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Based on the true story of Fra Filippo Lippi's love for a young nun (whom he immortalized as the Madonna in many of his greatest works), this novel is beautifully evocative of Renaissance Italy, and I found the descriptions of the process of Lippi's artistry to be insightful and enlightening. A wonderful book to take on a journey to Tuscany. -- Jennie Turner-Collins, Joseph-Beth Booksellers, Cincinnati, OH
Italy, 1456. The Renaissance is in glorious bloom. A Carmelite monk, the great artist Fra Filippo Lippi acts as chaplain to the nuns of the Convent Santa Margherita. It is here that he encounters the greatest temptation of his life, beautiful Lucrezia Buti, who has been driven to holy orders more by poverty than piety. In Lucrezia's flawless face Lippi sees the inspiration for countless Madonnas and he brings the young woman to his studio to serve as his model. But as painter and muse are united in an exhilarating whirl of artistic discovery, a passionate love develops, one that threatens to destroy them both even as it fuels some of Lippi's greatest work.
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When he decided to share this beauty with others, he upgraded his amateur telescope and his computer so he could produce truly professional photos. He then used his scope to take stunning pictures of meteors, the moon, stars, and eclipses. Working from home, he was able to contact local magazines and newspapers that were interested in purchasing and using his photos.
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Even though his business dealt with the nighttime sky, the online market served as the perfect outlet for his photographs. We were able to first develop a website that showcased some of his most breathtaking telescope images of the night sky. From there, interested customers were able to order photographs of stars, comets, and heavenly bodies. All he had to do was to upload his telescope pictures to the site whenever he was ready to sell them. This technique alone increased his business by 30 percent.
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|Misenheimer, NC---The Pfeiffer volleyball team swept Barton in the first round of the Conference Carolinas Tournament. The Falcons won three straight games by the sores of 30-23,30-16 and 30-16. Pfeiffer improves to 20-12 overall and Barton finishes the year at 4-31.
The Falcons were led by Lauren Spiotta who had 13 kills and 4 blocks. Lauren Elmore had 11 kills and Brittany Dickens added 10 kills and 3 blocks. Morgan Liebert led with 36 assists and 10 digs.
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Longtime readers of the strip know I don't just stop updating. Three years of grad school, and I've missed maybe one update. But as some of you may know (from Twitter or the Multiplex Facebook page), a friend of mine died in a car crash on Wednesday.
Ryan Love and I went to school together from 3rd grade until graduating high school, and he was probably the one person most responsible for me getting interested in comics. When we were kids, I read all his He-Man mini-comics, because my parents never bought me any of those toys. After I got into comics, he read my DC stuff, and I read his Marvel comics. He bought my comics for me on the sly when my mother banned me from reading them for getting "bad grades." We co-created a ton of really dumb superheroes together, plus a couple of cool ones.
We drifted a bit after high school — different colleges and just part of growing up and being interested in different things. We kept in touch (not as much as we should have), and when we got together, we mostly talked about comics, he would badger me to join our high school friends' Fantasy Football League (never going to happen), and we'd argue about something or another. He was great at arguing.
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Diverticula are small pouches in the wall of the digestive tract. They occur when the inner layer of the digestive tract bulges through weak spots in the outer layer. (This is similar to what happens when an inner tube bulges through a tire.)
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Diverticulitis is inflammation of diverticula. Diverticulitis occurs when one or more of these pouches becomes inflamed or infected. Some people with diverticulosis become aware of the condition only when acute diverticulitis occurs.
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"We're in the process this week of reviewing the evidence and (will) resubmit the evidence in hopes that...present day technology can give us a break in the case," said Sgt. Mark Craig, who oversees the Sheriff's Office Criminal Investigations Division.
Some of that evidence involves DNA.
"DNA (anaylsis) then was nothing like it is now," he said.
In order for the case to be solved, Craig said it would most likely take a confession or some type of evidence along with a confession.
Two sketches were released shortly after the shooting based on witness accounts of two men who ran out of the building shortly after gun shots were heard.
The sketches were circulated but had little results.
Craig said there have been some "persons of interest" interviewed in the case but said he couldn't elaborate.
Investigators are cautious with how much information they release, wanting to give enough details to spur tips but not enough to jeopordize the case.
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The known facts of the Chuck Porter case are few.
Robbery is the motive behind the shooting, but law enforcement officers won't say if anything had been taken from Porter.
Two men were seen entering the building by several witnesseses and, shortly after, another custodian heard several pops, "like a breaker taking off" while cleaning the women's restroom, according to the original story in The Star.
When the woman went to investigate, she found Porter's body stuffed inside the closet, his hands bound with a cord.
The men were described as two black men and sketches made days after the murder showed one man with a flat top-style hair cut and the other with a ball cap worn backward.
"He loved his grandbaby," Shannon said.
She said he was at the hospital the day her son was born.
She had been working at the flea market that morning and when she came home her aunt and mom told Shannon her father was dead.
"I went into shock," she said.
Shannon said the murder pushed her over the edge and, since then, she had to be hospitalized seven times for bipolar and panic disorders.
She said she will have to take medication for the rest of her life.
Growing up, she said, she spent almost every other weekend with her father following her parents' divorce. He taught her how to swim, hunt and fish.
He encouraged her to be a Girl Scout and to get involved in sports.
" I just wish they would find out who did it because I love my daddy," Shannon said.


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SEATTLE - All involved parties confirmed Monday that a deal has been reached to sell the NBA's Sacramento Kings to a Seattle-based ownership group, the first such confirmation since a rumor posted nearly two weeks ago set Twitter on fire.
The deal must still be approved by the league's board of governors, but the hope is the team would move to Seattle and play in KeyArena starting this fall.
