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Drinking Water Basics FAQ
|How is drinking water treated?
|What are the health effects of contaminants in drinking water?
|What contaminants may be found in drinking water?
|Where does drinking water come from?
|What is a violation of a drinking water standard?
|How is drinking water treated?
When a water supplier takes untreated water from a river or reservoir, the water often contains dirt and tiny pieces of leaves and other organic matter, as well as trace amounts of certain contaminants. When it gets to the treatment plant, water suppliers often add chemicals called coagulants to the water. These act on the water as it flows very slowly through tanks so that the dirt and other contaminants form clumps that settle to the bottom. Usually, this water then flows through a filter that removes the smallest contaminants like viruses and giardia.
Ground water is naturally filtered as it passes through layers of the earth into underground reservoirs known as aquifers. Water that suppliers pump from wells generally contains less organic material than surface water and may not need to go through any or all of the treatments described in the previous paragraph. The quality of the water will depend on local conditions.
The most common drinking water treatment, considered by many to be one of the most important scientific advances of the 20th century, is disinfection. Most water suppliers add chlorine or another disinfectant to kill bacteria and other germs.
Water suppliers use other treatments as needed, according to the quality of their source water. For example, systems whose water is contaminated with organic chemicals can treat their water with activated carbon, which adsorbs or attracts the chemicals dissolved in the water.
|What are the health effects of contaminants in drinking water?
EPA has set safety standards for more than 80 contaminants that may occur in drinking water and pose a risk to human health. We can put these contaminants into two groups according to the health effects that they may cause. Acute effects occur within hours or days of the time that a person consumes a contaminant. Although almost every contaminant could have an acute effect if consumed at extraordinarily high levels in drinking water, the contaminants that are most likely to cause acute effects, if found at high enough levels, are bacteria and viruses. Most people's bodies can fight off these microbial contaminants the way they fight off germs, and these acute contaminants typically don't have permanent effects. Nonetheless, they can make people ill, and can be dangerous or deadly for a person whose immune system is already weak due to HIV/AIDS, chemotherapy, steroid use, or another reason.
Chronic effects occur after people consume a contaminant at levels over EPA's safety standards for many years. The drinking water contaminants that can have chronic effects are chemicals (such as solvents and pesticides), radionuclides (such as radium), and minerals (such as arsenic). Examples of the chronic effects of drinking water contaminants are cancer, liver or kidney problems, or reproductive difficulties.
|What contaminants may be found in drinking water?
There is no such thing as naturally pure water. In nature, all water contains some impurities. As water flows in streams, sits in lakes, and filters through layers of soil and rock in the ground, it dissolves or absorbs the substances that it touches. Some of these substances are harmless. In fact, some people prefer mineral water precisely because minerals give it an appealing taste. However, at certain levels minerals, just like man-made chemicals, are considered contaminants that can make water unpalatable or even unsafe.
Some contaminants come from erosion of natural rock formations. Other contaminants are substances discharged from factories, applied to farmlands, or used by consumers in their homes and yards. Sources of contaminants might be in your neighborhood or might be many miles away. Your local water quality report tells which contaminants are in your drinking water, the levels at which they were found, and the actual or likely source of each contaminant.
Some ground water systems have established wellhead protection programs to prevent substances from contaminating their wells. Similarly, some surface water systems protect the watershed around their reservoir to prevent contamination. Right now, states and water suppliers are working systematically to assess every source of drinking water and to identify potential sources of contaminants. This process will help communities to protect their drinking water supplies from contamination, and a summary of the results will be in future water quality reports.
|Where does drinking water come from?
A clean, constant supply of drinking water is essential to every community. People in large cities frequently drink water that comes from surface water sources, such as lakes, rivers, and reservoirs. Sometimes these sources are close to the community. Other times, drinking water suppliers get their water from sources many miles away. In either case, when you think about where your drinking water comes from, it's important to consider not just the part of the river or lake that you can see, but the entire watershed. The watershed is the land area over which water flows into the river, lake, or reservoir.
In rural areas, people are more likely to drink ground water that was pumped from a well. These wells tap into aquifers--the natural reservoirs under the earth's surface--that may be only a few miles wide, or may span the borders of many states. As with surface water, it is important to remember that activities many miles away from you may affect the quality of ground water.
Your annual drinking water quality report will tell you where your water supplier gets your water.
|What is a violation of a drinking water standard?
Drinking water suppliers are required to monitor and test their water many times, for many things, before sending it to consumers. These tests determine whether and how the water needs to be treated, as well as the effectiveness of the treatment process. If a water system consistently sends to consumers water that contains a contaminant at a level higher than EPA or state health standards or if the system fails to monitor for a contaminant, the system is violating regulations, and is subject to fines and other penalties.
When a water system violates a drinking water regulation, it must notify the people who drink its water about the violation, what it means, and how they should respond. In cases where the water presents an immediate health threat, such as when people need to boil water before drinking it, the system must use television, radio, and newspapers to get the word out as quickly as possible. Other notices may be sent by mail, or delivered with the water bill. Each water suppliers' annual water quality report must include a summary of all the violations that occurred during the previous year.


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Shout It Out Loud! Kiss Inducted Into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame.
It's about time. After 40 years of filling stadiums and arenas, as well as influencing some big name stars such as Garth Brooks, the flamboyant band known as Kiss has finally made the rock and roll hall of fame. The fact that they haven't made it well before now is an egregious insult to the band as well as their fans. Kiss is one of my favorite groups of all time. I grew up with them, and at one point had every album they ever made. I even dressed up as Gene Simmons on one very memorable childhood Halloween. It's a shame that the original band couldn't stay together, or even perform at the induction ceremony, but to channel my internal Gene Simmons, you know, shit happens. I'm glad they're finally in; they deserve it. Now, if only the NFL hall of fame committee would vote in Ken Anderson and Ken Riley!
I Think I'm Going to Loose My Mind!
