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Jan. 17
Keith A. Ballard, 44, of 10266 Route 22, North Granville, N.Y., was arrested on an active warrant charging him with third-degree larceny and offering home improvement repairs without a license. The warrant stemmed from an investigation where Ballard allegedly accepted payment for home improvement repairs without performing the repairs or providing the material. He was also operating without a valid Conn. home improvement license, police said. He was held in lieu of $30,000 and appeared in court on Jan. 18.
James E. Stoll, 33, of 3900 Grapevine Mills Parkway, Grapevine, Tex., was arrested on a charge of breach of peace after police responded to 85 Glastonbury Boulevard for an intoxicated party creating a disturbance. An investigation led to Stoll's arrest. He was released on $2,500 bond and is due on Jan. 30.
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Harshadkumar Patel, 60, of 8 Windwood Drive, Glastonbury, was arrested on charges of evading responsibility and failure to drive right after police responded to a motor vehicle accident on Griswold St. and an investigation determined that Patel had been operating a vehicle that struck a retaining wall and left the area. He was released on a written promise to appear in Manchester Superior Court on Feb. 11.
Jan. 12
Zachary Williams, 20, of 56 Alden Ave., 2nd Floor, Enfield, was arrested by warrant on sixty (60) counts of third-degree burglary and a single count of third-degree larceny after Glastonbury Police investigated a rash of car break-ins during 2012. He was held in lieu of $50,000 bond and appeared in Manchester Superior Court on Jan. 14.
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Christopher Dineno, 20, of 39 Louise Court, New Britain, turned himself in to police headquarters on an arrest warrant charging him with failure to respond to an infraction stemming from a charge of possession of alcohol by a minor. He was released on $300 bond, and is due in court on Jan. 30.


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FRESNO - Five weeks ago, when they set what is believed to be a San Gabriel Valley record at the Mt. SAC Sweepstakes, the Bonita High School girls cross country team didn't feel intimidated anymore.
They weren't going to get pushed around by other teams in the Southern Section - or by any team in the state, for that matter.
"I just saw how hard our team as a whole was working," senior Marissa Scott said Saturday after leading Bonita to its first-ever CIF State cross country championship. "I knew the whole season we had consistently been doing well. I knew we'd be able to pull it off. We'd been training hard for this the past five months and there was nothing that could stop us."
Bonita never lost to a Division III opponent all season.
The Bearcats wrapped up the Division III title in a cool 1:34:10 at Woodward Park, more than a minute ahead of second-place San Diego Cathedral Catholic (1:35:31). Three Southern Section teams rounded out the top five - including defending state champion Palos Verdes in fourth place - and beating those teams at last week's CIF-SS finals at Mt. SAC was an added shot in the arm.
Scott placed 10th (18:30), followed by younger sister Kailyn Scott (17th, 18:49), freshman Kelsey Creese (21st, 18:52), junior Mackenzie Landa (23rd, 18:53) and sophomore Jordin Prado (34th, 19:06). The 36-second spread between the first and fifth runners was the lowest in the division.
"All of us had pretty close times and that just made us really confident because looking at the times of Palos Verdes, I was comparing our times to theirs," Scott said. "We just saw that we were really close competition and that just made us work harder."
Simi Valley junior Sarah Baxter broke a 16-year-old girls' meet record with her winning time of 16:40 in the Division I race, 30 seconds faster than second-place Hagen Reedy of Clovis Buchanan.
For Lonny Carr, the state championship was his first in 22 years of coaching four sports at Bonita - including the last 11 with the cross country team.
His confidence boost came much earlier in the year.
"Last spring in the (track and field) league finals we were one through six in the girls' mile and one through four in the 2-mile," Carr said. "No one beat us except each other.
"That's our team. That's depth. We were going to take that to cross country."
Four other local schools sent teams of seven runners to the meet, and all finished among the top eight in their divisions.
Perhaps none was more surprising than Jurupa Hills, a school that opened in 2010 and never had competed at the CIF State meet but placed fifth in Division III. Sophomore Michael Teran, who began running cross country as a freshman, led the way with an eighth-place time of 15:39.
"We became more than a family, backing up one another and putting in the work," said Teran, who briefly led the race in the second mile.
Sophomore Devon Reed (34th, 16:15), junior Daniel Aguilera (49th, 16:27), sophomore Brittan Reed (82nd, 16:47) and junior Joseph Rodriguez (103rd, 16:57) rounded out the scoring for a senior-less Spartans squad.
"I lost a lot of sleep last night just tossing and turning, thinking about it," head coach Lun Son said. "Even this morning, being here ... three years ago if you were to ask me if we'd be at state, I'd have told you straight-out no."
Son also credited assistant coaches Jose Lara, Scott Nielsen and Rhonda Cinquemani for their hard work.
The Rancho Cucamonga boys' squad placed sixth in Division I. Seniors Kevin Matthews (15:35) and Austin Esposito (15:38) placed 17th and 22nd, respectively, separated by a mere three seconds. Juniors Mat Holton (49th, 15:59), Anthony Ortega (61st, 16:04) and senior Marc Vega-Aguilera (85th, 16:16) were farther back in the pack.
The Cougars finished third in Division I here a year ago.
"We had a little bit higher expectations," head coach Terry Tierney said. "I think the kids did about as well as they could. We haven't had the talent we had last year but the kids ran almost as fast as we did last year."
The Ayala boys used a collective effort to place seventh in Division II despite having no runners among the top 37. Senior Christian Eagon (38th, 16:07), senior Robert Martinez (40th, 16:09), junior Anthony Avila (49th, 16:15), senior Samuel Tran (82nd, 16:32) and senior Evan Scheerer (90th, 16:37) were separated by a mere 30 seconds.
Despite matching their finish from a year ago, head coach Dawn Staab considered the result a letdown.
"We didn't have a great race today," she said. "We should've been probably a minute and a half faster team time. I know we have a faster team than what we put forth today, but seventh place is pretty good.
"I'm happy."
Colony head coach Jose Rangel was singing a similar tune after the Titans girls placed eighth in Division II for the second year in a row.
A year after helping Colony reach state for the first time ever, senior Valerie Mares had a team-best 29th place finish in 18:45.
Junior Katrina Fix (34th, 18:50), senior Xeomara Villalobos (43rd, 19:05), sophomore Catie Rendon (85th, 19:41) and sophomore Marisa Uribe (101st, 19:57) followed.
Mares was among the race's front-runners for roughly the first mile but couldn't keep pace. For that, Mares said she felt "horrible."
"I was supposed to leave it out on the course," she said, "and it didn't feel like I did."
"We overcame the odds just to be here this year," Rangel said. "We had a really good run. Today I don't think the girls ran to where they were expecting to run, their potential. Sometimes it happens that way."


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WQHS's review of Miniature Tigers: Mia Pharaoh
After their sophomore slump F O R T R E S S, I seriously questioned the trajectory of Miniature Tigers. Having followed them since their exploits pre-Black Magic/White Magic EP, I've always had a soft spot for this Brooklyn-based cohort. With early favorites likes "Dino Damage," "Baby Abroad," and "Logan's Bread is Lemons," I expected much from their debut full length Tell It to the Volcano, and I was joyously satisfied by their charisma and charm. But just as that allure seemed to be overshadowed by their overindulgent pseudo-tribal act in F O R T R E S S, Miniature Tigers seems to have taken a hint and aimed for a much more refined and mature style in their latest release Mia Pharaoh.
From the unlabelled album cover to the record's first six beats on "Sex On The Regular," Miniature Tigers proclaims (quite sensuously, might I add) that their latest efforts onMia Pharaoh are quite the departure from their previous work. While tracks like "Flower Door" and "Boomerang" pay homage to their indie pop history on Tell It To the Volcano(complete with acoustic guitar, repetitive lyrics, and somewhat nursery-rhyme inspired melodic hooks), the tour de force of their third full-length album comes from "Female Doctor" and "Sex On The Regular," both of which combine their love of exotic drum patterns with a new found penchant for sweeping disco synths. However, while these songs will probably champion as the go-to's of Mia Pharaoh, repeated listening reveals some hidden gems in the haunting lyricism and layered instrumentals of "Ugly Needs" and the R&B downbeats and sexy interlude of "Angel Bath," which by far exceed the sing-a-long expectations of the record's singles. But perhaps most notable is the album's stylistic diversity; from the beautifully textured piano ballad "Husbands and Wives" to the acoustic daydream "Hologram Girl" to the seducing electronica/soul soundscapes of "Pleasure Princess" (The Secret Handshake, anyone?), Miniature Tigers commands a weirdly addictive personality that will no doubt persist into 2012 summer mixtapes.
