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When the subject of emergency preparedness comes up in our home state of California, the focus is almost always on earthquakes and, more recently, wildfires. The discussion is not about if one will happen, but when. Similar conversations could – probably should – be going on in almost any part of the United States, with the only difference being the type of natural disaster most likely to occur. In the Southeast, the topic would be hurricanes, in the Plains states, tornadoes, in the Northeast, blizzards and ice storms, and in the Midwest (and elsewhere), floods. Unfortunately, there's also the possibility of manmade disasters, which can happen anywhere.
There are two ways to react to the knowledge that some day, a disaster or emergency situation will happen in your area. One is to not do anything and to either worry about what will happen or deny that you could possibly be affected. The second is to prepare, just in case you are affected. Obviously, the second option is more likely to keep you healthy in the long term, and it may help you to feel calmer and more secure now, too.
Emergency preparedness is important for everyone, and when you have diabetes, it requires that much more planning and gathering of supplies. However, it being human nature to procrastinate, many people (maybe even you?) are not fully – or even partially – prepared to deal with having to leave home in a hurry or to survive at home for several days with no power, no running water, a limited ability to communicate with others, and no way to buy groceries or get to a pharmacy.
With preparation, however, you can survive – and maintain diabetes control – under such circumstances. This article presents some basics for collecting and storing the supplies you'll need to be self-sufficient if necessary. (Click here to learn about some government agencies that can help you prepare for and deal with disasters.)
Where to stock supplies
Before making a list of the supplies you'll need to prepare for an emergency, think of the various places you may need them. These would be the places where you and members of your family would likely be – and may likely be stuck – when an emergency happens.
The most common locations are in your home, car, workplace, or school. For your home and car, you'll want to build an emergency kit that includes water, food, first-aid supplies, prescription medicines and diabetes care needs, personal hygiene items, one or more communication devices, and sources of warmth, shelter, and lighting. Keep your home kit in a location that will not likely be obstructed or damaged in an emergency. For example, if the most likely disaster to strike your area is a flood, do not store your emergency kit in the basement.
It's also a good idea to keep a smaller collection of these items in a "go bag" that you can grab quickly if it becomes necessary to leave your home in a hurry.
Ask your workplace and your children's school(s) if they have an emergency plan of action and appropriate supplies for their staff and students. Most states have requirements for school emergency management planning, but it doesn't hurt to ask to make sure a school is in compliance. If a school or workplace doesn't have a plan or supplies in place, recommend that they get prepared – and offer to help. Until that location is adequately prepared, keep a complete emergency supply kit there as well. If the school or workplace has a plan with adequate supplies, you need only supplement it with your unique needs, such as diabetes supplies.
How much to stock
The rule of thumb is to have, at a minimum, a three-day supply of necessities. Depending on the scope of the disaster, it could easily take that long for assistance to reach your area, and, as was the case for many people caught in Hurricane Katrina in 2005, it could take longer. Assume that you will be on your own without running water, power, or community assistance.
To calculate how much water, food, and other necessities you will need, multiply the daily amount required per person by the number of days that you are preparing for. Then multiply that number by the number of people likely to be at that location when the emergency hits. (For example, 1200 calories x 3 days x 4 people.) Do not forget to consider your pets in your calculations.
Because food, water, medicines, batteries, and other supplies don't last forever, you will need to check, replace, or replenish your emergency supplies at least once a year. To improve the odds that you won't be caught with foul water or rotten food, stock up with supplies that have the longest shelf life possible. There is water and food that is specially packed so that it can be stored for five years or longer.
Many medicines do not have a long shelf life. It is important to make sure that you always have an unexpired supply of the medicines you use.
A person cannot survive for more than a few days without water. This makes water the most important item in your disaster survival kit, particularly since your normal water source is highly likely to be cut off following a disaster.
The American Red Cross recommends storing one gallon of water per person per day. Half of that is for drinking, and half for cooking and sanitation. Store more than that if you live in a warm climate. A two-week supply in your home and a three-day supply in your car is optimal.
The simplest and most reliable method is to use specially packed emergency water that has a five-year shelf life. You can also use regular bottled water, but it will need to be replaced about once a year. Although most experts agree that bottled water doesn't actually go "bad," it does pick up flavors from its packaging and can develop a musty taste.
Learn where to find other sources of water in or near your home. A hot water tank, if you have one, is one of the best sources. There is also water in canned foods, in fresh or frozen fruits and vegetables, and in your pipes. To get to water in your pipes after the faucets have run dry, turn on and leave open the highest faucet in your house. Then turn on the lowest faucet in your house, and more water should come out.
There is water in your toilet, but it must be purified for human consumption. Also consider rainwater, streams, rivers, ponds, lakes, or natural springs. Avoid water with floating material, an odor, or a dark color. Before drinking water from any of these sources, purify it by boiling it, distilling it, or adding chlorine or water purification tablets designed for purifying drinking water. (Faucet-mounted or pitcher-style water filters are not sufficient for purifying water from these sources. To learn more about purifying water, click here.) Camping equipment and sporting goods stores often sell water purification kits for backpackers. Saltwater can only be used if it is first distilled, and you should never drink flood water.
Daily food intake varies from person to person, but plan on stocking at least 1200 calories per person per day, and more than that for anyone who is pregnant or nursing. Store some foods that you eat regularly and are accustomed to, as well as some high-calorie "survival" foods such as food bars and freeze-dried meals. If you regularly use juice to treat hypoglycemia, make sure to include some in your emergency stock.
Foods that do not require refrigeration, preparation, or cooking are best. Canned goods are ideal, and foods with a long shelf life, such as granola bars, are good, too. Put any boxed foods in waterproof storage bags, and keep cooking and eating utensils, a manual can opener, and waterproof matches in your emergency kit, too. Depending on the circumstances, you may be able to do some cooking on a propane or charcoal grill, on a camping stove, or with Sterno.
Check your stored food each year, and replace anything that has expired or will expire within the year.
Be aware that most "survival" foods are high in calories and will likely raise your blood glucose more than "ordinary" meals. The stress of the situation can also elevate your blood glucose. If you need to sustain yourself with emergency foods, read the package labels carefully so you know what a single serving is, how many calories it provides, and how much carbohydrate it contains. If possible, monitor your blood glucose more frequently than usual.
In most of the United States, it can be cold for much of the year. If your electricity or gas is cut off, so, probably, is your usual source of warmth. If you have a fireplace, keep a stockpile of wood. This old-fashioned source of warmth could find sudden practicality in an emergency.
Pack blankets and sleeping bags in your kit. You can purchase inexpensive, very compact survival blankets made of Mylar, which reflects back body heat; these are easy to store in a car or "go bag." Check any cloth emergency blankets yearly for mold or moth damage. Keep extra gloves and socks in your kit, as well, along with instant heat packs (usually available at camping or sporting goods stores).
Insulin and blood glucose meters are vulnerable to cold: If insulin freezes, it is rendered permanently useless, and meters can cease functioning in very cold temperatures. You may be able to keep your meter warm by placing it inside the clothing you are wearing. An insulated carrying case – the same type that's used to keep insulin cool – can protect insulin from extreme cold.
Shelter and tools
It's possible that your home may become damaged and uninhabitable in a disaster, so set up a buddy system with friends or relatives so that you'll have someone you can stay with. Ideally, you should have a local buddy, as well as one who does not live in the geographic area. It's best that the buddy system be reciprocal: That way, both parties stand to benefit.
You should also pack a tent or some tarps in your kit for short-term shelter. And your home kit should include basic tools such as a shovel, pry bar, hammer and nails, manual screwdriver and screws, duct tape, marking pen, hard hat, work gloves, safety goggles, dust masks, and a wrench that can be used to shut off your gas and water connections.
Become familiar with how to shut off your gas, water, and electricity. If you don't know how, ask your local power company for help. In the event that you need to turn your gas off, do not turn it back on yourself. Your gas company will need to do that for you.
