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To put it bluntly, it is fairly easy to see how the Cowboy's could lose another game going into Monday Night Football versus the division rival New York Giants. With all the troubles Dallas has had with the offensive line, play selection and penalties, the future looks bleak for the rest of the 2010 season.
In order to salvage the embarrassment of a previously highly-touted team, the Cowboys will have to hit the ground running on Monday Night Football and win the next five games in the schedule.
The upcoming game Monday is in the new billion dollar Dallas stadium that will host this year's Superbowl; a stadium that the 'Boys have yet to win a single game in. Mired in fan disappointment with the current coaching staff and missed expectations, the Cowboys face the possibility of a 1-5 record from which no team in recent history has made the postseason. Do the Cowboy's have a chance? Let's break it down.
The Breakdown
When comparing the two quarterbacks this season, it's almost a wash. With the running game, New York CLEARLY has the advantage with Ahmad Bradshaw. Bradshaw carries the bulk of the Giants' runs giving way to Brandon Jacobs one-third of the time. Bradshaw has over 580 yards in 110 attempts, averaging 5.3 yards per carry. For Dallas, the Cowboys can't really seem to decide between Felix Jones or Marion Barber - either way with the poor production of their offensive line, neither back even has 250 yards rushing. Last week, Dallas showed that Felix might carry the bulk of the yards with Barber being utilized in third down and goal-line situations, but the poor blocking and eventual abandonment of the run proved to fans that the Cowboy's running game still lacks identity. Advantage New York
For receiving, New York has clearly shown that Hakeem Nicks is the go-to guy especially inside the red zone. If Dallas' defense is watching enough game film this week, they'll keep their zone coverage mid-to-shallow to prevent Manning's dink-and-dunk tactics while emphasizing coverage on Nicks and Steve Smith. Tony Romo theoretically has more weapons with Miles Austin, Roy Williams, Dez Bryant and Jason Witten.
As for the Defensive units, Dallas could really be in trouble. Not counting Dallas' ability to refund yardage with penalties, Osi Umenyiora will likely have a field day with Dallas' offensive line, or create enough havoc that the blitz package will allow someone else to have a huge day stat-wise, like Kiwanuka. New York has also proven that they can create A LOT more take-aways. Otherwise, Dallas has a slightly better pass defense and an almost similar run defense. The problem is, that turnovers create wins, and Dallas doesn't seem to be able to do that this year.
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As it stands on paper, the Giants are statistically similar to Dallas in every way, but hold the clear advantage in the running game. Tony Romo is having a relatively mediocre year for himself while the entire team is showing the effects of poor leadership and misdirected and unguided talent. If the Cowboys are able to hold up the running game, then the only real threat that they will face is themselves.
Talent-wise, Dallas would win this game, but talent doesn't guarantee victory; leadership and execution do. If the Cowboys still have no identity in their running game on Monday, still commit penalties and still haven't addressed the problems in the offensive line, they stand to lose this game. The X-factor is the necessity of this win for both teams. New York will need to win this game to stay competitive with the Eagles and stay above the blue-collar Redskins. Dallas absolutely needs this game to stay somewhat competitive in the NFC for some sort of Wild-Card berth, AND to fend off the naysayers.
The question mark still remains on special teams. Can Buehler finally show that he can kick a field goal outside of 45 yards with any consistency? Can the special teams finish plays with tackles and limit yardage on kick returns? Oddly enough the ability to win may just rely on the bottom half of the Cowboys roster. If they can perform to expectation, then Dallas should win, otherwise it's a coin toss when you factor in penalties and errors by the Dallas Cowboys. Either way, this Monday Night is not a safe night to put money on.
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Last updated 25Sep2009 - links last checked 18Sep2008.
Feel free to link to my site if you like it -- the URL is http://www.henriettesherbal.com .
Feel free to send me URLs to check out for inclusion on this page. Note, however, that I don't do reciprocal links. That means that you'll really only find links to sites I like on this page. Note also that I only link to commercial sites if they have no blinking or moving text, no moving pictures, and lots of information.
Herbal medicine - Good Materia Medicas - Botany - Culinary herbs - Other fun things
Herbal medicine, mostly: Herbalists
- Michael Moore - quality information on herbal medicine, including manuals, classic texts, and images
- Jonathan Treasure's Herbal Bookworm includes critical in-depth reviews of major herbal sellers and herb-drug interaction info, among other things. Jonno also has a blog.
- Paul Bergner's Medical Herbalism (see medicinal herbfaq part 6.3): quality articles and links, geared towards the herbal practitioner (includes the full text of the Medical Herbalism from 1989 to 2000 - clicky on "search" or "Materia Medica" or "Therapeutics" - I'll note that almost all of the recent issues have included invaluable leading articles.)
- David Winston's site, including a nice selection of scanned classic texts.
- Michigan herbalist Jim McDonald interesting in-depth articles about a few plants.
- Carol Rogers' site. Gotta love a woman who puts her book ("The Women's Guide to Herbal Medicine") online after it's gone out of print. What's even better is, it's a very good book! - added 18Sep2008
- Alan Tillotson's site: Ayurvedic and Chinese herbal medicine
- Matt Wood: interesting herbal articles.
- Robin Rose Bennett. Get her Wild carrots article while you're there.
- Karen Bergeron has articles and photos online
- Todd Caldecott - Ayurvedic and Western herbal medicine
- Christopher Hobbs
- Michael Tierra - mostly TCM -style herbal articles
- Howie Brounstein - articles on herbal smokes, fad herbs and wildcrafting
- Rosemary Gladstar. Note, her home study course is quite outdated, with bits hanging on pretty much unchanged since 1980 ... I wouldn't do it as my first choice.
- Brigitte Mars
- Tieraona Low Dog
- Susun Weed
- Jaime De La Barrera
- Joshua Muscat's SanFran BotMed Clinic site
- Hall Newbegin is cool, and he sells herbs'n'soaps'n'stuff
- Graham White
- Jeanne Rose
- Karyn Sanders
- Katolen Yardley
- Robert McDowell
- Suzanne E. Sky
- Charlie Kane
- Gail Faith Edwards
- Merry Lycett Harrison (a fellow SWSBM'er)
Herbalist organizations:
- The National Institute of Medical Herbalists (NIMH)
- The Irish Medical Herbalists Organisation, under the National Herbal Council in Ireland (Five different registers for one country? That sounds a bit much, but hey, whatever works.)
- The National Herbalists Association of Australia (NHAA)
- The American Herbalists Guild (AHG)
- The Ontario Herbalists Association (OHA)
- The International Register of Consultant Herbalists and Homoeopaths (in the UK)
- The New Zealand Association of Medical Herbalists (NZAMH)
- The Herbalist Association of Nova Scotia (HANS) (also in Canada)
- Jim Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
- Dan Moerman's Native American Ethnobotany Database
- The herbmed database, with links to research and things
- The Herb Society of America
- The UK Herb Society, with a good forum
- The Merck Manual
- A comprehensive glycemic index site - you need this if you have blood sugar problems
- Tapes of herbal conferences and a conference calendar
- The Herb Research Foundation, slanted towards scientific phytotherapy - you need to read Jonno's review of the Honest Herbal before you decide to buy any of Tyler's work, and read Jonno's review of the Comm. E Monographs before deciding to buy that exceedingly expensive set of committee compromises.
