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It gives me great pleasure to launch this wonderful, inspiring book, Cleo: How an uppity cat helped heal a family. Helen Brown, the author, is an amazing person. The first time we met, well . . . we just hit it off, swapping stories about our absent teenage daughters (at Howqua), and about our other lives outside and beyond the business of mothering . . . our writing lives, for example, for writing is one of the great bonds between us. When Helen asked me if I'd launch her book I was delighted. I love book launches. I attend as many as I possibly can. For what is more delightful than celebrating the creativity and achievement of dear friends? But I have to say I was also a bit intimidated by the request, as it seemed to me that Helen Brown should have some well-known media identity on the job rather than a staid Professor, for Helen is nothing less than a celebrity: a prize-winning journalist in New Zealand and a much-loved magazine and newspaper columnist. Now she is blazing a trail with this moving family memoir, Cleo. Released at the start of this month, within its first week Cleo slotted in at No. 5 on the NZ bestseller list, it is now No. 3, and it has also embarked on its second edition in Australia. Congratulations Helen . . . and well done to the team at Allen & Unwin.
Cleo tells the story of Helen's first marriage in Wellington, a city famous for 2 things, she tells us – bad weather and earthquakes. Young and not altogether well-matched to her sailor husband Steve, Helen lives precariously with her two boys Sam and Rob in 'a bungalow halfway down a zigzag on a cliff directly above a major fault line'. At the heart of this book lies the terrible tragedy of losing her eldest child Sam just after his 9th birthday, an accident witnessed by his younger brother Rob. This first part of the book vividly, movingly recreates Helen's experience of undergoing this tragedy – the initial disbelief, the almost overwhelming horror of it all, the inconsolable self flattened by grief and sorrow. Of her sorrow, she writes with moving lyricism: 'I longed for sorrow to shrivel and sail effortlessly into oblivion. If an autumn leaf could release the memory of summer and float into nothingness, fearless and with such grace, why was it impossible for me?'
In the early days of shock and loss, so fearful is the experience that Helen often appears as a spilt consciousness: 'From a position high on the hall ceiling I watched myself wailing and screaming below'. This split consciousness, with one part spookily detached, reappears when the reality of loss has sunk in so deeply that Helen is tempted 'to float away with it for eternity, smiling down on human drama like an amused zoo-keeper. The idea of shedding my body and escaping pain was suddenly attractive'. But the plan is foiled when the bathroom door opens a crack, and a single black paw runs down the gap. Suddenly, there is a small kitten mewing to be picked up! This is Cleo, the kitten chosen by Sam a week before his death and later delivered into the midst of this family's grief and sorrow. It is the great achievement of Helen's narrative to show us how the key to healing can lie in affection for small things: it was love for a kitten, she tells us, that helped her (and young Rob) embrace the world again. 'Cleo was constantly springing out at us from behind doorways', she writes, 'reminding us life was too profound to be taken seriously'.
Gradually, as Cleo works her magic on Helen, the little cat convinces her that 'it's not healthy to look down on your life from a distance forever: it's important also to look UP for inspiration'. Gone is the eerie, frightening, detached split consciousness; 'Lift up thine eyes' the good book tells us, and lift them up, Helen does, only to discover in the night skies over Wellington, not blankness, a 'limitless nothing', but a place of profound energies, a space unplumbed and mysterious and yet providing solace to those who seek for it. Looking up, Sam is, Helen says, 'distant as the stars and yet an integral part of every breath'. And just in case you are beginning to get the impression that this is a philosophical book, these speculations about looking up and looking down are framed by one of the funniest incidents in the book – Helen's futile attempt to 'rescue' Cleo from the top of a chimney pot, a mission which involves her scrambling perilously up a ladder and onto a high roof. Then comes her vertigo on looking down, and her descent into vomiting upon arriving at ground level. By this time Cleo has, of course, descended nimbly and long disappeared into the bushes.
Helen's greatest gift, and the other key to her survival besides the cat Cleo, is her great sense of her humour. The drollery is there, even at the bleakest moments: the flowers of sympathy, for instance, which keep arriving with such remorseless regularity that it almost drives Helen out of her mind. For anyone observing this grieving household, she writes, it'd be hard to say who was the stranger: 'the grieving woman who went hysterical at the sight of floral deliveries or the husband who hid them under bushes'. Other highlights are the Battle of the Bassinette, the birth of Lydia narrated through a haze of nitrous oxide, in which everyone is talking in Donald Duck voices and Helen thinks she's giving birth to a kitten, the courtship with young Philip, who bristles with muscles, not a spare inch of fat anywhere, and the sudden realization by Helen, three-times a mother, that queen-sized sheets are the Western woman's equivalent of the chador, 'arranged to cover the entire body and head with just a slit from which the eyes can peer out'. 'Gosh, these sheets have a mind of their own', she tells Philip. Or the invented 'sensitive to light' eye condition, an implausible excuse for plunging the bedroom into such impenetrable darkness that the body becomes, not so much a temple as a garden for the blind.
Reading this book downstairs, with the kids upstairs doing their homework, at one point an alarmed Susanna rushed to the top of the stairs asking if I was ok because it sounded like I was weeping. I was actually roaring with laughter but I might well have been weeping, for this is a book that provokes both reactions, often within short compass. And reigning over all the ups and downs of Helen and her family—Philip, Rob, Lydia and Katherine—is Cleo, high priestess of some mysterious cult, a creature embodying ferocity and fearlessness, but also exquisite laziness, stretched out on the sofa, never over-exerting herself, turning lethargy into an art form. My favourite description of Cleo is the one in which, playing 'sock-er' (as Rob called it) she flattens herself and wriggles under the sofa in pursuit of a sock. It was like watching birth in reverse, Helen tells us, and the silence that followed was unnerving:
'She was stuck under there. Seconds later, a single black paw appeared from behind the high back of the sofa. It was swiftly accompanied by another paw. With leverage from two sets of claws a face appeared, much narrower that the last time we'd seen it, the eyes half closed, the ears reduced to mere flaps flattened against its skull. Clamped victoriously between its thin lips was the sock.'
Brilliant! The description here of Cleo's re-birthing is as vivid as a Disney cartoon. It is at moments like this that Cleo the book defies death by staring it down, a little bit as John Donne does in his well-known sonnet, so full of bravura:
'Death, be not proud, though some have called thee
Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so:
For those whom thou think'st thou dost overthrow
Die not, poor Death; nor yet canst thou kill me.'
At other times this memoir reminds us of what we all know so well, and that is that we all live in the shadow of death . . . the shadows cast by those, like Sam, who have gone before us, and the shadow of our own mortality. The fault-line invoked so humorously at the start of the novel is not so much geological as biological. Life, so precious, is also incredibly precarious, sometimes senselessly and brutally snatched away in the blink of an eye. Thus it is that, for Rob and for Helen, 'Even though we laughed, worked and played, our grief was still real, unresolved in many ways and buried deep inside'.
Of the dead they rightly say: 'Forever with us, forever gone'. What a paradox! And of course it is the paradox of memory—our memories of the dead are so vivid that they seem to be still living amongst us, and yet the very vividness only underscores the loss.
But for all the human sadness of this, the ending of Cleo is full of new beginnings, especially with the forthcoming marriage of Rob and Chantelle (what a thrill it was to have been there at their beautiful wedding in Daylesford earlier this year). On the last few pages we overhear the young couple debating what kind of kitten they are going to have, a discussion which neatly seals the book's celebration of the uncanny, mysterious bond we share with animals. The connection between Rob and the feline goddess Cleo was a deep and lasting one -- as a kitten she had helped him sleep alone in his bedroom for the first time without Sam, and 'spoken' to him through his dreams . . .
Thank you Helen for writing such a sad, funny, vivid and consoling family memoir. I declare Cleo launched!
Deirdre Coleman


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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Treasury said on Wednesday it wants Congress to adopt rules that would allow President Barack Obama to veto any denial of his request to increase the country's debt ceiling.
Under the provision, first proposed by Republican Senator Mitch McConnell during last year's debt limit negotiations, Congress would have 15 days to deny the president's request for raising the statutory limit.
Even if both chambers disapprove of the measure, the president can veto their resolution of disapproval, allowing the debt limit to be increased.
