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SARANAC LAKE — Saranac Lake Health Center celebrated its official opening Wednesday.
New services are in place here to help give people better access to health care.
Cyndee MGuire, chief operating officer of parent company Adirondack Health, cut the official ribbon.
She said the new facility is a focal point for change in the health-care industry, naming initiatives that support patient-based efficiency.
Among them is centralized scheduling at Adirondack Health that allows patients to call one phone number for appointments and followup visits, either with doctors, at the new Health Center or at any of the other three consortium health centers.
"We also have opened more slots every day for followup care after hospitalization," McGuire said.
"The goal is for patients to have appointments the next day."
The new Saranac Lake Health Center also has an after-hours line, a phone number that people can call with health questions to triage concerns with an on-call staff member.
That call can save people time and money, McGuire explained, by helping determine if a visit to an emergency room is needed.
"These are all changes for the better," McGuire said, "with an increased focus on access to primary care. That is why it made sense to us to open a health-care center in Saranac Lake."
The new facility is located on Old Lake Colby Road, behind Adirondack Medical Center. All patient records are connected to surgical and medical offices with a shared computerized system.
Saranac Lake Health Center occupies the second floor above the Wound Care and Bariatric Center.
Other community-based health-care centers run by Adirondack Health, are located in Tupper Lake, Lake Placid and Keene.
There are five primary-care providers, and each is accepting new patients, according to Dona Kilgore, a physician's assistant at the Saranac Lake Health Center.
Working with Kilgore are Dr. Darci Beiras, staff pediatrician; Dr. Kenneth Ged; Dr. Mario F. Tagliagambe; and family nurse practitioner Mary Levitz.
"We provide many different services," Kilgore said, "well-child visits, urgent-care visits, same-day appointments, sick visits."
Kilgore said the 24-hour telephone line has proved helpful, especially for parents with small children and newborn babies.
With the hospital next door, the Health Center augments patient support services, she said.
"It's especially nice to be in a network setting. This is a small, tight-knit community, and so we all know all the providers."
Special for the grand opening Wednesday, Adirondack Health had organized a Teddy Bear Clinic for small children to bring in their favorite stuffed animals for "checkups."
The exam area out on the front lawn was complete with Band-aids, gauze strips, lollipops and sterilized wipes, set up and on display for kids to explore.
Putting a stethoscope to a Winnie the Pooh bear, Kilgore assured 3-year-old Thomas Kilbourne-Hill that his special toy friend was in the peak of health.
Inside, and down the shiny new floors, Adirondack Health billing administrator Candy Edie had an entire room set up to explain how the new New York State of Health insurance exchange works.
Edie answered questions about different levels of health coverage available for people without insurance.
"Most people are wondering: 'What do you mean there's going to be a penalty if I don't have health insurance?'," Edie said of concerns people expressed most.
"Then they ask: 'How are they going to know if I have health insurance?'"
Edie provided information sheets at the grand opening to help answer those and other questions.
The after-hours telephone system also drew interest from groups of people touring the center.
"After your physician's office is closed, you usually only have an option to go to the ER or to urgent care," explained Hazel Taft, nurse case manager for all four Adirondack Health health centers.
People who call the after-hours line will usually hear from a physician in 15 to 20 minutes.
"It's a great program," Taft said of their early success this summer. "A lot of information about care can be determined from questions by a member of the staff here."
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Sept./Oct. 2013 (Vol. 30, No. 5) pp. 16-18
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Thinking about Quoins: Strategic Traceability of Architecturally Significant Requirements
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|Where Are Our Requirements Quoins?
|How Do We Keep Quoins Visible?
|But Doesn't Traceability Add Excessive Overhead?
|How to Use These Trace Links Effectively
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IN MY LAST COLUMN, I talked about the notion of using architecturally savvy personas to depict quality concerns as personalized, architecturally significant user stories, and then leveraging these user stories to drive a system's initial design. 1 But as we all know, initial design is just the first step. A system is never static, and therefore its design often evolves (sometimes rather rapidly) over time. This leads to the well-known problem of architectural degradation, which occurs when the architecture gradually and persistently drifts away from the original design. Continuing in that vein, I'll talk here about using traceability 2 to help identify and monitor the critical sensitivity points of the design so that maintainers don't inadvertently degrade system qualities as they implement otherwise innocuous changes.
Before I go further, I should explain that I realize that many consider traceability to be a dirty word—I get it!—but please bear with me as I make my case for using traceability strategically to track how a system realizes and satisfies stakeholders' architecturally significant requirements over time. 3 To set the stage, let's think about the kinds of things that are useful to trace. The way medieval architects designed and built their castles illustrates this idea beautifully. Quoins were used at the corner junctions of two load-bearing walls to distribute weight and relieve pressure (see Figure 1 ). Quoins provided an architectural solution that satisfied pervasive requirements for a castle to not only endure potential erosion caused by weather conditions but also to withstand enemy attack. After all, that was the main purpose of building the castle in the first place.
These castles changed over time as they were expanded, modified, and reinforced. Change was slow; key architectural decisions were frequently well understood and readily visible. Original architectural decisions were considered and often carefully preserved during construction and reconstruction processes.
Where Are Our Requirements Quoins?
So why do we as requirements engineers and software architects care about quoining? The reason is simple: our software systems have their own quoin equivalencies. Unlike medieval castles, which evolved slowly, software systems change quickly, almost continually. But, because architectural decisions often aren't visible to developers, decay and rot set in. Consequently, the system qualities that are important to stakeholders gradually erode. We must identify and expose the system quoins to the software developers who are responsible for maintaining the system.
How Do We Keep Quoins Visible?
Software traceability presents a solution for tracking and exposing quoins. Trace links can be established among key stakeholder concerns, architecturally significant requirements, important architectural decisions, and sections of code in which architectural decisions are implemented. This basic set of trace links means that developers working on sensitive areas of code can stay informed of underlying architectural decisions and their associated requirements. Placing this information at developers' fingertips doesn't inhibit them from making changes; however, it does equip them to make informed changes.
But Doesn't Traceability Add Excessive Overhead?
Traceability must be strategically planned. Typically, it's neither cost-effective nor particularly valuable to trace every single requirement. In fact, such traceability would likely create an unmaintainable, brittle infrastructure underlying an otherwise (hopefully) flexible design. Effective traceability must live and breathe along with the system that it supports. It mustn't prevent change from happening or make change more difficult, but it should inform change by ensuring that developers understand underlying architectural decisions and their associated quality concerns during the change analysis process.
Figure 2 depicts a basic traceability information model showing the information that should be captured to trace architecturally significant requirements. Trace links are established from key quality concerns through architectural decisions to lower-level design and code. This contrasts with typical practice, in which architectural decisions are captured as a simple list with no backward traceability explaining why decisions were made or which particular quality goals they were designed to satisfy.
Trace links can be captured in a simple table. For example, Table 1 shows a very basic trace matrix capturing two architecturally significant requirements and their associated design decisions. (These examples are taken from the mechatronics traceability system I described in my July/August 2013 column. 1 ) These architectural decisions represent our system's quoins.
Table 1.. A fragment of a trace matrix* documenting dependencies among architecturally significant requirements, architectural decisions, and code.