- Most of the Suite101 article collections are worthwile, especially if you're new to herbs. Check, for instance, these: historical_plants - herbal_medicine - herbalism - herbal healing (Susun Weed) - botanical - or just do a search for "botanical medicine" here: http://www.suite101.com
Herbal medicine - Good Materia Medicas - Botany - Culinary herbs - Other fun things
Good Materia Medicas
- In addition to Michael Moore's own Materia Medica (manuals) you'll find olde Eclectic tomes (other manuals, Felter, Ellingwood, Fyfe, Culbreth ...) on his site
- All the herb-related bits of King's American Dispensatory (1898) (yes, it's part of this site.)
- The herbal remedies info site. Very charming.
- A Himalayan herb site
- A Modern Herbal (1931)
- The Raintree Tropical Plant Database includes information on about 100 plants
- The TCM Herbal Database from The Rocky Mountain Herbal Institute has info on about 220 commonly used Chinese herbs
- Healthnotes, widely available on the web; try this, this, or any of the other clones. Note that the Healthnote Files are slanted towards a "scientifically correct" way of thinking, ie. pharmaceutical industry; therefore the herbal files are overcautious and more or less theoretical.
- Holisticonline has a rather comprehensive database
- Christine Haughton's files
- The herbal monographs of the Australian Naturopathic Network
- Practitioner-level phytotherapy information (if you're a practitioner you can register and gain access to the info.)
- Mary O'Connell, with information on some Southwest Medicinal Plants
- eMedicinal's herbal database - checking their Echinacea entry, they harp on freeze dried, though, which makes me wonder whose product brochures they've read.
Auf Deutsch
- Die Heilpflanzen-Suchmaschine
- Die Bad Heilbrunner Selbstmedikationsdatenbank, highly technical, with about 150 plants and some vitamins
- Die kleine Kräuterhexe, eine recht sympatische Seite die Du auch herunterladen kannst
- Das Kräuterlexikon bei Heilkräuter.de
- Materialien zum Thema Phytotherapie
Other languages (fi - sv)
Herbal medicine - Good Materia Medicas - Botany - Culinary herbs - Other fun things
Botanical things
- Need to find a new scientific name from an old book, or see which plants are actually identical nowadays?
- The GRIN taxonomy database is very good indeed, even if it does have a few interesting gaps here and there
- If you're looking for plants found wild somewhere in the US, your best bet is the USDA Plants database - they're lumpers (yay!), but a tad too keen on adding the newest botanical binominals ASAP. Europeans are generally splitters (boo hiss!) but usually we wait a bit before introducing shiny new latin names, which often means we don't have to introduce them at all -- because botanists just can't make up their minds.
- Algaebase is an excellent site for algae
- For the Fabaceae, the best database is Ildis
- Then there's tropicos - do pay attention to the "Author" part of the botanical name. While it does give a lot of synonyms it's not always clear on which of the results given is the currently correct botanical binominal. They also have way too many circular references (plant a? Nah, that's b these days. Nah, that's c these days. Nah, that's a these days. Argh, says I.)
- The IPNI database can be helpful - current botanical binominals are given in comments only, which of course means that a lot of the entries don't have them.
- The best Swedish botanical database is of course Den Virtuella Floran; if you're even close to being able to understand Swedish go have a look
- The Index Fungorum also covers lichens - yay! Still no data on Variolaria dealbata, though.
- Plantcol, a Belgian site with data on plants in various botanical gardens in Belgium, and photos. Nice!
- Scott's botanical links
- Michel Porcher's plant name sorting pages, handy to keep track of what citrus really is related in what way to another citrus (and similar things)
- The Northern Ontario plant database
- A Maltese plant site, very extensive
- Quentin Groom's UK site "Find Wild Flowers" - give the Euphrasia ID a twirl, it's lots of fun.
- Flora Celtica, folkloric use of a lot of plants
- Some nice pictures by botanical family
Herbal medicine - Good Materia Medicas - Botany - Culinary herbs - Other fun things
Culinary and gardening sites, mostly
- Gernot Katzer's spice pages - an extensive site
- A very good site on soap-making.
Herbal medicine - Good Materia Medicas - Botany - Culinary herbs - Other fun things
Not plants at all, but still fun
- Frazz is the new Calvin and Hobbes: http://www.comics.com/comics/frazz/
- Schlock is extraordinary. It includes one of the best strip gags in any comic ever: http://www.schlockmercenary.com/d/20010813.html - but read it from the first strip to the current one, it's great.
- I used to spend some of my copious free time on news:rec.humor.oracle.d. Here's some gems from that ng: http://henriettesherbal.com/rhod/main.html
- One of the greatest rants of all time (you go, Russ!): http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/writing/rant.html
- Great site for website design: Sarah's Kinda Helpful Web Site
Lovely Linux links
- Geek news:
- http://slashdot.org/ - news for nerds.
- http://www.theregister.co.uk/ - The Register: "biting the hand that feeds IT".
- SuSE and KDE:
- SuSE
- newsgroup: news:alt.os.linux.suse - very helpful.
- KDE - one of the desktop environments of linux distros - ooh, shiny! I love the file preview in the file manager.
- MySQL and PHP:
- The MySQL manual - the online version of the manual is much better than the one included in your linux distribution, because it includes reader comments - examples, caveats, etc. Very helpful.
- The PHP manual - this manual, too, includes reader comments in the online version. Extremely good.


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We found the most recent comparison reviews of the Festool Trion PSB300 EQ jigsaw in Fine Homebuilding magazine. The review is summarized in Taunton's 2008 Tool Guide, which adds users' jigsaw rankings from a reader survey by Fine Woodworking and Fine Homebuilding magazines. Older comparison tests in Woodworker's Journal, Popular Woodworking magazine and the Journal of Light Construction are still relevant, because jigsaw models stay current for years. Quite a few single-product reviews of the Festool Trion PSB300 EQ jigsaw are also available online, including excellent reviews by professional woodworkers Bill Esposito and Phil Bumbalough.
For outstanding precision, ergonomics and dust control, reviews recommend the corded Festool Trion PSB300 EQ as the best jigsaw. Comparison tests show that both the top-handled and barrel-grip versions provide low vibration and precision even in tight curves on thick wood, and reviews say blade changes are easy and convenient. Dust gets extracted through the Festool jigsaw's baseplate in a unique, effective way – connecting with the top-ranked Festool shop vac. Optional circle-cutting and straight guide-rail systems are also available. This German tool brand has an excellent reputation for design and build quality, but you can get nearly as good performance – albeit without dust collection – from the less-expensive Bosch 1590EVSK (*est. $145).
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1. Taunton's 2008 Tool Guide
The editorial review is based on 2006 tests published in Fine Homebuilding magazine, but this article adds the results from a survey of readers of that publication and Fine Woodworking magazine. Readers rank the Festool PSB300 EQ second, higher than a Bosch model that the editors prefer.
Review: Tool Test: Jigsaws, Andy Engel and Taunton Press Editors, Sept. 2007
2. Fine Homebuilding
Based on tests of 12 corded D-handled jigsaws, this review praises the Festool PSB300 EQ jigsaw for smooth cuts and a compact base. But it criticizes the lack of tool-free bevel changes and a base that doesn't move back for flush cuts against a wall. However, an earlier 2004 review here tests jigsaws on tight curves using four-by-four lumber, giving the Festool jigsaw top ranking for this demanding task.
Review: A Better Breed of Jigsaws, Andy Engel, Aug./Sept. 2006
3. Woodworker's Journal
This review tests both the barrel-grip and D-handled versions of the Festool jigsaw, judging them "at the top of the class in every way." Compared with 11 other jigsaws, including the Bosch 1590EVSK, the Festool Trion PSB300 EQ earns top ranking.