(Reporting by Pedro Nicolaci da Costa; Editing by Jackie Frank)

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Real Housewives of Beverly Hills
Dana Wilkey Doesn't Think the Housewives Should Have Been Cordial to Cedric Martinez at the SUR Party
In her latest Bravo blog, Real Housewives of Beverly Hills' Dana Wilkey praised her castmates' classy behavior on Season 2, Episode 19, "A Night of a Thousand Surprises."
Dana really admired the way that Lisa Vanderpump handled the sticky situation involving Brandi Glanville and another (er, the other) woman. When one of Brandi's ex-husband's mistresses just so happened to be waitressing at the SUR launch party (awkward!), Lisa kindly asked her to leave without so much as a second thought. "Lisa showed a lot of class," Dana writes. As if we expected anything different.
Dana was also impressed by the way Brandi carried herself during what could have been an extremely emotional situation with the waitress. "I also was shocked at how much restraint Brandi showed toward the waitress. I must say I would have really let her have it if she had been involved cheated with my husband," she writes. Good thing Dana's man seems to be behaving himself!
However, Dana did disagree with one thing about Brandi's behavior that night, and that was the way she reacted to the arriveal of Lisa's notorious former houseguest, Cedric Martinez, a.k.a. the uber-villain of the night.
"I was surprised Brandi and the others were so nice to Cedric. I don't know him very well but I didn't say 'Hi' to him because on principal. If he betrayed Lisa and her family and I don't have a strong personal relationship there then I'm not going to be cordial. Why would I be, if I really believe he was so bad to her? If Lisa is my friend then I better reciprocate the respect of not being friendly with someone who has seemingly hurt her so deeply," Dana writes.
We're just glad Lisa and Brandi are still able to get along. That friendship is too much fun to watch!
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Wet Weather Causes Most ATV Trails to Remain Closed This Weekend
It's almost Memorial Day weekend, and while ATV trails like this one in Caribou would usually be open, that isn't the case this year.
"It's been a very long winter as we all know, and right now spring has not been in our favor if we're outdoor enthusiasts, it's very wet. And unfortunately, a lot of the ATV trails in the region go across private land and farmland and they're just not ready to open," says Kathy Mazzuchelli the Superintendent of the Caribou Parks and Recreation Center.
Mazzuchelli says the wet weather has delayed the farmers. She adds that it's also not safe for ATV riders to be out while there is farm equipment on the fields.
"We have a lot of agricultural land as do other clubs. They're behind, and we're respectful that they're allowing us to recreate on their land, so we would like to see them get planted first," says Mazzuchelli.
There is some good news though. Mazzuchelli says the director of the All Terrain Vehicle Program for the state says the Bangor and Aroostook Trail will be open this weekend.
"People can get into the Caribou area around Bennett drive, they can get up to Van Buren, they can get to Stockholm, to Washburn," says Mazzuchelli.
As for the closed trails, Mazzuchelli says the Aroostook Valley trail will be closed. The CP rail that the Presque Isle group manages will be closed. In Caribou, the Limestone Connector trail, Gurette Bouchard Trail, and Cross-Town Connector Trails are all closed until further notice.
"For right now, we just have to check our ATV, make sure it's ready to ride, get them registered, check trail signage maybe if you can later on and wait a week or two before the season starts," says Mazzuchelli.
Ensuring it's a safe and enjoyable season for everyone involved.
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WASHINGTON - While China seeks to benefit from trade and technology "interactions" with the United States, Beijing leaders still believe the U.S. poses a "significant," long-term challenge, according to a DoD report released to Congress July 30.
WASHINGTON - Defense officials are committed to fulfilling requests from the federal 9-11 Commission, a senior official said in the Pentagon today.
GARDEZ, Afghanistan - It looks like the Alamo, complete with the Lone Star flag flying over it.
BAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan - While her husband addressed military affairs, Mary Jo Myers toured various places around Afghanistan July 30 to get a feel for the shape the country and its people are in.
BAGRAM Air Base, Afghanistan - Air Force Gen. Richard Myers, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, visited Bagram Air Base July 30 as part of his tour of Middle Eastern and Asian coalition military operations.
BAGRAM AIR FIELD, Afghanistan - They travel all over the world, from the United States to Egypt to Kosovo, working side by side with troops, searching trucks, buildings and people for narcotics and explosives. These canines lifelines for military safety are here protecting the coalition forces and the surrounding area from threats of terrorism.
WASHINGTON - A free and democratic Iraq will show other countries in the region that "prosperity and dignity are found in representative government and free institutions," President Bush said at the White House this morning.
WASHINGTON - After nearly a half century of federal service, William I. Lowry has learned to expect the unexpected.
WASHINGTON - Six enemy combatants now being detained by DoD will be evaluated to determine if any should be charged and tried for war crimes under military commissions, two senior U.S. military lawyers told the American Forces Radio and Television Service recently.
WASHINGTON - While there are no guarantees that America can prevent another terrorist attack on U.S. soil, Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge said the "American people are more secure and better prepared today than ever before."
WASHINGTON - U.S. and other coalition forces in Iraq can't defend themselves everywhere all the time, so they've been going on the offensive, a top Defense Department spokesman said today.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Joint Chiefs chairman Air Force Gen. Richard B. Myers continued consultations in South Asia with meetings with his Pakistani counterparts here today.
WASHINGTON - Iraqis are providing more tips to U.S. and coalition forces searching for Saddam loyalists in Iraq, Deputy Defense Secretary Paul D. Wolfowitz told a U.S. Senate committee here today.
NEW DELHI, India - Air Force Gen. Richard B. Myers discussed the continuing war on terrorism with his Indian counterpart here today and quashed rumors that his visit was related to U.S. pressure for India to provide troops for operations in Iraq.
NEW DELHI, India - The area within Tikrit, Baghdad and Ar Ramadi "is still a war zone," said Joint Chiefs chairman Air Force Gen. Richard B. Myers during a press conference here today.
WASHINGTON - Nominees to lead two important leadership positions faced tough questions concerning present troops strength in Iraq, lengths of deployments and the stress those deployments are having on service members and their families today.
GROTON, Conn. - Quoting late educator Horace Mann, Adm. Walter F. Doran told the audience July 24 at the 5th annual Military Child Education Coalition conference that "the surest way to scatter a mob is to start a speech on education."
WASHINGTON - "The Korean War will not really end until every American is brought home or accounted for."
WASHINGTON - Fifty years ago on July 27, the signing of an armistice ended three years of bloody fighting on the Korean peninsula - a conflict in which almost 37,000 U.S. service members gave their lives.
BALAD, Iraq - The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff visited the "pointy end of the spear" in Iraq July 27.
WASHINGTON - Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz said security continues to be a real problem in Iraq, but that help from other nations and the Iraqi people is on the way.
DOHA, Qatar - A U.S. Central Command official estimates the number of anti-coalition forces in Iraq to number between 4,000 and 5,000.
WASHINGTON - The King (of Comedy) is dead. Long live the King.
DOHA, Qatar - Saddam Hussein is on the lam and if he is still in Iraq the United States will get him, said Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Air Force Gen. Richard Myers, yesterday.
WASHINGTON - Members of Iraq's medical community - with U.S. and allied help - are determined to restore their nation's health care system after decades of abuse and neglect by Saddam Hussein's regime, DoD's top medical official said here today.
GROTON, Conn. - Many things have changed for the better for military people over the past decade or so, but moving a family is still one of the greatest stresses for service members, spouses and children, the superintendent of the U.S. Coast Guard Academy said July 23 at an educators' conference here.
GROTON, Conn. - Army Gen. Tommy Franks said he wasn't surprised when Saddam Hussein's sons Uday and Qusay were killed in a pitched battle in Iraq. The general who led international coalitions in Afghanistan and Iraq even predicted the demise of the pair's father.
WASHINGTON - The July 22 deaths of Saddam Hussein's sons Uday and Qusay at the hands of U.S. forces who were tipped of by an Iraqi citizen is bringing forth intelligence information that has led to weapons seizures and the arrests of Saddam loyalists.
WASHINGTON - "If this was a real event you wouldn't be standing here," the director of the Pentagon Force Protection Agency told reporters being given a close-up view of a large-scale chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear training exercise in the Pentagon's south parking lot July 24.
