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BERKELEY -- Despite appeals from a united City Council, state legislators, U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee and dozens of community groups and individuals, the United States Postal Service announced July 18 that it will sell the historic downtown Berkeley Post Office.
"While I am sympathetic to the concerns raised by the concerned parties ... I will not set aside the Postal Service's April 19th decision" to sell the post office, USPS Vice President Tom A. Samra stated in a letter posted at the building.
Harvey Smith, with Citizens to Save the Berkeley Post Office, said he wasn't surprised at the announcement. He said the sale of historic post offices is part of a "definite pattern in what USPS is doing."
He added that the appeals process is just the USPS "going through the motions" and that the sale is part of an ongoing plan to dismantle the agency and privatize postal services.
Smith said he is hopeful, however, that a legal strategy can stop the sale. Citizens to Save the Berkeley Post Office is working with the National Post Office Collaborate, an organization created to pursue legal responses to the sale of historic post office buildings.
On July 17, one day before the sale was announced, the NPOC held a fundraiser at the Hillside Club to raise funding for legal expenses.
Attorney Adam Ford of firm Ford & Huff was there to talk about strategy. As soon as an actual sale is announced, attorneys will go to court to block it with a temporary restraining order. At the same time, steps will be taken to file a lawsuit to preserve the historic building as public space and to protect its New Deal-era art.
With the attorneys from Ford & Huff, the NPOC is working with advocates for two other historic post offices -- one in the Bronx section of New York City and one in La Jolla, Calif. -- the Postal Service intends to sell. "We wish we could fight every (threatened sale) but logistically, it's not possible," Ford said, explaining that if advocates can stop the sale of these three post offices, the USPS may back off on the hundreds of others that are or may be targeted for sale.
While the USPS says it must shut down post offices because the agency is losing money, Ford said the problem lies with the 2006 Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act which requiring the post office to prefund retiree health care benefits for 75 years in the future. "The post office is required to fund their retirement accounts in a way that no private company is required to do," he said.
Councilman Jesse Arreguin responded to the USPS announcement with a news release, saying, "Despite statements that the USPS needs to sell the building to address financial challenges, the Postal Service did not adequately consider alternatives to the sale, and ultimately selling a building that USPS already owns in exchange for renting high value commercial space in downtown is like selling your car for gas."
The City Council voted to sign onto an eventual lawsuit, Arreguin said, telling this newspaper, "The fight isn't over."
The USPS letter announcing the final determination for sale promises "The Postal Service will enter into a written agreement with the new owner to ensure the preservation of and public access to, the mural."
However, speaking at the Hillside Club event, Gray Brechin, visiting scholar in UC Berkeley's Geography Department, explained what had happened in Venice, Calif. when the historic post office with the "Story of Venice" mural had been sold to a Hollywood producer.
"He now effectively owns the mural because it's only going to be accessible to the public six days out of the year by appointment," Brechin said.
The Berkeley building is not currently listed for sale on the website of CBRE, the real estate company charged with selling the post office's historic properties. In an email, a CBRE spokeswoman referred this newspaper to the USPS for details on the status of the sale. USPS spokesman Augustine Ruiz emailed, writing, "We still have regulatory requirements we have to satisfy before we can determine whether or when to market the building. Having the relocation approved allows us to move forward to satisfy these requirements." He declined to disclose the value of the building saying "that information is proprietary."
At the July 17 meeting, both Brechin and Ford blasted CBRE, contending that Richard Blum, who heads the CBRE board, has a conflict of interest, given that his spouse is Sen. Dianne Feinstein and that CBRE will be profiting from the sales.
Feinstein spokesman Brian Weiss maintains, however, that the senator doesn't "discuss any of her husband's business decisions with him" and that Blum's assets "are his separate personal property."
In addition to pursuing legal avenues, the Berkeley City Council asked its staff on July 16 to write an ordinance that "will not only limit uses of properties in the district to those consistent with the character of the district, but it will also ensure that the Downtown Post Office can only be utilized for a civic or community-oriented use, and may help influence the USPS decide a more favorable future for the building."
Undaunted, Smith said the Save the Berkeley Post Office group will celebrate the post office building's 100-year birthday on the post office steps at 1 p.m. July 27.


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OKEMAH, Okla. (AP) — A videotaped statement from the man accused of fatally shooting two Oklahoma girls is being presented in court as a judge decides whether the suspect should stand trial on murder charges.
Associate District Judge David Martin began watching the videotape Tuesday after he denied a defense motion to not allow it into evidence. Defense attorneys for 27-year-old Kevin Sweat maintained that the statement violates Sweat's right against self-incrimination.
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When Giving is Cheap
When a philanthropist pledges to match any funds raised by a favorite charity, some donors give more money. Their altruism is motivated in part by a sense of economic efficiency: it would be a shame to let those matching funds go to waste. In a matching-fund scenario, donating money is "cheap" — an individual's $50 donation means the charity gets $100. But how do people respond when giving is expensive? And what does their behavior suggest about their preferences for efficiency and equity?
Professor Ray Fisman studied individuals' giving preferences with Shachar Kariv of UC Berkeley and Daniel Markovits of Yale. In experiments using a computer game, the researchers presented students with 50 charts depicting donation budgets, with different scenarios for how the funds would be distributed. For each budget, students had to allocate the funds between themselves and another student. In some rounds, the receiver would receive more than $1 for each dollar donated, so the giver could maximize the size of the pie by being generous. In other rounds, giving is expensive, so keeping more money for oneself maximizes the total sum.
After 50 rounds of this game, one round is picked at random to be the one that counts: the students receive a cash payout according to the allocations made in that round. Each student is both a giver and a receiver. "At the end of the experiment, a student, on average, walks out with $25," says Fisman. "The difference between being selfish and altruistic can easily mean a difference of about $25. So a student who has been very selfish and has been the beneficiary of a generous partner could wind up with $50. And someone who's been magnanimous and got paired with a selfish partner might not get enough to buy a cappuccino at Starbucks."
Based on an individual's choices over the 50 rounds of the game, the researchers can devise a mathematical function that describes that person's giving behavior. "We're interested in finding out how much people care about equity versus efficiency," says Fisman. "We find that people have widely varying preferences, but they lean toward efficiency — that is, when it is cheap to give, they give more."
But some subjects — including Fisman's father, who played the game during its testing phase — had a strong preference for equitable distribution, rather than maximum efficiency. "Every time it was cheap to donate money, my father would keep most of his budget," an effort to prevent the receiver from winding up with a greater share of the pie, Fisman says. "And every time it was expensive to give, he would give most of it away. I wanted to make sure he understood the game, so I asked him why he was making these 'inefficient' allocations. He replied, 'But I just want to make sure we're both equally well-off in the end.' This fits perfectly with how I see my father behaving in the world outside the lab: he values equality, almost to a fault."
The experiment adds to the growing body of research on why individuals sometimes abandon their own self-interest when making economic choices — that is, the economics of altruism.
"I really do think that people are projecting their identities onto this game," Fisman says. "I think it's instructive that when you have this sort of tradeoff spelled out very explicitly, people do show significant concern for others."
Raymond Fisman is associate professor of finance and economics and research director of the Social Enterprise Program at Columbia Business School.
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Statshot: Hotel Wifi, Alcohol's Impact, World Cup Losers
On the Digital Road
Many large hotel groups still don't offer free Wi-Fi to guests at their signature brands, but it is ubiquitous at their value chains.
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A long-term look at alcohol's impact on health shows that moderate drinkers outlive teetotalers, who outlive heavy drinkers.
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The reactions to this show gave me a serious crisis of faith. I felt like I was going in an opposite direction to the rest of the fanbase. While everyone gushed over the very appearance of Alumni Blues and TMWSIY (played a whole 6 months earlier right up the road in Chicago) , I found myself dumbfounded that a half hour Fluffhead could actually fly UNDER the radar.
I have yet to figure this out over a decade later. Perhaps people thought Fluffhead was always jammed out? Or at least on occasion? Somehow, some way, the half hour Fluffhead remains a diamond in the rough due to being played in a period when the fanbase's interests lie in bustouts and obsession over delay loops. Just another interesting show from the turn of the millenium, languishing in obscurity or brushed aside due to sloppy compositions. Rejoice in the jam tonight, the song remains the same tomorrow.


