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Overall Pick: 16
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Chosen by: Bullets Forever
C, Colorado State, Jr.
Mike from Bullets Forever selects Jason Smith for the Wizards, but not before negotiating a trade with details that make my head hurt. I'll let Mike explain.
The Wizards and Charlotte Bobcats are finalizing a trade that sends Brendan Haywood to the Bobcats for Othella Harrington and the 22nd overall pick.
Provided that deal is finalized (we both agreed on it, it just needs to be double-checked), the Wizards will trade the rights to the 22nd pick and the 47th pick to the New Jersey Nets for the rights to the 17th pick.
My understanding is that even though the same pick can't be traded twice on draft day, once the player is selected, he's fair game.
With that in mind, I might as well select 16, because the and let thechips fall where they may.
With the 16th pick in the SB Nation (and friends) NBA Mock Draft, the Washington Wizards select Jason Smith from Colorado State University.
The Wizards will likely be on the clock again, but for now, let's stop it until the first trade is finalized.
Brendan Haywood is not only stronger than Primoz Brezec, he could probably EAT Primoz Brezec like a 7' party sub. Further, now that he'll be a divisional rival with blood enemy Etan Thomas, they'll actually be ENCOURAGED to fight each other--and Haywood can start it by telling Thomas that his poetry has always sucked.
I love this game!
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Gov. Brown Begins Push For Prop. 30
Gov. Jerry Brown Warns Of Deep School Cuts If Measure Does Not Pass
Gov. Jerry Brown Wednesday kicked off his campaign to temporarily add a surcharge on the income taxes of those making at least $250,000 a year and raise the sales tax for everyone else.
» Sign Up For Breaking News Alerts» Like Us On Facebook» Follow Us On TwitterBrown's framing his push as a choice between lower taxes or higher funding for public education."It's whether the most privileged and blessed people in our state will pay 1, 2, or 3 percent more for seven years or we cut three weeks of school and take half a billion from our colleges. That's it," Brown said at a news conference outside New Technology High School in Sacramento.Proposition 30 would raise the state sales tax by a quarter cent for four years and raise taxes on incomes over $250,000 for seven years. The temporary tax increase could mean $6 billion for the state budget. Educators and students from a state school district surrounded Brown, talking about how $20 billion in budget cuts over the last few years have taken a toll on schools.Shannon Brown, the 2011 California Teacher of the Year, said, "Budget cuts have resulted in hundreds of layoff notices to teachers; dramatic increases in class size from kindergarten to third grade."Opponents of Prop. 30 are ready with a message of their own: How can you trust leaders to spend a new annual pot of $6 billion wisely?Opponents said it will be easy to defeat Brown's tax measure. They just have to point out the recent glaring examples of what they call "'financial mismanagement' of taxpayer money."Among the examples:-- despite a state budget still in crisis, the High Speed Rail Project got billions for the first 130-mile segment -- the state's Parks Department had $54 million hidden in two accounts for more than a decade, and an executive secretly offered vacation buyouts -- some lawmakers doled out pay raises up to 5 percent to staffersThe No on Proposition 30 campaign also points out the tax hikes don't fix what's fundamentally wrong with the state budget -- the lack of spending controls."Absent any real reforms, there's little likelihood that the budget will balanced over time, and there's a high likelihood that the temporary taxes will become permanent," said Joel Fox of the No on Proposition 30 campaign.California voters have rejected the last eight statewide tax measures.Voters will decide on Prop. 30 this November.

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Steve Martinez, 30, grew up in Post in a family with military roots and he realized he wanted to follow in their footsteps when he was just in middle school.
"My great-grandfather was in the military as well and he made several combat tours. It was just something ongoing with the family," said Martinez.
So on the day he turned 18, the young and eager Martinez made his own dream come true and enlisted.
His first deployment was to Iraq in March 2003 where he found himself in the heart of a brutal battle, the first invasion of An-Nasiriyah. They lost 18 soldiers in that battle and one of the casualties was Martinez' close friend and roommate, Lance Corporal Slocum.
Just a year later, Martinez was deployed to Iraq again and they took several casualties. According to Martinez, you are never prepared for this kind of loss until you are actually in battle experiencing it. But he chose to fight on and became a team leader, carrying the lives of other Marines on his shoulders.
"I told my team, anytime there was ever a grenade or anything, I would put myself in front of them to avoid them from getting injured. I told them I would be the one to jump on that grenade or take a round for one of them just so that they could come back to their families."
Although Martinez endured tremendous suffering during his two tours, he says if got a phone call today he would be there in a heartbeat.
In his own words, "I think my family would understand. They know that being a Marine meant everything to me."
On March 23, 2013, the 10th anniversary of the battle of An-Nasiriyah, Martinez will travel to Washington D.C. along with others who fought in that battle to remember and honor the ones they lost.
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That's why God made thrift stores. Spend half an hour or so wandering through the used-books section of one, and you're almost guaranteed to come away with a different perspective on the world. The handful of bargain books you gain in the process is only the icing on the cake. I was cruising a thrifty book section just last week, in fact, when a particular title caught my eye: "The Scholastic Dictionary of Idiots."
My initial hope was that this reference volume might help me keep track of who's doing what (or failing to do what) in the Alabama legislature this year, a task which many long-time legal aficionados agree is even trickier than usual. I know for sure that in my own lifetime I've never seen such an aggravation...uh, aggregation of office-holders who could come up with more dumb ideas in as short a period of time. But alas, when I put on my reading glasses I discovered this factual boon was not to be.
The second-hand book's actual title was "The Scholastic Dictionary of Idioms," which is for the most part (more on which, later) a whole different matter. Seeing as this reference volume contained the origin of more than 600 American figures of speech between two covers, though, I decided I'd risk a buck on it anyway. It's been a good educational investment. Among those 600 entries, there were bound to be a bunch that were self-explanatory. It doesn't exactly take a cultural historian to figure out "over the hill" and "par for the course." But there are dozens more good solid figure-of-speech puzzlers that the book's editor sheds like on.
Some of them uncomfortably so, like "pay through the nose." One theory is that in the 1600s a slang word for money was "rhino," which was originally the Greek word for "nose." But the more troubling possibility is that way back in the 9th century, the government of Denmark instituted a poll tax—not for all foreigners, just for us Irish. Those who didn't pay up were punished by, yep, removal of their nose or at least a portion thereof. Which sheds light for me, at least, on the natural phenomenon of why my Scots-Irish kin and I have developed extremely prosperous noses in the thousand years since. We can defy nameless authority and societal penalties multiple times over and not only retain a functional nose, but still have left over the traditional notion (nose-shun) of a journalist's genetic "nose for news."
If that's not a case for nasal evolution, I've never seen one.
But back to the business at hand, a highlight of the "Dictionary of Idioms" for me was the source of the popular figure of speech "every Tom, Dick, and Harry." I had always assumed this was a spontaneous wisecrack by some populist newspaper columnist like Mike Royko or, even earlier, Ring Lardner, Jr. But, nope.
The Idiom Dictionary assures me that the great William Shakespeare coined this comparison for a play sometime around the year 1600 or so. Except that Shakespeare's line was "every Tom, Dick, or Francis," apparently made from the most common first names of Will's era. A couple of centuries later, some commentator loved that idiom but updated it with the fact that "Harry" was a far more common name than "Francis".
Therefore, "every Tom, Dick, or Harry."
So. It seems that idioms evolve. Idiots, not quite so much.
Take Shakespeare, for example. In recent years, a political statistician submitted the outrageous idea that if somebody threw darts at a phonebook, the resulting participants would have more education, sense of reason, and political vision than the corresponding folks who had campaigned for election and won.