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Paul expands on male and female roles in Ephesians, and our study of that book in a few months will look at this topic in more detail. Today, note that submission need not mean some household chores belong exclusively to ...Read More
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John Murray, in his commentary on Romans, writes that "the more sanctified [a Christian] becomes the more painful to him must be the presence in himself of that which contradicts the perfect standard of holiness." Though the power of sin ...Read More
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In Romans 7:11, Paul says that sin uses the law to deceive fallen people. There are many ways that this can happen, but one of them is that sin often takes things that the law says are good in themselves ...Read More
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When a single line in a story sends a reader flying more than halfway across the country, just to check it out, you have to admit — that's dedication.
Last Dec. 18, Cris Peterson of Phoenix was reading our story about James Clugage and the discovery of gold in Jackson County ("There's gold in them-thar stories"). Her eyes froze on a sentence that literally hit her right where she used to live.
James Clugage always had problems with the way people spelled his name.
The 1850 census enumerator added an extra "g," and so did Henry Denlinger, owner of Jacksonville's Oregon Sentinel newspaper, who for a few weeks in the early 1860s advertised that his office was "over Cluggage and Drum's Stables." Frank or James Clugage must have complained. The name was suddenly corrected.
James Clugage wasn't the only one with a name problem. His partner James Poole is not only spelled Pool on the Jacksonville Rich Gulch gold marker, his first name, James, has been changed to John.
One last correction. In the Dec.18, 2012 story, we told you that James Poole died in California in 1867. Not so. That was a different Poole, and it's a mistake many genealogists have made. That Poole's birth date and age don't match government land claim information for our Poole. The last good match we find is a miner living in Yamhill County in 1860. So far, we don't know for sure when and where he died.
— Bill Miller
"Hey, wait a minute," she said. "I just happened to pick up on the date and location of James Clugage's death — Marysville, Ohio. I was born and raised there."
Who could have guessed that Peterson would soon decide to return home and turn an impromptu family reunion into a history expedition?
Just a few weeks ago, as the temperature here was about to hit 100 degrees for the first time in the year, Peterson was back with a report.
"To make a long story short," she said, "I visited my 91-year-old sister there, and we had our picture taken in front of the James Clugage monument."
While the sisters were visiting their parents' graves in Marysville's Oakdale Cemetery, they couldn't miss what was "the tallest monument there."
It stands at the center of the cemetery, with a number of Clugage family members buried around him.
Peterson tried, but was unable to find out much about James Clugage's life in Marysville.
"We heard that for a while he was placed in the Columbus State Hospital," she said. "It was a mental institution at the time."
That matches early stories, seldom told today, that say Clugage, whose land claim was where Jacksonville now stands, left the town in the late 1860s because of mental problems.
"He was a long sufferer of neuralgia," said one contemporary news report. "His mind became affected prior to his departure. "… He became peculiarly vindictive, an almost insane admirer of (President) Lincoln, and his friends think that the wild and bitter political excitement of that period had much to do with his mental decay."
As early as 1863, Clugage's land holdings in Jacksonville were being managed by his brother, Frank Clugage, who advertised himself as the "Guardian of James Clugage."
After returning from a trip back to Ohio in 1865, James Clugage disappears from the Jacksonville newspapers.
The 1870 census shows him as a "retired land speculator" living in Ohio with his older sister. In 1880, he's moved in with his younger sister and her husband. Apparently, Clugage, the man who had made a fortune in gold and real estate, was no longer able to handle his own affairs. He isn't even mentioned in Clugage family histories published as late as 1883.
After his death on May 8, 1886, the family made amends. With the wealth he had brought back to them, they commissioned that large monument to mark his grave, moved his mother and father from the old cemetery to be with him in Oakdale Cemetery, and honored the boy they'd grown up with.
With her visit, Peterson confirmed that the family name should be spelled with a single letter "g," Clugage, not Cluggage, as is seen in many places, including the Jacksonville marker that commemorates his Rich Gulch gold discovery.
"Everyone buried in Marysville is a Clugage," Peterson said. "I would have assumed that it would have been correct on the Jacksonville monument, but it isn't."
Peterson's curiosity sent her on a round-trip journey of nearly 4,000 miles. Her return has added a new page in the life story of the man who gave Jacksonville its start.
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Lake Forest-Lake Bluff Patch readers are likely well acquainted with John Stossel, the 19-time Emmy Award-winner, a five-time honoree for excellence in consumer reporting by the National Press Club, and now the current host of a program for Fox Business Network.
In prior remarks made by Stossel at a Heritage Foundation event April 11, he told of leaving ABC News after 28 years because he "couldn't stand" being controlled by his bosses, who wanted him to do only puff pieces and nothing of journalistic quality.
In 2010, with ABC's viewer count down to 5 million, Stossel considered Fox News, recounting how he was not recruited by Fox Business, but instead asked Fox News chief Roger Ailes to hire him.
Besides Stossel's one-hour weekly Fox Business Network show, he also has a series of one-hour specials on Fox News and appears regularly on The O'Reilly Factor and other Fox News shows.
According to Stossel: "I was taught socialism, central planning at Princeton by my professors who said the government is going to fix poverty. And it just took me years of reporting and watching government fail to see the folly of that."
As a promoter of free market principles, it was appropriate that The Heartland Institute should engage Stossel, who is presently on tour to promote his book, "No They Can't."
What people don't realize is that Stossel took a 50 percent pay cut to go to a network that would give him the chance to be honest, and not a controlled journalist.
But before Stossel was introduced to the hundred plus guests, and prior to supper being served, Heartland Institute CEO Joe Bast presented welcoming remarks informing members and non-members what was in store for the institute in 2012.
The list of Heartland's participatory activities cited by Bast include: The CPAC Chicago Regional event at the Rosemont Convention Center on June 8; the Seventh International Global Warming Conference in Chicago from May 21-23; and the Annual Heartland Benefit at Navy Pier on Aug. 9 with Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker.
New projects for The Heartland Institute include:
- Development of a balanced curriculum on Climate Change for school-aged children.
- "Operation Angry Badger" as a way to get faster access to drugs by going around the FDA. Freetochoosemedicine.org
- Dave Patton Internship Program to hire 10 college students (Dave Patton was the founder and first president of The Heartland Institute.)
- Continuing work on the issues of Fracking and School Choice.
Stossel took command of the podium for the rest of the evening. He proceeded to entertain those present with his style of story-telling, combined with facts laced-with-humor, that so define his appealing and popular Fox TV personage.
The tenor of Stossel's remarks dealt with what people instinctively imagine to be true. Instinct so often takes over when we are scared or want a solution by turning to government. Politicians say, "There ought to be a law. Government says, "Yes we can."
The following description by Stossel is on the back cover of his book, "No, They Can't," as an explanation of why he wrote the book:
"Consider your own political instincts. Do you routinely think that government ought to be in the business of promoting good things (maybe marriage or religious charities) and discouraging bad things (perhaps porn, pot-smoking, and violent video games)!
But if government is in the business of promoting what is good and suppressing the bad, that is a license for it to stick its nose into virtually every human activity.
Politicians -- and we voters -- can dream of guaranteed incomes, world peace, or green energy. But reality puts limits on our political fantasies. The mature response to cries of "Yes, we can"! should be "No, we can't!"
Not when "we" means government. Government cannot, and it shouldn't try! Saying "no" will not win you many cheers, but we should be realistic about what government cannot do."
Stossel was born in Chicago Heights and graduated from New Trier High School in Winnetka followed by Princeton University. He overcame a stuttering problem so he could become a reporter.
Incidents such as the quick demise of the Trabant car were noted by Stossel to explain how he came from being a liberal and a socialist in his early days to a free-market oriented classical liberal.