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Comedian Lewis Black may be the world's most pissed off optimist.As he says in his best-selling book, "Nothing's Sacred," and nothing is: not religion, not politics, not Lance Armstrong's tush."What the hell is wrong with Lance Armstrong?" Black asks with great enthusiasm.By the time you read this, Armstrong will have knelt in Oprah Winfrey's confessional to spill his guts and whatever was in those syringes trainers kept sticking in his butt."Everybody he knows says he was doping," Black told Jon Stewart on The Daily Show."Everybody he rode with. Everybody he slept with. Everybody who ever stuck a needle in his tank," Black said.Armstrong claims he's tired of fighting the accusations, and let's not forget how his perspective might change in the face of 1,000 pages of evidence released by the United States Anti-Doping Agency, including sworn statements from at least 20 teammates.Armstrong says fighting the allegations was sucking the life out of him."You win a 2,000 mile bike race seven years in a row and going to court once a month is too much work?!?" Black said. "This is a guy who had cancer in his lungs, his brain, his testicles and he's getting twice the oxygen out of every breath? The question shouldn't be if he was doping, the question should be, 'Why aren't all of us doping?""I get winded lighting a cigarette," Black said.Still ranting after all these yearsBlack is now 64. He points out that Don Rickles is still working and George Burns and Groucho Marx worked into their 80s and 90s. He sees no reason to slow down or quiet down, he said.Black suffers idiots loudly and material is everywhere, he says. He was colicky as a baby, and may still be.Black was born in Washington D.C., from whence he gleans so much material. The recent fiscal cliff debacle captured his attention, as has the next game of chicken over the debt ceiling.It's not difficult to understand why our United States Congress has a lower approval rating than head lice or the nation of France.He's great at this because he works at it. He's also lucky, he says, but both he and luck live at the intersection of preparation and opportunity."There's a lot of bull shit luck involved," Black said. "We're overrun with bull shit businessmen who think they created their own success. They didn't."These days he writes, tours, travels with friends and runs a comedy festival at his alma matre, the University of North Carolina, where they teach sketch comedy, a few seminars, and all kinds of comedic stuff.He says he loves the theater and earned degrees from the University of North Carolina where he cut his comedy teeth, and Yale Drama School. He even did a stint in Colorado as a theater owner.He found his comedic voice at the playwright-in-residence in New York City's West Bank Caf's Downstairs Theatre Bar, where he emceed every show. Nothing improves your stage presence like being on stage, he said.Staff Writer Randy Wyrick can be reached at 970-748-2935 or email@example.com.
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Caloric stimulation is a test that uses differences in temperature to diagnose damage to the acoustic nerve. This is the nerve that is involved in hearing and balance. The test also checks for damage to the brainstem.
Caloric test; Bithermal caloric testing; Cold water calorics; Warm water calorics; Air caloric testing
This test stimulates your acoustic nerve by delivering cold or warm water or air into your ear canal. When cold water or air enters your ear and the inner ear changes temperature, it should cause fast, side-to-side eye movements called nystagmus. The test is done in the following way:
During the test, the health care provider may observe your eyes directly. Most often this test is done as part of another test called electronystagmography. In this case, patches called electrodes are placed around your eyes to detect nystagmus. A computer records the results.
Do not eat a heavy meal before the test. Avoid the following at least 24 hours before the test, because they can affect the results:
But do not stop taking your regular medicines without first talking to your doctor.
During the test, you may:
This test may be recommended if you have:
It may also be done to look for brain damage in persons who are in a coma.
Rapid, side-to-side eye movements should occur when cold or warm water is placed into the ear. The eye movements should be similar on both sides.
Abnormal results mean:
Abnormal results may be due to:
The test may also be done to diagnose or rule out:
Too much water pressure can injure an already damaged eardrum. This rarely occurs because the amount of water to be used is measured.
Water caloric stimulation should not be done if the eardrum is torn (perforated). This is because it can cause an ear infection. It also should not be done during an episode of vertigo because it can make symptoms worse.
Baloh RW, Jen J. Hearing and equilibrium. In: Goldman L, Schafer AI, eds. Goldman's Cecil Medicine. 24th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Saunders; 2011:chap 436.
Kerber KA, Baloh RW. Neuro-otology: diagnosis and management of neuro-otological disorders. In: Daroff RB, Fenichel GM, Jankovic J, Mazziotta JC, eds. Bradley's Neurology in Clinical Practice. 6th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Saunders; 2012:chap 37
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Gregory Bartlett, 52, of Plaistow, N.H., was found guilty in Salem Superior Court on Feb. 9, 2011, of operating under the influence, fifth offense, and possession of more than an ounce of marijuana. He was sentenced to two and a half to three and a half years in state prison, followed by three years of probation.
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To help celebrate Architecture Month, Eurobricks is proud to present its first Architecture Building Contest!
The Idea
With the recent worldwide release of LEGO Architecture sets, including many landmark buildings from around the world, we would like you to create a LEGO rendition of an iconic building or landmark in the style of the existing LEGO Architecture sets.
The current Architecture line-up consists of two styles: the Architect Series features notable designs by famous Architects - examples include Fallingwater, Robie House and the Solomon R. Guggenheim® Museum; the Landmark Series consists of world-famous buildings, often rendered in micro-scale, such as the Empire State Building, Brandenburg Gate and Burj Khalifa.
We'd like you to create a LEGO rendition of an real, iconic building in either of these styles. Ideally it would be a building from your locality, but we will accept any real building, structure or monument, so long as it remains true to the overall Architecture style.
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The Rules
- The contest is open to all EB Members (except staff)
who registered before 8th March, 2012New registrants are allowed to enter.
- Entries must be posted by midnight GMT, April 8, 2012.
- One entry per member.
- Entries should be new (never posted anywhere previously) and similar in style and size to the previous official TLG Architecture sets.
- All entries are to include only real LEGO. No clone brands, 3rd party parts, or digital entries allowed.
- Decals will be allowed if you've made them yourself, but no cutting, sculpting or modifying parts. The exception to this is flex tube, which can be cut to the desired length.
- Entries are to be placed in their own entry topic in the Special Themes forum. The title of the topic should begin with "Architecture Contest: " and then give the name of the entry.
- The entry post (first post in your entry topic) may be edited at any time up to the end of the contest, so feel free to make improvements if you wish.
- Entries are to consist of no more than 4 posted pictures of 800x600 or smaller resolution but may also include a link to a folder of additional images of any size. You must include one additional picture showing the real building.
- You must state in the thread whether your entry is based on 'Architect Series' or 'Landmark Series'. If you choose an 'Architect Series' style entry, you must state the name of the architect.
- No photoshopped backgrounds or packaging.
- We reserve the right to disqualify any entry that does not follow these rules.
- Though this contest there is no promise from TLG to include the winner in the Architecture series products!!!
The Prizes - Note the new prizes kindly donated by TLG!
1st Prize: 21010 Robie House (worth 199 Euro)
2nd prize: You get a maximum budget of 150 Euro (~198 US$) to buy sets on LEGO Shop@Home.
3rd prize: You get a maximum budget of 50 Euro (~66US$) to buy sets on LEGO Shop@Home.
4th Prize: 21012 Sydney Opera House (worth 40 Euro)
5th Prize: 21011 Brandeburg Gate (worth 35 Euro)
Architecture Set prizes and worldwide shipping very kindly donated by The LEGO Group. Monetary-value prizes and world wide shipping are sponsored by Eurobricks.
Important remarks:
- Each winner is allowed to select up to 5 sets as long as the total amount is under his/her maximum budget. We won't pay you the difference between your chosen sets and your maximum budget. Each winner provides us his/her list of sets and we'll buy them on S@H (don't buy them yourself). Your sets will be shipped to you directly from LEGO Shop@Home, so make sure Shop@Home ships to your country! If not, then you can still enter and we do our best to find a solution. We will pay for the shipment on top of your budget, so you can spend the full budget on sets.
- If you are one of the contest winners you'll get a PM after the contest is over to workout the details (like providing us your list of sets, your shipping address, etc.)