Power outages are common after a disaster. Be prepared with a flashlight in your emergency kit, your car, and in at least three rooms of your house. Test the batteries regularly, just as you should be doing with your smoke alarm.
The ideal flashlight for your emergency kit is one that can be powered by battery, electric, solar, or hand crank. In your home, keep a rechargeable flashlight in an outlet so that it is fully charged when the power goes out.
These days, many people have several ways of communicating, including a conventional telephone line (land line), cell phone (which can also be used to send text messages), and computer, personal digital assistant, or smart phone, on which e-mail and instant messages can be sent and received. Radios and televisions can also be useful for getting information about disasters and emergency situations.
While it is unlikely that all of these devices will become inoperable after a disaster, it is almost a certainty that cell phone towers will be jammed, and they may cease functioning if the power goes out.
So, what to do? Have a land line telephone that does not rely on electricity for power (one that plugs directly into the phone jack and not into a power outlet). Keep your cell phone charged at all times. If you can't call, texting may work. You may have better luck with e-mail, so also keep your laptop charged. If you are lucky enough to reach (or to be reached) by someone outside the geographic area affected by the disaster, ask that person to spread whatever word you need spread, since you may not be able to call out again for some time.
Since it is likely you will have no means of outside communication for hours or days after a disaster, decide on a meeting place with your loved ones ahead of time. Also agree on a second meeting place in case your first choice is not reachable. If you leave your home following an emergency, leave a note on the door saying where you've gone and how to reach you. (Click here to find out about getting out in a hurry.)
Pack a radio in your emergency kit – one powered by solar, hand crank, or batteries, and be sure to pack some extra batteries along with it.
Sanitation and hygiene
The last thing you want to do during or after an emergency is to get sick or to spread a sickness through your household. The best way to avoid that is to keep your hands as clean as possible. If you have running water, wash your hands frequently with soap and water. If you don't have water, use a waterless hand gel or moist towelettes. Keep a stock of these in your emergency kit.
Remember to include personal hygiene items such as a toothbrush, toothpaste, shampoo, comb, brush, contact lens supplies, and feminine supplies in your emergency kit. Travel-size containers are good for stowing in your "go bag."
Also keep a bucket, a portable toilet seat (available from emergency preparedness retailers), toilet paper, and a box of large trash bags in your home kit.
First aid
Maintain basic first-aid kits for your home, car, and workplace for treating minor injuries. Your first-aid kits should include the following items:
- Adhesive bandages of various sizes
- A 50 x 90 sterile dressing
- Gauze roller bandages
- 30 x 30 or 40 x 40 sterile gauze pads
- Elastic bandages
- Antibacterial hand wipes
- Antiseptic wipes (for wound or skin cleaning)
- Several pairs of nonlatex gloves
- Adhesive tape
- Antibacterial ointment
- Cold packs
- Scissors
- Tweezers
- CPR breathing barrier
Include small amounts of any over-the-counter medicines you might want, such as aspirin, acetaminophen, ibuprofen, an antihistamine, and throat lozenges. Look through your kits each year to replace expired or soon-to-expire items.
Diabetes supplies
It is vital that you have an adequate amount of diabetes medicines and supplies throughout an emergency. Have at least a three-day supply in each of your emergency kits, and never run lower than a one-week supply at home. If a medicine needs to be kept cool, however, do not store it in your emergency kit; keep it in the refrigerator (both at home and at work).
Your list of diabetes medicines and supplies will likely include all or some of the following:
- Extra insulin(s)
- Syringes
- Extra glucose meter
- Test strips
- Lancets and lancing device
- Insulin pump supplies
- Extra batteries for your blood glucose meter and pump
- A glucagon kit
- Ketone test strips
- Alcohol wipes
- Glucose tablets or gel
Since insulin needs to be kept at a temperature below 86°F, be prepared with a method of keeping it cool in the event of a prolonged power outage in hot weather. One option is to have an evaporative cooler such as a FRIO insulin cooling wallet, which is activated by water, keeps insulin cool for two days, is reusable, and does not require ice packs or refrigeration. If you don't have a FRIO wallet, use an insulated bag or lunchbox with a cold pack, ice, or frozen food from your freezer. (Don't place your insulin directly on a cold pack, ice, or frozen food.)
Your emergency kit should include copies of all of your prescriptions (including glasses or contact lenses) and a current dosage regimen in case others need to give your medicines to you. For pump users, this should include basal rates, insulin-to-carbohydrate ratios, and correction factors. If you subscribe to a medical identification service, include a printout of all of your information. Put this information in a ziplock bag.
Take action now
Even a simple power outage can turn into a dangerous situation if you're not prepared. But with adequate supplies of water, food, ways to keep warm (or cool), and supplies to take care of your diabetes, you can survive all sorts of situations and stay in good health while doing it.
Take some time now to assess how prepared you and members of your household are to survive on your own for a few days. Note what steps you need to take to become prepared, then take action. By putting together an emergency plan and an emergency kit today, you can enjoy peace of mind in the days ahead.


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Don't necessarily agree with everything you say, but everyone's entitled to their views.
The Mule deer hunting in western Wyoming has dropped drasticly due to over hunting, hunting magazines like Eastman's selling out all the good hunting areas in Wyoming, poor management from the game and fish, hard winters, and preditors ( wolves)
Wyoming is not the place to hunt deer in Wyoming
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That's funny. Eastman's has nothing to do with the deer decline anymore than Remington does.
Deer fluctuate due to environmental conditions such as weather and predators more than hunter pressure.
Try hunting in a screwed up state like California, no lion hunting, high bear population and too many coyotes equals a declining deer herd. Throw in a bad winter and you have a recipe for disaster. The anti everything people make it worse. One crappy hunting location in Wyoming is still better than the majority of California.
When the deer population is on the decline and the game and fish do not reduce the number of tags given out, and stories are published about how wonderful the hunting is, just to help thier buisnes going has a lot to do with the decline.
I will agree that exposure in magazines (even Eastmans) has increased pressure and affected draw odds in some places, but it certainly isn't the cause of the mule deer decline. There is a pretty good arcticle on just that in the latest issue of Eastmans.
Nothing, and I mean nothing, has affected mule deer more than habitat loss. When people stop purchasing 5 acre "Ranchettes" on the winter range, we will be making real progress.
Growing wolf populations, harsh winters, deer migration.... There are a ton of factors. Predators are becoming a huge issue all over the country. From Minnesota to California they are here. Maybe instead of pointing fingers at companies(like Eastmans) who help hunters, sell out should concentrate on talking to politicians who are letting this predator invasion happen.
Trust me I have been involed in meeting with game and fish, politicians. I have wrote many letters and posted my concers to get the wolves under control if not stopped, because I agree they are hurting the population of wild life.
The more people know about a good hunting area the more people want to hunt it. The will become over hunted and the population will go down.
When you grow up hunting an area and know the area well, when you have seen the number of deer decline, and the number of Californa License plates going up is a recipe for disaster.
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I hope that Colorado will be able to take care of the wolves before they become a problem like they are in Wyoming, Idaho, Montana
I believe most states game dept. can't and will not act in time to manage a declining areas wildlife. States will not cut across the board due to loss of revenue. So some of the most depleted areas get some dosing of quota cuts. I beleive state revenue is put higher than game management. I live in a state that is living proof of this! All through the 80's and early 90's Mule deer tag quota's stayed very high or gained tags. All the time habitat was disapearing,then a series of major winter kill ratio's. The tag numbers in some of the most desirable units stayed high for another 3-5 years after. Almost wiping out gene pools that produced some of OR best bucks.
As far as magazines like eastmans effecting hunting,there is no doubt finding a honey hole that will last for many years is way less likley in these days. We live in an information age! With so many tools to help people spread knowlegde and secrets about hunting it is drawing more people outdoors,wich in the long run might save hunting all together.


