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The Miller Place School District is gearing for another budget season after an up-and-down process last year initially had many up in arms.
The original proposed budget last year included just over 22 teacher layoffs and cuts to many extra-curricular activities and the entire middle school athletic program. After a tense process, the final budget, which stuck at the tax levy cap, reduced faculty cuts to 16.7 and restored all clubs and athletic programs. This budget passed with just under 70 percent of the vote.
Now for the 2013-14 budget, Gov. Andrew Cuomo projects a very slight increase in state aid for the district of $229,913, or 1.29 percent.
"The district is in the process of reviewing and evaluating the different levels of Governor Cuomo's school aid proposal," said Superintendent Marianne Higuera. "We will be gauging how different components of the proposal will impact budgeting for current programming, support of state mandates as well as new district educational programming currently under consideration. Additionally, we must evaluate the proposed school aid within the context of the tax cap."
The majority of the increase comes to Boces and Special Services, which would move from $877,895 last year to $975,940 this year. The district's first budget workshop is scheduled for Feb. 27 at Miller Place High School. It will include the Executive Summary touching on the tax cap and revenues. Three additional workshops will be held in March, including the budget adoption.


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Our lovely Victoria is back with her latest update. Have you been following her story? You can read all about Victoria here as she talks about PCOS, losing weight and learning to chart whilst she tries for a baby. Today she covers one of my favourite subjects: meat. What are you waiting for?!
Last week saw me return to Slimming World YET AGAIN. Same old story, I fell off the wagon. Well, I had my excuses, the house move was horrendous, then I was ill. I don't do the kind of ill where the weight falls off you either, I do the kind of ill where all I want to eat is Heinz tomato soup and cheesy bread, then some Ice Cream for my sore throat. I actually got to the stage where I was desperate to go back to SW cos I so desperately want to BE on the wagon. I have discovered I just can't do it on my own. Where has SW been the rest of my life!? Amazing news though, I stepped on the scales and was exactly the same weight as I was 5 weeks ago. Couldn't ask for better news than that really!!
Now I'm settling in at home in the new place, with my very own fan oven and ceramic hob, oven 60cm wide instead of the puny 50cm one in the old place. Amazing difference a decent cooker can make. I have also been on a butcher run. I chose to travel 5 miles out of town to a butcher in a neighbouring village because their meat is tried and tested for the last several Christmases in my Mum's house. They do a variety of value butcher packs, the latest Daddy of Butcher Packs has recently been added where you get a boxful for £50, or if you want to splash out and buy 2 you get it for £90 – so Hubby and I got one, and Mum and Dad took another one, bingo, we've both saved. Here's what we get:
2lb of mince
2lb of stew
2lb of silverside or topside
2x8oz(approx)rump steaks
2lb of pork or beef sausages
2lb of pork steaks or chicken fillets
2lb of bacon
1x mince round or large steak pie.
It's likely your local butcher will do a similar deal so get on down to see what they have, and of course you know what you get with a local butcher don't you! – it's going to feed us healthily for about a fortnight. It's so wrong how much this excites me….
Speaking of exciting, I love a good chart coming together, and here's mine:
We managed to DTD a few times in the hecticness of the house move, but we knew it wasn't likely to be our month for that reason. I used the CBFM – you can see I got H (High) readings for a lot of days this cycle before I gave up. It seems it was just one of those months where my PCOS caused inflated LH levels and no peak seemed to ever come. That's why it's advisable to temp. The temping is a pretty straightforward pattern. I think that HUGE peak just says 'you're ill, best have a few days off work' so I did J. Ovulation was detected bang on schedule on CD16 along with another nice treat, the appearance of Egg white cervical mucus, I've only ever detected this twice so yay! It's always a good sign of impending ovulation. I found a packet of Internet Cheapy pregnancy tests when packing as well so as you can see I got a bit pee happy near the end there - 14 DPO now and it looks like I'm on the countdown to AF, as temp has dropped again.
I can see where it went wrong, no DTD in the all important few days before ovulation, so can't say fairer than that really. Well done body! Until next time…

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Apple's previous operating systems being named like Leopard, Panther and Mountain Lion for it's nine updates. Craig Federighi, Apple's senior vice president of software engineering said, "We don't want to be the first development team to be delayed by the lack of big cats." That's why company switching to new naming scheme based on locations in California.
The first name corresponding with those location, OS X- Mavericks, The name of the OS which is based on surfing location in Northern California is now with over 200 new features coming this fall.
Apple OS X Mavericks features overview
OS X Mavericks Multiple Display Support :
Now Mavericks supports menus and docks on multiple displays eliminating problems from previous versions. Now it's been easy to swipe between desktops, drastic change in handling of Mission Control, upgrades to Airplay where, you can also connect Apple HDTV to act as a display.
OS X System Tabs and Tabbed Finder :
Finder tabs allows you to merge multiple windows into one single window and almost identical to tabs in Google Chrome. You can switch along tab to tab and can view multiple folder and tabs. In Apple's latest OS, you can tag the files where you can use them to sort out files into different aspects which is also useful for searching specific file for specific term.
Tweaks :
OS X now includes CPU management tools which reduces CPU usage by 72%. OS X Mavericks now built to utilize and compress inactive memory which improves battery life and wakeup time by 1.5x times.
Safari Update with iCloud Keychain, Improved JavaScript Performance :
The new Safari will feature new Power Nap feature which will reduce the browser's power consumption. It's also going to have a sidebar which will give you access to the bookmarks and the reading list.
OS X Mavericks Availability :
It's going to be available to developers today with official device release coming this fall and today at WWDC 2013 keynote there is no word on pricing.


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What Went Wrong: Chad Ho MoseleyBy
Every team has a few of them every single season; replacement level relievers, or worse. Most of the time these guys are buried in the back of the bullpen, throwing low-leverage innings once or twice a week when his team had a big lead or a big deficit. The Yankees were (un)lucky enough to have three guys like that this year, and they even came with a cheesy nickname: Chad Ho Moseley. Let's review…
After a solid job as the Yankees' makeshift fifth starter down the stretch last season, Gaudin was rewarded by being released in Spring Training. He ended up back in his old stomping grounds in Oakland, at least until they released him after 17.1 innings of 5.91 FIP pitching. The Yanks brought him back in late-May for the pro-rated portion of the league minimum and stuck him in their bullpen as a mop-up guy.
That's pretty much exactly what Gaudin was, because opponents mopped the floor with him during his second tenure in pinstripes. He was somehow even worse with the Yanks than he was with the A's (6.25 FIP), and a late season audition for a playoff spot which featured the Yanks forcing him into some high-leverage spot went predictably awful. All told, Gaudin put a -0.8 fWAR in 48 IP just with the Bombers in 2010 (-1.1 overall). Yuck.