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County Testing Traffic Signals in Bartow This Week
Published: Monday, April 8, 2013 at 11:27 a.m.
Last Modified: Monday, April 8, 2013 at 11:27 a.m.
BARTOW | Polk County transportation officials will be testing new traffic signals along Ernest M. Smith Boulevard this week.
Testing at the intersection of Old Bartow Eagle Lake Road begins at 9 a.m. Tuesday and will continue through 9 a.m. Wednesay at the U.S. 98 and U.S. 17 intersections with Ernest M. Smith Boulevard.
Signals will be in full-working mode during testing and will be returned to flashing mode until April 17 when Ernest M. Smith Blvd. is scheduled to open to the public. Signals will be fully operational when the road opens.
Message boards will alert motorists approaching the intersections. The Polk County Sheriff's Office will monitor traffic during testing. Motorists are urged to exercise caution, be alert to signs and be prepared to stop.
For more information, contact Bill Skelton with Polk County Transportation at 863-535-2200.
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The race between Rep. Jerry McNerney and Republican challenger Ricky Gill in many ways typifies California's dozen hot House battles: It's largely about the economy, President Obama's record and different philosophies of government.
But the 9th Congressional District race is also set apart by where it is and who's in it.
The GOP candidate is a son of Indian immigrants, lacking experience in politics and the workplace but strong on fundraising: Gill has raised about $2.34 million to McNerney's $1.96 million, reports show. And he'll need every penny of it as he takes on a three-term incumbent who enjoys the widest Democratic voter-registration edge he's ever had.
Pundits expect it to be a nail-biter: The Cook Political Report says the race leans McNerney's way, while Roll Call's Stuart Rothenberg calls it a top prospect for a GOP upset. All eyes are on the outcome, as Democrats pursue a long-shot goal of picking up 25 seats to retake the House.
McNerney, 61, calls Gill a novice propped up by his parents' business ties. Gill turned 25 -- Congress' constitutional minimum age -- in May, five days before graduating from law school. He hasn't taken the California State Bar exam, so can't practice law yet. He's had no full-time job other than being a partner in his parents' farming and RV park businesses, where his duties have been unclear.
But redistricting made McNerney something of an outsider: He moved from Pleasanton to Stockton this year to live within the new lines. Gill, a Lodi native, calls him a liberal Bay Area carpetbagger whose experience isn't worth a plug nickel if it has left the region with a stagnant economy, ongoing water problems for agriculture, high gas prices, soaring health care costs and a share of the nation's debt.
"It's a Democratic district, but McNerney is not from the San Joaquin Valley," said Wesley Hussey, a Sacramento State government professor. "Gill has figured out that's going to resonate with voters."
Robert Benedetti, a University of the Pacific political science professor and panelist at Oct. 15's McNerney-Gill debate in Stockton, said redistricting gave McNerney more Democrats, but "valley Democrats tend to be more of the Blue Dog sort, more of the conservative sort."
McNerney can't automatically rely on those votes, Benedetti said, especially given that he was stronger in Alameda, Contra Costa and Santa Clara counties than in San Joaquin County in past elections.
San Joaquin now makes up more of the newly drawn district, which has less Contra Costa, some of Sacramento County and none of Alameda and Santa Clara counties.
At the recent Stockton debate, McNerney said his next term's priorities would be creating jobs and improving the local economy, protecting the Delta and serving veterans. He noted that he opposes the governor's plan for peripheral tunnels diverting Delta waters southward. And he cited his successful efforts to get a new veterans hospital in San Joaquin County.
Gill said he would work to speed the hospital's construction, but called McNerney a "Jerry-come-lately" to the tunnel issue. He also said McNerney opposed trade pacts that would've benefitted local agriculture, adding that McNerney "earned his F rating from the Farm Bureau."
McNerney said he won't support trade deals that prioritize certain sectors over others and cost American jobs. And he said he has worked to lower estate taxes and for a solid farm bill.
"McNerney ran on his record and was bringing it up a lot," Benedetti said. "Gill ran more on who he is and on criticizing McNerney, because he doesn't have a record."
But Gill "presented himself very well," he added. "He's a very polished public speaker and used his youth to good advantage."
Benedetti and Hussey said Gill's strong suit -- helping him earn national Republicans' "Young Gun" status and a speaking slot at the GOP convention in Tampa -- is fundraising, with support from the Indian-American community, Central Valley business interests and national GOP funders.
National party committees and super PACs have poured money into ad blitzes on both sides, so many District 9 residents can't turn on a TV, pick up a phone or open a mailbox without being reminded of the race.
Among those constituents are Tom and Pat Wilson, who hosted an event with Gill on Oct. 16 at their Stockton home.
Tom Wilson, 76, who's retired after co-owning an auto parts distribution company, decries the tax and regulatory burdens that government places on businesses.
"We need fresh blood in there," he said. "I don't think you have to be wise beyond your years to make sense. You have to have good principles and go by them, and if you can stick with that, you're in good shape."
But U.S. Army veteran Brandon Boller, 27, a registered Republican from Manteca, said he supports McNerney because of all the support McNerney gives veterans, including helping Boller navigate the bureaucracy after he was injured in Iraq.
"If you have any problems, he's an outstanding guy," he said. "Any time I've had a problem, he's had somebody call me back in like 30 minutes."
Josh Richman covers politics. Contact him at 510-208-6428. Follow him at Twitter.com/josh_richman. Read the Political Blotter at IBAbuzz.com/politics.
Candidate: Jerry McNerney
Party: Democratic
Age: 61
Hometown: Stockton (recently moved from Pleasanton)
Education: Bachelor's (1973), master's (1975) and Ph.D. (1981) in mathematics, University of New Mexico
Experience: Congressman since 2007; CEO of startup wind turbine company, 2004-07; wind energy consultant, 1994-2004; senior engineer at U.S. Windpower (Kenetech), 1984-94; engineering contractor at Sandia National Laboratories, 1979-85
Candidate: Ricky Gill
Party: Republican
Age: 25
Hometown: Lodi
Education: Bachelor's degree in public policy, Princeton University (2009); law degree, UC Berkeley School of Law (2012)
Experience: Shareholder/partner in parents' farming business; intern at Oakland A's, 2010; intern at Sacramento Kings, 2007; intern with U.S. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, 2006; research assistant at Educational Testing Service, 2006; appointed student member of California State Board of Education, 2004-05
McNerney's voter registration margins
Here are the voter-registration statistics for Rep. Jerry McNerney's past and present elections:
2006 (11th District): 37.3% Democratic, 43% Republican, 16% no party preference
2008 (11th District): 39% Democratic, 40% Republican, 17.3% no party preference
2010 (11th District): 39% Democratic, 39.3% Republican, 17.6% no party preference
2012 (9th District): 45.1% Democratic, 35.3% Republican, 15.8% no party preference
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Vergie Asleson, 93, of Redwood Falls died peacefully at her home Friday, November 29, 2013. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, December 6, 2013, from St. Catherine's Catholic Church in Redwood Falls. Visitation will precede the service Friday from 9:30 until 11 a.m. at the church. Private burial will be held at a later date in St. Catherine's Cemetery.
The family requests memorials be directed to the Redwood Area Library Foundation. Arrangements are with Nelson-Martin Funeral Service of Redwood Falls.
Vergie Ilene (Trent) Asleson was born March 19, 1920 in Redwood Falls to Floyd and Irene (Spillers) Trent. She resided in Delhi and graduated from Delhi High School in 1937.
As an active 4-H club member from the age of nine, Vergie earned numerous ribbons and awards in such categories as canning, food preparation, room decorating and showing her beloved sheep she raised. In 1938 she was awarded a Servel refrigerator and a scholarship for placing first in the state and second at the National Congress in Chicago for meal planning.
She applied her years of 4-H experience and scholarship money towards college and graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1943 with a degree in home economics.
On May 1, 1943, Vergie married Lt. Paul Asleson at St. Catherine's Catholic Church in Redwood Falls, and they traveled/lived in various states as determined by his service orders. Following the war and completion of Paul's optometric education in Chicago, they made their home in Redwood Falls.
