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"When it's murder, you want, more than anything else, to bring some kind of peace to those left bereaved by it. There can be no peace without the truth" - Inspector Jonathan 'Jack' Whicher.
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Bill Ziemer, 67, of Orion, died Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013, at Trinity Rock Island.
Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Monday, Feb. 18, at Kirk, Huggins & Esterdahl Funeral Home, 1301 4th St., Orion. Visitation will be from 3 to 6 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 17, at the funeral home. Burial will be at Farlow Grove Cemetery, Matherville. Memorials may be made to the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson Research.
Bill was born on Nov. 4, 1945, in Moline, the son of Harold and Doris Eckhart Ziemer. He married Judith A. Wade on Dec. 23, 1968, in Wayne, Neb.
Bill worked at John Deere Harvester, Moline, for 31 years, retiring in 1996. He served in the United States Army during the Vietnam War. Bill enjoyed sports and was a St. Louis Cardinals fan. He loved motorcycles and classic cars. Above all he loved spending time with his family, especially his grandchildren.
Survivors include his wife, Judith Ziemer, Orion; children, Stephanie (Russ) Lance, Minier, Ill., Jill (Carl) Drake, Westfield, Ind., and Mary (Tom) Hisey, St. Louis, Mo.; 10 grandchildren; sisters, Jeanette Forsberg, Sherrard, Loretta DeCap, East Moline, and Bonnie Sue (Bill) Driver, Morrison; and sister-in-law, Joyce (Sandy) Crane, Orion.
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Radios in Flamingo normally capture only two FM signals. If a worker wants more (or live) music -- or first-run movies, or a gourmet meal -- he saves up leave and drives to the Keys. In the meantime, Flamingo staffers amuse themselves by going places where outlanders are forbidden: trails bursting with purple and pink night-blooming orchids that drench the warm, wet air with perfume -- and alligator love nests. Alligators usually mate in June, often along muddy shorelines tourists aren't allowed to approach. The summer workers pilot their boats in the direction of the alligators' lusty bellowing but maintain a respectful distance. "We're just looking for pointers," an employee explains. "Gator foreplay can last for days."
And, more important, there's always the refuge of the Wreck Room, a private pub for Flamingo employees constructed at the edge of the compound out of weatherbeaten gray wood. Its tiki-thatched doorway opens onto a view of blue ocean dotted with oblong, green islands. On bad mosquito nights, workers wrap their heads in white mosquito netting and run -- like so many bizarre brides -- to the Wreck Room. Inside, most of them huddle around the pool table or a darts game. Above the bar hangs a sign emblazoned: "Shirts and shoes required. Bras and panties optional." The third time the moth-eaten deer head crashes from its wall hook onto the bar, people simply eat and drink around it.
Three guys on a battered mint-green couch argue over whether to continue watching the TV infomercial models demonstrating leg wax or change channels to the NBA playoff highlights. Two co-workers are oblivious; one is slumped in an armchair cradling a cassette player in his arms. He delivers a nonstop, tipsy plea to his buddy, who's skimming a Jack London novel, about a girl he's met in Islamorada: "She's sweet and brainy. She's not like Jane. I didn't like myself when I was with Jane. I came 3000 miles to get away. Tell me life's not gonna screw me again. I like myself when I'm with this girl! I'm a better man! Do you think she likes me enough to call? Be honest, man."
The reader silently pats his pal's shoulder without lifting his eyes from the page. His drunken friend manages to flip on his music: Ivory Joe Hunter. He clutches the boombox to his chest and chants the verse -- "Since I met you, baby, my whole life has changed/ And even strangers tell me, that I am not the same" -- as if it's an incantation. A few minutes later, the pub door flies open. A young man shouts at the lovesick singer: "Yo! Phone. Yeah. It's her." The Jack London fan closes his book, gently arranges his overjoyed friend's net veil about his head, and helps him navigate the floor. Outside, a brief rain has momentarily cleared the mosquitoes away; the clouds have drifted off and the sky is a wilderness of stars.
Flamingo workers wear lapel tags inscribed with their first names and their states of origin. They come from everywhere: California, Montana, Kansas. They stay because they're swept away by a place with a beauty so alien, there's no reference point for it in their pasts. They regard themselves as heirs, not of the first renegade Flamingo residents, but of Guy Bradley, the young Audubon warden who was killed by poachers in 1905. A plaque marks his murder site where the restaurant (which charges tourists $6.95 for a shrimp cocktail appetizer) now stands. The inscription hails his environmental devotion.
Shaleen Horrocks came to Flamingo last summer because she was bored with life in Connecticut. "My first week here was hell," she shudders. "The mosquitoes chased us into our cars, crawled under our dorm's doors. It was like a B-horror movie. I wanted to go back to New England." Instead, her Flamingo friends took her sailing to a cape where no tourists go. A flock of snowy egrets soared out of a forest of palms and tropical blooms. "Brown pelicans were feeding on the shore and a blue marlin was leaping," she remembers.