Park was a late addition in the offseason, signing a low-risk one-year, $1.2M contract after pitchers and catchers had already reported in February. His relief stint with the Phillies in 2009 was excellent (53-15 K/uIBB ratio and 0 HR in exactly 50 IP), good enough that even with normal age-related decline (he was 36 when they signed him, after all) and the AL-to-NL transition that there were still reasons to expect him to be a serviceable relief arm.
As it turned out, CHoP was anything but serviceable. He made three appearances in April, taking the loss in the first game of the season, before hitting the disabled list for a month with a bad hamstring. That bought him some more time. CHoP returned in mid-May and allowed at least one run in four straight outings and in five of six, earning himself a demotion to mop-up duty. After five scoreless outings in June, CHoP pretty much fell apart. He was designated for assignment after the Yanks acquired Kerry Wood at the trade deadline, finishing his Yankee career with a 5.60 ERA and more than one homer allowed for every 16 outs recorded.
It was a worthwhile gamble that completely blew up in the Yankees' faces; Park was worth -0.2 fWAR in pinstripes. That the Pirates claimed him off waivers and saved New York the final $400,000 of his salary was nothing more than a minor miracle.
Dustin Moseley
The Yanks brought in the former Reds' first round pick on a minor league contract with an invitation to Spring Training, and he pitched well enough in Triple-A (3.67 FIP in a dozen starts) that he forced the Yankees' hand when his opt-out clause kicked in in late-June. Pitching in a mop-up role initially, Moseley moved into the rotation once Andy Pettitte's groin landed him on the disabled list.
Moseley wasn't terrible at first, giving the team two quality starts in his first three outings. It all kinda went downhill from there (6.41 ERA, .932 OPS against) as his inability to miss bats (13 BB, 11 K) manifested itself in his next four starts. Somehow the Yankees still managed to win three of those games, but Moseley found himself back in the bullpen with rookie Ivan Nova usurping him in the rotation.
In the end, the 28-year-old righty finished the season with with a 5.99 FIP and -0.4 fWAR in 65.1 innings for the big league team. He slightly redeemed himself with two scoreless innings in Game One of the ALCS, paving the way for the eighth inning comeback, but meh. Dustin's effort was admirable, yet completely forgettable.
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It's unfair to toss Sergio Mitre into this mix because at least he managed to be replacement level this season (exactly 0.0 fWAR), but we have to mention him somewhere. He allowed just seven runs in his final 24.2 innings (2.55 ERA), so unlikely the Chad Ho Moseley monster he at least finished strong.
A trio of sub-replacement level long relievers (total damage: -1.4 fWAR, 148.2 IP, or 10.3% of the team's total innings) didn't sink the Yankees season by any means, but it sure was painful to watch.
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Don't ever leave us like that again, Alfred Aceves. /slaps wrist with ruler
After a solid job as the Yankees' makeshift fifth starter down the stretch last season, Gaudin was rewarded by being released in Spring Training. He ended up back in his old stomping grounds in Oakland, at least until they released him after 17.1 innings of 5.91 FIP pitching.
He's been dumped almost as much as Randy Moss. He gets less love than even Brett Favre's Cocktober.
What do you guys think? Over/under: 0 of these guys return for 2011…
Any chance Zach Segovia can pitch in relief for us next year?
If I was Zack Segovia, I'd try to sign on to some crappier organization's AAA team. The Yankees will probably never bring him up (shit, they barely brought up Albaladejo); the Pirates/Nationals/Diamondbacks/Mariners probably will bring him up at some point.
Chan Ho Park at least contributed the "diarrhea" interview – for those that haven't seen it (if that's possible), here's the link:
you can hear swisher laughing in the background. best part is mo holding back a laugh.
With these guys pitching soooo much in Sept, the Yanks developed
a losing momentum that carried on into Oct. Seems the Champion Giants
did just the opposite
Yeah, that losing momentum carried right into the Twins series where they absolutely rolled.
Fun Fact: Moseley and Gaudin combined to pitch 25.0 innings in September. (Park, obviously, had been DFA'd already.) That's about 9.2% of our total innings pitched.
Gaudin pitched far too much for the team. Relievers like him do have a purpose, but it's not to protect a two run lead in the sixth inning. I remember in September he was out there like every other game.
I remember in September he was out there like every other game.
The point is, he wasn't. Memory tends to do things like that, convincing us that bad things happened way more than they did.
Chad Gaudin made 9 of the 137 appearances by Yankee pitchers in September (6.5%) and pitched 9.2 of the 272.2 innings in September (3.5%).
All nine of those appearances came between September 7 and September 27. Nine appearances in 21 days and 19 games (with off days on the 9th and 16th), feels like the was out there every other game because he basically *was* for a long stretch.
Yeah, well, I distinctly remember Cliff Lee ALWAYS losing playoff games.
Mitre is Girardi's boy, so I say he's back. I think Mosely also has a good chance of returning. Not so for Gaudin.
I bet some NL team signs Moseley.
Hopefully by the second half of 2011 any emergency starts will be going to Brackman. The beat reporters will be excited…they seem to enjoy talking about his nipple piercings in Spring Training. I can't wait for the barrage of "A Yankee with pierced nipples!" articles.
Fun Fact: Nick Swisher also has pierced nipples.
Four of them.
Four nipples?
I would have thought Swisher had no nipples to pierce, since only a woman would need nipples.
I never said they were his nipples.
AJ Burnett had pierced nipples, I don't know if he does anymore.
I get the impression it leads to awkward locker room moments.
If I never see
goudin and Mitre again it will be to soon! Ace is as well as done with a bad back so let's bring up the kids…time to get young…these 39-40 year old guys are a drag
Ideally, the Yankees would have gone 162-0.
Bah. Reply fail. I suck.
This never happened.
Seeing Gaudin nine times in three weeks wasn't auditioning for a playoff spot. It should have become apparent after try, oh, four, that he was no good.
It was some deranged attempt to give me a stroke.
How'd that work out?
I wouldn't call Chad Ho Moseley "what wrong wrong" per se. Every team needs inexpensive guys to eat up innings now and then and to serve as some extra depth on the AAA or majors lever. "What went wrong" may be how these guys were managed, or allowed to pitch in higher leverage times, or that there were so many of them on the roster. Ideally Pettitte wouldn't have been hurt or AJ and Vasquez wouldn't have pitched so poorly.
Chad Ho Moseley wouldn't look so bad if AJ Vazquez went more than 4 innings in any appearances after August 1.
/Hyperbole, but my point stands.
Oh wow. someone just said that.
I still get the shudders when I think of Gaudin in high leverage games. Dude was awful and he just loved giving up homeruns. I don't even wanna check his HR/9 but during the season when I did, I ended up ruining a perfectly good keyboard when I yaked all over it. Please DO NOT bring back Gaudin.


