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One of the most immediately recognized, widely respected and successful performers in pop music history, Celine Dion returns to The Colosseum at Caesars Palace!
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KING - After a hard-fought 3-2 opening-round win over Randleman on Halloween night, the Falcons were grounded Saturday night, dropping a heartbreaking 3-2 decision to West Stokes.
Forbush jumped out to a 2-0 halftime advantage against the sixth-ranked Wildcats Saturday in the 2A state playoff second round, but were unable to hold the lead.
West quickly tied things up early in the second half before Austin Snow put home the game-winner at the 30:22 mark to complete the comeback and put the Wildcats into the third round.
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In the playoff-opening win against Randleman, Forbush used a late Jason McCormick goal to pull out the thrilling 3-2 win on Halloween night.
The Falcons fell behind early and played from behind for 70 minutes until McCormick's goal put them ahead for good.
After the Tigers got the board at the 29:28 mark, Forbush peppered the net looking for the equalizer. Forbush recorded eight shots on the goal in the opening half before Oscar Guadarrama finally broke through late in the half.
Guadarrama received a long cross before putting it past the keeper at the 1:08 mark to tie the game at 1-1.
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Less than 10 minutes later, Guadarrama brought Forbush even again with his second goal of the night to knot things at 2-all.
The Falcons finally took the lead when McCormick scored the go-ahead breakaway goal at the 9:17 mark.
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Now for the fun stuff- for the blasters you'll need some MDF wood, sheet plastic or Sintra (PVC sheet sold by plastic suppliers and sign shops- cost about $35 for a 4x8 ft. sheet 1/8" thick), some wood screws, Bondo, epoxy, PVC cement and a few lengths of PVC pipe.
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The slide handle is made from a cut section of PVC pipe with ribs glued on. It has a piece of MDF glued inside it to hold the bearings for the slide. The slide itself is a surplus computer rack part I found at an electronics surplus store- a drawer slide might work as well (or just screw on the handle to the bottom of the blaster if you don't want it to move.)
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The primary aims of this unit are to enable students to develop an understanding of cultural diversity, and to equip them to respond appropriately to social and cultural difference. It outlines the core features of culture and communication as human constructs, and explores key questions concerning interactions between groups that are defined by cultural, ethnic, socio-economic or religious differences. The unit provides students with a conceptual understanding of intercultural communication as well as practical skills for interacting across a range of cultural contexts. Perspectives on cultural competence will be explored and illustrated with case studies and examples from a variety of international settings.
Written response to multimedia – 500 words – (10%).
Analytical response to in-class role play – 1500 words – (40%).
Take home test – 2000 words – (50%).
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Urban Decay 24/7 Liquid Eyeliners: Woodstock, Eldorado, Siren, Radium,
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Urban Decay 24/7 Liquid Eyeliner ($18.00 for 0.058 fl. oz.) is new for fall, and it claims to be waterproof, long-lasting, high-pigmented, and have "an ultra-fine brush tip that's short and easy enough to control." There are eleven shades: Woodstock (hot pink with iridescent sparkle), Eldorado (yellow gold with gold sparkle), Siren (teal with blue shift), Radium (bright blue with silver sparkle), Sabbath (deep matte navy), Retrograde (dark purple with purple sparkle), Smog (deep brown with golden shimmer & iridescent sparkle), Demolition (deep matte brown), Bobby Dazzle (white silver with iridescent sparkle), Revolver (dark grey with iridescent sparkle), and Perversion (carbon black).
There are many, many variations of this liquid eyeliner, which tells you a lot about the efficacy of the formula if so many brands have brought it into their lines. I find the formula, on the major points, to be largely the same and consistent across the different brands, but there are subtle differences in the consistency of the liquid liner itself as well as the applicator. The outer packaging only differs in labeling, color, and branding, but the caps are the same length and the ends have the same design. There are some similarities in color across the brands, but there are several shades that you will only find in one brand–the ones that overlap tend to be more basic shades like black.
- Woodstock is a brightened, medium-dark pink with gold and pink shimmer. Make Up For Ever #9 is bluer-based, more neon, less hot pink and more fuchsia.
- Eldorado is a yellow gold with light and dark gold shimmer. It is similar to Illamasqua Alchemy, MAC Pure Show, and MUFE #1.
- Siren is a blue-based, darkened teal with teal shimmer. I couldn't think of anything similar to this shade in other brands.
- Radium is a brightened, medium-dark blue with subtle sparkle. It is similar to Stila Curacao.
- Sabbath is a blackened navy blue with a near matte finish. Most brands have, thus far, put out mostly shimmery shades (other than blacks), so I couldn't think of a dupe for this. MUFE #6 would be the closest but has shimmer and looks more purple.
- Retrograde is a blackened purple with purple and violet shimmer. MUFE #7 is similar.
- Smog is a khaki brown with gold shimmer. This, too, didn't seem as easily duped, because it doesn't lean green like the other khaki liners do (like MAC Desires & Devices and Stila Flash).
- Demolition is a blackened brown with a near matte finish. MUFE #12 seems similar.
- Bobby Dazzle is a bright, metallic silver. It is similar to MAC Nocturnal.
- Revolver is a medium-dark gray with multi-colored shimmer. I couldn't think of a dupe for this one, just because it has a strong gray color base to it. The shimmer in it reminded me of MUFE #14 and Stila Starry but those appear black with a hint of purple.