WTF internet? When did lose become loose? Am I missing something here? Every where I look, I see people who freely substitute the word "loose" for the word "lose". Such as "OMG, I think my team is going to loose this game!" In case everyone has forgotten, here's a reminder of how to use these two very different words.
Loose -"The fucking dog is loose again!"
Lose – "If I see one more fucking misuse of the word loose, I'm going to lose my shit!"
See the difference? These two words are in no way interchangeable. I don't mean to be a grammar nazi here, but Jesus Christ people, you're better than that. At least I think you're better than that. Let's review one more time:
Loose – "Your grasp of the English language has apparently been set loose."
Lose – "Did you lose your grasp of the English language?"
Could we please correct this before I LOSE all of my faith in humanity?
Buh Bye Fred Phelps Sr.
Fred Phelps Sr. died late Wednesday night at the age of 84. Unfortunately, even though this hateful ass hole is no longer with us, his abomination of a church still lives on. As a tribute to the memory of Drop Dead Fred, I'm going leave this; right, about, here.
Rest in peace Fred, may you burn in hell – because, fuck you and your church.
Arizona: It's Not The Heat. It's The Stupidity.
Once again, Arizona has lost its freaking collective religious right mind. Unless you live under a rock, you've heard by now that Arizona legislature passed a bill making it legal for businesses, public servants etc, to refuse service to anyone who does not conform to their religious beliefs. Dubbed the "right to discriminate act," similar bills are currently being considered in 10 other states, with Georgia hot on the heels of Arizona. While many feel as if these bills solely target the LGBT communities in these states, that's not exactly true. In Georgia and Arizona for instance, a hotel for example, can refuse to give a room to anyone who does not fit the religious criteria of the owner. Muslims, Hindus, virtually anyone can be refused service. Currently in Arizona, the bill is expected to be vetoed by Governor Jan Brewer. However, she is doing it because of the back lash, not because it's just a god-awful, disgusting Jim Crow like set back to human rights. The bill reeks of inhumanity, and both conservative and liberal alike should be disgusted by any such piece of legislation. This bill, and other bills under consideration, are a slippery slope toward not only a return to Jim Crow, but a return to Nazi Germany as well. It's horrifying to me to even think about what bills may come afterward, should any state turn such discrimination into law.
Yet, I'm not surprised by the bill. The radical religious right has been hot on the trail of Puritan like conformity for decades. They want to quash down the movement of marriage equality (Ted Cruz, I'm looking at you). They want to kill women's reproductive rights (Hello Rick Perry!). They want to severely limit immigration. They want to jail almost every American of black and brown color on trumped up charges. They want to eliminate every colorful ingredient of our melting pot, and turn our country into bland creme soup. It's so bad, that even moderate conservatives are not only distancing themselves from their grand old party, they're forsaking it all together – in droves. If John McCain is complaining, you know it's bad.
What's our recourse? Protest, protest against these moral intruders like they owe you money. Write your state leaders, and make your voice heard. Threaten with your buying power, and threaten with your votes. People will listen. It's happened before, and it can happen again. In fact, it's already happening, why else would Governor Brewer consider a veto? It's not because of her humanity: She doesn't have any. It's because she knows that Arizona will lose a ton of tourist dollars. She's probably going to do the right thing for the wrong reasons, but at least she's going to do the right thing. We must continue to stand up for what is right: After all, George Takei simply isn't going to be around forever to fight our battles for us.
These are dangerous times we live in folks, and if we don't fight back, our freedom will already be more repressed that it already is. I'm just saying.
2CELLOS Play Thunderstruck Like A Boss
I had never heard of 2CELLOS before now. After watching them own AC/DC's Thunderstruck in this video, I plan to check out a lot more of them. Their rendition is in-fucking-credible. I literally clapped at my computer screen when they were done.
You can check out more of them on their official YouTube page. I'll see you there! :)
Yes, Please!
I wish this was on the front door of the Kwickie Mart I work at:
I've seen so many guys come into the store with baggy droopy pants, that I feel like I'm working at the gangster version of International Male. Seriously dude. Pull your drawers up. You don't look bad ass, you look like someone whose mom never taught to dress.

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• Pluto is the smallest planet in the Solar System
• Pluto is cold: -233° C (-390° F), just 40° C (72° F) above absolute zero. At this temperature, all elements would be frozen but neon, hydrogen, and helium.
• Pluto's journey around the Sun takes 248 Earth years.
• Pluto has one moon, Charon, which is not much smaller than Pluto itself. No other moon is as close to the size of its planet as Charon is to Pluto. (Pluto is 2,280 kilometres wide, Charon is 1,212 kilometres wide).
• Pluto was the smallest and furthest planet from the Sun in our solar system, now it is not even officially recognized as a planet! • In 2006 Pluto was demoted to the status of dwarf planet. • Because it is so far away from the sun it is very cold with temperatures ranging form -235 Degrees Celsius to -210 Degrees Celsius. The planet is so far out it takes light from the sun about 5 and one half hours to reach Pluto in contrast to the 8 minutes it takes to reach Earth. • Pluto consists of rock with a very thick coating of ice. • The atmosphere of Pluto consists of nitrogen with some carbon monoxide and methane. • Pluto has a moon, Charon, about half the size of the planet. Pluto has a moon, Charon, about half the size of the planet.
Pluto is also dark. Because it is so far from the Sun, it does not get all the light that we get here on Earth. Even during the day, the sky of Pluto is as dark as nighttime on Earth. From Pluto's surface, the Sun looks like a very bright star.
-- How Far Away Is Pluto? –
Because of its size, Pluto has very low gravity and a very thin atmosphere. The atmosphere is full of nitrogen and carbon monoxide, gasses which we humans cannot breather. Without a good atmosphere, especially one with lots of oxygen [pic]
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Premier Plastic Surgery Arts Now Offers Gummy Bear Implants
Premier Plastic Surgery Arts now offers new FDA-approved "gummy bear" breast implants. South Jersey women can now get the Allergan 410 highly cohesive gel implant that is filled with a special silicone gel designed to hold its shape.
