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PO Box 87979, Canton, MI, 48187, (734) 495-0400
Atkinson Feucht Sunset Hills Chapel
5001 Everhard Rd NW, Canton, OH, 44715, (330) 494-2051
Canton Cemetery Association
4927 Cleveland Ave NW, Canton, OH, 44709, (330) 494-0641
Forest Hill Cemetery
4414 Cleveland Ave NW, Canton, OH, 44709, (330) 499-7353
Karlo & Sons Funeral Home
5000 Everhard Rd NW, Canton, OH, 44718, (330) 499-6207
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5000 Everhard Road NW, Canton, OH, 44718,
Reed Funeral Home Inc
705 Raff Rd SW, Canton, OH, 44710, (330) 477-6721
Spiker-Foster-Shriver Funeral Home Inc
710 Tuscarawas St W, Canton, OH, 44702, (330) 455-0349
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4817 Cleveland Ave NW, Canton, OH, 44709, (330) 497-7373
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5001 Everhard Road NW, Canton, OH, 44718, (330) 494-2051
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Infant reflux (sometimes called infant acid reflux) is the condition where the contents of the stomach are spit out, usually shortly after feeding. Spitting up (infant reflux) becomes less common as a baby gets older, and it's unusual if it's still occurring after 18 months of age.
In a small number of cases, reflux can be a sign of a more serious problem, such as gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), an allergy or a blockage.
Spitting up and vomiting are the main symptoms of infant reflux. As long as your baby is healthy, content and growing well, the reflux is not a cause for concern. Your child will in all likelihood outgrow it.
While your baby may act fussy or seem to be uncomfortable, it is very unusual for the stomach contents to be acidic enough to irritate the esophagus or throat, as happens with acid reflux.
Contact your baby's doctor if your baby:
Some of these signs may indicate more-serious conditions, such as gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) or pyloric stenosis. In GERD, the reflux contains stomach acid which damages the lining of the esophagus. Pyloric stenosis is a rare condition in which a narrowed valve between the stomach and the small intestine keeps stomach contents from emptying into the small intestine.
Infant reflux is related to a number of factors, often in combination with one another.
In infants, the ring of muscle between the esophagus and the stomach — the lower esophageal sphincter (LES) — is not yet fully mature, allowing stomach contents to flow backward. Eventually, the LES will open only when baby swallows and will remain tightly closed the rest of the time, keeping stomach contents where they belong.
Babies are lying flat most of the time, which makes reflux more likely. Moreover, their diet is completely liquid, also favoring infant reflux. Sometimes air bubbles in the stomach may push liquids backward. In other cases, your baby may simply drink too much, too fast.
Although infant reflux most often occurs after a feeding, it can happen anytime your baby coughs, cries or strains.
In a small number of cases, the symptoms of infant reflux are caused by something else. Among the possibilities:
Most cases of infant reflux clear up on their own without causing problems for your baby.
If the condition is not normal reflux, but is GERD or some other condition (much less common), the baby may show signs of poor growth or problems with breathing. Some research indicates that babies who have frequent episodes of spitting up may be more likely to develop gastroesophageal reflux disease during later childhood.
If you're worried about infant reflux, you'll likely start by seeing your child's family doctor or pediatrician. If the reflux is persisting past your child's first birthday or if your child is having some worrisome symptoms such as lack of weight gain and breathing problems, you may be referred to a specialist in digestive diseases in children (pediatric gastroenterologist).
Here's some information to help you get ready for your appointment, and what to expect from your doctor.
Some basic questions you might want to ask your doctor include:
Be ready to respond to questions your doctor is likely to ask you:
Diagnosis of infant reflux is typically based on your baby's symptoms and a physical exam. If your baby is healthy, growing as expected and seems content, then further testing usually isn't needed.
If your baby's doctor suspects a more serious problem, diagnostic tests could include:
Most cases of infant reflux clear up on their own, helped by simple changes in feeding techniques, such as:
To test to see if the reflux is caused by an allergy to a protein in cow's milk, your baby's doctor may suggest that you eliminate dairy products or beef from your diet if you're breast-feeding.
If you feed your baby formula, sometimes switching types can help.
Medication. Acid-blocking medications are not recommended in cases of uncomplicated infant reflux. A short-term trial of an H-2 blocker such as ranitidine, or perhaps a proton pump inhibitor such as omeprazole (Prilosec) or lansoprazole (Prevacid), may be worth trying for babies who have poor weight gain, refuse to feed, have evidence of esophagitis or who have chronic asthma and reflux.
It's important to note that otherwise healthy children taking these medications may face an increased risk of certain intestinal and respiratory infections. In addition, prolonged use of proton pump inhibitors has been linked to problems in iron and calcium absorption in infants.
To minimize reflux, consider these tips:
Thickening formula or expressed breast milk with rice cereal is an older remedy for infant reflux. It isn't universally recommended today.
If you thicken your baby's formula, you might notice less spitting up — but some research suggests that the number of reflux episodes actually remains the same. Thickening formula also adds potentially unnecessary calories to your baby's diet, and might lead to choking or other problems during feeding.
Thickening expressed breast milk with rice cereal isn't likely to be effective because the enzymes in breast milk break down the starch in the cereal — which quickly thins the milk.
Remember, infant reflux is usually little cause for concern. Just keep plenty of burp cloths handy as you ride it out.
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If you are looking to enjoy the many wonderful restaurants that New York has to offer, Restaurant Week is the perfect way to see them all without breaking the bank.
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OGDENSBURG - In September of 2012, the Massena Girls Volleyball team hosted the first annual Kates Team Tournament.
Over $1300 was donated to Kates Team which was founded in memory of an outstanding Massena athlete Kathleen Kate OShaughnessy, who died one month short of her 23rd birthday after a courageous extended volley with melanoma on Dec. 13, 2000.
Kates Team, through its website, provides mutal support and encouragement and shares information regarding events and causes that are also dedicated to the fight against cancer.
