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VSN rallies to upset Seaford
Spartans in title game for first time since 1981
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A little more than a year after Valley Stream North delivered a first-round playoff knockout of then-three-time defending Nassau Conference IV football champion Seaford, the Spartans withstood some punches and rallied to stun the top-seeded Vikings, 21-17, in a semifinal game last Saturday evening at Hofstra's Shuart Stadium.
After Seaford's Matt Murphy's 22-yard tiebreaking field goal with 1:54 remaining, North senior quarterback Anthony Martelli directed a 69-yard game-winning drive, capped by senior James Capoziello's 6-yard touchdown grab with 37 seconds left on the clock. The fourth-seeded Spartans advance to the county finals for the first time since 1981 and will face defending champion Roosevelt, the No. 3 seed, this Sunday at 4 p.m.
VSN head coach Tom Schiavo called the victory "incredible." The Spartans avenged a 28-14 regular-season defeat to Seaford in Week 7, and now they'll try to do the same against the Rough Riders. Roosevelt, which won last year's semifinal matchup, 27-21, beat North by 27 points on Sept. 15.
"We have a ton of multi-sport athletes," Schiavo said. "They're all used to pressure situations."
The two-minute drill, Schiavo said, is something the team practices every day. And he couldn't have been more comfortable with Martelli at the controls. "Anthony's a gifted kid who's been playing varsity sports for four years," Schiavo explained. "Nobody panicked. The line gave him time to throw, and he got us down the field."
Seniors Stephen Giuliante, Dylan Heitner and Isaiah Short all had key receptions to set up Capoziello's winning catch. Capoziello also got the Spartans even in the third quarter when he hauled down a 60-yard touchdown pass to fully erase Seaford's 14-0 lead at intermission following senior Thomas Wade's extra point. "We call it the jet-slant-fade, and James talked about the play at halftime and wanted to use it," Schiavo said. "So when we had the opportunity, we called it. Anthony put the ball on the money, and James caught it in stride."
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The business case for telecommuting was established more than two decades ago.
No doubt Yahoo chief Marissa Mayer knows that. I'm guessing that in the days and weeks leading up to her recent call to ban telecommuting at the search engine giant she considered 20-year-old-plus arguments favoring thousands of her employees working remotely.
You know: Telecommuting is a strategic tool, it empowers employees to create flexible solutions, the technology is available, results can be measured … They are all legitimate arguments with case history that dates back to at least 1991. That's as far back as our online archives go—back to the days when Workforce was called Personnel Journal. And sure enough, there's a reference to telecommuting in a story about Marriott's corporate culture.
You could also argue that telecommuting's origins lie just up the 101 from Yahoo's corporate headquarters at Silicon Valley neighbor Hewlett-Packard. In 1967, the pioneering computer-maker allowed its plant in Germany to offer flextime—a truly radical concept for its time. HP then implemented large-scale telecommuting in the mid-1990s as technology advanced.
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It also implies that Yahoo's previous commitment to telecommuting created a bloated, lazy and unproductive remote workforce. Will Mayer's office-centric edict change that? By permanently etching a line not only across Yahoo's addiction to telecommuting but through a massive sector of the workforce who work out of the office, this is a defining moment of her career.
If indeed Mayer and her HR boss, Jacqueline Reses, have done their homework on overhauling a workforce, they should understand that merely swinging the doors wide open and offering a posh cafeteria and shiny new smartphones won't make collaboration happen overnight.
I don't think I am overstating it by saying Yahoo's culture shift is like building a brand-new workforce from scratch—a team of thousands at that. First, construction crews are going to be working 24/7 to facilitate a horde of new employees in an office setting. Then there are the inevitable technology glitches (and they will happen) that will impair the workforce for weeks, if not months, driving stress to dangerous levels.
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Mackenzie Holtz of Rifle and her parents are in Florida for Thanksgiving week, as the 7-year-old second-grader at Highland Elementary School competes for the title of 2012 Miss American Princess at Disney World.
Holtz, daughter of Darin and Tina Holtz of Rifle, was selected to represent the Centennial State at the pageant and will compete for the title and thousands of dollars in cash awards, prizes and scholarships.
Miss American Princess Pageants, organized by American Coed Pageants of Pensacola, Fla., holds annual state pageants to recognize and reward outstanding young women between the ages of 3 and 22 for their past and present accomplishments, and to encourage them to set and achieve high goals for the future.
Contestants take part in talent, speech, academic achievement, community service, photogenic, personality, most promising model, best actress and national cover girl and hostess contests.
Holtz raised $1,300 from area businesses and individuals in order to participate in the contest.
Garfield County government offices will close Thursday, Nov. 22, and Friday, Nov. 23, for Thanksgiving. All county administrative offices of elected officials and county departments will close. The county landfill will also close those two days, but will reopen Saturday, Nov. 24 with normal business hours of 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Offices that respond to emergencies or offer 24-hour services will remain open, such as the sheriff's department, the coroner's office, and criminal justice services. The Garfield County Regional Airport will be open for general aviation, although the airport's administrative offices will close.
County offices and service will resume at 8 a.m. Monday, Nov, 26.
MEEKER - The Bureau of Land Management has extended the public comment deadline for its Draft White River Field Office Oil and Gas Resource Management Plan Amendment an additional 45 days, to Jan. 28, 2013.
In August, the BLM released a draft plan outlining multiple alternatives for managing the expected increase in oil and natural gas development on the 1.7 million acres of federal mineral resources it manages on the Piceance Basin in Rio Blanco County, southern Moffat County, and a very small part of northern Garfield County.
"Public involvement is a key part of this process, and we have received a number of requests for additional time to review this draft," said Kent Walter, White River Field Office manager. "This additional 45 days will extend the amount of time the draft will be available for public review and comment to 160 days."
The BLM will also host an open house on Monday, Dec. 3, from 5 to 7 p.m., at the White River Field Office in Meeker, 220 E. Market St., to specifically discuss and answer questions about wildlife protections proposed in this draft.
"We have proposed a number of incentive-based protections to minimize impacts from oil and gas development to wildlife," Walter said. "We know there is a lot of interest in these proposals, and we want to give people a chance to learn more about what is specifically being considered as they develop their written comments."
Written comments will be accepted at the open house as well.
The majority of acreage within the White River Field Office is already leased for oil and gas development. This plan proposes a number of possible mitigation measures, including an incentive-based approach that recognizes the valid existing rights of leaseholders while minimizing impacts to wildlife and other sensitive resources.
The plan projects as much as 878 million cubic feet of natural gas could be produced annually, resulting in as many as 8,000 new jobs in the region.
Copies of the draft and information about how to comment are available online at blm.gov/co, click on "White River."
Before including physical address, phone number, email address, or any other personal identifying information in your comments, commenters should know their entire comment, including personal identifying information, may be made publicly available at any time. While individuals may request the BLM to withhold personal identifying information from public view, the BLM cannot guarantee it will be able to do so.
American Shale Oil, a research and development company with offices in Rifle and a research, development and demonstration 10-year lease for 160 acres from the Bureau of Land Management in the oil shale rich section of the Green River Formation, presented a $2,000 check to Colorado River Fire Rescue on Friday, Nov. 16. The money will help the agency, which includes the Rifle Fire Protection District, with wildfire costs.
"Everyone in the community, including us, might have to deal with a wildfire at one time," said AMSO deputy project manager John Foulkes. "We hope this is a start of a new partnership."
U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class David A. Klenda, a 1998 graduate of Rifle High School, along with sailors assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 11, were welcomed home by family and friends after a successful seven month deployment to Afghanistan. Klenda joined the Navy in June 1998.
Among numerous missions, the battalion conducted a large-scale road construction project in southern Helmand Province, in which they partnered with the Afghan National Army; a village stability platform mission in support of Marine Special Forces; construction of helicopter landing zones, in partnership with the Italian army, to facilitate timely medical evacuations; and construction of buildings and facilities for an Afghan National Army recruit training command.
