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By: Patricia A. Boyle, PhD
You already know that staying physically and mentally active may help stave off dementia, but researchers have found yet another protective trick—having a purpose in life.
Now, I don't mean having a goal that has a definite end point, such as telling yourself that you'll run a marathon or write a novel.
For brain protection, having a purpose in life is a little bit different.
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House after house, detectives have been knocking on doors in west St. Petersburg, handing over a piece of paper that asks everyone in the area for help. They want information about a suspected arsonist who may have set four house fires, killing one family's pet dog.
These fires are close in every sense of the word. First, police say all four were in a 500 to 1,000 square foot area, just a short walk away from each other. Secondly, the neighborhood seems to know each other. They're friends.
Seeing the damage and hearing one family lost a pet to the first has everyone feeling sad and scared.
"People are beginning to feel afraid to leave their home," said Joan Vella.
A home on 2nd Avenue South caught fire on Sunday. Like all the others, this blaze started with the owners out of town, or the building was vacant.
It's the fourth fire in this small neighborhood.
"In the ones that had the most significant damage to them, in both cases, the suspect was able to get inside, committing a burglary basically. That's what's causing the major damage in both cases," said Mike Puetz, spokesman for the St. Petersburg Police Department.
The location plays a factor in the arson theory.
"All of these houses are within a few doors of each other. That's one of the reasons we feel pretty confident we've got a pattern on our hands. These are not houses miles apart, they are all houses that are two or three doors down," Puetz said.
The first fire was more than a year ago. After the fourth, police warned neighbors, going door to door with fliers. Officers explained that fire and three others within the past three months could be connected.
"The community needs to band together and hopefully watch each other," said Mike Jasek.
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It is a mark of the national prominence of Duke football that this happened on Tuesday, was announced on Wednesday, and we're only just hearing about it Thursday morning, but here you go: Sophomore Blue Devils linebacker Tyree Glover has been arrested and charged with cocaine trafficking, and is currently cooling his heels in the Durham County jail with a $750,000 bond to his name. The Durham Herald-Sun has the arrest details:
Glover was arrested by Durham police on Gregson Street and charged with trafficking in cocaine, police spokeswoman Kammie Michael said Wednesday.
Michael said police then obtained a search warrant and searched his dorm room on the Duke campus where they found marijuana.
Michael said police confiscated 29.6 grams of powder cocaine and 72.4 grams of marijuana.
Thanks to that last bit, Glover is also being charged with marijuana possession, which for the moment seems less important, considering. David Cutcliffe has kicked him off the team as of Wednesday, citing "conduct unbecoming of a member of the program," sending a clear message that "We are cocaine traffickers!" is not a desirable identity to be associated with Duke football.
Glover started just one game in 2010, but topped the last Blue Devils' spring depth chart at outside linebacker, flanking Abraham Kromah along with Damian Thornton. Duke ranked 108th nationally last season in total defense.


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I have argued that our politics is essentially a battle between Locke and Rousseau. Yesterday's election was one of the most directly philosophical that I can remember. The Republican Party is increasingly the party of Locke; the Democratic Party, the party of Rousseau. Framed that starkly, Locke wins almost everywhere except the coasts and areas that are heavily populated by minority voters.
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A Sea of Red
Posted in Uncategorized on November 3, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Iranian Nukes?
Posted in Uncategorized on October 27, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Michael J. Totten interviews Martin Kramer about the prospect of a nuclear Iran. It's a deep discussion of the entire situation in the Middle East; read it all. Kramer concentrates especially on the division between problems in the Levant (Israel, Lebanon, Syria) and problems in and around the Persian Gulf. The conclusion:
Martin Kramer: It's absolutely central to the strategy to maintain this division. And the only way to maintain it is for the United States to demonstrate tomorrow that it will not allow Iran to acquire nuclear weapons or to allow Israel to act unilaterally. The Gulf is a zone of American dominance, and the only way to assert that is to do what Carter did with the Carter Doctrine, when the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan. He said there should be no outside power or local power that is allowed to challenge the United States in the Gulf. And a nuclear Iran clearly crosses that line.
If even Jimmy Carter was compelled to issue a doctrinal statement in the wake of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan about the Persian Gulf, one would think that Barack Obama would see the need to do something similar. Obama should especially feel compelled to do so because there's a question mark there. He should declare the Persian Gulf a nuclear-free zone. It's too much to talk about the Middle East as a nuclear-free zone at this time, but the Persian Gulf is nuclear-free now, and it's time for the United States to come out and say it should remain nuclear-free.
MJT: I have a hard time imaging Obama doing anything of the sort.
Martin Kramer: Yeah. Well.
MJT: But I suppose one never knows.
Martin Kramer: It would be an astonishing lapse if a man who promised to roll back nuclear proliferation watched proliferation develop in one of the least stable parts of the world, a place where the United States has only been able to maintain even a modicum of stability by a massive projection of its own forces. The region is of prime interest to the entire world for its energy resources. If it becomes nuclearized, it will be the one thing for which Barack Obama would always be remembered by history, and he would be remembered by history as a failure.
The Firing of Juan Williams
Posted in Uncategorized on October 22, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Juan Williams speaks out about his own firing:
Well, now that I no longer work for NPR let me give you my opinion. This is an outrageous violation of journalistic standards and ethics by management that has no use for a diversity of opinion, ideas or a diversity of staff (I was the only black male on the air). This is evidence of one-party rule and one sided thinking at NPR that leads to enforced ideology, speech and writing. It leads to people, especially journalists, being sent to the gulag for raising the wrong questions and displaying independence of thought.
Daniel Schorr, my fellow NPR commentator who died earlier this year, used to talk about the initial shock of finding himself on President Nixon's enemies list. I can only imagine Dan's revulsion to realize that today NPR treats a journalist who has worked for them for ten years with less regard, less respect for the value of independence of thought and embrace of real debate across political lines, than Nixon ever displayed.
I went to college with Juan Williams, and, though I disagree with him on many issues, I've always found him to be intellectually honest, open-minded, and willing to engage in real debate and discussion. Most commentary on the left seems to consist mostly of name-calling and straw man fallacies; Williams shows respect for his opponents and their opinions even when he disagrees with them. That, of course, is part of what got him fired.