Here they raised their family and enjoyed sharing activities in their couples' clubs with lifelong friends. Through the years Vergie maintained her passion for food preparation and was known by both family and friends as a fabulous cook.
She was gifted in home decorating; ahead of her time in collecting antiques; an avid gardener who grew and dried her own herbs; a loyal patron of the library and an artist who dabbled in pottery-making, weaving and other creative endeavors. She had an interest and eye for the potential of things and the unique. Vergie was an active member of the local Home-Economics Club, Questers Club, a charter member of Belle Lettres Study Club and she served as vice president of Federated Clubs of Redwood County.
She also belonged to numerous bridge clubs and participated in St. Catherine's CCW. In 1954 Vergie was secretary of the Ramsey Park Association and from 1971-80 she functioned as First Lady of Redwood Falls when Paul was mayor. She was devoted to Redwood Falls and proudly patriotic of her country.
Vergie is survived by her three daughters: Betty and Harlan Woelfel of Scottsdale, Ariz.; Patricia Tersteeg, Jim Tersteeg of Redwood Falls and Debra and Lynn Walker of St. Louis, Mo.
Also surviving are "Gigi's" nine grandchildren: Chris (Chauncey) Woelfel of Seattle, Wash.; Mike Woelfel of Portland, Ore.; Heather (Scott) Bidinger of Redwood Falls; Lindsay (Andy) Juntunen of Rogers; Kendra (Ryan) Rebstock of Rockford; BJ (Sheila) Tersteeg of Redwood Falls; Adrienne Walker (Mo Morelli) of San Francisco, Calif.; Whitney (Jarrett) Young of Brunswick, Maine and Sabrina (Andrew) Impagliazzo of St. Louis, Mio. Gigi's 14 great-grandchildren are: Keegan DeVitis; Boe, Aubrey, Cole, Sophia and Luke Bidinger; Blake, Alexa and Brynna Juntunen; Ireland and Brecken Rebstock; Maddigan Tersteeg; Henry Young and Payton Impagliazzo. Vergie is also survived by her brothers John "Bud" and Bobbie Trent of Mesa, Ariz.; and Jerald and Lila Trent of Surprise, Ariz.
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5.37The next example of alleged historical distortion by Irving relied on by the Defendants is his account of the events in Munich and elsewhere on the night of 9/10 November 1938 known as Kristallnacht (the night of broken glass). This is the second link in the chain which Irving regards as proving that Hitler defended the Jews.
5.389 November 1938, being the anniversary of the failed putsch of 1923, was marked by various parades and a celebratory dinner at Munich Old Town Hall attended by Hitler. After Hitler's departure, Goebbels made a speech in the course of which he informed his audience of anti-Jewish demonstrations which had been taking place in Hesse and Magdeburg- Anhalt and which had resulted in the destruction of Jewish businesses and synagogues. These demonstrations had apparently been prompted by the murder in Paris of a German diplomat named von Rath by a young Pole (described by Irving as "a crazed Jew").
5.39Goebbels said in his speech at the Old Town Hall:Those present understood Goebbels to mean that the party should organise anti-Jewish actions without being seen to do so. Accordingly during the night of 9/10 November, 76 synagogues were destroyed and a further 191 set on fire, 7500 Jewish shops and businesses were destroyed; widespread looting occurred and 20,000 Jews were arrested and sent to concentration camps where they were severely mistreated. Such incidents were not confined to Munich: it was a nationwide pogrom.
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- Nov 3:
- By the numbers: Oakland Raiders vs. Philadelphia Eagles
- Oakland Raiders' Terrelle Pryor, Darren McFadden suffer injuries
- Raiders' top pick D.J. Hayden has a long day
- Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Nick Foles joins select company
- Nick Foles' record-setting day helps Eagles soar past Raiders
- Oakland Raiders give up seven TD passes, routed by Philadelphia Eagles
OAKLAND -- The theme from Dennis Allen, presuming he had one, was that the Raiders could not wallow in the disappointment and embarrassment of what just happened.
Minutes after it was over, Allen was obviously not thrilled with the 49-20 loss to Philadelphia on Sunday -- but he has looked angrier over closer losses, and sounded much more despondent at other moments in time.
No, this time, the Raiders' second-year coach made a point not to disparage his team, and in fact he actually said he still believed in his defense after giving up a record-tying seven touchdown passes to Nick Foles, who isn't exactly Peyton Manning.
And Allen maybe was thinking similarly to me, because when I asked him if this performance and this situation had any possible comparison to last year, when the Raiders also opened 3-4 and then got destroyed defensively at home by Tampa Bay, to start a six-game losing streak, Allen was absolutely ready with an answer.
This is not the same situation because this is not the same team. That's the point he's making. He is counting on that, and the entire season now rides on it, with a trip to New York coming up next.
Everything the Raiders have seemed to accomplish this season got shaken up and kicked around by the Eagles and by the Raiders' own screw-ups.
They'd built everything on the defense, and the defense had held up. Until today.
And now everything can be lost ... and that's exactly why Allen tried so hard to make it sound like this was just an aberration, not the start of anything.
---DENNIS ALLEN (partial news conference transcript)
Intro: Obviously, I'm very disappointed in the way we played. I've got to do a better job of making sure our team's emotionally, physically, mentally prepared and ready to go.
Obviously we didn't hold up our end of the bargain. Now we also realize that we're a better football team than what we displayed out there today. We've got to be better than that.
Now we'll go back to work, we'll get ready to go up to New York and compete against the New York Giants, and we'll put a better product on the field.
Just really, overall disappointed, obviously defensively, way, way, way too many explosive plays down the field. And to beat a team like this, that was one of the things we talked about all week, was being able to win the explosive-play battle. They won it, and we didn't.
So we've just got to be better.
Q: Why weren't you able to put any pressure on Foles?
ALLEN: Well, a couple times we weren't able to put pressure on him because we dropped into a three-man rush on a couple of those. I thought they did a great job in protection.
And he did a nice job on a couple of plays of being able to move around and buy some time. We just ...
We tried some five-man pressure, we tried some four-man pressure, we tried some max drop. Really at the end of the day, none of it worked.
Q: Do you think the Eagles' offensive pace at the start threw you guys off?
ALLEN: I don't think it was the pace. I think they came out and they executed. They did a nice job.
Obviously, the second play of the game they hit Riley Cooper on a little ... kind of a run-pass option. And they did a nice job of executing it; we didn't exactly play it the way we needed to and get the ball turned back inside.
And they got a big play in the game, kind of got us behind the eight-ball and we never really were able to kind of come back from it.
Q: In terms of momentum, you were down 21-10 and had them third-and-16 and if you get the ball back, you've got something, and then you give up the first down. How big a play was that?
ALLEN: Again, there was a lot of big plays in the game. That was obviously one of them. We kind of had gotten a little momentum going our way, we had them in a longer yardage situation.
And we were in a max drop in that particular one and he had enough time to end up finding the open receiver and completed it for the first down.
That would've been a big stop for us if we were able to be able get off the field right there and make them punt, and they're a little bit in a backed-up situation, and we can get something going.
But really, we just got beat today. Really in all phases. We just weren't able to do the things that we needed to do to have success. And you've got to be better.
Q: It seemed like your defense was much improved so far this season. What happened today? Was it a regression?
ALLEN: Listen, No. 1, I've still got a lot of confidence in this defense. I think this defense is still a good defense, OK? We had a bad a day. That happens, happens to everybody.
You go out and have a bad day, you don't do what you're capable of doing, and that's what happens.
This defense is a bunch of men in that locker room, they'll come back, they'll respond, and they'll be better next week.
Q: Is that what you tell your team?
ALLEN: Yeah. You know, really, listen, there's not a whole lot you can tell 'em. I mean, at the end of the day, that was an old-fashioned butt-whuppin'. And we gotta move on from it, we gotta learn from it, and we're gonna be better next week.
Q: How do you assess DJ Hayden's performance?
ALLEN: Yeah, he had a tough day. He had a tough day. And DJ wasn't the only one that had a tough day.
Obviously, when you play out there on the island and you have a tough day, those things stand out a little bit more. But he's a young player. He's gonna continue to work, he's gonna continue to get better, and we still got confidence that he can go out and do the job.