Voorhees, NJ (PRWEB) May 14, 2013
Dr. William C. Franckle, founding surgeon of Premier Plastic Surgery Arts, announces that he will now offer New Jersey breast augmentation patients Allergan´s 410 highly cohesive, silicone gel-filled "gummy bear" implants. After years of testing, the FDA has recently approved their use.
When considering breast implants, South Jersey women have already begun to chose this type of silicone implant because, similar to the gummy bear candies, these implants hold their original shape longer over time and will endure natural body movements. The silicone in this implant contains more cross-linking polymers for a stronger, less flexible gel. Having been available for years in Europe and Canada, these implants have become popular because they are the only implants available in a more natural looking teardrop shape. Besides the pleasing look aesthetically, this shape will prevent too much fullness in the upper portion of the breast, a complaint some patients have expressed with other types of implants.
"We are delighted to offer yet another option to patients who want breast augmentation or breast reconstruction surgery," said Dr. Franckle. "The reason we are so excited about the 410 breast implants is the shape; designed to more closely mimic the shape of a natural breast. It will offer my patients a premium leap in the finished look of the breast".
At Premier Plastic Surgery Arts, prospective patients can have a gummy bear implant breast augmentation consultation using Vectra 3D imaging technology. During this meeting, a patient can view a three dimensional, virtual image of themselves with implants. While considering their options for breast enlargement, New Jersey women can review the created image from different angles and consult with Dr. Franckle as to which size and shape of implants would work best with their figure.
Dr. Franckle and the team at Premier Plastic Surgery Arts are committed to quality care, patient comfort, and superior results delivered with every breast augmentation and cosmetic surgery New Jersey patients undergo. For more information on gummy bear implants and the imaging technologies offered at consultations, plastic surgeon Dr. William C. Franckle invites you to visit his practice´s website http://www.premierplasticsurgeryarts.com or contact his office at 856-772-6500 or Premier Plastic Surgery Arts, 2301 Evesham Road #107, Voorhees, NJ 08043.
About Premier Plastic Surgery Arts
A full-service plastic surgery practice offering innovative cosmetic and reconstructive surgical treatments, Premier Plastic Surgery Arts offers such procedures as rhinoplasty, breast augmentations, tummy tucks, facelifts, and non-surgical solutions for cosmetic enhancement and improvement. The office is located in Voorhees, New Jersey, and the practice also serves patients in the Philadelphia area.
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Transnational Projects, Postcolonial Predicaments, and Deterritorialized Nation-States
Nations Unbound</EM> is a pioneering study of an increasing trend in migration-transnationalism. Immigrants are no longer rooted in one location. By building transnational social networks, economic alliances and political ideologies, they are able to cross the geographic and cultural...
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Pune: Admitting that the Bharatiya Janata Party will be the single largest party in the Parliament after the Lok Sabha elections, Union minister for agriculture Sharad Pawar on Friday said that the BJP would win 4-5 seats more than the Congress in this election.
He was speaking to mediapersons after a function organised to mark the 55th death anniversary of Karmaveer Bhaurao Patil in Satara. Pawar also gave away awards to meritorious students of Rayat Shikshan Sanstha.
Pawar said that he was not talking about NDA or UPA but BJP that would emerge as the single largest party. He, however, made it clear that even if BJP wins 4 to 5 seats more than the Congress, it was for the Congress to take an initiative in going for bigger coalition as it is national party. He said that a coalition government was inevitable.
When asked about the statements made by a few Congress leaders that Congress was ready for supporting the Third Front and whether such statements were indicative of Congress accepting defeat, Pawar said, "I have heard Congress vice-president (Rahul Gandhi) saying something different. I don't think that Congress or any party would accept defeat since last phase of voting is yet to be held and results are not yet out."
While replying to a question as to whether there was a Modi wave in the country, Pawar said, "I don't think so but there is a Modi wave in the media. For the first time, I have seen that only one leader is being projected by the media and the entire media is doing his meetings live whether he goes to South or North. It was not so in any of the earlier elections and that is the reason I feel that media has taken a stance to project Modi."
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi has stated that all options including regional parties were open for him to form the Government. When asked as to whether he would join hands with BJP, Pawar said, `NCP is the constituent of United Progressive Alliance UPA and it would remain so.
We would not go with BJP or Modi.' Reacting to Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan's statement that regional parties should be banned from contesting Lok Sabha elections, Pawar said, `each individual has right to express his opinion in democracy.' Reacting to a question on issue of Dalit atrocities in Maharashtra, Pawar said, `I have spoken to Home Minister R R Patil and he is taking the necessary measures but such incidents need to be avoided.'


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Bang The Book Bracketology 2/7/13
March Madness is quickly approaching and teams are getting poised to make a run at the NCAA tournament. Bang the Book Bracketology will cover the run to the brackets as teams get ready to become one of the few that will be selected for the Big Dance and will have a chance to cut down the nets in April. This is the time of year when the top-ranked teams are i.....
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College Football Betting Preview LSU (7-4) at Arkansas (4-7) Friday, 2:30 pm Eastern – CBS SBG Global Opening Line: LSU - 4.5 , Total 53 LSU will try and rebound from last week's loss to Mississippi as they travel to Arkansas on Friday. The LSU Tigers and Arkansas Hogs will be meeting for the 13th straight year in a battle for "The Boot.....


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Lebanon Doesn't Need Our Steenkin' Weapons
As border heats up, rebuke of U.S. funding block
Today, Tablet Magazine Mideast columnist Lee Smith explored the future of U.S. military aid to Lebanon, in light of last week's border skirmish—provoked by the Lebanese Armed Forces—and now two prominent congresspersons' blocking of a planned $100 million. Lebanon's first response to this block was to call it "unwarranted," but pretty soon—and particularly after Iran pledged to compensate for the funding shortfall (which the United States in turn blasted)—Lebanon changed its tune: The country's defense minister said it would reject U.S. military aid if it came on the condition that it could not be used against Israel (the sniper rifle responsible for the death last week of an Israeli reserves officer was almost certainly bought with American money).