Roger Simon suggests that Congress pass a "Juan Williams law," prohibiting all government funding or bailouts for any news organization operating domestically. I think that's an excellent idea. I've argued against funding for NPR for years. What justification has there ever been for having a government-funded news organization? It's especially important now, for as one of Roger's commenters points out, "we do not need to pay for the privilege of being lied to, lied about and destroyed from within."
Some further thoughts:
- Bill O'Reilly told Juan on his show last night that this is good for him; he'll get a fat book contract to write about what you can and can't say in America. Undoubtedly true. Fox News has already offered him a $2 million, 3-year deal.
- Bill also told him that he's now far more popular than he was a day before. Also true. Most air travelers have had a thought similar to the one he reported at some point since 9/11; they now realize that the arrows of political correctness are pointed at them.
- The CEO of NPR in effect called Juan crazy. That was foolish, making her look crazy and vindictive and opening up a new avenue of legal liability.
- Once again we see that leftists are far more intolerant than conservatives. Michael Barone observes, "An interesting contrast: while many NPR listeners apparently could not stomach that Williams also appeared on Fox News. But it doesn't seem that any perceptible number of Fox News viewers had any complaints that Williams also worked for NPR. The Fox audience seems to be more tolerant of diversity than the NPR audience." Roger Ailes: "Juan has been a staunch defender of liberal viewpoints since his tenure began at Fox News in 1997. He's an honest man whose freedom of speech is protected by Fox News on a daily basis."
- We also see that leftists can't think clearly. The standard line seems to be that Williams said that all Muslims are terrorists. But obviously he said no such thing. He reported his own feelings. He also said he regretted them. But all it takes to make his feelings rational is some correlation, in general or at an airport, between being a Muslim and being a terrorist. Leftists look foolish when they deny that there is such a correlation. And don't forget the recent terror alert asking travelers to be on the watch for Mumbai-style attacks!
- NPR's action, at the start of early voting for the Congressional elections, emphasizes how intolerant, out-of-touch, and biased the media are. This can only be good for Republicans. Elizabeth Scalia (who has lots more good stuff; read the whole thing): "I wonder if it was smart of NPR to–12 days out from an election where leftism is headed for a defeat of rejection–re-inforce the perception that both liberalism and the media are out of control; that they have utterly cast off their former roles as champions of free speech and free thought, in favor of compulsory conformity."
UPDATE: Victor Davis Hanson pretty much says it all.
Here's Your Bill for 2010
Posted in Uncategorized on October 14, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Some liberal web sites have been distributing a purported bill for an average taxpayer, asking, "What part do you not want to pay for?" They're implying that the Tea Parties are making a fuss about nothing, that the tab for government services is quite reasonable. The bill is meretricious, using 2007 data, taking a family that owes only $5,000 in taxes, and then showing items that add up to far less.
I thought it might be interesting to see what the federal government has spent in fiscal 2010 for an average family of four. I took total spending, divided by the population of the United States to get per capita numbers, and then multiplied by four to get a bill for government services for a family of four. Amounts are rounded to the nearest dollar. The list is incomplete; the items don't add up to the total precisely.
Steel yourself. I was shocked by these numbers. Keep in mind that they're only federal spending; state and local governments, combined, spend almost as much.
This is what the federal government spent, apportioned to an average family of four:
|Social Security
|National defense
|Education K-12
|Housing assistance
|Mortgage assistance
|Education, general
|Foreign aid
|Medical research
|General government
|Community development
|Environmental protection
|Higher education
|Basic research
|Water supply
|Foreign military aid
|Public health
That's just about the median family income. It gives a new relevance to this joke about tax simplification:
UPDATE: Add in state and local government spending and the tab comes to over $80,000!
The One Nation Rally
Posted in Uncategorized on October 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Left's One Nation Rally in Washington was getting more airplay on CNN and MSNBC than Glenn Beck's rally did, despite its smaller size. (CBS estimates 87,000; Beck's rally drew many times that. Stations were driven to use images from the Beck rally and the Tea Party to make it look as if the crowd was large!) I wonder whether CPUSA members, and members of similar socialist groups, really believe that they reflect the true face of America. John Hinderaker sums it up:
Two comments on today's "One Nation Working Together" event in Washington:
1) Four hundred organizations, including all the major labor unions, the NAACP, the Sierra Club, Code Pink, the Green Party, the Communist Party, the United Methodist Church, Planned Parenthood and hundreds more were not able to turn out as many people as Glenn Beck.
2) One of the stated purposes of the gathering was to protest against lack of civility in public discourse. The program was opened by Ed Schultz.
The Left may be in even more disarray than we thought.
UPDATE: Here's an estimate of 50,000, 6-8 times smaller than the Beck rally. (HT: Instapundit.)
UPDATE: Gateway Pundit has the pictures.
"Wow. Just Wow."
Posted in Uncategorized on October 2, 2010 | 3 Comments »
That's what one commenter has said after viewing the video released in support of the 10:10 initiative, and international effort to get people to cut their carbon emissions 10%. My thoughts exactly. I thought I was watching a heavy-handed spoof of the totalitarian impulses behind the environmental movement. And then I realized that it wasn't a spoof. Good grief.
Lockdown: Not Just on '24' Anymore
Posted in Uncategorized on September 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
My campus was locked down, and then closed, this morning when a gunman began firing shots. He entered the library, where all the security is designed to keep things from leaving inappropriately, went to the sixth floor (early reports said the fifth floor), and shot himself. The university's warning system, instituted after the Virginia Tech shootings, helped to insure that there were no other injuries. I received a text message telling me there was an armed person in the vicinity of the library within minutes. I was not on campus, but my daughter was heading in to take a math exam. She got off the bus to find a small tank going down the street, helicopters circling overhead, and a woman in a green dress telling everyone that campus was locked down and directing them not to cross the street onto campus. My daughter couldn't go to class, and couldn't get home—the northbound bus stop was on the campus side of the street—so I drove in and took her to breakfast. People in my building waited for several hours. A SWAT team frisked them and took them to a classroom, where they stayed for two hours until a search of the building was completed. A friend of my daughter's was on the sixth floor of the library this morning, and had to stay there for more than 6 hours.