- Perversion is an inky black with a near matte finish. It is similar to Illamasqua Abyss, MAC On the Hunt, and MUFE #13.
The applicator on these is where they deviate from other brands. It is a thin, narrow brush–it's not a foam applicator that's been tapered. I think the brush, overall, may yield a more precise line–for those more experienced with liquid eyeliner, though. The applicator is similar to many traditional liquid eyeliner applicators. To me, the brush felt a little too flexible. I wouldn't describe it as floppy, and of course, flexibility is good as you want to curve around the lid with ease, but it could use a touch more stiffness.
Like Make Up For Ever Aqua Liners, these need to be shaken before application. If you don't do so, you'll find the formula seems almost watery, which gives you sheerer color. Once shaken (only a few seconds), the color is much more concentrated and less watery. After testing several shades yesterday with a hot shower, I didn't experience any bleeding, fading, or smudging. I've had some on my hand for several hours, and I couldn't get them to rub off at all. They did remove easily with a makeup removing wipe or remover like Lancome Bi-Facil.
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A Report from the Head Groundskeeper
As spring returned to the Science Museum, our grounds crew and many friends and volunteers began to help the preserve get itself into shape. Many of our nature trails have been given a fresh layer of wood chips and our beach has had an extensive clean up.
This spring, the grounds of the museum have witnessed life renewing itself. Many Robins, Starlings and Sparrows have been nesting and raising their young in and around the buildings on the property. Several baby rabbits have been spotted at different ends of the property, a pair of Osprey has been nesting on the beach and Terns have also been discovered protecting their nest on the beach. Recently a large snapping turtle came up from Leeds Pond to lay its eggs on some higher, drier ground. Snowy Egrets, Night Herons, Blue Herons and Redtail Hawks are common sights as well as our many cute, little Italian Wall Lizards. We are also hoping some bats will move into the new bat house installed on the south side of the museum to help control the mosquitoes this summer.
This spring also included the use of our property for the production of the film "A Little Help" starring Jenna Fischer, Chris O'Donnell, Ron Leibman and Leslie Ann Down. A funeral scene was shot on our property, after the lawn was transformed into a temporary cemetery set. All this added a little extra fun and excitement to the grounds this spring.
The Science Museum has begun a recycling program to reduce the amount of plastic and glass that is being thrown away with its regular trash. Orange recycling containers are located through out the museum; please place your empty cans and bottles into these and help us to reduce our carbon footprint.
We are all looking forward to the beginning of summer camp and hope that everyone will enjoy the property and help to keep it clean.
Special thanks to Daniel, Mike and Nick for all their hard work spreading wood chips and to Meryl, Gerard, Eric, Billy, Andrew and Nicholas for all they have done in the museum and around the grounds with us this past school year.


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April 2, 2011
LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Cal State Northridge tallied 140 points on the women's side while the men earned 83.50 points as both teams finished in third place at the Trojan Tri/Quad Meet Saturday at Loker Stadium.
The Matador women finished just behind second-place BYU (144) as host USC scored 178 points. Nevada came in fourth with 125 points. In the men's competition, the Trojan men scored 162 points followed by BYU (121.50) and the Matadors (83.50).
The CSUN women shined in the middle distance races as Jasmine Cox claimed the 800 meters and Jackie Harrison won the 400 meters. Cox timed a season-best 2:11.86 to earn nine points while Harrison posted a time of 54.91 to also pick up nine points in the 400. Precious Watkins was also impressive in the 400 as she ran a personal-best of 55.21 to finish second behind Harrison.
Cox and Harrison, along with Shane Mullany-Banks and Ashley Frazier, formed the Matadors' 4x400 relay team that won in a season-best of 3:42.16.
In the short sprints, Crystal Spears earned two points in both the 100 meters (12.65) and the 200 meters (25.38). Alisa Jenkins had CSUN's top time in the 200 after running 25.16 which left her sixth. Jenkins also finished fifth in the 100 meter hurdles posting a season-best of 14.47 while Olympia Jewett was sixth at 14.82. The 4x100 team of Watkins, Sherrina Lofton, Sierra Brooks and Desirae Gonder was third in a season-best 45.98.
In the distance races, Lilyana Morejon took second in the 3,000 meters in a time of 10:03.47 while Araceli Zainos was fifth (10:53.49) and Fany Alvarado (11:07.52). Morejon was also fourth in the 1,500 meters clocking a season-best 4:46.67 with Vanessa Carr just behind with a season-best time of 4:56.72.
Tiana Webberley spearheaded Northridge's effort in the field events as she cleared a season-best 12-6.25 (3.82) to finish second in the pole vault. Jewett matched her season-best in the high jump after clearing a height of 5-3 (1.60). Lofton cmae in fourth in the long jump but posted a season-best mark of 18-0.50 (5.50) with Jewett finishing ninth at 15-11.50. Jewett completed her afternoon with a fourth place finish in the triple jump posting a best of 37-4.50 (11.39).
Sydney Hubbard had CSUN's best finish among the four throwing events as she placed third in the shot put with a top throw of 41-8 (12.70). Erica Abaekobe was fourth (40-7.50), Chelsea Wordell was fifth (35-10.75) and Jamila McIntosh was sixth (35-3.25). Wordell then took fifth in the discus at 122-9 (37.41) and was sixth in the hammer (152-9) to lead the Matadors. Haylee Varner tossed a season-best of 139-5 (42.49) to finish fifth in the javelin.
