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You've studied the goods and compared the prices, and your latest electronic desire hovers in your online shopping cart, awaiting that final command. You click "Purchase" and you've tipped the domino, sparking a chain reaction that will play out on a global scale.
Already, your order has appeared on a screen before nightshift workers on the other side of the world. A highly choreographed dance involving ever-changing flows of data, people, money, goods, and ideas brings the product to your doorstep, just two days later.
The choreographer of this global production is a former farmer from Cork whom you've probably never heard of. But he works behind the scenes to deliver the goods – quite literally – for some of the top makers of high-tech devices around today.
To do this he spans time zones, disregards borders, jets between continents, thinks spatially, works incessantly, and lives out of a Sheraton in Shenzhen, China. He's an Irish-born man with the world as his stage.
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I caught up with Liam Casey on a recent autumn afternoon in the heart of California's Silicon Valley. To get there, I rode part of the Pacific Coast Highway, a long stretch of seaside road that holds special significance for Casey.
He was in his late 20s, he explained, and had just spent ten years in the retail business, which he likened to a rat race. For the first time, he "had a chance to stand back and take a breather." It was in Southern California just off the Pacific Coast Highway. "There was something about driving on it that just captured me."
Casey also found the culture suited his personality well. "There's a huge can-do attitude here in the U.S.," he beams. "That's one of the things I really liked – it's very creative, very innovative." It was soon after, while working for a Southern California trading company, that Casey got the idea for his next move. He asked a Taiwanese colleague who imported hardware from Asia whether he had ever sold his products to Ireland. His answer: "I've never heard of that company." It lit a fire under Casey. He realized there had to be great opportunity in Ireland to bring goods into Europe.
Two years later he was thinking beyond merely importing products; he was learning what Western companies wanted to build and creating the connections to make it happen. By age 30, Casey had founded a company in Cork and named it PCH, after that Pacific Coast road.
Fast forward 14 years to the present. Casey meets with Silicon Valley clients – some of the top names in consumer electronics and personal computers – hops a plane back to Hong Kong, and makes the short jump to his base in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen. In this Special Economic Zone, Casey can choose from hundreds of factories within a few miles to piece together all the aspects of engineering, manufacturing, retail packaging, order management – even product design – that Western companies can't do as fast or efficiently. PCH handles well over a billion dollars worth of product in a year.
Crucial to this harried assembly line of high-volume high technology are the millions of rural migrants who flow to Shenzhen to work in its factories. While often arduous and repetitive, the work can earn them a much better living than they can squeeze from the countryside. In just 20 years, Shenzhen has grown from a small fishing village to a metropolis with twice the population of New York City.
Thanks to the recent flourishing of more interactive, Web-based applications, the process isn't over when the products leave China on the early-morning Fed-Ex flight. From Shenzhen, Casey's people can monitor the blogs where consumers are raving about – or ripping on – his clients' products. The real-time feedback allows them to tweak the supply chain quickly, fixing any problems at a speed impossible before the advent of "Web 2.0" sites like blogs and wikis.
Globalization is not just hype or business-speak but reality in full swing.
Now, bringing a new product to stores – which often took companies years to do on their own – commonly takes just six months. Casey calls this "disruptive commerce." This is the notion that these growing, interacting flows of information, people, concepts, and capital add up to more than just lower costs and faster trade. New ideas and products which, in the past, may have looked too risky to back can now leave the drawing boards and come to life.
Meanwhile, Casey's clients can focus on conceptualizing the next hot handheld device. Casey is modest about the success he has enjoyed in his business, but I sensed a tiny blink of pride at his notion that he's helping to shake up the order. While southern China and the U.S. are central to his enterprise, Casey sniffs out local strength wherever it lies, which is why the company's headquarters are still in Cork. Ireland has well-known education and tax advantages, but Casey also likes it for its time zone. A California client can talk to customer service in Cork, where the sun is still up, instead of a bleary-eyed nightshift worker on the other side of the globe.


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News 12 First at Five / Friday, Aug. 3, 2012
NORTH AUGUSTA, S.C. -- "It stretches your dollar just a little bit further. More than you'd be able to get other weekends," said South Carolina shopper Deanna Pearson.
Pearson is a mother of five, and when the school year rolls around, it means buying a lot of school supplies.
"It does get expensive, but we're frugal shoppers, so we shop the sales and try to save as much as we can by finding good deals," Pearson said.
This weekend, a deal is easy to find. It's South Carolina's tax-free weekend. Until midnight on Sunday, shoppers will not have to pay the usual 6 percent sales tax on items such as clothing, school supplies and bookbags.
Kmart Manager Elizabeth Raiford realizes that, "a lot of people don't have a lot of money, and a lot of people have a lot of children, so they come to save whatever they can."
"Sales tax on a purchase can be five, 10 dollars and that's a big chunk of change, especially this time of year," Pearson said.
But it's not just South Carolinians -- many Georgians are crossing the border to get in on the sales, too.
"Georgia's gonna wait until after school starts to have their back-to-school tax-free weekend, while South Carolina decided to do it a little bit earlier so those who are shopping want to save money, so they'll come in cross the river to save that money," Raiford said.
No matter where you're coming from, you'll probably have to brave a crowd. This is the third-busiest shopping weekend of the year, but if you don't mind standing in line, it might be worth your while.
In total, South Carolina shoppers could save about $3 million through the weekend.
As Pearson knows, every dollar counts.
"It's very important, especially because they grow when you're not expecting. Sometimes when school starts, you have expenses you didn't anticipate," she said.
Kmart's store hours will remain the same throughout the weekend, but they do have more staff ready to handle the big crowds at the register.
Georgia's tax-free weekend is next weekend after some counties head back to class. Some of the shoppers we talked to -- from Georgia and South Carolina -- have said they plan to take advantage of both.


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Kilian Wehde is a senior at St. James High School. He is also the only member of his class to achieve the Eagle Scout rank and honor.
For his final project, Wehde has been installing boxes in local businesses which collect donations for the Watonwan County Humane Society.
Wehde said he started the project because he likes pets and he wanted to think of something simple that could be done to help the local humane society.
Boxes have been installed at Fleet and Farm, Super Fair Foods, Paul's Food Pride and the St. James Veterinary Clinic. As long as members of the community continue to donate items for the humane society, the boxes will remain in place.
Wehde will be honored Saturday, May 25, at 2 p.m. in Marian Hall, St. James, with the Eagle Scout Court of Honor. The event is open to all current and former scouts and families, with a special invitation to any Eagle Scouts in the area – regardless of when the rank was achieved.
Wehde will be receiving Advanced Individual Training this summer at Fort Sill before attending college at Buena Vista University in the fall.
There are two more boxes available for any business interested in helping the Watonwan County Humane Society. Contact Kilian Wehde at 507-621-0466 if you or your business is interested in collecting donations.
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Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College (SKYCTC) was forged from the needs of America. Born from the need to train youth, industrial workers, and armed forces personnel during World War II, the school has constantly evolved responding to an ever changing demand for well trained employees, offering relevant high quality education and training for high demand careers.
As the needs of industry shift and technology develops, SKYCTC responds. The College now offers over 30 degree, diploma and certificate programs in four major areas of study on six campus locations in Bowling Green, Glasgow, and Franklin, Kentucky.
