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Today's letters: They've gone wild
Published: Sunday, August 4, 2013 at 4:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Friday, August 2, 2013 at 4:42 p.m.
To the editor: For the first time in over a century, the GOP has control over the N.C. General Assembly. There have been only four GOP governors since 1877, and Pat McCrory is the first in the past 20 years.
So, whats happening in Raleigh? Its chaos unorganized chaos, says Senate Rules Chairman Tom Apodaca, R-Henderson.
The GOP is systematically eliminating all traces of basic decency. It is ramming through bills that ended jobless benefits for 70,000 unemployed, decided not to expand Medicaid to cover thousands of low-income residents, restricted the rights of women and labor, suppressed access to the polls, unleashed big oil frackers on local communities, rejected all changes to campaign funding laws, approved a $20.6 billion budget ending teacher tenure and allowing taxpayer money be spent for private school tuition. Most alarming, it shifted taxes on the rich to the middle class and the poor.
What we are seeing is a government gone wild, stomping on the majority of its own people. Recent times have been bad enough, but here in our great state, theyre only going to get worse.
Mark A. Young
No to Jane Fonda
To the editor: Recently on CNN, Jane Fonda said that people should get a life, referring to their objections to her playing Nancy Reagan. She should get a life. Had she done what she did (during the Vietnam War), and has never given a real apology for, during World War II, she would have been arrested and prosecuted for treason.
She is the one who should get a life. How many soldiers did she compromise? How many soldiers did she cause to lose their lives? I dont know why she was not prosecuted. I not only object to her playing Mrs. Reagan but object to her doing anything she gets paid for.
You could not pay me enough, and on this I have no price, to actually go see the movie. I think it should be boycotted as this is the way people can express their opinion.
Marilyn Rosen
Enlighten us
To the editor: Either incredible editorial planning or sheer coincidence recently put the letters of Anthony Jeric and Don Keefauver into parallel page columns (July 26). Jeric complained of the intolerance of those who call him a flat earther, bigot, xenophobic, Islamaphobic, fanatic, racist, homophobic and misogynist. He then gave ample reasons for people to label him with these names.
In the adjoining page column, Keefauver provides a healthy antidote to Jerics accusations by suggesting that the essential ingredient of a healthy democracy is for each of us to take responsibility for each other. We cannot have a democracy unless we respect each other and are willing to stand up for each persons rights.
Perhaps Mr. Jeric might be able to enlighten us liberals on the most appropriate way to take responsibility and provide equal justice for all persons affected by the issues mentioned in his letter. Until then, Ill go with Keefauvers final admonition: Where there is injustice, poverty, bigotry, greed, and need for education and health care, we are responsible to see that these conditions are corrected fairly and with kindness and compassion.
Perhaps someday we will all mature in our understanding of what a responsive and responsible democracy offers to a sick society.
Ed Ehlers
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Confidential wrote: I'm gonna guess that he knew Sage from years back when they were up and comers. They may have been chums in the underground scene and Artie Lange made some kind of drunken pact at a battle years back with Sage that they would be all for one and one for all. But Artie Lange was unable to keep his drinking habit under wraps, partly because he never believed in himself enough in the first place to go for the gusto. So he got left in the dust. Fast forward to years later, Sage does a hometown show and Artie Lange takes his date to the show, letting her know that he and Sage were tight and go way back. All he wants is for Sage to stop between songs and acknowledge who's in the crowd, a simple " Benny, oh man, good to see you." So Artie Lange puts himself front and center, yelling at Sage, waiting for the moment when Sage realizes its his fellow musketeer in the crowd so that Artie can get his due glory and play it off like its no big deal for the lady. But as the show progresses, with no big ups to Benny, he becomes increasingly aggressive with each drink. Until the whole ordeal culminates with his date turning on him, slaying him in battle, and Artie Lange shoved off stage back into his world of alienation and mediocrity.
Basilisk wrote: medicineman wrote: Wow. He looked emotionally ravaged. He got what he had coming to him.
I hope this is one of those things we just say without realizing the meaning behind it
medicineman wrote: Wow. He looked emotionally ravaged. He got what he had coming to him.
shambhala wrote: ha i was trying to figure out if that was phes or not... that guy was such a dick.


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MARIETTA - While the oppressive heat and aftermath of a June 29 storm that knocked out power to thousands of area residents slowed down or brought some activities to a halt, certain businesses saw increased traffic.
Businesses that sold or rented generators, hotels where folks without power could get relief from the heat and places selling ice, water and gasoline - or at least places people hoped would have those products - were busier than normal in the days that followed the storm.
For some it was a big boost and for others it helped offset the losses the storm created.
Many people were firing up generators, sharing generators or wishing they had one. A number of people ventured out to buy one of the machines, leading Lowe's in Marietta to sell out of them "two or three times," said Reggie Raines, assistant manager at the Pike Street store.
"They got replenished as soon as they could," he said.
It's not uncommon for the store to sell generators, but those transactions usually don't come in such a compressed period of time, Raines said.
He noted people are still looking at the items, even after power has been restored in most, if not all, of the area.
"Most people (have been) been used to the power being out for a day or two," Raines said. "People just saw it, and they felt like they wanted to be prepared."
Marietta residents Mark and Evelyn Potter stopped while at Lowe's this week to look at a large natural gas generator capable of powering an entire house.
"I was going to purchase one (before), and it just kind of got away from me," Mark Potter said.
The couple were without power for a little more than two days and had a gasoline-powered generator. Although they said they figured the recent situation was a "once-in-a-lifetime" occurrence, the Potters were still thinking about getting a more powerful, more economical generator.
Raines said Lowe's also did brisk business in various areas, including rakes, roofing supplies and other items related to cleanup.
Some people seemed to just want to come in and experience the air conditioner - Raines among them since his home was without power for seven days.
"It was fun to come to work," he said.
The Marietta Holiday Inn only had a few vacancies when the lights went out on June 29, and over that weekend those were snapped up quickly by people looking for cooler accommodations, said assistant manager Jay Croxton.
"We (were) pretty much sold out every night," he said. "We had to turn like 30 or 40 people away" in a single night.
Other hotels reported increased occupancy as well.
Service stations were closely watched by residents looking for gasoline for their generators and vehicles, and other products, leading to long lines.
"People without power, they need water and ice and food they can eat right then," said Sandy Johnson, manager of Marathon Food Center 15 in Little Hocking.
The station didn't have power until the Monday after the storm, which meant it couldn't sell gasoline. But employees continued to offer other items, recording transactions by hand.
"It boosted our candy sales big time," Johnson said. "I don't know why everyone was so hot on the chocolate."
Johnson said the increased business probably offset the losses from the products the store couldn't sell over the weekend.
The Food Center's situation was not unique. A cashier at the Go Mart in the Walmart complex on Pike Street said they were "completely swamped" in the wake of the storm, and Timmy V's in McConnelsville set new sales records the day after the power went out.
United Rentals' Marietta office also saw a definite uptick in business, said Tracey Ayers, branch manager.
"I think we worked from ... 7:30, 8:30 that evening (June 29) to about 4:30 that morning," he said.
One of their first jobs was to deliver generators to area plants with which they have contracts.
"Most of the plants have critical operations that they've got to keep up and going" for safety reasons, Wright said.
The company also worked with local water plants to keep them going, the Red Cross to provide portable air-conditioning units for cooling stations and homeowners and small businesses.
Wright said United is a national company that can shift resources to areas where there is more need in such situations. For example, the company's power division in Cleveland brought larger generators to this region.
"We basically started calling on our resources that we've got out there," he said.


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Sitting Too Much May Shave Years Off Our Lives
July 9, 2012 -- Sitting too much is a serious health threat, a new study suggests.
But keeping "down time" to less than three hours a day might make us live an extra two years. And cutting TV viewing -- which most of us do while sitting -- to less than two hours every day might extend life by almost 1.4 years.
The new findings appear in the online journal BMJ Open.
American adults spend on average about 55% of their time being sedentary, or inactive.
Being sedentary, which can include sitting for long periods of time, has been linked to diabetes and death from heart disease or stroke. The new study takes it a few steps further by showing just how much we can benefit by sitting less frequently.
