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The ANA Coin Grading Scale
United States coins are most often graded with a scale created by the American Numismatic Association (ANA) , a non-profit group created in 1891 and chartered by Congress since 1912. The ANA grading scale is summarized below. For more details and illustrations, see Official ANA Grading Standards for United States Coins.
Proof . A proof coin is distinguished by its frosted foreground and mirror-like background. Proof is not a condition but a method of manufacture, implying perfect mint state, but a proof coin in a lesser state can be graded as below
United States Mint Proof Set
Uncirculated . Uncirculated coins are struck like circulating coins, but with higher force, newer dies, special cleaning after stamping, and Mylar® packaging. Uncirculated coins may vary to some degree because of blemishes, toning, or slight imperfections as described below.
United States Mint Uncirculated Set
Perfect Uncirculated (MS-70). Is in perfect new condition, showing no trace of wear. The finest quality possible, with no evidence of scratches, handling or contact with other coins. Very few regular issue coins are ever found in this condition.
Choice Uncirculated (MS-65). Is above average, may be brilliant or lightly toned, with very few contact marks on the surface or rim. MS-67 through MS-62 indicate slightly higher or lower grades of preservation.
Uncirculated (MS-60). Has no trace of wear but may show a number of contact marks, and surface may be spotted or lack some luster.
Choice About Uncirculated (AU-55). Shows the barest evidence of light wear on only the highest points of the design. Most of the mint luster remains.
About Uncirculated (AU-50). Has traces of light wear on many of the high points. At least half of the Mint luster is still present.
Choice Extremely Fine (EF-45). Shows light overall wear on highest points. All design details are very sharp. Some of the Mint luster is evident.
Extremely Fine (EF-40). Is lightly worn throughout the design, but all features are sharp and well defined. Traces of luster may show.
Choice Very Fine (VF-30). Has light even wear on the surface and highest parts of the design. All lettering and major features are sharp.
Very Fine (VF-20). Shows a moderate amount of wear on the high points of the coin's design. All major details are clear.
Fine (F-12). Shows moderate to considerable even wear throughout. Entire design is bold with an overall pleasing appearance.
Very Good (VG-8). Is well worn with main features clear and bold although rather flat.
Good (G-4). Is heavily worn with the design visible but faint in areas. Many details are flat. Common coins in "Good" condition are not particularly desirable pieces for collectors. Rare or valuable coins in this condition, however, are often saved when no others are available.
About Good (AG-3). Is very heavily worn with portions of lettering date and legends worn smooth. The date may be barely readable.


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Silicon Valley's largest drinking-water provider faces a wide variety of challenges -- from retrofitting aging dams to funding flood control projects from Palo Alto to San Jose to Morgan Hill.
But for the six candidates running to fill two seats on the board of the Santa Clara Valley Water District, the issue most commonly mentioned is improving public trust.
The district is a government agency based in San Jose that provides drinking water and flood protection to 1.8 million people in Santa Clara County. Among the largest government agencies in the county, the water wholesaler has a $285 million budget, funded mostly by water rates, parcel taxes and federal grants.
In recent years, grand jury reports, media investigations and audits have criticized the agency for its rich staff benefits and salaries, mission creep and questionable spending. Among the issues: the seven-member board voting to spend $1.4 million to build a gazebo in Alviso; board members charging softball games, interviews and visits to community festivals as "meetings," reimbursable at $286 per event; and a failed attempt last month to provide lifetime pension and health-care benefits for board members, who serve part time.
The district's leaders say significant reforms have taken place under new CEO Beau Goldie, including reducing the number of jobs from 853 to 746, limiting practices such as paying employees for accumulated sick leave, and better oversight of projects. Also, three new board members elected in 2010 -- Linda LeZotte, Brian Schmidt and Don Gage -- have worked to make changes.
"I'm really proud of what I've been able to help do," said board member Patrick Kwok, of Cupertino, who is seeking re-election in District 5. "It's heading in the right direction, but there is still some work to do."
District 5 includes Cupertino, Saratoga and parts of Sunnyvale, Santa Clara and West San Jose.
Kwok, 71, is a civil engineer who worked 23 years at the San Jose wastewater plant and served on the Cupertino City Council from 2001 to 2007, including a stint as mayor. He was appointed to the water board in 2005 after former member Greg Zlotnick was given a newly created, $184,000 job at the district without it being advertised.
That controversy led to the board forcing out CEO Stan Williams, and eventually Zlotnick's job was eliminated.
Kwok, a Democrat who won election to the water board in 2008, said if he's re-elected he wants to further cut the staff by 5-10 percent through attrition. He said he also hopes to place a priority on seismic upgrades to Anderson Dam and other reservoirs, and expand the use of recycled water.
Kwok's primary challenger is Nai Hsueh, a Saratoga engineer who worked at the water district for 31 years. Hsueh rose through the ranks to become chief operating officer, supervising 200 people. She said her expertise in water projects will help rebuild aging pipes, levees and dams in a cost-efficient manner, but also will help restore the agency's reputation.
"We need to bring integrity and public confidence back," she said. "The board has not been effective for more than a decade."
Hsueh, 59, is a Democrat endorsed by former county supervisors including Sig Sanchez and Susie Wilson. But Hsueh has been stung by a mailer from Kwok that noted she is paid an annual pension of $133,000 from the water district and failed to vote in several recent elections. The mailer also criticized her acceptance of a large amount of unused sick time -- $184,000, according to district records -- when she retired in 2008 at age 54.
She has pushed back, noting that Kwok charged his Rotary Club dues to the district and voted for several of the controversial measures, including the Alviso gazebo.
A third candidate, Mary Amanda McChesney, did not return calls.
In the other race, three candidates are seeking election for the District 2 seat, which includes Willow Glen, downtown San Jose and parts of Santa Clara. That seat was held by Joe Judge, who retired this year.
The two most prominent candidates are deputy county assessor David Ginsborg and retired engineer Barbara Keegan, both Democrats. Ginsborg, 46, has served for five years as chairman of the oversight committee for the water district's parcel tax.
A Willow Glen resident and former Eagle Scout, Ginsborg worked for former San Jose Mayor Ron Gonzales when he was a county supervisor, as well as U.S. Rep. Bob Filner, D-Chula Vista. If elected, Ginsborg said, he will push for more independent audits, reforms in the way board members are paid, retrofitting dams and removing mercury and other contaminants from local creeks and lakes.
"There is not a sense of accountability in the way that we have it in the assessor's office," he said. "They had a ribbon-cutting in September for a flood control project on the Upper Guadalupe River. They printed up a glossy, four-color brochure. They had a mariachi band. There were tents up. There's not an ethos there that focuses on costs. Couldn't we just partner with the local neighborhood association and bring some cookies and cut a ribbon?"
Keegan, also a Willow Glen resident, worked from 1984 to 2003 as an engineer in San Jose's Public Works Department, ultimately overseeing 100 people as division manager supervising road, rail, bridge, traffic and storm drain projects. She served as assistant public works director in Sunnyvale from 2003 to 2007, ending her career as a construction manager at the water district until 2009.
Keegan said if elected she would work to better prioritize and streamline projects, place all budgets and audits online, fix the dams and expand recycled and gray water programs.
"I think they are a top-heavy organization," Keegan said. "I don't think they have a sense of urgency, and I think they spend too much money. I'm someone who can correct those things. With my technical background, I have the ability to ask the deeper kinds of questions."
Also running for District 2 is Drew Spitzer, a 25-year-old financial planner from downtown San Jose.
Spitzer, who doesn't state a political party preference, advocates cutting directors' pay in half, reducing the overall budget by nearly 10 percent and dropping district plans to fluoridate the area's drinking water.
Paul Rogers covers resources and environmental issues. Contact him at 408-920-5045. Follow him at Twitter.com/PaulRogersSJMN

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Motorola Attacks Rivals with Price Cut on Moto X
Google's Motorola unit dropped the price on its flagship smartphone Wednesday, continuing its assault on the high margins of smartphone rivals.
