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National Health Interview Survey, 1976: Health Insurance Supplement (ICPSR 9706)
Principal Investigator(s): United States Department of Health and Human Services. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. National Center for Health Statistics
The purpose of the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) is to obtain information about the amount and distribution of illness, its effects in terms of disability and chronic impairments, and the kinds of health services people receive. The 1976 Health Insurance Supplement provides variables from the core Person File (see HEALTH INTERVIEW SURVEY, 1976 [ICPSR 8340]) including sex, age, race, marital status, veteran status, education, income, industry and occupation codes, and limits on activity. The variables unique to this supplement cover information about individuals' health coverage, such as whether they have Medicare or Medicaid, private hospital insurance, employer or union-based coverage, whether it is private coverage obtained through another group, kinds of coverage, and if they received care under an insurance plan in the past year. Information about private plan combinations and reasons for no insurance is also available.
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United States Department of Health and Human Services. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. National Center for Health Statistics. National Health Interview Survey, 1976: Health Insurance Supplement. ICPSR09706-v2. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2010-12-06. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09706.v2
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Subject Terms: chronic disabilities, chronic illnesses, disabilities, health, health care, health care services, health insurance, health policy, health problems, illness, insurance coverage, Medicaid, Medicare
Geographic Coverage: United States
Time Period:
- 1976
Date of Collection:
- 1976
Universe: Civilian noninstitutionalized population of the 50 states and the District of Columbia.
Data Types: clinical data, survey data
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Mode of Data Collection: face-to-face interview
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personal interviews
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We love to hear happy adoption stories, and we were especially excited recently when adopter Terry G. reported that Kona, one of nearly 100 dogs we rescued from a life of fighting in March 2013, is thriving as a beloved pet in the suburbs of Chicago. We cared for this special pup after assisting in a federal dog fighting raid spanning Texas, Missouri and Kansas, and we're thrilled that she is finally receiving the love she deserves.
Kona is just one of hundreds of former fighting dogs we assisted this year. In the March raid, the ASPCA worked alongside the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Missouri State Highway Patrol and the United States Attorney's Office through a deadly blizzard. We transported the dogs—many of whom had been chained outdoors in freezing temperatures—to safety and worked around the clock to provide them with critical veterinary care.
Please take a moment to watch video footage from our multi-state dog fighting raid in March.
Sadly, this wasn't our only encounter with large-scale dog fighting operations in 2013. In August, at the request of the United States Attorney's Office and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), we assisted in a multi-state, federal dog fighting raid of an operation throughout Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia and Texas. We rescued more than 360 dogs ranging in age from just several days to 10-12 years, who had been left to suffer in extreme heat with no visible fresh water or food. Many were emaciated with scars and wounds consistent with dog fighting, and some were tethered by chains and cables that were attached to cinder blocks and car tires.
We're so glad we were able to rescue so many dogs from dire situations this year, but we can't stop now. Dog fighting is prevalent throughout the United States. Find out more about our work to end this cruel sport, and if you're able, please consider making a gift to the ASPCA today. With your help, we'll continue to work to give victims of animal cruelty the second chances they so desperately need.
Those poor, poor dogs. Thank you to the ASPCA and the other orgs mentioned for their ongoing fight against the misery and cruelty and ignorance of dog fighting.
i think that animal cruelty is horable and should never happen at all and pitbulls are just miss treated for who they are . PITBULLS are some of the sweetice dogs and i LOVE THEM
These poor dogs do not deserve this abuse. These humans that are involved in this barbaric system of cruelty should be sent to prison for a long long time. Things have got to change for these beautiful innocent animals. Thank you ASPCA and all of the organizations who protect our innocent animals. Victory for all animals. Animals rock.
i saw that and burst in to tears because animals deserve respect and ill help as much as possible 11 in ga
Dog,s need more shelter then they have in the winter snow I want all dog,s to be safe and warm. I wish they were all free from the snow and winter.
Dog,s are not post to be suffering in the super cold wether like this theory owner,s are crazy I can take care of them better
I applaud the ASPCA for its active role in the prevention of illegal dog fighting. I wonder since its an illegal sport practiced all over the world, would they ever consider organizing the sport for the purpose of becoming legal and accepted? Can it be done? The same can be said for boxing, wrestling and marijuana.

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Families created in courtroom on National Adoption Day
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Dr. Brad Berg gives his son Jacob Bender-Berg a ride on his shoulders at the Snohomish County Courthouse Friday after Berg and his partner, Chad Bender, adopted the 4-year-old on National Adoption Day.
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As he waits to be adopted, becoming Jacob Bender-Berg, a 4-year-old peeks over a bench in a Snohomish County courtroom Friday between his soon-to-be parents, Dr. Brad Berg (right) and Chad Bender. The couple were among many parents creating new families on National Adoption Day.
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Chad Bender (left) and Dr. Brad Berg with their new son, Jacob Bender-Berg, 4, in a Snohomish County courtroom Friday during adoption proceedings conducted by Judge David Kurtz on National Adoption Day.
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As his partner, Chad Bender, looks on, Dr. Brad Berg holds the couple's newly adopted son, Jacob Bender-Berg, 4, in a Snohomish County courtroom on Friday.
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Judge David Kurtz pauses during adoption proceedings at the Snohomish County Courthouse Friday as Jacob Bender-Berg gets a drink of water. The 4-year-old has new fathers, Chad Bender (right) and Dr. Brad Berg.
The 4-year-old now has parents and a permanent home.
Dr. Brad Berg and his partner, Chad Bender, stood up in a courtroom Friday and listened as Snohomish County Superior Court Judge David Kurtz changed not only Jacob's life, but theirs, too. The judge proclaimed "for all time that Jacob is your son."
Wearing a tie and jacket for the occasion, the little boy sealed the deal when the judge let him strike the gavel.
That's not always a welcome sound, but Friday wasn't about crime and punishment. It was National Adoption Day. The annual event, co-sponsored here by the Superior Court and the county clerk's office, raises awareness of the more than 100,000 children in foster care nationwide waiting to be adopted. It also recognizes the immeasurable gift adoptive parents give.
In Snohomish County, there are about 1,000 kids in foster care, with about 170 now eligible for adoption. For Jacob and 23 other children adopted in Everett on Friday, the wait is over.
Along with Kurtz, Snohomish County Superior Court Judge Ellen Fair conducted Friday's adoption proceedings.
The families created in Kurtz's courtroom included a couple adopting two small sons, and a grandmother adopting a teenage granddaughter. "In a number of cases, we're really just cementing the relationship already there," Kurtz said.
Selena Saenz, 11, now has a permanent home in Lake Stevens with Gina Bailey and Jaime Bartel. Selena has been their foster child for nine months. Before that the girl was cared for by Bartel's sister.
"As her mothers, do you make a lifelong commitment to take care of her as long as she needs you?" asked Deane Minor, an Everett attorney involved in the adoption process. "Absolutely," Bailey answered. Minor said later that helping people adopt is "the best part of my job."
After the ceremony, Bailey said Selena is "the neatest kid." Her new daughter, she added, was placed in 20 homes before joining her new family.
At just 4, Jacob has been through more than any child should have to endure.
"Our home makes home number eight," Bender said. He said his new son was removed from a family home due to neglect and malnourishment. The boy later suffered a fractured nose in another home, Bender said.
