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SpringHill Suites by Marriott, the latest addition to the Old Dominion University Village, will celebrate its grand opening today.
A ribbon cutting at 5 p.m. will officially open the new facility, which features 114 suites and a 24-hour business center. An invitation-only reception, with food and drinks provided by local restaurants, and tours will follow, said general manager Linda Komornik. Proceeds from a silent auction and cash bar will be donated to Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters.
Also during the opening festivities, BBL, the Albany, N.Y., construction and development firm that built and owns the hotel, will announce a gift to Old Dominion in the form of a $50,000 scholarship endowment. The awards will go to outstanding participants from Old Dominion's Lambert's Point Summer Program, which offers educational and recreational activities for children and teens who live in the neighborhood just south of the campus.
"I'm thrilled about our new partnership with Old Dominion University and the University Village," Komornik said.
The ODU SpringHill Suites by Marriott is located at 4500 Hampton Blvd., next to the Ted Constant Convocation Center. In addition to its suites and business center, the hotel has an indoor swimming pool and spa, among other amenities, and offers a free breakfast buffet for guests. It also features the Monarch Sports Grille, which is open for lunch, dinner and room service, and has 20 flat-screen televisions.
Robert L. Fenning, ODU's vice president for administration and finance, views the new hotel as an important cornerstone for both the University Village and Old Dominion. "I'm proud of this latest addition to the enrichment of our university life," he said. "This hotel will be a catalyst in bringing new business to Hampton Boulevard."
For more information, visit www.springhillodu.com.
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WMDT 47 NEWS - A heads up for parents, a company is recalling a baby walker. BebeLove is recalling model style number 358 because they can fit through a standard doorway, and won't stop at the edge of a step, as required by the federal safety standard.
They are also recalling model 368 because the leg openings can allow the child to slip down until the child's head becomes entrapped at the neck. The Consumer Product Safety Commission says babies using these walkers can become seriously injured or killed.
About 3,600 walkers, which were sold in pink, blue, green, and purple in all are being recalled. The products were sold online at Amazon.com and Overstock.com, along with small retail stores in Arizona, California, and Utah, between November 2011 through July 2013, for around $25. Customers with the products, should stop using the recalled baby walkers immediately, and contact BebeLove toll-free at 888-464-1218 for a free repair kit. For more information, visit BebeLove's website, or Consumer Product Safety Commission's website.

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It has been announced that the 7th season of Shawn Ryan\'s FX series "The Shield", will be it\'s last, and is scheduled to air sometime in 2007/2008. The fans and addicts of the show "The Shield" are disappointed and wish FX, the cast, and crew of the series to reconsider it\'s decision, and continue creating the show. The undersigned of this petition consider "The Shield" to be their favorite show, and look forward to each episode with collective breath\'s held. They buy the DVD\'s, Soundtracks, and watch the episodes and sponsor\'s commercials. they hope that their favorite show on TV will not be silenced while it is still VERY popular. TV polls do not count for the true numbers of fans of this show, and they hope the petition here online will show everyone involved with producing "The Shield", how serious they are about their show, and how much they wish the people with the "kill" button to reconsider this decision, and not to shut down a show that has so much more to offer, so many more plot lines to discover, and so many of the characters that can be exploited for great stories. Thank-you for your time, and please listen to your fans. Other shows like "Family Guy" have been on the cut list until their fans spoke up, so it is hoped the same will happen in this instance.
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Dr Pepper Celebrates Individuality with Life Stories in the Latest "/1" Promotion
There are many ways to celebrate individuality, but it is much better when well-known brands help you with this. Dr Pepper has launched a new US advertising push dubbed "/1," or "one of one," which centers around the "each one is unique" message, which is behind the "One of a Kind" campaign launched in early 2012. The new promotion developed by Deutsch LA includes a series of adverts starring individuals who achieved a lot in their life.
The new spots, which inspire consumers to be one of one, not just one in a billion, tell stories of five people, whose one-of-a-kindness is proved by descending "statistics." They are Armando Cristian Perez aka Pitbull, an American rapper, songwriter and actor; Mikaela Mayer, a professional model turned Olympic female boxing hopeful; Justin "Nordic Thunder" Howard, the 2011 U.S. Air Guitar champion and YouTube sensation; Jen Mayfield, a suburban mom of five by day, roller derby queen by night; and Misty Copeland, a Boys & Girls Club alumna and soloist for the prestigious American Ballet Theatre. In the "/1" spots, they are explaining why they are totally unique, using numbers (though, it's hard to say if some of these numbers are correct—for instance, is it ever possible to count all devoted mothers?).
The campaign includes five individual-centered "/1" 30' spots (so far, the brand has released just two of them, featuring Mikaela Mayer and Jen Mayfield) as well as a 60' emotional video, which celebrates all of the heroes. Dr Pepper fans can visit the brand's official website and declare what makes them one of a kind—their declarations along with photos are featured on a digital wall.
"Now, in an age of YouTube stars, Tumblr and Twitter, people more than ever are putting their individuality out into the world. That's why the '/1' campaign features real people with real stories that make them like no one else—in hopes to inspire more people to live their one-of-a-kind lives, a sentiment that Dr Pepper has shared since its beginning," commented Leslie Vesper, director of marketing for Dr Pepper.


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A-LIST star Brad made a 'Pitt-stop' in Dorset to film.
The Hollywood hunk was spotted at Lulworth Cove filming scenes from his new zombie movie World War Z.
Dozens of fans battled the bad weather to try and get a glimpse of their idol as he ploughed through the waves in the cove on a speed boat.
He was then seen jumping off the boat and running up the beach into the arms of his family in the film.
A fundraising Lulworth mum was delighted to receive more than £700 from the star, after one of her friends had a word with Brad's security guards and told them about the event.
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Just like the McDonald's All-American Game, six future Kentucky Wildcats will be participating in the Jordan Brand Classic this weekend.
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Evan Daniels and the Scout.com team have been on the ball recently. It's still extremely early, but here's the updated list of 2013 prospects. Per Scout, Kentucky targets are: Jabari Parker (#1 overall), Julius Randle (#2), Nerlens Noel (#3 - offered), Chris Walker (#4), Kuran Iverson (#8), Jonathan Williams (#9), Solomon Poole (#24), Isaiah Lewis (#39), Tyler Ennis (#50).
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Work has begun and the 2014-2015 village budget with the goal of keeping things pretty much the same as the 2013-2014 budget.
"Normally I wouldn't be the first person to say this, but I think in this environment, it is best to keep everything steady," Cooperstown Mayor Jeff Katz said.
The village consolidation of the courts system will affect the state-tax cap, making a holding-steady plan even more desirable. Instead of a two-percent cap, Cooperstown would only receive a potential 1.4-percent raise.
The village trustees met on March 6 and 10 in special meetings to project revenues and question line items on budget requests, seeking to close a gap that began the week at about $600,000. Department heads answered questions at the second meeting.
The tentative budget is due March 20. Katz said he wasn't sure if the trustees would need one more meeting next week until he heard back on several questions Village Treasurer Ed .
The village projects $370,000 in parking revenues in 2014, plus $25,000 in permits. In on-street paid parking, $170,000 is projected, while Doubleday Field increases to $200,000 thanks to an extended season and 40 percent rise in cost. The village has also restored $10,000 to projections for sale taxes in July in anticipation of a big Induction Weekend.
The biggest item in the budget is a new dump truck for the streets department. Katz said some other vehicle purchases could be in or out of the tentative depending on some shared services requests.
Irish Hill Road is scheduled for repaving and the village is moving forward on taking over Cooper Lane.
Pine Boulevard was the street on the bubble, and appears to be out of the budget for now. Repaving Pine would cost about $67,000.
"It's a big road, and it is really is two roads, so it was an expensive project," Katz said.
Katz said restoring depleted funds, updating vehicles and 22 Main Street were big priorities for this year's budget. He also said the budget would be the first in years to not take money out of the water surplus.
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The Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force is offering a reward for information which would lead to the capture of fugitive Tiyosuljo Egler.
Egler is wanted by the U.S. Marshals for violating the conditions of his supervised release.
Egler was originally charged by the ATF for being a felon in possession of a firearm back in August of 2008 and was sentenced to two years and three months of prison with 3 years of supervised release to follow.
