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Sen. Rand Paul (R., Ky.) on Monday pointed to Ronald Reagan as an example of a president who believed in forceful foreign policy but relied on diplomacy as well, as he criticized GOP lawmakers who he said have taken Russia's occupation of Ukraine as an occasion to "beat their chest."
Mr. Paul brought down the house at the Conservative Political Action Conference last week with a speech that offered a stinging indictment of President Barack Obama, and subsequently won the CPAC straw poll. The speech focused on civil liberties but didn't address Ukraine or other foreign policy issues.
Mr. Paul, known for being wary of overseas military actions, turned to foreign-policy issues in an op-ed published on Breitbart on Monday. Mr. Paul touched on the crisis in Ukraine, recommending the U.S. implement sanctions and "increased economic pressure" on Russia. More broadly, the senator called for the "strategic use of soft power" and compared his approach to that of Mr. Reagan. But he also criticized fellow Republicans who he said have incorrectly characterized Mr. Reagan's actions to gain political traction.
Here is more from his op-ed:
"Every Republican likes to think he or she is the next Ronald Reagan. Some who say this do so for lack of their own ideas and agenda. Reagan was a great leader and President. But too often people make him into something he wasn't in order to serve their own political purposes."
"I don't claim to be the next Ronald Reagan nor do I attempt to disparage fellow Republicans as not being sufficiently Reaganesque. But I will remind anyone who thinks we will win elections by trashing previous Republican nominees or holding oneself out as some paragon in the mold of Reagan, that splintering the party is not the route to victory."
On Russia's occupation of Ukraine: "[S]ome politicians have used this time to beat their chest. What we don't need right now is politicians who have never seen war talking tough for the sake of their political careers."
"Today's Republicans should concentrate on establishing their own identities and agendas, as opposed to simply latching onto Ronald Reagan's legacy—or worse, misrepresenting it."
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Buck 65 weighs in with a "Copper Gone" review
Before any music journalists have been able to get their greasy paws on "Copper Gone", the legendary Buck 65 went ahead and wrote an album review for it. The importance of his involvement & support during the tail end of CG's completion can't be understated, but he most humbly left himself out of the review. We'll explain more on that soon.
Buck 65's CG review below:
"Sage Francis has a new album. Its called Copper Gone and its incredible. Its the kind of record that smacks you in the face first time you hear it. But what makes the record rare is that the more you listen to it, the deeper it will work its way into your bones. Most records are one or the other: it dazzles at first but then the excitement wears off or its what is referred to as a 'grower' - it doesnt grab you right away, but it grows on you over time with close listens. This record does both.
The album kicks off with the perfect opener - a song called 'Pressure Cooker'. It immediately answers the question Sage Francis fans have had on their minds: 'what took so long?' And it also puts the high expectations to bed the second the beat drops. The song grabs you by the throat and delivers intensity unmatched by any Sage classic. The beat is gigantic. The rapping is nimble and powerful. Sages confidence and personality are on full display. Its the kind of song that gets your heart rate up. It will probably inspire many intense workouts for listeners in the gym.
'Pressure Cooker' is a total blitz of everything you want from a rap song. It comes at you hard and furious. Its a class A headbanger. The intro of the next song, 'Grace', gives you a few seconds to catch your breath, but then the beat drops and the attack starts up again. But what strikes you this time, even as youre getting the snot kicked out of you, is how beautiful it is. Its a beautiful song. But the beauty doesnt inspire a careful, restrained performance from Sage, it inspires him to pry his rib cage open so you can watch his heart burn furiously. It happens again and again on Copper Gone - on songs like 'Over Under' (you win a prize if you can get through the song without saying 'holy shit!'), 'Vonnegut Busy' (which sounds like it was written on the sky) and 'Dead Mans Float' (an instant classic that will be sung by Sages congregation for the next 500 years).
It takes a rare kind of real man to write a song like 'Thank You'. Sage is the only rapper in the world who could have done it. Listening to it, its easy to imagine him backed up by a full symphony orchestra. For the next 10-30 years, people will approach Sage after shows and say "'The Set Up' saved my life, man." People will tattoo lyrics from 'ID Thieves' on their bodies. And 'Make Em Purr' is the most moving thing hes ever written. Tears will be shed.
The first few listens of Copper Gone will dazzle and pulverize you. This is the full-on rap record youve been waiting to hear for a long time. Its skillful, its tough, its funny, its sad, its beautiful, its conflicted The first thing that occurs to you after the initial shock is that you cant call this record a return to the form of records like Personal Journals or A Healthy Distrust because this record is even stronger than anything Sage has done before. Then it occurs to you that no 20 year old kid (not even a 20 year old Sage) could have written this record. This is the sound of a grown man with grey in his beard and mortgage payments kicking the living crap out of any 20 year old rapper that hasnt lived enough to know his ass from his elbow. Sage has an amazing (and very appealing) ability to be humble, vulnerable and self-effacing while sounding supremely confident and indomitable at the same time. And it should give us all hope that a rap record that is first and foremost dope as hell can be made by an honest man whos pushing 40.
Copper Gone matters."
Sat Apr 12, 2014 3:10 pm
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Awesome write-up by, Mr. Terfry. This album sounds like it's got instant classic written all over it.
Sat Apr 12, 2014 3:38 pm
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i read just the first of this, i want to wait til i hear the album before reading about it
i do want to say this though, that v-busy track has been stuck in my head embedded the last few days
its catchy AND quality
Sat Apr 12, 2014 10:04 pm
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I love Buck's facebook entries.
He's a very fluid and engaging writer.
That said....
This review has got me more excited for an album since I was a teen.
Mon Apr 14, 2014 6:14 am
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Beautiful write-up, especially knowing the sound of 'Vonnegut Busy' already. The song is such a strong continuation of everything Sage has been about, it's awe-inspiring. Can't wait to have a whole new dense Sage album around it in less than two months.
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This is awesome. I would like to see more artists, in any genre really, objectively reviewing their peers.
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COYOTE POINT -- Six paddlers were rescued by the San Mateo County Sheriff's Office Saturday after a outrigger canoe was damaged during a boating trip north of Coyote Point Harbor.
A group of 18 adults, all members of a canoe club, were about a mile off Coyote Point when one of their outrigger canoes lost a stabilizing pontoon.
"Each canoe had six adults in it," said Barry Chandler, a ranger who works in the Coyote Point harbormaster's office. "When one canoe got damaged, they tied it to the second. The third canoe paddled back and asked for help."
The Coyote Point harbormaster alerted the Marine Unit of the San Mateo County Sheriff's Office at 12:08 p.m. about the canoe in distress. Three vessels in the unit, which had been on routine patrol in the bay, responded.
"The boat wasn't sinking, but they did need to be rescued," Chandler said. "The boat could have flipped over."
The Marine Unit then safely transferred the group to the sheriff's vessels, and those rescued were brought back to the Coyote Point launch ramp.
All of the paddlers were treated on the scene, and none required additional medical transport.
Authorities said everyone in the group was wearing a life jacket.
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In-flight Internet presents an interesting paradox: When it's available, only about 5 percent to 10 percent of travelers actually use it, but it's becoming a virtual necessity for the world's airlines. Acceptance by U.S. domestic lines varies substantially, and it's even lower overseas, but the world's airlines are all moving ahead with large-scale installations.
In-flight Wi-Fi uses two basic technologies:
Recognizing the need for worldwide coverage, GoGo is adapting to satellite service in areas not covered by ground stations, to be available starting in 2015. Meanwhile, it is adding extra modems and antennas to many of its existing installations to increase bandwidth.
Here's how the main North American airlines stack up as of early 2013:
Air Canada: GoGo on a few 319s, available when traveling over the United States.
AirTran: GoGo on all planes.