Q: Any chance your defense got a little pleased with itself after all the praise recently?
ALLEN: Well, I don't know if that was the case or not. Obviously we didn't play the way we're capable of playing. I think we all gotta understand that in the National Football League you've gotta come out and be fully prepared and mentally, physically and spiritually, you know, emotionally ready to play.
Q: You think this could almost be a good thing, then, as a wake-up call?
ALLEN: Well, I don't know if that's a good thing. Obviously, anytime you get beat in that manner, I wouldn't say it's a good thing.
I think our guys understand that we gotta come out and perform. Every day's a new day, so you can't sit back and think about what's happened in the past.
You gotta move forward and do the next one. Just like some of the good games that we've played defensively, you gotta put those things behind you and you gotta move on. Same thing here. We had a bad game defensively, we've gotta put it behind us. We gotta move on, and we gotta learn from it, we gotta be better. And we will.
Q: Do you know the extent of Pryor's injury?
ALLEN: I really don't know. We were gonna go with McGloin anyway there in the fourth quarter. I was really not aware there was even an injury. So I don't know exactly the extent of it. Obviously, we'll probably take a look at it in more detail tomorrow.
Q How do evaluate Pryor's performance?
ALLEN: I thought there was some good things that he did. Obviously, I thought his mobility and his ability to scramble around and make some plays down the field, we still gotta continue to work to get better in the pocket and continue to develop our passing game.
I think our passing game's an area we've got to continue to work to improve. So yeah, I thought there was some ups and downs. I think when you look at this game and the manner in which it was played, it's hard for me to say that there was a lot of positives in any regard.
Q: Last year Tampa loss sent you into a spiral; any concerns about that now? Any similarities?
ALLEN: None. None. All right?
It's a totally different football team. And we're gonna take this loss. OK? We got knocked down. We're gonna get back up. All right?
And we're gonna go back to work, and we're gonna keep competing. Because that's what the men in that locker room are here to do. And that's what they've done all year long.
Q Did Foles do anything to surprise you guys?
ALLEN: No. I mean, listen, they executed, we didn't, it's my job to make sure that guys are prepared and ready to go and we'll do a better job next week.
Q: Is it concerning that McFadden can't stay on the field?
ALLEN: Well, yeah. Obviously, you want to be able to have your best guys out there and have your best guys healthy. I thought Rashad Jennings did a great job filling in when Darren went down. So if that's the case, some other guys are gonna have to step up.
Q: Any early indication on his injury?
ALLEN: No, I really have no idea.
Q: A few of those plays were wide open—was that more about mental busts than anything, including the McCoy TD?
ALLEN: Well, the one on McCoy, I'm gonna take responsibility for that. They caught us off-guard and we gotta do a better job there. I've gotta do a better job there. But I thought for the most part a lot of those plays, they just beat us.
Q: Physically?
ALLEN: Yeah.
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Jim Driver, 78, of Eagle and formerly of Columbia, MO, passed away March 19 at South Hampton Place in Columbia after a brief illness. An avid Broncos fan, he abhorred Manning and evidently wanted out before a deal was done.
Driver was born June 20, 1933 in Humboldt, TN to Marshall Wm. and Ida Frances Hill Driver. He graduated from Central High School in Helena, AR in 1951, and enlisted in the Navy, serving as a staff photographer during the Korean War. Upon his return to the states, Jim enrolled at Santa Clara Community College in Sunnyvale, CA. However, deciding that the curriculum was too liberal, Jim transferred to the University of Missouri, where he earned a degree in Anthropology.
After marrying Margaret Odle of St. Louis in 1959, Jim rejoined the Navy as a Naval Flight Officer (aviation navigator), based at the Naval Air Station in Pensacola, FL and later at Moffett Field in CA. In 1964 the Drivers settled in Columbia, MO, where Jim joined the Naval Reserves and went to work for Rodney Smith Tree Service. He later opened a Pizza Inn franchise in downtown Columbia. Jim also owned and operated Aerial Services, LTD, an aerial photography and banner-towing business, during the 1970's.
After retiring from the Naval Reserves with a rank of Lt. Commander, Jim moved to Colorado and worked as an Air Traffic Control Specialist in Denver and then finally in his beloved Eagle. In Colorado, Driver eagerly took up skiing and skating; in his spare time he enjoyed teaching children to ice skate. He also loved camping and stargazing in the beautiful Rockies with his Mensa friends, and participating in archaeological digs in Utah. Jim especially loved helping out with the shelter dogs and cats at the Humane Society in Eagle.
Jim is survived by his brother Marshall Driver of Little Rock, AR; his daughter Kathy Jacobson of Lexington, KY; his daughter Rosie Gerding and her husband Bob of Columbia, MO; and his grandchildren Ben Jacobson of Atlanta, GA and Maggy Rhein of Madison, WI. He was preceded in death by his parents and two brothers.
A memorial service is planned for late May at Jim's favorite place on Earth, the "Big Rock" at Sylvan Lake's Yeoman Park in Eagle. In lieu of flowers, contributions are suggested to the Eagle Valley Humane Society (www.adoptafriend.org) or the Eagle Valley Public Library (www.elvd.org).


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- After deaths of two hikers on Mt. Tam, Marin investigators work to quell speculation about serial attacker
- Apr 22:
- Coroner: Oakland teacher found on Mt. Tam may have died of natural causes
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- Autopsy Monday for Oakland teacher found on Mount Tamalpais
- For second time in a week, search for missing hiker leads to body on Mount Tamalpais
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- Officials: 'No obvious signs of trauma' on Menlo Park woman found dead on Mt. Tam
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While no new clues have surfaced on Mount Tamalpais during the massive search for a missing Menlo Park woman, authorities are investigating a tip discovered on another trail frequented by the 33-year-old software developer -- her social media trail.
A caller reported Sunday morning that Magdalena Glinkowski had made an update to her LinkedIn profile since she was last seen March 30, in a parking lot known as Bootjack near the Pantoll Campground, said Marin County sheriff's Lt. Doug Pittman.
The 5-foot-7, 120-pound woman was captured on video surveillance near where her car was later discovered, wearing a bright pink pullover top, light blue shorts and white and black running shoes.
The tip comes as the first potentially valid lead since the woman was last seen and is consistent with recent changes in her career history. According to Pittman, the woman has been unemployed for about two weeks.
"As we speak we are in communication with LinkedIn, who has been very cooperative, to confirm she has made a change to her profile," Pittman said. "We're aware that a lot of people track their activity on various social websites, and we're trying to determine if her recent activity could be a clue in the case."
More than 100 volunteers and eight search dogs from Marin, Alameda, Contra Costa, San Mateo and Santa Clara counties continued to search Mount Tamalpais on Sunday for a second day, and California Highway Patrol and Marin County sheriff's air patrol units kept searching by air, the sheriff's lieutenant said.
He added that with thousands of visitors in the area on a sunny weekend, search and rescue crews are redirecting their teams to areas with fewer eyes on the ground, like gorges and ravines far off the beaten path.
"We've handed out pamphlets to all the park visitors," Pittman said. "Mt. Tam is thousands of square acres and heavily brushed -- now, it really is just looking for the needle in the haystack."
The full-scale search for the missing software developer was launched after park rangers discovered her abandoned vehicle Friday, Pittman said. The woman had purchased a one-day ticket on March 30 to park the white, four-door car, which she rents continuously from a rental car company.
Investigators went on to discover that the woman renewed her car rental during the first week of every month, and that the company had been surprised when she failed to do so in April, Pittman said. The woman, who lives alone, had also left her landlord a note March 30, stating that she was going hiking, but never returned to the property.
Glinkowski was not reported missing to Menlo Park police until her car was found by the park rangers, five days after she was last seen in the Bootjack parking lot, Pittman said. Acquaintances of the woman identified her as a "recluse" who mostly kept to herself, saying she was not socially active outside of work.
In addition to the possible LinkedIn update, authorities found an assortment of unusual clues during a search of Glinkowski's home and car. She had surprisingly little computer equipment for a person continuously employed as a software developer.
During a search of Glinkowski's home, investigators were unable to locate a single desktop or laptop computer, Pittman said. They were also surprised to find that the woman had left all of her personal effects inside her parked vehicle, including her driver's license, credit cards and a smartphone equipped with few applications.
