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The Marietta Family YMCA's annual chili contest has a new home this year. Organizers have moved the 6 p.m. Saturday event to the newly established Harmar Community Center at 307 Lancaster St.
"We are using the entire center and we are excited to partner with them and to help show it off," said Suzy Zumwalde, YMCA executive director.
In the past the event, which sees several hundred attendees typically, was held at the YMCA facilities and at the Marietta Shrine Club. Parking and space issues will be alleviated by the move to Harmar, according to Zumwalde.
"There is ample parking all around and that was one big reason we looked at moving there," she said.
The Harmar Community Center, which is home to the Boys & Girls Club, the Gospel Mission Food Pantry and formerly housed Magnetic Specialty Inc., is open to other organizations who would like to utilize the space.
"We have the front half finished, which is about 8,000 square feet," said Gary Murphy, president of the Harmar Community Center board.
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If you go
What: 13th annual YMCA Chili Contest.
When: 6 p.m. Saturday.
Where: Harmar Community Center, 307 Lancaster St., Marietta.
Cost: Adult - $12, senior - $10, youth 5 to 12 - $6, under 5 - free.
For information: http://mariettaymca.org
Brian Brewer - Marietta College baseball coach.
Wendy Wharff Brewer - Memorial Health Foundation.
Jermaine Mitchell - MC assistant football coach.
Will Hampton - Marietta Middle School principal.
Marilee Morrow - Marietta College.
City of Marietta Fire Department representatives.
Participating restaurants
House of Wines.
Old Town Bakery.
Boathouse BBQ.
Marietta Brewing Company.
Lafayette Hotel.
Parkhurst - Marietta College Dining Services.
Glenwood Retirement Community.
"The Community Center and the YMCA both provide after school programs and we are happy to work with them to make this event a success," he said.
The Community Center had its grand opening in June and Murphy said that their hope is that a small rental fee and donations will help to move the second phase of the project along.
"One of the reasons we are here is to be open to the community," he said. "We would certainly be willing to let other organizations like the YMCA use it."
The popular chili event is the largest fundraiser for the YMCA with an annual goal of $5,000.
"The money goes to help our youth programs and helping with family memberships," Zumwalde said, adding that donations for the silent auction from individuals, merchants and businesses also go a long way toward meeting the goal.
Among the items to be auctioned this year are a bottle of champagne from the Marietta College World Series Championship, gift certificates from area restaurants, tickets to sporting events and Stoked Coffee for a year. Those interested in bidding can do so at the event or before at the YMCA on Seventh Street.
Several different types of chili, soups and desserts will be available for the ticket price of $12 for adults, $10 for seniors and $6 for youth ages 5 to 12.
The Lafayette Hotel has been a winner in the restaurant division for soup and dessert for the past two years, according to executive chef Josh Hall.
"We've got to take chili this year," Hall said, laughing.
The hotel kitchen staff plans to enter an original chili and a white chili but won't divulge what the other two entries might be.
"That's kind of up for grabs still ... I'm not giving anything away," Hall said.
Representatives from the community will begin judging the entries at 3 p.m. Saturday and the winner will be known once the doors open to the public at 6 p.m.
"It gets very competitive between the restaurants and the individuals, too," said Zumwalde. "Everyone wants their chili to be the best."


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There's an election coming up soon, and anyone not aware of that fact must not own a mailbox. Because if you do, yours is probably much like ours--filled with a barrage of mailers encouraging us to vote for one candidate over another, or vote yes or no on some proposition or measure.
Every day there's something new to remind us that Nov. 6 is right around the corner. The other day, our sample ballots arrived--one for me and one for my wife.
Of course, Natalie and I are voting veterans and have been registered since the Nixon administration (uh, it might be the Johnson administration for Natalie, but you won't hear that from me).
For my son Kevin, it's a different story. Oh, he's registered to vote now, but it wasn't always the case. When he was first eligible to vote as an 18-year-old back in 2000, like so many other teenagers, he didn't bother to register. So we had the talk (no, not that one--the other one about civic duty). And I'd like to think that our conversation in the fall of 2000 had something to do with him registering to vote in time for the next election. It went something like this:
"Hey, have you registered to vote yet?" I asked the then teen-ager.
"Nah," he said, adding in a woeful attempt to explain, "I haven't had the time."
"Whadaya mean you haven't had the time?" I exclaimed. "You can talk on the phone for hours, you can spend all afternoon playing some stupid video game and you can sit around with your friends all night watching some corny wrestling show on TV. But you don't have time to register to vote?"
"Well, no," he said.
"Right," I snapped. "It only takes about five minutes. You take longer than that to comb your hair in the morning."
"Uh, well I'm not sure where to go," he said, trying to justify his lack of civic responsibility.
"Well, that's easy enough," I explained. "You can register at the library, and I'm sure you can register at school. I've even seen folks registering people in front of supermarkets. Heck, take a couple of minutes away from those chat rooms of yours, and you can register while you're online."
"Oh well, it's too late now," he said, trying to dismiss the whole thing.
"Wrong!" I said. "You can register up to 15 days before Election Day." (This year that's Oct. 22.)
"Well, I guess I just never thought it was all that important," he admitted.
Not all that important? Was this my son talking to me? My flesh and blood? This was his first election, his first chance to vote ... and he was too apathetic to even register? Where had I gone wrong?
But I wasn't about to lose my temper. I would deal with this in a mature, rational manner, and appeal to his sense of patriotism.
"Don't you understand that our right to vote is the very backbone of our democratic society?" I explained with all of the Jeffersonian eloquence I could muster. "And if you don't exercise that right, well then you're not participating in the process that men and women have sacrificed ... "
"OK, enough!" he cried, interrupting me just moments before I broke into a chorus of "God Bless America."
"So, are you going to register to vote?" I asked eagerly.
"I don't know," he muttered.
"Well, if you don't I'm taking your car away," I threatened.
"Fine, I'll register tomorrow." (I knew I could get through to him if I just remained rational and mature.)
In an attempt to keep me from going into some "give me liberty or give me death" speech, he started to make a little political small talk.
"So, who was your favorite president, anyway?" he asked.
"Well, I'm a Truman fan," I explained. "You know, he was the old the-buck-stops-here-tell-it-like-it-is kind of guy."
"So did you vote for him?" he asked.
"Of course not," I said with a hearty laugh. "Harry S. Truman ran for president in 1948 against Thomas Dewey."
"Then you voted for Dewey?"
"Very funny," I said. "No, the first time I was eligible to vote, I voted for Richard M. Nixon."
"You mean, you didn't vote for JFK?" he asked.