For the men's squad, Thomas Johnson continued his excellent jumping in the early stages of the outdoor season as he finished first in the high jump after clearing 6-9.75 (2.08). Johnson has either won or finished second in the high jump in three of the first four outdoor meets of the season.
Also in the field events, Matt Todd was fourth in the pole vault (15-7.75) one week after setting a lifetime-best at the Cal-Nevada Championships. Tyler Woodard easily set a season-best as he placed sixth with a clearance of 15-1.75 (4.62). The remaining three Matador pole vaulters each no-heighted. Jory Rucker then finished fifth in the long jump with a best of 20-11.25 (6.38).
In the throws, Cameron McAteer had CSUN's top finish as he took second in the hammer with a season-best of 172-0 (52.44). James Poet was fourth (159-11) and Jose Aviles also posted a season-best at 135-0. Tyler Milton and Poet also scored in the discus as Milton was second (135-5) and Poet was third (135-0). In the shot put, Poet posted a career-best with a mark of 46-2.75 (14.09) which was good for third while Aviles was fourth at 44-11 (13.69).
On the track, David Reid was third in the 100 meters clocking a time of 10.78 while Darquis Rucker was sixth in a season-best 10.92. Rucker led CSUN in the 200 as he finished fourth at 22.45 followed by Eugene Sanchez who finished fourth in a season-best 22.52. Khalid Jones ran a season-best 49.15 to finish sixth in the 400 meters followed by Carl Horsley at 49.45.
In the hurdles, Michael Woodham finished third in the 110 meters in a season-best 14.50 while Jonathan Talkington was fourth at 16.36. Bobby Workman led the Matador men in the 400 hurdles with a season-best time of 53.78 while Woodham finished sixth in a lifetime-best 56.38.
Gustavo Hernandez finished fifth in the 800 meters clocking a season-best time of 1:54.63 while Jerrid Lewis was sixth in a season-best 1:55.55. Steven Gonzales was sixth in the 1,500 meters in 4:01.87 while Hunter Hays was seventh in 4:09.13. Juan Olea posted CSUN's top time in the 3,000 meters as he finished third in 8:54.36 followed by teammates Cesar Lopez (9:19.16) and Julio Mora (9:22.69).
Cal State Northridge will send a limited number of athletes to compete in the Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays next weekend in Austin, Texas.


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The Purchasing Section solicits bids, awards contracts and initiates purchase orders in accordance with applicable statutes, policies, and guidelines. It promotes competitive procurement and encourages the participation and expansion of minority and women business enterprises in the procurement process.
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Mr. & Mrs. David R. Breece of Huntersville, NC proudly announce the engagement of their daughter, Kimberly Ann Breece to Nathan Thomas Jester.
Kimberly is the granddaughter of the late Mr. & Mrs. John J. Dowling of St. Louis, MO and Mrs. Woodrow Breece of Kountze, TX and the late Mr. Breece of Kirkwood, MO.
Kimberly graduated from Appalachian State University with a bachelor of science degree in health promotion. She is currently employed by Cranial Technologies Inc.
Nathan is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Tommy C. Jester of East Bend, NC. He is the grandson of Mr. & Mrs. Benny Pendry of East Bend, NC and Mrs. Horace Ray Jester of East Bend, NC and the late Mr. Jester.
Nathan graduated from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte with a bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering. He is currently employed by Controls Southeast Inc.
The couple will be married on May 4, 2013 at Saint Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church in Charlotte, NC.


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Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Google Reader to Google+: central planning even I don't like
With this switch from Google Reader's social features to integration into Google+, forced from above, it's almost as if the Goog is trying to prove the point of the engineer who recently complained about Google's culture and its failures. Google Reader began life as a simple RSS feeder. Simple and powerful: a program that pushes the content you subscribe to and aggregates it in one place. Google, being a bunch of chronic tinkerers (sometimes to the good, often not), continued to develop Reader and added social features. Rather than using this set of social features in a limited way, a small but passionate group of users adopted Reader as their default social network. (For context, I'm not one of them.)
Designers and those who use designs are always meeting in the middle. Designers make certain plans for functionality and use, and users organically define actual use. Actual use can often subvert the intentions of designers in such a way that it undermines their motives-- most obviously their profit motive-- and as such are designed away. That's neither fair nor unfair in and of itself. The only question is whether designing away organic use makes the product more or less attractive to its user base, and whether or not that in turn undermines the primary motives of the designer. Think about Napster. I am dimly aware that Napster continued to exist following its initial use as a clearinghouse for unpaid for music. It may even exist now, but if it does, it's no Amazon or iTunes. They abandoned the use which its user base actually was attached to, thanks to legal coercion, and the user base vanished. That's an extreme example, but it highlights the delicate balance that designers have to strike in pushing users towards certain official uses without losing the functionality that made the product attractive in the first place.
What makes the Google Reader situation frustrating is that they are facing no coercion except the internal edict to integrate their services into Google+. Part of the early brilliance of Google was the way in which it understood that the profit motive could be an impediment to attracting a user base for new products. They didn't allow immediate profitability to get in the way of developing useful products. (This is like the now-overquoted but still clarifying part in the Social Network where Sean Parker points out that you don't put ads on Facebook because ads aren't cool.) Obviously, it helps when you have a central service, search, that is a cash cow and dominant player to subsidize experiments and new ventures. What's distressing is that Google now seems to be allowing integration to affect its products in a way that it never allowed profitability to.
