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I took the train to New York with the family yesterday, and we found some fun even before we got out of Grand Central Station. The New York Transit Museum Store, right in the station, had a wonderful model railroad set up for the holidays:
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Looks like United Airlines is getting back on schedule after it canceled 10 percent of its flights over the past week. The airline blamed stormy weather at its hubs in Chicago and Denver. The pilots union says understaffing also contributed.
A few weeks ago I made my second visit to the Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health in Stockbridge, Mass. I slept in a spartan room, got up at the crack of dawn, ate organic whole foods and left feeling completely renewed.
I highly recommend it.
Loose lithium batteries will be banned in checked luggage and restricted in carry-on luggage starting Jan. 1. The Associated Press has the story and the TSA has the details.
The issue is fire safety.
I still recommend using lithium batteries for electronic devices when you travel. Just be sure to carry them in the device itself, or in the original packaging in your hand luggage.
Arthur Frommer posted 10 travel resolutions on his blog, and they're really good. He invited his readers to post their resolutions as well, so I did.
I also posted them here, on my blog:
Skybus has been having mechanical trouble with a couple of its planes over the past few days, and has canceled 18 flights so far. It's another manifestation of Skybus' biggest weakness: no bench.
Merry Christmas to all the travelers I've met and the people I've met on my travels. And a special shout out to Maryanne, my sister and the most accomplished traveler I know, who is in Madagascar doing good work. We miss you.
There's a revealing piece in the New York Times about some blunt give-and-take between U.S. Airways management and employees. It's an interesting look inside the nation's most profitable - and most disliked - airline.
Now, if only U.S. Airways would talk that way to its customers ... and respond to them.
MaxJet, an all business-class airline that started up in 2005, suspended operations today and filed for bankruptcy.
It was one of three airlines flying jets with only premium-class seating across the Atlantic. Another U.S. airline - Eos - and a British one - Silverjet - are continuing that kind of service. (A kind reader points out that I should also mention L'Avion, which flies between the U.S. and Paris.) The seats on these airlines are generally less expensive than those in first-class cabins on the major airlines, but the number of flights and destinations is smaller.
It's interesting to me that another young airline with a diametrically opposed business plan - the ultra-no-frills Skybus - has also had some less-than-stellar financial news.
It could be that it's not a great time to start an airline, what with rising fuel costs and the increasingly shaky look of the world economy. And it could be that most of us continue to be middle-class fliers, unable to afford to pay thousands of dollars for an airline trip but reluctant to give up the most basic amenities that we now enjoy.
Great piece in the New York Times, by Joe Sharkey once again, about cruise ship passengers rebelling when their ships miss ports of call.
I have to sympathize with the cruise lines on this one, at least a little. I once sailed aboard the Grandeur of the Seas a few weeks after the crew tried to dock at Costa Maya in rough seas and the ship smacked into the pier, gouging a huge hole in the hull. At least nobody was hurt.
But I also sympathize with the passengers. I think they should let the captain decide where it's safe to sail, but they have a right to expect the officers to keep them informed and for the cruise line to at least refund them the port fees.
The Pearls Before Swine comic strip had an insightful take today on the reclining of airplane seats. (I have my own views on that.)
The TSA ranks right down there with the IRS among the government's least popular acronyms, just a hair above FEMA, according to a recent AP-Ipsos poll.
What kind of airline would let a passenger sit in a seat soaked with a previous passenger's urine? What kind of airline would then refuse to help the passenger retrieve her luggage after the flight so she could change her clothes without feeling humiliated? According to the passenger, who talked to TheBostonChannel.com, that would be Air Tran.
Skybus, the budget airline with fares as low as $10, has reported a $16 million quarterly loss. Skybus execs say the loss is in line with expectations, though some analysts say it's a troubling sign.
Certainly it's a tough business to break into, and fuel prices aren't making it any easier right now.
The airline industry is challenging a New York State law guaranteeing the rights of airline passengers when planes are delayed on the ground in that state. The Air Transport Association wants an injunction to prevent the law from taking effect Jan. 1.
Want to cruise without your clothes on? Gene Sloan has everything you need to know at The Cruise Log blog at USA Today.
He also has a very informative roundup on the availability of topless decks and areas on the various cruise lines.
As for me, I'm going to pass on the nude cruises and the topless decks. I've been on some cruises, and I don't think I want to see my fellow passengers naked any more than I want them to see me.
The kid got a chance to apply her air travel survival skills in Newark on Saturday, and she did her parents proud.
I've been to Las Vegas twice in December and it is, in its own inimitable way, something to see.
First, there are the cowboys. For 11 days in December, Vegas is taken over by the National Finals Rodeo. It's fun, especially if you enjoy country music while you play slots.
Incongruently, because Vegas doesn't care about congruence, there's the totally secular, over-the-top holiday thing going on. You're going to want to get your spiritual fulfillment elsewhere, holiday-wise, but it can be fun, too, if you don't take it seriously.
I got a notice last week that I'm eligible for a refund on some of the foreign currency exchange fees I've paid my credit card company. It's part of a settlement of a class-action lawsuit. But I confess I didn't really understand it until I read Laura Bly's story in USA Today.
I signed up for a $25 settlement, although I wonder if I should have passed. I'm not very comfortable with class-action lawsuits as a means of forcing corporations to treat their customers properly.
First, it's not efficient. Second, lawyers end up with a good chunk of the money.
Wouldn't it make more sense - and ultimately cost the consumer less - for the government to regulate and enforce the rules? Then companies wouldn't rip us off in the first place.
Just sayin'.
Here's a driving tip for everyone who hits the road in snow country: you're supposed to clear off the car.
Are tourist attractions getting wackier? After reading about the giant wooden moose and the double-decker outhouse, I'm starting to think so.
