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A Syrian Catholic priest was executed by Islamic extremists June 23, the Vatican has confirmed. The Catholic News Service reported that 49-year-old Father Francois Murad, who was in the process of building a Syriac Catholic hermitage near a village on Syria's border with Turkey, was dragged by the Islamist rebels from the Franciscan Convent of St. Anthony in Ghassanieh, Syria, where he had fled for safety, and summarily beheaded.
Franciscan Father Pierbattista Pizzaballa, who oversees the Franciscan Custody of the Holy Land, told the Vatican News Agency that Murad had taken refuge in the convent after it became clear that he was not safe on the grounds of the hermitage he was constructing. Local sources told the Vatican that the convent was breached by "militants linked to the jihadi group Jabhat al-Nusra," who beheaded the priest and at least three others, using a simple kitchen butcher knife as the execution weapon.
The village where both the Franciscan convent and the hermitage are located has been under intense siege by Islamic extremists for several weeks. The Vatican News Agency quoted Father Pizzaballa as saying that the village is now almost completely deserted, save for a few of the Islamist extremists who have terrorized and killed Christians and other villagers. Local residents said the extremists were not Syrian.
As part of its coverage, the U.S.-based Catholic Online posted an extremely graphic video that included amateur footage of the execution. The video shows a man believed to be Father Murad sitting with his hands bound before he is beheaded by a man with a kitchen knife. The onlookers can be heard and seen chanting Allahu Akbar ("God is Great") before pulling out cellphones to photograph and capture on video the whole bloody scene.
The Vatican News Agency reported that Father Murad "had taken the first steps in the religious life with the Franciscan Friars of the Custody of the Holy Land, and with them he continued to share close bonds of spiritual friendship.
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DougDE wrote:Really need a good start from Arrieta tonight. Anyone else watching?
DougDE wrote:Does Bautista really think he's Babe Ruth? Seriously dude, showing up umps now? Do you even have 100 career homers yet?
With Corey Patterson's 1st-inning solo HR, #Orioles have now been outscored 27-9 in the first inning this year.
DougDE wrote:Nick just not putting the fat part of the bat on the ball. Wonder if moving down in lineup would help or if its a physical thing that has nothing to do with lineup spot. Might help the team to move him down tho
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Ever meet a lady who makes amazing DIY facial scrubs and has the complexion to show for it . . . only to watch her pull out a $7 pack (at least) of cigs and puff away? Sigh. November 21 is the Great American Smokeout, so it seemed appropriate to write a post about the benefits of quitting.
Plus, November is National Healthy Skin Month. Don't worry, I'm not going to get all preachy with "your organs will thank you" talk, but rather, want to give a rundown of the benefits of ditching that cig.
3 Ways Ditching the Cigarette Makes You Smokin' Hot
1. You'll Own More Shoes: Here's the theory. Not smoking = more savings = more money to get lots of new shoes, or tops or . . . you get my drift. With new items in your wardrobe, you'll step out in smokin' hot styles.
2. You'll Beat Black Friday Crowds: We all know quitting helps you breathe easier. With all that extra oxygen and improved lung funtion, you'll have a leg up on Black Friday crowds, probably beating out that lady who was doing stretches outside of Kohl's at 7:59 PM Thanksgiving Day. (FYI, the store opens at 8 PM on turkey day and stays open for 28 hours straight). Scoring that great deal for your significant other? Smokin' hot move.
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About Vince Leggett
As a young boy growing up in east Baltimore, Vince Leggett was introduced to the Chesapeake Bay by weekend fishing trips with his father. "I caught the spirit of the Chesapeake," he recalls. "There was a freedom that came with being on the water, away from the asphalt and concrete." For fifteen years, he has roamed the expanses of the Chesapeake waterfront, tirelessly interviewing people, "hanging out and mixing up" with waterside residents, and "suitin' up and showin' up" at Bay functions. For over twenty-five years, Leggett, an eloquent man with contagious laughter, has held public positions at Anne Arundel Community College, Anne Arundel and Baltimore City Public Schools, and the Anne Arundel County Housing Authority.
He is currently special projects coordinator for education in the Chesapeake Bay Policy and Growth Management division of the Maryland Department of Natural Resources. In this role, he also coordinates the Patapsco and Back Rivers Tributary Strategy Team. As an amateur historian, he has a tenacious interest in the integral role of African Americans in the Bay's rich maritime past.
In 1984, Leggett founded the Blacks of the Chesapeake Foundation to share the legacy of African American achievement, foster preservation of the environment, and facilitate the economic success of the Chesapeake Bay maritime trade and seafood-related industries. "We place a special emphasis on people living and working in urban settings," he explains. "They are key stockholders, even though they may not come into direct contact with the Bay on a regular basis." The foundation's initiatives include multimedia exhibits, lectures, publications, curriculum development, and educational programs conducted on the Dorian Lee, a 1957 Baybuilt workboat.
These undertakings ride the tide of Leggett's engaging enthusiasm: "People want to be part of something that's alive. "The effort long ago crossed the line from hobby to obsession," he admits. Enlisting the help of his wife and four sons, he has logged 245,000 miles on his pickup truck poking around libraries, archives, warehouses, churches, and family attics, compiling a warehouse full of written and oral histories, artifacts, and memorabilia. "I discovered a whole world that I did not know existed," he reports.
"Usually Blacks are depicted as living in shanties and working as oyster-shuckers, crab-pickers, or deck hands. We don't hear about the prevalence of Black watermen, steamship crewmembers, sailors, stevedores, and boat-builders. Or how Blacks owned sailmaking shops, marine railroads, boatyards, packinghouses, and culinary businesses." In the Bay's heyday, when five to six hundred skipjacks, schooners, and bugeyes worked its waters, Leggett estimates that at least one in ten boats had a Black captain. They often started out "sharecropping the sea"--planting young shellfish on the river bottom and captaining skipjacks owned by whites--before owning their own boats.