How to Use These Trace Links Effectively
Once trace links are created, they need to be made available to project stakeholders to support actual tasks. Imagine a scenario in which a developer starts modifying an architecturally sensitive part of the code and is informed of underlying architectural decisions, their rationales, and contributing requirements. The developer will receive useful information at the time of need and can implement a change without inadvertently degrading the quality of the architectural design.
Unfortunately, one of the greatest inhibitors of cost-effective traceability in practice stems from our lack of useful cross life-cycle tool support, especially when requirements, design, and code are managed across different tools and environments. We need to address this challenge by creating better traceability tools that operate seamlessly across requirements management, design, and implementation environments. By creating strategic trace links supported by effective tooling, we can place useful information at our developers' fingertips to help preserve architectural qualities and ensure that a system not only initially satisfies, but continues to satisfy its stakeholders' quality concerns.

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www.splitterchoss.com/2012/01/27/the-overwhelmingly-massive->>> What do you think?? WIll this be the poor mans version of the TC Pro? or the same as the grandstones?? At least Evolv makes shoes in my size, and these are supposed to come in leather, if they ever come out.
have you tried testerosas?
Yes, but that's a different topic dummy.
no reason to start name-calling. i saw a video of Honnold climbing Astroman WITH testarosas, smarty-pants, so there is validity to my question. i must have misunderstood the thread topic.
Poor man's TC Pros? More like TC Pros for people that don't have narrow euro feet. My street shoe size is 10.5/11 depending on the shoe. While trying on TC Pros, the toe box didn't fit until I was in a 12.5 (or 12, I forget exactly, but at least >= 12) , at which point the ankles were ridiculously baggy. I ended up with Grandstones, which would be 100% awesome...that is if Five Ten didn't give them such a humongous toe profile. Great all day route shoe...if the route doesn't require much in the way of finger size cracks. So yeah, eagerly awaiting the PC Pros :)
man, evolv has perfected the art of making some fugly ass shoes...
Evolv says they will be out by the end of the month.
I have worn a pair of the Astroman's and they're a great shoe. By no means would I refer to them as a poor version of the TC Pro. Sportiva has the most expensive shoes on the market and being that Evolv is an American made shoe we pay less to purchase them in the states. If you were to buy Evolvs in Europe or elsewhere you would see a hike in their retail value as well. With that being said, these have a comfortable fit and they fit a wider foot. They have a stiff midsole and smaller profile than the 5.10 Grandstone. Like the TC Pros, you will be hard pressed to get them into a thin crack.
I see these are hitting the e-tailers now. Any impressions on sizing ? Curious to know how stiff they are compared to the Acopa JB's and TC pro's.
Ive been climbing in the Astromans the past week. I wear an 11 - 11.5 street shoe and bought a 44.5. The 44 was too small. Its perfect for an all day shoe. They are a nice stiff shoe but very comfortable, slightly stiffer than the TC Pros. They have stretched about a 1/4 size so far. I just crank down on the laces a bit more then when they were new. My feet are average width and find the astromans are not too narrow and not too wide.
TC pros are wearing out, thinking about getting Astroman, but for now can't try on. Anyone used both Astro and TC pro and can comment on sizing? I called evolv but they were only marginally helpful. Seems like either 10 or 10.5 evolv sizing. I wear 42.5 TC pro. Thanks
Fiveten came out with a high top Anasazi that looks pretty rad. fiveten.com/products/footwear-detail/10094-anasazi-hi-top
They are selling the Astroman on Zappos.com. If you are not sure of the size you can buy a few and return the ones that don't fit. Zappos offers free shipping on both orders and returns.
Curious to hear from anyone who has actually purchased and climbed on these things. What are they like?
Sizing reference: I wear the 10.5 in astroman's. Fit as close to your street shoe as possible. I wear a 10.5 in Acopa legends and Acopa jb's, 10's in anastazi's. 9.5 moccs. Also wear 43 in sportiva approach shoes and trail runners.
I bought a pair. Love them. I wanted a super stiff hightop. I have mortons toe and couldn't the sizing right on the TC Pros. I wear 12 street and bought 12 in astroman for an all day, flat-toed crack fit. My review (after 8 pitches in lumpy): - by far the stiffest shoe I've ever worn (my "tight" shoes are miuras) they feel as stiff as the board lasted boreal ballet golds (another shoe I courted) - they edge excellently all over the sole....but you definitely need to see the hold, you can't feel a thing. -they smear well enough for me to not notice any difference from the miuras....I'm sure if you've worn supermocs these smear horribly. -they are fantastic in the cracks. Smallest I've been in with them is tight hands. Where I really noticed the benefit of that stiffness most is in lumpy water grooves and incipient cracks. I could ratchet in a groove and feel really solid, like it was (almost) a splitter. These shoes almost made me feel like I was cheating. -I haven't worn them in finger cracks, I don't think the toe profile is low enough. I'll try it and tell you all how much I flail. -Durability is solid, the leather is really thick and the laces are set back from the toe so they don't get hammered jam after jam. -The tongue....it lets in a lot of debris on walk offs. I've never worn evolv rubber, I'm impressed with it. That being said, I am looking forward to wearing them out and having RocknResole put C4 on them. OVERALL: A great all day trad/crack shoe alternative to the TC Pro. If the TC Pro last doesn't work for your foot shape, or you want to save 30 bucks, the astroman is a super comfy, super stiff, super durable winner.
While they are my least favorite high top I own I still really like them. They make a great comfy, stiff high top for all day moderates. They aren't as stiff as the JB's and are no where to close to having the soft technical abilities of the grandstones let alone the TC pros. Here is what I have and what I use them for. I wear a heigh probably 3/4 of the time I climb. Approach/boot size is usually 9.5-10 for most brands. T.C. Pro: size 41- fit for thin to medium socks. Best all around shoe I have ever climbed in, especially since i resoled them with XS grip. This is my go to and by far most worn shoe. J.B: size 42- fit for no sock. Stiffest shoe I own. Obviously my go to wide and off width shoe. Grandstones: size 41- fit for no to med sock. My TC pros have been resoled and are getting low so I've been using these place of them as my all around shoe. They are stiff enough for wider stuff yet far softer and more technical than the AM. Atromans: size 42.5- fit for med to thick socks. Normally I won't fit a climbing shoe this big but the seam in the toe box was bugging the fuck out of me and there is no way I could climb comfortably in these without a sock on. I don't mind because I do a lot of desert/crack climbing in the winter and socks add warm and padding. These will probably be my primary winter creek shoe because they do awesome on rattley fingers to off width, they are fitted for socks and I dont mind wearing them out. All in all a good stiff high top for all day and doing laps. If your looking for an all around shoe, there is nothing I have climbed in that compares to the TC pro. If you want a great stiff shoe with ankle support, dig around and find some JB's. Between the grandstones and the Atromans I choose the grandstones 9 out of 10 times because they are softer but still stiff enough to edge great and give you a plank to stand on in wide stuff. Edit. Approach/boot- 9.5-10 TC pro-8.5 with no to med JB-9 with no sock GS-8 with no or thin sock AM-9.5 with med to thick sock
i have only seen one person's opinion about the rubber, what do the rest of you think of the Evolv rubber?