A friend was teaching an early morning class, and reports:
[I] was lecturing on the 'Crito', justice, political obligation, civil disobedience and the unimportance of death; with what I thought was admirable Socratic sang-froid, I carried on and finished the lecture. Not sure many of them were paying much attention – at any rate to me. I had to change some of the examples (about coercion) rather rapidly as well.
I suppose that doesn't say anything very good about the relevance of philosophy—or at least of the ideas of Socrates.
One notable feature of this morning's experiences: My daughter had rapid access to an amazing amount of information about what was happening. She and I were both receiving the university's emergency text messages. She could also receive the emergency emails. But she also began receiving text messages from students all over campus—some in class, some in their dorms, some at their university jobs, and some in the library. She had real-time information coming from sources all over the campus. Radio stations also did a great job—KLBJ-AM did an especially outstanding job—but social media beat out traditional media for those with a rich social network. For the rest of us—well, my phone sat there silently. But I heard everything from her.
Reynolds' Law
Posted in Uncategorized on September 25, 2010 | 91 Comments »
I haven't been blogging much lately, because I haven't had many thoughts that haven't been better expressed elsewhere. But I have to draw attention to a remark of Glenn Reynolds, which seems to me to express an important and little-noticed point:
The government decides to try to increase the middle class by subsidizing things that middle class people have: If middle-class people go to college and own homes, then surely if more people go to college and own homes, we'll have more middle-class people. But homeownership and college aren't causes of middle-class status, they're markers for possessing the kinds of traits — self-discipline, the ability to defer gratification, etc. — that let you enter, and stay, in the middle class. Subsidizing the markers doesn't produce the traits; if anything, it undermines them.
I dub this Reynolds' Law: "Subsidizing the markers of status doesn't produce the character traits that result in that status; it undermines them." It's easy to see why. If people don't need to defer gratification, work hard, etc., in order to achieve the status they desire, they'll be less inclined to do those things. The greater the government subsidy, the greater the effect, and the more net harm produced.
This law is thus a relative to Murray's third law in Losing Ground, the Law of Net Harm: "The less likely it is that the unwanted behavior will change voluntarily, the more likely it is that a program to induce change will cause net harm." But Reynolds' Law rests on a different and more secure foundation. It focuses on character as fundamental.
Since the time of Woodrow Wilson, Democrats—but not only Democrats—have fretted that the middle class is shrinking due to the power of large corporations, and that only government action to "level the playing field" can save the middle class. The "middle class is being more and more squeezed out by the processes which we have been taught to call processes of prosperity." Obama? Hillary? No, that's Woodrow Wilson in 1913 (The New Freedom). It's striking to realize that progressives have been playing the same tune for a century, no matter what's actually taking place in the economy—indeed, in the midst of the greatest expansion of affluence in the history of the world—with the same set of proffered solutions: greater government power, regulations, higher taxes, and subsidies for the markers of affluence.
Reynolds' Law thus strikes at the heart of progressivism as a political ideology. Progressivism can't deliver on its central promise. In fact, it's guaranteed to make things worse in exactly that respect. It's not that it sacrifices some degree of one good (liberty or prosperity, say) to achieve a greater degree of another (equality). That suggests that the choice between conservatism and progressivism is a matter of tradeoffs, balances, and maybe even taste. Reynolds' Law implies that progressivism sacrifices some (actually considerable) degrees of liberty and prosperity to move us away from equality by undermining the characters and thus behavior patterns of those they promise to help.
Not coincidentally, progressives accumulate power for themselves, not only by seizing it as a necessary means to their goals but by aggravating the very social problems they promise to address, thus creating an ever more powerful argument that something has to be done.
UPDATE: Welcome, Instapundit readers! Thanks for looking around! And thank you, Glenn!
Posted in Uncategorized on September 11, 2010 | 1 Comment »
I recall the poems I read to my children at bedtime nine years ago:
URNING and turning in the widening gyre
The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.
Surely some revelation is at hand;
Surely the Second Coming is at hand.
The Second Coming! Hardly are those words out
When a vast image out of Spiritus Mundi
Troubles my sight: somewhere in the sands of the desert
A shape with lion body and the head of a man,
A gaze blank and pitiless as the sun,
Is moving its slow thighs, while all about it
Reel shadows of the indignant desert birds.
The darkness drops again; but now I know
That twenty centuries of stony sleep
Were vexed to nightmare by a rocking cradle,
And what rough beast, its hour come round at last,
Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?
—William Butler Yeats, The Second Coming (1921)
Though much is taken, much abides; and though
We are not now that strength which in old days
Moved earth and heaven; that which we are, we are;
One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
—Alfred Lord Tennyson, from Ulysses (1833)
Faith and Affluence
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Religion on September 7, 2010 | 2 Comments »
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Lets compare the two series and see which is truly better.
- Formula one has had one driver win eight of the nine races in 2004 while NASCAR has had nine different winners in its fifteen races this year.
- The US Grand Prix featured two lead changes between two different drivers (both on the same team.) The DHL 400 in Michigan saw the lead change hands seventeen times among ten different drivers.
- At the end of the F1 race in Indianapolis there were just eight cars left on the track, five of them on the lead lap. Michigan saw 31 cars still racing at the checkered flag, 24 of those were still on the same lap as the leader.
- Michael Schumacher leads the F1 points standings by eighteen points, that is almost two entire races that Michael could sit out and still lead the points.
In NASCAR Jimmie Johnson leads the season long point standings by seven points, that represents less than two positions on the race track in any one race.
We've seen lately that NASCAR is not perfect but this weekend's US Grand Prix confirms something that many of us have known all along. When it comes to competition, entertainment and racing NASCAR is a lot better than Formula One racing.


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By Hector Longo
---- — NORTH ANDOVER — John Vitale scanned the New England Professional Wrestling Academy work room and admits it openly, the next John Cena or Triple H hadn't walked through that door.
"But, you just never know," said Vitale, known in the ring as "Johnny Vegas."
Enthusiasm, and a childlike playfulness, dominates the group at this second annual "Fantasy Camp," hosted by Brian Phillips, the owner of this tidy little pro wrestling development gym, tucked next to I-495 near the South Lawrence line.
"Athletes" from all over New England made the trip up Saturday afternoon for an intense four-hour introduction to the sports entertainment they have grown to love.
For Phillips, it's new blood and new fire into the game he loves, bigtime professional wrestling.
