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Monday, May 6, 2013
APPLING, Ga. (WRDW) -- The cause of death has been released for a toddler who died in Columbia County last week.
Columbia County Coroner Vernon Collins says 2-year-old Sky Allen died of stab wounds to the neck.
The child's mother, Marina Middlebrooks, has been charged with murder. Middlebrooks was arrested around 2 p.m. Monday and was also charged with first-degree cruelty to children.
Middlebrooks was taken to the hospital after the mother and daughter were involved in an accident May 2 on Ray Owens Road. According to the incident report, she also had lacerations.
Officials say Middlebrooks was driving the SUV, which struck a tree head on.
Friday, May 3, 2013
APPLING, Ga. (WRDW) -- The Columbia County coroner has confirmed a 2-year-old died after a wreck on Thursday.
Coroner Vernon Collins says Sky Allen was pronounced dead after the accident but that they are not sure if the accident is the cause of death.
The wreck happened Thursday afternoon on Ray Owens Road in front of North Columbia Elementary.
Collins says the child was unrestrained in the front seat of an SUV that was being driven by her mother.
The child's mother, Marina Middlebrooks, was taken to the hospital. She is said to be in stable condition.
No charges have been filed at this time, but the investigation is ongoing.
The toddler's autopsy is scheduled for Friday.

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TRACY -- Amazon said Tuesday it will employ hundreds of full-time workers at a new million-square-foot distribution center it will develop in Tracy, part of its quest to provide next-day and same-day deliveries.
"It's great to be getting these jobs," said Michael Ammann, CEO of the San Joaquin Partnership. "This is going to be a state-of-the-art facility. It is not just going to be a few people with forklifts in a warehouse. It is going to be a very sophisticated operation for Amazon."
Potentially 500 or more full-time Amazon employees could work at the Tracy site.
Amazon in late 2012 opened a center to fill customer's orders in San Bernardino. And in the Stanislaus County city of Patterson, Amazon is building a distribution center that could employ 350 to 400, according to estimates from the governor's office and the city of Patterson.
"Amazon is going to provide a huge economic boost for our region," Patterson City Manager Rod Butler said. "The facility they are building in Patterson will make use of advanced robotics."
The order-filling centers are all part of Amazon's efforts to provide next-day and same-day delivery for customers, analysts said.
"It's for people who want instant gratification," said Rob Enderle, a San Jose-based analyst.
With the centers in operation, Amazon could pose more challenges to brick-and-mortar retailers.
"It will be tougher for stores to compete with the idea of a customer picking up the phone or using their computer, placing an order and paying a nominal fee to get same-day delivery," Enderle said. "You don't have to deal with crowds or traffic."
The time frame for construction of Amazon's Tracy complex is unknown. Patterson officials expect the distribution center in their community to be completed by this fall.
"We are excited to be growing in the state and to be creating hundreds of full-time positions in Tracy," Mike Roth, vice president of Amazon's North American operations, said in a statement.
Jobs at Amazon's distribution centers pay on average 30 percent more than traditional retail jobs, the online retailer said.
Contact George Avalos at 408-373-3556 or 925-977-8477. Follow him at Twitter.com/george_avalos.


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Glenn Orbits the Earth On February 20, 1962, NASA launched one of the most important flights in American history. The mission? Send a man to orbit Earth, observe his reactions and return him home safely. The pilot of this historic flight, John Glenn, became a national hero and a symbol of American ambition.
In 1958, John Glenn participated in a series of tests designed to select the first group of astronauts for the newly formed NASA Manned Space Program. Each astronaut candidate, from an original pool of 508, had to meet seven criteria.
Image right: The original Mercury astronauts in Houston, Texas. Left to right are L. Gordon Cooper, Jr., Walter M. Schirra, Jr., Alan B. Shepard, Jr., Virgil I. Grissom, John H. Glenn, Jr., Donald K. Slayton and M. Scott Carpenter. Credit: NASA
They had to be test pilot school graduates in excellent physical shape, less than 40 years old, shorter than 5 feet 11 inches, qualified jet pilots, and they had to have at least 1,500 hours flying time and bachelors' degrees in engineering. Glenn met all the requirements.
