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By WILSON RING and JENNIFER PELTZ, Associated Press
MONTPELIER, Vt. — The full measure of Hurricane Irene's fury came into focus Monday as the death toll jumped to 40, New England towns battled epic floods and millions faced the dispiriting prospect of several days without electricity.
From North Carolina to Maine, communities cleaned up and took stock of the uneven and hard-to-predict costs of a storm that spared the nation's biggest city a nightmare scenario, only to deliver a historic wallop to towns well inland.
In New York City, where people had braced for a disaster-movie scene of water swirling around skyscrapers, the subways and buses were up and running again in time for the Monday morning commute. And to the surprise of many New Yorkers, things went pretty smoothly.
But in New England, landlocked Vermont contended with what its governor called the worst flooding in a century. Streams also raged out of control in upstate New York.
In many cases, the moment of maximum danger arrived well after the storm had passed, as rainwater made its way into rivers and streams and turned them into torrents. Irene dumped up to 11 inches of rain on Vermont and more than 13 in parts of New York.
"We were expecting heavy rains," said Bobbi-Jean Jeun of Clarksville, a hamlet near Albany, N.Y. "We were expecting flooding. We weren't expecting devastation. It looks like somebody set a bomb off."
Meanwhile, the 11-state death toll, which had stood at 21 as of Sunday night, rose sharply as bodies were pulled from floodwaters and people were electrocuted by downed power lines.
The tally of Irene's destruction mounted, too. An apparently vacant home exploded in an evacuated, flooded area in Pompton Lakes, N.J., early Monday, and firefighters had to battle the flames from a boat. In the Albany, N.Y., suburb of Guilderland, police rescued two people Monday after their car was swept away. Rescuers found them three hours later, clinging to trees along the swollen creek.
"It's going to take time to recover from a storm of this magnitude," President Barack Obama warned as he promised the government would do everything in its power to help people get back on their feet.
For many people, the aftermath could prove more painful than the storm itself.
In North Carolina, where Irene blew ashore along the Outer Banks on Saturday before heading for New York and New England, 1,000 people were still in emergency shelters, awaiting word on their homes.
At the same time, nearly 5 million homes and businesses in a dozen states were still without electricity, and utilities warned it might be a week or more before some people got their power back.
"Once the refrigerator gets warm, my insulin goes bad. I could go into diabetic shock. It's kind of scary because we don't know how long it's going to be out for," said Patricia Dillon, a partially paralyzed resident of a home for the disabled in Milford, Conn., where the electricity was out and a generator failed. Her voice cracking, she added: "I'm very tired, stressed out, aggravated, scared."
Russ Furlong of Barrington, R.I., ruefully remembered the two weeks he went without power after Hurricane Bob 20 years ago.
"Hopefully, we won't have to wait that long this time," he said. "Last night we had candles. It was romantic. It was fun. But that feeling doesn't last too long."
Up and down the Eastern Seaboard, commuters and vacationers found their travel plans scrambled. Airlines warned it would be days before the thousands of passengers stranded by Irene find their way home. Some Amtrak service in the Northeast was suspended. Commuter trains between New Jersey and New York City were not running. Trains between the city and its northern suburbs were also disrupted.
Kris and Jennifer Sylvester of Brooklyn sat on a bench in the town center in Woodstock, N.Y., with luggage at their feet and their daughters, aged 4 and 9, holding signs reading, "Need a Ride 2 NYC" and "Help Us, No Bus, No Train." They rode Amtrak out for a long weekend in the country, but were unable to get home.
"We're hoping for anything," Jennifer Sylvester said.
In Vermont, the state's emergency management headquarters stood empty, evacuated because of river flooding from Irene's heavy rains. Rescuers used a boat and bucket loaders to pluck seven people from a swamped mobile home park in Lyndonville.
In upstate New York, authorities were closely watching major dams holding back drinking water reservoirs.
Throughout the region, hundreds of roads were impassable because of flooding or fallen trees, and some bridges had simply given way, including a 156-year-old hand-hewn, wooden, covered bridge across Schoharie Creek in Blenheim, N.Y. In all, more than a dozen towns in Vermont and at least three in New York remained cut off by flooded roads and bridges.
Still, there were glimmers of good news. In Pennsylvania, the Delaware River largely remained in its banks, cresting several feet lower than feared. The forecast for flooding on the Mohawk River in New York also eased at Schenectady, N.Y., where officials had worried that high water might threaten the city's drinking water and sewage treatment plant.
Early estimates put Irene's damage at $7 billion to $10 billion, much smaller than the impact of monster storms such as Hurricane Katrina, which did more than $100 billion in damage. Irene's effects are small compared to the overall U.S. economy, which produces about $14 trillion of goods and services every year.
While hard-hit regions, such as the North Carolina coast, will suffer from lost tourism, rebuilding homes, repairing cars, and fixing streets and bridges should provide a small boost to economy, experts said.
Irene was also good for business at Fantastic Kids Toys in New York City, where sales of board games and arts-and-crafts items surged on Friday and Saturday. "People were buying anything to keep their kids busy," owner Steve Reis said.
Many people were surprised by the destruction that Hurricane Irene wrought in communities far inland. But National Weather Service records show that 59 percent of the deaths attributed to hurricanes since the 1970s have been from freshwater flooding.
As for why the flooding was so bad this time, Shaun Tanner, a meteorologist with the forecasting service Weather Underground, noted that August had been unusually wet, and Irene's sheer size meant huge amounts of rain were dumped over a very large area.
"More attention should have been paid to the torrential rain that Irene was going to dump not only on coastal areas, but also inland. That was clear several days ahead of time," Tanner said.
AP reports:
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) -- The full measure of Hurricane Irene's fury came into focus Monday as the death toll jumped to 38, New England towns battled epic floods and millions faced the dispiriting prospect of several days without electricity.
Southampton Patch posts aerial photos of erosion suffered by Hamptons beaches. The photos can be viewed here.
|@ GOOD : Irene wasn't overhyped: It's already the fourth deadliest storm in the last 30 years. http://t.co/VZvHYc5
|@ ErnestScheyder : Swimming officially banned at all NYC's beaches after #irene as storm swept a lot of #sewage into waterways. #dogdaysofsummer
According to Associated Press, 35 deaths have been confirmed in 10 states. Update here.
|@ robmarcianoCNN : Still no power at my folks place in CT. Mom says last night was their first candle light dinner in decades.
|@ NYCMayorsOffice : Most NYC animal shelters resuming services. Adopt a #ShelterPet from @NYCACC or @Bideawee or by searching @ShelterPets. #IrenePets
The animation below, taken from 48 hours of images from NASA's GOES-13 satellite between August 27 and August 29, shows Irene passing over New York and New England and entering Canada.NASA/NOAA GOES Project, Dennis Chesters
Democracy Now! reports:
Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin joins us for an update from Vermont, where nearly every community is surrounded by hills and valleys, with small streams feeding into rivers. Shumlin notes that since he was sworn into office seven months ago, "this is the second major disaster as a result of storms. We had storms this spring that flooded our downtowns and put us through many of the same exercises that we're going through right now. We didn't used to get weather patterns like this in Vermont. The point is, we in the colder states are going to see the results of climate change first."