Despite being faced with the dangers of operating in a combat zone for the length of the deployment, the Seabees are fortunate to have all returned.
Following a brief stand-down period to allow sailors time to rest, spend time with family, and take care of personal matters, the battalion will reorganize and begin a homeport period filled with training and tactical exercises designed to prepare them for the next deployment and increase their knowledge and skills.
Personal use Christmas tree tags are now available from all offices of the White River National Forest, including the Rifle Ranger District, 0094 County Road 244. Permits are available weekdays from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., except Thanksgiving and Christmas Day.
Maps showing where Christmas tree cutting is allowed are available at all offices where permits are sold. Permits cost $10 each and may be purchased with cash, check, or money order.
Christmas tree cutting is allowed in most areas of the White River National Forest, with the following exceptions:
• wilderness areas,
• commercial timber sales,
• recreation and ski areas,
• administrative areas,
• Glenwood Canyon.
Trees may not be cut within 100 feet of any road and must be less than 15 feet tall from the stump, with a maximum of five trees per individual. Trees are for personal use only and cannot be resold. The tags must be attached to the tree prior to cutting and must be left on the tree until it arrives at its final destination. Permits expire Dec. 31.
Call 625-2371 for additional information.
For 50 years, Jack Roberts worked as an illustrator depicting the history and spirit of Western life, in his own distinctive style. In his studio located one mile south of Redstone, Roberts created as many as 40 paintings a year.
The public has the opportunity to see a collection of his paintings at Colorado Mountain College in Rifle, in an exhibition narrated by his son, Gary Miller, and sponsored by Judith Hayward.
A free opening reception will be held Friday, Nov. 30, from 6 to 8 p.m., at the campus. The exhibit will be on view through Jan. 25, 2013.
Public collections of his work can also be seen at the Museum of Western Colorado in Grand Junction, the Leanin' Tree Museum in Boulder, the Colorado Press Association in Denver, the Glenwood Hot Springs Lodge and Spa of the Rockies, U.S. Bank and the Redstone Castle.
The Rifle campus of Colorado Mountain College is located at 3695 Airport Road.
The pottery classes at CMC in Rifle have been busily preparing for their annual Christmas Show, from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 30 and from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 1, in the gymnasium of the former college building, 703 Railroad Ave.
Many potters will show their works, a wide selection of styles, from hand-built to wheel thrown, from functional to decorative. All of it will be for sale.
A salt-soda kiln was built by one of the classes during the summer of 2009, and there will be examples of work fired in that kiln, as well as pieces fired in a gigantic gas kiln, Raku and saggar work, and electric kiln fired pieces.
A percentage of the proceeds will be donated to a worthy cause. In the past, donations were made to various local charitable organizations, such as the Rifle Animal Shelter.
There will be opportunities to meet and visit with the artists, have a hot drink and a home-made treat and enjoy the creativity of the students.
For more information, call 625-2030.
We would like to give a very special thank you to all of our fire fighting entities for such a speedy and professional response to the home fire that occurred at Kings Crown during the early morning hours of Nov. 9.
To see the efficiency in which you all performed your profession was amazing and reassuring not only to me, but all the surrounding home owners that were in harm's way. Thanks so much to all the men and women of Rifle Fire and the other departments that were there, and also to the Rifle police officers that responded and helped evacuate the area so fast that no one was harmed during this frightening time.
From myself and other management of Kings Crown Mobile Home Park, thank you so much for all that you do and God bless.
Stewart Mall, Gail and Shirley Parks
Kings Crown Mobile Home Park
The Sunlight Winter Sports Bus, sponsored by Grand River Hospital and Medical Center, runs on Wednesdays and Saturdays, Dec. 15 through March 30, 2013.
$15 gets you on the bus for the entire season. The bus is limited to 47 riders per trip, so reserve your spots soon. No one will be allowed on the bus without a reservation and signed registration form.
To reserve your spot, call Rifle Recreation at 665-6570 and leave your name, phone number, pick-up location, date of ride and any special instructions (not returning on bus, etc.) Go online to rifleco.org/recreation.
The Bureau of Land Management's Hubbard Mesa Trailhead off of County Road 290 north of Rifle is closed so a number of improvements can be installed.
The Hubbard Mesa Open Area is a 2,460-acre multiple-use recreation area with 50 miles of single-track, ATV, and four-wheel-drive trails. It's a popular area for off-highway vehicle enthusiasts.
Improvements include two shade structures, picnic tables, a kiosk, a vault toilet and fencing around an area where a developed track will be built in the spring.
Construction is funded through a $89,000 State Parks grant as well as a $40,000 BLM challenge cost-share grant. Work should be completed by the beginning of December.
In the meantime, people using the area are encouraged to park across from this trailhead in the "Ant Hill" area, or at the JQS/Government Creek Trailhead off of Colorado Highway 13.


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Sphinx SXD - noisy drive or normal?
Posted 03 April 2009 - 11:12 AM
How loud should the drive noise be on a Sphinx SXD?
The mount seems to work flawlessly. Go-to is great. Tracking dead on. When it slews it sounds like a normal slewing sound. Just a soft whiring sound.
But, when the mount just tracks along it sounds like a tiny coffee grinder chugging away or maybe a aquarium motor buzz. It's not really loud but you can definately hear it when sitting there with the scope.
All my previous Vixen mounts have been virtually silent except maybe some soft clicking from the old SP.
Our own Fred here on CN, the original owner, mentioned the mount will not be silent and clicks along but it just seems louder to me than I'm used to. I just hope I'm not destroying anything!!
Posted 03 April 2009 - 12:46 PM
But in the webpage, Vixen said, if you upgrade to V.2.1 the sound is more normal.
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Posted 03 April 2009 - 02:39 PM
My Vixen Sphinx in tracking mode sort of ticks and creaks like door being opened in some horror movie, it is really quite a low level but outside in the quiet of the night it sounds worse than it really is.
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Is that a picture of your 6" on the SXD on your avitar?!!
I am impressed if it is. I was shocked at how easy it takes the bulk of the TEC in stride. Almost everyone I spoke to said no way would this work even visually. But, there were a few here on CN that stated as big or even bigger scopes riding on it with no problem.
Vixen has always built good stuff. Just wish this drive were a little quieter myself. Seems this is one of the trade offs.
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I believe the original owner did advise he already updated to 2.1 already. Is there a quick way I can check the firmware level?
Yes -- on the Starbook screen when it comes on, you can scroll down and select "My Starbook" (I think) and it will tell you the version you're running.
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My tracking is very good and the goto usually lands the object on my camera chip most times.
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Thanks everybody for calming my fears. Seems the Sphinx coffee grinder will live on just fine.


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That's why I moved away from that hell hole.
Brought the pup out for a run tonight. We threw the ball, ran a lot, took a big dump on the baseball field, and hit the creek for a swim. NO CREEK! damn was she disappointed. She sat there with a mouthful of mud for 5 minutes before she would get up. Got her home, she hit the pool, priceless.We sure need some rainfall. The water is no longer flowing from the pond, the creek is drying up, bring on the fall!
That's why I moved away from that hell hole.
It's pouring in Reno again! We are getting some good precip for a change.
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I was simply speaking of the drought were having, not the fudded up political climate in Ca, Co, or any other state. Just a man who took his dog for a walk.
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SW Colorado.....leaving out the politics!!! Been up in the high country several time in the last couple of weeks. While everything looks pretty green from lots of recent monsoon rains, it is still really dry here. Lots of the small tanks used for cattle water are dry and some of the streams are too. (not running, just pools here & there). I know several ranchers who have grazing rights in the NF that have been hauling water for their cows most of the summer. I'll be in Lake City in a week for some fishing and relaxing, like to see what it looks like there and in Gunnison and Crede.
Its rained almost everyday for the last 2 weeks here at my place.