Before that, he has been convicted of felony drug charges, attempted escape and robbery, according to the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas web site.
Egler is 41 years old and he is 5'07" in height and weighs 195 pounds. He has brown hair and brown eyes.
Egler is thought to be hiding out somewhere in Cleveland. He also had a previous address near the 10200 block of Ostend Ave. in Cleveland.
If you have any information in reference to Tiyosuljo Egler, please contact the Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force at 1-866-4WANTED or Text keyword WANTED and tip to 847411 (tip411).
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This course, held in Medford, Ore., introduces the participant to 12-lead EKG. Emphasis on ACS recognition and early intervention. Time is spent applying criteria to actual case studies.
This course, held in Medford, Ore., introduces participants to right and left bundle branch block, criteria to distinguish aberration from ventricular as well as hemiblock recognition.
This S.T.A.B.L.E. Program course, held in Medford, Ore., was developed to meet the educational needs of health care providers who must deliver this important stabilization care. S.T.A.B.L.E. is the most widely distributed and implemented neonatal education program to focus exclusively on the post-resuscitation/pre-transport stabilization care of sick infants.
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News: Game Speaks On Jay Electronica, "I Haven't Heard Anyone Spit Like Him Since Nas"
Monday, May 3, 2010 11:15AM
West Coast rapper Game officially co-signed Jay Electronica and likened the emcee to rap veteran Nas.
Game said he is including Jay on his upcoming R.E.D. Album.
"He just randomly popped up in L.A. and we went into the studio," Game said about meeting Jay. "Originally, I had studio time, but then I had to record for Dr. Dre, so Puffy and Swizz Beatz crashed my session. When I got back, Swizz did a hook, then Jay did a verse and killed it. Jay tried to be humble and tell me, "You bodied me," but I wasn't having it. The things that come out of his mouth are crazy. I haven't heard anyone spit like him since Nas." (The BVX)
Nas, too, has publicly praised Electronica's emcee skills.
"Ah man, it's love man," Nas said about rappers co-signing him as a main influence in their music. "It never ceases to amaze me, I'm just happy that I'm here and I'm happy that all the other dudes are out there. I'm inspired by all the guys you're probably talking about. I'm inspired by them too...It's all good, there's all kinds of things going on now, it's always shifting. One area of the world will dominate rap music and then Mid-West and The South and The West, it just rotates and everybody gets their say. [For new artists?] Jay Electronica, I'm really, I'm digging him right now." (Young Hollywood)
While Jay is slated to appear on R.E.D., Game recently said Nicki Minaj did not make his album.
"No [she's not on the album]. She was supposed to be and then we didn't make it happen fast enough and then the song got leaked though and it was a wrap. She's the most potent, new female hip-hop artist and we got one on this [West] side called Canary, she's dope and on the mixtape so be on the look-out for her...[Ashanti] can sing her a** off. Anything she sings sounds like radio material, so that's crazy." (Rap-Up)
Earlier this year, Game talked about wanting to collaborate with pop superstar Lady Gaga.
"I'm trying to get [Interscope co-founder and chairman] Jimmy Iovine to throw me in the studio with Lady Gaga," he explained in an interview. "She's a rebel, and I go against the grain every day, so, if it happens, it'll be monumental for the state of music...Dre and I have always been on the same team, I've just been too wild for him at times. He's older and legendary and he's been through enough drama in his career and doesn't have to jump into my drama. So, I understood that and why he pulled back." (ABC News)
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There are likely a lot of people who want to be organ donors but don't take the time to sign the dotted line or talk to family members about it.
With that in mind, doctors in Denmark have come up with what they think is the perfect solution to build up the organ donor bank. They want legislation in Denmark that would automatically register all citizens as organ donors unless that person took the time to sign the paperwork that would take them off the list.
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The Legal Bridge between Business and Engineering
M. Thomas Arnold, Claire Cornell, George Vozikis, University of Tulsa
This paper will discuss the integration of law into the University of Tulsa Certificate in Innovation and Product Development and the integration of an interdisciplinary component into the College of Law's Certificate of Entrepreneurial Law. Attention will be given not only to a description of what is being done at the University of Tulsa, but also to such issues as the benefits derived from the interdisciplinary curriculum, the challenges faced in constructing and offering such a curriculum, and the feedback received from undergraduate, graduate, and law students regarding the curriculum. The addition of the legal perspective into an interdisciplinary curriculum is an important and innovative accomplishment at any institution interested in providing a well-rounded learning experience for student innovators and inventors.
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Cheese Fries
I love the Amarillo Cheese Fries from Lone Star Steak House but we don't get to eat there very often so I came up with my own recipe. I think it is just as good as the original - if not better!
Oh my...fries are like kryptonite to me...I'm totally helpless when they're near!
Good grief, I'm afraid to make these but I don't think I'll be able to resist! Where did you find taco seasoning in a jar like that, I've only found it in those packets. We go through so much of it around here I need to buy it in the jars lol.
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Komura Settai's Umbrellas
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(Komura Settai's "Osen," printed in 1941 after his death.)
Last winter, the Saitama Museum of Art held a spectacular exhibit on Komura Settai (1887 – 1940), an early 20th century print designer. His images graced Shiseido perfume bottles, the covers of the author Izumi Kyoka's novels, and the sets of kabuki stages. Since the sky today is growing grayer and grayer, I thought this image appropriate to remember the playful aspect of rain.


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Atlanta police are looking for a man who kidnapped a woman Wednesday morning and attempted to kidnap a second woman, just minutes later.
Both incidents happened around the Moreland Avenue area in Southeast Atlanta.
"There was a guy stuffing this girl into a trunk," said Joel McCoy, who was up late when he heard screams for help outside his home on Hawthorne Street just after 2 a.m. "He punched her in the mouth as he was trying to close the trunk lid on her. And she's screaming."
McCoy helped the woman into his home and called police.
Less than a half hour before the attack on Hawthorne Street, two women were sitting on the front porch when they noticed a man walking back and forth. Suddenly, he ran up onto their porch and grabbed one of the women by the arm. He indicated he had a gun and then managed to drag her up the street into the trunk of his car.
As the car sped down the road, she destroyed part of the interior of the trunk in order to be able to open the latch. She then leapt from the car running for her life. She suffered only a few cuts and bruises.
"He had a gun," said Marcos Gonzalez, who said he was walking home from a party when he saw the man attacking his roommate.
"He told me to not be brave," Gonzalez said. "I just walked up here, knocked on the door and called police."
Atlanta Police believe both attacks are related since they happened in the same area, just minutes apart.
"It's a good neighborhood," said Joe Smith, whose mother lives in the area. "You usually don't see nothing happen like that. That's crazy."
Police also said the man is dangerous.
"Both of the attempts took place within 30 minutes of one another, so that basically tells us he's determined to succeed in this action," said Captain Adam Lee III, spokesperson for the Atlanta Police Department.
Lee said they are looking for a black male in his 20s, 5'8" with a slim build, short dreadlocks and wearing a blue hoodie. He was driving a dark colored sedan.
"She was totally shaken, as you can imagine," McCoy said. "I mean, someone tries to abduct you and put you in their trunk? That's like a horror movie."
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Radio interview in Mount Gambier, South Australia
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On Monday 2 Nov 2009 I was interviewed by Stan Thomson during his Mornings program on ABC SE South Australia on my visit to Mount Gambier and my talk to the Mount Gambier History Group on Discovering Military Ancestors Online . I was a bit surprised to find that Stan also wanted to know about my own family and how I became interested in researching the past. A copy of the interview is available here.
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It's been several years since most businesses took on a big project like moving to Windows 7. It may be helpful to compare the adoption process to other huge endeavors. Such as, say, the Death Star Project. Or if not helpful, it's at least fun.
IT Expert Voice can give you plenty of pragmatic advice about how to run a Windows 7 pilot and tools to help you change OSs, but hey, who wants to be practical? Instead, see what you can learn from the effort to build the Star Wars death star, a test-and-deploy project that took even longer than your most frightening worst-case scenario for rolling out Windows 7 in your large enterprise.
Here's a few lessons to learn:
- The project always takes longer to get started than you expect. The Emperor started the Death Star project at the end of Episode 3 (Revenge of the Sith), and he probably had more political clout than you do.