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2. Evangelion - Has plenty to spark enough debate from fans regarding story and character elements left vague and unclear, especially with the series finale and End of Eva.
3. Saikano - What reasons does Japan's SDF have to make Chise into a weapon of war instead of using one of their own soldiers?
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Former Real Madrid midfielder Esteban Granero maintains he is going nowhere in the winter transfer window.
Granero joined Queens Park Rangers before the start of this season, yet despite heavy investment from owner Tony Fernandes the Londoners have failed to win a game this season and sit bottom of the Premier League.
Nonetheless, the 25-year-old insists he is not aiming to leave and says he is happy in England despite recent rumours of a return to Spain with Real Betis.
"I am here to face this challenge. If people think I am not happy, that I am here because we have not won yet, then they are wrong.
"We must work to get away from this situation and we are working hard for this. I am sure we will do it," he told the club's official website.
"Am I happy here? Yes, more than ever. I came here for a challenge and this is what I have.
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When a utility selects a solar project, it is essentially committing to a fuel still good after twenty or thirty years out in the sun and the rain. How to be sure it has lasting value, and that if it fails; that it won't hurt the entire industry?
While most manufacturers continue to employ best practices, any slip-ups could end up costing the industry as a whole. As the battle to the bottom continues in the price wars, how is long term quality weighted? A broken quality chain would have very negative consequences not just for the project, but also for the whole industry.
If investor confidence is damaged by field issues, that will lead to higher costs of capital or limited capital availability. These are the troubling issues that worry Dissigno CEO David Williams, whose real-world experience in solar development led to concerns about long term quality blowback from the price wars.
He serves on the merit review committees for the DOE Sunshot program, and on the technical review committee for the national labs which are working on improving certification models, to ensure that the exposure the panels are getting is really analogous to stresses they will see in real life.
"I don't want to sound like I'm fear-mongering," Williams tells PV Insider. "But some manufacturers may be driven to making decisions - even if they're unsure of the consequences of making them - because they're going bankrupt. They are making very hard choices about how to shave those pennies off."
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A lot can go wrong when corners are cut. Output degradation of more than five or even ten percent a year is possible. Junction boxes can catch on fire, or fall off, badly soutered joints can cause fires, there can be hot spots where a lot of current is going into the same single cell and getting very hot.
Fire is a reality with solar panels that go bad. "That's why I'm so passionate about it" he said. In view of the dangers, "I don't want people to feel comfortable."
"It's a very big concern," agrees Martin Plass, VP and General Manager of the cutting edge solar testing lab CFV, part-owned by Germany's Fraunhofer ISE (Instituts für Solare Energiesysteme).
"You cannot take 80% out of the cost of a product and expect it to have the same quality any more," he says. "So I do think we will see modules with problems popping up in the field."
Imperfect basic testing protocols
"There's no formula that says that if you do this much testing then it guarantees your modules will last this long," Plass tells PV Insider. A lot the initial testing of today has a very low bar for initial certification. That's where CFV comes in as an independent lab with follow-up.
"Liability testing or for quality control often comes from the manufacturers when they want proof of bankability," he says. "Say if they want to convince a bank that their modules are better or will last longer or have less degradation over time."
But even top notch testing can be compromised, because in the current cut-throat competition, the manufacturer can choose the best test to ace. "The manufacturer can say I want to do this specific test or test sequence," Plass explains.
"Someone can request say 400 hundred cycles of temperature cycling and 2,000 hours of damp heat; believing that that is a good representation of a 25 year stress out in the field. But someone else might then choose to do 400 cycles and 1,500 hours. So those results are not comparable," he says.
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An additional very big problem for quality assurance has been the "self inflicted" wound of the U.S. solar tariff war against China, that indirectly has hobbled quality control by creating artificial disruptions in tested supply lines and production.
"Under U.S. pressure to change to non-Chinese-made cells, manufacturers are starting to make changes, like sourcing different cells made in Taiwan," says Williams. "And there's been no oversight into that.That's kind of like replacing the engine of a car and not going through all the same crash testing."
While the module manufacturing remains in China, and the factory is still abiding by its same quality standards, now it has switched to an unknown quantity in a cell that has perhaps not been tested.
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Humidity is a problem, but more for crystalline PV. Thin film tends to be better protected against degradation than crystalline solar, simply by its airtight construction, First Solar's Alan Bernheimer tells PV Insider in a recent interview.
"Ours for example, is a very thin coating of cadmium telluride that's applied to the back of glass, and sandwiched between two layers of glass, laminated so it's water tight and air tight," Bernheimer said. "It's a very stable and robust material that looks more like traditional silicon based panels."
However, the technology has a high bar. "The cocktail to make thin film panels work is harder to keep stable than crystalline," Williams cautions.