Review: Puzzling Out Jigsaws, Rob Johnstone, June 2005
4. Popular Woodworking
Based on evaluations of blade-changing ease as well as tests of power and cutting quality, the Festool PSB300 EQ shares top ranking with the Makita 4341FCT. Both jigsaws show the least blade deflection in test cuts on a tight radius.
Review: Orbital Jigsaws, David Thiel, Nov. 2003
5. Journal of Light Construction
Testing the Festool Trion jigsaw on a range of cuts and woods, lead construction carpenter Victor Rasilla finds that even cuts with a 1-inch radius are a perfect 90 degrees all the way through redwood two-by-twos. There is absolutely no play in the chuck, and the dust-collection system is also exceptional – but the tool gets hot when used for 10 minutes straight.
Review: Trion Jigsaw, Victor Rasilla, April 2004
6. New Woodworker
Evaluating both handle versions of the Festool, Esposito is amazed at the power. "Using one of Festool's exclusive FSG blades, which are thicker than the normal blade, and the pendulum action … you can cut through four-inch posts like they were butter." The Festool jigsaw's motor adjusts electronically to the load, and speed is set with a dial.
Review: Trion PS/PSB 300 EQ Jigsaws by Festool, Bill Esposito, Nov. 1, 2003
7. Benchmark
Reviewing the D-handled version of the Festool Trion jigsaw, woodworker Phil Bumbalough says blade changes on the Festool jigsaw are "a dream compared to any other tool I own," and he concludes that "the Trion has transformed my opinion of the jigsaw as usable for only rough work."
Review: Festool Trion PSB300 EQ Jigsaw Review, Phil Bumbalough
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MYRTLE BEACH, SC (WMBF) - What would you do with $550 million? That's a question many are asking themselves as the record Powerball jackpot drawing draws closer and closer.
"These are the winning tickets I promise you I'm going to do a lot of good with it," said Peggy Gibson right after she bought tickets. "I'm going to give a lot of money to charity, because a lot of people need it."
At sunrise on Wednesday you may have been pondering purchasing a ticket for the record Powerball jackpot drawing Wednesday night. But know that jackpot has grown again to $550 million, that's right $550 million, you may be running to the nearest lottery retailer to get your $2 ticket.
At Coastal Petro, Jeremy Welch and his coworkers dealt with lines of customers trying to buy a last second chance at becoming a millionaire.
"Within the last couple of days we've sold over 300, maybe 400 so it's grown dramatically," Welch said.
The store that sells the winning ticket gets a small portion of the winnings, but Welch said business could be better if there is no winner Wednesday night and the pot grows until the next drawing Saturday.
"If someone does hit it, then that would be good and the jackpot would start over," Welch said. "If no one wins it would just keep growing and mean more sales."
The odds of you winning the jackpot are 1 in 175,000,000. To put that in perspective check out the odds of you having another life event listed below.
-1:10 million chance of becoming President
-1:1 million chance of getting struck by lightening
-1:6.1 million chance you could die from being stung by a bee, hornet, or wasp.
-1:12,500 chance of dying in an asteroid apocalypse
-1:1.5 million chance of becoming a famous movie star
But eventually someone, somewhere will have the winning ticket. So we asked what our Facebook fans would do with all that money and got lots of responses.
WMBF News Facebook fan Angela Vaught Montgomery says she would, "Pay off my bills and then do some Christmas shopping. Would also do some shopping for families that are in need so they could have a good Christmas also."
And Angela Mabry Thompkins agrees, saying she would also start with paying the bills, but then she would, "Give my parents and in laws money to pay off their stuff…set money aside for my children's future…open up a after school program for children with ADHD/ADD!"
"Help all those who are less fortunate than I am," explains Karen Kraft Knopff.
Annette Crawford Hanley says she would, "Buy my own house 1st then I would get a really nice handicap van so my husband could ride comfortable, set up college funds for the kids in my family, pay my parents home off, donate some to charities and hide the rest in mason jars…LOL seriously put the rest in a IRA or CD."
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With the advent of the implant are root canals a thing of the past? What are Endodontists saying about this??
Why Get a Root Canal if You Can Get an Implant?
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Dental implant or root canal
If a tooth has a very good prognosis by performing a root canal and a proper restoration, then it should be the treatment of choice. If the prognosis is poor or it requires significant number of procedures to save and there are structural compromises, then extraction followed by implant should be considered as the treatment of choice. When appropriate, and performed by skillful endodontists, root canals can be very successful. It is best to do predictable dentistry, and not heroic dentistry.
Endodontic treatment vs dental implant
Root canal therapy still exists and is a predictable treatment for the teeth with good bone support, enough of remaining tooth structure and when saving the tooth is important for occlusion. If the situation with the tooth is compromised, it is severely decayed, has periapical changes and periodontal disease - dental implant becomes more predictable option. Usually before considering the endodontic treatment and invseting the money in it the patient should ask his dentist about all possible risks and benefits, get the information about the overall tooth prognosis. Opened and clear communication between the patient and the doctor is essential in choosing right type of treatment.
Implants vs Root Canal
Your question is a good one. It all comes down to predictablility. In the past, dentists did everything they could to save a tooth but with the advent of dental implants that has changed. No dentist likes to extract a tooth unecessarily. If a tooth is in need of a root canal and has good bone support and adequate tooth structure remaining to restore the tooth then I feel that root canal therapy is appropriate. However, if the tooth is compromised, has a failing root canal or requires a heroic effort to restore, then consideration must be given to the implant since its success rate, in that case, is more predictable. Be sure to discuss all of your options with your dentist before making any decisions.
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Dental Implant or Root Canal?
As dentist we always try to be as conservative as possible when performing treatment. A root canal is the most conservative treatment the majority of the time. Root canals have well over a 90 percent success rate and are many times a wise choice of treatment. In cases where a tooth would require a post and core or the retreatment of a past root canal, it is my opinion that a dental implant would give a better long term prognosis. There is a place and time for both of these procedures and a well trained dentist will always discuss the pros and cons with you of your particular situation.
Great question!
Believe it or not there are more and more Endodontists ( root canal specialists) who are placing dental implants. Why? Because they can be very good judges of when a tooth is not worth saving and are a very trusted colleagues of the many dentists who are not comfortable with dental implants.
I am a general dentist who has been placing and restoring dental implants for nearly 30 years. I also do many root canals on a daily basis but sometimes a judgment call based on experience needs to be made as to the long term prognosis for a tooth. If the tooth is either too broken down, periodontally involved or the root canal faces being retreated, a dental implant may be the better choice.
Why get a root canal when implants exist
My feeling is to always do the most conservative treatment possible after weighing all the pros and cons. If the prognosis of a tooth after doing a root canal is poor then a dental implant may be the better alternative before attempting the root canal procedure. I see many times root canals performed on teeth that should have been extracted because the prognosis of a crown and post is guarded.. I personally would never extract a tooth without trying a root canal first unless the very little tooth structure remains.
If you can save a stable tooth, do it!
Even though implants are an extremely successful treatment option I would recommend you try and save your tooth with a root canal assuming that the dentist thinks that the prognosis of the tooth is favorable. Maintaining what you have is the more conservative approach.
If the tooth is truly salvageable, it may be a more conservative approach.
Implants have not become substitutes for root canals. Yes, there may be a very fine line at times between one versus the other, thus a good and professional evaluation is absolutely necessary prior to proceeding.