- The longer the project, the more endless meetings you must endure. You may have to get buy-in from other departments. Its leadership may have differing priorities from those that the IT department sets.Be patient, or you may find that someone else wants to cut off your air supply. Does this sound suspiciously like your last staff meeting?
VADER: I find your lack of faith disturbing.
TARKIN: Enough of this! Vader, release him!
VADER: As you wish.
TARKIN: This bickering is pointless.
- Always test the project before deployment. Choose a department that doesn't cause trouble, that has few troublemakers, which is out of the way. Like, say, Alderaan.
TARKIN: Princess Leia, before your execution I would like you to be my guest at a ceremony that will make this battle station operational. No star system will dare oppose the Emperor now.
LEIA: The more you tighten your grip, Tarkin, the more star systems will slip through your fingers.
TARKIN: Not after we demonstrate the power of this station. In a way, you have determined the choice of the planet that'll be destroyed
first. Since you are reluctant to provide us with the location of the Rebel base, I have chosen to test this station's destructive power…
on your home planet of Alderaan.
LEIA: No! Alderaan is peaceful. We have no weapons. You can't possibly…
TARKIN: You would prefer another target? A military target? Then name the system!
- Proceed at a reasonable pace. Don't try to do too much at once. Otherwise, senior management may decide that the way to get the project back on track is to bring in an outside consultant. Yours may make Darth Vader seem like a pussycat.
VADER: You may dispense with the pleasantries, Commander. I'm here to put you back on schedule.
The commander turns ashen and begins to shake.
JERJERROD: I assure you, Lord Vader, my men are working as fast as they can.
VADER: Perhaps I can find new ways to motivate them.
- Do not discount the user community. If you don't get all your people to buy into management's vision for the new technology, and to understand how their lives will be improved, they may become destructive to the project goals. (Need we explain?)
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I am a new forum member and will use this post to introduce myself. I recently came into possession of my dad's 1949 Cub. He bought it in 1951 to replace his horse and used it for about 6 years to raise a total of about 20 acres of cotton and corn in Mississippi. I started driving on this tractor in 1952 when I was 7. In about 1957 he gave up farming and went to work in a factory. The Cub was used for the garden until about 1990. Dad passed away in 1995 and the Cub was infrequently used for mowing until about 2004. Since then it has been unused. I hope to restore it to a running condition with a decent appearance and use it to cultivate a small garden. I am not trying to make it like new. From reading many posts on this forum I can see that there is a lot of information and help available. I am looking forward to the project and learning from fellow forum members.
The engine is currently frozen. I have removed it and will take it to a machine shop in early Jan. With the engine off I can see that the clutch shaft (Drive shaft) appears to be bent and has a slight wobble when turned by hand. Is a slight bend a major problem and if it is can it be straightened? I have many more questions but I'll stop with this one for now.
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Welcome to the best forum on the internet. That includes ALL forums, no matter what the subject matter. Your cub story is almost identical to my dad's "Uncle Bob", a 1947.
As for as the main shaft, you need to remove it and inspect each end for wear. If it looks ok, a machine shop can straighten it and make it run true. I had one done locally at no charge.
Looks like you are less than 3 hrs from Sneads FL which is the site for DSCF held in Feb.
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Did you already try putting a penetrating oil in the cylinders to see if that would free up the pistons? Often, the rings get stuck to the cylinder walls. It also may be a case of a couple of stuck valves. You can remove the tappet cover and see if they will move with a screwdriver. If you have a hand crank, you can use that to try and free up the engine after doing the above. You may need to put the engine up on blocks (or an engine stand) and have someone help by holding it while you try and use the crank. An engine rebuild can run anywhere between $500- $2000 depending on the extent of the work needed. If it's something you can fix yourself, you'll save some money, even if it's only to disassemble before it goes to the engine shop. The shaft bend should be straightened as it will cause both seal and bearing early failure. And "Welcome to the Forum".
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Welcome to the forum. I like your Cub, it has good patina. Front and rear wheel weights, cultivators, any more attachments? Since you have used this Cub in the past, you know what a perfect tractor they are for a garden. Keep us posted on your repairs and have fun with it.
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I have tried the oil in the cylinders and so far have had luck. When I pulled the head the valves look to be in pretty bad shape. Since they look so bad I have elected to take it to a machine shop. For $100 they will tear it down measure everything and give me an estimate for various "fixes". I am mentally prepared for the worst. I have a second engine which looks better when removing the head. In the worst case I could use it but at what point am I not restoring my Dad" tractor but buying a new one if that makes sense? Based on the responses that I have received I'll go ahead and take out the shaft and check it out. I'll post the results. Thanks to everyone for the suggestions. I am looking at trying to attend the Cub Fest in Sneads Fl in Feb. I should know in a couple of weeks if I'll be able to make it.
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Congratulations on rescuing your dad's cub. Another one saved from the scrapheap. And a Big Irish Welcome to the forum You will get all the help you need here. Merry Christmas to all forum users.
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That would be up to you; as with each decision concerning your Cub (formerly your dad's). Each component replaced would certainly make it less "your dad's" old Cub, but in my way of thinking, the parts don't necessarily constitute the whole. You could easily replace the engine, or the radiator, or the bolster, or any other combination of components and it would still be your dad's ol' tractor. I wouldn't let that detour you from making a decision that you're comfortable with both emotionally and financially. Now, if you sell this Cub, at that point, you've sold "dad's tractor", if you understand my meaning.
Welcome to the forum; glad to read your story and have you aboard!
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Re: Dad's 1949 Cub
Reminds me of the old joke "We've replaced the handle three times and the head twice, but it's still Grampa's axe!"
If funds permit, I would recommend the overhaul of the original engine - that way you know what's in it, you've got an engine good for another 50 years, and you've kept Dad's original block.
That being said, I don't think that swapping in a short block would make it any less "Dad's" tractor.
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How is the block as far as welds/cracks. If the block has had any repairs made to it, especially around the right front ear, you may not want to spend much on the engine.
Welcome to the forum and this Ohioan hopes to meet you at DSCF. I plan to be there again.
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Looking forward to seeing you at DSCF, Hopefully! We will be delighted to have you here.
Roy & the DSCF staff.
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Certainly well worth your time. Great hosts. Great food. Great Cubs. What more could you ask for?
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How do I make reservations or notify the host that I will attend the DSCF? This will be my first.
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Mr. E is the host and I'd say he will see this today and know you plan to be there. It is best to reserve a room soon as the motel have been filling up due to other events in the are the same weekend.
Here is the website with more info. http://www.dscubfest.com/
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The Falcons announced Thursday they agreed to a five-year deal to re-sign LB Stephen Nicholas. The team also re-signed LB Mike Peterson.
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PFW identifies four players from the NFC South who are ready for coming-out parties in 2011 (clockwise from left) — Sean Weatherspoon, David Gettis, Gerald McCoy and Jonathan Casillas.
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Falcons CB Chris Owens is being investigated by suburban Atlanta police for trashing the apartment of his ex-girlfriend and destroying many of her valuable possessions.
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Falcons owner Arthur Blank told PFW last week that he is open to considering an appearance on "Hard Knocks" in future years and he doesn't think head coach Mike Smith will automatically dismiss doing the show.
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The Falcons have implemented minor payroll reductions to members of the front office, according to Jeff Schultz of the Atlanta Journal Constitution.
Falcons counting on more from Weatherspoon
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A 73-year-old man was fatally injured when his mobility scooter was involved in a collision with a car last Tuesday in Kidlington, police have now revealed.
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By Will Broaddus Staff writer
The Salem News
---- — Kitchens should be easy to work in, with plenty of open space. That's the recipe favored by several local designers, whose projects will appear in Saturday's Heart of the Kitchen Tour to benefit the Wenham Museum.
If the formula sounds simple, the results are eye-catching, as visitors can see for themselves in nine kitchens across the North Shore.
In Boxford, for example, Howell Custom Building Group of Lawrence redesigned a kitchen as part of a larger vision for the whole house.
"They wanted to open up space on the first floor," said Susan Howell, who serves as marketing director at the firm. "They wanted better traffic flow for their family, an easier, nicer living space."