In the past 12 years, Kates Team has raised over $200,000 for the world renown Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City where Kate OShaughnessy underwent treatments. Its first fund-raiser was held at the 2000 Terry Fox Run in Central Park in New York City.
Kate was pushed around the course in a wheelchair and at the end she showed the magnitude of her courage and determination to fight the disease. Approaching the finish she pulled herself out of the chair, linked arms with her team and walked across the finish line.
The Kates Team website proudly reports that its donations were among those that helped fund research by Dr. Brentjens of the MSKCC. Reserach that led to treatments which produced complete and rapid remission for five patients with terminal leukemia.
The second annual Kates Team Volleyball Tournament almost didnt happen. But through the cooperation of many people the day-long event staged at OFA on Monday.
Massena, which entered the game with a 7-7 record on the season, came away with the Gold Division Championship of the Block O Booster Club Kates Team Volleyball Tournament.
The girls are so happy to win this tournment. It was total team effort. The girls played so well as a team, said Massena ,oach Cassie Hayes.
Sue McLean, coach of the OFA team which won the Silver division title, took great pride in the team effort which allowed the tournament to be staged at OFA and raise a donation was is expected to be approximately $1000.
The tournament was scheduled at Massena on Oct. 5 but was postponed because of the SATs. It was moved to Saturday but was postponed because a great number of our officials were working college matches, said McLean.
On Monday the officials were available but the Massena gym wasnt available. So we brought the tournament to OFA with the help of a lot of people. It just was a great day of volleyball and everyone had a lot of fun.
The tournament was held through the cooperation of the OFA and Massena school districts, the teams involved, the officials who all donated part of the time and the Block O Booster Club which sponsored the event so no admission was charged. Those attending were offered offered a chance to made donations to Kates Team.
The OFA Volleyball Program will host another fight-against-cancer fund-raiser on Thursday when it faces Canton in its annual Volley For the Cure Match. All those attending are asked to wear pink and invited take part in fund-raising events.
In pool play OFA 1 (OFA entered two teams), Peru, Massena and Northern Adirondack all finished with 5-1 records and Massena downed OFA in a three-game semi-final match.
The division finals were staged as a single game.
In the Gold Division finals Massena downed Peru 25-22 and OFA downed Madrid-Waddington 25-19 in the Silver finals. M-W reached the Silver Division finals with a win over Canton.
Following the tournament the four teams which went 5-1 in pool play received all-tournament awards for two players and Madrid-Waddington, Canton and the OFA 2 squad received one.
All-Tournament selections were: Samantha Villnave and Krista Loran of Massena, Taylor Fisher and Adrianna Compo of OFA 1,Sky Hoover of OFA 2, Jennifer King of M-W, Beth Pierson of Canton, Marrissa Johnson of Edwards Knox, Zoe Verrand and Katelyn Snyder of NAC and Taylor Higgins and Leah Pearson of Peru.
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Elder Bob and Sister Jan Hess Haire, former member of the Castle Dale 1st LDS Ward, have accepted a call to serve in the Michigan-Detroit mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
The couple's farewell meeting will be June 29 at 2:45 p.m. at the Bountiful 14th LDS Ward, 1500 South 600 East.
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|Stetson Kunz runs past the Price City Cemetery cross country during Carbon High's invitational cross country track meet last month. The Dinos team traveled to Duchesne last week where the boys finished in second place overall and the girls placed third.
The Carbon High cross country track teams traveled to Duchesne on October 6 to compete in an invitational meet. Two of the Dinos top runners for the boys squad did not make the trip. According to coach, Stewart Foster, the other male athletes on the team really stepped up their game.
Paul Goodrich lead the pack as he pulled away from all of the competition. Goodrich finished the three mile race in first place and was done a minute and half ahead of the second place runner.
Kent Olson was the fifth place runner in the meet and broke into the 18 minute column.
Beau Morley finished in ninth place just two places short of earning a medal. The fourth Dino to cross the finish line was David Youso who has been moving up in the standing every race explained coach, Foster.
Brett Wells completed the race just ahead of Jared Richens while Jordan Burrows and James Machicaski finished close behind.
As a team, the Carbon boys finished tied for second place at the Duchesne meet.
In the girls division, Paige Morley was the top finisher for the Dinos. Morley placed fourth overall in the meet.
Katie Hobbs and Rebecca Goodrich finished close behind Morley and all three girls received medals. Hobbs completed the race in sixth place while Goodrich finished in seventh place, only two seconds behind Hobbs.
Ashley Anderson placed 12th while Katie Palmer finished in 15th place.
As a team, Carbon finished in third place.
The next meet on Carbon's schedule will take place at North Sanpete High on October 12.
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BUFFALO, N.Y. - A new restaurant is bringing new life and music to a well-known space in Downtown Buffalo that's been vacant for years.
Singing waiters are part of the attraction at Perfetto on Main Street which made its grand debut Friday night.
The new restaurant is located right across the street from Shea's and in the spot where three previous restaurants -- Breckenridge Brew Pub, Empire Brewing and Ya Ya Bayou Brewhouse -- had failed.
Owner Jay Haynes said that having an Italian Steakhouse with a singing wait staff in the heart of the theater district will set his restaurant apart.
The restaurant sits on a section of Main Street that will soon be back open to vehicular traffic.


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Yasuda, CEO of Kadokawa games, was approached by Suda in 2009 with a number of different ideas for Grasshopper's next game. He chose Killer is Dead because he himself was a fan of Suda's assassin series. Lollipop Chainsaw, which was in development at the time was more of a light-hearted "pop" game (no pun intended), from the "light-side" Suda. Recalls Suda, "Next I wanted something 'dark'."
With the protagonist Mondo, Suda had a very specific image in mind. "Mondo looks so frail you question whether he can actually kill anyone, but when it comes to his job, his aura completely changes." Explains Suda, "I had the insane duality of Christian Bale's character from American Psycho in mind. Mondo is written in the scenario as a man who has no illusions about his work as an executioner and shows little emotion."
So, will there be a scene where Mondo puts an axe through Jared Leto's skull (please)?