Well, I don't have the Evolv Astroman's, but a buddy of mine swears by the evolv rubber and I have two pairs of shoes that need to be resoled + their "Yosemite Bum Resole" is cheaper than the other resolers I use and have a faster turnaround time. Just hoping it is as good as the Five Ten rubber I have been using.
Just tried a pair on at bentgate in a 12. All around much better fit and a lot more comfortable than the TC pros I bought from them last week in a 46. Returned the TC pros and kept the Evolv's. Taking them to red rocks for a week next week, if I remember I'll make a write up. Comparing them they look and feel like they're a lot better made, the sole is WAY thicker which I'm sure will remove some sensitivity but I didn't think TC pros were very good in that category either. The toe box is wider, therefore a lot more comfortable. I wear a 12 in street shoes and also have a slight mortons toes for anyone else looking. I can definitely see getting them resoled with some stealth rubber but we'll see how the evolv stuff does.


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South Carolina Boasts 70 Student-Athletes on SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll
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Carolina claims 12 of 16 events.
Four Gamecocks Advance To Saturday's SEC Championships Finals
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Gamecocks Close Out Strong Week At SEC Championships
Carolina wins two medals, sets six school records on the week
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Flach, Rodriguez, Miller to compete for SEC titles
2013-14 - Primarily swam the 100 freestyle and 100 butterfly ... Recorded her best finish of the season, taking second in the 100 freestyle against Queens and Wingate with a time of 52.12 ... Had her best time in the 100 butterfly in the finals at the Virginia Tech Invitational as she finished 20th at 57.25 ... Named to SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll.
2012-13 - Provided quality depth in the sprint freestyle and butterfly events...Swam the 50 freestyle (53rd), 100 freestyle (47th) and 100 butterfly (49th) at the SEC Championships...Posted the team's third fastest time in the 100 freestyle (51.75) and the fourth fastest in the 100 butterfly (56.84)...Recorded season-best third-place finish in the 100 freestyle at Duke with a time of 53.60...Set personal records in the 50 freestyle (24.15) and the 100 freestyle (51.75) at the SEC Championships...Helped earn a win in the 200 freestyle relay against College of Charleston...Was a part of the team's fastest 400 freestyle relay of the season, which swam a mark of 3:25.69 at the SEC Championships...Named to the SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll.
2011-12 -Swam in every regular season meet and at the SEC Championships...Provided depth in the freestyle and butterfly events...Posted team's fastest time in the 100 freestyle, swimming a leadoff split of 51.78 in the 400 freestyle relay at the SEC Championships...Led 400 freestyle relay team to fastest time of the season with a mark of 3:25.76...Had team's third fastest time of 56.59 in the 100 butterfly at the SEC Championships...Swam a 2:05.98 in the 200 butterfly at the SEC Championships to finish 24th overall...Recorded season best finish of second place in the 200 butterfly with a mark of 57.90 against rival Clemson.
PRE-COLLEGE -Graduated from J.L. Mann High School...Top three finisher at the South Carolina High School state meet...Helped lead J.L. Mann to AAA/AAAA state title...Swam on the Y-Spartaquatics club team...Member of the National Honor Society.
PERSONAL -Born Feb. 22, 1993...Parents are Scott and Brenda Drake.


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MMA30′s Dave Farra hosting a Q&A this past weekend at the fan expo leading into UFC 136 featuring Rashad Evans, Amir Sadollah, Cole Miller, Stephan Bonnar, Brendan Schaub, Matt Mitrione, Josh Koscheck, and Forrest Griffin.
Blah blah blah! rashad just doesn't shut his face. Loves to hear himself talk.
I agree that the rules need some adjustment.
Upkicks should always be legal, knees to the head on a downed opponent are okay – perhaps not drop knees, maybe some rule about the knee has to be horizontal (similar to their elbow rules)
The key is to preserve the fighters, but not allow crap like "you can't knee me, my hand is on the ground" bs
I agree so much with Cole about pride rules.It would just make guys need to be better on the ground so they will be able to really attack a guy,not stall him in a postion and hit him lightly just so he wont get stood back up.
rashad is cool f u jefff
I say knees from north south regardless of opponent position. This would really shake up the grappling. Think about it no more Decision wins when a guy just repeatedly attempts take downs and never actually gets one.
These guys are pretty well washed up. The exceptions being Mitrione and Sadollah. I found it interesting that Griffin was the biggest guy there. Speaking of size, I think Rashad could reinvent himself at MW or WW. I want to blow him. He's always been my fave TUF guy.
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JEANIE MILEY: Whatever the fear, it is something to face honestly
My youngest grandson isn't afraid of climbing up the shaky steps into the attic at his house. When he fell from the slide at his preschool and tumbled to the ground, he wasn't afraid to try it again. He's not met a stranger; to him, everyone is a potential friend.
This little boy sails down his driveway on any of the several riding toys, and when he falls off, he laughs as if that was part of the plan all along. He stands up on the bar stools, climbing to that height in the blink of an eye, and when he falls off the bar stool, he gets right back up again. He will chase you down the hallway with an awful looking dinosaur or monster, but heaven help us if someone tries to show him any car or toy that moves by remote control.
However, this same child who isn't afraid of heights or loud noises or people he doesn't know is afraid of any small stuffed animal or creature that, by the pull of a string or the push of a button, can move, talk or sing. Who can account for that?
Over Christmas, I had to put my Dancing Santa and Mrs. Santa far, far away when this child came to visit. The sight of them whirling together on my floor was, in his words, too scary. That Dancing Santa toy is all of 9 inches tall. Go figure.
Obviously, it's a different-fears-for-different-people kind of world!
What is it that makes some of us afraid of the very things that intrigue or even delight others? Who can really explain what it is that makes any of us shrink in terror before something that evokes amusement or thrill in another?
I am curious about why it is that some people never outgrow their childhood fears. I wonder why it is that some people seem ruled or terrorized by the things that scare them and others learn to shrug them off. Why is it, I wonder, that some people will do anything to avoid facing the thing that scares them most while someone else will run toward that scary thing, as if to conquer it? What's so scary about facing your fears?
Is it temperament that determines how a person experiences fear? Are we taught to fear some things, or are our fears caught, picked up like a virus from our environment?
When is it better to minimize the fear and act as if it isn't really scary, after all, and when is it important to face that scary monster face-on and call it what it is?
If you live in denial and ignore that One Great Fear you carry with you, banning it from your mind, will it ultimately go away, or does it grow bigger and more toxic like a fungus?
Though highly individualized, fear seems to be a part of what it means to be human. All of us have those things which we fear, and some of us have more fear than others. To a large degree, what we do with what we fear affects the quality of our lives.
I'm taking a new look at some of my old fears and a facing a new one or two. Sometimes I know why I fear one thing and not others. I can trace back to the moment in time when something happened that sent me down a path of fear. For other scary things, my fears seem to be irrational. For those, I don't have a clue why they scare me; I just know that they do.
With all of the unknowns about fear and scary things, I do know this for sure: Life works better for me when I make my fears and overcoming them my agenda. Knowing and naming just what it is I fear, I can more likely face them with honesty, the important part of courage.