American: GoGo on all 767-200s and some MD80s and 737s.
Alaska: GoGo on all mainline planes, except for a few of the oldest 737-400s.
Delta: GoGo on all 319s, 320s, 737-700s, 757-300s, 767-300s, MD88s, MD90s, CRJ 700/900s, and ERJ 170/175s; on some DC9-50s and 757-200s. Delta says it will add the overseas option "soon."
Frontier: GoGo on all ERJs.
JetBlue: ViaSat "coming in 2013."
Southwest: Row 44 "currently being implemented" for the entire fleet; industry estimates say about 50 percent of its planes now and 70 percent by end of 2013.
United: GoGo currently on transcontinental "PS" flights only, but being added to other planes.
US Airways: GoGo on all 321s, almost all ERJs, and more than half or 320s and 319s.
Virgin America: GoGo on all planes.
In addition, Row 44 shows Allegiant and Icelandair as customers, but the airlines don't feature WiFi yet.
Overseas airline installations all use satellite systems. Among the more advanced users are Emirates (380s), Gulf Air (more than half the fleet), Lufthansa (330s, some 340s and 747s), and Singapore ("select" planes). Other big lines are planning installations within the next year or two.
In general, these installations all allow Internet browsing by laptops and handheld devices. Some apparently use conventional Wi-Fi links; apparently, others depend on 3G connections. A few other lines provide 3G connections for smart device use but not full Internet, which may entail roaming charges, as well as service charges.
GoGo establishes a standard pricing system: $14 for a single all-day use, $39.95 monthly for unlimited use on one airline, and $49.95 monthly for all airlines. Individual airlines offer other pricing options or special promotions; rates may be lower for use confined to handsets (not laptops). Aeromobile and OnAir charges vary by airline but typically are about $15 an hour or $25 for 24 hours; Southwest charges $8 for all-day use of Row 44.
Just about everyone agrees that in-flight connectivity is an important wave of the future for air travel. Although the number of users on an "average" flight may be low, trade reports suggest that upward of 25 percent of the passengers on flights with a high percentage of business travelers use the service. Also, usage rates are apparently high on Virgin America, supposedly because it attracts a younger, tech-savvy set of travelers.
If you're hooked on being connected, finding a flight with onboard WiFi is pretty easy: Most airline websites and third-party airfare search systems indicate service on each flight by some sort of icon. My guess is that it will be only a few years before almost every flight can keep you online.
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Chia Recall: Salmonella-Tainted Seeds Reported in 21 States
Why you might want to look twice before sprinkling the super food onto anything these days
The seeds, which are purported to make you feel fuller faster and to help reduce food cravings and block calorie absorption, have enjoyed a surge in popularity in recent years due to endorsements by guys like Dr. Oz and Dr. Andrew Weil who herald them as "Just about the healthiest thing around" and "A healthful and interesting addition to my diet," respectively.
Indeed, they're the perfect, easy addition to salads, juices, etc. because they're so simple; sprinkle in or toss on a handful and you've instantly upped the nutritional content of whatever you're putting into your body.
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It's the ease (and relative non-taste) of Chia seeds that's helped make them so popular but with the news of a massive multi-state recall their attractiveness may suffer a setback.
The CDC has issued a warning, linking chia products to 21 cases of salmonella poisoning in 12 U.S. states (similar occurrences have happened in Canada).
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All Women Are Real Women: Why "Real Women Have Curves" Doesn't Promote Body Positivity
Posted by Jane Janeczko on November 15, 2013
Whenever I read articles about plus-size models, I usually see comments like, "Curvy women are the best," or "Real women have curves," or "She's not plus-size, she's just a real woman." These remarks make me absolutely cringe with horror. I think that there's something inherently problematic with defining or categorizing women at all based on their body type.
There are no guidelines that a woman has to follow in order to be defined as a "real woman." Real women can have curves, that is true, but real women can also be stick thin, real women can have long hair or pixie cuts, real women can burst out of DD bras or have barely-there A cups – there is no right or wrong way to be a woman.
Here's a really simple test to see if a woman is a real woman: does the individual call themselves a woman? If, yes, then congratulations! They're a real woman. It's really that simple.
Real women have bodies. So as long as you're not trying to call a wisp of smoke floating out of a chimney a woman, then you're pretty much okay with calling any woman a real woman.
Now, I'm as much of a fan as anyone of fellow curvy girl America Ferrera's 2002 film Real Women Have Curves, I thought it was well-acted and dealt a lot with multigenerational matriarchal dynamics, which are obviously kind of awesome! But, that title kills me. If you are saying that real women have curves, then there is an inherent implication that women who do not have the Marilyn Monroe hourglass are somehow less of a woman than their more well-endowed sisters.
In a great Jezebel article from 2011 that I bookmarked, writer Hugo Schwyzer talks about the awful dichotomy that this statement creates. "A new double-bind for women was born: those who met the skinny ideal could now be labeled 'unreal,' and those who were still shamed for being heavy were now encouraged to take some sort of comfort in being more 'legitimate' than their slender sisters," Schwyzer writes.
Plus-size women are consistently discriminated against – by clothing manufacturers, designers, doctors, and even employers – but that does not mean that thin women are completely free from prejudice. I'm going to make a blanket statement here and say that it is still probably easier to be a size 2 than a size 22, but women who are incredibly thin do often have to deal with whispers of anorexia and criticism of their eating habits, as well. Just because someone is thin, that does not mean that they are happy or confident with how they look.
What people don't seem to recognize, on either side of the aisle, is that whether you're overweight or underweight, so much of your body type comes down to genetics. So much of this skinny versus fat debate also comes down to the idea that "healthy is best." However, healthy can look so different. Just because someone is overweight it does not mean that they are diabetic ,and just because someone is thin it does not mean that they are anorexic or malnourished. We need to stop judging people based on their bodies. End of story.
I would recommend checking out the blog "The Skinny Girl Problems" for perspective on some of the struggles that women with different body types face. Personally, this line from a post about the issues with the statement "Real Women Have Curves" really spoke to me: "Do not claim to be anti-bullying and body positive and at the next turn, be hypocritical. Don't claim 'all bodies are beautiful' and then the next day say 'only dogs like bones' or 'skinny women are evil.' That is not body positive. Skinny girls face insecurities too, and your hypocrisy is a part of that."
What do you feel about the phrase "Real Women Have Curves?" Tell me in the comments.


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It was great to see Green Day for the first time after 18 years of listening... and to strain the voice singing along to oldchool songs. So sad that through these years I didn't have a chance to catch you in Europe.
I love it!! It seems that you were having a good night!!
It´s really great to see that you have that much fun XD
One leg standing guitar player.......cool.
Thank you for a great concert!!!))) Come to us again!!!!) We will be very wait!!!
Seeing these pictures, I always feel great excitement!!! I love it!!! I miss you in Italy! :-*
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Your local Optimist club supports a wide variety of activities for the youth of Summit County, including basketball, volleyball, oratorical and essay contests, and chess tournaments. The proceeds from the ski pass raffle are used to provide scholarships to graduating seniors at Summit High School. The drawing is Wednesday at 12:30 p.m. at the Summit County Community and Senior Center, and you do not need to be present to win. Tickets are available at any Alpine Bank or First Bank location, Dillon Ridge Liquor or the Edward Jones office of Mark Nunn in Frisco.


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Not so long ago on these very pages, I remember thinking that Sister Sin's "True Sound of the Underground" was far too calculating for its own good, attempting to capitalize on the broad and easy target of teenage angst without really offering a solution or an alternative. It was a highly marketable album, but one that failed resonate for anyone of college age or greater.