Think it's bad? Things may get even crazier when the United Nations issues its indictments for the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. Syria was generally thought to be behind it, with Hezbollah's aid; of course, they are now cozier with the Lebanese leadership, including the current prime minister, Saad Hariri—Rafik's son. As they say, Developing … .
Lebanon: We'll Reject U.S. Military Aid if Weapons Can't Be Used Against Israel [Haaretz]
Lebanon Crisis Feared As Indictments Near in Assassination of Rafiq Hariri [WP]
Cinders of Lebanon [Tablet Magazine]
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- What Rapper Represents You? (aka Your Hunger Games Rapper)
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From "Illmatic" to "GKMC", the Start-to-Finish Classic Albums ListPosted by Ryan Buell on 07/08/13 | Filed under Opinion, Debates
A lot of albums seem to be just a compilation of random songs that an artist recorded in a given amount of time and released together. But some albums are more than that; they are coherent bodies of work that unite every song under a common theme, narration, or sonic impulse. These albums demand being listened to in their entirety, from beginning to end, in order to glean the artist's thoughts and intentions. No one definition matches this type of album, though the term 'concept album' often applies to them. The Start-to-Finish album necessitates a unifying story or concept, but also requires seamless transitions and a significantly larger meaning or emotion within the work as a whole.
For me, the foremost example of this rare category of album is
As far as hip-hop goes, "Illmatic" is the pinnacle of Start-to-Finish albums. In ten songs, Nas paints a better picture of an impoverished life in NYC than anyone ever had, or has since (with the possible exception of Biggie, whose albums don't meet this category for me personally, which I'll admit could be due to my own musical preferences). Roughly once a month, I sit down and listen to Illmatic in its entirety, and that's really the only way to fully appreciate the greatest hip-hop album of all time.
The other album that immediately comes to mind is "Good Kid, mAAd City". Kendrick's storytelling and lyrical imagery is unrivaled in today's hip-hop scene. On the album, he depicts a story from his adolescence that casts a startling picture of the struggles of America's black youth. To summarize in a line, "I wasn't jealous of the talents they got, I was terrified they'd be the last black boys to fly….Out of Compton." The album essentially follows a plot arc, building up through the trials on "Art of Peer Pressure," the sins of diving in "Swimming Pools" of liquor, and into the resurrection of "Dying of Thirst," before resolving into a grandiose summation on the aptly titled "Compton." It's accomplished through vivid skits, a central narrative, and K.Dot's astounding penchant for passionate imagery, but the end result is an album that requires a start-to-finish listen.
While certain albums obviously fall into this category, the line gets hazy real fast. "College Dropout" seems to fall right on that line. Obviously "Dropout" has a ton of standout songs that can be listened to individually and without any inclination to sit through the entire album. There isn't one coherent theme to the album, but rather a number of conflicting ideas and moral dilemmas of a young and up start Kanye. Yet the skits lend the album something of a backbone by connecting these quandaries with the question of dropping out of college. The sequencing of songs is impeccable and takes the listener through the up and downs that Yeezy was dealing with at the time. I'm going to go ahead and include "Dropout" on my list, and loosely define the Start-to-Finish Album as any album that is intended to listen to in full to grasp the artist's intentions, and that is a regular part of your music rotation to do so.
Without further ado, here are my other nominees for this designation. Leave your personal choices in the comments Refined Hype Nation.
The List:
"Illmatic" - Nas
"GKMC" - Kendrick Lamar
"College Dropout" - Kanye West
"The Infamous" – Mobb Deep
"Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory" – Tupac
"Random Access Memories" – Daft Punk (I know it's new and not hip-hop, but seriously, go listen to that shit)
"Reasonable Doubt" and "American Gangster" – Jay-Z
"The Cool" – Lupe Fiasco
Honorable Mentions:
"Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)" – Wu-Tang Clan
"Aquemini and ATLiens" – OutKast
"Stillmatic" – Nas
"MBDTF" – Kanye
"4EvaNaDay" - KRIT
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Mexico's Raul Jimenez Scores Insane Bicycle Kick Goal In World Cup Qualifier Against Panama [VIDEO]
Mexico came into tonight's FIFA World Cup qualifying match with Panama in fifth place, needing a win to leap ahead of Panama and into a potential qualifying position for a playoff with New Zealand to make the big tournament in Brazil in 2014. As they have all qualifying tournament long, they looked subpar, until this wonder strike from Raul Jimenez gave them the late lead and put them back into qualifying position.
Behold! The Fantastic Athletes Who Play Soccer
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42 For 42: Mariano Rivera's 40th Greatest Moment – Mo Inspires Native Panama To Victory In CONCACAF Gold Cup Semifinal
Mariano Rivera is obviously influential on a baseball field, but it can be argued that he is just as influential off of it. Rivera, a native of Panama, was finishing a series with the New York Yankees in Texas against the Rangers. That same night, the semifinals of the CONCACAF Gold Cup, a North American international soccer tournament, were being held in Cowboys Stadium. His native Panama were taking on Mexico that night, and Mariano just had to be there to support his countrymen.
2013-2014 English Premier League Preview Part Four: Who Will Win It All?
2013-2014 English Premier League Preview Part Three: Players To Watch
When talking about players to watch in the English Premier League, it would be really easy to say that Robin van Persie and other big name players are important to the success of their teams. However, that kind of low hanging fruit isn't what my English Premier League preview is for.
2013-2014 English Premier League Preview Part Two: Transfer Recap
This year's summer transfer window leading up to the upcoming English Premier League season was supposed to be one for the ages. There were rumors of elite strikers coming in from other leagues, of big name stars switching teams within the Premier League, and of Arsenal actually spending money to try and improve their team. However, this year's transfer window was filled with much more talk than action from the top clubs in England.
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2013-2014 English Premier League Preview: Introduction
Last year's English Premier League season felt anticlimactic, didn't it? The championship was decided before the end of the winter, and Manchester United ran seemingly unchallenged from their 20th first division crown. Now, with a new year and some new faces in the league, hopefully that all changes and we have some great drama this season.