WASHINGTON - Many Americans from around the country have responded to the events of Sept. 11 with support for those who lost loved ones in the attack. For some, this support has come in the form of needle and thread.
WASHINGTON - American forces in Iraq are making important contributions to ensure that country's successful transition from dictatorship to democracy, the U.S. military's senior officer told a Senate committee here today.
WASHINGTON - The regime of deposed dictator Saddam Hussein is out of power forever in Iraq, but the United States remains engaged in the war against global terrorism, the U.S. military's top civilian said here today.
WASHINGTON - For decades, terrorists have waged war against the United States. Now, America is waging war against terrorists, Vice President Richard Cheney said today.
PORT OF SHUAIBA, Kuwait - Soldiers in Kuwait have started studying Arabic twice a week thanks to a fellow American soldier who grew up speaking Arabic in Alexandria, Egypt.
GROTON, Conn. - In only five years, the Military Child Education Coalition has grown into an organization of international presence, a former Groton schools superintendent told attendees July 22 at the organization's 5th annual conference here.
WASHINGTON - The head of reconstruction efforts in Iraq said progress continues to be made in the country and the deaths of Hussein brothers Uday and Qusay is a "statement and a restatement of the partnership that has emerged between the Iraqi people and the coalition."
WASHINGTON - Defense officials have come up with a troop-rotation plan for Iraq that will give the commander of U.S. Central Command "the force he needs to decisively defeat those elements that threaten security," the acting Army chief said July 23.
WASHINGTON - The deaths of Uday and Qusay Hussein sent "a very clear signal to the Iraqis that the Hussein family is finished and will not be returning to terrorize them again," Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said today.
WASHINGTON - The killing of Saddam Hussein's sons Uday and Qusay by U.S. forces July 22 was another indicator that the United States is making progress in Iraq, Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz told Pentagon reporters today.
WASHINGTON - President Bush today urged nations around the world to contribute "militarily and financially" toward building a free and secure Iraq.
FORT LEAVENWORTH, Kan. - The defense department's top civilian declared here July 22 that he's not at war with the U.S. Army.
WASHINGTON - U.S. military officials in Iraq believe a coalition missile barrage at roughly 1 p.m. local time July 22 struck the fatal blow to Uday and Qusay Hussein.
WASHINGTON - "It's great to be home," Army Pfc. Jessica Lynch told hundreds of well wishers who lined the streets of Elizabeth, W. Va., today to welcome the former POW home.
WASHINGTON - Fourteen non-profit organizations today received a total of $50,000 in grants for programs they created to improve quality of life for military members, their families and communities.
WASHINGTON - Army Pfc. Jessica Lynch, the first of the rescued prisoners of war from Operation Iraqi Freedom, was discharged from Walter Reed Army Medical Center July 22, her 102nd day of care at the largest medical facility in the Department of Defense.
WASHINGTON - Travel and adventure. For 17-year-old Mike Dougherty of Milwaukee, Wis., this was reason enough to enlist in the armed services.
WASHINGTON - At 5:30 a.m. each day, Maj. Gen. Bill Caldwell starts off his morning with the daily traffic.
WASHINGTON - Saddam Hussein's sons Qusay and Uday were killed today in a "fierce gun battle," U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez, announced at a news briefing in Baghdad.
WASHINGTON - A team of 21 U.S. Marines arrived in Monrovia today to add a level of security to the U.S. Embassy in Liberia's capital, Defense officials in the Pentagon said.
Washington - Family members and defense officials alike intend to ensure that those who died at the Pentagon Sept. 11, 2001, are remembered.
WASHINGTON - America and Europe are "both more secure and more effective" when they work together, President George W. Bush said today during a press conference with his Italian counterpart.
WASHINGTON - Several attacks and an accident in Iraq over the past three days have left five American soldiers dead and another six hurt.
WASHINGTON - American special operations forces killed roughly two dozen enemy forces after being attacked in Afghanistan July 19. While, elsewhere, nine coalition troops have been wounded in recent days.
WASHINGTON - Susan Brewer made a startling discovery during a "Support Our Troops" rally on the National Mall in April. She found out that wounded service members returning from Iraq only have the clothes on their backs and that's if their garments haven't been cut off for medical procedures.
WASHINGTON - Despite repeated hit and run assaults on U.S. and coalition forces in Iraq by "bitter- ender" Saddam supporters, security and reconstruction efforts in that country continue forward, the senior U.S. administrator in Iraq said July 20.
WASHINGTON - An Iraqi militia is being formed to assist U.S. and coalition forces in rooting out and destroying Saddam loyalists who've been attacking coalition forces and obstructing reconstruction efforts, the senior U.S. administrator in Iraq said July 20.
WASHINGTON - Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld and Air Force Gen. Richard B. Myers, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, thanked about 20 of the nation's top business leaders today for their support of employees serving in the National Guard and reserves.
WASHINGTON - Defense Department officials are looking hard at recommendations regarding rebuilding Iraq that a team of post-war reconstruction experts made in a report released July 17.
WASHINGTON - It's all about building a first-rate personnel system to complement a first-rate military, said David Chu, undersecretary of defense for personnel and readiness.
MIAMI - Possibly the most honored person at the NAACP's 28th Annual Armed Services and Veterans Affairs award dinner July 16 was not a high- ranking dignitary or any of the scheduled awardees.
MIAMI - NAACP president and chief executive officer Kweisi Mfume told an audience of military and Defense Department personnel that he envies those who wear the military uniform.
WASHINGTON - DoD's military and civilian personnel systems need to be as flexible as the fighting forces they support, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld wrote in a Washington Post commentary today.
WASHINGTON - The United States and Britain are opposing the ideology of terrorism with a belief in freedom and liberty, President Bush said during a White House press conference today with his British counterpart.
MIAMI - A top DoD official told the NAACP that DoD's "made great strides in the representation of African-Americans in our armed forces, but we recognize we still have room for growth, particularly in general and flag officer ranks."
WASHINGTON - The values of liberty and freedom are America's and Great Britain's best weapons against terrorism, British Prime Minister Tony Blair told a joint meeting of Congress July 17.
WASHINGTON - "We can either fight this battle against terrorism at home, or we can fight it abroad," U.S. Army Gen. John Abizaid said July 16. "Our soldiers have to know in their heart of hearts that they've got to fight it abroad."
WASHINGTON - BMW of North America has donated six BMW R 1100 RT-P ("P" for police) authority motorcycles to the Defense Department's police force, which enables the Pentagon law enforcement agency to create its first motorcycle unit.
WASHINGTON - Air Force Maj. Jim Ewald had just finished a close-air support mission over Baghdad when his A-10 Thunderbolt II was hit by an Iraqi surface-to-air missile April 8. It physically moved the plane "like the hand of God," Ewald said during a Pentagon interview July 16.
WASHINGTON - Three days into Operation Iraqi Freedom, Air Force Lt. Col. Dave Kennedy got a new mission: Go to Tallil air base in Iraq and ready it for A-10 Thunderbolt II missions.
WASHINGTON - U.S. and coalition forces are facing organized opposition by Baathist remnants throughout Iraq, U.S. Army Gen. John Abizaid told reporters at the Pentagon July 16.
MONTEREY, Calif. - States affiliated with foreign countries should strengthen those bonds. States that have not forged similar international alliances might want to think about doing so.
ST INIGOES, Md. - The popular idea of unmanned aerial vehicles is that they are like aggrandized radio-controlled planes, good only for reconnaissance and scouting.
WASHINGTON - An American soldier was killed in an attack on a convoy west of Baghdad today. Three other soldiers were wounded in the attack.
WASHINGTON - President Bush has proposed legislation to Congress that would improve benefits for former prisoners of war, responding to the needs of Operation Iraqi Freedom POWs.
WASHINGTON - Today, there's no visible reminder of the Sept. 11 terrorist attack on the Pentagon. The destroyed section of the building has been rebuilt. Its gray stone facade has been meticulously restored.
WASHINGTON - Soldiers of the 3rd Infantry Division will be home "by September," DoD officials said.
WASHINGTON - Purple Heart recipients from previous conflicts get a chance to attend the 2003 Army- Navy football game for free.
WASHINGTON - The citizens of Iraq moved closer toward establishing a democratic government of their own choosing with the July 13 assembly of the Iraqi governing council, the senior U.S. administrator in Iraq noted recently.