For the true candidates, it's step No. 1 on the longest road to the dream.
"Look, it's tougher to make the WWE than it is the NFL, plain and simple," said Phillips, who in the ring ignites the crowd as "The Firebrand," Brian Fury. "There's about 200 jobs total in the WWE. In the NFL, you're talking thousands."
Try telling that to Haverhill's Tony Brogna, a 25-year-old sales manager at Paul's TV and father of two by day.
Brogna has been at the Academy for about three months now.
"I've been a fan of pro wrestling since I was 8. It's always been a dream," said Brogna. "Now, the dream is alive. I'm having a blast, and you never know what or who they'll be looking for."
Perhaps, the WWE has its sights set on a baby-face do-gooder, like Salem's Cam Zagami, a 19-year-old college student at Northern Essex, who also works at Chunky's Pub in Pelham.
The "Zagami Tsunami" has already assumed at least one or two different rasslin' personnas.
The folks at Chaotic Wrestling have dubbed the former Salem High Blue Devil mat man "The Weatherman." His finishing maneuver? The "Cam-Tastrophe."
"In our position here, we're the longest of long shots, but we all have a chance, and that's what keeps me going here, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays," said Zagami. "I'm still very young, and I know there's still a chance for me."
Find the right character. Be imaginative and think out of the box.
Risk life and limb with exotic athletic maneuvers. And sell yourself.
Those are the simpler parts of wrestling school. The difficult part.
"It's clearly the cardio," said Brogna.
These athletes, male and female, pound the mat under the maniacal cadence set by Phillips.
"Up! … Down! … Up! … Down!" they pound and bounce on the loud grey mat.
Neck rolls and bridges follow. And that's before any combat commences in the ring.
Phillips, who wrestled in high school at Spaulding High in Rochester, N.H., is right where he wants to be at age 34.
The big time promoters have already reaped the young mat talent in New England, where minor leagues or the independent shows continue to half-fill tiny gyms to keep the flow moving.
This is the region that has produced two of the games brightest stars – Cena and Triple H – among many others.
"They know they can call me at any time, because I know talent," said Phillips, who has actually worked in ring for the WWE on certain cards in the region.
One protégé, Sasha Banks, has already been signed on to the WWE's future's program, called NXT.
Phillips doesn't know who the next big thing might be, but pushing each and everyone around him to be their best remains priority No. 1.
"We'll take anyone, anyone willing to get in there and pay the price," said Phillips.
No promises are made about the future.
You have to love to take what some times amounts to abuse. Most often, the future holds some nights in these tiny local gyms, setting up chairs and the ring before, wrestling a quick match for a few dollars and then closing the place down.
Then again, maybe lightning might strike, like a Cena.
"Like I said, you just never know," said Phillips.


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reviews for: listing #32936 - Indian Rocks Beach, Florida Condo rental
- bedrooms 2
- pool yes
- type Condo
- baths 2
- hot tub yes
- community Sea Isle Villas
- sleeps 6
- pets allowed no
rates (USD)
Absolutely perfect!
Review submitted: April 25, 2014 Date of arrival: April 12, 2014
My wife and I wanted a child free vacation where we could relax and unwind. This was the perfect place to do it! The condo is well cared for and clean. It is larger than what the pictures represent. There are 2 large televisions, one in living room and one in master bedroom, but we never turned either one on. The elevator is an awesome touch and we never heard the neighbors.
We spotted a few dolphins, one as close to the shore as I have ever seen. The beach is clean and not very crowded. The sunsets were the highlight of our stay, they are absolutely stunning.
Darrel is a class act and I have never rented from someone who cared as much as he does. He made sure everything was 100% to our satisfaction.
If you're looking for fast food, chain restaurants and attractions on every corner IRB is not for you. There are plenty of places to eat, from dive bars to locally owned ice cream/deli establishments to seafood restaurants. There is plenty to do in Clearwater (10 minutes north) or St Petes (25 minutes south). It was nice to see both these beaches and explore, but it was awesome to return home to Indian Rocks and chill in the peace and quiet.
I do believe this condo and this beach is as close to peace on earth as I have found. I hesitated writing a review only for the simple fact I want to keep it a secret. Have no reservations about renting this condo from Darrel. I WILL be back.
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Penthouse at Sea Isles
Review submitted: December 15, 2013 Date of arrival: September 7, 2013
We spent 10 lovely nights at the Sea Isles during September 2013. Thank you to Darrel for allowing us to rent this beautiful apartment. We have been to Florida many times; however, this has been the best apartment we have stayed at. We have already decided to return in 2015 and will definitely be renting this beautiful piece of paradise again
Recommended for: families with young children, families with teenagers, romantic getaway
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Our Christmas Present
Review submitted: January 15, 2013 Date of arrival: December 12, 2012
Pat & Ginny (Louisville,Ky)
My sister-in-law and I stayed at The Penthouse at Sea Isles the week before
Christmas 2012, and enjoyed every minute of our stay. The condo is fully
equipped, from the gourmet cookware down to the paper products and cleaning
supplies. Also, beautifully decorated! Your parking spot is right next to the
elevator, which is VERY handy.
Darrel, the owner, is very helpful with any questions or needs you might
have, before or after your stay. And the local manager, Ben, was very nice
and is always on call.
When you finally decide to leave the balcony and the dolphin spottings,
try the Suncoast Trolley, which you can catch right outside your door,
and ride all day long from Clearwater to Pass-A-Grille, and back again
if you like. And for a quick and very good breakfast/donuts/coffee/bagels,
try The Lighthouse Bakery which is about a mile south on Gulf Blvd.
We would highly recommended The Penthouse, and hope to return soon!
Recommended for: age 55+, people with disabilities, girls getaway, sight seeing, tourists without a car
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Always Beautiful
Review submitted: November 19, 2012 Date of arrival: August 4, 2012
This is our second summer staying at the Sea Isles. Our family absolutely loves this place. The penthouse is BEAUTIFUL and it is always spotless clean. The view is just amazing from the balcony!!!!! The owners have to be one of the nicest people I have ever had the pleasure of dealing with and their manager staff is just the same!!!! We can not wait till summer 2013!!!!
