar and the importance of paying homage to our home state, our birth place, West Virginia.
Two sips of coffee and a tap on the blue bird. Opening the social networking site pre-6 a.m., I was greeted with a explosion of blue-and-gold pride.
More than 90 percent of the tweets were birthday wishes to West Virginia. Some were from those born and raised here; others came from adopted children. But on this day it did not matter if one had resided in the Mountain State for a lifetime or one month, the sentiment was the same. All were proud to have roots and ties to the state born of conflict during the Civil War.
While most messages contained simple birthday greetings, others waxed poetically on West Virginia's finer points — her landscapes, her culture, her people. One of my favorite tweets, however, put a modern spin on the century-and-a-half-old state split. "Hey Virginia, I'm just not that into you. Signed, West Virginia, 1863.
(Apologies to our friends in the Commonwealth.)
The pride in West Virginia shown last Thursday spurred thoughts of my favorite things about this great state. I consider myself fortunate to have run barefoot through her green hills as a child; blessed to have grown up with her hardwood forests as my neighbors.
But what do I love most about the Mountain State?
• Buttercups and daisies blooming in open fields
• Homemade chicken and dumplings on a cool Sunday afternoon
• A giant four-leafed clover plucked from no-man's land — the overgrown space between well-groomed yards and green forests
• The sound of "y'all," spoken with a true southern accent
• Fireworks (purchased out of state) exploding over the backyard on the Fourth of July
• Hot dogs, with cole slaw
• Target shooting in the yard
• A great blue heron standing in the Bluestone River shrouded by early-morning fog
• The sight of an elderly woman stringing freshly-picked green beans
• Lightning bugs brightening the landscape on a warm summer's evening
West Virginia has many things to offer, but her finest qualities may come in the small details — the everyday sights, sounds and smells that warm the heart and remind us of beautiful childhoods and days spent in a cocoon of country comfort.
Happy birthday West Virginia! May the next 150 years be as heartwarming and special as the first century and a half.
Last Friday, the Bluefield Daily Telegraph staff said a sad farewell to publisher Darryl Hudson, who is leaving the newspaper to pursue a career opportunity at a publication in Rockford, Ill.
Darryl began his tenure as publisher of the newspaper in March of 2010, but it was his second go-round as a Bluefield resident and employee of the Daily Telegraph. He previously lived in Bluefield from 1976-88, during which time he was a Bluefield State College student and worked at various businesses including Leggett in downtown Bluefield, and Andres and Long John Silver's on Cumberland Road.
He started his newspaper career at the Daily Telegraph in 1987 as a circulation district manager, and was named controller for the newspaper the next year. He later became a corporate controller for Thomson Newspapers.
Although Darryl is a business and finance wizard, he is also a tech and web guru. With his leadership the newspaper launched many new multi-media products, including BDTVideo, BDTBlitz and BDTBounce.
Personally, Darryl has been a great friend, and I will miss our talks about politics, elections and local news events. I will also miss listening to in-depth "Star Trek" and "Superman" discussions coming from the newsroom, as Darryl, Charles Owens and Greg Jordan raved about a recent movie release.
The loss of Darryl and his family will leave a void in our community, but we wish them well in their future endeavors.
Samantha Perry is editor of the Daily Telegraph. Contact her at email@example.com. Follow her @BDTPerry.


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General notice - All agenda at the Consular Section of the Embassy of the Czech Republic in London is handled on the appointment basis. You can find all information about making appointment at the section Visa and Consular Information - Contact Details.
1. The Extract from the Czech Criminal register is issued by the Office of the State Attorney of the Czech Republic and may be obtained through the Consular Section of the Embassy of the Czech Republic in London.
2. Kindly use this form (print it out first) and please fill only the following items, translation is provided for your convenience:
2.1 Jméno a původní (rodné příjmení) - Name and Surname at Birth,
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BOSTON — As co-chair of the Committee on Election Laws, State Sen. Barry Finegold, D-Andover, said he is not inclined to revisit the process that allows for an interim senator to be appointed should President Barack Obama tap U.S. Sen. John Kerry as his next secretary of state.
Finegold said yesterday he has heard rumblings of people pushing to change the law, but no one has contacted him directly.
"There has been some behind-the-scenes talk. I have no interest in changing this law," Finegold told the News Service.
"I think we have a good system where immediately there will be someone to serve, and at the same time you give people the chance to, if this happens, see who is going to be the person to replace him."
Current state law requires the governor to appoint an interim senator once a vacancy is created by death or letter of resignation. The interim appointee holds the spot until a special election, which must be held between 145 to 160 days after the vacancy. A letter of resignation creates a vacancy, under the law, even if the resignation is not effective until a later date.
The date of the election to fill a vacancy "shall be after the resignation is effective," the law states. Patrick has repeatedly said he would prefer to appoint someone for the remainder of the Senate term rather than make an interim appointment — which was the case under previous state law before 2004.
When Kerry ran for president, the Legislature changed the law to allow for a special election in order to prevent Gov. Mitt Romney from appointing a successor for the remainder of the six-year term. Lawmakers changed it again in 2009 to allow Patrick to make an interim appointment until a special election when Sen. Edward Kennedy died, resulting in the election of Scott Brown over Attorney General Martha Coakley.


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White Canvas Design Your Own Notebooks (1 dz)Children will love these White Canvas Design Your Own Notebooks! With these notebook, you can bring the artist out in everyone! Learn More
Design Your Own Fabulous Foam Crosses (2 dz)Children will love designing and decorating their own foam cross. This craft activity is ideal for VBG, Sunday school, or any other church activity. Learn More
Design Your Own Aquarium Sticker Scene (1 dz)Children can dive into some fun with these aquarium sticks. Once children have placed their under the sea sticks on the background, they can tell their own aquatic stories. Learn More
Design Your Own Mini Beach Balls (1 dz)Looking for a fun craft project to get kids ready to go to the beach? Everyone will love making one of these beach balls from this Design Your Own Mini Beach Balls Kit. Permanent markers or acrylic paint recommended. Learn More
Design A Room Up & Away Background (1 set)Give your party room that outdoor feel with this Design A Room Up & Away Background. This hanging decoration is perfect for any outdoor themed party. Learn More
Design-A-Room Up & Away Set (1 set)Give that individual touch to your party room with this Design-A-Room Up & Away Set. This set included 5 airplanes, 2 kites, 2 rainbows, and 4 hot air balloons. Learn More
Design Your Own Ribbon Cutouts (2 dz)Help children know they are number one with these Design Your Own Ribbon Cutouts! Perfect for any type of event! Learn More
Design Your Own Unfinished Wood Block Bank (1 dz)Teach children the value of money by helping them make their own bank with these DYO Unfinished Wood Block Bank. Use to help kids make their own fun banks or use as a fun party favor for your baby shower! Learn More
Design Your Own Coil Visors (1 dz)Make summer more fun with unique craft projects like these Design Your Own Coil Visors. These visors are easy to make and children will love making their own sun visors for outdoor play! Learn More
Design Your Own! Guitar Pick Necklaces (1 dz)Every child at your party will look like a true rock star after making one of these Design Your Own! Guitar Pick Necklaces. With these picks, no one will question who the true rock stars are at this rock themed party. Learn More