In a blog post, the company said its Moto X with 16 gigabytes of memory would now cost $399 without a wireless contract for U.S. customers, down from $550. The company offered the Moto X for brief periods in December at $349, but the latest price drop is not a temporary promotion.
At $399, the Moto X will be significantly cheaper than Samsung's flagship device, the Galaxy S4, which costs $600 at Verizon Wireless for a 16 gigabyte model without a wireless contract. The Galaxy is the most popular high-end smartphone that, like Motorola's devices, runs Google's Android operating system. Apple's iPhone 5S, running on its own operating system iOS, costs $650 at Verizon for a 16 gigabyte model without a contract.
The price cut on the Moto X extends a strategy laid out by Motorola Chief Executive Dennis Woodside to undercut rivals. Motorola's lower-end Moto G phone, released in November, starts at $179 without a contract in the U.S., compared with $250 for a comparable Samsung device at Verizon.
Analysts say the low off-contract pricing is likely to have a bigger impact outside the United States, where a larger share of smartphone users buy their phones directly, and don't sign wireless contracts. The Moto X is only sold in North and South America and the new lower price is only available in the U.S. for now.
At $399, Motorola will be selling its device at significantly thinner profit margins than rivals. The cost of components inside a 16 gigabyte Moto X is roughly $200 according to TechInsights, roughly the same as for Samsung's Galaxy S4. Yet the Galaxy now costs 50% more in the U.S. Over two-thirds of Samsung's operating profit came from sales of mobile devices in the third quarter. Motorola, by contrast, has recorded losses of roughly $2 billion since it was acquired by Google in 2012.
The price cut also could be an effort to boost sales of the Moto X, which have been slow. Strategy Analytics estimates that Motorola sold roughly 500,000 in the third quarter after the phone's August release. By comparison, Samsung said it sold more than 10 million Galaxy S4 phones within a month of its April release.


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Colleen LeeAnn Meheen fulfilled a dream in November when she opened the Elan-Life Spa & Vitality Center in Silverthorne - a health center offering everything from traditional skin treatments and massage therapy to holistic services, allergy elimination and nutritional and diet therapy. Now, she offers the first in a series of Kindle volumes to guide those seeking to create a better life inside and out."These two efforts work hand in hand," Meheen said. "Elan-Life Spa is the tangible, applicable resource to live out the concepts within the book." Each volume of "Life from the Inside Out - Sparks That Ignite a Radiant Life" explores "an aspect of wholeness - starting with the mind, working into realms that heal and build the body and finishing with the edifying and nurturing of the spirit," Meheen said. She released the first, a short piece titled "Balance & Harmony - A Powerful and Positioned Mind," for digital download in February ($3.99 on Amazon). The first volume explores five factors of mental wellness - self-appreciation, resilience, affiliation, negotiation and mental and physical exercise - and how they can be incorporated into a person's life, with an emphasis on women. There are also suggestions for mental strategies to implement while healing from trauma. "It is true that what we focus on and meditate on is what manifests in our lives," Meheen said, so the first volume is about "the mind's power to create our reality.""Any person can look at their current situation and get a clear indication on where their thoughts, ideas and imaginations have been focused," Meheen said. "This volume goes into more detail about patterns of thought, how to use various concepts in our thinking to be successful with people, our careers and our life as a whole."The mind is just one component of healthy living, however, so in total, Meheen plans to release five or six volumes over the course of the year. The second, released this month, centers on the body. "My goal was to streamline the many variables of physical health and compose a very comprehensive resource that anyone can use, apply immediately and sustain over the long haul to discover an amazing, radiant life," she said about the second volume, which is titled "The Completely Healthy Body." Among the many influences on the series' development were the author's experiences living abroad in western Africa and London. "Living abroad for any length of time really expands the mind and the heart if we allow it to," she said. "These times, for me, really helped mold me into a 'big picture' thinker and to start really living life outside the box. ... I just believe knowledge is power. If you want to enhance yourself, thus enhance your life and the life of those that share your life."
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Clinton Says She Asked to Be Removed From Rape Case
A decades old legal case is continuing to haunt Hillary Clinton, who said in a new interview on the subject that she had asked to be removed from a 1975 case defending a man accused of child rape.
In a July 4 interview with Mumsnet, a British online network, Mrs. Clinton said the case came up while she was teaching at the University of Arkansas and doing legal aid work, and a local judge appointed her to represent a man accused of raping a 12-year-old girl.
"I asked to be relieved of that responsibility, but I was not," said Mrs. Clinton, who was 27 at the time. "And I had a professional duty to represent my client to the best of my ability, which I did."
Some Republicans have seized on the case, and Mrs. Clinton's defense tactics, to discredit Mrs. Clinton's claim to be a lifelong defender of women's rights. The old case came back into focus last month after the Washington Free Beacon, a conservative website, disclosed audio clips of Mrs. Clinton saying in an interview that she took the case after a prosecutor asked her to as "a favor." She indicated that she believed the man was guilty because she laughed when she told the interviewer, laughing, that it "forever destroyed my faith in polygraphs" when her client passed a polygraph test.
Citing that clip, Joe Scarborough, the Republican host of MSNBC's "Morning Joe," during Tuesday's broadcast said Mrs. Clinton's latest statement that she was forced to represent the defendant contradicted her earlier characterization that she was doing it as a favor to a legal colleague.
"Hillary Clinton chose to do this,'' Mr. Scarborough said. "This completely changes the conversation."
The pro-Clinton group American Bridge 21st Century sent out a "Correct the Record" item saying that the controversy amounted to an effort by conservative critics to "rehash old news."
"The right wing is speculating that Clinton chose to take the case, even though that myth has been widely debunked," the group said in a memo, who cited interviews with the prosecutor who corroborated Mrs. Clinton's account of the case in her 2003 book, "Living History."


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The Marceline Lady Tigers have secured first place in the Lewis and Clark Conference with a huge overtime win on the road at Paris last Friday night. The two Marceline teams swept the contests on this night, but in very different fashion.
In the girls game, the Lady Tigers took Paris to overtime and won the game 58-54. The Marceline girls celebrated on that foreign court, earning their first Lewis and Clark Conference basketball title in many years.
Molly Shoop had one point, three boards, two assists and a steal. Sydnee Brooks had six points, two boards, one assist and two steals. Morgan McCormick had four points, 10 boards and three steals. Kendra Gladbach had 39 points, six boards, two assists and eight steals. Kelsey Gardner had two points, four boards and three assists. Madison McCormick had six points, 11 boards, three assists and one steal.
"This was a game of true character," said Head Coach Kent O'Laughlin. "It was an extremely rough game, where we dug ourselves a big hole at halftime. The girls came out in the third quarter with a new, determined attitude and just started clawing back."
Coach O'Laughlin continued: "This was another game where our bench stepped up to fill the absence of our starting point guard. There were a lot of big plays by all of the girls in the game. It was a great team effort to fight back and get the win in overtime. I am very proud of this group of young ladies."
In the nightcap, the Tigers took care of business, blowing out the Coyotes 60-26. Daniel Haas had four points, two assists and three steals. Trevor Hamilton had one board. Blake Linebaugh had four points, two assists and three steals. Daniel Corbin had three points, two boards and three steals. Chase Hilsabeck had 11 points, three boards, four assists and two steals. Frankie Herring had four points, two boards, one assist and two steals. Brett McGlothlin had 17 points, eight boards, five assists and seven steals. Isaac Smith had a board. Brennen Floray had 17 points, seven boards and two steals.
"The boys came out and took control of the game early and never looked back," said Coach O'Laughlin. "We want to do our best to tie some wins together heading into District's. We need to win Tuesday at Westran to finish with a winning Conference record."
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As filming began Monday in New Orleans for "When the Game Stands Tall" more details were also released about the film, which focuses on the De La Salle High football program and coach Bob Ladouceur.