He also had a reputation as one of the best test pilots in the country. In July 1957, he had set a transcontinental speed record by flying from Los Angeles to New York in 3 hours and 23 minutes. It was the first transcontinental flight to average supersonic speed.
In April of 1959, John Glenn was selected as a member of the first group of astronauts, the "Mercury Seven." He was joined by Scott Carpenter, Gordon Cooper, Gus Grissom, Wally Schirra, Alan Shepard and Deke Slayton.
NASA Glenn's Multiple Axis Space Test Inertia Facility, or Gimbal Rig, was one of the many facilities where the seven astronauts trained for their missions.
After three years of training, John Glenn rocketed into space aboard the Mercury capsule Friendship 7. He became the third American in space and the first to orbit Earth. The historical flight was no easy feat. At the end of his first orbit, a yaw attitude jet clogged, forcing Glenn to abandon the automatic control system and use the manual electrical fly-by-wire system.
Image left: Glenn climbs into the Friendship 7 capsule. Credit: NASA
In 4 hours and 56 minutes, John Glenn circled the globe three times, reaching speeds of more than 17,000 miles per hour. The successful mission concluded with a splashdown and recovery in the Atlantic Ocean, 800 miles southeast of Bermuda.
John Glenn instantly became a hero. President John Kennedy awarded him the Space Congressional Medal of Honor. Schools and streets across the country were named after him. And a ticker tape parade in New York City celebrated his mission.


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Half-cent sales tax proposed for school worker raises
Published: Tuesday, August 5, 2014 at 10:49 p.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, August 5, 2014 at 10:49 p.m.
Terrebonne Parish residents will vote on a half-cent sales tax intended to raise employees' salaries, the School Board decided at Tuesday's meeting.
Following unanimous agreement to put the tax on a Dec. 6 ballot, Superintendent Philip Martin said the board will submit the action to the State Bond Commission.
Terrebonne residents pay a 9-cent sales tax, with a little more than 2 cents going toward the school district. Martin said the new half-cent tax will bring in about $12 million each year.
The average annual salary for the parish's public school teachers is about $46,000. Their last local raise came in 2007, and their last state raise was in 2008.
Last year, voters rejected a property tax that would have given raises to public school employees, but Martin said he will form committees to drum up public support for the sales tax. He said it is important to him that the proposition's language is simple and clear so voters can easily understand it.
Don Hingle, chairman for the Houma-Terrebonne Chamber of Commerce, spoke on behalf of the chamber in favor of the proposition.
"Our teachers are doing a great job. We think our school district's doing a great job, and our children deserve the very best," he said. "The future of our community depends on the future of our children's education."
David Rabalais, of Houma, noted that the pay scale for Terrebonne teachers ranks low in the state — 47th of Louisiana's 66 school systems. He said the low pay could force teachers to leave the parish and make recruiting difficult.
"A person with a teaching degree can drive to Lafourche, teach and make more money than in Terrebonne Parish," he said. "Also, they can leave teaching all together, work in our local industry and make a lot more money. Education is the backbone of our community. ... We have a lot of great teachers here, and we need to not only thank them, but pay them."
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ARU performance was insane. Apt Q258 had his head shaved by a woman in a Wizard costume... while many people were on stage drumming. Otiel's brother was there. I don't know his name but he lead the drum session.
the whole time Fishman was bouncing all over the stage like a drunk monkey with no shirt and a old school WWII gas mask.


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'Tis the season to create memories with family and friends. For those of us with tenure in restaurants, the heart of winter symbolizes a season of celebration measured by tins of caviar, grams of truffles and bottles of champagne.