Leggett calls the Chesapeake Bay "the ultimate freedom trail. The bounty of the Bay has fed thousands of people and created an outlet for liberty and independence." There are other roads to prosperity today, but two hundred years ago it was one of the best escape routes from slavery, both as a means of financial independence and as a link in the Underground Railroad. "But there's a lot more to it. My project is about lifting up unsung heroes and getting all elements involved in conservation efforts." He recently coordinated an effort to restore housing in one of the last remaining waterfront African American neighborhoods in Annapolis.
"There's a lot of gentrification taking place, and there's only a few Black property owners left, particularly on the waterfront. Many minorities, view the Bay as a playground for the rich, rather than something connected to themselves. One of the things we found was that 'Save the Bay' doesn't play in every neighborhood. We were on College Creek, which flows into the Severn River, which flows into the Chesapeake Bay. That was just too many steps. So we focused our emphasis on cleaning up College Creek. We got the community actively involved with the Friends of College Creek organization, which really welcomed the diversity. That was a good hands-on project. "At some point, the message has to hit the ground. I'm a show-me person.
Theories and lectures don't lead to anything but more theories and lectures. Our projects are visual and interactive: videos, photographs, artifacts--scrimshaw, oyster cans, recipes, boat models--things people can see, touch, and handle. If you can work hand-in-hand with a waterman, get on your knees and scratch in the mud, feel the sea mist against your face, it makes the whole experience more real and lasting. By moving up and down the creeks and coves, not in a big hurry to go anywhere, you see firsthand the osprey and blue heron, the fish, the wetlands, as well as the consequences of growth. To actually see erosion, storm drains leading off expressways and discoloration where pipes empty into rivers and creeks gives a pointed picture of the impact we're having on our waterways."
Leggett uses the same approach to get minority youth involved in environmental education, encouraging them to participate in such activities as planting Bay grasses and helping to staff exhibits and presentations. "We try to keep them involved in all aspects of our program and use them to draw in other young people." Gathered on the Dorian Lee, a boisterous bunch of youngsters calms to attention as Leggett relates a lively gamut of Chesapeake lore--biology, boat design, blue crab anatomy, his grandmother's unbeatable catfish recipe--all peppered with enthusiastic interaction. "This boat was sunk for four years under the Magothy River," he expounds. "The captain raised her and donated the boat to be used as a dockside classroom."
He goes on to talk about using the vessel for shoreline restoration projects and to communicate a proud African American heritage. "We want to give you opportunities to experience the bounty of the Chesapeake. You don't have to go far to experience the water, enjoy the boats, smell the salt air, see the wildlife. There is no need for riches when a five-gallon bucket for the crabs and two bucks worth of bait are all you need to enjoy yourself for an afternoon on the water!" Leggett believes that "the answer to the riddle--how best to manage the resources of the Bay, balancing man's needs and nature's will--will be found by our children. We need to start with the younger ages and begin to build the blocks.
My approach is to make a connection through a cultural and historical perspective--show them their ancestors earned their livelihood from the Bay and have been contributors--then back them into the environmental aspects. The traditional message has not worked. There's a major group, our urban dwellers, which is not at the table. That translates into high numbers of minorities that aren't represented because they haven't been engaged in the process." Leggett considers the Bay-tributary concept to be "a lot like putting a hubcap on a car. The way you put the hubcap on is to tap it gently all the way around. But if you go bang on one side, the other side's going to pop up, and you're never going to get it on. For instance, if you bang on the farmers, something else is going to fall off.
I don't think the equation's going to be solved that way. Overzealous environmentalism is not always the most effective way to get results. We need to tap gently all the way around. It's going to be give-and-take for everybody to get the job done." The folklore that Leggett imparts makes for a good example of such gentle taps. "It is through these stories that we glean a unique, human glimpse of history for future generations to learn from and enjoy. I believe the Bay is blessed. I think the secrets of life can be gained by interacting with its waters. The best times of my travels over the years were spent around an old potbelly stove enjoying the catch of the day and sharing hope for tomorrow."
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Lmao during season 2 I played so shitty so I was low silver. Around the time you could stack black cleavers in season 3, I started using the LoL reddits and followed the METAS strictly.
I kept on increasing in rank and now I may only be gold 3 but............
seriously if you aren't diamond or high platinum following the META helps you improve immensely because RIOT enforces the meta with an iron hand whether you like it or not.
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BuckMagic wrote:Reynolds has a solid bat but has no position and his bat is not suitable for DH. Now he has created a clog that prevents guys like Davis to get their full playing time.
dan72 wrote:Guys that play a below average defense, hit .200 with 200 strikeouts are rare....
Zach wrote:Mark Reynolds led this team this year in HR, RBIs, Runs, and OPS.
Zach wrote:I don't understand why people keep saying that Reynolds bat is not suitable for DH. He is a power bat that will get you between 30-40 homeruns every season. If we have people that can get on in front of him then his RBI numbers would be even higher than they were this year. What is your idea of a DH? Guerrero who everyone knew would ground into a double play anytime there was a runner on first but conveniently got his average up by hitting when no one was one? I think that this was a logical risk that has actually turned out well for us. Relief pitching is something easily acquired (look at Strop this year) and while I like Hernandez was a much better risk to send to Arizona than Tillman who still could move to the pen if starting continues to not work out for him. Lets remember Hernandez as a starter before claiming he is leagues above Tillman.