Killer is Dead is scheduled for release in Japan this Summer.
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Core Creative Members Enjoy a Chic Dinner at the Home of the Wolman's
Pérez Art Museum Miami Core Creative Art collectors Alexa and Adam Wolman hosted a chic dinner at their Coral Gables home for members of Pérez Art Museum Miami's Core Creative. One hundred guests mingled amidst the Wolman's collection of contemporary art with the sounds of DJ Nektar De Stangi as the soundtrack for the evening. Miami socials, artists and PAMM patrons convened for what was an unforgettable evening to kick-off to the fall season ahead.
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A Tough Read
I found an article which addressed homeschooling, and it was a bit of a shocker:
The Corporate Sovereignty of Home School Education
Home-schooling; the wave of the future; the practical design that allows you to prepare your child's education within the modern world by the standards long cherished and protected as family values. Taken up in the 1960's as a counter cultural movement toward early levels of higher education, the practice has caught on with the basic appeal of choosing your own environmental settings and allowing the child to explore academic potentials at his or her own pace. On March 17th., 2009, a custodial decision by Judge Ned Mangum of Raleigh, North Carolina suddenly turned media attention to the home-school community.
The case involved Venessa and Thomas Mills, a recently divorced couple. According to the father, Venessa has been home-schooling her children for four years, under the guide lines of the Sound Doctrine Church, which provides the educational material and spiritual guidance for its members. He states he originally agreed to home schooling, although only as a temporary structure, however it was her ties to the Church that had initiated their divorce. He stated that, "She became unrecognizable as the person I married, and, in the name of her religion, she distanced herself from me."
That just was the beginning of it. After taking the reader through her overview of HSLDA's work she presents:
No Quarter – No Compromise – No Retreat – No Regret (Statement at the web site for Sound Doctrine Church)
The necessity to separate Church from State is self-evident. Discriminatory laws attacking blacks and Native Americans, and which continue to be an issue today among those who successfully evaded the Civil Rights campaigns of the 1960's, are founded on a Christian dogma that claims these racial distinctions are punishment of a vengeful God for past sins. The Monroe Doctrine; the biggest stain on American Democracy; sought to expand its Christian ideology through territorial invasion and forced religious education.
She pulled no punches in her overview of the current state of affairs. For those eyeing regulating homeschoolers she offers this advice:
Home schooling, which broke ground as an alternative to public education by producing college accredited students, should not be crippled by a political agenda based on religious motivations.
This is a real tough read. My sensibilities have always longed for a broad base of support for homeschooling (unattainable through a non-homeschooling agenda and a narrow base of support) and this issue is not going away. So, in the end, I welcome the exploration.
Reader Warning: Don't go here if you do not want to read an article with the description: Without secular academics, we have an abolition of science, free religious expression and free speech.
The Corporate Sovereignty of Home School Education By Karla Fetrow


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The U.S. Supreme Court is settling in this week to hear two cases that may yield landmark decisions in the battle for marriage. The first, which is underway today, will decide the constitutionality of California's Proposition 8, the 2008 voter initiative that added an amendment to the state's constitution defining marriage as only between a man and a woman. That case will be followed by a challenge to the 1996 federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which defines marriage as only between a man and a woman for the purposes of federal business.
California Gov. Jerry Brown has reneged on the state's responsibility to defend Prop. 8, and while the amendment's original sponsor, a California group called ProtectMarriage.com, has stepped forward to defend the measure before the High Court, opponents argue that the group does not have legal standing to do so.
Prop. 8 opponents insist that legal standing requires those arguing for the amendment to demonstrate that they would be harmed if same-sex couples were allowed to marry. "Proponents have never contended — and do not contend before this Court — that they would personally suffer any injury if gay men and lesbians were permitted to marry in California," wrote attorneys Theodore Olson and David Boies, who are arguing the case on behalf of homosexual couples challenging Prop. 8. The attorneys contend that if the High Court finds ProtectMarriage.com does not have legal standing, then the amendment would automatically be voided and same-sex couples would be immediately able to marry in California.
By contrast, ProtectMarriage.com's attorney, Charles Cooper, argued in papers submitted to the Supreme Court that the California Supreme Court gave his client the state's authority to defend the law — a decision the U.S. Supreme Court is legally bound to honor.
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Enterprise technology decision makers are increasingly leveraging social network and technologies to foster growth in their organisations.
Social technologies are playing a major role in fostering growth among organisations and enterprise technology decision makers are leveraging social networks in numerous innovative ways. There are some key verticals like BFSI, telecom, retail and hospitality which is using social technologies to reach out to their customers. Interacting with the customers on a regular basis allows enterprises to know their requirements and this helps in coming up with offers or products that are liked by the customers.
According to Atul Nigam, CIO, Micromax India, "Social platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Linkden allows us to reach our customers and get to know what are their requirements. CIOs can play a major role in providing apt business analytics to identify a specific trend and that helps in coming up with offers/promotions which customers can relate to. Our company has seen tremendous growth in the last five to six years and for us to sustain this growth rate, we need to know our customers better and social technologies plays an integral role in identifying this."
Enterprise technology decision makers are leveraging social technologies to provide analytical insights about consumers. This in turn is helping enterprises to be more customer-friendly and focussed in their approach.
According to Sanchit Vir Gogia, Chief Analyst and CEO, Greyhound Research, IT organizations are struggling to deal with the invasion of multiple consumer-driven social technologies inside corporate firewalls. Employees continue to use these tools — with or without IT's knowledge and approval — to help them improve their performance and do their work more efficiently. Employee adoption is catalysing many companies in Asia Pacific to proactively use (or at least plan to use) social tools as part of their IT setup, giving users the choice to adopt new tools to improve productivity and hence improve employee satisfaction.
CIOs across verticals agree that social analytics can play a key role in enhancing customer experience.