Jacob is from Snohomish County, but his life is now in Mount Vernon where Berg is a pediatrician. The men, together almost a decade, became licensed foster parents through the state Department of Social and Health Services with the aim of adopting. Jacob has been in their home for five months.
From Mount Vernon, the new family intends to do lots of traveling.
Berg is the founder of Humanity for Children, a nonprofit organization that has developed health clinics in Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda in East Africa. The mission has grown to include microfinance projects and church and school partnerships.
Judge Kurtz, during the adoption process, noted Berg's "global interest" in helping children. The doctor replied that with Jacob, they'll have "a very local interest."
As he conducted the adoptions, Kurtz asked children about their day-to-day lives. One little girl told the judge about her cats. Selena said she likes to play basketball.
In an eloquent article in The Herald's Viewpoints section a week ago, Snohomish County deputy prosecutor Adam Cornell wrote about being in foster care, and how adoption saved him. He said that while children's circumstances are different, there's a common thread: "A child's biological parent, or parents, are not ready, willing or able to care for their children."
On Friday, I met wonderful new parents who are ready, willing and able. Their kids are the lucky ones, free to be concerned with the things of childhood -- school and family, pets and basketball.
"This is almost like Christmas," Kurtz said.
It's better than Christmas.
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There's nothing like up-to-date, relevant travel information direct from the experts - get Go2Africa's essential Kenya travel advice before you go.
Kenya's national currency is the Kenyan Shilling and although foreign currencies such as US Dollars are widely accepted (and indeed the currency required for activities like hot air balloon flights) we'd recommend using local currency to pay for bar bills, souvenirs and meals.
Please note that due to the number of fake notes in circulation, no US Dollar bills printed before 2003 are accepted in Kenya and in fact your safest bet is to carry notes printed after 2006.
Banking facilities and ATMs are found throughout Kenya's major travel destinations and all major credit cards are widely accepted, in particular MasterCard, Visa and American Express.
Banking hours: 9am to 3pm Monday to Friday and 9am to 11am on the first and last Saturday of the month for most banks.
Tipping for good service is customary in Kenya although it is of course at your discretion - bear in mind that some of the larger hotels will add a service charge onto your bill. A 10% tip is customary in city restaurants and bars when a service charge is not included.
For in-depth tipping guidelines, enquire with one of our Africa Safari Experts - they'd be happy to share their knowledge with you.
Average summer temperatures: 20°C to 34°C
Average winter temperatures: 18°C to 29°C
Rainy season: mid-March to June ("long rains") and October to December ("short rains")
Refer to "best time to visit Kenya" for climate charts, details on the best wildlife-viewing times and when to witness the Masai Mara migration.
For your Kenya safari, pack light casual wear in neutral colours (try to avoid white) and a warm jacket for evening game drives. For more on what to pack for a safari, refer to our Africa Safari Guide travel advice section.
In Kenya's major cities the dress code is conservative but not overly formal – jeans and decent tops for women are fine. Swimsuits are acceptable on the beach but you'll need to cover up in public places.
Kenya is a fairly conservative society, especially where Islam holds sway, and much emphasis is placed on courtesy and manners. Care needs to be taken when photographing local people - always ask permission and prepare to be asked for reward in Kenya's most popular destinations - but by and large the people of Kenya are easy-going, amiable, humorous and helpful, making travelling and interacting with them a real pleasure.
Did you know you can book your flights through Go2Africa? For more information and frequently asked questions, please see our Flights section.
Jomo Kenyatta International Airport: East Africa's major flight hub is located 13km outside Nairobi and is the gateway to the Masai Mara, Amboseli, Mombasa and Kenya's beaches as well as Zanzibar and Tanzania. There are also good connections from here to Uganda, Rwanda and the Seychelles.
Wilson Airport: a regional airport about 90 minutes by road from Jomo Kenyatta, Wilson is the hub for almost all of Kenya's internal flights and serves its fly-in safari locations. Ensure you have time between your international flight and domestic flight to make the transfer between the two airports.
Moi Mombasa International Airport: located about 10km northwest of the town itself, Mombasa's airport is the gateway to the Kenyan coast.
Charter flights are a great way to get around Kenya and avoid the country's notoriously bad roads; transfers from bush airstrips to lodges are conducted in 4X4 vehicles.
Road transfers from airports and between major destinations tend to use mini buses as do scheduled safaris to popular destinations such as the Masai Mara. Sliding windows and a pop-up roof provide passengers on mini buses with ample viewing opportunities on game drives whereas safaris to more remote destinations and private conservancies use open-sided 4X4s.
Visas are required by most visitors to Kenya including British, American, Canadian, European, Australian and New Zealand passport holders. Citizens from some smaller Commonwealth countries are exempt.
Visas are valid for three months from the date of entry and can be purchased upon arrival at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. Visitors can pay for their visas in local currency and they must possess a passport that is valid until six months after the initial date of travel.
If you plan on travelling onwards from Kenya, visas for other East African countries such as Tanzania and Uganda can generally be obtained in Nairobi for around US$50 each.
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Associate Professor of Public Health (Biostatistics)
Research Interests
Bioinformatics; Survival analysis; Semiparametric methods; Cancer study; Mental disorders; Health economics
Current Projects
Develop novel statistical methodologies for complex data;
Study epidemiology and pathogenesis of multiple cancers, including breast cancer, NHL, melanoma and lung cancer;
Conduct survey studies in mainland China and Taiwan, investigating health insurance utilization and impact;
Provide statistical support to multiple biomedical studies.
Research Summary
I conduct independent research in multiple statistical areas, including bioinformatics, survival analysis, and semiparametric analysis with support from multiple funding agencies. I provide statistical support to multiple studies conducted at Yale and VA CT Healthcare System in the areas of cancer, mental disorders and health economics.


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Kinky Friedman is back, and with 'Scuse Me While I Whip This Out he gets it on with all manner of egos. In this collection of twisted takes on life, the Kinkster gives us funny, irreverent, and insightful looks at outsized personalities from people he's known, like Bill Clinton, George W., Willie Nelson, and Bob Dylan -- not to mention Joseph Heller and Don Imus -- to people he's known in spirit, such as Moses, Jesus, Jack Ruby, and Hank Williams. With his meditations on subjects ranging from sleeping at the White House, marriage, his pets, fishing in Borneo, country music, and cigars to the tribulations of possessing talent, Kinky doesn't deny us the "flashes of brilliance and laugh-out-loud observations" (Rocky Mountain News) that are present in all his other work.
Hilarious, irreverent, and passionately twisted, 'Scuse Me While I Whip This Out reads as if it were written by a slightly ill modern-day Mark Twain.
Have you ever been annoyed by cell phone yakkers, line cutters, or movie chatterers? Been confused about who pays at a restaurant? Received a gift you hated? Fumed over how to respond to a nosy question? America's etiquette expert Peggy Post comes to the rescue in this concise, readable handbook devoted to the top 100 etiquette issues everyone wonders about. You'll learn how to politely say "no" to difficult requests, how to introduce someone if you've forgotten his or her name, how to perform damage control for e-mail bloopers, and countless other strategies for handling life's awkward moments.
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Ten Conversational Blunders . . . Five Introduction Goofs . . . Top Dinner-Table Manners Goofs . . . Tipping Guidelines . . . A Family Gathering Survival Guide . . . How to Spot a Dud on the First Date . . . Playdate Etiquette . . . How to Be a Welcome Houseguest . . . How to Simplify Gift Giving . . . Dispelling Wedding Myths . . . and much more.