The fast career track offered by SKYCTC means education and training offered for specific high demand careers. Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College keeps in step with technological advances such as advanced labs and classrooms.
Because the college maintains a close relationship with business and industry, training is always on the cutting edge. In short, students learn what businesses need to get the job done. Small classroom sizes mean that faculty can provide individualized instruction. Students are given the personal attention they deserve. The cost of obtaining a degree continues to be one of the lowest in the state making it one of the best education values for the dollar.
As part of the Kentucky Community and Technical College System, SKYCTC prepares students for success in the university, in the workplace and in life.


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How much of a market exists in Marietta for mobile food vendors?
asknot you said that right. We need a more variety of foods around this area. And these mobile food vendors could offer a variety of GOOD fresh ethnic foods and I beleive one could make money doing it.
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I think the market does exist for mobile food vendors and it would be a good thing.
You would be surprised how much money one can make doing this if they have good food. My brother in law sells produce down in Florida and averages $800 to $1200 a day. There is a lot more than "pocket change" to be made here.
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The demographics do not support this business. Nobody in their right mind would attempt such a venture and expect to make a decent living.
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I know they would be a hit at the college and large places of employment where there were only 30 minute lunches. If they had a rotating schedule one would do fine.
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Nice thought but don't expect overnight riches. Maybe some extra pocket change for enterprising entrepreneurs.
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2 As compared to other full-line manufacturers, which is defined as: automotive manufacturers that make small cars through large cars, minivans, small and large trucks (including body on frame construction).
3 Based on 2013 Model Year EPA Fuel Economy Estimates (Combined MPG). Actual mileage may vary with driving conditions – use for comparison only.
4 Excluded from this report: cargo vehicles over 8,500 lbs. GVWR and passenger vehicles over 10,000 lbs. GVWR.
5 Models shown: 2014 Nissan Sentra, 2015 Nissan Altima and 2015 Nissan Pathfinder.


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Fire Pits & Patio HeatersOne of the charms of camping is the ability to do so year round. In the spring and autumn months sitting out of doors in the evenings is one of the greatest pleasures camping offers. There are a couple of particularly nice options for staying warm on a cool night; a fire pit or a patio heater does the job beautifully.
A fire pit can be a piece of art, if made well. Available in a variety of sizes and shapes, a fire pit will keep you warm, provide a place to make S'mores, and can be packed in to your storage compartment. A patio heater will generate more heat but requires either propane or electricity to do so. Either way, make sure you have a cover to help keep your pit or heater in the best condition possible.


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Yahoo's (YHOO) Marissa Mayer is boosting the company's research unit, which was downsized under her predecessor, as the chief executive officer bets on emerging technologies from big data to artificial intelligence.
Yahoo Labs has hired 30 researchers with PhDs in 2013 and plans to add another 20 by year-end, Mayer said in an interview at the company's Sunnyvale headquarters. The group is led by Chief Scientist Ron Brachman, a former scientist at the U.S. agency that helped invent the Internet.
In addition to trying to revive Yahoo through acquisitions and a focus on mobile, Mayer is investing in new projects after four straight years of reduced spending on research and development. Yahoo Labs, set up in 2005 as an incubator for academic-style research and bold experimentation, suffered cuts last year during the brief tenure of former CEO Scott Thompson, leading to the departure of group founder and leader Prabhakar Raghavan to rival Google (GOOG).
"The lab is still here -- it's been reduced in size," Mayer said. The company is investing "heavily to build it back up."
Job openings listed on Yahoo's website include a research scientist specializing in mobile, a senior principal scientist in personalization and a research scientist in pricing and marketplaces.
Brachman, who helped build Yahoo's research group when he joined the company in 2005, previously spent three years at the U.S. government's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Darpa), which helped create the Internet in the 1960s. Before that, he led research on artificial intelligence at AT&T's Labs.
Some of Yahoo Labs' focus areas are in mobile, content personalization and predictive analytics. Recent projects include a search engine that asks users for more context about their queries and an analysis of political opinions drawn from messages posted to Twitter.
Yahoo spent $885.82 million last year on product development, which includes R&D, a 27 percent decline from 2008. As a percentage of sales, Yahoo budgeted 18 percent to product development last year, higher than Google's 14 percent spent on R&D and lower than Facebook's 27 percent.
The recruiting boost reflects Mayer's broader effort to attract top Silicon Valley talent. She has spent more than $1.2 billion on a startup takeover spree that has netted Tumblr Inc. founder David Karp and Nick D'Aloisio, the whiz-kid teenager who founded news reading app Summly. Two former Yahoo executives, Jeff Bonforte and Amit Kumar, rejoined the company after Mayer purchased their respective startups, Xobni and Palaran, last month.
The CEO has also worked to put engineers back at the center of the largest U.S. Web portal. Yahoo's technology council, a governing body of eight leaders that includes co-founder David Filo and Chief Architect Amotz Maimon, is critical in the approval of new products.
"If I don't sign off and say it's excellent from a product standpoint, and if David Filo or Amotz don't sign off and say it's excellent from tech-council standpoint, it doesn't happen," Mayer said.


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Couple's 50-year marriage has gone accordion to plan
|Anita and Bob Siarkowksi recently celebrated their 50th anniversay. Credit: contributed
In 1958, 17-year-old Anita LeBlanc was already seven years into accordion lessons when she met 21-year-old Bob Siarkowski at Mecca Music School in downtown Waterbury.
As she and the rest of the band prepared for a rehearsal, Bob appeared and took a seat front and center.
"It was obvious he knew no one. The only one paying any attention to him was me," she recalls. "I thought, 'He has a nerve. Who does he think he is, trying to play with us at this late stage of the game?'"
Curious, she approached the newcomer and introduced herself, but the conversation was cut short when the band leader started up with his baton. It didn't take long for Anita to realize Bob had no problem blending in with the orchestra. In fact when he performed a solo rendition of "Accordion Boogie," it became quite obvious he was no rookie but rather a seasoned player.
Not only did Bob, a Pennsylvania native, have 14 years of experience, he was playing jazz in New York and studying advanced classical accordion. He also had his own band and had opened his own business, Bob's Accordion School in Plantsville, when he was 18.
With a bit of matchmaking on the part of music teacher Dom Mecca and negotiating with Anita's mom to make the combination with an older man work, Bob was soon driving Anita home from lessons and carrying her cumbersome accordion up three flights to her apartment. When Anita's mother met Bob for the first time, he was dressed in his Sunday best, in contrast to the casually clad young men her daughter had been dating at the time.
"Bob made a hit. Ma was impressed, reconsidered and allowed us to date," says Anita. "As it turned out, we were a good catch for one another, after all."
The musicians continued to court through Anita's high school graduation and during her training as a nurse.
"After I got my RN, Bob popped the question and the diamond ring," she says. "He always told his grandmother he was going to marry a French nurse and voila!"
On their wedding day, Bob's band provided the entertainment at the reception. The couple also surprised their guests — and themselves — with an impromptu accordion duet, the premier performance by the new Mr. and Mrs.
"Ma had it all figured out. Bob borrowed his buddy's squeezebox and she sent my sister Loretta home for mine," Anita remembers. "I warned Ma that I'd rip my dress. Her response? 'That's OK. The pictures are already taken.'"