"Well, at the time very few sixth-graders were allowed to vote in a presidential election," I said as sarcastically as I could about the 1960 election. "You know, you're quite the wise guy for someone who isn't even registered to vote. I'll have you know my first election was in 1972, and I voted for Nixon when he ran against McGovern."
"I can't believe you voted for Nixon!" he laughed.
"Well, I'm not all that proud of it, but it seemed like a good idea at the time," I said. "Anyway, that's not important. The important thing is that you register to vote in time for the November election."
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The Bravo cable network has finally released some preview footage of "Start-Ups: Silicon Valley," a much-anticipated series from Randi Zuckerberg, the sister of Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg.
The show explores the "intertwining lives of a group of young entrepreneurs on the path to becoming Silicon Valley's next great success stories." Or so says the network's press release. And while Bravo describes the show as a "docu-series," one look at the preview reel tells you that this is reality TV through and through. The two-plus minutes of clips features plenty of bikinis, booze and bawling. What it doesn't contain is many scenes of people actually working on their start-up concepts.
At one point, someone proclaims: "Geeks are definitely the new rock stars."
Lord help us.
"Start-Ups: Silicon Valley" has already generated controversy in the tech community, not just for its "Real Housewives"-like approach, but because it is filmed predominantly in San Francisco. Yes, San Francisco, not Silicon Valley.
Clearly the producers forgot to use their Google Maps app.
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Survivor has hyped this episode all week. Will we get a satisfying blindside? Tadhana voted out Brad. Well, Caleb openly stated his vote to the tribe. The two girls flipped along with Vytas to prevent the purple rock situation. Caleb admits his plan festered until he couldn't keep it down. Hayden does not know if Caleb is with the girls or with the boys.
Redemption Island
Brad enters redemption island where Candice and John sleep. He wakes them up waving a white flag so they don't hit him. He apologizes to Candice but she is quiet. John feels vindicated that Brad is there after turning on the 5-man alliance.
Brad enters the arena and Monica cries. Her loved one was voted out during the last tribal council. Probst throws shade to Candice for passing negative energy to Brad even when she has not spent a second on either tribe. She defends herself by saying that is what she hears at redemption island. Monica chips in by saying her actions hurt her. Candice replies by saying she is upset that she was the first one voted out.
The players in this truel have to take apart pieces of a crate to assemble a plank. Once the plank lays perfect, the pieces will turn into a puzzle. The three are off. Candice flies through the challenge while Brad is last. But, all three catch up with each other on the plank. Candice is the last to finish her plank. John is the first to solve the puzzle. The veteran tribe supports Brad throughout the whole challenge. He did it, Brad beats out Candice. John gives the clue to Monica but she burns it again.
Laura M gives special massages to Aras. She knows she is on the outs of the main alliance. Therefore, she hopes to trust Aras to protect her. Aras does not think this. He is faithful to the core alliance. Kat, Laura B and M are not in the core alliance. Laura B feels on the outside of the tribe because she does not have the emotional connection the others have for each other.
Monica feels demoralized for Brad being at redemption island. Tina feels threatened of Monica of the potential pair of the Culpeppers. They are dangerous if they meet up after the merge. Monica will be a great threat or great asset to Tina.
The editors gave us great visuals on the disgusting state of the newbies tribe. Bug bites cover Ciera's body. Katie's toenails peels off. Yet, Caleb has perfect skin according to Vytas. Granted, he butters up to Caleb for being such a mystery player. He wants to make sure Caleb feels safe so he doesn't pull a power move again.
In efforts to redeem the viewers with disgusting shots of Tadhana, the editors beautifully crafted helicopter shots of Vytas doing yoga and the newbie 5 sitting on top of an overlook. They hope Brad was bad energy and is absence is what they need for a win.
Immunity Challenge
Players will slide down a ramp grabbing a ring along the way. The first person to throw the ring on a post scores a point. The first tribe to 5 points, win. Winners will get steak and vegetables. Monica and the Laura's sit out. Laura M says she hates sitting out.
Round 1: Gervase vs. Caleb
Round 2: Tyson vs. Hayden
Round 3: Kat vs. Katie
Round 4: Aras vs. Vytas (Tadhana leads 3-1)
Round 5: Tina vs. Ciera
Round 6: Tyson vs. Caleb (Tadhana leads 4-2)
Round 7: Gervase vs. Hayden
Tadhana wins their first challenge.
There Is Only Room For One Laura.
Laura B feels the heat of Tribal Council. She is the odd one out of the tribe since she is a newbie. Her strategy is to be aware and start conflict between Laura M and Monica. She tells Kat that the girls talked smack about her for doing the challenge. Tyson overhears this and thinks she is annoying, Laura B. She is the easy vote. Aras tells Laura M this and its a done deal to her.
However, easy votes are the dumbest votes in the game according to Aras. Aras and Tyson scheme to put Laura M in redemption island so she can beat Brad. By beating Brad, Monica has to stick to the Galang core 5. Monica is worried if Brad can beat Laura M.
Tribal Council
Gervase talks about how much the game has changed since season 1. The players make moves from day 1. Tina felt on day 5 she played the game more than on Australia. Monica talks about playing for her loved ones. Aras detaches himself from his brother. Laura M says she is not connected to her daughter. Gervase believes that pair is close. Jeff asks if Laura B feels like she belongs on the tribe. Laura B says she does because she was on the tribe since Day 1. She mentions how disappointed her tribe was that Rupert is not with them.
Tribal Votes:
Aras: Laura M
Gervase: Laura M
Monica: Laura M
Tina: Laura M
Kat: Laura M
Tyson: Laura M
Laura B: Laura M
Laura M: Laura B
Winner's Pick
1. Aras
2. Monica
3. Ciera
4. Vytas
5. Tyson
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I am in warrington near doylestown bucks county
Looking for a supper club in Bucks County, PA.
Thats where I live in central bucks i am very intersted in starting a club
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Castro Valley High boys track and field star Nate Moore couldn't believe the number he saw after his fourth long jump attempt Saturday at the Mt. SAC Relays.
As he walked past the jumping board, he saw the number 26 at the end of the tape measure that was being used.
"I said, 'That can't be right.' I just kept walking," said the Oregon-bound senior. "When they put on the board 25-10, I was like, 'Wow.' I was shocked."
Moore had just sailed a wind-aided 25 feet, 10 inches to win the invitational session event. According to PrepCalTrack.com, it was the best all-conditions long jump by any high school athlete west of the state of Texas since James Stallworth's still-standing California high school record of 26-43/4 in 1989.
Even though the jump was aided by a 2.3 meters-per-second tailwind -- Moore said he was "devastated" when he heard that the jump was wind-aided -- it broke his previous personal record by a whopping 91/4 inches. All of a sudden, the state record is within Moore's reach.