Anca Bazile, DDS, MSD Periodontist, New York City
Rootcanal vs. Implant
If a tooth has good bone support, a long root and at least 5 mm of tooth "stump" above the gum line, do the root canal. If not, do an implant.
A good tooth is still the best.
Let me start by saying that I am a fan of both root canal treatment to save teeth and implant treatment to replace missing or hopeless teeth. Some teeth cannot be saved. They may have a root fracture, or decay that makes them unrestorable, or maybe they are periodontally involved to the point that there is not enough bone to hold the roots in place.
If however there is enough good healthy tooth structure remaining I feel that nothing is as good as a good tooth. Teeth are anchored in the jaw bone by roots which are attached by a ligament. This periodontal ligament acts as a shock absorber of sorts for your teeth. It also contains nerves which feedback information when you are chewing so you will know if you are chewing too hard or not hard enough, ... this is called proprioception.
Implants are fused to the bone in a process called osseointegration. There are no nerve endings or ligament around an implant to give you that information.
This is the main reason that I like teeth and recommend root canal treatment over implants whenever it is possible.
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Making a Family Time Capsule
The concept of the time capsule as we know it was invented by G. Edward Pendray of the Westinghouse Electric Corporation. Pendray's capsule was buried at the site of the 1939 New York World's Fair on September 23, 1938, and is scheduled to be opened in 6939. It was the intention of the organizers to "represent all the enormous variety and vigor of life" and to deposit "information touching upon all the principal categories of our thought, activity and accomplishment; sparing nothing, neither our wisdom nor our foolishness, our supreme achievements nor our recognized weaknesses." Since that time, numerous capsules have been buried, placed in the foundations of buildings or catapulted into space.
What Should Go Inside
The variety of material that can be included in your
time capsule is almost infinite. t includes:
- copies of birth certificates, marriage certificates, driver's licenses, diplomas, report cards, Social Security cards, college ID's, passports, deeds, mortgage papers, awards, certificates, military papers and other official documents
- cards, letters postcards, telegrams, stamps, envelopes and printed email
- pressed flowers, leaves, feathers and locks of hair
- ticket stubs, travel itineraries and hotel stationery
- wallpaper or fabric swatches
- menus, wine labels, matchbook covers and business cards
- favorite quotes, song lyrics, poems and prayers
- heirloom recipes
- children's drawings and other family artwork
- tags, ribbons and wrappings from gifts
- maps and house plans
- photocopies of your hand or a group of hands
- thumbprints or handprints
- political or current-events memorabilia, such as newspaper clippings
- professional and candid portraits, vacation photos, photos of the inside and outside of your home and your family members' homes, reproductions of antique photos and school or team photos
- jewelry and other small items or family heirlooms
- personal items that individuals might have carried with them, such as a wallet, medallion, religious object, key or key chain, lucky coin
- household items such as pipe, pen, paperweight
- small articles of clothing such as a scarf, tie or handkerchief
- items that document an era, such as fax, a computer mouse, train schedule, advertisements for clothes, computers or cars, the cover of a contemporary magazine, paper money or coins (which some experts feel will be obsolete in the future)
The Dedication Ceremony
Usually, when community time capsules are dedicated, the mayor gives a speech, the local clergy recites an invocation and a band plays the national anthem. The 1939 World's Fair capsule was lowered into the ground at exactly noon, as a gong tolled. You and your family will probably opt for a somewhat less elaborate ceremony, but it is an event that should be attended by all available family members. If there is a prayer, poem or quotation that has personal meaning, you might have the oldest or youngest person recite it, and someone should read aloud the text of the dedication page.
When to Close and Open the Capsule
You should select a day of significance, either universally or personally. Some obvious days are January 1, Christmas Day or another religious holiday, the vernal equinox, July 4, birthdays, wedding anniversaries, Mother's Day or Father's Day, or a day of historical importance. How long you choose to keep the capsule closed is entirely up to you. We feel that 25 years is the minimum length of time. To a child, that will seem like an eternity, but most adults realize that it passes in a veritable blur. Each year the Ark is in transit will add to its power and mystery, as time and events reveal the secrets of the future. Today's society craves instant gratification, and so this concept is entirely contradictory to our present way of life.
Be patient. It will be worth the wait.
For more great ideas, take a look at a new product called Ark to the Future: A Family Time Capsule and Memory Album. It includes all of the following: silver metal time capsule, 32-page hardcover memory album printed on acid-free paper, poster-size family tree suitable for framing, fully illustrated handbook with inspiration and advice on filling the time capsule, two postcards, 10 decorative stickers, one sealing label, and a certificate of voyage designed to be kept separately from the capsule ensuring that it won't be lost with the passage of time.


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Spending Round 2013
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NCVYS has published a briefing on the Spending Round 2013. It includes details of £11.5 billion of further spending cuts and the implications for relevant government departments.
Information on financial news that affects the voluntary and community youth sector
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NCVYS has published a briefing on the Spending Round 2013. It includes details of £11.5 billion of further spending cuts and the implications for relevant government departments.
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The Department for Education has published details of its VCSE National Prospectus grants. 72 applications secured funding for 2013-15, worth just over £50m in total over the next two years, to implement projects and services to improve outcomes for children, young people and families.
Communities Minister Don Foster has announced up to £1 million to support single homeless people. Foster allocated up to £800,000 for homelessness charity Crisis to fund schemes to set up new shared tenancies for single homeless people in privately rented accommodation. He also announced a further £230,000 for the charity to continue its Private Rented Sector Access Programme, which works with local landlords to help vulnerable people find the homes they need in privately rented accommodation.
The Department for Culture Media and Sport has announced the winner of £1.8m of National Lottery and Sport England funding focused on changing the sporting habits of women and girls. The funding was won by Bury, who will now pilot a scheme that will evolve based on local feedback.
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Figures from the Department for Communities and Local Government given in answering a written parliamentary question suggest that the value of grants given by local authorities to voluntary sector organisations were £2.627bn in 2011/12 compared with £1.693bn in 2008/09. In response NAVCA said no one really believed local government funding for charities was rising and suggested that 'changes in the way figures are calculated may have caused this odd figure'.
NCVO has published Counting the Cuts: The impact of spending cuts on the UK voluntary and community sector -2013 update. This analysis, based on Office for Budget Responsibility forecasts of public spending, estimates that public funding for charities could be £1.7bn (12%) lower by 2017/18. It noted that future reductions in public spending are likely to be concentrated among departments which are key sources of income for charities – with local government expected to be particularly hard hit.
NCVO has also published the results of the 2011/12 Annual Return for Volunteer Centres, a survey of volunteer centres' income and activities. It shows that 40% of volunteer centres for whom there is data for both years lost over a quarter of their income compared to the previous year. 1 in 5 (21%) had cuts of 50% or more of their income. A smaller number of volunteer centres saw an increase in their income – 26% of respondents who replied to the survey in both years said their organisation's income had increased compared to 2010/11.
NAVCA has published the findings of its fourth quarterly survey of members. The latest survey shows that more members feel that the prospects for the local voluntary and community sector will get slightly worse over the next three months, with nearly half reducing staff levels.
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Redbridge Council has confirmed that councillors have reconsidered their initial plans to cut its services for young people budget. Following a youth council campaign against proposed cuts of £696,000, the council will now retain £500,000 for spending on local provision for young people. The council said music and drama centres would also be protected from the cuts, with £175,000 funding, and any remaining savings required would be made through efficiency improvements and not cuts to frontline services.