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WHEN I WAS GROWING UP there in the Thirties and Forties, Abilene was a one-industry town: God.
God met the biggest payroll and He was the local real estate magnate. Besides owning the fifty church buildings and employing the people in them, He held title to the three institutions of higher learning in town: Abilene Christian College, controlled by the Churches of Christ; Hardin-Simmons University, a Baptist school; and McMurry College, of Methodist extraction. In addition, He had a first lien on Hendrick Memorial Hospital, which started life as the West Texas Baptist Sanitorium, and formed a joint partnership with a couple of Roman orders that ran Saint Joseph Academy and Saint Ann Hospital. That was a pretty hefty inventory for a town of 25,000. Not even the FFA (First Families of Abilene)—the Wootens, Radfords, Guitars, and Fulwilers—could match it.
This meant that everybody in Abilene was supposed to please the Boss by going to church every Sunday, beginning with Sunday school, and a goodly number were expected to be back that evening. It also meant that nothing of a public or commercial nature could be announced for Wednesday nights, which were kept sacred for prayer meetings.
For the truly devout there would also be young people's meetings, ladies' prayer circles, and Bible study classes, men's business meetings (Abilene's churches were male dominated), choir practice, visits to the county jail, baskets for the Donkey Flat families at Thanksgiving and Christmas, and "personal work," a broad designation which included such things as counseling with unrepentant—read, drinking—husbands of "saved" wives, admonishing teenaged girls "how far to go," or knocking on doors in a zealous attempt to inflate the numbers of your congregation.
Naturally, this recital of devotion isn't wholly on the mark. Not everybody in Abilene went to church in such a full-time way. A large percentage just attended the eleven o'clock Sunday morning service, put their pledge payment in the collection basket, and let it go at that. Among the hardshells, however, the eleven o'clock service was referred to scornfully as "High Mass"; the implication was that a Real Christian would be there for more than this single, obligatory appearance. But whatever their churchgoing habits, I'll guarantee you one thing: damn few Abilenians wrote "none" when they were filling in the "Church preference" blank. You had better put down something, even if it was "Roman Catholic." Not only God kept score; so did the banker, the credit manager, and the man who signed that temporal paycheck.
Abilene, like Caesar's Gaul, was (and is) divided into three parts: Baptist, Methodist, Church of Christ. Back in the Twenties and Thirties the Baptists were the major business leaders, but the Methodists had more of the professional men. The Church of Christ members stuck together, traded with each other, and had the reputation for being good neighbors—honest and dependable—but too damn strait-laced and self-righteous, even for Abilene. The big money was pretty well divided between the Baptists and the Methodists; at this period, the Church of Christ was a low-income flock. After World War II that changed, and today some of the wealthiest Abilenians are members of The Church, as it is referred to by those who go.
Not everybody belonged to the Big Three. Abilene had its enclaves of Presbyterians, Episcopalians, Disciples, Lutherans, Roman Catholics (as noted), and many smaller sects, including some who shout, roll, and speak in tongues. By 1940, there were enough Jews in Abilene for a minyan, and a synagogue opened out on Chestnut Street. The Presbyterians are the oldest denomination in town; the First Presbyterian Church (according to a plaque embedded in a downtown sidewalk) was founded more than two weeks before the Abilene town lot sale on March 15, 1881. The Episcopalians in Abilene (as in most places) have always formed a social elite, and it has been more prose than poetry that certain ambitious individuals, as they gained fiscal status, worked their up way up the churchly ladder from Baptist to Presbyterian to, finally, Episcopalians.
I was always going to write a novel about Abilene. At first it was going to be about a boy listening to the midnight whistle of the T&P train going east—going anywhere—telling himself that one day he would go—anywhere—and would become a success, and then he would return to Abilene in triumph, possibly as a poet. My hero and I were convinced Abilene needed poets and recognized its need. The next novel I was going to write about Abilene was not going to be about returning, it was about getting the hell out. The boy, now a man, would break free of the narrow conventions this hypocritical village imposed on its bright souls, and would thumb his nose at Abilene. But neither my novelistic heroes nor I could ever decide how to be successful in that hedonistic spirit which says living well is the best revenge. No, we were ol' Abilene boys, even the rebels of my imaginary novels. Immortality was embarrassing, vulgarity awkward, and no matter how free we thought we were, we just couldn't bring ourselves to humiliate our folks or our fellow tribesmen. Every time we inspected our standards, they turned out to be stamped "Made in Abilene."
Thirty years later, I still haven't figured out how you score a win on a town that belongs to God.
We never thought of Abilene being a hick town or a religious ghetto when I was growing up there. We took it like it was, the way kids take pretty nearly everything, even now. We just supposed you went to church all the time, no matter where you lived, just like we took it for granted it was windy everywhere and that on lots of spring days the schools closed because the sandstorms were so black you couldn't see and so thick you couldn't breathe. And all the religious separatism within the community had an unexpected result; it gave a tribalism to life which was comforting. You were forced into an identity: "Aren't your folks Methodists?" or, "They're


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07.11.05 - Five amateur boxers from Connecticut have been added to the Veterans' Day Spectacular, part of the second annual Great Northeast Tour, featuring the U.S. Marines Boxing Team from Camp Lejeune (NC), November 11th at Foxwoods Resort Casino. The Great Northeast Tour, promoted by S & L Boxing, showcases an amateur boxing competition involving members of the U.S. Marines, National Native American, and Team Connecticut amateur boxing clubs..