Statements were released Monday by Kings co-owner Gavin Maloof, Seattle investor Chris Hansen, and the NBA.
On the site SonicsArena.com, Hansen released the following statement:
We are happy to announce that we have entered into a binding agreement with the Maloofs to purchase a controlling interest in the Sacramento Kings NBA franchise. The sale is obviously subject to approval by the NBA Board of Governors, and we look forward to working with the League in the coming months to consummate the transaction.
While we are not at liberty to discuss the terms of the transaction or our plans for the franchise given the confidential nature of the agreement and NBA regulations regarding public comments during a pending transaction, we would just like to extend our sincerest compliments and gratitude toward the Maloof family. Our negotiations with the family were handled with the utmost honor and professionalism and we hope to continue their legacy and be great stewards of this NBA franchise in the coming years and decades.
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The Maloof family announced that an executed purchase and sale agreement has been reached to sell the family s interest in the Kings to a group led by Hansen. No details of the sale were released, pending approval by the league.
We have always appreciated and treasured our ownership of the Kings and have had a great admiration for the fans and our team members. We would also like thank Chris Hansen for his professionalism during our negotiation. Chris will be a great steward for the franchise, said Gavin Maloof, Kings co-owner speaking on behalf of the Maloof family.
The NBA also released this statement Monday.
The NBA received an executed Purchase and Sale Agreement for the transfer of a controlling interest in the Sacramento Kings from the Maloof family to an investor group led by Christopher Hansen. The proposed transaction is subject to the approval of the NBA Board of Governors and has been referred to the Board's committee process for review.
The next board meeting is schedule for April 18 and 19.
Hansen s investment group has been negotiating with the Maloof family off and on for several months, and only in the last few weeks did the talks really heat up. The potential $500 million deal would be subject to NBA approval, and would require Hansen to file for relocation by March 1.
The team would play in KeyArena for at least two years. Hansen needs to have an NBA anchor tenant in place before his group can begin construction on a proposed $490 million arena in Seattle s SoDo neighborhood. Hansen would receive $145 million in public financing if only an NBA team plays there. He would receive $200 million if both an NBA and NHL team play there.
That proposal still faces two lawsuits, and is currently going through a design and environmental review.
It's good news, Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn said Monday. We've been working a long time and we've tried to work hard in Seattle to set the stage so that Chris Hansen could go seek and acquire a team.
McGinn acknowledged that this is difficult for the City of Sacramento and Kings fans.
If mayors made the rules I think we'd be talking about expansion, not the situtation we're in, he said. But we don't make the rules so we know this is hard on Sacramento. We did our job to lay the groundwork for getting a new team and given the way the NBA works, this is the situation we're in.
The new NBA franchise would be known as the Sonics.
The City has not had a professional basketball franchise since 2008, when the then-Sonics moved to Oklahoma City and became the Thunder. That franchise called Seattle home for 41 years.
Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson said late Sunday, in a brief Facebook message, that he would not give up without a fight:
Sacramento has proven that it is a strong NBA market with a fan base that year in and year out has demonstrated a commitment to the Kings by selling out 19 of 27 seasons in a Top 20 market and owning two of the longest sellout streaks in NBA history. When it comes to keeping the team in our community, Sacramento is playing to win. In particular, we have been focused like a laser on identifying an ownership group that will both have the financial resources desired by the NBA and the vision to make the Kings the NBA equivalent of what the Green Bay Packers have been in the NFL.
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It's not a birthright, but it almost seems that way.
Croatan again did Saturday what Croatan has always done, which is win when taking on East Central 2-A Conference foes.
And while the Cougars had something of a battle on their hands, they still emerged with their 14th straight
"It's more like a mandatory thing," said Croatan senior heavyweight Johnathon Rigsby, who put the finishing touches on the win with a 15-second pin against Swansboro's Eric Phipps. "If you don't win, then this next practice ain't going to be so good."
A year ago the Cougars won the tournament by 127 points, but this time around they were up only 24 points going into the finals at Northside High. Croatan had nine wrestlers in the finals and Topsail had eight. But the Cougars claimed eight titles to three for the Pirates, who stayed close thanks to four third-place finishes to one for Croatan.
Swansboro won two titles (Bryan Mol at 106 and Jacob Butler at 126) while Northside claimed one, with defending champion Trey Eason winning the 220 title.
Croatan coach David Perry wasn't surprised at the close margin of victory.
"The whole conference is more competitive," he said. "Northside's got some good wrestlers. Topsail's obvious got a good lineup. Swansboro's got a good lineup this year. Our conference could very easily be in the final eight (in the state playoffs). So I definitely think our conference has come a long way."
And while Croatan and Topsail had a combined 17 wrestlers in the finals, there were only four head-to-head matchups — at 120, 132, 138 and 170. And the Cougars won all four with two pins and two decisions.
While the wins by Alex Bray (120), Brody McGrath (138) and Andrew Colborn (170) were not unexpected, Austin Meaney's pin at 132 with 45 seconds left in the second period was a bit of a surprise given he was down 3-2 at the time and that Johnny Deveaugh was 39-6 coming into the tournament and is one of the Pirates' top wrestlers.
"We got some good wins today," Perry said. "Austin Meaney, that was a really good win at 32, and our seniors for the most part did their job, came out and got pins."
Among those seniors were Bray and Rigsby as well as Grayson Millis (113) and Kyle Colborn (195), who was named wrestler of the year in the league.
Millis, Bray and both the Colborn brothers were all defending champions.
"We knew coming out we wanted to try to do better than last year," said Millis, who beat Swansboro's Tyler Henson 8-3 in the final. "We put nine guys in the finals. We had a whole lot of guys for third. That's what really helped us the most is guys battling back after the loss.