In "Excuse Me, But I Was Next . . . ," Peggy Post distills the essence of etiquette for today's world into the perfect portable book.
Provocative and amusingly heretical, "I Love Paul Revere, Whether He Rode or Not" (a quote attributed to Warren Harding) offers eye-opening revelations debunking long-held American legends.
Some fifty years ago, while a cub reporter, Jay Barbree caught space fever the night that Sputnik passed over Georgia. He moved to the then-sleepy village of Cocoa Beach, Florida, right outside Cape Canaveral, and began reporting on rockets that fizzled as often as they soared. In "Live from Cape Canaveral," Barbree—the only reporter who has covered every mission flown by astronauts—offers his unique perspective on the space program. He shares affectionate portraits of astronauts as well as some of his fellow journalists and tells some very funny behind-the-scenes stories—many involving astronaut pranks. Barbree also shows how much the space program and its press coverage have changed over time. Warm and perceptive, he reminds us just how thrilling the great moments of the space race were and why America fell in love with its heroic, sometimes larger-than-life astronauts.


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Make lunchtime memorable when you serve Max & Ruby's egg-cellent egg salad sandwiches!
Watch Max & Ruby weekdays on Nick Jr.
Chop the eggs and place in a bowl. Add the yogurt, mayonnaise, mustard, scallion and dill. Stir until well combined. Season to taste with freshly ground pepper.
Using the photo as a guide or the template, shape the bunny ears and face from the bread slices.
Spoon the egg salad down the center. Add a sprig of dill, if desired. Using the photo as a guide, cut the radish rounds in half and add to the ears. Cut the olives and add as the eyes. Lastly, use an edible food marker to add whiskers.
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Einstein wrote:
"Every one who is seriously involved in the pursuit of science becomes convinced that a spirit is manifest in the laws of the Universe-a spirit vastly superior to that of man, and one in the face of which we with our modest powers must feel humble."
Simone Weil wrote:
I believe that one identical thought is to be found—expressed very precisely and with only slight differences of modality—in. . .Pythagoras, Plato, and the Greek Stoics. . .in the Upanishads, and the Bhagavad Gita; in the Chinese Taoist writings and. . .Buddhism. . .in the dogmas of the Christian faith and in the writings of the greatest Christian mystics. . .I believe that this thought is the truth, and that it today requires a modern and Western form of expression. That is to say, it should be expressed through the only approximately good thing we can call our own, namely science. This is all the less difficult because it is itself the origin of science. Simone Weil….Simone Pétrement, Simone Weil: A Life, Random House, 1976, p. 488
Do you believe an eventual union of science and religion is possible based upon what these and other brilliant people seemed to understand?


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2013 Record: 8-8 Although sometimes the laughing stock of the league, Rex Ryan pulled off perhaps his best coaching job yet in 2013. The Jets finished the year 8-8 even with extremely inconsistent play from their rookie QB Geno Smith. Smith showed flashes throughout the year that he could be a promising player but finished the year with 3,046 yards 12 TDs and 21 INTs Trading off wins and losses for the first ten weeks of the year, the Jets defense was the reason the they were able to finish the year .500. It was a defense that included defensive rookie of the year Sheldon Richardson and Muhammad Wilkerson (10.5 Sacks). Richardson will be a building block for the future and could be one of the best defensive tackles in the league for years to come. New acquisitions in the offseason included WR Eric Decker, QB Michael Vick, and RB Chris Johnson. Vick and Johnson, both passed their prime, will bring some experience to a young Jets team. Decker, a pro bowler, will provide whoever starts at quarterback with a big time target to hit. The Jets added safety Calvin Pryor (Louisville), in the first round of the draft, to an already outstanding defense. Although there are many unanswered questions, mostly on the offensive side of the ball, a potential playoff run is not out of the question. Look for the Jets to be right in the thick of things in the competitive AFC East. Will it be Michael Vick or Geno Smith come week one? Find out and get your tickets to see a Jets game with Gold Coast Tickets!
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Insane by Bolt. Good thing the Aussies on here appreciate it if no-one else. (face)
Spearmon. Poor guy.
Jesus brings life eternal
remembering the life of Phillip 'The Prince' Hughes
Lol'd at Spearman
There is nothing you can say about Bolt, just way too good.
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Phillip Hughes 1988-2014
RIP Craigos. A true CW legend. You will be missed.
Ah nice one Tasha
Two golds and two records.
Sir Alexander Chapman Ferguson = Greatest Ever Manager
"One from ten leaves zero." - Eric Williams, former T&T PM
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Martina loses 200m silver as US protest upheld
BEIJING (AFP) — Churandy Martina of the Dutch Antilles has been stripped of his Olympic 200m silver medal after the US team's protest that he had run out of his lane was upheld.
Upset about this. If the judges saw the American stepped a millimetre out of his lane, how could they not have seen Martina, in the next lane, do it.
BBC are claiming that Jamaica have won all of the sprint titles. I take issue with this, as I believe the 400m to be a sprint, what does everybody else think?
USA out of the 4 x 100m relay! Dropped it at the top of the straight. Shocker.
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Three years ago, leaders of the City of Kinston said they would make a conscious effort to work on the Martin Luther King Jr. corridor to help bring economic growth and progress in the area.
Elder Bill Strayhorn of White Rock Presbyterian Church said there hasn't been too many signs of progress since city officials started working on plans to improve the corridor.
"They've talked about it, and talked about it, and talked about it, and that's it," Strayhorn said. "They talk about updating things, but I haven't seen anything other than the traffic island and the brick crosswalks.
"I thought they would develop something on the corner of King Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, where there's a vacant lot, but it never came into fruition. All I've seen on King Street is a general purpose store."
Kinston resident Kearney Bryant said he hasn't seen too much growth either.
"Other than the roundabout, that's really all I've seen," Bryant said.
Adam Ashmili, manager of Lunch Box, has worked at the convenience store since 1994. He said as the years have gone by, the area has declined.
"It's getting worse every day," Ashmili said. "You have houses and businesses closing. This place has turned into a ghost town."
Kinston resident Jessica Starkey hasn't felt like there has been any progression and wants to see alterations.
"We just see the same things over and over," Starkey said. "We need to have some change in the area."
City officials: Progress is being made
Planning director Adam Short understands the concerns of the citizens when it comes to not seeing the economic growth, but assures progress is being made.
"What is happening may not be readily apparent, but we're going through the level of revitalization," Short said.
In 2010, the City of Kinston received a Community Assistance Initiative grant from the Golden LEAF Foundation for $425,000, along with $450,000 from the N.C. Department of Transportation as a means to improve the condition of the corridor as a means to create curb appeal for new jobs and investment.
"We were able to use the money for the roundabout, sidewalk and landscaping," Short said. "Most of it is finished except for a few scattered parcels from property owners who didn't want to give up their easements."
Kinston City Manager Tony Sears agreed with Short, saying the city has spent plenty of time trying to improve the area.
"There's not a lot of physical progression right now, but it doesn't mean real work hasn't been put in," Sears said. "The MLK Corridor is something we've focused our resources and staff time on, planning enforcements for the area. We've been lucky up to this point to partner with the (Department of Transportation) for the traffic circles, sidewalk improvement, landscaping and street resurfacing, including the new crosswalk."