"Sitting is a risk factor, not a disease," says Peter Katzmarzyk, PhD. He's an associate executive director for population science at Pennington Biomedical Research Center at Louisiana State University System in Baton Rouge, La. "It's comparable to obesity, and it's almost to the level of smoking," he says.
"We sit to eat and don't tend to stand up a whole lot," he says. "We need to turn that around and engineer sitting out of our lives."
Sit Less, Move More, Live Longer
What would a world with less sitting look like?
Some companies are replacing standard desks and chairs with treadmill desks or standing desks, Katzmarzyk says. "Rather than emailing a colleague, go talk to them," he says. Walking meetings can also take the place of sitting around a table.
The researchers used data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) for 2005-2006 and 2009-2010 to see how much time U.S. adults spent watching TV and sitting down. They also analyzed five studies of 167,000 adults that looked at sitting time and deaths from all causes.
They estimated the theoretical effects that a factor such as sitting would have at a population level.
The new findings add to a growing body of literature on the possible health problems that occur when we sit too much, says Scott Kahan, MD, MPH, director of the National Center for Weight and Wellness in Washington, D.C.
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Meadows appointed to Congressional-Executive Commission on China
Published: Monday, June 3, 2013 at 4:41 p.m.
Last Modified: Monday, June 3, 2013 at 4:41 p.m.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Mark Meadows (NC-11) has been appointed to the Congressional-Executive Commission on China by Speaker of the House John Boehner.
This bipartisan delegation of nine Congressmen, nine Senators and five senior administration officials monitors human rights abuses and the development of the rule of law in China and submits a report to the president and Congress every year.
"While interacting with foreign nations politically and economically, we must not endorse behavior in those countries that we would not tolerate in America," Meadows said in a statement.
"Despite international outrage over the Tiananmen Square Massacre that occurred 24 years ago today, human rights abuses continue in China. The Congressional-Executive Commission on China seeks to encourage the Chinese government to end these abuses against its people," Meadows said. "I am honored to have been selected to serve on this Commission and pray that our efforts will make a difference for those suffering persecution."
For more information on the Commission, visit www.cecc.gov.
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US Applications for Jobless Aid Reach Historic Low
Posted: 04/14/2016 - WASHINGTON (AP) - The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits plunged last week, matching a March figure that was the lowest level since 1973.
Posted: 04/14/2016 - WASHINGTON (AP) - The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits plunged last week, matching a March figure that was the lowest level since 1973.
Updated: 01/19/2016 - Global economic inequality is deepening, with 62 individuals owning as much wealth as the 3.5 billion people in the bottom half of the world's distribution of wealth, according to a new report from Oxfam.
Posted: 01/03/2016 - Armed protesters have taken over a wildlife refuge in eastern Oregon.
Posted: 12/28/2015 - A marijuana banking case set for arguments Monday is testing the federal government's stated goal of addressing the cash-only nature of the quasi-legal pot industry.
Posted: 12/21/2015 - The city of Colorado Springs says 2015 was a good year for the city's airport. Mayor John Suthers and
Posted: 12/17/2015 - Fewer Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week, another sign of strength in the job market.
Posted: 11/23/2015 - The Denver International Airport is preparing for a record number of holiday travelers this Thanksgiving.
Updated: 11/24/2015 - A proposal to clean up South Nevada Avenue and infuse it with new residential and commercial uses has taken another step forward.
Updated: 09/22/2015 - Volkswagen's share price fell 15.75 percent in early trading Monday following the German automaker's admission that it rigged U.S. emissions tests for about 500,000 diesel cars.
Posted: 09/20/2015 - Atmel Corp., which employs about 1,000 workers in a computer chip manufacturing plant in Colorado Springs, has agreed to be acquired by Dialog Semiconductor PLC in a $4.6 billion deal that is expected to be completed early next year.
Posted: 09/14/2015 - It's been six years since a 30-year economic development agreement kept the United States Olympic Committee headquartered in Colorado Springs.
Posted: 08/02/2015 - Gov. John Hickenlooper has launched a statewide tour to push for a change in how the state spends money.
Updated: 07/15/2015 - Voters in Colorado Springs will likely see a measure on the November ballot to fix the roads. It's a proposed sales tax that would bring in an estimated $50 million a year for the next five years. All that money would go toward fixing the roads.
Updated: 06/23/2015 - Restaurants are struggling to deal with higher egg prices and an inability to get enough eggs in the midst of a shortage brought about by a bird flu virus that has wiped out millions of chickens on commercial farms.
Updated: 06/18/2015 - Alexander Hamilton, who has been featured on the $10 bill since 1929, is making way for a woman.
Updated: 05/19/2015 - A record number of travelers are expected to take to the skies this summer thanks to a rebounding economy.
Updated: 03/24/2015 - Many people in southern Colorado who live below the poverty line don't know what kinds of help they are eligible to receive. The Pikes Peak United Way and Care and Share are teaming up to help those people with the application process.
Updated: 03/17/2015 - The Drake Power plant is running at 100 percent again for the first time since a fire severely damaged it in May of last year.
Updated: 02/25/2015 - The federal government is expected to spend millions of tax dollars on a subsidy program designed to make sure airlines continue to service small communities--but some are questioning whether those flights are really needed.
Updated: 02/17/2015 - The eurozone's top official has effectively given Greece an ultimatum to request an extension to the country's bailout program.
Posted: 02/16/2015 - Millions of salaried workers who don't currently quality for overtime pay could soon be compensated when they work more than 40 hours a week, according to CNN Money.
Posted: 02/15/2015 - A report scheduled to be delivered Monday says a hacking ring has stolen up to $1 billion from banks around the world in what would be one of the biggest banking breaches known.
Updated: 02/03/2015 - Colorado Springs Utilities customers may see a decrease on their natural gas bill. Starting February 1, a $7 month decrease went into effect.
Updated: 02/01/2015 - A camping ban and a shortage of affordable housing are forcing people who are homeless into hidden camps throughout the Pikes Peak region.
Updated: 02/15/2015 - Colorado's marijuana experiment was designed to raise tax revenue for the state and its schools, but a state law may give some of the money directly to residents.


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Riverside park offering paved bike trails, fishing, picnic areas, shelter & tennis courts, outdoor arboretum, skateboard park, playground, canoe launch, picturesque pond and waterfall. Located on the Fox River Trail.
CITY:St. Charles
At Countryside Golf Club, play two challenging, award-winning 18-hole golf courses. The Prairie course, with bentgrass tees, wide-open greens and sand bunkers offers golfers a chance to challenge their game. The Traditional course, with bentgrass tees and tree-lined fairways, offers golfers scenic and challenging rounds of golf. Also try out the driving range.
Nestled on the east bank of the Fox River, the Red Oak Nature Center is surrounded by 40 acres of lush forest and wildlife habitat – an ideal setting for visitors to learn about the great outdoors through direct interaction with nature. Free admission includes: Wildlife Room, Bee Room, Discovery Room, Devil's Cave, Observation Deck, Picnic Shelter and six wood-chip hiking trails. Open year-round. Red Oak Nature Center offers snowshoe rentals during regular operating hours from December to March when snow cover accumulates at least 3 inches on the ground.
CITY:North Aurora
The McHenry County Fairgrounds is privately owned and funded by the McHenry County Fair Association, a nonprofit group that consists of 22 Board of Directors and over one hundred members who work hard year round for the success of not only the week long fair but for other events that take place throughout the year, like the annual Spring Fiber Fling and The Holiday Faire. Come to Woodstock, Illinois to enjoy family friendly events hosted by McHenry County Fair Association. The fairgrounds reopened in 1949 and have been entertaining the community ever since. The County Fair takes place for 5 days every year in the first week of August. If you have an event you would like to hold at our facilities, contact the office for rental information.
DuPage County, Chicago's Western Suburbs - The Elmhurst Park District exists to provide opportunities for the enjoyment of residents and visitors, particularly those opportunities that people cannot supply for themselves. With facilities like the Elmhurst Art Museum, a skate park, two swimming pools, several fitness & recreation centers, over twenty neighborhood parks, and miles of bike paths and trails, the Elmhurst Park District will satisfy the needs of any audience.