One of the hardest parts about the kind of expansion Google is continuing to embark on is finding needs to fill. This was the problem with Google Wave, and the reason why Wave failed: it's see a need, fill a need, not design a product, find a need for it to fill. One of the saddest parts about that failure is that people wanted to use Wave. Remember that? People got excited ahead of themselves. Then they didn't end up using it, despite initial enthusiasm, because they didn't find a use. Contrast that with Reader as social feature: a user base that found an organic use for a product and have become attached to it without a coordinated effort on Google's part. Reader's social features are the anti-Wave. I can't understand how a company that is so smart in so many ways is being so stupid in failing to understand its own recent past.
Google is trying to build a mall where it owns all the stores. The problem is that part of what makes a mall work is that its individual franchise owners and operators are invested in their individual stores and not in some centrally-planned definition of the health of the mall. Cinnabon might have to live by certain rules, but it's going to advocate for its own good and not for that of the other stores in the mall. By using its central authority to force Reader to suffer for the good of Google+, Google is threatening an established product and user base for the potential good of an unestablished one that might never take off.
If I was on the Reader team, I'd be screaming now.
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- Josh said...
Agreed. The ongoing unnecessary redesign of their product suite (Docs, Reader, now Gmail) is super-frustrating, too, because (1) I didn't hear anyone clamoring for it and (2) it's making everything uglier (IMHO) than it used to be.
- November 2, 2011 at 1:17 PM
Absolutely all of this makes perfect sense if you assume that:
1) the advertising side of google has all the money, and will eventually control the company (an important corollary here is that it isn't search that pays the bills but the ads it enables; even search quality will eventually be corrupted by the need to sell ads).
2) that google has decided the second best way (the best being search) to pull eyeballs for ads is a social network.
After that it's easy. Everything pushes you to Plus because Plus gets better ad rates for them.
- November 2, 2011 at 3:01 PM
- JGF said...
Loved the comparison to Wave.
I tried it too, then couldn't figure a use so gave up.
Reader social, a tiny investment -- it worked. There were so many ways Google could have brought GSocial into G+ ...
It's stupid on so many levels.
I lost my memory when my shares were deleted. I've just joined the large cohort that considers Google fundamentally untrustworthy. That changes how I use them.
Google just turned a rabid bunch of high-bandwidth infovores into agents for spreading the meme that Google can't be trusted.
Did they think this through?
No, of course not.
- November 2, 2011 at 5:27 PM
Violent agreement at long last!
- November 4, 2011 at 2:53 PM
Evan, "search will be corrupted" doesn't follow from "ads pay the bills." It's possible, but nothing like inevitable.
- November 4, 2011 at 2:55 PM
- David said...
Late to the game but I was struck by how many assertions and observations in this post resonated with evolution, and the curious arguments that arise at the messy interface (or interspace) between Natural Selection and Intelligent Design.
Odds are good this notion is dull and elementary and so is appropriate in a comment that's 3 weeks behind.
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Its about time, I hope that this fixes the auto for NetFlix issue. It would be nice if this also brought Disney Jr along with it. It makes no sense that the other Disney Channels are there yet there is no Disney Jr. Not to mention why is there not a Cnn Channel why do I have to use it through airplay, that makes no sense at all. OK I am done ranting time to go install this update and see what happens
Second on the Disney Jr. That's all our daughter watches! My cable provider (Verizon FiOS) only has Disney Jr. in standard def. Probably bugs me more than our three-year-old though...
It would also be nice to get other networks that have iPhone and iPad apps like SHO, Encore, Epix, etc., but I'm not going to hold my breath on those.
Still looks the same? No flat design or simplified icons?
I wonder if Apple will ever allow Siri to interact with our Apple TV via our mobile iOS devices...
I wouldn't mind speaking into my phone and having the results of a search query pop up or even have her play our media for us... I'd love to turn on my TV and Apple TV and be able to tell Siri [via Apple's Remote app] play "The Avengers" and voila! My chosen movie or TV show or music begins playing - without having to drill down into menus and constant clicking "play".
That would be a great time saver as well as just all around awesome.
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My mother's father was a Pastor that earlier in his life, in the beginning of the 20th Century, held tent meetings where the sick were healed. When he died in '63 we counted over 30 churches still going that he had started. Mother was an only child. Perhaps that is part of why I became so close to her parents. Every where that they moved grandma would set up a wren's house. God faithfully gave her dear little feathered residents that she loved so much. It was not 'til several months after she died that I heard of her death.I lived in a small cabin in Minnesota. I had an outdoor toilet and hauled in on a toboggan the wood that I burned. I milked goats and helped the neighboring farmers, living off little more than food stamps. I had a beard, read Puritan theology and smoked big cigars.The morning after I heard grandma had died I opened my eyes to see 7 or 8 wrens fluttering against the window over my bed. Ever since, in times of transition I notice wrens fluttering around me, and it may have been years since seeing any. It is as though a sign that my heavenly Father sees me and cares for me. Now, in this place he has given me, I'm on a major fly through for them. Thousand of them migrate through here. A little north of us is even a town called Wrens. They're here year round. One of them flys around the house every day chirping. It's even come inside and responded well to my leading it outside again.While I know God cares for me, that doesn't mean that I am happy. Whether knowledge or suffering, even waiting, there are things we have been assigned that we have to get through. Whatever of Adam is our lot, that we must be victorious over. We must die to the flesh and come into Christ. The Overcomers get the prize.