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Hello everyone, this is Raju age 25, working in MNC, Chennai, I have been reading Indian sex stories for the past 2 years and now I going to post my real life experience with my Chithi dad younger brother's wife. I used to stare at aunties especially who are in saree, used to see their boobs, waist and their back. Let me tell you the incident which happened between me and my Chithi.
My Chithi age 38 fair in color, has one child age. She is around 65 kg, then think of her body. Her boobs were 36 with a big ass every man in this world will fuck her if they had a chance. She is Daman sexy, I started dream about her when I was in 18. She used to visit my home once in every two weeks with my Sidhtappa dad's brother and her child. She is staying 10 km far from my home. She wears only saree whenever she visits my home.
I stare at her assets, especially her waist and side boobs, and masturbate that night 3 to 4 times thinking about her. She speaks with me in good manner and she likes me more as a son rarely did I drop her on her home in my bike, at that time I feel her thighs on me and sometimes her breasts. I wanted to seduce her and fuck her daily but I don't know how to start and at the same time.
I was so scared because, if I take any initiate there might be a high chance of complain it to my parents 3 months back, we went to my cousin's marriage, My dad accompanied with her brother and I my mom, Chithi and her boy stayed in the four bedded room which is in the Marriage hall and we went there one day before, so we have to be there for the 3days in the room. I was very happy that she will be with me in all the three days and I can enjoy her beauty
First day evening we have small function and we started getting ready, I became ready and went out, sometimes later my mom also came out. Chithi alone in that room and I planned to go to room, so that I can see what she doing and I went and knocked the door she opened and I said I missed something, so that I came to take it. She was looking gorgeous and sexy in red color saree and blouse. I said Chithi, you are looking good in this saree.
She smiled and said thank you when I was acting like searching something and looked at her, she adjusting her saree and her pallu was not on her, wow that was an amazing seen. Her boobs are inviting me to squeeze and suck, my dick got raised. I think she forgot that I m in the room. I did not see her in that position, I can't control it, and I thought I have to use this situation or else I will never get her in my life.
So I gained some courage and went behind her and hugged her by touching her waist, her ass touched my dick. She got shocked and pushed me back and shouted on me, what you are doing. I got afraid and said, sorry Chithi I can't control after seeing you in that position. She said, I didn't expect this from you. I said, forgive me aunty, I never do this again please don't tell this to anyone.
I came out of the room and remembered the scene of hugging her. My dick got raised and went to the toilet and masturbated. Later she came out and once she was sitting with our relative I came near her and again asked sorry. She said leave it and don't do this again, as this is bad things. I was happy that she accepted my apology once the first day function is over; we slept in the room she spoke with me normally.
Next day, they asked me to took bath first and leave the room so that they will get ready after hugging her I m totally out of control, I was in a mind like at any cost I will fuck her. Once the wedding is over we were taking rest in the room and my mom went out for some work. I and my sexy Chithi were there in the room. She went to bathroom and came out, she was in her pink color saree and I hugged her again and kissed her lips.
Her lips were so soft, before she reacting I pressed her ass, she asked me leave it, but I didn't hear, I was pressing her ass and kissing her lips and then she pushed me forcedly and I said again sorry Chithi, you are looking very sexy and I am unable to control my feelings even though you are my Chithi, I can't. I used to masturbate daily by thinking of you. She was stunned to hear this. I asked at least please allow me to hug you and kiss your lips.
She said no way and went out of the room and she did not speak with me on that day on the third day again I insisted the same and I begged her. Instead of getting angry she simply said no and when my mom went to bath, I hugged her and kissed her lips, she did not protest and I pressed her boobs and sucked it with her blouse on and kissed her navel while kissing her navel she encouraging me by waving my hair and I got the green signal.
I went to her lips and kissed it and this time she responded and kissed my lips back and I took both her lips into my mouth. I pressed her ass and on me she would have felt my dick and moaned. I asked her how it was, she replied hmmmmmm then my mom finished bath and came we separated, and we exchanged the smile. I was very happy that I got her somewhat once we get ready for the third day function, in the function hall I came near her and said, Chithi.
I want to see you nude and kiss your pussy. She said no way, you asked only hug and we did it and don't ask more. I can't speak with her more as my relative are around us in the afternoon. I went to the room and slept, later my mom and Chithi came and they also slept. In the evening when I wake up my Chithi alone there in the room and she is getting ready to go back to home as the marriage function is over. I planned to use this time and removed my t-shirt and Jeans, was only in underwear.
Stood before her, she was shocked and at the same time, had a glance on my hairy chest and my fully erected dick inside my underwear. I hugged her and rubbed my dick on her saree covered pussy area. She responded by touching my back. I removed her saree and she was only in blouse and petticoat, I kissed her boobs and squeezed and about the drop her petticoat. She stopped and said, No please, anyone will come at anytime.
I told if anyone comes then you go the bathroom and wear it. I removed her petticoat and she was in her panty and blouse. Her thighs were very fair and I kissed and licked her thighs and she inserted her hand in my underwear and touched my ass, I was in heaven then I removed her blouse and bra. Wow! What a boobs that was. It was like two mangoes hanging on the tree. I touched it, it was very soft, suddenly she removed my underwear and touched my hairy cock and told I am happy to see and touch a young cock.
She then went down, kissed my cock head and started sucking it and massaging my balls. She did that for around 10 minutes and told me it's enough now but I told I want to have sex with you, She replied, yes even I wanted to, but this is not the right place, will do it once we go home, I was very happy to hear this and told, at least I wanted to touch your pussy before she saying yes or no, I down her panty. She had a hairy pussy and was fully wet.
I touched it with my tongue and tasted her cum. She then suddenly put her panty on and said enough and will have it later. I said ok and asked her how she accepted to have sex with me. She said, I even thought of having sex with other men, but it is very difficult for a woman to keep it secret, once you approached I decided to have sex with you. She wearied the dress and I too did it.
She said I will call you once your uncle goes to office. I hugged her again and kissed her lips. Later we vacated the hall and went to our own houses. Tomorrow morning I was waiting for her call. She called me at 9 and asked me to come. I went there around 10 and rang the bell. She opened the door and asked me to come in. She was in black light transparent saree.
I asked for the uncle and my cousin. She told uncle went to office and cousin went for school. I hugged her immediately she closed the door. She asked me to come to bedroom it was very big room. She did not waste any time. She pushed me to the bed and fell one me. Her boobs were crushed on my chest and she we exchanged a hot kips kiss.
I removed her saree and she removed my t-shirt before I touch her boobs she removed my pant and underwear and made me nude. She looked so hot in that blouse which made my dick standing at 90 degree. I then removed her blouse and petticoat. She was in bra and panty and sucked my dick with moan. I too moaned, she was sucking like expert.
I removed her bra and panties, now we both are nude in her bedroom and I kissed her pussy lips. We moved to 69 and both were sucking and fulfilling our mouth needs around 30 minutes. I rolled her slightly to reach her ass. Her ass was very big I kissed her ass and placed my cheek on it and kissed her asshole and she told now I can't wait any more place your dick on me and fuck me. I told I was waiting for this for the past 7 years finally I going to have this.