This year's conglomeration of such in Montgomery, which bears no resemblance to the folks I spent years interviewing when I was an actual journalist, is an entirely different animal — for better or worse, mostly the latter.
Makes sense to me. Let's say we pick Tom, Dick, and Harry for the state legislature. Then, Tommie, Richie, and Harriet for societal balance. Add Francis and Frances, and we're covered. Otherwise, we're back to the beginning. And sometimes that's not a bad place to be. Because theoretically, a break from the routine is what a vacation is all about.
I hope to be home and see y'all soon.
Dale Short is a native of Walker County. His columns, photos, and radio features are available on his website, carrolldaleshort.com. His weekly radio program "Music from Home" airs each Sunday at 6 pm on Oldies 101.5 FM, streams live online at www.oldies1015fm.com, and is archived afterward on his website.


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ROCHESTER, Minn. (KTTC) -- It hit the airwaves in January, sat in the Legislature for months and reached the Governor's desk in May.
Now it's here in Rochester, and it's growing.
"It's probably one of the single biggest projects that has ever been done in the state of Minnesota," said City Council representative and DMCC Board member Ed Hruska.
It's a lot of jobs.
It's a lot of money.
And it's a lot of change.
"Some are saying there is no other place in the United States that has had anything that big at one time," said Mayor Ardell Brede, who also sits on the DMCC board.
For people in Rochester who have been paying attention the past 20 years -- it's not new.
"It's really nothing different in my mind than what's been going on for the past 20 or 30 years." said County Board Chair and DMCC Board member Jim Bier.
"I think the plan just adds some focus to the things we've already been doing," said City Council President Randy Staver
It's true.
The level of spending expected in DMC is not that different from what spending has looked like over the last 20 or so years.
"But the infrastructure needs are so big now that we need some help, and we need that lift from the state to help support the enterprise that the Mayo Clinic has become," Bier said.
In the last twenty years, the Gonda Building has risen from a hole in the ground.
"Roc. 52" -- the rebuilding of U.S. 52 -- has transformed transportation.
Private development has made a new skyline.
"Nobody can predict the future, said Lisa Clarke, Mayo Clinic's DMC Administrator. "Nobody knows what the economic forecast will be. But what we want to do is secure our future, secure Rochester's future in the state of Minnesota for growth and for success."
But what does that mean?
And how does that happen?
It's a complicated process, and everyone we interviewed -- they all know the gritty details, but they're paid to do that. They've been elected to do that.
And even they are still just figuring it out.
"We don't have anything to base what we're doing on," Hruska said. This is the first time something of this nature has really happened for a city."
There is a lot we do know, though. So, let's go back to basics, and start with the alphabet soup.
It stands for Destination Medical Center -- it can mean the law, the process and the desired result.
"We're going to create an experience in Rochester for patients, for visitors, for community members, for residents," Clarke said.
Then there's the DMCC Board or the Destination Medical Center Corporation Board.
Those people will make the big decisions. They say yes or no to projects that get state dollars.
"We have the leadership, and kind of give direction and make decisions on the big piece of the puzzle," Hruska said.
Finally the EDA, the Economic Development Agency. Those people will take ideas and make them happen.
They will bring the other big business into Rochester.
"It will work with lots of consultants" Clarke said. "It will work with the community. It will work with the city. It will work with the state. It will work with Mayo Clinic. It will work with the county."
It's those two groups, the DMCC Board and the EDA, along with the city, state, county, clinic and people, that will take those first three letters and give DMC a real, concrete meaning -- a result.
"Our only limitation will be our own creativity and imagination," said Mayor Brede.
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The Giants on Monday announced that OLG Kevin Boothe has re-signed after spending time on the free-agent market.
New York Giants: 2013 team needs
We highlight the top three needs on offense and defense for the New York Giants, and take a look back at their 2012 draft class.
Giants re-sign OT Beatty
The Giants signed OT Will Beatty to a five-year deal, the team announced Wednesday.
Giants owner's nephew arrested in Conn.
The nephew of Giants owner John Mara has been charged with felony assault in Connecticut.
Reese: Giants' Tuck wants to regain form
Giants GM Jerry Reese has spoken to DE Justin Tuck about him regaining his form of two seasons ago.
Lattimore hopes to inspire during incredible comeback
South Carolina RB Marcus Lattimore isn't letting a gruesome knee injury slow him down en route to his path to the NFL.
Giants re-sign DT Rogers
The Giants re-signed DT Shaun Rogers on Thursday, the team announced.
Giants release RB Bradshaw, DT Canty
The Giants released RB Ahmad Bradshaw and DT Chris Canty on Wednesday, the team confirmed.
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Eli Manning added to NFC Pro Bowl roster
Giants QB Eli Manning will replace Green Bay's Aaron Rodgers on the NFC roster for the Pro Bowl.
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The Giants' pass rush fell way off this season, which could lead them to seek more DE help from the draft.
Panthers name Gettleman general manager
The Panthers announced Wednesday that Dave Gettleman has been hired as general manager.
Expanding the playoffs a bad idea
Expanded playoffs? Bad idea if the wild-card games were a clue. Plus, how Leslie Frazier and Mike Shanahan handled QB decisions.
NFC East Spin cycle: Redskins claim first division title since 1999
The Redskins are in the playoffs and everyone else is home for the rest of the holidays. Surprised? So are we.
The New York Giants have placed a first-round tender on Cruz, allowing the wide receiver to enter restricted free agency. Team owner John Mara says Monday that the Giants will risk having Cruz agree to a contract with another club. New York has the right to match any offer, and if the Giants allow him to leave, they will get a first-round draft choice as compensation.||||||| The tender is worth $2.879 million for 2012 for Cruz, who has not made half of that in his three pro seasons. But Cruz believes he can earn more on the open market. Cruz has become one of the most popular athletes in the New York area with his salsa dances after touchdowns. He has 168 receptions for 2,628 yards and 19 touchdowns. He made the 2012 Pro Bowl and is considered one of the league's best slot receivers.
Cruz had three catches for 21 yards in Sunday's 33-14 loss to the Ravens.||||||| Cruz had his second straight three-reception effort as the Giants' passing attack has floundered the last two weeks.
Cruz hauled in eight catches for 121 yards and a touchdown during Sunday's 52-27 win over New Orleans.||||||| With 76 receptions, Cruz is all but certain to surpass his career high of 82 set last season. He doesn't have a great matchup in Week 15 against an Atlanta Falcons defense that's allowed just 13 passing touchdowns - tied for the third-fewest in the league.
Cruz caught seven passes for 131 yards, including the game-winning 78-yard touchdown from Eli Manning in the Giants' 27-23 win over the Redskins on Sunday.||||||| Cruz's touchdown catch was his seventh of the season, tying him with Cincinnati's A.J. Green and Green Bay's James Jones for the most in the NFL.
Cruz set a career best with three TD catches from Eli Manning on Sunday.||||||| Cruz, who only had 50 yards receiving, has recorded four of his five TDs in the last two games.


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Parrish Mayor Cedric Ramsey and council members William Smith, Jackie Shanklin and Alice McBee voted unanimously to officially hire and set the pay of police dispatcher Landon Harbin to that of patrol officer.
Ramsey said Harbin has recently graduated from the Alabama A-Post Police Academy in Tuscaloosa in the top five of his class, and the town council was honored to have him as an officer.
"Landon has been a dispatcher for the town of Parrish Police Department for a long time, and we're proud to now have him as one of our patrol officers," Ramsey said. "I know he will do a fine job."
The council held a special pinning ceremony during Tuesday's meeting to commemorate the occasion.
