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Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Ilona Royce Smithkin Celebrates Her 93rd Birthday
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- Natalie Newman said...
Ilona has become such a big inspiration for my life. I talked about her yesterday and she crosses my mind at least once a week. Every time I feel weak, every time I think that this life just rushes by and that we live in a society that just treasures the young, I grow calm and I remember that age is really just a definition of my own thoughts. When I feel stuck, when I am not nice to myself, when I think that I am small and insignificant, I start to grow old. I get stiff. Ilona is a bright and young soul, she enjoys life so very much and she has her focus on things that are good for her. So right now I´m 27, I know I still have a lot to learn, but there are so many great things that she taught me ever since I found her in one of her vidoes on youtube. Thank you for sharing her with us here, with the world and thank you for inspiring me to keep up. One step at a time.
Greetings from Vienna,
- March 27, 2013 at 9:26 AM
Happy Birthday Ilona! You are my inspiration!
- March 27, 2013 at 9:29 AM
- carla fox said...
Happy Birthday, Ilona! I love her...her spirit shines through every photo you post of her. She inspires me!
- March 27, 2013 at 10:01 AM
- Gloria in CA said...
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Ilona!! Have yourself a wonderful day. I just love how you bring color to this world and of course I thank Ari for having introduced you to us all. You are a magnet of life. God Bless You!
Thanks for sharing Ari.
- March 27, 2013 at 10:13 AM
- thorne garnet said...
Happy birthday, beautiful!
- March 27, 2013 at 10:13 AM
Happy Birthday, Ilona! To many more . . .
- March 27, 2013 at 11:00 AM
Happy Birthday, Ilona! To many more . . . Thank you for reminding us to celebrate always.
- March 27, 2013 at 11:00 AM
- Kristin said...
Ilona has me so excited about every day of my life. I'm no longer afraid of getting older. Happy Birthday lovely!
- March 27, 2013 at 11:04 AM
- Karen Albert said...
Happy Birthday llona! I enjoy every single time that Ari features you!
Art by Karen
- March 27, 2013 at 11:35 AM
Happy Birthday to a beautiful woman who brings joy to us all.
I hope your special day is filled with happiness and fun!
- March 27, 2013 at 11:44 AM
- Manual Fashion said...
Amazing style.
Kiss from Manual Fashion.
- March 27, 2013 at 12:03 PM
- kathleen temple, tailor said...
Happy Birthday, Ilona! You don't know me, but I LOVE YOU.
- March 27, 2013 at 12:30 PM
- Krista Gassib said...
Redhead to redhead I love ya sister! Happy Birthday fiery beauty!
- March 27, 2013 at 12:47 PM
- Forest City Fashionista said...
I wish you a very Happy Birthday! You truly make this world a much brighter place, and your spirit is so inspiring.
- March 27, 2013 at 1:01 PM
- Shelley Zurek -- Still Blonde after all these YEARS said...
Happy Birtday Ionia. Your beauty and color are my sunshine and rainbow.
- March 27, 2013 at 1:24 PM
- Catherine said...
VA-VA-VOOM !!!!! You're an Aries....just like me!
- March 27, 2013 at 1:39 PM
- BluMoon said...
Happy Birthday Ilona Hope your having a wonderful day, you are a true inspiration for staying forever youthful and beautiful.
Very best wishes
- March 27, 2013 at 2:57 PM
- Allisunny S. said...
The happiest of birthdays to a legend :) xoxoxox
- March 27, 2013 at 3:03 PM
- Theanne said...
Happy Birthday Ms. Smithking...looking good :D
- March 27, 2013 at 4:01 PM
- Laura said...
Happy Birthday! So much joy in you, I love it!
- March 27, 2013 at 5:32 PM
- Joan Nova said...
Wonderful photos!
Happy Birthday Ilona!!!
- March 27, 2013 at 7:49 PM
- valerie said...
hApPy BiRthDaY Ilonna! You're a beautiful inspiration. I love you in the videos; your voice and wisdom brighten my day :) Have a lovely day!
- March 27, 2013 at 8:48 PM
- Kay dancingbrushpainting.blogspot.com said...
Happy birthday Ilona!! Thank you for sharing your sparkling energy with us.
- March 27, 2013 at 9:00 PM
- Idiosyncratic Fashionistas said...
Ilona - You have no idea how many peoples lives you touch. Congratulations and best wishes for many more birthdays! Keep on rockin' in the free world, woman. We love you.
- March 27, 2013 at 9:16 PM
What a beautiful, joyous lady!
- March 28, 2013 at 1:50 AM
- June said...
Illona our angel . . . wishing you a wonderful birthday and so many more to come. Thank you for sharing your delightful self with us all. You leave us breathless and happier. Kisses and Smiles.
- March 28, 2013 at 2:06 AM
- Kay Brady said...
Happy birthday x
your blog is amazing you look so colorful and vibrant.
How ever you celebrate you birthday i hope you do it with a full heart and a big smile x
- March 28, 2013 at 8:08 AM
Happy, happy birthday Ilona! You are an inspiration to me and a reminder that color and smiles make the day a brighter place.
- March 28, 2013 at 3:45 PM
- DressUpNotDown said...
She's so beautiful!!! Happy Birthday Ilona...keep 'em coming so we can see your wonderful style for a long time yet! :o)
- March 28, 2013 at 11:46 PM
happy, happy birthday, and many happy, healthy returns!
thank you for sharing your smile and your light with us!
- March 29, 2013 at 9:44 PM
- The Style Crone said...
Happy Birthday Ilona! You are my constant inspiration.
- March 30, 2013 at 9:56 AM
- Soul Fishing said...
I want to be just like this lady when I grow old;)
- March 31, 2013 at 4:08 AM
- traci's mixed bag said...
She is so lovely. I hope to be that vibrant and full of life at her age.
- April 1, 2013 at 5:06 PM
I know I am a little late, but I hope you had the happiest of birthdays Ilona! You inspire so many, I feel my life will be improving so greatly as I grow older just because of knowing you exist so joyfully. Thank you to Ari for this blog as well. I hope today has been another fabulous day for me.
- April 1, 2013 at 9:24 PM
- nuxy said...
her eyelashes are fabolous! :D
- April 5, 2013 at 7:53 AM
- Sanaya Pandit said...
so lovely and lively. im glad i came across your blog. i have never smiled soo much at any ones pictures. they are so fresh and wonderful. i wish i could see such pretty women everyday around me who are stylish at this age too. its rare!
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Located in Uttarakhand, India, lies a glacial lake known as Roopkund, at an altitude of roughly 16,499 feet. While the placement of the lake makes it quite spectacular, it is actually what was found in the lake that makes it so peculiar. Some time during the late 19th century, explorers began to discover human skeletons around the edge of the lake. It was believed that these individuals perished from an epidemic, landslide, or blizzard. Carbon dating showed that the remains were from sometime between the 12th century and the 15th century.