I go on her and placed my dick on her pussy dick and stated to insert, it was tight, she told your uncle rarely fuck me. I said, he is too waist. Here after I will do it. She smiled at me. I inserted my dick on her pussy and fell on her and moved my dick in and out on her pussy as this was the first time for me, it was different feeling, both our waist were touching and I rubbed my dick hair on her pussy hair.
I can't believe that I m fucking my dream aunty. I enjoyed it and she places her hand on my back and pressed. I did fuck her for around 15 minutes and told I was about to cum. She told, cum inside, I wanted to feel your cum. I sprayed a lot of cum on her pussy. She told I never felt this much satisfaction in my 15 years sex life. I missed you all this 15 years and we slept there in nude position and after 1 hour we had another session, this time she came on me and fucked me.
I saw her as a homely girl, but I can't believe now this girl fucking me as a slut and we both cum at the same time. She fell on me and placed her cheek on my chest and I placed my hand on her ass and we slept like that. Time was 2'o clock and had our lunch and the then we had another session intercourse. It was 4'o clock, time for my cousin to come back from the school. I was getting ready to go back to my home, before leaving she kissed my lips and told I needs you entire my life and after that we had sex, whenever we have time. Till now we are having sex like husband and wife. Please do mail me on


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This is Regional Wine Week, the sixth annual celebration of the growth of the U.S. wine industry beyond the West Coast. It is sponsored by Drink Local Wine, an effort formed in 2008 to draw attention to the impressive wines being made right around here - wherever "here" happens to be.
Not long ago, a trip to wine country meant hopping a plane to San Francisco and driving to Napa or Sonoma. Today, it can take anywhere from an hour's drive out to the countryside to a day trip or an overnight to reach wineries nearby.
Taking the Skyline Drive in Virginia to see the autumn colors? A short detour to the Shenandoah Valley will turn up some tasty viognier and cabernet franc. Business conference in Texas? Look for juicy white Rhone blends or spicy reds from tempranillo and other Mediterranean grape varieties.
The star in many states is Riesling, a grape once derided as easy to churn into insipid sweet wines. Today, cooler regions such as New York's Finger Lakes, the Old Mission Peninsula in Michigan and Idaho's Snake River Valley are producing delicious dry whites from Riesling and other aromatic grapes including pinot blanc and Gewürztraminer. Missouri produces floral whites from the hybrid vignoles as well as spicy red Nortons, while Georgia makes impressive, sturdy reds from tannat.
When Jeff Siegel, the Dallas writer who pens the award-winning Wine Curmudgeon blog, and I started Regional Wine Week five years ago, we were frustrated that mainstream media and major wine magazines did not cover such wines. It was as though American wine, by definition, was made along the West Coast.
Since then, Virginia has hosted the national Wine Bloggers Conference and received international attention from leading British writers including Steven Spurrier, Jancis Robinson and Oz Clarke. USA Today and Travel+Leisure discovered that wineries make a cheerful detour for those visiting the Old Dominion's Civil War battlefields. This year, Wine Enthusiast magazine and the New York Times discovered that Virginia produces some pretty good wine.
The media have crowned Virginia's elite tier of wineries. Camera-ready RdV Vineyards is a media darling because it set high standards and high prices and has succeeded on all levels. Barboursville continues to impress with its innovation (have you tried the vermentino?), and its signature wine, Octagon, gets better with each vintage. Linden and Glen Manor excel every year, while newcomer Early Mountain has the glamour of Steve and Jean Case. And, of course, there's Trump.
Let's not forget Boxwood, Chrysalis, King Family, Veritas, Ingleside and Virginia Wineworks, among other established wineries, or newcomers Delaplane Cellars, Granite Heights and Stinson Family. Those and many more wineries do Virginia proud. (There are more than 230 now, up from about 130 in 2007.)
You can be part of Regional Wine Week by writing a tasting note or review of a local wine, or a description of a local winery visit, on your blog, Facebook or Tumblr site and sending a link to Drink Local Wine. And don't forget to enter the DLW photo contest. Find details at www.drinklocalwine.com.
That's a lot of change in five years. With wine country so close by, there's much to celebrate.
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CULLMAN — The Cullman Area Chamber of Commerce recently held a ribbon cutting for The Teacher Supply Nov. 27. The Teacher Supply is a store that provides teachers, parents, students, and the community a local place to buy quality educational teaching supplies, educational toys, and strong curriculum resources. The owner, Leah Hoffpauir, has been a certified teacher for almost 12 years. Together with her husband Russell and two children, Caty and Isaac, they are anticipating great things for and from The Teacher Supply! For more information, visit them at 812 9th Ave. SW, Cullman 35055 or call 256-734-6029. Shown are, from left, front row: Joyce Hardeman, Comfort Care Hospice; Isaac Hoffpauir, family; Russell Hoffpauir, owner; Mayor Max Townson; Leah Hoffpauir, owner; Caty Hoffpauir, Rachel Coucke and Curlyn Carlson, family members; David Moore, Servpro of Cullman/Blount counties; back row: Abby Richter and Kela Allison, both of Traditions Bank; Donna Joiner and K.P. Joiner, family members; Jerry Galin, building owner; Pam Joiner, Lori Coucke and Becky Carlson, family members.


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Speaking up for public schools
On March 19 I participated with hundreds of other advocates in a rally at the statehouse for public education. In my speech I outlined the reasons why we were there.
Most people don't know the big picture of corporate greed and the desire to privatize public education, but they do know that we have been headed in the wrong direction. That's why Indiana citizens worked so hard last fall to elect our state superintendent, Glenda Ritz.
The reason why Ritz received more votes than even our governor is because the vast majority of us support our public schools. We wanted an educator to lead us. We believe educators know best how to reach our children and help them grow.
But we must tell our state legislators, enough is enough.
We have had enough of politicians and businesspeople using their money and power to make decisions in education.
We have had enough of the scapegoating of our teachers and the disrespect for their authority and expertise. We want the professionals who know and care for our children to direct their educational experience, not politicians who know nothing about education.
We have had enough of the incessant high-stakes testing of our kids; they are children, not data points on a graph. While the testing companies rake in the profits, our children are learning in an increasingly pressured environment with an increasingly narrowed curriculum. As a mother, I want so much more for my children than can be found on a test. I want them to love learning, to act out stories and explore their interests. I want hands-on science projects, not bubble sheets of test prep.
We rallied because we are sick to death of the constant bleeding of our funds to private interests through these vouchers (or, as Orwell would call them, "choice scholarships"). The fact is that our public schools are not failing. Miracles on shoestring budgets occur there everyday.