The council also had a surprise for the mayor during the meeting when they presented him with a special flag of the United States and its accompanying framed certificate sent by Congressman Robert Aderholt (R-Ala.) to congratulate Ramsey on becoming the town's first African-American mayor.
Prior to the surprise, Ramsey had made a comment on the fact that so many of his family was in attendance at Tuesday's council meeting.
Ramsey's wife and parents joined him as Parrish Police Chief Roderick McMonico read the certificate aloud and presented Ramsey with the flag and certificate, which read as follows:
This is to certify that the accompanying flag was flown over the United States Capitol on Aug. 2, 2013.
At the request of the Honorable Robert B. Aderholt, member of Congress, this flag was flown in honor of Mayor Cedric Ramsey of Parrish, Alabama, to congratulate him on his appointment and to honor him as the first African-American Mayor of the city of Parrish.
In other business, the council also heard from the town's department heads, including Parrish Fire Chief Randy Phillip, who informed the mayor and council that the Parrish Fire Department was graded by the Insurance Service Organization (ISO) earlier this month, but he still didn't have the report informing him of the exact rating the department received.
"I would also like to inform the council and mayor that we (the fire department) will also be asking the members of the Parrish Water Board to consider adding an additional $3 to each of the water bills to help fund firefighting operations for the town of Parrish," Phillip said. "I know a lot of folks are probably not going to like that, but we're hurting for money to keep our fire department running and to purchase the necessary equipment and firefighting gear we need each time we respond to a call."
Phillip said the fire department needs to upgrade some equipment and purchase some new gear but currently doesn't have the funding to do so.
"We need to improve our department so we can improve our ISO ratings, because the better ISO ratings we get, the lower the homeowners insurance will be for the folks in our town," Phillip said. "But, improving our department takes money and if we don't get some soon, we're probably going to have to shut our doors."


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This month is the first anniversary of trumpet player Alex van Heerden's sudden passing last January. When he died he was recording music with a band of farm workers, the Delta Optel Vastrap Band (that's them above). As I noted at the time, I was a big fan of Van Heerden's style of playing–the way
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Cinderella Dani Harmer shows her Buttons, Joe Tracini, a few moves during rehearsals at the Barbican Centre. Looking on are the rest of the cast, from left, Iestyn Arwel, Joe Swash, Olly Taylor, Steve King, Marjorie Keys and James Watt.
STRICTLY star Dani Harmer has been through a frenetic week as she prepares for both York Barbican's Christmas panto and tonight's semi-final of TV's hit dance show.
The former Tracy Beaker actress has been dividing her days between acting rehearsals each morning for Cinderella and dance rehearsals each afternoon and evening with partner Vincent Simone.
To make matters even more demanding, she has had to prepare for not one but two routines on Strictly Come Dancing, as she tries to get through to the final next Saturday.
But Paul Leno, one of the panto's producers, said she had never complained once, despite the dance rehearsals going on as late as 11pm.
He said: "She has been an absolute diamond. She has never whinged. She has just turned up to the panto rehearsals on time and got on with it. She is an absolute trouper."
He said Vincent had come up to York for the week so that Dani did not face the impossible task of returning to London each day.
In the panto, Dani is acting alongside I'm A Celebrity's King of the Jungle Joe Swash and Hollyoaks' Joe Tracini.
In Strictly, she has successfully competed against the likes of Olympic cyclist Victoria Pendleton, Nicky Byrne and Michael Vaughan and competes in the semi against Denise Van Outen, Lisa Riley, Louis Smith and Kimberley Walsh.
Mr Leno said rehearsal arrangements for next week would depend on whether Dani gets through to the Strictly final, which he suspected would happen.
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Obviously when she agreed to do Strictly she had no way of telling how long she would be in the show,could have been voted off first week.
I think it shows great commitment, still travelling to York to do Panto and train for Strictly,therefore letting no one down!
Well done and don't believe all York people are miserable we certainly are not!
Merry Christmas
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Well done for showing commitment and hope both go well.
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Chances are if you walk into a church service these days, before you leave you'll hear or sing a Chris Tomlin song. Those in the industry estimate that almost a third, 3 out of ten, worship songs played in churches carry a Chris Tomlin credit.
It is a ministry with roots buried deep in the heart of East Texas.
This summer Chris Tomlin came home, to Grand Saline for a concert for the hometown folks. It is here, Tomlin says he knows God began to work in his life.
"I had such good friends," remembers Tomlin. "I was close to the school. I loved sports. I loved being active. I was just like any normal kid. It's the people I remember most about this town. Wonderful people. People at my church. Who...I really had this heart for music and loved it and I was terrible but they would still have me come up and sing at church and do something at church. The were always so welcoming and encouraging and I felt gift God were giving me and I really loved that."
As a young teen, Chris said he knew God had called him to a ministry. He just wasn't sure what. Singing was his passion, but it was hard to believe what God had in store for a "scrawny" kid from Grand Saline.
"I was a pretty normal kid. I wasn't...I was on the basketball team, the baseball team tennis...whatever I could play. We were always powerhouses in football and I was just to scrawny to play." remembers Tomlin. "I was a real normal kid in my school. But I just had these dreams deep down inside. I knew were from God. I didn't know how but I knew God had placed them in me. I really didn't know where it would take me but its been amazing to look back over these years and go wow I can really look back and say God did this because it wasn't my plan it wasn't..I didn't have a good enough plan for this. But really He has done it."
Chris would go from Grand Saline to Tyler to attend classes at TJC. From there it was on to Texas A&M. When college was done, it was time to trust those plans he says he knew God had for his life.
"It was really a big step of faith for me cause I didn't know how it was going to work. But I knew He had given me a gift. I had started sensing God had given me a gift to connect with people. It was more than just playing music and somewhere it turned it was more than just songs it was I felt God giving me a gift to write songs for people to sing to Him. I really didn't know what worship music was, I didn't know what worship leader was, I didn't know those words, I didn't know what that was about. I just knew I wanted to write songs and give a voice to people to sing and worship God," said Tomlin.>
At this years GMA Awards, the Grammy for Christian music, Chris was nominated a for nine different awards. For the second year in a row he was named Artist and Male Vocalist of the year.
He sells out shows around the world and his records are among the most popular in contemporary Christian music.
But when he begins to consider his success and the trappings that could bring, Chris says he remembers his time in East Texas and how here in the piney woods that he discovered God's plan for his life.
"People are always like what keeps you humble what keeps you in place and I think. I am so thankful for where I grew up because it really is such a grounding place. I think I have such a good perspective on life and what is real and what really matters in life because I know all those things come and go. You might be cool one minute and not the next but I understand that. Just where I come from, this East Texas area, just really good roots, really deep roots. I think its allowed me to stay exactly who I am all my life, inside. My hair may change, my clothes may change but who I am has been pretty much the same because I have such good roots here," says Tomlin.
"Its been a good process you know but it was definitely small steps, small steps along the way. Its really great to look back honestly and say you know it wasn't because I had a really great plan but it because I was trying to follow God and be as faithful as I could."
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Reported: Feb. 20, 2014 10:02 AM EST
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (Jeff Morris) – West Virginia lawmakers are weighing a bill that would change the renewal cycle for driver's licenses from five to eight years.
Senate Bill 431 also would allow the commissioner of the state Division of Motor Vehicles to provide a program for the online renewal of driver's licenses, according to a copy of the bill introduced by Sen. Robert Beach, D-Monongalia.
Under the proposed bill, the commissioner could establish a program providing electronic renewal notices and an electronic web-based renewal process. The bill specifies that the process could include "electronic vision screening verification or waiver subject to processes and restrictions the commissioner considers necessary for highway safety, secure processing and identity verification." Applicants would be required under the online program to have their digital photo updated at least once every 16 years.