"It's right there, six to seven inches. All it takes is one (jump)," Moore said.
Moore's first two attempts were 24-1 (wind-legal) and 24-7. Right before Moore's third attempt, Kingsburg's Joey Souza jumped a wind-aided 25-7, at the time the best all-conditions jump by a Californian in 24 years according to PrepCalTrack.com.
"The first thing I thought about was that that's incredibly far," said Moore, who scratched on his third attempt. "I just had to calm down."
But Moore was undaunted in his quest for the win.
"I don't really doubt that I can jump what someone else jumps in a competition," he said. "I have a mindset that anything you can do, I can do better. I wasn't really worried."
Moore jumped before the board on his 25-10 mark, which shows his potential for a bigger leap. "That 25-10 was 26-0," he said.
His 25-10 mark is the longest all-condition high school mark in the nation this season, according to DyeStat.com, and his best triple jump mark, a wind-legal 50-41/2, also leads the nation. Moore also won the invitational triple jump at the Mt. SAC relays with a mark of 49-41/4 (wind-legal). He won both the long jump and the triple jump at last year's CIF state championships.
Taking a long view: De La Salle senior star Marquis Morris, the defending state champion in the 110-meter high hurdles, is off to a great start in that race this season.
He is having even a better start in the 300 intermediate hurdles.
Morris' time of 36.94 seconds in the 300 hurdles leads the state, according to PrepCalTrack.com. It also ranks fourth in the nation this season, according to DyeStat.com, and it is the third-fastest all-time mark for the event by an athlete attending a Contra Costa County high school.
The USC-bound Morris also had the No. 3 time in the state in the 110 hurdles (13.93).
"My 300 hurdles time has dipped farther than my 110 times mostly because I've been getting more comfortable running the 300 hurdles and I've been getting faster and stronger," Morris said.
Morris ran both of his season-best times at the Arcadia Invitational on April 12, and he was second in both invitational division races.
"Both races were extremely sloppy," Morris said.
"For him to run 36.9 in early April, we have a lot of track left. There's no telling what he's going to run in the 3s," said De La Salle coach John Harvey.


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COACH: Randy Bennett, 12th season, 235-118
KEY PLAYERS: Senior guard
Matthew Dellavedova (15.5 points, 6.4 assists), junior guard
Stephen Holt (10.1 points, 4.7 rebounds), sophomore center
Brad Waldow (8.1 points, 4.4 rebounds)
SCOUTING REPORT: Several key players return from last year's squad that won the WCC's regular season and tournament titles and reached the NCAA tournament.
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This is one of the many questions we get from people as some of the most popular things to do in Ottawa during the warmer months are cycling, walking or jogging (especially before enjoying one of our sumptuous breakfasts). Albert House Inn is in a great location in downtown Ottawa for easy walking not only to many of outstanding national attractions, businesses, great shopping and dining choices but access to one of the largest networks of pathways in North America is just a five minute stroll away.
Ottawa's Capital Pathways has more than 300 kilometres of recreational paths which connect parks, museums and attractions in Ottawa. The paths will soon be ready for use as they are cleared and repaired every spring and are usually open to walkers, joggers and cyclists by May 1st.
All you need to do is go west on Albert Street (go out the front door and turn left), cross the street to the north at the intersection, continue west through the lights and as soon as you get to the next street which is half a block (Commissioner) turn north (right) and you will see the Fleet Street Pumping Station.


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You've read how Microsoft drove its tank through the international standardization process last year and this year, finally winning ISO approval for its legacy OOXML format. The OOXML event proved that we're in a real fight, and that money and power can break down the existing polite rules and agreements that constitute the international standardization process.
When OOXML was first launched through its "no questions asked" fast track process, people did not believe that ISO would collude with such an obvious play. Each time another scandal emerged, people thought, "this is too much, surely someone will stop this process". And yet it went on, and the legacy format got ISO's blessing, and moved in as a sword dangling over ODF's head.
What we witnessed was the first major world-wide fight over open standards. Not just office documents, not just Massachusetts, but a fight over what it means to be a standard, what it means to be an "open standard".
Does this fight matter to free software developers, and if so, how do we win it? Let me quote from an open letter we published today on www.digistan.org:
Industry has always depended on standards and traditional industries have built their standards as part of a slow, controlled, top-down approach to innovation. Industrial-age standards are often heavily patented, complex, and large. They can be expensive to implement and therefore are implementable only for large established firms.
But almost forty years ago, Steve Crocker and his team wrote RFC001 and launched the networks that built the Internet using a different model based on older human values of sharing and cooperation. His vision, and that of other Internet pioneers, was of a digital world built on simple, interoperable standards, accessible at zero cost to even the smallest teams. Largely, their dream is coming true. Today we're used to an Internet of open software, open content, and open development.
While most agree, not everyone likes it. In the telecoms, entertainment, and software industries we see the destruction of legacy vendors and their replacement by new Internet communities. And many of the old industrial businesses, instead of adapting, are fighting back. The fight is intensifying because the stakes are growing. Free and open source software, open content, and open communities are together worth trillions of dollars. The key to controlling these rich ecosystems is to control the digital standards they depend on.
In other words, the freedoms we're used to, indeed the freedoms many of us grew up with and today take for granted, are being taken away, strangled slowly. And the simple, unpleasant reason: they are bad for some very large legacy businesses.
Look again at one of the key aspects of OOXML's patent licensing: it excludes GPL developers. Those of us who choose to write free software are being targeted by legacy monopolists, because our software is too good. Perhaps you think this is unbelievable. Yet it's true. Free software is the only technology that can beat the money and power legacy firms still wield. And standards tightly controlled by patents are the key to excluding free software from the market.
What would a world look like when every standard was like OOXML, run for profit by legacy firms determined to squeeze every cent out of the market? We don't need to look very far. Again, quoting from the open letter:
Imagine the world if RFC001 was owned by a consortium of telecoms firms. Imagine if only those firms, and their approved partners, could develop Internet technologies. Imagine if every RFC was protected by dozens of patents, so that sending a single email or downloading a web page meant paying license fees. Imagine paying for each click. Look at your mobile phone bill and you see how close this reality is.
Now, how do we stop such a nightmare from happening? Simple outrage is not enough - we tried that with OOXML and it did nothing. What did work was being well-organized and able to speak to governments in clear terms.
So, in September last year, a group of us started to build a new global organization that we call the Digital Standards Organization, or Digistan. Digistan is a new not-for-profit worldwide grass roots organization "to defend and promote open standards". Look up the origins of the "sta" root word and you'll see why the name fits.
Digistan is now growing, with regional chapters including KROS in Poland, Digistan France, and Estándares Abiertos in Spain and Latin America.