Short has also said there has been attempts to receive other grants, but hadn't been able to acquire some of them.
"We applied for funds, including a choice neighborhood grant," Short said. "Once we went through the process, which takes about two years, we have to get the implementation set funds. This is the third year we've applied for it."
Short believes the third time will be the charm.
"I've heard from people who have seen our proposal and feel strong about our chances, so I feel optimistic," Short said. "It can take three or four applications for big federal grants. We've had to work out the kinks over the years."
Although J. Lin Dawson isn't a public official with the City of Kinston, he is trying to make an impact in the area. The former New England Patriot and current Chairman of the J.H. Sampson Community Development Corporation has bought several buildings in the neighborhood, including the J.H. Sampson school in April.
Dawson is working on turning the school into a community development center to create a safe haven for Kinston residents.
"When this community development center is up and running, we'll have an outreach here," Building Coordinator Toby Hatch said. "People have stopped by and asked questions about what we're doing here and have been excited about what we're working on."
Dawson was unavailable for comment for this story, but in an April piece in The Free Press, he said, "We see Sampson as a full, operational community life center. It will be run as a nonprofit organization. It was a lifeline for our community."
Phase 1: Demolition
The City of Kinston has put the biggest focus into demolishing some of the abandoned property. In the fall of 2012, the Planning Department received a state catalyst grant worth $100,000, which would support the demolition of homes posing as significant safety hazards to residents around the corridor.
"We have a list of 16 homes and have prioritized them in primary and alternate categories," Short said. "It's strictly voluntary, and while some have given us permission, others have been hard to reach."
Sears said some of the property owners have neglected houses and buildings, leaving them to rot.
"We're trying to eliminate those who left Kinston and abandoned property," Sears said. "It's not uncommon to see them move to other states. Of course, they don't see the property every day, so they have no way to see how much their buildings have decayed."
The hope for the City of Kinston is progression and new structures coming from where the blighted properties once stood.
"We're not doing this for those who have left; we're doing it for those who remained," Sears said. "We don't want to ease the economic burden for those who have fled, and it would be the city's hope something positive is rebuilt. We want to see a new home in place of one that was dilapidated, or a business coming from one that was run down."
Phase 2: Revitalization
Community Development Planner Marcia Perritt said the City of Kinston is concentrating on bringing more to the MLK Corridor besides the removal of blighted property.
"Our focus is on demolishing homes and dilapidated property," Perritt said. "We want to have something in the area that can provide value to the community. We're developing something which can provide value to the community, such as goods, services and employment."
After the grants and permits are passed, the next step will consist of giving property owners good reasoning to build in the area.
"Phase 2 ideally is about how we can encourage people to build new homes in the corridor and get them to understand it's profitable to own something in the area," Sears said. "The goal isn't to knock houses down, but get the habitat and the private sector to build a house.
"I don't think the city is looking at it as demolition. We view this is the beginning of a process, not the end."
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Green tree pythons were once known by the name Chondropython viridis and was placed in its own genus. When scientists noticed the similarities with Australian and New Guinea carpet pythons, it was placed in the genus Morelia and given the scientific name Morelia viridis. In the pet trade, however, green tree pythons still go by the nickname "chondro" and this is unlikely to change soon. (Bartlett, 1995; Ross and Marzec, 1990)
There can be considerable variation in color and patterning in green tree pythons. Because of this, some herpetologists and many hobbyists in the pet trade separate the species into variants or races. These include the Aru, Sorong, Biak, and Yapen. While these races aren't recognized currently, additional research may suggest these variations warrant subspecies or species status. (O'Shea, 2007)
Green tree pythons are often mentioned in discussions of convergent evolution in reptiles. This is because Morelia viridis shares similar ecology and morphology with Corallus caninus, despite their relatively distant common ancestry. Both species live in tropical rain forest habitats and are arboreal ambush predators. They exhibit similar diets and switch from a diurnal lifestyle as juveniles to a nocturnal lifestyle as adults. Green tree pythons and Corallus caninus also share the same resting and hunting postures and, remarkably, both species undergo ontogenetic color change from a red or yellow juvenile to a bright green adult. This can make it quite difficult to differentiate between the two species. One of the few ways to tell them apart is the position of the labial pits. In Corallus caninus, the pits are on the upper and lower lip. Green tree pythons only have labial pits on the upper lip surface. Corallus caninus are found in the tropical rainforests of South America. (Bartlett, 1995; Torr, 2000; Wilson and Heinsohn, 2007; Wilson, Heinsohn, and Wood, 2006)
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After failing to come up with the big hit in its home opener against Hope Mills Post 32 on Saturday, Jacksonville American Legion Post 265 struggled up to come up with any hits in the second game of the doubleheader.
The result was not how coach Mike Daley and his club wanted to open its home schedule against an opponent that, with about 10 college players on its roster, will be as good as any Post 265 plays this year.
Post 265 actually had one more hit then Hope Mills in falling 3-1 in the opener but managed just three hits — two in the seventh inning — in dropping the second game 10-6 after the teams combined to score eight runs in the final inning.
"We showed heart at times," Daley said. "We just need to hit the ball a little better. We've got a lot of young guys. They just need to learn a bit of plate discipline. We'll be all right. We'll get better. Their attitudes are good."
Clearly, however, there is work to be done, and Daley and his staff know it, especially given Post 265 had played only one game coming into the doubleheader — a 16-8 win at Wallace Post 156 on Wednesday night.
With an 18-man roster that features eight newcomers, that there were some communication issues, especially in the outfield, wasn't surprising, but there was also a base-running blunder that cost Post 265 an out in the opener as well as seven errors in the two games.
"That's just how the game is," Daley said of the errors.
And yet given all that, Post 265 could have won the first game had it gotten a hit or two in a key situation, and the locals were in the second game, down 5-3, before Hope Mills (2-0) exploded for five runs in the seventh thanks in no small part to three errors and a wild pitch.
That despite Post 265 going hitless until Cole Jones' two-out single in fifth.
"We hit the ball well in the first game," Daley said. "In the second game I don't know what the problem was. That was definitely a hittable pitcher and we didn't hit him. We were taking too many good pitches for strikes and then swinging at pitchers in the dirt.
"But they're young. They'll be fine. They'll get used to it."
While he wants to win, Daley also used the two nonconference games to take a look at all his players. Only two players started both games — Ryan Murphy and Corey Case. And they played different positions. Case shifted from third to first while moving from third to cleanup in the batting order. Murphy went from center to left field but remained as the leadoff hitter.
"We have so many new kids on this team that we're trying to find out who can do what," Daley said. "A lot of these kids haven't played with one another, so they're getting used to playing with one another. You noticed that especially (in that the) outfield communication was kind of poor tonight.
"That's a result of that. We just need to spend more time on that. We had a center fielder that has never played with our left fielder and our left fielder is generally a center field, so he's used to going after the ball. Those things will work themselves out.
And given Post 265 was in position to win both games, Daley said he was more encouraged than discouraged, especially with the season only three games old.
"It's definitely more encouraging," he said. "Playing a team like that, a quality team, and we were able to hang with them. We just had the one bad inning that really kind of blew it open in the second game.
"But other than that we hung right with them. So we're real encouraged by that."
So, too, was Daley encouraged by the effort of both his starting pitchers, especially left-hander Heath Scurlock (0-1), who threw well enough in the opener he could have won. Scurlock struck out five and walked two while scattering seven hits and allowing just two earned runs in going the distance.