Recommended for: age 55+, families with young children, families with teenagers, girls getaway, sight seeing, tourists without a car, romantic getaway
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Wonderful wedding vacation
Review submitted: October 19, 2012 Date of arrival: September 29, 2012
My partner and I got married on Indian rocks beach at sunset during our stay at sea isles, it was a perfect venue for a beautiful day. Our local photographer was brilliant and made the day extra special, Jerry Lukas, check his website for more info. apartment was lovely, fully equipped and well furnished but the best part was the view from the balcony which was absolutely stunning, and of course the pool! We saw dolphins and manatees from the balcony several times. The condo is mid way between Clearwater and St Peres beach, both of which are accessible easily via the Suncoast Trolly for $1.50, or $4.50 for a day pass. There are plenty of good restaurants, bars and attractions nearby, good ones are Cafe de Paris, Guppies, Red Lion pub, Donnies coastal cafe and Crabby Bills Loading dock bar for live music. A lovely fortnight with good weather and we will definitely be back! Liz & Steve, Kettering, England
Recommended for: age 55+, families with teenagers, sight seeing, romantic getaway
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The most perfect vacationk!
Review submitted: April 22, 2012 Date of arrival: April 14, 2012
This was a relaxing and perfect vacation!
The description did the place no justice - it was better than that. The condo was clean, spacious, had everything we needed. The view was spectacular. We hardly left the condo all week - we could walk to dinner and to the bakery down the street. Although we did not have any children with us, it would also be a perfect place to bring them.
Recommended for: age 55+, families with young children, girls getaway, sight seeing, tourists without a car, romantic getaway
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Lovely Beach Experience!
Review submitted: February 7, 2012 Date of arrival: December 31, 2011
We found "The Penthouse" to be everything promised. It was well equipped and clean with great management. The elevator made our stay more pleasant and convenient. It was nice that it opened directly to the private balcony. We spent many hours on the balcony watching the beautiful water, birds, and people. We particularly enjoyed several of the local restaurants. Many were within walking distance and quite good. The fireplace was put to good use since it was cool a few days. Generally, it was a great place to spend a week which included New Year's Eve! The owner is very mindful of your needs and comfort. Highly recommend!
Recommended for: age 55+, romantic getaway
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Unbelievable Penthouse
Review submitted: January 7, 2012 Date of arrival: December 24, 2011
I stayed at the Penthouse for one week during the Christmas Holiday. When I arrived the first thing I noticed was the view of the beach from the balcony. The parking space is next to the elevator, which makes loading and unloading of luggage extremely convenient. The closet space is great! Every appliance, utensil, blanket, and cleaning supply you can image is available in the Penthouse. I have a special needs daughter, I was concerned that maybe I would have to do some "work arounds" to make her comfortable. This was not the case. The Penthouse had everything I needed to make my vacation perfect. Every morning I would go for a run and enjoy the beautiful beach. Every evening I would sit on the balcony and enjoy the sunset. I could've sat on the sofa watched the beautify sunset as well as kept an eye on the 50 inch flat screen. We would plan our day around seeing the sunset at the penthouse. The owner provides chairs and umbrellas for use on the beach. I thought that was a nice touch. In addition, there was a grill and the necessary barbecue utensils. I used the grill several times while on vacation. There are many nice restaurants in the area. The seafood was great and tasted really fresh. The Penthouse was well worth the cost. It was easily one of the best places I've stayed.
Recommended for: age 55+, families with young children, people with disabilities, families with teenagers, sight seeing, romantic getaway
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Great place to stay
Review submitted: August 10, 2011 Date of arrival: July 30, 2011
My husband and I along with our 6 year old granddaughter had the pleasure of staying in this condo for a week. We had a great time. The unit has a wonderful view of the gulf and was very clean. The owner has given careful thought as to what is needed for guest to have a comfortable vacation. There was even a stool that my granddaughter could use when brushing her teeth or washing her hands. That may sound like a little thing but when traveling with a small child it is very important. We loved the underground parking and the elevator with a key that would take you to your own gulf side balcony. It was so convenient when we were unloading the car, bringing in the groceries or going to the pool or beach. The complex had a very nice gulf side pool and the owner supplied chairs and toys for the beach. Owner was great to work with and answered all my questions promptly. We were very pleased with the condo and would recommend it to others
Recommended for: age 55+, families with young children, families with teenagers, girls getaway, sight seeing, tourists without a car, romantic getaway
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The Penthouse at Sea Isles
Review submitted: February 20, 2011 Date of arrival: February 12, 2011
First off the weather was perfect, cool mornings for walking the beach, warm, sunny afternoons and cool evenings!
We absolutely loved the condo. It was clean, and everything we needed was there for us. There was plenty of cookware and dishes, etc, microwave, automatic icemaker, all the ammenites of home! The master bed was so comfy !Having a washer and dryer was so nice!
The sunsets were unbelievable. We saw the dolphins right from the balcony. We had some full moons over the water which were beautiful too. The private elevator directly to the unit was so nice. The pool was great, plenty of tables, chaise lounges, chairs were always available. We chatted with many other renters in the building, poolside, and we all had a great time.
We rented bikes for the week, and drove around to see the neighborhood. We walked to local restaurants, which were excellent. The French bakery right down the street was a special treat. We took advantage of the trolley, and did some morning shopping at Clearwater Beach and John's Pass, and were back "home" to enjoy the afternoon sun at the pool and beach.
The owners live out of state, but we had the local number of the couple who manage the property. The location is good, all the people are very friendly, and we thououghly enjoyed our week there. We will definetly try to come back.
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Great local Beach Vacation
Review submitted: October 5, 2010 Date of arrival: September 25, 2010
My wife, daughter and I really enjoyed staying at your condo. We're local, and go to the beach often. Usually we go to Honeymoon Island, and if we have guests in town we go to Clearwater. It was nice to visit IRB. We enjoyed trying the new restaurants, Guppys, Ben Thai Alley, and Soleil (great fish tacos). The elevator helped me as my family packs a lot! I enjoyed the view and the short walk to the beach. The longer we stayed the more we appreciated all the little things the condo had from fully loaded kitchen, to a quality master bedroom mattress and good water pressure.
The condo/vacation exceeded my high expectations.