CHESTER, Vt. — Officials say more than a dozen towns in Vermont and at least three in New York are cut off, with roads and bridges washed out by flooding caused by the remnants of Hurricane Irene.
Chris Cole of Vermont's Agency of Transportation says Monday that towns in the central and southern part of the state have been isolated by the storm.
In New York, the towns of Keene in the Adirondacks, and Windham and Phoenicia in the Catskills are effectively isolated by damage to roads and bridges.
Expert forecasters misjudged the severity of Irene as it barreled toward the East Coast of the United States late last week. It weakened considerably by the time it hit New York.
Although some have claimed the Mayor, and Governor Cuomo, who ordered the city's subways be shut down Saturday, overreacted to Irene, the resounding general consensus is that the Mayor's 'better safe than sorry' strategy was one that worked for New York.
Watch Gov. Cuomo's live briefing here.
Reisterstown Patch reports:
More than 450,000 households in Maryland remained without power 35 hours after peak rain and winds from Hurricane Irene hit the state, and the Baltimore area could experience outages until Friday, officials said Monday.
More here.
Princeton Patch reports that Princeton EMT Michael Kenwood died early Sunday after braving Hurricane Irene floods during a water rescue. More here.
Cranford, New Jersey Patch reports:
Cranford officials have asked the state of New Jersey and PSE&G to give Cranford "priority status" as residents begin the daunting task of asessing the damage to their homes and cleaning the mess left in Hurrican Irene's wake.
Mayor Dan Aschenbach spent the majority of his time late Sunday and Monday touring the township to assist with cleanup and rescue efforts.
In the aftermath of Hurricane Irene, HuffPost has compiled video footage from the disaster.
In the video below, a car floats down the river in Bennington, Vermont:
Middleton, Connecticut Patch reports that Illiano's Pizzeria remained open on Sunday, and managed to serve hundreds of pizzas, despite the fact that they had lost power.
Read the story here.Video courtesy of Darrell Lucas WATCH:
Follow Hurricane Irene's path along the East Coast with this interactive map.
Submit your photos to HuffPost's Irene slideshow.
Ossining-Croton Patch's Christopher Michael McHugh reports on a rafting trip during the storm that ended in disaster.WATCH:
Utility crews scrambled to restore power after Hurricane Irene raked across the Eastern Seaboard. But even with help from thousands of out-of-state repair crews, power companies say it may be days before some people see the lights back on.
|@ nickconfessore : Raw footage of @NYGovCuomo's first aerial survey of #irene damage via @stateofpolitics. More footage later. http://t.co/yxVHleC
From HuffPost's John Celock:
The Army Corps of Engineers will be touring the Somerset County, NJ communities of Bound Brook and Manville today. Both communities were hit with flooding in the aftermath of Hurricane Irene. Both towns have a history of flooding, including during after Hurricane Floyd hit New Jersey in 1999.
We asked, and you responded. Here's a sample of what Huffington Post readers saw during and after Irene.
|@ NYCMayorsOffice : Hundreds of Con Ed crews are on the streets working to restore service to about 38,000 NYC customers currently without #power.
The New York Times describes the scene in a school gym shelter over the weekend:
The sleepover was an international scene. Guests spoke English, Spanish, Mandarin, Russian and Farsi.
Lying on a cot next to her mother and her aunt, Kimia Shahandeh, 25, studied for the Test of English as a Foreign Language, or Toefl, and dipped in and out of "Funny in Farsi," a memoir by an Iranian immigrant to the United States. Azadeh Lassman, Ms. Shahandeh's aunt, chatted in Farsi with her sister and tore up pieces of paper to make a deck of cards.
NEW YORK -- Wireless networks fell quiet Sunday in some coastal areas of North Carolina and southern Virginia, but calls were going through in most areas affected by Tropical Storm Irene, the Federal Communications Commission said.
In Lenoir, Greene and Carteret counties of North Carolina, 50 percent to 90 percent of cell towers went offline, said Rear Adm. Jamie Barnett, head of the public safety bureau of the Federal Communications Commission.
More here.
|@ breakingirene : Vermont State Police confirm second death in Wilmington area following devastating flooding - Burlington Free Press http://t.co/xM7Y9AM
The Brattleboro Reformer provides a video slideshow of images from around Windham County, Vermont.WATCH:
Boston.com/Boston Globe report:
|@ BostonUpdate : Irene's 1st fatality in Mass; public works employee in Southbridge electrocuted by downed power line at home http://t.co/ZLYC7BZ #MAIrene


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Indiana Pacers owner Herb Simon patiently watched and waited for his franchise to dig itself out of several tough years.
The Pacers officially turned the corner this season, as they finished with the fifth-best record in the NBA and advanced to the second round of the playoffs.
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Area communities making good use of urban gardening opportunities
HUNTINGTON -- About 50 feet from where cars whiz by on Hal Greer Boulevard, Alexandria Goswami peered out at the colorful wonderland of gardens at the Barnett Center, then up at another threatening gray sky and got planting broccoli with a purpose last Sunday afternoon.
Goswami, who found out about the Huntington Community Gardens in January, is one of hundreds of folks who've had hands in the dirt at the half dozen HCG plots that have sprouted up around the city within the past year.
Goswami, 27, who moved to Huntington from the urban-garden-rich city of Chicago when her husband began medical school at Marshall University, found out about the gardens when she ran into coordinator Jennifer Williams and her husband Casey at a Jamie Oliver meeting.
"Jen and Casey talked about the vegetables and the herbs and the flower gardens, and I got really excited about it," Goswami said. "Plus, she was willing to invite anyone along. I love gardening and the whole idea of revitalizing abandoned lots into sustainable food systems. It is pretty awesome that the space is here and that the community is going for it being transformed."
Yes, the community is going for it.
Eve Marcum-Atkinson, who helps Williams coordinate the program, can't hardly believe what has happened since last spring when they broke ground on the learning garden in the backyard of the former Barnett Childcare Center.