According to Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: Classical liberalism' is the philosophy committed to the idea of limited government, constitutionalism, rule of law, due process, and liberty of individuals including freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly and free markets. The term was applied in retrospect to distinguish earlier 19th-century liberalism from the newer 'social liberalism.'
The Trabant was an East German car that was the result of central planning, yet it was the best East Germany could produce. There were waiting line in the Soviet Bloc for both the Trabant and the Hugo, but no longer after the Berlin Wall came down. Lesson learned: Government cannot compete with the free market in producing a car that people want at a price people can afford.
Stossel pointed out other areas where the free market system will do a much better job than government. Government will tell its citizens how they will save us and that they must do more, when more does not produce better results and further demands more from taxpayers.
After 9/11, the thought existed that government had to take over airport security resulting in the TSA being created. But has the TSA really kept us safer than before its creation? Both the shoe and the underwear bomber were stopped due to citizen response.
And what about private screeners? Why do they do better than those hired by the TSA? Might it be because the owners have a stake in their businesses. Private businesses even run contests and reward employees to see how fast a pipe bomb can be found in luggage and on how well they remember details.
In reference to the OSHA act of 1971, Stossel displayed a chart showing accidents in the workplace before the OSHA act was passed (The purpose of the Act was to assure safe and healthful working conditions for working men and women by authorizing enforcement of standards developed under the Act by encouraging and assisting state governments to improve and expand their own occupational safety and health programs and by providing for research, information, education and training in the field of occupational health and safety.).
Not surprising, the graph remained unchanged after OSHA was passe. People learned through experience, and not government dictates, to create safer work conditions.
Stossel further elaborated on why instinct falsely leads individuals to believe that central planning by the government is best in handling the big stuff, such as when parents need to be told what their children need to learn or when individuals are made to believe that they are not smart enough to take charge of their own health care.
Instinct also leads individuals to believe that both this nation and state are wealthy, that there is no need to cut back on benefits, which elicits protest such as: "Don't touch our Social Security or pension payment when reaching retirement age because we deserve to get our money back," Stossel said.
But are we entitled to get all of our money back when most retirees (especially public service workers) get far more back in retirement than they ever put in. Stossel described the absurdity of the Illinois pension system with its massive, unsustainable debt and the lack of will in Springfield by the party in control to advance reform.
Instinct further creates the assumption that wealth can be created by destroying it. "Cash for Clunkers" was use by Stossel as an example of the "The broken glass theory" (why destruction, and the money spent to recover destruction, is actually not a net-benefit to society). After the program ended, there were less used cars available for purchase as the so-called clunkers were destroyed, which resulted in raising the price of the used cars available for purchase for those with limited financial means.
In closing, Stossel related a study by Andrea Rich in which school kids were asked why America was a prosperous country and why it did so well? Answers given were because of natural resources and democracy.
Stossel then noted that India had both, yet India doesn't equal this nation's standing in the world.
Hong Kong was then brought into the equation as having advanced from a third world country to a first world country in only a span of 50 years.
How did this happen? When people are left alone, prosperity is created. The free market system will provide real wealth for a nation and its people.
Government might be a force, and we as a people do need some force, but most of the advances made for the good of society are created voluntarily through the private sector.
Considered unrealistic and counter-productive by Stossel:
1. Why capitalism is vilified and hated, along with big business, as this is what supplies people with what they want: products to purchase and jobs to provide the means?
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Every Christmas, I received a card from Les Anderson and his family. It was a family update more than it was a Christmas card, a way for people who knew the Andersons to keep up with the goings-on in their large family.
I was in awe of the Anderson family. I knew some in the family better than others, but they were all so incredibly grounded and kind. Les, who died suddenly Saturday evening and whose death is a shock to all who knew him, was a pillar of a man. He was devoted to his family, to his city (Valley Center) and to his profession, teaching journalism at Wichita States Elliott School of Communication. Im sure his devotion ran deeper than I even knew.
Today, I feel so badly for his family for losing a husband, a father and a grandfather. I also feel sorry for his journalism students at WSU, who Im sure considered Les one of their favorite teachers.
Not that he was easy. He was anything but easy. He had high expectations from the students he taught and for the professions he represented teaching and journalism. He thought being a journalist was one of lifes finer callings and he took the responsibilities of that job seriously as the editor of his hometown newspaper, the Ark Valley News in Valley Center. Yet Les wasnt what I would call a serious person. He liked to have fun and to laugh and it was his light-hearted nature that drew people to him. Les was never threatening, never someone people approached with hesitancy. He always had time and always treated people warmly.
Take my son, Jeff, who graduated from the Elliott School a couple of years ago after a long struggle to get through. Les was the man who guided him through, who helped a kid who didnt necessarily enjoy school figure out a way to get his degree. He inspired Jeff and, when necessary, pushed him. And I will forever be grateful to Les for that help because without him I do not believe my son would have made it through college.
How many similar stories are out there? I would imagine many because Les was dedicated to every one of his students. And that dedication did not end when they received their degrees; Les was a mentor to hundreds long after they finished their work at Wichita State. He has been a mentor to me at various points of my journalism career.
When my son was just a child and I was often on the road covering games, I hired one of Less sons, Spike, to babysit Jeff. Spike was a college student at the time at Wichita State, where he played on the baseball team. The apple didnt fall far from the tree; Spike is a family-oriented man with a wonderful, down-to-earth personality like his father. The Anderson family.
Anyway, Spike would sometimes take Jeff with him on weekends for dinner at the Anderson house in Valley Center. Thats where Jeff first got to know Les and Nancy and the rest of the Anderson clan. I was always so thankful for the generosity shown by the Andersons toward Jeff and I know Less death has hit my son hard.
Reading the tributes to Les on Facebook this morning was painful and enjoyable. With tears streaming down my face, I read one glowing thing after another about a man who profoundly affected the lives of so many. I saw Les just a couple of weeks ago at the Elliott School when we were doing our radio show, Sports Daily, from there during Communication Week. He was, as always, great. He was just one of those people who our lives better just by being alive. It was always such a pleasure to talk to Les.
Its difficult knowing he wont be around. That he wont be leading his students on tours of the newsroom at The Wichita Eagle, or showing up at our annual Sports Daily summer golf tournament at Cherry Oaks in Cheney, a fundraiser for the Elliott School.
Les was so devoted to his students and to his colleagues. In a time when so many of us are unsure about the role of journalism going forward, Les never wavered about the importance of having a free press or helping to train the journalists of tomorrow.
He gave journalism a good name, but that was just the beginning of what Les gave. Rest in peace, friend. You will forever be remembered.


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I took this basic recipes and added a few items. 1/4 teaspoon of basil, oregano and fresh rosemary 1 tablespoon of crushed garlic 1 tablespoon of chopped onion 2 small banana peppers sprinkle of parsley 1 teaspoon of garlic salt 1 teaspoon of red wine one whole egg add extra flour if it looks too wet in the bread machine I did add 1/4 cup of extra flour and instead of butter I used 3 teaspoons of olive oil
Two things, after adding the egg whites it seems very moist, but it's all good. As Angie mentioned it is a GINORMOUS loaf. I have a Welbilt bread machine and it was to the top w/1 hr of baking yet to do. FYI. (btw..1 (.25) pkg of yeast is 1 tablespoon...yeah, I had to look it up;)
Angie M.
We just baked this bread yesterday and it was huge. We have a cuisinart convection breadmaker and the loaf went up over the bread pan. The size was 7 1/2 x 7 x 5. Very soft and better than store bought. High rating. Simple to bake.
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Malmesbury boxer Hughes faces 'make or break' fight at Aintree
7:00am Thursday 22nd November 2012 in Sport By Danny Hall, Sports Editor
JOE HUGHES faces the fight he considers 'make or break' in Liverpool on Friday, November 30.
Malmesbury boxer Hughes, 22, steps into the ring for a six-round contest with the unbeaten Paul Archer, another starlet from the Frank Maloney stable.
It will provide a fascinating preliminary to the British and Commonwealth heavyweight title top-of-the-bill bout between David Price and Matt Skelton at Aintree Racecourse.
Unbeaten Price recently destroyed Audley Harrison in 82 seconds, while another mouth-watering match on the card is Darren Hamilton's British light-welterweight title defence against local boxer Steve Williams.