Unlike private schools, public schools accept every child who walks through their doors. It doesn't matter what background or needs that child has; the public schools' mission is to meet every child's potential.
We rallied because we think it is wrong that our PTOs have to hold bake sales and put pretty baskets up for auction while politicians redirect millions of our tax dollars to private schools with their talk of "school choice."
We in Indiana have already made our choice. It is called public education, and it is in our state constitution. We must fully fund our public schools.
During one of the hearings on vouchers, I heard a state legislator say, "The government should not have the monopoly on schools." This is not a business franchise we are talking about. It is not a game of Monopoly for chambers of commerce to play. It is our children's places of learning and growing. Public education is not only their constitutional right, but also the cornerstone of our democracy.
Speak up and protect our kids' future.
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By Jessica Bruha
The Norman Transcript
NORMAN — Norman Fire Department's longest tenured employee celebrated his retirement with the community this week at a city hall reception.
Dana Cramer has been serving the city as a firefighter for 35 years. He has worked all three shifts and has been working in primarily rescue training for the past three or four years.
"Dana taught me a lot, just watching him," Norman Fire Chief James Fullingim said at the reception. "You hear about servant leaders, and a lot of people think they know what that is. Well, if you really want to know what that is, you need to look at Dana because he's been serving people as long as he's been here."
Fullingim said Cramer has been involved in a lot of things in both the community and the fire department over the years.
When Cramer served as president of Oklahoma State Firefighters Association, Fullingim said he remembers reading an article Cramer wrote every month, always signing it with "be a leader."
"Every month, I'd read that paper. I'd look at that and think, 'You know, I guess that's true. I guess we should all be a leader.' So, he's had an impact on people for a long time around here," he said.
Cramer served on the local pension board and currently serves on the state pension board, too.
"I don't know if people really recognize the dedication and the time and effort that takes," Fullingim said of Cramer serving on the state board.
Cramer was also one of the original members of Oklahoma Task Force 1 and has been interested in rescue for a long time, Fullingim said. He is currently a liaison for the Public Safety Sales Tax oversight committee.
"I think he may be the only person that makes it there every time. I think he makes it there more often than I do," Fullingim said, adding that Cramer has also served on different boards throughout the community.
Cramer said he originally became a firefighter to help people.
"It was a great opportunity to help the community. My parents were involved in the community and I think that kind of brushed off onto me," Cramer said. "It's a good feeling to be able to help people."
During his 35-year career, Cramer said the thing he is most proud of is receiving the David Bain Award from the OSFA. The award recognizes individuals who have provided service both to their community and the OSFA and who have also "proven to be a person of courage and impeccable character," according to the association's website.
Cramer was the first person to ever receive the award, which is named after a former OSFA president and Midwest City fire chief. Bain died of cancer, and the award is given in honor of him every year.
"He (Bain) was really involved in the fire service and we were really good friends," Cramer said. "Me being friends with him, it meant a lot."
While Cramer said he has been fortunate enough to receive a lot of accolades and awards throughout his career, he didn't get into firefighting for the awards.
"It just kind of happened along the way. I just enjoy helping people and trying to do my little part in the world," he said.
While Cramer said he's looking forward to getting to play some golf with his free time and getting some things done on his "honey do" list, he still plans on staying involved in the community.
He said he's probably going to miss all of the guys at the fire department the most and the camaraderie that came along with working there, but over the years he's learned a lot of good pranks.
"We used to have a clown society, and Dana was a member of the clown society," Fullingim said as the crowd at the retirement reception laughed.
Fullingim had several stories to tell about Cramer's clowning around.
"A long time ago, back when Dana used to walk and have a little spring in his step and all that stuff, he was known for grabbin' a hold of people," Fullingim said.
Cramer had been a wrestler, so he took advantage of the situation, coming up from behind people and putting his knuckle on a person's chest. Then he got stabbed in the back of the hand because of it, Fullingim said as the crowd let out some more laughter.
"(The firefighter) as big as he was, as strong as he was, he still couldn't get away, so he worked a pocket knife out of his pocket and finally stabbed Dana in the back of the hand — and Dana let go," Fullingim said.
Then there was a time when Cramer decided to bring a turkey for Thanksgiving.
"I don't know if he mentioned that he was going to bring a live turkey and turn it loose in the bedroom with people back there sleeping, but he did," Fullingim said.
While there are a lot of funny stories Fullingim said he could have told, the point was that Cramer always had fun with his job. When Fullingim started his career as a firefighter at the age of 19, he said Cramer was always there looking out for him.
"He was the guy that made sure I had my pants on the night before we went out, or he tried to," he said. "I have this problem, I don't wake up well. So I'd put on the wrong boots, the ones that don't have any pants with them, and Dana would help me figure it all out, get you dressed and get you on the way."
When 6:30 a.m. would roll around, Cramer would show up with a cup of coffee telling Fullingim to get up.
"You know, that's not the way typically the senior guy treats the new guy, but Dana's always been that way. He's always been the kind of guy that took care of other people."
While 35 years is a long time, Fullingim said he thinks Cramer's time is up.
"I think there's someone else that's going to greatly benefit from his presence. He's made an impact on me, and I think he's made an impact on everybody in this room," he said. "Thank you and congratulations."
Jessica Bruha
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I Need To Offend You
or, Why you hate what you don't love.
"I" refers to many internet personas who understand why they love their console, but don't understand why they hate another. Sometimes we blame it on anonymity, while that is partially true, what its really about is the person doing the "offending" is actually the one who was offended in the first place. They don't realize this, without understanding they turn into emotional children & fire off on one of the most basic ways to argue with someone. Essentially a "my Dad could beat up your Dad" argument. If that doesn't work, it will sink into a hole of essentially just screaming nonsense like a baby.
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With all the discussion happening around sexism in games, & next-gen getting ready to roll out, emotions are high. It starts with trust in Nintendo, Sony or MS, it quickly becomes blind faith. It's very difficult to find a place on the net to have a real discussion about sexism or the tech in next-gen consoles without the entire discussion deteriorating into a pool of vitriol.
To understand why this happens we first have to look into brand psychology.
Brand Psychology
There are 3 levels of consumer engagement & 5 processes in each level.
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We could dive really deep into this issue. Let's only talk about the vocal crowd on the internet, & of that crowd the ones who are into gaming. If you want to skip the rest of this section I don't blame you, the gist of it is, look at how deeply Apple fans care about Apple products & think about how that applies to the image above.
Just pick one of your favorite consoles, & then look at the chart above. Once you start filling out the blanks you will begin to see how deeply a brand can get into your pysche. If you start thinking about all of the big 3, you can see how Sony is stronger in integrating & signifying, Nintendo is stronger in identifying & experiencing, while MS is stronger in connecting & integrating.
It's not surprising to see why a hardware company, a software company, & a games company have different strengths when it comes to brand psychology. Because all 5 of these layers go 3 levels deep for just about every gamer, we are very strongly tied psychologically to the brand. This is where I believe all the hate towards one another comes from.
