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The Park was previously known as Krabak Yai National Park, after the name of Thailand's record-holding tree has a height of 50 meters and a circumference of 16 meters. With an area of 37,250 acres comprised mostly of high-altitude mountains, the park features several stunning attractions including the nine-tiered Nam Tok Mae Ya Pa, a natural stone bridge and giant Kabak trees. The stone bridge is a 25-meter high bridging two cliffs with a brook flowing below. Approximately 78.5 meters further from the cliff is a cave with beautiful stalagmites and stalactites. Bird lovers, should not miss the opportunity to see both resident and migratory birds in the park. Accommodations available include bungalows and campsites.
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Conservation of mass
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Antoine Lavoisier stated that "The law of conservation of mass means that the atoms of an object cannot be created or destroyed, but can be moved around and be changed into different particles."
This law says that when a chemical reaction rearranges atoms into a new product, the mass of the reactants (chemicals before the chemical reaction) is the same as the mass of the products (the new chemicals made). More simply, whatever you do, you will still have the same amount of stuff.
However, certain nuclear reactions (fusion/fission), can convert a small part of the mass into energy. But if this energy is turned back into mass, you will have the same amount of mass.


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HLS Lambda/JLG 35th Anniversary Colloquium:
A Retrospective and a Way Forward:
LGBTQ Rights and Activism at Harvard Law School and Beyond
Friday, October 18, 2013, 2:00 p.m.
Austin Hall, North, Harvard Law School
Austin Hall, North, Harvard Law School
1515 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA
Come celebrate the 35th anniversary of an LGBTQ student group at HLS with Lambda and the Harvard Journal of Law and Gender! The colloquium will open with an introduction by Dean Martha Minow and a conversation about being LGBTQ at HLS throughout the years between three former Lambda presidents (including the original founder of COGLI, Lambda's predecessor), hosted by current president John Dey. The colloquium will continue with a panel discussing the road to marriage equality, after which we will discuss what's next for the LGBTQ movement. A partial list of panel guests include:
- Laurence Tribe, Carl M. Loeb University Professor, Harvard Law School (argued Bowers v. Hardwick)
- Paul Smith, Partner, Jenner & Block (argued Lawrence v. Texas)
- Prof. Jose Gomez, '81, Founder, COGLI (Lambda's predecessor)
- Prof. Bradley Sears,'95, Director, Williams Institute at UCLA Law
- Chai Feldblum, Commissioner, U.S. EEOC
- Pat Brady, former Chairperson, Illinois GOP, currently consulting for the ACLU on marriage equality in IL
Dinner will begin at 6:30, and a keynote will be delivered by Roberta Kaplan, counsel for Edie Windsor in United States v. Windsor, which overturned § 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act. See attached flier for details.
Contact Addar Weintraub at email@example.com.
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Samantha Casolari
Some pretty amazing shots of Nevada by Samantha Casolari.
Some pretty amazing shots of Nevada by Samantha Casolari.
holy smokes shes amazing… these desert shots ARE WOW. LOVE the third shot.. she has quite the resume as well.
i love these shots, they look like part of some post-apocalyptic movie
…where everyone rides on bikes for some reason.
Ahh yes, Burning Man is a visual orgasm for any image-orientated folk. Like these, you'll find so many extraordinary photos from the festival. Love it!
OH SNAP.. i didn't even realize the burning man in that one pic.. it somewhat did look like the festival. i wouldnt mind checking it out one day – would be an interesting experience for sure.
WWWOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWW I want a bike to ride too!
I recognized the bike bridge from '07 Burning Man right away.
A fun festival, but one that does things on a local level as well. If your interested in the community, you should check out to see if you have a regional community in your area.
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Transfer Scholarships
Many colleges offer transfer scholarships for students in addition to other forms of financial aid such as Federal and State financial aid programs and other institutional grants and scholarships. Since the scholarship programs can change from year to year based upon availability of funding sources, it is best to start by searching the college's website for the most recent information. Also do not hesitate to contact the college if you do not find the information.
One of the transfer scholarships available at hundreds of colleges across the nation is the Phi Theta Kappa Scholarship (PTK). Generally to be eligible for a PTK scholarship, a student has to be an active member of PTK. Raritan Valley has an outstanding and award-winning chapter of PTK. If you are academically eligible to join PTK, you would be wise to consider doing so as it may assist you in both gaining admission and receiving scholarship funding.
More information about PTK can be found on their website at http://www.ptk.org
PTK also offers college transfer assistance and scholarship information at http://www.CollegeFish.org
Other types of transfer scholarships are available include "incentive" awards, for example a scholarship in recognition of completion of the associate degree or a specified cumulative grade point average, service or leadership activities, or entry into a particular academic degree program.
$$$ Finding Money For College $$$
When searching for colleges some students make the mistake of looking only at the "sticker price" or the college's published tuition. By doing so students may overlook many college options including private colleges that offer substantial financial assistance. Fortunately, there are new tools available for students to research college costs in a more realistic way. Look for net tuition calculators available on college financial aid websites. Net price calculators are online tools that estimate costs for prospective students by subtracting estimated grant and scholarship aid from the estimated cost of attendance. An excellent resource is the College Board's Net Price calculator available at http://netpricecalculator.collegeboard.org
When looking for money for college be sure to look at these three sources for assistance:
1. Federal and State financial aid programs:
There are avariety of these financial assistance programs including grants and loan programs. To apply use the federal government's website at www.fafsa.ed.gov
For more complete information about these programs, go the the RVCC financial aid website.
2. Financial Aid offered by the college or university
Most colleges and universities offer financial assistance beyond what is available from federal and state programs. Look for these on the colleges' website, usually on either the financial aid or admissions section. Some colleges require a separate application and most have deadlines for applications. Some transfer scholarships are based on "merit" such as a specific grade point average achieved.
3. "Outside scholarships"
There are literally hundreds of thousands of outside scholarships available from a vast variety of sources including companies, civic organizations, religious organizations, advocacy groups, private donors and philanthropists, and many others. The trick to find these possible sources of assistance is to use one or more reliable scholarship search engines. For a listing of some excellent and reputable scholarship search engines, go to the RVCC Financial Aid Department's webpage and click on scholarships.
Beware of scholarship scams. If you simply google for scholarships you could end up on fraudulent websites that prey upon high school and college students looking for financial assistance. The valid, reputable scholarship search engines:
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Christian teacher jailed for blasphemyComment on this story
Cairo - An Egyptian appeals court upheld a blasphemy conviction against a Coptic Christian teacher and sentenced her to six months in prison on Sunday, overturning an earlier ruling that only imposed a fine.
Egypt's state news agency MENA said the appellate court in Luxor ruled that elementary school teacher Dimyana Abdel-Nour had insulted Islam in front of her pupils.
Last year, Abdel-Nour was convicted and ordered to pay a fine of 100 000 Egyptian pounds (about $14 000), but she appealed. MENA reported that the prosecutors also appealed, saying the crime must be punishable by a prison sentence, not only a fine.