So you try to get through airport security with a liter of vodka, which is way above the 3-ounce limit for liquids, and you end up with three choices:
a) throw it out
b) pay to check it in your carry-on bag
c) chug it down outside checkpoint
Much as I hate to see a good bottle of booze go to waste or be subjected to the dangers of baggage handling, this AP story has convinced me that "c" is not a good choice.
Delta Airlines has created a light-hearted series of animated short videos aimed at raising awareness of airline etiquette.
The New York Times published a listing Sunday of The 53 Places To Go In 2008. It includes 43 places I've never seen, which says a lot about the gaping chasm between the sophistication of the New York Times' travel pages and the life I lead.
We're already angry with the airlines, and we aren't getting any happier with rental car companies, according to J.D. Power and Associates. My brother and his wife, who travel separately on business, gave me a hint as to why.
When I make a mistake, it adds up to a typo or a correction. When a pilot or an air traffic controller makes a mistake, it can add up to mass casualties.
Betsy Wade has written a most lyrical disquisition for the New York Times on the class war in the sky, riffing humorously on the undercurrents of longing and resentment that we in economy class feel toward the privileged elite in first class.
If your house was a hotel, how much could you charge for guest accommodations? According to a recent survey by Hotels.com, the average that Americans come up with is $149.
To which I say: c'mon!
The Associated Press has a story about runway safety that ought to scare everyone who flies in the United States. It cites a Government Accountability Office report warning that inadequate technology and overworked air traffic controllers are among the factors that may contribute to a serious collision on the ground.
I was called to jury duty recently, and I'd like to report that Connecticut's judicial system has its priorities straight.
Turns out, you can't get out of jury duty by whining about how busy you are at work. But you can be excused if the trial would conflict with a vacation that you've booked and paid for.
Right on!
I saw some interesting graffiti driving across New Hampshire with the family:
Little did we know, there is a story attached to this rock, which sits along Route 103 in Newbury, N.H.
A lot of readers responded to the story of the kid's Amtrak trip, in which the train ran out of fuel. Not my readers. The Consumerist's readers.
If you don't read The Consumerist, you should. It's a great watchdog and advocacy blog for, well, all of us. And I'm not just saying that because its editors linked to my blog, although that does show remarkably good sense.
My colleague Steve asked me the other day whether he should have an airline affinity credit card, the kind that earns miles every time you charge something to it. The answer, in his case, was yes.
But affinity cards are not for everyone.
WCSH-TV recently reported on a serious engine problem that forced a Southwest flight to return to Love Field in Dallas on Nov. 17.
A Southwest spokeswoman told the station that "our pilot did notice a vibration in the right engine." Some passengers described it a little differently - they said the engine, well, exploded, according to the FlightStory aviation blog. Which would explain the big hole in the engine casing.
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If you thought that Santa's naughty-or-nice list was harsh, check out the anti-Santa. His name is Krampus, and he looks like a demon. But he's just part of the Christmas tradition in Alpine countries.
Krampus is Santa's evil helper; he stuffs really bad kids in his bag and takes them back to his cave, presumably to eat. NPR calls it "a kind of good cop-bad cop routine" and had this story about an effort to bring Krampus parties to the United States:
There are no Christmas lights up at Janet Finegar's house in the Northern Liberties neighborhood of Philadelphia. She does not deck her halls with boughs of holly. Instead, hundreds of rib bones leftover from a neighborhood barbecue hang on a clothesline strung across her backyard. They're bleaching in the sun.
"They have been scraped, boiled, scraped again, bleached and are now strung on strands and hanging out to dry," she says. "They smell. Rib bones, as it turns out, are incredibly nasty."
She will drape the bones over herself and wear them like a grisly tunic. It's her Krampus costume.
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Aside from this week, I threw up once last year (also after a long ride where I was driving). Then once this week, all acid. I'm not sure how long it was before that. I travel between MA and PA, 8 hours drive each way quite often. I always drive. Never had a problem and I've been doing that trip for 10 years. I was under the impression that after you got out of the car, the ill feeling went away. I don't feel like I have to throw up again but I don't feel normal either. I'm a bit "off" in the head. Not falling-down dizzy, but just "off" and I don't have an appetite.
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In its 88th year, the Howard University Homecoming is an exciting time for alumni to visit, reminisce and renew their connection with alma mater. It has also been a staple in the community and serves as a cultural celebration. This year, the tradition continued with a glamourous fashion show featuring music sensation Elle Varner, a legendary Yardfest with surprise appearances by T.I. and Drake, an exciting stepshow, a fun-filled parade led by actor and alumnus Laz Alanzo and featuring the debut of "Bentley" the Howard Bison balloon, a star-studded gala with Hollywood's finest (in photos: Phylicia Rashad, Wendy Robinson, Taraji P. Henson, and Debbie Allen), and finally a spirit-filled gospel show with Fred Hammond.


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It remains uncertain what causes the slight brightening. However, Tsumura and his colleagues believe the upper part of Jupiter's atmosphere may be responsible.
Jupiter's clouds, which give the giant planet its striped appearance, grow from tiny particles called aerosols or hazes. Prior studies have hinted that these hazes form in the upper part of Jupiter's atmosphere. The researchers suggested that hazes in the upper atmosphere may scatter sunlight onto the Galilean satellites, illuminating them. This effect is similar to the one that causes Earth's moon to look red during a total lunar eclipse.
The new finding could help scientists analyze the hazes in Jupiter's atmosphere, which are otherwise difficult to study. By studying the spectrum of light from the eclipsed Jupiter moons, the researchers could learn about the compositions of the hazes, Tsumura said.
In addition, this new method of studying Jupiter's upper atmosphere could help researchers investigate the atmospheres of exoplanets around distant stars. Exoplanets are often seen when they pass in front of their stars, and scientists can glean details about their atmospheres when starlight passes through them.