Please replace "SONY" with any product/brand name. via www.thebuzzmedia.com
The problem is, most of us haven't thought about it this way before. Many gamers are so attached to their favorite console or game that they can't try something new without feeling like they are betraying the brand they trust most. Because we have taken this path with brand loyalty, it's tied to us on such a personal level, the discussions inevitably head that way, to a personal level, without the option for a rational discussion.
Drinking The Haterade
Here is an example when subtle fanboyism comes from someone whose soapbox is larger than the average commenter. Just yesterday Machinima talked about a leaked Next-Box SDK document that stated this:
"Durango will implement different power states so that it can always be powered on, but will draw minimal electricity when not in use. the console will be ready instantly when users want to play, & will always maintain a network connection so that console software & games are always current."
They immediately reported this as "Always On DRM", which if you read the statement it says nothing of the sort. It says that it's like the wii & can maintain a low power & update a game overnight if it needs to. It does NOT say that the console won't work if not connected to the internet.
That didn't matter however because the commenters on youtube are only listening to another brand they love & without reading the document at all, they started commenting about how ps4 already won next gen, screaming about how they won't buy the next-box because of this feature.
The other wild claim Machinima made was that the disc once installed, becomes useless, effectively blocking used games. What the doc actually states:
"Durango consoles will have a Blu-ray Disc drive. Disc media will be used for distribution, but during gameplay, games will not sue content from the optical disc. An installation system is being designed that will allow gamers to begin playing while the game is being installed on the hard drive rather than waiting until installation is complete".
It literally states absolutely nothing about not being able to trade that game in or loan it to a friend, all it means is that games are required to install, & you have to have the disc in to play. This is exactly how it is right now. The disc is used for distribution. The only thing this system blocks is me lending Battlefield 3 to 10 friends & none of us needing the disc to play after install.
This kind of discussion coming from someone more respected on YouTube like Machinima is so careless & frankly dangerous. All they accomplished was fuel a massive flame war of ridiculous comments & extreme fanboyism. When journalists don't take the time to think about what they say, why would anyone else commenting on their video or post?
Women In Games
My last example as to why the attitude of when brand loyalty goes way off the rails into the realm of borderline dangerous.
We don't need to look far to see how the gaming community reacts as a whole when someone like Anita Sarkeesian or Adam Sessler talk about an issue like this. These issues go past mere brand loyalty & are going against the gaming communities common denominator, the games themselves. This happens to be something EVERY fan can go against. Especially if they are just surfing with the tide.
Most gamers can't imagine how someone could try & have a discussion about God of War or Mario bros without being immediately offended. This is because, again, we are extremely loyal to someone like Mario or Link. We have spent countless hours saving Princess Peach, how dare Anita accuse Zelda of being a damsel in distress? To many people, that's a direct attack on the fact that we felt good about saving her. It was tied to our hard work, we defeated Bowser & his minions through incredible concentration & hand eye coordination.
As a side note, many people posted video responses to her stating that "Anita disabled comments & ratings because she doesn't want to hear opposing opinions to her theories." I think most of us know that is a load of BS. She disabled because of stuff like this:
Bling Pringles:
Women are basically big rape buckets. I say all women should be forced to be naked constantly, to better receive all the rapes they so rightly deserve.
A small minority of the internet that cares about her videos want to have a rational discussion with her, even then, their words would be buried by ridiculous childish vitriol. You can find a link to more terrible comments here, if you don't know what the fuss is about, you can read about that here.
Anita doesn't once say that Mario shouldn't save her. She just merely points out saving a princess is a stereotype that is so prevalent it has become a trope. It is. This isn't to say that there shouldn't be princess saving in the gaming world, but that all too often it's a woman relegated to the role of being helpless in need of saving, while male counterparts will find their own way out a situation.
For an industry that tries so hard to be more like hollywood, they can look at how hollywood treats various female characters. Some are sexy, some are smart, some are badass, some need saving, others do the saving. I feel that if our industry had more diversity, Anita would never have needed a series like this.
So far in the angry gamer's mind, she has insulted us on 3 different levels. Our game, our characters, and personally. That's a lot to take on for anyone.
So what do gamers do? They lash out, they bring it to the utmost vile & terrible place they can, they vandalized her page, they sent death & rape threats. It's because they are so loyal to their brand they feel so attacked in the deep recesses of their minds that such a person must be punished equally.
What's Next?
I desperately want to discuss video games. I love talking about the hardware specs, game mechanics, the story, the controls, gameplay, where games have come from & where they are heading. I have all but given up trying to have this discussion on the net.
We should try to be respectful of other people & their opinions. A civil internet is too much to hope for right now, but the day I see the gaming community carry this torch I will certainly be proud. What if instead of a screaming 13 year old, we were known for being intelligent & respectful in an industry that pushed all types of boundaries?
Video games are in the such a unique position to tell stories that haven't been told, to have characters that are impossible, with extremely delicate as well as brutal gameplay. Games can have incredible character development across so many hours. But the most vocal crowd has our devs scared to do anything different because we won't buy it based on some ridiculous rumor.
Without discussions about video games & the real issues they face (& can take head on), our medium will not move forward. We will always be known outside our circle as immature hate mongers with headsets. History has always relied on discussions that bring about change. That change is battled with a deep fervor for crushing anyone who might want to change something that benefits them because it might not turn out as well.
There isn't much that can be done besides leaving your rational, even tempered, logical comments on threads, videos & articles. I really want our community to grow up, there are signs of hope, I see it here everyday on polygon, so cheers to other outlets following suit.


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TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — State TV reports that supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei says Iran does "not need" talks with the United States over its nuclear program (Corrects APNewsAlert that said Khamenei rejected talks with the United States).
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian state TV says supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has rejected nuclear talks with the United States.
That's so confusing it makes my head hurt. Here's a story.
They'd better watch it or we'll be in downtown Tehran just like we are in downtown Baghdad.


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Last month, we uncovered an al Qaeda media center near Samarra. The facility, which was not much to look at on the outside, was in fact a major media production center and distribution center for al Qaeda in Iraq. It was called the Al-Furqan Media Productions by AQI. It produced CDs, DVDs, posters, pamphlets, and web-related propaganda products and contained documents clearly identifying al Qaeda in Iraq's intent to use media as a weapon. The building contained 65 hard drives, 18 thumb drives, over 500 CDs and 12 stand-alone computers. Pictured behind me is one of the graphics we found on a hard drive. It represents AQI's view of the areas it claimed to control in Iraq in early March. It also asserts AQI dominated much of Anbar and northern Iraq, which by any measure was clearly not the truth. We also found a sampling of other propaganda documents: a letter that gives instructions on how to use the media to get out the al Qaeda message most effectively; an al Qaeda activity report highlighting car bomb, suicide, missile, mortar, sniping and IED attacks; a propaganda poster that encourages filming and distributing videos, showing al Qaeda attacks on coalition forces; and a pamphlet and a CD cover of their sniper school. In all, this media center had the capacity of reproducing 156 CDs in an eight-hour period and had a fully functioning film studio. This media center and others like it play an important role in al Qaeda's recruitment efforts in Iraq and around the world.