Three 10-year-olds had complained to their parents that Abdel-Nour showed disgust for Islam when discussing it in class. Egypt has seen a surge in blasphemy charges in recent years.
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Notebook: Jared Allen gets after Matt Kalil, who mostly holds up well
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MANKATO, Minn. -- The first time they met, the rookie left tackle stood up the veteran pass rusher.
The second time, Jared Allen got the edge on Matt Kalil and made sure everyone knew it, yanking off his helmet and holding it aloft as he grinned and circled through the line of Minnesota Vikings teammates waiting for their turns in the one-on-one pass rush drill.
Would Kalil really expect anything else?
"Oh no, he's a great guy," Kalil said, flashing a smile of his own after the first padded practice of training camp on Monday afternoon.
"We've got along really well in this camp, and I'm just glad he's on the same team as me."
Kalil didn't seem fazed by a perennial Pro Bowl pick having a little fun at his expense.
In fact, he held up fairly well overall in his first padded practice as a professional, save for that turn in one-on-ones and one snap during team (11-on-11) drills in which Allen beat him for a touch-sack.
"It's a good matchup," coach Leslie Frazier said. "Looking forward to continuing to watch that over time. It looked like Matt held his own for the most part. There were a couple times Jared got around him, but that's to be expected."
Kalil got extra turns with the second and third units on Monday, because backup tackle DeMarcus Love was sitting out with a shoulder injury.
Asked to grade his performance, Kalil said, "Well, it's the first day. There's always something I can improve on. I'm rusty on some things. You only get better on those things by practicing in pads, so I'm looking forward to improving every day."
Going live
The Vikings were "live" on the lines for the first time, but they weren't tackling to the ground -- something that will happen later in camp, Frazier said.
That didn't stop a couple of players from laying big hits, particularly on the running backs.
Linebacker Everson Griffen decked Ryan D'Imperio after a catch underneath. Linebacker Jasper Brinkley knocked down Lex Hilliard as teammates howled. And cornerback Reggie Jones popped Matt Asiata, who had just put a nice move on safety Robert Blanton.
"There are going to be some periods as we move through training camp that we will take guys to the ground," Frazier said.
"You just have to find that balance between giving them what they are going to see in the game and trying to prepare them for games, but yet not losing guys in practice. It's a fine line and everybody is going to do it a little bit different, but you are trying to find that balance."
A scare for Harvin
For the second straight day, one of the Vikings' top receivers provided a scare.
This time, it was Percy Harvin, who left the field on a cart after suffering an apparent right hand injury that turned out to be just a jammed finger.
Harvin returned to drills after about 20 minutes with the finger taped and saw limited action the rest of the way.
"We think he'll be fine," Frazier said.
Health watch
Love was a surprise scratch for Monday's practice and is expected to miss some more time because of the shoulder.
"It's going to take about another week or two before we get him back onto the field," Frazier said.
Blanton left practice after tweaking a hamstring, Frazier said.
Cornerback Josh Robinson remains day-to-day with his hamstring injury.
Receiver Stephen Burton (toe) was activated from the active/non-football injury list but can't participate in pads for a couple more days because of the rules of the collective-bargaining agreement signed last summer.
Tight end Mickey Shuler (heel), who was activated from the NFI list on Saturday, is eligible to practice in full on Tuesday.
Ponder's progress
After throwing just three incompletions in team drills over the first two days of camp, quarterback Christian Ponder uncorked a couple of wild throws on Monday and finished 7-of-12. He also threw a rare interception in the offense-friendly 7-on-7 passing drill.
"It was obviously a lot of mistakes that we can fix and a lot of growing to do, but I thought it was a great starting point," Ponder said. "First time we put on pads since Jan. 1, so I think that's huge. I think we have to get used to having the shoulder pads on, and to you as a quarterback, it's different throwing with shoulder pads on. I've got to get used to that."
Joe Webb had his best day, completing 7 of 9 in team drills. Sage Rosenfels was 7-of-8 and McLeod Bethel-Thompson 5-of-7.
Practice ended with a brief first-and-goal period, capped by a successful Rosenfels fade pass to rookie receiver Jarius Wright against Corey Gatewood in the back left corner of the end zone.
Keep cool
With pads on for the first time, the Vikings also began their annual process of measuring players' temperatures using an ingestible thermistor -- a pill that can be monitored by mobile device.
Robby Sikka, a physician from the University of Minnesota and Tria Orthopaedic Center, was on hand to monitor the results.
The Vikings are in their eighth year of the program. The Philadelphia Eagles, Jacksonville Jaguars and numerous college programs use the same system.
Schwartz's chance
Geoff Schwartz got more first-team reps at right guard on Monday as the team continues to evaluate a competition with Brandon Fusco that may not be decided by both players getting a preseason start.
"It depends on how it plays out in practice," Frazier said. "If someone is really showing in practice, they should be the number one. He'll be the starter in that game, unless they're pretty close in practice -- that's probably the only way you want to rotate them in that fashion."
Fusco continued to get the first turn with the starters.
Simpson confident
If receiver Jerome Simpson is having any second thoughts about the Vikings' chances for improving the NFL's 18th-ranked offense, he certainly isn't showing it.
"Yeah, it's going to definitely change, trust me," said Simpson, who caught four of Ponder's seven completions in team drills on Monday.
"This is definitely going to change this year, especially with our passing game. We're going to have (Adrian Peterson). We've got Toby (Gerhart) back there. Man, we've got so many pieces here, it's going to be unbelievable. We're going to turn a lot of heads this year."
Simpson will miss the first three games of the season while serving a suspension for violating the NFL's substance abuse policy. However, he can practice and play throughout the preseason and has taken most of the No. 1 reps at split end throughout the offseason.
"It's going to be really tough," Simpson said of the suspension, "but as my coach in college (at Coastal Carolina), coach David Bennett says, always find a positive about things, and I'll be fresh coming in, and I'll be able to watch the preseason games and see what I have to work on.
"So, I just have to find a positive like Coach says and move on. Come back Week
4, Detroit Lions. I've got it marked down."
Quick hits
• PK Blair Walsh was solid in his first "live" action of camp, making at least 7 of 8 field-goal attempts. The other kick hooked and may have been wide left, but it was difficult to tell because the drill was held on the far side of the middle practice field, away from reporters.
• CB Chris Stroud, who was signed on Monday, won't be eligible to participate in pads until midweek because of CBA rules.
Dean Berhow-Goll contributed.


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By MARK MACKIEWICZPrice
I have walked and run on parkways across the country including Durango, Fort Collins and Colorado Springs, Colo., Chicago, Ill., Portland, Ore., Salt Lake City and Boston, Mass., and I have never seen a ban on dogs utilizing these facilities.
Dog owners of Helper and Carbon County, these are desperate times and it's going to take desperate measures to overcome the tyranny that has bestowed us. Progressive communities use progressive measures to find solutions to problems. They just don't throw up their hands and order the attorney to draft a new ordinance prohibiting an activity.
