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|Sanjeong Lake is a main attraction of Pocheon, situated down in the valleys between majestic Myeongseongsan (Mt. Myeongseong), Mangbongsan (Mt. Mangbong), and Mangmubong (Mangmu Peak).
Meaning "lake as clear as a mountain well," Sanjeong Lake was built as a reservoir to supply water to farmland in 1925. Thanks to its surrounding attractions, the lake attracts many visitors each year. Promenades along the lake are popular for couples as well as tourists who stay in the nearby hotels. Beautiful fog often rises from the lake in spring and fall, making boating at night quite picturesque.
Hikers frequent Myeongseongsan in spring and fall; visitors love skating on the lake in winter. The lake is also surrounded by an amusement park, swimming pools, sledding facilities, and spa amenities, attracting many family visitors. Local restaurants are renowned for their delicious, wholesome food made using freshwater snails and mushrooms. Other local favorites include Maeuntang (spicy fish stew), Dotorimuk (acorn jelly), Sanchae Baekban (a bowl of rice served with wild herbs and vegetables), and Deodeok Gui (a grilled dish made from Codonopsis lanceolata root).
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From the exit, turn around and then go for 100m.
At the Myeongmul Jjigae Geori (명물찌개거리) bus stop, take Bus 138-6 to Hanhwa Condo (한화콘도) bus stop.
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Jane A. of Windsor asks: What's the best way to prune crape myrtles? Shrub form and trees?
Crape myrtle cultivars are available in a variety of colors, with sizes ranging from a few feet tall to 25 feet. Most pruning problems occur when a plant is planted in the wrong place. If a multi-trunked shrub is planted in an area there there's only room for a tree, moving it makes more sense than having to do excessive pruning (butchering) to the plant every year.
Pruning that preserves the natural shape of any plant, while still controlling the size and shape, is always the best practice. But with crape myrtles, there seems to be this misguided notion that pruning the top out of the tree is the way to prune.
Not so. This "crape murder" only results in oddly shaped plants with oversized, weakly attached, floppy blooms that weigh the spindly new shoots down, producing an umbrella-shaped plant.
The natural look is more desirable for crape myrtles because it allows the plant's beautiful bark to become more exposed, which is a feature of older, more established plants.
Since crape myrtles bloom on new wood, pruning should be done in winter or early spring. With young, multi-trunked plants that have spindly shoots, prune back the plant to about 4-6 inches to the ground. A cluster of new shoots will appear in the spring. Select the shoots you want to grow and prune out the others as they start to grow.
In older, more established crape myrtles, only light pruning is needed to remove the seedpods from last summer and any spindly, twiggy growth. If your crape myrtle is getting too large, it can be pruned back about 20 percent of its height by selective pruning.
Cut branches back to a fork on the main branch. When selecting a side branch to take over as a new growing point, choose one that's at least half the diameter of the main stem to which it's attached. Remove suckers and limbs growing from the main trunks as needed to sculpt the plant into a kind of living artwork.