Campaigns against cuts to young people have also taken place in Newcastle and Birmingham. In Birmingham more than 100 people have protested against plans to make £1.5m of cuts, which could see 30 youth clubs and other services close. In Newcastle, the Newcastle Youth Council has delivered its report on how budget cut proposals will affect 11-18s in the city, with a plea to City Councillors to "restore hope to the young". 'A Fair Deal for Young People?' concludes that young people are getting an unfair deal from local budget plans and those hit hardest will be the most vulnerable, living in the poorest areas.
In North Somerset, 21-year-old Aaron Hunt has been given permission to appeal against a High Court ruling which refused to halt cuts that threaten the youth club for disabled youngsters that he attends. His initial legal challenge, claiming the council had breached the Equality Act, was dismissed at the High Court in July 2012.
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Children's Minister Edward Timpson has confirmed that the £150 million Early Intervention Grant top sliced by the Department for Education will be returned to local authorities in the form of an Adoption Reform Grant. It was revealed in September 2012 that £150m would "be excluded in 2013-14 and 2014-15 and retained centrally for future use in funding early intervention and children's services".
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Birmingham City Council has published a consultation document outlining £110m of savings for 2013/14. This includes cuts of more than £23m from its children, young people and families budget, with voluntary sector services for children and young people seeing a £4.4m reduction as well as reductions to youth services and CAMHS. The West Midlands Social Work Action Network has said there has been a lack of consultation on plans to cut local child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) funding by two thirds and children's preventative services by 38 per cent.
Newcastle City Council has said it needs to find an extra £10m worth of cuts, on top of the £90m it already had to find. The Evening Chronicle reports that the council "is being forced to close libraries, swimming pools and cut youth services". A letter to the Guardian said that Newcastle is also making a 100% cut to arts funding and closing 11 of its 18 public libraries, as well as reducing the play and youth services, "leaving children and young people without leisure, cultural or community facilities."
North Lincolnshire Council is proposing to outsource the majority of existing youth service provision. Council documents seen by CYP Now "suggest the plans will save the council £150,000 during 2013/14 and result in an equivalent loss of eight full-time youth service posts, affecting 74 part-time staff in total." A youth-worker's blog said that the council plans to offer grants of £10,000 to applicants who want to run services. The council said that overall the youth services budget would stay as £600,000.
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Southend Borough Council has admitted that cuts to local youth services are a key factor in the lack of use of a two-year old £2.9m youth centre. CYPNow reports that, "Some of the rooms at the Shoebury Youth Centre in Southend, including a computer room and recording studio, have been locked up because the facility is failing to attract young people in the area."
West Sussex County Council has shut Oriel Youth Wing as part of its £2 million savings programme, but Oriel High School, where the youth wing was based, has now said it will be extending its own youth provision to replace what was lost.
A plan for a drop-in youth centre run by Crowthorne Baptist Church's HopeZone has been withdrawn, "in light of recent objections from residents and fears about anti-social behaviour as a result of the centre".
Hull City Council has said that up to 90 full-time equivalent posts in the children and young people's service may be lost. The service is being asked to make £7.6 million of savings this year but forecasts suggest it will not meet that target – predicting a £3.1 million budget overspend.
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The Department for Education has published 2012-13 Planned Expenditure on Schools, Education, Children and Young People's Services and Social Care by Local Authorities. The Statistical Release provides a summary of the planned expenditure from all 152 Local Authorities (returned to the Department for Education (DfE) via the 'Section 251 Budget Return'). It showed that spending on Children and Young People's Services and Social Care will be £8,587m in 2012/13 compared to £8,481m in 2011/12, a rise of £106m.
However 'Total Services for Young People' will be cut from £883 million to £791 million (a decrease of £92.1 million – 10.4%) and 'Total Youth Justice' services will be cut by £362 million to £336 million (a decrease of £25.9 million – 7.2%). Within the 'Total Services for Young People' category, there will be a slight increase in Targeted Services (from £299 million to £308 million) but a big fall in Universal Services from (from £509 million to £419 million). The separate category of 'Youth work', which crosses over with some of the previous categories, shows spending will increase from £375 million to £384 million.
NCVYS is not yet clear what accounts for the substantial decrease in 'Services for Young People' spending.
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The National Council for Voluntary Youth Services and the National Youth Agency – two leading organisations for young people – are united in their opposition to fund childcare places for two-year-olds through the Early Intervention Grant.
Following an announcement by the Deputy Prime Minister at the Liberal Democrat Conference this week that he would pledge £100m to fund childcare places for two year olds, two leading youth organisations have issued the following statements expressing their concern about where this money is believed to be coming from.
Comment from Susanne Rauprich, National Council for Voluntary Youth Services Chief Executive:
"We welcome increased investment in early years, but NCVYS is very worried that this may be at the expense of much needed services for young people and vulnerable families. News that this money is to come from the Early Intervention Grant currently used by local authorities to meet young people's needs will have a serious impact on young people already suffering difficulties in accessing jobs, housing and other core services. Furthermore, if this money is to be ring-fenced, it directly undermines the current Government's approach to allow local areas to decide where best to spend their money and shows that the principle of localism is not being applied consistently across government policy.'
Comment from Fiona Blacke, National Youth Agency Chief Executive, on the removal of top slice funding for local authorities.
"The National Youth Agency is deeply concerned if funds are to be removed from local authority funds over the next two years. This heralds a sad day for local authority young people's services, which are already operating on reduced budgets. Many are having to reconfigure their work to ensure services continue. These cuts risk under-resourcing local authorities in delivering targeted early support to young people."
News that the money for free education for two year olds is to come from the Early Intervention Grant was published in the Guardian. It noted that a Technical consultation from the Department for Communities and Local Government on Business Rates Retention revealed proposals (on p140) that the Early Intervention Grant would exclude £534 million and £760 million, in 2013-14 and 2014-15 respectively, for free education for two year olds . The consultation also noted that £150 million would also "be excluded in 2013-14 and 2014-15 and retained centrally for future use in funding early intervention and children's services."
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A CYPNow survey of local authority heads of young people's services, published in August, shows that total spending on provision across local authorities in England has fallen by 12.8 per cent in 2012/13 (this follows a 12.5 per cent cut in 2011/12). Fifty-eight councils responded to the survey and revealed that 787.9 posts have been lost in young people's services since April 2011. On average, 9.6 posts were lost in each council in 2011/12 and 6.8 posts have gone in each authority so far in 2012/13.
"The survey also found that more than four out of 10 local authorities (41.5 per cent) no longer provide some youth services, with those that are on offer set to be increasingly provided by the third sector. Open-access universal provision has been hit hardest, indicating that authorities are shifting the balance of resources towards more targeted work. Connexions services were also cited as having been cut entirely by three respondents."
The survey found that around 19 per cent of local authority provision is currently provided through the voluntary and community sector, with five authorities commissioning more than half their services through the sector.


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COLONIE, N.Y. - Albany International Airport will be operating throughout the pending snow storm Thursday and Friday, though cancellations are taking place.
What was supposed to be a busy travel day for many people in the Capital Region didn't turn out the way they hoped. A lot of people were excited to get away for a couple of days, especially with the holiday weekend and many students off from school next week. However, some travelers are going to have to put their trip on hold.
On Thursday morning crews worked hard to clear the runway and de-ice the airplanes that were able to safely fly out to their destination.
However, a number of flights coming in and out of the airport are delayed or cancelled. Many of them on the east coast headed for Philadelphia, Washington DC, Baltimore and New Jersey.