Matt P wrote:I always said when the rumors were swirling that the O's should do everything they can to send Tillman to Arizona and hold on to David Hernandez.
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- Peter Reilly said...
I think I have to express some moderate disagreement with you here. In part it depends on what you mean by "accept advice". Often people in particular fields learn quite a bit about the tax issues in that area that most preparers will never get exposed to. They might be able to alert someone to possibilities or nuances that many preparers would be unaware of or they might be able to alert someone to the fact that their preparer has screwed up.
- June 7, 2012 at 5:54:00 AM EDT
- Robert D Flach said...
It is true that some financial professionals are indeed extremely knowledgeable, and perhaps even expert, in the tax aspects of their particular field. However I have found that this is more the exception than the rule.
I still say a taxpayer should review any advice provided by a "financial professional" with a tax professional before taking any action.
- June 7, 2012 at 7:19:00 AM EDT
- K A Friedhoff said...
I couldn't agree with you more on this subject. Commission-driven professionals are more often than not putting the words 'tax benefit' or 'tax advantage' or 'tax strategy' in their industry-speak. On the other hand, tax professionals and preparers are bound by ethical law not to mix pay-off with pay-out just as accountants are not to mix the accounting of books with auditing services. I have had too many clients come to me, this past year especially, with ill-advised tax maneuverings that had irrevocable consequences. - K. Friedhoff
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Chestnut Street resident Mary F. Espinoza and others in the neighborhood already have concerns that four stores sell alcohol or tobacco across the street from the Watertown city school complex.
So they do not want Sunoco to expand its building at 1222 Washington St. by adding a walk-in cooler popularly known as a beer cave and offering large glass containers of draft beers known as growlers.
On Monday night, Mayor Jeffrey E. Graham told the residents opposing the convenience store expansion that the Watertown City Council cannot do anything about it. The project is permissible because it meets zoning laws and building codes, he said.
Thats unfortunate, Mrs. Espinoza said.
The city Planning Board unanimously agreed three weeks ago to waive site plan approval; the expansion is not large enough to require the business to go through that process.
They have the right to make modifications to their building, the mayor said.
Neighbors contend that the beer cave and expanded inventory of beer will influence students from Watertown High, Case Middle and Wiley Elementary schools when they walk by the business.
They have not given up the issue. On Oct. 11, the group sent a letter to state Sen. Patricia A. Ritchie, R-Heuvelton, to see if she can help.
Im disappointed, but well go on from here, Mrs. Espinoza said after the meeting.
The neighbors opposed the expansion by Sunoco Inc., Rochester, when it was first proposed nearly two years ago as a larger project that required a zoning change.
Sunoco wants to expand the store by 508 square feet, with small additions on the north and south sides of the building. The original plans called for demolishing the 1,568-square-foot building and constructing a larger one behind it.
In December 2011, the Planning Board unanimously denied Sunocos request for a zoning change from Residence A to Neighborhood Business after neighbors expressed concerns that the new shop would devalue their property and be too detrimental to the neighborhood.
A zoning change is not needed for the revised project.
Sunoco officials said they hope construction will start in the spring and take about 60 days to complete. Christopher Quirk will continue to operate the store, Sunoco marketing engineer Thomas C. Boje said.
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Main Street (Calle Mayor)
The Franco-Spanish Calle Mayor (aka Main Street and The Lovemaker) is an excellent showcase for the underrated and brilliant American actress Betsy Blair. In a reprise of her characterization in Marty, Blair plays Isabelle, a repressed, unmarried 35-year-old. As a cruel joke, a group of middle-aged men persuade a handsome but thick-headed hunk named Juan (Jose Suarez) to romance the reclusive Isabelle. When it becomes clear that she is hopelessly in love with him, the pangs of conscience begin exercising their prerogative on Juan. He is able to extricate himself from this awkward emotional entanglement, but the price that he and Isabelle are forced to pay is precious indeed. Calle Mayor was able to secure American bookings on the strength of the success of director Juan Antonio Bardem's previous film Death of a Cyclist.~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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Like all great research universities, Yale has a tripartite mission: to create, preserve, and disseminate knowledge. Yale aims to carry out each part of its mission at the highest level of excellence, on par with the best institutions in the world. Yale seeks to attract a diverse group of exceptionally talented men and women from across the nation and around the world and to educate them for leadership in scholarship, the professions, and society.


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NormalVisual writes: When the Jack Daniels distillery recently became aware of a book whose cover they felt substantially infringed their trademark, they didn't go into instant "Terminator mode" — instead, they wrote a very thoughtful, civil letter to the infringing party, and even offered to help defray the costs of coming into compliance. I believe plenty of other companies (and many in the tech world) could use this as an example of how *not* to alienate people and come off looking like a bunch of greedy jerks.
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In an emotional hearing on Monday, March 8, 7th District Court Judge Douglas B. Thomas sentenced former Helper Junior High School teacher Melissa Andreini to 120 days in the Carbon County jail for one count of unlawful sexual activity with a minor.
Andreini, 29, had previously pled guilty to the charge in January, waiving her right to trial.
The perpetrator was immediately remanded to custody and did not comment. This last hearing is the culmination of a series of events which took place during June 2009 between Aldreini and a 15-year-old pupil at the school.
Reportedly, the youth was obstensibly hired to do yard work, but intimate relations took place and the boy was paid between $1,400 and $1,800.
When the mother of the victim saw an envelope containing over $900, she confronted her son, who informed her of the situation. She then spoke to Andreini, who according to the mother, denied everything.