Control is given to the Iraqi forces when the area is relatively safe...Thus of course the areas where Iraqis are in control would be places where al qaeda is weak
I wonder if the US has a similar media center devoted to spreading our message in Iraq.
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imidazol97 Crossroads of America: I70 & I75Posts: 18,048
BMW has had a few red/burgundy shades over the years that have been popular among that set. My cranberry red X5 was definitely a soccer mom car and color.
Speaking of iffy drivers, I am in Florida right now, and the place never disappoints. Haven't seen any wrecks or anything too insane, but the speeds on highways and obliviousness on suburban roads is amazing - it's like at home, but at 2x speed. One can be going 72 in a construction zone 60 and be passed by a steady stream, or set the cruise at 65 in a 55 and be the slowest car. Yesterday I spent some time on a 70 interstate, set the cruise at 75 as the gas guzzler I was driving would be too thirsty at anything more - and was slower than maybe 80% of the vehicles on the road, passing only semis and a few real slowpokes.
Sunday evening I was driving a 4-lane arterial in suburban Louisville (where there aren't many of those). This road was 2 lanes in each direction with a shared center left turn lane and a 45 mph SL.
I was in something of a knot of cars that didn't really get separated at a light, doing 50-52mph in the left lane. And no, I don't get too bent out of shape about lane discipline on a road like this.
A current-generation F-150 was practically in our trunk (I was driving the Jetta) and then cut off a car in the right lane as he moved over to get a whole half a car length in front of me. Eventually both lanes started moving faster ahead of me, and I did slip over to the right lane behind the F-150, still going just over 50 mph. I was a little surprised to actually see a signal from the F-150 as he moved to the left lane. The car in front of him was still "only" going 55, so he used the center left turn lane to pass.
Of course, about a mile and a half down the road, he managed to make a light that I didn't, but got stopped at the next one. I think he made his left to enter the Watterson about 2 seconds before I reached that intersection. Now that's some ROI (return on idiocy) right there.
Back in the land of the slow, and the differences between the second world wild land of crazies and here are apparent. First is the aforementioned slow. Was on the highway earlier, and it was a plodding parade - even the far left lane was only going about the limit, and the right lanes were going well under - no volumes or incidents, just slowpokes. In FL, I saw many volume roads where the right lane carried traffic at 10-20 over with zero enforcement. Far fewer tailgaters here, but seems like just as many phone holders, so those primary enforcement laws are really making a difference vs FL where there are apparently no distracted driving laws (freedom!). The untouchable group of "traffic engineers" who does such a good job might do it better there, as light changes seem to let traffic clear better. Less aggressive lane changes here. Both places seem to have a diverse group of motorists, but different groups - maybe a little more fresh off the boat in the PNW,which creates a unique set of challenges. All in all, I am happy just to be able to drive without the AC always on
xrunner2 Posts: 3,062Here I am this afternoon driving on a 2 lane U.S. numbered highway and approaching a crossroad where I want to make a left turn. Slow down, have my turn signal on and am waiting for a Dodge minivan on the U.S. highway coming toward me wanting to make her right turn on the crossroad. Stop there. Let it go first. A woman with a cell phone in her right hand driving very slowly to the intersection and then turning slowly at it through it with cell phone in right hand apparently steering the minivan through the turn with her left hand. I make my turn, of course without a cell phone, and follow her for a while with cell phone to her stupid head until she turns left on a side road.
How do we get these people legally to be banished from roads?
In retrospect, I probably should have LLC'd...
On the Gene Snyder this morning, traffic was light to moderate and I was doing about 72mph. Lost a little bit up a hill, but didn't hold anybody up as I passed a semi, who had his hazards on but wasn't going that slowly. I cleared him before the crest, and passed some other slower traffic after cresting the hill. Once the right lane was clear, I moved right and settled in.
Down a long, gradual hill, the truck had picked up enough speed to pass me, and just before the bottom I moved left to pass a slower vehicle. Then came the climb, up to the Billtown Road exit and this truck was down to 58 mph by the time we crested it. He passed a couple other semis up the climb, but at a glacial pace.
When I passed him, I did open the sunroof so I could tell him he was #1. Next time, I think some pre-emptive LLCing might be in order.
On foot this morning, crosswalk crowders were a typical driver of a box truck, and a little old lady in a Forester. I bet the latter could produce a nice insurance settlement if she erred.
Phone yappers were an older woman in an ES, and an older guy in an E-class - I know the latter has standard bluetooth, so there's no excuse - needs to be a harsh penalty.
elias Posts: 1,900eh. maybe LLCing would have been appropriate in this case...
but you can be sure the witnessing bigrig drivers talked some particularly-annoying trucker-lingo over channel 17 at the rookie drivers expense,
and all forgotten after they all got their next good driving view of a fantastic seatcover.
First commute back in the first world today - man this place is slow. The highway near my hotel in FL was posted at 50, I could be going almost 70 and be passed, as local crime was so high that cops had real things to do. Not here, where going 5 over feels like unrestricted Autobahn.
On foot today, dealt with some negligently managed traffic controls (thanks, you brave and hardworking "engineers" who deserve fat pensions when you retire before real workers). Two notable phone yappers were women in a late model Lexus LS and one in a brand new GL63 -both of which have standard bluetooth. So far past time for wealth based fines - if success is based on logic and responsibility and intelligence, why is so little seen from a certain segment on the road?
Today saw a guy have a close call in a crosswalk vs a Mercury Milan. Also had to wave my arms to get the attention of a spoiled airhead holding a phone in a G55 (seriously) who was sitting and not looking both ways at the crosswalk where I wanted to cross - I wouldn't trust her as far as I could throw her. Probably 80% of the phone yappers today were women. Also saw a guy in an early 00s stock Civic coupe weaving and driving aggressively...due to local traffic controls, after a mile or two he had a whole car length on me, congrats!
Maybe you should invest in one of those little fog horns for your walking/jogging adventures. One toot and the space cadets would jump the curb and run you down for sure.
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andres3 CAPosts: 5,325Listing the license plates, make, and model of the offending cars on the road that display poor driving is a great idea! Maybe have a ranking system from 1 to 10 for the severity of the roadway offense.
Get millions of users to provide millions of input data and you can aggregate and average the score of America's worst drivers.
Causing an accident would be worth 1,000,000 points.
gogogodzilla MarylandPosts: 700You do realize that left lane campers would immediately use that idea to try and blacklist anyone in a car stuck behind them... that flashed their lights. Or who managed to pass them.