Recommended for: age 55+, families with young children, girls getaway, sight seeing, romantic getaway
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I cannot say enough positive things about this home and the owners. My family and I rented this home for our first family vacation and when we pulled up to the house the photo on this site did not do justice. This house was gorgeous inside and out! It is located near everything from a supermarket to a gas station to a McDonalds, CVS, Target and so many other stores. Minutes from I-4 which is the highway to all the Orlando attractions. The owners were very responsive via email and phone. My family and I cannot wait to stay here again.


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This is the first large deal between Airbus and China since the European Union's carbon trading plan, meant to reduce carbon emissions by aircraft, led to a dispute.
In March, Airbus accused the Chinese government of blocking approval of orders for its planes by Chinese airlines.
Airbus had been hoping for an order of 100 planes, according to Arabian Business, but says it is happy with the signed agreement.
The order, signed during a visit to China by German Chancellor Angela Merkel, includes 30 A320 jets with the current engine option. The rest will feature a newly developed engine that offers reduced fuel consumption and increased range. The A320 seats 150-180 passengers and is typically used for transcontinental flights.
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Now that summer is in full swing, it's natural for IT shops to be concerned about keeping their data centers cool. But with limited budgets, keeping the data center operating efficiently without blowing the utility bill out of the water can be a challenge.
It turns out there are some simple tools and best practices that IT departments can employ to keep data center temperatures -- and budgets -- under control.
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Mind the gaps
First and foremost, say industry professionals, the journey to data center cooling efficiency starts with an assessment of the physical integrity of the facility. While it seems like an obvious fix, all too often data centers have gaps throughout that allow air to escape and penetrate the facility.
"I've been in data centers that have folding, garage-like doors with 1-inch gaps under them," says Joe Capes, business development director for cooling at Schneider Electric, a global provider of energy management products and services.
In addition to leaky windows and doors, another common drain on cooling efficiency is ventilation or ceiling tiles that have been removed and not replaced. "One of the simplest things to do is properly seal the room," Capes adds, as a means of "preventing any type of penetration of outside air through doorways, windows, and so forth." Brush strips, blanking panels, and even curtains can be deployed to provide what is essentially weather-stripping. Pay particular attention to cable cutouts and the space under CRAC units.
For data centers in locations where humidity is of particular concern, it's critical to ensure that the vapor barrier -- the plastic or metal coating for the walls, ceiling and floors that keeps moisture at bay -- remains intact. Many data centers were designed and built with vapor barriers; over time, as equipment is brought in and moved around, the holes that are punched throughout the facility to accommodate conduits compromise the vapor barrier, thereby allowing humidity in and out.
While a vapor barrier provides some protection against air flow leakage, this is not the primary benefit of keeping the barrier intact. "Depending on how precisely you want to maintain the humidity in your space and not waste a lot of energy to humidify or dehumidify it, the vapor barrier becomes critical," according to Dave Kelly, director of application engineering for the Liebert Precision Cooling products, a business unit of Emerson Network Power.
Monitor and measure
It is tough to make efficiency improvements in data center operations without knowing how equipment is performing and where heat is generated. "In many data centers, there is a lot of legacy equipment that is doing nothing," asserts Don Beaty, president of DLB Associates, an engineering firm in Eatontown, N.J., that designs and builds data centers. As new equipment is installed, Beaty says it's fairly typical for existing equipment to remain on board.
This problem has its roots in the IT/facilities disconnect: IT people tend to keep equipment running out of fear of disrupting mission-critical operations, while staff on the facility side focus on energy issues. By installing monitoring equipment on racks and PDUs to measure the load and power consumption, a data center can then identify any equipment that is running inefficiently in terms of capacity or even unnecessarily in terms of the applications that are on it.
"Let's say five racks that are measured all have utilization down under 50 percent," Beaty says. "This would increase the possibility of considering virtualizing those five racks, or consolidating in another way to reduce power consumption."


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FORT MILL TOWNSHIP — It was the prom that almost wasn't for Nation Ford High School baseball players.
The team had a playoff game against TL Hanna in Anderson on the same day as the school's prom. Frantic negotiations resulted in TL Hanna agreeing to move the May 3 game two hours earlier. But with the four-hour round trip – not counting the time to shower and change after the game – it was still likely there would be a few clock-watching prom dates waiting anxiously for the guys to get home.
Then, the game went into extra innings, and the Falcons lost 1-0.
Danny Holmes, owner of Towne Tavern on Highway 160 West, heard about the predicament from a parent of a Nation Ford student. A Nation Ford parent himself, Holmes floated an idea – a small gesture, he said – to make the teens and their parents feel a little better.
"I was thinking these kids really had this thing plopped in their lap: leave your team and go to prom, or play in the game and maybe miss prom," Holmes said. "Usually any decision my son is confronted with has an obvious right and wrong, but these kids were in a tight spot no matter which way they'd go."
Holmes wondered: if he decked out his private room in a prom motif, and invited players and their dates who either missed prom or got there harried and late, would that help?
"Would they even go? I didn't know," he said. "I called one of the moms – Melissa Helms – I know her and her husband Jeff pretty well, and reached out and said 'this might not make all the difference in the world, this might not be the greatest idea, but what do you think?'"
Helms more than appreciated the gesture.
"To be honest, when he texted me and said he had this idea, it brought tears to my eyes," Melissa Helms said.
"Danny has always been supportive of athletics all over Fort Mill. We've known him since our kids were in middle school together, but to do something like that for the guys and host them and their dates and do it for free, it allowed the parents to see them all dressed up and it was really nice. The boys said they had a really good time and it very special for all of us parents."
The party was held Sunday evening and five players and their dates, including Helms' son Dalton, accepted the invitation. Prom-goers were allowed to order anything on the menu free of charge and Holmes encouraged them to really order what they wanted.
"I didn't know what would happen, but they showed up in their tuxes and dresses and seemed to have a good time. It was really cool," Holmes said.
Holmes said that when the teens look back on it someday, they might remember more than a free meal.
"Someday, these kids will have families and when it's time for their own kids' proms, they'll have a great story to tell. It might be one of those stories you remember for the rest of your life."
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Several reports on campus of the same phishing email last seen on the 19th, subject line: Your Mailbox has exceeded Its storage limit. See the July 19th post for details. We've also seen the "IRS.gov" emails, a variation on Phishing Alert: Notice from IRS on June 5.