According to the Nielson Co., three times as much champagne is sold in the month of December than in any other month. When choosing a delicacy to indulge in with your champagne, why not go for the ultimate pairing - caviar?
Thomas Salamunovich, owner of Larkspur Restaurant in Vail, reminisced about his first experience with caviar.
"When I was a young cook working with Wolfgang Puck in California, I put a tiny teaspoon of caviar on top of a blini and he (Wolfgang) said to me 'If you are going to give them caviar, give them caviar!' We did, and the guest left with a lasting memory."
A caviar primer
The problem is that there are many different types of caviar to choose from and confusing jargon. So how do you know what to select?
Some excellent species are Ossetra, Sevruga, Alverta and Transmontanus, and Siberian caviars. Ossetra is golden brown in color and has a fresh, fruity grain with a distinctive nutty tone. Sevruga is grey and is a smaller bead that bursts with an intense, robust flavor of the sea. The Alverta and Transmontanus caviars are the most similar to Ossetra. Siberian caviar is grey to golden brown and has smaller grains with a more subtle, woodsy flavor.
Ancient Greeks served "Avyron," the Turks their prized "Khavyr," even the Phoenicians, Egyptians and Romans salted and pickled sturgeon eggs. The Persians, however, were the first to consume sturgeon eggs from the plentiful Caspian Sea. Soon after, caviar made its appearance at the Russian court and was quick to become a favorite of the Czars.
By the end of the 19th century, caviar was appearing in saloons as a salty treat to promote beer consumption. The Hudson River teamed with the 15-foot giant sturgeons, making the presence of caviar commonplace.
In the 1920s the Parisian table brought prestige and exclusivity back to caviar. The Bolshevik Revolution created a new population of royalty, aristocrats and intellectuals living in exile; the Petrossian house had an opportunity to revolutionize caviar once again.
The Petrossian brothers have been providing these beautiful delicacies from the Caspian Sea for nearly 90 years. As the tradition of excellence continued, Petrossian became the first major distributor to work with sturgeon farms to provide the world with sustainable caviar sources that could stand up to wild Beluga, Sevruga and Ossetra. Petrossian allows the sturgeon to age instead of pulling the fish as soon as they reach biological maturity, thus allowing a fuller bodied flavor profile. It is necessary for the world to turn to farmed caviar, as the wild Caspian fish is facing extinction. Production of wild Caspian caviar ceased in 2009 so instead the restaurant world has relied upon Israeli farmed production.
Ossetra has a firmer texture than its relative, Beluga, however many connoisseurs prefer it. At Larkspur Restaurant, Petrossian Royal Ossetra is available to guests; it is presented to the guest in a sculpted dish made entirely of ice and all the pomp and circumstance that the delicacy deserves.
'The diamond of the kitchen'
If fish eggs aren't the "once in a lifetime" that you are searching for, then most chefs would urge their guest to indulge in one of the most celebrated gastronomic pleasures on earth: truffles. While there are many exceptional truffle products available, truffle oils, salts, flours, and even vodka, there ain't nothing like the real thing. Available for only a few short weeks, the White Alba truffles from the Piedmont region of Italy have long been the favorite truffle of chefs around the world. Their flavor is sweet with a hint of sharp earth. Mikuni Wild Harvest, company that distributes the truffles, describes the aroma as being "like cream soda with a definitively unique bouquet that will delicately perfume and flavor everything it encounters." The Black Perigord Truffle, also only available in the winter months, is more pungent and earthy, oddly reminiscent of boot leather.
Richard Hinojosa, executive chef at Larkspur, has been talking with Mikuni for two months, trying to determine where, when and how much to buy of each of these truffles this year. The market fluctuates drastically for these subterranean mushrooms. Hunted for by female pigs and trained truffle dogs, they are usually found near oak trees and the shelf life is extremely limited. When the truffle order is finally placed and they at last arrive, Hinojosa is like a little boy.