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No wonder he sucks so bad this year. Christian Ponder And Samantha Steele Got Married
Nobody but HB knows for sure. You pretty much know nothing....like Knownothing would like to say.
I predict 13 months.
Eyes closed, head first, can't lose.
Damn, they practically just announced they were dating, much less engaged or married.
I'm not all up on my sports dating stuff, but didn't they just get together/engaged?
The way I figure it. Ponder relizes that he only has a year or two left in the NFL. He has to wrap this up quick before she realizes he sucks.
This situation escalated quickly.... bun in the oven?
Court house wedding. That sounds dreamy....
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I predict 13 months.
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This situation escalated quickly.... bun in the oven?
Samantha Steele @Samantha_Steele
Twitter is so tricky. Who knew that "she's pregnant" & "they'll be divorced soon" are just the 2012 version of "congrats"! Thx guys! :)
some of the comments are hilarious. one of my favorites:
Rumor has it that when they had to stand in front of the judge, Ponder shuffled around for about five seconds, ran to the right side of courtroom and threw the ring across his body, right into the hands of the next bride waiting to get hitched.
I just tweeted her a congratulations and the hope that her firstborn son gets his throwing arm from Samantha.
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An extra point is 20yds there Einstein
Its pretty obvious why this wedding was so quick... and Ponders play should improve immediatly! lets just say the he will be smarter for not having to watch porn as much as before and he should be less "frustrated"!
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No wonder he sucks so bad this year. Christian Ponder And Samantha Steele Got Married
Could they have found a dooshier picture of Ponder?
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started dating in mid-October?! Married in a courtroom?
They're celebrities, don't they know no one cares anymore if they're married before kids or not? And hey, we all know how to count anyway, not like you can hide it and say your 9lb baby is just "premature".
that or they wanted the sex. Also not a great reason to have a quickie wedding.
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that or they wanted the sex. Also not a great reason to have a quickie wedding.
what were we talking about? Im dumber now!!
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Cleansing our minds of crime and vice.
When Elizabeth Loftus began to plant false memories to test their therapeutic benefits, the memories seemed innocuous. They weren't about families or politics. They were just about food. You went into the experiment thinking you'd always loved strawberry ice cream, and you came out thinking it had made you sick. Big deal.
But successful ideas have a way of spreading. Soon, Loftus was trying the same technique on alcohol. And she was starting to think about tampering with the kinds of memories whose authenticity had once anchored her career: memories of crime and abuse.
A decade earlier, when she first wrote and testified against recovered memories of sexual abuse, her concern had been that such memories might be false. They could send innocent people to jail. But the more she looked into these cases, the more she noticed a second problem: Regardless of their truth or falsehood, memories of incestuous abuse were hurting the women who had recovered them. Their families were torn apart. Many were losing their jobs, ending their marriages, contemplating suicide, or mutilating themselves.
Her objections to recovered-memory therapy grew. The likely falsity of the memories was just the first problem. The second problem was that even if some of the memories were true, they could still be harmful. And even if they were true and helpful, the therapy might still be harmful on balance. Recovered-memory therapy, like any drug or medical procedure, should be judged by its total costs and benefits across the population, Loftus argued. If it hurt too many patients, its use might be unjustified "even if the benefits for actual victims can be shown." Perhaps, despite the truth, it was better not to remember.
By the end of the 1990s, science was developing new ways to deaden such memories. A study published in 2000 showed that in rats, fearful recollection of an electric shock could be blocked by injection of a drug called anisomycin. Loftus was intrigued. "We're on the brink of being able to figure out how you might accomplish something like memory engineering," she suggested. Patients could be prompted to recall traumatic incidents, she speculated, and drugs could be administered to prevent the memories' reconsolidation.
In 2002 and 2003, studies indicated that another drug, propranolol, could prevent or reduce post-traumatic stress disorder in humans. Adam Kolber, a law professor at the University of San Diego, monitored the research and talked to Loftus about its legal and moral implications. She was fascinated. She went back to her lab determined to get involved. She started with attitudinal research, asking people whether they would take a memory-dampening drug after being mugged and beaten. Nearly half wanted the right to take the drug, but only 14 percent said they would do it. She was surprised. If she had endured such an assault, she decided, she would take the drug.
She understood propranolol's legal implications. Its main effect was to dampen the emotional content of traumatic memories. But to a lesser extent, it also dampened their factual content. A victim who took the drug might lose her ability to testify convincingly against her assailant. Even in this circumstance, Loftus concluded, memory dampening should be permitted. The overriding principle, she argued, was freedom of choice.
But would freedom of choice survive therapeutic deception? Would it survive social pressure to fix unhealthy memories and habits? Loftus and her colleagues were already presenting memory therapy as an alternative to coercion. In their article on fattening food, they warned that unless behavioral scientists stemmed the obesity crisis, laws might be imposed to induce healthier eating, just as "seatbelt laws were imposed upon us when people were not using them on their own." In their article on alcohol, they offered memory doctoring as an alternative to electric shock and other "invasive" aversion therapies.
Society had an obvious interest in purging traumatic memories. These memories, Loftus and her coauthors noted, caused "significant costs to sufferers, their families, and society," such as traffic deaths and reduced productivity. A similar case could be made for erasing bigotry, an idea that had interested Loftus for years. Memory doctors might be "useful for curing societal ills such as social prejudice," she suggested in 2001. Prejudice might be based "on a few incidents involving a unique group of people, so the memory doctor could wipe out or alter memory of these incidents."
Loftus never endorsed such treatments without the patient's consent. But she was stretching the definition of consent to fit memory therapy. To plant false food memories without violating informed consent, she and a colleague proposed in 2009 that
a therapist might ask for blanket permission in an early session to use various techniques to bring about a positive outcome—a list that might include the planting of false beliefs. If permission is granted, then, much later, when the permission session is long forgotten, the suggestive technique might be attempted.
The proposal sounded like one of Loftus' deception experiments. But it wasn't an experiment. It was the procedure to obtain consent to the deception. Using her expertise in memory's vulnerabilities, she was figuring out how to manipulate people into authorizing their manipulation. In this way, a memory doctor could justify herself.
Loftus answering a question at the Center for Inquiry's World Congress, April 2009
Maybe the doctor would stop at fixing the patient's eating behavior. Maybe she would move on to trauma or prejudice. The patient, having forgotten the initial mention of memory manipulation, would be none the wiser. And once memories were altered, there was no going back. In this respect, Loftus theorized, the brain worked like a computer: "You call up a file, edit it and then put the revised file back. The original is lost."
Worse, there was no way to distinguish altered memories from originals. For three decades, Loftus looked for telltale signatures that might help judges and juries. She tried everything: confidence, vividness, emotionality, brain scans. She found some differences on average, but nothing that reliably identified a false memory. In 2009, she and her colleagues concluded that "it might be virtually impossible to tell reliably if a particular memory is true or false without independent corroboration."