"This is an example of the power of community," Marcum-Atkinson said overlooking a collage of colorful gardens that include a raised bed stuffed full of ripe strawberries, a water fountain area, boxes of perennials such as the purple-spiked salvia along the chain-link fence by Hal Greer, raised beds of salad greens, plots of pumpkins, the ArtWorks tile sculpture, long shade beds of hostas, an angel-and-fairy-themed garden and graveled paths meandering to all of the various bursts of plants, art and beauty.
How does your garden grow?
While Huntington has been home to one of West Virginia's oldest community gardens with about 100 plots at Spring Hill Cemetery since the 1970s, and while Marcella Murphy started transforming abandoned lots in Fairfield West when she retired in 2001, this past year, the grassroots gardening effort has gotten a proverbial shot of Miracle-Gro thanks to some widespread community support.
Fertilized by the idea greenhouse that is the Create Huntington's Chat 'n' Chew program, the new group, led by the Williams family, found a home base when the city of Huntington got a $1 million grant over five years from the U.S. Department of Justice's Weed and Seed initiative.
Local director, Tim White, who had worked for years with the neighborhoods' troubled kids through the Youth Empowerment Program, gave the newly-formed community garden group room to meet, shed space and some garden tools, and his blessing to turn a tall grass and weed-covered back lot that was once a playground into garden spaces.
Early on the group also got armed with some homegrown, urban-gardening technical help from Melissa Stewart, a Lawrence County, Ohio, resident and extension agent for West Virginia State University, which has been creating community gardens at Charleston-Kanawha Housing projects since 2005.
In a rush to transform Weed and Seed's backyard for Earth Day 2009 in less than a month's time, Williams hustled up donations from Home Depot and Big Sandy Superstores, coordinated dozens of volunteers to get the garden at 1524 10th Ave., open by Earth Day (April 22, 2009) when Gov. Joe Manchin came to plant a tree with local Cub Scouts at the dedication.
Since then, the Barnett Center has hosted a myriad of events including Literature in the Garden, Trick-or-Treating, and in April another Earth Day event, as well as the National Symphony Orchestra's "Neighborhood Super Duper Outing" that drew some 600 folks to enjoy live music, a musical petting zoo and food in the beauty of the gardens.
Spreading seeds of love
The gardening fever hasn't just stayed within the chain link fence of the Barnett Center, it has spread like mint in May.
Just a few of the new gardens that sprouted up last year include resident-run vegetable and flower gardens at Carter G. Woodson, Northcott Court and Marcum Terrace, and a Children's Community Flower Garden at 1016 Minton St., last July. That garden has been joined by a host of other gardens along Minton Street, including one designed and created by Huntington Eagle Scouts, and another at 1126 Minton St., donated by May Johnson, and one of the original gardens created by the Fairfield Community Gardens under the direction of Murphy.
Williams said the support has been overwhelming. When applying for grants this winter, they had counted (by October 2009) more than 150 people who had come out to help plant and maintain the gardens.
That number is more like 250 now with everyone from day report (misdemeanor offenders in Cabell County) to several Marshall University classes that have completed projects helping the garden.
"It is phenomenal just looking at the list we have online of the community partnerships," Williams said. "People are coming to us and wanting to help us and saying they have something or know something or would like for us to speak to their group about what we are doing. I stand around many days with tears in my eyes because of some wonderful craziness that is going on. It is so beautiful how much people are behind it."
Movement on Minton Street
That hasn't always been the case.
Murphy, a 1968 graduate of Huntington High School, said when she moved back home from Columbus in 2001, she decided to start the gardens to try and improve the Fairfield West neighborhood that was in a free fall of decay.
"When I first got back from Ohio I was glad to be back home and thought I would sit on the porch and drink coffee and be happy, but it wasn't like that," Murphy said. There was always the drug people on the corner and prostitutes flagging down cars on the street, and I said, 'Lord, what it is that I can do?,' and I thought of gardens and it worked for a while."
Murphy said Williams and Marcum-Atkinson and the Huntington Community Gardens came along last year when they needed it most.
"We started with seniors, and seniors get older and seniors die, and that is what happened. We started losing people and we would lose a lot because no one was there to work it," Murphy said, "It really got down to Minton Street and two lots still hanging in there. When Jennifer and Eve came through, they came through with this super arm of support, and I started attending their meetings and joined their community gardens so we could stay alive."
Murphy, who has gotten four of her neighbors to plant vegetables at their homes this spring, said it has been a joy to watch such youth groups as Leon White's Cub Scout pack from Spring Hill Elementary planting those gardens on Minton Street.
"That is just a small portion of what they are going to do and what they are planning for the community," Murphy said. "They are doing another lot on Minton Street, and I think if they have their way, there will be flowers and vegetables all over this city."
The second season begins
Marcum-Atkinson said as people and institutions around the city have found out about the Community Gardens' ever-growing effort they have come on board.
Over the winter, Marshall University allowed the group space in the campus greenhouse behind the science building so it could grow more of its own plants from seed, rather than having to rely solely on plant donations.
In March, one of the Gardens' partners, The Huntington Area Revitalization Coalition, was awarded $2,000 to undertake a new after-school gardening program educating low income youth to grow, prepare and eat fresh produce. Through a partnership with the WVSU Agriculture Extension Service and Cabell County Master Gardeners, the program is using the Junior Master Gardeners program to help students learn hands-on about nutrition, basic gardening, biology, environmental sciences and culinary arts. Working in cooperation with the "Kids in the Kitchen" program through the Junior League of Huntington, students are learning how to make healthy dishes out of their harvest.
That grant money and a Create Huntington grant will allow HCG to run after-school gardening programs at A.D. Lewis, Barnett Center and Marcum Terrace.
Williams, who said they also just worked with a third grade class at Kellogg Elementary where they started a garden, said more gardens are on the way.
In fact, at 2:30 p.m. today, May 23, children are planting a pizza garden (tomatoes, onions, peppers and herbs) at Marcum Terrace. A Junior Master Gardener's event is May 27, and on June 23 the A.D. Lewis Kids Garden will be unveiled on a lot dedicated to community volunteer Maudella Taylor on her birthday.
"We have a big sunny lot behind A.D. Lewis Community Center that we are dedicating to her," Williams said. "She did a lot of community service, and we wanted to highlight her as a person, so we are dedicating that lot for her birthday."
That lot will have a big pumpkin patch, raised beds for the kids, as well as a variety of small fruit plantings such as blackberries and blueberries that will be available to the community.