The Help Desk has received multiple reports of a phishing email that warns recipients that "Your Mailbox has exceeded Its storage limit as Set By Your Administrator, and you will not be able to receive new emails until you Re-Validate it."
It includes all the tell-tale signs of a phish: it attempts to create a false sense of urgency, requests you click on a suspicious link to address the problem, is from a non-Brown account and not sent directly to your email account, and contains grammar and formatting errors. DO NOT CLICK on the link.
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Dunkin' Donuts Will Sic More Aggressive Cashiers on Afternoon Customers
"Franchisees are kind of excited about it," the CEO warns.
"Franchisees are kind of excited about it," the CEO warns.
It's time for four new countries to make the doughnuts.
All this for a cruller and a Coolatta.
The old badge-flashing technique didn't work this time.
It's just a matter of hometown pride.
Assault rifles and the McRib probably don't mix.
The company's American wing calls the ad "insensitive," but the CEO of Dunkin's Thai operations isn't so sure it's offensive.
How bad could that vanilla iced coffee possibly have been?
Plus: Dunkin' Donuts is coming to Williamsburg, and more, in today's Leftovers.
Beloved in New York, Dominique Ansel's Cronuts are now being mass-produced by Dunkin' Donuts Korea. So how do they taste?
Dunkin' Donuts Korea puts a cronut knockoff into production.
This calls for extra hash browns.
Not only that, but gluten-free blueberry muffins, too.
This has nothing at all to do with cronuts.
Abid Adar never broke a sweat.
"I can't wait to post this on Facebook as soon as we're done. Hi, Facebook!"
This monster will attack our waistlines on June 7.
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Purestream Services, a commercial water treatment supplier, has added an installation of its portable induced gas flotation system in Woods County, Okla., to treat produced and flow-back water for an undisclosed oil and gas operation.
The IGF system uses closed-circuit recirculation of treated water and air to remove oil and suspended solids. The mobile system can be moved from site to site for on-demand reuse water needs.
Neil Richardson, Purestream CEO, says this type of well-site system is cost-effective by reducing the hauling of water across long distances for disposal and sourcing. "The IGF technology gives producers on-demand treatment options for their existing operations below disposal and sourcing costs," he notes.
As hydraulic fracturing continues to boom, produced-water management and its cost-containment become ever more important for oil and gas producers. Treated water gets to be reused for drilling operations. Treating wastewater nearer to the source of production also minimizes the environmental impact of long-distance truck hauling.
A module for produced water purification and recovery and brine concentration, dubbed AVARA (for Accelerated Vapor Recompression), a low-pressure, low-energy mechanical system, is integrated with the induced gas flotation module on a mobile platform. A single IGF cell can process 75 gpm of production water.
According to Purestream, its water treatment technology is already in play at Marcellus Shale as well as at well sites in Arkansas and Wyoming.


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Henrico's Top Teachers – Allison Bartholomay
Johnson E.S., third grade
Allison Bartholomay always knew that she wanted to perform in front of an audience. She just didn't realize that it might be composed of third-graders instead of theater-goers.
Bartholomay brings a wealth of experiences to her Johnson Elementary School classroom each day. She grew up in France and England, majored in theater and Spanish in college and does her best to incorporate some of her own life into the lives of her third-graders on a daily basis.
During her decade as a teacher (which also included time at Dumbarton and Skipwith elementaries), Bartholomay has worked with a number of students with special needs, behavioral issues and those for whom English is a second language. The key to reaching every student, she says, is building the community of the classroom and convincing students that they're all smart in their own ways.
"That's tough because some students may not feel that way at first," she says. "But once that happens and they believe in themselves, they realize that anything is possible."
It's her constant motivation to find ways to reach each student in her class that sets Bartholomay apart.
"Ms. Bartholomay makes her students get excited about every topic, even if it would not necessarily excite them to begin with," a colleague wrote in a nomination letter. "She teaches 21st-century skills with ease, infusing creativity and technology, breathing excitement into the Henrico curriculum."
In addition to her full-time job, Bartholomay also teaches a course at VCU about integrating the arts into elementary curriculum. She's familiar with the topic because she lives it every day.
"Being a theater major has helped me reach all levels of students," she says. "If a child doesn't understand something on paper, we're going to act it out. If that doesn't work, we're going to sing it out. We'll go out on the playground and act it out, or we'll go somewhere on my Promothean board."
She uses song and dance to engage students, such as having them sing "Head and Shoulders, Knees and Toes" in Spanish and performing a song about the regions of Virginia with choreography.
To challenge students, she gives them a new word to learn each day.
"I choose the hardest words I can find for third grade," she says. "Convivial. Sagacious. And they use them, and know what they mean. It's a thrill for me to be able to teach them something and watch them take it on to someone else."
Her students also write weekly goals for themselves, which they keep in mini folders on their desks and use to motivate themselves and to evaluate their accomplishments.
Bartholomay credits the environment in Henrico schools with allowing her to feel comfortable and confident trying new approaches in the classroom.
"Henrico County allows you to think outside the box," she says. "They trust that you're an expert in your field and you can take [students] where they need to be and more.
"I feel like I walk in every day, I want to have fun, and [the students] make my day fun. So I try to teach them so that they'll be engaged. If I'm not having fun, then I don't feel like I'm doing my job. I'm here to teach them content, but I also want to be that voice in their head – when they're 12 and they don't believe in themselves, or when they're 15 and someone is trying to lead them down the wrong path – that gives them the confidence to do the right thing."
Celebrating 106 years
Former Sandston resident Mildred Taylor celebrated her 106th birthday Aug. 9. Taylor, who now lives in Powhatan, is still a member of Sandston Baptist Church. She was visited the day after her birthday by several members of the church, who played for her a recording of the entire church membership singing happy birthday to her during worship. > Read more.
YMCA breaks ground for aquatic center
YMCA officials gathered last week to break ground on the new Tommy J. West Aquatic Center at the Shady Grove Family YMCA on Nuckols Road. The center, which will featured 7,600 square feet of competitive and recreational space, including water slides, play areas for children and warmer water for those with physical limitations, is the fourth phase of a $4 million expansion at the facility. West was president and CEO of Capital Interior Contractors and a founding member of the Central Virginia Region of the Virginia Chapter of Associated Builders and Contractors. > Read more.