The legislation was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and then to the Committee on Finance.
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Item - XI b
Library Board of Trustee Meeting
April 18, 2013
To: Library Board of Trustees Messenger Public Library
From: G. Kevin Davis, Library Administrator
RE.: Approval of Participation in the RAILS Library System Non-Resident Library Card Program FY 2014 (June 1, 2013 to May 32, 2014)
In Illinois, people living outside the service area of a public library are considered non-residents. Non-residents are eligible to purchase a library card from the public library under certain conditions. The sale of a library card to a non-resident is covered by the Illinois Statutes, 75 ILDS 5/4-7(12) and 75 ILDS 16/30-55.60 specifically. In early 2002, the Statute was changed to include reciprocal borrowing and to indicate where the non-resident was to purchase the card.
Public Library Non-Resident Card Participation
The Library Board of each Illinois public library is required by Illinois law* to take action annually regarding the library's participation in the state's non-resident fee program, and to inform the regional library system about the board's action within 30 days.
For the complete statute, visit: http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ilcs/ilcs.asp and see Chapter 75, Libraries.
*Illinois Administrative Code
a) The public library board of trustees shall annually take action to decide whether to issue non-resident library cards during the ensuing 12 months. At that time, the non-resident library card fee formula and fee, if applicable, to be used will be determined and adopted.
b) The public library board of trustees shall notify the regional library system within 30 days of the action taken and effective dates and fee formula as determined in this Part.
c) The participating public library shall continue to honor the non-resident library cards issued by the library for the full term of purchase.
d) Participating public libraries shall cooperate with other participating area public libraries and the regional library system and adjacent regional library systems to determine the appropriate
non-resident service areas as stated in Section 3050.25 of this Part.
e) Nothing in this Part requires a public library to participate in the non-resident library card reciprocal borrowing program of a regional library system. Non-participation in the non-resident library card program does not preclude a public library from applying for and receiving grant funds from the Illinois State Library as long as the public library complies with requirements of the specific grant program.
c) The regional library systems shall maintain an up-to-date list on their Internet sites of participating and non-participating public libraries and the effective dates of the 12 month period. This list shall also be available in print upon request and available for public inspection at the regional library system headquarters.
Messenger Public Library of North Aurora
Illinois State Library Systems Non-Resident Library Card Program
Card Fee Calculation Policy and Procedure
Fiscal Year June 1, 2013 to May 31, 2014
Non-residents who reside outside the Messenger Public Library service area and not within the boundaries of any other public library service area may apply for a non-resident library card.
The annual fee for a card is calculated using the tax bill method per Illinois State Statutes and the Illinois Administrative Code.
A non-resident's Property Tax Bill is used to calculate the Library Card Fee. The EAV (Equalized Assessed Value is 1/3 of the value of the property) is used to calculate the Non Resident Library Card Fee. The EAV of the property is located on the Kane County Real Estate Tax Bill. Patron needs to bring their copy of this tax bill.
Library Card Formula to Calculate Fee
For Non-Resident Property Owners
(Based on EAV of property):
[EAV] X [*Libraries Current Tax Rate] = Non-Resident Library Card Annual Fee
(*=June 1st 2013 to May 31, 2014 Property Tax Rate is 0.329670
The "Equalized Assessed Value (EAV)" of property is $ 32,261.00
The fee would be:
$32,261.00 x 0.329670 (or 0.00329670) = $ 106.00 (Round the Number Up)
This person would pay a fee of $ 106.00 to obtain a valid Messenger Public Library of North Aurora card valid for one year from the date it is issued.
Library Card Formula to Calculate Fee
for Non-Resident Renters
(Based on 15% of Annual Rent):
(Annual Rent] x 15%) X [*Libraries Current Tax Rate] =
Non-Resident Renter's Annual Fee
For example;
Annual rent is $7800.00 (if patron is paying a monthly rent of $650.00
The fee would be ( $7,800.00 x .15 ) x 0.329670 (or 0.00329670) = $ 39.00
(Round the Number Up)
This person will pay $ 39.00 to obtain a Messenger Public Library of North Aurora card valid for one year from the date it is issued.


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Military Science Level IV Cadet Margaret Troxell, a senior at King's College, was selected as the Royal Warrior Battalion's 2013 George C. Marshall Award winner.
Each year, each of the Army ROTC programs in the country nominate one senior Cadet to receive the Marshall Award and take part in a four-day conference held each April on the campus of the Virginia Military Institute located in Lexington, Virginia. Only 270 Cadets are selected to attend the conference from among more than 30,000 students enrolled in Military Science Courses.
The Royal Warrior Battalion is comprised of the ROTC programs at King's, the University of Scranton, Wilkes University, Marywood University, East Stroudsburg University, Keystone College, Baptist Bible College, and Lackawanna College.
The Marshall Award is given in honor of the former soldier and statesman who was a graduate of the Virginia Military Institute. Cadets have the opportunity to hear from and engage with senior leadership from the U.S. Army, Department of Defense and the U.S. State Department during the course of the conference. Additionally, Cadets engage in a serious of small group discuss on leadership issues at the strategic, operational and tactical level.
Cadet Troxell is a graduate of the Leader Development and Assessment Course held at Joint Base Lewis-McChord. She is a Distinguished Military Graduate and has successfully completed Project GO – foreign language programs in both Arabic and Hausa. Upon her commissioning in May, Cadet Troxell will serve on Active Duty as a Military Intelligence Officer.
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After a dramatic entrance and a perfect eighth inning, Yankees closer Mariano Rivera was awarded the 2013 All-Star Game MVP.
This award obviously comes as a bit of a gift to Rivera, the All-Star Game staple, in his final one.
Rivera retired Jean Segura, Allen Craig and Carlos Gomez, pitching the eighth because American League manager Jim Leyland feared a scenario in which the game did not have a bottom of the ninth, and he wanted to ensure Rivera this special moment:
In a game where there really wasn't a standout player or candidate for the MVP, one can't complain about the decision to name Rivera the MVP. For a game that doesn't truly matter, it's difficult to get worked up over the selection of the MVP in any case.
After all, when one remembers the 2013 All-Star Game, they will think of Rivera. This is likely the reason why he was chosen as the game's MVP.
More from SB Nation:
• American League wins, 3-0 | Mo Rivera named MVP
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Just restored my Hydraulic pump on my 350 utility.Funny, the pump is worth more than the tractor. Restored the ignition unit.Powder coated everything.Looks awesome.My original Tachometer drive teeth were sheared.The tachometer rusted. Jammed and sheared the plastic drive.Numbers don't jive with Case/IH, C&G. Jamie @ JP has none.Anybody know where I can get r done...............Bob
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1957 IH350u
You are speaking of the drive(gear)that fits just under the distributer ? I bought a new one from my C/IH dealer. Haven't tried it yet but so far he's never been wrong, knows his IH tractors & parts. The number is 369695R91. Try this # at your dealer.
Red Ned, Just seen your post today, 9/14/05 Give Bates Corp. a call & ask for B.J I had them overhaul/restore an cub tachometer for me, cost me a round $125.00 not a bad price considering you can't find them any more & they have tach cables available, I think there web site is http://www.batescorp.com or you could do an google search for Bates Corp. I hope this will help you out. Dave F.
Thanks Dave F.
I have used Bates before.Will check it out. Dave 1" Yes thats the one for the distributer.Case/IH gave me the old "NLA".Thanks to both you Gents.I just ordered the instrument cluster for the utility from OEM tractor parts.I have a new tachometer.but I have no plastic drive.Is that a universal drive for the M and H and so on. If I can't find one I will have to search the junk yards.