ORLANDO, Fla. - The refurbished Armed Forces Recreation Center Shades of Green on Walt Disney World Resort won't open till March 1, 2004, instead of the originally planned Dec. 15, 2003, date.
WASHINGTON - The Defense and Labor departments are combining forces to improve the lives of service members, their families and veterans re- entering the civilian workforce by sharing of information on job training and employment programs.
WASHINGTON - Any large-scale deployment of American troops to Liberia would not be under U.N. control, President George W. Bush said at the White House today.
WASHINGTON - Iraq has taken a first step toward self-government after decades of tyrannical rule by Saddam Hussein's regime.
ST INIGOES, Md. - The "Jumbotron" video screen had "Welcome to UAV Town, USA" emblazoned across at site of the unmanned aerial vehicle flight demonstration today.
WASHINGTON - Veterans of Foreign Wars and American Legion volunteers stepped up recently to help out the family of an Illinois Air National Guardsman deployed overseas in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
WASHINGTON - There were 97 major base closures and 55 major realignments during previous base realignment and closure actions in 1988, 1991, 1993 and 1995, according to DoD documents.
WASHINGTON - A 3rd Infantry Division soldier was killed and six others wounded in Baghdad early July 14 when their convoy was attacked with rocket-propelled grenades, U.S. Central Command officials said.
WASHINGTON - The closer coalition forces get to completely dismantling the remnants of Iraq's ousted Baath government, the "more vicious" attacks on American forces in that country are likely to become, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said today.
WASHINGTON - It was the first time Julie Curtis-Win and her father had done something together in a long time. Both avid gardeners, they signed up for Texas A&M's Horticulture Master Gardener class.
WASHINGTON - U.S. Central Command has been at the "leading edge of the global war on terrorism" for the past two years, according to Tommy Franks, the U.S. Army general who led the U.S. offensive against terrorism in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
WASHINGTON - The Defense Department is making joint training a priority as it moves ahead with transforming the way U.S. forces prepare for war.
ARLINGTON, Va. - Families of service members still missing from the Vietnam War are "the essence of America's strength," according to the general in charge of finding those missing troops.
WASHINGTON - Stella Garrison was watching the Marine Corps TV channel at Camp Pendleton, Calif., when she saw an advertisement about nominations for the "Marine of the Year" competition. She thought her husband met the prerequisites for the honor, and she was right.
WASHINGTON - President Bush and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld stand firm in their conviction that Saddam Hussein's regime posed a threat to world peace.
WASHINGTON - Two American soldiers died in separate attacks in Iraq July 9. A third soldier was wounded.
WASHINGTON - The United States "will stay the course" in Iraq, President Bush said today in Gaberone, Botswana, following a meeting with President Festus Gontebanye Mogae.
WASHINGTON - The foundation of American policy in Iraq is that the country belongs to the Iraqis, and the United States will turn over control of the country as soon as possible, Douglas Feith, undersecretary of defense for policy, said yesterday.
WASHINGTON - A rocket-propelled grenade was fired at a coalition forces' perimeter at Fallujah, Iraq, early July 9, and two more former Saddam Hussein-regime officials are in U.S. custody.
WASHINGTON - President Bush said the United States is firmly committed to peace in Africa and said America would support peacekeeping efforts in Liberia.
FORT DETRICK, Md. - The next-generation anthrax vaccine, based on a decade of work at the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, is now moving into not one, but four clinical trials.
WASHINGTON - The maturation of the joint force concept was at the heart of the successes American arms achieved during Operation Iraqi Freedom, former command leader Army Gen. Tommy Franks said today before the Senate Armed Services Committee.
WASHINGTON - Testifying before the Senate Armed Services Committee today, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld worked to dispel the impression that Saddam Hussein loyalists are operating freely throughout Iraq.
WASHINGTON - Forty-four civilian community leaders from across the country were "wowed" by their experiences during a weeklong Joint Civilian Orientation Conference, June 7 to 13.
WASHINGTON - The Iraqi people can now speak their minds openly, according to Emad Dhia, an Iraqi-born American who's just spent eight weeks in Baghdad.
WASHINGTON - Anti-coalition insurgents mounted several attacks on U.S. troops in Iraq July 8, and dropped mortar rounds on an American supply depot north of Baghdad July 7, a Coalition Joint Task Force-7 spokesman said today.
WASHINGTON - President Bush said during a quick media opportunity in Senegal that the United States will participate with the Economic Community of West African States and the United Nations in any humanitarian mission to Liberia. "We're now in the process to determine the extent of our participation," Bush said.
WASHINGTON - Iraq's electrical system and other key infrastructure was all but ruined after years of neglect under Saddam Hussein's rule, but reconstruction efforts are improving life for the country's citizens with each passing day, U.S. officials in Baghdad said July 7.
WASHINGTON - Iraqis need to see Saddam Hussein and his sons dead or in custody before they feel safe, said Emad Dhia, director of the Iraqi Reconstruction and Development Council, during a Pentagon press conference today.
WASHINGTON - Two Americans died yesterday following attacks and another died as a result of an explosion early this morning. All three were members of the 1st Armored Division and all the attacks took place in Baghdad.
FORT DETRICK, Md. - When top DoD officials mandate anthrax or smallpox vaccinations for service members, a small group of dedicated logisticians at the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Agency spring into action. Their job? Make sure the vaccine gets where it needs to go and arrives in pristine condition.
6th Air Mobility Wing Public Affairs TAMPA, Fla. - Army Gen. John P. Abizaid assumed command of U.S. Central Command from Army Gen. Tommy R. Franks today during a ceremony at the St. Pete Times Forum.
WASHINGTON - Army Gen. Tommy Franks, who steps down as commander of U.S. Central Command today, said coalition forces will continue to move forward with establishing security in Iraq, by "working with Iraqis" despite an increasing number of U.S. casualties.
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WASHINGTON - The remnants of Saddam Hussein's regime are not only attacking coalition forces, but also the infrastructure all Iraqis rely on, said the presidential envoy to Iraq today.
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Helen Clark, 84 of Monroe died at 11:05 a.m. Wednesday at Magnum Care and Rehab Center, Monroe. She had been in poor health for one year.
Friends may call from 3 to 8 p.m. Friday at the Rupp Funeral Home where funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday. Rev. Joe Bryant, pastor of the Union Street Missionary Baptist Church will officiate. Burial will be at LaSalle Township Cemetery.
Born March 1, 1927 in Union County, Tennessee she was the daughter of John B. and Nancy (Lay) Maples. She married Dewey L. Clark April 19, 1946 in Roseville, Georgia. He preceded her in death on July 9, 2005.
Helen was a member of the Union Street Missionary Baptist Church.
Surviving are her children Joey S. Clark of Cheboygan; Margie L. Robinson of Monroe; daughter-in-law Dawn Clark of Monroe; sisters, Ella Mae Franks and Idella Masingo both of Sharps Chapel, Tennessee; ten grandchildren and fourteen great grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband Dewey, son John W. Clark, daughters, Barbara Cupp and Shirley Clark, brothers, Ernest, Leonard and Herman Maples, sisters, Minnie Maples and Annlee Roe.
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"These chocolate-covered spoons make delightful holiday gifts. They are so wonderful to have at home, too. Use them to stir a little chocolate into your coffee, or strengthen your hot chocolate. You will need 20 to 24 plastic spoons for this recipe. "
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I made these for Christmas gifts a few days in advance. On Christmas Eve I noticed that they no longer were smooth, but rough and spotty looking. I made up a quick new batch with a tad of shortening and they still look beautiful.
I cheated!, I used Hershey kisses & melted them. Dip the spoons & let set-up in fridge, Then drizzled with melted white chocolate chips.
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These are really great! The're fast, easy, inexpensive, and look impressive, too! They sell for $1.79 each at our specialty store. I made them for less than 20 cents. I did drizzle mine with white chocolate. I also used small candy bags to put them in and attached them to the handle of a coffee mug that had the cappuccino mix from the site in it. Add a bow and it makes a nice gift!
Works perfectly. I wrapped mine in a square of cello wrap and tied with a bit of ribbon. Note that if you put them in the fridge right away you may get a sugar bloom (as I did). You may want to let the chocolate cool to room temperature before putting in the fridge - this should avoid the problem.
my girlfriend makes these every year...we also add liquor to the chocolate for the adults to use in their coffee, or hot chocolate...a big hit all winter long!
