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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Hundreds of bikers turned out on Saturday to support the family of fallen Bardstown police officer Jason Ellis, just three months after he was ambushed and killed on his way home from work.
The Officer Jason Ellis Poker Run revved up at Joe Hill's Victory in Bardstown.
Victory hosted the event with the Kentucky Victory Owners group.
Event organizers say the response to the event was overwhelming.
All proceeds went to the Jason Ellis Memorial fund.
There have still been no arrests or suspects in his murder.
His wife will be presented with a check for $40,000.
The money was raised in June by the River City Fraternal Order of Police.
Officer Ellis played rookie baseball with two Reds affiliates in 2003 and 2004.
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Updated 9:55am Tuesday 14th January 2014 in Winchester
FIREFIGHTERS are tackling a fire in Winchester this afternoon, bringing traffic chaos to the city centre.
Initially there were reports of a person trapped inside but fears were soon discounted.
A man had to be rescued from the balcony of the building. He was treated at the scene by paramedics but not taken to hospital.
Eight firefighters in breathing apparatus were using two jets and one hose to tackle the flames in the roof space of Edwardian De Lunn Buildings.
At least five fire appliances and an aerial ladder are outside the building on Jewry Street opposite the Theatre Royal.
Police and ambulances have also been called at around 2.45pm. Armed police officers were also on the scene but it is believed their presence was coincidental.
The emergency has led to the blocking of Jewry Street, a key street in the Winchester one-way system instantly causing gridlock though the city centre.
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Robbie Godhigh will join two other former Yellow Jackets north of the border.
New Chicago Bears head coach Marc Trestman has had a busy first few of weeks on the job filling up his coaching staff. Here's a run down of where they stand on the hires.
In this ongoing series, we'll take a position by position look at the Bears roster with an eye towards 2013. We'll speculate on who stays, who goes, and some potential additions we'd like to see....
The former Boston College quarterback signs a three year deal with the CFL's Montreal Alouettes.
Some quick thoughts and key highlights from the Chicago Bears' press conference introducing new head coach Marc Trestman.
Marc Trestman continues to fill up his coaching staff. His latest hire coached with him in the CFL and at NC State.
Four plays, seventy yards, six points. A look at Marc Trestman's fast-paced passing offense as he ran it in the CFL.
There's a story from Malcolm Gladwell, who is a frequent writer for Grantland and the New Yorker, that describes the perspective of a young father and immigrant from India. He enrolls his daughter,...
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I understand that Montreal Alouettes QB Anthony Calvillo (Utah State) had a tryout with the Steelers in 2001 or 2002. I do not know why it did not pan out, but if longtime insiders in BTSC would enlighten me, I would be very grateful. In chatting with a Steeler blogger a few years back (I forget who), I was told that Calvillo was then a better fit for a West Coast offense, rather than our Kordell Stewart/Tommy Maddox/Jerome Bettis engine; also, it was quite apparent to my correspondent that, back then, he did not have the poise before the rush, the arm strength on out patterns and the general precision required of an NFL QB. Speaking to Calvillo himself on a fan train in 2009, he remembers having had a fair try-out with Cowher and the brass, but beyond the fact that the Steelers *appeared* well set at QB already at the time, he did not speculate as to why he did not make it. Of course, three Grey Cups later, I'm ecstatic that it did not pan out. Incidentally, the current all-time TD passes leader, Damon Allen, is the brother of Marcus Allen.
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Gregory Morgan
Ph.D. (Philosophy) 2005, Johns Hopkins University
M.A. (Philosophy) 2002, Johns Hopkins University
M.S. (Molecular Biology) 1998, University of Pittsburgh
M.A. (History and Philosophy of Science) 1997, University of Pittsburgh
Dip.Grad. (Medical Ethics) 1993, University of Otago, New Zealand
B.S. (Biochemistry) 1992, University of Otago, New Zealand
B.A. (Economics) 1992, University of Otago, New Zealand
Institutional Service
Graduate Curriculum Committee
Honors & Awards
Phi Beta Kappa for the PhD.
Co-winner of the History of Science Society's 2009 Price-Webster Award for best article in Isis.
Professional Societies
American Philosophical Association
Philosophy of Science Association
International Society for the History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Biology
Grants, Contracts & Funds
NSF doctoral improvement award
Selected Publications
- Anglea N H Creager and Gregory J Morgan. (2008). "After the Double Helix: Rosalind Franklin's research on Tobacco Mosaic Virus", Isis, 99 239-272.
- Gregory J Morgan & W Brad Pitts. (2008). "Evolution without Species: The Case of Mosaic Bacteriophges", British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, 59 745-765.
- Gregory J Morgan. (2009). "The Many Dimensions of Biodiversity", Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, 40 235-238.
- Gregory J Morgan. (2010). "Is Science Value Free: Heather Douglas, Science Policy and the Value Free Ideal", Science and Engineering Ethics, (16), 423-426.
- Gregory J Morgan. (2010). "Laws of Biological Design: A Reply to John Beatty", Biology and Philosophy, (25), 379-389.
- Gregory J Morgan. (2010). "Evaluating Maclaurin and Sterelney's conception of biodiversity in cases of frequent promiscuous lateral gene transfer", Biology and Philosophy , 25 603-621.
- HPL 111 Philosophy I: Theories of Human Nature
- HPL 112 Science and Metaphysics
- HPL 339 Ethics
- HPL 480 Environmental Policy: Philosophical and Economic Issues
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Indianapolis Motor Speedway - A 13-year-old motorcycle rider from Vancouver, Washington, died after crashing during a warmup lap for a 250cc race at Indianapolis on Sunday.
After falling after coming out of turn 4, 13-year-old Peter Lenz laid his bike down and began getting up when he appeared to be run over by Xavier Zayat of Flushing, N.Y. Zayat was not injured.
Medical workers placed Lenz in a neck brace, put him on a stretcher and appeared to be doing chest compressions. U.S. Grand Prix Racers Union officials said Lenz had been transported to Methodist Hospital. He later died from his injuries.
"He was one of my really good friends," a friend and fellow racer said. "I've known him for the last few years, and he was in my motor home all weekend chit-chatting about the track."
Just 13-years-old, Lenz already had an impressive professional resume with nine national championships, countless awards and more than 100 wins. He came to Indianapolis to win the race, but mechanical issues slowed him down and the crash stopped everything.
"He crashed right in front of us, and he stopped and was waving his hands to let everyone know that he was sitting there," crash witness Chance Wittmer said. "Most of the guys were able to get around the outside of him. It looked like he was starting to stand up, but he wasn't walking around. To me, it looked like the guy who ran into him got forced un there and didn't really have a choice of where to go."
Witness Raymond Adams said, "I just saw a bike flying up in the air, and he was laying on the ground. He wasn't moving at all. They tried to pump him, you could tell they were trying to give him CPR."
Since the series was started nine years ago, Lenz is the first rider to die in one of the races.
Statement from Stewart Aitken-Cade, chief steward, USGPRU:
"USGPRU rider Peter Lenz, age 13 from Vancouver, Wash., suffered traumatic injuries in a crash on the warm-up lap of the USGPRU race Sunday morning at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, and succumbed to his injuries. The other rider involved in the incident was not injured."
"USGPRU officials send their deepest sympathies and condolences to the Lenz family."
Lenz's father posted the following message on his son's Facebook page:
"Peter passed away early this morning when he was apparently struck by another rider. He passed doing what he loved and had his go fast face on as he pulled onto the track. The world lost one of its brightest lights today. God Bless Peter and the other rider involved. #45 is on another road we can only hope to reach. Miss you kiddo. - Dad"
Statement from the family of Peter Lenz:
"Peter Lenz passed away this morning from injuries sustained from a racing accident. On behalf of the Lenz family, we would like to thank Peter's friends and supporters for all their help throughout the years. We are deeply saddened by this tragic loss, but know that Peter is racing even faster in the sky. Our thoughts and prayers are now with the other racer and his family, who were also involved in this tragedy.