Rotary donates to 'Bright Beginnings'
The Sandston Rotary Club recently donated $1,000 to the Sandston YMCA for its Bright Beginnings program, which helps provide children in need with school supplies for the new school year. > Read more.
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Journey to mediocrity
'The Hundred-Foot Journey' fails to capitalize on tasty concept
The Hundred-Foot Journey is a curious little Romeo and Juliet of a film. A family, forced out of their native India, begins a trek across Europe.
The family's sole mode of transportation sputters and dies in a sleepy little French town, but the town's food culture is high, and that's a perfect place for a family of restaurateurs to settle down. There's only one problem – the family's rustic "Maison Mumbai" is right across the street (a hundred feet away, if the title didn't clue you in) from a prestigious French bistro with a Michelin star, run with an iron fist by the dreaded Madame Mallory (Helen Mirren, pictured).
It's here that a particular Romeo and Juliet story begins to develop, with Hassan (Manish Dayal) on the Indian side and Marguerite (Charlotte Le Bon) on the French side. > Read more.
Weekend Top 10
Enjoy the final days of summer with comedian Guy Torry, the Sam's Club National BBQ Tour or mystery writer Mary Miley Theobald at Twin Hickory Library. Another great way to welcome the beginning of fall is to check out the UR Spider Football season opener with man's best friend. For all our top picks this weekend, click here! > Read more.
Bottoms up
Short Pump brewery offers more than just beer
I am still (happily) thinking about my entire experience at Rock Bottom Restaurant and Brewery last week. Knowing nothing about this new brewery out of Denver, I was leery of brew-pub in the heart of Short Pump Town Center – this is not what I'd usually think of as a perfect fit, and yet, it was.
The restaurant and craft brewery opened in early June and features 10 beers made by female brewmaster Becky Hammond (pictured). This is the restaurant's second location in Virginia; the first is in Arlington. Behind glass walls, customers watched the beer brewing in massive steel barrels. For our up-and-coming beer region, it makes sense that Short Pump would jump on board.
As I walked up to the back of the mall near the comedy club, I was taken aback by what I saw: at the top of the stairs was an overflowing restaurant with outdoor seating, large umbrellas and dangling outdoor lights. > Read more.
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The least expensive apartments in San Bruno will run you $1100. For that you get a 450 square foot studio apartment at Peninsula Place, walking distance to the BART station.
If you require more space, plan on spending almost $1300 for a studio and $1475 to $1635 for a one bedroom. For this price, one would hope that the complex is somewhat attractive and one would be correct. The Crystal Springs Terrace complex is quite pretty with lots of onsite amenities, including a sauna and theater room.
Luxury apartments in San Bruno start at over $2,000. Now, although that seems like good news, the bad news is that the apartments at this price are located in a complex that lies directly under the flight path of the behemoths taking off and landing at San Francisco International. If you want to avoid inhaling jet fumes all day you'll need to pay more in another complex.
San Bruno's vacancy rate is quite low – only 3.9 percent – so it may be a challenge to locate exactly what you're looking for. Keep a vigilant eye, however, and we're sure you'll find one eventually.
Bringing the pooch? Another challenge there, my friend. There aren't a lot of pet-friendly apartments in San Bruno. Those that allow pets typically ask for pretty hefty pet deposits.
It costs a lot to live in San Bruno mainly because of its location. For a couple of bucks, you can ride BART and be in The City within 20 minutes. It's also adjacent to SFO, tucked between South San Francisco and Millbrae.
San Bruno boasts a population of just over 41,000 people. San Bruno, once a stagecoach stop, is now home to Youtube headquarters – the largest employer in the area.
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The Invention of the Creek Nation, 1670-1763
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Education for Extinction (PB)
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The Last Indian War: The Nez Perce Story (Pivotal Moments in American History)
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Pontiac's Rebellion
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Background of the French and Indian War
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WILMINGTON, NC (WECT) – Traffic was backed up on US 421 near the Isabel Holmes Bridge Thursday morning as the result of two separate accidents.
First, a tractor trailer and SUV were involved in a crash around 6:30 a.m., according to New Hanover County Dispatch.
Dispatch said there were no serious injuries from that accident.
According to Trooper Philips, a motorcycle was driving in the southbound lane of US 421 toward traffic that was already backed up from an accident that happened earlier in the morning.
Philips said the driver tried to slow down, but lost control of the motorcycle. The front wheel stopped and the driver was ejected from the bike.
According to officials, the motorcycle driver was taken to the hospital with serious injuries. Doctors say the helmet saved him from having life-threatening injuries.
The driver will be charged with failure to maintain lane control, unsafe tire, and no motorcycle endorsement from the Department of Transportation.
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Today's Forecast: Friday's weather, according to the National Weather Service based in Taunton, calls for a chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly between 1 and 3 p.m. Patchy fog before 2 p.m. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a high near 75. South wind between 5 and 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30 percent. Friday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms between 2 and 3 a.m., then a slight chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 60. South wind between 7 and 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30 percent.
Noteable Events:
- The will be closed Saturday, May 26th through Monday, May 28 for the Memorial Day Holiday and will re-open on Tuesday, May 29th.
- The , , , and the are taking collections to help the Medfield Food Cupboard. The Medfield Food Cupboard needs the following items for May: Cereal, juice, canned pasta, jelly, Kleenex, and snacks. Please drop off these items at your local church any Sunday.
- Senior Happenings at the Center: Tai Chi 10 a.m. ($5 per class) and Ladies Indoor Bocce 11 a.m. Please note the Center will be closed on Monday, May 28th for Memorial Day.
Warriors' Friday:
- The baseball team travels to Wellesley for a 4 p.m. game.
- The boys; tennis team will travel to Dover-Sherborn for a 3:30 p.m. match.
- The girls' tennis team hosts Dover-Sherborn at 3:30 p.m.
- The MIAA state tournament brackets for boys' lacrosse will be announced today.


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Saturday Spotlight: Spring Salads
I love to eat a good salad and spring seems to bring on all kinds of fresh yummy recipes. I've found 6 delicious looking recipes for salads from the M&T Spotlight that are perfect for a quick lunch or a yummy dinner. You're welcome! **Next Week: I'll be featuring your Yarn Crafts, so share all your cool ideas and project over at the Spotlight.
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