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August 1, 2012: Tech Sgt. Christopher Smith, 33, was convicted on two of four counts of misconduct with basic trainees and sentenced to 30 days in jail and a reduction in rank to airman first class, a penalty that will permit him to remain in the Air Force. Read more: AF trainer given 30 days behind bars, loss of rank
Photo By William Luther/William email@example.com 10, 2012: Col. Glenn Palmer lost command of the 737th Training Group, which trains more than 35,000 airmen a year at Lackland. Read more: Lackland training chief is ousted
August 22, 2012: Maj. Gen. Margaret Woodward submitted the Command Directed Investigation, which took a deeper and wider look at basic military training, to AETC Commander Gen. Edward Rice. Her recommendations will become an important blueprint for actions that will be implemented throughout basic training as well as technical training. Read more: Major general to investigate 'systemic issues'
Photo By COURTESY/USAFSept. 4, 2012: After a little more than a year on the job, Air Force Col. Eric Axelbank stepped down as head of a training wing here that has been rocked by a growing sex scandal. The command change occurred one day before another instructor, Master Sgt. Jamey Crawford, goes on trial on charges of having sex with a trainee. Read more: Col. Axelbank exits Lackland for the Pentagon
Photo By Jerry Lara/San Antonio Express-NewsSept. 10, 2012: U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Kwinton Estacio arrives for the start of his court marshal at Lackland Air Force Base. Estacio was initially tried on charges that he sexually assaulted a female basic training student, violated a no-contact order and asked several trainees to lie about his contact with them. Read more: Lackland sergeant pleads guilty to less serious charges
Photo By Tom Reel/San Antonio Express-NewsSept. 12, 2012: Staff Sgt. Kwinton Estacio is led away from the 37th Training Wing Headquarters after sentencing in his trial at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland. He was sentenced to one year in prison after pleading guilty to charges of obstruction and having sex with a trainee in violation of Air Force conduct rules. Read more: Former Lackland trainer receives 1-year sentence
Photo By Billy Calzada/San Antonio Express-NewsSept. 21, 2012: Col. Deborah Liddick marches with military drill instructors during her change-of-command ceremony at JBSA-Lackland. The fourth woman to oversee the Air Force's boot camp since 1996, she takes over amid an investigation that is scrutinizing 33 basic training instructors for misconduct. Read more: Woman now heads AF training at Lackland
Photo By Billy Calzada/San Antonio Express-NewsSept. 21, 2012: Col. Deborah Liddick, left, salutes new military training instructor Staff Sgt. Abigail Rodriguez, after taking command of the Air Force basic training program at JBSA-Lackland.
Photo By Billy Calzada/San Antonio Express-NewsSept. 21, 2012: Col. Deborah Liddick, new commander of Air Force basic training at JBSA-Lackland, is applauded by by presiding officer and commander of the 37th Training Wing Col. Mark Camerer during a change-of-command ceremony.
Photo By Marvin Pfeiffer/ Express-NewsSept. 24, 2012: Staff Sgt. Jason Manko (right) is led from the courthouse to a waiting pickup on Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland after being sentenced to 45 days in jail and another 30 days of hard labor on the base for having an illicit relationship with a female trainee. Read more: Lackland trainer gets 45 days in jail in sex case
Photo By Jerry Lara/San Antonio Express-NewsOct. 2, 2012: U.S. Congresswomen from California, members of the House Armed Services Committee, Loretta Sanchez (from left), Jackie Speier and Susan Davis hold a press conference outside Lackland Air Forc e Base. The committee members met with personnel at the base to investigate the ongoing sex scandal. Read more: Lackland's 'culture' blamed for scandal
Photo By Bob Owen/San Antonio Express-NewsOct. 23, 2012: Air Force Secretary Michael Donley gives comments on the Lackland AFB sex scandal now involving 33 instructors having inappropriate contact with 60 women and three men. Read more: AF training likely won't see sex segregation
Photo By Sig Christenson/San Antonio Express-NewsNov. 14, 2012: Gen. Edward Rice Jr. and Maj. Gen. Margaret Woodward met with the media at a press conference in the Pentagon as Col. Steve Clutter stands nearby to field questions. The commanders met with reporters to outline the results of an investigation into sexual misconduct among basic training instructors at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland. Read more: Lackland leaders cited in scandal
Photo By BOB OWEN/San Antonio Express-NewsNov. 24, 2012: Former Air Force instructor Staff Sgt. Craig LeBlanc, center, who was facing 52 years in prison on charges of misconduct with three trainees, threatened to jump from a local overpass after becoming overwhelmed by his legal problems and travel restrictions. Read more: Lackland instructor's legal woes cited in apparent suicide tries. He remained in the Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland lockup after a hearing Dec. 4 in which the Air Force said he committed four new violations. Read more: Lackland trainer jailed after release
Photo By Courtesy photoJan. 3, 2013: A military judge found Staff Sgt. Christopher Jackson guilty of having sex with two women trainees and telling one to lie if investigators asked about them. He received a 100-day jail sentence but will stay in the Air Force. Read more: AF instructor is sentenced to 100 days in jail | Sex case witnesses depict Lackland trainer as a true friend
Photo By Billy Calzada/San Antonio Express-NewsJan. 8, 2013: Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jaime Rodriguez, middle, who is accused of rape, forcible sodomy and adultery while assigned to the Lake Jackson recruiting office from August 2008 to November 2011, arrives for an evidentiary hearing at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland. Read more: Air Force recruiter pursued girl for sex