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Roy Gene Payne, 30, Cordova: domestic violence 3rd.
Keri Lynn Williams, 21, Cordova: domestic violence 3rd.
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Lloyd Chatman Jr., 41, Jasper: domestic violence 2nd; domestic violence 3rd.
Elsie Davis, 75, Jasper: domestic violence 3rd.
Dax Walker, 30, Memphis, Tenn.: public intoxication.
Jennifer Frances Rocconi, 31, Memphis, Tenn: public intoxication.
Michael G. Pruitt Jr., 18, Jasper: domestic violence 3rd.
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Erica Denise Parker, 34, Dora: drug trafficking; possession of a forged instrument 2nd.
Marcus Coleman, 27, Jasper: criminal trespass 3rd.
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Jesse Blackwell Harten Herald, 36, Jasper: failure to appear.
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Jennifer Michelle McCoy Herald, 33, Jasper: theft of property 3rd.
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Joel Wade Morgan, 63, Jasper: sexual abuse of a child less than 12 years old.
Jennifer Frances Rocconi, 31, Memphis, Tenn.: possession of a controlled substance.
Dax Walker, 30, Memphis, Tenn.: possession of a controlled substance.
James Emanuel Paul Galloway II, 29, Jasper: menacing.
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Eric Matthew Cunningham, 30, Jasper: domestic violence 3rd.
Bonnie Chism McCollum Laster Blackwell, 46, Jasper: theft of property 3rd.
Brandon Davavon Brown, 23, Jasper: failure to appear.
Jeffrey Alan Palmer, 37, Dora: failure to appear.
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McKeon Daniel Pittman, 18, Arley: illegal possession of prescription drugs; possession of marijuana 2nd; failure to appear.
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Carlous Leon Chance, 28, Oakman: theft of property 1st.
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Robert Dale Thomas, 57, Jasper: public intoxication; illegal possession of prescription medication.
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Vincent Mathis, 47, Sipsey: cash warrant.
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Debra Darlene Pinion, 48, Fayette: failure to appear.
Kristy Myers Richardson, 36, Jasper: possession of drug paraphernalia; illegal possession of prescription medication.
Carolyn Elizabeth Mann, 58, Sumiton: reckless endangerment.
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John Troy Gable, 46, Pell City: public intoxication.
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Hope Deann Harper, 29, Empire: failure to appear.
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Candice Shalane Hays, 37, Sayre: assault 1st; kidnapping 1st; burglary 1st; theft of property 2nd; robbery 1st.
Cedrick Dramane Harris, 28, Sipsey: assault 1st; kidnapping 1st; burglary 1st; theft of property 2nd; robbery 1st.
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Stephen Lynn Frye, 55, Carbon Hill: harassment.
Jason Charles Smith, 36, Nauvoo: receiving stolen property 2nd.
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Cornelius Deandre Davis, 21, Quinton: possession of marijuana 1st; unlawful possession of a controlled substance.
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Bobby "Bob" Ray Allen II, 19, Jasper: domestic violence act - harassment; unlawful possession of a controlled substance; unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia; possession of marijuana.
Brian S. Williams, 36, Empire: 4 counts - contempt of court.
Kenneth Jackson Stacks, 40, Cordova: no charges listed.
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Kaylin Marie Lamb, 19, Cordova: possession of a controlled substance; possession of marijuana 1st.
Cody Nerren Zachary Poe, 20, Jasper: failure to appear - receiving stolen property.
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Stephine Rena Kimbrell, 30, Parrish: contempt of court.
Norberto Morales Garcia, 37, Dora: public intoxication.
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William H. Luker III, 27, Nauvoo: domestic violence act 3rd - assault; criminal mischief.
Rachael Nicole Odom, 22, Jasper: failure to appear - unlawful possession of a controlled substance.
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Laura Ella Smith, 35, Jasper: writ of attachment - driving while suspended; theft of property 2nd; possession of a forged instrument 2nd.
Tyler Gene Tucker: failure to pay - criminal trespassing 3rd (Winston County Sheriff's Office).
John Patrick Smith: bench warrant (Winston County Sheriff's Office).
Joshua Joe Willingham: theft of property 1st; failure to appear (Winston County Sheriff's Office).
Royce Allen Chambers: drug court violation (Winston County Sheriff's Office).
Jennifer Ali Sprinkle: drug court violation (Winston County Sheriff's Office).
Steven Earl Edmonds Jr.: 2 counts - failure to pay (Winston County Sheriff's Office).
Billy Hugh Burns: public intoxication (Haleyville Police Department).
Thomas Leonard Wilson Jr.: 23 counts - failure to pay (Winston County Sheriff's Office).
Russell J. Brewer: sex offender act mandatory (Winston County Sheriff's Office).
Richard Berndard Talis: unlawful manufacture of a controlled substance (Haleyville Police Department).
Shane Talmadge Pearson: attempt to commit a controlled substance crime; negotiating worthless negotiable instrument (Winston County Sheriff's Office).
Johnathan Michael Sellers: domestic violence 3rd; public intoxication (Winston County Sheriff's Office).
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2012 BMEidea competition winners
2012 BMEidea winners announced!
From right to left, representatives of the winning teams from Johns Hopkins, Stanford, and Georgia Tech
First place, winning $10,000:
Point-of-Diagnosis Screening & Prevention of Cervical Cancer
Johns Hopkins University
While cervical cancer is the third most common cancer in the world, the disease has largely been eradicated in the developed world with the incorporation of regular screening and new opportunities for vaccinations. However, it remains a large burden in the developing world due to inadequate healthcare infrastructure, high costs, and the lack of an appropriate technology for treatment. Eighty-eight percent of all cervical cancer cases occur in the developing world.
This team, incorporated as Momo Scientific, is dedicated to reducing women's deaths through the prevention of cervical cancer with a device called the CryoPop. The CryoPop is a patent-pending, low-cost medical device that uses dry ice for the treatment of cervical pre-cancerous lesions in low-resource settings. The CryoPop relies only on carbon dioxide tanks already available in developing countries (as a result of the presence of soda companies) and is ten times cheaper, thirty times more efficient, and more effective and reliable than the currently utilized technology.
Second place, winning $2,500:
Calcula Technologies: Office-based Kidney Stone Removal
Stanford University
Every year nearly two million U.S. patients are rushed to the emergency room (ER) with excruciating flank pain as a result of kidney stones. Urological guidelines stipulate that current stone therapies are indicated only for stones larger than ten millimeters, despite the fact that 85% of patients suffer from stones smaller than ten millimeters. These patients are prescribed narcotics, given a referral to an urologist, and sent home to pass the stone naturally over the course of several weeks. During this time patients revisit the ER, miss an average of 2.5 days of work, and suffer through acute pain onset that has been described as "the worst imaginable pain [a person] can experience." Calcula Technologies is developing a solution that removes kidney stones smaller than ten millimeters in an office setting. The team's minimally invasive, patent-pending device will render patients stone-free after a single visit to the urologist's office without the use of general anesthesia. This opportunity represents a dramatic disruption in the field of urology and will allow millions of patients every year to avoid needlessly suffering through weeks of pain.
Third place, winning $1,000:
Magnet-assisted Intubation Device
Georgia Institute of Technology
Airway stabilization is one of the most important steps in emergency care. Whenever an individual's ability to breathe is compromised, long-term brain damage can occur in as little as six minutes. This team created a device that allows medical professionals to perform safe, easy, and fast intubations. Intubation is magnet-assisted: a system of magnets both outside of the neck and within the endotracheal tube helps the professional visualize the airway and enter the trachea without the need of a laryngoscope. Additionally, the device is easily integrated with current intubation equipment and can be removed to allow for an MRI or similar test to be performed.
Honorable mentions:
- Technology Innovation: SPIT'N-IT: Plasmonic Interferometers for Glucose Sensing in Saliva, Brown University
- Social Impact: Wound-Pump, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Engineers, analysts, researchers, and others who support NREL's geothermal technologies projects come from disciplines and organizations across the laboratory depending on each project's requirements. Here you'll find contact information for NREL's geothermal technologies team.
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Certified! Part 1: Petzl athlete Caroline George on Becoming an IFMGA GuideThu, 03/06/2010 - 00:52 — Petzl America -...
Becoming a full International Federation of Mountain Guides Association-certified guide has long been a dream of mine. A few years back, I took a friend up the beautiful Forbes Arête on the Aiguille du Chardonnet in Chamonix. This friend had never climbed any mountain and I was in charge of the whole outing. I loved how taking someone up and down a mountain required so much problem solving: What time do we need to start? How do we get to the base? What are the hazards and how do I manage them? How much rope should be out on the glacier, on a steep snow section, or on a rocky ridge? What should I use for protection? Where does the route go? What is the most efficient, yet safe, way to do this section? How do I care for my friend? Etc. Each climb is a different puzzle with different solutions. I love that about the mountains. Sitting on the summit, basking in the sunshine and the joy of accomplishment, I thought, "Guides get paid to do this; this is what I want to do with my life."
Dana Drummond, setting the track. Photo: Caroline George.
Summit of Centerridge… AK style first tracks. Photo: Caroline George.
A little background for those who aren't already familiar with the IFMGA: I recently received my certification via the American Mountain Guides Association, a member of the IFMGA, which is the international governing body responsible for guiding standards and education around the world. Each year, the AMGA provides training in alpine, rock and ski disciplines -- being IFMGA certified means that you have taken and passed a series of courses and exams pertaining to all three. In most countries, this certification is required to guide legally.
Caroline George and fellow IFMGA hopefuls alpine touring in the Goat Mountain area. Photo: Mark Falender.
The author waiting for the heli to fly onto the Upper Eagle glacier with exam partners Steve Reynaud and Forrest mcBrian (and Tyler Jones). Photo: Mark Falender.
One of the perks of the AMGA/IFMGA certification process is how much you get to travel to train and to take courses and exams. I love being on the road, so this suited my lifestyle perfectly. Over the past two years I have learned, refined, and applied many skills: terrain assessment, hazard recognition and risk management, navigation, proper use of terrain and gear for protection, route finding, client care, rope tricks and management, snowpack assessment, weather-pattern identification, guiding ethics, waste disposal, and many more tricks of the trade. I have climbed more routes in Red Rock, where the rock climbing portion of the certification was held, than I could ever have hoped to climb there, in the process growing very fond of the contrast between the wilderness in Red Rock and the craziness in close-by Vegas. Through the Alpine process, in the Cascades, I discovered what it means to really be self-sufficient in the mountains. Carrying my "home" on my back and learning how to build rescue shelters have been some of the most constructive tools I've taken from the process, because, truth be told, if something happens in the mountains, you need to be able to figure it out on your own. The ski portion of the certification process provided me with great insight into assessing different snowpacks. We skied in the Chugach and the Talkeetna mountains, covering terrain from Valdez to Girdwood/Turnagain Pass to Hatcher Pass -- ski mountaineering, heli skiing and doing multi-day overnight trips on massive glaciers.
But, as I found out, Getting IFMGA-certified isn't all fun and games. ...
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Mechanisms of Communication in an Ancient Empire: The Correspondence between the King of Assyria and his Magnates in the 8th Century BC
AHRC funded four-year research project, October 2008 to September 2012.
Dr Karen Radner (PI), Dr Mikko Luukko and Silvie Zamazalová.
Project partners: Professor Simo Parpola (University of Helsinki), Professor Steve Tinney (University of Pennsylvania)
Research questions
How did ancient empires cohere? What roles did long-distance communication play in that coherence? How did long-distance communication work, structurally and socially? The aim of the project is to address these questions for the Assyrian Empire in the period between 721 and 705 BC, the reign of Sargon II, when Assyria became the first large empire to exercise hegemony over the Old World core system. In the royal archives of Nineveh and Nimrud, now in northern Iraq, primary documentation has survived to an unparalleled extent, allowing us to tackle these questions for this particular period.
Assyria's success and stability owed much to innovations in administrative technology which afforded the control of a vast geographical horizon: Yet the mechanics of organization of the Assyrian Empire have found little attention beyond the study of the king's role. A shift of focus away from the monarch onto the second level of imperial control, i.e. the provincial governors to whom the king delegated governing power on a local level, will allow a new understanding of the set-up of the Assyrian empire to be constructed, and allow us to query views currently held about the characteristics of Assyrian imperial administration and control.
Research context
Empire studies are a thriving field, and it is our project's goal to expand this field of study to fully incorporate the information surviving from the Assyrian Empire. It was the first of a series of Near Eastern states that united the lands from the Mediterranean coast and Inner Anatolia to Western Iran and deep into the Arabian Desert. While the role of the king has always – and deservedly – raised much interest in modern research, the second level of imperial control has been largely neglected, and a comprehensive study is hitherto lacking; a systematic study of the interaction between one king and his immediate subordinates, as documented in their letters, will enhance our understanding of the Assyrian state and provide a context for the king that is independent from and less biased than his highly subjective memorial inscriptions, the source most commonly utilised to discuss Assyrian kingship.
The focus on the second level of imperial control is in part inspired by current research in other fields within Ancient History, especially in the study of the Achaemenid and Roman Empires which overlapped the geographical regions forming the Assyrian Empire, and the project's results will be relevant to all those with an interest in the administrative and practical setup of ancient empires. The size of Sargon's letter archive is matched only by the 1544 surviving letters of Libanius, a celebrated rhetorician from Antioch who communicated with many notables, including the Roman emperor, in the 4th century AD. The Libanius corpus, although a key source for the study of ancient government and administration, constitutes nevertheless a private correspondence while the Sargon corpus is directly addressed to the king himself. Nor was it transmitted by manuscript tradition, as are Libanius' letters, but retrieved in the shape of the original clay tablets during excavations in the royal cities of Nimrud and Nineveh. This largest corpus of letters between a king and his high officials known from antiquity gives first-hand insight into the mechanisms of communication between the top levels of authority in an ancient empire. Since, through technological stasis, the modes of long-distance transmission of information changed little in subsequent centuries, the analysis of Sargon's correspondence should prove useful for studies of the Babylonian, Achaemenid, Seleucid, Roman and later empires, for which comparable corpora have not survived.
Research program
We will use the letters to explore the administrative superstructure, and specifically the role of the king's representatives in the provinces, during the reign of Sargon II of Assyria. Our research will be based on a thorough analysis of c. 1200 surviving letters and letter fragments of the correspondence of the king with his governors and magnates in order to establish the governing mechanisms of communication. These texts will be utilised to illuminate structures rather than as a mine for anecdotes, and instead of attempting a generalised diachronic survey we will deliberately focus on Sargon's reign and concentrate on enhancing our understanding of fifteen years of Near Eastern history, allowing for the fact that the set-up of Assyrian government and administration was not a system set in stone but was adapted to changing circumstances and needs. We will combine the discipline's standard practise of working closely with the primary sources – vastly facilitated by the fact that the original letters are housed in the nearby British Museum – with two distinct and complementary methodologies applied from empire studies and linguistic pragmatics (the study of language-use and communication).
On the one hand, the different forms of the Assyrian and Babylonian language employed in the letters will be compared by using methods developed in the field of linguistic pragmatics: the king's style of communication can be juxtaposed with that of his subordinates in order to highlight the interplay of discourse and pragmatic constraints on grammatical choices; Mikko Luukko's research will explore the etiquette of exchanging letters and reconstruct the notions of politeness and appropriateness.
On the other hand, Karen Radner will apply a structural approach. Studies of the Assyrian empire, when not concerned with the history of events, often have an ahistorical tendency as 9th, 8th and 7th century sources are used indiscriminately, suggesting that the empire's organisation was unchangeable. Yet it was an extremely flexible system which needs to be analysed for specific moments in time. Sargon's reign is particularily interesting as we see the mechanisms of control failing for the first term since the beginning of Assyria's expansion in the 9th century: recently incorporated provinces tried to regain independence and, in one, successfully so. Our analysis of the second level of control will aim to establish its level and nature in different parts of the empire, differentiating between the provinces inside Assyria's natural boundaries, the new provinces established by Sargon's immediate predescessors and his own additions; the case of Babylonia, where a completely new administrative system was introduced in 710, will deserve special attention, as will the breakup of certain "super-provinces" and the creation of a new "disembedded" centre for the empire. We will also investigate the practical aspects of long-distance communication, by placing the correspondents geographically – with special attention to the traffic routes linking them, sometimes over great distances – and by scrutinising and contextualising their motives for exchanging letters, with an awareness of time and timing.
Moreover, by adapting an existing unpublished database of transliterations and translations created by Professor Simo Parpola of the University of Helsinki and merging it with commentaries and introductory materials and in co-operation with our project partner Professor Steve Tinney of the University of Pennsylvania, we are creating an open-access web resource that will make the Sargon letters more widely accessible: the site is called "Assyrian empire builders: Governors, diplomats and soldiers in the service of Sargon II, king of Assyria" . A similarly conceived resource featuring the 7th century Assyrian kings' correspondence with their scholarly advisors is the model for this.
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For the Record
Dean Wright on Ethics, Innovation and Values
Oscar special: Journalists on film
Dean Wright is Global Editor, Ethics, Innovation and News Standards. Any opinions are his own.
It's Oscar time, and I'm again reminded of the debt Hollywood and journalists owe each other. Journalists supply Hollywood with great stories and Hollywood sometimes makes us look cool—or at least worth a couple of hours of time and the price of a ticket.
Put aside the fact that a number of Hollywood movies literally are made from the pages of journalism –"Saturday Night Fever," "Dog Day Afternoon" and "Adaptation," to name only a few, were all based on magazine stories. We journalists are also the very characters that Hollywood screenwriters sometimes love.
In addition to sometimes bringing out our cool factor—although, really, what aspiring reporter could resist Robert Redford's corduroy suits in "All the President's Men"? — Hollywood movies can illuminate the kind of ethical, moral and values issues that journalists have to deal with.
from Reuters Editors:
Typewriters, Technology and Trust
Dean Wright is Global Editor, Ethics, Innovation and News Standards. Any opinions are his own.
A little girl in my family got a typewriter for Christmas.
Not a laptop. Nothing with a screen. A typewriter. The old-fashioned manual kind with a smeary ribbon and keys that stick.