Andreini was eventually arrested and charged with three felony counts of unlawful sexual relations with a minor on Aug. 17, 2009. In a plea deal on Jan. 21, she admitted her guilt on one of the counts. She has since been dismissed as a teacher at the school.
In addition to the jail sentence, Andreini is to serve an additional 120 days in home confinement, 36 months of probation, pay therapy costs and restitution to the victim and his family, register as a sex offender, is not to have contact with any minor children (without the court's permission), complete sex offender treatment through an approved Dept. of Corrections provider and is not to possess or consume alcohol.
"This is obviously a very sad situation," said Thomas in imposing the sentence. "I've read a lot of letters of support and believe Miss Andreini was a wonderful teacher and involved in a lot of good things. But it is important to take into account the damage that has been done. The far-reaching impact this has had on the victim and his family."
The magistrate added that prosecution's recommendation of 180 days of total confinment was "too light," but the same amount of actual jail time was too "excessive."
"I have to balance a lot of things here," Thomas said. "This is a very serious charge, especially when she met the victim through school and her role as a teacher. This was a trusted position and the behavior was completely inappropriate."
As the judge began speaking, the victim's mother audibly gasped and covered her mouth with her hands. As Thomas went on, she seemed to recover her composure a bit.
Earlier in the proceeding, the youth's mother had wanted to pose direct questions to Andreini, but the judge ruled that inappropriate at the time. Instead, she spoke to the court concerning the case.
"This has ripped my family apart," she said between sobs. "My son was very sad when I asked him about this, he did not want me to report her. When I did, I lost the relationship with him.
"At first, my heart went out to her," she continued. "I felt very sorry and her eyes haunted me. But as things went on, I found her to be completely dishonest. I now realize how her actions devastated my family."
The victim's 18-year-old sister then spoke of how several times Andreini had provided alcohol for her and friends while in the teacher's home.
Andreini's attorney, John Green, said he was not aware of such an allegation.
Despite the family's pleadings, the judge gave the former instructor what might seem lenient, considering the maximum sentence for such a charge is five years in the Utah State Penitentiary.
And while family and friends of the convicted submitted letters and testimonies on her behalf, Thomas was a bit concerned about a report from a counselor at ISATC (Intermountain Specialized Abuse Treatment Center) which claimed that Andreini was an "unwitting participant" in this crime.
"This letter caused me concern," the judge said. "I do not believe Miss Andreini is getting adequate therapy when the therapist cannot allow her to admit her responsibility in the matter."
Green countered that Andreini has indeed admitted her guilt to him on "numerous occasions," and that the counselor's remarks were "foreign" to him.
As for district attorney Gene Strate, he and the prosecution team were fairly pleased with the outcome.
"I thought the judge did a marvelous job on doing the right thing, here," Strate said. "He had to balance a lot of things and make a difficult decision. I thought he did a good job."
Asked if the gender roles were reversed and the offender was a 29-year-old male and the victim was a 14-year-old female, Strate indicated they would have treated them equally.
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Orlando, Florida (USA TODAY) --A former student at the University of Central Florida had amassed four explosive devices, two guns and hundreds of rounds of ammunition before killing himself in the dorm room from which he was soon to be evicted, police said Monday.
UCF Police Chief Richard Beary said writings found in the room indicated that the student, James Seevakumaran, 30, had planned an attack on the campus.
"We think the fast response made him change his mind ... and he took his own life," Beary said. "I think, all things considered, we were very blessed here at the University of Central Florida."
Beary said campus police received a fire alarm call at about 12:20 a.m. Monday. While responding to that call, police received a 911 call from a dorm resident saying Seevakumaran had pointed a gun at him.
Beary said the dorm resident closed his door and hid in his bathroom until police arrived to rescue him. Officers at the scene then found the body of Seevakumaran.
The explosive devices were found inside a bag in the dorm room, Beary said. An assault weapon, another gun and the ammunition also were found.


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The Southeastern Utah District Health Department (SEUDHD) has received their first shipment of H1N1 Flu Mist. This first shipment is very limited and available in nasal spray form only.
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More charges are pending against an Ogdensburg trash collector accused of burglarizing two of his customers homes to get drug money.
Ogdensburg Police Detective Sgt. Robert H. Wescott said Friday that Melvin H. Perry, 45, owner of Perrys Trash Removal, is facing charges of petit larceny and criminal trespass. Both charges stem from complaints that police received on Wednesday.
Mr. Perry was arrested Monday and charged with two counts each of felony second-degree burglary and felony fourth-degree grand larceny. Police said that Mr. Perry entered customers unlocked homes on June 26 and July 23 and took a wallet and cash.
Mr. Perry, who lives at 720 Jay St., pleaded not guilty to all charges. Because he has prior felony convictions, he was ordered held without bail in St. Lawrence County jail, Canton. His case will heard by a St. Lawrence County grand jury after he waived his right to a preliminary hearing in Ogdensburg City Court.
Following Mr. Perrys arrest, police asked his customers to call them if they had any concerns about his business conduct with them.
Weve had some people come forward, Mr. Wescott said, adding that most of their stories did not rise to the level of criminality in substance.
Basically begging for money, Mr. Westcott said.
Lawrence G. Mitchell, of 1004 Congress St., told police Wednesday that Mr. Perry once came to his house, begged for money and had to be escorted out. That resulted in the criminal trespass complaint.
Also on Wednesday, Francine Naccarato, of 215 Franklin St., reported the theft of $75.
According to court records, Mr. Perry on June 26 at 6 p.m. took a womans wallet from a chair inside the home of Michael and Gloria McLear, 1011 New York Ave.