Music never faded into the background as the Siarkowskis started their life and raised their two sons, Scot and Bret. While Anita worked on and off as a nurse, Bob opened a second business, Southington Organ and Piano. Anita also took over Bob's Music Center for 11 years, managing the teachers, which included the couple's sons, and giving private keyboard instruction. Their home even included a music studio with soundproof rooms, which prevented distractions while Bob's students were practicing.
"Bob worked in the studio, teaching full time. I'd have dinner ready for him and the boys so we could all enjoy a meal together as a family," says Anita. "Since we work at home most of the time — I'm an independent consultant/ nurse case manager and Bob gives music lessons — it's especially important that we respect each other's space and privacy."
As for how the duo has made it this far, Bob adds, "Anita works day, I work nights. We date weekends!"
Bob and Anita always had a great time performing together as an accordion duet and still do. As accordionists for hire, they dress for any occasion and coordinate their musical repertoire and outfits to fit the season or event.
"Bob goes along with it always," says Anita. "Our appearance and performance always make a big hit, and I've gotten into the habit of matching our outfits. We won first prize for the Best Dressed Couple in September during the International Accordion Festival in Las Vegas."
The pair are also active members and guest artists of the Connecticut Accordion Association, the American Accordionists' Association and the Accordion Teachers' Guild, and frequently travel to various accordion festivals across the country. "Our next plan is a Caribbean cruise this winter that will feature several bands, including the Jimmy Sturr Orchestra."
On Sept. 15, the Siarkowskis celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with a dinner dance for family and friends at the Aqua Turf. Bob hired the Ohio band Squeezebox for the occasion, booking them two and a half years in advance.
As part of the festivities, guest were treated to an accordion-shape cake and chocolate accordion favors. For her husband, Anita wrote a special anniversary tribute titled "Accordin' to My Note," which was published in the Accordion Association newsletter and describes their longtime connection. And for his wife, Bob had his friend, poet Lois Hart, compose a poem, called "To My Beloved Wife on Our Golden Anniversary." In just a few stanzas Hart manages to evoke Bob's feelings over the course of their love story, including the most telling line:
"Who could ask for more, not I. We've lived, loved, and danced to a tune
That you and I as accordionists squeezed out and into full bloom."
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Whether you are a parent or a coach reading this the volatile and sometimes hostel relationship between parent and coach has a dramatic impact on both players and team, usually to the detriment of both.
Having coached nearly 1,000 fastpitch softball game I have pretty much seen and heard it all, as a coach, parent and fan. As we all know...it gets ugly sometimes! The real question is why does it get ugly and how can parents and coaches get along better?
In competitive or travel softball parents always have a choice as to which team they place their daughter on; in high school or rec softball you're kind of stuck with whomever is coaching. In either scenario there are definite ways to make the relationship work...here they are:
1. Better Communication - Whether parent or coach the best way to resolve any issue or concern is with one-on-one communication. Take the initiative to approach the other party calmly with suggestions. Don't assume the coach or parent knows what you are thinking and that your point is "obvious" to him/her. Go to the source and work it out. As a coach I always appreciate a parent who takes the time to seek me out to address an issue. I want what is best for my team and each player, and if any parent can help towards that end I'm open to it.
2. Lower Expectations - In my experience many softball parents have astronomical expectations for both their athlete's and team's performance. As a coach I can tell you that most teams are a work in progress; particularly if they are a new team or a team jumping to the next age group. I recognize frustration occurs when players or teams don't perform well, but if your athlete is under 16, believe me, she has yet to master a very difficult game. Give it time.
3. More Patience - Which leads me to more patience! We expect a lot from our kids today and sometimes they have a difficult time handling everything we throw at them. Allow them some time to get better. No coach is a miracle worker. A good coach sees the big picture for his/her athletes and the team. Do wins and losses really matter at 10, 12 or 14? Look for the baby steps of progress.
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5|25: Celebrating Five Years of Autism Science Day 14: Autism as a Disorder of the Synapse
The wide range of symptoms associated with autism has long been one of the major challenges for diagnosis and treatment. Researchers suspect this heterogeneity is due to the fact that many different genetic and environmental risk factors can contribute to autism. These different risk factors all probably lead to some common biological mechanisms that actually underlie autism's core symptoms. Unfortunately we do not yet know what those biological mechanisms are. In 2008, armed with novel technologies and new strategies several research teams reported converging evidence of autism as a disorder of the "synapse."
The synapse is the point of contact between two neurons. This junction is populated by hundreds of proteins that help maintain and coordinate complex cell to cell communication. Researchers first suspected some of these synaptic proteins may play a role in autism when the genes for several of them, including neuroligin, neurexin and SHANK-3, were found mutated in a small number of cases of autism a few years ago. This suspicion was heightened in 2008 when different teams of researchers from UCLA, Yale and Johns Hopkins, independently implicated another synapse-related protein, CNTNAP2, as an autism susceptibility gene. Since these groups converged on CNTNAP2 using different techniques, from molecular cytogenetics to genetic association studies, they essentially confirmed each others' findings and collectively underscored its significance.
The synaptic disorder theme was furthered in late 2008 with a report from Boston Children's Hospital that took advantage of the genetic characteristics of Middle Eastern populations. Using homozygosity mapping, an analytical technique which hadn't yet been applied to autism, the researchers identified previously reported susceptibility genes, such as neurexin, as well as novel risk genes associated with the synapse, such as PCDH10, a gene thought to be involved in synaptic changes that underlie learning.
These convergent findings reinforce the notion that abnormalities at the synapse contribute to autism's core symptoms. While the specific risk genes involved might differ from one individual or family to another, which helps explain some of the clinical heterogeneity, their participation in synaptic activities binds them to a common biological mechanism. Discovery of the common mechanism is what will allow us to design strategies that treat the core symptoms of autism.
Since this story was first run: Researchers continue to find connections to genes involved in synaptic function. Many of these studies have used the Autism Speaks' AGRE cohort, including three 2009 studies published by geneticists from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. One study, published in PLoS Genetics, identified key variants in two novel genes, BZRAP1 and MDGA2, thought to be important in synaptic function and neurological development, respectively.
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All four lanes of Interstate 40/85 north were briefly shut down Wednesday morning after a tractor-trailer flipped on its side.
The crash happened around 6 a.m. near mile marker 154. No injuries were reported.
The driver tried to adjust after approaching a slow-moving vehicle but ended up flipping, troopers said. The rear trailer of the two-trailer tandem flipped.
All lanes reopened during the 6 a.m. hour after crews moved the trailer to the exit ramp.


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Beverly resident Barbara Adkins doesn't know if she'll vote early or on Election Day this fall, but she likes to have the choice.
"As opposed to missing a chance to vote, yes, it's a lovely option," she said.
Adkins, 62, and her husband voted early for the first time last year because they were going to be out of town on Election Day.
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Washington County Board of Elections clerks Melissa Saltzwedel, left, and Mandy Amos stuff envelopes with absentee ballots to be mailed out starting today in the lobby of the board office at 204 Davis Ave., Suite B, Marietta.
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Early voting begins today during regular business hours of 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Washington County Board of Elections office. Township trustees, city and village council seats and other offices, boards of education and local levies are on the ballots.