To do that, they needed to solve two problems, according to Steve Howell, Susan's husband and the firm's president: "How to connect the cooking area in with the main part of the kitchen, and how to get the refrigerator more integrated into the kitchen."
The refrigerator was moved next to the sink, from an isolated position in the room, and now falls into line with the other appliances, and with the sink and countertops.
But the island was also reshaped, from a rectangular block in the center of the room to a longer structure with an angled top; cold granite was replaced with warm, black walnut.
"In winter, granite is not nearly as inviting as the wood," Howell said. "We also wanted to use the grain of the wood to enhance that angle."
This surface, now resembling an arm bent at the elbow, embraces the cooking area on one side, while also inviting diners to sit along its overhanging, outer edge, where they can talk to the cook while the meal is being prepared.
Its shape further connects diners to the rest of the house, which has been opened up with new half-walls punctuated with columns.
Kitchens are redesigned more often than any other room, Howell said, because they endure the most use.
Remodeled kitchens also generate higher values than other rooms for the resale value of house, he said.
Lisa Kawski, of lmk interiors, also enlarged a kitchen for clients in Wenham using several different means.
"Previously, the kitchen had a dark feeling, with dark cabinetry," she said. "We wanted to give them more space, an open, airy feeling."
As with the Howells' design, Kawski first had to move some appliances.
"Part of the problem was that, when you entered from the dining room into the kitchen area, you walked into a dishwasher at the end," she said. "It was not convenient if it was left open."
That was solved by enlarging the space, from what was originally a galley kitchen with "a very small, eat-in nook" with room for one cook.
Kawski cut out a wall — which required adding a steel beam to support the ceiling — to double the kitchen's size.
The space was further enlarged by creating a "country French feel" with "cream finished cabinet treatments" and toile-style wallpaper with a floral pattern.
Robin Sears of Wenham relies mostly on her paintbrush to bring the best out in a room and will feature her own kitchen on the Wenham Museum tour.
"I have a super-old house," she said, "and I wanted it as if it stopped in the 1940s — with a 21st-century twist."
Her kitchen has a checkerboard pattern on the floor and includes a refrigerator and stove from a company that manufactures "retro" models.
"It has a green and yellow linoleum floor and painted wood cabinets with a collapsed apron," she said, "but I've dressed them up with a twist: they wouldn't have had pink and yellow and green in the middle of the century.
"I've painted them in a folkloric, whimsical manner with scallops and animals and flowers, like traditional peasant paintings from Eastern Europe."
The whimsical charm is further enhanced by a rabbit hutch under a window seat that she rebuilt and by a model train that runs around the room on a track below the ceiling.
"I do any kind of interior," she said, "but I love doing kitchens because they're always kind of joyful, colorful and happy."
Other local design firms on the tour, which will also visit Beverly Farms, Hamilton, Ipswich and Manchester-by-the-Sea, include Meadowview Construction, Northshore Kitchens Plus, Wilson Kelsey Design Inc., New England Design Works, and Designer Bath and Salem Plumbing Supply.
A map to their kitchens is available when visitors buy tickets at the Wenham Museum, where they are also invited to visit the kitchen of the 17th-century Claflin-Richards House on the museum grounds.
The tour, which is co-chaired by Yvonne Blacker of Designer Bath, is also accepting nonperishable food donations for Beverly Bootstraps' food pantry.
If you go What: Fifth Heart of the Kitchen Tour to benefit Wenham Museum When: Saturday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Where: Wenham Museum, 132 Main St. More information: Tickets in advance (must be purchased today): members $15, nonmembers $18; tickets day of event, $23. At 978-468-2377, www.wenhammuseum.org or in person at museum.


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JOY broadcasts Haring mural anniversary
Joy94.9 will be broadcasting live from a unique event marking the anniversary of the creation of a artwork in suburban Melbourne by the internationally renownwed artist Keith Haring.
In March 1984 the famous gay American artist and HIV activist Keith Haring visited Australia to produce murals in Melbourne and Sydney. On March 6 that year he painted a mural on the wall of the Collingwood Technical College which was to become the only one of his Australian murals to survive.
Two years before his death from an AIDS related illness in 1990 Haring established a foundation which and continues his work championing of HIV awareness and provides grants to children in need and people affected by HIV/AIDS.
Now part of the new premises of Circus OZ, expert restoration was completed last year to bring the badly deteriorated mural back to its original appearance and to mark the third decade since it was created, Arts Victoria is holding a special event next Thursday, March 6, to mark the day, thirty years ago when Haring painted it.
Now one of the few remaining large-scale works by Haring in the world, the Collingwood mural has historic significance and a new documentary about Haring's visit is being released.
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"As an out and proud gay man who believed in giving open access to his art for everybody around the world, Keith Haring and the significance of this iconic Melbourne landmark fits well with the station's mission as a community broadcaster to be an open platform for all in the LGBTIQ community and in turn give a voice to those who are not always heard in the mainstream," Browne said.
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Distracted driving is unsafe, irresponsible and in a split second, its consequences can be devastating, yet a lot of parents are admitting to doing it.
"I've made a conscious effort not to do it as much with the kids in the car, but I'm not going to lie it's very easy just to reach over grab it and pick it up," mother of two Kristi Ewasko says.
According to the survey from Safe Kids Worldwide, nearly four out of five mothers with children under the age of two say they talk on the phone, 26 percent say they text or check email behind the wheel.
"I feel everybody does it," mother Kim Rueseler says. "I've even done it before the minute you hear the beeps usually when my kids are in the car I try not to do it."
But drivers say don't just point the finger at moms.
"I would suggest that its similar for fathers as well," father Paul Crowe says. "We should pay attention more to it I'm just as guilty as the next person."
Consider this example, driving down the road at 30 mph, you look down for two seconds, according to police at that speed you'd travel 88 feet.
Then, at 70 mph the distance climbs to 200 feet in those two seconds, plenty of time for anything to come in your path.
"Its hyper important that we pay attention and do the right thing, not just for ourselves but for our community the people that are driving on the roads with us and most importantly, our kids," Crowe says.
Busy working mom and grandma Kathi Fish says she finds time to text away from the car. She says it's time we all take a stand against texting and driving.
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(Morehead, Ky.) -- On January 23, 2011 at approximately 10:51 a.m. Jeremiah Johnson was driving west on Ky 36 when he failed to yield at a stop sign and pulled in front of Calista Flanders. Calista Flanders was driving her 1999 Chevy Blazer when she struck the 2002 Chevy Caviler that was being driven by Jeremiah Johnson. Calista Flanders was driving north on Ky 11 and was unable to avoid the collision. Trooper Michael Armstrong, Bath County Sheriff's Deputies, Bath County EMS, Sharpsburg Fire and Rescue, and Bethel Fire and Rescue responded to the scene. Jeremiah Johnson and his passengers: Jessica Parks, and 3 juveniles were all transported to Saint Joseph Hospital in Mt. Sterling, Ky. Jeremiah Johnson was later airlifted to University of Kentucky Hospital in Lexington, Ky. The accident remains under investigation by Trooper Michael Armstrong.


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MADISON, Wis.–University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point's Britta Petersen was chosen the Player of the Year to lead the 10 individuals selected to the 2010-11 All-Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) Women's Basketball Team by the league coaches, while Pointers head coach Shirley Egner was selected the Coach of the Year.
Petersen's selection marks the fourth time that a UW-Stevens Point player has secured the WIAC Player of the Year honor. She claimed first team recognition for the third straight season and ranks second in the WIAC with a .576 field goal percentage, third with 14.3 points per game, seventh with 1.85 steals per game and 10th with 2.38 assists per game.
Petersen has reached double-figures in scoring in 21 of 26 games played, including a season-high 25 points in the season opener against University of St. Thomas (Minn.). She surpassed the 20-point mark six times and produced three double-doubles (points-rebounds). Petersen ranks fourth on the school's all-time scoring list with 1,460 points.
Repeat selections on the first team from a year ago included: UW-Eau Claire's Hannah Mesick, UW-La Crosse's Dana Churchill, UW-River Falls' Tiffany Gregorich and UW-Stevens Point's Andrea Flease.
The five-member All-Defensive Team included Gregorich, Flease and UW-La Crosse's Danielle Frank as repeat choices from last season.