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From the sounds of it, Co has seen some good rainfall in the high country. I just spent 4 days up in the high country scouting for deer and doing some fishing, it was really lush, a far cry from the valley (the hell hole). The lake is located at 7500', about summit level, and we had rain on 1 evening. I did get into some deer, and with the help of google earth, located a spring in the backcountry with plenty of sign. The high country lakes are still at capacity, and the smell of fall is in the air. Can't wait for the leaves to turn.
As for the valley of hell and their politics, they can have it, I'm no flatlander. I live in the foothills between Sacramento and Lake Tahoe at 3500", and have the opportunity to wet a line any day of the week. I hear plenty about our water wars, and am terrified as to the repercussions of our elected officials sending our water south to LA to feed the desert.
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News 2's Liz Crawford got one side of the story from Nicholas Worthington, who worked on the site for the electrical subcontractor.
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|First baby of 2009 born at CCCH
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The fourth daughter of Heather and Justin Schoenholz was born at Chase County Community Hospital Jan. 9, making her the first baby of the year born at that facility.
Andee Mae Schoenholz made her debut at 6:40 p.m., weighing 7 lbs. 14 ozs. and measuring 20 and one-half inches long.
She sports dark hair, as did her now-blond siblings Jolee, 5; Ella, 3 and Shelbey, 20 months.
Dr. Jonathan Richman delivered Andee. Her mother is an LPN at CCCH and Chase County Clinic, while Justin owns Schaner's Transportation trucking company.
As the first baby born in 2009 at CCCH, Andee received the following gifts from area businesses: Prior's, gift box (bibs); Southside Liquor, wine bottles; Hair Effects Unlimited, baby shampoo; Case IH, semi truck; Adams Drug, gift basket of soaps, etc.; Fine Things, wrapped gift, porcelain angel and baby; Mud Buckets, diaper bag and gifts; Balcony House, one night stay; Owens True Value, $20 gift certificate; Capitol Liquor, $20 chamber bucks; McNair Agency, $20; On Broadway, $25 gift certificate; Carquest, $25 gift certificate; Pizza Hut, $40 gift card; TO Haas, $10; Imperial Credit Union, $25; Adams Lumber, $20 gift certificate; Chase County Community Hospital, blankets, credit for day in the nursery; Imperial NAPA, beanie baby; Hospital Auxiliary, bear; Imperial Auto Renewal, diapers; Triple O, blanket; Adams Bank & Trust, $25 savings account; Pinnacle Bank, $50 savings account; Chase 3000, one month free internet; First Bank & Trust, $50; Great Plains Communications, $75 off bill; Artistic Woodworking, $20; Imperial Republican, free one year subscription; BT's Machine, $25; Home Decor, $20; Imperial Country Ford, $25; Southwest Title Co., $15; Kwik Stop, $25 gas card.
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AM Radio Installation - Tech For TraditionalistsWritten by on October 1, 2011
In our so-called English language, there are certain words that take a beating. For people like us, these words could include: custom, restored, patina, and last-but-not-least on the list, any variation of the word "tradition". Like the others on the list, the word tradition is a perfectly good word when used properly. The trouble is that it's been abused a bit as of late and its expanded definition can create confusion for the geezerly among us. Even so, based on what we see around us today, wouldn't it be safe to say that the current trend is toward tradition?
Now before you fire off a new-fangled 'lectronic letter to the editor, let me ask y'all a question: How far are you willing to go to maintain traditionalism? It's not as difficult as many think. And true traditional styling in hot rods goes far beyond red wheels, whitewalls, and flat finishes. If you're a true traditionalist, you'll install a truly traditional AM (amplitude modulation) sound system in your ride right away, even though you'll be sacrificing mandatory rockabilly road tunes for the cause.
A truly traditional hot rod music box receives AM airwaves only, and here in Southern California that means no Johnny Dollar, no Johnny Cash, only Juan Dinero, because neighboring Mexican radio stations come in clearly on AM stations.
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Unfortunately, a traditional AM aerial requires a 1-inch hole in a high-profile position. Inevitably, we'll end up with a long pole sticking up into the sky, making this award-winning hot rod resemble an amusement park bumper car.There's just no getting around it. We know what we must do. In the name of tradition, we are now prepared to proceed with the deed. After pondering our options we decided to go with the 1-inch hole saw.As an ounce of prevention, masking paper will help to deflect sharp shavings to come. The finish on this car is slick, so we're hopeful that masking tape will provide a bit of traction for a sharp 1/8-inch drill bit to start—since center-punching is not a safe option. First a speck of black Shinola marks the spot.Believe me, I put it off as long as I could—I'm nervous about this. With a pilot hole successfully drilled, I'm beginning to feel ill. Is anyone else here beginning to feel ill?Taking this in baby steps, we'll allow things to cool as we go. As it turns out, there's filler here, so I'm pleased that we'd chosen the hole saw over the step drill and/or the chassis punch on the workbench earlier.This pneumatic drill has been with me for over 30 years and it's never been used for anything like this. Ordinarily it's my little buddy, but today it's like the smokin' gun.Exercising caution, we'll remove our masking material, and then blow away any stray shavings with clean compressed air. With the scary part of this job behind us, we'll brush a bit of primer onto the newly exposed metal and continue with the installation of the aerial.
After a quick check for even tire inflation, we'll use a level to dial in the aerial's verticality. This seemed safer than danglin' a plumb bob over this finished car—after all we've been through, why push our luck any further?There are other options when it comes to "non-modern" looking modern audio setups for hot rods and customs wishing to, well, not look modern. Both Custom Autosound and Retro Audio offer retrofit/OE-style(ish) head units and complete sound systems that may or may not fit your needs—all depends on what you're working with and what you're after.If you want to keeps things entirely discrete—hidden—then consider V8 Audio's offering as an option. This is an iPod/MP3–type setup (which keeps devices charged), but can also be used with a personal CD player, just no radio or direct CD use.


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Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - Joakim Noah netted 21 points and helped
key a pivotal late run that lifted the Chicago Bulls to a 96-89 victory over
the Philadelphia 76ers at the Wells Fargo Center.
Luol Deng posted 19 points and 12 rebounds for Chicago, which outscored the
Sixers by a 17-9 margin over the final five minutes to notch their fourth win
in five games. Marco Belinelli and Nate Robinson also scored in double
figures, contributing 16 and 14 points, respectively, to the triumph.
Philadelphia was dealt its second defeat in its last three outings despite a
26-point, 9-assist effort from Jrue Holiday and 16 points and eight boards out
of Evan Turner.
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Phoenix, AZ (Sports Network) - Luis Scola scored all 14 of his points in a
one-sided fourth quarter as the Phoenix Suns took care of the Kobe Bryant-less
Los Angeles Lakers, 99-76, at US Airways Center.
Wesley Johnson added 14 points and nine rebounds, while Goran Dragic had 12
points and 10 assists for Phoenix, which snapped a four-game slide by winning
the final stanza by a 28-10 margin.
Jared Dudley chipped in 13 points for a Suns bench that outscored Los Angeles'
reserves, 52-17.
The Lakers were without Bryant (ankle) for both games of a back-to-back and
were unable to find much offense, as they made just 33 percent of their shots
in their lowest scoring output of the season.
Steve Nash scored a team-high 19 points for Los Angeles, while Dwight Howard
totaled 16 points and 11 boards in the setback, just the club's fourth in 15
games since the All-Star break.
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Rockville Centre Letters to the Editor, Week of Jan. 17
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after Sandy
To the Editor:
Regarding Scott Brinton's column "Saving the world, $10 at a time, part II" (Jan. 10-16): I am happy to hear that Brinton is back in his home –– all of it. I am still drying out, but am definitely on the mend.
After reading Brinton's column, I was inspired to write a note about the nonprofit organization that I work with. Just before the storm, I was asked to be the executive director of the Long Beach Latino Civic Association. I agreed to a part-time position to oversee existing programs and develop future projects that would relate to our mission of environmental justice, civic participation and cultural awareness. My first day was Oct. 29. I have worked 60 hours a week since then!