The crash briefly delayed the start of the 250 race. The 125cc race, scheduled for noon, started on time. The MotoGP race is set to start at 3:00 pm.
It wasn't the first crash this weekend.
Several riders took nasty spills in the Moto2 qualifications Saturday. Fonsi Nieto tumbled on the track and Yusuke Teshima went flying out of the final turn and landed hard on the front straightaway. Both riders were conscious and taken to the medical center to be checked out.
Some of the top riders complained about track conditions Saturday.
"Seventy percent of this track needs to be resurfaced - not just that; it really needs to be ripped up, smoothed out again and resurfaced. The curves on this joint, we don't need all those draining points in there. You may as well be riding around the streets and I'm sure that except for around here a lot of streets would be a lot smoother than this joint. So it's not much of a race track," said Casey Stoner.
"The conditions of the track are quite difficult for everyone. It's so bumpy, the track, compared to a normal track, epecially to the last track in Bruno. The conditions don't give you the best confidence," said Jorge Lorenzo.
Eyewitness News will have more later tonight at 11 p.m.
(Dave Calabro, Rich Nye and Richard Essex contributed to this story.)
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The Lyric Opera actor who was badly burned when a fire-breathing stunt went awry in front of an audience earlier this month has been cleared to return to work.
Doctors gave Wesley Daniel, 24, the go-ahead to resume duties in the Lyric's production of Wagner's "Die Meistersinger," officials said in a statement released Friday.
Daniel will be an understudy for stilt-walking, fire-breathing actors performing the same scene he was injured while practicing.
"I feel terrific and am looking forward to putting this whole incident behind me and getting back on stage." Daniel, who could not be reached for comment, said in the statement.
Daniel was on stilts and in costume during a Feb. 4 dress rehearsal when flammable liquid used in the fire-breathing stunt lit parts of his neck and face on fire.
The stunt required Daniel, who was wearing a fireproof costume and mask, to swig from a container of flammable liquid, then spit it out onto a torch he held in his hand.
Daniel's recovery plods along the same timeline predicted by one of his doctors at the time of the accident. At the time, the doctor likened the actor's injuries to a deep sunburn.
While news of the accident made headlines, for his part, Daniel said the media coverage was overblown.
"I am truly grateful for all the good wishes I've received over the past few weeks, but the coverage my accident generated was, quite frankly, overwhelming and I just want to get back to work with my colleagues," he said in the statement.
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Understanding Legal Fees
Good attorneys are not inexpensive; but their guidance is often invaluable. The key to keeping your costs down while still getting great legal advice is to understand how fees are calculated and how you are billed.
How are legal fees generated? Most lawyers bill clients for their time using the following methods:
- Hourly. Billing by the hour (or fraction of the hour) is the most common way lawyers charge for their services. Basically, the "clock" starts when the attorney works on your behalf. (That includes phone calls with you; every time you call you will be billed.) Most attorneys use some form of software or system to help automate the billing process. For example, say you call your attorney to ask a question; he or she makes a note of when the call started and stops, and you are billed accordingly. Some attorneys bill in six-minute increments, others in 15-minute increments, others in 30-minute increments. At the end of the billing period, all the time will be itemized and you will be billed accordingly.
- Flat fee. Some services are provided as a flat-fee; for example, your attorney may charge a flat fee for preparing and filing incorporation documents. In general, flat fee billing is used for relatively common services. If you agree to a flat-fee arrangement, make sure you know which items are included in that fee and which are not. (If you're not sure what those items might be, simply ask, "What services or items are not covered under the flat fee?")
- Contingency. A contingency fee is when a lawyer does not charge for a particular service but is paid a percentage of the outcome (usually one-third, but tends to range from 25% to 40% of the amount of judgment). Contingencies are most often used in lawsuits filed against other parties; for instance, if you are injured while using a product and you sue the manufacturer of that product for damages. If a judgment is not awarded, you do not pay the attorney.
- Partial contingency. Some attorneys bill at a higher rate if they are able to achieve a favorable result. For example, an attorney may charge a flat fee to negotiate a contract, and then receive a percentage of the amount they are able to save the client through successful negotiations. The goal of a partial contingency is to create additional incentive for the attorney to achieve a positive result. (Of course, the argument can be made that the attorney should not need additional incentive, since they are already being paid an hourly rate.)
- Statutory. Statutory fees are established by law; the court will set or approve the fee charged. The most common use of statutory fees is for court-appointed attorneys defending clients in criminal cases who cannot afford an attorney.
Most attorneys who bill on an hourly basis require a retainer. A retainer is money advanced by the client and placed in an escrow account; the attorney then draws funds from that account as services are rendered. When the amount in the retainer account is drawn down to a certain level, the client must add additional funds. (Think of a retainer as the lawyer's insurance that he or she will be paid for their time.)
Funds placed in retainer are almost always refundable if not used.
You can also expect to be charged for the following:
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- Filing fees
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Now that you understand how you will be charged, let's look at ways you can keep those costs down while still receiving great service:
- Be open, honest, and thorough. Lawyers are required to maintain confidentiality (most often referred to as the "attorney-client privilege"). There is no reason to withhold information; doing so is only likely to cost you money later, especially if that information could have been used to prevent a potential problem.
- Understand the billing process. If your lawyer charges $150 per hour and bills on 30-minute increments, a ten-minute phone call costs $75. If you will need frequent but brief consultations, look for a skilled lawyer who bills in shorter increments (or make fewer visits or calls).
- Set up a regular meeting. Instead of making sporadic calls, set up a monthly call or visit appointment. You'll avoid voice mail and wasted time, and by speaking regularly you might head off potential problems before they grow out of control.
- Ask for estimates. Have the attorney provide a written cost estimate; if the final cost is higher, ask why. Some attorneys will also guarantee a maximum cost for certain services; that way you can ensure costs don't spiral out of control.
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- Ask what you can do to assist or streamline the process. You may be able to gather files and documents or even prepare responses and provide information. And always meet your obligations; never keep your attorney waiting for information.
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College of Graduate Nursing receives HRSA funding
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) has awarded Western University of Health Sciences' College of Graduate Nursing $256,526 for the National Faculty Loan Program (NFLP). This is the fourth year that HRSA has provided support to the College of Graduate Nursing. Funds from this award will be used to prepare nurse educators enrolled in the Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program.
Excellence in Nursing
The College of Graduate Nursing recently published their 2013 issue of Excellence in Nursing, which highlights student academic and donor awardees, Dean's List and Who's Who recipients, as well as other CGN highlights and accomplishments for the 2012/2013 academic year. Check it out!
Call for Preceptors
The College of Graduate Nursing is interested in connecting with alumni who would be willing and are able to precept Family Nurse Practitioner students in their clinical rotations. We are interested in rotations in: Peds, Adult, Geri, Gyn and Obstetrics. Students can come through for 6 weeks or longer in a rotation—depending upon the limitations of the site. (e.g. My primary care clinical site requires a 1 year commitment of weekly sessions so that they benefit from an experienced student after the initial impacted learning curve—but any length of time is fine.) Even urgent care or skilled nursing sites are good for shorter rotations to build student skills and management techniques. At the site, students have to be able to take a history, do an exam, come to a diagnosis and create the management plan (job shadowing is not acceptable—we learn by doing!).
We are a Distance Program college and while the majority of our students are in Southern California, we have many students all across the country. DOs, MDs, NPs and Nurse Midwives have all mentored our students in the past.
Please consider giving back to our health care profession by mentoring those who will follow in your footsteps in the future. Please contact Diana Lithgow at email@example.com if you are able to take a student in your clinical setting for any length of time!
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Podium at DNP conference, 2013 Scottsdale, AZ:
- Gabriella Malagon-Maldonado, DNP '12, APRN, MSN, CNS, NEA-BC – Reframing Interprofessional Collaboration Using an Inquiry-Based Approach
- Kathleen Ann Menasche, MSN '05, DNP '12, CNM – Collaborative Practice between Certified Nurse-Midwives/Certified Midwives and Obstetricians and The Factors Involved In Working Together To Normalize Childbirth: An Integrative Review.