I never saw the dog friendly signs along with the poop bags reminding folks to cleanup after their dogs on the Helper Parkway. I never heard of any outreach programs to try and educate dog owners of the need to pickup after their dogs. Were there any citizens committees established to try and resolve the problem? The answer to these questions is a flat "No".
The typical response in Helper appears to be the standard dictatorial practice, "Ban It". If they don't like it's tough luck!
We'll folks you can do something about it. Fight city hall and let them know you don't approve of the dog ordinance banning dogs on the parkway and parks of Helper. Let Mr. Dalpiaz and his merry band know that a lot of people including dog owners put a heck of a lot of time and effort into make the parkway what it is today. They have the right to enjoy the parkway along with their four footed companions. Get a working committee established to find solutions including dog friendly signs along with poop bags. Ask the mayor for a temporary restraining order against the ban while solutions are discussed.
If that doesn't work vote the rascals out.


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Starbucks is hoping fans of its "cup of joe" will enjoy the new glasses of soda it is creating and testing in two cities.
The coffee giant is allowing customers in Atlanta and Austin to try three flavors of its handcrafted soft drinks:
- Lemon Ale
- Spiced Root Beer
- Ginger Ale
According to USA Today, the bubbly brews are created in a special carbonation machine. A "tall" soft drink costs $2.45 and a "venti" drink costs $3.45.
Tests of the soda flavors began in April in the company's home city of Seattle.
Starbucks management has not said if or when the soft drinks will be rolled out to all stores.


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What are Traits & Deeds?
Deeds are like "special goals" that reward your character with a title, skill, Turbine Points, or trait. For this guide, we're focusing on the trait aspect of Deed rewards.
By the time your character reaches the level 10-20 range you'll begin to discover Deeds that, upon completion, unlock traits.
Finding & Earning Traits!
To start, you'll want to know how to check up on your traits, and the easiest way to do this is by opening the Traits panel by pressing "J" on your keyboard. There are four types of traits; Virtues, Race, Class, and Legendary.
Virtue Deeds & Traits
In the screenshot below, the numbers attached to each Virtue icon denotes that Virtue's rank, which caps out at rank 10 – the higher a Virtue's rank, the better its benefits become.
Virtue traits are unlocked and "ranked up" by completing Deeds inside specific areas found throughout Middle-earth (i.e. Bree-land, North Downs, Evendim, etc); in addition to this, Virtue ranks can be purchased from the LOTRO Store -- more on this method in a moment.
Advancing Virtue Ranks
There are two ways to advance a Virtue's rank: by completing the requirements of a Deed associated with said Virtue, or by purchasing a +1 rank advancement tome in the LOTRO Store.
Not Earned
(A Virtue with a gold ring icon can be advanced through completing a Deed.)
(Virtues that are equipped won't display a ring, regardless of whether or not you can earn more ranks via Deeds)
To advance a Virtue without a gold ring icon, you have two options: wait until you discover the area where the Virtue's associated Deed can be completed (usually, you'll just need to progress further into LOTRO) or buy the Virtue ranks via the LOTRO Store. Let's cover these two methods.
Virtue Advancement via Deed Completion
In the Traits panel, select the "Virtues tab," and then hover the mouse cursor over a Virtue for a pop-up explanation of the trait.
Once you've located a Virtue that you want to advance, click on the Virtue icon.
Tip! If you do decide to focus on completing a Deed, you can add it to your quest tracker!
Virtue Advancement via the LOTRO Store
The LOTRO Store can also be used to earn and advance Virtues. At any level, you can open the Traits panel ("J" key), select the Virtues tab, and then click on a Virtue to immediately open its corresponding page in the LOTRO Store:
• This will not remove your ability to complete the Deed for this (or any) Virtue; utilizing the LOTRO Store to advance a Virtue will do only that – advance the Virtue.
• Once you've reached rank 10 with a Virtue (either via the LOTRO Store or Deed completion) that Virtue will become capped out, no longer capable of being advanced by either method. However, you can still complete the associated Deed.
Race Deeds & Traits
The four playable races in LOTRO (Man, Hobbit, Dwarf and Elf) each have a unique set of racial traits. These Race Traits are mostly unlocked by slaying a set amount of mobs found throughout the game world.
Like with the Virtues tab, a race trait bearing the gold ring icon can be completed – however, race traits have no rank advancement.
In the above image, this character is working on completing the "Enmity of the Hillmen" Deed. By holding your mouse cursor over the blue progress bar (in the highlighted space above), it's possible to see how many remaining mob slays are required.
Accelerating Race Deeds
Some Deeds – like Race Trait Deeds – can be significantly sped up with Deed Accelerators, available in the LOTRO Store.
To quickly locate Deed Accelerators, click on the "Accelerate" button in your Deed Log:
• When bought, a Slayer Deed Accelerator drops directly into your inventory bags.
• While under the effects of a Slayer Deed Accelerator, each enemy slain is counted as two for the deed.
• Slayer Deed Accelerators effectively cut Slayer Deed completion time in half!
Class Deeds & Traits
When unlocked and equipped, Class Traits round out your playstyle – e.g. Hunters can maximize damage output; Minstrels can improve their healing, etc. To unlock Class Deeds you simple have to use your Class skills a set number of times.
The best way to learn about Class Deeds is to open your Traits panel ("J" key) and select the "Class" tab:
Class Trait Panel Breakdown
There are three "Trait Sets" for each class in LOTRO. Additionally, each Trait Set has nine available traits. The above image shows eight class traits for the Warden's "Way of the Spear," but notice the Trait Set Bonuses panel on the right:
This Warden (in the above image) has three class traits equipped, granting them the first two Trait Set Bonuses for Way of the Spear class traits. It's important to equip class traits from the same group to gain their set bonuses, as the set bonuses offer very useful boosts!
Class Trait Advancement
Open the Traits panel ("J" key), select the Class tab, and then click on the trait you're interested in advancing – this will open the Deed Log entry for that particular class trait:
• When using a "Class Deed Boost," for the duration of its effect, each class skill used is counted twice towards completing a Deed.
• Class Deed Boosts also unlock the daily skill Deed limit for the length of their effect.
Legendary Traits & Deeds
Legendary Traits cannot be unlocked until you've reached level 39. The next thing to know about Legendary Traits is they're Class-specific, you can think of them as an extension of Class traits.
When you're ready to start earning Legendary traits, find your class trainer. They'll have three books to sell (if you have trouble finding them, use the "book" filter). Once purchased, these three books won't show up in your inventory. Instead, they automatically add the three Legendary Deeds to your Deed Log.
All three "level 39" Legendary Trait Deeds are received by finding "book pages," which drop randomly in different areas (more on this in a moment).
Remember: The first three Legendary Trait Deeds cannot be progressed unless you've reached level 39 and purchase the three "Legendary Trait" books from your class trainer.