Southwest, the biggest carrier at Albany International grounded flights starting at 9:50 Thursday morning. Some early morning travelers were able to make it out before the cut off time. US Airways has also cancelled all remaining flights out of Albany for the remainder of the Thursday.
"We are lucky. We are lucky so hopefully it holds up and by the time the snow hits we are in sunny Florida," said one traveler, Stephen Klein.
Klein's flight was overbooked and he won't be able to get to Florida until next week. Instead he received a refund and is rebooked for February 18.
The Vermont man now says he is missing five days of vacation and has to figure out a way to get back home.
There are flights still scheduled to depart but that can all change, which is why airlines suggest you check the status of your flight before you get to the airport.
On Thursday, a total of 39 arriving flights were cancelled and 24 departing flights were cancelled at the airport.
Delta Air Lines announced late Thursday that full service would resume at 12:30 p.m. Friday.
US Airways is prepared to resume full service Friday morning, depending on weather conditions.
Albany International also has a list of delays and cancellations on its website.
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Clegg on regional pay
Nick Clegg, Leader of the Liberal Democrats and Deputy Prime Minister, has visited Swansea to help with the Welsh Liberal Democrat local council election campaign.
Regional pay: 'Nothing's being imposed from above' says Clegg
Nick Clegg has rebutted the suggestion of 'mixed messages' from his Cabinet colleagues over the issue of regional pay, insisting that they are "entirely consistent".
"There isn't a question of any regional pay" he said, talking to Political Editor Adrian Masters this morning. Mr Clegg said that any changes to public sector pay, such as the "local facing market-based pay" being studied by pay review bodies, would be "done sensitively".
"Nothing's being imposed from above, and nothing's any different to how it was under Labour when they introduced local-facing pay in the courts service" he said.
Nick Clegg discusses regional pay, Welsh Government powers and energy devolution
Nick Clegg on regional pay:'nothing's being imposed from above..all that's happened is chancellor has asked indep. pay bodies to look at it'
Clegg on further powers for Welsh Govt: 'the drift of history is unambiguous: more autonomy, more freedom for Wales.'
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Nick Clegg's joining the Welsh Lib Dem campaign today. First stop Swansea which is where I am.
Nick Clegg, the leader of the Liberal Democrats and Deputy Prime Minister, is visiting Wales today to help with his party's local council election campaign in Wales.
The leader of the Welsh Liberal Democrats, Kirsty Williams, will join him on the tour.


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Court Puts Controversial Fingerscan Program on HoldBy Daniel Cherry | Published 24 Oct 2012 06:08pm |
Childcare providers gather outside the Hinds County Chancery Court in downtown Jackson
A controversial plan to require fingerprint scans of parents to drop off and pick up children at Mississippi childcare centers has been put on hold. MPB's Daniel Cherry reports how some childcare providers are claiming victory...for now.
The plan was to require low-income parents who receive federal child care assistance to scan their fingerprints when dropping off and picking up their children. The Mississippi Department of Human Services said the plan would make the childcare program more efficient. It was scheduled to go into effect in a week, but is now delayed following a hearing yesterday in a Hinds County Chancery Court. Lisa Ross is an attorney representing a group of child care providers.
"I'm very pleased with the outcome of this hearing. For months now DHS has been unwilling to listen to the childcare providers. It took a state court judge to tell them that they had to sit down at the table with the childcare providers and to comply with the administrative procedures act."
The providers argued, DHS didn't provide an economic impact statement for the program, and they say childcare providers were never part of the discussion when drawing up the plans. Assistant Attorney General Earl Scales representing the state says DHS officials will now have to release the study, hold a public hearing, and get input from providers.
"Once we have the public hearing we will come to the table, as we told the court, and we had told the providers, we will have a core group that will come to the table and discuss that with DHS, the issues that they have."
Childcare providers like Phelisa Pittman of Jackson are glad to have their voices heard.
"I think a lot of people that started, they just assumed that there would be no comments from us, that we wouldn't have anything to say, but they underestimated the people that work in childcare."
The earliest DHS could resume plans for finger scans would be mid December.
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Race weekend coming up
Oxford Endurance Weekend, scheduled for Aug. 13-15, will feature the Faulkner 5K, the Tri-Oxford triathlon, a 20K Race of Truth time-trial bike race, a criterium around the Square and a road race in Taylor. (April 7, 2010, Page 1)
County schools prepare for cuts
The Lafayette County School District voted unanimously Tuesday to approve a Staff Reduction in Force policy that outlines how the district should handle any wide-spread layoffs of licensed employees in the district. (April 7, 2010, Page 1)
Work can begin on Cedar Oaks
The city of Oxford can move forward in making necessary repairs and coming up with marketing plans for the Cedar Oaks Heritage House, after it officially became city property Tuesday afternoon. (April 7, 2010, Page 1)
Four held in murder
Three men – Willie Anthony Canon, 24; Justin Eugene Montez, 25; and Adam Corey Ferguson, 20 – and one woman – Kasie Lynn Jones, 20 – have been arrested in connection with the Thursday beating death of Derald "Pete" Connell. The men were charged with capital murder and Jones was charted with accessory after the fact of capital murder. (April 6, 2010, Page 1)
County, builder dispute ongoing
The Lafayette County Supervisors were brought up to date at Monday's meeting in regard to an ongoing dispute between the county and developer James E. Davis in regard to a T-shaped road inside the University Heights subdivision. (April 6, 2010, Page 1)
Man beaten to death
The Lafayette County Sheriff's Department is investigating the murder of a 69-year-old man who was allegedly beaten to death in the county at about 9 p.m. Thursday.
Derald "Pete" Connell, 69, died from injuries he received from an assault that took place off Highway 6 East, in the area of the county near the Brittany Woods subdivision, Investigator Scott Mills said. (April 5, 2010, Page 1A)
Taking calls that save lives
Located inside the same building as the Lafayette County Sheriff's Department and Detention Center, E911 handles and dispatches all fire calls for both the city and county, police emergencies for the Sheriff's Department and all medical emergency calls, dispatching ambulances from Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi, for both the city and county. (April 5, 2010, Page 1A)
Murder in Lafayette County
The Lafayette County Sheriff's Department is investigating the murder of a 69-year-old man who was allegedly beaten to death in the county at about 9 p.m. last night.
Investigators are not releasing how the victim, Derald "Pete" Connell, was killed; only that he was the victim of an assault.
Investigator Scott Mills said the assault took place off Highway 6 East near Oxford.
"We have no motives at this time," Mills said. "Although, we do have some suspects." (April 2, 2010)
Concert set to fund Burns-Belfry restoration
Summer camps drawing near
An abundance of summer camps are being offered for LOU area children that include summer fun, arts and crafts, learning about the environment, the universe and even what it's like to be a college student. (April 2, 2010, Page 1A)


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Local students are also hoping to make a difference in Waterloo's Church Row neighborhood. Seventh-graders at Sacred Heart School started a service project last year, looking at neighborhood crime.
After studying the issue, they decided to take action by installing signs encouraging people to report crime when they see it.
"It's exciting because we never thought we'd actually make a difference in the community, and now we have signs up in the city. It shows how we can make our mark," said Sacred Heart Student Jennifer Weber.
A total of 20 signs, featuring the Waterloo Police Department's phone number, will be put up across the Church Row neighborhood, thanks to student fundraising and grant money.