Photo By Susan BiddleJan. 23, 2013: House members sharply criticized two Air Force generals for a culture that allowed pervasive sexual abuse of recruits at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, and for "significant" delays in reporting the crimes. Lawmakers from both parties took turns at a congressional hearing voicing their displeasure and pressed the generals about steps the Air Force is taking to stop sexual abuse. Technical Sergeant Jennifer Norris wipes a tear as she testifies during the hearing. Read more: Panel criticizes handling of Lackland abuse
Photo By Jerry Lara/San Antonio Express-NewsJan. 31, 2013: A day after jurors cleared Staff Sgt. Donald Davis of the most serious charges against him, he was sentenced to three months of hard labor and a bad conduct discharge for having sex with a trainee in technical school. Read more: Air Force instructor sentenced to hard labor
Photo By Billy Calzada/San Antonio Express-NewsFeb. 14, 2013: Air Force Staff Sgt. Craig LeBlanc, in chains, is led from a JBSA Lackland courtroom after being sentenced to 2 1/2 years after he was found guilty on all but one of nine charges that included a 2011 tryst with a recruit. Facing a battery of allegations that included sexually assaulting a woman, he was at risk of going to prison for 52 years. Read more: Lackland trainer gets prison for sexual misconduct
Photo By Bob Owen / San Antonio Express-NewsFeb. 20, 2013: A judge threw out a case against Tech. Sgt. Samuel Wicks, who was charged with pursing illicit liaisons with three women, saying prosecutors relied on evidence taken from a stolen cellphone. Read more: Judge tosses case against Lackland trainer
March 4, 2013: Former Air Force trainer Ryan Deraas was sentenced to three months in jail and given a bad-conduct discharge for assaulting a pair of recruits and pursuing five illicit relationships. Read more: Former Lackland trainer sentenced to 3 months in jail
March 16, 2013: Air Force Staff Sgt. Eddy Soto got four years in prison and a dishonorable discharge after being found guilty of raping an airman he'd led in basic training. Soto, 30, is only the second trainer at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland to be convicted of rape since trials began last spring in the growing instructor misconduct scandal. Staff Sgt. Luis Walker was given 20 years in July. Read more: Lackland trainer handed 4 years in rape
March 21, 2013: Former Air Force basic training instructor Master Sgt. Jamey Crawford was given seven months in jail, two months' hard labor and a bad-conduct discharge for having sex with two women and later lying to investigators about it. Read more: Trainer gets 7 months in Lackland scandal
Photo By MAX WHITTAKER/New York TimesApril 1, 2013: Virginia Messick is the first victim of a still-unfolding sexual assault scandal at Lackland Air Force Base to speak publicly about what she has endured. Read more: Lackland instructor's victim speaks of trauma, fear
Photo By JERRY LARA/San Antonio Express-NewsApril 2, 2013: Staff Sgt. William Romero was given 30 days' hard labor, restricted to Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland another 30 days and reduced to airman after pleading guilty to charges that he had illicit relationships with four women and committed adultery. Read more: Lackland trainer, an Iraq vet, gets 60-day sentence
April 24, 2013: Tech. Sgt. Bobby Bass, who faced up to 33 years in prison, was convicted on multiple counts of misconduct with recruits four years ago at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland and sentenced to six months in jail and a reduction in rank by a single stripe. He was acquitted by the jury of two officers and four NCOs of a rape charge involving an airman while in Kyrgyzstan. Read more: NCO gets 6 months in abuses at Lackland
Photo By JOHN DAVENPORT/SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS-NEWSApril 25, 2013: Staff Sgt. Robert Hudson pleaded guilty to having sex with a recruit in basic training and also sickening airmen in a boot camp flight he led after pouring two gallons of bleach in a latrine. Read more: Lackland instructor poured bleach on floor, sickened recruits
Photo By SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS-NEWSMay 2, 2013: Staff Sgt. Emily Allen, who pleaded guilty to having sex with a recruit, was sentenced to three months in jail, 30 days' hard labor and reduced to airman first class. The Air Force could move to discharge her after she is released from jail. Read more: Female Lackland trainer gets jail sentence
Photo By JOHN DAVENPORT/SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS-NEWSMay 22, 2013: The Air Force says basic training instructor Michael Wladischkin had improper relationships with seven women in technical training on Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland. He faces an Article 32 evidentiary hearing Wednesday, May 22 at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph on allegations of indecent acts, assault, adultery and unprofessional relationships with technical training students.
Photo By Scott M. Ash/U.S. Air ForceJune 7, 2013: Maj. Gen. Margaret Woodward takes over as the head of the Air Force's sexual response. She replaces Jeffrey Krusinski, a lieutenant colonel who was arrested and charged with sexual battery. Read more: Lackland critic to target AF sex abuse
Photo By SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS-NEWSApril 21, 2014: Military judge Col. Donald Eller Jr. found Airman 1st Class Nathan Wilson-Crow, a photographer, guilty of four charges and five specifications of misconduct, one of which carried a possible 15-year prison sentence. Wilson-Crow was tried making sexual contact and exposing himself to at least two girls from O'Connor High School at a youth camp in April 2013. Read more: Airman guilty of some charges in Lackland sex case
Photo By San Antonio Express-News / File photoSeptember 1, 2014: Former Staff Sgt. Luis Walker, given 20 years in the Air Force's worst sex scandal, dies in a Kansas City, Mo., hospital. He hanged himself in a prison cell at the U.S. Disciplinary Barracks.