Congratulations to Shirley Bristol, DNP '12, for her publication: Bristol, S. T., & Hicks, R. W. (2013). Protecting boundaries of consent in clinical research: Implications for improvement. Nursing Ethics, ePUB (ahead of print), 1-12. DOI: 10.1177/0969733013487190.
Minna Miller, FNP '12, presented her abstract on Interprofessional Collaboration at the 2013 BCNPA Conference on May 10.
Sylvia Estrada, DNP '13, accepted the position of Membership Chair for CANP.
Faculty News
Quannetta T. Edwards, FNP, WHNP, FAANP, presented two three-hour workshops at the American Association of Nurse Practitioner (AANP) conference, held in Las Vegas, Nevada, June 19-23, 2013. Dr. Edwards presented on: "Breast Cancer Risk Assessment: Key to Optimizing Outcomes for Women," a presentation that focused on hereditary breast cancer syndromes including an update on BRCA1 and BRCA2 gene mutations. Her second presentation was "Risk Assessment: The Genomics of Lynch and other Hereditary Colorectal Cancer Syndromes for Application into Clinical NP Practice." In addition to the two workshops, she facilitated an oncology forum, an update on current issues facing NPs in oncology practice; she also assisted educators on a three-hour workshop on Genomics of the Family History in Primary Care Practice.
Dr. Donna M. Emanuele was inducted as a Fellow into the American Association of Nurse Practitioner organization (FAANP). The induction was conducted at the AANP conference held in Las Vegas, Nevada, in June 2013. The Fellows of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (FAANP) impacts national and global health by engaging recognized nurse practitioner (NP) leaders who make outstanding contributions to clinical practice, research, education, or policy to enhance the AANP mission. Her outstanding work in policy and practice resulted in this distinguished award.
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Podium at AANP – Las Vegas, June 2013: J. Ballard-Hernandez and M.F. White (2013). Nurse Practitioner Directed Heart Failure Care Across the Continuum: From Initial Diagnosis to End of Life Care. American Academy of Nurse Practitioners: 28th Annual National Conference. Las Vegas, NV. Accepted for presentation November 14, 2012.
Podium at DNP conference, 2013 Scottsdale, AZ: Tina Escobedo, DNP, RN, FNP-BC – The Clinical Education of the Family Nurse Practitioner Student: What We Know, What are the Gaps, and Where Do We Go From Here
Posters at DNP conference, 2013 Scottsdale, AZ:
- Cora Caballero, DNP, RN, FNP-BC, BC-ADM, CDE – Effect of a Group Medical Appointment on Glycemic Control of Patients with Type 2 Diabetes
- LaSonya A. Davis, DNPc, FNP – The Effects of Cardiovascular Education on Knowledge and Perceptions of Self-Efficacy to Implement Behavior Change among African Americans in a Church Setting
- LuAnn E. Sanderson, DNP, APRN, PMHCNS-BC, RN – Improving Civility in the Mental Health Nursing Workplace: A Study of Leadership Strategy
Read the latest updates from the students themselves in the latest Student Government Association Newsletter.
August 28: Alumni Summer Mixer. Celebrate summer and reminisce with fellow WesternU Alumni. Join us for an evening of complimentary appetizers, drinks and lively conversation as you meet up with former classmates at Buster's Lounge at Dave and Busters, Ontario Mills Mall, 6:30-8:30 p.m. To RSVP, contact Susan Terrazas at email@example.com or 909.706.3476 or Austin Braunwalder at firstname.lastname@example.com or 909.469.8495 by August 26.
October 24: WesternU's Pumerantz Lecture in the evening on campus. Details to follow.
November 9: WesternU's A Tribute to Caring at the Disneyland Hotel in Anaheim, CA. Save the date!
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Celebrity Gossip & Entertainment News Leaders ®
Things are touch-and-go for the ailing Joan Rivers right now, and her daughter Melissa Rivers has released another statement regarding the 81-year-old's condition.
In an interview with E!, Melissa was thankful that her mom is stable while also noting that they're far from being out of the woods.
Her films and television shows have made her a very successful and wealthy lady, and yet Jennifer Aniston still feels pressure from society that something is missing in her life.
During her chat with the "Today" show, the "Rumor Has It" actress talked about how she's completely content with her life despite not being married or having kids.
They opted for a teeny-tiny wedding last weekend in France, but what Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's nuptials lacked in attendance, it made up for in elegance.
According to an E! News source, the "Girl Interrupted" actress wore a white dress when she said "I Do" with her "Fight Club" hubby.
She's always looking for new challenges, and Chelsea Clinton is bidding farewell to her reporting gig at NBC News in order to free up more time in her schedule.
The former First Daughter began working for the network back in 2011 for a $600,000 annual salary, but now she'll devote more energy to working for the Clinton Foundation as well as preparing to become a mother.
Her new album My Everything is the hottest thing going right now, and Ariana Grande dropped by the "Today" show to chat with Matt Lauer this morning (August 29).
The "Problem" songstress was in good spirits as she fielded questions including, "Has anyone captured your attention in Hollywood?"
She never gets tired of showing off her lady parts, and Miley Cyrus is featured in yet another skin-filled photo shoot for V Magazine's #91 issue.
The "We Can't Stop" singer teamed with Karl Lagerfeld for the photos, featuring her completely nude as well as wearing a fuzzy blue bathing suit.
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Kicking off their weekend a little early, Kendall and Kylie Jenner showed up at Lavo in New York City for a big DuJour Magazine shindig last night (August 28).
The "Keeping Up with the Kardashians" starlets are featured on the cover of the September 2014 issue, and they both looked stunning in designer duds as they made their arrival.
Making the most of her time in the UK, Nicole Scherzinger showed up at Scott's in London on Thursday evening (August 28).
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4.35/5 rDev +5.1%
Had a pint of this on tap at Mas Tapas in Charlottesville. Didn't really know what to expect, and I ended up drinking one of the best porters I can remember.
Appearance: Jet black with a creamy tan head, about 1 finger's worth. That head stayed with the beer for the whole glass. Wonderful.
Smell: a nice aroma, didn't really foreshadow how great the beer was going to be.
Taste: Wonderful. This a rich porter with a nice, slightly bitter taste. Toffee, chocolate, and a little bit of coffee in there. Just great.
Mouthfeel: Just an absolute delight to drink. Creamy, rich, and smooth. A great beer to drink.
05-02-2009 16:03:32 | More by SidewinderX
4/5 rDev -3.4%
a: the imperial porter is murky brown in color with a rich nitro head that's obviously attractive though the means by which it's produced seems almost akin to cheating, generous retention and lace
s: a nice roasted barley aroma seems a bit masked underneath the nitro gas, earthy hop aromas, great roast profile but it's one I'd rather see in a regular serving
m: medium bodied with a creamy nitro carbonation
t: big flavors of earthy roasted barley and dry cocoa nibs comprise most of the aroma, on the drier side with earthy hop flavors and a mild bitterness, the beer offers more there than it did on the nose
d: no issues here, the entire pint glass was taken with ease
standard pint at the brewpub, second draft at Galaxy Hut yields the same scores
08-02-2009 14:42:11 | More by blackie
4.22/5 rDev +1.9%
A: Pretty much black... very dark with the creamy head that nitro creates. Almost sandy, but closer to offwhite
S: Nice, slightly subdued chocolate aromas. Toasted malts, almost something of a nut 'n butter scent?
T: Roasted malts, a stronger dominating chcolate flavour than noted in the aroma. Finishes quite nice, leaving a toasty, slightly bitter taste behind.
M: Quite full bodied and rich... thicker than the style sometimes comes, but again, some of that is a result of the nitrotap.
D: Eventually, the 6.9% is gonna catch up, but until that time, it's smooth sailing. Nice drinking, big flavour. Something to come out for again, and well worth trying out.