Facing fear means that I do talk about the things that scare me. It means that I do trust others to help me face those fears, and it means that I allow myself to feel the fear.
Overcoming my fears often means that the thing I fear most is the thing I must do.
Always, I can choose to surrender them to a Power greater myself. That Power's name is Love, and I believe it is only love that can ultimately win the war over fear.
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Helping people who are stuck?
So here in Michigan we got a bunch of snow last night and me and my buddy were out cruisin around the backroads. We came across a minivan that was stuck so I pulled him out. Afterwards he said that he didnt have any cash but gave me a gas card and said there was $15 on it. I figured that was sufficient since I wasnt expecting to get paid anyway. Well later I went to use it and there was $68 on it! I was pleasantly surprised. Anyway I was just wondering do you guys usually help people who are stuck or just pass by? Normally I just pass by becuase I dont like the risk of possibly breaking something on their car. And if you do help people do you charge them or just do it to be nice? Just been thinking about this all day and thinking maybe I should help people who are stuck more often!
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This is a good question. Depends on what I'm doing, who they are and the overall situation.
If it's a guy by himself and he's got a cell phone, I'm going to pass. If it's a little old lady, I'm going to stop ...
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Ya Steve thats a good point. Since it was a mnivan I figured maybe a mom with kids but it was a guy. He tried turning around in a little driveway and was off in the yard so it wasnt even really a mistake. I just laughed to myself.
A few years ago, before we had kids, my wife and I would cruise around in my silverado with the 38.5's whenever it would snow heavily. I would pull people out all the time. I usually charged $20 each. Many times people would give me $50 or more, saying that if they had to pay and wait for a tow truck it would have been much more. One year, I think 2000, Michigan got blasted on January 2nd. The city that I lived in was shut down. I saw a tow truck stuck in a ditch. I pulled him out and he asked me if I liked cops and wanted to help one out. I said "sure". It turned out that the tow truck was attempting to go pull out a police car that was stuck for 3 hours. I found the cop and made him hook the strap to the front of his car. I pulled him about 2 miles out of the sub division with no muffler on the truck and the exhaust screaming in his face the entire way. When we got to the main road he took my info. A few minutes later he called my cell phone. They had an emergency and could not get the paramedics back to the home. I pulled up, 2 paramedics jumped in the bed of my truck with a bunch of equipment and a stretcher. I took them to the home and they checked the guy out. He turned out to be fine. A week after this a got a letter from the police department saying that my wife and I were receiving civil citations for helping out so much.
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When I stop (which is usually), how I handle it depends entirely on the situation. Being in the south complicates the equation because there's no significant infrastructure for salting/sanding/plowing/clearing the roads. Most things shut down when there's so-called 'dangerous' weather, and people are advised to stay off the roads. This tends to last only a few days before it all melts or it's clear enough for the closures to lift.
That basically places people out stuck in snow/ice/floods into one of several categories:
- People who -must- be out in it (doctors, nurses, first responders, power company employees fixing power lines, etc.)
- People I know or people (like me) who have lived where it snows/ices/freezes/floods, regularly, and know how to be reasonably careful/safe
- People with 4x4's who have no idea how to be reasonably careful/safe
- Peope who are ill-equipped and who have no idea how to be reasonably careful/safe
How I handle things depends on the situation AND on the categories, above, as follows:
- I believe we must all pull together in times of need, so if it's a declared emergency (think super storm, hurricane, etc.) where lives are in danger and if I'm out in the weather, I'll almost always stop to help anyone I can. If I'm tipped, that's a bonus, but people/lives come before money with me, so I expect nothing.
- If it's NOT an emergency and I'm in a rural area where aid may be hours away (potentially placing people at risk despite it not being an emergency) I will generally stop and offer assistance, as follows:
- If I determine the situation to be risky for those I stopped to help OR if they fall into categories 1 or 2, above, then, again, I expect nothing and tips are just bonuses.
- If, however, I determine it's NOT a threatening situation AND if those for whom I stopped fall into categories 3 or 4, from above (i.e. people who should not be out in the weather), I make it clear that I'll help but that the towing and winching equipment on my truck wasn't free and that my time is also worth something.
- If it's not an emergency and I'm in an urban area where aid should be relatively plentiful (compared to rural areas), I will generally stop and offer free assistance to anyone I find in category 1, above. From everyone else I require payment, as I'm there and am convenient whereas waiting for a wrecker may be a while ... and it's a non-emegency situation for people who need not be out in the weather. My only exception to this is for people I know.
Some important notes as it pertains to charging people:
- In addition to the above, I will not charge anyone I feel is economically strained. If it's a mom in a beater car trying to get food for her kids because she had no extra money to stock up ahead of the event, I get it and I ask for nothing. However, if it's some schlep in an all-wheel-drive Audi who feels entitled to a freebie just because I happen to have a truck and equipment, s/he can pay up, now, while I'm there and it's convenient ... or s/he can wait for a wrecker. (As rugged indivudualist, people with entitlement mentalities tick me off, by the way.)
- I prefer cash but I carry an Intuit GoPayment device and smartphone charger in the truck at all times and have a smartphone via which I can take payment. I have also chosen the wireless carrier in my area with the best urban AND rural coverage in order to maximize my signal strength where I tend to be. Thus, if I have a data signal, lack of cash is zero excuse with me, and I'm prepared to run a card AND get a signature for it.
- My towing, winching, and payment equipment was/is not free ... and the time, thought, and effort preparing my truck for emergencies is also valuable ... nevermind my time during the event, mobile device/carrier costs, and fuel costs. When I charge, I do so in order to offset the costs of such things. In our capitalistic society it is absolutely reasonable to expect appropriate compensation for services rendered during times when lives are not at stake. My opportunities to do so, here, are few ... so I make them count when I can. Keep in mind, though, lives and people come first with me, so I only charge when it makes sense to do so.
- I charge a base of $25 to $50 depending on what I think I'll have to do to get the vehicle out of the mess it's in.
- Idiots with 4x4's who failed to realize that 4WD doesn't help them stop any better are always charged the max base of $50 when I elect to require payment
- Ford or Dodge truck owners are automatically assessed a 150% increase to the base -- so if it's a Dodge 4x4 I need to pull out then the owner can expect me to ask 75 clams to pull him/her out ... or s/he can wait for a wrecker. This is a matter of spite for Fords/Dodges and is done on general principle.
- I have a two million dollar umbrella policy with my insurance company. I have this specifically to cover me as it pertains to all the things I can't foresee when it comes to firearms instruction, but it being an umbrealla policy means it also applies to weirdness like being sued after rendering good samaritan aid on a roadside, libel, and other things most folks don't ever think about.
- I really should draft a waiver of damage liability, carry those with me, and require signature prior to rendering aid of a non-life-threatening nature. (Obviously if a guy needs me to put pressure on a gushing wound to try to stave off blood loss I'm not going to ask him to sign a waiver.)
I rendered rural, non-emergency aid, last year, to two non-GM 4x4's. I wish I had humiliating, youtube-able videos of either vehicle being helped by my GMC!