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1957 IH350u
Got it today! C/NH had it.Sometimes it pays to check over your numbers. Old age settling in.Need glasses now to see numbers on sockets.My Dad always said it was tough to get old.Never did listen to him.Once again he's right. My son does the same to me. Apple don't fall to far from the tree.
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Green Bay Packers
B.J. Raji - #90 - DT
|6' 2"/ 337 lbs.
|Washington Township, NJ
|Boston College
|Years played
|2009, 1st round, 9th pick by Packers
Look for Packers to re-up with Raji sooner than later
In addition to Aaron Rodgers and Clay Matthews, we hear the Packers plan on making NT B.J.Raji a re-signing priority.
Scout's Notebook: Packers NT B.J. Raji
PFW talent evaluator Nolan Nawrocki breaks down the strengths and weaknesses of overrated Packers NT B.J. Raji.
They said it: Packers Pro Bowl edition
In this week's edition of the "Packers They Said it," PFW presents reactions from Packers players named to this year's Pro Bowl courtesy of the team's media-relation department:
Raiders-Packers matchup of the day: Wednesday
PFW executive editor and resident Packers expert Dan Arkush presents the second of five key matchups in the Packers' Week 14 game against the Raiders Sunday.
They said it: Packers Week 12 edition
What follows are some noteworthy quotes from Packers players and coaches worth pondering in advance of Green Bay's Week 12 game at Detroit on Thanksgiving Day.
Packers' weapons just keep on coming
Facing their third game in 11 days vs. division-rival Detroit, the Packers continue to enjoy a major edge with so many scoring weapons at their disposal.
Buccaneers-Packers matchup of the day: Wednesday
PFW executive editor and resident Packers expert Dan Arkush presents the second of five key matchups in the Packers' Week 11 game against the Buccaneers.
Jenkins' exit delivers double whammy to Packers' pass rush
It's pretty simple. The loss of one of the league's most accomplished inside pass rushers in Cullen Jenkins has weakened the Packers' pass rush — in more ways than one.
Vikings-Packers prediction
Christian West gives his prediction for Sunday's NFC North battle between the Packers and the Vikings.
They said it: Packers Week Six edition
PFW delivers a handful of noteworthy quotes from Packers players and coaches leading up to the team's Week Six game this Sunday at Lambeau Field against the Rams.
Packers claim Falcons play dirty
Following their 25-14 victory over the Falcons, several Packers players complained that Atlanta was playing unfairly in the form of unnecessary cheap shots.
Packers-Panthers matchup of the day: Wednesday
PFW executive editor and resident Packers expert Dan Arkush presents the second of five key matchups this week in advance of the Packers' Week Two game against the Panthers at Carolina Sunday.
Packers positional analysis: Defensive linemen
In the sixth in a series of position-by-position looks at the Packers' personnel entering the 2011 offseason, we analyze Green Bay's D-line situation.
Packers-Steelers matchup of the day: Monday
PFW breaks down the matchup between Packers NT B.J. Raji and the Steelers' interior offensive linemen in the first of six Super Bowl matchups.
Packers-Eagles matchup of the day: Thursday
PFW executive editor and resident Packers expert Dan Arkush presents the third of five key matchups this week in advance of the Packers' wild-card game against the Eagles in Philadelphia this coming Sunday afternoon:
According to the Green Bay Press Gazette, Raji returned to practice Thursday and may return this week after missing the past two games because of an ankle injury.||||||| Raji was injured in the Packers' upset loss to the Colts.
Raji's regular-season debut will be delayed another week after the Packers made the defensive lineman inactive for their home game against Cincinnati on Sunday.||||||| Raji injured his ankle in the Packers' final preseason game and missed their season-opening victory against Chicago last Sunday. He was taken with the ninth overall pick out of Boston College.
Raji sprained his ankle after having three tackles and a sack Thursday against Tennessee. Coach Mike McCarthy said they would know more Friday but was hopeful the injury wasn't serious.||||||| The Packers are hoping for the best. "I don't have anything to believe that it's not serious," coach Mike McCarthy said.
The Packers have signed first-round draft pick Raji, ending his nearly two-week training camp holdout. General manager Ted Thompson did not disclose terms Friday.||||||| Citing two NFL sources it did not identify, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported Raji signed a five-year, $28.5 million deal that included just under $18 million in guaranteed money. Raji, a former Boston College defensive tackle, was drafted ninth overall and is expected to start at defensive end for the Packers. His holdout was the longest involving a Packers draft pick since offensive lineman Ross Verba missed 22 days of training camp in 1997.


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ALEXANDRIA, LA.- Studies show childhood obesity is a serious epidemic in America, especially among young children. So, a couple of organizations here at home are doing their part to help promote the message of healthy living.
And to do it, they're getting their hands a little dirty.
For Lori Garton, it's all about the garden. The Good Food Project's organic garden that is. Since it's opening in September, their goal is to not only provide fresh food for the food bank, but to also spread the word about the benefits of organic gardening, especially to the kids.
"The way it is now, there's not a lot of kids that know where their food comes from. You could show them a vegetable and they might not recognize it," says Garton.
Donations for this garden and its plan worked so well, that another group has stepped forward to give money, and help turn empty spaces into gardens.
It all stems from one of the goals of the Rapides Foundation, which is giving The Good Food Project a $25,000 grant to encourage healthy living. And The Good Food Project is going to help nurture that message at gardens at the Hope House, the YMCA and the Boys and Girls Club.
"It will make available fresh fruits and vegetables. There is the physical activity from doing the gardening itself, and also just to educate and hopefully encourage the children they serve to eat healthier, more fruits and vegetables," says Joe Rosier of the Rapides Foundation.
At the Boys and Girls Club of CenLa, both the kids and the adults are excited about the vegetables, and the ideas that will be harvested in their new garden.
"I believe that we can do hands on learning. Math skills, science with the composting, so I'm really excited. This is one of my pet projects, so I'm really excited about the gardening initiative," says Dominic Bradford of the Boys and Girls Club.
The idea is just beginning to sprout, but with a little green and a lot of TLC, The Good Food Project is well on its way to growing into full-bloom.
"Instead of dreaming about gardens in the future, we can do it right now," adds Garton.
The Good Food Project says that sites have been selected at all three locations. They hope to break ground within a week.


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Week of 9/30/13
Sea Level Rise Accelerating For US East Coast --- fastest rise in the world
(Investor Village, Sept. 25, 2013)
This summer the North Carolina Senate passed a bill banning researchers from reporting predicted increases in the rate of sea level rise. But the ocean, unbound by legislation, is rising anyway - and in North Carolina this rise is accelerating, researchers reported here yesterday (Nov. 6) at the annual meeting of the Geological Society of America.
On the coast of North Carolina and at other so-called "hotspots" along the U.S. East Coast, sea levels are rising about three times more quickly on average than they are globally, researchers reported during a session devoted to sea level rise.
That's the fastest rise in the world.
"What we're seeing here is unique," said Asbury Sallenger, an oceanographer at the U.S. Geological Survey in St. Petersburg, Fla.
And this rise is accelerating, said Tal Ezer, a researcher at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Va.
His colleague, Larry Atkinson, said computer models suggest that if this acceleration continues at the same pace, the rise along the East Coast - from North Carolina to Massachusetts - could be 5.3 feet (1.6 meters) by 2100.
Sea levels on this stretch of land have climbed as much as 1.5 inches (3.7 centimeters) per decade since 1980, while globally they've risen up to 0.4 inches (1.0 cm) per decade, according to a study by Sallenger published in June.
Why is the rise accelerating? Researchers said it's due in part to the sinking of land in the mid-Atlantic, a process called subsidence.
Also, warming oceans have decreased the flow rate of the Gulf Stream, a current that ferries warm water from the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico northeast across the Atlantic.