The western-most, and older, section of the Great Western Trail is located between St. Charles in Kane County and eastern Sycamore in DeKalb County. This section of right-of-way was abandoned in 1977. The 18-mile (20km) crushed-stone path traverses unincorporated rural townships, natural wetlands, some restored prairie and farmland. The trail also passes through Virgil and Lily Lake and parallels Illinois Route 64,
CITY:St. Charles
Since 1981, Theis Farm Market has been providing high quality, exceptionally great tasting local produce. Family owned and operated, they take pride in their work and are constantly striving to meet new demands by delivering even better tasting produce and higher quality products. They started out with a wagon by the road full of vegetables. Greenhouses came as a necessity for the starting of our field plants. They decided to do a few flowers for fun and that quickly turned into the place to go for top quality beautiful bedding plants, including Barb's original mixed planters and baskets. Now they have bedding and vegetable plants starting in the spring following through to summer with ripe tasty vegetables and into the fall for pumpkins, squash, gourds and all your other fall decorations. They always carry fresh eggs, homegrown popcorn, honey from the bees on their farm, syrups and jams from slack's. May1st-October 31st Monday-Saturday 9am-6pm Sundays and Holidays 10am-5pm Closed: July 4th
CITY:Maple Park
A public park with lighted softball/baseball fields, basketball courts, playground, skateboard park, volleyball courts, tennis courts, dog park, fishing pond with a pier, shelter, walking trail, restroom.
CITY:St. Charles
Cruisin' Waves is proud to present to the public Go-Float electric boats. The Go-Float Electric Boat Company is based out of Fergus Falls, Minnesota and is another fine example of a manufacturer that makes a great product that is "Made in America." Open daily (weather permitting). June - Sept.
Walcamp Outdoor Ministries Family Campground
Walcamp Outdoor Ministries Family Camp would like to invite you and your family to come camping with us! Can host family reunions, company or church picnics, and many themed weekends! Situated on 177 acres of woods, fields, streams and ponds!
Park has ball fields, sand volleyball courts, basketball courts, tennis courts, soccer goal posts, playground, benches & picnic tables, parking lot, pavilion and restrooms. A great family and group park.
CITY:St. Charles
Beautiful park along the Fox River & Ferson Creek offers picnic sites, shelter, playground, fishing and and canoe launch.
CITY:St. Charles
Lippold Park Family Golf Center
The mini putt courses have been designed with separate themes, including the handicapped accessible Sports-N-Courts with a sports theme, and Tees-N-Trees with a prairie theme.
CITY:Crystal Lake
This is self guided river trips with canoe or kayak. The St. Charles trip takes about 2 1/2 hours.
CITY:St. Charles
Round Lake Area Park District offers visitors a wide range of activities and facilities to enjoy. They include the Renwood Golf Course, the new sports center, the Prairie Grass Nature Museum, community theatre, outdoor pool/aquatic center, fitness center, child development center, teen center, senior center and acres of picturesque parklands. Private parties/outings at any of the facilities can be accommodated.
CITY:Round Lake
At Patyk's Farm Market and Greenhouse, you will experience a true "working farm." Freshly harvested, homegrown produce, handmade milk soap, farm fresh eggs, friendly farm animals, and beautiful flowers can be found on our little mom and pop farm. A growing variety of produce is harvested from our fields. Even the expertly crafted, decorative gourds that we display, courtesy of Outta My Gourd, were originally grown on our Hebron Prairie soil! We compliment our products only with the tastiest apples from Haf's Road Apple Orchard and the sweetest berries and peaches from Michigan. May 1st is always opening day for our greenhouse, which will be overflowing with colorful, blossoming annuals and perennials, sweet scented herbs, and ready-for-your-garden vegetable plants. Gorgeous hanging baskets are the perfect gift for Mother's Day or any other celebratory occasion! We're located on East Illinois Route 173 just 3 miles west of Route 12 in Richmond or 4 miles east of Route 47 in Hebron. Look for the big red barn and Patyk's welcoming entrance. Whether you're out for a drive in the country, antiquing in Richmond or Hebron, enjoying Lake Geneva, apple picking at a nearby orchard, or just looking for a genuine, honest to goodness small farm visit, stop by Patyk's Farm Market and Greenhouse. We'd love to get to know you!
The Gardens of Woodstock is more than just plants... its a destination. The Gardens feature several waterfalls and ponds. The original waterfall was small with only a 3 foot drop and a small pond. Today when you take a walk through The Gardens you can see how our passion grew and evolved. The Gardens now includes 5-separate waterfalls. The two largest have over 5 foot drops and evoke serenity with the sound of falling water. You can identify two more by the sound of bubbling brooks and small catch ponds that cascade into a large pond. The Gardens is the perfect atmosphere for a one of a kind wedding, alive with blooms to delight you and your guests. Each wedding is unique and here at The Gardens we pride ourselves at making yours as distinctive as possible.
Vernon Hills Family Aquatic Center
The Family Aquatic Center offers something for everyone, including grassy areas to relax and catch some sun! Some of the amenities include: zero-depth leisure pool with six lap lanes; a zero-depth leisure pool with waterfalls, sprays & jets; 700-foot lazy river, body slide; body & innertube slides, a fully enclosed body flume, sand play area, 20 foot shade umbrellas, lounge chairs, and more.
CITY:Vernon Hills
The Sycamore Farmer's Market features locally grown produce, wine, baked goods and artisan crafts! Enjoy some live music from local artists and fresh foods brought to you directly from the farmers themselves! Every Tuesday (June 7th - Sept 27th) 3pm - 7pm - Corner of Somonauk & Elm St, Sycamore, IL.
The Huntley Park District has been providing Recreation for Generations since 1965. Facilities include the REC Center which features a fitness center, Seedlings Preschool and theater, Stingray Bay Family Outdoor Aquatic Center, Tomaso Sports Park, Pinecrest Golf Club and Restaurant.
The Genoa Farmers Market features locally-grown produce, wine, baked goods, flowers and artisan crafts. Located on the corner of Genoa & Main Street. 2016 Dates are 5/21, 6/4, 6/25, 7/9, 7/23, 8/6, 8/27, 9/3, 9/17, 10/1
Featured on The Golf Scene with Steve Kashul and Heralded as one of Chicagoland's best buys for 18 holes, Settler's Hill is a favorite in Kane County and beyond. Here links, parkland and water holes combine to create a truly varied and memorable golf experience. Quirky greens, deep bunkers and colorful seasonal wildflower displays add to the course's charm. Superb conditioning and a casual atmosphere make Settler's Hill welcoming and enjoyable for all levels of golfers. The course's west-central location in Batavia near the Fox River makes Settler's Hill a natural choice for meeting friends for a round or planning an outing.
Knotty Pine Farm began as a vision in a 7 year old little girl's head many years ago: a farm filled with animals of all sorts to learn about, care for and love. That vision is now a reality! Children of all ages can enjoy horses in a comfortable and safe environment. We are a family owned and operated equine center offering a variety of animal related activities. Located north of Woodstock, IL in beautiful McHenry County. We offer english and western riding lessons, horse camps, pony rides, petting zoo, girl/boy scout outings and a party facility.
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Bill's Friendly Christmas Tree Farm
Cut your Christmas tree in a backwoods setting. We have many trees, including Norway, white spruce and blue spruce. Family owned and operated. Trees up to 23 feet tall.
Take a kayaking class or a kayaking trip with an ACA certified instructor on the beautiful Fox River, Batavia. It's fun and informative. Check out some videos on what you will learn in the different classes. Several group and private kayaking classes - first time kayakers to intermediate. See the calendar for dates and times. So grab your friends and let's go paddling!
McHenry County Conservation District
McHenry County Conservation District manages over 25,000 acres of diverse woodlands, wetlands and prairie. Explore outdoor recreational opportunities, programs and special events at 33 sites.
This is a you pick berry business. Red Raspberries are available seasonally. Open every day from 8:00 AM to sunset during season. Check the website for all the details.
Welcome to Meadowmoor Orchard, located at "the farm" in Woodstock, Illinois. We are a blossoming orchard specializing in homegrown apple varieties, including Honeycrisp, Fuji, Topaz, Crimson Crisp, Enterprise and SnowSweet and Sweet Sixteen. We also dabble in cherries, peaches, pears and pumpkins.