Moments later, he met an apparently unsuspecting Mr. McLear in the driveway, handed him a recycling pamphlet, left and eventually threw the wallet over the Lafayette Street bridge and into the Oswegatchie River, court documents state.
On July 23 at 11:30 p.m., Mr. Perry allegedly appeared in the living room of the home of Betty Bice, 81, of 224 Harrison Ave. He asked her for $50 yet accepted $30 from the woman who, according to court records, was moved to comply through fear and intimidation.
In his statement to police, Mr. Perry explained his motivations.
The money was for drugs, he said. I was wrong. I never should have done it.
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A federal appeals court has ruled that the founders of an Idaho charter school may not sue state officials who banned the school from using the Bible and other Christian texts in the classroom. The Associated Press reported that a panel of judges from the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the ruling of a lower court against the Nampa Classical Academy (NCA, emblem at left), which the Idaho Public Charter School Commission closed last year, citing financial concerns. According to the Idaho Reporter, the school's charter "was yanked by the commission because panel members weren't confident in the financial soundness of the school. NCA parents and officials say that the commission unfairly singled out their school because of its desire to use religious texts, like the Bible, in the classroom."
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Utah State Parks anticipates full campgrounds and busy waterways and trails this Memorial Day Weekend.
Whether camping, hiking, boating, biking, or riding OHVs, park rangers encourage visitors to be prepared for a safe holiday weekend.
Stay safe this weekend by following these safety tips:
Wear a lifejacket.
Wear a helmet when operating and riding off-highway vehicles.
Don't forget sunscreen.
Wear bug repellent with Deet.
Stay hydrated - drink plenty of water.
Build fires in designated fire pits and extinguish thoroughly.
It's not too late to reserve a campsite at a Utah state park.
The following parks have campsites available, and reservations may be made up to two days before arrival: Antelope Island Bear Lake, Utah Lake, Rock Cliff Recreation Area at Jordanelle, primitive sites at Starvation, and beach sites at Yuba state parks.
To make a reservation or for more information, please call (800) 322-3770.
Boaters are also encouraged boat safe, boat now on Utah's lakes and reservoirs, and enjoy spring and early summer boating while water levels are optimum. Current boating conditions for area locations are:
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Millsite State Park: Open - 58 degrees.
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As I write this post, I am in Mexico City having just spent the day with a group of mid-career managers facilitating a program about how to have more productive conversations at work. I cannot say for sure what the participants got from today's session, but I definitely walked away with some food for thought. The fact that today's...
It's A lot Like Synchronized Swimming
As a teenage, Christine LeGarde, the current Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) competed as a member of the French national synchronized swimming team. In an interview with National Public Radio, the reporter pointed out that LeGarde had often compared her IMF role with being a member of her synchronized swimming team. I...
Tolerating Ambiguity in Four Simple Steps
I have started several conversations with colleagues over the last month on the topic of ambiguity tolerance as a competency area for organizational leaders. Ambiguity tolerance has been a focus area of my studies over the last couple of years, so it's not surprising that I see connections to the topic everywhere, especially since I'm...
Big Data – Small Minds
I travel a lot. I am now what the Transportation Safety Administration (TSA) refers to as a "Trusted Traveler." One of the main benefits of being a trusted traveler is that when an airport has a designated TSA pre-check security line, I can pass through airport security without taking my shoes off. I would not have expected, say five...
Strategy Favors the Prepared Organizational Mind
Traditionally, organizational strategy has been cast as equal parts analysis and prediction. A small group of elite organizational leaders apply a framework (e.g. Porter's Five Forces), consider trends that might alter the status quo, and then produce a plan to guide decision making and resource allocation for the foreseeable future. It...
Using Scenario Planning to Prototype the Future
I've taken an interest in the topic of strategic thinking from both a research and a practitioner perspective. I'm currently working on a training program for mid-level leaders to help them develop their strategic thinking capabilities as they move from functional management roles into general management roles. One tool that I've...
Acting Like Owners, Be Careful What You Wish For
Starting tomorrow, my colleague Ashley Welch and I will be in New Orleans for Entrepreneur Week. New Orleans Entrepreneur Week (NOEW) culminates a season of entrepreneurship sponsored by The Idea Village, a non-profit organization established in 2000 whose mission, according to their website, is to "identify, support and retain...
A Chicken in Every Pot and a Screen at Every Fingertip
My wife Katherine, who teaches preschool, overheard the following question raised by a 4-year-old during lunch last week, "Does your mommy let you download apps?" During the rest of the conversation, the 4 and 5-year-olds compared technology access policies in their homes. On a separate occasion, Katherine told me about a student who...
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The Ethicist column appears weekly in the New York Times Sunday magazine. The current "ethicist," Chuck Klosterman has taken over for Randy Cohen, who wrote the column for 12 years. People write in to The Ethicist with thorny, modern problems raising questions about the right thing to do. Cohen collected some of his favorite questions...
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We closed the Dallas Region office of my consulting firm in 2002. When I boxed up my stuff, it marked the end of 14 years of reporting to work in an office building. Since then, when I'm not travelling, I work from home. Until this week, I hadn't given much thought to "office work." I just returned from a trip to London...
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If you're interested in developing your capacity to listen, here's an exercise you can try. Find a news or call-in program on the radio or on television with commentators who hold completely different opinions than you do and draw upon a belief system that you disagree with. As you listen to the commentary, imagine that you're a...
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"I have not failed. I have merely found ten thousand ways that won't work." ~ Thomas Edison I spent an inspiring day in Palo Alto last month at the design firm, IDEO. I am a member of a community of consultants and educators who use a simulation designed by the Canadian company, Experience Point, in collaboration with IDEO to teach...
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No tips or pointers really, but yeah I have heard of that being done quite successfully.