Some of the harvest from the gardens is donated to needy and some is divided among those who work them.
Calling all gardeners
Williams said as the number of gardens grow, the HCG hope to become a driving force in helping folks set up gardens that are tilled up, then turned over to neighborhood members to maintain.
She said they're already seeing a real sense of ownership at the projects' gardens that just started the second growing season.
"The coolest part is that the residents are taking more of a role, and that is what we wanted to have happen," Williams said. "People now know about it, and the gardens have been there for a year and people are really taking responsibility. We want to get to where we can just be facilitators helping people getting community gardens going in the neighborhoods but not us maintaining them. It really has been amazing to watch."
Out weeding and planting with Goswami last Sunday by herself, Marcum-Atkinson said the essential ingredient is always people, especially if HCG grows in ways that she hopes, like area kids and adults growing fresh herbs and veggies to sell to perhaps local restaurants or at a farmer's market.
"The more people we have the more opportunities we have to do good," Marcum-Atkinson said. "We are limited only by how many people we can get involved. We've been successful so far in getting people, but if we are going to take it to this level of really making a substantial effort, we need more people to get out the door and to come and help us transform derelict spaces into gardens."
Get Your Community Green Thumb Growing:
Here's some more info about the Huntington Community Gardens and how to get involved.
WHAT IT IS: Huntington Community Gardens (HCG) is a collection of volunteers working together with area residents, in cooperation with local organizations, businesses and government, to transform derelict or vacant lots into community gardens all over the city of Huntington.
Since its inception in February 2009, Huntington Community Gardens has created six successful projects in partnership with Home Depot of Barboursville, Rose Hill Nurseries, Lavalette Nursery, the City of Huntington's Weed and Seed program, the Huntington Housing Authority and Habitat for Humanity.
The group has received more than $15,000 in donations, both physical and monetary, in addition to hundreds of hours of volunteer time, advisory support and pro bono professional services.
GOALS OF THE GARDEN: 1. Create safe places for neighbors to get to know one another; 2. Grow fruits and vegetables, donating a portion to the needy; 3. Create spaces of beauty by encouraging the creation of flower, desert and rock, art and butterfly gardens, as well as gardens that are accessible to all; 4. Engage and educate the public about nutrition and the environment 5. Promote civic responsibility; 6. Help attract new citizens and businesses to the area by making it a more beautiful place.
Sunday, May 23 -- 2:30 p.m. at Northcott Court Pizza Garden planting with the kids who live at Marcum Terrace.
Thursday, May 27-- 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. WVSU, JMG, Starlab program at A.D. Lewis, all kids are invited.
Friday, June 11 -- 10:30 a.m. to noon, Container Gardening Class at the Proctorville OH Briggs Library East Branch - first 12 to register may attend (includes a free plant).
Wednesday June 23 -- celebrate Maudella Taylor's birthday and unveil the A.D. Lewis Kids Garden on 1437 11th Ave. Time is still to be determined.
June -- Either the 2nd or 3rd Week of June, there will be a 2-day long Children's Garden Camp, dates soon to be set (most probably 9th and 10th of June). Contact Jennifer Williams to register (email@example.com or 304-840-2500)
WEEKLY GARDENING: The HCG meets from 2:30 to about 4:30 p.m. every Sunday at the Barnett Weed and Seed building on Hal Greer Boulevard. The HCG always needs help with planting and garden maintenance (weeding and watering).
WHAT THEY NEED: The community gardens needs more volunteers, as well as donations of fresh food and water from local stores, and monetary donations for supplies such as a small rototiller, etc.
ON THE WEB: Go online at www.huntingtoncommunitygardens.com or you can e-mail project coordinator, Jennifer Williams at firstname.lastname@example.com and Jen and Eve Marcum-Atkinson at firstname.lastname@example.com.
The Gardens:
Here's a closer look at Huntington Community Gardens' plots throughout the city.
"Power Gardens" at Carter G. Woodson & Northcott Court Assisted Housing. These gardens reside within Public Housing complexes along Hal Greer Boulevard. They consist of vegetable and herb beds, with several locations filled with vibrant flowers.
"Children's Peace Garden" at 1016 Minton St. This "Cut-Flower" garden was designed to give children a safe beautiful place to meet, play and relax. Residents have an open invitation to perform "random acts of kindness" by cutting small bunches of flowers and sharing them with others.
"Blessed Senior Garden" at 1126 Minton St. This lot, the use of which was donated by May Johnson, hosts one of the original gardens created by the Fairfield Community Gardens under the direction of Marcella Murphy. As their new Garden Partners, the HCG will assist with coordinating maintenance and expansion, with the help of neighborhood seniors and residents.
"Eagle Scout Garden" at 1129 Minton St. This lot, the use of which was donated by May Johnson, will host a garden designed and created by Huntington Eagle Scouts.
"Beauty Garden" at Barnett Center, 1524 10th Ave. An experimental education garden designed to share gardening techniques with area residents of all ages. In partnership with the Huntington Weed & Seed program, the garden features perennial flower beds, vegetables beds, annual flower beds, raised beds of strawberries, pumpkins, a water feature, a public art display of tiles and more.
"Maudella Taylor Garden" at 1437 11th Ave. To be dedicated on her birthday, June 23. Located behind the A.D. Lewis Community Center and made available by May Johnson, this large, open, sunny lot will host a garden built by children for children with interested youth from A.D. Lewis, Springhill Elementary cub scouts and the surrounding neighborhoods will help to plan and design a "Food and Flower" garden
"Courage Garden" at Marcum Terrace Assisted Housing. It consists of three small vegetable and herb beds, accompanied by a few other plating areas filled with vibrant flowers and greenery.
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LG's G Flex Shows Off it's Curves
The LG G Flex shows off its curves for the camera! LG has hit the headlines once again with their flexible screens being the heated topic. This time however we have glimpse into what LG's first commercially available flexible device may look like. Unbreakable, bendable, curved and sometimes even awesome are just a few words that describe the forth coming onslaught of flexible handsets. Bendable touch screens have been the promise of the future from companies like LG and Samsung for quite some time now. Currently the idea allows super thin LCD to be flexible and built into 'curved' housings, but the future of the technologies can reach as far as your imagination.