It's funny to me how the "True Sound of the Underground" sounds suspiciously like the "True Sound of Hot Topic." Everything is a little too arranged, and seems coldly calculated. I wouldn't go so far as to say that the album was assembled behind the soulless doors of a record company marketing meeting, but all the rage and vinegar just seems too convenient.


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MARTINEZ -- A prosecutor described the actions of a Berkeley man as "the worst nightmare" and during closing arguments of a rape trial Monday asked a jury to return guilty verdicts on six felony counts.
Deputy District Attorney Ryan Wagner argued that Antonio Andre Mouton, 26, was responsible for two of the three sexual assaults that occurred at Walnut Creek's Park Regency Apartments over a six-week period in the summer of 2010 -- a spree that left residents of the complex on edge.
Mouton is charged with three counts of rape by force, two counts of burglary and one of assault with intent to commit rape.
On June 30, 2010, Wagner said, Mouton gained entry into the apartment of one woman after knocking on her door at around 1 a.m. and asking for a glass of water. He placed his hand over her mouth, but fled when she fought back.
On July 6, Wagner said, Mouton entered the apartment of a second woman through an unlocked door shortly after her husband left for work. Wagner told the jury that Mouton awoke the sleeping woman and then raped her.
"It's the worst nightmare," Wagner said. "Asleep in your own apartment, no worries, letting your guard down in a place where you feel safe. Then he burglarizes her apartment and rapes her in the bed she shares with her new husband."
DNA evidence linked Mouton to the rape. No one has been charged with the third break-in from that summer, in which an assailant awakened a sleeping woman, but fled when she squirted him with pepper spray.
Public defender Diana Garrido admitted that Mouton raped "Jane Doe 2."
"Antonio Mouton made a horrible decision on July 6," Garrido said. "We have conceded from the very beginning that Antonio Mouton raped (Jane Doe 2)."
But Garrido said Mouton did not commit the June 30 attack, and she criticized the police investigation.
"The lineup was not done in accordance with established procedure," she said. "(Jane Doe 1's) attacker is still out and about and walking around."
Garrido also disputed two of the three rape-by-force charges against Mouton for the July 6 attack as well as the accompanying burglary charge that contends he entered the victim's apartment with the intent to commit burglary or rape.
"You heard (Mouton) testify," she told the jury. "He's far from sophisticated. He had no intent to rape and, at that moment, thought she would 'be OK with' (consensual sex). In his stoned state, that's what he believed. He stopped as soon as he understood it was not consensual."
"That's not reasonable," Wagner argued in rebuttal arguments.
The jury began deliberations around 2:30 p.m. Monday
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- Dimensions (WxDxH)
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- Weight
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- Movement Detection Technology
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- Movement Resolution
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- Performance
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- Features
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- Cables Included
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- OS Required
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- Microsoft Certification
- Compatible with Windows 7
- Device Type
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- Width
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- Depth
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- Height
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- Weight
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- Interface
- Movement Detection Technology
- Laser
- Buttons Qty
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- Movement Resolution
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- Performance
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- Features
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On Tuesday, Gypsum Town Council approved annexation, zoning and other agreements that prepare the way for a biomass power plant to be built next to the American Gypsum plant north of U.S. Highway 6.
Eagle Valley Clean Energy LLC is the entity behind the plan. EVCE includes some Eagle County residents and Dean Rostrom, who has been the primary spokesperson for the group, which is based in Provo, Utah.
A biomass plant burns biological material to produce electricity. That is most commonly done by heating water with the burning material to produce steam, which turns a turbine that produces electricity, a process referred to as direct combustion. Biomass plants are most prevalent along the Pacific coast and, assuming it is built, Gypsum's will be the first commercial grade biomass power plant of its kind in Colorado .
In terms of its carbon footprint, Rostrom said a biomass plant is considered carbon neutral because its fuel regrows as opposed to being mined like coal.
The Gypsum plant would burn wood, especially forest thinnings and waste, such as trees killed by pine beetles, agricultural waste and clean urban wood. The plant would not compete with logging for valuable wood.
Wood would be collected in a 50- to 75-mile haul radius from Gypsum with a focus on closer areas. About 1,200 acres of forest would be needed per year for collection.
"The plant will be a long-term, unique and reliable outlet for hazardous fuel reduction with strong support from federal, state and private forest managers," Rostrom said.
As much as possible, the wood fuel would be chipped at the collection site before being sent to the plant. There is an economic motivation to have the wood chipped to do so. "Otherwise we have to handle it twice," Rostrom said.
Approximately 11 to 14 trucks per weekday would haul the chips to the plant during business hours. The trucks would mostly be "enclosed, Wal-Mart style trucks" and not logging trucks, Rostrom said.
The wood would be stored in silos with a seasonal reserve pile stored uncovered on the property.
The plant would burn about 70,000 tons of bone-dry wood chips per year. Additionally, 100 to 200 acre feet of water per year would also be needed. One acre-foot of water serves the needs of about 21⁄2 families of four for one year.
"It's a good trade - water for 500 families traded for renewable electricity for about 10,000 homes," Rostrom said.
The water would be used for steam production and cooling purposes. It must be very clean and would undergo a treatment process at the plant prior to being used. The used water would discharge from the plant as steam or go back into the Eagle River or to the Gypsum Wastewater Treatment Plant. EVCE is awaiting a state permit for direct discharge into the river. About 100 acre feet per year would be discharged into the river or wastewater plant. Gypsum town staff estimate the water vapor plume (not hot enough to be considered "steam") would be about 10 to 15 percent of the size of the American Gypsum plant's vapor plume.
Most of the ash from the burning wood - 99.5 percent - would be filtered out of the air by "state of the art multiple-clone and electrostatic precipitator technology." What escapes would not be visible. The collected ash - about a dump-truck load every few days - would be sold as fertilizer or sent to the landfill.
Noise pollution from the biomass plant is expected to be minimal, especially with most of the wood chipping performed off site. Lights would be minimal and down-turned, representative of the fact that only a couple employees would be working at night.
Gypsum Town Manager Jeff Shroll and Town Planner Lana Gallegos recently toured woody biomass plants in Oregon.
"(Shroll) and I really wanted to see what the air, noise, lighting, and pollution type of impacts there may be with these types of operations and we felt they were pretty minimal," Gallegos said, noting that town staff worked extensively with the applicant to improve the appearance of the plant facilities and create some additional screening to mitigate ground operations.
More facts about the Eagle Valley Clean Energy LLC plans:
• The plant would produce 11.5 megawatts per year.
• A 20-year electricity sales agreement for 10 MW per year is in place with Holy Cross Energy.
• The remaining 1.5 MW produced by the plant would power the plant itself.
• The plant has a 30-year life expectancy, possibly 40 or more if it is maintained well.
• Eagle County is supportive of the proposal and there is a memo of understanding for the landfill to segregate clean wood waste for pick-up by EVCE, which would save the county approximately $15,000 per year in mulching costs.
• The plant would result in more than 100 jobs during construction, 60 to 70 of them local, and more than 40 skilled-worker jobs after construction.
• The projected cost of the power plant project is $46 million.
• If approved, construction would start this year and finish near the end of 2013.
• The facility would be staffed by 12 people earning "above-average family wages" and the remaining jobs would be related to fuel collection and preparation.
• EVCE is in a land purchase agreement with LaFarge North America for the 93-acre parcel where the plant would be built and LaFarge is retaining the mineral rights.
• The plant would require 16 acres.
• EVCE is interested in preserving more than 60 acres of riparian habitat on the property as public open space. A potential land deal and public-private partnership is being negotiated.
• The plant would be directly east of the American Gypsum plant and 1,000 feet north of U.S. 6.
• The plant would be about 33,000 square feet; for comparison, the American Gypsum plant is 345,000 square feet.