And where would the corroboration come from? Documents? Photographs? Video? With digital technology, such evidence could easily be altered or fabricated. Two weeks ago, Slate did just that, editing several images to plant false political memories. (The experiment ran here; you can read the results here and view a slide show of the altered images here.) Even DNA could be faked: In 2009, scientists reported that they had manufactured a blood sample sufficiently incriminating to fool a forensics lab. Altered evidence, in turn, could alter memories, as Loftus herself had proved. False evidence and false memories would corroborate each other.
This wasn't the future Loftus had envisioned when she first fantasized about doctoring memories. But seeing the future was never her forte. She didn't foresee the memory doctors of the 1990s, either. In 2002, she wrote,
While musing about the hypothetical memory doctor in 1980, I could not have known that a version of the memory specialist was in the making. These "repressed memory therapists" would go out and prospect for early childhood memories of trauma, and in the process they inadvertently created false memories of the most unimaginable kind. The memory doctors I had speculated about in 1980 were supposed to use their talents to help people. The memory doctors of the 1990s went in the wrong direction.


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The Husky flew to the West Coast at the conclusion of EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wis., with a stop at its birthplace, Aviat Aircraft in Afton, Wyo. There, the craftsmen who build the rugged bush plane by hand gave the Tornado Husky a thorough looking over and a new annual inspection.
During an adventure-filled year, the Tornado Husky has brought attention to the promise, challenge, and excitement of flying off the beaten path, and it has dropped in at places as far flung as Bar Harbor, Maine; Key West, Fla.; Kalispell, Mont.; and now Palm Springs. But even though it has traveled far and wide, the total time on the Tornado Husky's airframe and engine are right around 200 hours—and the annual inspection confirmed this frisky young pup is just entering the prime of its life.
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Aviat performs Husky annuals in Afton that can resemble NASCAR pit stops.
When the Tornado Husky rolled to a stop on the factory ramp, company technicians pushed it into their maintenance hangar and got right to work. After the engine compression check, they drained the oil, replaced the filter, examined the screens, replaced a misfiring ELT, repaired minor blemishes on the right aileron, and hoisted the airplane off the ground with a chain that they attached to two metal lift hooks on the top wing. The 29-inch Alaskan Bushwheel tires were removed and the wheel bearings cleaned and greased.
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The annual inspection at Afton was completed in a single day.
"If there are no complications and we can keep two guys on it, we can often complete an annual inspection in a day like this," said Hastings, who was assisted by Aviat technician Val Swenson. "This time, the stars all aligned in our favor."
That's been a consistent theme throughout the year. After the hard-luck Husky was battered by the Sun 'n Fun Tornado in March 2011, its fortunes seem to have improved. Everywhere it goes, the Tornado Husky is greeted by people who appreciate its unique history and the limitless possibilities for adventure it offers. (But the airplane's reputation for attracting wild weather also held true with a strong thunderstorm at EAA AirVenture, and wind and hail in Wyoming.)
And even though it's not the world's fastest airplane (105 knots at cruise), it goes places. On its westbound journey, the Tornado Husky flew 6.5 hours (with one fuel stop in Ohio) to Oshkosh where it joined a line of other aircraft on the Fisk Arrival to Runway 27. The day after EAA AirVenture ended, it logged 10.5 hours (with stops in Minnesota and South Dakota). From there, it headed almost straight south to St. George, Utah, and then hooked right into Southern California where it rode a rare tailwind westbound across the desert.
The airplane ran beautifully throughout the transcontinental flight, but stormy weather in Chicago meant crossing the blue middle of Lake Michigan, and headwinds and wilting high temperatures (and density altitudes) across the Great Plains demanded much—and the Tornado Husky delivered.
Aviat pilots Steve Anderson and Owen Genzlinger were ferrying two brand-new Huskys to Afton after EAA AirVenture, and AOPA President Craig Fuller joined their caravan in his personal Husky, and photographer George Kounis and I came in the Tornado Husky. The pack of four Huskys encountered 30-knot headwinds in western Wisconsin and Minnesota, jarring turbulence and haze and smoke from wildfires in South Dakota, and climbed as high as 11,500 feet crossing the Big Horn Mountains of northern Wyoming. During the final hour of the marathon trip, we dropped into loose formation and followed the Snake River along the base of the Grand Tetons and through the canyons to a sublime sunset arrival at Alpine Airpark. There are 14 Huskys based at Alpine, and the four new arrivals seemed to fit right in.
When the Tornado Husky's annual inspection was complete, Aviat test pilot Anderson took the airplane up for a post-maintenance flight around Afton. He then made a few minor adjustments by reducing the engine idle RPM to 675, double-checked the elevator trim tension, and lubricated the tailwheel to get rid of an occasional shimmy.
"When an airplane leaves here, we make sure everything on it is right," he said. "I'm satisfied that everything on the Tornado Husky is right. It flies like a Husky—and that's the best compliment I can give any airplane"


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The inauguration of President Barack Obama was a milestone in the racial history of America. But what has happened in the year since history was made? Volunteer State Community College has two speakers scheduled who will examine the issue. Michael Eric Dyson is the author of 16 books, and a professor at Georgetown University. He will speak on Monday, February 8 at 12:15 p.m. in the auditorium at Caudill Hall.
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May 6, 2016
Two Onslow County American Red Cross volunteers helping in New York and New Jersey following Hurricane Sandy are now back home.
Helen Miller and Charlotte Rodriguez worked non-stop to help Sandy victims since November 1st.
Rodriguez says she couldn't believe her eyes when she came face to face with the devastation. "I truly was shocked. It was really worse than I expected. A lot of homes destroyed totally. Unlike North Carolina, they're never prepared for hurricanes, so their windows were not boarded up. Some of them even stayed in their homes up on the third floor. And some of them got stranded there. Some were okay, but some lives were lost."
On her first day in New York City, Rodriguez saw homes were leveled and boats scattered throughout the neighborhoods she visited. While a lot of these people had nothing--she was proud to see they were still helping their neighbors.
Rodriguez says she was really glad to have gone up there to help those victims for a few weeks and she says she might go back soon.