Hughes, the former Senior ABA champion who has just one blemish on his seven-fight professional record, feels he cannot afford another loss at this stage of his career.
"This is a make or break fight, my most important to date, and it's the biggest bill I have appeared on so far," said Hughes.
"It will be televised live on the Box Nation TV subscription channel and if I win, I am right back up there.
"I have already been nominated for a tilt at the Southern Area title which would only be two or three fights away in the New Year.
"But if I lose to Archer, I am nowhere."
Since the last time he appeared on one of his manager Frank Maloney's promotions, Hughes has been a comfortable winner over Matt Seawright and Mark McKray – two 'journeymen' fighters – in Gloucester and Swindon respectively.
The vastly experienced Seawright failed to come out for the sixth and final round after one of Hughes' power punches had broken his nose and the Malmesbury man showed the full array of his skills when completely outboxing McKray.
Archer, who also has an easy decision over Seaweight on his record is going to be a different proposition. "He is unbeaten in six bouts and from what I have seen of him on You Tube, he is a skilful, technical boxer who likes to work at long range," said Hughes. "It should be an interesting fight.
"We were around at the same time as amateurs but I never met him."
Hughes considers himself in good shape for the bout on Friday week, although his training has not gone entirely smoothly.
"I have had a bad knee which has affected my running and a problem with my hand, but everything seems fine now," he said.
"It is important to win in Liverpool if I am to challenge for titles in 2013."


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"It's a fried egg sandwich on steroids! This sandwich has explosive layers of egg. cheese, and ham. Make this with your favorite meat and cheese, any combination will work. The Eggy Doodle makes a perfect snack or fast meal! Add more than one kind of meat and salsa for a MEGA sandwich."
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- Melt butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Cut a hole in the center of each slice of bread with a round cookie cutter or the rim of a glass. Place the bread into the hot skillet, crack one egg into the hole of each slice of bread, break the yolk and cook until the white is mostly opaque. Flip the slices of bread over. Form sandwich halves by topping each piece of bread with 1 slice of cheese, a slice of ham, then another slice of cheese. Season with salt and pepper and cook until the eggs are fully set; remove from the skillet.
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Original review--Sep. 3, 2011: My family thought this was great! I used whole wheat bread, sliced deli cheddar cheese and sausage patties because that was what I had on hand. You CAN have breakfast sandwiches like this but use lighter counterparts and still enjoy it just the same. HUGE hit with all of us and this was a cute new way for me to eat one of my favorite breakfast foods that I grew up eating as a child. EDITED: I like to make this sandwich with leftover french toast, too (I do make my french toast "lighter" with whole wheat bread and partial egg whites). If you drizzle a little maple syrup in the middle, it's HEAVEN.
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Rhonda... this is a fabulous recipe... versions of it have been around since the beginning of toast and eggs.Kudos for a classic comfort food, quick, hot, breakfast item!
Awesome egg sandwich with a really cute name! These were great for breakfast "on the go" and were very filling. I used canadian bacon and cheddar cheese. No need to microwave - these melted just fine. Much better than going to a fast food driv thru and much cheaper too! Thanks for a great recipe!
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City to begin work on Ward Branch Stormwater and Trail Improvement Project and Close Park
Beginning Sept. 3, the City of Springfield Department of Public Works will begin work on the Ward Branch Stormwater and Greenway Trail Improvements Project, a multipurpose project that includes stream bank stabilization to protect road embankments and improve water quality as well as continuation of the development of the Ward Branch Greenway.
The project will extend from Bradford Parkway and Independence on the east end to Republic Road just north of Twin Oaks Country Club on the west end. It will utilize existing structures at National Avenue and James River Freeway for bicycle/pedestrian underpasses. Connections will be made to the Bradford Office Park, Cox Medical Center and the neighborhood west of Cox. Future extensions being planned will extend the Greenway Trail to the east to Fremont and to the west to the existing Ward Branch Greenway Trail in Shadowood Subdivision providing continuous trail to the Library Center on South Campbell. In addition, it will eventually connect to the Link, a north-south bicycle/pedestrian route connecting other greenway trails, universities, and downtown.
Stabilization of the banks of Ward Branch reduces the amount of harmful sediment that washes downstream through neighborhoods, into the James River and eventually to Table Rock Lake.
The $1.5 million project cost includes a projected $1.3 million for construction and an additional $200,000 for design costs. All properties were acquired voluntarily with no use of eminent domain. Flat Creek Excavating is the contractor for the project.
Also beginning on September 3rd, the City of Springfield Department of Public Works will begin work in Close Park on the Drummond Lake spillway. This project includes stabilization and beautification of the spillway to address erosion that has occurred after floods in recent years. The project includes enhanced views of new water features being created. It also includes improvements at both ends of the South Creek culvert under Scenic Avenue and improvements to the South Creek Greenway Trail.
The project improves public safety, reduces erosion in South Creek and improves aesthetics within Close Park.
The $1.1 million project cost includes a projected $900,000 for construction and an additional $100,000 for design costs. Hartman Construction is the contractor for the project.
It is anticipated that both projects will be completed by spring 2014. No significant traffic impacts are anticipated. Completion of these projects represents the completion of all projects that were promised to be constructed under the 2006 Springfield-Greene County Parks/Stormwater Sales Tax. That tax had a sunset in June 2012.
Also, construction of these improvements will necessitate the removal of a number of trees at each project. The City is preserving as many existing trees as possible, and will also improve the overall tree canopy along the future creek corridor. The City had a professional tree canopy evaluation completed for both projects,which were used to guide final project design to minimize tree loss. Tree Canopy removed will be replaced at two times the rate it is lost on site or at other locations along Springfield waterways and public properties.
For more information, contact Chris Dunnaway, City of Springfield Professional Engineer, (417) 864-1901; Casey Kellner, City of Springfield Urban Forester, at (417) 864-1135; or Terry Whaley at Ozark Greenways, (417) 864-2014.


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Technical boss at id Software, John Carmack, has raised doubts over the future for dedicated gaming handhelds in the world of smartphones.
Carmack reckons that with the rise of smartphones that the days of dedicated games handhelds could be numbered due to the convenience of having everything in one device.
The id tech supremo told Dallas News: "The smartphone may turn out to be 80 percent as good at gaming as a dedicated gaming platform. People are going to carry their smartphone, and if it's an 80 percent gaming device, how many people in the gaming market will be satisfied with that? Thats the question thats in everybodys mind, and I really don't know."
In reference to the potential end of dedicated portable gaming consoles he added: "If that's what the consumers are going to trend towards on there, there may not be much as developers we can do about that. You don't always get to build pyramids just because you want to."


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Butterflies Live! returns to Lewis Ginter
Walk into the north conservatory at the Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden between now and Oct. 14, but walk carefully because you may step on a butterfly or a caterpillar.
Every Friday from now until the end of the Butterflies Live! exhibit, Grant Howell and the other butterfly technicians at the garden will receive FedEx boxes full of 300 pupae, which will be taken into a special emergence room where behind layers of netting and two entrances the pupae hatch.
The types of pupae in each shipment changes depending on conditions in the source locations, Howell said. "I like to say I don't know what the weather in Malaysia is like," he said.
Butterflies in the exhibition come from all over the world including Malaysia, Thailand, Ecuador, Columbia, Costa Rica and Kenya. As many as 7,000 pupae will be ordered during the course of the exhibition, according to garden spokeswoman Beth Monroe.
Once pupae have been sorted by size, species and the volume of the shipment, attached to the foam boards and have hatched, garden officials wait for them to harden, which can take a couple of hours, according to butterfly technician Jessie Kelly.
"If they emerge in the morning we'll usually wait until the afternoon to let them out," Kelly said. "If they're hanging onto the netting we know they're ready to go."
As Howell gathered a large Owl butterfly from the side of a box and placed it into a mesh cube carrying case to take into the conservatory on a recent morning, he admired its unique markings. (The undersides of the Owl butterfly's wings resemble the owl eyes they're named for, displaying a technique called mimicry.)
"These are really great," he said. "They're like the charismatic mega-fauna."
Butterflies often will be released on trays of fruit and usually will start feeding immediately, Howell said, as he placed the large Owl on a tray of orange slices.
"They like the rotten fruit best," he said.