With a less intense Gulf Stream, water is backed up toward the shore, causing sea level rise.
Differences in coastal geography, temperature and salinity (salt content) cause different rates of rise along the East Coast, Atkinson said. (More)
University of Maryland Leads New National Center for Strategic Transportation Policies, Investments, and Decisions
(Hal Eisner/PR Newswire, Sept. 27, 2013)
The University of Maryland was selected in a national competition to lead a two-year, $11.3 million new National Center for Strategic Transportation Policies, Investments and Decisions. The University of Maryland consortium includes Arizona State University (ASU), Louisiana State University (LSU), Morgan State University (MSU), North Carolina State University (NCSU), Old Dominion University (ODU), and the University of New Orleans (UNO).
The University of Maryland National Center for Strategic Transportation Policies, Investments and Decisions (NCSTPID) is one of only five National Centers that were selected in this nationwide competition and the only one with a focus on the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) strategic goal of "Economic Competitiveness."
The theme of the TPID Center will be "Strategic Transportation Policies, Investments and Decisions for Economic Competitiveness." The Center will conduct research and provide education and technology transfer related to this theme, and will directly support the U.S. DOT's strategic goal of economic competitiveness with consideration for other relevant strategic goals, such as safety and environmental sustainability.
"With the growing volume of traffic, an aging infrastructure and a need for smarter, more seamless movement of freight, this new UMD-led center will offer informed guidance on how best to invest precious transportation dollars," says University of Maryland President Wallace Loh. "I am very proud that our engineering expertise and leadership has been recognized in this tangible way."
The expected total funding level for the first two years for this center will be around $11.3 million, of which about $5.65 million are federal and the rest is matching funds. The University of Maryland Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Transportation Program has a distinguished history in transportation research and education, and the NCSTPID award is a recognition of the contributions of the program's faculty to the state-of-the-art in transportation research and education. (More)
Norfolk school aims for investment in early education
(Delayed Quotes/The Virginian-Pilot, Sept. 29, 2013)
A new early childhood center planned in the Park Place neighborhood looks, from an architect's rendering, like a typical school. But when it opens next fall, it will be tasked with the unusual mission of educating policymakers as well as children.
A product of Elevate Early Education, a statewide advocacy group, the E3 School is part of an effort to grow public investment in preschool.
President Barack Obama is pushing for universal preschool and, closer to home, Norfolk school officials are working to expand the division's pre-K offerings.
The new school's advocates hope more comprehensive research will help build a case for additional support. The 12,000-square-foot center -- funded by $10 million in philanthropic support, mostly from private donors -- aims to serve about 100 kids and employ 26 teachers and staff.
Lisa Howard, Elevate Early Education's president, also served as president of Smart Beginnings South Hampton Roads, a successful nonprofit that worked to improve child care. As part of the E3 school, Howard wants to partner with Norfolk Public Schools to track how students enrolled in the pre-K program do over time. The results, she said, will prove "investment in early childhood education is the best investment in our education system."
It's easy to find critics of some early childhood programs like Head Start, but the National Institute for Early Education Research wrote that pre-K does produce "substantial long-term gains" for students enrolled in high-quality programs.
Faculty members at Old Dominion University also are researching the issue through the newly launched Virginia Early Childhood Policy Center, a program organizers say is the only one of its kind in the state.
The policy center is compiling existing information on early childhood programs and services in a report that can be shared with educators and legislators.
Right now the availability of information on early learning programs varies, making it hard to measure Virginia's offerings and effectiveness, said Peter Baker, one of the center's directors.
Over the years conversations about early childhood have changed, said Angela Eckhoff, the policy center's other director. There's no longer much debate over whether kids should go to preschool. Now it's all about quality and access. (More)
Are Entrepreneurs Born or Made?
(Entrepreneur, Sept. 19, 2013)
It's an age-old question: Are entrepreneurs a special breed, born into this world with a drive and need to succeed that most of humanity lacks, or can they can be created through education, experience and mentorship? We spoke to two academics who have strong opinions on the matter.
That question has taken on urgency recently. In the past five years, multiple studies have indicated that there may be an "entrepreneur gene"--or at least that people with certain genetic characteristics and personality traits are more likely to be successful entrepreneurs than others. In his 2010 book Born Entrepreneurs, Born Leaders, Scott Shane, professor of entrepreneurial studies at Cleveland's Case Western Reserve University, suggests that genes don't just influence whether a person will start a business; they may even determine how much money a person will earn. In other words, some people are born to be alpha wolves, and the rest will work in the mailroom. ...
We asked two prominent and opinionated researchers to weigh in on the question. James V. Koch is a board of visitors professor of economics and president emeritus at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Va. He's also co-author with James L. Fisher of the 2008 book Born, Not Made: The Entrepreneurial Personality, which argues that many entrepreneurs are simply wired that way, giving them a natural advantage in the business world. Julian Lange is a senior professor of entrepreneurship at Babson College in Wellesley, Mass. His research in the past five years indicates that exposure to the ideas and lessons of entrepreneurship can have lasting effects on students, even if they are not "natural" entrepreneurs.
We asked each of them to make their case.
James V. Koch
Old Dominion University
What did you think about entrepreneurship education vs. natural ability before doing research for your book?
I think my view, being an academic, was that we can teach [entrepreneurship] and do it well. I was a bit surprised at the scientific literature that suggested heredity has a good deal to do with personality and behavior. When I began to look at the literature, virtually every reputable scientist sees it as interaction of heredity and environment.
Some personalities are much more favorable for entrepreneurship. It is an important thing, and it really constrains and influences outcomes. As a consequence, if you want to know who's most likely to be an entrepreneur, don't go to a business school and see who has taken entrepreneurship courses.(More)
Former player on ODU's first football team dies
(Obituary, The Virginian-Pilot, Sept. 29, 2013)
William "Bill" Abrams, 101, died on Sept. 17 at the Beth Sholom Home in Virginia Beach. To say he had a rich, long life would be an understatement.
Born in Bayonne, N.J., Abrams moved to Norfolk in 1921. He grew up in Brambleton and attended Henry Clay Elementary School and Ruffner Junior High School.
"It wasn't the easiest time or place to live, but we had diversions," Abrams said at his 99th birthday party. "It was always attractive to skip school when Babe Ruth came to town."
After starring in football and baseball at Maury High School, he attended the Norfolk Division of the College of William and Mary (now ) in 1930 and played on the school's first football team.
The players were not yet Monarchs or the Big Blue; they were the green and gold Braves. The football program ended after the 1940 season.
In 2010, Abrams sat down with three generations of his family to tell his story.
"He never said much about it," daughter Norma Butler said of Abrams' collegiate football career. "He talked more about baseball."
Indeed, Abrams also played on the school's first baseball team. Later, he was a first baseman and outfielder for the Norfolk Tars. (More)
ODU plans College of Continuing Education
(The Virginian-Pilot, Sept. 27, 2013)
Old Dominion University plans to establish a College of Continuing Education, joining a crowded marketplace of educational institutions serving nontraditional students trying to get a leg up in the workforce.
The new college, approved Thursday by the university's governing Board of Visitors, is slated to begin operations in the spring semester. It will most likely be housed on ODU's satellite campus in Virginia Beach, Provost Carol Simpson told the board.
The move was spurred by growing competition from institutions such as Virginia Tech, the University of Virginia, George Washington University and various for-profit schools, Simpson said.
The new college will offer both credit and noncredit courses in collaboration with ODU's six existing academic colleges. Most will be taught online.
The courses will be taught by nontenure-track faculty. Students will receive certificates upon successful completion. Tuition will vary, based on cost and market demand, Simpson said.