"That's just what helps the team is you've got guys who, yeah, they might lose, but they still battle back. Then you've got guys like Austin Meaney and Nate Fallon … who just come out and give it all they got and take them out."
While up only 24 going into the finals, Millis said he wasn't worried.
"No, not at all," Millis said. "I knew we could go out there and get the job done. We've been in these type of situations before and I knew as a team that they would go out and take care of business."
Topsail coach Jake Pence said the tournament was a mixed bag for his team after finishing third in the
"The problem is we have too many highs and too many lows. If we ever (fix that), we'll be a great team, great tournament team, great dual team," Pence said. "Obviously Croatan is a great team. We'd love to pull it off and show that we can hang with a team like that. They've done a great job with their kids. They had a great outing and we didn't."
Still, the Pirates would seem to be a shoo-in as a wildcard for the dual-team championships, which begin Tuesday. The pairings come out Monday.
"I hope the wildcard works out the way I planned," Pence said. "I hope it's between us and Croatan in the Eastern finals. I'm not looking too far ahead obviously, but I feel like they're the team to beat right now and I'd love to be on the other end of that."
Team scores
Croatan 358; Topsail 330; Swansboro 216; Northside 185; South Lenoir 86; Clinton 70; Richlands 42; East Duplin 14
Championship Matches
106 pounds:Mol (Sw) d. Skiba (Cr) 5-0; 113: Millis (Cr) d. Henson (Sw) 8-3; 120: Bray (Cr) p. Webster (Top) 2:21; 126: Butler (Sw) p. Britt (Top) 3:30; 132: Meaney (Cr) p. Deveaugh (Top) 3:15; 138: McGrath (Cr) d. Mendoza (Top) 8-6; 145: Fallon (Cr) d. Lafferty (NS) 9-7; 152: Correll (Top) d. Ramos (NS) 3-0; 160: R. Sculthorpe (Top) p. Wakefield (Sw) 4:22; 170: A. Colborn (Cr) d. Thigpen (Top) 9-6; 182: Schaefer (Top) p. Grayson (NS) 3:32; 195: K. Colborn (Cr) p. Wright (R) 1:24; 220: Eason (NS) d. Stevens (Cl) 5-3; HWT: Rigsby (Cr) p. Phipps (Sw) 0:15.
Third-Place Matches
106 pounds:Herring (Top) d. Flanagan (R) 8-5; 113: Bulla (NS) d. N. Zeagler (SL) by medical default; 120: Markee (NS) d. Guzman (ED) 6-3; 126: Villanona (SL) d. McCaw (Cr) 6-3; 132: McCullar (Sw) p. Yanez (SL) 3:42; 138: Locke (NS) won by major dec. over Covarrubia (SL) 12-4; 145: B. Zeagler (SL) d. Hall (Sw) 12-9; 152: Slater (Cr) d. Concepcion (Sw) 2-1; 160: Wilkins (Cl) d. Scott (Cr) 6-4; 170: Mitchell (Sw) d. Hardy (SL) 8-4; 182: Brunson (Cl) d. Edgren (Cr) 8-1; 195: Suggs (Top) p. Loya (Sw) 5:10; 220: J. Sculthorpe (Top) p. Quintero (SL) 3:10; HWT: Howell (Top) d. Smith (NS) 2-0 OT.


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STUDENT SERVICES -- Veterans
The College Veterans Advisor coordinates all veterans educational benefits from the federal Department of Veterans Affairs for the College. Information, counseling, and certification of enrollment for veterans are available from each campus Veterans Advisor.
Veterans Benefits
All College degree and certificate programs are approved for training-eligible servicepersons, veterans, and dependents. Additional information is available from the Veterans Advisor on each campus.
If you are a veteran or a veteran's dependent, you may be eligible for educational benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs. You should contact your campus Veterans Advisor each semester to complete the necessary forms to establish and maintain your eligibility for benefits. Full-time educational benefits are available to you if you are registering for and maintaining 12 or more credits in degree program courses. Three-quarter-time benefits are paid for 9 to 11 credits and half-time benefits are paid for 6 to 8 credits per semester. Active duty servicepersons and those registered for less than 6 credits are entitled to tuition reimbursement only. Certificate programs are measured differently for payment. Courses taken through the Extended Learning Institute (ELI) and accelerated courses are also measured differently. See a campus Veterans Advisor for details.
You may have earned credits at another college, vocational school, or technical school. Credits may have also been earned by taking CLEP, ABLE, DANTES, or USAFI exams. You must insure that an official transcript is sent to the STUDENT SERVICES Center during your first semester of enrollment. You must have your military training evaluated along with your transcripts from non-military schools. DD Form 214 (Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty) originals or copy #4 should be copied by STUDENT SERVICES for evaluation and returned to you. Generally, repeating courses that have been previously passed will not be certified to the Department of Veterans Affairs for payment.
If you receive educational benefits, you must report your enrollment each semester to your Veterans Advisor. The information will then be certified and reported to the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office. Any changes to your enrollment must also be reported to the campus Veterans Advisor. Changes include: canceled classes, dropped classes, withdrawing from classes, adding classes, or any other type of change that may affect your eligibility to receive benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs. Excessive absences may result in your dismissal from the course and adjustment of benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs. Any change in status must be reported to the Department of Veterans Affairs as soon as possible, but no more than 30 days after the change has been officially completed at the College.