"Cadmium, telluride or CIGS technologies are cocktails of metals that don't necessarily want to work together. While some companies like First Solar have done a lot of work making them stable, it's not an easy process, and so it's not impossible that some modules are degrading faster than expected," says Williams.
Also, with the exponential growth of the industry, some new manufacturing techniques are so new that its hard to determine if what they are doing is cutting the quality.
"I do think that most panel manufacturers are in fact making all the right decisions," he adds, emphasising that there is a need for the solar industry to defend the good quality manufacturers who "just because they could make poor choices - since nobody's really overseeing - doesn't mean they are."
"And there's extremely brilliant material scientists that are solving the problems. But this is not an overnight exercise," he concludes. "It's a many year effort."
Fumihiko Arima, manager of the planning group at Solar Frontier KK's engineering division, talks company know-how gained in Japan along with the O&M lessons taken on board as a manufacturer involved in plant management across the globe.
Proactive O&M technology can enhance the confidence of investors and insurance companies, and pave way for sustainable ROI by saving unnecessary costs of maintenance, by assuring increased plant availability, and performance ratio.
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The Hiding Place (1975)
One of the best and most ambitious Christian films ever made, this moving, realistic, and superbly-acted historical epic — based on Corrie Ten Boom's account of how she was sent to a concentration camp with her sister for hiding Jews from the Nazis — doesn't flinch from some of the more graphic and disturbing aspects of the Holocaust. Yes, Minister's Nigel Hawthorne has a bit part as a cowardly pastor.
Joni (1979)
Based on Joni Eareckson's popular account of how she found a deeper faith after a diving accident left her a quadriplegic, and filled with subtle visuals and silences, this just may be the most "cinematic" of World Wide's films. Eareckson, playing herself, proves she is a more than capable actress as she recreates some of the most traumatic experiences in her life. Ghostbusters' Ernie Hudson plays one of the hospital orderlies.


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As the number of warm, spring days add up, alfalfa growers in Indiana will want to begin scouting fields for alfalfa weevils, says Christian Krupke, Purdue University Extension entomologist.
In early spring, alfalfa weevil larvae hatch from eggs deposited in plant stems and begin feeding within folding leaves at the growing tips. A heavy infestation of larvae can consume enough foliage that an entire field takes on a grayish appearance.
"When you can see the damage from the road, and the field starts to look gray, you've missed the opportunity to treat with an insecticide," says Krupke.
To scout for the pest, walk a field in an M-shaped pattern and examine five alfalfa stems from five areas of the field, Krupke advises. Look for evidence of larvae feeding – he recommends unfolding developing shoots to look for pinhole feeding and small larvae. As larvae grow, they will start to chew larger holes that make plants look shredded. Adult feeding damage looks like small, circular cuts along leaf margins, but is typically not a concern.
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2008 Isotope Minicomics Award Winner: Ochre Ellipse
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Ochre Ellipse by Jonas Madden-Conner (technically, Ochre Ellipse #2) has won the 2008 Isotope Award for Excellence in Mini-Comics.
Jonas discusses the work at his blog, along with showing samples.
Here's a review at the Daily Cross Hatch, and a shorter one by Laura Hudson.
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About Philip Nel
I teach, read, write, and blog. Despite the fact that formal education held little interest prior to college, I somehow managed to become a Professor of English. I direct Kansas State University's Program in Children's Literature. I've written and edited several books.* I've even appeared on National Public Radio and CBS Sunday Morning. Surprised? Believe me, I'm far more surprised than you are. And yet, implausible though this all seems, it's also true.
If you've an abundance of time on your hands or suffer from insomnia, you are welcome to visit my meandering website. You could also follow me (philnel) on Twitter. Or not. You might take a nap. Naps are nice, too.
* Books so far:
- Crockett Johnson's Barnaby Volume Two: 1944-1945 (2014, co-edited with Eric Reynolds)
- Crockett Johnson's Barnaby Volume One: 1942-1943 (2013, co-edited with Eric Reynolds)
- Crockett Johnson and Ruth Krauss: How an Unlikely Couple Found Love, Dodged the FBI, and Transformed Children's Literature (2012)
- Keywords for Children's Literature (2011, co-edited with Lissa Paul)
- Tales for Little Rebels: A Collection of Radical Children's Literature (2008, co-edited with Julia Mickenberg)
- The Annotated Cat: Under the Hats of Seuss and His Cats (2007)
- Dr. Seuss: American Icon (2004)
- The Avant-Garde and American Postmodernity: Small Incisive Shocks (2002)
- J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter Novels: A Reader's Guide (2001).
Books coming soon: Crockett Johnson's Barnaby Volume Three: 1946-1947 (2015, co-edited with Eric Reynolds), Crockett Johnson's Barnaby Volume Four: 1948-1949 (2016, co-edited with Eric Reynolds), and Crockett Johnson's Barnaby Volume Five: 1950-1952 (2017, co-edited with Eric Reynolds).