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UNCTAD Global Investment Trends Monitor says prospects for 2012 remain guarded. Developing country share of outflows declined slightly in 2011
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SISSONVILLE, W.Va. -- Margaret Johnson placed a "For Sale" sign in front of her home Thursday.
Although NiSource officials say her house on Sissonville Drive is safe, Johnson said the thought of sleeping there after Tuesday's massive gas line explosion and fire is overwhelming.
"My sense of security in my home has been taken away," said Johnson, 60, whose home is about 1,000 yards from where the blast occurred.
Several people received minor injures, but the blast and resulting fires destroyed about five homes, burned others and engulfed a large section of Interstate 77, melting asphalt and guardrails.
Johnson and about 20 of her neighbors have been staying at the Sleep Inn on Pennsylvania Avenue, next to Harding's restaurant, since the explosion.
She spent Thursday afternoon talking to officials from the gas company and trying to convince them to sign a piece of paper confirming her house was safe.
"No one would sign it," Johnson said. "They all told me they weren't the right person to do that."
Bruce Reynolds, a senior land agent with NiSource, was at Johnson's house Thursday,
"I hope it will never be repeated. It was an accident," Reynolds told Johnson. He gave Johnson his cell phone number and told her to "call me anytime."
Johnson was home Tuesday afternoon when the blast occurred. She, like many others in the neighborhood, thought a plane was crashing in her front yard.
"I heard glass breaking and then this god-awful roar -- I can still hear it in my ears," she said. "I don't think I'll ever forget that sound."
When Johnson looked out her front door on Tuesday she saw "a humungous wall of fire."
"I could feel the heat and there was steam coming from under my home. It shook the pictures off of my wall," she said. "Sparks were coming out of the wall where my Christmas tree is plugged in.
"I may never feel safe in that home again."
The National Transportation Safety Board, which is investigating the gas explosion, coordinates with the Red Cross to provide crisis counseling as part of its disaster assistance, according to Stephanie Matonek, a support specialist with NTSB.
"If counseling is something she'd like to do it's available for her through the local chapter [of the Red Cross]," Matonek said. "It's short-term, but it's pretty immediate."
Dale Petry, director of Kanawha County Emergency Services, said he sympathizes with Johnson and other residents who live near the blast.
"I can understand how she feels, this was horrific," Petry said. "I don't know many people who could just go the next day and lay their head down and go to bed."
Mark Boggs, Johnson's son, said he didn't think his mother would participate in counseling.
"She's been through a lot of traumatic experiences," he said. "But I don't think anyone around here will have peace of mind for quite some time."
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Despite it's short run on the small screen, many fans were disappointed to Nick Cannon's "Wild'n Out" show get the axe. Now, accoring to Hollywood Reporter, it appears that the famed sketch comedy it set to make a revival.
Nick Cannon's production company NCredible Entertainment has teamed up with MTV2 to renew the improv comedy series. While the initial incarnation of the show featured talents like Kevin Hart and Affion Crockett, Cannon is seeking out a whole new crop of comedians through audition.
"I get asked everyday when 'Wild 'N Out' will be back," he said. "I'm thrilled to announce that the show will be making its long-awaited return very soon - bigger and better. With our show's original cast, everyone from Kevin Hart to Katt Williams, Affion Crockett and Taran Killam becoming household names, I am looking forward to working with MTV2 as we work to introduce the biggest comedic stars of tomorrow with the return of 'Wild 'N Out.'"
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Parranda tries to keep the party going as she goes for her third straight win of 2014 in the Grade 2 Honey Fox Stakes at Gulfstream Park today.
Parranda, which means "party" in Spanish, is a 5-year-old daughter of English Channel bred in Florida by Ocala's Kinsman Farm.
The mare won the Grade 3 Suwannee River Stakes on the turf at Gulfstream in February. She led the 1 1/8th-mile race from start to finish and won by two lengths.
In January, she won the Sunshine Millions Filly and Mare Turf Stakes, also at Gulfstream. The filly has won four of her last five starts. She sold for $13,000 in 2011 at the Ocala Breeders' Sales April 2-year-old sale. She has earned just under $450,000 in purses.
She drew the No. 5 post in the 1-mile turf race. She faces seven rivals, including second choice Tapicat, a 4-year-old daughter of Tapit. The filly won the Voodoo Dancer Stakes in January at Gulfstream.
The $200,000 Honey Fox is scheduled for 5:36 p.m. and is race No. 10.
At Tampa Bay Downs, Florida-bred Sheer Drama is the second choice in the Wayward Lass Stakes today.
The 1 1/16-mile turf race drew a full field of 12 entries. Sheer Drama starts from the No. 5 post.
She made her last start in November, in the Grade 3 Comely Stakes. She showed little before tiring in the 1 1/8-mile race.
Before that, she finished second in the Belle Cherie Stakes at Belmont Park.
She opens at odds of 4-1 and makes her first career start at Tampa Bay Downs and Florida. A daughter of Burning Roma, she was bred by her owner, Harold L. Queen.
The filly has earned just more than $100,000 in purses. A win in the Wayward Lass would be her first stakes win.
To her immediate left is the favorite, Montana Dancer. The 4-year-old daughter of Yes It's True has not raced since winning the Remington Park Oaks in September.
She was installed as the 5-2 favorite. The filly has earned more than $270,000 in her career and won the Broom Dance Stakes at Saratoga last July.
The Wayward Lass is scheduled for 4:19 p.m. and is race No. 9.
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Mission to Metropolis
Religion | Eric Metaxas and other New York Christians speak the language of the city to reach a lost tribe: America's cultural elites
NEW YORK CITY-Ameeting begins at the Union Club in Manhattan, one of those elegant places with a rotunda, columns, three-tiered crystal chandeliers, marble floors, oil paintings in gilt frames of distinguished-looking gentlemen, and gold and blue swag drapes. Two hundred guests sit on upholstered empire chairs as host Eric Metaxas admonishes them: "This is a traditional club with traditional rules. Also, I might add, no spitting."
One month later the meeting is at the University Club, another uptown institution with chandeliers and oil paintings. Some journalists stereotype evangelicals as hicks who spit, people who do not belong in elegant settings-but 240 evangelicals and friends of evangelicals, most in dark suits or serious evening wear, are here to hear Francis Collins, the physician-geneticist known for leading the Human Genome Project, talk about his life and his faith.
Collins has establishment credentials-Ph.D. from Yale, medical school at the University of North Carolina, a pioneer hailed by presidents and CEOs. He speaks at first of how scientists are connecting more and more genes to particular diseases, of how medicine will be revolutionized as individuals learn precisely their personal risks and then take pharmaceuticals tailored to them individually.
But then Collins speaks of how as a doctor he saw that some people who faced death were at peace-and he recalls thinking, "I would not feel that way. I would be terrified." Then a patient asked, "Doctor, what do you believe?" Collins says he had to admit that "my atheism had not been based upon real consideration of the evidence." He began to read widely, and he finally concluded that "atheism is the least rational of all choices."
Collins has the audience paying rapt attention as he talks about noticing "pointers to God from nature." The first, so obvious that we often overlook it, is that "there is something instead of nothing." The second is that we, people, exist because of, among other things, "the precise tuning of 15 physical constants-if you tweak their values by a tiny fraction, it doesn't work." He decided it would require more faith not to believe in "a designed universe" than to see it as God-made.
Collins concludes by explaining that at age 27, without the faith to be an atheist, he became a follower of Christ, helped by C.S. Lewis' Mere Christianity: "It changed my life." Some questioners ask why and how Collins defends both the Bible and theistic evolution (see "Dialogue with Darwinists," Feb. 14, 2009), but the emphasis is on the change in Collins and the prospective change in many Manhattanites.