"It is important to study sunlight transmitted through the atmospheres of the planets in our solar system for comparison with light through the atmospheres around the exoplanets," Tsumura said.
Tsumura and his colleagues detailed their findings in the July 10 issue of The Astronomical Journal.
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A Stone Mountain man is in legal hot water after authorities found a loaded gun in a diaper bag at the DeKalb County courthouse.
According to the sheriff's office, an x-ray machine showed an image of the 9-milimeter handgun Friday morning. The find led to the arrest of 29-year-old Steven Richardson.
Authorities said a check also revealed the weapon was stolen.
Richardson said he didn't know the gun was in the bag. But he was charged with possessing a weapon at a public gathering, carrying a concealed weapon and receiving stolen property. All are misdemeanor offenses.
Richardson posted a $2,000 bond and was released from custody.
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text: Lincoln High had the week off in preparation for its homecoming and Pioneer Valley League opener against the Foothill Mustangs. Foothill has been averaging more than 400 yards of offense per game, three-quarters of it on the ground. Although they only have three touchdowns passing, they have thrown no interceptions. Their leading rushers are No. 11, Dillon Paris (8.25 yards per carry) and No. 4, David Sanders (7.53 yards per carry). Lincoln has averaged more than 360 yards of offense, but only about 10 percent of it comes through the air. The Zebras' leading rusher is No. 26, Isaac Allen (9.93 yards per carry); however, No. 4/3 Jon Soto has averaged 10.86 yards on half as many carries as Allen. It should be a great game, come on out and support your Fighting Zebras. Pioneer Valley League Foothill Mustangs 3-2 Wins over El Dorado, 53-18 Oakmont, 44-42 Amador, 20-12 Lincoln Fighting Zebras 1-4 Win over Natomas, 33-6


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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- North Carolina is the favorite to win the Atlantic Coast Conference, while Tar Heels sophomore Harrison Barnes is the league's preseason player of the year.
The Tar Heels were picked first on 57 of 59 ballots from media members during Wednesday's ACC Operation Basketball event. UNC's John Henson and Tyler Zeller joined Barnes as the top three vote-getters on the all-ACC team.
The Tar Heels return all five starters from a team that fell a game short of the Final Four.
Duke was picked to finish second, followed by Florida State, Virginia, Miami, Virginia Tech, Clemson, North Carolina State, Maryland, Georgia Tech, Wake Forest and Boston College.
Duke's Seth Curry, Miami's Malcolm Grant and Virginia's Mike Scott also made the all-ACC team. Duke's Austin Rivers was rookie of the year.
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United Health Products Inc.'s Exclusive Dental Marketing Agent, Sinc Ventures, L.L.C., Receives Vendor Status To Supply HemoStyp™ Gauze To Henry Schein, Inc.
OTCQB: UEEC) announced that its HemoStyp™ gauze will be distributed to the dental industry by Henry Schein, Inc. ( NASDAQ: HSIC), the world's largest provider of health care products and services to office-based dental, medical and animal health practitioners. Sinc Ventures, L.L.C., UEEC's exclusive marketing agent to the US dental industry, directly negotiated the Agreement, and has received vendor status with Henry Schein. HemoStyp is an all-natural product, spun into a gauze which is specifically formulated to help produce hemostasis (blood clotting) almost instantly when positioned on a cut or wound. Once it has completed its task, it is readily dissolved by water or saline solution for easy removal that neither disturbs the clotted surface nor encourages re-bleeding.Dr. Phillip Forman, CEO of United Health Products Inc., stated, "The formulation of our patented HemoStyp gauze is ideal for application in the mouth, which is prone to excessive bleeding due to the vascular nature of the area. This past December The Clinicians Report®, a leading Dental Industry publication, listed HemoStyp among 'The Best Products Evaluated During 2012.' This evaluation is evidenced in the dental community through Sinc's Agreement with Henry Schein," Forman concluded. Marcus Mailei, President of Sinc Ventures, said, "The dental industry is a perfect fit for HemoStyp and we are extremely pleased to have the opportunity to work with Henry Schein, a world class organization and a leading distributor of dental products in the US with more than 800 field sales consultants working out of 70+ centers." About Henry Schein, Inc. Henry Schein, Inc. is the world's largest provider of health care products and services to office-based dental, medical and animal health practitioners. The Company also serves dental laboratories, government and institutional health care clinics, and other alternate care sites. A Fortune 500® Company and a member of the NASDAQ 100® Index, Henry Schein offers a comprehensive selection of products and services, including value-added solutions for operating efficient practices and delivering high-quality care. Headquartered in Melville, N.Y., Henry Schein has operations or affiliates in 25 countries. For more information, visit the Henry Schein Web site at www.henryschein.com. About Sinc Ventures, L.L.C. Sinc Ventures, L.L.C. is a marketing management and distribution company based in Salt Lake City, Utah, dedicated to becoming a top provider of innovative marketing solutions to its clients through its world-wide publishing network, information technology capabilities, and sales management leadership. For more information, visit http://hemostypdental.com/. About United Health Products, Inc. United Health Products, Inc. (UEEC) develops, manufactures, and markets a patented hemostatic gauze for the healthcare and wound care sectors. The product, HemoStyp, is derived from regenerated oxidized cellulose, which is all natural, and designed to absorb exudate/drainage from superficial wounds and helps control bleeding. UEEC is focused on ramping up sales in its current markets as well as identifying new markets and applications for its product. For more information on United Health Products, Inc., visit: www.unitedhealthproductsinc.com. SAFE HARBOR STATEMENT Safe Harbor Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: This news release may contain forward-looking information within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, including statements that include the words "believes," "expects," "anticipates" or similar expressions. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the Company to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements.
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Do They Know Jack?
Jack Welch's disciples have gone forth to preach his gospel. So far, most of them are failing.