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The spectrum involves Bipolar I, Bipolar II, Cyclothymia, Rapid Cycling, and Bipolar Disorder NOS (Not Otherwise Specified), which is a type of bipolar disorder created to be a 'catch all' for the cases of bipolar disorder that simply do not fit into any of the other categories. 5) If there are no periods of 'normal mood' in between periods of depression and mania, it is called rapid cycling. Those with rapid cycling experience at least four episodes in a year, but there are also people who will have mood episodes that change within a day or two. Those very fast episodes of bipolar disorder are called ultra-rapid cyling or ultra-ultra rapid cycling. 6) Oftentimes those with bipolar disorder will turn to drugs and alcohol to self medicate without knowing they have the mental illness, which makes diagnosis very challenging. 7) Unfortunately, many people go undiagnosed and do not realize they are experiencing mania in between periods of normal mood and depression. 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Nenah Belle (Stephens) Bachar Hummel
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Nenah Belle (Stephens) Bachar Hummel, 93, Russell, died Friday, Oct. 25, 2013, at Russell Regional Hospital.
She was born Nov. 6, 1919, in the Hornview area north of Russell to John T. and Grace Belle (McAllister) Stephens. She attended country schools in the Hornview area.
She married Paul Bachar on April 18, 1938, in Russell. He preceded her in death March 16, 1992. She later married Jess W. Hummel Jr. on Dec. 31, 1993 in Oologah, Okla. He preceded her in death Sept. 5, 2008. She worked in the cafeteria at Russell High School for many years and at Bickerdyke School until retirement in 1993.
Survivors include two sons, James Bachar and wife, Paulita, Virginia, Ill., and Jess Hummel III and wife, Diane, Sapulpa, Okla.; a daughter, Pauline Berry and husband, Stu, Talala, Okla.; two sisters, Shirley Krug and husband, Ron, and Faith Steponick, all of Russell; 17 grandchildren; and 16 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by a son, Kent Bachar.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Otterbein United Methodist Church; burial in Russell City Cemetery.
Visitation will be from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday at Pohlman-Varner-Peeler, Russell, with family present from 6 to 7 p.m.
Memorials are suggested to Otterbein United Methodist Church in care of the funeral home.


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After a "Jesus for President" campaign was launched by a Mesa pastor as a sermon series complete with yard signs, a wag quickly pointed out that Jesus Christ was not eligible for the White House because he wasn't born in the U.S.
With savvy, Pastor Mark Connelly of Superstition Springs Community Church said his candidate has been "advocating for change since 33 A.D." With "change" as the defining word of the 2008 national presidential campaign, political forces in Arizona and nationally have been working to ensure faith and religious issues aren't overlooked in the debates readying voters for the Nov. 4 election.
In Arizona, a major focus has been a citizens' initiative, Proposition 102, to amend the state constitution to specify that marriage is limited to a man and a woman, even though this is already established by statute. Evangelical Christians, joined by Mormons and Roman Catholics, are pushing hard for "Yes on 102" to add greater protection to that law and keep courts from ever overturning it.
"Marriage is a very big issue for many people of faith - and our faith," said Ron Johnson, executive direct of the Arizona Catholic Conference. "That is our major focus in terms of what's on the ballot to support."
But opponents say they can point to faith groups that believe the government doesn't need the added restraints regarding marriage.
"We have a really large faith community that opposes this proposition for many reasons," said Rep. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Phoenix, chairwoman of Arizona Together Opposed to Proposition 102. "One of the foremost reasons is they don't appreciate one or two religions trying to impose their religion on the public through the government."
Arizona joins California and Florida with November ballot measures that would define marriage in their constitutions. Two years ago, Arizona was the single state among 11 to defeat a constitutional amendment related to marriage or domestic partners. Narrowly defeated was an amendment to bar government agencies from providing benefits to domestic partners.
Sinema calls the amendment unnecessary because the 1996 Arizona legislation to specify marriage is between one man and one woman withstood a challenge in Arizona courts in 2004. Those favoring Proposition 102 fear the state law could still be reversed if another legal case carried weight, so a constitutional amendment would shut that door.
Even with that alliance of traditional conservatives, some observers say this election cycle shows signs the political muscle of the religious conservative movement is showing cracks.
"The religious right has been a very key of the neo-conservative agenda," said John Carlson, associate professor in the Department of Religious Studies at Arizona State University. Now, he said, "it is starting to show its wear, and if it is not being replaced by something else, at least, it is going through some serious modifications."
The long national presidential campaign has been marked by repeated outbreaks of religious controversies. Much of them have focused on candidates' associations with controversial pastors. Most notable were Sen. Barack Obama's one-time pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, and John McCain's relationship with the Rev. John Hagee, a Texas TV evangelist known for his diatribes against the Roman Catholic Church.
Discussion has surrounded Republican vice presidential candidate Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska because of TV footage showing her one-time Kenyan-born Pentecostal pastor praying over her to protect the governor from "every form of witchcraft."