P.S. Part of my job entails business continuity planning for large corporate entities. Chance favours the prepared mind, so there's value in thinking things through before they happen and having a plan. Hence the detail level, here -- I gave a lot of thought to this long before I ever stopped to help someone ... so that I'd have the means to help people AND a game plan that was appropriate, reasonable and fair for all involved (myself, included).
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In 1993 on Easter weekend we had a bad snowstorm when I was living near Atlanta, Ga. at the time I had a 91 Jeep Wrangler that I'd put a new Ramsey 8K winch on the weekend before, I spent all weekend driving around pulling out anything I could with that winch, didnt ask for a penny, just trying to be helpful.
A few weeks later a lady that I'd pulled out of a creek bed saw my Jeep when we went to a local Dinner for dinner (the Jeep was distinctive since it was school bus yellow and had "Leon Rosser Jeep" at the top of the windshield) she and her husband came over and let us know that from then on whenever we visited their Diner our meals were free. Sometimes good deeds have a life of their own.
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Well I have pulled out several people, and never charged a dime. I won't stop for anything but a Chevy period, kids or woman or whatever. I would never ask demand a payment, it's not what I do for a living. If I ever got stuck, and joe blow stopped and told me $50.00 to pull me out. I would tell him no thanks, I think it's kind of tacky.2004 Chevy Colorado
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I think i lost my last post...
Surreal, that's the post of the year, haha. Going to share that with my Ford and dodge friends.
The dash cam will also be useful as it pertains to limiting liability, I think, especially if I get audio of someone agreeing to hold me harmless for any unintentional damage (prior to rendering aid, of course).
I agree that it's tacky/inappropriate in emergencies when there are lives on the line. I also agree that it's tacky when we're talking about someone who cannot afford to pay for assistance. However, when you're conveniently there in a non-emergency situation ... and a wrecker is not ... and the person can obviously afford assistance, I am curious:
- When there's no emergency/threat/poverty, why do you feel it is tacky for you to expect some assistance in paying for the equipment in which you have invested (and are putting to use on behalf of another) ... and for your time/effort ... but you do not feel it is tacky when a business does the same? At the root of it all, both are providing the same value to the consumer ... and compensation is in order when value is provided in a non-entitlement society and lives are not on the line, yes?
- Convenience carries a premium in our society and, based on you being present when a wrecker is not yet there, you are actually providing more value to someone than the wrecker they'd have to wait on, as you are saving the consumer time (and time is money). Even at 50 bucks a pop you'd be undercharging for that value when you consider the investment you've made AND the time you're saving someone (and also potentially the fuel if they are trying to stay warm while stuck on the roadside in an area where they will have help in a few hours). Why, then, do you see giving someone a good deal (in terms of both time and money) as tacky when considering the value proposition?
I am not trying to change your mind -- I'm simply trying to understand the mentality, as I don't happen to share it. I'm a capitalist who believes in rugged individualism. If I provide value to others who are less prepared (by being prepared, myself), compensation is, in my view, in order when there are no lives on the line and the person can afford the service you render. It covers costs and pays for time ... and at the rates I mentioned it's still a very fair/square deal for those assisted.
Please share your rationale and logic... as I like to understand rational perspectives that differ from my own. If, however, yours is a purely emotional response then just say so, as that'll tell me everything I need to know. (i.e. It's not rational and there's probably no understanding it.)
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Stem cell therapy has enormous promise to become a viable therapy for a range of illnesses, including cardiac disease, diabetes, stroke, and alzheimer's. If we could expedite the development of these therapies, it would be of enormous benefit to both the citizens of the State of California, since they and their relatives would enjoy far less disability. Moreover it would greatly reduce the Medicaid costs for the State. The diseases mentioned above are the leading cost illnesses as measured in lost productivity, lost wages, and extended care of the disabled. A study of the 1987 National Medicaid Expenditure Survey and the 2000 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey showed the 15 most costly medical conditions are (1) heart disease ( 8%), (4) cancer (5%); (5) hypertension (4%); (7) cerebrovascular disease ( 3.5%) (9) diabetes (2.5%). A key obstacle to stem cell therapy is the inability to track stem cells through a human body. This means that there is no way (other than measuring organ function) to determine how well the therapy works. Considering the number of delivery methods and the number of challenges to getting stem cells in place, and then coaxing them to differentiate and improve organ function, it will be impossible to optimize the entire process without intermediate imaging feedback to optimize each step. Unfortunately there is no acceptable method now for tracking stem cells throughout the human body. The new method, called Magnetic Particle Imaging, to be developed in this research does offer a way to track stem cells. Moreover, it will be inexpensive and quite simple to operate. The research requires a collaboration between imaging bioengineers, stem cell biologists, and cardiologists. Fortunately, we have been able to form such a team between Berkeley and Stanford. We also have formed a key collaboration with Dr. Nick Van Bruggen of the Bioimaging Group at Genentech Corporation, which is very interested in this research for their own business. Hence, we are very excited to begin this research so the basic technology will be in place once the complex biology of stem cells is worked out.
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SYNOPSIS: This is an application is to develop a highly sensitive imaging device, the Magnetic Particle Imager, to permit in vivo tracking of stem cells. The new scanner will be 100x more sensitive than current MRIs and is being worked out on mES cells. With collaborators Conboy and Healy they will be investigating hES cells in a mouse model and then subsequently an infarct model with cardiologists at Stanford. SIGNIFICANCE AND INNOVATION: The novelty and innovation is related to the technology of magnetic particle imaging and the new instrumentation that is under development. The ability to image stem cells in-vivo, and the stated significance of imaging stem cell delivery, adherence, survival, differentiation and ability to enhance function, will be an important addition to current techniques for assessing the biology of stem cells within a host. STRENGTHS: The strength of the proposal lies in the new instrumentation under development. The PI and group have expertise and a track record in related work. WEAKNESSES: The principal weakness relates to the highly contrived nature of this application with regard to use of hES cells; this project does not pertain to stem cells per se. The development of the instrumentation, initial assessment and validation can best be accomplished in a much simpler model system (i.e., with mES cells). The group already has numerous grants to develop imaging technology and it is not clear how they will add value to ongoing work as it relates to stem cell research. hES cells appear to be part of this proposal principally to gain access to the CIRM grant mechanism; thus, the justification for use of hES cells (as opposed to their current plans for use of mES cells) and for funding this work in the current RFA is weak. Once the instrumentation is developed and initially tested with mES cells, the PI should then plan experiments that will be insightful with hES cells. While the technology is innovative and significant for cell tracking, the scientific portion does not adequately address how the studies of cell fate and function will be accomplished. The proposal will involve imaging the location of the stem cells but will not elucidate their fate much more than existing technology. 100 micron resolution is not a big leap from existing MRI technology, although in some instances it can conceivably provide higher information content (the case is not laid out here). Pitfalls and alternate methods are not discussed in a meaningful way. A detailed accounting of work involving positive contrast MRI is provided and is not very germane. If resubmitted for possible future funding opportunities, perhaps the proposal can be written with greater care. Figures are mislabeled, incorrectly numbered and out of order. More care in writing the proposal would instill confidence in the group's commitment to the project and the care that will be given to its execution. Some detail on how magnetic particle imaging will deal with physiological motion also would be beneficial. DISCUSSION: There was no discussion following the reviewers' comments.