"It feels like Christmas, opening the package, even though they aren't for me, they are for our guests," he said. "I can smell them when the FedEx guy walks in the back door."
A Larkspur, truffles are thinly sliced to order, tableside, on top of either handmade pasta, or a very neutral flavored risotto. Most chefs agrees that both of these dishes allow the natural flavor of the truffles to shine and serve as vessels for carrying the musky and savory flavors to the palate.
French gourmand Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin called truffles "the diamond of the kitchen." He said that in the early 1800s, yet in the minds of many modern day chefs, it still holds true.
Cheryl Liedke is a freelance writer contracted by Larkspur Restaurant. Larkspur Restaurant, located at the base of Vail Mountain, has been serving American classics with a fresh interpretation since 1999. Visit www.larkspurvail.com.


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Holocaust Denial on Trial, Trial Transcripts, Day 14: Electronic Edition
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1 MR IRVING: Yes.
2 A. [Professor Robert Jan van Pelt] I have re-read that passage.
3 MR JUSTICE GRAY: You do not object to this? You introduced it
4Mr Irving, so I think it is right.
5 A. [Professor Robert Jan van Pelt] I would like to go back to the point in my report which is
6at page 306 where the actual quotation is. I have
7repeated it in a few other places but I think 306 is a
8good point to do that.
9 MR JUSTICE GRAY: Yes.
10 A. [Professor Robert Jan van Pelt] It starts in the second paragraph: "On the basis of the
11figure of 2.5 million", and I do not know if you want me
12to read it?
13 Q. [Mr Justice Gray] Shall I just cast my eye down it? (Pause for reading)
14Yes, I have looked at quickly. I have read it before.
15 A. [Professor Robert Jan van Pelt] OK. So the point is that what Hoess says -- I will
16summarize it -- is that there is this figure of two and a
17half million which is mentioned by Eichmann. This is the
18only figure we have because Eichmann mentions it. But
19then he says that I have only kept to this figure because
20Eichmann has given it, but I myself think it is too high.
21Then he makes his own calculation on the basis of
22transports coming into Auschwitz. So he actually
23challenges that figure. After he has first mentioned it
24he challenges this figure and he comes then to a total
25number of deportations of 1,125,000 Jews going to
26Auschwitz at the bottom of that paragraph.
1 So that I think will in some way resolve the
2confusion about these two numbers.
3 MR JUSTICE GRAY: Thank you. That is helpful.
4 MR RAMPTON: My Lord, there are a couple of other points --
5I have seen these documents for the first time myself --
6which I just draw attention to, perhaps through the
7witness. Can we go back to page 10, Professor van Pelt?
8I do not know that you did draw attention to this, it
9really is obvious. There is underneath the Kommandantur
10KL there is an AZ and a colon.
11 A. [Professor Robert Jan van Pelt] Yes.
12 Q. [Mr Rampton] And then a number. Do you see that that number is
13somewhat typed? It may have been altered in hand, I
14cannot see.
15 A. [Professor Robert Jan van Pelt] Yes.
16 Q. [Mr Rampton] You notice also that the reference is underlined?
17 A. [Professor Robert Jan van Pelt] Yes.
18 Q. [Mr Rampton] If you turn over the page,, this one is coming from
19Birkenhau apparently and, unlike the previous one, the
20reference is handwritten and there is no underline.
21 MR JUSTICE GRAY: What is the significance of the underlining,
22do you suggest?
23 MR RAMPTON: I am not suggesting any significance at all. All
24I am suggesting is that this is a medley.