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney's bid for the presidency was dogged by persistent doubts raised by Christian evangelicals over how far his Mormon faith diverges from Christian orthodoxy for acceptability for the White House. Romney sought to neutralize doubts last December with a speech likened to Catholic candidate John F. Kennedy's 1960 speech saying he would not be taking orders from the Vatican.
During the primaries, news networks held 90-minute conversations with major candidates, including Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton, focusing only on how their religious faith had shaped them and would influence in their public policy work.
And even before McCain and Obama met for their series of three presidential debates in September and October, they sat down Aug. 16 to talk about their faith, for an hour each, with Pastor Rick Warren, best known for his blockbuster book "A Purpose-Driven Life" and the pastorship of the 22,000-member Saddleback Church in Orange County, Calif.
"I felt I got to know the candidates better in their presentations there than I have in the other debates," said Pastor Roger Storms of Chandler Christian Church. He said McCain and Obama were more "illuminating" in Warren's sessions than in the debates, where their "personalities got in the way of the facts."
McCain's performance at that forum was significant, said religion historian Charles Barfoot, who teaches in the Arizona State University religious studies department. "When he went to Rick Warren, that was really red meat - you could tell that he was in his element - about abortion, conception, life's beginnings. I think he realized right then and there he needed to start playing to that."
Barfoot, a pastor whose parents were Pentecostal ministers, said he had visited, and had become familiar with, Wright's 8,000-member Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, which Obama had attended for 20 years. He credits evangelicals like Jim Wallis, Sojourners magazine founder and author of "God's Politics: Why the Right Gets It Wrong and the Left Doesn't Get It," for helping quell the controversy after Wright's videos included his fiery quote "... damn America." Wallis said the black pastor's passions emanate from "a deep well of both frustration and anger in the African-American community ... borne of the concrete experience of real oppression, discrimination, and blocked opportunities that most of America's white citizens take for granted."
ASU's Carlson, who studies the interplay of politicians and religious movements, said he anticipates less single-issue voting this year because of the multiplicity of serious issues.
"Most religious people have many kinds of concerns and don't see things singularly through a narrow kind of sectarian lens," said Carlson, who is also associate director of the Center for the Study of Religion and Conflict. "So issues like the economy and the war in Iraq can also be very important to religious people."
Carlson pointed how the "liberalism of the 1960s was very much fueled by or grounded in religious ideas about equality and about the equality of races and sexes."
Then came the "Moral Majority" of the 1980s and the rise of the Religious Right as it took a stand in the cultural wars with politically conservative alliances, Carlson said.
"One of the things that is interesting is what comes next," he said. It could be a "progressive populism re-emergence."
Storms said some people seem "a bit hesitant" to vote because they have misgivings about both presidential candidates. Yet "some of those individuals in the faith community who are kind of ambivalent for either presidential candidate will go to the polls because they want to make a stand on the issue of marriage."
Adding some Christian defiance to the fall campaign, the Scottsdale-based Alliance Defense Fund last month called on pastors across America to defy a federal law, adopted in 1954, barring clergy from endorsing political candidates, or face IRS challenges to their tax-exempt status. Sept. 28 was declared "Pulpit Freedom Sunday" by ADF, and clergy were encouraged to tell their congregations what they thought about candidates' suitability. The ADF campaign aims to gain full First Amendment rights for pastors, who are muzzled out of fear of being investigated by the Internal Revenue Service, according to the group's Web site. Leaders of the Christian attorneys group called on pastors to mail them copies of sermons delivered that Sunday to help prepare a court challenge to the law.


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Schroon Lake 78, Keene 39
KEENE - Keene had no answer for the Wildcats in MVAC boys basketball Feb. 3.
Jesse Shaughnessy and Brennan Bush combined for 38 points to lead Schroon Lake past the Beavers. Lance Paradis added 12 points as the Wildcats seemed to score at will in the first half, amassing a 51-10 lead.
Luke Andrews and Cody Whitney were the leaders for Keene with 13 and 12 points, respectively. Dylan Boyle chipped in nine.
Bolton 45, Elizabethtown-Lewis 36
BOLTON - The Eagles controlled the boards and prevailed against Elizabethtown-Lewis in MVAC boys basketball Feb. 3.
Hunter Mowery scored 21 and Evan Drew added seven for the Lions, but it was not enough to overcome the inside-outside Bolton attack.
Dom Pfau knocked down three 3-pointers for the Eagles and finished with 14 while Mitchell Jordan added 11 points and nine rebounds. Matt smith also grabbed nine boards.
Indian/Long Lake 43, Keene 30
KEENE - A 17-point halftime deficit was too much for the Beavers to overcome against Indian/Long Lake in MVAC boys basketball Feb. 5.
Kris Bain pounded the ball inside for the Orange, netting 28 points for the Division III leaders.