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The Register-News
---- — Pastor Glendall Lee Davis, 88, of Mt. Vernon, passed away on June 2, 2013. At the time of his passing, Glendall was being cared for at the Mt. Vernon Health Care located in Mt Vernon.
Glendall was the son of Joe and Leona (Smith) Davis and was born Jan. 27, 1925, in Eldorado. He was a carpenter and owner of Davis Home Improvements and served his country in the U.S. Army during WWII. While in the U.S. Army, Glendall achieved the rank of Technician 5th Grade and was awarded the Asiatic Pacific Theatre Campaign Ribbon, the Victory Ribbon and U.S. Army Good Conduct Medal. Glendall was a member of the Mt. Vernon Local Carpenter's Union for over 50 years. Glendall served as pastor for various churches in Southern Illinois, including Marlow General Baptist Church and Second General Baptist Church in Mt. Vernon.
Mr. Davis was preceded in death by his parents, Joe and Leona; and brothers, Hank, Paul, Eugene and Jim Davis.
He is survived by brothers, Nick and wife Paulene of Marion and Jack Davis; sister, Calleen Briner of Henderson Nev.; one son, Gene Davis of Anchorage Alaska; daughters, Sharon Hobbs and Elaine Derry, both of Mt. Vernon; grandchildren, Joe Davis and wife Sherry, Tim Davis and wife Tiffany, all of Bluford, Tammy Davis-Mandell and husband R.D. of Anchorage, Alaska, Sherry McMillen, Sheila Cameron of Mt. Vernon, Kim Chamberlain and husband Tyson of Mt. Vernon, Alicia Westbrook and husband Randy of Mt. Vernon and Stacie Scott of Mt. Vernon; 14 great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews.
Funeral services for Glendall Lee Davis will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at Newell Funeral Home in Mt. Vernon with the Rev. Richard Paul Scott officiating. Interment will follow at Sursa Cemetery in rural Mt. Vernon. The American Legion Post 141 in Mt. Vernon will provide military honors.
Visitation will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday at Newell Funeral Home in Mt. Vernon.
For those who wish, memorials may be made to the Sursa Cemetery and will be accepted at the funeral home. For more information call Newell Funeral Home at 246-0100 or visit online at www.newellfuneralhome.com for online obituary and online condolences.


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Virginia's Senate is split evenly, 20-20, between Republicans and Democrats. Democratic Sen. Henry Marsh, a civil rights lawyer who has been in the state Senate since 1991, was in Washington on Monday for President Barack Obama's inauguration.
The redistricting amendment passed 20-19, as Republicans took advantage of Marsh's absence. Democrats sounded unsuspecting of the move, which Virginia politics blogger Ben Tribbett wrote could "create a GOP supermajority."
Tribbett outlines the changes: Five Democratic seats would be in play because they become more Republican. Meanwhile, two traditionally swing districts would become safe Republican districts.
"There have been no hearings on this plan. The public has no idea what these districts look like," Democratic Sen. Don McEachin said. "The good working spirit that this Senate has had will come to a very quiet, very sudden end if this bill is passed. To do this by surprise, to rush it through in a day, even though they control the Committee on Privileges and Elections — this is sneaking, underhanded, and beneath the dignity of the Senate."
Even Republicans and conservatives sound unhappy that Republicans decided to pursue the legislative strategy. Republican Gov. Bob McDonnell's office did not say whether he would think about vetoing the measure. The Richmond Times-Dispatch's Jeff Schapiro reported that he was "steamed" because he was worried it could threaten his agenda in his last year in office.
Conservative blogger Shaun Kenney also lamented the move, calling it a "mistake" and saying it sets precedent for future partisan battles.
"I'm wincing pretty hard at this, guys," he wrote. "This is dirty, dirty pool. To do it on MLK Jr. day? Doubles the embarrassment."