We organized a task force and collaborated with many groups to host several events and programs to date:
n Through the "Warm the Spirit" program, we organized a coat drive, served hot lunches, offered free clean-outs and helped storm victims register with the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
n At Thanksgiving, we served 350 meals and gave out bags of food and cleaning products.
n Through the Long Beach Holiday Toy Drive, we helped to organize and distribute toys.
n Through the Adopt a Family Program, we matched families in need with families who wanted to give household cleaning products.
n At the Three Kings Party, we offered refreshments, toys, and bags of food and cleaning
We have also shared our offices with other agencies in need of phones and computers. We have given All Hands Volunteers our office space to use as a base of operations. We have hosted the New York Legal Assistance Group on a bi-weekly basis. And we will hold a bilingual registration/appeal meeting on Jan. 17 at St. Mary of the Isle to help those who still need to register with FEMA.
As the new year begins, we see that there is so much need –– housing, employment, food and mental-health counseling. Since the storm, we have seen our client list quadruple. We would like to move our offices to a larger, ground-floor location. We would certainly appreciate any $10 donations we could get! Our website is www.lblatinocivic.org.
Elizabeth Connolly
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Long Beach Latino Civic Association Inc.
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Quote from: exiledcarper on November 28, 2008, 11:25:32 am You can get a Sportster for that money and like 'em or not, it's a LOT more bike. Ha ha!Yep, it sure is!About 200 pounds of dead lard more bike. Perhaps a person could hang 4 50 pound sacks of sand on their Enfield, so they can feel more like a Harley.
You can get a Sportster for that money and like 'em or not, it's a LOT more bike.
... I also think that many will be hoping you can retro fit a "sporty" exhaust,with suitable bark.Not sure how that would fit in with a factory set fuel injector? Do you think that the new motor will be owner "tweakable", in other words,, will you be able to alter fuel mixture to suit a nice safe,LOUD exhaust system?
... We have the cool bike and economic thing down and have made big headway on reliability. We are hoping the new powertrain will put us over the top in that category. RE has enough confidence that they are going to double the warranty to two years on all UCE bikes. This alone is worth something.
The thought occurred to me that the UCE Bullet should hit the same sweet spot of performance, coolness and all round street-able fun as the wonderful old Yamaha SR500 did.
... Really is hard to figure an exact match for an RE there aren't any real 500cc thumpers to compare too.
There are a couple of reasons the Blast doesn't sell;Try to find one. Most Harley dealers won't carry a Buell in the first place, much less a Blast. The HD guys who carry Buells around here can't get enough Blasts in stock. There is a delay in shipping right now for some reason.They're ugly as Death sucking a cracker.You forgot the IMHO! Even the guy on Yahoo groups spends 60% of his time telling people waht a bag they are.That would probably be Ralph R, who is a most interesting fellow. And I'll leave it at that. I'll be real curious to see a new Blast, though.Agreed.
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Venus Williams' post-match presser after defeating Iveta Benesova 6-1, 6-4 in the Miami quarterfinals last night was a great mix of interesting commentary on WTA tennis and moments of pure humor. (Seriously, I need to sneak my arse into these media moments.)
She'll face lil' sister ReRe in a blockbuster semifinal bout for a spot in Saturday's final. A win by V would also knock the current top lady baller from the WTA Penthouse.
In the meantime, check out these choice quotes from her presser:
Q. Did you watch Serena struggle at all today?Like last year, I love how the ballers can't even watch the actual matches because they aren't even being broadcast in Miami. That's more than super sad.
VW: You know, it wasn't on TV, so I just, you know, could only watch the score. I didn't get to see the match.
Q. Do you have a cold or something?LOVE. Now all V needs to do is change all her voice mails using this scratchy yet sultry voice. Not that I've ever done that - pinky swear.
VW: No. It's just a super-sexy voice. Gotta get used to this. I don't know.
Q. Do you feel like when you and Serena are playing at your best and are sharp, do you feel that you two are the best in the world?Like, duh.
VW: Yes, on the women's tour I believe we are the best in the world. We work hard at it, so...
At the moment my ranking doesn't reflect that I'm at No. 1 or No. 2, but I'm working on it.
Q. Do you feel like the ranking system is not reflective of the reality of the tour?So true and everyone knows it (and some have said it), including the pretenders who are shooting to take the keys away. If ReRe loses to V, she'll have to pony up her set to Dinara Safina.
VW: Well, the ranking system this year is new, so we'll have to see how it works. The tournaments are weighted according to how you do in the big events, so playing well at the big events important. I think it should be that way.
Q. Is there something wrong [with the ranking system], though? A lot of people are going to No. 1 and they haven't even won a Grand Slam title. That's the big prize.
VW: Well, I mean, Serena has played fantastic.
Q. Well, she's won.
VW: It's strange. It is a little strange that she's having to fight so hard to keep her ranking. Regardless of if she's No. 1 or not, I don't think the person who might take over her place or persons, whoever are up to that -- whoever, I don't know the numbers.
But I don't think that that'll feel that they are the true No. 1. I think Serena right now is the true No. 1.
I laugh HEARTILY at that prospect. Puh-lease.
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text: Home World Pastor Abducted in Egypt a Standout Friends of the recently released Rev. Michel Louis say his valor overseas was no surprise. By: Denise Stewart Posted: July 17 2012 3:31 PM 0 Stringer/Egypt/Reuters/Newscom (The Root) -- The image of the Rev. Michel Louis, a Boston clergyman who asked the abductor in Egypt's Sinai to take him captive instead of a female fellow traveler, has been shown around the world since the international incident began unfolding over the weekend. But long before the graying, 61-year-old pastor made a valiant stand on foreign soil, Boston-area leaders say Louis has stood out in his community. Recently the pastor, who immigrated to the United States from Haiti as a young man, worked with the Haitian reunification program, Massachusetts state Rep. Linda Dorcena Forry told The Root. "He helps get the word out to his parishioners and to the community. He makes announcements at church. He makes sure that people get the paperwork they need," so that family members in Haiti can come to America to be with relatives. When Forry first learned that Louis had been taken, along with Lissa Alphonse and a translator, Haytham Ragab, she said she was shocked. "This was the fourth time he had been over there," Forry said. She was not aware of any incidents on previous trips. "It's a blessing that he and the others have been released and that his health is fine." Louis and Alphonse were on a tour group visiting the Holy Land as thousands do each year. According to the Associated Press, the tour bus was heading from Cairo to the sixth-century St. Catherine's Monastery -- located at the foot of Mount Sinai and said to be the site where Moses received the stone tablets with the Ten Commandments -- when Jirmy Abu-Masuh, an Egyptian Bedouin, got on the bus and took Louis, Alphonse and Ragab. Abu-Masuh demanded the release of his uncle, who he said had been incarcerated for failing to pay a bribe to Egyptian police. Louis' wife, who was also on the trip, told family members that Louis asked Abu-Masuh to take him captive instead of Alphonse. On Monday Abu-Masuh said he freed them after officials promised that they would work on releasing his uncle from prison. Forry, a Boston Democrat who is in her seventh year in the Massachusetts Legislature and is well-respected in the Dorchester community, said she met Louis about four years ago. An estimated 70,000 Haitians live in Massachusetts and in the Boston area, with many residing in Dorchester, Forry said. She is the only Haitian American currently serving elective office in that state, she said. Massachusetts has the third-highest number of Haitian residents in America, trailing only Florida and New York. Boston Councilman Charles Yancy represents part of the Dorchester community that includes the Eglise de Dieu de le Pentecote Libre, where Louis is pastor. Louis, Yancy said, is a quiet man who often keeps a low profile. "But his commitment to the people and to Jesus Christ is not a question," Louis said. "He has a great following and sensitivity for the people." Like many throughout the Boston area, Yancy said that he prayed over the weekend for Louis, Alphonse and Ragab. Yancy said he was not surprised to learn that Louis had asked the abductor to take him instead of a woman. "In our eyes, he is a hero," Yancy said. "We haven't put together any plans, but I am sure he'll get a hero's welcome when he returns." Details of the group's return to the U.S. have not been announced, and Louis and his family have declined The Root's interview requests. But family and friends have told other news outlets that they are excited about the release and anxiously await the arrival of Louis, his wife and the other travelers. "At the moment, there is a lot of joy. I'm exuberant," Jean Louis, son of Michel Louis, told Boston.com. "I have no words to express it. We believe in God. And let me tell you, He did not let us down." Denise Stewart is a freelance writer in Alabama. Like The Root on Facebook. Follow us on Twitter. Get what we're watching delivered to your inbox everyday! Sign up for our daily video newsletter below. Page 1 of 2 NEXT PAGE > Powered by Livefyre 0


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Desert flowers: masters of adaptation
They hoard water, manufacture food at night and con their helpers into working for free.