To complete these three Deeds you must find the pages of each book, which only drop off humanoid mobs. The first four pages of each book all drop in both Angmar and Eregion, and the final four pages drop in the Misty Mountains and Forochel – since both work, I would recommend Forochel.
As you can see, a lot of work goes into unlocking all seven Legendary traits; thankfully, LOTRO has wonderful community guides that go into greater detail for first-timers looking to earn their Legendary traits.
Equipping Traits
You'll need to find a bard non-player character (NPC) to equip any traits you've unlocked. The easiest way to do this is by pressing the "M" key on your keyboard, which opens the in-game map:
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Provisional ballots may decide outcome for some elections
At 7:55 on election night last week, five minutes before polling in California closed, a man rushed into the Ventura County Elections Division office and demanded his opportunity to take part in a historic presidential election.
He acknowledged he was not registered but insisted he be allowed to vote. To avoid a confrontation, a clerk gave him a provisional ballot, one that will be thrown out after it is reviewed because the man was not legally entitled to vote.
Under less urgent circumstances, in firehouses and churches and schools across California, such scenes were no doubt repeated thousands of times last week. People who never registered, caught up in the excitement of Election Day, still insisted on casting votes.
"Provisional ballots are a fail-safe option for poll workers who don't have time to deal at length with one person," said Kim Alexander, president of the nonpartisan California Voter Foundation.
To avoid a polling-place confrontation, an individual whose name is not on the voter roster is simply given a provisional ballot. Sometimes those people are not entitled to vote and their ballots will ultimately be discarded.
"I suspect that happened to a much greater degree in this election than in others," Alexander said.
Reviewing one by one
That might partly explain the unprecedented number of provisional ballots cast in California last week: nearly three-quarters of a million statewide, up from about a half-million four years ago. A rush of last-minute registrations might also help explain the surge. So might the fact that young voters, who tend to move more frequently, turned out in great numbers.
What percentage of these ballots is legitimate and what percentage is not?
No one yet knows, but the answer might ultimately decide the outcome of close elections, including the 19th Senate District contest in Ventura and Santa Barbara counties, where Republican Tony Strickland and Democrat Hannah-Beth Jackson are separated by a hair's-breadth margin.
There are 12,916 such ballots in Ventura County and an additional 6,336 in Santa Barbara County. All have been set aside since Election Day, pending completion of the count of late-arriving mail ballots. But soon, perhaps beginning in the middle of this week, election officials will start reviewing them one by one, under the watchful eyes of attorneys and operatives from both political parties.
Alexander said that historically about 80 percent of provisional ballots are legitimate. They were cast by people who registered too late to be included on the roster of voters at their precinct, or those who voted at the wrong polling place, or those who moved and forgot to update their voter registration.
Jackson could benefit
Democrats believe those provisional ballots in the 19th District will favor Jackson.
"A lot of these ballots are from young people who are renters and forget they have moved two times since they last registered," said Democratic Party political adviser Bob Mulholland. "Some of these college kids move three or four times a year, or every time they have an argument with their roommate. They don't remember where they were living when they registered."
Provisional voters, Mulholland said, "tend to be young. And along the coast, that means they're overwhelmingly Democratic."
If a voter was legally registered in the county where the ballot was cast, his or her vote will be counted even if the ballot was cast at the wrong precinct. Election officials will disregard votes in contests involving local districts beyond the voter's residence, but they will tally votes for president, state ballot propositions and districts that include the voter's residence.
About 76 percent of Ventura County voters and about 79 percent of Santa Barbara County voters live in the 19th Senate District. If the provisional ballots in those two counties are distributed proportionately, that means about 15,000 are from the district.
Both sides believe those votes could break in Jackson's favor.
"I'm definitely scared of that universe," said Strickland consultant Joe Justin.
Republicans monitor count
Parke Skelton, chief consultant to the Jackson campaign, said he believes a high percentage of provisional ballots in Santa Barbara County came from the neighborhoods around UC Santa Barbara.
"One weird thing we kept hearing on Election Day from Isla Vista is that voters who were on the supplemental roster were given provisional ballots," he said. The supplemental roster includes names of those whose registrations were processed in the final days of the registration period, which ended just 15 days before the election.
"Anecdotally, our precinct watchers told us about 1 in 10 ballots in Isla Vista was provisional," he said. "There were a lot of pink envelopes up there."
Since those precincts went heavily for Jackson, Skelton thinks she can "make up a couple thousand votes on the provisionals."
Hector Barajas, a spokesman for the state Republican Party, said the party will devote resources to help monitor the vote-counting. The purpose, he said, will be twofold:
"We want to make sure everyone's vote counts and make sure no shenanigans are going on with our Democratic friends."
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Wingate By Wyndham Vienna/Parkersburg
Wingate By Wyndham Vienna/Parkersburg
Hotel Guest Rating: 9.0/10
1502 Grand Central Avenue
Vienna, WV 26105
Welcome to the Wingate By Wyndham Vienna/Parkersburg
Guests can make their own waffles or do laps in the heated indoor pool at the Wingate by Wyndham Vienna/Parkersburg, a non-smoking hotel located along the banks of the rushing Ohio River.
Hotel Features
The three-story Wingate features 76 non-smoking rooms equipped with all sorts of creature comforts: free Wi-Fi, flat-panel TVs with HBO, mini-fridges, microwaves, coffeemakers, hairdryers and brand-name bathroom toiletries; some rooms also have sofa beds, kitchenettes and/or jetted tubs. Guests can use the heated indoor swimming pool, hot tub or business center 24 hours a day. The free hot breakfast is not to be missed: it features a rotating menu of scrambled eggs, sausage, make-your-own waffles, pastries, muffins, breads, fruit, yogurt, coffee and juice. A fitness center, meeting rooms, free newspapers and free parking are also available at the hotel.
Hotel Location
The Wingate is off I-77 in downtown Vienna, on the banks of the Ohio River. The hotel is a mile from the Grand Central Mall, and one-and-a-half miles from Ohio Valley University. The Worthington Golf Course is three miles away, and the Blennerhassett Island Historical State Park is a 15-minute drive. The Oil & Gas Museum and the historic Smoot Theatre are 10 minutes away in Parkersburg. The hotel is a 20-minute drive from the famous Fenton Art Glass Company in Williamstown. Mid Ohio Valley Regional Airport is 10 miles away.
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According to Priceline guests, the Wingate by Wyndham Vienna/Parkersburg offers a "great" swimming pool and hot breakfast, as well as an "excellent" staff.
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CUMBERLAND – A local man convicted in June on multiple counts of first-degree and second- degree child molestation was sentenced to 60 years, with 50 to serve, during a hearing on Tuesday before Superior Court Judge William E. Carnes Jr., according to Attorney General Peter Kilmartin's office.
CUMBERLAND – A local man convicted in June on multiple counts of first-degree and second- degree child molestation was sentenced to 60 years, with 50 to serve, during a hearing on Tuesday before Superior Court Judge William E. Carnes Jr., according to Attorney General Peter Kilmartin's office.