The no-fault, absentee voting option has been available since 2006, when more than 700 people took advantage in the primary. Although the numbers vary based on the offices and issues on the ballot, the trend has generally been an upward one, with 1,950 people casting early ballots in the 2012 primary and more than 10,000 doing so before the general election.
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Today - No-fault, absentee voting begins. Voters can request an absentee ballot online at www.washingtongov.org or cast ballots at the board of elections office, 204 Davis Ave., Suite B, Marietta, between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. weekdays through Nov. 1.
Monday - Deadline to register to vote in the fall election; board of elections office will be open until 9 p.m.
Nov. 2 - Early voting available from 8 a.m. to noon at the board office.
Nov. 4 - Early voting available from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m at the board office.
Nov. 5 - Election Day, polls open from 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. at precincts.
Source: Washington County Board of Elections.
Early voting
2006 primary - 737
2006 general - 3,384
2007 primary - 583
2007 general - 1,733
2008 primary - 2,057
2008 general - 9,365
2009 primary - 990
2009 general - 3,616
2010 primary - 1,672
2010 general - 5,395
2011 primary - 3,009
2011 general - 4,601
2012 primary - 1,950
2012 general - 10,151
2013 primary - 2 (no countywide primary, only Caldwell Exempted Village Schools levy)
County residents who want to vote early in this election can do so by mail or at the board of elections office, which moved out of the courthouse this summer and into the lower level of the Davis Avenue building housing the county Children Services offices.
Election board director Tara Hupp said staff members have been reminding people of the move every chance they get, whether it's through local media or on the phone when folks call in with questions about the upcoming election. They've also been talking with voters as they come into the office about whether they had trouble finding the space at 204 Davis Ave., Suite B, just down the hill from Marietta High School.
"Most people say no; some say yes," Hupp said.
As the move was being made, some people suggested the change from a central downtown location could discourage voters from registering or casting their ballots. Both the City of Marietta and the county have erected new signage to direct people to the office. And the Community Action Bus Line will make stops at the board office as part of its "A" route at about 15 minutes after the hour, through Election Day. The stop won't be made during the 7 and 11 a.m. hours or the 2 p.m. hour due to the high school schedule and lunch for the driver. Those who vote will then be able to catch the bus again the next hour.
Adkins said she hasn't been to the new office, but since it's located off Muskingum Drive, the route she takes into town, she doesn't think it will be a problem.
"Actually for us, it would be easier," she said.
Reasons for the move included a need for more space, privacy concerns with people casting early ballots in the busy and sometimes noisy courthouse halls and accessibility issues, with the handicap parking space in front of the entrance not meeting Americans with Disabilities Act requirements.
The accessibility of the new office was assessed last week by David Long, adviser for People First, a group that works to help individuals with disabilities become their own advocates in the realm of public policy. Long said the parking situation is improved and the interior of the office is quite accessible. He also noted the presence of rooms "where people can go in and vote and take their time voting."
The only concerns he noted were that the curb cut to provide wheelchair access isn't wide enough to meet ADA requirements and that the exterior door to the office needs to be replaced with a lighter one.
"It would be hard for people to ... open, especially people in wheelchairs," Long said.
Hupp said the office is waiting for the written report Long plans to submit, which will then be taken before the board. One adjustment had already been made to make the door easier to open.
"Our door was pulling 11 pounds of pressure," Hupp said, noting it's been reduced to about five pounds.


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You haven't really experienced life in South Africa until you've visited a township, and Soweto, to the south-west of Johannesburg, is the largest of them all. This area is also famous for its role in the struggle against apartheid, and there are now many sites of historical significance. The easiest way to visit Soweto is on an official township tour, and you can make the trip as long or short as you like. more
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On April 7, 1788, a fleet of boats arrived at the confluence of the Ohio and Muskingum rivers carrying 48 men from New England who desired to "plant a Christian nation in the midst of a savage wilderness, where they expected to make their homes."
That description, from "The Founders of Ohio: Brief Sketches of the Forty-Eight Pioneers," by Julia Perkins Cutler, sums up the mission of the pioneers.
Carrying out this mission were several men in two detachments - one leaving Dec. 3, 1787, from Danvers, Mass., under the command of Major Haffield White and the other, leaving Jan. 1, 1788, from Hartford, Conn., with Col. Ebenezer Sproat in charge. After grueling marches and carrying all their gear over the Allegheny mountains during an especially severe winter, they finally arrived at the Youghiogheny River. Along the way, mountain roads often were buried under 3 feet of snow. Many had taken ill with small pox, and the sawmills were frozen. It was six weeks before they were able to finish the boats they needed and arrived at the Muskingum.
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LEFT: This photo depicts one of the murals on display at the Campus Martius Museum. It shows some of the original founders of Marietta leading a processional to Campus Martius to convene the first court in 1787. RIGHT (top left): Anselm Tupper and (top right) Return Jonathan Meigs are depicted; (bottom) This photo courtesy of Marietta College Special Collections shows one of Marietta's founding fathers, Rufus Putnam.
"What amazes me, with this wide variation in age ... from 16 to 68, they all survived to make it from Massachussetts to here in the Ohio Valley," said local historian, Louise Zimmer. "Without too much trouble, they made it alive."
Many of the original 48 pioneers went on to live long lives, but a few stories about heroics and death have survived more than two centuries later. Beyond the stories, many of the 48 were lost to history. Where they lived, what they did, information about families and even their final resting places are still hidden in yet-to-be discovered records.
The places where only 30 of the original pioneers are spending eternity have been identified.
"Sometimes the most fascinating are the mysteries," said Jean Yost, president of the Marietta chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution. "You always have those with lots written about them. ... Sometimes, we overlook the sacrifices they made before they got here. Starting Marietta was only the beginning."
One such story is that of young Jonas Davis.
Davis arrived with the 48 in 1788 but found his way down to Stone's Garrison in Belpre a few years later. He was engaged in 1795 to Amy Barker, daughter of the frontiersman Isaac Barker. He even had a cabin where he and his new bride could live. On his way back from Marietta to Belpre, he spotted the wreckage of a skiff near the river bank. Davis thought any wood he could salvage would make excellent steps to improve his home for Amy.
A short time later, he returned to pick up the wood. Three Native Americans found him and apparently killed him. He was found dead near Belpre. He already had his wedding suit hanging in his cabin. He is buried in Cedarville Cemetery in Belpre.
It is no surprise that 18 of the original 48 seem to be lost to history. More than two centuries ago, it's still easy to "disappear."
"I spent a lot of years doing genealogical research," Zimmer said. "If you didn't own property or you didn't get in trouble, you fairly disappeared. If you just minded your own business, there was no way to trace you. It was very easy to disappear back then - on purpose or accidentally."
Yost said it was no big event for any of the pioneers to walk back to Connecticut or Massachussets.
"Some of these people seem to have dropped off (the face of the earth)," Yost said. "I think some families, if they were somewhat in tact, they were better at writing their histories."
On his way back to New England, the weary traveler might have stopped off to see a relative or a buddy from the war, met a woman and gotten married, Yost said.
"It makes it difficult to pin down when they are in different states," Yost said. "It's hard to be conclusive about some of these people."