Well, as we all know, if you have two NIC cards, you can turn your Linux box into wired gateway/router.
What if I have a wireless card, a NIC and use NAT/MASQ to use as access point/router for wireless network? Linksys WRT54G is based on Linux right? So can I turn my box to use as wireless access point if I have one wireless NIC and one regular NIC on my box and then one wireless card on the other?
Do you guys know of anyone who have done it? Or is it really based on the specialized hardware? Any pointers?
No tips or pointers really, but yeah I have heard of that being done quite successfully.
It required you to buy the hardware.
What I'm after is use existing Linux box to run as AP router. Not something I can easily get by buying a hardware specific product. I can go out and buy Linksys WSP54G for 59 bucks and be done with it. That one will cost 99 bucks.
I know you were looking to do basically what many people have done with a second NIC, I was just posting that because I thought it was cool.
So you were just doing infomercials for Dlink?? :P
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Have you checked out the Wireless HOWTO?
You can do it!
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As a major component of the DC Health Link faith based initiative which is designed to actively engage faith leaders in the campaign to reach and enroll District residents and small businesses in affordable health insurance plans, the Good Success Christian Church and Ministries opened a DC Health Link Enrollment Center four days per week. In-Person Assisters will be available during operating hours to provide information, answer questions, and enroll residents in affordable public and private health insurance plans.
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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Oil futures dropped Wednesday after a large block of trades in the market fostered speculation that a commodity fund was forced to liquidate ahead of the expiration of the March futures contracts.
Traders also weighed talk that Saudi Arabia may boost oil production and a report that the United Nations may make an offer to Iran to resolve the dispute over the country's nuclear program. Weekly data on petroleum inventories was on tap for late Wednesday and early Thursday.
For oil, "it seemed to be a mass exodus," said Phil Flynn, senior market analyst at Price Futures Group. Contract expiration "coupled with talks of a deal with Iran and rumors of a hedge fund liquidation caused all bulls to run for cover."
Crude oil for March delivery US:CLH3 fell by $2.20, or 2.3%, to settle at $94.46 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, the lowest settlement for a front-month contract since Jan. 16. The contract expired at the end of the Nymex trading session.
April crude oil US:CLJ3 which became the front-month contract, settled at $95.22 a barrel, down $1.88, or 1.9%.
The market was hit by a large block of trades, spurring speculation that a commodity fund "got on the wrong side of the market" — that a fund was in trouble and was "forced to liquidate," said Stephen Schork with the Schork Group.
Nanex, which supplies real-time data services, reported that the April crude-oil futures contract was hit with over 2,500-contract trade order within two seconds Wednesday morning, sending oil prices sharply lower.
Adding to the mystery, Nanex spokesman Eric Hunsader said that although there was no official halt, data showed that trading in all of the crude-oil futures contracts "did halt for 10 seconds" Wednesday morning. There weren't any trades or quotes in that 10-second time period from the CME in crude oil and "that should mean a halt," he said.
A spokesman for the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, which owns the Nymex, said that "while there was active trading in our Nymex crude complex, no trading halt was triggered today."
Adding further price pressures Wednesday, a Bloomberg report, citing comments from a Western diplomat said that the five permanent United Nations Security Council permanent members plus Germany will make a serious offer to Iran to resolve the dispute over its nuclear program when they hold talks next week.
And the prices were also hit by talk of a possible increase in production by Saudi Arabia in the second quarter of this year, said Matthew Parry, senior oil-market analyst at the International Energy Agency. It wasn't clear where the speculation originated from, but several analysts mentioned it Wednesday.
Wednesday's oil moves follow March crude's 80-cent advance on Tuesday. Those gains came in the wake of upbeat German data, and as the S&P 500 SPX, +0.07% rallied to a new five-year high. See: Oil futures end higher, back above $96 a barrel.
Prices for the March and April crude contracts pared losses in the aftermath of the release of minutes fro the Federal Reserve's January meeting, but stayed within the day's wide trading ranges.
The minutes revealed that Fed officials planned to review its quantitative-easing program in March. Read: Uneasy about QE, Fed plans debate on program.
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The oil market was set to get weekly U.S. oil-inventory numbers from the American Petroleum Institute late Wednesday, followed Thursday morning by the more closely watched U.S. Energy Information Administration report. Both reports are delayed due to Monday's holiday.


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Donna Lauria says she loves entertaining in the Massapequa home she shares with husband Thomas, 47, and their two children. But space was tight. "We really needed a family room that could work for all of us," says Lauria, 47, of the decision to build an addition onto their house.
When it came time to decorate, she turned to designer Maureen DelPezzo of Be Still Design of Massapequa. Very big into Christmas -- including the colors red, green and gold -- Lauria wanted DelPezzo to incorporate some of her holiday decorations into the design of the 20-by-20-foot space. "It makes me happy to sit in here," says Lauria, who adds that they now have room for big family gatherings.
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New classes and new beginnings are in the future for many seniors at the Carbon County Senior Citizen Center.
CEU's Debbie Pearson started the computer classes a couple weeks ago and the first class is still underway. The program is being offered through the continuing education program at CEU and so far 42 people have enrolled.
"This is a tremendous response," says Viki Bowman, director of the center who is busy working with her staff coordinating the first classes. The group is working on six computers, that have been made possible through the county commissioners and surplus equipment.
Bowman also explained that this is a long-term project. The first class introduces the computer to the seniors, many whom have never touched a computer before. The two-hour introduction of computers teaches them the basics of the machine, how to operate a mouse and how to operate desktop and the computer once it is operating.
Once all the participants have completed the first phase they will advance to the next level, which will include using the internet and e-mail classes.