Satisfactory Progress Policy for Recipients of Veterans Benefits
To be eligible for veterans educational benefits, you must maintain satisfactory academic progress in accordance with Northern Virginia Community College standards. The following standards must be met:
1. You will be reported to the Department of Veterans Affairs as making unsatisfactory progress if your cumulative GPA falls below the required level based on the following schedule:
Regular Credits Attempted
(Grades A, B, C, D, F)
Minimum Cumulative GPA
13-23 credits
24-47 credits
48 or more credits
This standard will be applied each term. However, if you do not achieve the above minimum cumulative GPA requirement, but you do achieve a GPA of at least a 2.00 for the term being evaluated, you may be certified for that term as making satisfactory progress.
2. When your academic record does not meet the above standards, you will be notified in writing by the veterans advisor that your next term will be "probationary." You will be required to meet with a counselor or faculty advisor to develop a written plan to indicate how you will successfully complete your educational objective and how you will satisfy the GPA requirement for satisfactory progress toward graduation. This plan will be kept on file in the Veterans Office.
3. If you do not meet the minimum cumulative GPA requirement or do not earn a minimum GPA of 2.00 for your probationary term, you will be reported to the Department of Veterans Affairs as making unsatisfactory progress. You may be certified on a retroactive basis for the following term if you receive a minimum GPA of 2.00 for that semester. When your cumulative GPA meets or exceeds the minimum requirement, educational benefits will be restored on a regular basis.
4. If you are subject to academic suspension, you must be reported to the Department of Veterans Affairs as making unsatisfactory progress. Benefits will not be resumed until you are making satisfactory progress.
5. Questions regarding this policy should be addressed to the campus veterans advisor.


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One of the world's widest read academic journals has published a paper on how the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine (LECOM) Primary Care Scholars Pathway will attempt to encourage more medical students to pursue a career in family medicine and internal medicine. Academic Medicine, the monthly journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges, publishes articles on the most pressing challenges facing the leaders of medical schools and teaching hospitals today.
The September 2007 issue carries the paper "A Three-Year Accelerated Medical School Curriculum Designed to Encourage and Facilitate Primary Care Careers" co-authored by three LECOM administrators who were instrumental in developing the new curriculum. They are: Hershey S. Bell, MD, Associate Dean of Faculty Development and Evaluation; Silvia M. Ferretti, DO, Provost, Vice President and Dean of Academic Affairs; and Richard A. Ortoski, DO, Associate Professor of Family Medicine.
For the past decade there has been declining medical student interest in primary care. The cause of this trend is multifactorial and includes issues of salary and indebtedness. Educational leaders have called for careful selection of medical students and the creation of three-year medical school curricula to counter these factors.
On April 30, 2006, the American Osteopathic Association Commission on College Accreditation voted to approve a new accelerated curriculum at the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine (LECOM) in Erie, Pennsylvania. This pathway accelerates the traditional four-year medical school curriculum into three calendar years. In addition to reducing the time necessary to complete medical training as a primary care physician, this pathway reduces the expense involved in obtaining a medical education.
The Academic Medicine paper describes how LECOM positioned itself to address key strategies believed to be at the heart of rekindling student interest in primary care. In the accelerated curriculum, summer vacation between the first and second medical school year is eliminated. Clinical education is streamlined by focusing on 16 rotations relevant to primary care and eliminating elective experiences. Primary care mentors are assigned at the start of medical school. Case-based capstone sessions are added throughout the clinical years to reinforce primary care concepts.
Students in this curriculum are designated "primary care scholars" to recognize the fact that they are engaged in a rigorous, goal-directed curriculum. Consistent with published recommendations for increasing medical students' choice of generalist careers, a detailed description of the LECOM accelerated curriculum effort is provided.
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County officials have given a green light for an anti-abortion group to begin holding office hours in the Gaston County Health Department this week, a move that has drawn criticism of abortion rights advocates.
The Crisis Pregnancy Center of Gaston County will be the first tenant of what's being termed a "community office." The newly converted meeting room at the health department will be provided for free on a first-come, first-serve basis, to local agencies that apply and are approved to use the space. It will be open to groups that offer health, educational or social services-related programs, said Gaston County Health Director Chris Dobbins.
Dobbins said the new initiative's aim is to provide a wider "buffet" of information to health department visitors, beyond what is normally available from a government entity. He said he knows the Crisis Pregnancy Center's presence as the first organization to set up shop there will raise eyebrows. But after conferring with county attorneys, he feels it's safe to proceed.
Supporters of Crisis Pregnancy Centers across North Carolina contend they are attacked simply for providing balanced information to pregnant women about alternatives to abortion.
"We think we're doing this with the right intentions," said Dobbins, whose hiring last year was approved by the all-Republican Gaston County Board of Commissioners. "It probably will make some people nervous because it's not been a partnership that's ever taken place between the Crisis Pregnancy Center and the health department. But in my humble opinion, we're trying to do what's right for the community, to give them options."
Others are suspicious of the motives behind the venture. Suzanne Buckley, executive director of NARAL Pro-Choice North Carolina, said the selection of the initial tenant seems calculated, and that its presence at the health department borders on inappropriate.
"I think this has the potential to be incredibly misleading," she said. "These Crisis Pregnancy Centers are not licensed clinics. Doing what they do from the inside of a health department could cloak it as a state-approved service, in a much more official capacity."
Offering a range of information
Gaston County Commissioner Tracy Philbeck said when Dobbins was hired last year, one of the things they discussed was how to offer more choices to recipients of public services. Someone who comes into the health department seeking information on sex education, for example, typically gets only what the government is mandated to provide, he said.
"What this community room will give them is an option," said Philbeck. "In my opinion, information is good. Any time you can get education on whatever needs you have, I think it gives you a better opportunity to make the right decisions."
Many of the health department's visitors rely on public transportation and can't get around as easily, Dobbins said. Providing a space for "partner agencies" to hold office hours there will make it more convenient for visitors to get information that may benefit them, he said.