For example, is the Josiah Junior White who died in 1789 and buried in Leonmister, Mass., the same man who arrived in Marietta at age 21 with the 48 original pioneers? Or, is it Samuel Josiah White who died and is buried in Bolton, Mass.? What is known about White is that he was born Oct. 4, 1767, the son of Major Haffield and Lydia (Masters) White. He died in Danvers, Mass., after returning there in 1788.
"Five years from now, we'll be light years ahead of where we are now," Yost said.
He points to work being done at Marietta College and other places across the state to digitize all sorts of records to make them searchable by name, place or any other piece of information.
"I think we'll discover a lot of military records that have never been transcribed in Columbus," Yost said. "All of a sudden, you get more ties (connections or clues) than the official records.
Thanks to those 48 hearty, brave pioneers that made the trek from New England to the mouth of the Muskingum River, Marietta was the first permanent settlement in the Northwest Territory.
"It was an idea whose time had come for the country to spread out," Zimmer said. "They were on their toes, and they saw the possibilities before everyone else. The fact they planned so carefully, they didn't want this to fail."


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Renoir took an intermittent in sculpture, but it was allegedly a meeting with Maillol in 1907 which led him to take up modelling again at the end of his life.
In 1913, Ambroise Vollard, his official dealer, suggested he employ Richard Guino, a young sculptor studying under Maillol to assist him. Their collaboration lasted five years, with Renoir, crippled by rheumatism, dashing down sketches on paper, Guino modelling them under the direction of the master who waved or pointed a stick to express the necessary changes to the sculpture and Vollard producing the works in bronze.
Venus victrix, created between 1914 and 1916, illustrates the triumph of the goddess of love over her rivals, Minerva and Juno. She is holding the apple given to her by the shepherd Paris, the sole judge of the beauty contest, whilst uncovering herself in a gesture reminiscent of some of the many versions of the Birth of Venus.
The style of classical antiquity echoes Renoir's final phase. Like Maillol, Bourdelle or Picasso during the same period, he turned to Greco-Roman models in what came to be known as "return to the style", combining realism and idealism. This is evident in the streamlined silhouette of Venus, her soft, measured movements, smooth surface and the curves of her body.
Venus victrix is a bather rather than a conquering Venus – like those to be found in Renoir's paintings. They all celebrate the female body with the same ample forms and modestly lowered eyes. However, the three-dimensional medium of bronze in sculpture adds a new piquancy to a theme familiar to the old artist, imbuing it with an extremely sensual visual and tactile reality.


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- Aug 18:
- Reports that Jahi McMath is coming home are false
- Jun 18:
- Jahi McMath being kept at New Jersey hospital
- Jun 12:
- Jahi McMath getting diploma for eighth grade, family says
- Mar 13:
- Jahi McMath: Family calls state report 'B.S.'; new medical record details emerge
- Mar 12:
- Jahi McMath: State releases report on Children's Hospital Oakland's handling of patients
- Feb 20:
- Jahi McMath: Complete text of letter from brain-dead girl's mother
- Feb 19:
- Jahi McMath 'much better,' her mother says
- Feb 1:
- Jahi McMath: Is it safe to have tonsil surgery at Children's Hospital Oakland?
- Jan 27:
- Jahi McMath video claims to show her feet and toes move
- Jan 25:
- Jahi McMath: five similar brain death legal cases
- Jan 9:
- Jahi McMath: Medical experts say organ failure inevitable
- Jan 8:
- Jahi McMath: Girl given breathing, feeding tubes, attorney says
- Jan 7:
- Jahi McMath: Streetfighting lawyer takes heat, death threats for brain-dead Oakland girl's family
- Jan 6:
- Jahi McMath: Family says brain-dead teen's body may be too deteriorated to save
- Document: Medical analysis of Jahi McMath's deteriorating condition
- Jahi McMath: Brain-dead girl moved to undisclosed care facility
- Jan 5:
- Jahi McMath: Brain-dead teen's family moves her from Children's Hospital Oakland
- Jahi McMath: Timeline of events in case of brain-dead Oakland teen
- Jan 3:
- Jahi McMath: Mom can remove brain-dead daughter from hospital, judge rules
- Dec 31:
- Jahi McMath: Terri Schiavo group secretly leading transfer efforts
- Jahi McMath: Hospital fights in court to remove brain-dead girl from ventilator
- Dec 29:
- Jahi McMath: Statement of Children's Hospital Oakland
- Jahi McMath: Mom and lawyer say only remaining option for brain-dead girl is a New York care facility
- Dec 28:
- Jahi McMath: Family, attorney release letter addressing critics
- Jahi McMath: Family trying to raise money to get 13-year-old airlifted out of state
- Dec 27:
- Jahi McMath: Children's Hospital Oakland agrees to release brain-dead girl to long-term care
- Dec 26:
- Jahi McMath: 2 years ago, a girl wound up severely brain damaged following similar surgery
- Herhold: At bottom, the Jahi McMath story is a tale of a mother's guilt
- Dec 24:
- Jahi McMath: A mother's undeniable love is lost in divisive battle
- Jahi McMath: Judge denies petition to keep girl on ventilator past Dec. 30
- Dec 21:
- Jahi, her mom and 13 days at Children's Hospital Oakland
- Jahi McMath: Medicine's ability to keep a heart beating complicates how death is perceived
- Oakland: Emotional letter from Jahi McMath's mom to keep daughter 'warm'
- Judge grants restraining order keeping brain dead Oakland girl on ventilator through Monday
- Dec 20:
- Family of Oakland girl on ventilator furious after meeting with hospital officials
- Dec 18:
- Jahi McMath prayer vigil: 'God knows we want a miracle'
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- Oakland: Girl declared brain dead after tonsil surgery may be taken off life support Tuesday
- Oakland girl, 13, declared brain-dead after tonsil surgery
If Christopher Dolan gets his way, the Jahi McMath case may change how California determines when death occurs.
Dolan, a San Rafael resident who has gained newfound prominence as the attorney for Jahi's family, hopes to mount what may be the nation's first challenge to a law linking end of life to brain death.
Families -- not hospitals, judges or governments -- should decide when treatment stops on a loved one, Dolan argues. And if a family believes life stops when the heart stops, based on religious beliefs, a government should not have the power to interfere with their constitutional right to practice those beliefs.
It's a daunting fight in an arena with no legal precedent. Experts say it is possible that the case of the 13-year-old Oakland girl, declared brain dead after tonsil, throat and nose surgeries to relieve her sleep apnea, will set new rules.
California's Health and Safety Code 7180 is states that an individual who has sustained "irreversible cessation of all functions of the entire brain, including the brain stem, is dead." But citing their religious faith, Jahi's family has insisted she is not dead, noting she continues to breathe and her heart beats with the help of machines.
Other cases around the country involving families of brain-dead patients have provided brief courtroom bursts, but no firm judgments.
"This is a hot area because there's a lot of growing interest in religions versus medicine," said Thaddeus Pope, a law professor at Hamline University School of Law in Saint Paul, Minn.
"If the courts don't touch it, we will still have a policy vacuum," said Pope, who maintains a blog on end-of-life legal cases.