"He was a gamer," Daley said. "He kept us in that game. He does a great job mixing his pitches. He keeps the ball down. He kept that team off balance the entire game."
And while left-hander Adam Daley (0-1) struggled with his control in the second game — he had eight three-ball counts — he kept his team in the game until tiring in the seventh when Hope Mills scored five runs to go up 10-3.
"What killed us the second game was a lack of hitting," Daley said, "and some key errors. Hats off to our pitchers. They battled tonight. They didn't let the play behind them affect them, which is really, really important."
Hope Mills grabbed a 2-0 lead in the first inning of the opener on an error and a double by Sam Hendrickson and made it 3-0 in the third with an unearned run. Jacksonville's lone run came in the fourth. Spencer Howard reached on an error and later came around to score on Sean Burke's single to left field.
In the second game, Hope Mills again scored first, putting up a four-spot in the third inning behind four straight hits, including a bunt single by No. 9 hitter Jhamel Leonard, and a run-scoring double by Tyler Tew.
Down 5-1, Post 265 pulled with two runs in the fifth with two gone. With the bases loaded on a single, hit batter and walk, Jones scored on a bases-loaded walk to Martin Ortega
But Hope Mills answered with five runs in the top of the seventh, four of which came home on errors. Post 265 scored three in the bottom of the inning, two on bases-loaded walks and the third on a wild pitch.
Post 265 returns to action today, playing host to Duplin County Post 127 in a doubleheader. First pitch is scheduled for 3 p.m. at White Oak High School.
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Right up front, Dick Hogan wants you to know it really wasn't that big a deal.
And, besides, it may not have happened at all.
Sure, Hogan became a golfing legend 40 years ago when credited with a hole-in-one on a par 5 at what was then Piedmont Crescent Golf Course outside Graham.
But what Hogan wants you to know is that anybody could have done the same. Could have done the same, that is, providing they could knock the bejesus out of a golf ball, then gotten a favorable bounce or three off a rock-hard fairway.
"That thing was like an interstate highway," Hogan said. "We were in a dry spell and the fairway was red clay. The ball just never stopped rolling."
Memories of Hogan's heralded event were rekindled earlier this month when it made it to the Times-News Sports Flashback. According to the Flashback — a daily feature that chronicles sports heroics from 10, 20, 30 and 40 years ago — on July 4, 1973, Hogan: "Aces the 456-yard par 5 eighth hole at Piedmont Crescent Golf Course to set the unofficial record for the longest hole-in-one in golf history."
Hogan is 62 now and a Burlington dentist. In 1973 he was a student at N.C. State, where he was a member of the golf team. He was, by most standards, a fine golfer.
Hogan said Piedmont Crescent — now Quarry Hills Country Club — has over the years been reworked. The hole he's credited with acing is now the 14th. It has a slight dogleg left.
Hogan said if golfers cleared a ridge a good distance out from the tee box, the ball had a decent chance of rolling from here to eternity. This was especially true in the early '70s, he said, when the course wasn't in as good a shape as it is now and the landing area was much harder.
"If you hit it just right, the ball would roll 100 yards, easy," Hogan said.
He said Doug Thompson, one of his golfing partners that day, also hit a nice drive and wound up only about 20 yards off the green.
"We were just out there having a good time," Hogan said. "Kids banging around."
Hogan hit a driver off the tee. He knew the ball had a chance of rolling somewhere in the vicinity of the green. From this point forward is where the telling of the tale grows a hair dicey.
Hogan and his playing partners — besides Thompson, there was someone named John Hancock in the group, but the name of the fourth member has been lost to time — approached the green. The other balls were found. Hogan's was AWOL.
Hogan thought the ball may have rolled into a green-side bunker, but it wasn't there. A search continued. One of his playing partners finally walked to the pin and found the ball nestled in the cup.
Truth be told, even Hogan can't say for sure he scored an ace. He said there were a couple of course maintenance workers around the green as his foursome approached. They left before the group arrived. Hogan said had the maintenance workers been at the green, they would surely have seen the ball roll in the cup and stuck around to congratulate the golfer who hit the drive.
After all, it's not every day you witness the culmination of an ace of a par 5.
So, even Hogan has questioned a time or two: Did those workers place his ball in the hole as a practical joke?
"I still wonder if it was those guys," he admitted.
Hogan said he and his golfing comrades tried unsuccessfully to track down the maintenance workers at the end of their round. They weren't to be found. Hogan said it was near the end of the day and their work shifts may have been finished, so they left for home.
Asked what it means that his shot holds the "unofficial record" for longest ace, Hogan replied, "That, I couldn't say. I have no idea where that came from."
The shot isn't mentioned in Ripley's Believe It or Not and the folks from The Guinness Book of World Records never came calling.
In fact, Hogan said had his playing partners not mentioned his believed accomplishment in the clubhouse after their round, he's not sure he'd have even told anyone. The club he used to hit the shot, he said, is long gone.
"I never considered keeping it," Hogan said. "The thought never crossed my mind."
Thompson, Hogan's golfing partner from that long-ago day, is now golf director at Southern Pines Golf Club in Pinehurst. Like Hogan, Thompson wouldn't stake his life on the fact that anyone aced a par 5 that day.
Thompson said he and another member of the foursome were searching for Hogan's ball a good ways off the green where they thought it'd rolled. Suddenly, someone strode onto the green and pulled the ball from the cup.
"I ain't saying he did and I ain't saying he didn't," Thompson said of the likelihood Hogan recorded a hole-in-one.
Apparently, the truth will never be known.
In his prime, Hogan was a scratch golfer. He played at Williams High before joining the golf team at N.C. State. Hogan graduated from State, then returned to dental school at UNC-Chapel Hill.
He's had his Burlington dental practice for 29 years.
Hogan today remains a good golfer, but said, "Thirteen orthopedic procedures later, I don't hit the ball as far as I once did."
Hogan said a number of friends presented him copies of last week's Sports Flashback where his exploit was highlighted. One friend called, made mention of Hogan's hole-in-one, then announced, "I have to call B.S. on this."
Hogan got a good laugh out of that.
He said with advances in golf equipment, today's younger golfers might not have as much trouble as he had in driving the par 5 green.
"With today's equipment, some of these young kids could probably hit a three-wood up there," Hogan said.


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Study: DoD sequestration cuts would slam federal workforce, delay pain to contractors
Monday - 8/27/2012, 5:10am EDT
Large defense companies and industry associations have claimed that the threatened sequestration cuts to the federal budget would cause an immediate hit to the bottom lines of contractors, their workforces and consequently the broader economy if the cuts kick in as planned on Jan. 2. A new study finds that's not necessarily so, but that on the other hand, cuts to federal civilian employee payrolls would happen almost overnight.
In the Defense Department, 108,000 civilian full-time equivalent jobs would likely disappear right away, but sequestration's effects on most of DoD's contracted spending would take months or years to fully manifest themselves, according to a think tank's close examination of the Pentagon's 2013 spending plans and the law that mandates the automatic cuts.
The budget knife of sequestration was designed to affect all programs equally, immediately taking available funding for most federal nondiscretionary spending programs down by about 10 percent in fiscal year 2013. The idea was to create a mindless budget-cutting chainsaw that would be so destructive to federal programs that all members of Congress would come together to find an acceptable alternative.