During the first week of the exhibition technicians released as many as 75 butterflies one day, since there were about 600 chrysalides in the emergence room instead of the usual 300, said butterfly technician Caitlin Cyrus. Butterflies are released Wednesdays at 2 p.m. and Saturdays at 10 a.m.
Monroe and Cyrus stressed how atypical it was to have 75 to release and said it was usually closer to 30 at most.
"We may only have a couple, or we may have a dozen," Monroe said. "We're trying to manage expectations."
Inside the conservatory, beds are planted with shade and filler plants from the conservatory's collection and nectar plants brought in especially for the exhibition, said Grace Chapman, director of horticulture for the garden.
"A lot of these plants are available locally," Chapman said. "Hibiscus, pentas, lantana, and lots of salvias."
Since opening the exhibition, more plants for Monarchs, Atalas, and Julias to host on have been added and a nursery table has been set up in the center of the conservatory. Caterpillars will hatch and feed on the host plants, including Milkweed for Monarchs. All three of these butterflies are native species.
"I've found a lot of people come specifically looking for the nursery because we have it on our website and kids will run up and say, 'Look it's the nursery,'" Cyrus said.
Beautiful jade green Monarch chrysalides hang in one case, and coontie plants with tiny white Atala eggs and freshly hatched caterpillars crawling around on their leaves sit in the other. By the end of their growth cycle, the Atala caterpillars will have grown almost 1,000 times hatching size, Cyrus said.
To facilitate the life cycle of the Atala species of South Florida – once thought to be extinct – garden officials specially ordered the palm-like cycad coontie plants.
"The idea is we'll have them placed in strategic locations," Howell said. "Hopefully they'll grow back so we don't have to buy more."
'Crash course in butterflies'
The exhibition is all about evolving and learning in the process, both Howell and Monroe said. The technicians are documenting everything they're doing, including the way in which they covered the doors with netting so that it will be easier to repeat the procedure in the future.
"We'll likely do this again next year," Monroe said. "People just love it. … We learned a lot from having the tropical species in 2009."
Cyrus, like many of the other technicians has a degree in biology, but not specifically in butterfly biology.
"This has definitely been a crash course in butterflies," Cyrus said. "I didn't know much when I started. I'm actually more into plants, but I plan on going to grad school and after this I now plan to specialize in the interaction of plant and insects."
Howell said the job really meant that he had to be a Jack-of-all-trades.
"I was climbing up and attaching netting, and I care for the trees and manage the temperature and humanity for a whole wing of the conservatory," he said.
To help maintain ideal conditions for the butterflies, technicians check the humidity in the conservatory three times a day and try to maintain as close to 70 percent humidity as possible, Howell said. During the hottest months of the summer, it will become even more important for visitors to stay hydrated, he said.
"Be prepared," he said. "Just keep in mind you're going to the tropics."
Howell reverses the fans during the day to draw some of the hot air upward and then reverses them at night to increase circulation. He has also programmed special misters to spray when the humidity drops, he said.
"It's a constant balance," Grant said. "They are all tropical plants, but if it gets too humid it can start causing fungus growth. . . This is all kind of new to me. I'm used to aquatic insects and the like."
Technicians also have to make sure that predators of butterflies don't get in, Cyrus said.
"Every day we melt down the spider webs and check for ants," Cyrus said. "Mice will eat them too, so we have mouse traps around. So will frogs."
As a tree frog croaked nearby, Cyrus chuckled. "It's too high up for me to get," she said.
An intriguing visit
As visitors arrive, technicians answer questions about butterflies, help direct traffic and calm down visitors who might be timid, Monroe said.
Julie Settles and her 4-year-old daughter, Adaire, were among the visitors June 1. Adaire walked in and spotted a giant Owl butterfly with a look of initial trepidation, but when Cyrus walked over and handed her a butterfly identification card, her face lit up and she proceeded to wander around the exhibit delightfully pointing out the ones she'd found.
"She's pretty intrigued," Julie Settles said about her daughter's scavenger hunt.
Walk and talk tours, family workshops, activities in the children's park and other lectures have also been scheduled during the Butterflies Live! exhibit, as well as an exhibit of art by Laura Garrett on display from June 9 to Oct. 14.
The Garden exhibited Butterflies Live! in 2004 and in 2009. Three years ago, more than 81,000 visitors attended, and Monroe expects a similar number this year. She visited on the Sunday after the exhibition opened with her daughter and son and said that it was fun to see the exhibition as just a visitor.
"My son keeps saying, 'I like the thermometer one,'" she said. "I still don't know which it was. It's funny what their 5-year-old brains pick up."
During this year's four-day opening, the garden welcomed 4,348 visitors, she said – three more than during the same period in 2009.
"I guess it just shows the consistent appeal of the butterflies," she said.
Bright, sunny days are the best times to attend the exhibit, Howell said, because butterflies may roost down in the foliage if it's too shady.
"If you come between 3 and 5 p.m. they're kind of tuckered out," he said. "Plus it's super hot."
To keep the butterflies from escaping and to comply with permits from the U.S. Department of Agriculture volunteers will check visitors at the door for butterflies, Monroe said. Large bags and strollers are not permitted this year to prevent butterflies from hiding in them, Monroe said.
The exhibit is open daily from 9- 5 p.m. and admission is included with regular Garden admission. Admission is free to both the Garden and exhibit on July 4. For details, visit http://www.lewisginter.org or call (804) 262-9887.
Agencies combine on new entry point to Chickahominy
Canoeing and kayaking enthusiasts soon will have a new access point to the Chickahominy River. VDOT, the James River Association and Henrico County Parks and Recreation are teaming up to establish a new site in Eastern Henrico.
The James River Association negotiated the deal with VDOT to procure official access to the area located just east of I-295 on North Airport Road in Sandston. The site includes a park-and-ride commuter lot bordering the Chickahominy River and has been an unofficial launch site used by paddlers for years. > Read more.
Equestrian clinic planned July 7-8 in Henrico
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Henrico equestrians interested in deepening the bond between themselves and their horses have the opportunity to attend a two day clinic, held at Steppin' High Stables on July 7-8 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The clinic, "Become Partners with your Horse," will be taught by multiple world champion equestrienne Terry Preiser and will focus on how riders and horses can work together to achieve more. > Read more.
Henrico school bus driver honored
Citizen Staff Reports 07/03/2014
The Henrico-based Hephaestus Society recently awarded its first annual community heroes award (the Hephaestus Award) to Hicham Elgharouch (pictured, center) for what it termed his "selfless acts of caring" in his duties as a Henrico County Public Schools bus driver. Henrico County Director of Pupil Transportation Josh Davis, joined Hephaestus Society President Travis Gardner, in presenting the award and an accompanying $1,500 check to Elgharouch last month.
Elgharouch was selected for his clear and demonstrated patience and for his infectious positive attitude, according to the society. > Read more.
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Grab the kids and check out these fun family-friendly events taking place this weekend! Speed over to the Henrico Theatre for the film "Turbo" or watch "Dumbo" under the stars at Clarke-Palmore House Museum. Little ones can meet Thomas the Tank Engine at CMOR-Central or play at the Eastern Henrico Recreation Center. For all our top picks this weekend, click here! > Read more.
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Don't party too hard on the Fourth because a whole weekend of fun events await! Enjoy a classy date night without the kids at James River Cellars Winery's second annual Smoke and Vine Festival. Another date night option is at the Richmond Funny Bone, where comedian April Macie will perform all weekend. The kids have their own options this weekend as well. Choose from storytime at Tuckahoe and Twin Hickory libraries or family-oriented karaoke at Aunt Sarah's Pancake House – I hear they have hits from Disney's "Frozen." For all our top picks this weekend, click here! > Read more.
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Get Into Business School: Letters of Recommendation
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Finding the right people to write your letters of recommendation is no simple task. So U.S. News asked Chioma Isiadinso, a former admissions official at Carnegie Mellon University and Harvard Business School and author of the book The Best Business Schools' Admissions Secrets, to offer advice on choosing someone who can portray you in the best and most accurate light.