Dolan points to Alameda County Superior Court Judge Evelio Grillo's granting of a temporary restraining order in the Jahi case as a legal framework for future California cases. The court ordered Children's Hospital Oakland to keep Jahi on a ventilator while the family searched for a facility that would accept the body and continue measures to sustain a heartbeat. The hospital and family reached an agreement to remove Jahi from the hospital, and she was moved to an undisclosed location on Jan. 5. A federal lawsuit lost its urgency once that occurred, but is still pending.
Grillo's ruling was "the first time in a California court there's a written opinion that parental rights exist following the issuance of brain death," Dolan said.
To challenge the state's death laws, Jahi's family would have to amend their federal lawsuit to ask for relief, such as a court declaration about the hospital's conduct regarding its refusal to recognize a religious exception, and a prohibition against doing it again. So far, the family has been reluctant to give Dolan the go-ahead to continue the court battle.
"Our main objective was to remove Jahi and get her someplace where she can be cared for and loved," Jahi's uncle Omari Sealey said recently. "Right now, we haven't talked about changing the law."
But Dolan insists there is an important constitutional principle to be established about the rights of parents to make health care decisions, as well as limits on government meddling.
"If (the government) decides when life ends, they also might try to decide when life begins," the pro-choice attorney said, alluding to abortion rights.
Pope called Dolan's constitutional arguments a "long shot" but possible, given that New Jersey and New York have clauses in their laws allowing families with religious beliefs to use cardiopulmonary death instead of brain death to determine the end of a loved one's life. However, those religious options were added through legislation, not the courts. Pope stressed Jahi's family would need to prove their religion believes death occurs when the heart stops beating.
Dolan said his clients are very religious, although the precise nature of their beliefs has not been detailed. Jahi's mother, Nailah Winkfield, wrote in a court declaration: "I believe in God and that he can heal all. God created Jahi -- he can save her."
But UC Berkeley Boalt Hall law Professor Emeritus Marjorie Shultz, who specializes in medical ethics, said the family's personal religious beliefs cannot compel a hospital to abide.
"The thing that might have weight is our knowledge of the brain is still quite limited and we have a tendency to confuse what we can measure as a fact," she said. However, Shultz said it would likely take the Legislature to craft a similar law to those in New Jersey or New York to make any real change.
Dolan's other two legal arguments involve the Federal Rehabilitation Act, saying hospitals that receive federal funds cannot discriminate against disabled people, as well as the Americans with Disabilities Act. Dolan said Jahi's medical state put her into that category.
Pope called these arguments "close to frivolous," considering state law deems Jahi deceased, not disabled. He said Dolan's efforts to date have already created some "dangerous" legal history with Grillo's restraining order rulings.
"It's not precedent in rights under California law, but it definitely is precedent for all other parents knowing that they can probably get a few more weeks extra time by going to the court system," Pope said.
Such tactics have already been used elsewhere.
In 2008, a Washington, D.C., children's hospital asked a judge to allow them to remove a 12-year-old brain-dead boy from his ventilator. Doctors said the Orthodox Jewish boy's brain ceased to function after he failed to regain consciousness following brain cancer surgery. However, the religious beliefs of Motl Brody's family held that life ended when the heart stopped beating; in that case, the family did not consent to the hospital performing additional brain-death tests.
"(The parents) understood that once he was really brain dead there wasn't any reason to transfer him to New York. They understood what was going on, but from a religious perspective their son was not dead," said Jeffrey Zuckerman, a Washington, D.C., attorney who represented the family. "They wanted to let him die according to Jewish law."
With a court hearing looming, his other organs began to fail and attorneys from both sides jointly agreed to call the judge to cancel further legal proceedings, Zuckerman said. Days later, Motl's heart stopped as he lay in his hospital bed.
In 2004, Utah parents fought to keep their 6-year-old son, Jesse Koochin, on a ventilator after his bout with brain cancer left him brain dead. A judge ordered him released from the hospital to his parents' care, and his heart stopped about three weeks later.
Giving families the power to declare death could have significant ramifications, Shultz said.
"You would have a lot of chaos if it were up to each individual to determine death," she said. "So many things flow from that determination."
But Dolan believes the issue needs to be settled, and soon.
"It's a very important, significant legal debate that has been started," Dolan said, "but not concluded."
Contact Matthias Gafni at 925-952-5026. Follow him at Twitter.com/mgafni.
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Let f(x) = sin(x). By taking derivatives, find a function g(x) of the form g(x) = a + bx + cx2 that has the same value, slope, and second derivative as f when x = 0.
Graph f and g on the same axes.
We want g(0) and f(0) to be the same. We can see that
g(0) = a + b(0) + c(0)2 = a
and we know that
f(0) = sin(0) = 0.
In order for g(0) and f(0) to be the same, we must have a = 0.
Next, we want g'(0) and f '(0) to be the same. We can compute
g'(x) = b + 2cx
and we know f '(x) = cos x. To have these derivatives be the same at 0, we need
g'(0) = b + 2c(0) = b
f '(0) = cos(0) = 1
to be the same, so we must have b = 1.
Finally, we want the second derivatives to be the same. We calculate the second derivatives:
g(2)(x) = 2c
f (2)(x) = -sin(x)
so we need
2c = g(2)(0) = f(2)(0) = -sin(0) = 0
which means c = 0. Now that we know a, b, and c, we can write
g(x) = a + bx + cx2 = 0 + x + 0x2 = x.
If we graph g(x) and f(x) on the same graph, g does look like a good approximation of f close to zero:
In this case, it just happened that the second derivative of f was zero, so we ended up with g being a line anyway.
Find the 5th-degree Taylor polynomial centered at 0 for cos x.
Taking derivatives of cos x and evaluating at 0 we get
We plug these values into the formula and get
Again, we leave the factorials in factorial form. Since the coefficient of the x5 term is 0, this is the 5th degree Taylor polynomial even though it only has degree 4. Again, it looks like we did things right:
What is the Maclaurin series for f(x) = cos x (a.k.a. the Taylor series for f(x) = cos x near x = 0) ?
Continuing the pattern we found for the Taylor polynomials in the previous exercise, the Taylor series is
where the terms start at n = 0.
What is the nth term, or general term, of the Taylor series for f(x) = ex near x = 0?
The Taylor series for f(x) = ex is
so the general term, or nth term, is
(a) Find the Taylor series for .
(b) Why does your answer make sense?
(a) Remember the chain rule and be careful with the minus signs.
(b) You've seen the expression before. Where?
a) Let's take some derivatives and evaluate them at 0. We start with
Taking the derivative and remembering to use the chain rule, we get
Each time we take a derivative, we'll get two negative signs, one from the exponent and one from the derivative of the inside function (1 – x). These negative signs will always cancel out.
So we get
Evaluating at 0, we have
and so on. For every n, f(n)(0) = n!.
Now we put this information into the formula and get
A graph confirms that this is reasonable:
b) The expression is the sum of the infinite geometric series with ratio x, where |x| < 1.We just found that the Taylor series for near zero is
1 + x + x2 + x3 + ... + xn + ...
This is the infinite geometric series with ratio x. The condition |x| < 1 sounds like x being "close to zero".
Which is the Taylor series for the function f(x) near x = 5 ?
The correct answer is (C). (A) is the generic formula and doesn't mention 5 at all. (B) put 5 in for x, but the phrase "near x = 5" means we want to substitute 5 for a, not for x. (D) has the exponents wrong - according to the formula we want to have the expression (x – 5)2, not (x2 – 5).