Honoring and promoting such change is one goal of Socrates in the City, a series of such gatherings now in its ninth year. Eric Metaxas, 45, the man who started the series and keeps it going, is bilingually able to speak both Elitese and Evangelise. In college he edited the Yale Record, the nation's oldest campus humor magazine. He went on to write more than 20 children's books and videos and to write for Chuck Colson's Breakpoint and for Veggietales. Recently, he has authored thoughtful books on William Wilberforce and Dietrich Bonhoeffer, clever apologetics books-like Everything You Always Wanted to Know About God (But Were Afraid to Ask)-and a new children's bedtime book, It's Time to Sleep, My Love (WORLD, Nov. 15, 2008).
Metaxas purposely schedules Socrates in the City events in gorgeous rooms in Manhattan's private clubs and usually starts them with a wine and hors d'oeuvres reception: He wants to "create a comfortable place for people trying to think more deeply about the big questions. We don't push Christianity, and certainly don't conclude with comment cards asking people to 'make a decision.' To do that would be to destroy the trust we have built up with the people who come to our events without fearing an uncomfortably 'religious' atmosphere."
The roster of Socrates and the City speakers over the years has included British theologian N.T. Wright, NYU psychology professor Paul Vitz, former ABC science correspondent Michael Guillen, human-rights advocate Caroline Cox, and First Things editor Richard John Neuhaus, who died last month. They have spoken on provocative questions like the one to which world-renowned physicist Sir John Polkinghorne responded, "Can a Scientist Pray?" (His answer: yes.)
Metaxas notes that Socrates in the City audiences at first were largely evangelical but now include many "who are either only nominally Christian or not particularly Christian." He doesn't like thinking in either/or terms, though: He argues that "to enter the mainstream culture and engage it, evangelicals have to stop the binary behavior-I'm speaking to a believer or a non-believer-and realize that there are many shades of gray."
Metaxas has learned over the years that many non-evangelicals are "open to presentations on faith issues" but are part of "unreached people groups" such as natives on some Pacific islands or in South American jungles: "As brave and diligent souls have over the last two millennia risked their lives and lost their lives, and have studied obscure grammars and translated the Gospel of John into the dialects of vanishing tribes, so too we today ought to humbly set ourselves to the noble task of bringing the gospel to these elites."
That may seems strange to those who walk Manhattan's streets and see church buildings on many corners, but many of the churches have become liberal social clubs where sophisticated savages talk about foreign hearts of darkness without examining the condition of their own hearts. Metaxas nails a second point: "We cannot delude ourselves into thinking that, simply because they live in America and speak English, these cultural elites have heard the gospel already and have rejected it. If the gospel has not been translated into a language that they understand, and if it has not been brought to them by people with whom they have some cultural affinity, they have not heard it."
Metaxas notes that "these people do not speak the same language as thatched-haired evangelists on TV, nor do they know anyone who knows anyone who speaks that language. It is a foreign tongue, and they are deaf to it. . . . Surely a God who would have us humble ourselves and pray for demon-worshipping cannibals would have us humble ourselves and reach out to pro-choice television anchors, too."
By reaching out to those anchors, Metaxas suggests, evangelicals are also defending their own families and cultural values: "For good or for ill, it is the cultural elites who determine much of what goes on in the rest of the culture, who can . . . determine what we sneer at and what we ooh at and ahh at. . . . They tend to have the TV pulpits and the Conde Nast photo spreads. And the folks in Topeka who watch them . . . don't. You've heard of trickle-down economics? Let me introduce you to trickle-down culture."
So Socrates in the City has a nationally significant task, and it's not alone in ministering to middle-aged urban professionals. Muppies also race to meetings of the New Canaan Society (NCS), founded in 1995 by Goldman Sachs partner Jim Lane as a small men's group in one of New York's Connecticut suburbs. NCS now has expanded into Manhattan, New Jersey, and other parts of the metropolis.
Young urban professionals, meanwhile, often head to Redeemer Presbyterian Church, a 20-year-old institution that has five meeting times on Sunday in uptown venues, including auditoria of Hunter College (east side) and the Ethical Culture Society (west side), neither of which shares Redeemer's values. The average Redeemer attendee is barely older than the church; 20-somethings also attend Redeemer church plants in Greenwich Village, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, and other New York environs. Redeemer also sponsors a Reformed University Fellowship chapter for New York colleges and a Gotham Fellowship program that shows young professionals how to live and work as Christians.
Other theologically conservative churches are also emerging in Manhattan, and evangelical educational groups are also layering the gospel; for example, The King's College has classrooms and offices in the Empire State Building, and The Geneva School takes students from pre-K to grade 8. Metaxas sees the synergy between and among such institutions beginning to approach one of the most famous networks in British history, the Clapham network that 200 years ago led the London battle against slave trading and then slavery itself.
Metaxas notes that the Claphamites "fought hard to win souls to Christ, and just as hard to fight suffering and poverty and injustice in Christ's name. And they realized that to be successful in either of these, they needed to be deeply devoted to Christ as well as fully engaged in the culture around them." One common evangelical goal these days is to be "in the world, but not of it," and the Claphamites were both: "While they spent much time together and prayed much, they knew God had not called them only to fellowship and endless prayer meetings, but to go out and to do His work outside those meetings, in the marketplace."
Wilberforce is a role model for Metaxas because he was both deeply religious and delightfully witty-"ardently evangelistic, always thinking of ways to bring those he knew to think about the state of their souls . . . but he never came across as a dour moralist; all who met him thought him winsome and full of joy." Metaxas insists that Wilberforce and his friends "were not mere culture warriors, trying to climb over the ramparts to take control, but rather were already insiders who knew how to behave like insiders, and who would do their best to change things from within. They knew how to move in their high circles of influence; knew the unspoken language of those circles; and knew when to push and when not to push and whom to ask about this or that, and whom not to ask."
Metaxas concludes that Wilberforce and his friends knew that London was "not their true home, but they did what good they could there because ignoring their culture meant ignoring those trapped within it, including the suffering and the poor." The Claphamites themselves derived benefits from work alongside those who did not share their faith: "Their faith itself became more robust, relevant, and real. It had to be so, since the reforms they were trying to effect depended on their making their case in the public sphere. . . . If they had come across as merely odd religious fanatics, their success would have been seriously hurt."
Metaxas has sharp but true things to say about contemporary evangelical tendencies to complain about American culture but not do anything about it, either because "getting everyone saved" was the only important Christian activity," or because of Left Behind beliefs that the world would soon be ending: "This tactic has the double disadvantage of being unbiblical and not working. Indeed, it has backfired badly, because without Christians involved in it, the culture only got worse."
Metaxas also criticizes those who "hide in a separate Christian subculture" and "lose the ability to communicate effectively with those who are outside. We . . . become less and less able to speak to those who are different from us. That, of course, is the enemy of evangelism. We grow more and more fearful and suspicious of those outside the camp, until we slowly begin to think of them as a hostile 'other' whom we must destroy, rather than broken and exiled parts of our own selves, whom we are commanded by God to heal and restore."
Exiled parts of our own selves . . . and exiled parts of our own country. As suspicious Christians more and more abandoned "worldly" centers of influence, Metaxas notes that New York City "slid farther into secularism, and farther from the values of the rest of the country. And because of the rise of the media culture in the last 50 years, the influence of these increasingly secular cultural centers only increased. People who thought they could hide in small towns far from places like New York found that their children were going upstairs to watch their own TVs-and getting the values of New York and Hollywood elites anyway."
And a takeaway zinger from Metaxas: "We are sinners, too, in need of God's grace. Or did we think we could get to heaven simply by not watching HBO?"


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Mitchell Gold & Bob Williams: Reclaimed & Retro
High Point Market Spring 2011
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- Website: mgbwhome.com
Store History
- Founded: 1989
- Founded by: Mitchell Gold & Bob Williams
- Headquarters: Taylorsville, NC
In 1989 when the economy was unstable, he and his partner, Bob Williams, naively created The Mitchell Gold Co. Since then, despite tough economic times and upheaval in the furniture industry, sales have reached in excess of $100 million. The combination of Gold's years of marketing experience with Williams' talents as art director set the course for Mitchell Gold and changed the furniture industry.