1. Who should applicants approach to write their letters of recommendation? Former professors? Employers? A mix?
Typically, recommendations for business school should come from individuals who have supervised the candidate and have a clear vantage point of a candidate's managerial potential and contributions to the organization, [as well as a] perspective of how he or she functions within a team. [The] majority of business schools require two recommendation letters, and for most applicants the ideal option is a current supervisor and a former supervisor who can attest in great detail about the candidate and the value he or she can provide to the business school community. In cases where a school requires three recommendations (as is the case for programs like Harvard Business School and the Stanford University Graduate School of Business), another perspective such as a recommendation from community service [organizers] or from faculty who can attest to who you are beyond the classroom performance can be useful.
There are instances where a professor recommendation could be useful. These are cases where the candidate is an early career candidate with very limited work experience; in such instances, the critical information for the recommender to highlight is not basic information about the candidate's intellect and how well he or she did in the class, but rather detailed examples/anecdotes that vividly describe the candidate in terms of how he or she has enriched a class [and] character traits that can reinforce that the candidate is mature to handle business school despite being younger and possessing less work experience compared to the rest of the applicant pool. Professors who can attest to your college leadership track record [and] your ability to take initiative can be useful recommendation letters at the end of the day.
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2. Is it important that the letter's writer has worked with the applicant closely on a day-to-day basis?
Absolutely. Recommendations that are most memorable and useful in evaluating a candidate are the ones that have detailed descriptions about the candidate. The more closely the recommender has worked with the candidate, the more examples he or she can share. I often see applicants opting for recommendations from more senior individuals who barely know them. In such cases, it is no surprise that such reference letters tend to be generic, lack examples, and are ineffective in painting a clear picture of who the candidate is.
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3. Do letters of recommendation from prominent figures carry much weight if they've had minimal contact with the applicant?
Admissions people are very savvy and can see through the 'big-titled' recommendation with little substance. Applicants should focus on former bosses or current bosses who have real experiences they can draw from. Generic recommendation letters are wasted opportunities to differentiate yourself from your competition. I read my fair share of generic recommendation letters when serving on Harvard Business School's admissions board and such recommendations that came from alumni or prominent figures were easy to spot and did little to endear the candidate to the admissions board. It is always better to have a 'mid-ranked' recommender but with insight and detailed descriptions about you that allows the admissions board to get a three-dimensional view of who you are as a person.
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4. What stands out the most in letters of recommendation? What do admissions officials truly look for?


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Airport documents show that the security office suspended Crabtree's badge for 30 days as a result of the incident, but a TSA spokeswoman cited privacy rules when asked if Crabtree received any formal punishment.Link Discuss
30 Responses to "TSA screener who smuggled a gun into the airport is still on the job"
sirspocksalot says:
"TSA screener who smuggled a gun into the airport is still on the job"
Well no shit…they're union. You ever see someone in a union unilaterally fired before? Doesn't happen. That's a good thing and a bad thing. It protects workers from vindictive bosses. Unfortunately it also protects them from actual discipline. That guy's set for life.
@padster123: "The more deadly weapons around, held by twitchy amateurs, the more likely it is that bad things will happen, and the more – er – deadly the situation will be."
Which is why in areas with concealed carry laws incidents of random gun violence are through the roof, right?
jazminecat says:
How long before someone figures out that to get past airport security all they need to do is get a job with TSA. These people, in my experience, aren't exactly the cream of the intellectual crop, so it would appear to be only moderately more challenging to get one of these jobs than say, a position manning the fryer at mcdonalds.
Tenn says:
@24 Antinous,
Yes sir sorry sir shall I clean the head sir?
@25 Sirspocksalot,
It seems to me unions are outdated. Back in the heyday where 7 year olds were working 12 hour shifts, and losing fingers, yeah, I could see them. Now? They seem to cause more harm than gain.
@12 padster123,
What Spock said. This, and – people with concealed carry licenses are hardly amateurs. They are the sort that go out to the range and shoot regularly. Granted, some of these may be those drilling, freaky sorts, but I'd put the danger of the freaky, drilling sorts as less than 'the guy who sees that a crowded airport terminal is the greatest place for mass murder – ever.'
Not that I am worried about that. Statistically, it's more scary to get in a car. I plan to get a CCarry when I'm older, mostly because it's something that won't harm (because I, from childhood, have been taught how to handle and -respect- a weapon.)
WeightedCompanionCube says:
Regarding biased opinions and remarks about things like "getting sent to Gitmo" in BB posts… People are starting to see BB as a serious news source…. and yes, the "personal" writings of people with enough recognition are fair game for criticism.
On that note, when is someone a "journalist" (and subject to some standards) and when are they not? I thought youtube, blogs, the Internet in general was supposed to blur that line…
demidan says:
How does his transgression ,(and obvious law breaking), fall under "privacy"? If you break the law which he did, it enters the realm of public knowledge and is NO longer private. Equal protection under the law only goes so far these days I guess.
Takuan says:
when I say
Mordion says:
I wonder how stealing my Wii helped security…oh well, I'm just glad to have contributed.
rebdav says:
Why is this really a problem, let him have his gun in the airport. Even better idea is to give a discount to air travelers who wish to carry a firearm on their person to reward their protection of the aircraft. Do we forget that on 9-11 people with only pocket knives fought back and saved the Whitehouse or other target from massive destruction. This security theater only makes us all less safe, how many of us have to die before we demand our freedoms back?
How do you like that spin?
AirPillo says:
Forgive the half-on-topic nature of the criticism, but it seems that reports on things like this are growing ever more filled with vitriolic commentary.
While this is perfectly fair, and well deserved, it does feel like it might make it easy for someone new to the blog, or any number of other people, to misidentify the editors' positions as skewed by bias and therefore not give enough weight to what you're really trying to bring attention to or what you have to say.
It's great to see you help call public attention to this sort of thing, but I always kind of wince when I see the bile-esque ire bubble forth in the post. Yes, it's understandable to feel outrage, and to show it, but it seems like the hardest hitting news is always that which is put forth as credibly unbiased, left to the reader to stand on its own, as-is. That makes it a lot harder for someone to kind of skim what they're reading, see the strong language and scathing rhetoric, and assume it's a biased opinion or otherwise dismiss it offhand. The emotion draws attention unduly away from the facts.
To use an analogy: hyperbole and emphatic opinions are great for stirring up the troops, but a simple, humble offering of facts seems best for finding new recruits. That's what we need, for more people to see the facts, think "hey, that isn't right", and join in the attempts to make things sane again.
rebdav says:
To amplify what I had said, why do we need a special police class who is allowed to bear arms over us. At least Americans can claim to have an equal protection clause in their constitution which I admire, but even they do not seem to care about that part of their primary document of rule in many cases. How does choosing a particular line of employment make one person more worthy of self and collective protection than another?
Argon says:
Obvious. He only let himself get caught in order to divert attention from his accomplice with the real bomb.
HornCologne says:
@AIRPILLO: You might want to find yourself another blog if you don't like this sort of thing …
But back to my point:
"I used to be on the job. You can't ask about him being disciplined, you a-hole, because of the terrorism."
padster123 says:
Do you really think a gunfight in an airplane, or a crowded airport terminal is a good idea?
The more deadly weapons around, held by twitchy amateurs, the more likely it is that bad things will happen, and the more – er – deadly the situation will be.
OK – you think that if all the good people have guns, then they will be able to outgun the bad guy?
Wrong – all it means is that there is a vastly increased change of serious bad shit happening.
And please don't quote the US constitution. When that bit was drafted they were thinking about a very different situation, in another age.
Fnarf says:
Jazzminecat, there are loads of jobs that get to go around security. TSA is nothing; how about a job where you get to crawl around the airplanes? The baggage handlers don't get screened. The effing CLEANERS don't get screened.
Air security is a total farce designed not for security but to enforce obedience — which has uses in many places besides airports. In the future, ALL aspects of society will involve being herded around by people who couldn't graduate from high school.
Jeff says:
Airpillo, that was nicely written. But like Horncologne said, you just come here to read. The editing is done by the editors, so what you see might be intentionally provocative to stimulate conversation.
I think this was an obvious failure of security. The Emperor wears no clothes! So this guy gets hung out to dry because he pointed out a failure.
Tenn says:
@17 Takuan
Nay. Nuke em from orbit! It's the only way to be sure.