Wonderfully delicious little spoon! To my Christmas gift cups, I attached the spoon to the handle, and inside the cup put a small bag of hot choc. mix enclosed in a plastic bag inside a little fabric print bag with small bow on it, and a small plastic bag holding two heart shaped home-made marshmallows. The marshmallow recipe is found in Martha Stewart's recipes on the Oprah site. Judy
I added a little shortening as suggested by another viewer. I also added crushed peppermint candies to a few and marshmallows and chopped nuts to others with drizzles of dark chocolate. They turned out great. I made them for a craft fair to sell along side our hot chocolate. They were a big hit!!
Yummy :) I make these using spoon molds (I'm not sure where you get them; my mother-in-law gave them to me) and a special kind of chocolate that is used for the molds (higher amount of parafin so that the chocolate hardens and keeps its shape). One note - when making this recipe, make sure you use a high quality (i.e. name brand) of chocolate chips; the store brand doesn't seem to harden back up enough and you end up with a bit of a gooey mess :)
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Validating web forms is a critical skill for any web developer, ensuring that the data that's submitted is complete, accurate, and nonmalicious before it's sent off to the server. Join author Ray Villalobos in this course as he shows how to validate input from site visitors with HTML5, JavaScript, and jQuery and then process the data with PHP. Plus, learn how to email form data and save it in a MySQL database so that it's ready for other applications.
You can probably tell by the pound sign that we're asking jQuery to select an element with an ID of MyForm. If you want just the input fields belonging to our form, simply pass along the ID of the form plus a pseudo input selector. JQuery has a number of form specific pseudo selectors like input, checked, radio, submit and text. You can find all of them right here. In addition to that, you have the same type of events you are already familiar with in JavaScript. Events like blur, change, focus, submit, and value. You'll find those on this page.
We're just using the current version, so this will be fine. So, I'm going to copy this, and I'll go into my code, and I'll put it right after the modernizer script. So, I'm going to save that, I'm going to go to the page for this code, and I'll refresh it and right click and select Inspect Element. Now from here, I want to go over to the console. Now to select a form element I just checked, the jQuery dollar global and I pass it along a string with whatever I want to choose. So if I want to choose my form, I'll just put # sign, MyForm and hit Return and that selects the entire form. If I want just the input fields in MyForm, I can add the pseudoclass selector input.
The difference is that choosing an element in this way will work in older version of IE consistently without needing modernizer. Let's say you wanted to get information about a specific field. Since our form fields have ID values, it's easy to select them. You can also choose an item's attribute with the type selector. Let's say we wanted to get pattern in the input field with the ID of my name. You can also get just the text of the pattern attribute or ATTR method.
Although I always think that it's good learn how to do things with regular JavaScript, jQuery does make it a lot easier to work with the DOM. Your code will also be more backwards compatible. If you want to learn more about jQuery and its selectors, make sure you watch jQuery Essential Training with Joe Marini.
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MADISON — Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen has announced that on March 27, 2014, Mohammad Siddiqui entered pleas to six misdemeanor counts, five related to violations of the Wisconsin tobacco tax laws, and one count of obstructing an officer. An additional eight tobacco tax violations were dismissed and read-in for purposes of sentencing. This case was the result of an investigation of three tobacco shops owned by the defendant, one located in Sheboygan County and two in Milwaukee County. In the course of routine inspections, Department of Revenue agents found a multitude of untaxed tobacco products, including cigars and loose tobacco. The unpaid tax on items likely totaled well in excess of $100,000.
The charges in Milwaukee County were consolidated to Sheboygan County, and the defendant entered a plea to three counts of distribution of tobacco products without a permit, two counts of evasion of tobacco tax and one count of obstructing an officer for lying to Department of Revenue agents. Sentencing is set for May 23, 2014, at 11:30 before Judge Bourke in Sheboygan County.
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In the past few weeks I have seen numerous people walking/running on the side of the road with the direction of traffic. Their back is to the oncoming traffic unaware of how close these vehicles may be to hitting them.
This is dangerous!
There are two reasons to walk/run against traffic. First is the state law. "Vermont Laws Pertaining To Bicyclists & Pedestrians: Where public sidewalks are not provided any pedestrian walking along and upon a highway shall, when practicable, walk only on the left side of the roadway or its shoulder facing the direction of possible oncoming traffic. (Added 1971)"
Secondly, if you are walking/running facing the oncoming traffic, you get to see the oncoming traffic. You get to watch the vehicles and see if the vehicle will miss you. More frequently while I'm running I see people on their cell phones and not paying attention resulting in more near misses. Seeing this early, I have had time to take action and avoid getting hit.
Therefore, walkers and runners should make every effort to walk/run against the oncoming traffic. Make sure that there is enough space between you and the car and always be ready to take action and move out of the way of careless drivers.
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Tributes have been pouring in after the tragic death of Rebecca McManus, who was killed after a car ploughed into a bus stop in Hagley Road West on Saturday.
Police name woman killed in Birmingham crash
Police have named a young woman who was killed in a car crash over the weekend as Rebecca McManus.
Officers were called to Hagley Road West at just before 7:50pm on Saturday (31 May), after a car ploughed into a bus stop and hit two women.
21-year-old Rebecca was treated by medical staff but died at the scene.
The other woman, also aged 21, was seriously hurt and is in hospital in a critical condition.
A 32-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving and is continuing to help police with their enquiries.
Witness describes 'tragic' scenes at site of crash
A Birmingham resident who witnessed the fatal collision at a bus-stop near Beechwood Road, has described how the driver 'lost control'.
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Man arrested after fatal Birmingham bus-stop crash
A 32-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving after a woman died and a second was critically injured when a car smashed into a Birmingham bus stop on Saturday night.
A woman in her 20's - yet to be named - was killed when a car mounted the pavement after leaving Hagley Road West on the inter-city carriageway, near Beechwood Road at around 8pm.
There were several witnesses to the tragedy and her family have been informed.
The second woman was rushed to Queen Elizabeth Hospital with serious injuries and her condition is still critical.
Motorcyclist dies following crash in Herefordshire
A motorcyclist has died and his partner is seriously injured following a crash in Herefordshire.
It happened just after 5pm on Saturday on the A44 between Leominster and Monkland and involved a blue and white Suzuki motorbike and a blue Vauxhall Insignia car.
51-year-old Paul Carr was pronounced dead at the scene.
His partner, 54-year-old partner Karen Fisher was airlifted to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham where her condition is described as serious but stable.
Man dies in crash on M40
A man has died following a crash on the M40 in Warwickshire.
It happened just before 10.30am this morning near junction 12 on the southbound carriageway.
The Police, Fire and West Midlands ambulance service were all called to the scene of the crash where the car had overturned into a ditch.
The driver died at the scene, his passenger, a man in his 30s, was uninjured along with a seven-year-old girl who had been travelling in the back of the car.
Mother finds dying son outside hospital where brother is in critical condition
A mother told an inquest how she found her dying son in a car crash outside a Birmingham hospital where his brother was in a critical condition after being stabbed.
Imogen Brown fainted after recognising her son's car which had crashed into a lamp post on Dudley Road in Winson Green four years ago.
The inquest heard how the family of 29-year-old Kevin Burris believe he was being followed by police at the time of the crash.
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The GoFundMe page was set up in honour of Paige Jackson who died after being hit by a car in Saffron Lane in Leicester.
Organisers had hoped to raise £3,000 to cover the cost of a funeral. A statement on the page said all money left over will go to charity.
Donations for pregnant woman's funeral approach £4k
Donations towards the funeral costs of a pregnant woman and her unborn son killed when they were hit by a car in Leicester have almost reached £4,000.
The GoFundMe page was set up in honour of Paige Jackson after she died in Saffron Lane on Saturday.
Organisers had hoped to raise £3,000. A statement on the page said all money left over will go to charity.
Fundraising for Leicester woman's funeral reaches target
More than £3000 has been donated to help pay for the funeral of a 22-year-old pregnant woman and her unborn child, who died when they were hit by a car in Leicester.
Paige Jackson was walking along Saffron Lane on Saturday morning when she was hit and a fundraising campaign was launched to pay for the funeral.