06-18-2008 23:54:34 | More by Proteus93
New Mexico
4.5/5 rDev +8.7%
06-16-2014 23:47:39 | More by Cheeser
4.25/5 rDev +2.7%
06-12-2013 15:53:32 | More by JMUbrewz
4/5 rDev -3.4%
10-16-2012 23:24:56 | More by sarahgant
North Carolina
4.03/5 rDev -2.7%
Served on tap at Blue Mountain Brewery in Afton, VA.
A: Pours an almost opaque (though clear along the edges when held up to the light) very dark brown in color, almost black, with some dark amber highlights. The beer has a half finger tall tan head that fades to a thin film covering about half the surface of the beer and a thin ring at the edges of the glass. Moderate amounts of lacing are observed.
S: Light to moderate aromas of dark roasted malts with some lighter notes of caramel/burnt sugar and chocolate.
T: Moderate flavors of dark roasted malts with some light flavors of chocolate and caramel burnt sugar sweetness. There is a moderate amount of bitterness which lingers through the finish but not for too long.
M: Light bodied with moderate amounts of carbonation (or nitrogen). Creamy.
O: Super easy to drink with the very light and airy mouthfeel and the super well hidden alcohol. I can see why this is the original beer for this brewery (the one that got them started). I really enjoyed this one and feel like I could put these back all afternoon long - perfect beer for a cool late autumn day.
12-19-2012 04:14:03 | More by dbrauneis
3.75/5 rDev -9.4%
11-23-2012 17:27:06 | More by PGVG
4.28/5 rDev +3.4%
Served in a Blue Mountain shaker pint glass.
This was the highlight of my day. It pours a translucent garnet-brown topped by over a finger of khaki froth. The nose comprises toasted biscuits, toffee, and smooth milk chocolate. The taste holds notes of milk chocolate powder, roasted malts, sweet caramel, and something I can really only relate to peanut butter. The body is a nice medium, with a light carbonation and a velvety smooth feel. It may have been the nitro-tap, but this was one of the smoothest beers I've had in a long time. This helped it go from good porter to very good, verging on great, porter. Get some!
07-11-2010 04:14:47 | More by TMoney2591
4.13/5 rDev -0.2%
Imperial Porter on nitro 40 IBU 6.9%
At the brew pub 9-17-08
A-Black with dark ruby red highlights. Gorgeous, thick, creamy, tight tan nitro head. Leaves copious lace
S-Light chocolate and roasted malt with a bit of spicy hops. Increasing aroma of espresso roast coffee upon warming
T-Mmmm....full flavoured chocolate and toffee malt busting out all over with a nice roastiness in the finish. Ends dry with little residual sweetness.
M-Medium-heavy body with long lasting roasted malt/hop bitterness. Nitro pour makes things all go down nice and smooth.
D-Full flavoured and robust, this is a porter that borders on stout territory. Wonderful smoothness and a healthy dose of roast lets this one go down without a fight!
09-18-2008 12:11:27 | More by Deuane
District of Columbia
4.25/5 rDev +2.7%
11-19-2013 02:52:33 | More by 6thstreetbrewpub
North Carolina
4.03/5 rDev -2.7%
Appearance: Arrives with an espresso color and a creamy beige head that sheets the pint glass
Smell: Roasty aroma with hints of chocolate and caramel
Taste: Starts out with a lot of chocolate that is joined, mid-palate by both caramel sweetness and fruity hop bitterness; after the swallow, the sweeter caramel tends to dominate but there is plenty of bittersweet chocolate on the finish
Mouthfeel: Full body; creamy, with gentle carbonation
Drinkability: There is a lot to like in this porter; another fine brew from this brewery
08-02-2009 18:45:59 | More by brentk56
4/5 rDev -3.4%
Had this one on tap a number of times and finally getting around to posting a review of it.
Appearance. Pours a nice chocolately dark brown with about a finger to a finger and a half of nice espresso head from the nitro. Looks, in my mind, how a classic porter should look.
Smell: Slightly nutty, with a bit of toast, but predominantly smooth with chocolate and coffee. Earthy and malty, and very nice.
Taste: Slight bitterness from some hops that weren't particularly apparent in the smell. Chocolate and slight coffee blend well. It's creamy, but there's a slight spice to it as well which is quite nice. A nice roast taste is blended in.
Mouthfeel: Well, it's on nitro-tap, which greatly skews both mouthfeel and drinkability. Medium bodied and smooth, with nice smooth carbonation. No heat, though I wouldn't expect any here anyway. It's sort of what I'd expect for a nitro-tap mouthfeel, so it's hard to rate it too high. I recently had a bottle of dark hollow (I had only had it on nitro-tap before) and if the difference in mouthfeel there is at all transferred to this, I can't really give it above a 4. That said, on nitro-tap it is quite excellent.
Drinkability: Extremely drinkable. My only caution is what I have said above in mouthfeel. Great session beer, and is a great local brew.
02-07-2010 16:15:55 | More by afausser
4/5 rDev -3.4%
10-13-2012 15:06:55 | More by ncaudle
4.33/5 rDev +4.6%
Served on-tap in a clear pint glass at Beer Run (Charlottesville, VA) for $4.50.
A: Sumptuous dark, murky brown with thick 1-2 finger, beige, nitro-head with good retention and lacing.
S: After getting past the initial metallic nitro aroma, delicious chocolate, coffee, vanilla, and complex malt are met with a snappy earthy and floral hops presence. Very inviting.
T: Extremely impressive beer which I bet would be even better on regular tap. Lush dark malt flavors dominated by milk chocolate and coffee with a dash of vanilla mix nicely with earthy, spicy hops. A really densely flavorful, excellent porter.
M: Firm, medium body with medium carbonation and a typical creamy nitro mouthfeel. Light chocolate/mocha aftertaste.
D: A superior porter with surprising complexity. While the nitro service adds in feel, I think the aroma and thus flavor would be better on tap or from the bottle. A bit of a surprise as porters are a mixed bag for me, but this one hit the spot in a big way.
06-12-2009 03:55:36 | More by argock
4.43/5 rDev +7%
Wasn't expecting to find this brewery...the girlfriend and I were heading to WV from Raleigh, NC and decided to take the scenic route. Driving in the rain, I see hop vines growing on along the side of the road and, lo and behold, it's a brewery! Pretty fine one at that.
Their Imperial Porter was served from a nitro-tap into a pint glass.
Pours a jet-black body with an endlessly cascading, creamy tan head that refused to recede. When it slowly did, it left behind thick sheets of lacing across the entire backside of the glass. Aroma was a blend of sweet milk chocolate malts, caramel, espresso roast, and some musky hops.
A fantastic roasted, dark chocolate malt profile coated the tongue on the first sip. Background filled with caramel, java, and a hint of smoke. The mouthfeel was velvety smooth, rich and creamy...an absolute treat to consume. I would certainly have this again. At only 6.7%, it doesn't quite live up to the "Imperial" name, but its drinkability is top notch. It's a shame they couldn't bottle this w/ some carbonation.
06-02-2008 17:55:12 | More by wagenvolks
4/5 rDev -3.4%
Nitro tap at Blue Mountain Brewery tasting room. Served in a traditional pint glass.
Appearance: Great solid creamy nitro head, tan, a dark brown, almost black body. Some streaky, fluffy nitro lacing. It's not too impressive or noteworthy beyond its nitro-ness, though it's always hard to tell if the nitro's covering up something or covering up FOR something ... anyway ...
Aroma: Rather faint but nice - dark fruits, grassy coffee, some light, bitter chocolate, and toffee.
Taste: Buttery toffee, faint but highly roasted coffee, grassy and lemon notes (either from the coffee or from a hop addition), and a ton of nuttiness - pecans, or walnuts, perhaps.
Mouthfeel: Smooth and creamy, even, milky, light-to-medium bodied, but again with the same nitro comment above.
Drinkability: A manageable and tasty beer. There's nothing wrong with it really, but it's not "stand out" in my opinion - more of a "we gotta have a dark beer on tap and we're out of the awesomely cool Bourbon Barrel Aged Dark Hollow Stout, so, how 'bout this one?" sort of beer. Still, give it a shot.