• It would be about 80 feet tall at its highest point.
• The plant's ground pad would be recessed 20 to 30 feet below the railroad grade along U.S. 6.
• Berms 6 to 10 feet high would be landscaped with mostly conifer trees to reduce the plant's visibility.
• Access to the facility would be from one of two points on U.S. 6, which is yet to be determined.
• The seasonal reserve pile of wood chips stored uncovered would be at the north end of the property, away from U.S. 6.
• Previously under county control, the entire property was zoned industrial; now that it is being annexed by Gypsum, the zoning will change to 16 acres of light industrial where the plant would be located and the remaining acreage would be "developing resource," subject to the town's control.


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My second show. I had seem them in Maine, loved them, and subsequently moved to Austin where I didn't expect to see them. I was thrilled to discover that they were stopping in Austin on their way to the well known Colorado run. There were probably only 20 or 30 people at the show. I don't recall much about the show as I had no recordings of them at the time and wasn't familiar with the songs. I do recall them closing with Communication Breakdown, which isn't listed on the setlist. After the show, I met Mike who stared at the ceiling behind me for our conversation. I asked him how I could get their music. He offered to sell me a cassette of Lawn Boy, but said the CD was available at Waterloo Records. I opted for the CD, which I kinda regret. While I'm talking to Mike, I see Trey on the dance floor by himself, doing a wild twirl dance to the power pop band that headlined the show. I've always wondered what he was up to that night...perhaps he had a big evening planned on 6th St.
Friday, 10/26/1990
Cannibal Club, Austin, TX
Set 1: GolgiGolgi Apparatus, Foam, YEMYou Enjoy Myself, Oh Kee PaThe Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > Cavern, Possum
Average Song Gap: 1.67
Performers: Trey Anastasio, Page McConnell, Jon Fishman, Mike Gordon
Notes: Phish played a one set show and were the third of four bands to play that night. There are no known recordings of this show in circulation.
Song Distribution:
3 Junta
1 Stash
1 A Picture of Nectar
1 Lawn Boy
1 The Man Who Stepped into Yesterday
1 The White Tape
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|Length Overall
|16' 8''
5.1 m
|Dry Weight
1,060 lbs.
481 kg
218 cm
|Tested Weight
94 cm
|Weight Capacity
|Draft Up
|Person Capacity
|Draft Down
|Fuel Capacity
20 gal.
|Air Draft
|Water Capacity
|12 deg.
|Length on Trailer
|Max Headroom
|Height on Trailer
|Bridge Clearance
|Trailer Weight
|Total Package Weight (Trailer,Boat & Engine)
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|Std. Power
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|Tested Power
|1 x 90-hp Mercury Optimax
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Crestliner designed the 1650 Fish Hawk as a starter package for the "dedicated angler"... someone who wants a nicely equipped package deal, but not something he has to set aside gobs of time for tournament fishing on. Crestliner customers said it needs to be affordable so the wife won't want to take the house and kids while he keeps the boat... in other words, a weekend toy that won't break the wallet. We've seen this attempted before and sometimes it works, and sometimes... not so much. Does the 1650 Fish Hawk have the stones to keep up with the Joneses while not sending you to the poorhouse?
The Crestliner 1650 Fish Hawk was built for the dedicated angler, who is only able to spend his weekends on the water.
Mission Statement
It always helps to know the mission of the boat before stepping onboard. That way you can make an apples-to-apples comparison of the way it should be versus the way it is. So when it came time to board the Crestliner 1650 Fish Hawk, I ended up being pleasantly surprised by what I found. It wasn't the thrown-together tin boat I was expecting, but more tailored to the dedicated fisherman who is looking to get on the water on the weekends. By "dedicated" I mean someone who knows what he's doing and needs the right tools to get the job done. The 1650 Fish Hawk is just the right boat for this customer.
It may not be the most expensive boat on the lake, but the Crestliner 1650 Fish Hawk sure gets high marks for being one of the best looking.
Crestliner 1650 Fish Hawk Walk Through floor plan.
All-Welded Construction
Always look at how an aluminum boat is put together. This one is all-welded construction, not a rivet in sight. The hull is smooth and clean with a single add-on keel as the only thing breaking the clean lines. The 1650 has variable deadrise ending in a 12-degree shallow-V at the stern. The hull is basically three pieces.
Capt. Steve inspects the extrusion over the welded bottom-to-topsides seam.
The topsides are a single-piece of .08-mil aluminum that meets the single piece .125-mil bottom aluminum at the chine. Then that chine is reinforced with an external extrusion over the whole seam. The result is a hull that sounds firm and solid as I pounded on it with my fist. I expected a hollow "oil drum" sound, but did not get it.
Fishing Features
Crestliner says that they built this for the dedicated angler, so let's look at the fishy stuff. At the bow there is a trolling motor. Our test boat had a wireless Motor-Guide and it did a good job of moving us about with little effort against a stiff breeze. The motor was mounted to a raised platform at the bow that it shared with a small storage cubby, and an aerated livewell.
The Crestliner 1650 Fish Hawk stays stable even with Capt. Steve's weight on the gunwale.
Slightly aft, at the casting platform, you have the first pedestal base, flanked by two storage compartments. Here's where you get your first indication that Crestliner isn't trying to cut corners. The undersides of the compartment lids are reinforced with a piece of square channel and the carpeting wraps around the edge for tight fits when closed. Stainless steel piano hinges hold everything in place. Use caution when the pedestal seat is in place here, as it interferes slightly with the center walk-through windshield.
Between the dual consoles you'll find storage for seven rods, and under the deck plate is the trolling motor battery and charger.
The cockpit features four pedestal bases and plenty of room to walk around. It measures 6'2" across and the gunwales come up 24 inches.
The aft casting deck features another pedestal base, a hatch for the starting battery and recirculation pump, and another hatch over the second aerated livewell.
Bottom shape is important. Note the reverse chine at right and the low deadrise; this makes the boat very stable at rest. Note the slight notch to the right of the reverse chine, that is a second chine that knocks down spray to keep you dry.
The reverse chines and low deadrise at the transom did a good job of adding stability to the boat when fishing. I stood on all parts of the boat's rails and it felt solid and stable, even when another boat's wake came across. I felt no need to grab a rail for safety and could keep both hands on the pole.
The helm is a testimony to the simplicity of the 1650 Fish Hawk. There are only three gauges: speedo, tach, and fuel. A Lowrance X-50DS fishfinder was mounted to the right of the helm on our test boat. Crestliner also included a 12V power supply at the dash. There are four lighted rocker switches, and at your knees, another switch for the raw water washdown (which is located at the transom).
Cranking and banking, we put the 1650 Fish Hawk through as much abuse as we could manage.
When under way, I clearly felt feedback on the wheel. In fact, if the boat is not trimmed correctly, letting go of the wheel will result in the boat torque-steering off to starboard. It takes a firm grip to hold the wheel straight. However, if you trim the boat with just a few shots of up-trim, then the spray moves back from the helm to the stern, and the pull on the wheel eases considerably. Now you can let go of the wheel and she'll track straight.
Don't go nuts on the trim. It doesn't take much, but you can feel the difference in both speed and the feel of the helm itself.
In turns, the boat won't dig in and get uncomfortable; rather, she'll slide just slightly to take the edge off the turn. If you turn too hard, the prop ventilates and you have to back off of the throttle to get it back into grabbing water. This is not a bad thing. It keeps you out of trouble when you're not clever enough to do it yourself.
Best handling characteristics are obtained when the boat is properly trimmed.
We're not trying to win a performance race here, so break-neck turns won't do. It's hard on you, hard on the boat, and hard on the critters in the livewell.