Beneath their celebrated blooms, desert wildflowers are survivalists — plants that vigorously defend their place in a hard, parched land. Some shed their leaves at the first hint of drought, while others stash water in succulent tissue or shield it from evaporation with delicate hairs. There are tricksters that reproduce by scamming pollinators with false promises of mates and nectar.
Behind its spring flower majesty, the California desert is a laboratory for such dry-weather adaptations.
Desert annuals, the showy blooms that carpet canyons in spring, persist by living fast and dying young. They spend water lavishly to grow broad green leaves and flashy blossoms during rains, and then swiftly go to seed.
"These fast-growing showy annuals grow in the desert when it's not really a desert," said Travis Huxman, director of the Steele/Burnand Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center. "They just have to get their life cycles taken care of in really quick order."
Then there are the old-timers: age-tested cacti and creosote, which can live for decades through clever water-conservation schemes. From nighttime photosynthesis to sophisticated moisture barriers, they employ a host of strategies to make the most of scarce supplies of water.
"Everything is driven by aridity here," said Kate Harper, a botanist in Borrego Springs. "That's the driving force. How can I lose as little moisture as possible while still creating the sugar I need to live and grow? How can I grab moisture and keep it?"
Wildflowers are starting to bloom now at Anza-Borrego Desert State Park and other desert locales, and they typically peak in late March and April. While botanists said low rainfall may lessen this year's display, there's still plenty of color if you observe closely.
"The trick about looking at desert flowers is to get out of your car, walk out a ways and look at things," said Judy Gibson, collection manager for the botany department at the San Diego Natural History Museum.
The following is an introduction to some flowers that populate Southern California's deserts and chaparral shrub lands, focused on how they gain a roothold in rock and sand. Included are some mainstays of the region — plants you can see even in low water years — along with more unusual blooms.
Barrel cactus
Ferocactus cylindraceus — Stout succulents shaped like their namesake, these plants are experts at retaining water. The thick, cylindrical stem has vertical pleats that expand when the plant absorbs water. This allows the cactus to increase its volume by up to 50 percent in high water conditions and then shrink back in dry weather. Like other cacti, the barrel cactus absorbs carbon dioxide at night through a process called CAM photosynthesis. That means the cactus opens its stomata — pores on its stem that control gas exchange — when the weather is cooler, cutting moisture loss. Its spines also safeguard moisture by shielding it from the wind. In spring, the barrel cactus blossoms with yellow, red or fuchsia flowers.
Justicia californica — The chuparosa reduces water loss by having just a few scattered leaves. It instead depends on its light green stems to photosynthesize. Hummingbirds visit the plant's flowers, giving it its name — which is based on the Spanish verb "chupar," meaning to suck. Ancient Greeks used leaves from the Mediterranean variety of chuparosa as decoration for the capital of the Corinthian column.
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Meanwhile, neighbors and friends have continued to conduct their own unofficial searches in the mystifying case and a Facebook page set up by the Queen Anne's County Sherriff's department has logged more than 400,000 hits.
Pope's beloved Great Dane was found dead on a nearby beach Saturday.
Popes estranged husband Wayne reported her missing and has been interviewed by investigators along with other family members but there are no suspects or arrests, police said.
The following press release was issued by the Maryland State Police late Monday:
Robin L. Pope, 51, of Stevensville, Md., a white female, 5"4", 105 lbs., with brown hair, was last seen late on the night of March 1, 2013, in the 100-block of Beach Road, Stevensville, where she had lived with her husband until last December when the couple separated. Her husband reported her missing to the Queen Anne's County Sheriff's Office early on the morning of March 2nd. He said his wife had come by the house late the night before to pick up some belongings and he had left when she arrived. When he returned home her car was still in the driveway, but she was not at the home.
The search for Ms. Pope has been ongoing. Searches of the area around the Pope home began Saturday and continued through Sunday. A sonar-equipped boat from the Queen Anne's County Sheriff's Office searched the Chesapeake Bay behind the home Saturday. The Maryland State Police Underwater Recovery Team divers searched the water behind the home for about six hours yesterday. An aerial search was conducted by a Maryland State Police helicopter. Ground searches were conducted by Natural Resources Police cadaver dogs.
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Gifts that keep on giving
Books | WORLD 2007 interviewees list books they'd like to give or receive on Christmas (thereabouts)
"Gifts that keep on giving" Continued...
Some people think Princeton professor Peter Singer monstrous for his support of infanticide and other horrors, but in personal practice he's a family man. Asked what books he would like to give or get this Christmas, he wrote WORLD that he's "happy to get, or give, presents on Christmas. In my family, we've always had a tree at Christmas, and in the morning the children rush to the tree to see what presents are under it. For us, it's a cultural festival, not a religious one (and the decorated tree has pagan origins, I've been told)."
Singer then became specific: "If I had religious friends to whom I give presents, I'd give them Richard Dawkins' The God Delusion. I hope it would challenge them, and if they have any sense of humor, it should entertain them. If I had any friends who have not read Jane Austen, I'd give them Pride and Prejudice. It's a delight in every respect, to which you can go back again and again."
Singer first became famous as an animal-rights advocate, so it made sense for him to add, "For friends who like to cook-or are willing to try it-I'd give Madhur Jaffrey's World Vegetarian: More than 650 Meatless Recipes from Around the Globe. That way they will get to eat more delicious meals, and be living more ethically at the same time."
Singer's leading campus opponent is Professor Robert George, head of the James Madison program at Princeton University. George wrote, "A book that I would like to see placed in the hands of every morally serious citizen is Ramesh Ponnuru's magisterial The Party of Death. It is a comprehensive and devastating critique of the ideological underpinnings of what the late Pope John Paul II described as 'the culture of death.'"
In addition, George recommended Freedom's Orphans by David Tubbs, "a powerful indictment of liberal jurisprudence and political theory for underwriting judicial decisions and public policies that have deprived our nation's children (and the parents charged with responsibility of caring for them) of a social milieu conducive to their healthy moral and psychological development. As a matter of full disclosure, I should say that Ramesh and David are both former students of mine at Princeton."
Here are other suggestions:
Michael Behe, Author of The Edge of Evolution
- Benjamin Wiker and Jonathan Witt, A Meaningful World
- P.D. James, The Children of Men
- Mario Beauregard and Denyse O'Leary, The Spiritual Brain
David Dykstra, New Jersey pastor
- D.G. Hart and John R. Muether, With Reverence and Awe: Returning to the Basics of Reformed Worship
- Meg Meeker, Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters
- Maurice Roberts, The Thought of God
- Larry Schweikart, America's Victories: Why the U.S. Wins Wars & Will Win the War on Terror
- Any Old Testament commentary by Reformed Theological Seminary professor Dale Ralph Davis
Stanley Hauerwas, Duke University professor
- Wendell Berry, Jayber Crow
- Alasdair MacIntyre, After Virtue
- Charles Taylor, A Secular Age
- John Howard Yoder, The Politics of Jesus
Angela Hunt, Novelist
- Randy Alcorn, Heaven
- Billy Collins, The Trouble with Poetry
- Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns
- David Pogue and Adam Goldstein, Switching to the Mac
Michael Kazin, Georgetown University professor
- Andrew Delbanco, Melville: His World and His Work
- Barbara Ehrenreich, Nickel and Dimed
- Barack Obama, Dreams from My Father
- Philip Roth, The Human Stain
Andrew Klavan, author of hard-boiled novels such as True Crime, Don't Say A Word, and Damnation Street, recommended The Ice Harvest by Scott Phillips: "As a writer and lover of crime fiction, I had to include one terrific example of the breed. Not for the faint-hearted or fastidious but excellent crime comedy of the blackest kind." He also praised Tom Wolfe's I Am Charlotte Simmons. ("Renewed my faith in the modern novel. Wolfe eschews his usual pyrotechnics and takes an unflinching look at today's college life, turning one woman's experience into an examination of identity, brain science, social pressure, and free will.")