Under Jack Welch, General Electric became not only the most valuable U.S. company and the exemplar of capitalism American-style but also a high-tension management academy. Welch focused on developing leaders and prepared dozens of executives to take senior posts, including his eventual successor, Jeffrey Immelt. Welch's disciples were supposed to spread the gospel to corporate America, bringing Welchism to the heathens. And, lo, Jack made Six Sigma, and it was good.
In recent years, at least six Welch protégés have been tapped to lead large companies ranging from Home Depot to Intuit. And while it may be too soon to make definite conclusions about their success as a group—and the extent to which they have propagated Welchism—the early returns are discouraging. By the measure that Welch valued most—the company's stock price—most are failing, and two have already lost their jobs. Two others, however, are quietly succeeding.
The first to flunk was Gary Wendt. In June 2000, the former head of GE's incredibly profitable GE Capital unit parachuted into Conseco, a large, debt-laden Indiana insurance company plagued by reckless acquisitions and egregious executive compensation. (Wendt is more popularly known as the respondent in a celebrated corporate-wife divorce case.) But in his 28 months as CEO, Wendt didn't make things better. At the outset, he accepted a massive $45 million cash bonus (thus violating the Welchian principle of aligning the CEO's net worth directly with that of fellow workers and shareholders). Throughout his tenure, Wendt issued a series of exhortatory turnaround memos, even as the company continued some of its poor lending practices. Ultimately, Wendt was unable to deliver on his promises. He stepped down as CEO last October and Conseco filed for Chapter 11 in December.
Last month, onetime Welch deputy Paolo Fresco was stripped of his responsibilities at Italian industrial giant Fiat. Fresco, who spent more than 30 years with GE, rose to vice chairman of General Electric International and in the '90s glory years was a member of GE's three-person management team. In 1998, he was tapped to head Fiat, the Italian automotive giant.
Dubbed l'Americano, Fresco consciously aimed to mimic GE by creating a diversified conglomerate that would no longer rely on autos for its health. In 1999 alone, Fiat spent about $10 billion on acquisitions in areas like farm and construction equipment. But Fiat paid for its diversification with too much borrowed money. And as the core auto business continued to wilt, the company's finances teetered like that tower in Pisa. Fresco was inhibited in part by the influence of the controlling Agnelli family and by the cultural and legal obstacles that prevented the kind of mass firings Welch specialized in. Soon it was Fresco, al fresco.
Two other Welch disciples are struggling mightily. After losing the succeed-Jack sweepstakes, Robert Nardelli, head of GE's power systems division, left to run Home Depot in December 2000. Lacking retail experience, he nonetheless designed a game-plan straight out of the Welch playbook: Replace the existing folksy, decentralized management style with a headquarters-based technocratic one. Thus far, it hasn't worked.
Nardelli engineered a series of moves that made financial sense but not retail sense. To save money, he increased the use of part-time workers for busy weekends—the proportion of part-timers rose from 30 percent in December 2001 to about half in the spring of 2002. But that shift hurt service and alienated customers. In an effort to increase clout vis-à-vis suppliers, Nardelli centralized purchasing for the company's 1,500-odd stores. That angered store managers accustomed to tailoring their merchandising mix to local tastes. And the institution of lean inventories—a gimme in manufacturing companies—has led to occasional bare shelves, a no-no in retailing. Home Depot's stock is off by more than half since Nardelli's arrival, and the chain has lost ground—and even more crucial buzz—to Lowe's.
Upon succeeding Welch at GE, Jeffrey Immelt confidently proclaimed: "What I will say is that GE will always outperform any market that we're in." In fact, under Immelt, GE has underperformed the major indices. Of course, the former head of GE's medical unit had the misfortune to start his new job on Sept. 10, 2001. And in the past two years, the units that provided ballast to GE during the 2000-2001 slowdown—financial services, power turbines, jet engines—have run out of steam. With Welch having captured much of the low-hanging fruit with his well-publicized digitalization and Six Sigma programs, Immelt has been focused on generic efforts: technology, expanding services, increasing sales in China and Europe. GE is also rolling out a new advertising campaign: "Imagination at Work." It's not working on the imagination of investors.
Welch's successful protégés have gone about their business quietly. In January 2000, Stephen Bennett left GE Capital, where he was an executive vice president, to run Intuit, the tax software company. Although he arrived just before the technology meltdown, Bennett has managed to increase profits and revenues consistently, in part by bringing greater strategic and financial discipline to a company that still had vestiges of a startup culture. The stock, while still below its early 2000 peak, has far outpaced both the Nasdaq and the Dow during his tenure.
James McNerney of 3M has had the most success emulating Welch. In January 2001, McNerney, who had run GE's aircraft engine unit, decamped to Minneapolis, where he found a company in the mold of General Electric circa 1982: a 100-year-old multi-division industrial giant with a strong heritage of research and development and a loose management culture.


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I took some cuttings from my daughter's garden last summer which are now in 5 inch pots, growing well and in full flower. The flowers are very pretty and slightly scented, so I would like to have some near the front door. Alas no soil - a gravel drive.
I've seen weigela as hedging so I know it trims well, but I'm not sure about growing it in containers.
I've grown a variegatedweigeilia for years,in a large terracotta pot about 18" across obviously you won't need a container that large for your seedlings, but it was wn established shrub when I potted it.
I scrape off an inch or so of the compost, replace with fresh and scatter in a handful of dried chicken poo pellets every spring.
Theoretically you can grow anything in a pot as long as you provide everything that plant needs. For a shrub you will need good compost preferablly John Innes 3 and you will need to feed. As long as the pot is big enough for the plant it should be ok.
Had my wigelia in a pot for about 5 years,with reg feeding,it is still going strong.
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Woodcreek QB Nogosek: Man with the golden gun
Woodcreek High School has some youth on its varsity football team — to the tune of 31 juniors. But the Timberwolves have their fair share of experience, too.