What began as a few dozen apple trees for family and friends in 1975, evolved to what it is today - Lang's Orchard. we wanted an "old-fashioned orchard." We recalled coming out of the city and going out to the country to just pick apples! We're happy to provide that experience to visitors and families. .
Plank Road Apple Orchard is a professional farm serving the Sycamore, Illinois Area with fresh wholesome locally grown Apples, Homemade Syrup and/or Honey. In addition to fresh fruits and veggies they offer for your convenience. They have U-pick and baked goods.


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Does your family have a stockpile of puzzles? Chances are, your kids have either outgrown some, or have memorized the others!!
You may need a little puzzle-refresh, and our Blog Ambassador Amy (teachmama) has some great ideas for doing just that. In her recent blog post, 5 cool, new! Ways to play with puzzles, she shares some creative ways to play with your puzzles – yes, even the ones your kids have done a million times!
Here are some highlights from her post:
Puzzle Mash-Up
Once kids get older, the traditionally "younger" puzzles, like Peg puzzles, may not seem as appealing. But mixing the pieces in a pile on the floor and holding a competition to put them all back together again –now that's an activity older kids can really enjoy!
Speed Puzzle
So your child knows the alphabet: Now, what to do with that Alphabet learning puzzle? How about "Speed Puzzle"? First one to complete the puzzle – wins!
Puzzle Hunt
This game goes exactly as it sounds. Hide puzzle pieces and yell "Start!" You'll have the kids running around the house seeking puzzle pieces as if they were chocolate treats.
Read Amy's entire post for more ideas – and tell us: how do you keep puzzle play new and exciting? Share in the comments below, or join the conversation on Melissa & Doug's Facebook page!
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Saints cut kicker Hartley
Published: Tuesday, December 17, 2013 at 5:01 p.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, December 17, 2013 at 5:32 p.m.
METAIRIE -- The Saints have cut kicker Garrett Hartley after he missed a field goal and had another blocked this past weekend's in a loss in St. Louis.
Hartley has been erratic much of the season, making only 22 of 30 field goal tries, which puts him ahead of only two kickers in percentage made.
Coach Sean Payton has stood in his corner, at least publicly, but he did bring in kickers after Hartley had a tough week earlier in the year. However, he elected to stay with Hartley.
There was no such vote of confidence after Sunday's rough outing.
Hartley is a hero to many Saints fans for his kick that put the Saints into the Super Bowl in 2010.
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SUGAR LAND, Texas – The Texas A&M – Corpus Christi baseball team came up short on Thursday afternoon, falling 6-1 against Oral Roberts in the second round of the Southland Conference Tournament.
The team will face Central Arkansas at 9 a.m. on Friday in an elimination game of the tournament.
The Islanders (33-23) got off to a slow start offensively, not registering a hit until the seventh inning, and were unable to post a rally as they did on the opening day of the tournament. Trevor Belicek (9-2) was tagged with the loss after going 5.2 innings and giving up four runs, three of them earned, on eight hits with one walk and three strikeouts.
After the first two innings went six up, six down for both teams, Oral Roberts picked up three runs on five singles in the bottom of the third to take a 3-0 lead.
The Islanders were down 4-0 before finally breaking through for their first hits and only run of the game in the top of the seventh. Cody Stephens started the inning with a leadoff single, and he advanced to second after Eric Weiss drew a walk. Jonathan Gonzales hit into a double play that moved Stephens to third, and Brad Porras singled up the middle to plate him and make it a 4-1 deficit.
The Golden Eagles responded with two runs in the bottom half of the inning to put the game out of reach at 6-1.
The Islanders did threaten in the bottom of the eighth, getting a Brandon Tierney single and a pinch-hit walk from Dominic Lopez to put another pair of runners on with no outs, but a foul out, a flyout and a strikeout looking ended the rally.
Next up for the Islanders will be an early morning affair against Central Arkansas. The teams will play for the second time in three days, with the winner moving on to face Oral Roberts at 4 p.m. in another must-win game. In all, the Islanders will need to win three games in two day to reach the finals of the Southland Conference Tournament.
Live stats and video will be available for all contests by visiting the Southland Conference Tournament Website.
For all the latest on Islanders Baseball, like the team on Facebook (Islanders Baseball), follow them on Twitter (@CorpusBaseball) and visit www.GoIslanders.com.


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Winner earns $50,000 playing lottery at Norm's
Published: Friday, January 4, 2013 at 1:44 p.m.
Last Modified: Friday, January 4, 2013 at 1:44 p.m.
A lucky individual won $50,000 while playing the Carolina Cash 5 on Jan. 2 at the Norm's Minit Mart on Dana Road in Hendersonville, according to a news release from the N.C. Education Lottery.
The winner was unidentified on Friday afternoon, according to NCEL.
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Got the server setup last night, and so far everything is working 'out of the box', but I'm having a problem with the rate at which the list of media files populates when browsing the server via the PS3.
I'll go into a folder with (let's say) 60 assorted video files. The list on the PS3 will show the first 10 files, and it seems to be trying to find a thumbnail for them, and one by one the Green play button triangle (the PMS icon) is populated beside each file at a rate of about 1 per second. Once that is done, it listed the next 10 files, and repeats the process. The end result being that if I want to watch the very last file on the list, it's at least 60 seconds before I can even select it. And if I shut down the server or the PS3 (which will both be very regular occurrences) I have to redo the entire process.
I get the impression that it is looking for the thumbnail for each file, but because I have thumbnail generation disabled, it defaults to the PMS icon. Personally, I don't want either, and this seems to be a feature of the PMS (since none of the other media server products I have tried with the PS3 have thumbnail features or populate the PS3 with icons beside the filename.
I have yet to find a 'tell the PS3 there are never thumbnails' option in PMS... is there one?


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Anissa Kate looks beautiful as usual. She stands in her gorgeous dress and high heels, she poses her hot curves as she strips off her dress. She models her long sexy legs and shows off her see through panties. She pulls them to the side and exposes her pretty little pussy, she even puts 2 fingers inside to see how wet she is. She strips off her bra and plays with her amazing all natural breasts. Anissa has it all, the perfect package.
This outdoor set of the beautiful Anissa Kate is smoking hot! She is dolled up in her very tight animal print dress, it shows off her sexy curves. She does however slowly strip it off exposing her big natural breasts, round ass and delicious pussy. She fingers her pretty little pussy to let you know how excited she is and loves showing herself off.
The beautiful brunette Anissa Kate struts her gorgeous body while stripping from her short tight black dress. It's so short you can almost see her nice ass sticking out. She slowly strips off her sexy black panties, then off comes her dress. She models her hot curves and then inserts her cock like dildo inside her pretty little pussy.
These hot photos of Anissa Kate will warm you right up. She looks so pretty in her sexy summer outfit. She slowly strips off her shorts and exposes her black panties. She takes off her shirt and shows us her gorgeous big tits. Anissa stands totally nude and models here beautiful body as she masturbates with a big toy.


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In The Truth about Children and Divorce, Robert Emery applies his twenty-five years of experience as researcher, therapist, and mediator to offer parents a new road map to divorce. Dr. Emery shows how our powerful emotions and the way we handle them shape how we divorceand whether our children suffer or thrive in the long run. With compassion and authority, Dr. Emery explains, step by step, how parents can manage the potentially toxic feelings of their divorce and deal more effectively with the necessary daily tasksfrom talking to children and creating a workable parenting schedule to dealing with legal issues.
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DALY CITY -- Lydia Ko has made a lot of changes since she turned professional less than five months ago and subsequently became a member of the LPGA Tour.
But one thing hasn't changed -- her top-notch play. The 16-year-old sensation has a pair of top-10 finishes in the past two months and will be an intriguing golfer to follow in the top-notch field at the inaugural Swinging Skirts LPGA Classic on April 24-27 at Lake Merced Golf Club.
"She's accomplished what any ... normal LPGA player would hope to accomplish in their career," said 13-year Tour veteran Natalie Gulbis about Ko, who won the Canadian Women's Open twice as an amateur. "When you talk to her, you forget she's 16. She's very mature, her golf game is even more mature."