Dylan Boyle led with 10 points and James Bell added eight for Keene in the loss.
AuSable Valley 51, Beekmantown 48
BEEKMANTOWN - A second half surge allowed the Patriots to stay in the hunt for a Division II title with a win over Beekmantown in CVAC boys basketball Feb. 5.
T.J. Burl scored eight of his 12 points in the fourth quarter to spark a 24-9 run that erased the Eagles' lead. Jordan Coolidge led AuSable Valley with 14 and Brody Douglass also added 12.
The Patriots had been held to just one second quarter point and went into the second half with a 10-point deficit that grew to 12 after the third. Tom Ryan's 21 points and 12 rebounds powered Beekmantown's offense, and his brother, Keegan, scored 10.
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Hammond, La (NBC33) — Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff Daniel Edwards and LA State Fire Marshal Butch Browning report that through a joint investigation between the TPSO and the State Fire Marshal's Office, 2 arrests have been made regarding the murder/arson which occurred on North Baptist Road in Hammond on October 24.
Both Heidi Leard, 25, and Ronald Berry, 35, were arrested and charged with Second Degree Murder and Simple Arson as a result of the investigation.
The investigation revealed that Leard arranged to meet with the victim, Charles Ockman, 62, on the evening of October 24, 2011, to perform sexual favors for money.
That evening, Leard, accompanied by Berry, arrived at the North Baptist residence and Leard entered the residence. After some time had passed, Berry made his way into the residence. An argument then ensued between Berry and Ockman. During the argument, Berry stuck Ockman in the head causing him to hit the floor. At this time, Berry tied the victim's hands behind his back, continued to beat him in the head and forced him into the bathroom. While in the bathroom, Berry submerged the victim's head into a partially-filled bath tub, where the victim succumbed to his death.
As Berry and Leard fled the scene, they set the interior of the residence on fire. It was reported that the victim was dead prior to the onset of the fire.
Both subjects are now in custody and remain at the Tangipahoa Parish Jail.


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G-III Apparel Group, Ltd. Acquires Global Luxury Resort Brand Vilebrequin
Easy to wear, comfortable, chic, it represented the perfect convergence of elegance and laid back style; a fashion icon was born.
The success was immediate. The brand gained a following among the most distinguished celebrities. In 1995, Vilebrequin recreated its flagship styles for children and launched the now famous "Like Father, Like Son" concept. Strengthening family ties, the brand advocates the values of beauty and refinement, passing them down from one generation to the next. From intuition to boldness, the brand grew by developing a wide selection of colors and exclusive prints and also by extending its beach spirit to ready to wear and accessories to become the only men's brand born from an original focus on beachwear. Its expertise is characterized by the art of details and the craftsman's spirit. Staying true to its St. Tropez roots and loyal to its designer, Zaza De Brito, for more than 15 years, the brand cultivates casual elegance for men today and is recognized as a modern luxury lifestyle.
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G-III is a leading manufacturer and distributor of outerwear, dresses, sportswear, swimwear, beachwear and women's suits, as well as handbags and luggage, under licensed brands, our own brands and private label brands. G-III sells swimwear and beachwear under our own Vilebrequin brand. G-III also sells outerwear and dresses under our own Andrew Marc, Marc New York and Marc Moto brands and has licensed these brands to select third parties in certain product categories. G-III has fashion licenses under the Calvin Klein, Sean John, Kenneth Cole, Cole Haan, Guess?, Jones New York, Jessica Simpson, Vince Camuto, Nine West, Ellen Tracy, Tommy Hilfiger, Kensie, Mac & Jac, Levi's and Dockers brands and sports licenses with the National Football League, National Basketball Association, Major League Baseball, National Hockey League, Touch by Alyssa Milano and more than 100 U.S. colleges and universities. Our other owned brands include Jessica Howard, Eliza J, Black Rivet, G-III , G-III Sports by Carl Banks and Winlit. G-III also operates outlet stores under our Wilsons Leather and Andrew Marc names, is a party to a joint venture that operates outlet stores under the Vince Camuto name and operates retail stores under the Calvin Klein Performance name.
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Fishburners is more than just a coworking space, we're a passionate community of startups.
Our vision is to bring together the best startups in Australia and help grow the tech scene here in Sydney.
Fishburners is different from other coworking spaces because we're a nonprofit that only exists thanks to the amazing support of our community and sponsors. For you, this means we can offer one of the cheapest coworking memberships in Sydney.
So how did this all get started? Well, it all started when Peter Davison met Mike Casey... Read More
Pete, an old wandering venture capitalist seadog, formerly residing in Silicon Valley and Mike, a cool young mover and shaker and startup dude in Sydney.
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As a member, you have access to our extensive network of mentors, investors, service providers, potential customers and more to help grow your startup.
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Unlimited coffee, and a fallback career as a barista! We have our own barista-style coffee machine, and don't worry if you're a tea drinker - we've got you covered too!