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Buddy's Bliss-sand beach, wi-fi,hot-tub,pooltable,dogs in Smith Mountain Lake
- bedrooms 3
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Relax at this comfortable home accommodating 6. New hot-tub, pool table , on site beach - for everyone to play at.Newly remodeled kitchen with stainless steel appliances and granite counter-tops. The cozy enclosed sun porch features an electric fireplace and a flat screen TV. The Great room / Dining room upstairs has a gas fireplace for use during fall/winter/spring & a wide screen TV with W II connected. Downstairs family room has a new pro Billiards table convertible to ping pong and a wall mounted flat screen TV. High speed Internet service with WI Fi available throughout. There are two refrigerator/freezers for plenty of food and beverage storage. Gas grille is connected to full house propane tank.
Walk to Parkway Marina, for an ice cream cone or a boat. The house is minutes from SML State Park and Mariners Landing golf course. After a fun filled day, come home to enjoy the beautiful sunset views in the new hot tub on the lower level. "A Blissful retreat to be enjoyed by all".
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sand beach, New to home: Hot-tub, pool table, ping pong! 2013, propane fireplace, propane grill, wide-screen TV in family room, 3 additional TV's throughout home, private dock, Wi-fi & stereo system,Wi-ii system, stainless steel appliances. Dogs allowed,
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swimming, boating, fishing, hiking in area, Smith Mountain Lake State Park 5 minutes away
golf course nearby, putt-putt
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"On Grammy's bucket list was to see the ocean at Thanksgiving. Family is most important to her so we moved the annual "Thankful for family" gathering to the oceanfront! The shirts were a wonderful way to commemorate this special week. CustomInk was helpful in providing the multiple sizes we needed, youth to adult. Wonderful one-stop shopping and speedy service!"


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I have been keen to take a look at html 5 and I thought I would have a go. Google have recently released an os based on it, and Microsoft are promising that Internet Explorer will (mostly) support it.
From my initial view it looks really sensible. I hope that the browsers can get together and thrash out a solution to the video tag – it would save everyone from having to install flash, or worse still silverlight.
1) Embed other XML
HTML 5 allows for MathML and SVG elements to be used inside a document
2) New Tags
sectionrepresents a generic document or application section. It can be used together with the
h5, and
h6elements to indicate the document structure.
this confuses me a bit – but it seems to be to define an area of the page as a section.
articlerepresents an independent piece of content of a document, such as a blog entry or newspaper article.
On the blog home page (like this one) each blog entry would be wrapped in a

 tag. It's likely to be well implemented by blog engines, and cms systems. Particularly if Google news will syndicate your content because its in an article tag
asiderepresents a piece of content that is only slightly related to the rest of the page.
This is for off-topic content. Great for search engines – but I can't see many people using this too much unless they're really geeky
hgrouprepresents the header of a section
Strangely named but I guess quite useful if you are keen to structure your pages perfectly. Really useful for SEO and search engines.
headerrepresents a group of introductory or navigational aids.
Similar sounding to head, heading is for what always seems to get put in "
". Really useful for SEO and search engines.
footerrepresents a footer for a section and can contain information about the author, copyright information, et cetera.
The same as header, but with the footer. Really useful for SEO and search engines.
navrepresents a section of the document intended for navigation.
The same as header and footer but for the navigation.
dialogcan be used to mark up a conversation like this:
<dialog>
 Sir if you were my husband I'd poison your tea
 Lady, if you were my wife I would drink it </dialog>
figurecan be used to associate a caption together with some embedded content, such as a graphic or video:

 <video src="paris_hilton_vid"></video> <legend>un-named hotel heiress in video shame</legend>
 This wont hurt SEO, or Talking Browsers, and it seems to offer some nice possibilities
audiofor multimedia content.
Implementation of this is likely to be very hit and miss. Every browser seems really keen to do it absolutely differently
embedis used for plugin content.
markrepresents a run of marked text.
This is really for search results snippets where the word found is highlighted. Now the mark tag can be used
progressrepresents a completion of a task, such as downloading or when performing a series of expensive operations.
Self explanatory, but useful. Should not be confused with things that require the meter tag.
meterrepresents a measurement, such as disk usage.
Nice – this will help (support: http://html5doctor.com/measure-up-with-the-meter-tag/)
timerepresents a date and/or time.
Another nice addition, works on the locale of the browser
rpallow for marking up ruby annotations.
canvasis used for rendering dynamic bitmap graphics on the fly, such as graphs or games.
commandrepresents a command the user can invoke.
The <command> tag defines a command button, like a radiobutton, a checkbox, or a button. The command element must be inside a menu element. If not, it will not be displayed.
detailsrepresents additional information or controls which the user can obtain on demand.
datalisttogether with the a new
listattribute for
inputcan be used to make comboboxes:
<input list="browsers"> <datalist id="browsers"> <option value="Safari"> <option value="Firefox"> </datalist>
keygenrepresents control for key pair generation.
Seems to allow for massively complicated key pair generation. I can't think of a example use – but I'm sure there is a fabulous one.
outputrepresents some type of output, such as from a calculation done through scripting.
3) New Input Types
There are mostly cool, and there are some nice hooks that you can add in with javascript (setCustomValidity). I could write a book on these – but for the most part I'm happy to suggest using your heads and reading the documentation.
for entering telephone numbers
a synonym for text, useful for the browser to keep search results, but not other fields
a validated field for urls
a validated entry field for email addresses
a whole host of date/time pickers (nice)
lets you choose a number
lets you pick a number (floating point) b
etween the minimum and maximum values
a colour picker, nice
4) Additional Attributes
input required=true|false
this is a bonus – a really sensible and useful addition.
As you can see there are a host of nice new features. Some of the new tags you could start using now (largely they will be ignored by older browsers). Others will require browser tweaking to get them to work successfully. But I think all-round its a nice standard.


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One of the more fascinating things about watching a Barcelona match is that their opponents know exactly what they are going to do but in most cases, there's simply nothing they can do about it. Yes, they can hold on for a half, sometimes even longer, but there's such a since of the inevitable that surrounds Barca's attack that you find yourself not wondering if the goal will come, but when.
Espanyol survived for 28 minutes until the inevitable goal happened. Andres Iniesta basically did it all himself, after a botched pass by the Espanyol right back, Iniesta drove inside, cutting past two defenders in to the box and beating Carlos Kameni at the near post. It wasn't an easy play, but Iniesta made it look easy.
Barcelona should have gotten a second in the 37th minute after some of Xavi's typical brilliance set-up David Villa with a wide open net...and he missed. It was a stunning mistake for the Spanish forward who has struggled to finish his chances recently.
All hope is not lost for Espanyol however, they had a couple good breaks on the counter attack and we've seen over the past weeks that Barca will give their opponents chances, you just have to take advantage of them.
No truth to the rumor that Victor Valdés was sitting on the goal checking his smartphone and doing a sudoko puzzle.