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text: Country Homes\nTo celebrate our June Country Houses issue, we've compiled a stunning collection of rural residences from the AD archives.\nArchitects Thomas W.S. Craven and Floyd E. Johnson were inspired by neoclassical architecture when planning Summer Duck Wood, the estate of Mary and James H.T. McConnell in Rapidan, Virginia. The fieldstone-clad house was built as a half octagon, a longtime favorite form in the area. The library, which draws heavily on Nancy Lancaster's Little Haseley in England, was decorated by Tino Zervudachi. (June 2007)\nOn a flat 11-acre plot of land in Michigan, architect Bruce A. Calhoun and landscape designer Gary Karlene created a Shaker-style residence and working organic farm. In addition to the three-story white clapboard main house, the property also includes two guesthouses and five barns, which boast a gym, a party space, a work space, and an aviary. The pared-down interiors by Mark Manardo and Barbara Balow echo the simple architecture. In the kitchen, ladder-back chairs surround a large communal table. (June 2010)\nDesigner William Sofield put a contemporary spin on the traditional log cabin for this ranch house in the Colorado Rockies, utilizing reclaimed wood and stone. The rustic triple-height breakfast area is flooded with morning sunlight thanks to numerous casement windows. (June 2010)\nFor his progressive Hamptons retreat, architect Lee F. Mindel of Shelton, Mindel & Assoc., in collaboration with architect Reed A. Morrison, combined elements of both modernist and Shingle-style homes. Constructed of reinforced concrete with an exterior clad in glass and stained cedar, the house also serves as a gallery for Mindel's striking collection of art and furnishings. The living area displays a Charlotte Perriand shelving unit, a Ron Arad chair, and a Kaare Klint sofa. (June 2007)\nArchitect Howard J. Backen, known for his work with Northern California wineries, created a hillside farmhouse with vineyard views for his family in Napa Valley. Decorated by his wife, Lori, the intimate main space—comprising the kitchen and living and dining areas—opens onto the veranda. Wicker furnishings and abundant white surfaces evocative of Swedish farmhouses give the room a relaxed, rustic feel. (September 2004)\nThe trio of architect Paul F. Shurtleff, interior designer Thad Hayes, and landscape specialist Douglas Reed joined forces to create this outbuilding for a home they designed in upstate New York. The exterior resembles traditional farmhouses in the area, with a fieldstone wall, barn doors, and a sloping shed roof. The interior, meanwhile, is filled with modern luxuries, including a pool, a gym, a spa, and a guest studio. The media room, shown here, is used for casual movie-screening evenings. (June 2008)\nThis Colonial Revival house outside Philadelphia was brought back to life by fashion designer Lauren Sara. Vines covering the exterior were removed, and the interior was gutted and refined with a minimalist palette of black and white. A clean-lined sofa and club chairs in the library are paired with a circa-1770 Rhode Island Windsor chair. (June 2006)\nNow home to a family with young children, this 19th-century barn was moved from Canada to Connecticut and converted into a 15-room house. Architect/designer S. Russell Groves was enlisted to update the interiors, including the living room, shown here, which he decorated using contemporary furnishings in neutral hues. (June 2008)\nThis 11,000-square-foot Shingle-style house, built by Nantucket Architecture Group, sits above the island's north-shore dunes and offers scenic views of the water. The owners, a couple from Los Angeles, hired interior designer Karin Blake to give the home a relaxed, aged feel. The double-height kitchen's reclaimed beams were flown in from New Hampshire, and the 1870s pine flooring was stenciled by a local artist. (June 2007)\nInterior designer Ellen Denisevich-Grickis moved an 18th-century barn from Ontario, Canada, to her property in Rhode Island. A stone fireplace and energy-efficient floors of concrete custom-mixed with sea glass and abalone shells were installed on the ground floor, which includes a cavernous kitchen and living and dining areas. (June 2008)\nPenny Drue Baird transformed an airy 19th-century barn on her clients' Bucks County, Pennsylvania, property into a comfortable space for entertaining and housing guests. The main floor was left open, and Baird decorated the living areas in a variety of earthy tones to complement the reclaimed wood used throughout. (June 2010)\nFor a ranch in Colorado, architect Gordon Pierce designed three small structures—a main house with an attached recreation space known as the barn and a guesthouse—to reduce the scale and help the residence blend into the landscape. Designer Elissa Cullman devised the interiors, including the rustic yet elegant living room. (June 2010)\nClay Hill, jewelry designer Elizabeth Locke's 1816 house in Virginia, was updated by Andy Lewis of Neumann Lewis Buchanan Architects and decorator Alison Martin. Lewis added a kitchen wing, designed to echo the original architecture, while Martin paired bold wall treatments with refined antiques, as seen in the library. (October 2011)\nWhen a British entrepreneur purchased Château de Fontenay, a 16th-century estate in France's Loire Valley, he called on interior designer Tino Zervudachi and landscape architect Louis Benech to enhance the property. 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That explosion killed two men.
OSHA said CVR Energy--the company that owns the refinery-- has 15 business days to dispute or comply with the citations.
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In a typically cynical, anti-Israel maneuver, President Obama and Secretary of State Clinton have extended their pro-Islam foreign policy. Working hand-in-hand with Islamic Brotherhood President Morsi in Egypt, and with Hamas in the Gaza Strip, they have imposed a humiliating cease-fire on Prime Minister Netanyahu's Israel.
This intervention threatens ugly consequences for the entire Middle East, raising expectations of Palestinians in their bid to eliminate the state of Israel, and encouraging the emergence of a new Islamic dictatoship across Egypt. President Morsi, basking in the after-glow of Clinton's warm embrace, has been quick to assume autocratic powers and to shut down the last vestiges of the so-called Arab Spring.
Secular Egyptians and Coptic Christians alike can respond only by throwing stones at members of the Islamic Brotherhood and burning such Islamic Brotherhood buildings as they can. With the Egyptian military in the pay of a pro-Islamic, U.S. administration, their hopes of freedom from any Arab spring are now long traduced, as was the clear Obama intent from the beginning of the intervention, initially bubbled in the White House cauldron by the three Obama witches – Hillary Clinton, Susan Rice and Samantha Powers.
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So I just got this idea (basically from the nerf tidal thread). Why aren't there field cards that could enhance area's and give abilities/stats and what not. Maybe they could be like that new sphere/Batora where they only need Sp to be played, or they could be Sphere specific. I don't really care how they go about this.
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[lv 1] (Refess)Sanctuary: All friendly units get LV +1, get Max HP+5 and HP+5. Units with base LV of 2 and under now must pay 1 more SP for Action skills. (no EN abuser going to abuse this)
[lv 3] Revitalizing Fields (Gowen or Falkow): No friendly unit can be the target of an enemy engaging skill.
[lv 3] Archers Tower (Falkow): Units in [Area: 7-8-9] now have pinpoint.
[lv 3] Barricades (Refess DUH): All friendly units get DF+10.
[lv 4] Shaolin Temple (Gowen): All friendly (Subtype: Martial Artist) get Agi+1 and Attack +10.
[lv 4] True Church (Refess): All friendly (subtype: Priest) get DF+ 5 and at the start of each turn heal 10 HP.
[lv 6] Uneven fields (Gowen): All units get Agi-1 except (Subtype: Warrior) (or maybe Feline kins).