According to KK Chaudhary, CIO, Lanco Infratech, "I vouch for social analytics and I have witnessed many of my peers helping out their marketing team in getting to know different aspects of customer behaviour. Although, we are into power and do not need to interact with our customers via social medium, but I feel there are many verticals where one needs to interact directly to the customers and social technologies helps a lot of achieving this feat. At Lanco, we use internal social tool which helps in connecting with the employees and also makes them updated with the new developments in the organisation."
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Lewis Hine – Photographer for Social Justice
Happy, happy birthday to Lewis Hine – born this day in history in 1874. Lewis Hine is best known for his documentary work in the early 1900s – including child labor across the country, immigrants at Ellis Island, and workers atop the Empire State Building.
Last year New York Times LENS asked us who Lewis Hine was, his character, and work. The Lewis Hine exhibition is currently in Rotterdam at the Nederlands Fotomuseum.


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The iTach Flex Wi-Fi provides wireless connectivity to infrared (IR) or serial (RS232) components with a device the size of a USB memory stick. Configure your iTach Flex Wi-Fi with IR emitters and IR blaster, or connect the universal serial cable to control all of your components.
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There is a newer version of this product. The Roomie Blaster provides the functionality of this product and does not require the Roomie Service with Roomie 3.0 or later.
Seamlessly control infrared or serial devices over a network and the Internet. The iTach Flex Wi-Fi provides a new level of automation and control flexibility without depending on line of sight, batteries, careful coffee table positioning, or flaky protocols. This product is certified for use with Roomie to provide compatibility with all supported infrared and serial devices for locations without a direct wired Ethernet port to the local network, and an available Wi-Fi network.
The iTach Flex includes the Global Port. Connect either a single IR emitter, a single IR blaster, or the new Tri-port Cable allowing up to 3 discrete emitters or 2 emitters and 1 blaster, or even connect the new Flex Link Serial Cable that can be automatically switched between a null modem cable type or a straight through cable. The same iTach Flex Wi-Fi can control any of these scenarios simply by swapping the connector on the Global Port.
The IR blaster can control many devices by placing the blaster in front of the set of devices to be controlled. IR emitter cables are attached directly to the infrared receiver window of devices to be controlled. The 3 Tri-port Cable IR ports are discrete – commands may be sent to each port separately from Roomie even allowing control of multiple boxes of the same type.
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USB micro adapter cable included
Compatible with standard USB chargers
|Integrated Web Server for Easy Configuration
Supports Roomie Automatic Discovery (Requires Roomie 1.8+)
AdHoc Wi-Fi for peer-to-peer setup
WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup)
One button connection takes just moments
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802.11g Wi-Fi with on-board antenna
WPA/WPA2 (TKIP, AES & Mixed)
WEP 64 bit and 128 bit
Network upgradable firmware
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All IR Outputs are Discrete and Selectable with a 20 - 500 KHz range.
|Global Port to Male DB9 with Cable Type Switching
Switch Between Null/Straight Cable Types
600 baud to 115.2 Kbps
Odd, Even, and None parity settings
Bi-directional with hardware RTS/CTS flow control
IR Learning
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Mounting Dock
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Weight: 0.7 oz.
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Program mobilizes Exelon volunteers to weatherize Habitat homes across Illinois, Pennsylvania and Texas
JOLIET, Ill. (Oct. 27, 2009) – Joliet homeowner Deborah McDonald will save money and use less energy this winter, thanks to a "green" home makeover from Congresswoman Debbie Halvorson (IL-11), Will County Habitat for Humanity and Exelon employee volunteers on Oct. 24. The makeover was one of 70 weatherization projects for low-income Habitat homeowners as part of a three-state pilot program.
"As a longtime supporter of energy-efficient construction and home improvement, I'm very pleased to support this innovative program to weatherize homes here in Illinois," Halvorson said. "It's very important that we educate homeowners about the simple steps they can take to use less energy, which will lower their utility bills and make their homes more environmentally friendly."
Rep. Halvorson, who is co-chair of the New Democrat Coalition's Energy Task Force, met with the McDonald family, Exelon employees and Habitat for Humanity representatives. She then spent part of the day helping with the weatherization work, which included cleaning gutters, caulking, and installing weather stripping, insulation, compact fluorescent lighting and water-saving fixtures. Lawrence M. Walsh, Will County executive, also participated.
"We thank Congresswoman Halvorson for supporting our efforts to help customers and communities like those in the 11th District of Illinois reduce their carbon footprints and energy costs through easy, low-cost solutions," said Joseph Dominguez, Exelon senior vice president of corporate communications and public affairs. "Our partnership with Habitat for Humanity supports both Habitat's mission of affordable home ownership and Exelon's plan to eliminate the equivalent of our carbon footprint by 2020."
"We are thankful to have a Habitat home, which we've lived in for 15 years," said McDonald. "Because of all the energy-saving improvements that Exelon and Habitat volunteers have made today, we look forward to using less energy, lowering our utility bills and doing our part to help the environment."
The Exelon partnership is the first Habitat for Humanity International program to improve the energy efficiency of existing houses belonging to low-income homeowners, reducing energy usage and lowering their utility bills between 12 percent and 25 percent.
The partnership includes funding for weatherization projects valued at $2,000 to $8,000 per home and may include improvements such as weather stripping, caulking, adding or replacing door seals, installing water-saving toilets, replacing showerheads, replacing water heaters and furnace filters, installing CFL bulbs and insulating attics, basements and outer walls.
"This partnership allows us to make houses more environmentally friendly through energy efficiency," said Laurie McPhillips, chair of the board of directors, Will County Habitat for Humanity. "Through our work with Exelon, we have identified affordable, sustainable improvements that homeowners can make today to use less energy."
In addition to donating $300,000 to fund the program, Exelon is providing technical expertise and will donate an estimated 7,000 Exelon employee volunteer hours for the program. Over 10 months, Habitat and Exelon are designing the projects and developing training programs for volunteers and Habitat partner families across Exelon's service territories of northern Illinois, southeastern Pennsylvania and Texas.