The college will market its offerings to regional, national and international audiences. A key targeted demographic will be those making career transitions, such as former military personnel entering the civilian workforce.
Potential subjects include cybersecurity, homeland security, instructional technology, business analytics and environmental management, Simpson said. A number of existing courses will be folded into the new college. (More)
Sea-Level Rise: A Slow-Motion Disaster
(Video, Center for American Progress, Sept. 25, 2013)
Sea-level rise is a slow-moving threat that presents a tremendous risk to some of America's most populous cities. The Center for American Progress visited Norfolk, Virginia, a city on the front lines of the fight against rising seas, to talk to residents and community leaders about their efforts to save the city and learn to live with the water. One thing is clear: Doing nothing is not an option.
(Larry Atkinson, Slover Professor of Oceanography at Old Dominion University, and co-director of ODU's Climate Change and Sea Level Rise Initiative, is featured in the piece.) (More)
ODU's prescription for growth
(Editorial, The Virginian-Pilot, Sept. 26, 2013)
Old Dominion University is a huge and growing presence in Norfolk. It employs thousands and teaches thousands more. It's a destination for sports fans and a locus for cultural arts.
Like any big neighbor, ODU has been the target of criticism from folks who live nearby. The past few weeks show signs that the school intends to improve that relationship and that it has a ways to go.
According to the school's newly unveiled master plan, ODU's physical expansion into nearby neighborhoods appears at an end. Last weekend police fanned out into those neighborhoods to crack down on student rowdiness, always a sore spot and one that had grown more difficult to ignore in recent years.
As always, follow-through will make all the difference, but signs from the university's leadership - including President John Broderick - may give neighbors reason for optimism.
The school's master plan is ambitious and continues the school's effort to raise its profile in every possible way - academically, athletically, artistically - even as it concentrates on the campus' physical plant.
"The conceptual plan does not call for expanding the campus beyond its current boundaries, instead gaining capacity by building taller structures - up to six stories," reported The Pilot's Bill Sizemore. "Much of the new construction would occur in the University Village area east of Hampton Boulevard, where ODU previously acquired land for expansion." (More)
The Houses that Microbes Build
(Astrobiology Magazine, Sept. 25, 2013)
Of the various rock structures built by microbes, stromatolites may be the most famous. These gorgeous layered formations are found in shallow bodies of water. They typically grow upward in the shape of domes, columns, or cones that can reach meters in height and thickness. As the oldest evidence for life in the fossil record, they provide insights into the early evolution of life on Earth, and serve as potential "biosignatures" when looking for life elsewhere.
But stromatolites also have a lesser-known relative, a less flamboyant two-dimensional counterpart--which may be much more widespread. In many cases, the microbal communities don't grow upward as columns or mounds, but instead build a flat deposit that can cover an area from a few millimeters to many kilometers.
"These planar structures occur everywhere--in lakes, rivers, and marine environments," says Nora Noffke, a biogeologist at Old Dominion University who has studied them for many years. "They're very common, and have also been widely distributed throughout the earth's entire history. But because they're often buried in the sediments, you really have to know what to look for in order to see them--they're not easy to detect."
Noffke recently co-authored a paper with Stan Awramik, a biogeologist at the University of California, Santa Barbara, who is a world-leading expert on stromatolites. The manuscript, published this month in a journal of the Geological Society of America, describes how each structure forms, highlighting their differences and similarities. (More)
Questioning ODU's plan
(Letter, The Virginian-Pilot, Sept. 26, 2013)
Re 'ODU's vision for its future' (front page, Sept. 21): Old Dominion University's master plan deserves no better than a grade of 'Incomplete.'
The plan includes construction of a huge new stadium on the doorstep of two neighborhoods, and the school hasn't held a single neighborhood or civic league briefing about the plan.
David Harnage, ODU's chief operating officer, said, 'We're not here to create trauma for people.' However, a lot of people living in Larchmont and Edgewater feel traumatized. They do not know what this will do to their daily lives, the value of their life's investment in their homes, their ability to come and go to their homes on football weekends, their safety, or what will happen the other 45 weekends of the year. They want to support ODU but not at the expense of their own well-being.
At the very least, ODU owes the surrounding neighborhoods a study of the impact the proposed stadium will have. We need information about the effects on real estate values, real estate tax revenues for the city, crime, traffic control, parking enforcement, litter and trash collection, and noise and light pollution.
All this will be happening after we endure the disruption for two or three years of the demolition of the existing apartments and construction of the new stadium.
This plan will affect all of Norfolk in some manner, from demands on city services to reduced income from real estate taxes to traffic on its major and secondary streets, to maintenance of its infrastructure. ...
William and Margaret Ballard, Norfolk (More)
Hunt for horror
(The Virginian-Pilot, Sept. 26, 2013)
Christina Marshall amazed the judges with her acrobatic skills and bloodcurdling screams.
No, she wasn't a contestant for a new reality TV show.
Marshall was auditioning for Hunt Club Farm's 25th annual Halloween festival.
"Would anyone care to make a wish in my well of death?" the 18-year-old screamed - with an added cackle and gory laugh. "A penny will do you no good, but an arm or a leg would!"
At auditions that started Aug. 29, Hunt Club's barn was filled with scary people who tried to frighten the judges. Marshall had high hopes of landing a part-time position because the 25th annual event is expected to attract thousands of thrill-seekers Oct. 4 through Halloween night.
Haunted hayride manager Kathy Parsons said she needed agile folks with voices loud enough to be heard over tractor noise.
Bonnie Pruitt , who co-manages the "Field of Screams" knew who she was looking for to patrol the zombie-filled, dark corn maze. "You've got to be creepy, up close and personal in somebody's face," she said.
Mistress of the graveyard Rhonda Rowe said she wanted people with good screams, bizarre movements and an imposing presence for the "Village of the Dead."
When Old Dominion University senior Erika Schaubach hopped on stage, it was obvious she'd practiced her screaming.
The Great Neck resident volunteered last year, and was promoted to a paid role as a gory Goldilocks, she said. (More)
Va. Beach councilman: Mosque threatens security
(The Virginian-Pilot, Sept. 26, 2013)
Councilman Bill DeSteph on Wednesday called a mosque the City Council approved a threat to national security and alleged it has ties to the Muslim Brotherhood.
DeSteph was the only council member to vote against the mosque Tuesday night. He said he obtained information that showed funding for the facility came from the Mosque and Islamic Center of Hampton Roads in Hampton, which he alleged has connections to the Muslim Brotherhood.
In an interview Wednesday, DeSteph would not say what the connection was or how he obtained the information, but he said he passed it to the federal government.
"The individuals that need to know about it know about it," DeSteph said. ...
Richard Scott Saunders, who leads the Virginia Beach chapter of ACT, claimed in an email Wednesday that two trustees of the Hampton mosque - Jamal Badawi and Ahmad Sakr - have ties to the Muslim Brotherhood. Neither man lives in Hampton Roads.
Ahmed Noor, the third trustee of the Hampton mosque, denied Saunders' claim. Both men are esteemed Islamic scholars, he said, adding that Sakr has spoken at the Vatican.
When the mosque was founded in 1983, Noor said the trustees and directors made certain to stay far from associations with the Muslim Brotherhood. They were critical of how the Brotherhood married politics and faith, and felt the organization forced religion on others. Since then, Noor said, they've disapproved of the group's use of violence and domination in Egypt.
If the mosque found out either Sakr or Badawi were with the Muslim Brotherhood, "they would be removed from our board of trustees," said Noor, an engineering professor at Old Dominion University. (More)
Adventures in eating: A taste of the Middle East
(The Virginian-Pilot, Sept. 25, 2013)
Chemical weapons. Jihadists. Civil war. Daily, it seems, news from the Middle East delivers images of shell-pocked cities with bodies in the streets.