Antinous says:
Yeah, but you're just a grunt. No offense.
gornzilla says:
People bring guns to airports all the time. They're usually sent home by the cops or arrested if it's their lucky day. Plus, this guy's a government employee. You can't get fired from the government (unless you're a district attorney).
Tenn says:
@22 Antinous,
Hey! Offense does not leave with your little disclaimer, old man!
Cory Doctorow says:
Airpillow, I take your point. I think there's a time for funny, ranty stuff and a time for serious, "neutral" tone. Blogs are great for the former, position papers, journalistic editorials, etc are generally where I do the latter.
Antinous says:
You're supposed to say "none taken", Corporal Hicks.
sirspocksalot says:
@Tenn – oh, I'm with you on the unions. Unions are the reason prices keep going up and up and up. They demand cost of living increases for their employees and more and more benefits. Well, that money's got to come from somewhere, and it's not coming out of the employer's bottom line, so the answer is to raise prices on goods and services.
It's not to say they do NO good, I think you're right that they do more harm than good. They've become entrenched and stagnant and now they exist mostly to perpetuate themselves.
The Unusual Suspect says:
Airpillo, this is Boing Boing, not Fox Newz(R).
Antinous says:
Wait, the TSA has privacy rules?
Wait, the TSA has any rules? Isn't it completely mood driven?
Takuan says:
william says:
Wait, the TSA has privacy rules?
Takuan says:
did we ever cover the TSA stealing your stuff?
jimh says:
In the future, ALL aspects of society will involve being herded around by people who couldn't graduate from high school.
I might have laughed at this if it wasn't so obviously true.
Stray says:
Does anyone find it mind-bogglingly ironic that the government agency responsible for the complete obliteration of privacy in travel is citing "privacy concerns" about this employee?
JavaJunkie says:
Smuggle a gun into an airport and keep your job. Priceless! If he was Muslim then it would be a different story.


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Hiya, getting straight to the point, started this thread to both review, and create the current definition of what the term "Royalty" means in erfworld.
The reason I feel this is important is because I don't personally believe it means the same thing as the assumptions we're making about it, even those of use who realize it -is- just a gaming term.
Royalty on Earthworld: a. A person of royal rank or lineage.
b. Monarchs and their families considered as a group.
2. The lineage or rank of a monarch.
3. The power, status, or authority of a monarch.
4. Royal quality or bearing.
5. A kingdom or possession ruled by a monarch.
6. A right or prerogative of the crown, as that of receiving a percentage of the proceeds from mines in the royal domain.
a. The granting of a right by a monarch to a corporation or an individual to exploit specified natural resources.
b. The payment for such a right.
a. A share paid to a writer or composer out of the proceeds resulting from the sale or performance of his or her work.
b. A share in the proceeds paid to an inventor or a proprietor for the right to use his or her invention or services.
9. A share of the profit or product reserved by the grantor, especially of an oil or mining lease. Also called override.
Royalty on ERFworld:
Known facts:
Units designated "Royal" require 60 turns for a level 4 city to pop.
Units designated "Royal" level an unspecified amount faster than other units.
Units designated "Royal" have -on average- higher stats than other units.
From recent summer updates we know that Royal units are "Popped" with knowledge of things like diplomacy, etiquette, and other training that falls under the category of "leadership".
'Training'. Or this case knowledge that the units come with. That's something important to focus on, particularly as relevant to the "idealogical" war we seem to be seeing going on here.
To put it in terms we might better understand, Erfworld royals are 'engineered' to be stronger, faster, and smarter than other units. They've had the knowledge of how to lead and interact with other leaders implanted into their brains. There's just one small problem.
From what we've seen, the differences between jillian and her father, wanda, bogroll, stanley himself; there is a -wide- variance in the random number generation of unit "stats".
Things like personality, and "how much" better or worse are given to random chance. Stanley might have been intended to be a piker, but he lucked out in stat generation, giving him high end combat abilities, and a frightening about of tactical talent.
Now, let's return to "training". The idea of experience and level gain aside, the concept is a bit foreign in erfworld. Knowledge is expected to already be in place. The current royals don't believe anyone but a royal should lead from their point of view, simply because no other unit type -has- that implanted knowledge of how to lead.
Have I missed anything?


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Basic Job Description
Army plumbers and pipe fitters are responsible for installing and repairing plumbing and pipe systems.
Duties performed by Soldiers in this MOS include:
- Maintain heating systems, basic water supply and water distribution systems
- Pipe systems for waste water
- Basic plumbers repair and maintenance
- Maintenance for plumbing fixtures, pipes, stacks, brackets, traps, vents and insulation
- Construction plans and drawings
Training Information
Job training for a plumber requires 10 weeks of Basic Combat Training and seven weeks of Advanced Individual Training. Part of this time is spent in the classroom and part in the field with on-the-job instructions, including practice with carpentry and masonry tools.
Some of the skills you'll learn are:
- Installation and repair of pipe systems, plumbing fixtures, boiler controls, water purification and distillation systems
- Maintenance and repair of hydraulic and pneumatic systems
ASVAB Score Required: 88 in aptitude area GM
Security Clearance: None
Strength Requirement: very heavy.
Physical Profile Requirement: 111221
Other Requirements
- Normal color vision required
- Freedom from vertigo to permit climbing, balancing and working in high places
Similar Civilian Occupations
- The skills you learn will help prepare you for a career in a mechanical or plumbing contracting company.


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Ada —
A rise in the grasshopper population has led to concern in Pontotoc County.
Grasshoppers have not been this bad in this county since 1999, according to OSU Extension Educator for Agriculture Justin McDaniel.
The cause for the grasshoppers being overly populated is the dry weather in the last several years. There is a naturally occurring fungus that helps control the grasshopper population.
With wet weather the fungus becomes stronger. A grasshopper gets wet and the fungus can grow on it and kill it. "One of the problems we've had is the last couple of years have been so dry that a lot of that fungus has died. So, this year, we did have a lot of rain, and normally if the fungus were present, it would've reduced the grasshopper population," said McDaniel.
Options for controlling the grasshopper population vary according to location. Farms, vegetable gardens and yards can all be treated differently to handle the problem.
Certain insecticides can work in all of these areas, but certain sprays can also affect crops.
Anyone who does use an insecticide is warned to be careful with them and read the labels. Also, not all insecticides are safe on foods. Any food that has been sprayed should be properly washed before consumption.
McDaniel points out that a majority of insecticides harm beneficial insects such as ladybugs.
"We rely very heavily on beneficial insects in and around the home landscape area. You reduce your beneficials, your ladybugs and things like that, then next we have a huge explosion of aphids and other insects that could be just as bad," he said.
The grasshoppers tend to target specific plants more often than others, such as roses, irises and peaches. Careful plant selection can allow for less frustration with the grasshoppers by selecting a plant they do not eat as often.


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Kristen Stewart has told HuffPost Entertainment that she will indeed star opposite Ben Affleck in a comedy titled "Focus."
"I can confirm that rumor," she said, referring to Internet reports that began surfacing last month. "It's a comedy. I'm really excited about it. We start shooting in April."
On November 2, Deadline Hollywood reported that Stewart had entered talks to appear in the Warner Bros. production as "an inexperienced con artist who hooks up with the more seasoned Affleck." According to the report, the film will be written and directed by Glenn Ficarra and John Requa, who previously teamed up on "Crazy, Stupid, Love."
Subsequent reports claimed that the role would call on Stewart, 22, to shoot some "passionate" love scenes with Affleck, 40. Affleck was also quoted saying that he hoped Stewart would take the role because she's "terrific." • Read full story »


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¦ Features ¦ Rich
Johnston interview
What do you think of the state of the UK comics scene
at the moment?
Well there's Viz Comic. And Marvel UK seem to be filling up
the racks again. Manga seems to be doing well in bookstores. And Jonathan Cape
seems to making a tidy sum... they've just signed up Bryan (Nemesis) Talbot's
"Alice In Sunderland".
For a while, 2000AD was almost seen as a talent hunting
ground for many US companies. Do you think this is the case any more?
Certainly is! Editors can move straight to writing for Vertigo.