Homeowners are identified by participating Habitat affiliates and must demonstrate need and a willingness to partner with Habitat as well as invest sweat equity hours to qualify for the program. Exelon and Habitat for Humanity International intend for the program to serve as a model for similar programs in other U.S. cities starting in 2010.
All homeowners in the service areas of Exelon's utility companies — Chicago-based ComEd and Philadelphia-based PECO — can participate in existing energy-efficiency programs these companies offer to customers. These programs are designed to help consumers manage and reduce their energy costs.
For Exelon, this program supports Exelon 2020 – the company's strategy to reduce, offset or displace more than 15 million tons of greenhouse gas emissions per year by 2020. Energy efficiency is widely viewed as one of the most cost-effective ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, as demonstrated by the $5 billion allocated for low-income weatherization programs under the federal stimulus package.
The Dow Chemical Co. and Whirlpool Corp. also are supporting the weatherization program. Dow is donating insulation, volunteer labor and expertise, and Whirlpool is donating energy-efficient appliances for the projects.
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Exelon Corporation is one of the nation's largest electric utilities with nearly $19 billion in annual revenues. The company has one of the industry's largest portfolios of electricity generation capacity, with a nationwide reach and strong positions in the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic. Exelon distributes electricity to approximately 5.4 million customers in northern Illinois and southeastern Pennsylvania and natural gas to 485,000 customers in the Philadelphia area. Exelon is headquartered in Chicago and trades on the NYSE under the ticker EXC.
Habitat for Humanity International is an ecumenical Christian ministry that welcomes to its work all people dedicated to the cause of eliminating poverty housing. Since its founding in 1976, Habitat has built more than 300,000 houses worldwide, providing simple, decent and affordable shelter for more than 1.5 million people. For more information, visit www.habitat.org.


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"I think when you're getting the ball a lot during the game you can get the rhythm of the game and I think that makes it easier. You get a feel and a rhythm. I think spot play is fun because you're in different roles, but at the same time it's hard to get a feel. Sometime even if it's just a few plays on a drive, it gets easier. Sometimes that's the harder part of spot playing, but it is fun. I just love playing period."
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Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Race Reports...why?
Race reports?
sometimes writing race-reports make me feel like a needy child "hey mom look at me"…"look what I did, I finished 38th at a bike race" (said in a squeaky high pinched voice)…
I hope that one day i won't be at the mercy of needing others approval… I will just be able to sit, naked, Indian style on top of a cliff all day and be happy with who I am and not feel any need to prove anything to anyone….because I don't want to be doomed to a life of feeling the need to flex in the mirror and google myself all the time …i don't want to constancy feel the need to determine my self worth based on how popular i am or how fast of a bike rider i am.
for example...if I did have a lower back tat I would like to be in a metal place where I wouldn't feel self conscious about it…that's the type of attitude I want to have but I think I am still far from accomplishing that.
i've got this counter on this blog so I can check to what degree i am accepted on a daily basis … it is just another example of how I am at the mercy of others view of me.
my conclusion… race reports are cries for attention…personally I am using them like training wheels till I can accept myself with out the approval of others... but as i mentioned in a earlier post human are social animals so I'm not sure if it is possible to change the way we are wired...it would probably be easier to accept the fact that i need the approval and attention of others than it would be to learn to not need anyone's approval.
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- August 18, 2009 at 10:11 PM
- mooradian said...
please tell us about the back tattoo
- August 19, 2009 at 3:47 PM
- mikejoos said...
I was making the point that I if I did have a lower back tat… I would like to be in a metal place where I wouldn't feel self conscious about it…I don't actually have of have a lower back tat or have plans to get one…but if I was to get one it would be a flying money from the wizard of oz.
- August 19, 2009 at 4:31 PM
- mooradian said...
If you would consider getting the monkey tattoo then I would consider paying for it just to say I know someone with that kind of tattoo.
- August 21, 2009 at 7:49 AM
- mikejoos said...
Tempting...but I am going to pass... getting a tattoo like that would probably be something I would regret down the road...thank you for the offer though.
- August 21, 2009 at 5:24 PM
- Wheels said...
I read your race reports hoping you mention me in them. How shallow and attention hingry is that?! Keep writing, I'll keep reading.
- September 1, 2009 at 7:46 PM


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Utah motorists are experiencing sticker shock at the pump after seeing gas prices hit new all-time record highs over the past month, according to the latest report from AAA Utah, which tracks gas prices as a service to consumers.
On August 14, the average price for a gallon of gas in Utah hit $2.98, a new all-time record high. Prices continue to average $2.98 today. According to automobile association, the average price for regular, self-serve gasoline in Utah has jumped 11 cents in the last month and is 60 cents higher than this time last year.
"This marks a dramatic change for Utah motorists, who just once month ago were paying some of the lowest prices in the country for gasoline," said Rolayne Fairclough, spokesperson for AAA Utah. "The good news is prices throughout the country have started to decline over the past week so Utahns should start feeling some relief from these record highs soon as well."
While prices remain high, there are signs of improvement on the horizon. Recent events that threatened to drive fuel prices up have not had a significant impact on the energy markets as expected. Problems with an oil pipeline in Alaska have had less of an effect on output from the region than some analysts originally feared when the situation was revealed last week. A ceasefire in Lebanon seems to have eased immediate concerns that the military conflict there might spread throughout the Middle East region and threaten oil production. In addition, U.S. oil inventories remain at healthy levels, and production of gasoline continues to be strong.
The current national average price for a gallon of regular, self-serve gasoline is $3. This is an increase of 3 cents from last month and 52 cents from a year ago. The current average price reflects a drop from last week when prices reached over $3.03 a gallon in response to the closure of the BP oil field in Alaska and international tensions. The highest recorded national average price was $3.06 on Sept. 5, 2005.
All of the cities surveyed in the report saw substantial price increases since the last survey on July 11. The largest increase, 14 cents, took place in Logan. The current average price in Logan is $2.99 per gallon for regular, self-serve gasoline. Prices increased 12 cents in Moab, Ogden and Salt Lake City this past month. The current average price is $2.93. Provo motorists are paying an average of 10 cents more at the pump this month. The average price in Provo is $2.96. The average price increased 9 cents in St. George to $3.02. Vernal's prices increased 5 cents to the current average of $2.97 a gallon.