Ko and the other top-10 players in the world according to the current Rolex Rankings -- including Pleasanton native Paula Creamer -- have committed to play in the $1.8 million Swinging Skirts LPGA Classic.
It is the first LPGA tournament in the Bay Area since the CVS/pharmacy LPGA Challenge at Blackhawk Country Club in 2010.
The changes have occurred fast for Ko, ranked fourth in the Rolex Rankings.
After the LPGA Tour waived its age requirement of 18-years-old for Ko in October, she parted ways with her longtime coach in December and moved to the United States from her native New Zealand.
Ko said she and her mother "knew we were going to move to the States. We thought it would be easier to have a U.S.-based coach."
Ko's schedule has been so busy that she has not yet been to her new home in Orlando. She takes classes by correspondence.
"I've got my mom with me, so it's ... much better because I'm less lonely," said Ko about her travel schedule. " I think if I was alone right now, it would be much harder."
At 14, Ko became the youngest winner of a professional golf tour event at the New South Wales Open. She had four professional tournament wins in her amateur career.
But she hasn't lost sight that it's still a game.
"I just want to have fun this rookie season," Ko said. "It's all about having fun, and I guess when you're having fun, that's when you play your best."
"I've always loved this golf course and had special memories from when I qualified for the Open here," she said. "It's tough, it's small greens, narrow fairways."


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What Is Experiential Preaching?
from Joel Beeke Aug 29, 2016 Category: ArticlesExperiential (or "experimental") preaching addresses the vital matter of how a Christian experiences the truth of Christian doctrine in his life. The term experimental comes from the Latin experimentum, meaning trial. It is derived from the verb experior, meaning "to try, prove, or put to the test." That same verb... Keep Reading
Preview a Great Selection of Resources Today for $5 Friday
from Karisa Schlehr Sep 10, 2010 Category: Ministry NewsToday's selection of resources for $5 Friday cover topics including Islam, election, Jonathan Edwards, God's will, suffering, and worldviews. Sale begins today at 8 a.m. and ends tomorrow at 8 a.m. Keep Reading
Meet Dr. W. Robert Godfrey, Teaching Fellow at Ligonier
from Deborah Finnamore Sep 09, 2010 Category: ArticlesWe would like to introduce you to one of the teaching fellows and board members at Ligonier Ministries, W. Robert Godfrey. Dr. Godfrey's field of expertise is church history and how it informs the doctrine and practice of the modern church. Keep Reading
In Christ Alone
from Keith Mathison Sep 08, 2010 Category: Book ReviewsOne of the first Reformed authors I ever read was Sinclair Ferguson. I was a dispensationalist in transition at the time, and I ran across a little book titled The Christian Life: A Doctrinal Introduction by Dr. Ferguson. I started reading it in the bookstore, and I finished it in my apartment the same evening. This wonderful little book was instrumental in my transition from dispensationalism to the Reformed tradition. Keep Reading
Does God Exist?: Helpful Resources Confronting Atheism
from Karisa Schlehr Sep 07, 2010 Category: Ligonier ResourcesDoes God exist? We often hear of others and may even find ourselves struggling from time to time with this ultimate question. It is a question not to be taken lightly, but how do you present a God you cannot see to a friend, co-worker or family member that has decided He does not exist? How do you answer questions to atheistic arguments? Keep Reading
Building with Conviction
from R.C. Sproul Sep 07, 2010 Category: Tabletalk MagazineThe tabernacle of the Old Testament was a shadow of what was to come, a building that foreshadowed the Christ who was to come and "tablernacle" among us. Because the tabernacle was fulfilled in Christ, many Christians have come to the conclusion that there is nothing more we need to learn from it. R.C. Sproul, writing for this month's issue of Tabletalk magazine, disagrees. "The question is raised: Are there transferable principles found in the construction of the tabernacle that may be useful for the construction of houses of worship in the New Testament? I believe there are." Learn what Dr. Sproul suggests we ought to learn from the tabernacle by reading Building with Conviction. Keep Reading
Early Bird Rate for Our 2010 Pastors Conference Ends Friday
from Karisa Schlehr Sep 06, 2010 Category: EventsThis Friday, September 10th, is the last day to get the Early Bird Registration Rate of $79 (spouses get 50% off) for the 2010 Pastors Conference in Sanford, FL. This conference is open to all church leaders — ministers, teachers, elders, deacons, youth directors, music directors, Bible study leaders, women's ministry directors, and more — as well as anyone who wants a better understanding of what it takes to keep the local church unified, holy, and at peace. Keep Reading
If God Is Sovereign, Why Pray? (pt. 2)
from R.C. Sproul Sep 06, 2010 Category: R.C. Sproul"How does the sovereignty of God relate to our daily lives? We understand from Scripture that God is sovereign, that He rules and reigns over all things for His glory and the good of His people." But as soon as prayer and God's sovereignty are set side by side, we run into difficult theological questions. After all, if God is sovereign over all things, why should we even bother praying? If all things work together for good to those who love God, shouldn't we content ourselves with whatever God sees fit to give us? In the coming days we will post a series of articles by R.C. Sproul in which he addresses these issues head-on. This is the second part of the series. Keep Reading
Producing Fruit
from R.C. Sproul Sep 05, 2010 Category: R.C. SproulOne cannot be a Christian and have no fruit. Indeed, all Christians yield some measure of all the fruit of the Spirit. It is not that one receives the fruit of love and another the fruit of joy. All the fruit is to be manifest in all Christians. Keep Reading
2010 Washington D.C. Conference Is Only Two Weeks Away
from Karisa Schlehr Sep 03, 2010 Category: EventsOur 2010 Washington D.C. conference is only two weeks away. How are we to live in an anti-Christian society? Join Thabiti Anyabwile, Robert Godfrey, Albert Mohler, Burk Parsons, R.C. Sproul Jr., and R.C. Sproul (live via video feed) as they address this very timely issue in our day. There's still time to register and get the discounted rate of $99. Keep Reading
Encountering Absolute Rest
from Burk Parsons Sep 03, 2010 Category: Tabletalk Magazine"All human beings are made in the image of God, and all human beings know God created them, whether or not they want to admit it. We know that God created us with an insatiable desire for goodness, truth, and beauty. By nature we know we need these three things and that we need them absolutely." This is how Burk Parsons begins to introduce the subject of this month's issue of Tabletalk which looks to God as the foundation of all that is good, true, and beautiful. Keep Reading


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CORPUS CHRISTI – Former Texas A&M-Corpus Christi golfer Taylor Slagle has been named to the North team for the 2013 Texas Cup. Slagle, who played for the Islanders from 2010-13, will play in the Cup in October.
"We're so proud of Taylor making the Texas Cup team," head coach Carol Blackmar said. "She had the goal of making the team from the time she graduated, and it's really exciting that she accomplished it. Taylor always has been a great representative of Islanders Athletics and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi and we're glad she will get to represent us in this event."
The Texas Cup is a Ryder Cup-style event comprised of the top women amateur golfers in the state. It will be played in October at Horseshoe Bay Golf Club in Horseshoe Bay, Texas. Collegiate and high school players are not eligible to compete in the event.
Slagle also advanced to the quarterfinals of the Texas State Amateur Tournament earlier this summer. The Southlake native knocked off No. 1 seed Maggie Neece 4 and 3 to advance to the quarterfinals of the event, where she fell to eventual champion Christine Lin.
For all the latest information on Islanders Golf, be sure to follow the team on Twitter (@IslandersGolf) and Facebook (IslandersGolf).