The movie, based on Neil Hayes' book chronicling the 2002 season and the Spartans' national-record winning streak, will star Laura Dern, Michael Chiklis and Alexander Ludwig along with Jim Caviezel.
The film's release is slated for fall of 2014.
Chiklis ("The Shield") will play De La Salle defensive coordinator Terry Eidson and Laura Dern ("Jurassic Park") will portray Ladouceur's wife, Bev.
Caviezel's role as Ladouceur was publicized last year.
Ludwig ("The Hunger Games") will co-star as running back Chris Ryan, a fictional character that appears to be based on Maurice Jones-Drew. According to a press release from Mandalay, which is producing the film, Ryan is chasing the state scoring record.
Thomas Carter ("Coach Carter") is directing the movie and David Zelon ("Soul Surfer") is producing. Scott Marshall Smith adapted the screenplay from Hayes' book.


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Pollock named Mid-South Women's Golfer of the Week
Campbellsville University's MeLeigha Pollock is the Mid-South Conference Women's Golfer of the Week, conference officials announced on Monday.
Pollock earns her first weekly conference award of the season and of her career.
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Definition of racy in English:
adjective (racier, raciest)
1Lively, entertaining, and typically sexually titillating: the novel was considered rather racy at the time
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- As for the film being racy, raunchy or titillating, there's utterly nothing groundbreaking here.
- The film is probably most notable for its attempts to entertain adults with racy jokes and visuals.
- Entertainment Weekly wrote about racy Y / A novels in this week's issue.
1.1Showing vigour or spirit.
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- In the 18th century, there is a vivid description of the interface in a kitchen between a chef and a cook, from the racy pen of William Verral.
1.2(Of a wine, flavour, etc.) having a characteristic quality in a high degree.
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- On the right bank clay and limestone soils predominate generally resulting in softer, broader whites than on the left bank where soils rich in lime produce racy wines comparable to those of the famous Wachau.
- This light, slightly racy red wine would match well with grilled meats, salmon, lamb or pork.
- Tancer has also created his own blend of Sauvignon Blanc and Viognier, called Cuvee R, which marries beautifully the racy flavor of the Sauvignon with the exotic tropical flavors of Viognier.
2(Of a vehicle or animal) designed or bred to be suitable for racing: the yacht is fast and racy
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- She's a big, beautiful, racy mare who was honest, finishing first or second in 25 starts.
- Several Polaris ATV models are used as farming and hunting quads but they are also reliable as a fast, racy, motocross style vehicle.
- The range still includes stodgy saloons and people-carriers; there are no sports cars or racy coupés.
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- But if you think this 55-year-old, who is zipping along racily, is doing it for fun, think again.
- Though racily told, at times the plot stretches credence as well as patience.
- In the main it is a catalogue of racily written anecdotes that describe the most notorious of the North's drug godfathers.
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- The libretto was re-written for raciness and local flavour and sung in English with surtitles, which seems redundant but was surprisingly handy.
- Danny was alarmed at the raciness of his thoughts, as his mind very rarely traveled in that direction.
- We're doing the interview and whatever raciness they want to put in there, we'll run it.
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Every day this past week I've taken note of the way-too-slowly ripening cherry tomatoes and how many were getting close to being ripe enough to pick. And every day there would be one less cherry tomato. When I last checked on Wednesday evening, there were none that were even close. He'd eaten all of those that were anywhere close to even being red. Without even washing them. I think he was scared that if he brought them in the house to wash them, I'd see what he was doing and I'd have beaten him senseless. (not that there's any past history of me beating him senseless; it's just that he knows how much I love garden tomatoes and how impatient I'm getting.)
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LETTER: Postal Service dealt a difficult hand
Published: Monday, March 4, 2013 at 3:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Sunday, March 3, 2013 at 11:47 p.m.
Dear Editor: With regard to the U.S. Postal Service's recent announcement that it will cut Saturday deliveries in August and subsequent complaints about the "wasteful" nature of government agencies, I want to note four things:
n The Postal Service receives no public funds. It runs entirely on the money it charges to deliver mail.
n Despite this, the Postal Service is still beholden to Congress as to how it runs itself.
n In 2006, Congress began requiring the Postal Service to prefund its pension program for 75 years via
a $5.5 billion annual payment, a clear scheme to manufacture a budget crisis in the USPS.
n The postal service is the only delivery service that delivers to rural areas.
If you ever go in the back room at a rural post office, you'll see a big pallet loaded up with UPS and FedEx packages. These companies hand off their rural mail to the postal service because it's not considered profitable to maintain a commercial presence in those areas. The USPS doesn't have that luxury.
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TAHOE/TRUCKEE, Calif. - The first day of fall kicked off a Fall Prevention Crusade to warn families to safety proof their homes to prevent seniors from falling. Falls are the #1 cause of injuries, hospital visits, and deaths among those 65 and older. That's why Senior Helpers, one of the largest in-home senior care companies warns families to safety proof their homes with a "fall prevention checklist."
"Falls have become a nationwide problem and despite what people may think about the older population ... falls are not inevitable. In fact, they're largely preventable," said Peter Ross, CEO and co-founder of Senior Helpers, with trained caregivers specializing in dementia and Alzheimer's care. "Up to 30 percent of those who fall suffer injuries such as hip fractures or head traumas. Our highly trained caregivers can help spot danger zones in and around seniors' homes and help seniors move around their environment more carefully."
From the Centers for Disease Control
• One out of three seniors falls each year.
• In 2008, 19,700 older Americans died from fall-related injuries.
• In 2008, 2.1 million older Americans were injured in falls.
Fall prevention checklist
• Install handrails on both sides of stairs and grab bars in bathrooms (1/3 of households in America with stairs do not have banisters or handrails. Only 19 percent of households in America have grab bars in tubs/showers).
• Provide plenty of light at the top and bottom of stairs and throughout hallways.
• Paint the bottom basement step white to make it more visible.
• Secure rugs to the floor to prevent tripping.
• Attach non-slip strips to the bottom of slippers and shoes.
• In outside areas, check steps and walkways for loose bricks, cement or stone.
"Fall Prevention Checklist" for dementia/Alzheimer's patients
• Encourage seniors to wear hip protectors (90 percent of hip fractures are due to falls).
• Make sure they have a walking aid within reach.
• Use an emergency sensor overnight to help detect wandering.
• Do not use bed rails overnight. Instead, lower the bed to the ground.
• Encourage seniors to rest with the head of the bed slightly raised.
• Use a seatbelt on a shower chair. Never leave them in the shower or bathroom unattended.
"When you care for a senior with dementia, you have an added responsibility because dementia puts seniors at the highest risk for wandering which increases chances for falling," said Ross.
Other tips to help prevent falling
• Have foot size measured - do this each time your senior buys shoes. Foot size changes with age and a shoe that is too big increases the risk of a fall.
• Exercise regularly - choose activities that increase leg strength and improve balance in seniors, such as Tai Chi.
• Eye check-ups - make sure seniors have their eyes checked by a doctor at least once a year and have their eyeglasses updated as needed.-
A good tip: Consider getting a pair with single vision distance lenses for activities such as walking outside.
• Review medications - have a doctor or pharmacist review medications/prescriptions to learn what may cause side effects, such as dizziness or drowsiness.
Did you know?
• In 2008, 82 percent of fall deaths were among people 65 and older.
• Fall-related fractures occur more than twice the rate for older women than for older men.
• More than 90 percent of hip fractures are caused by falls. And white women have significantly higher hip fracture rates than black women.
• Direct medical costs of falls equaled $28.2 billion in 2010.
To learn more visit www.seniorhelpers.com. There, you may also request a complimentary Senior Gems DVD.
- Sources: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, AgedCarer


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About the Book
Suzanne McMinn, a former romance writer and founder of the popular blog chickensintheroad.com, shares the story of her search to lead a life of ordinary splendor in Chickens in the Road, her inspiring and funny memoir.