The most important document we've produced is the the Hague Declaration on open standards, already translated into several languages. The Hague Declaration argues that international law and national constitutions of most democracies oblige governments to adopt open standards. This logic worked to convince the Spanish government to adopt open standards. And so one of our main projects in Digistan is the "Domino" workgroup, designed to take the best results from open standards e-government projects around the world, and reproduce them globally.
Please read the open letter and sign the Declaration. More to the point, understand that free and open standards are under threat, and that convincing governments to only buy and use free and open standards-based software, is the best way to respond. When governments adopt open standards they implicitly adopt free software.
Old news...
Sorry about the tactless sound of the title there, but the fact is that Microsoft HAS done this very same thing before. It's just that few people cared at that time.
They took it to the European Computing Machinery Association because ECMA was willing to fast-track JavaScript. JavaScript then became officially known as ECMA Script.
NetScape had a myriad of ideas they wanted to implement in the new standard, many of which were non-backward compatible in nature. The irony of it all was that M$ sent a grundle of reps to the committee meetings, and out-voted NetScape on every point regarding changes that were not backward compatible. The language was standardized in legacy format, and NetScape lost control of the language anyway.
coverage on wikipedia
this indeed is a really sad story..
But has anybody else noted that Wikipedia's coverage on this topic seems quite week? for example: OOXML#Criticism or Standardization of OOXML where arguments in support are some hundred words and criticism only a few lines!! Maybe some Microsoft employees are 'working' on those articles?
At least we should make sure that this sad story of OOXML is written down properly in one of the major works of free culture: wikipedia. Unfortunately, I haven't followed the discussion over OOXML that closely, so I don't feel competent to write the criticism myself and back it up with enough quotes.
The OOXML article on Wikipedia has been the scene of intense edit wars over the last year, with pro-Microsoft editors systematically removing all references they did not like.


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Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2012 7:32 pm
Post subject: June Mummies 2013
Got a BFP a couple of days ago, so puts me due 7th June 2013, though I think when I have my dating scan it will move to closer to the 14th as I OVd almost a week late this cycle...
Was really surprised to be honest, I knew I felt odd, but not like I felt with my son, and not like I felt a few weeks ago when I sadly had a chemical pregnancy. The only symptom I have is really bad dizziness, my head is constantly ringing. Other than that - the sickness, tiredness, big, sore boobs... none of that has appeared!
Of course - there is still lots of time! I had sickness with Samuel from week 3 to week 32, then at week 36 it returned and at week 38 he was born early so not much respite from the ginger biscuits! Makes me wonder if I'll have a girl this time then?
Well, here's me: May, 28 (in two days time! a birthday positive!) and based in Salisbury, Wiltshire (near Stonehenge if that rings bells?), married with a gorgeous baby boy, Samuel who was 6 months old the day I got my BFP! Trained primary school teacher, but when my contract finished and I found out I was pregnant with Samuel the week after, I left teaching to work in a GP surgery as a receptionist part time until I am done having my family, then I may go back to teaching or similar...
Anyways - we've called our bean 'Pudding' - hope there are lots of people (and puddings!) to join us soon!
Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2012 6:02 pm
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I got my positive on the 4th and I am still in total shock. We have told the family and a couple of close friends who guessed as soon as I saw them.
I am still trying to get my head around it. My hubby and I had started fertility treatment 8 weeks ago and by our calculations are about 6 weeks now, I still can't quite believe its real! That would make us due 1st June.
I have spoken to my fertility consultant who has me booked in for an early scan be ause of the treatment....need to check we don have more than one jelly bean bouncing around in there and obv that everything is ok too.
I don't really know what to do now? I keep hearing about a booking in appt? I don't know what this is.....
Any advice you can give me would be great. Also is it normal to have a mini panic every time u go to the toilet just in case it has decided on an early exit?
Congrats to you. Xxxxxxx
Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2012 8:43 pm
Post subject:
Hey hun
Congrats to you too! I gather it was a long journey and I'm so chuffed for you and your hubby! Could your friends guess from the grin?
A booking in appointment is usually between 8-10weeks with your midwife - if you call your GP and tell them you're pregnant and need a booking in appointment they'll advise what to do next. Some places you see a GP first then the MW, some you book directly with the MW and some the MW is informed and then calls you to arrange an appointment so it will depend where you live. Then your scan is booked for 12 weeks - but if you are having an early scan you'll get to see earlier than that! The booking in appointment can take up to an hour and a half (especially if it is your first baby) and includes a urine pot test and a blood test, and lots of questions about your family history and your OHs so if he isn't there with you might be worth asking him about any history of disease or illness in his family as the MW will ask you. You also get asked about where you wish to have your baby, home, or hospital or birth centre, and whether you want Down's testing so it's worth thinking about these things in advance too...
The panic doesn't leave I'm afraid - I was always panicking with my son, I'm still panicking with Pudding... And the worry doesn't stop when they are born either! LOL! But it is worth every moment fretting!
My booking in appointment is on the 31st - and we plan to tell our parents after that. Then we're waiting like we did before til our 12 week scan (around the first week of December) to tell friends, though I have already told a close friend who is 3 weeks ahead of me, and my sister who is due in January... and AB of course!
Will you be finding out the sex at the 20 week scan hun? We probably will only so we know whether to sort through and keep our blue stuff from Samuel or whether to go crazy on the pink! I think DH would really like another boy so they can play together - especially with them being quite close in age (Samuel will be around 14-15m older) and I don't mind either way - a boy would be lovely but a girl would 'complete the set' as it were. Though we've said we'll think about TTC a third in 3 or so years, so a boy to be close in age to Sam and then a girl to complete our family in a few years would be great too. I can wait that long for that - though I know I'd end up with three cheeky boys! Be great though which ever combination! So long as there are 10 fingers and 10 toes, happy and healthy baby is all I want
Have you thought about how and where you want to have your baby hun? I have to see a consultant about a planned C-section because Samuel was born very quickly and caused a lot of damage - the advice after he was born was that I wouldn't ever deliver children naturally again and would have to have a C-section, but I think I would like a second opinion on that.
Have you any symptoms yet hun? I don't strangely - apart from dizziness and a bit of cramp. I have however had a couple of bouts of nausea but nothing compared to last time... but have discovered that I cannot abide the smell of expressed breastmilk, which we had been trying to get my son used to as I was trying to wean him from breast to expressed bottles... but now we're back to boob because the smell of the milk in the bottle makes me really wince! He thinks Christmas has come early - he's such a boob boy and didn't really like the bottles at all!
Sorry - am rambling - just so excited to be expecting again and have a June 2013 bump buddy! xxx
Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2012 8:16 pm
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Anyone else joining us?