Find the Taylor series for the function f(x) = ln x at a = 1.
We have f(x) = ln x. We need to take derivatives of this function and evaluate at a = 1, then plug the resulting values into the formula.
Putting this information into the formula we have
Let's graph the original function f(x) and the first 4 terms of the Taylor series to make sure everything looks ok:
Which of the following functions could be the second degree Taylor polynomial for the function f(x) near -π/2?
The correct answer is (A). Functions (B) and (C) have too many direction changes to be second-degree polynomials,
so (A) is the only possibility. Since (A) appears linear, we assume the second-degree Taylor polynomial has coefficient 0 on the term.
Find the 5th degree Taylor polynomial for the function f(x) = cos x at .
We take some derivatives and evaluate them at . Since , we don't even have to think to evaluate half of these derivatives.
Then we plug the values into the formula, making sure we keep parentheses in the right places and keep track of the negative signs:
Graphing f(x) and g(x), we see the functions f(x) and (C) from the previous exercise:
Find the first four nonzero terms of the Taylor series for f(x) = x1/3 centered at x = 1.
Let's hope that none of the terms are zero, and find the degree 3 Taylor polynomial centered at 1 (since the degree n polynomial has n + 1 terms). We find derivatives, evaluate them at 1, and plug the resulting values into the magic formula. Since 1 raised to any power is 1, these aren't quite as messy as they appear at first. As with previous examples, we leave terms in expanded form to make the patterns easier to see.
Putting this into the formula, we get
Since none of the terms are zero, we've successfully found the first four nonzero terms. A graph confirms that our answer makes sense:
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Published: Monday, February 25, 2013 at 9:11 a.m.
Last Modified: Monday, February 25, 2013 at 9:11 a.m.
A Mississippi resident is accused of murdering a man and dumping his body in a south Terrebonne swamp Sunday.
Ciegie Brown Cheramie, 25, of Ovett, Miss., is charged with first-degree murder, armed robbery and obstruction of justice, according to the Terrebonne Sheriff's Office.
Two other suspects are sought in connection with the fatal robbery, and they've identified the victim through a fingerprint database, said Terrebonne Parish Sheriff Jerry Larpenter. However, the office won't release his name until they notify his family.
"We believe the initial plan was to rob the individual," the sheriff said.
Larpenter declined to give further information about how the robbery turned fatal.
It's unclear whether the armed robbery took place early Sunday morning or late Saturday night, Larpenter said.
Cheramie was stopped about 9:20 a.m. Sunday while driving in east Houma after a tipster told authorities she had a body in her car, police said. Deputies didn't find a body then, but later learned one had been dumped on Bayou Sale Road in Dulac, the sheriff said.
The victim is a Hispanic man between the ages of 25 and 30. He has a medium build, stands about 5 feet, 7 inches and has short black hair, according to a news release.
He died of a gunshot wound, Larpenter said.
Police are taking photographs to places they believe the victim frequented in hopes of learning his identity, Larpenter said.
Cheramie was in the Terrebonne Parish Jail this morning awaiting a bond hearing.
Anyone with information about the case or the dead man is asked to call detectives at 876-2500.
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|Chuck Hagel
Every once in a while, something transpires in politics that makes even the most cynical and hardened of observers shake his head. I found myself shaking my head over the weekend in the wake of the Senate vote to delay the confirmation of Chuck Hagel to be the next US Secretary of Defense. Invoking a cloture vote, which, like a filibuster, requires 60 votes in the 100 member US Senate, 40 Republicans voted to delay taking the final decision.
Without delving unnecessarily into the labyrinthine procedural rules of the US Senate, a hyper-deliberative body that moves at glacial speed, the cloture vote means that the actual confirmation vote mightn't take place until early March. And despite Republican assurances that they are not going to filibuster Chuck Hagel's nomination, there is no guarantee they won't. It only takes one senator after all. Senate Democrats were furious after the cloture vote. As Majority Leader Harry Reid said on the Senate floor, "I'm going to go call Chuck Hagel when I finish here and say I'm sorry, I'm sorry this has happened."
So who is this would be US defense secretary who has inspired such vociferous opposition from Senate Republicans? Chuck Hagel is a highly decorated Vietnam War veteran who led an infantry squad and won two Purple Hearts. Chuck Hagel is a hugely successful businessman who co-founded and ran a communications company and an investment banking firm. Chuck Hagel is a former US Senator who represented his native Nebraska for two terms from 1997 to 2009. And Chuck Hagel is a Republican who received an 84% rating from the American Conservative Union in his US Senate tenure. Stated another way, he was a pretty reliable conservative Republican.
In light of the foregoing, why is it that Senate Republicans oppose their erstwhile colleague and fellow Republican? A few relatively insignificant justifications have been proffered. He's never run a bureaucracy the size of the US defense department; he's endorsed Democrats, both of whom were military veterans, on two occasions in the past; and he's alleged to be a fairly temperamental character. These don't really add up, however. The real reasons for Republican opposition to Chuck Hagel are: 1) he questioned the wisdom of sending additional troops to Iraq and the "Bush doctrine" more broadly; 2) he wants to explore every potential avenue of diplomatic engagement with Iran before contemplating the use of military force; and 3) he recognizes that US foreign policy with respect to the Middle East has an inherent pro-Israel bias.
Even though it is difficult for me to fathom how anyone could disagree with Mr. Hagel on any of these three points, it's worthwhile to examine just what he has said and what his opponents now say.
On Iraq, then-Senator Hagel predicted that the plan to send 20,000 additional troops there would be "the most dangerous foreign policy blunder since Vietnam." He also opined in 2006 that "there will be no victory or defeat for the United States in Iraq" and called for a "phased troop withdrawal." While it's questionable whether he was right on the first count, history has proven that he was correct on the second. On Iran, Mr. Hagel says that "while there is time and space for diplomacy, backed by pressure, the window is closing. Iran needs to demonstrate it is prepared to negotiate seriously." That's no pacifist talking.
On Israel, then-Senator Hagel once commented "that the Jewish lobby intimidates a lot of people." Although his use of the word Jewish is regrettable, it is a fact that the pro-Israeli lobby wields an extraordinary – many would say disproportionate – amount of clout on Capitol Hill. He also has said that "our relationship with Israel is special and historic…but it need not and cannot be at the expense of our Arab and Muslim relationships. That is an irresponsible and dangerous false choice." This is a rational viewpoint. Indeed, a leading rabbi in Mr. Hagel's home state wrote recently that his "record shows strong support for Israel" and that he understands "the Israel people and their desire to live in peace and security." A number of prominent Jewish organizations and individuals have similarly endorsed Mr. Hagel.


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GPS unit installed in Vance helped track Boston suspects
Published: Wednesday, May 1, 2013 at 3:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, April 30, 2013 at 11:39 p.m.
Little did workers at Mercedes-Benz U.S. International know that a GPS unit they installed while building an M-Class SUV in Vance would help catch the suspects in the Boston Marathon bombings.
The suspected bombers, brothers Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, allegedly carjacked a 2013 M-Class sport utility vehicle near Boston a few days after the fatal marathon bombings. Police said they believe the brothers intended to drive to New York City and plant additional bombs.