Photo By Express-News file photoSeptember 9, 2014: Following an analysis of instructor misconduct at Lackland, the Government Accountability Office reports that six recommendations have not been implemented, including one to increase the number of training instructors to 528. Read more: Changes driven by Lackland scandal not complete
Photo By JERRY LARA/San Antonio Express-NewsJanuary 29, 2015: A jury finds veteran Air Force Master Sgt. Michael Silva guilty of raping a recruit he was charged with training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lacklandin 1995. He was found guilty of twice raping the recruit, and also raping a third woman, a member of the military, in Wyoming during February 2007.
The titillating aspect of the scandal at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland is that it involves sex. Men and women misbehave even in uniform, recent national headlines remind us.
It would be easy to place the incidents at Lackland in the same category of hanky-panky. It would also be terribly wrong.
In the year since Express-News military writer Sig Christenson began reporting on the situation at Lackland, it's become abundantly clear that the scandal has less to do with sex than it does with the abuse of power. At last count, 28 military training instructors have been charged or are under investigation for abusing their authority over 54 basic and technical trainees.
In the cases known thus far, all of the victims have been women — that's the misleadingly titillating part. In his latest report, Christenson details the charges against Staff Sgt. Ryan Deraas, which include an accusation of an inappropriate sexual relationship with a female trainee.
They also include charges of the abuse of male boot camp trainees — forcing them to fill their canteens with toilet water, denying them the use of the latrine, and refusing to seek medical attention for a recruit with blood in his urine.
Boot camp is no holiday. It's not fraternity hazing, either. No one who volunteers to serve in the military should be subjected to this kind of mistreatment.
Perhaps the prominence of sex is what has allowed Congress to take scant interest in the scandal. After spending a few hours at Lackland in September, House Armed Services Committee Chairman Buck McKeon, R-Calif., said a situation where "a few people go beyond the bounds of propriety" didn't necessitate congressional involvement.
In response to the backlash against that outrageous comment, McKeon pledged to hold public hearings — at some indefinite time in the future after the Air Force has concluded its prosecutions.
It's anyone's guess when that might be.
But the realization that the Lackland scandal is about the abuse of military personnel rather than sex — and certainly not consensual sex — ought to compel responsible members of Congress to swiftly fulfill their oversight role.


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"It's so senseless." — Bernadine Marsrow, a neighbor of Wilbur and Margaret McCoy, to WNWO.
I have argued without success that death should be suspended during the holiday season. Intellectually, I recognize that a death is a loss any day of the year, but tragedies on holidays carry an emotional resonance that magnifies grief.
You did not have to know Wilbur and Margaret McCoy to grieve for the loss of their lives. The married couple, both 77, were driving on the Ohio Turnpike near Fremont on Thanksgiving evening. They'd known each other since high school but had been married just a few years. We can only speculate on their conversation as they drove. Were they discussing that day's dinner? Their Thanksgiving time with family? Holiday plans with children and grandchildren?
We will never know what their final words were as they unknowingly drew their last few breaths. For behind them, approaching like a lightning strike, overtaking them like a ruthless deep-sea predator, was a black Infiniti M56 traveling like a missile at more than 125 miles per hour.
The Infiniti was not being driven by a human being. Human beings have a sense of caution for themselves and others. Human beings treasure life and do what they can to protect and prolong their own while not infringing on others'. It could not have been a human being, as I understand them, who allegedly drank and then drove that black car; it must have been a demon. The Infiniti's driver has a human name, Andrew Gans. He has an age, 24, and even a hometown, Kent, Ohio. He reportedly has no criminal record and one speeding ticket.
But he is not a human being. Because to believe a human being could be as reckless, thoughtless and actively stupid as Gans apparently was is to abdicate faith in the basic moral and intellectual cores of human beings.
The Ohio State Highway Patrol reports that Gans was driving between 125 and 150 mph and hit two other vehicles in a span of 17 miles. Gans rear-ended the Chrysler Town & Country minivan the McCoys were in.
It's unlikely they had time to see Gans' vehicle coming up behind them. One second they were possibly talking about whatever mundane details interested them as they drove; the next, they were trapped in a burning vehicle, instantly dropped into a hell of confusion, terror and unimaginable pain and suffering.
The McCoys died ugly, mean deaths with no peace, no prayers and no goodbyes.
Gans got out of his car, was treated for minor injuries and is expected to make a full recovery.
Satan smiles.
It was another 24-year-old, Michael Gagnon of Adrian, who in 2007 drunkenly drove the wrong way on I-280 a day before New Year's Eve and killed five members of a Maryland family: Bethany Griffin, 36; Jordan Griffin, 10; Vadi Griffin, 8 weeks; Lacie Burkman, 7; and Haley Burkman, 10.
Satan smiles.
I'm not talking about a blown tire or an icy patch on the road knocking over dominoes of fate and ending in tragedy. I am talking about two 24-year-olds allegedly drinking, arrogantly climbing into their cars and entering history as murderers, ripping life from people guilty of no more than driving in the wrong place at the wrong time.