Gas prices rocketed upward throughout the entire Intermountain West this past month. Idaho's price increased 13 cents from the last month to the current average price of $3.02. Montana saw the highest increase of all the states in the Intermountain West. The prices in Montana increased a whopping 29 cents to the current average of $3.14. Wyoming's price increased 22 cents to the current average price of $3.03. Colorado's prices increased 11 cents to the current average of $3.06 per gallon for regular, self-serve gasoline. Nevada's price increased a nickel to the current average of $3.07. Arizona and California motorists enjoyed a drop in their average price. The average price in Arizona is down a penny to $2.92. The current average cost of a gallon of regular, self-serve gasoline in California is $3.22, 4 cents lower than last month's average.


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Boy, 14, drowns
A Queens teen drowned in the treacherous waters off Far Rockaway yesterday after going to the beach with pals and jumping in the ocean to celebrate the last day of classes. One buddy tried desperately to save 14 year-old Akeem Craig after he was carried out by a wave — and is haunted by being unable to do so. Read more: [New York Post]
Elmhurst Woman Fatally Stabbed
Police are investigating the Monday night stabbing death of a woman in Elmhurst, Queens. Investigators responded to a 911 call at an apartment building on Hampton Street shortly before 9 p.m. Monday. Read more: [NY1]
Plan to extend natural gas pipeline through Rockaways get chilly reception
A plan to extend an underwater natural gas pipeline beneath a national park in the Rockaways is getting a chilly reception from environmentalists. An informational meeting on the $265 million Rockaway Delivery Lateral Project is slated for Wednesday in Rockaway Park. Read more: [New York Daily News]
Bloody killer went to bodega for 2 beers and then came back to buy Band-Aids, worker says
A callous killer who bought a couple of beers after murdering his girlfriend, circled back for Band-Aids, a Queens bodega worker said. Shawqi Algahim, 33, was behind the counter shortly before 9 p.m. Monday at Jazmina Grocery on Hampton St. in Elmhurst when a man covered in gore paid for two cans of Coors Light. Read more: [New York Daily News]
New Caribbean Cultural Exhibit Spans Three City Museums
The new exhibit "Caribbean: Crossroads Of The World," which is being presented at three city museums, is bringing four centuries of Caribbean history and culture to New Yorkers. The exhibit, which is being shown at the El Museo del Barrio in East Harlem, the Queens Museum of Art and the Studio Museum in Harlem, features 500 works of Caribbean art. Read more: [NY1]
Police captured a sicko wanted for raping a woman in Queens, authorities said. Samuel Doctor, 22, allegedly approached the 64-year-old victim in Rockaway Beach about 5:30 a.m. Sunday, cops said. He is accused of forcing her to the ground at the corner of Rockaway Beach Boulevard and Beach 91st Street, and raping her, authorities said. Read more: [New York Post]


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It's been estimated that by the end of this year there will be 1.3 billion mobile workers. Gartner says that by 2020, 75% of businesses will be considered digital. Forrester forecasts that 43% of US workers will telecommute for some part of the day by 2016, nearly double from 2009. The trend is clear: the workplace of the future will be remote, mobile, and flexible. Despite resistance from some quarters – notably Yahoo and Reddit – this movement is unlikely to change. That means businesses need to figure out how to embrace the inevitable shift to ensure their long-term success. Here are …Read more
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In a world where education has become a necessity, videoconferencing and audio-visual technology are used to assist both teachers and students in a variety of ways. Due to easy accessibility and multiple advantages of using this technology in the classroom, more and more institutions of higher education are adapting videoconferencing technologies to fit their needs. One example of the implementation of this technology in the classroom is the MOOC (Massive Open Online Classroom). This is just one of many ways that video conferencing can assist learning. Here are 5 ways that you can utilize video conferencing in the classroom: 1.Working with People …Read more
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The iconic television series, Star Trek immortalized the words "to boldly go where no one has gone before." While the line referred to the exploration of space, today the phrase aptly applies to telemedicine and its applications in healthcare. IVCi and Polycom hosted a webinar that explored how telehealth initiatives can be implemented into your organization. The webinar discussed the changing landscape of healthcare and how telemedicine is boldly allowing health care professionals to "go where no one has gone before." In the U.S. we spend roughly 77% of our time at work and at home. The majority of our time is …Read more
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Soldiers from the FOMAC multinational force of central African states... Foto di attualitàAdulto,Affari internazionali,Composizione orizzontale,Conflittualità,Esercito,Motivo ornamentale,Posizione descrittiva,Repubblica Centrafricana,Ribellione,Soldato,Séléka,UominiPhotographer SIA KAMBOUCollection: AFP 2013 AFPSoldiers from the FOMAC multinational force of central African states man a position near Damara between the 'red line' separating regular army soldiers of the Central African Republic and rebels from the SELEKA coalition, on January 2, 2013. The commander of the multinational African force FOMAC warned rebels in the Central African Republic against trying to take the key town of Damara, saying it would 'amount to a declaration of war'. Damara is the last strategic town between the Seleka rebel coalition and the capital Bangui, after the rebels seized much of the country in a three-week advance that began in the north and has brought them to within 160 kilometres (100 miles) of the capital, in the south. AFP PHOTO / SIA KAMBOU (Photo credit should read SIA KAMBOU/AFP/Getty Images)


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Although it follows the movement of thousands of men and women and the transformation of an entire nation, The Grapes of Wrath is also the story of one Oklahoma farm family, the Joads, who are driven off their homestead and forced to travel west to the promised land of California. Out of their trials and their repeated collisons against the hard realities of an America divided into Haves and Have-Nots, Steinbeck created a drama that is intensely human yet majestic in its scale and moral vision, elemental yet plainspoken, tragic but ultimately stirring in its insistence on human dignity.