They also have a somebody not every other football team has: a golden arm.
Senior quarterback Stephen Nogosek is a hot commodity in the baseball circle. He has size to go with his 90-mph fastball, which carried Woodcreek to the Sac-Joaquin Section Division II championship last spring. Scouts are watching.
In this day and age of one sport only, Nogosek remains the quarterback of the football team in his senior year with baseball still six months away. Recruiters are watching, too.
Shaun Mize, now at the University of Nevada on a baseball scholarship, was the quarterback last season, but Nogosek took snaps when Mize was dinged.
Nogosek passed for 481 yards and seven touchdowns in 28 completions. With Mize under center, Nogosek caught 22 passes for 411 yards and three scores. He also rushed for three touchdowns.
Nogosek showed the ability to escape, buy time and zing passes during a scrimmage against Davis and Chico-Pleasant Valley on Aug. 18.
He threw touchdown passes to Mitch Corbett and Kyle Gately, a junior who slipped into the open as Nogosek slipped away from sack attempts.
Gately also made a leaping scoring catch in the corner of the end zone. Playing cornerback, he impressed head coach John Hildebrand.
"He played well on both sides of the ball," Hildebrand said. "He came up and tackled well."
Tommy Torres and Corion Davis anchor the defense. Along with fellow senior Kory Adams, they pressured the Davis and Pleasant Valley quarterbacks and played the run well.
Woodcreek will be quick at cornerback with juniors Dylan Stacy and Alex Rotteveel. Both ran with junior running back Mitchell Layton on the Timberwolves' Sierra Foothill League-champion 4x100 relay team in the spring.
Junior Michael Daw solidifies the secondary at free safety.
Left guard Mason Shaw anchors the line.
Date Opponent
Today FOLSOM
Aug. 31 At Casa Roble
Sept. 7 At Oakmont
Sept. 14 ANTELOPE
Sept. 21 Idle
Sept. 28 PLACER
Oct. 5 At Del Oro (SFL)
Oct. 12 At Nevada Union (SFL)
Oct. 19 ROCKLIN (SFL)
Oct. 26 GRANITE BAY (SFL)
Nov. 2 At Roseville (SFL)
Varsity games are scheduled to start at 7:30 p.m. unless noted.
Today's opponent: The name Folsom is an attention-getter when the topic of conversation is high school football. The Bulldogs rode Dano Graves' 62 touchdown passes to the 2010 CIF Division II State Bowl Game, where they rolled over Gardena-Serra 48-20. Last season, Tanner Trosin passed and ran for 6,364 yards and 69 touchdowns, and J'Juan Muldrow caught 122 passes for 1,895 yards and 23 scores as Folsom advanced to the Sac-Joaquin Section Division II championship, where it lost to Vacaville 39-35. Graves is long gone. Trosin and Muldrow graduated last spring. Junior Troy Knox is back, coming off a 66-reception, 845-yard, four-score season. Folsom remains solid and should compete for a title in the rugged Delta River League; there just isn't that one big-name star who has people talking.


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Abortion is a hot-button issue. To people of the pro-life side of the debate, abortion is nothing less than the legally condoned murder of innocent babies. To people on the pro-choice side, the opponents of abortion want to enslave women by claiming literal ownership of their bodies. There are people in the middle of the road, but how can they be? Either the pro-lifers or the pro-choicers are right — you can't have it both ways.
Ultimately, the issue comes down to whether or not an unborn baby (i.e., a fetus) is an individual with rights. If he/she is, then abortion should be criminalized. If he/she is not, then it should be a completely unregulated procedure.
That's the moral side of abortion. But what about the economic, or utilitarian side? The authors of Freakonomics made the case that abortion was a societal good in that it led to a drop in crime rates. But did it really? Here's a contrary view:
Students of economics know that people make decisions based on incentives. If something costs more, then people are less likely to do it. The illegality of abortion, whether right or wrong, made the "cost" of sex higher than it is today. When abortion was illegal, women could still theoretically get an abortion if they really wanted one, but they faced criminal penalties and greater expense, not to mention the comparative difficulty of procuring the service. The nation-wide lift on America's forty-five state abortion ban "lowered the cost" of sex for women, and for men — who had previously been expected to marry a woman should she become pregnant. Roe v. Wade specifically lowered the "cost" of unprotected sex in the pre-AIDS era, undoubtedly contributing to the explosion of STD rates.
Now when something becomes cheaper, people do more of it. Making no moral judgment on the behavior, the fact is that Roe v. Wade did lead to a a massive increase in casual sex. This put tremendous pressure on girls to have sex — after all, they could always have an abortion if they got pregnant, right? And if they decided to keep their baby — as many did — then the man in question could wash his hands of the situation: "it was her choice — she could have had an abortion!"
This Austrian analysis of "human action" is supported by statistics and is the subject of a chapter in John Lott's Freedomnomics , an answer to Freakonomics . Out-of-wedlock birth rates soared from 5 percent pre-Roe to 16 percent in 1989. Amongst African Americans, the rate went from 35 percent to over 60 percent. And these children from single-parent homes were much more likely to engage in violent crime later on.
The idea that legalized abortion led to the births of fewer unwanted children, and that this led to a drop in crime makes intuitive sense. However, upon deeper inspection, it just isn't true.


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Madera's Nicole Nava set the Tom Moore Relays freshman/sophomore record to win the 1,600-meter run and the 800-meter run in Modesto.
Nava ran the 1,600 in 5:47 while recording a 2:32 in the 800-meter run Saturday.
Flora Flores also won the frosh/soph high jump with a jump of 4-feet, 4-inches. The 4X400 meter relay team of Nava, Alexis Miguel, Vivian Cortez and Natalie Johnson placed third.