[lv 2 (maybe 3)] Library (Falkow): All your grims now do +10 dmg. (For Gon's fun deck)


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text: Five Hole: Who is the NHL's most irreplaceable player? Plus calm Preds, hot Ducks nhl February 27, 2013 1:05pm EST February 20, 2013 12:59pm EST The Predators have lost more games than they've won, but Shea Weber's team is in the Western elite again. How? Plus the streaking Ducks, fortunate Habs and one big question: Who is hockey's most irreplaceable player? Previous Next Start Slideshow Use left or right buttons to navigate. Swipe left or right to navigate. Start Slideshow Use left or right buttons to navigate. Swipe left or right to navigate. Jesse Spector facebook twitter email rss Feb. 20, 2013 Share: For the season's fourth installment of Five Hole, SN's Jesse Spector caught up with two of the Western Conference's top teams. What's the deal with the Predators and Ducks.Plus, who is the NHL's least replaceable player? Jesse's answer starts above, in his weekly talk with Tom van der Voort. Previous Next 2 5 2 Keep calm and Nashville on The more things change around the NHL, the more they stay the same in Nashville. Sure, Ryan Suter is gone, having left for Minnesota last summer as a free agent, but the Predators still have the same general manager, David Poile, and the coach who has been there from the start, Barry Trotz. On the ice, the Predators' first-ever draft pick, David Legwand, remains a fixture, and the future is set for further continuity, with cornerstone defenseman Shea Weber and goaltender Pekka Rinne under contract through 2026 and 2019, respectively. Featuring perennial contenders for the Norris and Vezina Trophies, it should not be a surprise that the Predators are counting on strong defensive play as they try to earn an eighth playoff berth in nine seasons. What may be a surprise is how seamless the transition has been to life after Suter. "I take the first 14 games of last year and first 14 games of this year, the chances against are probably half of what we gave up last year," said Trotz, who ranks third among current NHL coaches (following Lindy Ruff's firing) and 15th all-time with 510 career victories — all with Nashville. "That's a product of a familiar group, a product of guys buying into (the idea of) let's take care of our end, especially coming into a short season where you're going to play every second night. When you're not on top of your game, and you're not good defensively, that leads to those lopsided games. If we can stick around in games, and get a point here, point there, when you maybe don't deserve it, that will add up at the end of the year." It's adding up already. At 8-4-5, Nashville has lost more games than it has won and ranks next to last in the NHL with 2.18 goals scored per game, but still stands fourth in the Western Conference. It's fair to wonder if the Predators will finish in that spot again, since they were eighth in goals last season, but the foundation of the club is still squarely in the defensive zone. Roman Josi has held his own on the top pair, Jonathan Blum and Kevin Klein have worked well together as a second unit, and 2009 first-round pick Ryan Ellis is coming into his own, especially on the power play, where he has scored both of his goals. "He's been a guy that, in junior, I don't know if you want to call him a power-play specialist, but he made their power play very effective in Windsor, and obviously at the World Juniors with Canada, as well," Weber said. "So, he's been known for that, and he's taking that now to the next level." Having turned 22 in January, Ellis is the youngest member of Nashville's defense corps, and Trotz has been working him in with veterans Hal Gill and Scott Hannan. Ellis, who played 32 games last season with Nashville, and 29 with Milwaukee in the AHL, now appears to be in the NHL for good, but he knows that does not mean he is done learning his trade. "We have some older guys that are very knowledgeable and they know the game and have been around the block," Ellis said. "They're here to help us, and for the younger guys, every day, it's learning and experience. … Having a chance to play with (Gill), he's gone over video with me, he's talked to me, in the game and after games. All around, all these guys, Hannan, all the guys, they bring some veteran presence and it's nice to have them here with their knowledge of the game." Previous Next Previous Next 3 5 3 Ducks fly together While the Blackhawks' 13-0-3 start has been the talk of the NHL, Chicago's lead in the West is only four points because the Anaheim Ducks have been nearly as good, with a 12-1-1 record that includes wins in five consecutive games. "We have a good feeling about this team," said Teemu Selanne, who, at the age of 42, leads the Ducks with 15 points in 15 games. "It's working hard, it's playing well, and so far we have a lot of depth of scoring. That always makes things sharper. Everyone is doing the job we expect them to do." In addition to Selanne, that means production from Ryan Getzlaf (five goals, nine assists), Saku Koivu (four goals, 10 assists), Bobby Ryan (five goals, eight assists), and Corey Perry (three goals, seven assists). And while Anaheim ranks fourth in the NHL with 3.27 goals per game, the Ducks also have been solid on the other end of the ice, allowing an average of 2.53 goals. Viktor Fasth, the 30-year-old goaltender who moved to the NHL this season after starring in Sweden, has been a revelation, becoming the third goaltender in league history to start his career 8-0. The Ducks also are getting better-than-expected defense, though, starting with Francois Beauchemin playing perhaps his best hockey at 32 and leading Anaheim in ice time at 23:50 per game. Flawed though the statistic might be, Beauchemin's league-best plus/minus of plus-14 represents, at least so far, his first foray into positive numbers since he had a plus-7 rating for the Stanley Cup champion Ducks of 2006-07. "I think we're a pretty good defensive team," Ducks coach Bruce Boudreau said. "We get no credit for it, because, quite frankly, everybody thinks I only coach an offensive team. I think these guys are pretty committed to playing solid D, and they've done it except for maybe two or three games. We've been really good. At 5-on-5, we've been good the whole year." Boudreau is right about that. Anaheim has allowed only 22 goals this season at 5-on-5. If the Ducks can improve a penalty kill that ranks fifth-worst the NHL at 74.1 percent, they will be even tougher for the rest of the West to deal with. Previous Next Previous Next 4 5 4 Bouncing their way When the Canadiens finished dead last in the East last season, their league-worst record of 11-10-16 in one-goal games and total goal differential of minus-14 — 10 better than the Southeast champion Florida Panthers — suggested that Montreal might not be as bad as a 31-35-16 record indicated. This season, the Canadiens are 5-2-1 in one-goal games, and stood atop the East after Tuesday's 3-1 win over the New York Rangers, their fifth straight. Allowing 2.12 goals per game, Montreal has the fourth-best defensive record in the NHL, and has allowed two goals or fewer in 10 of 16 games. "Our defense has been playing pretty strong," backup goaltender Peter Budaj said. "It's not just the defense, it's the forwards coming back and backchecking well. We try to eliminate the odd-man rushes with a good third man high, and it's not just the defense. It's the whole team, and the concept that we play with, and we're doing it well right now." Budaj said he did not think the Habs' defensive performance is all that different from last season, when Montreal ranked 11th in the NHL at 2.61 goals against per game. What is apparently different is the Canadiens' luck, as evidenced by the way Max Pacioretty scored his first goal of the season. On Monday night, only 18 seconds after Tomas Plekanec had given Montreal a two-goal lead over the Hurricanes, Pacioretty flipped the puck into the Carolina zone from center ice. The dump-in wound up taking a couple of bounces before going past Carolina goaltender Cam Ward and into the net. Last season, the same puck probably would have hit the post, gone over the glass, conked Youppi! in the head, and knocked the mascot unconscious. "It just took a really crazy hop and hopped over his shoulder," said Budaj, who was in net at the other end, en route to his first shutout since Nov. 6, 2010 with the Colorado Avalanche. "I think it's a one out of 100 or 200 chance that it would bounce like that. … I've