Egner secured the coaching honor for the fourth time in her career after directing UW-Stevens Point to the fifth WIAC regular-season championship in program history. The Pointers compiled a 16-0 record during the conference slate to become the sixth team to accomplish the feat since the league went to a 16-game schedule during the 1985-86 campaign. UW-Stevens Point will take a school-record 18-game winning streak into the NCAA Division III Championship.
An All-Sportsmanship Team was chosen for individuals that displayed exemplary sportsmanship throughout the season. It included one member from each school.
2010-11 All-WIAC Women's Basketball Team
First Team
Name, School, Year, Position, Hometown (High School)
Ashley Averkamp, Stevens Point, Junior, Post, New Berlin, Wis. (West)
Dana Churchill, La Crosse, Senior, Forward, Sheboygan, Wis. (North)
Shelby Churchill, Oshkosh, Senior, Forward, Sheboygan, Wis. (North)
Andrea Flease, Stevens Point, Senior, Guard, New London, Wis.
Danielle Frank, La Crosse, Senior, Center, Caledonia, Minn.
Tiffany Gregorich, River Falls, Junior, Guard, Altoona, Wis.
Hannah Mesick, Eau Claire, Senior, Center, Chatfield, Minn.
Britta Petersen, Stevens Point, Senior, Post, Luck, Wis.
Dana Thompson, Whitewater, Senior, Center, Belleville, Wis.
Tricia VanVreede, Stout, Senior, Forward, Little Chute, Wis. (Kimberly)
Honorable Mention
Cassie Bandow, Stevens Point, Junior, Guard, Plover, Wis. (Pacelli)
Michelle Boeder, Oshkosh, Senior, Guard, Oshkosh, Wis. (West)
Ashley Callahan, Platteville, Junior, Center, Dubuque, Iowa (Hempstead)
Nicole Christianson, Eau Claire, Junior, Guard, Chetek, Wis.
Bri Davis, Superior, Junior, Forward, Hermantown, Minn.
Maranda Dohrn, River Falls, Junior, Forward, Lake City, Minn.
Hailey Hart, Superior, Junior, Forward, Osseo, Wis.
Alise Holst, River Falls, Junior, Forward, Plainview, Minn. (Plainview-Elgin-Millville)
Lindsey Litrenta, La Crosse, Senior, Guard, Rothschild, Wis. (D.C. Everest)
Sami Schoeder, Stout, Freshman, Guard, Durand, Wis.
Kelsey Thingvold, Superior, Senior, Forward, Crystal, Minn.
All-Defensive Team
Andrea Flease, Stevens Point, Senior, Guard, New London, Wis.
Danielle Frank, La Crosse, Senior, Center, Caledonia, Minn.
Tiffany Gregorich, River Falls, Junior, Guard, Altoona, Wis.
Ellen Plendl, Eau Claire, Junior, Center, Chippewa Falls, Wis. (McDonell)
Kaitlyn Thill, Whitewater, Freshman, Guard, Belgium, Wis. (Ozaukee)
All-Sportsmanship Team
Christin Coles, Stevens Point, Senior, Guard, Hustisford, Wis.
Maranda Dohrn, River Falls, Junior, Forward, Lake City, Minn.
Danielle Frank, La Crosse, Senior, Center, Caledonia, Minn.
Brittney Gerber, Stout, Senior, Guard, Exeland, Wis. (Bruce)
Callie Halama, Eau Claire, Junior, Forward, Independence, Wis.
Melissa Olsen, Whitewater, Senior, Forward, Carol Stream, Ill. (West Chicago Community)
Katie Kitzke, Oshkosh, Sophomore, Guard, South Milwaukee, Wis.
Kelsey Thingvold, Superior, Senior, Forward, Crystal, Minn.
Ashley Wolf, Platteville, Senior, Guard, Verona, Wis.
Player of the Year: Britta Petersen of Stevens Point
Coach of the Year: Shirley Egner of Stevens Point
Judy Kruckman Co-Scholar-Athletes: Hannah Mesick of Eau Claire and Dana Churchill of La Crosse


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El Camino Real Is Known For Its Offensive Prowess, But The Team Wants To Be Better At Stopping Opponents
A Cluster Of Conquistadors -- (l-r) Dominik Barillas, Greg Morton, Andrew Casarez and Jacob Bojsza bring a large chunk of experience to the 2012 El Camino Real football team.
Kevin Williams is sitting back in his coach's office, discussing plans for El Camino Real High football in the upcoming season, when a visitor comments on a blackand- gold Pittsburgh Steelers key chain on his desk.
Does Williams envision a Valley version of the "Steel Curtain" to emerge this fall?
"Not exactly," he said, chuckling. "They're just my favorite (NFL) team."
But Williams is serious about a stronger, defensive effort from El Camino Real this fall.
That would not necessarily be a radical departure for a team known more for it's offensive explosiveness. But it is an acknowledgement the Conquistadors need to alter some things now that they have moved from Division II to Division I.
Because Williams doesn't want to just partake in the bigger, better Division, he wants to compete.
"I think we're where we're supposed to be," Williams said. "When I came here, we were definitely not a Division I program. And that was the goal: to be able to play at a more elite level. And we achieved that. Now we have to work on getting deeper in the playoffs."
Indeed, an 8-2 regular season and second place finish in the West Valley League was a good season by most standards. But then El Camino Real saw a definitive difference in talent and intensity when the Conquistadors were routed by then two-time defending City champion Crenshaw in the first round of the 2011 playoffs.
"That's really the only difference from previous years, the playoffs," Williams said. "We already play in a league that has a majority of D-I teams, so our league doesn't change. Our nonleague schedule includes a defending state champion (Sierra Canyon) this year. We've played Southern Section schools and D-I schools in our nonleague schedule. So there's really no difference. But it's more difficult to (make a run) in the playoffs.
"We had a good record so we got in the middle of the pack. We were hoping to get a home game, which we barely missed (being seeded ninth); we had gotten leapfrogged in Week 10 even though we had won. If we had won league we would have had a home game. Our goal every year, right now in Division I, is to win the league. What happens outside the neighborhood, we can't control that. We'll play whomever they put in front of us. But the league is very important. We want to beat the people down the street. We will start there, and each level after that will take care of itself."
To do that, he said, the Conquistadors have to become better at stopping people. It starts this season, in part because ECR – which has only three returning starters among its 11 returning players – may have better players on the defensive side of the ball.
"I do think we'll be much better defensively," Williams said. "I think we're more athletic, and better prepared to play defense this year. We needed some stops last year that we didn't get at key times. I think we'll be much better against the run.
"We looked out and saw the guys we're putting out on the defensive end, and I believe we're just going to be better."
The 2012 defense, anchored by senior linemen Dominik Barillas and Jacob Bojsza, could be bolstered by a couple of transfers. Tyson Jones, a 6-2, 230-pound senior, comes in from Calabasas. Ray Blake, a 6- 0, 185-pound senior, comes over from Los Angeles Baptist.
But with only 11 returning players, Williams also admits, "it's like starting from scratch. It kind of feels like my first year here. It's helpful the JVs run the same system; that's by design, to have a more seamless transition (to varsity)."
Under Williams, the Conquistadors have been known primarily for outscoring teams with its sometime bewildering double wing-T offense, which depends on both the strength to run the ball constantly and the occasional deception of who is carrying the ball – and the direction they run toward – on any particular play.
ECR has enjoyed two exceptional running backs the past few seasons: Ra'Shon Harper, who finished his high school career in 2010 as the team's all-time leading rusher, and Kawan Rally, who last season piled up 2,588 yards and 32 touchdowns on 268 carries and supplanted Harper on that statistical mountain.
Senior Greg Morton will handle the bulk or the running duties this season.
"He's been described as a 'slasher,'" Williams said of Morton. "But Greg is a very strong kid, too. He's sturdy, about 5-11 and 205. So he's a strong runner but also elusive.
"It's going to be his time. We've kind of established a tradition of running backs here; Ra' Shon Harper had his time. Kawan definitely had his time. And Greg is going to have his time."
For Morton, who totaled 885 yards and 9 rushing touchdowns, the goal beyond team success is a simple one – 1,000 yards. And the Conquistador's running schemes should make that possible.