08-17-2008 01:39:43 | More by CrellMoset
4/5 rDev -3.4%
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Blue Mountain Imperial Porter from Blue Mountain Brewery
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Look out for fracking (and how to stop it)
There's enough oil (maybe) under Central California to make petro companies vastly rich, and to keep people driving around in their carbon-spewing private cars for many years to come. Only problem is you have to use hydrofracking to bust up the shale deposits to get at it. And that involves toxic chemicals and possible contamination of water supplies.
But never mind the environmental problems -- the Obama administration just auctioned off drilling rights on 18,000 acres of land in Monterey, San Benito and Fresno counties, valuable public open space that's now mostly used for agriculture.
That's potentially a serious problem, and there's a good piece that ran last year in the San Luis Obispo New Times that explains why. Nobody knows for sure what happens when you inject that much of a secret mix of chemicals into the ground below a water table that underlies prime ag land. But based on the entire history of human experience with chemicals and water, it can't be good.
Food and Water Watch is trying to get the state Legislature to enact a moratorium on fracking in California -- although that wouldn't stop the feds, who can still do what they please with Bureau of Land Management property in this or any other state, from allowing Chevron and ExxonMobil to frack up a storm in this lease area. There's a benefit concert Dec. 14, Friday night, to raise funds and awareness to stop fracking; it features a pedal-powered stage with Whiskerman and Shake Your Peace. Inner Mission, 2050 Bryant, SF. 8-11PM. $10.
It's a start.
US and, so far at least, none of the fears you express have materialized. the technology is continually improving and addressing many of the original concerns.
The fact that even a left-wing President is approving it's use satisfies most of us.
and then think the exact opposite.
Have you been to North Dakota and seen fracking in operation?
Liar, liar, water's on fire.
Of course injecting a toxic soup of millions of gallons poisonous chemicals into shale, to blow it apart and extract equally toxic fossil fuels, severely pollutes our watersheds.
To begin to get the real story about both the hazards and coverups of those hazards (instead of a cotton candy fairy story from a Wall Street owned financial media corporation) start at the well footnoted info at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental_impact_of_hydraulic_fracturin...
against almost any fporm of fossil fuel, your comments can be taken with a proverbial pinch of salt.
Again, not one person has died from fracking. I'll bet more people have died at Occupy and Green Party protests, than from fracking.
since large amount of oil and gas lie quite near the surface and not at the levels where hydraulic fracking is necessary. Various types of extraction methods featuring steam, water and fire have all been used in CA's oil fields for around 100 years now.
Just to be clear Eric - are you opposed to both hydraulic AND steam fracking or only one?
which is why his predictability invalidates his arguments.
I looked up so called 'steam fracking'. There is only one mention of it, and it is linked to a video. The text around the video claims the process is nontoxic, but watching the video reveals that corrosive acid injection is used in the process.
Most importantly, even if the injection process -were- clean, what comes out -after- the injection, petroleum, natural gas, and myriad toxic and radioactive materials naturally occurring in the fracked rock and shale, certainly is -not- clean and will contaminate the watershed.
Anyone who goes to the site that I provided above will see that it is exactly this trickery of focusing only on the injection and not on the effluent (what comes out of frack holes after injection) that fracking corporations are using to deceive the public and decision makers on the toxicty of fracking.
That is kinda the idea Eric.
Personally I'd rather have the US in a position of less dependence on Middle East oil supplies, which has proven so ruinous for our foreign policy in so many ways. Shale gas has proven to be revolutionary in revitalizing our energy and industrial bases in this country - it's really quite amazing.
So, to boil what you saying down to its essence, what you believe is that we should poison our own air, land, water and global atmosphere in order to gain independence from foreign oil.
Reminds me of burning the village to save it...
see little real evidence of any harm done by fracking - just the usual suspects postulating the usual scaremongering and hoping some of it sticks.
Here is a site with several very detailed accounts of fracking wreaking havock on people, and animals.
There are hundreds of such sites all over the web, which are clearly not hyped, and are very sober, reasonable accounts of the devastation caused by fracking.
Since you admit you're in the Green Party, it's clear where your bias is.
bias indicates a conflict of interest based in gain, usually financial gain
otherwise there is no particular reason to be biased
since green party members don't have any financial interest in putting forward their views, these blithering 'bias' accusations are nothing but foaming at the mouth in lieu of debate
why don't you respond to his post with an actual argument high-blood-pressure-face
admitting that you are biased from the outset. If you wouldn't believe a NeoCon on principle, then why would you any more believe a Green Party fanatic?
that ideology is no basis for proof on either side, that leaves only assessing the actually links that any of you cite as proof, instead of assessing your dippy and equally biased assertion that no one should trust the green party simply because they are biased to a given point of view
everyone has a biased point of view, genius
the question is who is citing sufficient proof
so your two year old style pointing of fingers based on political ideology is therefore irrelevant
you are telling us that if a tea party ditto-head cites an article in the New York Times it is true, and if a green party member cites the same fucking article, he has a progressive bias and so it isn't true
do you get how moronic that makes you look?
boldly admits their intrinsic bias is not worth the paper it's not written on.
they were citations of actual independent first hand evidence
thank you for confirming that you don't realize how idiotic you look to others when you open your mouth
SELECTIVE idnependent reports, chosen for the purpose of furthering an agenda rather than a genuine inquiry into the truth.
Hence, worthless.
What does that have to do with the clear validity of those reports, which clearly show that fracking is causing severe damage to the environment and public health?
Demonizing the poster of facts doesn't negate those facts.
id just like to point out you can not use steam fracking on shale you can only use hydro fracking and that goes for anything but Diatomite. Diatomite is the only formation you could steam frack because of its absorbent properties.
"...satisfies most of us." You mean the oil and gas industry that you work for? "...none of the fears you express have materialized." And the sky isn't blue, it's pink. No really - it looks blue but it's pink.
It's not hard to get educated about what fracking is really doing. Too bad pro-fracking trolls roam the SFBG. We need Warren G and Nate Dogg to regulate. Here's a brief video to introduce you to fracking:
Here is another excellent video which synopsizes the problems with fracking in just 17 minutes.
Be honest - you don't want any oil or natural gas drilling or mining anywhere. You're also big on local control until, as in the communities of the CV who depend on extractive industries, the locals are too canny to be convinced by your propaganda - then you feel perfectly entitled to tell them how to live their lives.
article critical of fracking, he bookmarks it and quotes it. every time he sees an article favorable to fracking, he ignores it and pretends it doesn't exists.
Somehow we are supposed to believe that all the government's experts are wrong and a toady little liberal in SF is right. Not very likely.
me -- or your lyin' eyes?
He cites 100% of the articles that criticize fracking and 0% of the articles that support it.
Hardly a coincidence.
What does that have to do with the validity of the articles?
The articles show facts which make clear that fracking is severely harming the environment and public health.
Demonizing the poster of facts doesn't negate those facts.
Also, your idiotic notion that someone who is arguing a position needs to also cite articles that oppose his position, or he is somehow not credible, is frankly, laughable.
and the previous comment is particularly absurd -- and revealing.
The claim that people are biased because they take some position without concurrently promoting a countervailing argument -- no matter how specious -- is analogous to the mechanism by which the mass media is controlled.
Every time some progressive action is being reported, modern journalists are trained to offer even the most absurd counterclaims from reactionaries as "balance."
somebody's loyalties and intrinsic agenda when deciding how mught or little weight to attach to their commentary. So I would, for instance, choose an independent study over a study funded by either the energy industry or a known hater of the energy business.
... facts doesn't negate those facts."
What I said -- that you are strangely seeming to contest -- is that holding an opinion favoring one side does not equate to being biased.
Anybody heard from marcos lately?
There's a post over on the housing/muni thread that is 100% Marcos, but it's anonymized.
For the record, I don't think Eric was demonized - that's a poor chocie of words. I simply think that his vested interest in the topic was brought out into the open so that his contributions could be seen in that context.