John Rainey, 54, whose last known address was listed as 2545 Diamond Hill Road, had been convicted on two counts of first-degree child molestation and one count of second-degree child molestation in connection with incidents involving a female victim starting when she was 8 years old, according to Amy Kempe, the attorney general's spokesman.
Carnes sentenced Rainey to 60 years, with 50 years to serve, on the two count so first-degree child molestation and 15 years to serve on the count of second degree child molestation with the sentences to run concurrently. The remaining time was suspended with probation, according to Kempe.
Rainey was also barred from having contact with victim and will be required to register as a sex offender and attend sex offender counseling, Kempe said.
During his trial on the charges in June, a jury returned with the verdict against Rainey within 90 minutes of beginning deliberations, Kempe said.
The victim was alleged to have been molested by Rainey from the age of 8 until she was 13, Kempe said. Rainey was an acquaintance of the victim, according to Kempe.
The assaults on the victim in the 1980s and early 1990s came to light after Rainey was arrested by Pawtucket Police in 2011 along with Warren Prescott of North Attleboro for an alleged child molestation involving a different 11-year-old female victim. Rainey was not indicted in connection with that case, but media coverage of the charges prompted the victim of the past molestation to contact the Providence Police to report her molestation by Rainey, Kempe said.
"She came forward and told police of the molestation she endured all those years ago," Kemp said. The victim was assisted by Day One, advocacy group for the victims of sexual assault and trauma in Providence, Kempe said.
The case involving the other 11-year-victim is still pending against Warren Prescott, Kempe said.
In Court on Tuesday, Special Assistant Attorney General Gina Lopes spoke for the victim during the sentencing hearing and also commended her for coming forward, Kempe said.
"She was a very brave woman who was not afraid to come forward and identify her abuser," Kempe said.
Rainey has been held at the ACI since his conviction in June, according to Kempe.
Kilmartin credited the work between several agencies with bring the case to court.
"The cooperation between law enforcement, advocacy and prosecution brought this sexual predator to justice," Kilmartin said. "I also commend the strength and bravery of the victim for coming forward to face her assailant, and I hope this sentence helps her to move forward in the healing process," he said.


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Problem with "Today"
Often, I will not complete a task on time and wake up the next morning to review my todoist and there will be items left under "Yesterday."
I open the item to edit it, and the due date default field says "Today." I click Done, but it doesn't move it to "Today." It remains in the "Yesterday" folder.
I tried again manually typing in Today and selecting Today from the pre-filled options, but none of those changes the list it is in.
The only way I can change it is to go to the calendar and select today's date (see problems with doing that in previous question) and that works, but it's counter intuitive to have go through that process.
It would be better if I could just go through the first route - opening it up, it has a default "today," and move it.
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Thank you for your report, we do indeed block the date from changing in such situations to allow you to edit the task's content and other properties without having the date changed so if you'd like to modify a task that should stay scheduled for a certain date, allowing this would always update the date and you would have to retype it to recreate its original state every time.
That said, you can either use a different format to retype it or, preferably, leave it overdue. Checking it off once you complete it today will also move it to tomorrow just as if it was due today and having tasks overdue can even increase productivity and allow you to keep track of tasks you've missed and should be done ASAP (being overdue). Please check this article on our blog for more information: https://todoist.com/blog/2013/06/3-ways-to-drastically-improve-your-productivity/
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Ashlands' much loved Mexican restaurant Agave has moved from it's former location on North Main Street to just around the corner at 5 Granite Street in the space that used to house the now closed Greek restaurant "Blue" This space is much bigger says owner Jacob Brown-Van Ausdall, "we are going from a 20 seat restaurant to 99 seats". The fare will be just as good, serving fresh house made gourmet Mexican inspired food.
In Agave's former space will be a new restaurant called Flip, they will serve: burgers, shakes and fries among other things. Grand opening soon.


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A widening gender gap -- for therapists05/24/2011
Is it too hard to find a male therapist?
A recent article in the New York Times suggested that only one in five new Masters Degrees in therapy are awarded to men … and that this means patients who are seeking a male perspective, or are more comfortable confiding to a man, are out of luck.
Says the times:
Some college psychology programs cannot even attract male applicants, much less students. And at many therapists' conferences, attendees with salt-and-pepper beards wander the hallways as lonely as peaceniks at a gun fair.
The result, many therapists argue, is that the profession is at risk of losing its appeal for a large group of sufferers — most of them men — who would like to receive therapy but prefer to start with a male therapist.
Is this a real shift? Or, more to the point, is it a real problem?
Bread or church? Where does civilization come from?05/24/2011
The story I got in high school is that agriculture was the magic potion that eventually turned "cave men" into "urban man." We got together and created a civilization because we wanted to eat.
The needs of our new farms with their domesticated animals and seasonal crops kept pushing us to bigger and bigger feats of civilization: the idea is that a culture evolves on its stomach.
But an article in National Geographic says maybe the high school text books got it wrong. It's not "food" - it's "spirituality."
The oldest human architectural structure ever discovered – over 11 thousand years old – turns out to be a temple -- and it turns out that our ancestors were building temples before they were making farms.
At a time when human beings were living in nomadic tribes, they were also carving massive stone pillars to provide a better place to worship.
Was it our sense of the sacred – and our need to relate to an awe-inspiring universe – that really inspired civilization?
According to National Geographic, many archeologists say the evidence suggests that's the case.
Grief doesn't just go away -- it's something you have to work through05/16/2011
We're used to tragedy. Car accidents, cancer diagnoses, unexplained deaths – they happen every day.
But are we any good at grieving?
In an article in Natural News, Dr. Larry Malerba explores the correlation between unresolved grief and chronic illnesses. Entitled, Could Grief Be Causing Your Chronic Illness, Dr. Malerba looks at grief from a psychophysiological perspective exploring the grieving process as a normative human experience that has ravaging maladaptive physical and psychological effects if cut short. While complex, the grieving process over a tragic event or death is found to be most successful with individuals who possess a strong degree of psychological maturity, solid support systems, a sense of spirituality, and congruent emotional and cultural perspectives toward the grieving process. Conversely, Dr. Malerba asserts than unfinished or unprocessed grief has ravaging effects—often leading to a variety of chronic physical illnesses; namely: depression, anxiety, gastrointestinal issues, migraines—to name a few.
Redesigning substance abuse treatment for the 21st century05/13/2011
The face of substance abuse and addiction is rapidly changing.
"Legal highs" are becoming increasingly common, with the same dangerous side effects as illicit street drugs, reports the Wall Street Journal. Last year alone, the number of recognized legal psychoactive substances doubled in Europe. Powders, pills, salts-- you name it and they are being invented under the radar and sold, clandestinely, on the internet.
It's the latest development in a perilous up hill battle for lawmakers, addiction specialists, and public health officials. With legal substances composed of chemical compounds similar to marijuana, cocaine, and ecstasy, the same addictive battle rages for those that use. The complexity of addiction recovery for mental health professionals who treat them, however, is more complex.