"Tonight's event has special meaning for me because my son, Lance Corporal Jason LoNano, is a U.S. Marine," S & L Boxing president Sal LoNano said. "Our hope is that this promotion symbolizes our sincere thanks and gratitude to all the brave military men and women serving our great country all over the world in today's trying times. As a Vietnam Veteran I know what sacrifices they are making to protect our freedom and way of life." The five participating Connecticut boxers are 132-pound open Gabrial Mojica, Orange; 165-pound open Tyron Burris, Hartford; 125-pound novice Francisco Palacisca, Stamford; 201-pound novice Bakari, Norwalk; 152-pound novice Edwin Mothersil, Hartford. All five branches of the United States military will be well represented, either in the ring or in attendance, including the U.S. Marines, Army (West Point), Navy (Groton submarine base), Coast Guard (academy in New London) and Air Force (ROTC at UConn.). Members of the U.S. Marines Boxing Team will receive a tour of the Mashantucket Pequot Museum, which is on the reservation, about a mile from Foxwoods. For more information about the 2nd annual Great Northeast Tour call 1.800.200.2882 or visit www.foxwoods.com.
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CARLSBAD, Calif., July 22 /PRNewswire/ — Hollywood Tans, the national leader in indoor tanning, announced today it will play a key role in the new VH1 reality show, "Megan Wants a Millionaire." In the show, 17 wealthy men will compete for the affection of Megan Hauserman, a veteran reality show star. Megan has a passion for tanning, and VH1 asked Hollywood Tans to participate in the show by providing its star with one of Hollywood Tans' stars, its exclusive 4-Star "Hybrid" vertical tanning unit. . . in her bedroom! The show will premiere on Aug. 2, 2009 at 9 p.m. ET/PT on the VH1 network. To celebrate the event, Hollywood Tans will introduce Millionaire Mist(TM), an exclusive sunless tanning spray in its salons nationwide.
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A hotel room in Munich, June 1976. Andre Müller looks back on a memorable talk with film and stage director Ingmar Bergman about human destructiveness, the Lord above or lack thereof, and making the world a microscopically better place.
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Craig Snyder isn't really a runner, but as an athlete, he faced one of the worst and most nagging problems of all: plantar fasciitis.
Plantar fasciitis is a painful heel and sole of the foot problem that is caused by straining the ligament that supports the arch of your foot. People who stand a lot, walk on hard surfaces, have high arches, overpronate, use worn-out running or athletic shoes, or have tight Achilles tendons or calf muscles generally suffer from the condition.
It is so painful for some runners that they have to take up another activity such as cycling, either in the short term or long term, to maintain their fitness levels.
Snyder suffered from plantar fasciitis in the late 2000s and was told to stretch, ice and rest his feet. He even received cortisone injections from a podiatrist. He bought $400 orthotic shoe inserts, got new running shoes, but nothing seemed to bring long-term relief.
"Everyone kept saying to ice your feet, but I never did because it was inconvenient with the little pea bags of ice," he said. "There was no easy way to do it, and then I had an idea."
Around 2010, Snyder, a real estate agent from Whitehall, came up with ICY Feet, a patented foot-shape icing pad that conforms to the heel and sole of your foot with Velcro straps.
According to his website, http://www.icyfeet.com, "Craig came upon his inspiration in the form of his daughter's ice pack that she uses in her lunch bag each day. From that, Craig imagined an ice pack that was engineered with an exaggerated arch for constant contact where relief is needed most, a recessed heel cup so one foot could comfortably rest in the cold pack, a solid structure so that a foot could conform to the cold pack (versus the cold pack conforming to the foot), and two strategically placed straps so that you can elevate while icing."
With Pennsburg's Jim Eldon doing the engineering and ProtoCAM in Northampton developing the prototypes, Pro Global's Greg Zender in Emmaus executed the manufacturing and packaging through China.
"We've sold 18,000 units worldwide and only had nine returns," Snyder said. "They say that 10 percent of the U.S. population suffers from heel pain or foot pain, and ICY Feet work. You put the cold pack in your freezer, pull it out when it's frozen, strap it on and you have ice, compression and just need to elevate it. It's not intended for use while walking or standing."
Last year, Snyder auditioned for the entrepreneurial show "Shark Tank" on ABC and thought he made the cut to get onto the actual show but didn't. In an interview that usually takes just two minutes, Snyder got 20 to make his pitch.
Locally, ICY Feet are carried at Aardvark in Bethlehem, Emmaus Run Inn in Emmaus, Allentown Family Foot Care, East Penn Family Foot Care and Dr. Brian G. Stahl, a podiatrist in Easton.
"At some Fleet Street stores [a nationwide running store chain], they'll actually put ICY Feet on your feet while they go find your size," Snyder said.
ICY Feet sell for $29.95 for one foot and come in right or left, or $57 for a pair. One size fits all.
•New velodrome website: The Valley Preferred Cycling Center kicked off its 2014 World Series of Bicycling on Friday night with the Coordinated Health Keirin Cup, but unveiled its redesigned website earlier in the week at the same http://www.thevelodrome.com address.
The site is more user-friendly with a redesigned menu, the weather forecast, scrolling announcements, online ticketing, a brand new calendar, and a special section celebrating the Olympic history of the track, which has produced nine homegrown Olympians through its developmental programs, including gold medal winner and current track executive director Marty Nothstein.
•Alex's Lemonade Stand ride: This weekend marked the annual Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation's National Lemonade Days to support the fight against children's cancers.
Alexandra "Alex" Scott campaigned to raise $1 million toward finding cures by selling one cup of lemonade at a time. She died 10 years ago, and so far, more than 10,000 volunteers at 2,000 Alex's Lemonade Stands have raised more than $80 million toward more than 450 pediatric cancer research projects nationwide.
The foundation's annual Lemon Ride cycling event will take place 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday, July 20, from Central Bucks West High School, 375 W. Court St., Doylestown.
The ride is not a race, so cyclists of all levels and abilities can ride one of the four different course lengths from a 4-mile Family Fun Ride to the Metric Century (63 miles).
Advance registration is $70 for adults and $35 for children, changing to $90 and $50 the day of the event.