We had the max horsepower on our test boat and she performed nicely, and we came home with interesting numbers. Top speed was a very respectable 41 MPH, and if you're the type to race to your fishing hole and then race back, that top speed created a 9.5 GPH fuel burn, and you can keep up that speed for 78 miles.
Cruising speed is another matter. You have a best economy, or best speed choice. 3500 RPMS will give you best economy with 3.5 GPH at 23.1 MPH. 4000 RPMS will give you best cruise speed of 27.6 while burning 4.1 GPH. In terms of miles per gallon, the edge goes to 4000 RPMS by 3/100ths of a mile. In either case, the range is only a mile different (119 miles and 120 miles, respectively.)
At the end of the day, I found the Crestliner 1650 Fish Hawk to be exactly as the company billed her: A cost-effective way for a dedicated angler to get on the water and enjoy doing what he does when the work week is over. After all... all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
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|Washdown: Raw Water
|Exterior Features
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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (a-mi-o-TROE-fik LAT-ur-ul skluh-ROE-sis), or ALS, is a nervous system (neurological) disease that causes muscle weakness and impacts physical function.
ALS is often called Lou Gehrig's disease, after the famous baseball player who was diagnosed with it. ALS is a type of motor neuron disease that causes nerve cells to gradually break down and die. In the United States, ALS is sometimes called motor neuron disease.
In most cases, doctors don't know why ALS occurs. A small number of cases are inherited.
ALS often begins with muscle twitching and weakness in an arm or leg, or sometimes with slurring of speech. Eventually, ALS can affect your ability to control the muscles needed to move, speak, eat and breathe. ALS can't be cured and eventually leads to death.
Early signs and symptoms of ALS include:
The disease frequently begins in your hands, feet or limbs, and then spreads to other parts of your body. As the disease advances, your muscles become progressively weaker. This weakness eventually affects chewing, swallowing, speaking and breathing.
However, ALS doesn't usually affect your bowel or bladder control, your senses, or your thinking ability. It's possible to remain actively involved with your family and friends.
In ALS, the nerve cells that control the movement of your muscles gradually die, so your muscles progressively weaken and begin to waste away.
ALS is inherited in 5 to 10 percent of cases. The other cases appear to occur randomly.
Researchers are studying several possible causes of ALS, including:
Protein mishandling. Mishandled proteins within the nerve cells may lead to a gradual accumulation of abnormal forms of these proteins in the cells, eventually causing the nerve cells to die.
Established risk factors for ALS include:
It may be that in some people ALS, is triggered by certain environmental factors.
Also, some studies examining the entire human genome (genome-wide association studies) found numerous genetic variations that people with familial ALS and some people with noninherited ALS had in common. These genetic variations might make people more susceptible to ALS.
Environmental factors under study that may modify a person's individual risk of ALS include:
Military service. Recent studies indicate that people who have served in the military are at higher risk of ALS. Exactly what about military service may trigger the development of ALS is uncertain, but it may include exposure to certain metals or chemicals, traumatic injuries, viral infections and intense exertion.
As the disease progresses, people with ALS experience complications, which may include:
Over time, ALS paralyzes the muscles needed to breathe. Some devices to assist your breathing are worn only at night and are similar to devices used by people with sleep apnea. For example, you may be given noninvasive positive pressure ventilation to assist with your breathing at night.
In the latter stages of ALS, some people choose to have a tracheostomy — a surgically created hole at the front of the neck leading to the windpipe (trachea) — to enable the full-time use of a respirator that inflates and deflates their lungs.
The most common cause of death for people with ALS is respiratory failure. On average, death occurs within three to five years after symptoms begin.
Most people with ALS will develop trouble speaking over time. This usually starts as some mild slurring of words, often intermittently, but progresses over time to be more severe. With time, speech becomes more difficult for others to understand, and people with ALS often rely on other communication technologies to communicate.
When the muscles that control swallowing are affected, people with ALS can develop malnutrition and dehydration. They are also at higher risk of getting food, liquids or saliva into the lungs, which can cause pneumonia. A feeding tube can reduce these risks.
Some people with ALS experience problems with memory and making decisions, and some are eventually diagnosed with a form of dementia called frontotemporal dementia.
If you're having some of the early signs and symptoms of a neuromuscular disease such as ALS, you might first consult your family doctor, who will listen to your description of symptoms and do an initial physical examination. Then your doctor will probably refer you to a doctor trained in nervous system conditions (neurologist) for further evaluation.
Once you're under the care of a neurologist, it may still take time to establish the diagnosis.
If you've been referred to certain medical centers, your evaluation may involve an integrated team of neurologists, and other doctors and health care professionals trained in different aspects of motor neuron disease.
Doctors will give you a comprehensive evaluation to diagnose your condition. However, this process can be stressful and frustrating unless your medical team keeps you informed. These strategies may give you a greater sense of control.
An integrated team may prolong survival and improve your quality of care.
Your family doctor will carefully review your family's medical history and your signs and symptoms. Your neurologist and your family doctor may conduct a physical and neurological examination, which may include testing:
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is difficult to diagnose early because it may appear similar to several other neurological diseases. Tests to rule out other conditions may include:
Electromyogram (EMG). During an EMG, your doctor inserts a needle electrode through your skin into various muscles. The test evaluates the electrical activity of your muscles when they contract and when they're at rest.
Abnormalities in muscles seen in an electromyogram can help doctors diagnose ALS, or determine if you have a muscle or nerve condition that may be causing your symptoms. It can also help guide your exercise therapy.
Because there's no reversing the course of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, treatments focus on slowing the progression of symptoms, preventing unnecessary complications and making you more comfortable and independent.
Because ALS involves complex physical, mental and social issues, you may find it helpful to have an integrated team of doctors trained in many areas and other health care professionals provide your care. Having an integrated team of doctors and other health care professionals manage your ALS care may prolong your survival and improve your quality of life.
Your team will help you select the right treatments for you. You always retain the right to choose or not choose any of the treatments suggested.
The drug riluzole (Rilutek) is the only medication approved by the Food and Drug Administration for ALS. The drug appears to slow the disease's progression in some people, perhaps by reducing levels of a chemical messenger in the brain (glutamate) that's often present in higher levels in people with ALS.
Riluzole may cause side effects such as dizziness, gastrointestinal conditions and liver function changes.
Your doctor may also prescribe medications to provide relief from other symptoms, including:
Breathing care. Over time, you'll have more difficulty breathing as your muscles become weaker. Doctors may test your breathing regularly and provide you with devices to assist your breathing at night.
In some cases, you may choose to breathe through mechanical ventilation. Doctors insert a tube in a surgically created hole at the front of your neck leading to your windpipe (tracheostomy), and the tube is connected to a respirator.
Physical therapy. A physical therapist can address pain, walking, mobility, bracing and equipment needs that help maintain your independence. Some measures include low-impact exercises to maintain your cardiovascular fitness, muscle strength and range of motion for as long as possible.
A physical therapist can also help you become accustomed to a brace, walker or wheelchair and may be able to suggest devices such as ramps that make it easier for you to get around.
Regular exercise can also help improve your sense of well-being. Appropriate stretching can help prevent pain and help your muscles function at their best.
Occupational therapy. An occupational therapist can help you compensate for hand and arm weakness in a manner that helps you to keep your independence for as long as possible. Adaptive equipment can help you to continue to perform daily activities such as dressing, grooming, eating and bathing.
An occupational therapist can also help you understand how to modify your home to allow accessibility if you become less able to walk safely.
Occupational therapists also have a good understanding of how assistive technology and computers can be used, even if your hands are weak.
Speech therapy. Because ALS affects the muscles you use to speak, communication becomes an issue as the disease progresses. A speech therapist can teach you adaptive techniques to make your speech more clearly understood. Speech therapists can also help you explore other methods of communication, such as an alphabet board or simple pen and paper.