Many big name UK writers and artists are now some of
the most celebrated creators in the US comics scene - is there ever hope of a
UK based industry that would tempt some of them to work on home grown and published
It would need the sales. Hence what happened to Liam Sharp's
valiant attempts with Event Horizon. And remember CoolBeansWorld? No? No, exactly.
What could be done to improve the visibility of the
comics book scene in the UK?
Probably any kind of advertising whatsoever.
Can you think of examples of promotional opportunities
that are not being properly mined?
I'd say all of them. Have you seen how easy it is for lesbian
Batwoman and mask-off Spider-man to get coverage?
Make Judge Dredd gay or get him to take off his helmet. Job
Do you think the burgeoning small press scene could
be seen as the saviour of the market here?
Not of the market,
no. They sell for shit. Of the art form, possibly.
your impression on some of the output?
Paul Rainey, Jeremy Dennis, Roger Langridge and Mark Stafford.
Why the hell aren't they A-listers by now? Hmm?
there be a benefit from UK based press such as Comics International and awards
ceremonies like the Eagle Awards concentrating on UK talent rather than focusing
on products from the Big Two?
No, or it dilutes the power of such awards.
Dez Skinn rather infamously suggested at the recent
Eagle Awards that the Judge Dredd Megazine didn't have long to live. From behind
the scenes, have you heard of any rumblings that contributed to this belief?
No. But then it's possible he based that on Rebellion's lack
of ads in recent Comics Internationals...
If both the megazine and 2000AD folded - what would
the effect be on the industry over here?
Not that great. They've become such niche magazines. Their audience
is unique, aging and will wither. All it means will be about eight writers and
sixteen artists will be out of regular work. In the great scheme of things, that's
The comics
scene in general seems to be in retreat against the twofold approach of comics
related merchandise and spin-off movies. Many comics shops, perhaps understandably,
focus on these areas as better areas of profitability - but is there a danger
of this focus being self destructive and eventually harming the sales of the core
No. Only not diversifying can harm the sales of the core product.
Your column has often been the place where many comics
news stories are broken - almost the equivalent of Popbitch for the comics industry.
What's the best and worst reaction you've had from any of your scoops?
I've had someone kiss my on the lips for one story. And death
threats for another.
Have you ever held something back at the request of
a creator or publisher?
And and have you ever broken a story you wished you
From your column, what's been your personal favourite
Probably the lack of power of Wizard Magazine in promoting their
editor's new comic. A fair few years ago, but it really tickled me.
After the Flying Friar - what can we expect from you
next creatively?
Civil Wardrobe, a Marvel Comics parody.
If you had carte blanche to change one thing in the
comics industry for the > better (UK or US markets) what would it be.
I'd make Scott Pilgrim a weekly.
And finally - can you reveal any scoops for us?
No, that's what
the column's for. Mind you, no one knows that Bryan Talbot thing yet...
Rich Johnston's
in the Gutters column appears on Comic Book Resources every Monday
evening - and you can find out more about the Flying Friar at his official


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Several proposals before the Board of Fish today call for increased closures around the Kenai River king salmon spawning beds.
Dwight Kramer with the Kenai Area Fishermen's Association wrote one of the proposals…
Kramer: "If you look at the Anchor River, it closes above the bridge there at the weir; provides no fishing there and spawning certainty. We do it in other areas, we do it in the Kasilof. July 1st, that closes above that bridge, so the Kings can be left alone to spawn, and it's time that we do it in the Kenai as well."
Kramer said closures around spawning beds will protect "the biggest and the best," but it won't be a quick turnaround. It could take 15-20 years.
Board Chair Karl Johnstone observed that many of the proposals were repetitive, and asked for those who oppose them to comment.
Andy Szczesny, who represents Kenai River guides, said he doesn't see any benefit to closing the spawning areas, since there are already "22 miles of sanctuaries on the Kenai River."
Szczesny: "This thing extends 200 yards downstream. I don't know if there's enough information to even go to an extended sanctuary of this level. We already have the Killey, we have the Funny, we have Morgan's Landing. We have miles and miles of sanctuaries."
Szczesny said he didn't see any benefit to the fish, only the likelihood it would "close the sport fishermen down."
Roland Maw with UCIDA said they also oppose the proposal…
Maw: "In talking with some of our members and some members of the community, we oppose this. Because we didn't think it was big enough. We thought it should be slightly larger than this. Maybe 300 yards.
Chair Johnstone: "I suppose that is a form of opposition."
Paul Shadura with the Kenai/Soldotna Advisory Committee said he understands why guides might be "sensitive" to these proposals, since they cut down opportunity to target kings.
** Comments on this story do not represent the thoughts and / or opinions of KSRM Radio Group, Staff, Management or Sponsors. **
The guides are only out for one thing…………..the almighty dollar. The same holds true for the set netters. They all need to go………….leave the river and fish to unguided sport fishers!!!
Do the guides have any clue what happened to all the kings that used to run up slykok? They are gone, demolished, college hole was fished out so bad it destroyed this natural run of kings. A large number of guides knew it at a meeting I was at. When they hear that there were only three kings that escaped they turned their heads the other way. The out of staters have no concerns about fish except they get their limit, money and run. Leave the destruction to someone else. I absolutely saddened at that natural run being totally gone. If its not stopped, man will destroy the world, sounds far fetched, but take a look at mining, logging, fishing lakes, rivers and oceans and development. Do not listen to their cries for money!
Jay, may I ask what you do for a living??? Setnetters are the hardest working people I know & no comparison to the multiple guides on the river. Not only to they provide income for there family, family members including kids who work extremely hard and learn incredible work ethic which is very uncommon these days & earn there own way through collage. But provide income via the processors they sell there fish to whom employ thousands of people. They are your neighbors and a huge part of the economics of our community. They are no different then contractors, plumbers,doctors & anyone else trying to eac out a living to provide for there family, plus they feed the world. When you order seafood from a restaurant or buy it in a store, where do you think it comes from? They have been around long before the kenai river got out of control. And it disgusts me that you are so uneducated about the impact it would have if they were unfairly fazed out, just so someone that hasn't been around for decades can check a kenai king off there bucket list. How about doing a little research on there actual impact to this fishery they have, compared to the in river distruction that has been taking place over the past ten years. Do u think that after 50+ years of setnetting that suddenly there at fault for the rapid decline of kings. They are fighting for a fishery they was givin & allocated to them decades before you were probly even in excistance.
JT……….I agree with much of what you say. The greedy guides need to go also. However, there is a bigger demand for the decreasing opportunity for sport fishing throughout the world. Commercial fishers were very entrenched off the Atlantic coast for years. Over fishing, human demand for sea food and more effective law enforcement on the illegal commercial fishers, have driven most of them out of business. Commercial fishing seems to be starting to come back slowly; but only with strong conservation measures added. You and your family members will find other employment; especially with the hard work ethics that you say you have. Alaska has one of the lowest unemployment levels in the US.
That's the difference between u & I. I'm for equal & fair opportunity for all. Your fine with eliminating thousands of jobs for the greater good of yourself. You don't think the unemployment rates going to rise when all these jobs go away + the economic impact of our local community? I guess that's all ok as long as it doesn't effect you in your town. I hope your secure in your job, because you will have some serious competition!
How true JT fair & equal is the law of the land ALASKA'S LAND & WATERS Jay if your so up on back east history why don't you go there to teach it!!!
OK Dwight, where and when I support you!!
Ed M…………I'm an environmentalist………..and we are heading up your way Ed M……..we are bringing Obamarcare with us:) The far right wingers need to start re-thinking…………there are plenty of jobs out there, especially in Alaska. Ak has one of the lowest unemployment rates. Most people just don't want to work…………..oh, I guess you guys will work for about 4 weeks in the summer with the nets and call it good. The nets are going away ED M!!!
Not surprising another Do nothing person and TAX and spend Liberal in Alaska. Sorry most Alaskan vote Republican and they detest the blocking of jobs and common sense development. Please go back to live under the rock you came from!!
To be Brutally Honest. I am very Tired of Listening to the FISH WARS. This has gone on & on then on some more for Generations now. Fussing & Fighting, Back Stabbing, Hate & Misery.Cussin & discussing, No One can Agree on Anything . Not One issue can reach a Agreement & a Majority Vote.
Hell I will be Dead & Buried & these User Groups will STILL be Fighting with Each Other. SPW