The Mitchell Gold & Bob Williams showroom at High Point is one of the sleekest spaces in the area. Set away from the main cluster, it's a multi-story building with high-gloss white floors that show off the living room collections. New this year: the Reclaimed History Collection, made in North Carolina out of wood salvaged from the floors and beams of old mills.
In addition to the reclaimed wood line, there were lots of high-back sofas and chairs inspired by classic British design, seventies-style roomsets with metallics and chevron stripes, and an expanded line of upholstery options.
Sectionals and modular sofas were a big part of old and new collections, including the Dr. Pitt — a comfy island of ottomans enclosed by a large sectional sofa. Beyond the neutrals on display, customers have a choice of more plaids, stripes, and patterns than have previously been available.
We also spotted artwork from Natural Curiosities and nature photographs by none other than Tipper Gore, who has an exclusive line of photo prints with MGBW.
MORE INFORMATION: MGBWhome.com
Located in North Carolina and held twice each year in April and October, High Point Market is "the largest furnishings industry trade show in the world." The market includes 180 buildings, 10 million square feet of showspace, and over 2,000 exhibitors who exhibit to designers, buyers, press, and industry representatives.
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Columbia, SC (Sports Network) - Connor Shaw's shoulder appears to be just fine.
The South Carolina quarterback put on a passing clinic and Marcus Lattimore became the school's all-time leader in rushing touchdowns, as the seventh- ranked Gamecocks downed the Missouri Tigers, 31-10, at Williams-Brice Stadium.
Shaw suffered an injury to his right, throwing shoulder in the opener against Vanderbilt. He missed the next contest, a 48-10 win over East Carolina, before starting against UAB last week. The junior signal-caller absorbed another big hit that aggravated the injury and didn't finish the game.
On Saturday, Shaw was nearly flawless, completing his final 20 passes for 249 yards and two touchdowns after throwing incomplete on his first attempt of the game.
Lattimore gained 85 yards on 21 carries and scored two touchdowns. He entered play tied with George Rogers and Harold Green for the most rushing scores in school history at 31.
South Carolina (4-0, 2-0 SEC) has won eight straight games dating back to last season, the second-longest streak in school history. The Gamecocks opened the 1984 campaign with nine consecutive wins.
Missouri quarterback James Franklin was limited to 92 yards on 11-of-18 passing. Franklin sat out last week's victory over Arizona State with a shoulder injury.
Kendial Lawrence led the Tigers' (2-2, 0-2) ground attack with 67 yards on 11 touches.
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A season-high 5,221 fans were on hand at E.A. Diddle Arena on a night in which WKU's 1992-93 Sweet 16 team was honored in celebration of its 20th anniversary.
Brandon Harris led WKU with 22 points, including a Hilltopper season high six three-pointers, and he and O'karo Akamune led the Hilltoppers with eight rebounds apiece. George Fant contributed 13 points and seven rebounds, and UALR was led by 14 points and six assists from Josh Hagins.
Harris led WKU in rebounding for the sixth time in the last eight games, and he is now averaging 13.6 points per game in the last five contests. Caden Dickerson played 19 minutes off the bench in the game after missing the last 12 games after separating his right shoulder at ULM on November 29.
The Hilltoppers shot 32.7 percent from the field in the game (16-for-49), and UALR used its hot second half to finish at 46.2 percent for the game (24-for-52). WKU outrebounded UALR in the game, 37-31, and had 13 offensive rebounds. The Trojans scored 30 points in the paint, and the Hilltopper bench had five points in the game.
WKU led 26-25 at halftime after shooting 38.1 percent as a team (8-for-21) and outrebounding UALR 22-11 in the opening 20 minutes. UALR went 10-for-29 from the field (.345) and forced 10 WKU turnovers.
The Hilltoppers went on a 10-2 run over 5:08 to take a 19-12, but UALR trimmed the lead to the one-point mark at halftime after a pair of Will Neighbour free throws. WKU went the final 8:09 of the half without a field goal.
Harris led WKU with eight points and five rebounds in the first half, and T.J. Price and Teeng Akol each added five. Neighbour led UALR with seven points in the first 20 minutes.
The second half featured three ties and three lead changes, and UALR used six-straight points over 1:35 to take a 43-38 advantage, its largest of the game. The Trojans extended the lead to as large as eight points down the stretch, as WKU went 7:27 without a field goal near the end of the game.
UALR finished by making its final four shots of the game and three free throws in the final 3:08 to seal the victory, its first in its last four tries in Bowling Green dating back to the 2004-05 season.
With a three-game homestand in the books, WKU hits the road for two games next week beginning Thursday at 7:05 PM at South Alabama. The game will be televised nationally on ESPN3 and ESPN Full Court, regionally on WKYU-PBS and in Louisville on WBNA. It will also be broadcast on the radio on the Hilltopper IMG Sports Network with Randy Lee and Hal Schmitt on the call.
WKU returns home on Thursday, January 31 for a 7:00 contest against Troy.
Tickets for the 2012-13 WKU basketball season are on sale now and can be purchased online at WKUSports.com or by calling the WKU Ticket Office at 1-800-5-BIG RED or 745-5222 locally.


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Lauren wrote me today:
I could not wait to share this with you….my absolute favorite blog out there combining beautiful style and the street with a witty and cheeky spin on it all and guess what the latest post was all about…well yes you guessed it…enjoy!
What follows is one of the cutest things I've read from anyone having visited Amsterdam, aka a good case of 'Amsterdam Through Strangers' Eyes', by Garance Doré.
So, obviously, the photo above here isn't me, nor is it my bike. But just to show you the coolitude of biking in Amsterdam, you needed to see at least one real Dutch girl on a real Dutch bike.
Because you're constantly passing cool girls on bikes in Amsterdam. It's simple, I asked around. It's that no one knows anyone who doesn't have a bike. Whoa, that's a tough one. I'll try again: everyone has a bike.
"It's so great. You all have rock hard thighs,†I said. I'm so perceptive.
"It's not that,†Ramona said. "Our legs don't get anything from biking now. They're too used to it.â€
Aha. It's still not fair.
Ramona was my guardian angel during these few wonderful days in Amsterdam. She was the one who glued me to my bike for the first half hour. She was also the one that taught me these :
- When you park your bike in the middle of the 350 other bikes all clustered together in each spot, if you knock them all over, IT'S NOT YOUR FAULT. It's the owners' fault who poorly parked them. "Even if you make ALL of them fall, Ramona?†"Yes, Garance. As long as yours is standing tall, you can leave with your head up. No one will say a thing.†Duly noted. And more than once.
- You can do everything on your bike… Talk on the phone, Google a restaurant, eat a sandwich, hold an umbrella in the rain (EVERYONE does that. It's impressive.), CHANGE YOUR SHOES WHILE PEDDLING, TAKE A NAP. You can even do some streetstyle on them. The proof is right above with Elza. When we found her, we were riding our bikes. We followed her for a bit, like true crazies on bikes.
- You have to give a name to your bike. It's essential and that's just how it is. When I asked what Ramona had named hers, she couldn't tell me. But I really wanted to believe this whole name thing… like really… Check out this photo below and you'll see, see what I'm saying?
There he was, lost in a sea of others. When I saw him, I knew he was mine. My bike, my ally, my companion. I couldn't not give him a name.
Chuck Bass. Yep. What better name could define the mix of purebred elegance and risqué style? Because I'm telling you, with Chuck Bass, I promise you that no matter where you go, you'll never go unnoticed. Aaaah, yep, it's gotta be the stretch limo.
Yours truly looking ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS with my little red and white sign that said, "Hey there, I'm a tourist. So whenever you feel like cutting me off and being all pissy and irritated, go right ahead my dear ladies and gentlemen of Amsterdam.â€
Oh who cares? It's Chuck Bass and me, and I love him. And then this morning, looking at him for one last time before taking my train, I felt a little tear drop down my cheek. He didn't even move.