In addition, Klavan described Jacques Barzun's From Dawn to Decadence: 500 Years of Western Cultural Life as "readable, earth-shaking; completely revamped my understanding of Western history. Get the hardback-the paperback is cramped and hard to read." He praised Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin novels, and said, "One of the finest writers of English prose of the last 50 years. These sea stories set in the 19th century are adventure tales raised to the level of literature."
Richard Land, president of the Southern Baptist Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission and author of an excellent new book, The Divided States of America, also offered detailed suggestions. He recommended Stephen Carter's God's Name in Vain: The Wrongs and Rights of Religion in Politics, calling it "a trenchant defense of religious freedom and free exercise." He also liked Derik Leebaert's The Fifty-Year Wound: How America's Cold War Victory Has Shaped Our World: "A riveting history of the Cold War written by a prize-winning scholar who was one of the first to have access to the formerly secret Soviet archives."
Land went on to recommend Peter Robinson's How Ronald Reagan Changed My Life: "Robinson went to work at the White House as a 23-year-old speech writer and famously penned the 'Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall' speech for the former president. . . . Probably does the best job of getting at the essence of that unique, sunny, complex person that was Ronald Reagan." He praised Gregory Wallance's Two Men Before the Storm: "A wonderful historical novel that relates the true story of the lawyer who took up the cause of Dred Scott . . . few books, fiction or otherwise, so dramatically explain the horror at degradation that was human bondage."
Finally, after these big-picture books, he recommended a deeply personal account, Connally Gilliam's Revelations of a Single Woman: Loving the Life I Didn't Expect: "A heart-breaking, yet life-affirming biography of a Christian woman who is a victim of the sexual revolution, in that our culture has so distorted sex for her generation that it is almost impossible for her to find the Christian marital relationship her heart so desires. This book will break your heart, but give you much greater understanding of the emotional pain and difficulty younger Christians often experience in this neo-pagan culture."
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Peter Lawler, Berry College professor
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- Tom Wolfe, I Am Charlotte Simmons
Michael Medved
Author and radio talk show host, a calling that leads him to write, "I prefer to give books-rather than to receive them-because I end up processing so many books for my radio show that reading-alas!-hardly counts as recreation."
- Rabbi Daniel M. Lapin, Thou Shall Prosper: Ten Commandments for Making Money
- Norman Podhoretz, World War IV
- Peter Robinson, How Ronald Reagan Changed My Life
Mike Robbins, Author of Ninety Feet from Fame: Close Calls with Baseball Immortality
- David Block, Baseball Before We Knew It
- Bill Lee, Baseball Necrology
- Gene Carney, Burying the Black Sox: How Baseball's Cover-up of the 1919 World Series Fix Almost Succeeded
Alvin Schmidt, Retired professor of sociology and religion
- Dinesh D'Souza, What's So Great About Christianity
- George Weigel, The Cube and the Cathedral
Richard Weikart, California State University-Stanislaus professor
- Nancy Pearcey and Charles Colson, How Now Shall We Live?
- Wesley Smith, Culture of Death: The Assault on Medical Ethics in America
- Lee Strobel, The Case for Christ
- Jonathan Wells, The Politically Incorrect Guide to Darwinism and Intelligent Design
Juan Williams, NPR News senior correspondent
- Clarence Thomas, My Grandfather's Son: A Memoir
- Eric Weiner, The Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World
- Edwidge Danticat, Brother, I'm Dying
- Dave Isay, Listening Is an Act of Love: A Celebration of American Life from the StoryCorps Project
- David Halberstam, The Coldest War: America and the Korean War
Last come two sets of suggestion. The first set, offered by Phoenix district attorney Andrew Thomas, is unified in its emphasis on warfare of various sorts: military, political, and career. His first recommendation is Victor Davis Hanson's The Soul of Battle: "Weaves together a trio of short biographies of three great generals: Epaminondas, Sherman, and Patton. Hanson explains how these figures exemplified the spirit of liberty that led their nations and armies to victory over tyranny."
Thomas also recommended Robert Caro's Master of the Senate. ("The third volume in Caro's biography of President Lyndon B. Johnson, this book by a superb writer well deserved the Pulitzer Prize it won" and Robert Novak's The Prince of Darkness: Fifty Years Reporting in Washington. ("The sweep and sheer number of fascinating portraits of interesting political figures in this book, told by one of the central journalists of our time, make it a pleasure to read.")
In addition, Thomas suggested two books about careers: Hugh Hewitt's In, But Not Of is for career-starters (how young Christians can launch a successful career in the world "without losing their faith or integrity") and Rob Stearns' succinct Winning Smart After Losing Big.
The second set, from University of San Diego professor Anne Hendershott, takes note of the understanding that one size does not fit all; she thinks of particular books for particular people:
"For my husband, a military history fan, Peter Collier's Medal of Honor: Portraits of Valor Beyond the Call of Duty: This is a big beautiful book-with a moving narrative and more than 250 pictures of the battles and the Medal of Honor winners. Peter Collier's inspiring narrative makes this much more than a typical 'coffee table' book.
"For my daughter who loves to read serious fiction, Peter Høeg's The Quiet Girl.
"For my son who will be deploying to Iraq soon, Marcus Luttrell's Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of Seal Team 10."
Politically incorrect books
Our overall listing includes many books that would not be recommended by The New York Times, but it's not surprising that Elizabeth Kantor, author of The Politically Incorrect Guide to English and American Literature, liked several scorned by the left:
"Clarence Thomas' memoir, My Grandfather's Son, is the best book of the year; eye-opening, moving, and inspiring-it makes a wonderful Christmas present for almost any reader. Other great books of 2007 include Dinesh D'Souza's What's So Great About Christianity (in which D'Souza ably answers the whole plague of "village atheists" from Richard Dawkins and Sam Harris to Christopher Hitchens) and Laura Ingraham's Power to the People (gets beneath the surface of hot-button political issues into important cultural trends, including the growing hostility toward large families)."
Kantor continued, "Anything written by Thomas Sowell on economics, race, or culture is always going to be a good choice-the reader is sure to learn something surprising and valuable; Black Rednecks and White Liberals, for example, will completely change your perspective on 'ghetto' culture, much of which, Sowell shows, black Americans originally learned from white Americans in the South. It also makes the vital point that cultural transformation for the better requires something more than government programs or even a few dollars of our excess income in 'charity'-it requires the authentic Christian charity that inspired abolitionist schoolmarms to give their whole lives to the education of recently freed slaves."
She concluded, "The Trivium: The Liberal Arts of Logic, Grammar, and Rhetoric is perfect for homeschoolers, or for any adult who was shortchanged by our sadly inadequate schools and colleges."


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Alright..snicker, and giggle, but it was my FIRST one...not going to be my last I am sure.
This is the one in the pics from 09 hunt. I took it with a rifle not a bow and felt guilty the whole time... I actually tossed a coin to decide gun or bow, the gun won the toss and I now know when you cheat on your bow(like a wife) you will never feel happy about the hunt...LOL
Anyway I had to finally defrost the freezer last night and took it out to clean it up. Lesson learned, dont keep a head you intend to euro mount in a canvas bag for two years in the freezer.