Recently LG and Samsung announced they were at a launching point for their first round of flexible touch screens. Back in May LG demoed a 5 inch unbreakable OLED display and a few months later in early October the company announced they would be unveiling a 6 inch smart phone the following month. So, if you're keeping tabs the G Flex was expected to be revealed in a few short weeks sometime in November. Luckily for the world, keeping secrets this big is nearly impossible with the likes of the interwebs! Engadget has gotten their hands on not one, but three renderings of the device and a small bit of information that further confirms the devices launch will take place sometime next month. Unfortunately however the good stuff kid's go for has not leaked. The price, specifications and availability has yet to be determined. However if the interwebs continues to be kind to us this information will surely surface to the top before launch day. The pictures we see before us clearly show that LG's G Flex has a distinct curve to its design, quite the opposite to Samsung's Round. Additionally the source of the leaky pictures has also confirmed that the G Flex will sport a 6 inch screen confirming previous rumors.
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Project strives for net-zero energy useBy Bruce Edwards
STAFF WRITER | July 25,2014MIDDLEBURY One of the key components in planning the $6.5 million town office and recreation center project is making both buildings net-zero energy users.
Thats still the goal using a combination of renewable energy sources including solar, heat pumps and wood pellets.
Plans are to heat the recreation center on Creek Road with a pellet boiler. But cost is also a concern for Nick Artim, chairman of the Town Offices and Recreation Facilities Steering Committee.
Again, I want to reinforce the importance of maintenance, Artim, said at a recent meeting of the committee. It has to be something we can take care of.
He said it makes no sense to install a system if the cost to maintain it outweighs the energy savings.
Chris Hutson of Bread Loaf Corp., the project design firm, said their feasibility analysis will also include the source of the fuel and an estimate of the future cost of wood pellets and how that compares with other available (heating) systems.
Committee member Victor Nuovo said the panel needs to keep in mind rapid changes in technology.
One of the concerns I would have, and we have had, is that we dont want to find ourselves spending an awful lot of money on a system thats going to be obsolete in 20 years, Nuovo said. And I think we need to be very careful in balancing all of these things for consideration.
Artim said quality and durability need to come first and it is important not to rush to install a new, unproven technology that may prove costly.
There was no disagreement from Laura Asermily that quality should continue to be a priority.
But Asermily said as the committee looks at heating systems, its important to look at nonfossil-fuel heating systems.
She said biomass is an appropriate heating system for large buildings such as the recreation center.
There are a lot of buildings in our county and our state that we can be looking at now in terms of analyzing what works and what doesnt work, Asermily said.
Before the recreation center is built, the existing American Legion hall on Creek Road will be torn down. Huston said before that takes place, an analysis will be done of any hazardous building materials.
For the town office, Hutson said, the current plan is to heat the building using heat pumps. He said the building would be outfitted with motion sensors to save energy on lighting.
He said Middlebury College is on schedule to relocate the Osborne House in the fall. Once relocated, the site will be the home to the new town office next to Ilsley Library. Huston briefed the committee on the layout of the building, which was done after conferring with the town office staff.
Voters in March passed a $6.5 million bond for the town office and municipal recreation facility. The cost will be offset by the sale of the existing town office and adjacent gym property to Middlebury College for $4.5 million.
The college will demolish the buildings and convert the space into a park to serve as a gateway to the campus.
Construction is scheduled to begin in September.
At its next meeting on Aug. 8, Bread Loaf will present a sample palette of suggested interior and exterior building materials and colors.
The committee meeting can be viewed on Middlebury Community Television: middleburycommunitytv.org/Town0fcs071814.
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Trent Williams believes knee injury not as serious as it appeared
- Rookie left tackle went down with a left knee injury on the final play of regulation and is expected to receive an MRI on Monday. (Photo: Jay Westcott)
Rookie left tackle Trent Williams said that he passed the initial ACL tests administered to him and that he believes that he simply aggravated the knee injury he suffered three weeks ago.
Williams hurt his left knee while trying to help tackle Green Bay defensive back Tramon Williams, who made an interception on the last play of regulation of the Redskins' 16-13 overtime victory over the Packers.
The tackle writhed on the ground in pain and stomped his right foot as trainers were beginning to tend to him.
"It's very tough," Williams said. "You kind of see your whole season flash before you and you just pray it's nothing serious and hope the doctors get out there fast enough to stop the pain."
Williams went back into the game on the Redskins' first offensive possession of overtime, and he picked up blitzers on each play during that drive. The Redskins ended up having to punt, however, and on their second possession of overtime, the Redskins' trainers held Williams out.
"I could put weight on it, they just held me out, though, not wanting me to get hurt worse," Williams said. "It hurt a lot, but I just wanted to win. I wanted to do everything in my power to help the team win. It was tough to do a lot of stuff, but I just tried to muscle up enough to be able to protect the quarterback. I just wanted to win. I went back out there risking futher injury just because of my hunger to win."
Williams said that he expects to have an MRI on Monday.
Washington's other book-end, right tackle Jammal Brown, also injured his left knee in the game. Brown said that he had fallen down on a play and his leg was up in the air and a defender jammed it downward.
Brown described the injury as a "slight sprain," and expected to get an MRI, but didn't think it was a very serious injury.
"I thought I was going to be able to finish the game," said Brown, whose injury was during the second quarter. He sat out a series and came in on the next. "I went back out there and it just got tighter on me, so I had to come out."
Said coach Mike Shanahan: "I thought [Williams] was out for sure. I thought it was real serious, and we're keeping our fingers crossed. We don't think that there's any structural damage to either Jammal or Trent, so that's a good sign."
With Williams and Brown out, the Redskins quickly had to scramble. Stephon Heyer had taken over at right tackle for Brown, but then in overtime after Williams' injury, he switched to left tackle. Right guard Artis Hicks moved over to right tackle, a position he has played before in his career, and the spot he spent the offseason lining up at before Brown was acquired. And Will Montgomery came in at right guard.
"I've been in that situation before where I've had to bump out and I just tried to stay calm and win my one-on-one matchup," Hicks said. "This win was huge because 3-2 is a lot better than 2-3 and the type of win that we got. It was just huge. It shows a lot of character. First half, we didn't do anything good offensively, second half, fourth quarter, later on, we were able to just dig in and scratch and claw our way to some points and get the win"
The patchwork line held up, and the Redskins didn't give up a sack on the final drive of overtime. Washington, which got the ball at the Green Bay 39-yard line after a LaRon Landry interception, went 24 yards in six plays and then won the game on a 33-yard Graham Gano field goal.
"It just shows that we have the ultimate confidence in all of our guys on the line," Redskins quarterback Donovan McNabb said of going to the backups with the game on the line. "All those guys did a tremendous job."


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DINWIDDIE COUNTY, Va. (WTVR)–Some current and former employees of the online retail giant Amazon have filed class action lawsuits in Tennessee and Pennsylvania.