Craving a life that would connect her to the earth and her family roots, McMinn packed up her three kids, left her husband and her sterile suburban existence behind, and moved to rural West Virginia. Amid the rough landscape and beauty of this rural mountain country, she pursues a natural lifestyle filled with chickens, goats, sheep—and no pizza delivery.
With her new life comes an unexpected new love—"52," a man as beguiling and enigmatic as his nickname—a turbulent romance that reminds her that peace and fulfillment can be found in the wake of heartbreak. Coping with formidable challenges, including raising a trio of teenagers, milking stubborn cows, being snowed in with no heat, and making her own butter, McMinn realizes that she's living a forty-something's coming-of-age story.
As she dares to become self-reliant and embrace her independence, she reminds us that life is a bold adventure—if we're willing to live it.
Chickens in the Road includes more than 20 recipes, craft projects, and McMinn's photography, and features a special two-color design.
"It was a cold late autumn day when I brought my children to live in rural West Virginia. The farmhouse was one hundred years old, there was already snow on the ground, and the heat was sparse—as was the insulation. The floors weren't even, either. My then-twelve-year-old son walked in the door and said, 'You've brought us to this slanted little house to die.'"
Thus begins former romance writer Suzanne McMinn's wild ride into self-sustainable living halfway up a hill on one of the most remote dirt roads in West Virginia, with a cast including her children, an enigmatic partner, the "rural neighborhood" of quirky characters, and a whole slew of ridiculous and uncooperative farm animals. An unlikely adventurer, the suburban-born-and-bred author tackles one daunting challenge after another on her new forty-acre farm, from hatching chickens and milking a cow to herding sheep and making her own cheese. Whether she's trying to convince a goat to accept its baby or just get her ornery neighbor to move over and let her pass on the road, every page of her adventure is fraught with laughter, passion, drama, and the risk of losing it all before she figures out why she's doing it in the first place. And when she does lose it all, she discovers a triumph she never expected—along with the truth for which she'd been searching all along.
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Critical Praise
"McMinn's daily adventures are told with zest and charisma; she can fashion a riveting tale from an event as simple as a delivery of sweet potatoes." — New York Times Book Review
"[McMinn] found her road to self-realization much rockier than she imagined, but ultimately very satisfying…in her heart-on-her-sleeve, nutty narrative, she had to face the necessity for her own self-sufficiency…In this enjoyable memoir, she learned by trial and error how to do everything from scratch." — Publishers Weekly
"With three reluctant children and a seemingly reliable lover in tow, McMinn began to build the farm of her dreams, but nothing went quite as planned….Writing with the keen attentionto detail of the seasoned author she is, McMinn relates the unexpected challenges that came along." — Booklist
"Lively, whimsical....McMinn outlines the trials and tribulations of adjusting to new routines without her old companions to join her; this ultimately paves the way for an epiphany or two." — Library Journal
"A mature woman's heartbreaking, heroic, and hilarious coming of age story. To McMinn, life is a bold adventure, but only if you live it. And, boy, does she ever!" — Susan Elizabeth Phillips, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of The Great Escape
"Humorous and inspirational...a page-turning pep talk for anyone who's ever wanted to quit their day job and do something different with their life. McMinn's tale will leave you eager to leap, and build your wings on the way down, too." — Susan McCorkindale, Author, Confessions of a Counterfeit Farm Girl and 500 Acres and No Place to Hide, More Confessions of a Counterfeit Farm Girl
"A story of lessons learned…….[McMinn's] transition into her own farmhouse and expansion into real farm living provided rich fodder for the one thing she knew she could do well: write." — Charleston Daily Mail
Product Details
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- On Sale: 10/08/2013
- Pages: 320
- List Price: 12.99 USD
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Mayle sentenced to jail time for drug charge
May 1, 2013
MARIETTA — A Columbus area man said he was ready to accept his sentence Tuesday for running an indoor marijuana growing operation in Washington County. James M. Mayle Jr....
What a pitiful excuse for a setence. 97 plants and 6 pounds of marijuana and only 180 days in jail. WOW! And to top it off, it was not his first drug related offense.
Someone needs to take a serious look at the laws we have in place. There is no way that people are learning from a stern scolding we hand out as setences.
We need to make jail life and the punishment for crimes so severe, they will never want to return. Once they break the law, they should forfeit all of their rights until they are released and no mercy should be given. No tv, library, internet, weight rooms, nothing. Give them plenty of time to think about their decisions.
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That sounds like an enormous amount of wasted tax payers dollars.
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Yes, I agree. Abolish marijuana prohibition.
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Google this: Top 10 Health Benefits of Marijuana
1. Cancer:Cannabinoids, the active components of marijuana, inhibit tumor growth in laboratory animals and also kill cancer cells.
2. Tourette's Syndrome:A single dose of the cannabinol produced a significant reduction in symptoms for several hours compared to placebo, the researchers reported.
3. Seizures:Marijuana is a muscle relaxant and has "antispasmodic" qualities that have proven to be a very effective treatment for seizures.
4. Migraines:Since medicinal marijuana was legalized in California, doctors have reported that they have been able to treat more than 300,000 cases of migraines that conventional medicine couldn't through marijuana.
5. Glaucoma:Marijuana's treatment of glaucoma has been one of the best documented. There isn't a single valid study that exists that disproves marijuana's very powerful and popular effects on glaucoma patients.
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6. Multiple Sclerosis:Marijuana's effects on multiple sclerosis patients became better documented when former talk-show host, Montel Williams began to use pot to treat his MS. Marijuana works to stop the neurological effects and muscle spasms that come from the fatal disease.
7. ADD and ADHD: A well documented USC study done about a year ago showed that marijuana is not only a perfect alternative for Ritalin but treats the disorder without any of the negative side effects of the pharmaceutical.
8. IBS and Crohn's Marijuana has shown that it can help with symptoms of the chronic diseases as it stops nausea, abdominal pain, and diarrhea.
9. Alzheimer's Despite what you may have heard about marijuana's effects on the brain, the Scripps Institute, in 2006, proved that the THC found in marijuana works to prevent Alzheimer's by blocking the deposits in the brain that cause the disease.
10. Premenstrual Syndrome Just like marijuana is used to treat IBS, it can be used to treat
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Cannabinoids can prevent cancer, reduce heart attacks by 66% and insulin dependent diabetes by 58%. Cannabis clinician Dr. William Courtney recommends drinking 4 – 8 ounces of raw flower and leaf juice from any Hemp plant, 5 mg of Cannabidiol (CBD) per kg of body weight, a salad of Hemp seed sprouts and 50 mg of THC taken in 5 daily doses.
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@Disturbed--This isn't 1950. Someone needs to take a serious look at what other states and people think about marijuana in 2013.
Are you for real, or just posting nonsense for fun? :)
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After losing a few home points at the start of the season, a couple of good away results have seen us roughly back on track points wise (win at home, draw away).A win today looks fair, but I think I'm more concerned about getting a good 90 minutes, rather than 45 minutes good and 45 minutes bad.Mr Villas-Boas must be pulling his hair out trying to work out why we only seem able to play for 45 minutes.
I agree JL,What we need is a good performance, I'd probably settle for a draw if we played well throughout.Does anyone know what the likely return date of Ade, BAE and Unit is? IMO Walker has been a little disappointing so far this season and having Unit or Naughton as a possible replacement would be good. Defoe has been on form, but Ade is a quality player and having him fit gives us a a very different threat.COYS!


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POSITION: Left Wing
SHOOTS: Left
BIRTHPLACE: Abbotsford, BC, CAN
DRAFTED: CGY: 2002-206 overall
|2012-13: Spent the majority of the year with Lake Erie (AHL) but also had two separate stints with the Avalanche…Skated in nine NHL games, recording two assists…Was first recalled by Colorado on Feb. 1 and appeared in two games before being reassigned on Feb. 7…Was recalled for a second time on April 1 and dressed in seven games before being reassigned on April 12…Collected 35 points (18g/17a) in 60 games with the Monsters…His 18 goals were his most in an AHL season since 2007-08 (19).