It had dried out a bit, so I changed my plans and just going to do a skull plate mount.
First time to clean up one so I cleaned it, boiled it, cleaned it again.
Now ready for a nice band saw and some velvet and a plaque.


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I really love colourful maps. Is this based on a book or novel?
I really love colourful maps. Is this based on a book or novel?
Good one, Carstairs. Leaves me wanting to learn more about what's beyond the edge of the map!
Thanks, I'm glad there's someone who likes the colored style. I have to admit a big reason to do it is I haven't been able to do a more artistic style map that's any good. But the colors do serve a purpose of sorts, they're supposed to indicate relationships between the groups. That's why all the purple is in the south.
It's not from a book or anything. I just find myself extrapolating the history and ethnology and stuff when I'm working on a map. Putting a little of that in the map seemed to make sense, though I wonder if it doesn't just make it confusing.
This map is set in the past of the map I was trying to make, so, I have no real idea what's going on in the western half of the continent. In the "modern" version, the other side is the realm of a Sauron type dark lord. The same natural disasters that led to the migrations has no doubt left those lands in chaos, and perhaps paved the way for the rise of the bad guys.


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Tuesday News, November 6
Election Day Is Here - Plymouth County Polling Locations
(Le Mars) -- The long awaited election day is finally here. Voting will begin at 7:00 a.m. and will continue until 9:00 p.m. this evening. The county has 13 precincts.
Precinct 1 - Portland township and the City of Akron will cast votes at the Akron Public Library.
Precinct 2 - All of Garfield, Meadow, Henry and Remsen townships will vote at American Bank in Remsen.
Precinct 3 - City of Struble, all of Elgin, and America townships (excluding census block 191499702002047) will vote at the Courthouse Annex
Precinct 4 - City of Brunsville and Craig, all of Washington, Johnson, Grant, and Preston townships will vote at the Brunsville Legion Club.
Precinct 5 - All of the city of Remsen and Oyens, Fredonia, and Marion townships will vote at Remsen Public Library.
Precinct 6 - City of Westfield, all of Sioux and Westfield townships will vote at the Westfield Community Center.
Precinct 7 - City of Merrill, all of Liberty, Stanton and Plymouth townships will vote at Kissinger Community Center in Merrill.
Precinct 8 - All of Hancock and Perry townships including portions of Sioux City within Perry township will vote at the Perry Township Hall. (4 miles west of Hinton on C-60)
Precinct 9 - City of Hinton, all of Hungerford and Lincoln townships including portion of Sioux City within Hungerford township will vote at the Hinton Community Center.
Precinct 10 - City of Kingsley, all of Union and Elkhorn townships will vote at the Kingsley Community Cneter.
Precinct 11 - 1/3 of the city of Le Mars will cast their vote at the Le Mars Convention Center (lower level).
Precinct 12 - 1/3 of the city of Le Mars will cast their vote at the Le Mars Convention Center (lower level)
Precinct 13 - 1/3 of the city of Le Mars will cast their vote at the Le Mars Convention Center (lower level)
Board of Adjustment Approves Waste Treatment Facility
(Le Mars) -- The Plymouth County Board of Adjustment and Planning and Zoning Commission have given their approval for the City of Le Mars to construct a new waste water treatment facility at Washington township. Scott Langel, city administrator and Ron Kaizer, superintendent of the waste treatment facilities appeared before the Board of Adjustment, and Langel explains the city's plan.
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Kaizer says the new facility will be a aerobic plant and it should not produce the smell.
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Prior to giving their approval, the Board of Adjustment members asked the city officials questions about possible seepage, and runoff if a flood were to occur, as well as other environmental related questions. The new waste water treatment facility will contain a new 17 million gallon lagoon, and Langel told the Adjustment Board that it will be lined with bentonite clay, a type of clay that doesn't usually allow water to penetrate. The Le Mars City Council will address the issue during today's city council meeting. Langel says the new facility is needed in anticipation of the expansion of Le Mars' industries.
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City Council To Meet On Tuesday
(Le Mars) -- Speaking about the Le Mars City Council...at their meeting scheduled for today it is expected the council will act on the Floyd Valley Hospital's request for land transfer. A small portion of the hospital's property lies within a 100 year flood zone, and officials are wanting to transfer the ownership of that land so the hospital will be given clearance to construct an expansion project. The city council will also address 27th RISE street improvements, as well as the new waste water treatment facility.
Supervisors Scheduled to Convene
(Le Mars) -- The Plymouth County Board of Supervisors are scheduled to meet this morning. On their agenda for this week is a visit by County engineer Tom Rohe as the supervisors inquire about the status of various road construction projects within the county.
Three Groups Submit Bids For Sioux City Casino
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Three groups hoping to develop a land-based casino in the Sioux City area have submitted bids to state gambling regulators.
The Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission's deadline for applications for Woodbury County's gambling license was Monday.
Penn National Gaming Co., which operates the Argosy Sioux City riverboat, has submitted two proposals for a Hollywood Casino. One is in downtown Sioux City. The other is on the southern edge of the city.
Ho-Chunk Inc. has proposed the Warrior Casino and Hotel in downtown Sioux City. The third group is Sioux City Entertainment, developer of the proposed Hard Rock Casino also in downtown.
State regulators decided to replace the riverboat casino with a land-based casino and put the license up for bid. The commission is to award the license in April.
Evacuations Have Ended From De-railed Train
LESTER, Iowa (AP) - Officials have ended evacuations forced by the derailment of 22 rail cars in far northwest Iowa.
Twenty-two cars had derailed Sunday morning, including one that spilled liquefied petroleum gas. Fears of a resulting explosion or fire prompted evacuations within a mile of the site two miles south
of Lester. No injuries were reported.
Lyon County emergency management coordinator Wayne Jepsen said Monday afternoon that a berm was built up around the only car that leaked. BNSF hazardous-materials workers made a hole in the car so the liquid could spill out. Then the gas was set on fire.
Jepsen says BNSF workers will monitor the fire until the material burns away. He says the Iowa Natural Resources Department will check for any environmental issues that remain.
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Chief of staff Denis McDonough, tells NBC's "Meet the Press" that companies are going to commit more than a half-billion dollars so schools have the technology for students to "compete in this economy."
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PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- It has arrived!
The first U.S. version of the 40-foot-tall giant rubber duck by Dutch conceptual artist Florentijin Hofman made an appearance in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
The giant Rubber Duck has toured 13 cities in 10 countries. Each city builds its version of the duck and involves "massive pontoons," and crews to inflate and deflate the duck.
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In general, lymphoma is a type of cancer affecting cells of the lymph system. The lymph system is part of the immune system that consists of a network of lymph nodes, lymph vessels, and organs, including the thymus, spleen, and bone marrow. Lymphoma can arise from any of these tissues. There are two broad categories of lymphoma: non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) and Hodgkin lymphoma, which is discussed in a separate article. The cancerous cell in NHL is called a "lymphocyte", which is a cell that ordinarily is involved in the immune response that protects the body from infection. In NHL, these lymphocytes divide at an abnormally fast rate causing enlargement of lymph nodes or other organs in the lymph system and are responsible for the symptoms experienced by children with NHL.
As for most childhood cancers, the majority of pediatric cases of NHL occur in patients without specific risk factors, or "sporadically". In the absence of risk factors, NHL tends to affect adolescent and young adult patients more than young children. In a small minority of cases, NHL occurs in patients who have a predisposing condition or risk factor for developing this specific form of cancer. The most common risk factor in pediatric patients is immunodeficiency, because of either an inherited or acquired condition affecting the immune system. A variety of inherited immunodeficiencies can predispose to developing NHL, but all are rare conditions. Acquired immunodeficiencies can occur when children require medications that suppress certain immune cells, such as after receiving a solid organ transplant (e.g. kidney, liver, heart, lung) to prevent graft rejection, or in the case of viruses such as HIV.