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Thai food is quickly becoming one of my favorite to cook. It reminds me of Indian cuisine in that it packs a ton of flavor. However, Thai food is much easier to prepare since a wide variety of prepared Thai curry paste is readily available. Armed with a few basic ingredients, you can have a Thai stir-fry ready in a matter of minutes. This recipe goes one step further to expand a basic stir fry into a flavorful soup. Massaman curry paste, chicken and peanut butter are the newest love triangle in Peanut Butter Boy's life.
This recipe is my official entry into The Great Peanut Butter Exhibition #10 – Things are Heating Up! There is still time to enter before the Feb 28th deadline – and the top 3 entries each receive 6 jars of Peanut Butter & Co. Peanut Butter! Whatcha waitin' for?
3/4 lb chicken breast (2 large), sliced
6 cups low-sodium chicken broth
2 1/2 – 3 cups coconut milk (So Delicious or canned lite)
1/4 cup Massaman curry paste
1/4 cup creamy peanut butter
1/4 cup peanut flour (or 2T more peanut butter)
3 cups frozen cubed butternut squash (or fresh)
2 cups frozen sweet corn
1 (10oz) package frozen chopped spinach, thawed*
2T low-sodium soy sauce
2T fish sauce
1T lime juice
1T fresh grated ginger or 1t dried ground ginger
1T brown sugar
1t cinnamon
1/2t red pepper flakes
1T olive oil
* Note: You can thaw the frozen spinach or add the frozen block to a pot of boiling water until it breaks up. Either way, drain well and squeeze with paper towel until very dry. You can always substitute fresh cooked spinach (patted dry).
1. Add olive oil to large pot. Once the oil is hot (but not smoking) add the curry paste and break into pieces, stirring often. Once the curry becomes aromatic (about 1-2 minutes) add the coconut milk, fish sauce, lime juice, soy sauce, ginger, peanut butter, peanut flour, brown sugar, cinnamon and red pepper flakes – mix well.
2. Once the pot begins to boil, add the chicken and cook for 3-4 minutes, or until chicken is cooked through. Add the chicken broth, corn and spinach and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to simmer for 10-15 minutes. Then add the butternut squash and cook for 5 more minutes. Serve.
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2008-09: Harrison Ruopp skated in 36 games for the Regina Pat Canadians in Saskatchewan and had 1 assist with 46 PMs. He had 1 assist with 4 PMs in five playoff games.
2009-10: Ruopp played in 33 games for the WHL's Prince Albert Raiders as a 16-year-old and was -15 with 38 PMs. The Raiders failed to reach the playoffs, finishing fifth in the East Division. Ruopp was selected to play for Canada West in the 2010 U17 World Hockey Challenge and was scoreless with 2 PMs in five games.
2010-11: Ruopp appeared in 54 of 72 games for Prince Albert in his second WHL season. He had 9 assists and was +8 with 98 PMs. The Raiders reached the playoffs despite a sub-.500 record and in the six-game series with Saskatoon Ruopp was -7 with no points and 9 PMs. Ranked 102nd amongst North American skaters in Central Scouting's final rankings, he was selected by Phoenix in the third round (84th overall) in the 2011 NHL Draft.
2011-12: Ruopp played in a career-high 62 games in his third season with the WHL's Prince Albert Raiders. He scored 2 goals with 7 assists. One of four defensemen to top 100 penalty minutes, Ruopp was third on the Raiders with 127. He finished minus-23 for a Raiders team that finished with the league's worst record. Ruopp was obtained by Pittsburgh from Phoenix along with goaltender Marc Cheverie in exchange for forward Zybnek Michalek in June, 2012.
2012-13: Ruopp returned to Prince Albert for a fourth season and was the team leader in penalty minutes and had a career-high 16 assists. He skated in 65 games for the Raiders and was +11 while scoring 1 goal and accumulating 132 penalty minutes. Prince Albert was one of the big turnaround stories in major junior hockey, finishing second in the East Division with 33 points more than the previous season. The Raiders were swept by Red Deer in the first round and in four playoff games Ruopp was -2 with no points and 4 penalty minutes. He signed a three-year entry-level contract with Pittsburgh in April of 2013 and spent time with the Penguins AHL affiliate but did not play in any games.
2013-14: Slowed by an early season injury that kept him off the ice until his season debut with the ECHL's Wheeling Nailers in November, Ruopp split his first pro season between the Nailers and Pittsburgh AHL affiliate Wilkes-Barre/Scranton. Making his debut with the AHL's Penguins in December and shuffling between the two clubs, he appeared in 21 AHL regular season games and one playoff contest and was -6 with no points and 36 penalty minutes. The Penguins finished second in the East Division and reached the AHL Eastern Conference finals for the second straight season. Ruopp played 19 games for the Nailers and was +5 with 3 assists and 42 penalty minutes.
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Ruopp is a physical defenseman who is most noticeable on the ice for his devastating, bone crunching checks. He has a defensive-first attitude and a tough-as nails disposition, Ruopp plays a simple game in his own zone and prides himself on being difficult to play against. He has a good hockey IQ, and is good at reading and quickly reacting to opposing forwards. Offensively he is limited but Ruopp is good enough with the puck to send it quickly up ice and out of danger. He will need to continue to refine his game, particularly his zone coverage and gap control, but has the toolbox to be a shutdown defenseman at the professional level.
Ruopp attended training camp with Pittsburgh before being assigned to AHL affiliate Wilkes-Barre/Scranton at the start of the 2014-15 season. Now in the second year of his original three-year entry-level contract, he appeared in one October AHL game but has been the odd man out most of the season and was assigned to the ECHL's Wheeling Nailers most of the fall. He was used mostly as a spare defenseman and enforcer in 19 games before being recalled by Wilkes-Barre/Scranton. Still just 21 years old, Ruopp projects as a physical, lower pairing shutdown defenseman at the NHL level. He is still a work in progress at this point and him reaching that level is far from a certainty.


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Bears will play in tonight's 2-AAA championship
In the first first 10 minutes of Friday night's District 2-AAA semifinal matchup between Sevier County and South-Doyle, Devin Schmidt made his best case for league MVP.
The SCHS senior had scored 22 points by the 5:07 mark of the second quarter on 9-of-10 shooting, to push the Bears (25-4 overall) out to a 19-point lead en route to their 68-55 win.
Schmidt's early success came by was of his hustle on the offensive boards, to go along with a cluster of mid-range jumpers and pair of 3-pointers.
"Devin can do that. He catches fire," SCHS coach Ken Wright said. "He's such a great player when he keeps his mind in the game. We've just got to keep talking to him and telling him to stay within himself."
Despite Schmidt's early heroics, the upstart Cherokees (8-21 overall) — who'd suprised many with overtime wins over Seymour and Cherokee High to begin the 2-AAA tournament — weren't going down without a fight.
Led by 6-foot-7 senior Jacob Elliott and speedy sophomore point guard Jocquez Bruce, the Cherokees fought back to within single digits by the beginning of the fourth quarter.
"We've done it all year, we get these double-digit leads and I'm not sure what goes through us, we stop doing what (got us there)," Wright said.
"We felt like we really wanted to make it an up-tempo game and test their legs, because they've had a couple of tough games here. But I give them credit, because they didn't quit, and they've got good players. The Elliott kid, we don't have anybody that can match him."
Bruce was hurting the Bears all night with dribble penetration into the lane, which resulted in a slew of layups and feeds to Elliott, who used his size inside to net 18 points.
"That was the upsetting thing. When you play up-tempo, you've got to have great help-side (defense) and stop penetration, and we were horrible at help-side," Wright said.
"It wasn't jumpshots they were beating us with, they were just getting it to the rack, and that's just bad on our part. That's just not good defense. I think we got it in our head that we wanted to get it and go instead of getting down there and defending. We're going to have to play a lot better (Saturday)."
Bruce, who finished with 22 for the Cherokees, cut the SCHS lead to four — 54-50 — by the midway point of the final stanza.
But coach Wright's Bears maintained their composure late, focused defensively and outscored South-Doyle 12-5 down the stretch.
The stretch run was sealed for the Bears with a pair of fast-break slam dunks for the Bears, one apiece for Schmidt and teammate Logan McCarter — who had a pair throwdowns in the game thanks to his uncanny speed and leaping ability.