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How to Cut Your Cooking Costs
For many people, cutting back on their grocery budgets can be an overwhelming experience. They know they're spending too much, but don't know where to begin to cut. Often, they fear that they will deprive themselves and their children if they become frugal. The good news is that there are ways to have your cake, eat it and save money at the same time.
Start Small
Cooking frugally is like changing your diet. You need to learn gradually how to do it. Don't expect that you will get your food bill down to $150 for four people in the first month if you are spending $600 a month right now.
Try cutting just $25 or $50 a month. Even if you cut back only $50 a month, you will save $600 a year. If you save just $1 a day, that's $365 a year! You can then apply that $365 a year to paying off your credit cards. At 21 percent interest, you will save more than $70 a year. This will eventually cause a snowball effect since the more you pay off, the less you pay to interest. When you pay less to interest, you have more each month to apply to paying off your overall debt. This means that as you pay off the debt, the rate at which you can pay it off increases.
Money-Saving Ideas
- Before you shop, take a tour through your pantry and your refrigerator. Be organized! Don't buy what's already hiding in your kitchen.
- If you're a fan of coupons, remember this: It's not what you save, it's what you spend. If you save 30 cents on something you wouldn't ordinarily buy anyway, you haven't really saved anything.
- A typical fruit item is significantly larger than one serving. Most people would be just as happy eating a small apple as eating a large one – so buy smaller fruits! You will save money by the pound.
- This month, try two meatless meals a week – or one, if you're a diehard meat fan.
- Make simple meals. One-dish meals can contain your meat, your vegetable and your bread.
- Drink water for your meals. If your family is used to drinking milk, juice or pop for every meal then start by cutting juice from one meal or snack a day and drinking only water. After you get used to this, cut from another meal until you drink only water for meals and a glass of juice or milk at snack time. You can also try allowing one glass of juice at meal times and then water after it is gone. You can save more than $500 a year by cutting just one glass of juice per person per day for a family of four.
- Don't assume homemade is cheaper. If you get a very good deal on chocolate chips and ingredients for candies, it is cheaper to make them than buying them pre-made. Make sure you do the calculations though! If you don't purchase them on sale, homemade candies can be more expensive than candies purchased at the store.
- Stop wasting food. Give young children small portions. They can always have more if they are still hungry. Give them a half a glass of juice and a half a sandwich so you don't waste uneaten food. Put food in the refrigerator right after the meal so it doesn't spoil. Use leftovers for lunches, in other dishes or frozen in one-portion sizes for a quick meal.
- Don't buy everything at one store. Prices vary greatly from one store to the next. Go to different stores to buy only their sale items. You will save more than the cost of your gas. It usually only takes half an hour to 45 minutes per store to get the items that are on sale including driving time. If you save a minimum of $20 to $30 per trip, it is like "earning" $40 to $60 an hour. If I save $60 spending one hour going to two different stores, it is five extra hours my husband does not have to work for us to pay for that same food purchased at the regular price. I would rather have him home with us.
- Stop buying things like toaster pastries and breakfast bars for breakfast. Eat oatmeal, pancakes, granola and fruit instead.
- Don't assume that bulk is cheaper. Compare cost by the ounce or pound.
Remember, cooking frugally is a mindset. You have to change your cooking and eating habits. Don't get discouraged if one idea fails. Try another one.
Most people don't think they can live the frugal life and still be comfortable. I feed my family of four on $125 month. Over five years, when my husband earned an average of $22,000 per year, we paid off a $20,000 debt. When cutting your grocery bill, it's the little things that add up.


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Bryan Chorale
The Bryan Chorale, under the direction of Dr. David Luther, is the music department's primary choral ensemble. Membership is open to music majors and non-majors by audition each fall.
Recordings of the Chorale and Chamber Singers are available, and can be purchased in the campus store.
In addition to performing at many venues throughout the school year, the Chorale goes on tour each spring break and sings at churches, schools, and many other locations. The group's concerts and recordings have been received enthusiastically throughout the United States and Europe, including the Lincoln Center in New York City; The Pentagon in Washington, DC; and Westminster Abbey in London.
Past Tour Information: Europe Tour 2010 (article) » | Europe Tour Video »
Spring 2014 Tour
- Kick Off Sunday, March 2, 6 p.m. EST, New Union Church, Dayton, Tennessee
- Friday, March 7, 2:15 p.m. CST, Shoals Christian School, Florence, Alabama
- Friday, March 7, 7 p.m. CST, Parkers Creek Baptist Church, Burns, Tennessee
- Sunday, March 9, 10 a.m. CST, Cross Creek Church, Hoover, Alabama
- Sunday, March 9, 6 p.m. CST, Fountain of Grace Church, Prattville, Alabama
- Monday, March 10, 7 p.m. CST, Calvary Baptist Church, Macon, Mississippi
- Wednesday, March 12, 6:30 p.m. CST, First Baptist Church, Folsom, Louisiana
- Thursday, March, 13, 9:55 a.m. CST, Northlake Christian School, Covington, Louisiana
- Thursday, March 13, 7 p.m. CST, First Baptist Church, Lafayette, Louisiana
- Sunday, March 16, 10:30 a.m. CST, Shiloh Baptist Church, Somerville, Alabama


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You could call it our ancestral instinct to hunt and gather kicking in. Or perhaps it's just the siren call of scoring the biggest deals in town that kicks in, every year, like clockwork. Once the turkey feast is finished, shoppers everywhere venture forth to stalk bigger game, like flat-screen TVs, discounted jewelry and shiny new tool sets for half-off. Which is why our Wednesday before Thanksgiving story is such a surprise.
Outdoorsmen and NDSU students Peter Thorson and Lincoln Mousel are, as of Wednesday evening drive time, the undisputed claimants of the all-important "Line Starts Here" spot in front of Fargo's Best Buy store. Of course, that's because they're the only two people camping out at all.
"There's this deal on a TV, and Lincoln and I both have to work on Friday," says Thorson, manfully ignoring the stares (and sometimes less than charitable comments) directed at his all-weather yellow tent Wednesday around six p.m. "Sometimes people kick the tent.... Just gotta shake it off I guess."
Mousel and Thorson brought food, water, books and other provisions to while away the time until Friday midnight's big opening. Unusually enough for people motivated to camp out for three days in front of an electronics stoner, however, the tent is bare of electronics gadgets. No laptop, no gaming system for either of the two boys. All they have is a slowly dying cell phone.
"I had a breakdown" says Mousel from inside the tent. " I realized all I'd have to do to make up the difference (on the sale price) was to work an extra day. But I can't break down and come back. It's too embarrassing."
Too embarrassing to break down a tent? After this? we ask him.
"Yes," he says. "Almost as embarrassing as putting up a tent when you're the only one camping."
Best Buy is also opening a Best Buy Mobile store within the West Acres Mall the day after Thanksgiving.


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Boy & Bear Return Home For National Tour
Australian folk-rock group Boy & Bear will return to Australia for a national tour this Autumn.
Following a successful UK tour last December, Boy & Bear will travel throughout Australia appearing in all major cities as well as a more regional areas including Newcastle, Fremantle, Wollongong and Geelong.
The band has had a successful year with the release of the debut EP With Emperor Antarctica becoming the second highest selling physical EP last year in the ARIA charts. They were also the recipient of last year's triple j Unearthed J Award and a Rolling Stone Award for Artist to Watch. Finally. both their own track Rabbit Song as well as their cover of Crowded House's Fall At Your Feet landed in triple j's Hottest 100 for 2010.
However, expect some new material soon with the band heading to the US to record with Joe Chiccarelli (White Stripes, The Strokes, The Shins) and perform at the South by South West Festival in Austin, Texas.
Boy & Bear will be peforming at Melbourne's Corner Hotel on Friday May 27. Tickets on sale March 3.


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Everything has gone sky high since the scrap metal prices are up and the war is ongoing too. And to add the fear of another gun ban is making the gun and ammo buying panic we are seeing today.
I'm not sure what the future will hold for us but i figure i can put meat on the table with just a 22lr rifle or even a pellet gun. I also made the garden twice as big too just incase of a food shortage or the food prices go ballastic too.


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A creative spirit reimagines Daft Punk's fun song with a cover made in the Super Nintendo game Mario Paint. What's not to like?
A UK man says that Currys electronics store humiliated him by making him dance for a job. The store subsequently apologizes.
Using the alias of "Joe Sly," the "Boston Punk Zombie," the Boston Police Department is allegedly sleuthing out illegal DIY indie-rock shows on social media.
A press release on PRWeb says the search giant bought Wi-Fi technology provider ICOA for $400 million, but ICOA says the news is false.
4Chan unleashes its hacker army on a contest to name a new beverage. Contest disappears from face of the web.
Fiat workers notice a Street View car filming in their area. So one staff member decides to drive right up to the door of VW's nearby headquarters and park a Fiat 500 there. The Street View car photographs it.
With April Fools' Day fast approaching, there's no better time to get your pranks in order. Here are seven pranks sure to provide some laughs!
The brand-new Tron app features artwork, movie stills, a motion comic episode, and music from the soundtrack by Daft Punk.
Looking for new desktop wallpaper? Disney just put out a first-look image of music artists Daft Punk, in character, as seen in the upcoming film "Tron: Legacy."
The Jingle Player iPad app from Jingle Punks makes it easy for advertisers and content producers to find and organize pre-cleared indie music for their creative projects.