With the changes in addictive substances and overall substance abuse on the rise the field of addiction recovery must rise to the occasion to adapt and meet the needs of the community through effective measures … measures that will fail unless they are imbued with the values of humanistic psychology.
An epidemic of elder abuse -- through prescription drugs05/12/2011
The misuse of antipsychotic drugs on the elderly has been under scrutiny for some time now. Research reports, warnings by federal and state governments and physicians have apparently fallen on deaf ears.
According to recent research, millions of nursing home residents are being prescribed antipsychotic medications they don't need – just to keep them docile.
Propublica, an independent nonprofit newsroom specializing investigative reporting for the public interest, published a blog May 10th, highlighting the troubles of nursing home care.
The New York Times also discussed a recent report issued by the Health and Human Services Department. The report reviewed the details from the largest medical care program for persons over 65 to determine just how many were receiving prescriptions for atypical antipsychotic drugs while they were living in nursing homes. These are drugs that have not been approved for use on patients with dementia … and in fact the FDA specifically issued a warning in 2005 that they should not be used this way.
A majority of nursing homes don't appear to be listening.
Music is good for the soul -- and music therapy is good for the body05/11/2011
Music is good for the soul – maybe that's why new research shows it can also be healing.
A study published in the journal Music and Medicine featured a successful project that used music therapy with palliative (or hospice) care. Sandi Curtis, professor at Concordia University Department of Creative Arts, pulled together professional musicians to work alongside music therapists to provide 101 terminally ill individuals ranging in age from 18-101 years old with single music therapy sessions that lasted between 15 to 60 minutes.
The goal of the intervention was to relieve the pain, encourage relaxation, increase quality of life and improve mood. The results were positive, so positive that a few of the families and participants requested music be played at the time that they died. Music soothed the soul during one of the most deeply soulful and spiritual points in life.
Graduate College of Psychology and Humanistic Studies05/10/2011
Every individual has a unique role and influence in the world that can be realized through their life's work.
Saybrook's College of Psychology and Humanistic Studies helps you find your passion, prepare for your career, and engage with the world to make it a better place.
The premier graduate university for education in humanistic psychology; a cutting edge pioneer in the study of organizational systems; and the only American university offer accredited degrees in Human Science (the European tradition of social sciences) – Saybrook's College of Psychology and Humanistic Studies (PHS) offers a truly unique opportunity to advance one's life's work through humanistic study, scholarship, and activism.
PHS degrees are offered in low-residency programs, allowing students to study while remaining in their careers and without relocating. Students are required to attend a small number of Residential Conference each year for workshops, seminars, training, and intensives – and otherwise can complete coursework online.
PHS offers the following degrees:
In Psychology:
- MA Psychology
- MA Psychology, specializing in Creativity Studies
- MA Psychology, specializing in Jungian Studies
- MA Psychology, specializing in Marriage and Family Therapy
- PhD Psychology
- PhD Psychology, specializing in Clinical Psychology
- PhD Psychology, specializing in Jungian Studies
- PsyD
- MA Organizational Systems
- MA Organizational Systems, specializing in Leadership of Sustainable Systems
- PhD Organizational Systems
Students in any PHS program have the option of choosing a concentration in one of the following areas:
- Consciousness and Spirituality
- Humanistic and Transpersonal Psychology
- Integrative Health Studies
- Organizational Systems
- Social Transformation
Saybrook offers 11 certificates to non-degree students and to degree students seeking to enhance their education.
To earn a certificate, students need to complete four 3-credt certificate courses, one 3-credit practicum course, and a 1-credit integrative paper that ties course study and research together. Students will earn 16 units by completing a certificate. When appropriate, Saybrook students can transfer credits earned through a certificate towards their degree program.
Saybrook offers certification in the following areas:
- Building a Sustainable World
- Community Health and Development
- Creativity Studies
- Dream Studies
- Expressive Arts for Healing and Social Change
- Existential-Humanistic Therapy
- Jungian Studies
- Leading Organizational Transformation
- Organizational Consulting
- Peace and Conflict Resolution (International Focus)
- Violence Prevention and Response
For more information about Saybrook's Graduate College of Psychology and Humanistic Studies, visit www.saybrook.edu, or contact an admissions specialist.
Why other people know you better than you know yourself -- and how it can help05/10/2011
Others may know you better than you know yourself.
Researchers Simine Vazire and Erika Carlson explore this self-defining issue in an article published in the Current Directions in Psychological Science. (This study is actually a follow up to their 2010 study which was published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology).
In their 2011 piece, Vazire and Carlson suggest others have a better picture of who we are than we do. Why? Apparently we have a blind spot that is a result of what they refer to as "motivated cognitive process" in other words at some level we are motivated to not see all that we are. Those motivations can be conscious or unconscious, seen or hidden.
They suggest that we have a better concept of who we are internally, meaning we can tell what's going on inside whether anger, anxiety or optimism. On the other hand, others have a better view of the external picture of us. For example, a good friend may tell you that you give off a confident energy when you may not believe that you do. According to this research your friend is probably right. But they are probably not picking up on what is going on inside you – all of that anxiety behind the confidence. This doesn't mean the confidence is not there. It means that both are present and part of your experience.
Vazire research shows that across the board, others are able to give accurate impressions of one another: but here are exceptions.
Are good communication skills the foundation of psychological success?05/09/2011
In conversation, as in life, it turns out that the little things matter a lot.
How you talk can make or break you. In fact, there is an entire science devoted to improving face-to-face communication – and it suggests that flawed communication is a major source of relationship distress and demise.
In Is Your Communication Style Affecting Your Relationship for Better or for Worse?, Dr. Sherrie Bourg Carter suggests that conversational styles and patterns in relationships are a major source of clandestine stress. Dr. Bourg Carter contends that many relationships and communications involve parties who are essentially speaking "a different language" depending on their level of directness, assertiveness, and compassion.
Dr. Bourg Carter is among many psychologists who suggest the importance of effective face-to-face communication for relationships and interpersonal fulfillment. It's long been suggested that communication depends on the on "skill sets" or "talk habits" in one's conversational repertoire.
In The Talk Book: The Intimate Science of Communicating in Close Relationships, author Dr. Gerald Goodman explores the skill sets needed for improved communication, transformed relationships, and fulfilled interpersonal relations. Dr. Goodman purports that changing six talking habits will transform all facets of your life.
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You can't diagnose a mental disorder the way you fix a toaster - but the DSM keeps trying05/06/2011
It's been a busy for the manual of mental disorders.
A new organizational framework was announced for the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5). Published by the American Psychiatric Association, it's the book doctors look at to decide if you're crazy and what medicine to prescribe for it. It may or may not be accurate – but it's a big deal.
The newest version, now scheduled for May 2013, is proposing to restructure previous categories and chapters to reflect scientific advancements and hypothesized.
Sounds good, but there's one big problem: the DSM has always been flawed, and the proposed DSM-5 looks to be no better.
The flaw is that it tries very hard to figure out symptoms, but no time at all trying to understand people.