Later in disease progression, a speech therapist can recommend devices such as tablet computers with text-to-speech applications or computer-based equipment with synthesized speech that may help you communicate. Ask your therapist about the possibility of borrowing or renting these devices.
Learning you have ALS can be devastating. The following tips may help you and your family cope:
Make decisions now about your future medical care. Planning for the future allows you to be in control of decisions about your life and your care.
With the help of your doctor, hospice nurse or social worker, you can decide whether you want certain life-extending procedures.
You can also determine where you want to spend your final days. You may consider hospice care options. Planning for the future can help you and your loved ones put to rest some common anxieties.
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Galva city councilors appointed residents to the Parks and Recreation Committee and to city positions during a council meeting on June 3.
The council appointed Bryon Smith as chairman of the Parks and Recreation Committee, Richard Baldwin as vice-chairman, Kaitlyn Bressie as secretary, Brian Williams to a three-year term and Aaron Alvord to a two-year term.
Councilors appointed Lori Tector as city clerk, Treva Norstrom as city treasurer and municipal court clerk, Hadley Sizemore as city judge, Harry Weelborg as city attorney, Brent Boyer as city prosecutor and Staci Curl as police chief.
In other business:
• Councilors signed a resolutions that provided better detail to job duties for Parks and Recreation committee members.
• Councilors approved a request by Russ Walline for a bike show on July 20 at the old M & M Choppers building.
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OAKLAND -- Once, during surgery on a massive tiger in the Oakland Zoo's cramped hospital, veterinarians were squeezed so tightly they couldn't walk around the operating table while they worked.
"They had to go under the table because it was too small to go around," recalled Joel Parrott, the Oakland Zoo's chief executive officer.
That won't be an issue any longer. On Thursday, after years of planning and 15 months of construction, the new state-of-the-art, 17,000-square-foot Oakland Zoo Veterinary Medical Hospital opened its doors.
The zoo hospital will care for animals weighing 5 grams to 2,000 pounds at the $10.5 million facility, billed as the largest wild animal veterinary facility in Northern California. It was built with private donations and a voter-approved tax.
The hospital sits perched on a hillside above the zoo and has everything to care for animals, who are living longer lives in captivity thanks to advances in modern medicine, zoo officials said. As the animals age, they experience many of the same ailments humans do, such as eye problems, kidney failure and arthritis.
From the tiny tree frog to the mighty camel, the hospital has the technology, space, and staff to treat all of the zoo's 105 species except the elephants and giraffes, who will be treated in their enclosures.
The hospital is only for Oakland Zoo animals, though vets may provide care at times for free range wildlife, such as the California condor, Parrott said.
"Our goal is to provide an optimal, comfortable respite for zoo animals in order to speed recovery from illness or injury," he said.
The facility will also allow for more animal research and teaching with the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine, and partnerships with the California Condor Recovery Team, he added.
The sprawling hospital, has an animal care wing, with multiple holding areas and indoor and outdoor access for animals; an aquatic animal area with an indoor pool; several climate-controlled rooms for creatures requiring specialized temperatures; a quarantine area; a diagnostic lab with the technology to analyze patient information within minutes of blood sample collection; digital radiographic imaging that will allow vets to perform an X-ray with less radiation exposure. And there's a kitchen, staff lounge and changing areas for those in charge of all those procedures.
The hospital is the first step in the zoo's plan to expand about 54 acres into Knowland Park.
It was not built without its share of opposition.
The Friends of Knowland Park and the East Bay Chapter of the California Native Plant Society filed suit last year after the City Council's final approval of the project. They argued plans had changed dramatically since they were first presented years ago and there would be increased impacts on rare plants and threatened species.
As late as July, an Alameda County Superior Court judge ruled against environmental groups seeking to stop the zoo's plans to build the hospital as well as a gondola, new animal exhibit, camping area and an educational-interpretive center.
Ruth Malone with the Friends of Knowland Park group said in an email Thursday the group congratulates the zoo on its new hospital and its location close to the existing zoo.
"Our problem with the vet hospital was zoo management's decision to lump it in with the destructive expansion project into Knowland Park, which left us no options but to oppose."
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Seattle Schools' Food Guru Transferred; Says He Was Asked to Resign
Geez, was it something we said?
Right on the heels of our article spotlighting Eric Boutin's groundbreaking work to improve student meals at Seattle Public Schools came news that Boutin was being transferred out of his job as director of nutrition services.
Boutin said last night that the move stemmed from the district's change in leadership when superintendent Maria Goodloe-Johnson was ousted. (Susan Enfield is serving as interim superintendent.) "There's been, I guess I would say, an agenda that I've not really been privy to," he said. He said he was actually asked to resign, but declined -- and was told he'll now be a supervisor within the department and that the district will be bringing in a new interim director. It was presented as "a transfer under reorganization," he said.
We've left a message with the district to see what gives.
Boutin doesn't think the move was related to his push for whole foods and better nutrition. He's had "a rough go of it" with the food services union leadership, he said, but issues there centered on "the most basic management functions" such as grievances and requests for information, not on the changes he was championing.
He hopes and believes that the district will still move forward with bringing healthier meals to children. "The cooks actually are really excited about this, and it may well be that they're going to go gangbusters, and I hope that's the case," he said.
We hope so too. But it bears mentioning that, when we talked with department staffers for our story, they said the changes they were making were things they had long wanted to do -- and it was Boutin's presence that made their goals a reality.


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STOCKTON - Nicholas Kristoff, a Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist, will be speaking at University of the Pacific next month, discussing what Americans need to know about the world as part of the School of International Studies bi-annual Gerber Lecture Series.
Kristoff's speech at 7 p.m. Feb. 25 will take place at Faye Spanos Concert Hall and is free to the public. Kristoff has worked at the New York Times since 1984, won his first Pulitzer in 1990 for his coverage of China's Tiananmen Square democracy movement and his second in 2006 for his writing on the genocide in Darfur.
Pacific has had the Gerber series since 2001 and past speakers include Archbishop Desmond Tutu, former president of Ireland Mary Robinson and former Mexican President Vicente Fox.
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It's Almost Dow 17000—and Time for Some Lessons From 2008
TED JENKIN: The Dow Jones Industrial Average is brushing up against 17000. Is a new record high going to be your friend to an even more bullish market or will we see people take their profits off the table and begin a pullback in the market?
Here are a few smart money lessons you can learn from 2008 that you can apply now that we have reached record highs again in the Dow.
1. Know your time frame. In 2008, there were many parents who had saved for goals such as their children's education only to see the balance of the college-savings accounts get cut in half. If your son or daughter has college tuition due in the fall, make sure the allocation of your assets matches your time frame.
2. You must have a risk-mitigation plan. What we learned in 2008 is that diversification doesn't always work the way we assume it will. Back in 2008, there were very few places to hide as many of the asset classes got hit hard, not just the U.S. stock market. Whether you look at programs such as stop losses, adjust to a much more conservative allocation or use insurance products, you need to determine how you will minimize risk in the event of a market meltdown.
3. Don't let the tax tail wag the dog. Some people were reluctant to sell stocks or funds that had huge gains because there was going to be a tax liability from the sale. Paying taxes is never fun, but losing half your portfolio would be a lot worse, would you agree? Sometimes it just makes sense to take the profits.
4. Invest in a sure thing. I have often heard financial advisers tell their clients to not pay off their mortgage because the interest rate on the house is really low. They will convince them that money invested will do better. However, paying off the mortgage is a sure thing no matter what happens in any type of market. Not to mention, if you change jobs, start a business, or one spouse decides to stop working it gives you a lot more flexibility with your overall financial plan.