"The double-wing offense, for a running back, is glory," Morton said. "The linemen pull, the fullback blocks, and when you see the hole you hit it. It's the kind of offense you should have success in."
Especially with blockers like Barillas and Bojsza (who will play both offense and defense) that understand and accept the sacrifice and selflessness needed by lineman here to make the Conquistador attack work.
"In the double-wing the linemen are really important, especially the pulling guards, to make big plays for guys like Greg," Bojsza said. "Sometimes you don't feel like you get as much credit as the guys in the end zone, but the team gives you credit."
But, as with all offenses, it's the quarterback who puts things in motion. Senior Andrew Casarez, who was a backup last season, will take over the starting duties. And even though he has a strong arm – he's also a pitcher on the baseball team – Casarez isn't planning on racking up monstrous passing numbers.
"Our main thing is run the ball first," Casarez said. "But I'm very comfortable with throwing in any situation. I feel like I trust my arm, and [the coaches] trust me. And that's important."
Williams does like Casarez' arm strength, but is not planning a wholesale change in philosophy to accommodate him.
"He can throw, and we will throw at times. But we will be 'run strong' again; it's what we do," Williams said.
And he wasn't defensive about it.
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Ex-girlfriend testifies against accused killer
A former girlfriend of murder defendant Corey Anthony Lopez, 23, told the jury about several incidents when he violently choked her, years before he allegedly strangled 21-year-old Richelle Ann Best to death.
The ex-girlfriend's testimony came on June 19, the third day of testimony in the trial. The Lakewood man is charged with first-degree murder in the 2012 death of Best, as well as attempted murder of the ex-girlfriend, Samantha Eckendorf.
Prosecutors asked Eckendorf specifically about a 2008 incident when, she said, Lopez attacked her after the couple had an argument. Eckendorf said the attack began when Lopez surprised her by grabbing her and throwing her onto the couple's bed.
"He just started wailing on me," Eckendorf said, describing being punched on both sides of her jaw before Lopez began strangling her. She said the strangling went on long enough for her to lose consciousness.
According to testimony, a friend at the apartment heard the altercation and intervened.
When asked if she ever reported the strangulation to law enforcement, Eckendorf said she didn't for fear of damaging her relationship with Lopez.
"As painful as it is to say after that, I still loved him and wasn't going to leave him," Eckendorf said.
According to Eckendorf, Lopez choked her on more than one occasion.
On cross-examination, Eckendorf was questioned closely about why, after saying she feared for her life with Lopez, she still carried on a friendly relationship after their breakup in December 2010. In particular, the defense attorney asked why she also had sexual contact with Lopez on one occasion after the breakup.
"I figured I was damaged goods and nobody was ever going to want me again," Eckendorf answered.
The defense also questioned points of Eckendorf's testimony on the stand that differed from what she told detectives last year.
In particular, on the stand Eckendorf said that she never actually saw Lopez being physically pulled off her by a friend during the 2008 incident.
Instead, she admitted to losing consciousness and waking up with the friend by her side.
Also during the June 19 court proceedings, the jury had a chance to hear Lopez say, in his own words, what happened in the early morning hours of June 24, 2012, leading up to the death of Best.
The prosecution showed the court the tape of an interview conducted by Lakewood Police Department detectives two days after Best's death.
In the interview, Lopez eventually confesses that he believes he accidentally strangled Best while the two were in bed.
"I've been thinking about killing myself the last few days over that," he told detectives.
In the video, Lopez repeatedly insists that he never choked Best in anger and that he had no indication anything was amiss until he woke up the next day to find her cold and not breathing.
The trial is scheduled to conclude this week.


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Yardbarker recently posted about the 9 best free agents left in MLB. Link
There is definitely a few interesting names out there so go check it out.
Willy Aybar is especially interesting to me, Being only 27, decent pop, switch hitter, and able to play all over the infield. wouldn't mind bringing him in on a minor league deal and seeing if he can take cairos spot. David eckstein also could do this but im not nearly as interested but perhaps Jocketty is still looking at old cardinals.
Jermaine Dye would also be interesting on a minor league deal to compete, who knows having his knowledge in arizona may help a young hitter or two.
Nothing too special out there but something to wrap your mind around, I know if I was a GM I would take a look at Aybar because of his versatility and a little pop. Plus id rather have him as Rolens backup then Cairo but that could just be my dislike for Cairo talking.
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Home > Trooper Island Home Page > Trooper Island News Release > News Release
Trooper Island News Release
Wal-Mart Store #1048 in Williamsburg donates to Trooper Island Camp
Date of News Release: 11/10/2006
(Albany, KY) - An image of On Friday, November 10, 2006, Bill Rice store Manager of Wal-Mart Store # 1048 in Williamsburg, Kentucky presented Trooper Island Camp Director, Kentucky State Police Sgt. Craig Sutton, two checks totaling $1,986.00 for Trooper Island Camp. The donation will go towards helping send boys and girls to Camp from the London Post area.
Trooper Island was created in 1965 by the Kentucky State Police as a boys camp on Dale Hollow Lake near the Clinton-Cumberland County line to help those who may not have otherwise had a chance to attend a summer camp. Trooper Island, now a co-ed camp, serves approximately 700 boys and girls ages 10 to 12, selected from across the commonwealth by Troopers to attend a week long camp at no charge during the summer months.
In addition to the regular camping schedule Trooper Island conducts three (3) special camps for some of Kentucky's special needs youth. These camps include Camp PKU (phenylketonuria), Camp BraveHearts (Heart Complications) and a camp for the Hispanic.
Trooper Island is a non-profit charitable corporation, operating solely from donation from private individuals, Corporations, Civic and Business groups, along with charitable activities held by Kentucky State Police posts across the state. Some of activities in which funds have been raised for Trooper Island are golf scrambles, motorcycle runs, fishing tournaments and our yearly statewide raffle.
Anyone that would like to make a donation can send a contribution directly to Trooper Island at Post Office Box 473, Albany, Kentucky 42602 or by contacting your local Public Affairs Officer at any of the 16 Kentucky State Police Posts across the state. Further information on Trooper Island can be found at www.kentuckystatepolice.org/island.htm.
If you have ever attended Trooper Island as a camper, or know someone who has, visit the web site at http://www.kentuckystatepolice.org/trooperislandcontact.php & sign our guest book telling us about your experience while at Trooper Island.


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dohbamaDecember 19, 2008 at 5:27 p.m.
The 19 hijackers were representing misguided fundamentalist….. How can you blame the actions on 1.6 billion Muslims?
In your hypothetical a group of radical Catholics blowing up an abortion clinic would not represent the Catholic Church and I would not owe an apology for their actions.
In a more realistic scenario, I blamed the Catholic Church for protecting the priests accused of child molestation.
If the terrorist that flew planes into the World Trace Center and Pentagon were not representing Islam and jihad what religion did they represent? And Muslims lump themselves into that pile when they do not speak out against the radical faction of that religion. I'm not sure but I belive you have written that you are Catholic. If a group of radical Catholics started blowing up abortion clinics I'm sure you would speak out against them.December 18, 2008 at 7:14 p.m.
RollinstoneDecember 18, 2008 at 2:58 p.m.
Instead of wild exaggerations, why can't you see that Iraq was a deterrent to Iran prior our invasion? Iran is an enemy to the Taliban so they helped in the Afghanistan invasion. We removed that natural barrier when we invaded Iraq. Saddam Hussein would have made sure Iran didn't acquire a nuclear weapon or materials. As Colin Powell said "Iraq is in a box" prior to the invasion.
Dick Cheney told Rush Limbaugh (mockingly) that closing Gitmo would not be an easy task…Obama and Gates know that… Secretary of Defense Robert Gates said the barriers would not be difficult to overcome…..
The terrorist that bombed out buildings were not representing Islam and it's hurtful to our cause when those on the right continue to lump all Muslims in one pile.
I know what the presidential powers are in the "Wars Powers Act" and the United States Constitution so I don't will hide behind what you perceive to be a conspirator left-wing media. Some of Bush's actions are illegal as defined in the Constitution and after Obama is sworn in many whistleblowers will go to the Hill to testify.December 18, 2008 at 2:39 p.m.
George W. Bush is the worst president in that country's history and the Iraq war was the worst foreign policy blunder in our history. I don't mince words.