2011-12: Split the season between the Avalanche and Lake Erie Monsters (AHL)…Appeared in 25 games with Colorado, tallying one goal and five assists…His 25 games doubled his career total of 12 NHL games entering the year…Posted a +3 plus/minus rating, fourth best on the Avalanche…Dressed in 40 contests with Lake Erie, collecting 28 points (12g/16a)…Was recalled by Colorado on Dec. 14 and picked up an assist in his first game after being recalled on Dec. 15 at San Jose…Missed the Dec. 19th contest against Philadelphia because of the birth of his first child, son Jackson (born that day, Dec. 19)…Tallied his first career multi-point game with a pair of assists on Dec. 26 at Minnesota…Scored his second career goal on Jan. 6 at Chicago…Was placed on waivers, Feb. 23…Cleared waivers on Feb. 25 and was reassigned to Lake Erie.
2010:11: Played most of the year with the Lake Erie Monsters (AHL) but also spent time with Colorado…Appeared in 48 games for Lake Erie, tallying 36 points (15g/21a) with a +25 plus/minus rating…Finished third on the Monsters in assists and was fifth in points despite not playing a full AHL season…Picked up three points (1g/2a) in six games with the Avalanche…Originally recalled from Lake Erie on Oct. 20…Made his Avalanche debut on Oct. 23 vs. Los Angeles, his first NHL game since March 25, 2009 at Pittsburgh…Scored his first NHL goal on Nov. 4 vs. Vancouver…Suffered a knee injury on Nov. 9 vs. Calgary, forcing him to miss 15 games from Nov. 12 to Dec. 11…Placed on IR, Nov. 11 (retroactive to Nov. 9) and activated on Dec. 13…Was reassigned to Lake Erie on Dec. 14…Recalled by Colorado for the second time on March 12 and tallied an assist that night in Nashville…Was reassigned to Lake Erie on March 13 and spent the rest of the year with the Monsters…Appeared in all seven playoff games for Lake Erie, notching two goals and two assists.
2009-10: Finished second on the Abbotsford Heat in assists (24), points (40) and plus/minus (+13)…Added six points (4g/2a) in 13 postseason contests…Named the Heat's American Specialty/AHL Man of the Year for his contributions to the Abbotsford community.
2008-09: Spent the majority of the season with Quad City (AHL), but also made his NHL debut with Calgary…Appeared in six games for the Flames, recording two assists…Recalled by Calgary on Feb. 26 and made his NHL debut the following night against the Minnesota Wild…Collected his first NHL point (assist) on March 3 at Ottawa…Reassigned to Quad City on March 26.
2007-08: Skated in all 80 games for Quad City, totaling 42 points (19g/23a).
2006-07: Appeared in all 80 games with the Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben Knights (AHL) during his first professional season, recording 43 points (16g/27a)…Led all AHL rookies and finished fourth in the league with a +27 plus/minus rating…Tied for second among AHL rookies with four short-handed goals.
2005-06: Capped off his four-year collegiate career by totaling 22 points (11g/11a) in 25 games while serving as co-captain at Boston University…Earned the Mickey Cochrane Award, presented annually to the school's best male athlete…Missed the first 15 games of the season due to injury (groin)…Named MVP of the Hockey East Tournament after becoming the first player in league history to net two hat tricks in one postseason tournament.
2004-05: Led the Terriers with 31 points (18g/13a) in 41 games as a junior.
2003-04: Finished first on Boston University in goals (13) and penalty minutes (74) in 35 games as a sophomore.
2002-03: Named to the Hockey East All-Rookie Team.
Other: Played three seasons (1999-2002) with the Chilliwack Chiefs (BCHL), where he totaled 261 points (115g/146a) in 157 games…Was Calgary's 10th selection(seventh round, 206th overall) in the 2002 Entry Draft.


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SANTA CLARA -- LaMichael James isn't fazed one bit as he finds himself in the thick of a Super Bowl run as a 49ers rookie running back.
James credited his college experience at Oregon in preparing him for the magnitude of a playoff run, which resumes Sunday when the 49ers visit the Atlanta Falcons for the NFC championship.
"I don't think it's too much different than playing in BCS games at Oregon," James said. "That helped me out. It's second nature to me. It's not that big of a difference."
James, Oregon's all-time leader in rushing yards and touchdowns, ran for 159 yards and a touchdown in the Ducks' Rose Bowl win last year over Wisconsin. He also played in the Oregon's losses in the BCS Championship Game against Auburn as a sophomore and in the Rose Bowl against Ohio State as a freshman.
James had three carries for 21 yards, a 7-yard reception and a 23-yard kickoff return in his playoff debut Saturday night, when the 49ers defeated the Green Bay Packers 45-31.
Colin Kaepernick faked a handoff to James before keeping the ball and racing 56 yards for the 49ers' go-ahead touchdown in that win. "It's just an instinctive deal," James said of the read-option plays. "He made the right read, took it and he was off."
James credited Kaepernick among those who caught him up to speed on the 49ers' massive playbook after missing most of the offseason workouts while completing Oregon's spring quarter.
"He's super fast, athletic and once he breaks the pocket, he's looking downfield to throw the ball and not run it," James said of Kaepenrick.
A second-round draft pick, James was inactive the 49ers' first 12 games this season but has filled the void once Kendall Hunter sustained a season-ending Achilles tear. James ran for 125 yards and averaged 4.6 yards per carry in the regular season, though his highlight was a 62-yard kickoff return that set up the 49ers' winning touchdown drive Dec. 16 at New England.


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STOCKTON – As a 43-year-old man walked out of a central Stockton business Tuesday night, two robbers were waiting for him. One pushed him to the ground while the other took the victim's wallet, police reported.
The strong-arm robbery took place in the 700 block of North Madison Street near West Park Street around 9:30 p.m. Tuesday. The robbers, believed to be in their 30s, fled in an unknown direction, according to a report.
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Hepatitis Health Center
'Explosion' of Sex-Spread Hepatitis C in HIV-Positive Men
July 21, 2011 -- There is an ongoing "explosion" of deadly hepatitis C among men who have sex with men.
It's spread mainly by anal sex, often enhanced by methamphetamine, according to a report in the July 21 issue of the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
"We are having an explosion of sexually transmitted hepatitis C," study researcher Daniel S. Fierer, MD, of New York's Mount Sinai School of Medicine, tells WebMD. "We have uncovered an emerging epidemic of sexual transmission of hepatitis C. And the main reason is men having anal sex without a condom."
It's no surprise to experts who treat hepatitis C. Liver cancer and cirrhosis caused by hepatitis C virus (HCV) already is the leading cause of death among people with HIV infection who have access to HIV drugs. Some 30% of Americans with HIV are co-infected with HCV.
Sexual transmission of HCV among people without HIV is rare, notes Eugene R. Schiff, MD, director of the Center for Liver Diseases at the University of Miami, who was not involved in the Fierer/CDC study. Among heterosexual couples, he says, only 2% of those with HCV infect their partners after 20 years of monogamous marriage.
The same may be true for men who have sex with men -- if they practice safe sex.
"Our data do not support sexual HCV transmission between HIV-negative men," Fierer says. "There is reasonable data that HIV-negative men are not part of this epidemic."
But that's not the case for HIV-positive men, notes Lynn E. Taylor, MD, of Brown University. Taylor was not involved in the Fierer study. In a study published last March, Taylor and her colleagues showed that new HCV infections are relatively common among HIV-positive men who do not use intravenous drugs -- a phenomenon previously reported in Europe and Australia.
"We have robust evidence of increasing HCV incidence among men who have sex with men who do not inject drugs but do engage in high-risk sexual behaviors," Taylor, who was not involved in the Fierer study, tells WebMD. "It is the new sexually transmitted infection in this population. I am very concerned."


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SAN FRANCISCO -- Nextdoor, the San Francisco startup that lets neighborhoods build their own social networks, on Tuesday is expected to announce nearly $22 million in new funding.