If there were 50 studies showing fracking was safe, and 50 showing it to be unsafe, how much we trust the reports that a post cites may critically depend on who is doing the selection, don't you think?
I wouldn't expect Eric's pick to be any less biased then, say, Exxon's.
assessing the applicability and balance of the facts that they present in a case, but facts qua facts are immutable.
In all cases a decision cannot be arrived at without assessing the specific facts and arguments from those who hold opposing views.
The assessment of specific biases of the parties is only useful once it is determined that a particular side is prone to making discredited arguments; that's how the scales are calibrated to yield a correct result contrary to that which numerical appearances might suggest.
involved when collating and presenting facts. So the CEO of Exxon might come up with one set of "facts", while Eric comes up with a very different set of "facts".
What we really need are facts chosen by those who don't have any skin in the game and, on that basis, neither the CEO of Exxon or Eric qualify. They are both soiled and tainted by their inherent bias.
regard to questions of matters that we cannot personally have any hope of understanding. That is when we most properly look for unbiased -- and educated -- people to tell us what to think.
In other cases, using an approach which tends to discount the opinions of those who have strong opinions -- which are indeed often completely supported by observable truth -- falls short of accuracy.
Truth cannot be learned from balancing opposing numbers and seeking the center.
when the noise from both extremes is eliminated.
And I would assume that Obama has based his decision only after taking a range of opinions, including no doubt some poster children for both extremes here. His own government experts and scientists would no doubt have carried weight as well, and it's hard for those of us who really don't understand the science to credibily aver either way.
But noting the agenda of participants to the debate does appear to be a prudent precaution for anyone caring about adopting a reasoned and dispassionate position.
The reason is that the left owes allegiance to the Enlightenment from which it is descendant, and Enlightenment thinking is unified by the reverence for facts. Wingers are far more likely to make spurious arguments. Always.
that people who happen to agree with you are somehow more "right". It's bias like that that we are criticizing here.
Just the facts ma'am.
What I am stating is that righties are more likely to abandon facts for rhetoric when such do not serve them because they are completely results-oriented.
Progressives, on the other hand, hold the values of the Enlightenment to heart; they are thus less prone to make illogical arguments based on spurious facts. Its in their make-up to be truthful.
I hold my own conduct in this regard to be exemplary of exactly such an ethic. I never knowingly make false arguments; I simply can't bring myself to do it.
If I can't support my position with facts, the worst I'll do is be quiet about it hoping some idea will come to me in the future. Righties just start uncontrollably spewing nonsense in such circumstances.
Here's a video of what happened when a local Virginia water supply was affected by fracking. Californians may get to demonstrate this little trick in a few months!
for 60+ years already.
Shit happens.
other parts of the US and the world.
Oops, I mentioned it.
Yeah, fracking is just great! The coolest things is- you can light your drinking water on fire! Right out of the faucet! Imagine how thrilled your guests will be when you have them over for dinner and you flambe their steaks under cold running water. How cool is that! Thanks Big Oil! We love you.
U are stupid as shit go on the net and look up water tables in North Dakota I like to see u live there and have drink of there well water.
cited in your linked article was just shut down by SUNY Buffalo. The reason: the research was being underwritten by the fracking industry.
Thanks for providing a compelling example of the corruption of academia by corporate interests.
activities like fracking have become much safer. That's why it's use is becoming much more common both in the US and overseas. People have said the same scaremongering things about every type of oil and gas extraction for 100 years. But unless you want to pay $100 a gallon for gas, this is what we need to do.
Routine, maybe. Ethical or honest, no.
You want to plug those up too?
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How to Nail Your First-Due Responsibility Part 3
Back in 2007, Firehouse ® Magazine published the first installment of Mark Emery's 11-part series "The Ten Command-Ments of Intelligent and Safe Fireground Operations." The series began by identifying 13 "fireground indiscretions" that...
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Back in 2007, Firehouse® Magazine published the first installment of Mark Emery's 11-part series "The Ten Command-Ments of Intelligent and Safe Fireground Operations." The series began by identifying 13 "fireground indiscretions" that have injured and killed scores of firefighters. It is possible – no, it is likely – that a lot of our friends would be alive today had North American fire departments ensured that the 13 "fireground indiscretions" were not transgressed and that each of the "Ten Command-ments" obeyed. Although it is too late to change history, the acuity of hindsight provides an opportunity to influence the future.
The concept of value
When a firefighter dies because he or she is in the wrong place at the wrong time, and the incident commander knew (or should have known) that the firefighter represented the most value on the fireground, was the incident commander making decisions that would ensure everybody goes home?
Beginning in the mid-1980s, and for the first time in history, American Heat videos became available that showed firefighters dying while executing random and uncoordinated tactical activities at fires in unoccupied, no-value buildings. At about the same time, again for the first time in history, fireground fatalities were investigated and reported by the federal government. Today, you can find a plethora of websites that offer video depicting random acts of tactical violence due to the lack of aggressive strategic frontloading. Within minutes, notification of a firefighter fatality arrives in your email inbox.
A brief history of strategic responsibility
Is aggressive strategy a contemporary concept? Decide for yourself after contemplating the counsel offered by Lloyd Layman in his book Fire Fighting Tactics (published in 1953):
"Success or failure of a commanding officer on the fireground depends upon his ability to estimate the situation, weigh the various factors, apply basic principles, decide what action should be taken, formulate a plan of operation, and see that the plan is executed promptly and efficiently. Regardless of the efficiency of the individual fireman and his tools, his efforts must be directed and coordinated by intelligent and capable leadership if satisfactory results are to be achieved on the fireground.
"On the fireground, it is not possible to tear a complicated situation into definite parts but it is possible to train the mind in the habit of surveying and analyzing a complicated situation in a systematic manner. Size-up is the responsibility of the officer in charge of the first alarm units and becomes the responsibility of any officer who may later take charge of operations at a fire or other emergency.
"A commanding officer must quickly survey and analyze the situation, weigh the various factors, apply basic principles, decide what action should be taken, formulate a plan of operation and exercise command. Success or failure on the fireground depends to a large degree upon the ability of a commanding officer to perform these essential functions in a practical and skillful manner. Unit commanders should be given definite assignments in compliance with the plan of operation. Each should know where his unit is to be employed and the objectives to be achieved."
And, for you who advocate fast attack, we offer this final Lloyd Layman:
"Firefighting units should not be allowed to rush into action but should be assigned to definite missions in keeping with the plan of operation."
What we are about to share is a structured and systematic process for the execution of aggressive strategy. What we will offer is a simple, quick, logical and meaningful strategic process that will address the tenets of the National Incident Management System (NIMS) and will ensure compliance with the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 1021, 1500 and 1561 standards. Keep in mind, though, that NFPA standards, NIMS and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) do not offer guidance on how to implement and comply; standards and mandates identify what you should do, not how you should do it. Interpretation and implementation are up to you, the Authority Having Jurisdiction (AHJ).
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by Caitlin Huston
Event organizers are hoping Logansport turns blue today, as they kick off Autism Awareness Month.
In its second year, the "Light the Town Blue" event asks townspeople to put blue light bulbs in their homes or businesses to help spread awareness of autism. The event culminates at 6 p.m. tonight, as Mayor Ted Franklin speaks and event participants walk around the town.
The event will also feature face-painting and a balloon launch.
Organizer Marlene Espinoza said last year they had many people put a blue light out on their porch. But this year, Espinoza said she would like more businesses and storefronts to include blue.
"We're really asking that the town get even more creative," Espinoza said.
An award will be given out to the business that has the most blue light, Espinoza said.
The blue lights are part of the national campaign of Autism Speaks, an advocacy organization. Espinoza said though autism is typically represented by rainbow colors, blue is the specific color of this campaign.
At 6 tonight, Espinoza said Franklin will proclaim the "Light the Town Blue" event an official town event. Afterwards, she's asking everyone to follow her as they walk down Broadway and finish up back by the City Building.
"We're hoping to have at least 35 people or more there," Espinoza said.