"We're not trying to say what food you should eat," said Dobbins, using the buffet example. "We're just trying to provide options."
Agencies can apply to reserve the room in four-hour blocks of time, from 8 a.m. to noon and 1 to 5 p.m. weekdays. Volunteers or staff who will be stationed there will have to go through background checks and receive photo ID cards, like other health department workers.
A group such as Planned Parenthood, which sits on the opposite end of the political fence as the Crisis Pregnancy Center, could also apply, Dobbins said.
The community office is located near the health department's front desk. Signs in the lobby will indicate which agency is in the community room at any given time. Visitors may wander in there of their own accord, but won't be directed, Dobbins said.
"As long as (the agency) is not pulling somebody out of the hallway and into the room, we're going to have a pretty wide range of agencies that can use that space," he said.
Acceptable partnership?
The Crisis Pregnancy Center has been approved to occupy the community office from 1 to 5 p.m. each Friday. Mary Smith, abstinence educator for the local group, will staff the room.
Smith frequently speaks to male and female students in local schools about practical ways they can say 'no' to sex. She said she will offer some of that same guidance to anyone who seeks her input.
If someone wants to talk to her about pregnancy or abortion, Smith said she will feel the situation out.
"Obviously we're a pro-life organization," she said. "If someone came in and said I'm pregnant and I don't know what to do, I would try to talk them through it, and say let's look at your options. If they say they're considering an abortion, I'd ask, 'Are you willing to talk about it?'"
Smith said she would discuss the medical and emotional dangers of abortion. But she will take a passive approach to it.
"We don't do the guilt trips and the coercion or anything like that," she said. "We're not that kind of organization."
Buckley, the director of NARAL, which stands for National Abortion Rights Action League, couldn't speak specifically to the Gaston County CPC chapter late last week. But NARAL has criticized Crisis Pregnancy Centers statewide for steering women away from abortions with religious ideology and other tactics she considers deceptive.
She referred to the Gaston County Health Department's new initiative as an "interesting development."
"These are religious-based organizations that purport to provide a range of options," she said. "But in reality they provide misleading information and have a clear conservative agenda. That probably wouldn't be clear to someone walking in the door of a health department."
Dobbins said the venture will be assessed for the next three months.
"At the end of 90 days, we'll take a look at it," he said. "And we'll tweak anything we think could be modified or approved."
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This gallery is also available as a post in the Five Apps Blog.
Most of us probably have rather large hard disks or SSDs at our disposal. If you like to work with multiple operating systems or need a better way to segregate the storage of data, like separate partitions for media files and apps for instance, it's important to use a tool that can perform the task of slicing up a disk easily and safely. Although all Windows versions since Vista come with a basic, built-in partition manager, it still might be too simple or limiting for some tasks. For today's Five Apps blog entry, we will be looking at five excellent freeware partition editors that should serve as effective replacements for Microsoft's implementation.
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This product not only has the distinction of being a user-friendly partition manager for Windows, but EaseUS throws in a few handy extras, such as basic file recovery as well as backup and restore abilities. There are also tutorials to help guide a user along with the proper instructions on what you need to do for effective partitioning. The user interface is clean and there aren't any nagging popups, begging you to upgrade to a paid version.
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I thought I will share this. The PC (aged 2007 with XP) at home was aching for increase of the logical partition size, for some time. Solutions available on the web allow you to download, run the application and then it says how it can fix, but please license this application first at $xxx. Well, since it is a once only fix, I thought there could be a better solution. But not working on the home PC everyday made me slow in attending to the issue. And then, along came this article. The first one I chose to download and install, was the Paragon free version. When requesting the re-size, it refused with the error message that it can't find two adjacent logical or two adjacent primary partitions. The home PC was set up with one logical and one primary partition. So, that was the end of the Paragon software, except ... I used the tool to take a look around at what else can be done, but never ran a job or commit anything. The next day on re-start of the PC it refused to load Windows. A major Windows repair was required, taking about 3 days in between other stuff. I am not saying that Paragon caused the Windows breakdown, but it was the only thing different on the PC. After repair, I downloaded and installed EaseUS. I was able to do the job. However (ahem) I wanted to do a little adjustment, but the software didn't want to do the work. No message, error or otherwise. Another thing about EaseUS is that it sets up a background job running from epmnews.exe, that has the PC running like it is taking off. According to read-up, it is not dangerous and is just busy gathering info - not sure what for.
Do you know of free disk partition for server 2003 +
The first screen shot for EaseUs Home version is erroneous. The edition comparison chart on the EaseUS site explicitly says that partition re-sizing is not included.
I just had a situation where Minitool worked, and Paragon Partition Master couldn't do what I needed. An ASUS restore disk had created two partitions, and I wanted to decrease the size of the D: partition and increase the C: partition size. C: was primary, D: was logical. For some reason, in the way it was created, Paragon could not take the unallocated space that I created in front of the D: drive and add it to the end of the C: drive. I tried several things, but none worked. MiniTool worked well. GIzmo's Freeware turned me onto it. :)
Do any of these work on RAIDED systems?
I know gparted recognizes JFS partitions. But gparted is linux based and I want to do this from a windows-based PC. Worse come to worse, I guess I can see if can boot a cdrom or usb stick with gparted. That can't be too hard right? Thanks!
After reading the title, I thought that this article was discussing mobile platforms, not Windows computer OS. "Apps" should be used when discussing mobile platforms - IOS, Android etc. "Applications" should be used for Windows, Mac, Linux etc. So the article title should have used the word "applications" to avoid confusion. TechRepublic editors- please pay attention to this distinction in the future!