25 MR JUSTICE GRAY: Another variation?
26 MR RAMPTON: It depends who is typing it, it depends how fussy
1the boss is, all that kind of thing. There is nothing to
2be told from these documents except that, like all
3offices, they vary in their practices. Look, will you
4please, Professor, at page 12, again at the reference,
5there is no underline. We see that it is apparently typed
6by a secretary called Lm, whatever gender that may have
7been. If you turn over to the last page, again we find
8the reference both typed and underlined. And we find that
9Lm is typing for somebody else called Eg. Do you see
11 A. [Professor Robert Jan van Pelt] Yes.
12 Q. [Mr Rampton] You do not happen to know who Eg was, do you?
13 A. [Professor Robert Jan van Pelt] Egelich.
14 Q. [Mr Rampton] It does not particularly arise out of this, I think, or
15indirectly -- do you happen to know how many secretaries
16there were at any one time?
17 A. [Professor Robert Jan van Pelt] That changed. There are documents which have actually
18been signed by people who also had other functions.
19Normally I think there were one or two German secretaries
20and there were a number of Polish secretaries also. For
21example, P is a Polish worker named Pluskurer. It seems
22to be that there was no regular typing pool in the
23Zentralbauleitung. Also the Zentralbauleitung, if you
24look at the personnel lists, changes very rapidly, with
25people moving in and people moving out.
26 Q. [Mr Rampton] Thank you.
1 MR JUSTICE GRAY: Mr Irving, if the authenticity of the
2incineration capacity is still in issue, you might want to
3cross-examine further? I do not know.
4 MR IRVING: I think I am entitled on the points he has made, my
6 MR JUSTICE GRAY: You are certainly entitled to, yes.
7 MR IRVING: I will be as brief as I possibly can.
8 MR JUSTICE GRAY: Do not hurry
9 < Further cross-examined by Mr Irving
10 MR IRVING: Firstly, I will abandon relying on the full stops.
11That will probably ease your Lordship's task in assessing
12the matter, but the other matters, I am afraid, are just
13reinforced by what I have seen here.
14 First of all, reverting to what you said about
15the witness Hoess, the Kommandant of Auschwitz, have you
16seen a handwritten confession by Hoess made in British
17captivity at the request of Colonel Draper, the British
18public prosecutor?
19 A. [Professor Robert Jan van Pelt] No, I have not seen that.
20 Q. [Mr Irving] It was one of the very first statements he made, in which
21he admitted -- it is just five or six lines long --
22having killed 2.8 million people in Auschwitz.
23 A. [Professor Robert Jan van Pelt] No, I have not seen that one.
24 MR JUSTICE GRAY: Killing by gas?
25 MR IRVING: Just killing, my Lord. He does not actually say.
26I rely on that purely to indicate the vacillating nature
1of the figures that the witness Hoess gave.
2 Reverting now to these documents that you
3very kindly produce for the court, I will take up first of
4all the point that his Lordship very astutely made about
5page 6, where you pointed out that the letter book number
6was typed. Witness, what does the first word on that page
7mean, "Abschrift"?
8 A. [Professor Robert Jan van Pelt] That means it is a copy.
9 Q. [Mr Irving] In other words, it has been copied from the original?
10 A. [Professor Robert Jan van Pelt] Yes.
11 Q. [Mr Irving] Would there have been any reason why somebody copying an
12original document would have then left a space there and
13handwritten in the letter book number, which was
14presumably handwritten in on the original? He would have
15typed a copy of the whole document, would he not?
16 A. [Professor Robert Jan van Pelt] I presume so, yes.
17 Q. [Mr Irving] So it would be wrong to draw any significance from the
18fact that that one is typed. Stepping through the
19documents, I would just ask in general, have you seen, in
20all the documents that you have worked on in the Auschwitz
21archives, any other document in which the year 43 or 44 is
22missing from the letter register line?
23 A. [Professor Robert Jan van Pelt] Are we referring back to the original Moscow document?
24 Q. [Mr Irving] Any document at all. Have you seen any document at all?
25I am not referring to the date of the document. I am
26referring to the letter register line.
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Should I Pay Cash, Lease or Finance My New Car?
You've found the right car for your needs and your budget; now it's time to find the right way to pay for it. Historically, most people finance their cars, some lease (about 20 percent) and a very few pay with cash.