Effects of sequestration unequal for DoD
Lawmakers have so far failed to do so, but the study by the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments finds the actual effect of the cuts in the first year would be extremely unequal, at least in the Defense Department.
In 2013, most contractors will be working on projects whose funding has been obligated months or years beforehand. And sequestration has no power over any budget dollar the government has already signed up for with dollars from earlier years.
Todd Harrison, senior fellow, Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA photo)
"On Jan. 3, nearly all defense contractors will be working on projects where funding has already been obligated," said Todd Harrison, CSBA's senior fellow for defense budget studies. "There's actually some cushion here for the defense industry. They won't see an immediate reduction in 2013. They'll see much less."
The reason is that the version of sequestration that Congress cooked up in last year's budget negotiations affects budget authority, not actual checks that go out the door of the Pentagon, usually referred to as "outlays" in federal budget- speak. And since different types of accounts spend money at different rates, the effect of the across-the-board cuts would be spread out over several years in some accounts and happen right away in others.
While every account in DoD would have to come down by 10.3 percent in terms of budget authority next year, according to Harrison's number-crunching, actual money-out-the-door from its overarching "procurement" budget will only fall by 3.5 percent.
"This shouldn't be news to anyone, "Harrison said. "We know that outlays for procurement don't happen immediately. People in the defense industry know this, and when they tell you that their labor force will have to be reduced by 10 percent as a result of sequestration, it's true, it just doesn't happen in January of 2013. It'll happen in the months and years that follow."
But since DoD's operations and maintenance (O&M) accounts tend to get drained in the same year in which Congress grants budget authority to the department, functions that are paid with O&M money will take a hit next year that's more than double what contractors who are paid from procurement accounts will experience.
Civilian layoffs would come gradually
While the military personnel accounts that pay for uniformed personnel are completely off-limits from the sequestration cuts, money available to pay the salaries of civilian employees would decline by 13.7 percent, Harrison said. Unlike the cuts to contracts, those layoffs and furloughs would not come gradually.
"It would happen nearly immediately within the days and weeks after sequestration occurs," Harrison said. "And the longer they wait, the more people they'll have to lay off."
Depending on how DoD manages the cuts, Harrison said that won't necessarily mean 108,000 pink slips. In theory, the Pentagon could choose to reduce work hours for some or all of its workforce to achieve the 13.5 percent cut.
In jobs that do get eliminated, DoD would have some tricky reshuffling to do.
"It's not like you have extra money to hire contractors to do these jobs," he said. "Since the uniformed military is not getting cut, it might mean they get brought in to do some job functions that the civilian workforce used to do. It could also mean reduced oversight. In the past few years, DoD has made a priority of building up the acquisition workforce, and this would hit them as well. They might move people around and change job assignments. I don't know, that should be part of their sequestration planning."
Even though DoD has insisted so far that it's not doing any sequestration planning, Harrison said it would be wise for them to start, via a possible loophole that would let DoD make cuts more intelligently: He said previously- enacted laws the Budget Control Act relies on for the mechanics of sequestration could give the department flexibility to avoid the indiscriminate cuts via a one- off request to Congress that would allow it to shuffle funds among the department's various programs, projects and activities.
If Congress said yes, money from lower priority items could go to higher priority spending.
"They could start doing that planning, he said. It would be smart," said Harrison, adding he takes DoD officials at their word that no preparations have started so far. "The downside to doing that kind of planning though is that once you show people that there are higher-priority items and lower-priority items in the budget, the lower-priority items are going to get cut no matter what. That's why they're not showing their hand right now."
Sequestration would increase costs.
While Harrison's analysis finds the impact of sequestration on contract spending would mostly be put off, it doesn't deny that contractors will eventually be hurt. And he agrees with defense executives who argue that the renegotiation and cancellations of contracts that will inevitably accompany sequestration will translate into more costs to the government.
"This is not good policy. DoD would have to go back and renegotiate their contracts to buy in smaller quantities," he said.
For example, the Pentagon has been planning to buy two Virginia class submarines next year. Under sequestration, it would have only enough money in the Navy's procurement account to obligate itself for the cost of 1.8 submarines under the previously-negotiated contract with the shipyard. But since building eight-tenths of a submarine makes little sense, the Navy would probably build just one submarine instead of two.
"Then you have to go back to your contractors and say we're only going to buy one sub this year. If you're only going to build one a year, that price is going to be higher," he said. "We know what that cost is, and it's much higher."
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How to use BTM as the transaction manager in Tomcat 5.5.x
These instructions have been verified against BTM 1.1.
Step 1: Copy the BTM jars
Copy the following jars from the BTM distribution to the Tomcat
common/lib/ directory:
- btm-1.1.jar
- geronimo-spec-jta-1.0.1B-rc4.jar
- slf4j-jdk14.jar (or any other one available here)
Step 2: Configure BTM as the transaction manager
Windows: Create a file named
setenv.bat with the following commands under Tomcat's
bin/ directory:
Unix: Create a file named
setenv.sh with the following commands under Tomcat's
bin/ directory:
Now create a file named
btm-config.properties with the following properties under Tomcat's
conf/ directory:
Finally, create an empty file named
resources.properties under Tomcat's
conf/ directory.
Step 3: Configure datasources that are transaction aware
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conf/resources.properties file. Here's an example of using BTM with a DataSource that implements javax.sql.XADataSource:
This will create a
bitronix.tm.resource.jdbc.PoolingDataSource that implements
javax.sql.DataSource and interacts with the
javax.sql.XADataSource provided in this instance by Derby.
If your database vendor does not provide an
XADataSource, you can use BTM's
bitronix.tm.resource.jdbc.lrc.LrcXADataSource as the
XADataSource to allow your database connections to be controlled by the transaction manager:
Again, we've used Derby as an example, but as the
LrcXADataSource uses only the class name and url of a
java.sql.Driver, you can use it with any database providing a JDBC driver.
Step 4: Configure transaction manager and datasources initialization in your META-INF/context.xml
In the web application where you want one or more datasource to be used, you have to create a META-INF/context.xml file.
<Resource> tags will bind a bitronix.tm.resource.ResourceObjectFactory object each, passing it a javax.naming.Reference containing a javax.naming.StringRefAddr containing the datasource's
uniqueName as
bitronix.tm.resource.ResourceObjectFactory class will return the datasource previously configured in in Tomcat's
conf/resources.properties with the specified
uniqueName when it is fetched from JNDI.
<Transaction> tag will just bind the transaction manager at the standard JNDI location
Step 5: Configure datasources references in your web.xml
Before your code can access configured datasources via JNDI ENC URLs, you need to declare resource references in your
Now you can perform JNDI lookups on those URLs to access the configured datasources:


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I have to admit that I have a refrigerator full of generic brand diet colas. They may not taste as good as Diet Coke, but does Diet Coke really taste as good as regular Coke?
The point is that if you look around my place, and if you look around your own house, youŌĆÖll probably find that youŌĆÖve gone generic on a lot of products. It might be food, drinks or even paper plates.
Companies will always find a way to make a cheaper version of a product that often runs out of my price range, and I donŌĆÖt mind that.
There is one example of something that has been cheapened down, well sort of, that I do mind.
Many years ago, someone came up with the idea of the sports bar. This would be a place where people could gather on game night, have a couple of drinks, eat some slightly overpriced food and watch the big game.