Hi, Recuva should have been mentioned as it has saved many of my customers pics, songs, docs, etc. It';s free version is great and the full version is probably better although I have never needed it. The free one does throw too many recovered files at you and I imagine the Paid version allows you to use a more granular approach. Recuva is spelled correctly and that's my only beef as it sounds too ghetto. Great Product.
I'm missing the topic of partition alignment ( to sector block). Especially important for the new disks using 4K sector size and in environments where LUN's are used from external storage servers.
For defragging sake it is best not to mix your data with your system disk. Windows update followed by a defrag can take a long time if you have 0.5T of data. As noted, best to have multiple disks - but a system disk does not need to very big so what to do with that massive system physical disk. One problem of the windows partition (Win 7 anyway) is that it cannot move data. If you have restore point turned on then the default position of the restore points is a very annoying place when you want to do a partition. You have to turn off restore point so that these restore files get deleted before you can shrink the disk by any significant amount; then turn on the restore and recovery mechanism. I have had to do this every time before partitioning a system disk disk. Unfotunately this article does not cover whether these tools manage this.
The admin before me made the C: drive to small on a server, and I had to expand the drive. I didn't have any unallocated space, so I used AOMEI Partition Assistant Server Edition to reduce the size of the other and reallocate to the C:. Seemless.
Windows has come with a partition manager since NT which is quite capable of doing the job. None of the features mentioned in this article provide a convincing argument for using anything else. With the falling price of hard and solid state drives, its hard to see a reason for having additional partitions, beyond main and recovery, at all.
you have running in the background - a lot of software - including security software, will pop up like an IM message to tell you the latest news pertaining to the product or other software from the company. Your experience does sound concerning though. Have you tried Macrium Reflect - that is another one you don't have to buy, although I liked it so well I purchased it anyway. It was completely unnecessary to do so, though. With Macrium, it will prompt you do burn a Linux rescue CD, and I highly recommend that, because it is necessary to do an image restore, to find the XML file that automatically restores the image. I must admit though, that I never used it for partitioning. In fact, I can't remember if it can do that. I usually just use the built in Windows disc manager for that.
There's nothing erroneous there. In the comparison table, It says 'Advanced partitioning: RESIZE/move partition, merge partitions, split partition, convert FAT to NTFS, wipe, hide/unhide partition, set an Active Partition, defrag disk,....' Note that I already capitalized the word 'RESIZE' up there as you seem to have missed it. What you are talking about is the 'Resize volume (including system volume) on DYNAMIC DISC'. That's a different matter which the Free Home edition isn't capable of doing.
Easeus and Paragon do (Pro versions), are you talking Hardware or Software Raid?
Plenty of Linux Boot ISO's out there that have GParted as part of the system boot :)
Not really. Some of us have been using the word "apps" since before phone "apps" existed. I was not in the least confused.
Although Partition Master has the capability of recovering files as stated but Recuva doesn't automatically come to my mind when we talk about partition managers. I wonder why it does to you. Recuva has its own place in the File Recovery category.
I would have thought, maybe, that this article is about Partition managers not File recovery programmes, as useful as they undoubtedly are. :)
You shouldn't need to partition lots of discs. Surely you get one hard drive right, make an image of it, and then all new systems are made from the image? As for what the article doesn't mention, it is so light that one wonders if the writer has ever had to partition a disc. Certainly wouldn't call it a "comprehensive review".
Because partition manager in NT/2000/2003/XP will not let you resize a basic drive partition without losing data and you can't convert a basic system disc to Dynamic in some circumstances if the O/S was installed on a basic disc. When Windows server came out, 10GB partition was big enough, but with all the Spacks / updates, a minimum of 20GB is what's needed now. These programmes, Easeus in particular has allowed me to resize my system partitions without a problem to stop the servers complaining of no space on the system drive. I use a licensed copy of Easeus, Active@Boot (which is a boot disc system that incorporates the Activ@partition and have also used Paragon & GParted. These four have enabled me to recover from some very sticky situations over the years including broken Raid 5 systems! I also use a very low level programme from Boot-IT. Ever wanted to change an NTFS system to FAT32 just by changing the Bit, and editing MBR :) Don't do it on live systems though Never used the other programmes though.
using the disk manager console in Windows to do this same work on external drives. It shook my confidence in using it at all.
Actually both. We have some systems w/hardware raid and some w/software raid. Is there a product that can resize partitions for both of these configurations? Thanks.
I don't mind that phones co-opted the term apps (or aps?), but taking it over completely seems a bit much. From now on I think I'll refer to phone aps as applets since they are smaller aps that typically do little.
Recovery is a perfectly valid uses of a partition manager. However, the article makes no reference to recovery, nor does it discuss moving data. My point is still that "None of the features mentioned in this article provide a convincing argument...".


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"Jaws" was all smiles when two divers decided to get a closer look at the notorious predator. According to the Daily Mail U.K., after logging several hours of non-cage diving with Great Whites, the divers claimed the creatures aren't dangerous.
Underwater photographer Daniel Botelho believes his time near sharks, like the 18-foot-female pictured here, show that the animals are wrongly feared.
"The movie 'Jaws' created an over-reaction which led to sharks becoming misunderstood," Botelho told the Daily Mail U.K. "They are predators for sure, mostly attacking by ambush, but they are not man-killers. I've been in the water during 24 logged-hours diving out of the cage and no shark came to me thinking I was snack."
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So far these tactics have kept Botelho safe during his dives and have allowed him to take dozens of award-winning images. Shark supporters hope his work will help this threaten species' public image.