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The deadline has arrived. Eleven candidates have thrown their names into the hat to become an interim Albemarle County supervisor. That person will fill the Scottsville District - and Chris Dumler's - seat until a special election this fall.
The applicants are as follows:
County insiders didn't know what to expect in terms of the number of people who would apply. Four applications came in on Thursday alone.
"It's been a very unprecedented situation so we weren't sure what to expect so up until yesterday or the day before, they were coming in at a very slow pace. It has picked up over the last day or so to the point where we now have 11," said Lee Catlin, Albemarle County spokesperson.
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(WMC-TV) – There's a new duo in town, and it could make your life a little easier.
According to the Memphis Business Journal, the United States Postal Service (USPS) has joined up with Mapco convenience stores. As a result of the union, they will offer four new contracted postal units.
The locations will provide a one-stop-shop for both retail and mailing needs. The businesses operate during normal business hours, and are staffed by Mapco employees.
"We are thrilled to offer our products and service to Memphis customers at more convenient locations throughout town," said Chivon Dechelle, retail manager for the USPS Tenn. District. "The business partnership we've established with MAPCO is a real win for the community."
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so the last few days izzy's been regressing with her potty training. it's been fabulous–really convenient and fun. it's been a real treat taking her car seat out of the car twice in the last 10 days to wash the cover (2 accidents in the car).
as if all of this wasn't fun enough, this morning happened.
it started out as a semi-normal morning, and izzy peed all over the carpet in their room. i cleaned it up and put her in a diaper. i told her when she's ready to be a big girl to let me know, and if she'll begin using the potty regularly again, she can have her panties back. she was less than thrilled with this and threw a fit, but i held firm. we ran some errands and came home mid-morning. i took them downstairs to play while i worked out on the elliptical. afterwards i brought them back up with me and let them play in their room while i showered. mid-shampoo izzy finds her way to my bathroom and announces that she's wet and poopy and it's right then that i notice poop on her legs. i scream at her to "STAY THERE AND DON'T MOVE!" as i hurriedly scramble into a towel (shampoo still in hair, mind you). as i pick her up to bring her to her tub, i notice that there's poop/pee on the carpet of my bedroom, and apparently she stepped in it on her way to inform me. lovely. if you hadn't guessed already, my illustrious daughter took it upon herself to remove her own diaper. she made it clear she didn't want the diaper on and it was obvious to her the best time to take it off was while mommy was in the shower.
so i am dripping wet, shampoo still in my hair and feeling like vomiting. i throw her in the tub, where she proceeds to poop a little more. then i remember the last time we had a similar situation (also documented in this blog), and too late run to grab the dog and shut him up in the laundry room. so now izzy's crying in the tub and has pooped in it; there is more poop and pee on the floor in my bedroom and bathroom; and as i go to bring her dirty clothes and my dirty bath mat to the laundry room, i remember too late Monster is in there and open the door. he goes flying past me to investigate and see if there are any delectable morsels left. I scrape what i can off my carpet and go to drain the tub, shower izzy off, and then clean the tub. i put a clean diaper on izzy and threaten to take Dora away if she dares to pull it off.
fortunately i still have my mother-in-law's handy dandy carpet steam cleaner and i load it up with the cleanser and hot water. i clean my bedroom carpet. i throw in more laundry. i spray down the girls' bathtub a second time and wipe it down well. i sit the girls at the kitchen table with lunch and call my mom, sobbing.
i eventually got back in the shower to finish what i started. i put the girls down for naps and ate some lunch. just as i started to unwind a bit, abby got up (a measly 1/2 hour after i put them down—so it's definitely one of those days around here). i almost had a drink. i can't take it. why doesn't anyone warn you that motherhood will be this way? why, on this day of all days, can't both of my kids nap for at least an hour and a half so i can get my shit (pun unintended) back together before the 2nd half of the day begins?
i think i'd be really perfect for the lead role in How to Lose Your Mind in 10 Days (or Less). i think i'll go buy some poster board and make a sign that reads, "Free To Good Home," and put it in my front yard and sit my kids next to it.
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Original post made on Nov 3, 2012
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on Nov 3, 2012 at 11:41 pm
As a Pleasanton resident of over 20 years, I am deeply disappointed that the Pleasanton Weekly did not look at Measure A1 before choosing to recommend a vote against it. Measure A1 IS about improvements absolutely (the zoo has some exhibits that are around 40 years old that need serious assistance), but is NOT about expansion projects. It is about current exhibits. Furthermore, this measure is about EDUCATION programs. It would double the amount of FREE education programs the zoo provides. In a time period where we are cutting away at math and science in our schools, we NEED this measure for our kids. Why is that not mentioned anywhere in your endorsements? The Oakland Zoo has done so much to teach children about biology, biodiversity, conservation, and stewardship all over Alameda County. Just this past year, the zoo funded $120,000 worth of buses to bring school kids to the zoo for free. $12/year is nothing compared to everything the zoo has given to our community.
on Nov 4, 2012 at 6:28 am
any person this leftist pravda PW endorses helps me understand who NOT to vote for.
on Nov 4, 2012 at 9:40 am
they endorse swallwell over stark, favor prop 32 and oppose 30 and 38, and you call them leftist? cmon


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Backpacker Magazine – May 2009
Get trail-fit fast! This 4-week program was designed specifically for hikers by trainers Melissa Racouillat of San Francisco's Stone Clinic and Darren Flagg of Boulder's Animal Strength Human Performance Lab.
Create a base
Starting with moderate fitness, you'll need just a week to build a strong foundation. Do endurance and interval work on a soft surface, like grass or a dirt trail, or with low-impact sports like cycling. Older hikers: Substitute brisk walking for running on endurance days.
Week 1 used to be there just a week ago. I can't find it now either. I think the endurance called for 45-60 minutes, and the intervals called for approximately 30 seconds longer of rest. The long hike was the same distance, but only with half pack weight. I
I'm confused - I see the Week One link at the top of the page.
Am I just weird or what?
Love this type of article. But I too can't find the details for week one.
Love this type of article. But I too can't find the details for week one.
Where are the workouts for week 1? This is a great idea to place in your magazine. What is the source of your information so I can read more?
I'm glad to see Backpacker doing stuff like this. Now how about a link to view the whole article on one page? Or a print link that takes us to a nice clean version of the whole thing. that won't waste ink on unnecessary ads or extra wide margins? Thanks.
Still unable to print these pages
Where is the link to the workout details for week one?
are these my real age, or my perceived age, as what the wii fit thinks i am. if it's the perceived age, i'm not even on this chart.
What's wrong with using pe from 1-10 like everyone else. Then I wouldn't have to look it up. DUH!!
I'd like to know why I can never print anything off this website even if I click the "print this page". All I get is a blank page except for the ads and subscription promos, they always print up nicely
PE stands for Perceived Exertion. Click on the "How Hard Are You Working" link above to see an intensity scale.
What does PE mean? I understand everything else.
where are the scheduled workouts for week 1?
You didn't post Week ONE.