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Rouenna is a character well chosen to cut against sentimentality. A fat, blunt, uneducated woman who lives alone and works a series of dead-end jobs, she contacts the narrator to ask for help in telling the story of her year in Vietnam. But Rouenna has long been deeply conflicted about the motives and honesty of people who "lie" or "whine" about their wartime experiences for cheap emotional effects ("she thought most people were full of shit") and when the writer refuses to help, Rouenna quickly drops the idea. Still, they continue to meet, forming a friendship that abruptly ends (very early in the book, which is told retrospectively) with Rouenna's suicide.
Thus the novel becomes an act of atonement through reconstructionof the soul-killing atmosphere in the bleak Staten Island housing project where they both lived as children, of their uneasy friendship, of the vivid stories Rouenna told about Vietnam, and of the writer's own recovery from a personal crisis (lost love, aborted manuscript, deep depression) by immersing herself in this material. Though the narrator never directly engages the glaring question of whether she could have prevented Rouenna's suicide, her spare voice seems continually refined by the effort to speak clearly under the pressure of an unseen grief or dreada quality that gives even the simplest descriptions of place and weather unsettling force and beauty (think, perhaps, of a funnier, slightly warmer-hearted Lydia Davis).
Nuñez wisely keeps her fictional writer's existence uncluttered with outward events (in fact, she's never even given a name), and when this narrator yields the floor for long stretches to Rouenna's less measured cadences, one feels that she has not so much faded away as transmogrified into some more completely doomed and messy double: "It was almost like having an imaginary friend, the imaginary friend of childhood, or the familiar seen only by the eyes of insanity. . . . When I told friends about what had happened, they were unmoved. Curious at last (suicides do tend to get their attention), but unmoved."
But Rouenna is also very real, very much herself, and her lifelong refusal to shoehorn her Vietnam experiences into a received script gives her both dignity and pathos. Though she attributes her early menopause (at age 39) to Agent Orange and still exhibits many of the conventional markers of post-traumatic stress disorder (a diagnosis she rejects with some hostility), she also believes her year as a combat nurse was the best of her life: "I was blessed to be a part of it. . . . I don't have to tell the whole world about it. I don't need a memorial or a parade or a twenty-one-gun salute. I just want to hold on to some of those memories."
There was the escape from the oppression of family and home; the friendships Rouenna shared with other women; the hallucinatory sense of urgency and engagement; the ubiquitous sex and drugs, which she indulged in wholeheartedly; and above all, the sense of being wanted and needed: "She could remember men so badly hurt they could barely breathe forcing themselves to speak. Thank you nurse. God bless you, lieutenant. You are so beautiful. . . . That was how they made all the nurses feel, brave and beautiful. Was she ever going to feel that way again?"
The answer, sadly enough, is no, and it is Nuñez's achievement to have conveyed this hard truth with its nearly unbearable ambiguity intact. The picture she gives of Vietnam is inevitably violent, but also nuancedRouenna's accounts often focus on stray, riddling moments rather than events that point toward an easy moral, and she almost masochistically interrogates the accuracy and truthfulness of these memories. In this, she has much in common with the narrator, who early in the novel poses the stubborn, unanswerable question central to all of Nuñez's work: "How much does it matter, what you remember, what you forget?"
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500 Years of Spanish Exploration and Settlement: Children's LiteratureSubmitted by Jennifer Bauduy on Thu, 02/28/2013 - 12:06pm
--Jason L. O'Brien and Wolfram Verlaan
Literature provides an ideal vehicle for guiding students beyond conventional accounts for a more profound exploration of Spanish influence in the Americas.
* http://publications.socialstudies.org/se/7701/77011328.pdf
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Rising Again: Recovering the Story of Louis SockalexisSubmitted by Steven Lapham on Tue, 03/13/2012 - 12:46pm
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Civil Rights Pioneers came from various ethnic groups, rose up in many settings, and fought over many decades. One of the greatest baseball players of all time was a Native American who lived from to 1871 to 1913. Historical context -- Keep in mind that the massacre at Wounded Knee occurred in 1890.
National Day of Listening Comes to Midland, Michigan: A StoryCorps ProjectSubmitted by Steven Lapham on Tue, 03/13/2012 - 12:22pm
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NPR's StoryCorps can be a opportunity for students to conduct an oral history project, or interview people about their daily experiences, or survey opinions regarding a current event. This project involved team teaching.
Dear César Chávez: Writing Persuasive Letters in the Sixth GradeSubmitted by Steven Lapham on Tue, 03/13/2012 - 12:11pm
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Students learn about a farm workers' union, its current struggles, and then write letters to Mr. Chavez.
Years later, their hand-written letters appear in lesson plans at the website of the Cesar E. Chavez Foundation.
Raise Up Your Cloth! The Woman Suffrage Movement's Second GenerationSubmitted by Steven Lapham on Tue, 03/13/2012 - 11:44am
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This lesson plan with handouts focuses on Alice Paul's nonviolent protests. More classroom handouts follow in "Winning the Vote for Women: OBJECTION and ANSWER" by Jenny Wei (NMAH) and "Game Changer: Women's Basketball and Equal Opportunity" by Tedd Levy. Download the 16-page PDF (which is about 3 megabytes) at this URL:
The Lower East Side Tenement Museum: A Window on Immigrant LifeSubmitted by Steven Lapham on Tue, 03/13/2012 - 11:34am
--Adam Steinberg and Michael J. Berson
Students can learn about immigrant life ca. 1900 from the words and photographs at this museum's online collection.
This PDF downloads a 16-page issue of MLL, about 3 megabytes.
Lights, Camera, . . . Reenaction! Creating Video as We Study the Civil WarSubmitted by Steven Lapham on Tue, 03/13/2012 - 11:25am
--Angela Stokes
A video project challenges students to read, research, and interpret historical sources, then create a short drama that reflects their understanding of events. Journey through Hallowed Ground sponsored this project, but you can do a low-budget version at your school.
Analyzing Historical Political Cartoons: Helping Students With Diverse Learning Needs Analyze Primary SourcesSubmitted by Steven Lapham on Tue, 03/13/2012 - 11:15am
--Grant R. Miller
Students analyze drawings available at one of three kid-friendly,online collections of political cartoons.