5. Be wary of dotcom 2.0. Remember that back in 2000 it finally dawned on people that for a company to be worth significant value it actually had to be able to turn a profit. Just because money is burning a hole in your pocket doesn't mean that you have to go out and spend it. If your cash is earning 1%, don't be so quick to jump into the next latest and greatest IPO, thinking you are going to make easy money. Be very careful about putting your life savings into one or two companies thinking you will hit it big because you might be looking at a bubble similar to what we have seen in the past.
What makes investors successful over time is turning their knowledge of history into wisdom. History has a way of repeating itself, so don't get slayed on the battlefield again like you did in 2000 and 2008.
Ted Jenkin (@tedjenkin) is the co-CEO and founder of oXYGen Financial, a financial advisory firm focused on the X & Y generations. He also blogs at yoursmartmoneymoves.com.
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New Naugy coach Bruno brings passion to his job
NAUGATUCK — Craig Bruno didn't sleep a wink Monday night. It was the same for him Sunday night with anticipation of a brand new football season.
What's keeping Bruno awake is his excitement for a new era of Naugatuck football.
"There's no time to sleep. There's just too much to do over the next three weeks," said the jovial Bruno on his second official day as the new Naugatuck High football coach Tuesday morning at an unexpected site, a small parcel of land behind Hop Brook School.
Nothing will get him upset, though, not even being forced to move practices until he gets the go-ahead to work out on the new, synthetic surface at the high school.
That may not come until after Labor Day, but that's fine with Bruno.
"We're not going to be making any excuses about that or anything else around here," said Bruno. "The same thing happened when we were getting turf at Bunnell (in Stratford). We had to bus to Penders Field. That's the way it goes. We'll deal with it as it goes."
Bruno is an animated figure and claims he is as passionate about football now as he was when he was a teenager playing for Bunnell.
"There is such anticipation here until the season opener, and I want the kids to enjoy every single moment," said Bruno. "Football is my pro-
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fession and it's my passion, and I want the kids to embrace it."
He even has his daughter, Kristina, 11, a sixth-grader and basketball and softball player at Great Oak Middle School in Oxford, involved. Kristina watched practice from under a tree.
Bruno's other daughter, Marisa, 14, will be a freshman at Oxford High, where she will run cross country, play softball and be a basketball cheerleader.
"My daughters and wife (Eileen) have been to all my games (at Bunnell)," said Bruno. "There's nothing better than to have my family with me. I want to make Naugatuck a family environment. By having my daughter here at practice, they see the human side of me and that I am close to my family."
Bruno won't skip any of nephew Nick Weissauer's games. Weissauer is an All-State receiver from Foran of Milford, who is heading into senior year. "One of the greatest pleasures of my life is to see Nick play and my daughters play sports," said Bruno.
Still, he had to make a tough choice earlier this summer. Bruno missed Kristina's All-Star softball game to attend to football-related matters. Kristina said she understood her dad's new commitment.
That decision hit home with Naugy senior wide receiver and defensive back Ryne Griesenauer.
"That shows that he is committed to us," said Griesenauer. "Having him here is a great opportunity for all of us."
Junior wide receiver and safety Bryan Coney agreed, already seeing the positives from Bruno's disposition. "Coach has kept me confident," said Coney. "Sometimes I haven't been as confident as I should be."
Coney said that his mindset will change for the better thanks to Bruno's prodding. "There's going to be no slacking off," said Coney. "You have to treat practice like it's a game situation."
Griesenauer said he improved last season, but expects the climb to be even more rapid this year.
"When I heard Coach Bruno was headed to Naugatuck, I became really excited because I know that he loves throwing the football," said Griesenauer.
That means a lot to junior quarterback Jason Bradley, who threw for 1,492 yards and 26 touchdowns a year ago. Bradley said last week that he and Bruno are on the same page and that he is looking forward to a big year.
Bruno wants his players to dream big, just as one of his former players, Marcus Easley, did. Easley was a walk-on at UConn before earning a scholarship as a senior and then becoming a fourth-round NFL draft pick of the Buffalo Bills in 2010.
It was a baby-step climb for Easley. Bruno is stressing to his Naugy players that playing football is a process and that you shouldn't shortchange yourself, even on a simple drill.
"We don't have any time to waste," said Bruno. "I want them to enjoy every single moment, just like I do."
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Little things wrote on Aug 21, 2013 7:43 AM:
" How about some practice jerseys. Look like a team out there! Little things go a long way... "
Ken Barer wrote on Aug 21, 2013 12:30 PM:
" I coached high school basketball for 4 years and college basketball for 11. I have rarely seen a coach who is as dedicated to his players than Craig Bruno. His love and passion for the game will be easily seen by all, but his players will soon know just how much his words are real. He wears his emotions on his sleeve and will be loved in Naugatuck! Coach Bruno is a lot more complex than people know and his morals and ethics are beyond reproach. I am excited for everybody in Naugatuck and know the future is bright!
Good luck! "
Ed of Waterbury wrote on Aug 24, 2013 2:23 PM:
" Bruno had an outstanding record at Bunnell of Stratford. They won two state championships in back to back years beating powerhouse Staples in the football class L championship years ago. He needs to develop a kicking game which did in Bunnell in football in the last few years. "
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Research in the Molecular Genetics Section focuses on the mechanisms involved in gene expression of the alpha-herpesviruses: herpes simplex (HSV) and varicella zoster (VZV). As with all classes of herpesviruses, infection with HSV or VZV results in a primary infection followed by the establishment of a lifelong latent infection. Periodically, these latent viruses can reactivate or re-enter the lytic replication state, resulting in recurrent disease.
For herpes simplex virus, infection results in establishment of latency specifically in neurons of sensory ganglia, and reactivation produces disease that can range from mild oral or genital lesions to keratoconjunctivitis, blindness, neurological issues, and encephalitis.
As with its cellular hosts, viral gene expression is tightly regulated, and expression is dictated by a complex series of cellular and viral regulatory proteins that promote the expression of several classes of genes in a sequential manner (Immediate Early – Early – DNA replication – Late). The expression of Immediate Early (IE) genes is induced rapidly upon initial lytic infection. Importantly, coordinated expression of these genes is also critical for the initiation of reactivation from latency.
IE genes are exceptionally complex and are regulated by multiple families of transcription factors and coactivators.
A critical component of this reguatory network is the cellular transcriptional activator HCF-1. While multiple DNA binding transcription factors regulate IE genes, this coactivator HCF-1 interacts with and modulates the transcriptional potential.
In addition to these direct factors, the virus is also regulated by an overlay of regulation that is determined by the host cell's chromatin modulation machinery. Recent data have demonstrated that HCF-1 interacts with or is a component of numerous cellular chromatin modulation complexes, and it is in this capacity that it plays a significant role in modulating viral IE gene expression. Studies in the MGS are focused on the role of HCF-1-mediated chromatin control of HSV and other herpesvirus infection.
In addition to its role in regulation of the viral IE gene expression upon initial infection, HCF-1 also plays a significant role in replication of the viral genome, presumably via required chromatin modulation of DNA replication. The protein interacts with histone chaperones and localizes to foci of viral DNA synthesis at later times in infection. Continuing projects investigate the HCF-1 role and complexes in both viral and cellular DNA replication.
While HCF-1 is a critical component of the viral lytic replication cycle, it is also hypothesized to be a determinant of the latency-reactivation cycles. The MGS has demonstrated that HCF-1 is uniquely sequestered in the cytoplasm of sensory neurons where the virus establishes latency and is rapidly transported to the nucleus upon stimulation that results in viral reactivation. The MGS continues to investigate the role of HCF-1, its associated factors, and chromatin modulation components in the control of latency-reactivation.