text: With the Hornets being owned by the league, and the ownership in a flux the chances of Chris Paul staying with the Hornets is slim to none. While many people think Chris Paul will force a sign-and trade, it could be a PR nightmare for the league because they own the team. Being that the league would not want the Melo-drama to happen again it is more likely Chris Paul will be forced to leave via free agency. A sign and trade could conceivably happen if the Hornets feel like they can get something good in return. If Chris Paul really wants to play for a team over the cap, (I.e. Lakers) then he would have to force a trade, in reality a trade of that proportions would have to be one star player for Paul, or young players for him (I.e. Melo, Deron Williams trade). Asking for a trade is a short sighted thing to do. If Paul wants to go to a talented team it would be more wise to go via free agency.There are several suitors that have enough cap space to sign Paul in 2012. The number one rumored destination that has been floated around is the Knicks. It is no secret that Carmelo has been trying to recruit Chris Paul to New York ever since he set foot there. The Knicks would have their own big three to compete against Miami's, and he would be in a much larger market. While this idea is certainly a good own, it leaves little room to sign anyone else, especially if the Knicks want a decent Center playing for them. The Nets may try to recruit Paul if Deron Williams decides to opt out. Other teams such as Indiana and the Kings have cap room that they may use to try and get Paul, but small market teams rarely get such star players through free agency. There is one team that seems to be in the best situation to pick up Paul: the Los Angelos Clippers. Mainly regarded as the little brother to the Lakers they offer an enticing opportunity because of the location, their cap space, and the players that they already have. Already fueled by Blake Griffin and armed with over 30 million dollars in cap space in 2012, the Clippers have the ability to sign Chris Paul and Dwight Howard, and potentially keep Eric Gordon. The Clippers could potentially be The Big Four and over take the West as the number one team. While the Clippers have not had a lot of success in the past, this could be the chance to change that and become not only the best team in LA, but the best team in the whole league.


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Properly address pet odors and allergens at the source. Don't waste money on conventional household products that simply cover odors and do nothing against allergens. Nature's Miracle Advanced Allergen Reducer Dander and Allergen Remover works differently to neutralize strong pet odors and break down pet dander and allergens from fabrics and hard surfaces. Nature's Miracle Advanced Allergen Reducer Dander and Allergen Remover even eliminates airborne allergens. For an odor and allergen-free environment, spray Nature's Miracle Advanced Allergen Reducer Dander and Allergen Remover
in the air or on surfaces such as pet beds, blankets, clothing, bedding, upholstery, sofas, carpets, drapes, cars or anywhere your pet goes.
Nature's Miracle Advanced Allergen Reducer Dander and Allergen Remover Features and Benefits:
About Nature's Miracle: Sometimes, lightning really does strike twice. And when it does, it's truly one of Nature's Miracles. Take the story of – well, Nature's Miracle. What's now known as a line of surefire cures for all types of pet messes began in 1981 as a humble clean-up product created for preschools by founder Joe Weiss. One evening, one of Joe's preschool customers found herself with a pet emergency: her dog lost his lunch all over her brand-new carpet. Understandably dismayed, she turned to the best resource she had: the product that so reliably cleaned up messes at her school. Nature's Miracle worked perfectly, and her very expensive flooring was restored to its pristine state. Pleased, she called Joe Weiss to inform him of his product's diversity; quick to recognize opportunity, Joe's company produced 24 bottles of Nature's Miracle, repackaged as Pet Mess Easy Clean-Up. The new cleaner sold out in 48 hours! As luck would have it, not long after the Weiss family had its own pet mishap: their cat urinated on the carpet for the first and only time in its life. Joe's wife picked up a stain & odor remover from the pet store, but alas, the scent remained – never a good thing as animals tend to resoil areas they can smell. Forgive the extra cliché, but necessity is, indeed, the mother of invention. (Original pet wipes packaging). A Weiss family friend, who happened to be a chemist, suggested they soup up a non-toxic formula designed for cleaning drains. Joe reasoned that since the formula contained enzymes and other organically-based substances, it just might work on an organic urine stain. Sure enough, it worked perfectly, liquefying the enzymes in the urine stain and neutralizing the smell. The aforementioned lightning re-struck, and, to the delight of pet parents everywhere, Nature's Miracle Stain & Odor Remover was created. And so it went. Nature's Miracle original formula and Nature's Miracle Stain & Odor Remover were immediate hits because there was nothing else like them on the market: non-toxic, organic, and undeniably effective and removing stains AND smells, so that pets are less likely to repeat their accidents. From there, the Nature's Miracle team developed more safe and effective products just for pets and their parents: training aids, cat litter, and more. In 2003, the Weiss family sold Nature's Miracle to Eight in One Pet Products, which brought a century-old tradition of pet product quality to continue the good work they'd begun.


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Narrow Gauge String Band is coming to the Library!
Coming soon! The Narrow Gauge String Band; featuring children's illustator Thomas Block, will be performing on the Library lawn! The concert will be on Sunday, September, 7th from 3-5 PM. Hope to see you there!
Thank You Ella, Van, Jack, and Kate!
The Kamenstein children of Treasure Island have generously donated the proceeds of their lemonade stand to the Library! The kids raised $36.15 in total for the Children's Room of BHML! Thank you to all involved for your hard work work and generosity!
Monday Morning Book Club Date Change!
In observance of Labor Day, the Monday Morning book club will meet on the second Tuesday of September. The meeting will be held on September the 8th at 11:00 am, at the Library. The book discussed will be "The Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline. Feel free to come!
Upcoming Events
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Narrow Gauge String Band Concert!
|Mon Sep 08 @11:00AM
|Mon Sep 08 @ 7:00PM
The Monday Night Book Club
|Tue Sep 16 @ 6:00PM
Boothbay Region Writers' Group
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Literary Luncheon with Cathy Billings!


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Purdue Summer Program: Business Studies in London
At a glance:
Location: London, United Kingdom
Program Dates: May 14 – June 28, 2014. Spend 6 unforgettable weeks in London with planned 3-day weekends for travel throughout Europe!
Host: FIE-Foundation for International Education
Eligibility: The program is open to all Krannert undergraduate students and Purdue students pursuing a Management minor with a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.5/4.0.
Course Credits: Students will earn 6 credits by taking MGMT 39000 (British Life and Business) and either MGMT 31000 (Fundamentals of Finance) or MGMT 49000 (International Marketing).
Cost: The program cost is estimated to be $8200 which includes all Purdue fees, tuition, housing, excursions, insurance, and a pass for local transportation. Participants will pay directly for air fare, meals, and personal expenses.
SCHOLARSHIPS: Students may apply for up to a $2000 scholarship to use toward program expenses. For more information click here!
Language Requirement: None.
Application Deadline: The deadline to apply for this program is March 1, 2014. Click here to apply!
Contact: Krannert Undergraduate Study Abroad (firstname.lastname@example.com)
Academic Program: Classes will be held Monday through Thursday, allowing students time for optional travel on weekends. All courses/modules will be taught by British adjunct instructors hired by Foundation for International Education (FIE) with the approval of the Krannert faculty/dean. Students will earn a total of 6 credit hours for the program. All students will take the MGMT 39000, British Life and Business course plus one additional course chosen between the MGMT 31000, Financial Management, OR MGMT 39000, Global Marketing.