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Look, dudes, the four best players in the world are all literally identical heights, with Murray being maybe a 1/2 tall than the rest. It's laughable, this mumbo jumbo about Nadal being 6'0". I've stood next to Nadal, a foot away, multiple times at IW and he's just as tall as I am and I'm 6' 1" 1/2 on the dot. It's quite weird to actually see Federer, Nadal, and Djokovic in person, close up. They don't come off as particularly tall on the television screen, but seeing them close up, I'm like, Damn, they're kind of tall just like me (not that I'm a giant or anything, but given that the average American male is 5' 9", we're all definitely on the tall side. I'd say Murray is 6' 2"--6' 2"1/4.
The discussion of heights can end right there. At the elite level of the game, there's something about being about that height that maximizes ball-striking effectiveness. In a game of millimeters, striking a short ball (inside the baseline) with you forehand four inches higher than a player that is 5' 8"-5' 9" is going to add up to a huge difference. And serving, well, that just self-explanatory why height would help.
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Collections of the Bureau of Internal Revenue for October amounted to P86.1 billion, up 22 percent from P70.5 billion in the same month last year but still short of the P86.18-billion target for the month.
Revenue officials said the increase last month could be due to tighter tax audits and efforts to strictly go after tax evaders.
The collections for October brought the 10-month tax-take of the BIR to P858.6 billion, an increase of 13.4 percent from P756.8 billion in the same period last year but still short of the P886.5-billion target by 3.15 percent.
Last week, Internal Revenue Commissioner Kim Henares told reporters that the tax bureau was confident of surpassing the P1-trillion mark as far as tax collection was concerned.
The BIR, the biggest revenue earner among government agencies, is tasked to collect P1.066 trillion in taxes this year. The target represents a 15-percent increase from its actual collection of P924.1 billion in 2011.
The BIR said a record-high tax collection exceeding P1 trillion was possible given several measures being undertaken to plug leakages and discourage firms and individuals from evading the payment of proper taxes.
The BIR said it was keen on keeping up with its goal of filing at least two tax evasion cases every month under its Run After Tax Evaders (RATE) program.
The government is also aiming to boost its overall revenue through the sale of state-owned assets that are deemed better managed by the private sector.
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In reality the events leading to the violence were purely a public "reaction'' against the killing of Baljeet, a financier, on August 27, according to official sources here who spoke to The Hindu on condition of anonymity.
They said police investigations so far had clearly established that the murder of Baljeet by 14 persons, reportedly belonging to the Balmiki community, had no caste basis at all.
It was a personal altercation which led to the crime.
The police had arrested four persons and launched a search for the remaining accused. As per police records, most of them have criminal records.
It is being said in official circles that there was no tension whatsoever along caste lines in Baljeet's native village also even though the Sarpanch belonged to the Scheduled Caste.
In fact, the people of the area had organised a -- Panchayat on Wednesday to condemn the murder and demand the arrest of all the accused.
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6 Fasach is a lovely traditional house. Set on its own croft on the hillside, 6 Fasach enjoys sweeping views towards MacLeods Tables, Glendale and over the Minch to the Outer Hebrides. With the village shop and hall within walking distance, the Three Chimneys Restaurant, the Red Roof Café and Dunvegan a few minutes drive away, 6 Fasach offers a relaxing holiday on the Isle of Skye yet within striking distance of all the major sights.
Built over 100 years ago, the house has been recently refurbished retaining many of the traditional features. The light and airy dining/sitting area has a sofa to curl up on in front of the log burner, dining table and chairs plus two windows which offer superb views over the landscape.
The living room is cosy with a three seater sofa and two armchairs, coal fire and digital TV. The window again offers great views over the croft.
The fully equipped kitchen has an electric hob and oven, microwave, fridge and washing machine. The back door leads out of the kitchen through a porch which is perfect for leaving wet jackets and muddy walking boots.
Upstairs, the house has two bedrooms, one double room and one twin room. There is a family bathroom with an electric shower over the bath and a second separate toilet.
6 Fasach, Glendale is a superb family home set amongst glorious countryside. It offers charming accommodation in a relaxing environment. Neist Point is only a short drive away as is Dunvegan Castle and the Coral Beach.
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Cleveland hires former RB Jim Brown
Jim Brown has come back to the team he helped lead to its last NFL championship.
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Brown will return in an unspecified role with the Cleveland Browns, who will formally reunite with the Hall of Famer at a news conference on Wednesday. Browns owner Jimmy Haslam is expected to announce Brown's new position with the team he starred with from 1957-65 before retiring to pursue an acting career.
Brown previously worked as a senior adviser with the Browns. However, his role was eliminated by former team president Mike Holmgren and Brown had been estranged from the team for a few years. He returned to play in an alumni golf outing last summer, when he met with Haslam, who had just bought the team from Randy Lerner.
At the time, the outspoken Brown talked about his desire to work again with the team.
''I would love to have a role with the Browns,'' he said. ''I think that's what every ex-player would like to do most of all, to be a contributor to the success of an organization. I'm stuck with being No. 32 of the Cleveland Browns and I can't do anything about it. I don't want to do anything about it. If you didn't like the ball, that's one thing. You're not going to always like my politics, but we are married because of that history. If I can be a part of the development of a new winning attitude and help get some victories, man that would be fantastic.
''Imagine us having a championship team here again?''
The Browns last won a title in 1964.
Brown is the team's career rushing leader with 12,312 yards and 106 touchdowns.
Haslam's arrival seemed to help the Browns patch up any differences with arguably the greatest player in their franchise's history. Haslam said at the NFL owner's meetings in March that he anticipated Brown coming back to work for the team.
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A Franklin County judge has ordered a Whitehall School Board member to pay a 3-hundred dollar fine for carrying a concealed handgun without a permit in a city park last August.
Prosecutors say 21-year-old Brandon Howard was attending a National Night Out event when fellow school-board member Mike Adkins told officers Howard was carrying a gun without a permit. National Night Out is an anti-crime event.