It'd be the very worst of drivers that would monopolize that system to penalize everyone that didn't kowtow to their incompetence.


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Fresno police officers shot and killed a man Wednesday night as he stood over his brother with a knife and threatened to kill him, Fresno police Chief Jerry Dyer said early Thursday morning.
The two brothers, ages 22 and 25 who have not been named, were fighting right before 10 p.m. in front of their home in the 900 block of East Tulare Street when officers arrived. One brother was holding an 8- to-10-inch carving knife and appeared intent on stabbing him, a witness told Dyer.
"The officers yelled at them and told them to get on the ground," Dyer said.
"One of the brothers did get on the ground, but the other brother who was armed with a knife did not and he continued to advance towards his brother. At one point he held the knife over his head and came towards him -- this is what prompted the officers to fire. ... It's unfortunate any time our officers have to use deadly force, but there are times they have to use that in order to protect the lives of people."
Dyer said the shooting remains under investigation, but he believes one officer fired nine times and the other fired eight times. Officers administered CPR, but the man died at the scene, Dyer said.
The chief said the surviving brother told investigators that his younger brother with the knife had said, "God forgive me for what I'm about to do" just before they came outside.
He said the brothers reportedly had been drinking since 4 p.m. before they began to argue. The brothers were at what appeared to be a boarding house where they rented a room, Dyer said. When officers arrived, both brothers were bloody.
Both officers involved in the shooting were put on paid administrative leave, which Dyer said is standard practice.
A protest of the officer-involved shooting is planned by some community groups for 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Friday in the FoodMaxxx shopping center at Fresno and C streets.
Regarding the planned protest, Dyer said, "I understand and appreciate why people sometimes feel the need to protest, perhaps because they don't know all the facts and perhaps because they just don't know how else to voice their frustration."
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Ventria gets $4 million grantBY PHYLLIS JACOBS GRIEKSPOOR
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This story originally appeared on the site and in The Wichita Eagle on July 17, 2008.
Ventria Bioscience has received nearly $4 million from the Kansas Bioscience Authority to help advance the human health and biomaterials sectors in Kansas.
Ventria grows and processes a bioengineered rice that yields a protein that can be refined and used as an additive to oral rehydration solutions to decrease the severity and duration of infant and childhood diarrhea.
It has rice-growing operations in Kansas, North Carolina and South America. Processing has been consolidated into its manufacturing facility in Junction City.
Ventria was awarded a $3.75 million convertible loan as part of a $7.5 million financing plan that will help it expand operations, increase employment, expand production and prepare for the commercial launch of its product.
The Kansas Bioscience Authority was created in 2004 to foster the development of the bioscience industry in Kansas.
Greg Unruh, manager of Ventria's Junction City operations, said the support from KBA comes at the right time.
"This will help us keep our production moving along and keep everything on track for the launch of the product into the mainstream market," Unruh said.
He said Ventria will continue formulation and market testing through this season and expects its protein powders to be on grocery store shelves some time in 2009.
Other recipients of Kansas Bioscience Authority funding, announced at the KBA's annual meeting this week in Overland Park, were:
- KCBioMediX of DeSoto, which gets $400,000 to commercialize technologies for the care of premature infants. The technology, named the NTrainer System, was developed at the University of Kansas. The award follows a KBA award of $150,000 last fall and is part of a $4 million funding package.
- VasoGeniz Pharmaceuticals of Lenexa, which was approved for $200,000 to help develop a patented controlled-release drug for the treatment of heart failure. The company will match the KBA funding with private investment.
- MGP Ingredients of Atchison will get $500,000 to develop and further commercialize biobased and biodegradable resins to economically replace plastic. The resin can be used for disposable cutlery, DVD cases and bottle caps.
In other business at the meeting, the KBA also re-elected three directors: Sandra Lawrence, executive vice president and chief financial officer of Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics; Bill Sanford, chairman of Symark LLC; and Ed McKechnie, executive vice president and chief commercial officer of Watco Cos.
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Most people have two kidneys, which are located in your lower back below your ribcage (although many people function with just one).
They filter toxins and waste products from your blood, which are then converted into urine and expelled from your body via the bladder. Your kidneys also regulate your blood pressure and the production of red blood cells.
There are various diseases of the kidneys, collectively known as 'chronic kidney disease' (CKD), which can be caused by conditions such as high blood pressure and diabetes. This is because diabetic people may have high glucose levels in their blood which can damage the kidneys' nephrons (part of the kidneys' filtration system) . High blood pressure can cause to the blood vessels which surround the nephrons.
HIV itself can cause specific kidney damage known as 'HIV associated nephropathy' (HIVAN) where the kidneys become inflamed. HIVAN tends to be more common in African people or people of African descent but the incidence has reduced since the introduction of antiretroviral medicine. Similarly CKD seems to be more prevalent among black people but researchers have not yet found which specific ethnicities are most affected.
Links have been made between the NRTI antiretroviral drug Tenofovir (also found in the combination drugs Truvada and Atripla) and impaired kidney function. Two protease inhibitors, Atazanvir and the rarely-used Indinavir, have been linked to kidney stones - crystals which form inside the kidney which can form a 'stone' over time. These can cause pain as your body tries to pass them out through your bladder.
Symptoms of a decline in kidney function can include headaches, tiredness, nausea, muscle cramps and a reduced flow of urine – although an early sign of kidney problems can be frequent urination at night. Most people with HIV will be offered regular kidney function tests and if your healthcare team detects any problems you will be monitored more closely so the problem can be managed.
Tests often look for protein in the urine, as it should only be found in the blood. They also look for creatinine, a waste product, in the blood. If the levels of creatinine are high it shows that the kidneys are having trouble removing it. High blood pressure can be picked up in routine tests and may be a sign of kidney damage.
If kidney problems become more serious you might require dialysis, which is where your blood is filtered medically. It is also possible to have a kidney transplant if necessary - having HIV doesn't exclude you from this.
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Kidney disease in people with HIV: a clinical review (part one), NAM aidsmap (2011)
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Vitamin D and Kidney Disease, DaVita (2009)
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CHAPEL HILL — A Durham man was arrested Tuesday, suspected of snatching a bank bag from the hands of a man walking into Wells Fargo Bank on Banks Drive and fleeing, according to a police news release.
Denis Dion Smith, 37, of 509 Englewood Ave. in Durham, drove away from the bank in a gray sedan which police later found abandoned in the vicinity of the bank. Officers spotted Smith and he was apprehended after a short foot chase.
He is charged with common law robbery, felony larceny, felony possession of stolen goods, possession of a stolen motor vehicle, felony possession of cocaine, misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia, misdemeanor possession of stolen goods, resist, obstruct and delay an officer of the law, driving while license revoked, careless and reckless driving and misdemeanor hit and run.
His bail is set at $100,000.