I'm still waiting for symptoms! The dizziness has kind of stopped for now. And the only real symptom I have is the cramp and a slight tight feeling if I cough or sneeze which I recognise from before. Other than that I'm not feeling pregnant at all! I kind of wish for sickness so that I know everything is ok!
How is everyone else feeling? How are you feeling Becky? Any sickness or symptoms? x
Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2012 11:05 am
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Hi guys. Unfortunately I have miscarried at seven weeks. I went for an early scan today which was to check up on it but I started to heavily bleed and cramp yesterday evening and unfortunately there was no baby in the scan so I had already miscarried over night. We are sad but hopeful as we were originally told I would find it difficult to get pregnant. One hurdle down but clearly it is a very upsetting time.
Good luck with your pregnancys girls. I am sending lots of baby dust and sticky thoughts to you for a happy and successful pregnancy.
Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2012 9:11 am
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I've found this thread
So sorry Becky, thinking of you.
Still not got any symptoms but got my first GP appointment today. I am still panicking every time I go to the loo too. This is all so new to me. Haven't told anyone yet, apart from OH and askbaby. In one way I'm desperate to, but I'm still so scared. I think once I get to about 9 weeks, I might start to relax a bit. Time is going sooo slow though.
Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2012 10:30 am
Post subject: Hello
Hello everyone,
Going by my scan I should be due in June sometime but no idea when.
I'm sorry Becky about your loss
Congratulations Mingo and Heath
The only symptoms that I am having is morning sickness, apart from that I don't feel pregnant.
All of my children have been born by c-section, my first was due to low heart rate, my second was a preemie baby born at 34 weeks, and my 3rd I had no choice but to have a c-section.
My feelings are all over the place at the moment, I had just settled and got into a routine with my other kids and now this news has just made me feel like I'm back to the beginning again.
Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2012 7:50 pm
Post subject:
Hi Heath and Missy
How did your GP appointment go today Heath? I'm like you - still have no symptoms. Even the dizziness has stopped. But I did another FRER and the line is superdark - comes up immediately and before the control line even, and is so so dark. I seriously wonder if this is a girl because with Samuel by 6 weeks I was laid on the sofa all day sleeping because I was so tired and sick. DO you have any symptoms at all? Even just sore boobs or peeing a lot. I guess I am peeing more than usual... but that is it!
Sounds like you have a busy family Missy! Will you have to have a fourth c-section? If you are 6 weeks today like me then your due date is June 7th. At least you have a few more months to get used to the idea and get your other kiddies used to it too - and I'm sure you'll find your routine again once baby 4 comes along...
What do your DHs/OHs think of your pregnancy? Mine won't keep his mouth shut - I'm really peeved with him to be honest! The day I found out he went to work and told one of his colleagues. Well - he said he didn't tell her. He said he 'just asked her whether she thought home pregnancy tests were accurate' - to which she of course said 'yes - why? is May pregnant?' - DUH. And then today he said he was out for lunch with his four lab partners and they asked him when were we thinking of having our next one, and of course - he gave it away!!! So now everyone at his work knows! I know that on monday I am going to have a meeting with my boss to tell her but that is because I need to inform her that I'm no longer going back in January and I need to take another year or more off work than we first thought! Kind of have to tell her - I'm not going to blab it to all my colleagues though! Grrr - men! In a way it is sweet as I know he is excited about it - but I wish he'd let it be a little bit later first... and it only takes one careless comment on facebook or whatever and the world will know before we're ready for them!
Anyways - I'm ranting... sorry ladies!
Lovely to see you all here and hope we all have a happy and healthy few months ahead of us! xxx
Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2012 6:24 am
Post subject:
Yes I do have a very busy family and I will have to have a fourth c-section. I'm kinda scared about the fact it's going to be my fourth section.
I haven't yet contacted the midwives as its early yet and I keep feeling that I'm going to lose the baby.
With my pregnancies I have had different symptoms with each one. So with my first I had no symptoms at all,
With the second I was tired and exhausted all the time, with my third it was feeling dizzy when smelling certain things and with this pregnancy, it's the first time I'm having proper morning sickness.
I know your hoping for a girl this time Mingo, so fingers crossed for you.
My DH is ok with the news, he is from a big family so has always wanted a big family himself.
I haven't told anyone else yet and I don't think I will be until they guess themselves because I dread to think what everyone's reaction will be, especially my mum. She wasn't happy when I told her about my third because it's such a small age gap.
Just a reminder, are you girls taking your folic acid? I forgot and only remembered yesterday, so went out and got myself some.
Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2012 3:03 pm
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I am taking a multivitamin for pregnancy and breastfeeding (as I'm still BFing my 6m old) that contains folic acid
I already told my mum - she's over the moon - and to be honest though I think my friends and the rest of my family will think I'm mad having two so close (would have been even closer if I hadn't MCd early last cycle) they can have whatever opinions. We always wanted our first two close together and always said that so we're happy - and I am sure they will be too.
It's work I am worrying about - I have a meeting on Monday to discuss my 'return to work' and now I have to go and tell her that I'm extending my current maternity leave, taking a whole load of holiday, then going on another maternity leave and don't plan to come back between them... I'll go from returning 21st Jan 2013 to returning June 2014 at the earliest! Baring in mind when I got the job I was 17 weeks pregnant and didn't tell them til 23 weeks - I only worked there for 3-4months and then went on this mat leave. I don't think she's going to be very happy -but again - I have to think of what is right for us - and for us right now, me staying home to care for Samuel and NOT going to work during this pregnancy is best for us... they'll just have to wait for me to come back in a couple of years!
Good luck in telling your Mum Missy - when do you think you will?
Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2012 6:36 pm
Post subject:
Yes I've been peeing a lot, increased cm, feeling very tired and hungry all the time . No sickness or sore boobs though.
I did another test the night before went to dr's, just to be sure, and the line came up quick and dark too . GP appointment was very uneventful, was in and out in 5 mins. She just told me due date (which I'd already worked out), checked if I smoked, if was taking folic acid and where I wanted to have the baby. She is sending off a referral letter to midwife.
My OH is super excited, think he's getting a bit frustrated that I'm not. I know I will once I've had that first scan, but just taking each day at a time at the mo. He was desperate to tell someone, as he knows I've told you ladies. So I've let him tell one close friend and made it clear nothing is to appear on facebook. We have a wedding in 2 weeks and convinced most of our friends will guess then so he wants to tell our parents before then all our friends then (will be 9 weeks). I've always said though that we'll wait till 12 weeks, so unsure what to do. Will create a post about that nearer the time .
Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2012 9:20 pm
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I know - I feel a bit bad about it - but when I was pregnant with my son I started a job at 12 weeks pregnant... told them on my first day - and they fired me, which I know is illegal but they did it and because my only option was court I chickened out of the stress and let them get away with it. However - it caused stress of it's own because at the time my DH was unemployed and then so was I, and at 12 weeks pregnant I was terrified I wouldn't get another job because I was pregnant! That was why when I went to the interview for the job I did get I didn't tell them, and didn't eventually tell them until 23 weeks when I had already been working for 6 weeks. When I explained why I hadn't told her (the boss exclaimed 'oh! why didn't you tell me? I need to do a risk assessment!') she was very nice and understanding and was totally in agreement that my previous employer had been wrong. But now I feel a bit bad that I'm doing this again.
However - the way my mum put it - at least now my boss can employ someone on a temporary 18m contract (Dec2012-June2014) and she has at least 10 weeks notice that she will need to do this... she already knew she had to cover til the end of Jan and possibly to the end of March for me - so I'm just getting her to extend this... if that makes sense?
We told our parents the first time at 8 and a half weeks hun, because my Dad was going to Afghanistan the following day. We didn't tell any friends though until our 12 week scan - I texted them all the picture
This time around I told my sister because she knew I was testing for my birthday... and when I went to visit my mum a few days ago she turned around halfway through lunch and said 'so, when are you due?' - to which I of course was totally taken by surprise and laughed so she knows I couldn't lie! I don't know whether she told my dad though - and DH doesn't know that she knows so I think at around 8 weeks (after my MW appoitment basically) we shall go tell them (officially) and also go tell my in-laws. Then we still plan to tell friends at 12 weeks but this time I think we might do something different to sending a scan picture... perhaps get Samuel involved... I did think about doing some little hand-print cards from him to our close friends telling them the good news. Or have him holding the scan picture
Anyways - when you choose to tell is up to you hun. It is nice to wait for the 12 week picture only because then you have something to SHOW, but at the same time, it is very difficult to keep it secret from everybody for that long!
We are seeing DH's sister and her family, and his older brother tomorrow at a massive 50th Birthday gathering for a distant family member... though his parents are away so they won't be there - but I wonder if DH will blab to his sister and brother... it wouldn't surprise me if he does - he is so rubbish at keeping secrets!


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The additional funding was unveiled by prime minister David Cameron. He also announced that the scheme would be extended to young people up to the age of 30, up from the previous limit of age 24.
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Since its launch in 2012, just £1.5 million worth of loans have been approved to date, helping over 460 new businesses get off the ground. However, if all the funding is to be lent out by 2015, the BBC has calculated that some 45,000 entrepreneurs will have to take out the loans.
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Ellington, the sixth pick of Saturday's fourth round at No. 106 overall, will look to win a spot on an increasingly crowded wide receiving corps and also audition as a return specialist.
At South Carolina, Ellington also played basketball, averaging 11.2 points per game as a point guard before leaving the team in January upon declaring for the NFL draft.
"It was difficult because I love to compete and I love both sports," Ellington said Saturday. "Football is what I feel comfortable doing. I say about my second year playing football, I finally realized football is what I wanted to do."
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"Marcus is a team player. He's one of the guys who came to me and told me to play football," Ellington said. "We have a good relationship. We'll make it even better when I get up there."
Ellington (5-foot-9, 197 pounds) led the Gamecocks last season with 49 receptions for 775 yards and eight touchdowns.
Ellington's cousin Andre was a rookie running back last season for the Arizona Cardinals.
Ellington is the third South Carolina product who could play a key role for the 49ers this season. Cornerback Chris Culliver (2011 third-round pick) and Lattimore did not play last season but are poised to contribute if if fully recovered from knee injuries.
Ellington was the 17th wide receiver selected. He met with the 49ers, and upon his selection Saturday, "They told me to come in and be ready to compete. I love to compete so I'll come in and do what they ask me to do."
Ellington joins a receiving corps, led by Anquan Boldin and Michael Crabtree, that saw Stevie Johnson arrive in a Friday trade from the Buffalo Bills. Also, veteran Brandon Lloyd is attempting to return from a one-year hiatus.
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The National Weather Service is calling for up to 8 inches of snow in the higher elevations of the Smoky Mountains by Wednesday evening as a winter storm moves across the country.
Forecasters say rain on Tuesday is expected to turn into snow as the temperatures drop. Higher elevations in the Smoky Mountains are expected to get 4-8 inches of snow while lower elevations will see 1-4 inches. Other areas of East Tennessee are expected to get 1-3 inches.
In Middle Tennessee, forecasters predict areas east of Interstate 65 could see up to 2 inches of snow, while up to 1 inch is expected west of I-65. Higher elevations of the plateau could see up to 3 inches.
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ALAMEDA -- Ready or not, here he comes.
Terrelle Pryor will start the Raiders' regular-season finale Sunday at quarterback against the San Diego Chargers at Qualcomm Stadium, coach Dennis Allen announced Friday.
"I feel that I'm ready," Pryor said. "I felt comfortable. I felt like a leader in the huddle when I was in there. I feel good about it and look forward to the opportunity."
Allen said Pryor and backup Matt Leinart had been told earlier in the week that Pryor was the likely starter in place of Carson Palmer, who is out with a bruised lung and cracked ribs.
"I wanted to see how each player responded," Allen said. "I thought Terrelle responded well. I think he gives us a unique element of athleticism at the quarterback position, and I think he deserves to get an opportunity to get out there and see what he can do."
It will be Pryor's first start since leading Ohio State to a 31-26 win over Arkansas while being named Most Valuable Player of the Sugar Bowl on Jan. 4, 2011.
A third-round supplemental draft pick in 2011, Pryor was a late arrival last preseason, then served a five-game suspension imposed by the NFL related to NCAA infractions for accepting improper benefits.
Active the past four games, Pryor got three snaps in each of the last two games -- a three-and-out series against the Kansas City Chiefs and three plays in specialty situations as a shotgun quarterback against Carolina.
Pryor described his ascension as a "progression," starting with making the team, eventually becoming active, getting a few plays, and "now it comes to this. Will I respond? We'll see Sunday. I'm confident."
Leinart, who was 16 of 32 for 115 yards with an interception after replacing Palmer on Sunday against the Panthers, said he felt Allen was leaning toward Pryor all along but promised, "I'm going to help him. Anything he needs. The competitor in me wants to start, but I understand they need to evaluate him."
Allen said the decision was based on giving the Raiders (4-11) the best chance to win against the Chargers (6-9), as well as keeping an eye toward 2013.
"We've been around Terrelle for a whole season, and we know what his strengths are, we know what his weaknesses are," Allen said. "To give him an opportunity, against a division opponent at their place, it gives us a view into the future."