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hi every one i do lot of fishing would every body need to learn trust OK there are people got got killed or bitten real bad if learn how to stay calm don't picnic you are OK now if you splash and try to swim ya they will get you thank of this way i fish with bears OK i had A mother and her cubs stand by me if i had to run i would be killed or injured but i still fishing the knew that i was not a thereat same sharks if you show then you are a thereat then they will kill or injured you more you are relax they would leave you alone i would love to swim with great white shark with out a cageFebruary 07 2013 at 3:38 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
Look at her face she looks like she just saw a ghost nevermind a sharkJanuary 11 2013 at 3:32 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
These people are crazy.Dudes WTF!January 11 2013 at 3:03 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
these people are crazy.Dude WTF!January 11 2013 at 3:03 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
Ah.......maybe the shark just wasn't hungry at the time of filming?? Anyone/thing will eat just about anything if their hungry enough??November 09 2012 at 2:18 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
this is one of the things I have always wanted to do and people though I was crazy.November 06 2012 at 10:47 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
I notice that they appear to be carrying "bang sticks"..but I still think it is foolhardy. Gorgeous shark, by the way.November 06 2012 at 12:46 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
I dunnooo. Couple of those pictures looked like the shark was thinking "Turn the camera off, I'm hungry."November 06 2012 at 12:32 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
Great Whites are ambush hunters. They stay far beneath the surface, the dark grey on their backs keeping them hidden in the depths, looking for shadows on the surface against the sun that look like food. Seals, dolphins, tuna, penguins, etc... It's why surfers are often mistaken for seals and accidentally attacked. Then the Great White rushes to the surface and hits their targets like a Mack Truck, teeth first. The goal is to cause massive bleeding and then wait for the prey to weaken and die. That way they can eat the animal without the danger of it fighting back and injuring them in return. What we have learned is that Great Whites don't generally want to engage anything in the ocean that already knows it's coming. Making eye contact with a Great White, being in a position to make sure they don't assume you're their favorite meal, and letting it know you are aware of them makes swimming with them much less dangerous than previously thought.November 06 2012 at 12:26 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
only an idiot would think they are not dangerous...too many get attacked and did nothing to them to cause it....they are predators and not some non dangerous pet....sharks, gators, snakes, etc are not pets nor are they docile to humans, etc.....November 06 2012 at 12:24 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply


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It doesn't matter what time of year you visit us, if you have a clear day, you need to take the time and visit the Willis (formerly "Sears") tower Skydeck. On a clear day you can see Indiana, Michigan, Illinois (of course) and Wisconsin. Sitting 108 stories in the air, at the time it was completed it was the tallest building in the world.
The Skydeck is located on the 103rd floor and has 360 degree views of the city. In 2009 they added "The Ledge" which is a retractable glass box. You can stand out over the edge of the building in these glass boxes looking south and west. It is a bit of a rush with your head saying you should be falling and your feet staying right where they are.
Prices are reasonable for standard admission
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I'm getting more and more tired of American malaise when it comes to green and energy efficient technology and medical solutions. No matter what solutions I look into — solar, wind, hydroelectric, dam-powered, or skunk spray steam utilization (a joke, I think) — the cost of living in the U.S. — and the rest of the civilized Western world for that matter — just makes it too gosh darn costly to do anything progressive.
It started out with me looking for new cities and counties to live in. Foolishly thinking that a tax code here or a city ordinance there would make a difference in money that would allow me to pursue my ideological goals. When that beared nothing but rotten fruit, I started to look into different states in the U.S. Well, it turns out that they all suck. Well, at least for green energy purposes. So, more and more lately I've started looking into new countries.
I started out with Africa thinking there'd be a lot of sun. Which is true, in fact. But, well, you know. Something just tells me that wouldn't work out well in the long run. It's a shame really but hey. So then my thoughts turned to Asia and I started exploring my options.
First off the list were hyperexpensive urban areas like Singapore, Hong Kong, and so forth. Australia doesn't count and neither does Russia. I know a little Spanish from high school and junior college (well, at least I think I still know some, maybe), so I decided to delve into the Phillipines. Manilla has all the sizzle of the city with none of the countryside steak — open air, land for my gizmos — that would make this lifestyle possible. So, I started delving into other cities and found a place called Batangas City which as it turns out is well known for its resorts and vacation spots. Hmm, a natural fit, it's. A good idea too, it's. There seems to be a good bit of property available on the beach front, and the city itself is nearby. There's 300 thousand or so people in the city too, which — even in a second world jungle city — is big enough where you can find most things you need and are looking for. My mind is nearly settled at this point. Weather looks great too, except for those pesky typhoons. So that means I'll have ample space and energy for the solar panels, and who knows maybe with the typhoons I'll be able to make some hydroelectric windmills. Hey, there's an idea….


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Flux core (innershield) wire vs. solid. Flux core generally uses less voltage/amps than the same size in solid. This means you should turn the machine down. Polarity is usually also different between the two. Solid= work lead to - & gun to +. You would switch for flux core most of the time, gun to -. Knurled v-groove rollers work better for flux core as stated above. Smooth v-groove for solid. Flux core uses a longer wire stickout than solid. About 1" for fux, 1/2" for solid. Keep the nozzle on or get a flux core nozzle when running flux core to protect the diffuser. I like splatter spray more than nozzle dip. They sell it at GTS-Welco. No need to soak it, just spray it once in awhile. Get yourself a bunch of extra tips & also a torch tip cleaner to clean your mig tips. No reason to throw them away until they get worn. Don't be afraid to remove the nozzle & clean it with pliers or a screwdriver.
When changing rolls of wire it's a good idea to blow out the gun with compressed air.
The above are just generalizations. Check the wire mfg. specs & the door chart is always a good starting point.
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Great tips all.