These bikes, they're such bastards.
Translation : Tim Sullivan
All true. Hands down.Update: I went to a club downtown not so long ago and actually saw the girl from the top photo. I approached her and said I recognized her from this photo. She was quite stunned.


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Born Nathaniel Marvin Wolff on Dec. 17, 1994 in Los Angeles, CA, he and brother Alex were the children of actress Polly Draper of "thirtysomething" (ABC, 1987-1991) and her husband, musician Michael Wolff, who served as bandleader on "The Arsenio Hall Show" (syndicated, 1989-1994). He developed an interest in music from his father, and soon fixated on the music and films of the Beatles; forming his own band was soon at the forefront of his mind, and while still a toddler, gave name to his future outfit when he and Alex climbed from a tub and announced themselves as the "naked brothers band."
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Video: Election Day FAQ
ATLANTA -- Voters started pulling into the Morningside Elementary parking lot at 5:30 a.m. Tuesday. They huddled in their dry cars, several asking, "Is this the right place?"
At 6 a.m., a poll worker made the trip to the end of the driveway with "Vote Here" signs. He was soaked by the time he made it back. It wasn't just raining election morning, it was pouring.
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As soon as the outside doors opened, umbrellas popped up, the only spots of color in the pre-dawn hours. The line started forming, twisting its way through the empty school hallways (classes are canceled for many on Election Day). By 7 a.m., more than 50 voters were waiting. Clay Bristow was among the first.
"I knew I had to get here early to beat the crowd," he said. "If this is any sign, the rain might not affect turnout."
Piles of umbrellas and lines of wet boots marked polling locations across metro Atlanta. Voters at E. Rivers Elementary in Buckhead report poll workers took pity and ushered the line inside and out of the rain. Not the case in Suwanee, where a long line of umbrellas stretched through a wet parking lot.
Voter Michael Brown called the crowd at the fire station in Virginia Highland "big and enthusiastic."
While some voters reported problems at their polling places, Dunwoody resident Chris Thorpe said he made it through the crowd at Calvary Church in 20 minutes. County Elections Boards tell 11Alive News that 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. are among their busiest hours on Election Day. That trend continued, despite the rain.
How was your morning voting location? Send a voting report to Reporter Julie Wolfe on Twitter @JulieWolfe or firstname.lastname@example.com. Pictures welcome.


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Watch these videos to become familiar with Office 365 and how to read email, share documents, and more.
Note SkyDrive is now OneDrive, and SkyDrive Pro is now OneDrive for Business. Read more about this change at From SkyDrive to OneDrive.
Inside this course:
Welcome to Office 365 (3:00)
Learn about what's included in Office 365.
Use email and more in Office 365 (2:21)
Use Outlook and Outlook Web App for email, calendars, and more.
Use Office and Office Online in Office 365 (2:36)
Use Office and Office Online with Office 365 to improve productivity.
Share documents in Office 365 (2:15)
Share documents in Office 365 using SharePoint Team Sites and OneDrive for Business.
Communicate with Lync in Office 365 (1:40)
Use Lync to IM, view presence information, and set up or attend online meetings
Course summary
A brief reminder of the key points in this course.
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Done With Groups For Now…Families/Couples Rolling In!
Well, we have had numerous groups stay with us the past few months and we had a ton of fun and made many new friends. However, it is now that time of year when our families and couples start rolling in again on Monday after a short weekend break for us. We look forward to having a great spring as we had just the right amount of rain, sunshine, and temperature so far that the flowers are blooming and the cactus are nice and green. See you all soon!


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Updated at 5:55 p.m.
Morehead City police have released the identity of a man who died during a July 4 incident outside a waterfront bar.
Stephen Ray Johnson, 23, of Dunn died as a result of injuries sustained following an altercation outside of Jack�s waterfront bar around 11 p.m. Thursday, police said.
According to a police department news release, the initial call came in as a subject in the water and Morehead City Fire and Rescue, assisted by Atlantic Beach Fire and EMS, responded for a water rescue. Morehead City police officers and the dive team responded after it was determined that the situation involved the recovery of a body.
Police Chief Wrenn Johnson said the investigation is ongoing and the department is still working to piece together Johnson�s cause of death and motive for the altercation.
She said there is a team of investigators working on the case and they had been interviewing witnesses all day and still had a number of others to talk to.
�People are still calling saying they saw this or that and we�re following up on them. We still have a lot of evidence and information to piece together,� she said.
The incident occurred as the town�s annual Independence Day celebration was coming to a close.
Updated at 3:23 p.m.
Stephen Ray Johnson, a 23-year-old male from Dunn, died as a result of injuries sustained following an altercation outside of Jacks waterfront bar in Morehead City on Thursday, around 11 p.m., according to information from Morehead City Police.
The call originally came in as a subject in the water and Morehead City Fire and EMS assisted by Atlantic Beach Fire and EMS responded for a water rescue attempt. Morehead City Police officers and Dive Team responded for the recovery effort when it was determined that the situation was no longer a water rescue, according to the information.
The investigation is on going in this case.
Chief Wrenn Johnson and Morehead City Police Department send condolences to Johnson's family and friends.
Morehead City police are investigating a death that occurred on the waterfront as July 4 festivities neared an end.
Police Chief Wrenn Johnson said Friday morning that there is an open investigation into the death of a male victim that is related to an incident that occurred about 11 p.m. at Jack�s Waterfront Bar.
Johnson said they are working to contact the family before releasing the name of the victim.
She said they expect to release additional information later this morning.
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May 25, 2016
Tallahassee, FL- Life is getting easier for people driving or walking around a busy stretch of Tallahassee.
City leaders helped cut the ribbon for the grand opening of the widening of capital circle southeast.
The stretch of road is west of Woodville Highway to east of Crawfordville Road.
More than a mile of the roadway was expanded to 7 lanes.
It now provides a sidewalk, trail and bicycle lanes.
Tallahassee Mayor John Marks says "for people to get back and forth from shopping, back and forth from jobs, back and forth from relatives that may be here, makes things a lot easier for them"
The road widening project kicked off in 2010 and it employed around 1800 people.
Mayor Marks says the completion of this project shows the city's focus on the Southside, and a focus to bring more businesses and jobs to that area.
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We just upgraded from 8.0 to 8.0.2 open source edition.
The situation is:
We have forwarded addresses configured on our Zimbra. Emails are forwarded Blackberry.
After the upgrade to 8.0.2, BB users are complaining that local emails alone are received twice. External emails are properly received.
We tested this with gmail as well and it seems there is a problem.
If employee A sends an email to employee Z, the email is received by Z in outlook client once but received twice on B's blackberry. If the forwarded to account is gmail, then the gmail inbox shows two copies of the emails. Same is the case if Employee A sends an email to himself -> received once in Outlook and twice in BB.
When examined the header of the two emails, we found same time stamp (10:56:58 +0000 UTC). Looking at the header of the two messages, it is clear that the message has been scanned twice and queued twice in Zimbra. Tailing zimbra.log with -f also shows that emails are scanned twice and queued twice with distinct IDs.
I read something similar: http://www.zimbra.com/forums/adminis...ned-twice.html and apparently this is fixed in 8.0.3?
Our users are still complaining and is there any way we can ask zimbra to queue the message only once (just like it should).