The company also will roll out a new suite of products it says can help fight crime.
The funding round includes prior backers Greylock Partners, Benchmark Capital and Shasta Ventures. New to the party are Google (GOOG) Ventures and Bezos Expeditions, the personal investment firm of Amazon.com Chief Executive Officer Jeff Bezos.
Greylock led the investment, and managing director David Sze -- an early investor in Facebook and LinkedIn -- will join Nextdoor's board.
Sze declined interview requests. In a prepared statement, he said: "I was fortunate enough to be involved in the early growth years at both LinkedIn and Facebook and have seen how the seemingly simple act of connecting people can lead to major change in the world."
Nextdoor CEO Nirav Tolia added: "We've been blown away by the rapid adoption of Nextdoor by neighbors across the country."
Launched in late 2011, Nextdoor says it now serves more than 8,000 neighborhoods in all 50 states. Tolia said more than 30 new neighborhoods every day use the service to build private websites where they can swap questions and advice, sell secondhand items and create "virtual neighborhood watches."
Although the service is free, Tolia eventually plans to make money by taking a piece of the action when items are sold on the platform and by allowing merchants to offer specials to neighbors.
New features let members share information with Nextdoor users in surrounding neighborhoods and allow police and fire departments to blast urgent updates to Nextdoor members via text message.
Quinn Fenwick, who recently retired as assistant police chief of Ventura, said that city's force uses Nextdoor to broadcast weekly crime stats. The service draws far more residents than the department's traditional neighborhood watch programs, he added.
"It's definitely increasing awareness," said Fenwick, who learned of Nextdoor when it acquired a similar company started by his sister.
And while he said it's too soon to point to a correlating drop in crime, he said that with Ventura -- like many California cities -- seeing its police force cut for budgetary reasons, "We're going to have to leverage social media to be more effective."
Contact Peter Delevett at 408-271-3638. Follow him at Twitter.com/mercwiretap.


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Senators in Tennessee, Kansas and Hawaii Face Primary Tests This Week
This week brings primary votes for three senators on three different days, with the toughest challenge coming to a Democrat endorsed by President Barack Obama.
But first comes mainstream Republicans trying to ward off tea party challengers in Kansas and Tennessee. Sen. Pat Roberts (R., Kan.) on Tuesday will finally see if the unforced errors he's committed will cost him a chance for a fourth term.
Mr. Roberts, 78 years old, has led radiologist Milton Wolf in all of the state's polling, though Mr. Wolf has narrowed the gap in recent weeks. The Senate Conservatives Fund, which spent $580,000 to back Mr. Wolf — the most of any outside group in the state — said last week that a poll it conducted showed a mere nine percentage point difference between the two candidates.
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Still, Mr. Roberts's allies do not seem worried. Fellow Kansan Sen. Jerry Moran, the chairman of the Senate GOP's campaign arm, told reporters last week that he didn't expect to stay up late before the race is called for Mr. Roberts.
Mr. Wolf is banking his campaign on using Mr. Roberts's own words against him. The incumbent, who has worked in Washington since he was a congressional aide in the 1960s, told the New York Times in February that his Kansas residence amounts to a recliner in a supporter's home. He later told a radio interviewer questioning how frequently he is in Kansas that he is there "every time I have an opponent."
Yet Mr. Wolf, a first-time candidate, is known for two things: being second cousins with Mr. Obama and mocking his patients while posting their X-ray images to Facebook. Mr. Roberts has run a blistering television ad campaign saying Mr. Wolf would embarrass the state. Mr. Roberts's aides suggested Mr. Wolf could even lose the general election, even though no Kansas Democrat has won a Senate seat since 1932.
On Thursday, the action is in Tennessee where Sen. Lamar Alexander, the leading Tennessee Republican for two generations, is defending his seat. Like Mr. Roberts, he has a reputation as a Washington dealmaker — voting for the comprehensive immigration package that passed the Senate last year.
That vote, as much as anything, forms the centerpiece of Rep. Joe Carr's campaign against Mr. Alexander. But Mr. Carr, despite support from several tea party groups and endorsements from Sarah Palin and talk radio host Laura Ingraham, proved a tepid fundraiser, and in April George Flinn, a Memphis physician who spent $5 million on two losing House campaigns, joined the race. Mr. Flinn spent $1.8 million on his quixotic campaign and spent part of last week attacking Mr. Carr.
Mr. Alexander benefits from a split opposition, and polling shows he remains relatively popular among Tennessee Republicans. Like Mr. Roberts in Kansas, he has spent much of this year making the case to Tennesseans that he is more conservative than his record might indicate.
On Saturday, Hawaii brings a test of Mr. Obama's pull in contested Democratic primaries.
Mr. Obama, who grew up in Hawaii, is backing appointed Sen. Brian Schatz and recorded a radio advertisement for Gov. Neil Abercrombie – Democrats who face challenges from the Daniel Inouye wing of the state's party.
Mr. Inouye, who served in the Senate for 40 years before his death in 2012, made a deathbed wish for Rep. Colleen Hanabusa to take his seat. Mr. Abercrombie instead picked Mr. Schatz, his lieutenant governor.
Now, Mr. Abercrombie and Mr. Schatz have their political lives on the line this week. Mr. Schatz and Ms. Hanabusa, who is endorsed by Mr. Inouye's widow, are in a tight race, with the latest Hawaii News Now/Star Advertiser Hawaii poll showing Ms. Hanabusa with a 50%-42% lead. Mr. Abercrombie trails David Ige, a state senator, according to polling by Honolulu Civil Beat.


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Body of Houma man found in parked car
Published: Friday, July 26, 2013 at 3:14 p.m.
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A 67-year-old man was found dead in a car parked in the front yard of a Houma residence Thursday night, Houma Police said.
Curtis J. Liner's body was found in the front seat of a dark colored Chevrolet Tahoe parked in the 1000 block of Grinage Street shortly before 8:30 p.m., Lt. Dana Coleman said.
There were no obvious signs of physical trauma to his body, though Liner, of 257 Magnolia St., had been dead "for a while," Coleman said.
The house was occupied at the time, and the residents reported the body to police.
Houma Police detectives are investigating a possible connection to the victim and the residents of the home, Coleman said.
The cause of Liner's death is under investigation. An autopsy was scheduled at the Terrebonne Parish Coroner's Office, but results were not immediately available.
Several residents in the neighborhood refused to comment on the body being found.
Family members and the coroner's office could not be reached for comment.
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Tasha (French '00) Lemley | Journalism & Mass Communication
"Newspapers aren't dead. In fact, one's keeping us alive." – from an ad campaign for The Nashville Contributor
In a time when print publications are on the decline and screen publications are rapidly growing, a Nashville nonprofit relies on the sale of its newspaper to keep vendors going.
The rest of us have the opportunity to hide our challenges. We get to wear make-up and dress nicely, and no one has to know that we are struggling. But with the homeless community, they are so far beyond being able to hide their experiences; they wear them on the surface. There was an honesty there that I was really hungry for.
The Contributor, a nonprofit in Nashville, Tenn., prints a twice-monthly "street newspaper." ACU graduate Tasha French Lemley ('00) founded this initiative as a way to provide the homeless of Nashville with a job they could be proud of that also meets their financial needs.
A "street newspaper" is a term for a newspaper that focuses on issues surrounding homelessness and poverty and is sold by homeless and formerly homeless individuals on the street.
The Contributor was inspired by French Lemley's own experience of developing a friendship with a homeless man.
Empowering a forgotten community
The Contributor has an average monthly circulation of 120,000 copies and is the highest-circulating street newspaper of its kind in North America. The paper is sold by vendors, who are homeless or formerly homeless. The Contributor has about 400 active vendors per month.
After an interview and training process, vendors receive a "official vendor" badge and are given 15 free papers to sell on public sidewalks. This is the vendors' money to keep. If they want to keep selling, the vendors may purchase papers from The Contributor for 25 cents each and resell for $1.