Each method has advantages and disadvantages, but ultimately choosing the right way to pay for your car depends on the type of car you're getting, how long you want to own it, how much cash you have and your credit score.
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Paying cash eliminates your interest costs and finance fees, which for typical shoppers can add thousands of dollars to a car's purchase price. When you purchase a car with cash, you can do whatever you like with it for as long as you'd like — something that'll make lessees envious.
Paying cash can make it easier to sell your car if and when you choose to do so. When you get a car loan, the bank holds the title, which can complicate the selling process if you want to change cars before you've finished paying it off.
Paying cash also means you won't have to make payments, which takes it off of your monthly budget. Still, paying cash can lead to other issues.
If you pay cash, you may take a big bite out of your savings, and if a rainy day comes along, you could wind up in financial trouble. Remember also that you're using your hard-earned cash on an asset that will lose value as it ages. Buying a car is hardly ever a great example of wise investing.
If you're someone who likes a new car every few years, leasing might be for you.
Leasing is like renting an apartment: Your monthly payments give you rights to drive the car, just as rent gets you a place to live. Unlike an apartment, there's a set time period for how long you'll have use of the car. Auto leasing is available through banks, credit unions, finance companies and even automakers themselves.
With a lease, your car will likely always be under warranty, so any nasty mechanical problems should be covered. Also, monthly lease payments are typically cheaper than monthly payments for a car that you're buying outright.
In addition, lease payments can be deducted from your taxes if you use your car for business more than 50 percent of the time; check with your accountant for details. There are also tax deductions for financing a business vehicle, but they're not as great as lease deductions, especially for more expensive vehicles. That's because you can deduct a certain percentage of your lease payments no matter how high those payments are. Deductions for a financed car have limits.
Experts say that people who lease typically drive away without making a down payment, whereas financing typically requires a 10 percent to 15 percent down payment.
Also, you won't ever have to worry about selling or trading in the car when you're done: Just return it to your dealer.
On the downside, once you return the car you've got no equity left, and you'll have to start over, leasing or buying a new one. Frequently, if you liked your leased vehicle, you can pay off its remaining value, but that can cost a lot.
Leasing companies set your lease payments based on the car's residual value, which is the value that the firm believes your car will have when the lease ends. Those are often higher than what the car is actually worth on the market, experts say, so you should beware.
For many leases, the annual mileage allotment on a leased vehicle is typically limited to a range of 10,000 to 15,000 miles a year, so make sure you know your driving habits before committing. Exceeding the limit typically results in stiff fines, so if you drive more than 15,000 miles a year leasing probably won't make economic sense.
Additionally, a lease agreement may also require you to carry more than basic car insurance; lessors (like finance companies) usually want you to have a comprehensive policy.
Lease payments allow for basic wear and tear, but if there are any scrapes or excessive wear on your leased vehicle, you'll have to pay for those fixes yourself. If you fail to do so before the lease ends, penalties await you. Leases usually forbid any sort of vehicle modification, so if you're dead set on installing fancy 20-inch wheels or a 1,000-watt stereo, leasing isn't a good option for you.
Most Americans choose to pay for their car through financing, or making monthly payments for a set number of months. Like leasing, financing is available through credit unions, automakers, banks and financial companies.
The great thing about financing is that you're using someone else's money to pay for your car, freeing up your cash for whatever other needs (or desires) you may have. Unlike a lease, once you've made all of the payments, you own the car for good.
There are even some zero-percent loan deals out there, typically from automakers and their financing arms, that can make financing almost the same as paying with cash.
Of course, the availability of attractive loans depends on your credit rating; the better your score, the higher your chances of getting the best financing terms from a lender. If you have too low a score, typically below 600, you may find it hard to get a loan on terms that you find acceptable.
If you want to buy a new car before you've paid off your old one, your options may be limited, especially if you're upside down on your existing car loan (meaning you owe more than the car is worth). Check with potential lenders to see what's feasible before you search for a car.