"Logan is a D-1 football player, and I said, 'To help this basketball team, I need your D-1 athleticism,'" Wright said.
"When he displays the D-1 athleticism, it really helps us."
Schmidt finished the game with 32 points, while Jacob Whaley tallied 15 in his first game back from an ankle injury late in the regular season.
Thirteen of Whaley's 15 came in the first half when the Bears were building their huge lead.
McCarter also made double-digits for SCHS with 13 points. Cody Underwood and Weston Underwood added four points each for the Bears.
"We played hard," Wright said. "We've been off for almost two weeks, so you don't expect to be hitting on all cylinders. You know you're going to be a little rusty," Wright said.
"We're proud to be where we are. It's tournament time, and they're all sweet. We've just got to keep coming out on the right end of the scoreboard."
Sevier County will play for their second-straight District 2-AAA championship tonight at Seymour High School against Jefferson County, the tournament's top seed.
The two teams split their regular-season contests, with each winning on their rivals' home court.
Jefferson County topped Cocke County 48-44 to secure their spot in the championship game. Tipoff is set for 8:30.


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Digital Photograph - William James Partington on Horseback, Willis Vale, Greensborough, Victoria, circa 1885 Reg. No: MM 97989
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- Sepia image of a boy on horse back, taken in the orchard at 'Willis Vale' in Greensborough. The boy, William James was the nephew of Robert Whatmough who leased the orchard for his nursery business. Behind William is the orchard.
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- Sepia image.
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- This sepia image of a boy on horse back was taken in the orchard at 'Willis Vale' in Greensborough. The boy, William James was the nephew of Robert Whatmough who leased the orchard for his nursery business. Behind William is the orchard.
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|Handwritten on reverse, pen: "Willis Vale"
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I Went To The Bronx And All I Found Was This T By Alexander Wang Sweater
A blog post that isn't a last-minute gift guide and/or 2012 fashion round-up?! You're welcome. Here's a 2013 resolution to mull over: Let us vow to look beyond labels when determining material merit.
I hauled ass to the Bronx the other day to scope out Unique Thrift – a behemoth of a store endorsed by many in the NYC thrifting scene. Ultimately, I spent an hour on the 1 train only to find myself drowning in a putrid sea of Adrianna Papell and Coldwater Creek. More on that later.
Onto the aforementioned T by Alexander Wang sweater:
Helloooooo SHMATTE.
Had this generic debacle of an effort had been tagged in the $7.99 – $9.99 range a la Unique Thrift's other winter offerings, I wouldn't have looked twice. But my thrifting radar is highly attuned to monetary irregularities: A $39.99 tag at a Salvation Army-esque store always requires an explanation.
In the early days of my thrifting career, finding a T by Alexander Wang Sweater – an item boasting a retail value of $285.00 – might have been grounds for celebration. Fashion makes suckers of us all that way. It tells us Alexander Wang is one of the haute-est designers in existence; it uses words like "reasonable" to describe the $1200 price tags attached to his cocktail dresses; it puts his $895 Rocco Duffle Bag in the hands of as many stylish celebrities as possible.
Then it goes batshit crazy over the relative "affordability" of Wang's casual T line – The deity will now design for the commoners! Praise the Fashion Gods! Sooner or later, the notion that we should covet all things Wang wheedles its way into our brains. Suddenly, we're at his sample sale against our better judgment, and a $500 handbag doesn't seem so unreasonable in comparison with its $900 retail price. Right?
I don't effing know. The man does make ridiculously awesome handbags.
He also occasionally draws inspiration from the GAP.
Even if the Wang sweater had been marginally attractive, I'd be a little miffed by the price. Yes, this makes me kind of an asshole, because $39.99 is still a lot less than its retail value, and why shouldn't Unique Thrift use its knowledge of labels to make a bit more for charity?
Because everything you find and buy at thrift stores carries an additional cost: It's called time. A "designer" item at $39.99 isn't a deal if I have to spend an hour pilfering through fugly shizzz just to find it. If I wanted my forty dollars to buy me only one thing, I'd get it at Buffalo Exchange or Beacon's Closet and get on with my life. Capeeeeesh? Mmkay.
I'm Jewish, so Santa will not be bringing me a Rocco Duffle.
Happy Holidays, beotches :P


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Kentucky in 19th after Two Rounds of NCAA East Regional
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – With only 18 holes to play in the NCAA East Regional, the University of Kentucky women's golf team sits in 19th place following a 16-over par, 304, in the second round at the SouthWood Golf Club. Through two rounds UK's team score is 23-over par, 599. Final round action begins Saturday morning at 7:45 a.m. ET.
No. 12 Vanderbilt sits atop the team standings at 10-under par, 277, while No. 2 Duke (-4), Tulane (-2), No. 5 South Carolina (-2) and No. 20 Virginia (-1) complete the top five. Stanford's Mariah Stackhouse is currently atop the individual standings at 5-under par, 139.
Freshman Haley Mills and sophomore Cylia Damerau lead the Wildcats at 4-over par, 148, which puts them in a tie for 46th entering Saturday's final round. Mills posted a 3-over par, 75, on Friday, while Damerau carded the low UK round at 1-over par, 73.
Senior Liz Breed shot a 6-over par, 78, in the second round dropping her into a tie for 68th at 6-over par, 150, for the tournament. Sophomore Sarah Harris also recorded a 6-over par, 78, on Friday. Harris is 10-over par, 154, through two rounds placing her in a tie for 98th. Freshman Alessandra Walker rounds out the UK lineup in a tie for 109th with a score of 13-over par, 157. Walker shot 10-over par, 82, during Friday's second round.
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Backup Exec was the first backup program to support Windows NT and as such, it has been our primary backup solution since its release around 1993/94.
We make extensive use of some of the more advanced features such as media groups, retention policies and vaults. We have a number of scripts/batch files
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The customers running this application regularly comment on how much easier it is compared to loading the full Backup Exec console and trying
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For a robust backup system, which can run mostly unattended and be managed easily over a remote connection, a tape autoloader still has a place in the
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Properly configuring and managing these devices and ensuring they work in harmony with the backup software requires some skills over and above managing
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Exmos has ten years experience in selecting and implementing autoloader based backup systems, as well as integrating them with two stage backup-2-disk scenarios.


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There are a number of reasons why you might not yet have received these documents. First, when a dealer transfers a vehicle to the buyer, the dealer has 30 days from the date of purchase in which to apply for a new title in the buyer's name. Based on the fact that you bought the vehicle about 28 days ago, the dealer is just reaching the end of this time period. If the dealer hasn't submitted the application yet, this would explain why you can't get your new tag. Another possibility is that the dealer applied for the new title in your name, but the application was rejected because it was not properly submitted. When this happens, the dealership submitting the application is given 60 days from the initial rejection date to resubmit its application. Also, keep in mind that if you financed the vehicle, the new title will be issued in your name, but sent to the finance company to hold until you've paid for the vehicle in full.
Failure to submit the application and supporting documents within the initial 30-day time period will result in a $10.00 fee assessed against the dealer. Additionally, if the dealership willfully fails to obtain a title for you, it may be subject to having its dealer license suspended or revoked. Assuming that the dealer is in the process of applying for your title, you should immediately apply for an extension to the initial registration period. Under Georgia law, you are entitled to a one-time, 30-day extension if you meet the following requirements:
1. Owner purchased the vehicle from a new or used motor vehicle dealer;
2. The new or used motor vehicle dealer has issued the buyer a temporary dealer license plate with an expiration date 30 days after the date of purchase;
3. A new title has not been issued in the name of the purchaser 25 days after the date of purchase; and
4. The dealer temporary license plate has not expired.
Since you appear to meet all of these requirements, you should be eligible. You'll need to print and fill out an extension application, (by going to the Motor Vehicle Division section of the Georgia Department of Revenue's website at motor.etax.dor.ga.gov), then bring the application, along with your original bill of sale from the car dealer and the temporary license plate, to your county tag agent. The county tag agent will then issue you a temporary 30-day operating permit free of charge.