Selling The Contributor is empowering. The homeless of Nashville are given a chance to regain control of their life. Vendors are their own micro-businesses and must discover how to sell their personal brand to customers, budget their earnings, and discern how much to invest in their venture. Many vendors have worked their way off living on the streets, and 35 percent of Contributor vendors have found housing since selling papers, according to the non-profit.
Rocky beginnings
French Lemley has not only made a significant impact on Nashville's homeless community, but also has served as an inspiration to many for her dedication to The Contributor.
She was recipient of the 2009 Titans Community Quarterback award, given to the top volunteer in the state of Tennessee in 2009; is president on the board of directors of the North American Street Newspaper Association; and was a recipient of the ACU Gutenberg award given to outstanding alumni of the Journalism and Mass Communication Department.
While she has accomplished so much, it was her rocky beginnings after graduation that led French Lemley to her current position.
After graduating in 2000 with a degree in photojournalism and a passion for graphic design, she set out to the big city of Nashville in hopes of finding her dream design job. But the dream job didn't come along.
"I was pretty discouraged by this and questioned whether graphic design is what I wanted to do. I did some searching for what my passion was and kept my eyes open for what inspired me," she recalls.
At the time she was working in downtown Nashville and passed the same homeless man every day on her way to work. One day she decided to do something radical; she said "hello," and introduced herself. This led to friendly conversations over the next few days with the man, named Don. This led French Lemley to photograph the man and make a few portraits.
"I had a background in photojournalism and have a passion for it, but I had not been inspired to photograph anybody in quite some time. I became inspired by this guy," she says.
After this experience, she shadowed outreach workers as they did their rounds around the city. She photographed and interviewed different individuals who were experiencing life on the street.
Through her interest in homelessness and homeless friends she had made, French Lemley was aware of street newspapers in other cities. Inspired by Grand Central Winter, a book written by the formerly homeless Lee Stringer who served as the editor of a past New York street newspaper, French Lemley decided in 2007 to start her own street newspaper.
Early challenges
Along with a few friends, French Lemley used her background in photojournalism and graphic design to create the first issue.
ACU's Journalism and Mass Communication Department had provided her a background in photography, writing, graphic design and newspaper layout, which all came into play. "I learned such a diverse set of skills (at ACU) that I have been able to make an earning for other people using a subset of those skills," she says.
However, producing the first issue was only a part of the process. French Lemley and her helpers, including her husband, ACU graduate Mark Lemley ('00), and nephew, faced a few challenges upfront.
"When we started the paper, the things I thought we were going to struggle with were getting funding and content," says French Lemley. "And I thought we would have an easy time getting people to sell. It was actually quite the opposite."
Both funding and content came easily to the early Contributor. Homeless people wanted to write for the paper, outreach workers sent in content, and even Lee Stringer wrote a poem for the first issue. However, getting people to sell the first paper was a significant challenge.
"We were initially regarded with skepticism by the homeless community. They were used to lots of promises being told to people on the street, but those promises not being kept," French Lemley says.
It took about two years for The Contributor's vendor force to grow. By 2009, people started realizing that vendors were making a decent living. Word-of-mouth spread quickly, and vendors started flooding in.
In addition to the growing number of vendors, The Contributor also increased its staff to nine people, including Linda Bailey ('11), editorial assistant, who graduated ACU with a degree in journalism.
The Contributor's mission
Since its early beginnings, The Contributor has been dedicated to restoring dignity and hope to those experiencing homelessness.
"Our mission when we started The Contributor was only two things: to produce a quality publication that had good information about homelessness and poverty, and to use that publication as a source of income for those experiencing homelessness," French Lemley says.
The third part of the mission revealed itself to French Lemley over the last few years. It was not until she was at a speaking engagement that someone pointed out to her, "You've recreated your experience with Don all over Nashville."
"I had never thought of that. And it's my favorite part," says French Lemley. "Meeting Don and getting to know him was my gateway to this incredible world of an excuse to dialogue with people that are different than me, only to find out that they are not that different than me."
Through the mission of The Contributor, French Lemley has recreated the face-to-face interactions between people who have experienced homelessness and those who have not. By the end of 2012, The Contributor will have sold more than 3 million copies, meaning that more than 3 million face-to-face interactions have occurred between vendors and their customers.
"Amazing things happen when names are exchanged, eyes meet, hands shake; perceptions are altered, and room for caring and community are created," French Lemley says. "I hear great stories from both sides of that economic divide, from customers and vendors, about what people have done for each other and how people have learned to love each other.
"That is by far the best part of The Contributor for me right now."
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Augusta, Ga--In the next week and a half you're going to hear a lot about the Ravens Ray Lewis' last ever game. The Harbaugh brothers coaching against each other in the super bowl. But around here, plenty of talk about former Bulter standout Carlos Rogers who's getting his shot on the biggest stage.
Rogers is a standout defensive back that would have been in the pro bowl had it not been for the bigger game. In two years with San Francisco, his stock has rose immensley. One guy who remembers him, his former high school coach at Butler David Land. Rogers was an outstanding running back at Butler and really only played defense his junior and senior year. Land says its rogers parents that deserve all the credit.
"Was not one of those people that you hear about athletes in high school and college that might have been on the wrong side of the tracks or did something wrong, no" said his high school coach David Land "His mom and dad did an outstanding job of raising he and his brother and just a phonomenal person, which they laid the ground work for him."
Now in his eight year in the league, Rogers has become one of the best. One thing land has noticed, he hasn't changed much. He's not an over the top in your face guy. He goes out and does his job and does it well.
"what you saw with Carlos was he would go out and he did his job" added Land "He went out and led by example. He went and did his work and wanted other people to follow that type of montra, that type of hey, go to work and you give everything you got."
Rogers actually missed a handfull of games his senior season at Butler with an ankle injury. He still managed to rush for over a thousand yards. While Auburn won the recruiting battle with him, he was nearly a Georgia Bulldog, who were also recruiting him heavily.


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B. Dolan and I flew out to Kansas City from February 19-22 to film the video for his �Earthmovers� song.
We sought out the director, Kyle Harbaugh, after seeing the amazing work he did for KC native Mac Lethal. I was prepared for high quality work, but the kind of things Harbaugh worked out for �Earthmovers� is beyond anything we could have reasonably expected. From site locations to costume design, dance squad to film crew, we were blown away at each turn. I definitely look forward to doing more work with Mr. Harbaugh, Hunuman Brown-Eagle, and the rest of the folks�the next video will be for my upcoming Li(f)e album. But mainly I�m excited to seeing the final result of this video.
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The shirt sizes are S through XXL
The reason I say that is because the sizes weren't available at first but they are now.
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Does ClassSick Custom print on American Apparel shirts? Just wondering because I always get these bleach marks on ALL shirts I've owned printed on American Apparel... and it doesn't seem to happen with any other brands.
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They print on all style shirts. Never had a problem like that.
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I've never heard anything from customers about bleach marks on shirts we've printed, AA or otherwise...
These two shirts were pretty fun to print, which unfortunately isn't always the case... love the artwork.
The stills from the video has my mind spinning to see how this all comes together... looks dope.
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from those pictures it looks like B. Dolan could write a bad romance.
I like the first t-shirt a lot, any chance other colours are going to be available or just black?
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Can't wait to see it..
Just listened to the album stream (sans two) on myspace.. it's awesome.
I agree with Brother Ali's album review.
B and A did a bang up job with this shit..
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News 12 at 11 o'clock / Tuesday, June 11, 2013
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW) -- The Richmond County Board of Education has passed a preliminary budget for the upcoming school year.
It includes 135 job cuts, including 75 teachers, more students per classroom and potential property tax increases.
All of that to make up for a $20 million cut from the state.
"Here we are last minute, last hour, so bottom line is we made our bed, someway we gonna find a way to lay in it," said Board President Venus Cain.
With just two weeks left to approve a final budget, school board members have a lot on their plates.
"You're asking us to make decisions on people's lives. We need to make sure whatever we do we're doing correctly," Cain said.