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Aliases for TERT Gene
Aliases for TERT Gene
External Ids for TERT Gene
- Entrez Gene: 7015
- Ensembl: ENSG00000164362
- UniProtKB: O14746
Previous GeneCards Identifiers for TERT Gene
Summaries for TERT Gene
Telomerase is a ribonucleoprotein polymerase that maintains telomere ends by addition of the telomere repeat TTAGGG. The enzyme consists of a protein component with reverse transcriptase activity, encoded by this gene, and an RNA component which serves as a template for the telomere repeat. Telomerase expression plays a role in cellular senescence, as it is normally repressed in postnatal somatic cells resulting in progressive shortening of telomeres. Deregulation of telomerase expression in somatic cells may be involved in oncogenesis. Studies in mouse suggest that telomerase also participates in chromosomal repair, since de novo synthesis of telomere repeats may occur at double-stranded breaks. Alternatively spliced variants encoding different isoforms of telomerase reverse transcriptase have been identified; the full-length sequence of some variants has not been determined. Alternative splicing at this locus is thought to be one mechanism of regulation of telomerase activity. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]
GeneCards Summary for TERT Gene
TERT (Telomerase Reverse Transcriptase) is a Protein Coding gene. Diseases associated with TERT include pulmonary fibrosis and/or bone marrow failure, telomere-related, 1 and dyskeratosis congenita, autosomal dominant 2. Among its related pathways are Signaling by GPCR and Cell Cycle, Mitotic. GO annotations related to this gene include protein homodimerization activity and tRNA binding.
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot for TERT Gene
Telomerase is a ribonucleoprotein enzyme essential for the replication of chromosome termini in most eukaryotes. Active in progenitor and cancer cells. Inactive, or very low activity, in normal somatic cells. Catalytic component of the teleromerase holoenzyme complex whose main activity is the elongation of telomeres by acting as a reverse transcriptase that adds simple sequence repeats to chromosome ends by copying a template sequence within the RNA component of the enzyme. Catalyzes the RNA-dependent extension of 3-chromosomal termini with the 6-nucleotide telomeric repeat unit, 5-TTAGGG-3. The catalytic cycle involves primer binding, primer extension and release of product once the template boundary has been reached or nascent product translocation followed by further extension. More active on substrates containing 2 or 3 telomeric repeats. Telomerase activity is regulated by a number of factors including telomerase complex-associated proteins, chaperones and polypeptide modifiers. Modulates Wnt signaling. Plays important roles in aging and antiapoptosis.
Telomerase is a ribonucleoprotein composed of an internal telomerase RNA template (TERC) and the enzyme, telomerase reverse transcriptase (TERT). Telomerase adds repeat sequences of DNA (TTAGGG) to the end of chromosomes - multiple repeats of this are a 'telomere'.


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We're featuring Champ (not to be confused with Champerina), the famous Build-A-Bear Workshop bear who was created specifically to highlight children's health and wellness for the Build-A-Bear Workshop Bear Hugs Foundation. Champ was born from the inspiration of a family's love for a daughter and the daughter's idea to fund research. Read about Nikki, who lost her battle with cancer but whose legacy lives on in Champ. A dollar from every Champ bear sold goes directly to help fund grants to children's related approved grant applicants.
Why is that important to know?
We're sending Champ on an Around the World Adventure to visit children and families who are touched by special needs, not unlike Nikki's family. Champ gets to visit other countries, hang out with a family for a bit, comfort and befriend and be on his way for a new adventure! The first stop in Champ's Around the World Adventure sent him to Canada to visit the Sears family.
Dana and Nick have three handsome sons and another boy on the way. Any family with 3 boys is busy and the Sears family is no exception. Joshua is six and has severe, impulsive ADHD, Mason, age 4, was diagnosed with Smith-Magenis syndrome. Mason also has a diagnosis of Autism and severe ADHD and has a problem with swallowing (he aspirates) and his digestive system doesn't work quite right so Mason is g-tube fed (he has a tube that goes right into his belly for nutrients). He even wears a backpack most of the day to carry the nutrients that go into his body to help him grow. Their youngest, little Carter, doesn't see his brothers' challenges; he just knows he loves them!
Their lives are filled with a lot of doctor and therapy appointments. There's also a lot of love, snuggling and playing. Their daily challenges change, and often, as is the case with most special needs families. Because of this, Dana and Nick have to remain flexible (and patient, persistent and resilient) and have a collective sense of humor. They'll have you know that not all Canadians live in Igloos and have dog sleds. To them (and a lot of other Canadians) hockey is a pretty important part of life!
Champ went with the kids to doctor appointments, therapy and McDonald's, where Mason likes to eat a little something. Champ spent hours on the couch with Carter when he was sick and stayed with Josh when he needed some quiet time playing on Mason's iPad. Champ has become a friend to all of the boys. Mom Dana jokes that he was their happy puppy that isn't annoying!
They are already big fans of Build-A-Bear Workshop, where they have a family tradition for every birthday when the birthday boy gets to pick out a new friend. They already have several furry friends, so Champ fit right in with their family for his visit! They had to say goodbye to Champ and were sad to do so, but were happy knowing he was going on another adventure to another country 4600 miles away. You'll never guess where!
Be on the lookout for the next update on Champ's Around the World Adventure to visit families with children with special needs. He's bringing more than smiles; he's offering comfort, friendship and building beary special memories!


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The New England Fishery Management Council at its upcoming January meeting is scheduled to consider drastic cuts in groundfish quota for the 2013 fishing year. The cuts will break the economic back of the groundfish industry and have a serious effect on the scallop industry because the scallop fleet catches groundfish stocks incidentally. As the scallop fleet is already scheduled to operate under reduced days at sea next year, reductions affecting scallop bycatch could further reduce scallop fishing.
The necessity of imposing the cuts is not clear. The council's scientific committee has had difficulties reaching consensus on the management of key stocks. The Council is faced with a dilemma. If the stocks are down and the cuts are necessary, how do we mitigate the impact of the cuts on the people who work in the fishing industry and fishing communities, and then how do we plan for the future? At the same time, if the stocks are not down and the cuts are not necessary, how do we promote stability within the fishing industry and fishing communities, and then how do we plan for the future?
To understand the council's short- and long-range plans on how to deal with its dilemma is crucial, particularly since the condition of the groundfish stocks may not be as bad as it seems.
A good example is the critical case of the Georges Bank yellowtail flounder. Is it really "overfished"? A simple answer to this question is clouded by the fact that there are several definitions of "overfishing." So by one definition of "overfishing," the yellowtail flounder might be "overfished." But by another definition, it might not be "overfished" at all.
Interestingly, "overfishing" is a misnomer. The bitter irony of using the prejudicial term when analyzing fish mortality rates is that the fishing industry traditionally only harvests approximately 40 percent of the stock allocated to it by the National Marine Fisheries Service. Thus, in reality, many species are being "underfished" by the fleet, according to the government's fishery allocations.
It is important to ask whether the council has considered all reasonable definitions of "overfishing." Let's consider an example. In the present definition used by the council, someone decided that the "overfishing" definition for yellowtail should be based on keeping yellowtail flounder biomass at 40 percent of its unharvested biomass. Having made this decision, routine calculations are used to determine the fishing mortality rate necessary to maintain the population at 40 percent of its "unfished" biomass. This magnitude of the fishing mortality rate is called a "biological reference point." If the actual fishing mortality rate is greater than the reference point, the stock is said to be "overfished"; if it is less than the reference point, the stock is said to be "underfished."
Now suppose another someone decided that the biological reference point should be set at 20 percent rather than 40 percent. In general, this would increase the magnitude of the reference point so that the stock could now be subject to more intense fishing without "overfishing." Since the stock would be maintained at a lower sustainable level, requirements for rebuilding would be less, and the time for the stock to reach the rebuilt threshold would be shorter.
The natural mortality rate also affects the reference point. It is arbitrarily selected. If the natural mortality rate were increased, then the effects of moving from 40 percent to 20 percent biological reference points would be intensified. Even though the calculated natural mortality rate has not been changed, an increased natural mortality rate is plausible because of the substantially increased abundance of predators such as seals and sharks and possible adverse effects of ocean warming.
The council does not have to go with the 40 percent reference point. It is scientifically acceptable for it to have gone with a 35 percent reference point. This is the level used to manage most species on the U.S. West Coast. If 35 percent is OK on the West Coast, why is it not OK on the East Coast? The Council could have also gone with a 20 percent reference point, which is also scientifically acceptable, and this is the level that studies have shown to be sustainable for many species of fish.
A management change from 40 percent to 20 percent can be accomplished by a stroke of the pen. After we make the change, and changing nothing else, an "overfished" stock becomes an "underfished" stock in an instant.