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•••Scripted series premieres: "The Haunted Hathaways," 8:30 p.m. Saturday, Nickelodeon (sitcom about a father and two sons haunting a mother and two daughters in their new home); "Bounty Hunters," 10 p.m. Saturday, CMT (animated series starring Jeff Foxworthy, Bill Engvall and Larry the Cable Guy as bounty hunters).Other series premieres: "Summer Camp," 8 p.m. Thursday, USA (reality competition inspired by camp games); "The Winner Is . . . ," 9 p.m. Thursday, NBC (signing competition hosted by Nick Lachey); "Hollywood Game Night," 10 p.m. Thursday, NBC (contestants pair with celebrities in party games); "Wanda Skyes Presents Herlarious," 10 p.m. Saturday, OWN (stand-up comedy showcase); "Pop Innovators," 8 p.m. Sunday, E! (interviewing influential celebrities; first up: will.i.am); "Hillbillies for Hire," 9 p.m. Sunday, CMT (friends own a custom prank shop in Florida); "Adam Richmond's Fandemonium," 10 p.m. Sunday, Travel Channel (spotlighting top tailgating experiences); "Perfect Score," 9 p.m. Tuesday, CW (dating competition); "Catering Wars," 10 p.m. Tuesday, Lifetime (Texas catering crews battle for business); "Deal With It," 10:30 p.m. Tuesday, TBS (celebrities and regular folks team up for hidden-camera pranks).Season premieres: "Being Human," 10 p.m. Saturday, BBC America; "Tia & Tamera," 8 p.m. Sunday, Style Network; "La La's Full Court Life," 10 p.m. Sunday, VH1; "Giuliana & Bill," 8 p.m. Tuesday, Style Network; "Covert Affairs," 9 p.m., and "Suits," 10 p.m. Tuesday, USA; "Ink Master," 10 p.m. Tuesday, Spike; "Here Comes Honey Boo Boo," 9 p.m. Wednesday, TLC; "Wicked Attention," 9 p.m. Wednesday, ID.Sneak peek: "Wedding Island," 10 p.m. Wednesday, TLC (following a Caribbean wedding planner; regular timeslot is Thursdays at 10 p.m.)Returning series: "Who's Line is it Anyway?" 8 p.m. Tuesday, CW (Last seen in 2006. Wayne Brady, Ryan Stiles and Colin Mochrie are back; Aisha Tyler replaces Drew Carey as host. A celebrity guest appears each episode -- Lauren Cohan of "The Walking Dead" and Kevin McHale of "Glee" on the back-to-back premiere episodes.)Series finales: "Cult," 8 p.m. Friday, CW (two hours); "666 Park Avenue," 9 p.m. Saturday, ABC.Season finale: "The Wanted Life," 10 p.m. Sunday, E!
Catching up on summer series
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- I want to let you guys in on a little secret. Even though I write about TV, I'm not always the best TV watcher. I watch very few things live, and I sometimes procrastinate about watching things I've recorded. Even things I'm looking forward to.That's why it wasn't until this week that I got caught up on Lifetime's "Devious Maids" (10 p.m. Sundays) and CBS' "Under the Dome" (10 p.m. Mondays) even though I was interested in both before they started."Devious Maids," sadly, has left me mostly disappointed so far. It's not awful, just wildly uneven. When it's on (mainly in the plots involving Ana Ortiz's Marisol and Judy Reyes' Zoila and her daughter), it's a fun soap, but when it's off (like with Roselyn Sanchez's Carmen and most of the female employers), it's just cringe-worthy."Under the Dome," on the other hand, has me interested, at least thus far, and not just because it's fun to see Dean Norris ("Breaking Bad's" Hank) on the wrong side of the law. It's a well-done show -- in front of the camera and behind -- with a major mystery and subsequent smaller ones that are interesting but haven't gone off the rails yet (though I fully expect one or all of them to because this is Stephen King we're talking about).The first three episodes are all available for free online, so you can get caught up if you need to. I won't say anything about the plot beyond the general "people are cut off from the world when a mysterious dome seals them in their small town" to avoid spoiling anything for anyone.I also like that it's an "event series," meaning that these 13-episodes will be self-contained. Executive producer Neal Baer told TV Guide in the current issue that everything will be wrapped up at the end of the season, so it's one I can follow and enjoy now but not have to invest in beyond the summer if I don't want to.Of course, if ratings keep up, it will go beyond this summer, and Baer (who "Law & Order: SVU" fans might recognize as a former longtime producer on that show) said they're prepared for that. As he told TV Guide, "We've pitched how a second year would unfold. We have many stories under our sleeve. There are 2,000 people who live in Chester's Mill. We won't run out of characters."I've also gotten caught up on ABC Family's mysterious "Twisted" (9 p.m. Tuesday). I'm enjoying it and would like to find out the answers to its mysteries (Who killed Regina Crane? Why did Danny Desai strangle his aunt as a child? What's the significance of the necklace that links the two victims?). I also like seeing Maddie Hasson again, who was on Fox's canceled-too-soon crime dramedy "The Finder" last year. However, I won't be particularly heartbroken if it doesn't survive.Specials: "Sharknado," 9 p.m. Thursday, Syfy (Ian Ziering and Tara Reid star in a TV movie about a freak tornado that sends man-eating sharks ashore in L.A.); "Death Wish" movie marathon, 3 p.m. to 1 a.m. Saturday, AMC; "The iHeart Radio Ultimate Pool Party," 8 p.m. Monday, CW (with Ke$ha, Pitbull, Jason Derulo, Miley Cyrus, LL Cool J and more); "The ESPYS," 9 p.m. Wednesday, ESPN (hosted by Jon Hamm).Of note: Beatles memorabilia is featured on "Pawn Stars," 9 p.m. Thursday, History Channel; get a sneak peek of the "Pretty Little Liars" spinoff, "Ravenswood," 8 p.m. Tuesday, ABC Family.Reach Amy Robinson at email@example.com.


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UPDATE: A fund has been set up for the family. It is a Capital One Bank fund under the name Theresa Myles.
GLENARDEN, Md. (WUSA9) -- A fourth victim, another child, has died from that Glenarden Maryland fire this week.
Eleven-year-old Daijah Price died Friday night, at the hospital after Thursday's fire that had already claimed her father and her two younger sisters.
The 33-year-old mother was released from the hospital on Saturday, who in an instant lost her common-law-husband, her 8-year-old twin daughter and her 4-year-old daughter. And on Friday, she had to say good bye to her third and eldest child, 11-year-old Daijah Price.
"Daijah's not here, the babies are gone, it's just a lot," Denise Jackson said.
Denise Jackson is a family relative who grew up with the children's father, Darrell Price.
She remembers the girls and says Daijah ran back into the burning home to save her family.
"She went back in the home to help her daddy."
Then, there's the 8-year-old twin T'ania.
"The twins we called them pinkie and peaches."
And the youngest, 4-year-old Patrice.
"She was a sweetheart. She was a ball of fun. She's the boss."
It's an unimaginable pain for one parent to bear. The mother lost her partner in life and her three sweet daughters.
"You can't imagine. Nobody can know what Teresa is going through. Where do you go when you lose so many people at one time?"
The fire ripped through the home around 4 a.m. on Thursday in the 8600 block of Leslie Avenue in Glenarden. The mother and 8-year-old twin jumped through a window. The others were trapped inside.
The father tried everything he could to save them all.
"We just commend him for being the hero that he was, trying to save his kids."
By the time firefighters pulled them out, they had no pulse, and all had to be given CPR. Paramedics revived Daijah but the smoke was too much for her and she passed away in the hospital on Friday.
Now the family is having to arrange funerals for four people. The family is also in the process of setting up a memorial fund.
The cause of the fire has been determined to be an accidental electrical problem. The house had no smoke detector.


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Legends Luncheon – Part 1: A look into Dayton Moore's plans
Around the Horn got a treat today with the final State Farm Legends Luncheon of the season. General Manager Dayton Moore and manager Trey Hillman chatted with former Royals Al Fitzmorris and Willie Wilson for a few hours in downtown Kansas City and we got to listen.
For today, we're going to give you a taste of what went on during the event.
If you haven't been to one of these, we here at ATH strongly recommend them. Wilson and Fitzmorris serve as the host and talk to guests who are connected to Kansas City baseball or even players and coaches who represent the legacy of the Negro Leagues and Buck O'Neil. For more info, check out www.bestofbuck.com.