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Thursday, September 22, 2011
Colorful Civil War re-enactors clad in Civil War uniforms of the North and South will participate Sept. 30 in a 150th anniversary observance of the forming of the Kingdom of Callaway.
The event is planned to begin on the Callaway County Courthouse square.
During a brief ceremony, the Callaway County Commission will issue a proclamation on the forming of the legendary Kingdom of Callaway during the Civil War 150 years ago.
The Blue-Gray Color Guard at the event will be provided by the Elijah Gates Camp of the Sons of Confederate Veterans.
The event will begin at approximately 5 p.m. after the Fulton High School Homecoming Parade clears through the area.
After the brief courthouse ceremony, the Blue-Gray Color Guard will march along Court Street to the Kingdom of Callaway Historical Museum, located at 513 Court St.
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Respond to Review of Watershed Cafe and Bar
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Review: The Watershed is an arts and culture center in Bristol facing the Bordeaux Quay. The cafe has a limited menu that focuses on fresh, local food. There is always at least one vegetarian dish. Dishes are tasty, well-prepared and inexpensive. In September 2010, they offer a Risotto of the Day. I tried one with beets, goat cheese, and arugula for about 7 GBP. It was delicious. Good flavor, not too salty, the right amount of goat cheese. (IMHO it could have had even more beets.) Order from the bar, and food will be brought to the table. There's free WiFi and a few public web kiosks built into tables. There is an excellent selection of beer and cider. It's a large space, not cramped, and you can find a table even on a weekend night. Their website is http://www.watershed.co.uk/cafe . From their flyer: From Plot to Plate: Watershed Cafe/Bar takes an ethical and sustainable approach to food - serving a new healthy, free-range, seasonal, organic menu wherever possible. We support the local economy, whilst paying the highest respect to the welfare of animals and the quality of the land.
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BBNC is a diversified company with operating subsidiary companies working in areas of Oilfield and Industrial Services, Construction, Government Contracting and Petroleum Distribution. We employ more than 2,800 diverse positions at job sites across the US, Middle East and Pacific Rim.
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Applications are now being accepted for the position of Youth Development Leader 2 at Hamilton Community Centre. Under the guidance of and reporting to the Community Facilities Coordinator, the Youth Development Leader 2 is responsible for the leadership of preteen/youth programs within a recreation and cultural services setting.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES· Deliver, instruct and lead a variety of programs and activities for preteens/youth· Develop positive relationships with preteens/youth; create an all-inclusive welcoming environment, instil a youth involved process; facilitate group settings· Promote the 40 Developmental Assets· Articulate boundaries governing appropriate behaviour and use of the centre· Create, prepare and distribute promotional materials using mixed mediums; promotes events and programs by directly contacting preteens/youth· Assist with liaising with elementary/high schools
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Shane Levandosky scored three times for the Neepawa Tigers as they defeated the visiting Major Pratt Trojans 6-4 Wednesday night in the Westman High School Hockey League.
Garett Rempel, Will Birnie and Preston James each added a goal and an assist for the Tigers (9-4-0). Dylan Tanner replied with a hat trick of his own for the Trojans (8-2-0), with Robert Wishart netting the other marker.
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Self Discovery Chapter 2 pg22 by NotYourTherapistWatch
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I kinda do to!!! And I don't know what you're talking about, I love you're mixed style!!!
oh shit this going to be awesome!~
I followed/watched you a few pages I started reading this! Hehee I love your works a lot!
Haha Dib getting him alone. Nice job. Be afraid Keef!
Seriously, I just love the way you combine your own drawing style with that combo style that looks more like the original IZ style but is still different. The way the IZ-combo style is used where a chibi or cuter picture might be while your style is for the serious stuff is really awesome!
Massive spam of comments from me yay! -throws comments on you-
:3 I'm not gonna lie. I was really glad to see you come back after that journal about quitting. The artist matters more than the art, and I'd never pressure anyone into sticking around... But boy did seeing that new page from you really make my day. I'm really glad you'll be sticking around dA!
>///<; Always nervous about asking this but... ^///^ want to be friends?
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or you don't want to then just ignore that part.. I won't take it personal :3 You're still awesome!
"1) You touch Zim again and I'm going to break your legs. 2) You talk to Zim again and I'm going to break your arms. 3) You look at Zim again and I'm going to break your face....."
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In a tight first half McVicar had already seen Club goalkeeper Josh Mimms save in a one-on-one situation before the visitors took the lead when Warren Bureell converted Connor Higginson's free kick on the half hour.
Six minutes later it was all square as MacVicar's powerful run led to Reuben Wiggins-Thomas laying the ball into the path of Terry Hawkridge, who made no mistake from 12 yards.
The Millers piled on the pressure in the second half and took the lead on 67 minutes when MacVicar was on hand to head into an empty net from six yards after Josh Thornton's header had come back off the post.
And the victory and a guaranteed play-off spot was sealed on 75 minutes when MacVicar was once again in the right place at the right time to head home a Wiggins-Thomas knock back after another run and cross by Hawkridge.
With Ilkeston drawing and Grantham winning, the Gingerbreads have been confirmed as league champions and we congratulate them on their achievement.
Les McJannet's men find themselves in third place in the table, level on points with the Robins and just one goal shy of them on goal difference.
The task now for the Millers is to try and finish second to secure home advantage throughout the play-offs.
Carlton are next in action on Monday when they travel to Rainworth Miners Welfare (3.00pm).
A full report from today's game will appear over the weekend.


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Music Lessons I: Fundamentals
Music Lessons II: Chords and Harmony
MiBac Music Software
PO Box 468
Northfield, MN 55057
These are two music lesson computer programs for Windows/Mac that teach you about music theory. These CDs each come with a registration key for installation, a Quick Start Guide, and a User Guide. The programs are MIDI compatible, which is optional to use. These programs mostly teach you about piano theory, but they also teach you about reading music, ear training, and playing music, which is applicable to any instrument. The products are recommended for ages 8 to adult. You have the option of saving your work in the form of a progress report on your hard drive.