Future classes and the instructors include genealogy taught by Robert Berry, estate planning taught by Steven Burge, and nutrition taught by Laura Lee Hansen. Anyone interested in these classes should watch for announcements on starting dates.


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Feb. 14, 2014
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Paintings of Alex Katz, on view in retrospective Katz X Katz at Yale University School of Art's 32 Edgewood Gallery, present radical social vision in such a calm and cool manner that it is easy to miss (Metropolitan/Connecticut). MORE
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Alex Katz on Old NFL Films, Matisse and Levi's 501s
The iconic New York figurative artist, who is creating a mural on the High Line opposite the new site of the Whitney Museum of American Art, also reflects on Fassbinder and jazz.
August 27, 2014, Wednesday
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March 3, 2014, Monday
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September 1, 2013, Sunday
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January 20, 2013, Sunday
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February 28, 2010, Sunday
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December 26, 2009, Saturday
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May 8, 2009, Friday
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|2012 Housing Sales, Still Buyers' Market
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2012 was the year real estate demand increased in the High Country but prices were held down, according to the year-end report by the High Country Association of Realtors. Buyers' market conditions resulted in sales hitting a four-year high. Yet the median sold price fell,
matching the lowest such price since the national housing market crashed in 2008. "We are happy to report that we saw some recovery in the 2012 market," said Laurie Phillips, executive officer of High Country Association of Realtors. "We have already started to experience an increase in buyer's interest in January. We hope this trend will continue through this New Year." For the year, there were 1,255 realtor-assisted sales, a 23 percent increase over sales 2011 (when Ashe County joined the MLS), and a 33 percent increase over 2010.
Total sales value was at a four-year high, hitting $312.5 million. That broke a string of three consecutive years of sub-$270 million sales, and represented a 31 percent increase over 2010, when the local market bottomed out.
Yet while sales were up, 2012 saw the median sold price drop 5.7 percent, matching the median price from 2010 - $200,000. It was $212,000 in 2011.
So while more property was sold, buyers were paying less per square foot than they did last year.
Put in historical terms, in 2007, the year prior to the housing collapse, there were 1,825 homes sold worth $560.8 million at a median price of $230,000.
The MLS year-end stats are similar to those of the Erik Lanier's READReports, which covers all real estate sales in Watauga County including Realtor assisted and private sellers. It recorded total sales in the county at $281.76 million, a 5 percent increase from 2011.
Yet the median price of those properties sold was $160,000, a 9 percent decrease from 2011. The median price for homes, condos and townhomes was also down, 3.5 percent, to $220,000.
The National Association of Realtors has yet to release a year-end report, but based on the first 11 months of 2012 the year should be a record year for housing affordability conditions.
"Although 2012 was highest on record, the excessively tight underwriting precluded many would-be homebuyers from locking-in generational low interest rates," said Lawrence Yun , NAR chief economist. "Rising home prices and a gradual uptrend in mortgage interest rates will offset improvements in family income, but 2013 likely will be the third best on record in terms of household buying power.
"A window of opportunity remains open for buyers who can qualify for a mortgage."
While the High Country real estate market has yet to see prices recover, the national market is on a strong uptrend. The national median existing-home price for all housing types was $180,600 in November, up 10.1 percent from November 2011. This is the ninth consecutive monthly year-over-year price gain, which last occurred from September 2005 to May 2006.
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BUFFALO, N.Y.- Beth Iszard Swift lives in Buffalo now, but grew up in Newtown, Connecticut. Swift, and dozens of other ex-pats are now pulling together to help their hometown heal in the wake of the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School.
Swift and her family moved to Newtown when she was 8 years old. She graduated from Newtown High School in 1978. Now, nearly 35 years later, she is rallying with her sister, brother and other Newtown Public School alumni to do something to help their friends and family dealing with the aftermath of the December 14th shooting rampage that left 26 people dead.
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BANGOR, Maine (NEWS CENTER) --- Officials in Bangor have unveiled a plan that could help revitalize one of the city's rougher sections.
Residents of the city's west side say they've been dealing with problems caused by vacant and abandoned homes in their neighborhood. They also say places like Second Street Park have become breeding grounds for loitering and alcohol abuse.
City officials in Bangor heard their concerns. Last fall they hired a planning consultant to look into ways to rehab the west side. Richert Planning released the details of that report at a meeting at the Doughty School in Bangor Thursday night.
Consultants say things can only improve on the west side if more homeowners and developers move in to the area, which stretches from Union Street to Buck Street in Bangor and from Main Street to Third Street.
They say there are benefits to living in the area and with the right marketing improvement is possible.
"It's got all the characteristics of a downtown adjacent neighborhood that in many many small urban areas..like the Bangor area...have just blossomed," said Evan Richert, who is the owner of Richert Planning, "and we think it is almost time. The time is coming for this neighborhood and when that happens people will start investing."
City officials in Bangor say they are pursuing federal grants to help buy and renovate vacant properties on the west side. From there they can then sell them to first time home buyers.
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Bestselling author Whitney Otto's Eight Girls Taking Pictures i s a profoundly moving portrayal of the lives of women, imagining the thoughts and circumstances that produced eight famous female photographers of the twentieth century.
This captivating novel opens in 1917 as Cymbeline Kelley surveys the charred remains of her photography studio, destroyed in a fire started by a woman hired to help take care of the house while Cymbeline pursued her photography career. This tension — between wanting and needing to be two places at once; between domestic duty and ambition; between public and private life; between whats seen and whats hidden from view — echoes in the stories of the other seven women in the book. Among them: Amadora Allesbury, who creates a world of color and whimsy in an attempt to recapture the joy lost to WWI; Clara Argento, who finds her voice working alongside socialist revolutionaries in Mexico; Lenny Van Pelt, a gorgeous model who feels more comfortable photographing the deserted towns of the French countryside after WWII than she does at a couture fashion shoot; and Miri Marx, who has traveled the world taking pictures, but also loves her quiet life as a wife and mother in her New York apartment.