And then, at my desk, a cookbook beckons, "Modern Flavors of Arabia." Lush color pictures show gilded pots of honey-colored tea, sea bass baked in spirals of grape leaves and star-shaped breakfast bread flecked with fresh thyme.
These images of the Middle East startle me. It's where crisp, green salads drizzled with pomegranate dressing and lamb chops braised in lemon juice are served family style to smiling guests.
The cookbook's 200 pages - by Suzanne Husseini, host of an Arabic cooking show - hint at a region brimming with heartfelt hospitality and humanity.
A few days later, three Saudi Arabian women in headscarves arrive at my door - Aroob Al Sahhaf, 19, Bayader Alsayegh, 23, and Afnan Saed, 21.
The Old Dominion University classmates have come to share the flavors of their homeland, which they've packed into an oversized Juicy Couture shopping bag.
Laura Ray, who teaches at ODU's English Language Center, makes the introductions, lilting names that twist my tongue. (More)
ODU's continuing service
(Letter, The Virginian-Pilot, Sept. 25, 2013)
The ODU Faculty Wives organization was founded by Virginia Webb, wife of Lewis Webb (Old Dominion University's first president) in 1950. The organization has prospered throughout the years by offering various services to the university.
As we continued to promote ODU, we found that many individuals in Hampton Roads wanted to join us in our efforts but were excluded because they were not faculty wives. Some years ago, we changed our name to focus on everyone who wanted to support our university through service and fellowship. The name 'ODU Faculty, Wives, and Friends' reflects who we are.
Our membership now includes residents of the surrounding communities of Larchmont, Ghent and Colonial Place and extends to Virginia Beach and throughout the Hampton Roads area, including Newport News and North Carolina.
ODU does much to involve the community through its valuable enrichment programs, as Karen Meier, assistant vice president of community engagement at ODU, stated in 'ODU: Commited to the community' (letter, Sept. 22). As firsthand observers of those programs, we are proud to acknowledge our community outreach in doing the same. It behooves us all to seek out the many services that ODU has offered to the community.
Juanita Raisor, Virginia Beach (More)
Cost of flood insurance poised to rise for thousands
(The Virginian-Pilot, Sept. 21, 2013)
Mother Nature has spared U.S. coastal cities from devastating hurricanes this season, but some local homeowners should brace themselves nonetheless.
The cost of flood insurance for thousands of properties in South Hampton Roads soon could go up - significantly in some cases.
Subsidies that have kept insurance costs down for many homeowners across the country will be phased out beginning Oct 1. And those discounts no longer will be transferable from owner to owner, which will add hundreds or thousands of dollars to the annual out-of-pocket costs for buyers of such homes.
On top of that, the Federal Emergency Management Agency is redrawing flood zone boundaries. Houses that aren't in a flood zone now might find themselves on the riskier side of the line once the maps are finalized in 2014. Those homes will have to be insured against flooding. ...
There is a chance the rate changes could work in a homeowner's favor. Elevation certificates might show that some residents have been paying more than they should have been, and their rates will drop. Some who are now in a risky zone might wind up in the clear when FEMA's insurance rate maps come out next year.
But the reverse is much more likely. And if that's the case, the changes could drag on Hampton Roads' real estate market, which already has been struggling under the weight of military spending cuts.
"There's no question about it. It will have some negative impact on the housing market," said Vinod Agarwal, professor of economics at Old Dominion University. (More)
No ink below the elbow or knee? Army to introduce new tattoo policy
(WTKR-TV, Sept. 23, 2013)
No more "Soldier's Cross." No more "Warrior Ethos" and no more tattoos period below the elbow or knee.
According to the Pentagon newspaper "Stars and Stripes," that's the word straight from the Command Sergeant Major of the Army, as he prepares to enact strict new tattoo regulations in the next 30-60 days.
"It's going to affect a lot of people. Everyone I know has tattoos, and they are showing everywhere," said Justin Jones, a potential new recruit.
With the new tattoo policy, the Army would become even stricter on their ink than other branches of service. ...
"I think it crosses a lot of people off the list to join," said Sean Fitzgerald, a senior at ODU thinking about joining the military.
And Fitzgerald himself is one of them. He has a small tattoo of his initials on his forearm, and never thought it would be a problem in joining the military until now.
"Now it affects me joining certain branches," said Fitzgerald. (More)
Using STEM to create new teachers
(Letter, The Virginian-Pilot, Sept. 24, 2013)
RE 'TEMPER the STEM emphasis' (Shawn Day Sunday Forum column, Sept. 22): This column about job prospects for STEM graduates and desirable workplace skills propagated several misconceptions.
The headline implied incorrectly that students earning degrees in science, technology, engineering and math are deficient in critical-thinking skills compared with graduates who earn other degrees. STEM graduates are problem-solvers, and critical thinking is at the very heart of all such disciplines.
The idea that, as the column says, 'job-specific skills can be learned at work,' also is profoundly wrong. Just because a new hire can 'think critically' in one field does not mean that he or she should be trained from scratch to work in a STEM field. Would you want such a trainee to work as a chemist in the lab that determines whether your drinking water is safe, or to work as a geologist to determine whether a new hospital site is located on an active fault line?
Students in every discipline learn to think critically about a particular body of knowledge, and I know from experience that our STEM graduates at Old Dominion University, for example, work hard throughout their college careers practicing doing just that.
The column fails to point out that there is a critical need for STEM graduates who are prepared to be educators. For many decades, science and education faculty members at ODU have worked together to prepare many students with STEM degrees to be highly qualified math or science teachers, most of whom are still working across the nation in high schools and middle schools. The attrition rate for teachers exceeds the graduation rate, however, so many more STEM teachers are needed nationwide than colleges now produce.
MonarchTeach, a new program at ODU, is designed specifically to allow STEM college majors to 'try out teaching' and see whether they want to consider being STEM school teachers. Eventually, the program will retain larger numbers of these students by providing scholarships and internships and by supporting them with mentors during their first years in the classroom.
Seed money from the state is funding the project for a few years, but like its sister UTeach programs at 34 other universities nationwide, MonarchTeach will need continuing support from benefactors across the region to prosper. MonarchTeach made a great start this summer by recruiting more than 50 incoming students for its inaugural class this fall, and it is on track to at least triple the number of highly qualified STEM teachers graduating from ODU within five years.
Rich Whittecar, Norfolk (More)


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5:00pm Friday 22nd February 2013 in News By Adam Richards
ROAD users are being urged to help to reduce the amount of litter on motorways and major A-roads in a Highways Agency campaign.
During February, the agency will use electronic roadside messages in regions across the country saying "Bin your litter. Other people do.", which asks motorists to carry a bag in their car to collect and safely dispose of any rubbish.
Since April 2011, the "Bag it. Bin it!" campaign has seen the amount of litter on roads reduce by an estimated 25 per cent, but road workers still collect more than 180,000 sacks of rubbish every year.
The agency says that litter can cause accidents, block drains and present a danger to wildlife, and clearing litter from the sides of carriageways can put workers at risk.
Roads Minister Stephen Hammond said: "No one likes to see litter on our roads.
"If people didn't drop it, it would not have to be picked up. Which is why I'm reminding people to bag it and bin it!
"Carry a bag in your car, use it to collect your rubbish, and dispose of it responsibly."
The Highways Agency estimates that it costs £10million in taxpayers' money each year to retrieve litter from roadsides. It also works alongside Defra and Keep Britain Tidy to campaign for clean roads.
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The singer who first hit the scene as a youngster in 2002 says things have changed drastically in the music business over the years.
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