That's one thing right wingers don't seem to understand, it's all about slogans and talking points. Fighting Al Qaeda and other terrorist groups is just not about the United States. Other countries (our allies) had been attacked because we were diverted to Iraq instead of finishing the job in Afghanistan.
I read the book "State of Denial", Fiasco, Hubris, the 1% Doctrine, 9/11 Commission Report, Phase II of Senate Intelligence Committee Report are just a few I can remember off hand.
BTW if over 62% of the American people believe we shouldn't never invaded , that number encompasses Republicans, conservatives, liberals, independents, and Democrats.
Yeah your right Mike, we have some pretty intolerant and violent religions in this country. Just the other day I saw some young Mormon missionaries riding their bikes carrying back packs I'm sure were loaded with explosives. And I'm just waiting for one of those Southern Baptists to fly a plane into a building.
And of course your right, Iran would never have tried to build the bomb if we had not invaded Iraq and for that matter the Taliban would have continued to lay low - except we went and invaded Iraq, darn it anyway.
Mr. Obama has pledged to close the prison, but aides say it is easier said than done. The president-elect will have to make decisions on issues such as the fate of prisoners who have been approved for release, but whom no other country is willing to accept.
More than a dozen Uighurs, Chinese Muslims who were captured near the Afghan border, have been cleared of terrorism charges but remain locked up at Guantanamo because they face persecution in China and no country will accept them. A federal judge's order to free them in the U.S. is on hold while the Bush administration appeals.
The Presidents power during a time of war or iminent danger in almost unrestrained. Bush's actions are not so mush different than that of previous leaders in the same situation. FDR imprissoned Japanese imigrants during WWII, Lincon suspended habius corpus and restricted the press from publishing anti union articles (Thats would be the first ammendment). What kills me is that the liberal media acts like its all new to the system and what Bush is doing is "illegal". The bottom line is Bush is responsible for our safety as a country, and for us to have not gotten attacked since 9/11 means he is doing a pretty good job. If wire taps, or waterboarding is what it takes then bring it on.December 18, 2008 at 1:58 p.m.
As for your comment about the deleted phrases in the state of the union, That was the 1% of uncertanty that I was talking about. The Africa reports became uncreadable shortly before the SOTU Adress. Tenet and his staff had not had the oportunity to look over the speach. So I have read (State of Denial, Bob Woodard)
That report states in the last sentance, "unable to rule out unofficial movement of limited WMD-related materials".
Report Finds No Evidence Syria Hid Iraqi Arms
U.S. investigators hunting for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq have found no evidence that such material was moved to Syria for safekeeping before the war, according to a final report of the investigation released yesterday.
Although Syria helped Iraq evade U.N.-imposed sanctions by shipping military and other products across its borders, the investigators "found no senior policy, program, or intelligence officials who admitted any direct knowledge of such movement of WMD." Because of the insular nature of Saddam Hussein's government, however, the investigators were "unable to rule out unofficial movement of limited WMD-related materials."
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By Dana PriestDecember 18, 2008 at 12:14 p.m.
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, April 26, 2005; Page A01
George Tenet was a pitiful yes-man, who also had the White House staff delete portion of the State of the Union speech where the president said that Iraq had purchased yellowcake from Africa. That "slam dunk" statement has never been proven because Tenet cannot recall saying that. The CIA analysts have always admitted that evidence to the contrary was always available.
You seem to dismiss the fact that Vice President Cheney said we would have gone into Iraq with or without signs of WMD. This is the premise of my blog. The Constitution forbids torture, the vice President is now admitting we tortured. He goes back to the old Nixonian phrase "if the president does it, then its legal." That makes us a monarchy or dictatorship.
You seem to want to elevate your status while degrading mine in trying to prove your point, which has been dismissed by other CIA analyst and the FBI. I will admit I do not know a thing about interrogation; so I deferred to the experts.
Report Finds No Evidence Syria Hid Iraqi Arms
By Dana Priest
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, April 26, 2005; Page A01
U.S. investigators hunting for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq have found no evidence that such material was moved to Syria for safekeeping before the war, according to a final report of the investigation released yesterday.
Although Syria helped Iraq evade U.N.-imposed sanctions by shipping military and other products across its borders, the investigators "found no senior policy, program, or intelligence officials who admitted any direct knowledge of such movement of WMD." Because of the insular nature of Saddam Hussein's government, however, the investigators were "unable to rule out unofficial movement of limited WMD-related materials."
December 18, 2008 at 11:56 a.m.
About the CIA and their thought on weather or not Iraq had WMDs, Tenet (Head of CIA) gave information to the pres and his cabinet that stated they were 99% sure they were there. They did say that they weren't 100% sure but that all evidence (including video footage of the trucks leaving out the back gate) pointed to WMDs in Iraq. Now, if you are saying that it is a bad call to do what our leaders did and go after those supposed weapons, than God help us if your ever in charge of the safety and wellbeing of lives.
I have been directly responsible of fellow lives. As a leader of Marines in Iraq while conducting combat missions, I can tell you that tough interrogation tacticts save lives. That is a Fact, no opinion there. Yes, all information that is collected while slapping somebody around is not 100% reliable. But would if it was 60% or even 30%. Wouldn't it be worth it to save lives. And so what if somebodies feelings get hurt or they get a broken nose, some water splashed in their face, or a cracked rib, their bodies will heal.
Twist words and information? Is it your way to say I am lying or misinformed?December 18, 2008 at 11:51 a.m.
Winning? That's an interesting point that the right wing keeps putting out without a clear definition of winning….. "Cut and run" is a talking point, nothing else. The fact that Iran is stronger, Al Qaeda is multiplying in Pakistan, and the Taliban has joined them, and terrorist attacks around the world have escalated makes winning in Iraq a moot point. The best we can hope for is a more stable Iraq for now. IMO ,generations of Shiite and Sunni conflicts will again resurface when we leave. All we have done is turn the country over to the 80% Shiite, who will align themselves with Iran.
Intolerant religion is not for us to decide, we have that in our country. We had a mission to bring those that attacked us on 9/11, to justice; we abandon that with a detour to Iraq… Our destiny in Iraq has been laid out for us by the Iraqi parliament.
Talk about distortions, I have never heard any talk of letting the detainee loose in the United States .We have secure prisons and a good criminal justice system. Of the 500 or more detainees, we know that 17 of them are innocent, several still have to have a military tribunal, but a lot of them should never have been sent to Guantánamo Bay. Well we deport individuals to their country of origin, we don't really care where they want them or not. That's an excuse. Defense Secretary Robert Gates is working on closing down Guantánamo Bay.
The detainee said the actions at Guantanamo bay and Abu Ghaib were great recruiting tools…. I am not interested in individual opinions on interrogation methods; I just want methods that work.
Mike, you have an uncanny ability to twist words and information. I am not talking about how or why we got into the war. My point is we are in it and we need to try and win it. Given that fact what is the alternative? More specifically what is your alternative.
We are not going to cut and run, I will bet Obama will not do that. This is a tough war we are in. We are dealing with an intolerant religion that is plagued with extremists, all over the world. And by the way the people we have in Guantánamo are killers. And their country's of orgin do not want them back - go figure. So what is being discussed, proposed, is to let them loose in this country - gosh just what we need ! The thought that we may have roughed up some of these killers really keeps me up at night.
RollingstoneDecember 18, 2008 at 10 a.m.
How can you give an alternative to someone who will call it useless information?
Like I said, money can be recouped; the lives and injuries cannot….. Accountability is what I'm trying to emphasize…. Conservative Republicans used to be great stewards of the purse strings. To hand out 363 tons ($12 billion) without one congressional hearing and just one GAO audit is unbelievable.
It we are going to war (because we have no alternative) we should all sacrifice and impose a war tax and a draft. We cannot just borrow a trillion dollars for defense contractors and just say no to domestic spending. Oversight and accountability (which was not done) would make sure our money was used wisely.
Entitlements and defense spending do balloon the deficits, but we are not going to gut either expenditure out of our budget.
I agree that every individual veteran does not carry the same weight across the board. Reporters were embedded with the troops on missions which you mention and they lived to write books, many of which I have read. I did not mean to imply that everything we did in Iraq was on the negative side.