Crisscrossing the world and a century, Eight Girls Taking Pictures is an affecting meditation on the conflicts women face and the choices they make. These memorable characters seek extraordinary lives through their work, yet they also find meaning and reward in the ordinary tasks of motherhood, marriage, and domesticity. Most of all, this novel is a vivid portrait of women in love — in love with men, other women, children, their careers, beauty, and freedom.
As she did in her bestselling novel How to Make an American Quilt, Whitney Otto offers a finely woven, textured inquiry into the intersecting lives of women. Eight Girls Taking Pictures is her most ambitious book: a bold, immersive, and unforgettable narrative that shows how the art, loves, and lives of the past influence our present.
"Of the girls who take the pictures — Cymbeline, Amadora, Clara, Lenny, Charlotte, Miri, Jessie, and Jenny — the first six are based on real photographers. Some, like Imogen Cunningham and Lee Miller, are quite well known, and others, like Grete Stern, less so, but even the more fictional Jenny Lux bears a resemblance to Sally Mann, if not in her life, in her work. These women lead interesting, bohemian lives: they take lovers, travel, get involved in wars and revolutions, but what they really have in common is the struggle to find their voices, to deal with and confound expectations of women (which change over the century covered here, but not enough), and to balance work with love and motherhood. So far so good, but the problem is that Otto (How to Make an American Quilt), who calls the book 'my mash note, my valentine to these women photographers,' doesn't succeed in integrating her fine research into a fictional work that stands on its own: though the women's lives start to connect at the end, throughout most of the book it's not clear that linking their stories makes a whole that is greater than the sum of its parts. Agent: Joy Harris." Publishers Weekly Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
"What makes Eight Girls Taking Pictures so remarkable is its simultaneous sharp focus and wide-angle lens. Through the lives of eight women photographers, Whitney Otto allows readers to see their own immediate worlds and the alternative, otherwise inaccessible worlds of women artists. We share the inscape of these characters' psychologies and the countries and times that frame and shape their work; their struggles to practice their art are both extraordinary and hauntingly familiar. Eight Girls Taking Pictures takes us through the twentieth century in a way that immeasurably enriches our lives and our futures." Sena Jeter Naslund, author of Ahab's Wife, Four Spirits, and Adam & Eve
"Otto skillfully develops each character and draws the reader in with rich detail that must be the result of careful and extensive research. Highly recommended; those with an interest in photography, women's history, or feminist literature should particularly enjoy." Library Journal
"Otto's photographers battle society's denunciations and personal demons as they seek love, acceptance, success, and harmony. A visionary and distinctive look at the sacrifices and triumphs of daring women artists." Booklist
From the bestselling author of How to Make an American Quilt comes a powerful and sweeping novel inspired by the lives of famous female photographers.
A deeply affecting meditation on the lives of women artists, Whitney Otto's vivid novel explores the ambitions, passions, conflicts and desires of eight female photographers throughout the twentieth century. This spectacular cast of spirited, larger-than-life women offers wide-ranging insight about the times in which they lived. From San Francisco to New York, London, Berlin, Buenos Aires, and Rome, Otto spins a magical, romantic tale that creates a compelling portrait of the history of feminism and of photography.
While their circumstances may differ, the tensions these women experience — from wanting a private life or a public life; passion or security; art or domesticity; children or creative freedom — are universal. Otto seamlessly weaves together eight breathtaking vignettes to form a moving and emotionally satisfying novel.
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Whitney Otto is the author of the New York Times bestseller, How to Make an American Quilt (which was made into a feature film), Now You See Her, The Passion Dream Book, and A Collection of Beauties at the Height of Their Popularity. She lives in Portland, Oregon, with her husband and son.
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If you missed the Miss Universe pageant, Miss USA, Olivia Culpo, was just crowned the champion.
Normally, I would make up some funny Navy joke and insert it here, but Miss Culpo's talent is playing the cello. And the US Navy stopped accepting cellists into our ranks back when we had our last wood shortage in March of 1794. Is it a coincidence that this ship, still in service today, was commissioned that very month? Old Ironsides must of taken a lot of wind instruments to build. On a breezy day, you can still hear Vivaldi's Four Seasons blowin' through her sails.
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After about seven months in the position, City Manager Sharon A. Addison should know soon what the Watertown City Council thinks about the job shes doing.
Council members met last Monday night in executive session for about an hour to discuss job evaluations of the city manager and City Clerk Ann M. Saunders. Plans call for a resolution to be presented to council members at tonights special meeting and for them to vote on their findings.
I think its fair to say were very satisfied with them, Mayor Jeffrey E. Graham said Tuesday.
By City Charter, the City Council must finish the job evaluations for the positions by March 1.
According to the process, council members asked for a list of accomplishments from both city officials and then reviewed the information individually with them. They also provided council members with a list of goals, the mayor said.
Ms. Addison was hired in May to the $120,000-a-year position and started in July.
She replaced longtime City Manager Mary M. Corriveau, whose contract was not renewed by the City Council in January 2012.
Ms. Addison was employed at the National Security Agency at Fort George G. Meade, Md., for 27 years, the last six as special source operations manager.
In July 2011, Mrs. Saunders was appointed city clerk, replacing Donna M. Dutton, who retired after 21 years.
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