The lawsuits allege that everyday workers at the companies fulfillment centers have to go through security searches while off the clock, some they say take as long as 20 minutes to complete.
The lawsuit said that security searches take place every time an employee leaves the warehouse floor, and twice while they are off the clock–during their meal break and when they leave for the day.
Those taking part in the lawsuits believe they should be compensated for the time they are off the clock but still at work trying to get through security.
While no similar lawsuits have been filed here in Virginia, some former employees said they understand why some are suing.
"It's very annoying, cause you know you're ready to go home and you've got to sit there and wait," Brittany Titus said. She worked at the Dinwiddie fulfillment center for more than a year.
Former employee's like Erik Baggett understand the need for tight security.
"There is a lot of security once you go inside the building, but I understand both sides," he said. "They've got to keep their products safe, because there is a lot of theft."
But some say the continued delay only gets worse during the holidays when hundreds of seasonal employees are added to the work force.
CBS 6 Legal Analyst Todd Stone said that "this Class Action Lawsuit makes it really easy for Amazon employees to jump on board, because you've got attorneys who have done the leg work and you could add them to the lawsuit pretty easily."
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WESTBOROUGH, Mass. — Gov. Deval Patrick spoke about growing up in poverty on the South Side of Chicago in an address on foster care Thursday at the Department of Children and Families' Second Annual Youth Summit.
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I decided to switch from Windows to Linux, so I installed Ubuntu Raring final beta.
Unfortunately I have a Python problem.
I was trying to use
pip from a virtualenv I created, to install packages from a
requirements.txt file like this:
pip install -r requirements.txt
I got the following error while a package was installing:
buildutils/initlibzmq.c:10:20: fatal error: Python.h: No such file or directory
compilation terminated.
error: command 'x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc' failed with exit status 1
I found on internet that to get rid of this, I should install the
python-dev deb package:
sudo apt-get install python-dev
Since I installed this package, I have the following error when I try to run a python:
file: "ImportError: No module named _io".
I use this python from the virtualenv:
Python 2.7.4rc1 (default, Mar 30 2013, 15:39:28)
[GCC 4.7.2] on linux2
Does anyone have an idea? I can't find anything on Google, and I really need to solve this issue in order to use Ubuntu for my work...
Thanks for your help.
It seems my virtualenv was corrupted for some reason. I uninstalled it.
I recreated one, and performed the "pip install -r requirements.txt" again, and now I have this error:
Warning: failed to configure libzmq:
/bin/sh: 1: ./configure: not found
staging platform.hpp from: buildutils/include_linux
Using bundled libzmq
building 'zmq.libzmq' extension
creating build/temp.linux-x86_64-2.7/buildutils
creating build/temp.linux-x86_64-2.7/bundled
creating build/temp.linux-x86_64-2.7/bundled/zeromq
creating build/temp.linux-x86_64-2.7/bundled/zeromq/src
x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc -pthread -fno-strict-aliasing -DNDEBUG -g -fwrapv -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Ibundled/zeromq/include -Ibundled -I/usr/include/python2.7 -I/usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/python2.7 -c buildutils/initlibzmq.c -o build/temp.linux-x86_64-2.7/buildutils/initlibzmq.o
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x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc: error trying to exec 'cc1plus': execvp: No such file or directory
error: command 'x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc' failed with exit status 1
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Garden club meets, tours garden
The Daisy Garden Club recently held its September meeting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Holt.
Patricia Holt served as hostess. "Knock Out" red rose and zinnia arrangements from her garden were on display throughout the home.
Delores Green led the group devotion. The club's song was sung, followed by a scripture reading and prayer.
Following the devotion, club members toured Holt's flower and vegetable garden. Flowers seen included lantana, rose of Sharon, baby ferns, red and pink geraniums, ceopis, four o'clocks, "Knock Out" roses, begonias, zinnias, sedum, cana lilies and a red-tip tree. Vegetables included peppers, tomatoes and okra.
After the tour, Barbara Carroll, president, conducted the business session. Correspondences and committee reports were given. Carroll gave a report of a recent state convention.
Naomi Dixon blessed the food at the meeting.
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As of Tuesday, December 4, 2012
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MORROW Words couldn't describe how much Morrow youth Jimmy Larson enjoyed the city's annual "Christmas in the Park" celebration Saturday.
Larson and his family — mother Tracy, father Keith and sisters Emily and Julia Gawel — came to the event to enjoy the carnival that was added this year. They rode many of the rides, saw the Chick-fil-A Santa Cow and witnessed the lighting of Morrow's Christmas tree.
In the middle of the festivities, Keith Larson put his son on his shoulders and asked how he was doing.
"Hey buddy, are you enjoying yourself today?" said the father to the son.
Jimmy Larson just broke out a big smile and nodded his head.
Morrow officials said about 3,200 people attended "Christmas in the Park" this year. The annual celebration was blessed with blue skies and temperatures in the 60s, which mayor Joseph "J.B." Burke said was a factor in the large turnout.
"The weather could not have been better and everybody is just excited to be here," Burke said. "The carnival aspect made it an even bigger success."
The celebration came at a good time for Morrow, which has made headlines in recent weeks for infighting between its leaders and for spending thousands of dollars to bring in a special attorney to investigate allegations of state Sunshine Law violations by the City Council.
Residents said it was nice to see something different — something positive — happening in the city over the weekend.
"I think it's a real nice way to use our money," Tracy Larson said.
There was a little bit of everything at "Christmas in the Park" to satisfy a wide range of interests. In addition to the carnival, community groups sold a wide range of wares, the city had its "Little General" train ride, Waffle House and Chick-fil-A partnered for waffle dinners with the Chick-fil-A Santa Cow, singers sang for the crowds and Burke lit the city's Christmas tree.
"I liked the train because it was good," said Morrow youngster Mariah Williams, after she high-fived the Santa Cow.
After Jonesboro kindergartner Imani Bentley and her younger sister Taniyah Wiggins got off a children's ride at the carnival, Bentley enthusiastically gave a thumbs up to signal her approval of the event.
"I think it's great because they have something for everybody," she said.
And, there was even a little something for the adults who were still kids at heart in their own way. About 75 cars and tow trucks, from as far away as Blairsville, also rolled in for a car show and Toys for Tots fundraiser.
"We brought in a record number of toys, which was about enough to fill a trailer," said Morrow resident Sam Juarez, who organized the car show. Atlanta-based South Metro Towing alone brought in more than $1,000 worth of toys, which was more than any other car show participant, according to Juarez. South Metro Towing owner Greg Greeson said the company had full-time and part-time employees, as well as companies it works with, donate toys over the last few weeks.