When the carjackers stopped to buy gas for the SUV, the vehicle's owner escaped and called police, telling them his SUV could be tracked by his iPhone and the Mercedes satellite system, according to a report in The Boston Globe.
The stolen SUV had an active telematics system with a stolen vehicle assistance function.
Police contacted Mercedes officials, who activated the system. Police located the car, and about an hour later, they confronted the suspects in a Boston suburb of Watertown. A chase and shootout followed and Tamerlan Tsarnaev was killed.
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was captured later that day after a massive manhunt that shut down the Boston metropolitan area. He has since been charged with using a weapon of mass destruction resulting in death, a federal capital offense.
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The Pacers won 114-82 Friday night in Indianapolis, and led by as many as 21 in the return leg. George finished with 12 points and 12 rebounds for Indiana, which had five players in double figures and got Danny Granger on the floor for the first time this season.
After trailing by as many as 43 in Indiana on Friday, the Pistons started the second game of the home-and-home set by missing 16 of their first 17 shots. Will Bynum led Detroit with 15 points before getting ejected for striking Tyler Hansbrough in the groin in the fourth quarter.
The Pacers struggled to take advantage, turning the ball over seven times in the first nine minutes of the game. That's when Granger checked in for the first time this season.
Detroit's second unit—including three rookies—took a 21-20 lead midway through the second quarter, but the Pacers finished strong to take a 39-28 lead at the break. Bynum had 13 points for the Pistons, but Detroit's five starters combined for only 11 on 4-of-22 shooting in the opening half.
Indiana pulled away in the third quarter and, for the second night in a row, both teams emptied their benches down the stretch.
NOTES: Granger, who sat out the first 55 games of the season with a knee injury, missed his first eight shots before hitting one in the fourth quarter.


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PARKERSBURG - Downtown PKB sent out 3,000 surveys to businesses and community members Wednesday to gauge opinions on the future of downtown Parkersburg.
The surveys will help guide Downtown PKB's efforts to reinvigorate the area of the city, said Downtown PKB Executive Director Carrie Nesselrode.
"We have spent the past year focusing on the immediate opportunities we have to show off downtown Parkersburg while digging in to understand some of the issues that have prevented the growth and revitalization everyone would like to see in this area," she said. "Now, we want to learn through a more formal survey process what the community and those people who work and own businesses downtown think about the area."
Surveys are being sent to all downtown businesses via email, while a door-to-door approach will be taken to target some of the smaller businesses as well. Community members will be given access to the survey through a variety of methods including the Downtown PKB website, social media and even via a paper form that can be picked up at the organization's office at 409 1/2 Market St.
"We want to engage as many people as possible, through as many means as we can so that we can put into motion plans that truly reflect the wishes, hopes and desires of everyone interested in seeing our downtown grow," Nesselrode said.
The survey features a range of questions to determine usage of the downtown, where respondents live, what they want to see out of the downtown of the future and interest in downtown living. Survey-takers also will be asked to note what would drive them to use the downtown more often and what ideas they have for improvements.
"This is everyone's downtown and our goal is to create an environment which appeals to out-of-towners, yes, but first and foremost to our residents. We want to know the cities they've visited with vibrant downtowns and what they liked about them," Nesselrode said. "This is our way of 'crowd-sourcing' the future of our downtown area."
People taking the survey have until Aug. 16 to submit them to Downtown PKB. Those who respond to the survey are automatically entered into a drawing for a $50 gift card to be used at the Blennerhassett Hotel. Results will be announced in mid-September, Nesselrode said.
To take the survey online, visit www.downtownpkb.com or www.facebook.com/DowntonwPKB. To pick up a paper copy of the survey, contact the office at 304-865-0522 to make arrangements.
Downtown PKB is an organization focusing on the economic revitalization and historic preservation of downtown Parkersburg. Founded in 2010, Downtown PKB is a participant of the West Virginia OnTrac program, which helps cities create a comprehensive approach to economic revitalization and historic preservation by focusing on four key areas: design, promotion, economic restructuring and organization.


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This knowledge about poison can save your pet's life
An upset stomach, drooling, sleepiness. Your dog or cat probably just ate something that just needs to let it run its course, you might assume. But those are also classic signs of poisoning and your pet may instead be struggling for its life.
Your ability to know the difference between a harmless upset stomach and an accidental poisoning that needs immediate attention is probably the single most important factor that will determine your pet's chances of survival, a leading dog behaviorist says.
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�Since dogs, especially young dogs, are naturally curious creatures, it is important that we know and remain vigilant about potential poisons that our snooping pooches may find and ingest,� Liam Crowe, a dog behavioral therapist with Barkbusters USA of Colorado, states in a media release. �Just because something is safe for people to ingest, doesn�t necessarily mean it is safe for our canine companions to also eat."
According to Barkbusters, symptoms that a pet has ingested a poisonous substance include: Vomiting/upset stomach; labored or shallow breathing; drooling; increased or decreased heart rate; fever; hyperactivity or lethargy; increased thirst or lack of thirst or hunger; dilated pupils; stumbling or staggering; seizures or tremors and loss of consciousness.
Ways to help dogs avoid toxic materials include:
Human foods that are toxic to dogs include chocolate, avocado, onions and garlic, raisins and grapes, alcoholic drinks, beverages with caffeine, Macadamia nuts, and chewing gum with Xylitol, Bark Busters says. Many indoor and outdoor plants also are poisonous to pets. Other toxins found outside include mushrooms and garden mulch.
- Storing all chemicals in cabinets and human medicines in out-of-reach places.
- Wiping up antifreeze leaks or spills of any size. The sweet taste attracts pets. Even a tiny amount of antifreeze can cause kidney failure and death.
- Storing poisonous baits to rid your home of pests (rodents, snails, insects) in places that a dog cannot access. Some baits smell sweet but are toxic to pets, causing severe internal bleeding.
- Staying off lawns or gardens that have been treated with fertilizers, herbicides or insecticides. If a dog has come in contact with treated lawns or has walked on snow or ice treated with ice-melting chemical, clean his feet as soon as you get home to avoid the possibility of him licking his paws and ingesting the poison.
- Consulting with a veterinarian before giving a dog any vitamin, herbal supplement or medication made for humans. Even small doses can be lethal.
Inside a home, dog parents should be careful when using household cleaners because fumes can be noxious, Bark Busters says. Heavy metals such as lead found in paint chips and linoleum also pose hazards.More reports about dogs, poison and safety:Grapes, mushrooms, pot are leading pet poisonsDeadly levels of toxins found in pet toys, gearPet poisons bloom everywhereProtect your pet from accidental poisoningPeople medications cause most pet poisoningsMore reports about dogs and safety:In emergency, your pet's survival depends on youNo ID means death for 800,000 pets a yearPet theft problem running rampantPets capable of swallowing strange objectsWays to keep pets safe in storms, disastersKeep pets safe from summertime dangersWinter is most deadly time of the year for petsProtect your pet from hazards in your homeMore reports about dogs and safetyMore reports about dogs, behavior and safety:Dogs always mouth off before they biteDogs feel no guilt about misbehavingA place where fun can quickly erupt into fightingA dog's behavior, manners start with youCrazy pet behavior booms with fireworksReports about dogs, food and safetyToxic levels of chemical found in dog foodsChocolate, candies mean danger for dogs
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