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DNP Online Orientation
Welcome to UMass Amherst DNP Program!
Introduction by Dr. DeMartinis, DNP Program Director
Congratulations on your acceptance to the DNP program in the Family Nurse Practitioner or Public Health Nurse Leader role concentration! I am Dr. Jean DeMartinis, the DNP Program Director. I have spoken to all of you in person, through SKYPE, or by telephone and thoroughly enjoyed getting to know each of you.
To begin, please listen to my audio introduction below and then step through the various sections of this orientation. Many sections are accompanied by audio notes. The information included in this online orientation is vital to your success in the UMass DNP Graduate program—so please read and listen carefully! To begin, after you have listened to the welcomes on this page, proceed to the next portion by clicking the links at the bottom of the screen. If at any time you need to return to a previous page, please use the return links provided at the bottom of each screen, or the "Home: DNP Orientation" link. Please note that we have officially earned the status of College of Nursing due to our highly regarded programs! We have corrected this throughout the text of this online orientation, but the video/audio will continue to say "School" at this time.
A note about our new Center at Springfield DNP offerings:
Find out more: umasscenteratspringfield.org.
Regina Kowal, Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) Role Concentration Coordinator
Dr. Regina Kowal is a graduate of our DNP Program with the FNP role concentration. She has just been named our DNP/FNP Role Concentration Coordinator. Click below to listen to Regina Kowal welcome you to our program. Regina Kowal 413-545-6879 email@example.com
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Dr. Raeann LeBlanc is a recent graduate of our DNP Program with the Public Health Nurse Leader (PHNL) role concentration. She has just been named our DNP/PHNL Role Concentration Coordinator. She will be speaking with you again about the DNP/PHNL role in her new position as coordinator of this terrific role concentration! Raeann LeBlanc 413-545-6630 firstname.lastname@example.com below to listen to Reann share her experiences from the perspective of a nurse practitioner and public health nurse leader who has experienced our entire program!
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Student Testimonials: How to Succeed in Online Education for the Practice Doctorate
Listen to the testimonial from a recent graduate of the DNP program. Her experiences provide great insight into how to succeed in online education in the UMass College of Nursing online DNP program.
FNP Graduate Amanda Worcester
Amanda Worcester recorded this testimonial as a DNP student. She recently graduated in May 2013 with her DNP/FNP. Congratulations Dr. Worcester!Please click below to listen to her tell us about the "Five P's to Success in Online Education in the DNP Program at UMass"
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Ethical and descriptive aspects of human judgment and decision making. Rational models based on expected utility, Bayesian statistical inference, falsification logic. "Real life" applications to economics, politics, psychology, risk management and other areas. Special attention to how and why our informal, intuitive strategies deviate from these rational models and to the potential costs and benefits of our heuristic strategies.
Mode of Inquiry: Analyzing Arguments, Reasons, and Values
General Education Requirement Fulfillment: Quantitative and Analytical Reasoning
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Porsche Palooza 2005-2007 (10x8)
By Kelly Shipp
This is a photographic collection of the first three years (2005-2007) of Porsche Palooza, which is currently the 4th largest Porsche event in the U.S.
About the Author
Dimensions Standard Landscape 120 pgs
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Curtis Hed campaigning for 6th Dist.
Published on Wednesday, 30 November -0001 00:00
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Curtis Hed writes, "I have found that most people believe living in a democracy is a good thing. Or perhaps more to the point, they believe it's a good thing as long as their fellow citizens are in agreement with them as to how their society should be governed. Unfortunately people are rarely, if ever, in total agreement with one another. So the question, I believe needs asking is, "Are we, the citizens of the United States of America, handling our disagreements in ways that are beneficial to the long-term health of our society?"
For me the answer to that question is, "I don't think so!" And that is a big reason why I, Curtis Hed of Becker Minnesota, am running as a Write-in Candidate for Minnesota's 6th U.S. Congressional District. It is why I hope you will take my candidacy seriously, will consider what I believe, will share my information, and if you live in Minnesota 6th U.S. Congressional District, you will write-in 'Curtis Hed' as your choice for U.S. Representative this November."
Hed continues, "Changes to our current political system have to start somewhere, and as such I am offering myself to you in a desire to be part of that change. I do not offer myself because I am perfect or because I am without strong beliefs about other issues facing our society, with which, you may or may not agree. Rather, I offer myself because I greatly value the relationships we have with one another, and I am seeking ways to best serve our relationship.
"As for our disagreeing on important issues facing our society, I have learned from personal experience that it does not matter how committed, or even right, one is in their beliefs about a particular issue, if in the championing of those beliefs, we lose sight of why those beliefs matter and we cause the relationships which we claim to value fall apart.
"If you would like to help me in my desire to lessen the "us versus them" mentality so prevalent within the political landscape of today, and/or find out more about my campaign and the opinion I have regarding many of the issues facing our society, please visit and share my webpage with others. www.phantomcandidate.com."
Curtis Hed
Becker, Minn.
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OceanBayPark Family Fun in Fire Island
- bedrooms 3
- baths 1½
- sleeps 6
- pool no
- hot tub no
- pets allowed yes
- type House
- community Ocean Bay Park
rates (USD)
/ week
$ 11,000 - $ 12,000 / month
vacation rental description
Summer special Labor Day week deal $2000 8/29-9/5, Sept deals 9/5-9/12 and 9/12-9/18 $1200 per week!
What a beautiful place this is!
Discover Fire Island! Situated 100 yards from the beach and ball
field in a quiet part of the Island, a short walk to restaurants,
shops and stores.
This bright fresh summer home is perfect for family fun!
Discover a place where wagons, bikes or walking are the mode of
transportation (no cars allowed).
3 Bedrooms, 1 ½ bathrooms outdoor shower on a large deck with bbq
and picnic table, lounge chairs and plenty of extra seating.
The open kitchen is equipted with d/w, microwave, gas stove and oven right off
the deck. The house is fully loaded with all you need. The dinning room has a long table and 6-8 chairs.
The bright living room has high ceilings with wood beams, wood
burning fireplace, 2 couch's, 2 chairs, large satellitte tv,
stereo, DVD player, VCR, ceiling fan, games and more!
The perfect family home. The house has an adjacent guest house,
where the owners reside. However, the two houses are completely
separated by a fence, each has it's own entrance, deck and
amenities. You retain the privacy. Available by the Week, month or summer. This is a quiet area perfect for families, couples but loud partiers need not apply. House holds 6 people total.
vacation rental location
property availability
- dates with deals
- unavailable dates
Last modified on 06-18-2014 at 8:50 AM.
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Tim Bascom 1-212-741-9666
house rental amenities
Beach bathing on one of the quietest parts of Fire Island with a huge beach to do all your swimming, surfing, biking, kite flying, boating, baseball, softball, trangleball, tennis, claming, fishing, kayaking, sailing or just gazing needs!
Discover the magic, stroll to town barefoot! Their are no
cars on the Island! Let your kids
experience freedom!
activities and attractions in Fire Island Long Island
Beach bathing, swimming, surfing, biking, kite flying, boating,
baseball, softball, tennis, claming, fishing, kayaking, trangleball,
boating, sand castle building...or teach your children the art of painting and selling shells!
Only a hour away from the city, let the unwinding begin!
vacation rental rates
From $1,200-$1800 a week in June and Sept .
$2,600 a week from Friday at 6Pm thru Fri at 10AM. July thru Labor day. Discounts available Sept , Oct. and May June.
( The house comes with a complete cleaning before you arrive which is included! No extra charges)
Call Tim for details! House is closed from November through May 1.
Tim Bascom 1-212-741-9666
accepted payment methods
Prior to paying a reservation deposit, always verify payment instructions by calling the phone number displayed on this listing page. By contacting the owner directly and paying by an approved method - credit card, paypal, check or bank transfer - your reservation payment will be protected up to $1,000.Learn more in our Security Center
Top things to do in Fire Island
- Sun bathe
- Beach walks
- Rest and Relax
- Stroll to town
- Bike ride
Top things to do on a budget
- Picnic on the beach
- Hang out on the deck
- Take a swim (at your own risk)
- Walk to the Sunken Forest
- Moonlite stroll
Top things to do with a family
- Beach and build a sand castle
- Bike ride jog fly a kite fishing...
- Eat, drink and be merry
- Cook out or go out to eat in town
- Run free and easy
Tim Bascom , owner