There's no empirical validation to this approach … and it's packed with conflicts of interest to the drug companies who benefit each time a new symptom is deemed "treatable" by drugs.
It matters what the voices in your head are saying05/05/2011
Have you ever been known or been with someone who was diagnosed as schizophrenic? Have they ever shared their experiences with you?
Have you ever wondered what that's like?
Hearing voices or "auditory hallucinations" is the one aspect that
Can America come to terms with the post-911 reality it created?05/04/2011
Emotions have run high since United States president Barack Obama announced the death of Osama bin Laden.
"The head of the snake is gone," said Rudi Dekkers, the owner of the flight school that trained the two terrorist pilots responsible for killing thousands in the World Trade Center towers.
Bin Laden's death marks a turning point of nearly a decade of grief, anger, and insecurity for all effected by the tragedies of 9-11. The tragic events of that day will forever be present as a reminder and a threat of the destructive capacities of terrorism.
But always remembering must not mean we stay locked in the past: Amidst great pain and fear, issues of remorse, forgiveness, and rehumanization are beginning to surface in light of the gross human rights violations that followed September 11, 2001.
In the Journal of Humanistic Psychology, author Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela draws on experiences from the South African apartheid to remind us what remorse, forgiveness and rehumanization look like in the aftermath of gross human rights violations.
There are no shortcuts to wisdom05/03/2011
If you were wise, what would it be like?
I don't mean "what would you know" – I mean "what would the experience of life be like?" Are wise people different from the rest of us? How do they live?
That's the question Pscyhologist Dolores Pushkar set out to answer in a recently published piece: "What Philosophers Say Compared with What Psychologists Find in Discerning Values: How Wise People Interpret Life".
Pushkar, Etezadi, and Lyster acknowledge that there is no consensus on what defines wisdom, but they propose the following as being key aspects; knowledge, deep understanding of human nature, life contentment, empathy and the flexibility to see issues from others' perspectives.
What does it take to get mentally healthy in 21st century America?05/02/2011
There is no health, without mental health.
May is Mental Health Month—bringing hope and awareness for more than 54 million adults in America who have a diagnosable mental health condition. One and four American adults live with a mental illness that is diagnosable, debilitating and better yet: treatable.
It's estimated that up to half of the more than 54 million people with a mental illness do not seek help. Cost, stigma, lack of information, or insufficient health insurance coverage account for the disparity—with frightening repercussions for individuals, families, society.
Poor mental healthcare is a public health crisis. Regrettably, it effects are widespread. Here are some of the frightful side effects--
- Suicide is the third leading cause of death for 15-24 year olds.
- Older adults with untreated depression and diabetes—die at twice the rate of those who receive effective treatment and care for their depression.
- Research suggests that students ages 14-21 with emotional disturbances or mental health conditions drop out of school at twice the rate of students with other disabilities.
Reforming America's mental healthcare system begins as a grassroots level; by embracing the foundational principles inherent in humanistic psychology.
Graduate College of Psychology and Humanistic Studies05/01/2011
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The good news is that there are ways to ensure that you're cooking gluten-free meals that are safe. There are a few key things to keep in mind if you're wondering how to cook gluten-free.
To ensure gluten-free meals you need to create a gluten-free food list to gain a better understanding of what foods you can eat. With a gluten-free food list you can avoid the foods with unsafe grains and starches, and have a sense for what you can and cannot have. Read labels to make sure that those grains and starches are not in what you want to buy. After you have purchased your gluten-free food, be sure to avoid cross contamination with foods with gluten in your kitchen. A good way to do this is to designate a part of your kitchen for your gluten-free foods.
To get a better sense of what gluten-free flour you like, you can buy different gluten-free baking mixes to test out. Finally, find a good gluten-free cookbook that highlights gluten-free recipes and tips on using the right ingredients to cook gluten-free meals. The following article, written by Teri Gruss, MS for About.com, details the five steps touched on above and offers deeper insight into cooking gluten-free.
5 Tips for New Gluten-Free Cooks
Cooking Without Gluten – What You Need to Know to Get Started
By Teri Gruss, MS, About.com Guide
Learn how to prepare yourself and your kitchen for safe and successful gluten-free cooking with these five tips for new gluten-free cooks.
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Use our list of safe and unsafe grains and starches to learn which flours you can safely use in gluten free cooking. Take the list with you when you grocery shop and always read labels. If you see an ingredient that you aren't sure about don't hesitate to ask questions!
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Designate one area in your kitchen for storing your gluten-free cooking ingredients. Refrigerate or freeze whole grain gluten free flours in labeled, sealed containers.
Make sure your food prep surfaces, utensils, mixer and pans are free of any kind of gluten residue. Buy a new toaster and use it only for gluten-free toasting. It is very important to avoid cross-contamination of gluten-free foods with gluten.
Tips for Preventing Cross-Contamination
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- 160900 Canada Inc. Acquisition Exemption Order
- Air Transportation Regulations
- Algoma Central Railway Traffic Rules and Regulations
- Ammonium Nitrate Storage Facilities Regulations
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- Canadian National Railway Passenger Train Travel Rules and Regulations
- Canadian Pacific Railway Traffic Rules and Regulations
- Canadian Transportation Agency Designated Provisions Regulations
- Canadian Transportation Agency General Rules [Repealed]
- Canadian Transportation Agency Rules (Dispute Proceedings and Certain Rules Applicable to All Proceedings)
- Chlorine Tank Car Unloading Facilities Regulations
- CTC Abandonment Orders Respecting the Avonlea Subdivision Between Parry and Avonlea, Order Varying
- Decision No. 618-W-2005 of the Canadian Transportation Agency, Order Rescinding
- Decision No. 712-W-1993 of the National Transportation Agency, Order Varying
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- Flammable Liquids Bulk Storage Regulations
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- Handling of Carloads of Explosives on Railway Trackage Regulations
- Heating and Power Boilers Regulations
- Height of Wires of Telegraph and Telephone Lines Regulations
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A 25-year-old motorcyclist was killed Tuesday morning in a two-vehicle crash that forced officials to close an Orlando roadway.
The motorcycle, driven by Kyle Allen Morton, and a SUV,driven by a 73-year-old woman, crashed around 8:25 a.m. on Goldenrod Road near Charlin Parkway.
According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the woman made a left turn in front of Morton, causing him to hit the SUV and be thrown off his motorcycle.
Morton was pronounced dead at the scene, troopers said.
Goldenrod Road was closed in both directions in the area while troopers conducted an investigation.
Charges are pending against the driver.
Troopers said the crash marks the third motorcyclist who's been killed in a crash in Central Florida over the last 48 hours, including a man who was run over in College Park on Monday night.
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Northampton Municipal Building
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212 Main Street (Behind the City Hall building)
Driving Directions
From the North: Take 91 S to exit 20 (Route 5, King Street). Go through 5 traffic lights. The 6th set of lights is the intersection of Main St. Turn right on Main Street. City Hall will be about a block-and-a-half on your left, on the corner of Main Street and Crafts Avenue.