been on the receiving end of similar goals, and they're definitely not fun. You know people in the stands get laughs, and then after you stop the puck (on a subsequent save), the people are cheering (sarcastically). It's tough when you're on the receiving end. I've been on the receiving end before, a few times. It's not something that you wish to anyone, but it's a game, and we got the 'W' and that's the important thing." The 3-0 victory was Montreal's 10th of the season in 15 games. Last season, it took Montreal 22 games to reach double digits and 27 games to get Win No. 11, a total they reached for 2013 on Tuesday night. Previous Next Previous Next 5 5 5 Mail call "Which player, if injured and out for the year, would most negatively affect his team's playoff/Cup chances?" – Garrett Berberich In order to avoid putting the whammy on anyone, let's think of this as a player being abducted by aliens instead of getting hurt. Or, in the case of Pavel Datsyuk, maybe a return to his home planet, because no human has hands quite like his. The Red Wings already look like a team facing a protracted battle to extend their streak of 21 consecutive postseason appearances. Should they make it, they have a goaltender capable of leading a Stanley Cup chase in Jimmy Howard, though Detroit's championship hopes probably require a trade for defensive help. Datsyuk plays in all situations and against top competition; there is nobody like him in the league. If the little green men came and took away Howard or Henrik Zetterberg, the Red Wings would be in a whole heap of trouble, but you could at least imagine how they might cope, or try to find a replacement. There is no replacing Datsyuk, who begins generating possession in the faceoff circle, where his 61 percent rate is third among players with 100 or more draws, and does not stop until his shift is over, often with a goal like the otherworldly effort he put on to send Tuesday night's game in Nashville to overtime. As much as anything, this question is about being unique. Losing a star player would hurt any team, so you need to figure out whose skill set is the hardest to replace in the event of an emergency. As far as Datsyuk goes, the Red Wings already know how valuable he is, having lost 25 of the 40 games he has missed since the start of the 2010-11 season, including two this year. Previous Next Previous Next 6 5 6 Mail Call, No. 2 "Are the Islanders considering a coaching change? Should they be? Would it be anyone other than Doug Weight or Brent Thompson if they did?" – Andrew Cilento There is no indication that the Islanders are less than happy with Jack Capuano, nor should they be at 6-9-1. While the results after a 4-2-1 star have been disappointing, Capuano has gotten a lot out of his team, which has scored four or more goals in seven of its 16 games. The problems with the Islanders are not Capuano's fault, anyway. He was not the man who built a roster where losing defenseman Brian Strait, a preseason waiver pickup, would amount to a devastating blow. Maybe he could stand to give 37-year-old Evgeni Nabokov more regular rest, but it is not as if Rick DiPietro, who is 0-3 with a 4.09 goals against average and .855 save percentage after Tuesday night's 3-1 loss in Ottawa, has inspired much confidence. If, for some reason, the Islanders did make a change behind the bench, the smart money would be on an internal hire. So long as the team is in Nassau County, it is not in the business of spending money twice on the same position. Capuano himself came from within the organization — he was coaching Bridgeport in the AHL when the Islanders fired Scott Gordon in 2010. Previous Next Next Up: Stat Pack: Devils' Ilya Kovalchuk among players putting big numbers on ice Previous Or choose a related article: Biting in hockey Must-see NHL playoffs first-round photos NHL players doing good


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May 2, 2016
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) -- North Carolina has hired Ron West as co-defensive coordinator and linebackers coach.
West served as co-defensive coordinator for Arizona State last year. He had worked with Tar Heels head coach Larry Fedora at Baylor. He had also worked with UNC co-defensive coordinator Dan Disch and associate head coach for defense Vic Koenning at Illinois.
Fedora also juggled coaching responsibilities among his assistants. Running backs coach Randy Jordan will handle special teams. Koenning will now coach safeties, while Disch will coach cornerbacks.
Fedora hired Keith Gilmore as defensive line coach last week.
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- Unlike Kyoto, the pending treaty will apply to both developed and developing countries
- A new Green Climate Fund will provide support to the poorest countries to help them reach their emission reduction goals and adapt to the realities of climate change
"[It] has not in itself taken us off the 4°C path we are on, but by forcing countries for the first time to admit that their current policies are inadequate and must be strengthened by 2015, it has snatched 2°C from the jaws of impossibility."[caption id="" align="alignright" width="300" caption="South African foreign minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane (right) gets a congratulatory hug from the conference executive director Christiana Figueres at the closing session."][/caption] The 2 °C to which he refers is the safe threshold, beyond which we'll begin to see catastrophic climate changes. 4 °C refers to the average surface temperature increase in the next century if we continue emitting greenhouse gases at the rate we are. As Jacobs' statement implies, despite the moderate advances made in Durban, there were also astonishing losses—among those, Canada, Russia and Japan's decisions to withdraw from the Kyoto protocol, citing an inability to meet their reduction targets. It's clear that no matter what the UN climate conferences achieve, negotiations between state leaders aren't going to be enough. Individuals and businesses must do their part by reducing what they can and offsetting what they can't. Carbonfund.org provides helpful tips and resources for reducing your emissions on our site, as well as tools to help you calculate you, your family, or your business' carbon footprint. Once you've reduced as much as possible, donate to our portfolio of carbon reduction projects to become entirely carbon neutral! To avoid 4 °C, we must remain committed to the fight on climate change. Join us today!


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"Do Not Imitate." The mandate of Soichiro Honda echoes in the minds and hearts of everyone at Honda. At Honda, we are constantly striving to seek out new initiatives and stay at the forefront of innovation.
As an organization dedicated to the advancement of mobility, we have always targeted leading-edge technologies. From our racing spirit to our dedication to our environmental leadership, it is Honda's mission to develop forward-thinking technologies that anticipate and satisfy the needs of a future society.


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To anyone who knows me, it's no secret that I'm not a regular runner (my college lacrosse days are long gone). But with the start of a new year and the motivation of a friendly bet, I've actually been hitting the pavement, er, treadmill for two weeks now. How do I know what I'm doing? Well, I don't – but I did find some helpful tips for everything from tricks to finding the right running shoe to exercises that increase speed. Aside from an energy-spiking playlist, here are my favorite findings:
Wear the right sneaker: Admittedly, I am still wearing the same sneakers I've had since sophomore year of high school (I wish that was a joke). But I'm just about ready to commit to this enough to camp out in the specialty store until I find the right sneakers for my seriously flat feet. Fun fact: you should replace your running shoes every 300 – 400 miles.
Perfect your technique: When I first read SHAPE Magazine's 10 tips for improving running technique, I was a little surprised. With advice like don't land on your heel and use shorter strides rather than long strides, I'm realizing (quickly) how much work I have in store.
Build muscle to run faster: As much as squats (and anything that resembles the leg-trembling cousin of the lunge) give me nightmares, they are incredibly effective for strength training. But pain is gain (or so they say), and these four leg exercises promise to make you feel the burn.