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Apple EarPods with Remote and Mic
"I've got 3 pairs of these - two came with iPhones (mic version) and one with an iPod Touch (no mic version). All sound the same. The EarPods sound much better than I expected they would, and despite owning many more expensive headphones, these have a regular place in my rotation. Sound is natural and nicely balanced - very pleasing signature. For the..." --Kon Peki
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" I don't know whether it's a conspiracy or a joke, but Apple's talk of these being good quality just makes them seem like hilarious liars who could sell ice to eskimos. If their intent is to drive aftermarket sales, then they've managed it. As far as I can tell these things literally don't play bass. It's just not there. The midrange is ok, and if you're tired, they're ok for watching movies..." --BBBS
Apple iPod Earphones Headphones for iPod Nano, Touch & Classic
" After reading InnerFidelity's article about the Apple iBuds, I was definitely curious about how they really sound. I was genuinely surprised, as I expected a tinny sound out of them, but no. It was relatively neutral for me, until the bass area, where they severely lacked. It had better tonal accuracy than my $20 Denon AH-C260. They also performed better in mids and highs compared with..." --WoahReQQuiem
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" 6.50 on ebay brand new 9.50 for the pair with a remote for that price. you gotta love it lol " --jockhater2
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DALLAS (AP) - From having a long layoff to riding their superstar to a victory in their first game back, the Dallas Mavericks fell into some bad habits.
They took the Oklahoma City Thunder too lightly. That turned them lazy and sloppy, especially on defense.
At least, that's how center Tyson Chandler explains why his club is heading to Oklahoma City with the Western Conference finals tied at one game apiece going into Game 3 on Saturday night.
Dallas coach Rick Carlisle said his team was lucky to win either of the first two games considering how poorly they defended.
The Mavericks went from not giving up more than 96 points the first two rounds to allowing at least 106 in each game against the Thunder.
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This will be my last cruise with carnival. The ship was not well laid out. Too much chrome and colored lights. Too many kids in the hot tubs. Lots of rocking of the ship while cruising.
This was absolutely the most boring cruise I have ever been on. I think the lack of activities was due to the cruise directors lack of experience. If you call library time, twilight golf, Texas hold em players meet, friends of Dorothy, bingo and trivia fun activities, then you will be in for a good time. There was not much to do in the evenings, not much entertainment, clubs were empty, hot tubs were full of kids, and the only thing to snack on was pizza. They seriously need to get some one in charge of learning how to keep people entertained.
Food was so so. The selections in the Lido were very limited. Lunch was only opened from 12 to 230 and the lido buffet was packed with long lines and rude people cutting in front of you. We had the My Time dining, we were always seated in a corner, service was slow, food was just so so, nothing exceptional. Room service was late every morning.
Not much in the way of adult pools, in fact, an adult pool did not exist. Children overloaded all of the pools and hot tubs. It was disappointing that that there was not an adult pool area. The Serenity area had 2 hot tubs, all of the chairs were always taken.
Adios Carnival!!


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- Fabric
Fabric and History
The Priory Church was founded in 1094 as an Augustinian Priory and has significant surviving Norman architecture and a fine Jesse screen in the Great Quire. The church survived the dissolution of the monasteries by Henry VIII and was given to the town of Christchurch
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- Shop
Shop and Bookstall
The Priory Church has a bookstall inside the church and a shop with a wide range of gifts just outside the West door
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- Music
The Priory Choirs
The Priory has a long choral tradition. This tradition is continued today with our thriving and expanding music programme. The basic aim of all the choirs is the same: to be able to lead and enhance the worshipping life of this church.
Regular Sunday services are led by the Priory choirs: the boys choir and the girls choir, who each sing together with the dedicated team of volunteer choirmen.
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Groups at The Priory
There are many fellowship, Christian education and interest groups operated by the Priory Church and you are warmly invited to try and maybe join one or more of them.
Welcome Group, House Groups, Junior Church and Little Church, Youth Group - 'ithink', Alpha Course, Church Mice, Mothers Union, The Priory Bells
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Welcome to Christchurch Priory
Welcome to Christchurch Priory, home to a thriving Christian community, set on the southernmost edge of the town on the confluence of the River Avon and the River Stour as they flow into Christchurch Harbour.
Prayer and worship have been offered on this site for more than 1,300 years, and in this Priory Church for over 900 years, by people who have left behind a testimony to their faith in the architecture of this magnificent parish church which dates back to Norman times. We are open every day of the year, and welcome a large number of visitors from across the world.
A wide range of services is on offer in the Priory, many of them involving our choirs which are among the best parish church choirs in the country. As a Christian community, we set out to be welcoming and inclusive, and so the Priory is also used by the people of Christchurch for weddings, funerals, baptisms, and other significant events in both local and national life.
We hope that you will have the opportunity to visit us, to enjoy the beauty and peace of this building, to take time for prayer and reflection, to light a candle, or to join us in any of our acts of worship which take place regularly in this remarkable church hallowed by centuries of prayer and worship.
The Church Wardens
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Forthcoming services and events
|27 August 7:30pm
|Concert Series 2014 - Celebrity Organ Recital Margaret Phillips (International Concert Organist) - Tickets £8 available at the door from 7 p.m.
|28 August 12:30pm
|Summer Chamber Concert Series. Andrew Wilson (piano). Admission free - retiring collection, refreshments available 10.30am -1.30pm
|31 August 3:00pm
|Tower Tours - Weather permitting, adults £2.50 and children under 16 £1.00. Children under 8 are not permitted to go up the Tower.
|3 September 11:00am
|A Service to Commemorate the 75th Anniversary of the Outbreak World War 2. Remembering those who gave their lives in the service of the nation from the Borough of Christchurch.
|7 September 3:00pm
|Tower Tours - Weather permitting, adults £2.50 and children under 16 £1.00. Children under 8 are not permitted to go up the Tower.
|9 September 6:30pm
|Christchurch Priory Special Guided Tour, Tickets £10.00 available from the Vergers Office.
|10 September 11:00am
|Holy Communion (Common Worship) with Hymns
|11 September 9:30am
|Priory School beginning of term service
|More Special servicesFull calendar
Regular Service Times
- Sundays
- 8.00 am - Holy Communion (BCP)
- 9.30 am - Sung Eucharist and Sermon
- 11.30 am - Choral Matins and Sermon
- 11:30 am - Baptism Service (4th Sunday)
- 6.30 pm - Choral Evensong and Sermon
- Weekdays and Saturdays
- 8.30 am - Morning Prayer
- 9.00 am - Eucharist (except Thursday)
- 11.00 am - Holy Communion (BCP) (Thursday only)
- 5.00 pm - Evening Prayer
For a full list see the Services and Special services pages.
Opening times
Monday-Saturday 9.30am - 5.00pm
Sunday 2.15pm - 5.30pm subject to services