Children can experience a very wide range of symptoms when affected by NHL, depending on where in the body the lymphoma cells are present. Below is a list of some of the more common symptoms that can lead a physician to suspect NHL:
When a child has symptoms that suggest a diagnosis of NHL, his/her physician will conduct a history and physical examination. While the usual next step in the evaluation is to obtain basic laboratory and imaging tests, these do not provide a definite diagnosis. Findings from this initial evaluation help to determine how and where to obtain a tissue sample, or biopsy, which is necessary in order to definitively diagnose NHL. If an enlarged lymph node is present, this will be removed and examined, under a microscope, by a pathologist. If special tests need to be conducted on the biopsy it may take several days or longer to confirm a diagnosis of NHL.
NHL is categorized based on the specific type of lymphocyte that has become cancerous, and its stage of maturation. Each type of NHL behaves somewhat differently in response to therapy, and knowing the specific subtype allows more precise treatment approaches. In general, the types of NHL that affect children divide rapidly and are considered aggressive, making them very amenable to treatment because chemotherapy works by killing rapidly dividing cells. The following are the major types of NHL seen in pediatric patients:
There are many other types of NHL, but most of these are seen primarily in adults and rarely affect children.
Once the diagnosis of NHL is established, a pediatric oncologist (doctor specializing in the care of children with cancer) will conduct a staging evaluation. In general, patients with NHL will undergo the following tests to determine where else in the body NHL cells may be and to test how well other organs in the body are working:
This battery of tests will accurately characterize the extent of disease (stage), which will help the oncologist decide what type of treatment is needed, and provide a useful baseline to measure response to treatment in the future. NHL is staged using the St. Jude system:
Knowing the specific subtype of NHL and the staging information is critical for formulating an effective treatment plan. In general, this information is obtained prior to initiating any therapy. In situations where the cancer is the cause of a medical emergency, however, urgent treatment may begin prior to having all the necessary information. Examples of such emergencies include times when the lymphoma is threatening the function of a vital organ or structure such as the heart, airway, spinal cord, or kidneys, or when the rapidly dividing lymphoma cells are causing serious disturbances in the electrolyte balances in the body. These situations are relatively uncommon.
Because the vast majority of NHLs affecting children are composed of rapidly dividing and aggressive lymphoma cells, chemotherapy is a very effective treatment modality for pediatric NHL. In fact, surgery and radiation are no longer standard components of the initial therapy of NHL because most patients respond very quickly to chemotherapy. The type of chemotherapy depends entirely on the subtype of NHL and the extent of disease (staging), and varies both in terms of the intensity and duration of treatment. In all cases, combinations of drugs are used to attack the lymphoma in multiple different ways.
For Burkitt lymphoma and DLBCL, treatment tends to be short (lasting 3-6 months) but intensive. Anaplastic large cell lymphoma therapy is somewhat longer (up to 1 year) but almost entirely outpatient. Finally, lymphoblastic lymphomas are treated mostly as outpatients over approximately 2 years. Since the style and duration of chemotherapy differs dramatically based on the subtype of NHL, it is difficult to generalize what specific chemotherapy agents are used; however, some of the more common medications used (in combination) to treat pediatric NHL are:
Depending on the subtype of NHL and whether the lymphoma is present in the cerebrospinal fluid, chemotherapy may be administered directly into the spinal fluid during a lumbar puncture. This is called intrathecal chemotherapy and is given along with standard chemotherapy. Sometimes, even when lymphoma cells are not seen in the spinal fluid during the initial staging evaluation, intrathecal chemotherapy is used preventatively to decrease the risk of the lymphoma coming back in the central nervous system.
One of the most important aspects of the treatment process is monitoring the individual patient's response. While we know what medicines work for most children with NHL, currently we cannot predict with complete certainty which lymphomas will respond. During treatment, the oncologist will get imaging tests (mostly CT scans and sometimes PET scans) to evaluate how well the lymphoma is responding. If the response is slow or not complete, changes to the treatment plan may be made to see if alternative chemotherapy agents will be effective.
The majority of NHL affecting children will be cured. Exact percentages achieving cure depend on the subtype of NHL and the extent of disease. In general, lymphomas that are more extensive (higher stage) are more difficult to cure. In addition, response to therapy is strongly predictive of outcome, and those children whose NHL does not respond to standard initial therapy are more challenging to cure.
After therapy is over, children who have been treated for NHL are monitored every several months with labs, imaging tests, and physical examinations to determine if the lymphoma is coming back (relapsing). The highest risk for relapse is in the first two years after the end of treatment, but can occur later. Relapsed NHL is more difficult to cure than initial NHL, and typically involves more intensive therapy—often with different medications than those used initially. If another remission is achieved, many patients will require a bone marrow transplant and radiation to optimize their chance of cure. The bone marrow transplant will either use the patient's own cells to help them recover from very high doses of chemotherapy (autologous transplant) or bone marrow cells from another person (allogeneic transplant). The choice of whether to use bone marrow transplant and which type is appropriate is highly individualized, and depends on the subtype of NHL, the timing of relapse, response to treatment, availability of donors, among many others.
Orkin, Stuart et al. Oncology of Infancy and Childhood. Philadelphia: Saunders, 2009. Print.
National Cancer Institute: Childhood NHL
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>My current method is not working. Not at all. Which may well stem directly from the fact that I have every intention of clipping more coupons and then space out…and then kick myself for missing out on deals. I blame my lack of sleep but its probably a little of that and a lot of laziness. I need to get back in my coupon groove, and since I'm in hyper-organizational mode anyway with the rest of our household stuff, I might as well include coupons also. We do have a reliable printer (finally!) so I can print with confidence once again.
Anyway, my eye is on the binder method. But tell me. What is your method? Is it working? Suggestions? Links?? Please share with this dis-organized coupon mama who loves her bargains.


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Great cat! I have a buddy that traps and I can't believe how big those cats can get. He traps here outside of Reno. I always hope when I'm calling dogs a cat will come in. One day I hope. Any advise on how to locate an area that could hold cats? I'm in Nv but maybe there is similar stragity.
Cats love canyon type country, a very effective tactic is to wait for a little snow and look for sign.
Nice cat! I was messin around on the CA f&g website one day and came across trapping regulations? I didn't look into it to deep, but maybe it's still allowed in some forms?
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oh no I think I broke some laws in cali lol
What a cool pic packer58...
I've seen a lot of Bobcats in my time here in California, but that has to be one the biggest ones I've seen. Great picture Packer58.
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Love that pic.... It's awesome. And that is indeed a huge cat.


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PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania (NBC) - Police have made an arrest in the December 12 shooting aboard a Philadelphia elevated train.
Officials say 18-year-old Matthew Early and his 17-year-old brother got into an argument with another passenger over a basketball game. As they got off the train, Matthew allegedly fired a shot at the man, hitting him and an innocent bystander. Both victims survived the shooting. The whole incident was caught on surveillance cameras.
Matthew Early was arrested Friday and is being held, awaiting arraignment. His younger brother was arrested earlier last week and is charged with attempted murder and aggravated assault, among other related offenses.


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Hi ,
I have a multiserver setup existing with 2 mailstores clustered. I want to install a logger server now which will only be running as logger server. When i install logger server without selecting zimbra core it doesnt start, so i install zimbra core also but i disable mailbox during installation.After installation it shows logger running but doesnt work. I try connectig to mysql , mysql zimbra
[zimbra@stat ~]$ mysql zimbra
ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/opt/zimbra/db/mysql.sock' (2)
Can any one tell me how to make this logger work w/o disturbing my setup. In admin console also i get error saying it tries to connect to 1st mailstore but cant get information. Since we say zimbra is scalable so i should expect installing logger after installing mailstore.
Where can i find information for logger host ? i tried in LDAP in zmprov gacf as well as zmlocalconfig but no on mentions where logger host is . probably if i get that i can change the name to point to my new server.
Please suggest some solution . Its really urgent.
Thanks in advance