One other benefit to taking up this healthy pastime? Running tours. Can you think of a better way to see a city you're visiting? I didn't think so. It's social, you get in your exercise for the day, and you see all the sites firsthand. There is no downside.
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Mailand premier soccer league runners-up Azam have intensified their efforts to reinforce the team through signing new players for the next league season.
The ice-cream makers whose title race was halted by Mtibwa Sugar last Friday, have been reported to have signed up Kenya's premier league's top star George Odhiambo popularly known as 'Blackberry' for his efficiency.
The club's secretary general Idrissa Nassor said all formalities to sign the player are complete as Azam await registration form from the Tanzania Football Federation.
Nassor said Odhiambo will be registered to feature not only for the premiership season but also for the CAF Confederation Cup campaign.
He also said Azam will intensify efforts to reinforce its fleet of players so as to excel in the new premiership season.
Odhiambo was present at the National Stadium when Azam had their penultimate round replay match against Mtibwa Sugar last Friday.
In related development rumors had it that Azam have strong intention to sign Simba's prolific striker Emmanuel Okwi and Yanga's industrious midfielder Haruna Niyonzima.
Azam set up the premiership 55m/- signing record when they won Mrisho Ngassa's sign from Young Africans a season before the last.
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The World Bank in collaboration with GVEP International (Global Village Energy Partnership) and Tanzania's Rural Energy Agency (REA), is implementing an energy programme known as ESME Pre-Investment Technical Supporta ined at electrifying the rural areas.
According to a statement issued in Dar es Salaam on Thursday, the programme will build the capacity of SMEs by assisting them to complete feasibility studies, plans and environmental and social impact assessments (ESIAs) for energy projects.
The statement said the key challenge facing energy enterprises in the region is lack of capacity to access financing.
GVEP International is a non-profit organisation working to increase access to affordable and sustainable energy services and reduce poverty in developing countries.
In Tanzania, the organisation is working in collaboration with REA in supporting six mini-hydropower (MHP) project developers to complete feasibility studies as part of the ESME programme.
The six projects have a combined capacity of approximately 7.5 MW, and are located across Tanzania in the regions of Mbeya, Iringa, Ruvuma, Arusha and Kigoma.
All have undertaken pre-feasibility studies, although some have gone a bit further than others in terms of the quality and quantity of data they have gathered and the steps they have taken to advance the projects' progress, the statement said.
GVEP International has already invited eligible firms interested in conducting feasibility studies for one or more of the six MHP projects. The deadline for submission of requests will be on next Tuesday.
The proposed scope of work includes site inspection, evaluation of existing suitable energy resource, and review of existing infrastructure and conditions.
The ESME Trust Fund, is financed by the Russian Federation and is administered by the World Bank.
It was established in April 2009 to support energy SME development in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA).


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FORT WAYNE (www.incnow.tv) - Brandon Phelps tossed three touchdown passes, two of them to Addison Dellinger, as Snider reached the 5A state football title game for the first time sinxce 2004 with their 42-39 win over Merrillville Friday night in semi-state action.
Phelps also ran for a score, but the rushing star was Tyrell Swain with 112 yards on the ground and two more touchdowns as Snider built a 16 point lead after three quarters.
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Head to Tanglewood Park on the morning of Saturday, September 21, for the Walk to End Alzheimer's!
Registration begins at Shelter 4 at 8:00 am and the walk begins at 9:00 am.
In addition to the two-mile walk, participants will enjoy music, entertainment, food, vendors, and activities. To register, visit alz.org/walk, call (336) 285-590 or the 24-hour helpline at (800) 272-3900.
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Oregon's government, I'd wager, has more in common with Las Vegas than most Oregonians realize.
Salem lacks a neon-studded Strip, of course.
And so far as I know Wayne Newton hasn't played the State Fair since, well, forever.
But if you get on the e-mail list for various state agencies, as I have, you come to understand pretty quickly that working for certain of those agencies, and running a casino, are not such dissimilar careers as you probably supposed.
Although state workers aren't likely to see Siegfried standing by the water cooler.
Or Roy.
Oregon, like Las Vegas, depends on people doing a certain amount of gambling.
The Oregon Lottery hints in some of its dispatches that you can literally scratch your way to financial independence.
Just this week, Lottery headquarters dashed off an e-mail proclaiming that during 2008, "Oregon Lottery Players from Baker, Grant, Union and Wallowa Counties claim more than $220,000 in prizes in traditional Lottery games."
All told, 64 people won at least $600.
I was especially amused by the state's describing the winners as "Oregon Lottery Players," as though ticket-scratchers are members of a team, like the Trail Blazers.
The sporting theme continues throughout the press release.
It turns out that of the four counties listed, the real competitors reside in Union County.
They claimed more than $150,000 of last year's booty, most of that going to Gary Parsons of La Grande, who won two $50,000 "Hot Slot Multiplier" jackpots last year.
(Now that's a deal — even while you're using a nickel to scrape away that gray stuff, you can pretend you're plugging the coin into a slot machine. And a "hot" one, besides.)
Baker County residents, meanwhile, collected a measly $22,000 — just 10 percent of the bounty.
Grant County, which has less than half our population, brought in $34,000.
The Lottery is too polite to come right out and say so, but the implication of these comparisons, it seems to me, is that Baker County is home to a bunch of skinflints.
We ought to be ashamed of ourselves.
What the Lottery also fails to mention, however, is how much money the players from those four counties shelled out to get their $220,000.
Gary Parsons probably ended the year in the black, but he belongs to an awfully tiny minority.
The one sure bet is that the house, whether it's a state government or a casino, wins in the end.
You don't build a replica of the Great Pyramid by paying out more than you take in, in any case.
I'll admit that Oregon builds much more useful things with its Lottery profits.
State parks, for example.
I also consider somewhat compelling the argument that gambling, because it's voluntary, is a more noble way (or at least a less brazen one) for the government to get our money than, say, taxation, which tends to be compulsory.
Still, I feel a trifle uneasy whenever I ponder the contradictory position our state has put itself in by relying on the risk-taking predilections of its citizens.
On the Lottery's Web site there's a link titled "Responsible Gambling."
Those two words collide with an unpleasant crunch when I read them side-by-side. Most people who play the Lottery would never jeopardize their family or their job, sure, but it seems to me a sham to say that putting any amount of money on a game of chance is a "responsible" act. Just because a decision isn't reckless doesn't earn it the mantle of responsibility.
The state is of course obliged to admit that for some people, gambling of any sort can spawn an addiction that's as dangerous as the dependence on a strong narcotic.
And I applaud Oregon's government for promoting its free gambling addiction hotline. This service is supposed to help Lottery "players" who would plunder their kids' piggybanks (and leave their toddlers in the car) for just one more hour of video poker.
Yet I expect I will continue to be troubled so long as the state maintains its curious, and to me precarious, position of being at the same time for, and against, gambling.
Vegas, by contrast, rests on solid ground, never shaken by pangs of hypocrisy.