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A big advantage of working in an office with so many fellow entrepreneurs is skill sharing. Our members have a wide range of skills and experience which can make a world of difference when you hit a roadblock. Read More...
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How to Pitch to BRW with Deputy Editor Caitlin Fitzsimmons
3pm - 4pm
Fishburners, Level 1
In this session, Caitlin will talk about why you might want to be featured in BRW and how the publication makes editorial decisions. Given Caitlin receives hundreds of pitches via email every day, what stands out from the crowd? Essentially it's a primer on how to pitch BRW and how to handle an interview with us. more...
Digital Marketing Connection: The new rules of SEO Keyword Research
6pm to 8:30pm
Fishburners, Level 1
Mauricio Escobar returns to present The new rules of SEO Keyword Research, following on from his very popular talk last year. Mauricio will cover topics including how to define and target your top keywords, tools for researching keyword search volumes, tips for how to deal with synonyms, misspellings, singulars and plurals, and customer lifetime value and keyword research - reverse engineering approach to keyword research. Learn some of the latest changes and trends in the SEO space that we should all be aware of in 2015. more...
Digital Wedding, Crowd Funding and Big Ideas
6pm to 8pm
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We're thrilled to invite you to our Sydney WOMAN.com.au - Movers, Shakers, Makers March Meet Up: Digital Wedding, Crowd Funding and Big Ideas. We are proud to bring two amazing shakers to the table Robelen Bajar, founder of WOMAN.com.au, and Michelle Williams, Founder and CEO of Ideaction. more...
Bankrollers Meetup
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Bankrollers is a meetup for people with money in the startup investment game; if you are an Founder, Angel Investor, Investment Banker or paid in Sweat Equity then this meetup is for you. You are not a rooky, your money is never far away and you crave growth potential, information, fair priced equity and management talent. You are in no rush as investment offers come to you, though you are always open and networking with the right people. more...
Developers With Dreams Meetup: Get to Know People With Awesome Ideas and Discuss Your Dreams
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Come along for an evening of tech and business talk. Our last meet-up was pretty awesome! Lots of interesting people with a ton of experience on different subjects. If you couldn't make it the last time then we would love to meet you on 18th of March and learn about what you have worked on... more...
Marketing and Customer Analytics Meetup: Digital Attribution:The Last Thing to Think about is the Model (Sam Redfern,IAG)
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Media Attribution often gets touted as the gold standard in digital media measurement. But if you run a lead generation website or your business has a non-web component, there are additional complexities in measurement that can leave the data flawed. In this talk Sam argues that choosing the model is actually the easiest step in Attribution. more...
IP for Startups Workshop
11am- 2pm
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IP for Start-ups is a short intensive workshop designed to help you understand the basics of intellectual property (IP). Specifically, we will be looking at how IP can give your business a competitive advantage and how to commercialise it. more...
No Matter When, No Matter Where – Virtual Teams, Real Results
6pm - 8pm
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It's 2015. Do you know where your team is? HR expert Janice Chaka has over 9 years' experience building virtual teams. Now, Ms. Chaka's workshop offers high-speed advice and insight on… more...
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Parks - Breathe in, breathe out. And relax.Beach Fun - Let's go where the fun never ends.
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(Phaseolus coccineus) 68 days to snap stage, 115 days to dry shell stage. [Pre-1750. Grown by the early colonists who obtained seed from the Native Americans.] A traditional favorite grown for both its food and ornamental value, this is the most popular green bean grown in England. In North America the 'Scarlet Runner' is grown mostly for its brilliant scarlet flowers, which are highly attractive to hummingbirds. Grown widely in northern gardens for use as a snap bean or dried bean that has a nut-like flavor. In Virginia, pod set occurs in the fall. Fully grown pods are 8 to 12" long and contain mottled reddish-purple beans. Pkt (42 g = 1.5 oz, about 42 seeds) sows approximately 7 poles.
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I will be graduating from college in 3 years, and for graduation I get to go to WDW I'm a big princess fan. Rapunzel, Ariel and Belle just so happen to be my favorites. I was wondering how hard will it be to try to get a reservation to Be Our Guest? I won't be going until 2016...seems so far away!!
If you were going this year, I'd say it's really hard. But in 2016, I don't know. Probably still hard since there aren't many choices in the Magic Kingdom. I did manage to get a ressie for dinner there on May 1st. It was delicious food and I loved the Strawberry Cream Cheese Cupcake. The server I had was really good too. I tried a couple of the wines and wasn't a fan of the 2 I tried. So if I ever get a chance at another reservation there, I'll be trying more of those. The Beast was in his study that evening. It was fun when he walked around the restaurant a couple of times on his way to the study and everyone clapped. The princesses are not at Be Our Guest. Since you are a big princess fan, you should try to go to Akershus in Epcot - Norway. I took my DD there when she was younger and it was great. Wonderful Princess interaction. I'd go back there again except no one else in my group wants to do character meals and I still feel strange doing those solo.