"The first book I remember that really grabbed me was a book that Miss McGuffey made us read, a book called Tortilla Flat by Steinbeck. When I read it, I really enjoyed the book. So I went to her and said,'I like this.' She was shocked that I would show any interest in what she was making us do. So she said, okay, read this. The next one was, Of Mice and Men. So she sort of fed the Steinbeck books to me. When I read The Grapes of Wrath — we saved that for last — I knew that was a very powerful book. I don't know if it had anything to do with my writing style, or me as a writer, because I wasn't thinking about it back then. It had a lot to do with the way I viewed humanity and the struggles of little people against big people. It was a very important book for me." John Grisham
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I decided to use the wreath form from my Give Thanks Wreath, and pages from the good ol' Webster's Dictionary I had. Seriously, if you want an endless supply of book pages, buy yourself an old dictionary. They're awesome for these crafty projects. And you can never, I mean NEVER, have too much hot glue.
Okay so I started by ripping out tons of pages from the Webster's. Then I folded each page a few times, and hot glued them onto the wreath form.
This wreath definitely took more time than I would have liked it too (felt like I wanted to give up more than a couple of times and thought I was going to run out of hot glue (the horror!)), but I really like the results and think I will keep it up even after Christmas.


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The dough can get stretched thin for military families.
"It's usually right about the 13th and the 27th of the month," said Army Spec. Will Daugherty, who struggles at times to feed his four children and his wife, Angel, who live with him at Fort Riley, Kan. "It's always right before payday that we end up ordering pizza or eating off the dollar menu. It's not ideal and the kids eat healthy when we can afford to, but you have to do what you have to do to get by, you know?"
Like most parents, Daugherty would rather see his kids eat food that's nutritious. But keeping the house stocked with fresh fruits and vegetables can get expensive.
"About a year ago, I heard about these No Dough Dinners being offered by the USO," he said. "I was curious. There's always a meal option for us soldiers at the [dining facility], but not necessarily for our families."
It was just a few days before payday and he saw the announcement from USO Fort Riley on his Facebook wall. Not being one to turn down a free meal, Daugherty figured he'd go check it out.
No Dough Dinners are designed to help troops and families who might struggle financially before payday. The maximum base pay for a specialist like Daugherty is $2,403 a month, or about $28,800 a year. That's not going to go far with six mouths to feed.
"We usually hold two No Dough Dinners per month," said April Blackmon, director of USO Fort Riley. "These dinners normally fall a couple business days before payday, and while we try to try to make sure we have fresh fruits and vegetables, sometimes families benefit just as well from a good ol' fashioned barbecue."
The trend of No Dough Dinners has caught on at USO centers across the nation. At Fort Riley, these free meals became a staple on post before an actual USO building was even erected.
"While the center was first being built, we organized local resources so that we could provide something – anything – to help enlisted families on [post]," Blackmon said. "Our first dinner in the summer of 2009 fed about 150 people, and the following one fed nearly 400."
A secondary benefit of the dinners is to bring families together with each other and members of the local community who wish to show their support. USO Fort Riley and the local community provide these free dinners twice per month, and will continue doing so as long as the center can keep drumming up the same support.
"Most if not all of the food is donated or prepared by local businesses and the generous donation of time and cooking skills by previous generations of veterans," Blackmon said. "Some of these veterans drive three hours to come here and do this. We are extremely grateful for their support, and can't thank them enough."
Having a free option to feed the family right before payday takes a lot of stress off lower-ranking enlisted troops. Blackmon and others involved say it's one of the post's most popular USO programs."Sometimes when you have a family, you don't think of the things the USO does," Daugherty said. "When I travel on orders by myself, I see the USO at the airport all the time, but now that it's on base and my kids know about the USO, I think you'll be seeing a lot more of us.
"I'm really glad I found out about this – right here on base. It helps us, you know? Right at the moment when we need it most."
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Photo caption: Above, USO volunteers at Fort Riley, Kan., serve up hot meals to military families during a No Dough Dinner just before a payday in 2011. Below, Retired Army CWO3 David Blazek, center, drives 150 miles twice per month from Fort Leavenworth to Fort Riley to cook No Dough Dinners for troops and their families just when they need it most. He's been doing this since the summer of 2009, before a USO center was even built on base. He's well-known for cooking everything from deep dish lasagna with fresh vegetables to hot roast beef, but Blazek's signature dish – one the kids can't get enough of – is called "Chunky Monkey" beef Stew. (Photos courtesy of USO Fort Riley)
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Samaritan Medical Center is one step closer to ending its receivership of Mercy Care Center of Northern New York, as the state Department of Health approved Mercys closure plan Feb. 22.
Samaritan has run Mercy in receivership since September 2010, when Samaritan received a state grant to construct a new elder-care facility and to address troubles at Mercy and improve the quality of care.
Krista A. Kittle, Samaritan spokeswoman, said the closure plan was a state Department of Health requirement before Mercys doors could be closed for good. More than 100 residents will have to relocate, and while they or their caretakers may choose a new facility anytime, many have expressed interest in moving to Samaritan Summit Village once it opens this spring.
We are close, Ms. Kittle said, regarding Samaritan Summit Villages opening. We certainly cant open until we have those certificates. The longer were waiting to get those approvals, we have to keep the city updated on that.
Samaritan Summit Villages operating certificate will be awarded once a finalization of policies and procedures occurs, Ms. Kittle said. That process has taken longer than expected, and the floating move-in date of March 1 could be delayed to April.
Mercys downward spiral began a few years ago, with former administrators blaming poor Medicaid reimbursement rates. The state Department of Health, however, said the facility lacked a viable financial plan and recommended in 2010 that the closure process be expedited.
Meanwhile, Dennis A. Casey, Mercy administrator, sent a letter to Mayor Jeffrey E. Graham on Thursday explaining that Mercys closing and subsequent layoffs again have been postponed. In the letter, Mr. Casey said he anticipated Mercys closing, and all terminations will occur during the period March 22, 2013, through April 4, 2013.