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WASHINGTON – Virginia could become the first state to get rid of its tax on gasoline.
But that's just part of a proposal from Delegate Tim Hugo, R-Fairfax.
Hugo wants to dump the state's 17.5-cent gas tax as a revenue source for transportation projects and road maintenance and replace it with an increase in the statewide sales tax.
The sales tax would increase from 5 percent to 5.9 percent, under Hugo's plan.
Hugo would then take some of the existing sales tax revenue and divert it to the transportation trust fund.
"Take a half a cent out of the current unallocated sales tax and put that into transportation," Hugo says.
Hugo says his plan could bring in the $500 million a year the state needs to meet transportation costs.
The transportation money would come from surplus revenues and would not reduce funding available for other core programs, such as education and public safety, he says.
Virginia has not raised its gas tax since 1986 and better car mileage has, in part, led to a dwindling income for the state's transportation system.
"What we are trying to do is think outside the box, and think about a long term way to stabilize the trust fund," says Hugo.
The Virginia General Assembly session opens on Jan. 9. There are several other proposals for raising revenue for transportation, including one that would increase the gas tax by indexing it to the inflation rate.
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Before using chemicals on your lawn, try out these natural steps to make your property inhospitable to pests. A great deal can be done to deter pests, much of it going back to the elemental roots of gardening.
A nutrient-rich layer of topsoil, 5-6 inches deep, is a critical first step. If your yard has less than this, considering adding composted manure (free of weed seeds) across an existing lawn, but not so much as to smother it.
In addition to organic compost, the Environmental Protection Agency suggests grass clippings, bone meal, cottonseed meal or dried blood, which release vital nutrients into the soil without destroying natural microorganisms and earthworms vital to its well-being.
Warns the EPA: "Quick-release chemical fertilizers can brown the grass, induce pest infestations, increase thatch buildup and promote leaf growth at the expense of healthy root growth, leaving the grass susceptible to summer heat, drought, disease and compaction."
Test the soil for any imbalance in alkalinity or acidity—the so-called pH balance. If it is excessively acidic, add lime. If too alkaline, add sulphur and perhaps gypsum, depending upon your region. The tendency is toward acidity in the East and alkalinity in the West. Consult your county's cooperative extension office for information about your area.
Plant grass varieties that are right for your particular climate and condition. According to the National Coalition Against the Misuse of Pesticides, a mix of grasses offers better protection against pests and disease than a pure stand. Because of profound regional variations, ask your county extension office for the optimum mix. In some instances, planting additional seeds among established lawns can reduce weed infestation and repair damage.
Always make sure that your mower's blade is sharp. A dull blade leaves an uneven cut, which can retard grass recovery and expose grass to loss of moisture.
Never give your lawn a butch cut. Grass that is cut too short becomes more vulnerable to stress from heat and drought. Cutting the grass too short also allows too much light to get to the soil, enabling weeds—especially crabgrass—to prosper. NCAMP recommending setting the mower blades as high as possible, though of course the proper height depends on the variety of grass.
To avoid unnecessary stress to the lawn, do not mow in the heat of the day. Prevent excessive buildup of thatch, the grass stems and roots that accumulate just below the surface and can promote pest infestation.
Depending upon the region and character of the lawn, the EPA suggests applying organic matter or gypsum, then watering it to help release the gypsum. This helps reduce alkalinity and makes a better growing medium for turf.
Avoid over-watering the lawn, as excessive moisture can lead to shallow root systems and disease-prone lawns.
Where soils are compacted, aeration (the removal of cores of soil) may be helpful. Aeration allows air, water and nutrients to seep in, promoting healthy root growth. The best natural aerators are ants and earthworms, often the first victims of pesticides.
The most important step in effective lawn maintenance is watching regularly for trouble to keep small problems from becoming big ones.
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Check the lawn at least once a week, keeping an eye out for signs of insect, fungus or weed infestation. Weeds can be removed by hand and controlled to some extent by mowing. If an herbicide is called for, select one that is least toxic, such as a fatty-acid soap.
If the problem is insects, first identify the species. For the white grub of the Japanese beetle, NCAMP recommends milky spore bacteria, a naturally occurring insect disease. For chinch bugs, try using a wash of insecticidal soap over the thatch.
Sheila Daar, former director of the Bio-Integral Resource Center in Berkeley, California, offers some additional tips on how to recognize and deal with yard pests. In many parts of the country, she explains, insects don't become active until the soil temperature rises above 50 degrees F. She suggests that homeowners buy a soil thermometer and stick it into the ground next to the sidewalk for easy access. When the soil temperature hits 50, "start looking for suspicious browning of the lawn or other signs of trouble."
If you see a suspicious spot, mix a couple of tablespoons of detergent in a gallon of water and pour the concoction over the spot. "This will force the pests up to the surface where you can count them," says Daar. If the problem is white grubs, cut a flap in the lawn and count the larvae. "It's a numbers game," she says. "The lawn can tolerate a certain number of pests. It's all a question of how healthy the lawn is."
Homeowners struggling to keep up with the Joneses might keep in mind that, in general, "the most heavily managed lawns—golf courses, for example—are usually the ones with the biggest pest problems," says Daar. Applications of chemical pesticides kill off susceptible organisms, often starting with the beneficial ones, she says. Pest species, however, often develop resistance and continue to reproduce, requiring more frequent applications, higher doses and stronger chemicals—a cycle called the pesticide treadmill.
Find out why Americans worry so much about lawns in this National Wildlife® magazine article from June/July 1998.
Winter is a good time to begin planning which native flowering plants and herbs to cultivate in your yard this spring to create a haven for beneficial insects
With proper planning, native plants and some appropriate actions, homeowners can create carbon-neutral landscapes
With a little planning and the right mix of plants, homeowners can design a haven not only for wild animals but for pets as well
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John's wife suggested that their family bakery make a new snack product with the breadstick tips they were throwing away. It was a runaway success.
Achievement Award
Carita Rademacher Twinem, Bus Ad '77
Treasurer for the Briggs and Stratton Corporation, Carita also has a master's degree in law and is on the board of the Milwaukee Girl Scouts of America.
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Tom grew his parents' laundry and dry cleaning business into a commercial powerhouse. And the products he has developed have revolutionized the industry.
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Joan has balanced her work as a mediator with tireless devotion to a number of churches as well as organizations that support families and children.
Young Alumnus
Robert J. Quinn, Bus Ad '90
Senior vice president and CFO of the Milwaukee Brewers, Bob is also a heavy hitter with the Brewers Charity, which donates to charitable organizations throughout Wisconsin.
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Health officials feel so strongly that you should get vaccinated against the flu that they're giving flu shots for free again Thursday.
The Pitt County Health Department held a free flu shot clinic Wednesday and will again Thursday morning. You don't need an appointment. Vaccinations will be offered Thursday 8:15- 11:30 a.m.
The flu season has already peaked in our state with 31 flu deaths in N.C. this season, but health officials say the illness could still be making the rounds for the next two months.
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