As far as the CIA saying that that WMD was 99% accurate is not believable because the previous administration pulled out all the CIA personnel out of Iraq because they were not a viable threat. Our satellite photos prior to the invasion did not see any movements of material into Syria; Colin Powell's testimony to the UN was based on a tortured detainee and later proved to be lies. Former chief UN weapons inspector Hans Blix did not find WMD. The CIA sent the sister the main nuclear scientist to Iraq to check on the status of Saddam Hussein's nuclear program. The CIA reported that Iraq disbanded their program in 1991. This evidence was presented to the administration but they chose to dismiss it. You might want to look at the conclusion the Senate Intelligence Committee came to when they investigated the hype given to congress as a reason to go to war .Despite all this vice President Cheney told ABC news that an invasion of Iraq was going to happen, WMD or not.
I am not that naïve to think that we did not torture in our previous wars. The Bush administration gave orders (unconstitutional) to torture the detainees but when they were caught at it; (incompetence) let the lower-ranked personnel take the fall. In the previous wars we tortured and destroy the evidence not try to disband the Geneva Convention in order to cover their tracks. The CIA did not try demand immunity from prosecution or shut down their operation.
I am aligned with Colin Powell, John McCain, and others that want to shut down Guantánamo Bay because we cannot serve justice to tortured detainees. Testimony from a tortured detainee is inadmissible and makes a mockery of our justice system.
I don't pretend to be an expert on interrogation methods but when FBI Director Robert Mueller says torture does not produce credible evidence; I tend to agree.
Its people like me that will ultimately end this country is a brash statement, especially after the actions of George W. Bush.
Thanks for the kind words OMG1December 18, 2008 at 9:40 a.m.
Well thought out, well written and as far as I can tell, pretty d**ned accurate.December 17, 2008 at 9:20 p.m.
To your comment on the veterans. The individual veteran experience does not carry an equal weight across the board. I can personally assure you that about 50 percent of the Iraq veterans either never left their nice cozy bases or traveled from one resort base to another. Now I am not belittling their service. God bless them all for signing on the dotted line during a time of war and serving their country, but their role in the big show was a supporting one. With that being said, a supply clerk who spent 13 months in a resort type camp doesn't carry near the same clout than that of a Marine grunt who walked the streets, knocked down doors, and gathered Intel from regular sources out in zone. We made friends with some informants and we shook it out of others.December 17, 2008 at 8:49 p.m.
As for your opinion that we went in under wrong conditions. How is it that if the CIA gives a 99% likely to have WMDs not give us enough reason to go in. The CIA had video footage of UN officials coming in one gate and Iraqis loading up trucks and driving out the back gate. (that truck was followed into Syria and was never found) My opinion (a rarely mentioned one), is that WMD or material for producing them, were there. They just snuk them across their open border with Syria before we could get to them. I never understood why nobody ever covered this angle. Saddam had extreme secrecy among his closest followers, and could easily have had this happen.
Again on the torture issue, how can you think for a second that no form of torture is credible? Are we to just ask the terrorist nicely and if they say no or nothing at all, we then just let them go? As bad as the pictures in your head are of Guantanamo and US interrogations are, just think for a second about the US soldiers and contractors who have been taken captive. What do you think happens to them? Is it even on the same scale? Can you even call getting someones head wet torture when you see video of Iraqis disemboweling civilians, or cutting their heads off with a dull knife. It is people who think like you who will ultimately end this country.
The Iraq war is expensive both in lives and treasure, but given we are at war, there and elsewhere what is the alternative? Believe me no one likes war, I hate it. But again what's our/your alternative and please don't tell me we should have never gone to war that is useless information.
The money we are spending there now we have to spend until we can safely pull out with some assurance we won't have to quickly go back. The money for other social programs we don't have to spend, in fact we can't spend. The projected deficits under current entitlements is staggering. These projections were made before the economy entered this severe recession.
Since this blog started out as a lack of accountability by this administration and drifted off to name-calling and I have admitted the Democrats and liberals were not innocent in the prime lending fiasco…. Right-wingers like to lay that housing lending downfall on the poor, minorities, and Democrats without addressing credit default swaps and manipulation by Wall Street.December 17, 2008 at 5:41 p.m.
I just wish that the culprits of the Iraq War would just go away and quit trying to preserve their legacy with lies…. I know they will not be punished but I wish the media (not Fox) would quit interviewing them.
And liberals wanted "affordable housing" or did you intentionally forget that - ho ho ho.
I always wondered why God didn't tell him the outcome.....December 17, 2008 at 5:25 p.m.
We spend $343 million a day in Iraq and conservatives say we cannot afford to insure 47 million of our citizens.
Conservatives cry about unemployment insurance,minimum wage,equal rights for equal pay for women, but always want to cut the corporate tax rates and capital gains tax....Merry Christmas..ho-ho-ho.
The Fed is already @ 0% and the rich still want tax cuts....And they wonder why they get wiped out(except in the south)
God told Bush to go to war. So he has a perfect out. He can blame God.December 17, 2008 at 5:14 p.m.
Conservatives can no longer lecture on monetary policies…. As long as their donors like Halliburton, Blackwater, and KBR got their share, the message was "stay the course."December 17, 2008 at 5:05 p.m.
Conservatives have to be shown that they don't care about the deficit and the debt when it comes to their wants. How many spending vetoes did this president issue? It became a party of borrow and spend.
So you can label all you want, but this country will no longer be fooled.
Rollinstone & cspitt make up that 25% who still believe in this war and President Bush....lol
Talk about unique.
Sorry, if I sounded negative on the war, I'm not. My point was whenever liberals want to spend more money they bring up the Iraq War and use it as an excuse, a club, to get more funding for their liberal agenda.
Cspitt says Saddam murdered 500,000 of his own people but that was not the reasons given for this war of choice because we knew this before the first Iraq war..The U. S. sided with him against Iran(1980-88).….. Warlords in Africa have butchered more than that, yet we did not invade them.December 17, 2008 at 4:45 p.m.
You were not the only soldier to see and report incidents in Iraq, so despite the media ;your account is only one of many who disagree with you…Proberly over 300,000 U. S. troops have gone and come back from Iraq telling a different story so the "I have the only answer" won't fly.
I know several veterans that have been to Iraq… It is not a unique thing (talking to a veteran).
Torturing prisoners is against the Constitution. Water boarding falls in that category….. There are six detainees that we cannot try as war criminals because we tortured them…The FBI are on record saying torture does not produce good Intel…. It was a tortured detainee that told us Saddam had WMD….He later said he lied in order to get them to stop.
I don't get what you bleeding hearts don't get about the war in Iraq. You say, "Iraq is no better off", but Saddam Hussein murdered over 500,000 of his own people. I saw with my own two eyes the remnants of mass grave sites outside of Hilla filled with 10s of thousands of bodies. Men, women and children all there, killed for no reason. This mans place in history alongside Hitler and Stalin. Every Iraq civilian I talked to could tell you a story of themselves, a friend, or a close relative who had been killed, tortured (real torture, not water boarding or sleep deprivation), or dismembered by Saddam or a member of his party.December 17, 2008 at 4:13 p.m.
How freaking dare you liberals for saying this whole mess is for nothing. We were greeted as liberators when we marched up to Baghdad and that is a FACT. What happened after that was a mistake in strategy that cost us their hearts and minds. But I don't blame you for your Ignorance, every main stream media outlet out there is calling the war a screw up (even Fox),and its easier to just fall in line and get your news and public view from John Stewart and other late night comedians then to actually look up the information for yourself, or sit down and talk to a veteran of the war for a while.
As for your view on torture, the Japanese killed people during the Bataan Death March. Look it up on Google and read a little. Discover what is the difference in the methods of torture you are discussing. The Japanese murdered civilians and GIs with samurai swords, decapitating them randomly as they walked by. The US uses water boarding and sleep deprivation. Maybe even a little bit of slapping them around. But at the end of the day there is NO PERMANENT DAMAGE done to them.
Hello RollinstoneDecember 17, 2008 at 3:06 p.m.
Money can always be recouped, the 4000 lives and over 30,000 injured cannot.
Accountability can bring closure to the Iraq war fiasco and can be a deterrent against another foreign-policy blunder.
The Iraq War has maybe one one good point, it can always be used as an excuse to spend more money on something else.