Music Lessons I: Fundamentals
This program has 12 categories for learning. For most questions you have the option of playing/doing them, skipping them, listening to the software play the notes, or showing the answer. You are graded on how many answers you get right out of the number of tries; so if you fix a mistake, you get a better score. You can change the options and use the computer keyboard for typing the answers instead of clicking the keyboard on the screen. This software features Treble, Bass, and Alto clefs. Under the Level menu, you can change what your challenge is going be composed of in each of the categories below:
Note reading: shows four notes on a staff and then you play (click) them on the keyboard below. You have the option to choose line, space, staff, ledger, chromatic, or advanced chromatic notes.
Circle of fifths: shows middle C and asks you to play (click) the circle of fifths starting on middle C. When you play the notes (the right letter, just in different spots in that clef) it moves all the notes to a fifth apart, but still gives you the correct score, even if you put the notes in different octaves.
Key signatures: gives you a graph with Major keys on the left, and minor keys on the right, with check boxes. It asks you to name the key signature shown on the staff.
Major/minor scales: displays a keyboard for playing the scale it tells you to play. You have the option of Major, Natural minor, Harmonic minor, Melodic minor, all minor, or all scales.
Modes: asks you to play a mode scale. Your options are Ionian (Major), Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian, Aeolian (minor), Locrian, or all modes.
Jazz scales: asks for a jazz scale to be played. You can choose Dorian Flat 2, Lydian Sharp 5, Mixolydian Sharp 4, Mixolydian Flat 6, Minor Flat 5, Locrian Flat 4, or all jazz scales.
Scale degrees: gives you a note on the staff in a specific key and you have to name the scale degree (Tonic, Supertonic, Mediant, Subdominant, Dominant, Submediant, Subtonic, and Leading tone). You can use Major, Natural minor, Harmonic minor, Melodic minor, all minor, or all scales.
Intervals: plays an interval separate and then together (and shown on the staff). It plays all Major, minor, Perfect, diminished, and Augmented intervals except ninths and tenths (in the beginner level). The intermediate level plays intervals downward and upward instead of just upward as in the beginner level. The advanced level has sharps and flats plus ninths and tenths plus double diminished and double augmented!!
Note/rest durations: asks (in that time signature) how many beats does the note (or rest) take up. Choose among notes, rests, notes and rests; and for the time signature, choose half note, quarter note, eighth note, sixteenth note, or all beat units. This is kind of tricky.
Scales ear training: plays the scale and (after you select the scale), writes the notes of the scale you picked on the staff. You have the option of Major/minor, Modes, Jazz scales or a combination of all three.
Intervals ear training: is the same as Intervals above, except that only the first note is shown on the staff
Music Lessons II: Chords and Harmony
This software also gives you the option of playing/doing the lesson, skipping it, listening to the software play the notes, or seeing the answer. And the grading is the same as in
Music Lessons I
. As far as I know, you can't use the computer keyboard for typing in answers. This software features Treble, Bass, Grand, Alto, and Tenor clefs. You can use this for piano or guitar; you have the option of displaying the guitar strings or a piano keyboard. It has three levels. The quick start guide says: "The beginning level uses the keys of C major and a minor. The Intermediate level uses major and minor keys with up to three sharps and flats. The Advanced level uses all major and minor keys." Under the Level menu you can also change what your challenge is going be composed of.
Music Lessons II
has six different activities, all with naming, writing, and playing features. They are Chord Elements, Triads, Triads Ear Training, Seventh Chords, Seventh Chords Ear Training, and Roman Numerals (chord degree).
Chord Elements: You name the third quality displayed; write (type) the third quality you are asked for; or play the third quality you are asked for.
Triads: Name the chord by root, quality, and inversion; write a chord in the key and position given; or play a chord in the key and position given on the keyboard shown.
Triads Ear Training: Name the root, quality, and inversion of the chord; write the chord you hear; or play the chord you hear on the keyboard.
Seventh Chords: Name the seventh chord displayed by root, quality, and inversion; write the chord in the key and position given; or play the chord in the key and position given.
Seventh Chords Ear Training: Name the seventh chord that you hear by root, quality, and inversion; write the chord you hear; or play the chord (given the root).
Roman Numerals (chord degree): Name the chord's numeral according to the key it's in; write the chord in the key and numeral given; or play the chord in the key and numeral given.
Both programs have a great help section. This is the main teaching part of the software! When you click on Help, it goes to the section of help for that lesson. These are extremely helpful, with detailed (but not overly detailed) text and great graphics to illustrate the point. The help section of
Music Lessons I
also has the history of the topics you have looked at, a search window, a help topics window (which appears to be about the same thing), the table of contents, and a back button.
Music Lessons II
has back and forward buttons and a print feature.
These programs appear to be for ages ten and up, although some of the sections, at the easiest levels, would be appropriate for younger ages. These courses are also a great supplement to music lessons, whether during the school year at the same time as lessons or during the summer when you may not be taking lessons. The programs are not specifically made for homeschoolers but work better for them, since homeschoolers can use the software during the day at home more easily than public/private school students can.
These are great programs for learning the basics and beyond in music theory and ear training! If I could change one thing about these programs, I would take out the jazz scales from
Music Lessons I
. They don't seem like a fundamental or essential foundation for learning music.
I would recommend these programs to anyone who would like to learn music, even adults, and especially to music lesson students who want to continue their music studies during the summer and not lose ground during that large break. These programs may only require 10-30 minutes every day, and they really strengthen your music expertise.
Product review by Kathy & Ryan Gelzer, The Old Schoolhouse
Magazine, LLC, August 2010
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2003 Press Releases
NCCAM funds new partnerships between U.S. and international research teams in a novel effort to study traditional medical approaches as they are practiced in other cultures.