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Chicago Rockford International Airport officials say they're postponing AirFest 2013 after the Blue Angels pulled out of the show.
The U.S. Navy's famous fliers were to be the headline act at the show June 1-2.
Officials say the Blue Angels must put in a minimum number of practice hours before any airshow, but have stopped practicing due to federal budget cuts. The cancelled practices put their chances of performing at the Rockford show in doubt.
Airport director Mike Dunn says it was difficult to attract and retain sponsors and plan the show without a definite commitment from the Blue Angels.
Officials plan to move the show to Labor Day weekend and will evaluate other options. That includes reaching out to the aviation community for unique civilian displays and flight demonstrations.
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One of the first comments from one of my college students pertinent to the Mysterious Mister Chomsky, was that she was told by her linguistics professor that he-Mister Chomsky-was a reputable linguist but his cultural commentary was readily discardable.
I read snippets of the works by the Mysterious Mister Chomsky on-again, off-again over a period of decades. For the life of me, I could not understand what he was trying to say, if he was saying anything at all. It seemed to be "something" about war and dropping bombs and lax newspapers.
"Ahhh, but I was so much older then; I'm younger than that now."*
Somewhere along the line I got lost. Between 1970 as I was plodding in the streets of Los Angeles protesting against the war in Vietnam, knowing just enough that somehow the war was wrong [and sufficiently fleet-of-foot in those days to evade the cops]; and now in 2000-something teaching the odd college class on human evolution-somewhere in between, I got lost, and then re-discovered.
I, surely like everyone else, wanted to fit in, to be accepted and valued. Surely this is the "normal" thing to do. Surely, if I did as I was told to do (with the odd exception of my recalcitrance over the occasional war or two), I would be rewarded with the blissful and successful life. Isn't that the path of the "good citizen?" Honor parents, community, and nation.
I was a Boy Scout. I tried so hard to be a "good" one, too. I really was sincere. I even got a Merit Badge in Citizenship-something about honoring parents, community, and nation.
I was a good boy, and a good Boy Scout, and I tried so hard to be a good student at college (never mind that no one around in my family had any interest in college, or community, or the nation-or the family, for that matter).
I WAS a good student at college (never mind that I dropped out of high school. I wasn't a "good student" in high school, but as Mister Obama says, let's not look too closely at the past we don't like-so I'll obey the President's wishes. I do thank him for that "out." You don't suppose he has a past which he would like to escape, do you? We won't go there.).
I was such a "good" student at college that they "let" me have a doctorate degree at the University of California, Berkeley. Surely, by then, I was a model citizen of obedience to family, community, and nation (never mind that I didn't FEEL like a "good" citizen; I didn't FEEL valued; I had nagging thoughts about how all this was just a scam-but surely, everyone else around me was acting like they were living the good life, so I must be wrong. Granted, the odd person here and there was angry about the homeless, the hungry, the bombed, and the bedraggled, but we mustn't tarry too long with such intrusions into our thinking because what I want, and what I think is right is subordinate to-parents, community, and nation.)
So, enters the Mysterious Mister Chomsky. (what in the world is he trying to say? He makes no sense! What's his point? I don't understand! What is all this talk about power and democracy-EVERYONE knows we Americans have a democracy, and everyone on the planet envies us. If the US government kicked the crap out of the Nicaraguans, then, they must have had it coming to them-but wait-isn't Nicaragua an awful lot like Vietnam? Vietnam, "just wasn't right." "Everyone knew Vietnam "just wasn't right." Isn't Panama, El Salvador, Haiti, Nicaragua, Lebanon, and even Brazil, etc, etc an awful lot like Vietnam? Wait a minute! That can't be right! America is always right (granted the odd and occasional "mistake")-they say so on TV–and Radio–and Newspapers–and Magazines—–
How come it's only me, and maybe a couple of my friends, who think Vietnam was wrong? How come "no one else" thinks like this? I try to dispel such thoughts (being that I'm the "good" citizen and want to be just like everyone else-who obviously think that I'm wrong and that American foreign and domestic policies are—well–American! To be American is–well–to be patriotic. Come on, everyone knows this, so I must be terribly wrong in my own quiet thinking about how abusive and–well–un-American America is! How can I think such un-American thoughts, to think that American itself is un-American! Surely, I've gotten my wires crossed. I must be wrong.)
(There's nothing left to my social self but parenthetical living. I live in the "real" in a shallow vacuum of lies and nonsense and fake patriotism which smells more like fascism than rational thinking, while I live out a tiny parenthetical existence where my own judgements have some freedom to breathe–but it's stuff in here, living between two curved lines bracketing the social "real" from the "real" real. The Real Real returns—-)
(wait a minute. i was only joking. i didn't really mean it. i'm a good citizen. i pay my taxes and vote. i give to charities. i go to church every sunday [well, i did when i was seven until age fourteen--that ought to count for something] i don't think we should pay any attention to that Mysterious Mister Chomsky-he keeps talking like Pogo in that comic strip–you know–"We have met the enemy, and he is us!"** with a twist, though, that there is an "us" and then there is also another "US." "us" is people like you and me–regular folks without a lot of money; and then there is another "US" which is the rich people who tell the rest of "us" what to do, and even the very special "US" tell the U.S.-of-A. government what to do.)
(…after awhile. it began to sink in. now i get it. the Mysterious Mister Chomsky is offering two simple, but difficult-for-the-educated-and-sincere-among-us [includes me] to comprehend ideas. the relationship is roughly linear; the more educated we are, and the more sincere we are, the more susceptible we are to lies. i would characterize the two principles thusly:)
(1) Golden Rule: don't bomb others, unless we would have them bomb us. it's not okay to invade other countries, drop bombs on real, live, living, breathing people, or give money to other people in other countries who then, with our money, harm others, or train them here in the US, either. this is not okay. American exceptionalism is a euphemism for hypocrisy. it's not only not nice to bomb and invade others, but at some point the rule of "what goes around, comes around is invoked by others–tragically." they might get angry and retaliate, or to use the CIA term, blowback: people angry because we bomb them, kill their kin, steal their resources, overthrow their governments and other not-nice things; angry people may return the favor in kind by harming us. the best foreign policy to defeat so-called terrorism is, as the Mysterious Mister Chomsky states, not to participate in it. simple idea: don't kill other people on behalf of the United Fruit Company.)[radical; un-American ideas]
(2) Historical Continuity: if the US committed domestic and global crimes in 1898, it's a reasonable concern that we may be continuing to commit crimes today in 2009; we should take particular care to examine the behavior of "our" government. true, times have changed, but we should be careful to ask, "what has changed, and what has not changed." some old bad things are now good things such as the end of slavery, but alas, many crimes continue to be committed by the US-inside and out-using multifarious invalid supporting arguments [then, as now]. an anti-corollary of this principle is suffused through modern, state-supported educational institutions: the here-and-now is categorically disconnected from history as if collectively we are one of Mister Oliver Sacks' patients who have no memory of anything prior to ten minutes ago. Gore Vidal characterizes this cultural condition in the term, "USA = United States of Amnesia. We live categorically disconnected from human historical events; US history has no meaning for modern government because everything done now by politicians is good-especially so with respect to foreign policy. America: love it or leave it. don't look too closely, for to do so is un-American. the news media are know-nothings, and that's the good, old fashioned, American way. To question US foreign policy is ipso facto un-American.)
(regrettably, these two principles fly in the face of a third principle [also elucidated by the Mysterious Mister Chomsky] which governments since time immemorial have honored–)
(Principle of Irreproachability: "we, the government, never, ever do anything illegal or immoral." sure, we make a mistake or two from time-to-time, but never-ever-ever assert that any govern policies are immoral, out-right wrong, or illegal–that is un-American. it's un-American to question the "American-ness" of living-breathing, mortal government officials–especially if the issue has any remote connection to foreign policy or that dangerous, un-American idea of "socialized" medicine.)
(so, if we can ever get out of this parenthetical social order, it will be with gratitude to the Mysterious Mister Chomsky and many, many others who have voiced the unthinkable and thought the unspeakable. having done so, they have been marginalized into the parenthetical space where truth lives as subjugated knowledge: Vandana Shiva's term.)
(all governments lie, but there is no conspiracy, either. it's right there in front of our faces every day, wherein the US causes uncountable miseries and commits uncounted crimes against others, in the name of "us" while acting in the interests of the moneyed few. the rich tell us what to do, when to do it, and how to do it, and for how much-and dictate what is, and what is not "news" and what is and what is not "real" and who is and who is not the "good citizen.")
(paradoxically, as the Mysterious Mister Chomsky suggests, the good citizen is the bad citizen. perversely, we should revel among the reviled…but don't tell anyone i said so; i wouldn't want word to get around..what would people think? they might take away my Citizenship Merit Badge.)
* with apologies to Mister Zimmerman.
** the words of Mister Kelly


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nay. no wishing involved. what ever color suits me beautifully on that particular sunday morning
GA vs GE turf wars. GO
Monsters Doing Coke
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this seems fruitless to i, adam sandler
i read it
that means the next 15 people can just skip it
i skipped it. saw the picture, thats all i need to know
I read it. Estimation incorrect
Monsters Doing Coke
Big B.A.D Rots
Combo breaker!
so i just got back from panhandling (free cash) today and i didnt make a lot of money, but i did get: a free t shirt, a box of butter cookies, a tootsie pop (thrown out of a moving vehicle), a 10 dollar gift card for tim hortins (donut/coffee shop) and a dime of cron.
day well spent.
I love thrifting