The proposed budget will cut 75 teacher positions, 22 paraprofessionals, 30 custodians, add two more students per classroom, potentially increase property taxes and much more.
"We're in dire circumstances, and it is a case that's going to continue," said District 6 Board Member Jack Padgett.
"This year's budget is probably the toughest one that I've been faced with in the nine years I've been on the board," added District 8 member Jimmy Atkins.
The budget also includes a 7 percent cut at every school.
"At this point, after several years of cuts, now we're really getting down to the bare bones," said Cheri Ogden, principal at Sue Reynolds Elementary.
She says the best decision the board made was giving each principal the ability to decide where to make those cuts.
"Anytime you have to tighten your belt and suck it up a little bit more, it's nice to have some input and to have a voice in that process," Ogden said.
In the end, they approved the budget with a 6 to 4 vote.
"I think of it as a personal budget," Ogden said. "If a husband or wife loses a job, you have to make some awful decisions to survive, and in some ways, it looks like we've gone into survival mode. We're just hanging on till we can turn the tide."
They also cut one furlough day. This year, they have proposed eight instead of nine.
A lot of those teachers have already signed contracts for the next year, and some could still possibly lose their jobs. Board members say that's because the budget was not discussed soon enough before contracts went out.
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A 52-year-old E. Third Street, Uhrichsville, woman was arrested early Saturday and taken to Tuscarawas County Jail for eight hours until sober on charges of resisting arrest and disorderly conduct by intoxication stemming from incidents at a Maurer Drive residence.
Sergeant Doug Hines said police were called to the residence at about 3:11 a.m. about an intoxicated woman that wasn't wanted there. Upon arrival, police saw her standing on the porch.
Hines said that as police talked with her, she was argumentative and became increasingly irate. She also would not give her name to officers.
Hines said she attempted to walk off the porch, but was told she was under arrest. Hines said she struggled with police and while being walked to a cruiser, she either stumbled or went limp, causing Hines to fall to the ground with her.
She continued her unruly behavior, and had to be forcibly placed in a jail cell, he added.
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Holocaust Denial and the 2000 Libel Trial in the U.K.
In 1993, Dr. Deborah Lipstadt wrote Denying the Holocaust: The Growing Assault on Truth and Memory to expose the lies, distortions, and political agendas that drive Holocaust denial. In the book, she discussed a number of specific Holocaust deniers including David Irving who she called a "dangerous spokesperson" for Holocaust denial.
In 1996, Irving sued Dr. Lipstadt and her British publisher, Penguin Books Ltd., for libel, saying his reputation as an historian was defamed. The suit was filed in the U.K., where libel laws favor plaintiffs. Irving represented himself. Dr. Lipstadt was represented by barrister Richard Rampton, Q.C. and Anthony Julius and James Libson of Mishcon de Reya. The trial started on January 11, 2000 and ended on April 11, 2000 when Judge Charles Gray handed down his judgment: Dr. Lipstadt and Penguin had won their case resoundingly.
Judge Gray found that Irving had "for his own ideological reasons persistently and deliberately misrepresented and manipulated historical evidence" in order to portray Hitler "in an unwarrantedly favourable light" particularly in his treatment of the Jews. Irving had "significantly" misrepresented, misconstrued, omitted, mistranslated, misread and applied double standards to the historical evidence in order to achieve his ideological presentation of history. Judge Gray also found that Irving was an "active Holocaust denier; that he is anti-semitic and racist, and that he associates with right-wing extremists who promote neo-Nazism."
The trial and the verdict made headlines around the world:
- Daily Telegraph (London) on Dr. Lipstadt's victory: "[It achieved] for the new century what the Nuremburg Tribunals or the Eichmann trial did for earlier generations."
- The Times (London): "History has had its day in court and scored a crushing victory."
- The New York Times: "The verdict puts an end to the pretense that Mr. Irving is anything but a self-promoting apologist for Hitler."
History on Trial: My Day In Court with David Irving
Dr. Lipstadt chronicles her five-year legal battle and her -- and history's -- emphatic victory in her latest book, History on Trial: My Day in Court with David Irving (Ecco, 2005). History on Trial is based on the primary documents, expert witness reports, and transcripts which are available at this website. The trial experience reinforced the importance of responsible scholarship in sustaining historical truth as a foundation for a just society. While the verdict didn't put an end to denial of the Holocaust, it has had a significant impact, educating people around the world about how and why racists and antisemites distort the history of World War II as part of their political program to affect the future. And the case stands as an object lesson of how important it is to stand up against hatred, particularly hatred masquerading as scholarship. "As academicians," Dr. Lipstadt says, "we must use our scholarship to support historical truth. It is our responsibility."
Who is David Irving?
Holocaust denier David Irving is a prolific writer who has written many books on themes related to World War II and the Third Reich. A common theme pervades much of his written work as well as his speeches: Any evil or wrongdoing committed by the Third Reich was equaled, if not surpassed, by an evil committed by the Allies. The Allies and the Jews are repeatedly implicated and the Germans exonerated.
Until 1988, David Irving did admit that the Holocaust had occurred, although he tended to minimize its impact. He spent great energy on attempting to whitewash Hitler, arguing that the mass murder of Jews had been carried on behind the German leader's back. But in 1988, Irving joined the camp of full Holocaust denial, pronouncing himself to have been converted by the "science" of the Leuchter Report, which found there had been no poison gas chambers in the Auschwitz death camp. After 1988, when his older books were re-printed, Irving edited out all mention of the Holocaust. He traveled the world, speaking to neo-Nazis and others, claiming, for example, that "more women died on the back seat of Edward Kennedy's car at Chappaquiddick than ever died in a gas chamber in Auschwitz."
Who is Dr. Deborah Lipstadt?
Dr. Deborah Lipstadt is the Dorot Professor of Modern Jewish and Holocaust Studies at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, recognized as one of the 20 leading universities in the United States. She is the author of numerous articles and three books including: Beyond Belief: The American Press And The Holocaust, 1933-1945 (1986) and History on Trial: My Day in Court with a Holocaust Denier (2005). She is also a presidential appointee to the United States Holocaust Memorial Council, the body empowered by Congress to oversee the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. She chairs the academic committee at the museum.
Confronting Holocaust Denial: The Future
The work of confronting Holocaust denial is not over. While Dr. Lipstadt's decisive victory was an important legal milestone, the threat of libel continues against publishers of books that expose deniers. Further, many people are concerned that with the passing away of the generation of witnesses -- the survivors and liberators -- Holocaust deniers will continue to distort history.
Trial Documents
This section archives and presents thousands of unedited pages of original trial documents from the Irving v. Lipstadt lawsuit stretching from 1996-2001. These documents are arranged in chronological order moving from pre-trial submissions to the final appeal documents.
The Defense Documents section archives five witness statements (affidavits), six expert witness reports ranging in topic from Nazi anti-semitism to the history of Auschwitz as an extermination camp, a summary of the defense's closing argument and two documents outlining David Irving's anti-semitism and his associations with right wing extremists.
The Transcripts section contains the complete day-by-day trial record from 32 days of testimony between 11th January 2000 and 15th March 2000. An index page lists the major topics of each day's transcript. This content is also searchable through the site's advanced search feature.
The Judgment section presents the entire 349-page judgment written by Judge Charles Gray and handed down on April 11, 2000.
The Appeal sections contain the primary documents of the appeal hearing held in Court 73 before three lord judges: Judges Mantell, Buxton and Pill. Irving's lawyer, Davies claimed that Irving might be a sloppy historian, but he was not a deliberate liar. He had simply arrived at "reasonable alternative positions" regarding the evidence and began to rehash much of the material covered in the trial. Four weeks later, the Court of Appeals handed down its judgment. Irving did not attend the court session. The judges found that Judge Gray's ruling was the model of "comprehensiveness and style" and that it stood. The appeal was rejected. The judges also ordered the Irving pay the court costs. The Appeals section also contains the defense and the prosecution's legal submissions.


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