NCCAM forges new partnerships between CAM institutions and major research universities in an innovative effort to advance research on widely used CAM practices.
NCCAM establishes Centers of Excellence to support established researchers in applying cutting-edge technologies to explore the underlying mechanisms and potential benefits of CAM practices.
"Herbal Medicine: Ancient Practice Meets Modern Science" will be presented by Norman R. Farnsworth, Ph.D., of the University of Illinois at Chicago.
NCCAM is partnering with the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) and CancerCare to host a Web chat on ASCO's consumer web site, People Living With Cancer (www.PLWC.org).
Following a nationwide search, John Y. Killen, Jr., M.D., has been appointed director of the Office of International Health Research, NCCAM.
DHHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson announced five appointments to the National Advisory Council for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, the principal advisory body to NCCAM.
NCCAM announces the creation of a new NCCAM Director's Fellowship in Complementary and Alternative Medicine Research. The program will sponsor outstanding research fellows to work in NCCAM's Division of Intramural Research, based at the NIH in Bethesda, MD.
The lecture, entitled "Hypnosis and Group Support in Medical Care: Altering Perception and Reality," will be presented by David Spiegel, M.D., professor and associate chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University School of Medicine.
The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) has selected the first eight research units for the Global Network for Women's and Children's Health Research, an international research network to improve the health of women and children throughout the world.
NIH launches clinical trial of
St. John's wort for the treatment of minor depression.
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When Stephen Devine drove with his family from their home in Massachusetts to New York City, he spent two frustrating hours trying to find a place to park his 9-foot-high camper van, which won't fit in most garages. In the end, his 17-year-old daughter found a place to park online -- and she didn't even have to leave the van to do it. Devine's van is equipped with TracNet, a system that allows passengers to access the Internet on a vehicle's video screens. Launched in September by Middletown, Rhode Island-based KVH Industries Inc., TracNet brings the Internet to the installed screens in a car, truck, RV or boat. It also turns the entire vehicle into a wireless hot spot, so passengers can use their laptops to go online. Devine -- who also purchased KVH's satellite TV system, called TracVision, when he bought his camper a month ago -- said the value of in-vehicle Internet became obvious at that moment in New York.
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Halloween is speeding its way toward us! The chill is in the air, the costumes are prepped, and the candy is anxiously awaiting its display for passing ghouls. To accelerate the time and expedite Halloween's arrival, here is a list of the top 5 spookiest, creepiest, most entertaining Halloween vehicles, gathered from movies, books, and cartoon shows.
1941 Chevrolet COE Truck One – Jeepers Creepers
Love it or hate it, Jeepers Creeps is an entertaining horror film. I once watched it on a portable DVD player, in the middle of the desert, under a blanket of stars. Coyotes howled at one point, made me jump. Not sure if I jumped because of the movie or because there were coyotes in the desert. Regardless, the Jeepers Creepers truck is a horrifying spectacle, one that I would never want to see out of my rear-view mirror. It's smoking anus of brimstone and hate, boiling onto my bumper with a repetitious pounding a heartbeat of hell.
The Munster Koach The Munsters
Featured in over twenty episodes throughout The Munsters' two-year television lifespan, the Munster Koach is an iconic Halloween vehicle that mystifies as much as it entertains. The vehicle was built from three different Model T bodies, and the whole thing measured approximately 18′ long. When I was a young sprout, my dad let me stay up late, way past my mom's dictated bedtime, and we'd laugh as the Munsters got into all sorts of trouble. The changing staircase was the coolest part, what with it rising and turning into a slide. Of course, I didn't love it as much as this family: Sandra and Charles McKee of Waxahachie, Texas, built a fully livable re-creation of the Munsters home.
1955 Peterbilt 281 Tanker Truck – Duel
Stepping it up from the Jeepers Creepers truck, this Peterbilt 281 was the featured star of the 1971 film Duel. The film focuses on David Mann, a middle-aged man traveling on a two-lane highway in the California desert. David Mann finds himself chased, teased, tortured, hassled, and nearly killed, on numerous occasions, by this Peterbilt. If you're anything like me, you get anxious when you have to speed past a tanker on the highway. My mind yells, Don't merge into me. Don't merge into me. Having one purposely try to ram you off the road, that's terrifying!
1966 Chevrolet Sportvan 108 Scoopy-Doo
No Halloween vehicle list is complete without the addition of the Mystery Machine. Crammed with four strange adults and a talking dog, this car has seen some adventures. From combating swamp monsters to old men dressed as ghosts, the Mystery Machine is always first on the paranormal scene. Between 1990 and 2002, Universal Studios Florida had a working Mystery Machine that drove around the park. Jinkies!
1958 Plymouth Fury – Christine
The Mystery Machine's cool. The Jeepers Creepers truck is scary. The Munster Koach is creative. They're all great cars, honestly. But when it comes to true terror, true fear, no one does it better than Stephen King, which is why Christine makes the top of our Halloween vehicle list. The car kills people, drives itself, and self-repairs any damage. Christine clings to an owner, changing the individual into a cynical abomination of their former self. No other vehicle can top the horror induced by this seemingly innocent Plymouth Fury.


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Charlotte-Mecklenburg schools has fired an after-school staffer because of an offensive comment he posted on the social networking site Facebook.
The Charlotte Observer reported Tuesday that seven district employees have been disciplined because of Facebook entries.
Superintendent Peter Gorman also has recommended that an elementary school teacher be fired after writing she was "teaching in the most ghetto school in Charlotte."
The teacher's lawyer said she was "telling the truth" about the school, where 74 percent of students are black and 93 percent qualify for lunch subsidies to low-income families. He said the dictionary definition of "ghetto" is a part of the city in which members of a minority group live, "especially because of social, legal or economic pressure."
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