But there is more to understand here. Not only is the biological reference point based on an arbitrary foundation, but the actual intensity of the fishing mortality on this economic keystone species is unknown. So in other words, management is based on an arbitrarily selected biological reference point, and we have relatively little idea how close the real fishery is to the arbitrarily selected reference point!
What to do? The ccouncil needs to understand its options. Two are critical. First, the council needs to consider alternative reference points to 40 percent — e.g., 35, 30 and 25 percent of "unfished" biomass and various rates of natural mortality. Second, new data is needed. An emergency survey using commercial boats and commercial gear needs to provide fresh data, and the subsequent scientific analysis needs to be a collaborative effort between the government and the educational and research institutions and scientists in our region.
The final question is practical and concerns whether anything can be done before the fishing season commences in May. Delaying drastic cuts (possibly on a temporary basis), engaging in an emergency survey and revising the approach to stock assessment and data collection are prudent ways forward. Taking these actions now, supplemented with longer range-planning, is how the council can solve its current "overfishing" dilemma.
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With five seniors heading up leadership of Summit's boys' basketball team, head coach Phil Tronsrue has high hopes for the season.
"This is the first time we've had good, vocal senior leadership," Tronsrue said of his three years coaching the team.
Unlike previous years, he feels comfortable announcing training drills and leaving the seniors to lead the team through them. In other years, the coach might wonder if they were goofing off instead of training while he chats with the press.
This year's team is "head and shoulders above what the program has seen in the past five years or so," Tronsrue said.
No pun intended, though the team has good height (some sophomores are pushing 6'5") as well as speed. They're working on strength conditioning in the early season as well as precision shooting - Tronsrue wants his players to attack the rim.
As a new entrant to the Western Slope League, Summit will be the new kid on the block amidst opponents fairly familiar with each others' strengths and weaknesses. Tronsrue is anticipating the need for a strong press combined with an up-tempo game that will tire out other teams' stars and keep them at the far end of the court.
What senior Coy Coker sees in the new league is, despite still strong competition, a chance to get above a .500 record.
"We're a fast, athletic team," he said. "I want to lead the team as best I can. ... Our leadership is strong. (The seniors) have been starting on the team since freshman year. ... We're really strong."
Tronsrue said there's no clear leader in the league. He expects three or four teams to be battling for the league championship and a league playoff spot, with Steamboat and Eagle Valley bringing tough guard play and Glenwood always ready to compete.
"Everyone is going to get after each other," he said.
So far, Tronsrue sees strength in transitions, moving the ball and layups.
As for shooting, "Some days we look really good and some days we look average. The good news is, we have never looked poor," Tronsrue said, adding that 30 minutes of each practice is dedicated to guard and post shooting.
Through it all, Tronsrue and his senior leaders are recognizing the sophomore class is bringing hope not just for the future, but for the 2012-13 season.
If they work together to develop the youngsters' skill sets and get weight on them, "They will be a factor in the future," Tronsrue said, adding that he expects sophomores Noah Glasco and Thomas DeBonnville to be strong competition for starting slots.
Senior Cayman Lee said he, too has high hopes for the two sophomores this season - and looks forward to leading them.
As the underclassmen develop, Tronsrue will be looking toward point guard Coker for leadership from the floor while Markeith McDonald heads up perimeter shooting and Lee takes up the post.
McDonald says he expects the team's drive to carry it through what will hopefully be a winning season marked by strong teamwork.
"We have competitiveness in practice," he said. "Everyone goes hard."
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FLOSS Friday: SilverKeeper
This time I'm going to visit the Mac side of the house and recommend a backup utility for Mac OSX. The tool is freely available from LaCie and is called SilverKeeper. As with much of the software for Mac OS X, you download a DMG file, double click the DMG to mount it, and then a window appears that directs you to drage the application to the Application Folder. Once you do this, you're ready to go. On the first execution, the software scans all attached storage to determine file and space counts, makes a list of system users, and then identifies the current user running. All of these are used to create default profiles. The profiles allow you to specify an entire drive, all user home directories, or your current user's home directory for the backup. When you're ready to make a backup, simply identify the destination disk (backups must be somewhere other than the device you're backing up), and away it goes.
We all know the importance of backups, and LaCie's free utility makes it so easy that you no longer have excuses to not have redundant data ever again.
SilverKeeper is freely available, but is not, strictly speaking, Free Software. Nevertheless, it can be a valuable addition to your Mac's set of tools and applications.
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Markets Hub: Forget the Noise, Buy Good Stocks
Congress is threatening to force the U.S. into default. Europe is in the grips of a double-dip recession, and has yet to solve its euro crisis. Earnings are lame. Job growth is weak. Manti Te'o's girlfriend isn't real.
What's an investor to do with all those headlines?
"You should completely ignore them," Jim O'Shaughnessy, author of What Works on Wall Street, a venerable investing bible, said this morning on the Markets Hub. "They really serve to get your mind all whirled up, and you start thinking emotionally, and we think emotional decision making is the bete noire of every investor."
O'Shaughnessy, founder of O'Shaughnessy Asset Management, a firm that manages $4.8 billion, is an old-school value guy, and has a very simple strategy: buy quality stocks, and hold onto them. This method can be shown to be a winner going back at least 80 years, he says, based on his research through decades worth of returns data.
The key factor is "shareholder yield," which is the dividend yield plus any buyback activity.
"Combining cheapness, financial strength, good earnings quality, and then high shareholder yield, is a great way to buy fairly conservative names that are nevertheless proving over time to do extraordinarily well."
These are not the hot stocks that O'Shaughnessy's talking about, these aren't the Apple or Herbalife of the investing world. In fact, the stocks he's pointing out aren't likely to be on almost anybody's hot list.
One is the disk-drive maker Seagate Technology, which he says is "dirt cheap," but has strong financials and a shareholder yield that's over 20%.
Even though Seagate shares have more than doubled in a year, the stock has a price-to-earnings ratio of 6.6 and a dividend yield of 4.4%, according to FactSet.
"When you look at the underlying numbers, this is a stock that's poised to do extraordinarily well," he said. "If you can buy cheapness and marry it to things like dividend yield or shareholder yield, you do very well over long periods of time."
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Deer hunt numbers down for this year
February 9, 2013
Washington County saw 132 fewer deer harvested in the most recent hunting season than the previous year, according to Ohio Department of Natural Resources records. The end of archery season on Fe....
Devils- I seriously doubt that had a thing to do with it. The E-check, if anything, made it easier to report your deer. Now we dont have to waste gas, money, and time taking it to the "nearest" station. I think there are many factors, which include weather, economy, more bow hunters this year, disease, coyotes, etc..
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Deer numbers ARE down. EHD & predation by coyotes have done a number on the herd.
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I seriously doubt the kill numbers were down. Look what the DNR did in regards to tagging the harvest. Instead of forcing the hunter to check the harvest at a station, we switched up to a phone call in or internet check. Duh!! Downsize the department & abuses will rise more than otherwise anticipated. Sorta sounds like other GOVERNMENT run programs
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awesome Ghost, I will get those tonight from you
As far as the triples, yeah it would be best shot triples. It is fun to play and it would be interesting to see what the low round is for the night if you did it.
You could always do worst shot doubles or alternate shot doubles (that would really shake up the standings)


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Hackers Claim Attacks on Electronic Arts, Valve
High-profile hacking activity appears to be continuing unabated in the new year.
The latest action seems to have affected Electronic Arts and Valve. The companies, respectively best known for their "Battlefield" war shooting franchise and "Defense of the Ancients" strategy fighting games, were attacked by different groups who both appear to have had the same goals: to disrupt gameplay of customers connecting online. The two attacks happened on the late hours of the night Thursday.
Reports on various blogs indicated that game services from both EA and Valve appeared to have been either inaccessible or slowed, but it was unclear for how long or what lasting impact they had. Both services were accessible Friday morning.
Attackers appeared to be using a tactic known as a distributed denial of service, or DDoS, in which hackers try to clog websites by arranging for a large number of computers to connect all at once. This type of attack is fairly common, but new technologies in recent years have allowed companies to largely evade them. But not always.