i'm hoping that by 2016 it won't be too hard get a dinner reservation. i was under the impression that belle and the beast would be there. a few years ago my bf took me to disney and we had dinner in cinderellas castle. when belle came to our table she said maybe next time you visit you can see me in my castle... i'll def have to check out the place in epcot. i dont care how old i am i still love princesses thank you for your help
Belle is NOT at BOG. And Beast is only there at dinner. You do not get to meet with him during your meal. You will have the opportunity for a photopass photo with him on your way out of the restaurant, after your meal. By 2016 the novelty will have worn off, but I believe it will continue to be one of the hottest ADRs for MK for a considerable number of years. If you want dinner there, then be prepared to make your ADR on your 180 day. But if it's princesses that you want, then BOG would be a poor choice. You would be better off going to Akershus as a PP recommended.
Hello We have reservations for dinner at BOG in September....but I am wondering if there is much difference between dinner and lunch, enough that you would think dinner would be a better choice? We are going mostly because the girls want to dine in the Beast's castle...but is it necessary to do dinner? Photo Op with the Beast may make it so . . . I have looked at both menus and neither really appeal to me . . . not a big meat and potatoes type of gal. My dilema is this....we are scheduled for dinner on a MNSSHP night at 6:50....so, we can keep our reservation and get shooed out of the park right when we are done eating, or we can purchase the event ticket, but miss a good portion of the event. I am just not sure...the kids would really want to meet all of the special characters, most especially the princes and the dwarfs, but I fear by the time we were done with dinner, the lines for them would be unbearable.....I also think though they are old enough to understand, it would not be much fun to walk through the MK with so much they would want to see around them going in while being shown the exit . . . so if we DO end up keeping the ressie, I think we would likely then purcahse tickets for another night to avoid that heartache. So what is the lunch really like.....and how bad is the wait for lunch.....the day of our reservation is Sunday Sept 29th, so the crowds at the parks should be manageable, but because it is "free dining" season, I know that the restaurant's will be hopping. Is there any dramatic difference in the atmosphere between lunch and dinner? Even though it is CS, I know that you are seated and the food is brought to you . . . does that make it feel more special? I have searched repeatedly to see if any other nights open up, but now that we are closer than 180 days it is booked solid. Also, of the 5 of us, it is really only my 2 daughters who care a whole lot about eating in the beasts castle . . . so I know for my son and husband, eating there for lunch would be the same as dinner. In fact, they might choose to go somewhere else if given the option, and I could take just the girls.... I am not ready to give up the reservation yet, but what would YOU do?
I would keep the dinner reservation mostly because it seems so hard to get, we too have a reservation for dinner that day had to take a 430 but thats ok with me! We have a party of 8 so Im just happy we were able to get the reservation on the date I wanted!
If it was me, I would keep the reservation but be concerned that my kids will see all the fun special stuff for Halloween and not understand why they can't participate and have to leave. If you don't think this will cause meltdowns then definitly keep the reservation.
Well, they are now 8, 10 and 12 - so while it wouldn't cause a meltdown, they would (understandably) be bummed for sure. Have talked with friends have done both, and they really don't think there is much difference unless you MUST see the Beast. In fact, they said that its actually easier and more encouraged to check out all of the rooms during the lunch hours .... Thought I was CRAZY at first for even considering it, but really neither menu gets me overly excited.....we may just do the MNSSHP instead.


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It's a disturbing case that continues to stun the community and even the experts. A Pueblo man remains in jail accused of sexual assault on a dog. Many are still wondering how someone could do something like this.
Kenneth Milosavich, 55, made his first court appearance today on charges of indecent exposure and cruelty to animals. Police say he committed sexual acts with two pit bulls.
It happened Saturday afternoon on E. Evans Ave. in Pueblo. A stunned homeowner called 911. "She related that the party was out in her backyard," said Sgt. Charles Bonomelli, with the Pueblo Police Department. The details of the alleged crime are too graphic for us to share. "It's not the normal, it's quite unusual for somebody to do this," said Bonomelli.
Milosavich, who is a registered sex offender, was arrested at a nearby bar. Police say he was carrying crack cocaine.
"Those of us in the field have a hard time understanding it too," said FeAna Balsick, with Transitions For Living, LLC. Balsick--a licensed social worker isn't working on this case, but tried to explain how someone could do something like this to an animal. "There's obviously something going on in the mind of this individual that causes them to feel some sort of gratification," said Balsick.
Drugs could play a factor. "Drugs will cause you to be less inhibited and more likely to act on unusual thoughts you might have that are normally suppressed," said Balsick. But those thoughts have to be exist in your mind she says, typically drugs won't create them.
As for why some people have those urges in the first place, that's still a mystery. "We really don't know why or what causes them," said Balsick.
Milosavich is being held in the Pueblo County Jail on a $20,000 bond.
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