Pryor understands his mission -- get the Raiders to the line of scrimmage on time, avoid mistakes and score points.
He promises there will be no issues with getting plays off on time.
"I can guarantee this -- I won't have a problem with that," Pryor said. "Last year was a whirlwind. It was hard for me. But I've been studying. Coach gives me a formation, I can give you the play."
Pryor expects to be nervous, just as he was at Ohio State when crowds were 90,000 or more. He said Palmer told him, "I'm nervous until the first play is over."
Cornerback Corey Nelms and defensive tackle Brandon Bair were promoted from the practice squad to replace Adams and Richard Seymour, who went on I.R. on Thursday. Nelms will be active as a reserve cornerback and special teams player, Allen said.
"I'm free," Kelly said. "It finally worked out for the good guys."
For more on the Raiders, visit the Inside the Oakland Raiders blog at ibabuzz.com/oaklandraiders. Follow Jerry McDonald on twitter at Twitter.com/Jerrymcd.
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EAGLE COUNTY, Colorado - You just can't keep a good man down, like Dr. Jon Kedrowski.
Three days after scrambling to save others during the worst Mount Everest tragedy since 1996, Kedrowski is still determined to summit the world's tallest peak.
That means another trip through the "death zone" where as many as seven people died Saturday as he waited his turn to sprint to the summit. Kedrowski was in the middle of the tragedy, trying to save at least four other climbers.
He's back at base camp now, still battling demons but has recovered physically.
Kedrowski is part of Dan Mazur's SummitClimb Expedition, and plans to join team guide Arnold Coster and two Sherpa for a speed ascent to the summit on Friday and Saturday, the next weather window.
"The four of them are fast, fit and highly motivated," said Chris Tomer, a meteorologist with Denver's Fox 31 and Kedrowski's climbing partner for 15 years.
They plan to skip a couple of the higher camps and push directly to the summit quickly to hit the weather window.
"I could tell in Jon's voice that he's ready to do this and I'm 100 percent confident in him," Tomer said.
The jet stream suddenly backed itself over the summit, Tomer said. A two-hour wait at one of the chokepoints near the summit left climbers caught in 80 mph winds.
Kedrowski was ascending while climbers who had already summited were descending through the chokepoint after 18 hours or more on the mountain.
Cut-off times were ignored and oxygen had run out, he said.
The word around base camp is that up to seven people may have died during last weekend's horrific 48-hour weather window, Kedrowski said. Teams are still trying to locate clients and Sherpa.
Some teams are packing up and leaving, and the heli-pad is busy with climbers flying out, Kedrowski said.
Saturday's carnage is the worst Everest tragedy since 1996, when eight people died. That event was the subject of Jon Krakauer's book, "Into Thin Air."
Kedrowski said there was a two-hour wait at one of the main chokepoints near the summit. More than 150 climbers attempted to summit during Friday and Saturday's brief weather window.
Climbers are advised not to try for the summit after 11 a.m. Climbers were still heading to the summit as late as 2:30 p.m., Nepali mountaineering official Gyanendra Shrestha told the Associated Press.
The Everest climbing season runs from late March through early June. The Nepalese government places no limits on how many climbers can be on the mountain at once.
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Definición de Assyrian en inglés:
1An inhabitant of ancient Assyria.
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- Some of the most sophisticated ancient civilisations once thrived in Iraq, but the cities of the Babylonians, Assyrians and Sumerians have become fragile ruins, in a nation recovering from war.
- The ancient Assyrians, Babylonians, Egyptians and Jews endowed this remarkable plant with holy virtues.
- The later Babylonians, Arameans and Assyrians all assimilated the culture initially prepared by the Sumerians.
2The language of ancient Assyria, a dialect of Akkadian.
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- He more or less gave up photography and devoted himself to the study of Assyrian, a dead language, but he had imbued photography with the living language of art.
- At the time Armenians converted to Christianity in 301, they had their own language but, with no alphabet, they relied on Greek and Assyrian for writing.
- It is said that the word 'Asia' has its origin in 'asu', which means 'sunrise' in Assyrian.
3A dialect of Aramaic still spoken by a group of people of mainly Christian faith living in the mountains of Syria, northern Iraq, and surrounding regions.
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- School children speak some 110 languages, and one can find bilingual education teachers in 20 different languages including Assyrian, German, Polish, Russian and Tagalog.
- As this article points out, Aramaic was the parent language of Assyrian.
- At the same time, the article guarantees Iraqis the right to educate their children in their mother tongues, such as Turkomen or Assyrian, in government educational institutions.
1Relating to ancient Assyria or its language.
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- In 1843 he was appointed British consul in Baghdad and this allowed extra time for his studies, especially work on cuneiform tablets found at Assyrian cities such as Nimrud and Nineveh.
- Items from ancient Babylon and Nineveh, Sumerian statues, Assyrian reliefs and 5,000-year-old tablets bearing some of the earliest known writing have been taken or damaged whilst troops stood by and watched.
- It is the site of an ancient Assyrian castle, whose many walls have been integrated into the general city architecture.
2Relating to or denoting modern Assyrian or its speakers.
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- We have people who feel strongly that they are Assyrian, but the basis for their being Assyrian has diminished considerably because of the loss of language.
- They preferred that the language of instruction in their schools revert to Arabic-a more useful means of communication outside of their homeland-with Assyrian language and culture as a separate area of study for their children.
- Bitter disputes have already broken out on the Kirkuk provincial council between the Kurdish majority and Arab, Turkmen and Assyrian minorities, who are challenging the legitimacy of the recent election.
Palabras que riman con AssyrianIllyrian, Syrian, Tyrian
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AUSTIN (December 4, 2012)—San Antonio Deputy Police Chief Anthony Trevino wants legislators to consider setting up permanent DWI checkpoints to save lives.
Trevino appeared Monday in Austin before the Texas House Criminal Jurisprudence Committee and urged legislators to allow law enforcement officers to stop drivers and do routine sobriety tests near so-called drinking-and-driving "hot spots."
He said local data could be used to identify areas where such behavior is prevalent.
Trevino said San Antonio this year has had more than 7,000 arrests for driving while intoxicated.
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Erwin M. Givan, 81, of Hannibal, Mo., suffered minor injuries in a vehicle-pedestrian accident at 12:20 p.m. Saturday, July 20, on Pershing Road one mile south of Hannibal in Ralls County.
He went by ambulance to Hannibal Regional Hospital.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported Teddy E. Michael, 71, of Hannibal, was backing into a driveway, driving a 1990 Toyota Tacoma, and struck Givan. Michael was not injured.
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Valdosta, GA - Holly Satterfield only pitched one game last week, but her seven inning was enough to win her sixth Gulf South Conference East Division Pitcher of the Week Award of the season. The award marks the ninth of her career.