If you've contacted the dealership, haven't received a straight answer about your title application's progress, and have reason to believe that the dealer has willfully failed to apply for your title, you should seek advice from an attorney. You can also file a complaint with the Georgia Department of Law's Consumer Protection Unit at www.consumer.georgia.gov (or by calling 404-651-8600), and the Georgia Secretary of State at http://sos.georgia.gov/plb/usedcar/complaint.htm.
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yes. After a manufacturer buys back a defective vehicle, it can scrap the vehicle or correct the defect. If the defect is corrected, the car can be sold or leased to a subsequent consumer, as it was in your case. In that event, the manufacturer must ensure that a disclosure form, the Reacquired Vehicle Notice, describing the defect is signed by the first person who purchases or leases the vehicle. The manufacturer is required to provide the Georgia Department of Law's Consumer Protection Unit with a copy of that signed disclosure document. The disclosure form should then be included with all documentation when that vehicle is sold in the future.
While only the manufacturer is required to provide a signed copy of the disclosure to the Georgia Department of Law's Consumer Protection Unit, the disclosure form should be provided in each subsequent transfer, sale or lease of the vehicle. This means that you should provide that Reacquired Vehicle Notice form to the buyer. If you no longer have the form, then please contact the manufacturer to request a copy.
The number of miles the car has been driven isn't the determining factor of whether the car is legally "used" or "new". In Georgia, a "new passenger car" is one which has never been sold at retail to the general public, meaning the car title has not been transferred.
In contrast, a "used passenger car" is one that has been sold at retail to the general public or one whose title has previously been transferred. Therefore, a dealer that has used the car as a demonstrator car can sell the vehicle as "new" even when it has been driven hundreds of miles.
So, the short answer to your question is: yes, a car that has been driven 1,100 miles may indeed still be considered a "new" car.
However, while a dealer can represent that cars which have been driven as employee demos are "new," the dealer cannot misrepresent the actual condition of the vehicle. For instance, a dealer can't represent a car as a "demonstrator" car unless it has in fact been used exclusively for demonstration purposes by dealership personnel. Dealers therefore cannot sell a used car as a "new" or "demonstrator" car.
Dealers must disclose the number of miles the car has been driven. A dealer must also inform potential buyers if any damage has occurred to a new car that the dealer knows about, and which costs more than 5 percent of the manufacturer's suggested retail price to repair.
When you purchase a new vehicle that has been driven substantially before it's sold at retail, you have increased bargaining power. So, when you are shopping for a new car, you should pay special attention to the odometer disclosure. Note the number of miles already on the car, to help you determine whether you're willing to pay the purchase price, before you sign the final purchase documents.
You may also want to ask the dealer to provide an extended warranty as a concession, since the manufacturer's warranty isn't extended when the vehicle has been driven by the dealer before retail sale. You should also ask how the car was used (i.e., whether the car was driven as a demo by a salesperson or family member of the dealer, or whether it was driven by many different people) to help you decide if you're willing to buy the car, and for what price.
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The South Plains Food Bank celebrated its 30th anniversary this weekend. The nonprofit put on a 30-hour food drive to "Wreck Hunger".
The goal was to receive 3,500 pounds of food by 6 p.m. Saturday night. The Texas Tech family was out in full force showing its support including Texas Tech head football coach Kliff Kingsbury, the Raider Red, the Saddle Tramps and the masked rider.
Although the Lubbock economy is on an upswing, many families still rely on the generous donations of the community in order to have a hot meal.
"About 35 percent of the food will be going to children, about 10 percent goes to the elderly, then alot of food goes toward who we call the 'working poor,' said David Weaver, CEO of the South Plains Food Bank, "These are people who are working but they're just not making ends meet."
Ms. Baird's donated 12,000 loaves of bread. United, Walmart and Sam's club all donated food items aswell.
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Bake the Book: Chocolate and Black Pepper Goat Cheese Truffles
Joy Wilson works soft goat cheese, dark chocolate, coarsely ground black pepper, and flaky sea salt into these petit truffles, rolling them in bitter cocoa powder to finish. They aren't over the top sweet but they're plenty chocolaty with just the right amount of goaty goodness both flavor wise and in that great creamy-crumbly quality that we love in goat cheese. More


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CRESTVIEW — Shoal River Middle School will host boys and girls basketball camps this summer for players ages 7-12.
The boys camp runs June 16-19 with players ages 7-9 going from 8-10 a.m. Players ages 10 to 12 will go from 10 a.m.-noon.
The girls camp will be June 23-26 with ages 7-9 having the 8-10 a.m. session followed by girls ages 10-12 from 10 a.m. to noon.
Cost will be $40, which includes a camp T-shirt.
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Anyone encountered this? Thought it was a a leaky hose or a crack in the dispenser after observing the leak while the machine was running with the back removed. After removing the dispenser/hose and filling them manually I find no leaks, though, and there are no obstructions in the siphon outlet.
The machine has a switch on the console that apparently turns on or off the bleach and fabric softener functions. Water enters the bleach dispenser even when this switch is set to the "off" position. Is this normal?
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Elizabethtown Only one person signed up to speak at the Nov. 25 special Essex County Board of Supervisors meeting soliciting comment on the 2014 tentative county budget.
However, when it was his turn to speak, Gale Wilkins of Willsboro said County Manager Daniel Palmer's presentation had answered his questions.
Palmer presented his thoughts on the budget to start the special meeting and received praise from the supervisors for "simplifying" the rationale behind seeking a 15 percent increase in the tax levy for the coming year.
"You have to climb out of the $6.8 million hole," Palmer said. "We are budgeting appropriately. We are budgeting what we need and we are spending what we have to and it does not leave us with anything left over. The problem with the fund balance is it is not renewing itself. We are in a tough spot but in a few years, if we plan right we can get back on track."
Palmer said the county has cut back on spending and staff over the past several years, including for the 2014 fiscal plan.
"Wherever we can we have cut back on spending," he said. "Our budget represents a drop of $1.3 million from last year to this year. If you look at your 2004 tax bill, the amount that you are paying in taxes now is not much different than it was in 2004 and in many cases it is less."
Palmer also said that based on state numbers, Essex County was the third-lowest taxing county in the North Country after Hamilton and Warren when you average in county, town, village and school property tax rates.
"This is my 24th budget out here and this is the best budget presentation I have seen," Moriah Supervisor Tom Scozzafava, who also serves as the budget liaison to the board, said. "He broke this down to where people can understand it and see where the county is, which is not bleak but it could be."
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Men's Soccer: Osman Signs With WVU
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The WVU men's soccer team has once again added to the 2012 recruiting class as coach Marlon LeBlanc has announced the signing of Majed Osman.
"Majed is a fantastic addition to our program and brings a goal scoring touch and mentality to our attack," LeBlanc says. "He is a technical player that moves off the ball very well, and most importantly, he can and will score goals."
A native of London, England, Osman is a forward for Brentford FCCST while attending the International School of London.
Under coach Peter Kanmwaa at the International School of London, Osman has served as the vice-captain on the team competing in the ISSA (International School's Sports Association) tournaments from 2009-12. During the tournament, Osman served as the top goal scorer for two seasons and was named the top player of the 2012 tournament.
"Majed is athletic, quick and can play as a forward or a midfielder in our system," LeBlanc says. "He is an honest player that will defend as much as he attacks and certainly compliments our returning players very well. We expect Majed to have an immediate impact on our team this year."
Osman has combined to play in 12 games from 2011-12 in ISSA matches and has scored 15 goals with 10 assists during that time.
Osman has been playing for Luke Skelhorn with Brentford FFCST, where he led the team to the English FA Futsal National Finals on two occasions and won the national championship in 2008.
WVU previously added Kevin Armstrong (Laguna Niguel, Calif.), Haydon Bennett (Chesterfield, Va.), Ryan Cain (Wellington, New Zealand), Francio Henry (St. Catherine, Jamaica), Zak Leedom (Dublin, Ohio), Jamie Merriam (Gaithersburg, Md.), Alessandro Mion (Miami, Fla.), Nick Raskasky (Tacoma, Wash.), Chris Spates (Prince George, Va.) and Kyle Underwood (Aledo, Texas).
West Virginia finished the 2011 season with an 11-8-1 record, 6-3-0 in BIG EAST play. The Mountaineers advanced to the second round NCAA tournament for the second consecutive season. WVU returns 14 members of the 2011 team for this upcoming season.
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