"Usually someone who is as immersed in the computer business as she was would have many things like that inside of their home," Pittman said. "It does appear she may have gotten laid off in the past couple weeks -- it's not unlikely for people to become a little despondent."
While authorities continue to investigate "every possibility," including that she may have left voluntarily, Pittman said officials are continuing to work under the assumption that she may be lost or hurt in the vast expanse of Mount Tamalpais State Park.
Heavy rains the night of March 30 left hiking trails precariously wet, and officials do not discount the notion that she may have slipped and fallen into heavy brush.
"Those trails get very muddy and slippery, and she could have gotten into trouble without even realizing it," Pittman said. "It's very possible that someone could be six to 10 feet off the trail and possibly not even be seen."
Anyone with information about the disappearance of Magdalena Glinkowski is urged to contact the Marin County Sheriff's Investigations Unit at 916-473-7265.
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What started out three years ago with just 10 or 11 kids has grown nearly five times that thanks to the support of the Oak Ridge community and a simple idea by Oak Ridge High School basketball coach Aaron Green: Give back to those who need help.
The Wildcats and Lady 'Cats spent Saturday with 44 kids at the local Walmart helping make the young ones' Christmas bright with a "Christmas Memories" campaign. The players went up and down rows of toys, helping select gifts with Oak Ridge children who might otherwise go without this holiday season.
Each was given $100 to spend.
"There are too many people in this world that want to take, take, take … and stick a hand out," Coach Green said. "I think for our players doing something like this teaches them how to give back and think of others at this time of year."
The first Christmas, the boys helped 10 kids. Last year, the girls team joined in and helped out 25 kids.
"We've still got some shopping left to do," Coach Green said.
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Abstract: DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Hundreds of proteins with crucial cellular functions contain catalytic and/or structural zinc atoms. The multiple roles of zinc require spatiotemporal regulation of its uptake, transport, and distribution. This proposal addresses the virtually unknown (bio)chemical mechanisms of cellular zinc distribution. The experiments proposed in this application will investigate the roles of metallothionein (MT) and its apoprotein thionein (T) in this process and the role of the MT/T ratio as a regulated zinc donor/acceptor pair that controls the availability of cellular zinc, directs cellular zinc fluxes to and from cellular compartments, and controls zinc-dependent cellular events. The experiments are based on recent discoveries of new biological activities of these proteins. First, MT is a redox-active zinc protein, in which biological oxidants react with the thiolate ligands of its clusters and mobilize zinc. This remarkable feature is typical for biological metal metabolism as contrasted to pure inorganic chemistry. It links the cellular redox state and zinc distribution from zinc/thiolate coordination sites. Second, T is an endogenous chelating agent that activates zinc-inhibited enzymes. Third, significant amounts of T are present in different tissues under normal physiological conditions. And fourth, MT is imported into the mitochondrial intermembrane space and releases zinc, which in turn inhibits respiration. Employing a new differential fluorescence labeling procedure, MT/T ratios will be determined in subcellular fractions. Then, the translocation of MT and T from the cytosol to the mitochondrion, the nucleus, and the extracellular space will be studied and the effect of these translocations on the MT/T ratio evaluated. The proposal will further examine how the redox state controls the MT/T ratio, and hence affects the meta-bolically active pool of cellular zinc that is available to zinc-chelating fluorophores. In cellular model systems of proliferation and differentiation, it will then be investigated how changing the availability of cellular zinc affects functions of zinc in regulatory and enzymatic sites of proteins. Finally, an enzymatic activity that releases zinc from MT in the mitochondrial intermembrane space will be identified and characterized and its effect on the mechanism of zinc release from MT studied. The proposed studies will establish how MT and T are involved in the cellular control of zinc and will provide basic insights into the cellular homeostatic system of this essential element. The experiments are of fundamental importance for an understanding of the role of zinc in cellular metabolism, gene expression, and signal transduction, and in the future will aid in devising new diagnostic, prognostic, and therapeutic means to address zinc-related disorders.
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In a show of support for long-time employee Roger Wilhelmi the employees of Leevers Foods took the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge on Wednesday in the parking lot of Leevers North. Manager Frank Mack reminded his staff that their long-time co-worker, Wilhelmi, lives with ALS.
Leevers Foods then challenged Lake Chevrolet, Leading Edge Equipment, Ramsey Bank and Dr. Matt Roller to participate in the challenge, too. Roller, whose own father, Joe Roller, also had the disease, has been Wilhelmi's primary care physician since his diagnosis.
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Mikal kHill wrote: I like owning land and I hate all my neighbors. I want to have a castle made out of a mountain like Ice King in Adventure Time.
Sage Francis wrote: Really? Which part? I know I did the front cover and back cover originally. And then Irena Girlbot did the back cover and maybe the inside cover as well. Were there illustrations of his included there? It's been a while. But I know for sure no one illustrated the cover of Sick of Waging War. I simply cut up two pictures and drew some words out with white out.
bigsole wrote: european peasants had no problems with private property until god started handing out deeds to kings and noblemen....
DeadAwake wrote: Firsly i dont really have any clue whatsoever about these reservations.
A couple reasons may be that: these communities have no or very little relation to large business. They do not establish big companies (or very little) and do not work for them. Any considerable wealth is generated by a business which provides a service to lots of people. Natural resources are mostly tapped, so this is out of the question.
One factor i think that caused wealth to become concentrated in Western society is inheritance. I doubt people of these communities have inherited anything much. They're probably just doing the work to survive thing and had a "late start" in the big game of money; where oppurtunities are dwindling as time progresses and if anyone can make a good deal of cash, it is regulated by those who are already established.
Dr Sagacious wrote: First, "private" property did not exist in Feudalism. Peasants paid rents (in the late stages of Feudalism) or gave a considerable portion of the produce they harvested to Lords. Since the Neolithic revolution, there has always been a class that appropriates the surplus according to how any given ruler(s) felt it should be appropriated. That statement you made is not very historically accurate at all.


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The gunman who killed six people in a shooting rampage�on Friday�has been identified as the son of�Hunger Games�second unit director Peter Rodger, according to�The Hollywood Reporter.
Elliot Rodger, 22,�stab�bed three men fatally in his apartment in Isla Vista, Calif.,�before going on a �shooting�rampage that left three more people dead and 13 injured.�Rodger was later found dead from a gunshot wound in his�car.
According to Peter Rodger's attorney,�the family had contacted police about Elliot several weeks prior to the shooting. He also confirmed that Elliot had been seeing a social worker and therapists recently.�Just prior to the murders, Rodgers uploaded a 7-minute video to YouTube where he stated, "It all has to come to this... After I've annihilated�every single girl in the sorority house, I'll take to the streets of Isla Vista and slay every single person I see there."
Henry T. Yang, the chancellor of UCSB,��issued a statement�Saturday,��saying, "We grieve for the precious lives lost, and we share in the heartbreak of their families, friends, and classmates."
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Publix May Not Deserve Blame
Published: Monday, May 20, 2013 at 12:01 a.m.
Last Modified: Sunday, May 19, 2013 at 11:35 p.m.
I am writing to address the letter written by Carol Corley of Winter Haven regarding Publix's discourtesy to the 90-year-old man who fell while on a shopping trip to Publix ["Publix's Discourtesy," May 14].
My father also fell in the Town & Country Publix parking lot on Griffin Road in Lakeland, on April 2.
The store manager, bag boy, a customer and several others did all they could to try to assist my father.
They tried to convince him to let them call an ambulance for him, but he refused and drove himself home.
He is an independent person and felt like he could handle things himself.
After many hours we finally convinced him to go to the hospital, and the doctors told him he was lucky to be alive because he almost bled to death.
I just want to say, don't blame Publix if you don't know the entire story. It is possible the store personnel at Publix did everything possible to assist this gentleman the same way they did my father. This man may have refused it.
Publix is always willing to go the extra mile for its customers and employees.
[Justyn Ambrozia, 90, of Trinity, who was the subject of Corley's letter, died last week from complications related to the matter, the Tampa Bay Times reported.]