But I can't accept that randomness, that lightning strike of lethal chance, as the act of human beings. How does the joy and spirituality of a holiday turn into rank stupidity for some people and violent death for others?
I am not asking why, as that's God's jurisdiction. I am more concerned with how. How does a human being with any sense of connection to life do something as evil as drink and drive, with full knowledge that to do so can randomly spread death as surely as if one carries typhoid into a crowd?
Whatever demon possessed Gans on Thanksgiving Day may have departed, leaving him alone to face the consequences. Is it easier to believe that than to believe he just sobered up?
There is no penalty created by human beings that suffices. Not until Gans is back in the hands of demons will true justice be delivered.
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The Yadkin County Board of Commissioners met on Dec. 17 to consider several text amendments to the Yadkin County Zoning Ordinance.
Commissioner Chair Kevin Austin was absent from the night time meeting leaving four commissioners to vote.
Michael Poston, director of the department of planning and development, presented the public hearing requesting the amendments.
The first was an adjustment to civil penalties. The planning and development board requested that violations to the county ordinances be liable to a $50 civil penalty per violation for each day that the violation continues.
Poston made a point to share that this penalty would come only after the county made clear effort to resolve the issue with the resident without inflicting a penalty.
The second amendment addressed what classifies a junkyard. The amendment sought to change the ordinance from six or more junked motor vehicles to three or more before the property was declared a junkyard.
The third amendment dealt with addressing temporary uses. Poston noted that the county's ordinance doesn't address the possibility of short-term uses for properties such as tractor pulls, carnivals, Christmas tree lots, film shoots, concerts, etc.
Poston asked that the county consider allowing the planning and development department the leniency to decide on situations like this on a case-by-case basis granted the applicant provides the necessary applications, shows proof of permission to use the property in that manner, can insure that traffic and safety be maintained throughout the temporary use and show that all necessary permits have been obtained.
The fourth amendment addressed small-scale auto sales. Poston requested that auto sale facilities that are zoned in an RA district be allowed to operate as long as they follow the following standards: building or structures have a minimum setback of twice what is required by the existing ordinance, all uses other than display of autos associated with the business must be located in the side or rear yard of the property, all storage associated with auto sales shall be buffered from adjacent property by fencing or vegetation and the business shall not create any noxious fumes, odors, traffic congestion, noise or other nuisance factors.
The fifth amendment dealt with small scale restaurant in a horse show or riding facility. This amendment would allow for associated small-scale facilities such as a tack shop or restaurant that are incidental to the horse show/riding facility but may enhance the overall property in relation to tourism be permitted on a case-by-case basis.
The sixth and final amendment addressed solar farming. The amendment requests that districts zoned as RA be allowed to house solar farms as long as all structures associated with the farm maintain standard setbacks applicable to the zoning district, any equipment producing sound or noise be set back a minimum of 100 feet from any property line, all storage must be located indoors, utility facilities and all associated structures and equipment shall be enclosed with a minimum eight feet high security fence and vegetation or wooded area, the business shall not create any noxious fumes, odors, traffic congestion, noise or other nuisance factors and the when the solar farm ceases operation all structures and equipment related to the farm must be removed.
Following Poston's presentation and some discussions clarifying some details of the amendments the commissioners voted unanimously 4-0 in favor of passing all six amendments as presented by Poston.
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North Charleston, S.C. / February 7, 2012 – On Wednesday January 9, Trident Medical Center became the first hospital in the country to perform a Precision Spectra Spinal Cord Stimulator (SCS) implant. The surgery was performed by neurosurgeon Dr. Jason Highsmith, who is one of just 10 surgeons nationwide trained in implanting this device. The device, which was created by Boston Scientific, relieves pain by delivering electrical pulses to the spinal cord. Instead of feeling pain, patients experience a tingling sensation. Individuals control the level of pulses sent by a handheld remote control, giving them the ability to change the amount of pulses depending on the level of discomfort they are feeling. "This device is the most technologically advanced implant available today for the control of chronic pain," said Dr. Highsmith. Until now, SCS systems have offered a maximum of 16 contacts and two lead ports, with each lead port allowing the placement of one lead. The contact is the area on the lead that provides stimulation to the patient. The lead is a catheter that is threaded through a needle or inserted through a laminotomy to the desired level in the spine through the lead port. By providing 32 contacts and four lead ports—twice that of any other SCS system—the Precision Spectra System offers more coverage of the spinal cord for the management of chronic pain. The Precision Spectra System is the world's first and only SCS system with 32 contacts and 32 dedicated power sources. "Trident Health strives to remain on the cutting edge of technology. We are excited to be chosen as the location for the first implantation of the Spectra IPG in the nation. This is a great addition to the wide variety of spinal procedures that are offered at Trident Medical Center," said Donna Daws, Trident Medical Center Director of Surgical Services. Trident Health is an HCA hospital system comprised of two acute care hospitals – Trident Medical Center and Summerville Medical Center – as well as Moncks Corner Medical Center. The Joint Commission recently named Trident Health to their list of the nation's top hospitals for quality and safety. In 2011, Trident Health provided almost $45 million in charity and uncompensated care and contributed $38 million in taxes. Accredited by The Joint Commission, Trident Health is committed to providing quality health services along with wellness information and opportunities to the communities it serves. For more information about Trident Health, please visit our website at www.tridenthealthsystem.com or call 843.797.7000.
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