These studies have also led to the development of novel chromatin modulation inhibitors that block viral gene expression and provide proof of principle for the development of epigenetic inhibitors as novel antivirals.
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Dr. Kristie received his Ph.D. from the Committee on Virology at the University of Chicago for his work with Dr. Bernard Roizman on the regulation of herpes simplex virus gene expression. As a postdoctoral fellow with Dr. Philip Sharp at the Center for Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dr. Kristie focused on the interaction of components involved in the formation of transcriptional enhancer complexes. Dr. Kristie joined the NIAID Laboratory of Viral Diseases in 1993, became a senior investigator in 2000, and became chief of the Molecular Genetics Section in 2001.
For insights into the molecular mechanisms regulating the transcriptional program of herpesviruses that have led to the identification of new therapeutic targets
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Daou S, Mashtalir N, Hammond-Martel I, Pak H, Yu H, Sui G, Vogel JL, Kristie TM, Affar el B. Crosstalk between O-GlcNAcylation and proteolytic cleavage regulates the host cell factor-1 maturation pathway. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2011 Feb 15;108(7):2747-52.
Kristie TM, Liang Y, Vogel JL. Control of alpha-herpesvirus IE gene expression by HCF-1 coupled chromatin modification activities. Biochim Biophys Acta. 2010 Mar-Apr;1799(3-4):257-65.
Peng H, Nogueira ML, Vogel JL, Kristie TM. Transcriptional coactivator HCF-1 couples the histone chaperone Asf1b to HSV-1 DNA replication components. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2010 Feb 9;107(6):2461-6.
Liang Y, Vogel JL, Narayanan A, Peng H, Kristie TM. Inhibition of the histone demethylase LSD1 blocks alpha-herpesvirus lytic replication and reactivation from latency. Nat Med. 2009 Nov;15(11):1312-7.
Whitlow Z, Kristie TM. Recruitment of the transcriptional coactivator HCF-1 to viral immediate-early promoters during initiation of reactivation from latency of herpes simplex virus type 1. J Virol. 2009 Sep;83(18):9591-5.
Narayanan A, Ruyechan WT, Kristie TM. The coactivator host cell factor-1 mediates Set1 and MLL1 H3K4 trimethylation at herpesvirus immediate early promoters for initiation of infection. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 Jun 26;104(26):10835-40.
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An appeals court says a Hamilton County juvenile court judge should not have dismissed a burglary case in a dispute with prosecutors.
The Ohio First District Court of Appeals said Juvenile Court Judge Tracie Hunter didn't follow the law when she dismissed aggravated burglary charges last year.
The issue stemmed from an attempt to move the case from juvenile court to adult court.
When a defense attorney asked for particular police reports, prosecutors responded that they were investigative tools that aren't required to be shared.
Hunter ordered prosecutors to turn over the reports, then dismissed the charge when they refused.
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Harry Thomas "Tom" Statler, age 77, of North Allison Street, Greencastle, Pa., died at 1:38 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013, in the Hershey Medical Center following a brief illness of three weeks.
Born Aug. 3, 1935, in Greencastle, Pa., he was the son of the late Melvin and Lillian (Burkett) Statler. He married Mary Lou (Sipes) Statler on Aug. 25, 1953, in Hagerstown, Md.
Tom worked in maintenance at Sealtest/Breakstone of Hagerstown for 25 years and was also co-owner of Statler's Auction in State Line, Pa.
He was a loving husband and father who was involved with his family and he enjoyed going to his grandchildren's sporting events and collecting antiques.
Surviving family in addition to his wife are two sons, Thomas Statler (wife Barbara), Michael Statler, all of Greencastle, two daughters Brenda Statler Woodring (husband James), Ann Statler Amsley (husband Craig), all of Greencastle, one brother Lawrence Statler, Greencastle, three sisters, Mildred DeShong, Dry Run, Pa., Betty McQuait, Chambersburg, Alice Miller, Greencastle, seven grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a sister Anna Crouse and a brother Charles Statler.
Funeral services will be held on Monday, Feb. 4, at 11 a.m. from the Harold M. Zimmerman And Son Funeral Home, 45 S. Carlisle St., Greencastle, with Pastor David Rawley officiating. Burial will be in the Cedar Hill Cemetery Greencastle. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Sunday evening from 5 to 7 p.m. Online condolences may be expressed at:
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The Washington County Children Services levy is the only county-wide levy on the Nov. 6 ballot.
The 10-year, 1.46-mill levy would raise nearly $1.6 million dollars annually for Children Services. Though this will be the first time the agency has ever attempted to pass a levy, around half of Ohio's 88 counties have already passed similar levies to help fund their Children Services programs, including neighboring Athens County, said WCCS Supervisor Alice Stewart.
In 2011, Children Services received 1,661 referrals involving 2,454 children. It is a number that the levy committee is helping voters visualize by placing 1,661 pinwheels in front of two locations -the Armory on Front Street and Ewing School. But recent funding cuts have crippled the staff and programs that help these children, said Ginny McVey, chairwoman of the levy committee.
"We are getting in dire straights. We've lost a million dollars in the last five years in funding," said McVey.
In the past, federal, state and county funding have helped fuel the organization. However, a reverse trickle down effect has taken its toll on WCCS, said McVey.
"The feds cut the state, the states cut the counties and the counties have had to cut the agencies unfortunately," she said of the funding problems.
One of the main programs the levy could restore is the School Outreach and Prevention Program, or SOPP, which placed qualified prevention specialists in each school district. The federally funded program was abolished in 2009, said McVey.
The goal of SOPP was to watch for early warning signs of abuse or neglect and to educate families in hopes of stopping problems before they even began.
The program's results were annually evaluated by an outside organization. A pre-test and a post-test was given to teachers, parents, and children in the program which measured set criteria, and Washington County always received positive ratings, said Stewart.
"Teachers indicated students in the program are better able to stay on task. Families indicated an increase in family stability and a decrease in stressful events. And children in the program indicated improvements in social interactions with peers, a decrease in anxious behavior, and an increase in the ability to follow rules," summed up Stewart.
In addition to cutting SOPP, Children Services has been forced to cut staff positions and have not been able to give foster parents a raise since 1994, said Stewart.
"We have such a great group of foster parents, maybe 27 or 28 people who will take children in anytime, day or night," said McVey.
The goal is to bring their compensation from $20 a day to $28 a day, said Stewart.
Children Services also works with parents or caretakers to make them suitable for reunification with their children, said McVey.
"They are trying to get them additional help so they can learn how to parent, take care of children, keep their home clean," she explained.
The levy would cost Washington County the owner of a home assessed at $100,000, approximately $45 a year, or about $3.75 a month.
About the levy
Washington County Children Services has a 10-year, 1.46-mill levy on the ballot which would generate $1,599,337.28 annually.
It would cost the owner of a home appraised at $100,000 $44.71 a year.
Money raised through the tax levy would be used for operational costs and for the reinstatement of the School Outreach and Prevention Program (SOPP), a federally funded program that was abolished in July 2009.
The WCCS levy committee has published a video with information about the levy and the services it would help fund, which can be seen at the committee's Facebook or YouTube page: www.facebook.com/childrenservices and www.youtube.com/user/FriendsofWCCS


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Henderson County will hold a ribboncutting ceremony at 10 a.m. Thursday for the Athletics and Activity Center at 708 Old Spartanburg Highway. Community members are welcome to attend the ribbon cutting and tour the gymnasium. In October, the Board of Commissioners entered into discussions regarding the purchase of the former Hendersonville Christian School property. The property was purchased in late January. The need for a recreation center was identified in the 2007 facility needs assessment. The property is a total of 11.32 acres and includes a gymnasium with a regulation high school basketball and volleyball court, playing fields, classrooms, offices spaces and activity spaces.
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