Today's session started with a thank you to all those in attendance. Through nine years of Luncheons, over $100,000 have been raised for the Negro Leagues Museum. That's a substantial sum for what started as an idea hatched in a conference room.
Once Wilson and Fitzmorris took the stage, they introduced Hillman and Moore. Wilson, who endorsed TeamSmile before the interview started, thanked Moore and his staff for bringing back the Royals Alumni. Wilson said he really enjoys being involved in the organization again and feels it will help re-instill the tradition of the franchise to the new players.
Wilson said it means a lot to him because he has a strong connection with the Royals. He worked his way through the system. So when he got to the bigs, he felt ownership over the team and pride in the uniform he wore. Similar to how he felt once he reached the Majors, Wilson said 60 percent of the Major League club needs to be grown through the farm system.
Moore agreed with him and spoke about being able to draft. He said that in the past, it wasn't totally an issue of money being put into the draft, but instead the picks which did get the money didn't pan out the way they should have. The philosophy has changed.
"You have to draft on ability and not signability," Moore said.
Moore then talked about growing scouting everywhere and not just looking at the draft as a means of acquiring talent to be groomed. At this moment, the team is working on developing a foothold in the Eastern Rim – with area scouts and talent evaluators. The team is also ramping up efforts in Latin America and becoming more aggressive in the Dominican Republic, where the Royals already have a baseball academy.
To grow the system even more, programs are in place for the Fall Instructional League that will allow players who workout during the day and attend classes at night at Glendale (AZ) Community College. They will learn about leadership, character and responsibility on and off the field. Moore said this is something no other team is doing.
Wilson said home-grown players have an attachment to the "Blue and White," a bond they've formed with the team since entering the organization and then continued as they flourished inside of it. Moore seconded his thoughts, saying "Players have to feel strongly about putting on the Royal uniform."
These programs are making the Royals the toast of the league. In some respects, the Major League club may not be the strongest competition, but scouts are raving about the work going on in the Minor Leagues and at the scouting level. But there is still a lot of heavy lifting to be done.
For example, he threw out a few names the Detroit Tigers picked up over the last offseason. To acquire Edgar Renteria, the Royals would have had to give up Luke Hochevar and Dan Cortes. To get Dontrelle Willis and Miguel Cabrera they might have had to fork over Hochevar, Cortes, Derrick Robinson and maybe even Danny Duffy. Those trades would have decimated a thin minor league system. Moore said beyond those few, there was a large gap to get to the next tier of talent in the system.
"Before we build a great farm system, it will be very difficult to impact the Major League team," Moore said.
The Royals are 10-5 this month, eclipsing their 2007 September win total with 11 games left in the season…When Brandon Duckworth struck out Wladimir Balentien to end the sixth inning; the 2008 pitching staff become the Royals strikeout kings. They passed the 1990 staff which had 1,006 punch outs with Duckworth's K and ended the night with 1,010 for the season. That number is sure to skyrocket with Gil Meche and Zack Greinke likely to get at least two starts still (both are in the American League's top 10 for K's this season)…As a team, the K.C. offense produced a cycle in the fifth inning last night. It was the first time since June 14, 2007 that the Royals have singled, doubled, tripled and homered in one inning.
Today's lineup: It's Halfway to St. Paddy's Day… Go Green with Flannigan's Right Hook.
DeJesus CF
Aviles SS
Guillen RF
Shealy 1B
Butler DH
Teahen 3B
Buck C
Callaspo 2B
German LF
Meche P
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Cyclones Complete Sun Angel Classic
TEMPE, Ariz.- The Iowa State track and field team competed Friday and Saturday in the Sun Angel Track Classic at Arizona State University.
The Cyclones were led by a first place finish in the hammer throw by Hayli Bozarth. She finished with a mark of 190-01 in the event. Laishema Hampton, Danielle Frere and Kayla Sanborn also all competed in the event.
Hannah Willms earned fourth place in the high jump with a mark of 5-05.75.
Christina Hillman finished fourth in the discuss throw with a mark of 147-00, while Ashley Thooft came in eighth with a toss of 124-05 in the event.
The Iowa State men were led by Ian Warner who finished third in the 100-meter dash. Warner finished the race in a time of 10.50.
Jan Jeuschede led the Cyclone men in the field events with a third place finish the premiere section of the shot put with a mark of 59-02.00.
Nick Efkamp earned seventh place in the premiere section of the 200-meter dash with a time of 21.19.
The Cyclones will compete at the Tom Botts/Audrey Walton Invitational, JJK/Rafer Johnson Invitational and the Jim Duncan Invitational next weekend. Results will be available on cyclones.com after the conclusion of each meet.
100-meter hurdles: 1) Ivanique Kemp, Arkansas, 13.27; 23) Jordon Andreassen, IOWA STATE, 14.80; 27) Kaci Storm, IOWA STATE, 15.35.
High jump: 1) Lauren Laszczak, Northern Arizona, 5-10.00; 4) Hannah Willms IOWA STATE, 5-05.75.
Discus throw: 1) Breana Jemison, UC Riverside, 154-08; 4) Christina Hillman, IOWA STATE, 147-00; 8) Ashley Thooft, IOWA STATE, 124-05.
Hammer throw premier: 1) Jessica Cosby Toruga, Nike, 239-06; 7) Laishema Hampton, IOWA STATE, 179-03; 8) Danielle Frere, IOWA STATE, 168-11.
Hammer throw: 1) Hayli Bozarth, IOWA STATE, 190-01; 10) Kayla Sanborn, IOWA STATE, 153-08.
Shot put: 1) Emily Lesser, North Dakota, 49-07.25; 11) Ashley Thooft, IOWA STATE, 43-05.25; 13) Tressa Borchardt, IOWA STATE, 41-05.00.
Shot put (premiere): 1) Tia Brooks, Oklahoma, 61-05.50; 2) Christina Hillman, IOWA STATE, 55-11.25; 4) Danielle Frere, IOWA STATE, 53-07.50; Hayli Bozarth, IOWA STATE, 51-00.25
100-meter dash (premiere): Ryan Milus, Arizona State, 10.29; 3) Ian Warner, IOWA STATE, 10.50.
110-meter hurdles: 1) Brendan Ames, Unattached, 13.77; 6) Ryan Sander, IOWA STATE, 14.55; 12) Troy Walls, IOWA STATE, 15.08.
200-meter dash: Jaylon Hicks, Academy of Arizona, 21.31; 23) Jared Ingram, IOWA STATE, 22.43.
200-meter dash (premiere): Deun White, Unattached, 20.96; 7) Nick Efkamp, IOWA STATE, 21.19; 10) Ian Warner, IOWA STATE, 21.58; 13) Ivan Tamba, IOWA STATE, 22.11
400-meter run: 1) Darryl Morales, Arizona State, 47.36; 8) Greg Kufahl, IOWA STATE, 49.01; 13) Russell Acton, IOWA STATE, 50.12.
4x400-meter run: 1) Kansas, 3:05.93; 4) IOWA STATE, 3:13.40.
High jump: 1) Gemikal Prude, Liscomb, 7-00.50; 10) Nick Lucs, IOWA STATE, 6-04.75.
Triple jump: 1) Josh Honeycutt, Phoenix Elite TC, 54-07.50; 8) Kevin Poster, IOWA STATE, 48-02.00.
Discus Throw: Kyle Long, Unattached, 163-06; 11) Henry Kelley, IOWA STATE, 149-09; 12) Nick Kleppe, IOWA STATE, 149-06.
Hammer throw (premiere): Jim Steacy, Chinook T&F, 234-08; 6) Zack Richards, IOWA STATE, 191-03.
Hammer throw: 1) Brandt Berghuis, North Dakota, 185-11; 8) Henry Kelley, IOWA STATE, 155-00.
Shot put (premeire): 1) Travis Smith, UC Riverside, 61-08.25; 3) Jan Jeuschede, IOWA STATE, 59-02.00.