MGMT 39000 – British Life and Business: This 3 credit course will provide an examination of British culture and life in a business context. The course will examine the issues of politics, monarchy, parliament and democracy in England and the significance of the British Empire in the development of multiculturalism, as well as the country's impact on the development of business and trade. Students will also study the UK as part of the European Union and its complex role in it. Cultural impact on the organizational decision making, negotiations, human resource management, and business functions, such as marketing, will be reviewed.
MGMT 31000 – Financial Management (Fundamentals of Finance): This 3 credit course will introduce students to fundamental concepts in corporate finance and provide an understanding of basic financial calculations. The course also aims to provide a basis for further studies related to managerial responsibilities and financial markets. Students enrolled in this course will expand their confidence in performing financial calculations, communication, and team-work and presentation skills to support their activity during the course. Topics in the course will cover a wide range of issues such as financial markets and systems, investment decisions, debt financing and capital structure.
MGMT 49000 – International Marketing: This 3 credit course explores the decision-making process in the marketing of products and services in the international marketplace. Student enrolled in this course will learn the formulation of key elements in international marketing strategy, such as identification and assessment of potential markets, price setting, and design, promotion, and distribution of products and services. They will also explore issues such as the competitive advantage of nations, the changing nature of the international social and business environment, and the emerging role of the Internet in international marketing.
Excursions: Included are a guided tour of South Kensington, a half-day guided tour of London, and course related site visits. Other optional activities include comedy clubs, live music, soccer games, theater, etc.
Accommodations: Students will live in shared self-catering apartments in FIE residences located in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, an area of four-and-a-half square miles with a population of 150,000. Kensington's islands of residential buildings are bordered by some of London's most fashionable streets with pubs, restaurants, and all the essential amenities including 24-hour supermarkets, banks and post offices. The West End, London's main theater district, is just 15 minutes away.


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Thursday, April 11, 2013
Something is always new at popular Tosa restaurant
At the end of 2008 Sarah Jones and Cameryne Roberts opened the doors of Juniper 61 on the border of Milwaukee and Wauwatosa. This is the sister restaurant of Café Lulu, the popular spot in Bay View. While the two have some


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|Pines falls to Medford in baseball opener
By Gary Ridderbusch
News-Review Editor
The Northland Pines baseball team finally got on the field this spring — after having nine games cancelled due to poor weather and field conditions — playing three games last week.
The Eagles traveled to Medford for a doubleheader last Tuesday, losing 10-4 in game one and 12-0 in game two. The second game was called due to darkness before it became official.
In the opener, the Eagles' Blake Molkentine led the way at the plate going 2-for-4 with a double and a stolen base. T.J. Harsla added a double and three RBIs and Brandon Wallace added a double with one RBI. Jacob Schlitt reached base four times, scored two runs and had two stolen bases.Brandon Wallace pitched a
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Famous Short Cancer Poems. Short Cancer Poetry by Famous Poets. A collection of the all-time best Cancer short poems
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I am standing in the cemetery at Byrds, Texas.
What did Judy say? "God-forsaken is beautiful, too."
A very old man who has cancer on his face and takes
care of the cemetery, is raking a grave in such a
manner as to almost (polish it like a piece of silver.
An old dog stands beside him. It's a hot day: 105.
What am I doing out here in west Texas, standing in
a cemetery? The old man wonders about that, too.
My presence has become a part of his raking. I know
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RIVER RIDGE, La. - A father is accused of murdering his teenage son and then turning the gun on himself. Authorities discovered the apparent murder-suicide Friday in River Ridge, and it has shaken a quiet community to its core.
"You've got to be shocked, you don't see anything like that around here. It just blows you away," said neighbor Barry Innerarity.
"There was never a loud instance," said neighbor Kent Shropshire. "I never heard a raised voice over there."
But Jefferson Parish authorities discovered a darker side of the quiet house after a concerned mother asked them to check on her ex-husband and teenage son. Investigators found Matthew Tarto, 16, shot to death inside.
Investigators believe he was deceased for some time before his father, Mark Tarto, 52, turned the gun on himself.
Neighbors say the father and son appeared to be close. They would see them outside together from time to time and they can't imagine why anyone would do something like this.
"I can't explain, I don't understand it. I don't know how someone could harm their own child. I'd take my life before I took one of my kid's lives," said Shropshire.
Tarto was a sophomore football player at John Curtis Christian High School nearby. There's already an outpouring of support from friends on Facebook.
"He's the kind of son every mother would hope for. He was a good boy, never gave a problem, always had a smile, and worked very diligently at his goals," said J.T. Curtis, Tarto's football coach.
Now a shocked community is left wondering why. One psychiatrist said various risk factors can lead to a tragedy like this.
"Risk factors include recent separations and divorces. They tend to be very aggressive in nature; they can pit parents against each other," said Dr. Michael Blue.
As investigators try to find a motive, it's a tragic loss for a close-knit family in a quiet neighborhood.


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The Dubuque Fighting Saints gave up an early goal, but responded with 4 goals in the next 24 minutes to beat Fargo 4-1 in game one of the Clark Cup Championship series in Dubuque.
The Fighting Saints got two goals from Mike Szmatula and one from Niklaus Nevelainen in the first period. And then John Stevens added a shorthanded goal in the second period as Dubuque improves to 6-0 in postseason play at home. Game two is tomorrow night in Dubuque.


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An Encyclopedia of Claims, Frauds, and Hoaxes of the Occult and Supernatural
Introduction | "R" Reading | Curse of the Pharaoh | End-of-the-World Prophecies
Index | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | Y | Z
Hume, David (1711-1776) A Scottish philosopher who taught that all human thought processes are the product of mechanical/chemical systems in the brain. James Boswell declared him "the greatest writer in Britain," and in recognition of that fact, the Roman Catholic church in 1761 placed all of his writings on the Index of Forbidden Books.
Hume's Philosophical Essays Concerning Human Understanding (1748) contained what has become known as his "Essay on Miracles," in which he stated that because of its definition alone, "a miracle cannot be proved by any amount of evidence." (The piece was retitled in 1758 "An Essay Concerning Human Understanding.")
More frequently, he is quoted as saying:
It is more likely that testimony should be false, than that miracles should be true.
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Copyright (C) 1995-2007 James Randi.
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VERSAILLES, Ky. (AP) - The Kentucky Fire Commission is urging people across the state to install smoke detectors after several fatal blazes.
Kentucky Fire Commission Executive Director Ronnie Day said in a statement that the use of smoke detectors alerts residents to danger and gives them more time to escape before they are overcome by smoke or trapped by flames.
The statement said there have been 22 fire-related fatalities since the beginning of the year.
The National Fire Protection Association says smoke detectors reduce the risk of dying in a blaze by 82%.
Copyright 2013 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
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TOKYO (AFP) – Japanese government remarks calling on lenders to forgive some of Tokyo Electric Power's debt have sparked acrimony and confusion, and illustrate difficulties in addressing a nuclear crisis, say analysts. Corporate leaders have rounded on comments from Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano that banks may have to waive…
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