I plan on getting a knurled drive roll - I'll search the miller website, cyberweld etc. As per that - I read the manual yesterday afternoon and noticed the 'recommended starting point' for the drive roll pressure arm was a setting of "3" - out of "4". I had mine at "1" even less, possibly 1 1/2 as well. So I went home and cranked it down - and it felt like it took about 300 cranks (exageration) to get it down to the "3" - was not comfortable with that much - might bring it back up to say - "2" next time I run it - but plan on getting a knurled drive roll anyway.
Splatter spray vs. noz dip - good to know - may just pick up both. Found myself brushing the nozzle gently with a wire brush between runs to get the junk out. also using some mig welding pliers gently.
With a knurled drive roll you will use less tension. I usually set the tension just past the slippage point. I always try to keep the gun as straight & untwisted as reasonably possible.MM250
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Your 211 is a great welder and the manual for this welder will get you whwre you need to be to set this welder up.If you are useing the Brass nozzle that came with your welder for flux wire?? then you need to change it to the black nozzle for flux wire.As for your drive roll if you open your door on the the welder down on the bottom you will find the part number for the Knurled drive roller. Auto Set will not work with flux wire, and the Auto Set when used with Gas, this setting is something you will have to work with it is not set in stone for the settings.
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A week after Steven Wall took a job at Bojangles', both his mom and dad lost theirs. The $7.25-an-hour minimum wage work became the way his family paid its bills.
Four years later, Wall is still working the evening fast food shift at the same wage. And he's not alone. Nationally, about 3.6 million workers made at least the federal minimum wage last year.
Thousands of fast food workers like Wall have been protesting to push the issue of raising the minimum wage.
Wall's not about to stand outside his workplace with a protest sign, but the Cherryville resident said living on $7.25 an hour takes careful budgeting. He started working at the fast food chain in October 2009. His mom worked at Rex Mill in Ranlo. His dad worked for an electric company. Both got their pink slips about a week after he was hired.
Wall said his parents have been searching for work ever since but haven't had any luck.
Wall uses the money he earns to pay the electric, water, cable and other bills. The family owns their home, so Wall doesn't have to worry about covering a mortgage. His sister lives with the family while her husband serves in the Navy.
Wall works full time at Bojangles', but he has plans to move into a different career field. He's a full-time student at Gaston College, majoring in business administration. When he earns his degree next year, he wants to transfer to a four-year college and major in English literature. He'd like to have a career in education.
The minimum wage debate has been a hot topic at Wall's work. "With the whole $15 an hour thing, everyone agrees that's a little bit ridiculous," he said.
Businesses can't afford that high of an increase, in his opinion. Wall said he and his co-workers think $8 or $8.50 an hour would be a reasonable wage increase.
He thinks the minimum wage will increase, but not enough to please protestors.
Wall enjoys the fast food industry and said he doesn't have any complaints about his workplace. "I love it. The people I work for, they're great," Wall said. "It's just a really good place to work in general."
More Americans are spending their careers in low-wage jobs like retail and fast food, said Tsedeye Gebreselassie, National Employment Law Project staff attorney. "Part of the problem is that the minimum wage isn't tied to the cost of living," she said. "It's declining in value when costs are going up."
The minimum wage reached its peak in buying power in 1968. If minimum wage kept pace with inflation, it would be $10.71, Gebreselassie said. Contrary to popular belief, the majority of people who make minimum wage aren't teenagers, she said.
Research by the Economic Policy Institute, a liberal think tank, found that 88 percent of minimum wage workers are at least 20. A third of those workers are at least 40 and more than half are women.
Working full time at the federal minimum wage provides an annual salary of $15,080 a year before taxes.
"These are the jobs that more and more adults are taking," Gebreselassie said.
Jobs in fast food offer few opportunities for advancement, with managers making up only 2.2 percent of the workforce, she said.
Raising wages can benefit companies by reducing turnover and costs of training new employees, Gebreselassie said. "We decided back in 1938 that purely leaving things to employees and employers working it out would not work," she said.
Employees were paying employees almost nothing because people were desperate to find work. "That's why you need to set a wage floor," Gebreselassie said. "To protect against worker exploitation."
Wall's key to living off minimum wage has been budgeting for different expenses.
He also tries to work as much as he can. By the time the bills are paid, Wall has $60 or $70 left each week. He puts about half into savings, and the other half is available to buy non-essentials.
Next year he wants to be out on his own, staying in his own apartment as he works to complete his associate degree. "So really, it's like a life lesson," he said. "You have to budget. Know how to manage your money."
From the business owner's perspective: Raising the minimum wage would make it harder for restaurant owner Emily Swindell to stay in business. Swindell, co-owner of Race City BBQ & Grill in Denver sees the minimum wage debate through the lens of a business owner dealing with payroll, expenses and finding good workers. "I've had a lot of issues finding people to work for minimum wage," she said. "And as a restaurant owner, that's really what you can pay."
Raising the minimum wage would hurt business, Swindell said. "I would be forced to work way more with no breaks," she said.
Anytime the doors are open at Race City BBQ & Grill, Swindell is there - or she's turned over the reins to her husband, G.T. If the minimum wage goes up, both of them would have to be at the restaurant to make up for the loss in income.
Swindell understands that if she were in the shoes of a minimum wage worker, she'd want an increase, too. But as a small business owner, paying her four employees more would be a painful blow to the restaurant's already tight margins.
John Kimbrell, president and CEO of the Gaston Regional Chamber of Commerce would like to see the government stop setting the minimum wage. "I think it's an antiquated way to do it. I think wages should be set by the business owner," he said. "Obviously wages are deserved. Wages are earned. Let the free market and the business set the wages based on performance, on the skill set of the employee, and pay accordingly."
Employees who do good work should earn good wages, he said. Business competition would keep wages in check.
You can reach Amanda Memrick at 704-869-1839 or twitter.com/AmandaMemrick.


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