Satterfield only needed seven innings to cement her third consecutive Pitcher of the Week Award. She only gave up three hits and one walk while striking out five batters in a complete game shutout of North Alabama Friday.
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Two years after his brother was sent to prison for more than four decades for sexually abusing at least half a dozen children, a Waterford man received a much lighter sentence for hiding evidence in that case.
Roy G. Delancey, 48, of 5700 Buchannan Road, was sentenced Friday by Washington County Common Pleas Court Judge Ed Lane to community control following a stay of 59 to 90 days in the county jail and 90 days at the SEPTA Center in Nelsonville. In January, Delancey pleaded guilty to a third-degree felony count of tampering with evidence.
Delancey seemed to be in good spirits before and after the hearing as he spoke with his attorney, Nancy Brum. He did not speak in court except to answer Lane's questions with "No, sir" and "Yes, sir."
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Waterford resident Roy Delancey, right, listens during his sentencing hearing in Washington County Common Pleas Court Friday morning, alongside his attorney, Nancy Brum.
While reading the guidelines for community control, Lane warned Delancey of what would happen if he did not follow them.
"If you violate any of the terms and conditions, it is my intention to send you to prison for 30 months," the judge said.
The tampering allegedly happened in the fall of 2010. The Washington County Sheriff's Office arrested Delancey's older brother, Rodney, after the Beverly resident was accused of molesting a 10-year-old boy. Prior to a search of Rodney Delancey's residence, Roy Delancey and their mother, Irene, allegedly removed potentially incriminating items from the home.
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Nov. 2, 2010 - Beverly resident Rodney Delancey is arrested on charges of rape and gross sexual imposition after he is accused of molesting a 10-year-old boy multiple times over a two-week period.
Dec. 21, 2010 - Delancey pleads guilty to 13 charges related to the abuse of six children. Based on videos, journals and other evidence, investigators say there may have been as many as 20 victims over a 15-year period.
Feb. 3, 2011 - Delancey, then 54, is sentenced to 44 years in prison.
July 2012 - Delancey's mother, Irene, and brother, Rodney, are indicted on one third-degree felony count each of tampering with evidence, related to the case against Rodney.
Jan. 11, 2013 - Roy Delancey, 48, is arrested on a fifth-degree felony count of illegal use of a minor in nudity oriented material and a minor misdemeanor drug possession charge. The pornographic material in question was evidence taken from his brother's home prior to a 2010 search.
Jan. 16, 2013 - Roy Delancey pleads guilty to the tampering with evidence charge in exchange for the new charges being dropped.
Friday - Roy Delancey is sentenced to community control following up to 90 days in the Washington County Jail and a 90-day program at the SEPTA Center.
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Deputies nevertheless uncovered journals, videos, collections of mementos and other evidence indicating Rodney Delancey had abused as many as 20 children over a 15-year period. Rodney Delancey, then 54, pleaded guilty in December of 2010 to 13 charges relating to six children and was sentenced to 44 years in prison the following February.
Roy and Irene Delancey were indicted on the tampering with evidence charges in the summer of 2012. Washington County Sheriff Larry Mincks said a tip from an informant led to those charges.
Charges against Irene Delancey were dismissed after she was found incompetent to stand trial due to dementia.
In January, Roy Delancey was arrested and charged with a fifth-degree felony count of illegal use of a minor in nudity oriented material after deputies stopped his vehicle following a relative's report that he was in possession of marijuana. A search of the vehicle revealed an envelope containing photographs of an underage girl engaging in sexual acts with at least one adult male. Roy Delancey reportedly admitted the pictures were taken from his brother's residence more than two years earlier.
A plea agreement was reached with prosecutors in which Roy Delancey would plead guilty to the tampering with evidence charge and the new felony count, a minor misdemeanor possession of marijuana charge and a pending community control violation count would all be dismissed, Assistant Washington County Prosecutor Allison Cauthorn said.
Assistant Prosecutor Kevin Rings had previously said there was a possibility the photos had been planted in Delancey's vehicle by a relative with a grudge. Mincks said his deputies found no evidence of that.
Filling in for Rings Friday, Cauthorn offered no sentencing recommendation to the judge. Brum requested community control and the 90-day short-term offender program at the SEPTA Center in Nelsonville.
Lane noted Delancey's only prior criminal record was a 2007 conviction for non-support of dependents.
Delancey will receive the first bed at the SEPTA Center after he has served at least 60 days in the county jail, with credit for one day served.


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Update to the Uroburos case: Malware using new technology to circumvent Windows kernel protection
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Once smuggled onto the system, Uroburos gets past the Kernel Patch Protection - also known as PatchGuard - which secures the core of Windows 64 bit operating systems and is designed to prevent changes being made to it. The malware manipulates the kernel and puts it into test mode. The rootkit can embed itself there without hindrance and is accepted as a valid system driver by the operating system.
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CORPUS CHRISTI – Head Coach Shanna Caldwell of the Texas A&M-Corpus Christi women's soccer team has announced the addition of Samantha Larson to the staff as an assistant coach. Larson joins the Islanders staff after most recently serving as an assistant coach at Elmira College in New York.
"Samantha (Sam) is a welcomed addition to our staff and the University," Caldwell said. "She will be assisting in all facets of the program and has already been a positive representative within the community. Sam is an up-and-coming coach with a bright future ahead. She shares a unique passion and knowledge for the sport that will support each athlete in their growth on and off the field."
In her role for the Islanders, Larson will oversee all travel for the Islanders as well as assisting with camps and equipment in addition to day-to-day operations of the staff.
Most recently, Larson spent two years as the assistant varsity coach and head JV coach for Division III Elmira College. While there, she led the team to its most successful season in six years. In addition to planning and directing training sessions for the players, she also scouted opponents and recruits, oversaw academic issues for the team, and ran all travel coordination for the Soaring Eagles
Prior to her time at Elmira, Larson played two years for Division II American International College in Springfield, Mass. She started on defense for two years for the Yellow Jackets, leading the squad to its first victory in the NCAA Tournament in program history. In her time there, she also coached the Westfield Under-15 Girls Team to a league championship.
She also played for two years at Laramie County Community College in Wyoming, where she was a National Soccer Coaches Association of America/adidas All-American in 2009. She also spent a year playing for the New England Mutiny of the Women's Professional Soccer League.
Larson earned her master's degree from Elmira in general education in 2013. She earned a bachelor's degree from AIC in sociology in 2011 and an associate's degree from LCCC in 2009. The native of San Jose, Calif., has her NSCAA National and Advanced National Diplomas and Goalkeeping Level 1 and 2 Diplomas from the organization.