"We'd been seeing on the news where there was a shortage of toys for Toys for Tots so we wanted to do whatever we could to help," Greeson said.
Greeson and his wife, Ronnette, added the company already plans to outdo itself next year.
"The great thing is that we have a whole year to collect toys," Ronnette Greeson said.
Juarez said he expects the event to grow next year by drawing participants from farther distances.
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Nearby Low Income Housing: 12 miles from Carrollton
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Nearby Low Income Housing: 12 miles from Carrollton
Not far from our East Campus is Pioneer Place Senior Housing, located on Avenue K, which is a HUD 202 Project Rental Assistance Project (PRAC). There are 134 one bedroom apartments in this community, with resident gardens, an expansive community room with a kitchen, pool table and ping pong table, a click here to view full description
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Nearby Low Income Housing: 20 miles from Carrollton
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Nearby Low Income Housing: 14 miles from Carrollton
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Best Burgers in Washington, D.C.
May is National Burger Month. To help you celebrate, here is a compilation of the five tastiest and most unique burgers in the D.C. metro area. All of these burgers are unlike any other burger you have had.
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Brunch has become wildly popular in D.C. in the last few years. As a result, you have many choices to select from for the perfect graduation brunch.
Best Restaurants in Washington, D.C. Worth the Hype
With so many restaurants being hyped up by foodies, blogs and press, it can be hard to know which ones are actually worth it. These restaurants are worth the hype.
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Newspapers, Maine Mall owner appeal South Portland tax bills
SOUTH PORTLAND — Two of the city's 10 largest taxpayers are appealing their 2009 tax bills.
One of those taxpayers is no stranger to the appeals process: General Growth Properties, the Chicago-based company that owns the Maine Mall, is appealing its bill after losing a similar appeal of 2006 taxes.
The other taxpayer is MaineToday Media, the company formed by newspaper publisher Richard Connor that last year bought The Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram, Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
GGP is the city's largest taxpayer. Its holdings were valued at $253.6 million in 2009, resulting in a $3.7 million tax bill from the city.
MTM is the city's seventh largest taxpayer. Its $43.5 million in holdings resulted in a $640,000 tax bill in 2009.
While GGP's appeal does not specify an abatement request, MTM's appeal indicates the company is looking to shed to more than $24 million from the valuation of its personal property and $9 million at its printing plant on Gannett Drive.
The move would result in a tax decrease of $485,000.
City Assessor Elizabeth Sawyer said MTM's equipment is valued at $27 million, but MTM believes the equipment is worth only $3 million. She hopes to work with the company to determine a fair value, without having to go to court.
"We need to sit down with the company and see where we go from here," Sawyer said. "As you can tell, we're quite far apart."
Sawyer said the city is hoping to having an independent expert evaluate the printing equipment.
The value is likely to center around a greater philosophical debate about the future of newspapers, Sawyer said, especially at a time when traditional daily papers like those published by MTM are losing circulation as readers seek news online.
"The big question is what is the newspaper worth today," Sawyer said."You also have to look down the road."
That question could be informed by what MTM paid the Blethen family for the newspapers, but the details of that transaction are confidential. Even the assessor is not privy to that information.
"They weren't willing to share the purchase and sale agreement with me," Sawyer said.
While MTM is expected to downplay the value of its print products, it will be unable to avoid the fact the company now prints all of its daily newspapers at the South Portland facility.
According to a Dec. 15, 2009, Kennebec Journal story, the South Portland press is "relatively modern and has untapped capacity." The story said the consolidated press prints more than 121,000 newspapers for the Sunday editions of all three dailies, while the combined daily circulation was just under 90,000 copies.
Connor, MTM's president and chief executive officer, said in an Aug. 2, 2009, editorial announcing the consolidation that it was an effort "to better leverage our strengths and assets."
"Printing consolidation is the wave of the future in newspaper publishing, and we are riding the crest of the wave," Connor wrote. "Because our South Portland presses are newer and faster, shifting production there will enhance our products by providing later deadlines for more timely news and more full-color pages on which to print that news."
Connor continued by saying the printing presses originally cost $40 million to build and install in 1990. "In the lifespan of a printing press," he said, "ours is young."
David Silk, the attorney handling MTM's appeal, could not be reached for comment on Wednesday or Thursday. Connor could not be reached Thursday for comment.
Maine Mall
GGP's tax appeal, meanwhile, is complicated by the fact the company has not responded to the assessor's requests for more information.
Sawyer said the company has not presented an alternative assessment and has not indicated the amount it believes its South Portland holdings, which include the Maine Mall and several outlying parcels, are over-valued.
In December, the State Board of Property Tax Review ruled against a similar appeal from GGP, which is still attempting to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. GGP argued its properties were only worth $190 million and sought the return of $990,000 in tax revenue, plus interest.
Sawyer said GGP chose not to appeal that ruling to the Cumberland County Superior Court.
Neither David Swinkle nor Mike Majury of GGP's tax department could be reached for comment.
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Friday, August 3, 2012
More than 3.5 inches of rain fell in a short period of time in the City of Georgetown Monday causing another round of flooding problems.
Several streets had to be blocked off because of floodwaters and traffic was detoured through the city's West End and other areas until the water finally cleared by Monday afternoon.
At least three cars were damaged due to the floodwaters.
Jeepy Ford, a local resident and business owner who has been battling the city over flooding problems for many years, said even though the $14 million drainage project is still not complete, steps could have been taken by the city to prevent some of the flooding.
Ford says when the steel mill was built next to the Sampit River in the late 1960s, it was "the beginning of the end of Downtown Georgetown."
Ford, who spoke with the Georgetown Times Monday, says when the mill was built it blocked the natural drainage that had directed the water to the river.
"The city gave away its right of way except for a 15-foot ditch to drain 165 acres. That's what they call the City Hall basin," Ford said.
He said there are several 'flappers' that are supposed to keep water from flowing back from the river during heavy rain events but the flapper inside the steel mill "is so out of shape it's rusted shut and does not work."
Lane Mixon, head of the city's water utilities, said the drainage project is now expected to be complete in mid-December, about two weeks after the end of the 2012 hurricane season.
Until the new system is operational, Mixon said there is no guarantee the area will not flood again.
However, Ford said he is not sure the flooding will stop even after the new drainage system is in place. That's because the new pumps will pump water up the hill and "around the dam called the steel mill, and into the river."
He said the only way the new drainage system will work is if the pipes are cleaned and the pumps are maintained.
"And I have absolutely no faith in that," he said.