Mr. Casey has periodically sent similar letters to Mr. Graham about Mercys closure.
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Apple marketing is sure to have their paws all over the latest IDG business survey which finds that the iPad is gaining explosive momentum in the business community all over the.
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A surprising 51% of those surveyed always use the device at work, almost as many who always use it at home (54%).
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So where is the monumental shift of iPads replacing notebooks and desktops at the corporate level? It seems to be a different kind of shift, more of an evolution than a revolution. Most of those IT and business professionals surveyed said that despite their high level of iPad use, they have not abandoned their other desktop or laptop computers. iLuv and some other accessory manufacturers did roll out some great docking stations and workstations that may help increase the adoption rate of iPads for businesses.
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The Founding Fathers loathed democracy. The idea of unfettered majority vote was anathema to them. And that is why they constructed a Constitution that broke up government power into three separate branches —executive, legislative and judicial — and put strong restrictions on what the majority could do to the minority, and what the minority could do to the majority. The result was a constitutional republic, not a democracy.
In a pure democracy, the majority has the power to destroy a minority.
That's what happened in Germany in 1933 when Hitler's National Socialist Party was voted in by the majority. Hitler then consolidated his power into the Nazi dictatorship with its deranged racism and plans for world domination. All of this was stated by Hitler in his own book, Mein Kampf, which any German could have read.
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Indian River State College president Edwin Massey, center, jokes around with the college's first president Maxwell King, right, as the college's second president Herman Heise, left, enjoys the light exchange during a public meeting. All three were in the auditorium of the Mary L. Fields Health Science Center on the college's Fort Pierce campus in April of 2010 as part of the year-long 50th anniversary of the school.
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The airship Eureka is one of three modern airships, and the only one operating in North America. Built in Germany by the Zeppelin NT corp. NT stands for new technology. It is the flagship of a budding Lighter than air (LTA) industry. This is the story of how I got to meet the owner of the airship and take a ride on the Eureka.
I'm currently studing industrial design at the Art Institute of Portland. I am working on a lighter than air unmanned aerial vehicle for my senior project. I hope to design airships after I graduate.
My experience with aviation and airships
My interest in LTA's began when I was stationed at Moffett Field in San Jose, CA. in 1991. I had never heard of the USS Macon, or knew that the Navy ever had a flying aircraft carrier. My navy training school was in Hangar One, which was the home of the USS Macon the last ridged framed American built Airship. It is hard for the modern person to really grasp the size of these craft. The Macon and her sister ship the USS Akron were almost 800 feet in length almost three football fields long. The aircraft I was trained to be an aircrewmen on was a P3C Orion, not airship. Every day I went to inside buildings inside of the hangar and wondered why aren't we using airships for kind of mission the P3 does, long range patrol. For almost eight years I had put dreams of airships out of mind, as I built my career as an in-flight photographer. An injury in March of 1999 ended my days of flying with the Navy.
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While regrouping and trying to figure out what I wanted to do with this new opportunity that life had presented me with; I had a very lucid dream, an epiphany about a portrait that used to hang in the Head Quarters building of Moffett field of Admiral Moffett. I had remembered seeing it while checking into the base. The stoic look on his face to me read; "Airships are the future I'm certain of that, my boy." I knew that I was dreaming and that I was back in the entry hall of the Quarter Deck building on Moffett field with Admirals Moffett's portrait in it. I saw the painting again but this time his face did not look stoic in fact the image of the Airships behind him was gone and he looked frightened. And then he spoke to me and said; ""Don't let airships die boy; there are the world's only hope!" My epiphany was that airships will save humanity, how exactly I'm not sure. I woke up in a cold sweat and started drawing. Since then I've studied airships as a hobby, and followed what has become a growth industry that is based on this antiquated technology, that is finding new life in modern materials.
I'm a member of the Airship Association, a group of professionals that have a discussion group on "linked-in" and I get involved with discussions about airship with this group and I tweet about news and current events on airships and LTA's.
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I received an email on August 20th:
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We haven't met, but I follow your airship group postings on LinkedIn.
We happen to have the airship in Salem at the moment, headed for Seattle on Monday.
If you'd like to meet up for a brief coffee at the airfield sometime this weekend and talk airships, let me know.
James Yarger to Brian
That would be awesome! I could drive down tomorrow.
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Brian Hall to me
Today is a good day. I see tomorrow chances of rain -- will have to talk to the pilots about that!
You can text me on xxx xxx xxxx. How about yourself?
No promises, but I can put you on standby for a flight. There are only a handful of seats left for today. Your best shot would be the 12:35 (which would mean you'd need to be at our check-in location at an FBO on the field by 11:30). Let me know ASAP if you could be here by then, and I can double check at that time.
The the rest is a couple txt'ed and then the pictures and videos begin, Brian Hall is the owner of Airship Ventures and the airship Eureka.
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CRIMINAL CONTEMPT - WINTHROP - Massena-based state police charged Robert F. OSullivan, 37, of Brasher Falls with second-degree menacing, second-degree criminal trespass and fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon with intent to injure Saturday after responding to a menacing complaint at 6:56 p.m. from the town of Stockholm. The arrest was made on Locke Street, Brasher Falls.
HARASSMENT - FORT JACKSON - Massena-based stage police reported Sunday that Alleasha A. Logan, 20, of Fort Jackson had been charged with second-degree harassment on April 18 following an investigation into a domestic dispute complaint made to troopers at 9:40 p.m. March 26 from the town of Stockholm.
PETIT LARCENY - WINTHROP - Massena-based state police charged Steven M. Dean, 33, of Rochester with petit larceny following a larceny complaint at 2:50 p.m. Saturday from the town of Stockholm.
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■ Alan D. Todd, 64, of Ogdensburg at 8:53 p.m. on County Route 29, near Howardville Road, in the town of Pierrepont.
■ Scott T. Mezler, 32, of Malone and Anthony G. Alphonso, 69, of North Bangor at 11:22 a.m. in a two-vehicle collision on Route 11, near Delancy Road, in the town of Moira.
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