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Don't deny it. TJ and Siva were our best players today. Yeah, it is really easy to say ! is our best player, but I personally think that may be changing soon. Second straight game with 9+ rebounds for T+++++++. Second straight clutch performance by the Sivster. More after the jump that only works on the front page.
On Peyton Siva - He seems to have cured his Sosa's disease. Today, I saw a point guard who would take it to the bucket when it was there, but dish or kick it out when it was covered. The game-saving two lay-ups summed up the day. Clutch.
Terrence Jennings - Man, he is gobbling up the rebounds. Yeah, you can say, "Well, all his points came off of dunks!" I like that. That shows that he ran the floor and got open. EFFORT. THINK EARL CLARK. Loved the free-throws. Clutch, especially when the student section is chanting your name, which to me made them look like garbage. Don't care if you heckle the team, but please, don't go after a player.
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Two Johnston men face charges after Rhode Island State troopers reported finding them fighting on the shoulder of I-95 North.
Officers from the Lincoln Woods Barracks charged Michael W. Harrington, 25, of 4 Serrel Sweet Road, and Derek Aitchison, 29, of 15 Colombus Ave., with one misdemeanor count each of assault and disorderly conduct following an apparent fight at about 2:40 am Sunday.
According to online reports, troopers presented the two men for arraignment later Sunday morning. They were released on personal recognizance until a court hearing to be scheduled.


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Jamaica Tallawahs sealed a 7-wicket win over Guyana Amazon Warriors to clinch the inaugural Caribbean Premier League at Trinidad on Sunday.
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CINCINNATI, Ohio -- Cincinnati outscored the Youngstown State women's basketball team 13-2 over the final two-and-a-half minutes to close out a 57-46 victory over the Penguins on Wednesday evening at Fifth Third Arena.
The Penguins found themselves down 13-3 after a slow start but fought their way back and led 33-28 with just over 13 minutes left. Cincinnati went on a 14-1 run as Youngstown State went without a field goal for eight minutes to go up 42-34, but YSU battled back and trailed just 45-44 with 2:44 left.
Cincinnati scored on its next possession to go up 47-44, and YSU had a shot blocked and a shot clock violation on its next possession. The Bearcats got an old-fashioned three-point play on their end of the floor, and UC made 8-of-9 from the free throw line in the final 1:20.
Brandi Brown fought through an off night shooting with 20 points and 10 rebounds, but the senior forward was 7-for-24 from the field. She wasn't the only one who struggled, though. Liz Hornberger was the only other player to score in double figures, and she was the lone Penguin to shoot above 50 percent at 5-for-9. YSU's top three scorers coming into the night combined to go 11-for-41.
The taller Bearcats had two players post a double-double. Tiffany Turner had 15 points and 12 rebounds while Lesha Dunn finished with 13 points and 12 rebounds. Freshman Alexis Durley added 12 points in her first career start filling in for leading scorer Dayeesha Hollins. The Bearcats finished with six blocks, held a 30-14 edge in the paint and out-rebounded the Penguins 39-30.
YSU missed its first five shots and didn't score until Brown's 3 with 15:42 left made the score 5-3. Cincinnati scored the next eight points to go up 13-3, which was its largest lead until the final minute of the contest. YSU scored the next eight points on a Heidi Schlegel steal and lay-up and two Hornberger 3-pointers to get within 13-11 with 8:28 remaining.
Two free throws by Durley stopped a scoring drought of nearly four-and-a-half minutes for Cincinnati to put the Bearcats up 15-11. Another Hornberger triple ended a drought of equal length for YSU at the 3:50 mark to make the score 15-14, and a Karen Flagg 3-pointer tied the score at 17 with 2:53 left.
Cincinnati scored on three of its final four possessions of the period to offset a finger-roll basket by Shar'Rae Davis for its 23-19 lead at halftime.
Brown was 1-for-10 in the first half, but she scored nine points in the first five-and-a-half minutes of the second half to give YSU a 30-26 lead. She tied the score with two free throws at the 16:39 mark, and she had a deuce and a 3-pointer on back-to-back possessions to put YSU up four with 14:37 remaining.
Schlegel then hit a trey at the 13:40 mark to give the Penguins their largest lead at 33-28, but that's when Cincinnati made its big run. Kayla Cook made two free throws on the Bearcats' next possession, and Turner gave them a 34-33 lead off an offensive rebound with 10:49 left. A Schlegel free throw knotted the score at 34-34 with 9:48 remaining, but Cincinnati scored the next eight points and led 42-34 at the 5:53 mark.
YSU closed the gap to two points quickly when a Brown trey and a Davis bucket made the score 43-41 with 4:32 remaining, and Brown hit a triple at the 2:44 mark to make the score 45-44. Cincinnati scored the next 10 points, six of which came from the foul line, to separate.
YSU started the contest making one of its first nine attempts from 3-point range but made six of its next 10 as it took the lead. The Penguins finished 9-for-25 from beyond the arc for 36 percent. They finished making 30.4 percent overall. Cincinnati shot 40.4 percent from the field and was 0-for-11 from beyond the arc. The Bearcats outscored YSU by 16 from the free-throw line, going 19-for-23 while the Penguins were 3-for-4.
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Luis G. Cabrita da Silva – President, Chief Executive Officer, and Director
Mr. Luis da Silva brings to GB Minerals extensive international experience as a senior-level mining executive and an experienced mining engineer in the junior exploration and development space in west Africa. From 2007, Mr. da Silva presided over the restructuring of the three commodities within the original Mano River Resources into Afferro Mining, Aureus Mining and Stellar Diamonds. Previous roles include head of group audit of Asia Pacific for multinational Lafarge S.A. and President and CEO of Afferro Mining until its acquisition for a consideration of US$200m completed in December 2013. Mr. da Silva remains a non-executive director of Stellar Diamonds plc (AIM: STEL) and Aureus Mining Inc (TSX: AUE & AIM: AUE). Mr. da Silva is a graduate mining engineer from Camborne School of Mines and holds a MBA from Cranfield School of Management.
Phillip Mason, B.Sc (Mechanical Engineering) - Vice President, Operations
Prior to joining GB Minerals, Mr. Phillip Mason was Operations Director at Forécariah, the only producing Iron ore mine in Guinea. His role included responsibility for mining, processing, haulage and port and marine operations. These processes will likewise be required in the Farim Phosphate project and GB Minerals Ltd. is pleased to have someone with the appropriate skills and experience to join the team. Mr. Mason has previously managed and delivered numerous feasibility studies from banking stage through to full operational phase, exclusively in remote Sub Saharan Africa environments. Mr. Mason was previously Managing Director for IGE Resources in Angola; Country Manager for Amari Holdings in the Democratic Republic of Congo; Operations Director for Sengamines Amari and Chief Engineer for ITM Mining in Angola. Mr. Mason is fluent in Portugese and Spanish.
Angel Law, CGA - Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary
Ms. Angel Law is a Certified General Accountant and a graduate of the University of British Columbia where she obtained a bachelor of arts degree. Ms. Law has worked in the resource industry in Vancouver since 2006 and is currently the Chief Financial Officer of the Company, and held the position of Chief Financial Officer of Resource Hunter Capital Corp. since May 28, 2010 until it changed its name to GB Minerals Ltd. Prior to joining the Company, Ms. Law previously held the position of Interim Chief Financial Officer of Lion Energy Corp., a Vancouver based TSX-V oil and gas exploration company from May 2010 to June 2010 and Controller from February 2010 to June 2011 until its acquisition by Africa Oil Corp. in June 2011. And prior to joining Lion Energy Corp., Ms. Law had been with Western Prospector Group Ltd., a Vancouver based TSX-V company specializing in the exploration and development of uranium properties in Mongolia, between February 2006 and January 2010, and played a major role in the $31-milllion acquisition by CNNC International Ltd. during her tenure with Western Prospector Group Ltd.