The efforts to disrupt videogame services are the latest in a lengthening list. It is unclear whether these attacks are part of a coordinated effort, such as those of Anonymous and LulzSec more than two years ago, but the rate at which they're happening is striking.
Snapchat, the popular messaging service, was attacked on Tuesday, just before the new year, after which a hacker published a database containing 4.6 million customer account names and associated phone numbers. A day later, Microsoft's Skype messaging service was allegedly attacked by a group calling itself the Syrian Electronic Army. The hackers took over Skype's social media accounts, sending messages to customers not to use Microsoft products.
Twitter user DerpTrolling, which earlier this week attacked several videogame services in an attempt to disrupt play by a popular gamer, claimed late Thursday to be attacking EA's servers, particularly those used to authenticating customers logging into its games. A little over an hour after the attack allegedly began, EA's own Twitter account claimed there were indeed login issues affecting its services, though it didn't detail whether that was because of outside attacks. An EA spokesman declined to comment.
Meanwhile, a different Twitter user, called "Script Kitty," claimed to be attacking Valve's Steam service, which sells and offers downloads for videogames. A Valve spokesman did not immediately respond to a request for comment.


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The president and CEO of a Pittsburgh-based pizza chain has an idea for a cannabis-infused sauce, but he's not sure the product will fit his family-oriented business model.
Unique Pizza and Subs Corp.'s Jim Vowler said interest in weed-laced pizza and pizza sauce infused with marijuana extract is especially high in Canada, where courts on Thursday ruled unconstitutional a prohibition on the use of pot-infused foods, salves, oils and creams for medical purposes.
The company's largest shareholder -- who lives in Canada -- is interested in buying the rights to a pot-infused frozen pizza, Vowler said.
This week, the company said it was working with Colorado marijuana-infusion chefs to develop a line of cannabis sauces based on Unique Pizza's recipes.
"It started off as an idea," Vowler said. "Would we entertain the idea of doing it? Sure, let's look into it. You'd have to can the sauce. And so the idea was we'd take our sauce and we add the liquid marijuana into it. It would have to be canned within the states where it is legal."
Medical marijuana is legal in Canada and 23 U.S. states, as well as the District of Columbia, while recreational pot is legal in Colorado and Washington state.
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Broome's Jackson wins discus championship at event in Greensboro, NC
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In Greensboro, N.C., Bauvier Jackson, a sophomore at Broome High School won the discus in the Emerging Elite Division of the New Balance National Outdoor Championships. His winning throw of 170 feet, 7 inches is a new discus record in the Emerging Elite division. Jackson won the Region III AAA title in the discus and shot put. He finished as the state runner-up in the discus and captured fourth place in the shot put.
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New Rajon Rondo mix, with 4 minutes of new clips.
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It was pretty good but I think it would have been much better if it showed a few 3 pointers kinda like he was telling the comentators "i CAN shoot! how you like me now?" kool treys i woulda put in it would be last years game winner genst the heat early in the season, and the 2 fade away 3's that were awsome in the celts laker's seiries
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For those curious for their careers:
Rajon Rondo (3 pointers)
47/189 25%
49% FG % overall
Dennis Johnson (3 Pointers)
80/464 17%
45% FG % overall
Bob Cousy
38% FG % Overall
People need to get off the Rondo's offense kills us trip.
Nice vid!
and i agree JR, Rondo takes good shots (mostly lay ups). He doesnt shoot a lot of jumpers (even though he has improved), so it doesnt really hurt us cause he doesnt even need to shoot.
And his FG% tells it all - he shoots that high % cause of the lay ups and the occasional dunks - cause we all know if all he did was shoot jumpers, his % would be like 25%-30%.
He's gotten a lot better at his perimeter shot. Didn't realize Dennis Johnson's three point percentage was so low. Good choice of song.
is it wrong if the first thought i had when Shaun Livingston checked in for the bobcats was... "i wonder if rondo could cross Livingston up so bad his knee snaps again?"
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Lol Twelve!
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NH woman indicted for Medicaid kickback scheme
The clinic's former office manager, New Hampshire resident Renee Andrews, 43, was indicted on several charges connected to her role in allegedly organizing the Medicaid kickback scheme with the two screening laboratories, according to the attorney general's office.
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Former "Glee" actress Dianna Agron wasn't invited to appear in the show's Cory Monteith tribute episode because actress Lea Michele and show co-creator don't like her, according to RadarOnline.com.
How strange -- people in Hollywood being petty to each other while having no regard for their fan base.
The website reported a high-level source from the hit Fox show said other cast members not contracted for the current season -- like Agron -- came back for the tribute episode.
"It's shocking, because even though she's not contracted for this season, many other actors returned to pay tribute to Cory ... even ones with less of a story connection to Finn than Dianna had," the source said. "Remember, she played his girlfriend on the series, and was a major part of his storyline."
Unfortunately for Agron, Lea Michele played his girlfriend not only on the show, but in real life.
The insider reportedly said Michele and Murphy "intensely dislike Dianna and have both worked to marginalize her as much as possible. They never saw her as a team player. They simply did not want her sharing the glory for this very special episode."
Is it really "glory" we're talking about?
Monteith was found dead July 13 in his Vancouver hotel room. The coroner's report said he died from an overdose of heroin and alcohol. He was 31.
Radar's calls to Agron's rep went unreturned.
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PARKERSBURG - Recent interruptions in Suddenlink's email services has some folks seeing red.
Company officials say service has been restored for many of the reportedly 200,000 affected customers and they are working on remaining problems.
Reports began coming in late last week and into early Friday that the email service had been disrupted. A message later stated the company was aware of the problem and a vendor was trying to address it.
Service was restored, but customers were concerned when stored emails, contacts and calendars did not reappear.
According to company officials, Openwave is the vendor that enables the email service provided by Suddenlink.
"Early last Friday morning (Dec. 2) an extensive failure of hardware in Openwave's systems prevented our customers from using their email. Our technical leadership team started working immediately with Openwave's team on repair efforts," according to Jerry Kent, chairman and chief executive officer for Suddenlink.
Eight days after service was interrupted, Kent made the statements in an open letter to customers.
When it became clear the repairs could not be completed in a "timely manner," Kent said the company made the decision to "work with Openwave and other technology partners including Oracle and Symantec to switch our customers to a replacement email system. This decision restored customers' ability to send and receive email by late Friday afternoon."
"Around the same time, customers who store email, folders and contacts on either their computer or a local server had access to that material. We estimate they accounted for the vast majority, around 80 percent, of customers using our email service. The remainder, we do not store email, folders and contacts on their computer or a local service, could not access that material. Accordingly, we started working with our technology partners to move these remaining customers' archived material to the replacement system. Based on current information, we believe that substantially all material stored on the former Openwave system remains available on that system and can be moved to the replacement system," Kent said.
According to the CEO, the company is "working around the clock with our technology partners to speed up the process while also striving to maintain our customers' ability to send and receive email. This effort requires a delicate balance and constant attention, and we will not rest until it is completed."
The company spokesman said at this time Suddenlink cannot provide "a precise estimate of when archived material will be restored."
In the letter to customers, Kent also stated a review is being conducted, and the replacement system has "multiple, additional protections" built in, to help prevent the problem from reoccurring.
Some governmental entities use Suddenlink emails, but Wood County isn't one of them. The county has its own internal system.
But commission President Blair Couch said he and his family use Suddenlink email service.
"It started about a week ago. Our service has been restored. It was partially restored about two days ago," he said Friday. " We keep emails and have folders and use it for reference and calendars. I was concerned when the folders were gone. When it first went down, I looked online and saw the stories about the outages, which appeared to be systemwide. I'm glad they were able to recover the saved mail and folders. I can't imagine how many were affected. It was critical for me. I'm sure it was for a lot of other people as well," Couch said.
Couch said he was not contacted by the company, but heard secondhand the company was working to restore the system.
"Email accumulates rather rapidly, and it's helpful to be able to go back and access old emails. It's like a paper trail," he said, noting the outage emphasizes the need to back up or make hard copies of information that is needed to be saved and not completely rely on an online service.
Kent's letter also states customers can contact their local Suddenlink call center at the number listed on their bill to have appropriate credit issued to their account for the time they were without a "fully functioning email service."