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North Korea Gets a Scolding Over Rodman Visit
Dennis Rodman returned from North Korea this weekend with a message that leader Kim Jong Eun really wants to talk to President Barack Obama. But so far, the only communications seem to be between the White House and State Department, which offered nearly identical responses at press briefings Monday.
At the White House, spokesman Jay Carney dismissed the idea President Obama would call the North Korean leader, saying the U.S. "has direct channels of communications with the DPRK." And he chastised North Korea for hosting the event in the first place. "Instead of spending money on celebrity sporting events to entertain the elites of that country, the North Korean regime should focus on the well-being of its own people who have been starved, imprisoned, and denied their human rights," he said.
Mr. Carney sidestepped the question about Mr. Obama thoughts on Mr. Rodman, the lavishly inked and pierced former NBA bad boy, as ambassador to North Korea, saying, "I don't have a readout specific to the president to give to you."
State Department spokesman Patrick Ventrell said about the same. There have been no calls, and "instead of spending their money on staging sporting events, the North Korean regime should focus on the well-being of its people, and it should come in line with its international obligations," he said.
But when it came to Mr. Rodman as an ambassador, Mr. Ventrell didn't hedge: "I'll just say it here again. Dennis Rodman has never been a player in our diplomacy. He does not represent the views of the United States."


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Definition of Shanxi in English:
(also Shansi)
A province of north central China, to the south of Inner Mongolia; capital, Taiyuan. Compare with Shaanxi.
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sad 1
adjective (sadder, saddest)
- Every time I felt unhappy and sad I just ate what I wanted and made myself sick.
- The last twenty years of Plumb's life were increasingly sad, lonely and unhappy.
- As I saw him off at the airport, I was at once proud of him, sad and anxious - he was my little brother.
- I think it is a sad reflection on society that teenage girls can get pregnant.
- It is a sad reflection on our societies that we have to escape from reality in these ways.
- The woman who helped my mother was in a very sad situation, unfortunately not uncommon at the time.
- I now feel sad and inadequate that I don't have enough bookmarks to make filing and indexing them an issue.
- Food shopping as I've said before is one of the highlights of my pathetically sad week.
- Human nature and its failings are given a crude inspection, at times becoming a sad, pathetic spectacle.
sad to say
- Unfortunately, regrettably: sad to say, science is no longer pureMore example sentences
- I'm sad to say that I regretted my decision to come the moment I stepped in.
- I'm sad to say that my success as a basketball scientist was short-lived.
- Yes, sad to say, but American hegemony puts more money in the hands of those who believe everything is fair in business and in war.
Old English sæd 'sated, weary', also 'weighty, dense', of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zat and German satt, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin satis 'enough'. The original meaning was replaced in Middle English by the senses 'steadfast, firm' and 'serious, sober', and later 'sorrowful'.
The original meaning of sad in Old English was 'having no more appetite, weary'. The word comes from the same root as Latin satis 'enough', the source of satiated, satisfactory, and satisfy (all LME), and the idea was similar to our expression fed up (early 20th century)—of being unhappy through being too 'full' of something. The word then developed through 'firm, constant' and 'dignified, sober' to our modern sense of 'unhappy' in the medieval period. In the 1990s 'You're so sad!' became the refrain of every teenager in the land, often to their parents. This use, meaning 'pathetically inadequate or unfashionable', was not completely new, and had been around since the 1930s. See also melancholy
Words that rhyme with sadad, add, Allahabad, bad, Baghdad, bedad, begad, cad, Chad, clad, dad, egad, fad, forbade, gad, glad, grad, had, lad, mad, pad, plaid, rad, Riyadh, scad, shad, Strad, tad, trad
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Sunday, 10/03/1999
Allstate Arena, Rosemont, IL
Set 1: First Tube, Farmhouse, Dogs Stole Things, DividedDivided Sky, Heavy Things, Horn > Carini, GinsengGinseng Sullivan, BOTTBack on the Train, Maze, Bouncin'Bouncing Around the Room > Guyute
Set 2: Twist > Possum > TMWSIYThe Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday > Avenu Malkenu > BBFCFMBig Black Furry Creature from Mars, BowieDavid Bowie, Velvet SeaWading in the Velvet Sea > HoodHarry Hood
Encore: Funky Bitch[1], Messin' with The Kid[1]
[1] Sugar Blue on harmonica and Son Seals on guitar.
· Theme from The Brady Bunch tease in Big Black Furry Creature from Mars
Noteworthy Jams: David Bowie
Average Song Gap: 15.64
Performers: Trey Anastasio, Page McConnell, Jon Fishman, Mike Gordon, Son Seals (Guest), Sugar Blue (Guest)
Notes: Mike teased the theme from The Brady Bunch during BBFCFM. The encore featured Sugar Blue on harmonica and Son Seals on guitar. Messin' With the Kid was played for the first time since August 8, 1997 (142 shows), which was Sugar Blue's previous time on stage with Phish.
Song Distribution:
5 Farmhouse
2 The Story of the Ghost
2 Stash
2 Rift
2 Junta
2 The Man Who Stepped into Yesterday
1 Lawn Boy
1 The White Tape
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This show was part of the "1999 Fall Tour."
This being my first show I had no idea what to expect. I knew thier studio albums well by this point but wasn't too familar with thier non-album regulars such as Carini and TMWSIY. Since it's been almost 15 years since this show I remeber very few details other than having the time of my life and vowing to see them as often as I could. The next day we drove back down to Normal and caught the next night at Redbird Arena. Still riding the wave of my first show the night before the 10/04/99 show was amazing!


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Knitter's Review
February 28, 2013
For years, I've avoided writing about the carbon composite needle.
I liked the idea, but when I tried out a set, I found the tips to feel like a rough piece of fiberglass. No splinters, but no pleasure either.
When Knitter's Pride announced their Karbonz needles, I thought, "Oh no, here we go again." But then they changed their design to feature smooth, nickel-plated brass tips. Aha! Time for a closer look.
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April 27, 2011
Middlebury Students Practice 'Self-Reliance' with U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2011 House
Located in Vermont's Champlain Valley, with the Green Mountains to the east of campus and the Adirondacks to the west, Middlebury College seems like a naturally suited location for a U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2011 team. For decades, the school has made sustainability a priority, and it launched the first environmental studies major in the nation in 1965. Since then, new buildings built on campus incorporate energy-saving features and use sustainable and recycled materials. Middlebury's Franklin Environmental Center received a LEED Platinum award for its environmental design, and the school has committed to become carbon neutral by 2016. The campus also houses a new biomass plant, which boasts a gasification system that converts regionally grown wood chips into gas, which it then burns to provide steam for heating, cooling, hot water, and cooking throughout the campus.
With all of this focus on sustainability, it should come as no surprise that two years ago, architectural studies major Addison Godine and three other students created a proposal for the Solar Decathlon competition. Since then, the team has worked long hours together and grown to a group of more than 75 students from across 18 different majors. See the Energy Blog post.


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Ray Schmidlin and Robert Obin. Two men with prostate cancer who know the disease will kill them.
"It's a matter of when."
They've both been treated with Provenge, a therapeutic vaccine using their own blood to slow down the cancer. Certain cells are harvested, altered and infused back into the body to help the immune system attack the cancer.
Studies show it can improve a patient's median survival rate by four months, and it reduced patient's risk of death by 22-and-a-half percent. Robert believes it's the reason he's still around.
"It's not going to cure me, but that will help me to give me, I don't know, more days?" said Robert Obin, Has prostate cancer.
Ray says the immunotherapy took a toll on him. The active grandfather tells us he was strapped down for several hours at a time during six weeks of treatment.
"And that was pretty stressful. Because you couldn't, you couldn't move," said Ray Schmidlin, Has prostate cancer.
He's not sure the discomfort and confinement was worth it.
"If I'm going to live 60 months, I don't want to spend the money and the time to live 64 months."
"I think it's a controversial topic."
Ray's physician, Doctor Jorge Garcia of the Cleveland Clinic says there are misconceptions about Provenge.
"The patient automatically believes if I get the treatment, I'm going to live four months more, and that's inaccurate," said Jorge A. Garcia, M.D., Director Advanced Prostate Cancer Program Cleveland Clinic.