In the park behind the City Building, Nicole Hicks, from the Autism Society of Indiana, will answer questions while face-painting and other activities will be offered to kids.
Hicks said this year's message is about accepting autistic children, whether it to be befriending them or understanding their behavior in stores.
"It's more of a community-wide acceptance," Hicks said.
Espinoza, the mother of a 4-year-old autistic child, said she is also hoping to spread the message of how to understand and love autistic children.
"There's a different type of sympathy when your child gets diagnosed with autism," Espinoza said. "It shows more as a pity and we want to change that."
Espinoza and two other mothers of autistic children are helping organize the entire event. And while its a small workforce, Espinoza said that the work they're doing is making a difference.
"Sometimes that's what it takes to get things started," Espinoza said.
Caitlin Huston is a staff reporter of the Pharos-Tribune. She can be reached at 574-732-5148 or email@example.com.
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The Rotary Club of Andover, holds regular breakfast meetings Fridays, 7:30 a.m. at the Lanam Club, 260 North Main St., Andover. Meetings feature guest speakers. Guests are welcome. For more information, visit rotaryandover.org.
Winning Speakers Toastmasters Club & Salem Speech Masters Club, have merged, effective immediately. Winning Speaker meetings are held at 7 p.m. on the second and fourth Wednesday of each month at the Windham Senior Center, 2 North Lowell Road. Guests are always welcome. For more information, call Sharon Amore at 603-893-4718, Dan Wilson at 603-898-7330, firstname.lastname@example.com or visit toastmastersnh.org.
The Salem Woman's Club, meets on the first Tuesday of every month from noon to 2 p.m. in Kelley Library's Beshara Room, 234 Main St., Salem, N.H. Luncheon followed by a business session and program. Membership is open to any woman interested in pursuing the objectives of the club. Its many community projects include scholarships for high school seniors, purchase of large-print books for Kelley Library, sponsorship of the Christmas Concert at Salem High, donations to local food pantries and various help to the needy at home and abroad. Members get together from September through May, including a Christmas party, mystery ride and annual luncheon. For more information, call 603-893-0756.
The North Andover Garden Club, is actively seeking new members. The club meets monthly, from September through June on the second Tuesday of the month at varying times and locations. Most programs are open to the public and include garden design and maintenance, floral design, holiday workshops and much more. The club also maintains the gardens at the historic Parson Barnard House, Stevens Memorial Library and the Senior Center, provides garden therapy workshops at local assisted living facilities, decorates holiday wreathes for the town buildings and holds its annual plant sale in May. For more information about current programs and the club, visit northandovergardenclub.com or email email@example.com.


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Menezes secures Judo gold (From thisisoxfordshire)
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Brazil's Sarah Menezes beat defending Olympic champion Alina Dumitru of Romania to claim Olympic gold in the women's extra-lightweight under-48kg category at ExCeL.
Dumitru, set to retire after the London Games, had earlier seen off the challenge of two-time world silver medallist Tomoko Fukumi in the semi-final.
However, Menezes gradually got on top of what was a tight encounter, landing a crucial scoring throw with under a minute left and followed with another in the closing stages to secure the Olympic title.
Top seed Fukumi left empty-handed after she was beaten on golden score in the bronze-medal fight-off by Eva Csernoviczki of Hungary, who had been strangled unconscious during an earlier bout.
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''The Mysterious Stranger,'' Twain's last major work of fiction, was not published until after his death. In order to appreciate critical reactions to ''The Mysterious Stranger,'' it is important to understand the problems that have arisen regarding the manuscripts on which published versions of the story have been based. Upon his death, Twain left behind three different unpublished manuscripts of three different stories sharing a number of similarities. These manuscripts were entitled, ''The Chronicle of Young Satan,''''Schoolhouse Hill,'' and ''No. 44, The Mysterious Stranger.''
The first published version of a story entitled ''The Mysterious Stranger'' became available in 1916. However, during the 1960s, scholars came to the conclusion that this version of the story had been significantly tampered with by editors and was not true to Twain's intentions. The editors of this first version, which is now referred to as the ''Paine- Duneka text,'' were Albert Bigelow Paine and Frederick A. Duneka of Harper & Brothers publishing company. Paine and Duneka created this illegitimate text by grafting the ending of one story (''No. 44, The Mysterious Stranger'') onto the body of another story Twain had left unfinished (''The Chronicle of Young Satan''), editing out material which they deemed controversial, deleting about one quarter of Twain's words, altering and importing a character from one story into another, and adding several paragraphs of their own writing—all of which they combined into a story which they attributed to Twain without informing the public of the radical changes they had made to...
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EPA's Region 6 Office
Serving: Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, and 66 Tribal Nations
Industrial Activity
Storm Water Discharges Associated with Industrial Activity
40 C.F.R. 122.26(b)(14)
The term "Storm Water Discharges Associated with Industrial Activity", defined in federal regulations 40 CFR 122.26(b)(14)(i)-(xi), determined which industrial facilities are potentially subject to Phase I of the storm water program. If you are subject to the program you need to apply for a permit. The definition uses either SIC (Standard Industrial Classification) codes or narrative descriptions to characterize the activities. You are responsible for identifying your facility's SIC code. The definition's 11 categories ((i) - (xi)) are listed below. You should review these 11 categories and decide if your type of facility is described by any of them (either by SIC code or by narrative descriptions). Please note that categories iii, viii, and xi have special conditions, or exceptions (described below) which may make a facility NOT subject to the program, and therefore not required to apply, even though the facility's activity matches one of the SIC codes.
category (i)
Facilities subject to storm water effluent limitations guideline, new source performance standards, or toxic pollutant effluent standards under 40 CFR subchapter N (except facilities with toxic pollutant effluent standards which are exempted under category (xi)). These types of facilities include the following:
40 CFR Subchapter N ================================================= 405 Dairy products processing 406 Grain mills 407 Canned & preserved fruits & veg. processing * 408 Canned & preserved seafood processing 409 Beet, crystalline & liquid cane sugar refining 410 Textile mills 411 Cement manufacturing 412 Feedlots (use CAFO General Permit) 414 Organic Chemicals plastics and synthetic fibers 415 Inorganic chemical manufacturing * 417 Soap and detergent manufacturing 418 Fertilizer manufacturing 419 Petroleum refining 420 Iron and steel manufacturing 421 Nonferrous metal manufacturing 422 Phosphate manufacturing * 423 Steam electric power 424 Ferroalloy manufacturing * 425 Leather tanning and finishing 426 Glass manufacturing * 427 Asbestos manufacturing 428 Rubber manufacturing 429 Timber products processing 430 Pulp, paper, and paperboard * 431 Builder's paper and board mills 432 Meat products 433 Metal finishing 434 Coal Mining * 436 Mineral mining & processing * 439 Pharmaceutical manufacturing * 440 Ore mining & dressing * 443 Paving and roofing materials 446 Paint formulating 447 Ink formulating 455 Pesticide Chemicals * 458 Carbon Black manufacturing 461 Battery manufacturing 463 Plastics molding and forming 464 Metal molding and casting 465 Coil coating 466 Porcelain enameling 467 Aluminum forming 468 Copper forming * 469 Electrical & electronic component 471 Nonferrous metal forming & powders * some facilities in group do not have limits or standards, see 40 CFR subchapter N to verify.
category (ii)
SIC Code ======== 24 lumber and wood products (except 2434 wood kitchen cabinets, see (xi)) 26 paper & allied products (except 265 paperboard containers, 267 converted paper, see (xi)) 28 chemicals & allied products (except 283 drugs, see (xi)) 29 petroleum & coal products 311 leather tanning & finishing 32 stone, clay & glass production (except 323 products of purchased glass, see (xi)) 33 primary metal industry 3441 fabricated structural metal 373 ship and boat building and repair
category (iii) Mineral Industry
Facilities classified as SIC codes 10-14 including active or inactive mining operations (except for areas of coal mining operations no longer meeting the definition of a reclamation area under 40 CFR 434.11(1) because the performance bond issued to the facility by the appropriate SMCRA authority has been released, or areas of non-coal mining operations which have been released from applicable State or Federal reclamation requirements after December 17, 1990), and oil and gas exploration, production, processing, or treatment operations, or transmission facilities that discharge storm water contaminated by contact with or that has come into contact with, any overburden, raw material, intermediate products, finished products, byproducts or waste products located on the site of such operations (inactive mining operations are mining sites that are not being actively mined, but which have an identifiable owner/operator; inactive mining sites do not include sites where mining claims are being maintained prior to disturbances associated with the extraction, benefication, or processing of mined materials, nor sites where minimal activities are undertaken for the sole purpose of maintaining a mining claim).