Olga Kovalik, M.B.A and B.Eng (Mining) - Project Director
Ms. Olga Kovalik has over twenty years of experience in the metals and mining industry with leadership roles in finance and controllership, mega project construction, business development and operations.Ā Previous roles include Finance Director of the growth division for Alcoa, Board of CBG in Guinea, Production General Manager for Alcoa´s Rod Mill and Production Superintendent for Alcoa´ ABI smelter in Canada.Ā Ms. Kovalik also worked in investment banking for UBS, Citigroup, and Morgan Stanley, and she is fluent in Portugese and French.
Luc Adjanor, M.B.A. and M.Sc (Metallurgical Engineering) - Marketing and Business Development
Mr. Luc Adjanor has fifteen years of experience advising mining and metals companies in Morocco, Republic of Congo and Togo for the production, transformation, and marketing of phosphates, iron ore, precious metals, aluminum, and rare earths.Ā Mr. Adjanor was a former engineer, management consultant and M&A specialist focusing on long-term strategies, investment analysis and route to market analysis.Ā Mr. Adjanor previously worked for Lafarge, OCP, SNIM and other junior mining companies, and he is fluent in Portugese, Spanish, and French.


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TAYLORSVILLE, KY (WAVE) - A WAVE 3 News investigation has revealed that three officers who worked for the Taylorsville Police Department in the last year have problematic pasts.
Officers Todd Walls and Ken Bledsoe continue to work for Taylorsville Police. The chief said Walls and Bledsoe have performed "very well." A third officer, Sparky Schultz, was fired last year.
Walls has a 1996 conviction for misdemeanor sexual misconduct, while Bledsoe was fired from the former Louisville Police Department in 1987 after internal affairs investigators found he lied to them about harassment claims by his ex-girlfriend. The information was obtained from personnel files through Kentucky's Open Records law.
Walls and Bledsoe referenced the cases on their Taylorsville job applications. Asked to explain why city officials decided to hire them, Chief Toby Lewis said the officers deserved a second chance, years after their documented issues.
"They certainly do raise red flags," Lewis said, after canceling two scheduled interviews. "So, we check further into their background. Everybody makes a mistake. Have you not made a mistake, sir? And if you have made a mistake such as that, then people deserve a second chance once in awhile."
Lewis said he recommends whether to hire a job applicant, but the Taylorsville City Commission ultimately makes the decision.
Leslie Gannon, executive director of the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council, said the practice of hiring officers with problematic pasts is legal in Kentucky, as long as an officer hasn't been convicted of a felony.
Walls listed the misdemeanor on his 2007 application to Taylorsville. Metro records indicate he resigned his position at the former Louisville Police Department about three months before the conviction.
"I don't want to cause the department any more embarrassment, and I am sorry for the embarrassment I have caused my friends, family and fellow officers," Walls wrote in a resignation letter dated May 28, 1996.
When asked for comment, Walls said, "That's in the past. I'm not talking to you all about that," and hung up the phone.
Walls later worked for the West Buechel Police Department, where his file indicates he had several commendations.
Bledsoe's Louisville Metro personnel file reveals former Chief Richard Dotson fired Bledsoe after an internal affairs investigation. Dotson called Bledsoe's actions "cruel and mean" toward an ex-girlfriend, who had complained to police. Dotson also wrote that Bledsoe had been "deliberately deceitful" during the resulting investigation.
Bledsoe said he had lied to investigators, but only because he wanted to protect his family from having to testify in a department hearing.
His Taylorsville personnel file includes commendations and a complaint.
The U.S. Postal Service wrote a letter to Bledsoe saying he trespassed on the Postal Service property at 1420 Gardiner Lane in June 2013. Employees called Metro Police, who found "several weapons" on Bledsoe and in his car, wrote Mark Hulme Senior Manager of Distribution Operations, in the letter. Hulme said Bledsoe must stay off the property or face penalties. Hulme also told Bledsoe that carrying a weapon on federal property is illegal.
Bledsoe said he had gone to the Post Office to talk to a neighbor with whom he is engaged in a dispute, saying the neighbor's wife threatened him. Bledsoe said he only had one gun, his service weapon, which he always carries because it's department policy.
Schultz was convicted last fall for second degree wanton endangerment. Spencer County Sheriff's deputies said he got drunk during an August argument with his wife and picked up a gun with his child, a minor, in the same room, according to a police report. The Taylorsville City Commission voted unanimously to fire him in September.
Reached on the phone, Schultz called the incident "a low point" in his life, but said he has been receiving alcoholic treatment and has been sober since shortly after the incident.
Schultz, Walls and Bledsoe all declined on-camera interviews. Taylorsville Mayor Don Pay said he couldn't comment about the various cases because of privacy concerns.
"Anytime you're dealing with people, they do have privacy rights, and that's what I have to respect, and I'm bound by that," Pay said. "The only thing I can tell you is just to draw your own conclusions."
According to Lewis, the Taylorsville department has four full-time and three part-time officers.
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UTICA, IN (WAVE) - Jeanette Stone won't say folks are close-knit in High Meadow subdivision. More that they're close by and watchful.
"It is a quiet neighborhood; had been a safe neighborhood," said Stone.
That changed after hearing that a 15-year-old neighbor told Clark County Sheriff's detectives that a man had sexually assaulted her at gunpoint as she was walking toward the school bus Tuesday morning.
"I was surprised, but I wasn't surprised too," Stone said. "Crime is everywhere these days."
"She (the teenager) seems to be doing okay," Det. Capt. Rachael Lee said. "Physically, she's doing well. Emotionally, who knows."
Lee accompanied the girl to Floyd Memorial Hospital for a rape exam shortly after the teenager's guardian reported the incident.
"We've got lots of leads that we're following up on, but we can't get a positive ID on a suspect," Lee said.
The teenager described her alleged attacker as a middle-aged white man, whose blond hair was turning gray, with a neatly-trimmed goatee. She told investigators that the man pulled her inside of a white panel van, and released her following the assault.
Wednesday, several neighbors confirmed that a white van had been parked near the teenager's home over the weekend.
"I thought it was somebody helping my neighbor move," said Ernie Jones. "I wish I had taken my trash out (Tuesday morning). I might have seen him, and stopped it."
Lee said investigators have not been able to determine whether the suspect may have been staking out a victim, or if the teenager simply was an attack of opportunity. The pickup time - 7 a.m. - means that children arrive at the bus stop in twilight, leaving them vulnerable to attack.
As a result, deputies were patrolling the neighborhood in force when the bus arrived Wednesday morning, and as it dropped off children that afternoon.
Greater Clark County Schools Superintendent Andrew Melin sent an email alert to parents connected to Jeffersonville High School and its feeder schools Tues afternoon.
"Please be diligent in informing your child to be aware of their surroundings while walking to and from their bus stop," the email advised. "Reinforce the steps to take if they are approached by a stranger."
"I'd be with them at the bus stop," Stone said. "I was overprotective of my children, growing up."
The teenager's guardian - her great aunt - told us off-camera that family members will be driving her niece to Jeffersonville High when she's able to return.
"It's left her numb," the guardian said. "She's not talking about it. Please, just keep her in your thoughts."
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