Mixon said the new system is expected to handle what is known as a "50 year flood" which is about 9.8 inches of rain in a 24-hour period.
Right now, the bigger pipes under U.S. Highway 17 — part of the new drainage system — are being used but they are draining into the smaller pipes downstream that go under Front Street and through the steel mill. Once the retention pond next to City Hall is complete, only the bigger pipes will be used.
This is the big drainage project but other smaller drainage systems have been installed through the years in the city.
Mixon said a drainage project took place along Meeting Street in the late 1990s which has helped that area to the Sampit River.
In 2002, the Hawkins Street project took place to help the area of Hawkins Street from Merriman Road to the west end of Hawkins.
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I purchased 2 of these while they were half off for a specific project. I needed them in white and my local store stopped carrying this particular set up almost a year ago (and of course they had a few the other day for the first time!) so I gave them a quick spray in white. I then spent 2 days decorating one of them and it has had no issues standing up to all I put it through so I'm sure it will be enjoyed for years to come. I was able to measure one compartment and cut all my paper for the others using those measurements and they all fit just fine. The handle seems on there nicely and it also has a tab on the back for hanging. The only issue I can come up with is that the tab on the back of one of them isn't absolutely perfectly straight, and a couple in the store had the handles ripped off. Really nothing to do with quality. And with HL's weekly 40% off coupon these are a steal!
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The name The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was given by the Lord
in revelation to Joseph Smith on April 26, 1838 (D&C 115:4). The Church had
been known as The Church of Christ from 1830 to 1834 (D&C 20:1); The Church
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from 1836 to 1838. The Church is commonly, but unofficially, referred to today
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Book of Mormon. But the use of the term "Mormon" to refer to the Church is unsatisfactory
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that Jesus Christ is the head of the Church and that members strive to live
Christian lives. In the Book of Mormon, Christ´s disciples asked him, "Tell
us the name whereby we shall call this church" (3 Ne. 27:3). He answered, "How
be it my church save it be called in my name? For if a church be called in Moses´
name then it be Moses´ church, or if it be called in the name of a man then
it be the church of a man; but if it be called in my name then it is my church,
if it so be that they are built upon my gospel" (3 Ne. 27:8). By implication,
calling the Church by the name Mormon would make it Mormon´s Church. While most
Church members are not offended by the title Mormon, they prefer the name that
properly underscores their relationship to Christ.
Members of the Church are often referred to as saints, meaning men and women
who are committed to live in accordance with the gospel. The New Testament similarly
refers to followers of Christ as saints. The term "Latter-day" comes from the
belief that the world is passing through the last days prior to the second coming
of Christ.
Anderson, Richard Lloyd. "I Have a Question." Ensign 9 (Jan. 1979):1314.
Nelson, Russel M. "´Thus Shall My Church Be Called.´" Ensign 20
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Thanks to Pigoo3 and Razoredge. The 'back up' is what I'm now not sure of. I have a 500 gb external hard drive; so if I start up the external drive an I con will appear on the screen and then when I click the icon a window opens to show me what it contains . . . . if I click on, say, the iPhotos icon and drag/drop it into the ext drive window, will that be the back up and if so, do I then reverse the procedure once Leopard is loaded into my iMac. Similarly, do I do that with Pages, Word Excel etc. Also, how about my password for Apple updates and what must I be sure to back up and how to do it ? Sorry to be dim on this but I gotta learn and I'm convinced that you guys know best from experience. I'm quite nervous about doing this so all help is really very much appreciated. Thanks in advance.
As far as the backup...you could give this program "SuperDuper" a try:
SuperDuper version 2.6.2 is compatible with Mac OS 10.4 and later...and since you're currently using 10.4 you should have no problem.
An alternative method for backing up is...just copy all of your important documents (spreadsheets, word processing, photos, music, video, etc.) to another hard drive. And if for some reason your applications have a problem after the OS upgrade (assuming the problem is not incompatibility with the new OS version 10.6)...then you can reinstall them from the applications original install disks.
Realize that backing information up is a safeguard against loss. Generally speaking...if you're upgrading the OS (10.4 to 10.6) in this case...all you do is boot from the OS install disk...and follow the onscreen instructions.
The install process will leave all of your files & applications untouched...and will only upgrade the OS. Of course you will still have to deal with any applications that may not be compatible with OS 10.6. Upgrading from OS 10.4 to 10.6 is a BIG step...and some or many applications you currently have on your hard drive may not be compatible with OS 10.6. To make those applications compatible...you will either need to update them (with an updater file)...or purchase newer versions of the applications.
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MinuteClinic Opens Walk-in Medical Clinic
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posted Sep 8, 2011 - 4:41:50pm
MinuteClinic, the largest provider of retail-based medical clinics in the United States, has opened a new walk-in medical clinic inside the CVS/pharmacy store in Orange City at 2400 Enterprise Road. It is the first retail medical clinic in Volusia County. MinuteClinic now has 45 clinics in Florida.
"Since opening our first store-based clinic in Florida in 2006, we have helped to expand access to high-quality, convenient and affordable care to thousands of residents who have visited us at convenient CVS/pharmacy locations near where they live and work," said Andrew Sussman, M.D., president, MinuteClinic and senior vice president/associate chief medical officer, CVS Caremark Corporation. "We are committed to making our innovative model of care part of Florida's efforts to broaden access to quality health services."
MinuteClinic practitioners specialize in family health care and can diagnose, treat and write prescriptions for common family illnesses such as strep throat and ear, eye, sinus, bladder and bronchial infections. Minor wounds, abrasions and joint sprains are treated, and common vaccinations such as influenza, tetanus, pneumonia and Hepatitis A & B are available at most locations. In addition, MinuteClinic administers a series of wellness services designed to help consumers identify lifestyle changes needed to improve their current and future health, including screenings and monitoring for diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol.
No appointments are required at MinuteClinic and most health insurance is accepted. For patients paying cash or credit, treatment prices are posted at each medical center and on www.minuteclinic.com. The cost for most treatment starts at $79.
MinuteClinic nurse practitioners use a software program that at the conclusion of each visit generates educational material, an invoice and a prescription (when clinically appropriate) for the patient, as well as a diagnostic record that can be sent via electronic health record, fax or mail to a primary care provider with patient permission.
MinuteClinic medical walk-in clinics in Florida operate from 8:30 a.m.-7:30 p.m. Monday-Friday; 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Saturday; and 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Sunday.
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Artists James Brown, Marvin Gaye, Nina Simone
February 26, 2012
A collection of soulful tunes. Including James Brown, Marvin Gaye and Nina Simone
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