SIC Code 10 metal mining (metallic mineral/ores) 12 coal mining 13 oil and gas extraction 14 non-metallic minerals except fuels
Oil and gas operations that discharge contaminated storm water at any time between November 16, 1987 and October 1, 1992, and that are currently not authorized by an NPDES permit, must apply for a permit. Operators of oil and gas exploration, production, processing, or treatment operations or transmission facilities, that are not required to submit a permit application as of October 1, 1992 in accordance with 40 CFR 122.26(c)(1)(iii), but that after October 1, 1992 have a discharge of a reportable quantity of oil or a hazardous substance (in a storm water discharge) for which notification is required pursuant to either 40 CFR 110.6, 117.21, or 302.6, must apply for a permit.
category (iv) Hazardous Waste
Hazardous waste treatment, storage, or disposal facilities including those that are operating under interim status or a permit under Subtitle C of RCRA.
category (v) Landfills
Landfills, land application sites, and open dumps that receive or have received any industrial waste (waste that is received from any of the facilities described under categories (i) - (xi)) including those that are subject to regulations under Subtitle D of RCRA.
category (vi)
Facilities involved in the recycling of materials, including metal scrap yards, battery reclaimers, salvage yards, and automobile junkyards, including but limited to those classified as SIC 5015 (used motor vehicle parts) and 5093 (scrap and waste materials).
category (vii) Steam Electric Plants
Steam electric power generating facilities, including coal handling sites.
category (viii) Transportation
Transportation facilities classified by the SIC codes listed below which have vehicle maintenance shops, equipment cleaning operations, or airport deicing operations. Only those portions of the facility that are either involved in vehicle maintenance (including vehicle rehabilitation, mechanical repairs, painting, fueling, and lubrication), equipment cleaning operations, airport deicing operations, or which are otherwise identified under categories (I)-(vii) or (ix)-(xi) are associated with industrial activity, and need permit coverage.
SIC Code 40 railroad transportation 41 local and interurban passenger transit 42 trucking & warehousing (except 4221-25, see (xi)) 43 US postal service 44 water transportation 45 transportation by air 5171 petroleum bulk stations and terminals
category (ix) Treatment Works
Treatment works treating domestic sewage or any other sewage sludge or wastewater treatment device or system, used in the storage, treatment, recycling, and reclamation of municipal or domestic sewage, including land dedicated to the disposal of sewage sludge that are located within the confines of the facility, with a design flow of 1.0 mgd or more, or required to have an approved pretreatment program under 40 CFR 403. Not included are farm lands, domestic gardens or lands used for sludge management where sludge is beneficially reused and which are not physically located in the confines of the facility, or areas that are in compliance with section 405 of the Clean Water Act.
category (x) Construction
Construction activity including clearing, grading and excavation activities except: operations that result in the disturbance of less than 5 acres of total land area which are not part of a larger common plan of development or sale.
The construction "operator" must apply for permit coverage under the General Storm Water Permit for Construction Activities. The "operator" is the party or parties that either individually or taken together meet the following two criteria: 1) they have operational control over the site specification; 2) they have the day-to-day operational control of those activities at the site necessary to ensure compliance. For a typical commercial construction site, the owner and general contractor must both apply. For a typical residential development, the developer and all builders must apply. Each builder must apply even if they individually disturb less than 5 acres if the overall development is 5 or more acres. Only one Pollution Prevention Plan is required per site even though there may be multiple parties.
category (xi) Light industry
Facilities classified by the following SIC codes:
SIC Code 20 food and kindred product 21 tobacco products 22 textile mill products 23 apparel and other textile product 2434 wood kitchen cabinets 25 furniture and fixtures 265 paperboard containers and boxes 267 miscellaneous converted paper products 27 printing and publishing 283 drugs 285 paints and allied products 30 rubber and miscellaneous plastic 31 leather and products (except 311) 323 products of purchased glass 34 fabricated metal products (except 3441) 35 industrial machinery and equipment 36 electronic and other electric equipment 37 transportation equipment (except 373) 38 instruments and related products 39 miscellaneous manufacturing 4221 farm product storage 4222 refrigerated storage 4225 general warehouse and storage
(and which are not otherwise included in categories (ii) - (x)) with storm water discharges from all areas (except access roads and rail lines) where material handling, equipment, or activities, raw materials, intermediate products, final products, waste materials, by-products, or industrial machinery are exposed to storm water. Material handling activities include the storage, loading and unloading, transportation, or conveyance of any raw material, intermediate produce, finished product, by-product, or waste product.
updated 04/30/97
Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) codes are in the process of being replaced by the newer North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). Until EPA modifies regulations referring to the newer NAICS system, the older SIC codes will continue to be utilitized.


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The local driver who killed an 11-year-old girl during a diabetic episode will spend four years in prison.
Kylie Hornych was killed April 4, 2013, when David Herman's car careened off of the road in an Aloha neighborhood and crashed into her family's house.
Prosecutors say normally, it's unusual to make someone criminally liable for a crash when they're dealing with a medical condition. However , in this case, they believe Herman was clearly reckless and mismanaged his healthcare.
"The frustrating thing for her family and the community is that this crash was completely avoidable, if the defendant only did what the doctor advised him too," said Senior Deputy District Attorney Bracken McKey.
"He made the decision to drive, and he made a decision that cost Kylie her life."
The family of Kylie Hornych filled the courtroom as the judge handed down the sentence. The group was holding photos of the 11-year-old and wearing green and purple, Kylie's favorite colors.
"I am in emotional prison," said Kylie's mother Kellie Hornych. "I hear her screams in my head, I worry what she saw that day and if she knew she didn't have time to avoid his car. I remember her screaming, I remember yelling to call 911, I remember it all. It's been 343 days since we've seen her, and today only closes one page in a lifelong book of grief."
Deputies say that Herman was having a diabetic episode at the time of the crash.
Her family says Kylie was getting ready to go to a science fair when Herman's car plowed through their yard and ran her down.
Herman, who worked at Liberty High School as a science teacher, claimed he was diligent about testing his blood sugar levels and taking his medications.
But, after further investigation, prosecutors found out he had a clear history of not controlling his diabetes.
"We found out days after this crash, the defendant went to his doctor with a head injury after he passed out because he was mis-managing his diabetes. Days later he passed out again at the Spirit Mountain Casino," said McKey.
McKey said Herman also lied to deputies about his driving history, including a 2007 crash where Herman hit a tree, narrowly avoided a jogger and totaled his car. McKey said that was caused by another diabetic episode.
"He was a loaded gun not treating himself, a loaded gun, that's why I consider him a murderer," said Daniel Hornych, Kylie's father. "He put every kid at risk, every time he drove for the last ten years."
"Life stopped the day I lost my angel Kylie. I am shocked, torn and tattered and will never ever be whole again without her," he added.
Herman listened as Kylie's family spoke about the hurt he's caused and then stood up in front of them, and apologized through tears.
"I don't expect forgiveness from Kylie's family for the death of their daughter. The loss of a child preceding his, or her parents, is a difficult thing," Herman said. "I can recall when my own brother died in a wreck at 21, and my poor parents were beside themselves with grief. What I can offer is my sincerest apology for the death of their daughter."
Herman accepted a plea deal in the case. Part of the agreement is the permanent revocation of his driver's license and post-prison supervision for three years.
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