The sports bar mania, if you could call it that, obviously caught the eye of many restaurant owners who saw the financial advantages to showing the big game.
These owners decided to convert their eating establishments from the more family oriented environment, to a place where large groups could gather to watch things like Monday Night Football, and get a little rowdy.
The only problem with that is many of the people who converted their eateries into ŌĆ£sports barsŌĆØ obviously didnŌĆÖt know a lot about running sports bars.
These cheapened down versions of real sports bars are all over the place.
Just because you put a bunch of sports pictures on the wall, hang up a bunch of flat screen TVs and turn them all to ESPN, does not make your establishment a sports bar.
The reason I rant is because I have found it very difficult, in the last few months, to find a decent place to watch sporting events. The places IŌĆÖve been to, which have touted themselves to be sports bars, have all fit the criteria of being the generic sports bar, much like the diet colas in my fridge.
These places have elements of the sports bar, but they are not sports bars.
This past Saturday, my brother was in the area, and we both wanted to go somewhere to watch baseball and eat a burger.
We get to the ŌĆ£sports barŌĆØ that we know has the most TVs, and we sit down and order our food. Just like the typical generic sports bar, every one of the 30 flat screens are on ESPN. At this point, ESPN was showing a basketball game. This seemed odd to me since no basketball seasons will begin for another three months.
We asked the waitress if they could turn one of the TVs to the specific channel the baseball game was on. She went to get the manager. As three employees wrestled with the channel changer, they eventually got the TV to change to the Lifetime Movie Network.
We were a bit stunned as we watched ŌĆ£Too Young to be a MotherŌĆØ but assumed they were going to get the channel guide so that they could get us to our diamond destination. This was not so. The TV remained on that channel for over 10 minutes, before we finally signaled another waitress.
My brother said, ŌĆ£can we get the TV turned to Fox Sports South?ŌĆØ
She responded, ŌĆ£let me go get the manager, because heŌĆÖs got the remote.ŌĆØ
After a few minutes passed, the manager emerged with the channel changer, and he proceeded to flip the dial.
After several moments of channel changing, the TV defaulted back to ESPN, which was now showing NASCAR highlights.
We told him that we wanted to watch the game, and he looked at us, pointed to the TV and said in a mumbled voice, ŌĆ£this is the game.ŌĆØ
As I chewed on my $10 chicken salad and watched some race car drivers fighting each other, I couldnŌĆÖt help but wonder how this place could call itself a sports bar.
So that you donŌĆÖt make the same mistake I did, IŌĆÖve compiled a list of things to look for, to alert you that you might be in a generic sports bar, and not a real one.
ŌĆó The restaurant may have pictures of athletes doing athletic things on the wall, but that does not mean you are going to see the Vikings vs Saints game on opening night.
ŌĆó Your eatery may have up to 50 flat screen TVs, all turned to a pseudo sports network, but this doesnŌĆÖt mean that you will get to see the Braves battle the Cubs.
ŌĆó There may be a beer company sponsored schedule of SEC football on the wall, but that does not mean that you will see Mississippi State on Saturday afternoon.
ŌĆó They may serve overpriced food you can get anywhere else $5 cheaper, but that does not mean you are in a sports bar. These are all things found in real sports bars, but it doesnŌĆÖt make it a real sports bar.
Real sports barsŌĆÖ managers are acutely aware of what is going on in the sports world. They donŌĆÖt have to be told that the Cardinals are on another network. TheyŌĆÖve already checked the schedule and made sure the TV was changed at game time to satisfy that demographic.
No one has to tell a real sports bar owner that they need to change the channel off of the World Series of Poker to the World Series of Baseball.
If youŌĆÖre planning on going out to watch the big game with the guys this year, do your research. You donŌĆÖt want to get caught paying $15 a plate just to watch the World Series of Billiard Trick Shots.


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Hinman receives statewide award
November 19, 2008
High Point, NC -- Suzie Hinman, team captain and goalie of the Pfeiffer University womens soccer team, received the third annual North Carolina Campus Compact Community Impact Student Award during the Compacts Student Conference held at High Point University Saturday, November 8. Twenty-seven college students across the state received the award for making significant, innovative contributions to their campus efforts to address local community needs.
Hinman, a junior majoring in History and Political Science, serves as the Chair for the Student Athletic Advisory Committee (SAAC). She is a Bonner Leader and completed 900 service hours in two years by volunteering with Special Olympics and Second Parenthood. Last year, Hinman spearheaded a program to raise awareness about college drinking which raised over $2,000 for the Make-A-Wish Foundation. She took an active leadership role with the Francis Center for Servant Leadership by planning this years Campus Week of Dialogue that engaged over 200 students, faculty, and staff in conversations about controversial issues. Hinman also coordinated voter registration drives on campus.
North Carolina Campus Compact is a statewide coalition of higher education presidents and chancellors established to encourage and support campus engagement in the community.


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So I live in Ohio and haven't had the chance to ever go to a book signing, lecture, or debate. This sadly means I have never even had the chance to get a book signed. My fiance is the kind of guy who would rather have an amazing library than a cool car or flashy gadget, So I really think he would appreciate a signed copy of one of his favorite authors, Sam Harris. Any suggestions on how to get my hands on one? (I have done the old ebay and internet search route, I really want Letter to a Christian Nation or Free Will, but he would love any book). Thanks!
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Tournament Run Ends in Semis as Men's Basketball Falls 124-103 at Mount Olive; Falcons Have Outside Shot to Make Regionals
March 5, 2010
Story Courtesy of Mount Olive Sports Information
MOUNT OLIVE, N.C. Kendrick Easley led all scorers with 29 points and Mike Holloman scored 22 of his 29 points in the second half as top-seeded Mount Olive advanced to the championship game with a 124-103 victory over No. 4 seed Pfeiffer in the semifinal round of the 2010 Conference Carolinas Mens Basketball Tournament Friday at Kornegay Arena. The win is the 19th in the last 20 games for the Trojans, who are in the championship game for the sixth time in the last seven years. Pfeiffer still has an outside shot at a bid to the regional tournament, depending on other outcomes in the South Atlantic and Peach Belt Conferences.
Mount Olive will play host to No. 3 seed Anderson, a 90-89 winner over seventh-seeded Belmont Abbey in Fridays other semifinal. Mount Olive and Anderson split their two regular season meetings, each winning at home. Tip-off is 2 p.m. at Kornegay Arena. The higher-seeded teams host each round of the conference tournament.
The 124 points mark the most scored by Mount Olive in Kornegay Arena, the second time in as many games against Pfeiffer the Trojans have broken the record. Mount Olive defeated Pfeiffer 114-105 in January. The Trojans also scored 136 points at Pfeiffer in February, the most points since Mount Olive became a four-year college in 1985.
Easley, who became the Trojan mens basketball career scoring leader during Tuesdays first round win over Coker, broke the school single-season record for most points in a season. Easley now has 642 points, eclipsing the previous record of 627 set by Marcus West during the 2002-03 season. Easley also became the first Trojan to eclipse the career 2,200-point mark with 2,219 points.
Mount Olive (24-5) built a 20-point halftime lead and led by double digits the entire second half. The margin grew to as many as 24 points after Holloman scored seven points during a 9-0 run to give the Trojans a 75-51 lead with 15:40 left to play.