From the South: Take 91 N to exit 18. Take a left off the exit ramp and travel down Pleasant Street approximately one mile until you reach the traffic lights at the intersection with Main St. Turn left onto Main Street. City Hall will be about a block-and-a-half on your left, on the corner of Main Street and Crafts Avenue.
Where to Park
Once you arrive in downtown Northampton, you may find short term parking (one-hour meters) lining both sides of Main Street. Long-Term parking (up to 10-hours) can be found at the municipal parking lots on Strong Avenue, at the Maplewood Shops, the Round House lot, and the John Gare Parking Garage. Smaller lots are also located off Masonic Street, Armory Street, and Pleasant Street, and metered parking runs along the side streets that run off Main Street. The parking meter rate on Main Street is 50 cents per hour, and the meters currently take quarters only. The hourly rate is lower in the long-term lots and parking garage.
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Squamous cell carcinomas and renal failure were reported the causes of death in patients with recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (RDEB). Death from colonic disease in epidermolysis bullosa (EB) is never reported.
Case presentation
We demonstrate a male patient with RDEB. He suffered megacolon due to fecal impaction and died from sigmoid colon perforation with peritonitis at age 35 years.
Constipation is a common clinical feature of RDEB, but fetal complications of chronic constipation are rarely reported. To the author's best knowledge, it has not been reported or recognized in the English literature previously. The aggressive assessment of constipation with fecal impaction is recommended in patients with RDEB.
Epidermolysis bullosa (EB) encompasses a group of heritable skin disorders manifesting with easy blistering and erosions as a result of minor trauma to the skin. Evaluations of epidemiology of EB in other countries [1-5] were reported. In U.S., the special report of the large size American population for inherited EB was studied[6].
The extracutaneous manifestations are clinically diversified, including respiratory, gastrointestinal, and vesicourinary tract incolvement[6,7]. The dystrophic forms are characterized by tissue cleavage below the lamina densa on the dermal side of the cutaneous basement membrane zone at the level of the anchoring fibrils resulting from mutations in COL7A1, the gene encoding type VII collagen[6-9]. The site and specific nature of the underlying mutation determine the clinical phenotype.
In 2000, Dr. Gau-Tyan Lin had identified a homozygous intronic splice-site mutation at the +1 position of intron 5 (682+1G→A) of COL7A1 in the family of this patient with recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (RDEB). Consanguinity was noted to be a significant factor of the severe inherited disease[9].
The clinical course of recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (RDEB) is characterized by generalized skin distribution with early onset at birth, severe blisters, milia, atrophic scarring, dystrophic or absent nails, and repetitive skin infection. The extracutaneous involvements comprise oral ulcers, dental problems, anemia, growth retardation, sparse scalp hair or alopecia, pseudosyndactyly of hands and feet (mitten deformities), gastrointestinal tract manifestations[6,8,9].
Carcinogenesis indicates a major clinical problem for epidermolysis bullosa patients. With increasing age, squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) is a common cause of mortality[7,8]. In addition, renal failure is reported as one of the causes of death among patients with RDEB[10,11]. We demonstrate a patient with RDEB suffered constipation with fecal impaction and eventually demised of sigmoid colon perforation with peritonitis.
Case presentation
A 35-year-old man sustained Hallopeau-Siemens recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (RDEB-HS) confirmed by gene analysis. A detailed study of mutation analysis was carried out by Dr. Gau-Tyan Lin[6]. A homozygous intronic splice-site mutation at the +1 position of intron 5 (682+1G→A) in the type VII collagen gene (COL7A1) was identified. His mother was a heterozygous carrier of this mutation[6]. Parental consanguinity was confirmed by the DNA study. With early onset at 7th day postnatal, he suffered blisters and erosions at all skin of his body. He had a characteristic mitten deformity of hands and feet. Since the age of 21 years, he had received lots of surgical procedures including separation of digits, release of flexion contracture, and skin grafting for ulcers, skin defect and pseudosyndactyly of his hands and feet. In the meanwhile, repeated skin infection was experienced. Besides he had anemia, malnutrition, and chronic constipation with stool impaction for years. Laxatives (magnesium oxide 250 mg 3 times per day and sennosides 20 mg before sleep) were given.
Due to skin ulcers and wound infection of right hand and right low leg, he was admitted to the hospital. He received wound debridement of right low leg and right hand with separation of first web of right hand. Three days after the operation, abdominal pain and distention were complained. Enema (glycerol 60 ml) was given, but to no avail. Vomiting and abdominal discomfort got worse. White blood count: 25.50 × 1000/ul was noted. Computed tomography (CT) of abdomen demonstrated extra-luminal free air in the peritoneal cavity and stool impaction in the distal sigmoid colon with marked distention of colonic loop (Figure 1). Hallow organ perforation with peritonitis was highly suspected. Emergent laparotomy was performed. During operation, sigmoid colon perforation with ischemic bowel and fecal impaction in the distal sigmoid colon were noted. Hartmann's procedure (resection of ischemic bowel and colostomy ) and intra-abdominal abscess drainage were done. Unfortunately septic shock developed. Intensive management was applied; however, the condition got worse, and he was expired two days after operation.
Figure 1. (A) Computed tomography (CT) of abdomen showed extra-luminal free air in the peritoneal cavity (white arrow), and marked distension of colonic loop with fecal impaction (black arrow). (B) Fecal impaction with marked colon distention was noted in the distal sigmoid colon (black arrow).
Gastrointestinal manifestations of epidermolysis bullosa comprise dysphagia, esophageal stricture, growth failure like esophageal web, constipation and anal lesions[12-15]. They are most common seen in recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (RDEB), but may also arise in dominant dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (DDEB), junctional epidermolysis bullosa (JEB) and epidermolysis bullosa simplex (EBS) [6,13,15].
Esophageal involvements are associated with the gradual development of dysphagia. The bullae can be precipitated by the ingestion of food with pain on swallowing. The esophageal web in the upper esophagus or cricopharyngeal area may also result in swallowing difficultily[12-14]. It may lead to low fiber intake and malnutrition. Low fiber intake is likely to contribute to constipation[15].
Anal lesions with bullae, erosions, and scarring may cause painful defecation and result in chronic constipation[13]. Constipation with fecal impaction is a common problem in patients with RDEB[6,12,14,15]. These patients are at the increased risk for developing constipation due to limited oral intake, low fiber intake, anal lesions and excessive loss of fluid through the skin. Chronic constipation may lead to severe bowel distention due to fecal impaction. Large amounts of stool within a redundant colon can be noted on the radiograph of abdomen[13].
For chronic constipation, general standard treatments, such as the use of stool softeners and laxatives including suppositories and enemas, are usually unsuccessful in resolving the problems. Mineral oil is restricted in the treatment of constipation with esophageal obstruction due to the danger of aspiration[13]. Further researches are necessary for drastic prevention and therapy of chronic constipation with fecal impaction in patients with EB.
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