Garcia says some live longer but some don't make it to four months. And it's not for all prostate cancer patients. It's designed for those who show few or no symptoms, but have a form of the disease that has spread and is resistant to hormonal therapy. Garcia says it doesn't lower PSA levels, shrink tumors, or reduce symptoms like bone pain
"But yet, you're likely to live longer."
While the doctor believes Provenge is a breakthrough, he says it's important patients like Ray and Robert know it may or may not be the right option for them.


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KeePassX saves many different information e.g. user names, passwords, urls, attachemts and comments in one single database, encrypted either with AES (alias Rijndael) or Twofish encryption algorithm using a 256 bit key
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Tags: organize , utility , password , key , manager , encryption , protection , database
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There's been a new unofficial version released, which contains autotype support for Mac OS X.
Have a look at the official forums: http://www.keepassx.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=1920
Amazing how few people use this toolâ¦
Amazing how few people use this toolâ¦
It's not pretty put cross plattform, stable and open source. You've got to be sure whom you trust all your passwords. I guess implementing an encryption algorithm securely isn't really the easiest of all tasks.
Truly superb bit of cross platform software! Run it on my MBP and my XP box. Could import my existing XP-only Oubliette database to get things started. Share the database between the machines so I've got a nice single secure copy of all my (many) passwords.
Excellent cross platform password management application, works on OSX, Linux, BSD and Windows
Works very well with a dropbox-account. Same software, same passwords available on all my computers, regardless of the OS (in my case Windows, OS X and Ubuntu). Works flawless so far.


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The next-generation Amonte is created with new 2-shot Technology to eliminate the need for screw-on color clips and heavy rubber molding to customize your head. Reverse rail string holes facilitate pocket formation and protect laces. Contoured throat design and control angle reduces weight while maximizing power.
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The Audi Birds of Prey at Beaver Creek is known as one of the most challenging stops on the Audi FIS World Cup circuit. For U.S. Ski Team athletes, it's the event they look forward to all year. It's the only domestic men's event of the season, and every athlete relishes hearing the home crowd cheering them on as they come into the Red Tail finish. Their parents, friends and fans can watch them race with the world's best on the same hills they grew up on.
This year was another exceptional event. Compliments abounded from athletes about the course, the snow and the people who made the event possible. It was an ideal venue to watch Ted Ligety claim his second giant slalom win of the season on live national television. Perhaps the most telling statement of the weekend's success came from FIS race director Gunter Hujara. He said that Beaver Creek had created a "ski racing paradise."
On behalf of our U.S. Ski Team athletes, I'd like to extend my sincere thanks to the Vail Valley Foundation, Beaver Creek Resort and the entire Vail Valley for another outstanding World Cup. Thank you, Beaver Creek, for making this such a memorable event.
Bill Marolt
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Men With Wide Faces Are Better Negotiators
Want to dominate a negotiation? Go wide.
New research finds that men with wide faces tend to take a more competitive approach to negotiations than do their counterparts with smaller facial width-to-height ratios, helping them claim a bigger slice of the proverbial pie in negotiations that have obvious winners and losers. (That's good news for at least one Dick Tracy villain.)
Researchers at the University of California, Riverside, London Business School and Columbia University conducted a series of simulated male-male negotiations in real estate transactions and salaries–often considered zero-sum deals–and found that men with wider faces entered these negotiations with a competitive, rather than cooperative, mindset.
Past studies have linked large facial width-to-height ratios to aggressive, self-interested and even unethical behavior. (They are also seen as ideal partners for romantic flings but not so much for long-term relationships.)
In one experiment with a 60-person sample, men with wider faces negotiated a signing bonus of about $2,200 more than the bonus won by men with narrower faces. In another simulation involving 46 men, a property went for a higher price when the wide-faced participant was the seller, and a lower price when that person was the buyer.
However, the researchers found that when a situation calls for compromise and creative solutions—say, when one party's ceiling price is lower than the other's absolute floor and alternative concessions might be needed—wide-faced men don't fare so well.
This newest paper will run in a forthcoming issue of The Leadership Quarterly.
Michael Haselhuhn, an assistant professor of management at UC Riverside and lead author of the study, says the latest findings are consistent with prior research on attributes associated with wide-faced males and could have implications for how all men–no matter their face shape–enter negotiations. For example, a narrow-faced man can anticipate a more contentions exchange if he knows his counterpart's noggin is a little wider, while men with broader features can tweak their own approaches if they expect to be perceived as more aggressive from the outset.
Haselhuhn says his own face falls somewhere in the middle, neither particularly wide nor especially narrow. So how does he fare at the bargaining table? "I tend to let my wife negotiate," he says.


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The Daily Startup: On Deck Capital Raises $42M Led by IVP
Top stories in today's VentureWire:
Restaurants, repair shops and other "Main Street" businesses often have short-term capital needs–like purchasing inventory or completing a remodel—that are not appropriate to put on a credit card and too time-sensitive to wait for a traditional bank loan. On Deck Capital just closed a $42 million round led by Institutional Venture Partners to help such companies.
Persado has raised $15 million in Series A funding to bring automation into marketing content generation. The company seeks to replace copywriters that are writing content for paid search ads, display ads, email headers or any other ad unit that is trying to generate a click. Almost every part of marketing is being optimized, said Scott Friend, a managing director with investor Bain Capital Ventures, while "very little has been done to optimize what the copywriter does."
Also in today's VentureWire: Lux Capital closed an oversubscribed third fund at $245 million, more than twice the size of the firm's $100 million 2007 vehicle…Consumer United has raised $52.5 million in new funding as it continues its mission to provide people with an independent outlet to buy insurance and other financial products…and RQx Pharmaceuticals, an antibiotics startup that raised less than $3.5 million in venture capital, has agreed to a $111 million alliance with the Genentech unit of Roche Group that is expected to generate returns for Avalon Ventures and Correlation Ventures.
(VentureWire is a daily newsletter with comprehensive analysis of all the investments, deals and personnel moves involving start-ups and their venture backers. For a two-week trial, visit our homepage, scroll to the bottom and click "try for free.")
Elsewhere around the Web:
Entrepreneurs are rallying behind another try to enact legislation increasing the number of visas available to immigrants who start businesses in the U.S. "Momentum has been growing over the last two years to get something done and we are in a unique political moment to make it happen," Steve Case, co-founder of AOL and CEO of investment firm Revolution, told The Wall Street Journal.
The frothiness of the tech boom draws more attention from the New York Times, which mentions a couple of recent reports supporting the idea that tech company valuations are rich.
Slacker, a venture-backed online music service that lags far behind Pandora, is taking on its rival in a new advertising campaign. Slacker has raised more than $70 million from investors, according to VentureWire.
In Berlin, an unused brewery near where the Berlin Wall once stood is being converted into a hub for tech startups.


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Celtic Crossroads to set to perform at UNC Asheville
Published: Friday, February 22, 2013 at 12:25 p.m.
Last Modified: Friday, February 22, 2013 at 12:25 p.m.
UNC Asheville will host a performance by Celtic Crossroads at 8 p.m. Tuesday in the UNC Asheville's Lipinsky Auditorium. Celtic Crossroads' music is a mix of bluegrass, gypsy, classical and jazz influences with traditional Irish music and dance.
The troupe features seven world-class musicians and 20 instruments, including the traditional Irish uilleann pipes and harps, as well as banjo, accordion, mandola and bouzouki, and dancers who seem to defy the laws of physics. Admission is $20 or $15 for UNC Asheville faculty, staff and alumni; $7 for Asheville-area students; and $5 for UNC Asheville students.
Tickets are available at www.uncatickets.com or at the Highsmith Student Union front desk. Call 828-251-6674 or visit cesap.unca.edu for more information.
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Womens Nike Too Fit To Quit Tee Shirt
Your confident style doesn?t have to hide while you train, instead rock the Nike ?Too Fit To Quit? Tee Shirt in the gym and everyone will see your bold personality written all over your shirt.
Made of soft, 100% cotton, this Nike tee showcases your sassy style and keeps you comfortable. The standard fit ensures you have plenty of room to move in the gym, while the rib crew neck keeps things cozy all day long.