Pfeiffer (18-10) made a late run as three-pointers by Jeff Pettiway and James Crowder helped pull the Falcons within 107-94 with 4:22 remaining. But that was as close as Pfeiffer would get as a dunk and a three-pointer by Holloman in the final minutes helped seal the win.
Three-pointers by Easley and Theus helped Mount Olive jump out to a quick 8-1 lead and Derek Statons basket with exactly 17 minutes left gave the Trojans their first double-digit advantage at 13-3. Mahamed Ibrahim and Craig Hayes combined on a 9-2 run midway through the first half and Ibrahims three-pointer gave Mount Olive a 45-25 lead with 7:32 left in the first half.
Pfeiffer connected on four three-pointers in a span of just over two minutes and Jeff Pettiways second three-point basket pulled the Falcons with 49-41 with 4:31 left before halftime. But Pfeiffer would score only two more field goals the remainder of the half.
Layups by Theus and Easley stopped Pfeiffers scoring run and pushed the margin back to double digits. Easley added a three-pointer and Statons layup with 23 seconds left capped a 16-4 run to end the half and give the Trojans a 65-45 lead at the break.
Pettiway and James Crowder connected on three-pointers in the first 62 seconds of the second half as Pfeiffer cut the Trojans lead to 15. But Hollomans scoring spurt helped prevent a Pfeiffer second-half comeback.
Theus scored 17 of his 21 points in the first half, while Staton notched a double-double with 14 points and 11 assists. Theus added seven assists and Easley had five assists. Hayes finished with 14 points and six rebounds, while Holloman pulled down a team-high seven boards. Aleks Mitrovic had four rebounds for the Trojans.
Mount Olive shot a season-high 63.6% (49-for-77) from the field, including 12-for-20 (60.0 percent) from three-point range.
Chris Woods recorded a double-double for Pfeiffer with 24 points and 11 rebounds. Five Falcons were in double figures as Davon Gilliard finished with 21 points, Pettiway had 19 points, Reggie Hollinger added 16 points and Crowder chipped in 13 points.
In contrast to Mount Olives 136-128 overtime win at Pfeiffer during the regular season where four players from each team fouled out, nobody fouled out of Fridays contest.
Mount Olive defeated Anderson 77-65 January 9 at Kornegay Arena, but the Trojans suffered their only conference loss of the year 81-74 February 6 at Anderson. Sundays contest marks the first-ever meeting between the two teams in the championship game of the mens basketball conference tournament. This year is Andersons last in Conference Carolinas before joining the South Atlantic Conference next year.


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With the release of the new test results for the Tamron 18-270mm F/3.5-6.3 Di II VC PZD for both the Canon mount and the Nikon mount, this could be a good opportunity to explore the DxOMark rankings to help you choose the best super-zoom for your APS-C camera.
We hear you and we've been there: when you're on the market for a super-zoom, the list can be long and confusing. Worry not, we've got you covered—a comprehensive list of tested lenses by the main manufacturers in combination with different camera bodies is available on DxOMark.com.
We've tested and ranked the latest Tamron 18-270mm F/3.5-6.3 Di II VC PZD, along with the previous model Tamron AF 18-250mm F/3.5-6.3 Di II LD Aspherical (IF) Macro Canon and its counterpart with a Nikon mount. Also, don't miss the latest test results on the Tamron AF 18-270mm F/3.5-6.3 Di II VC LD Aspherical [IF] Macro on both a Canon and a Nikon mount.
This lens is much lighter and smaller than the previous "all-in-one" lens designed by Tamron, the AF 18-270mm F/3.5-6.3 Di II VC LD Aspherical [IF] Macro launched in 2008 (click here for the Nikon mount and here for the Canon mount). The question is if Tamron has succeeded this time in delivering the same or a better IQ on this newer lens.
It's worth noticing that this is the largest zoom available for an SLR camera. Tamron is the only brand that provides a zoom of x15, covering from 27mm equivalent at wide angle to a 405mm equivalent at telephoto. The only lens that comes close is the Sigma 18-250mm F3.5-6.3 DC OS HSM. If you would like to compare them check out the results for the Sigma 18-250mm F3.5-6.3 DC OS HSM mounted on a Canon EOS 7D and on a Nikon D300.
The full lens comparison is available here: Tamron 18-270mm PZD vs Tamron AF 18-270mm [IF] Macro. The results are pretty impressive: This newer version achieves a DxOMark score of 12 versus 8, achieved by its predecessor.
On the resolution aspect, the previous version is a bit sharper on short focal, on larger focal, we have the opposite: the new version provides a higher resolution.
Vignetting remains very well controlled on the Canon APS-C sensor.
Still, some other aspects could have been improved on the new version: the Tamron 18-270mm F/3.5-6.3 Di II VC PZD gives us a slower transmission speed and it has a slightly higher distorsion.
The full lens comparison is available here: Tamron 18-270mm PZD vs Tamron AF 18-270mm [IF] Macro (Nikon mount)
When comparing the older and newer version of this lens we have 4 points of difference on the DxOMark Score and an 8 lp/mm loss in resolution metric. The new version is a slightly slower lens. As you will see, every metric is a bit better on the previous (and heavier) model.
You can't always get what you want says the song; if you already have the previous version or you are planning to buy it you will get a noticeably better image quality. Nevertheless this lens is quite heavier than the newer one, if you are on the go and the weight of your gear matters to you, the newer version might be quite interesting.
(On a side note: Canon sensors tend to be smaller than the Nikon ones, hence they manage vignetting better, see the comparison of the Tamron 18-270mm F/3.5-6.3 Di II VC PZD Canon vs Tamron 18-270mm F/3.5-6.3 Di II VC PZD Nikon).
The full lens comparison is available here: Tamron 18-270mm PZD vs Sigma 18-250mm F3.5-6.3 DC OS HSM on Canon EOS 7D
Which large zoom to pick between these two models for SLR cameras? Their specs and price come very close; the sigma lens though, is a bit older in comparison to the newest version of Tamron.
On the DxOMark Score the Tamron 18-270mm PZD is clearly the winner with 4 points of difference, it should be noticeable at 18mm. If you look closer on the DxOMark score map, the results are pretty close on the other measured focal.
In conclusion, the choice remains difficult and it will more or less be a matter of preference. We think most people will prefer the Tamron 18-270mm PZD (Canon mount) as it has a better IQ especially on sharpness, and it is a lighter lens.
The full lens comparison is available here:
Tamron 18-270mm PZD vs. Sigma 18-250mm F3.5-6.3 DC OS HSM on Nikon D300s.
Here, the Sigma 18-250mm version clearly takes the lead, especially on a resolution point of view.
To provide photographers with a broader perspective about mobiles, lenses and cameras, here are links to articles, reviews, and analyses of photographic equipment produced by DxOMark, renown websites, magazines or blogs.
Not too long ago, people assumed that choosing a micro 4/3 camera was the same thing as choosing a more versatile compact camera. Then the happy owners would start thinking about getting a zoom lens for this small camera and discover that… the zooms were nowhere near as compact as their camera. What they ended up with was not as pocketable as they hoped, but unfortunately, there are scientific optical laws that can't be changed. The lenses tested here are good examples of just how compact lenses with large focal ranges can be.
After the Tamron 18-270mm and Sigma 18-250mm reviews, the DxOmark team offers you a series of short reviews for the 18-200mm lenses tested on our website:
For summer 2011, DxOMark delivers its super-zoom, all-in-one selection for Canon and Nikon.