Once you've been approved for financing, you should realize that you won't actually own the car until you're done making your payments. If you decide to sell your car while someone else still holds the title, the process can be difficult and will require your creditor's involvement.
Unlike lease deals, where it's common to make no down payment, financing deals often require a substantial down payment: Creditors often ask for 10 percent to 15 percent down.
Financing typically takes more per month out of your budget than leasing does. Remember, though, that unlike a lease you'll still have your car at the end of a financing deal, which is the big, sweet carrot that comes after years of being hit with that awful payment stick. Many lenders are offering longer loan periods as a way to bring monthly payments down; the average new-car loan now exceeds 60 months.
Because any car purchase is a big investment, remember you need to shop around for that perfect payment plan with the right terms.


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quote: Windows Phone is holding its own in the US
quote: Hardware wise Windows Phone and Android are murdering the iPhone. Still never heard of a replaceable battery or memory slot Apple?
quote: My buddies iPhone is a horrible wreck at directions. Hell just try any 10 year old Garmin against an iPhone and watch how the Apple takes you routes that don't make sense. Sure the Garmin might loop you but its far better than what Ive seen so far from Apple.


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Samantha Henry is on a mission to spread awareness of the dangers of carbon monoxide poisoning.
Five years ago her brother-in-law, Petty Officer 1st Class Michael Johnston, his four-year-old twin sons Robert and Jesse, and his two stepsons, 13-year-old Jimmy Hall and nine-year-old William Hall, all died after being overcome by carbon monoxide poisoning while asleep in their home at NAS Meridian.
Johnston's wife, Tina, was the only survivor. Henry says a faulty water heater caused the poisoning. Investigators say when it comes
to home appliances, this is not uncommon.
"The most efficient appliances can produce carbon monoxide. Every time there's a fire, carbon monoxide is produced. So, if you're oven is working, carbon monoxide is being produced. If your hot water is heating water, carbon monoxide is being produced.," said Dr. Edward Krenzelok of the American Academy of Clinical Toxicology. "Whether it be natural gas, kerosene, fuel oil, logs in the fireplace, those are all things that produce carbon monoxide."
It causes symptoms much like the flu. But carbon monoxide has no odor, color, or taste.
Emergency response officials say, along with buying a special detector, residents should let fresh air flow through their homes on
a regular basis.
"Open windows. Open doors. That allows the carbon monoxide to be ventilated out of the area and keeps you out of danger," said Robby Workman of the Lauderdale Emergency Management Agency.
"Carbon monoxide is something that doesn't discriminate," said Henry from her home in Oklahoma. "It can come in your house and take your family as it did mine."
Henry said her sister, Tina, is doing fine and attempting to live a quiet life in the area.
Meanwhile, NAS officials say no one has lived in the Johnston house
at the base since the tragedy.
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Wednesday, 10th October, 2012, 02:19 AM #1
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PCs Making Their Own Magic Items
One of the things that I liked about both 3rd and 4th edition is that PCs could make their own magic items. Even in 2e, there was the enchant magic item spell. While I didn't like the specific implementations of those rules, I was at least happy that my wizard could create his own signature staff or other items.
In Next, they seem to be taking a "mother may I" approach to magic items, where the only way players can get them is if the DM decides to hand them out. That approach may be fine for some groups, but I would like to see item creation rules for PCs, even if they are optional rules. After all, if other people in the world know how to make magic items, why shouldn't the PCs ever be able to do it?
There could even be variations on those rules. You could have a 3rd/4th editon style item creation where the player pays a certain amount of gold and time, and perhaps experience points, and can reliably make the item. In the case of 3.x, the player saved money by making the item himself, but he had to sacrifice some experience points. In 4e, there was no cost of experience points, but making an item yourself cost the same as buying it from a vendor.
There could also be optional rules that require the PCs to quest for exotic components and perform special rituals that are quests unto themselves, for DMs that want magic items to be more special and difficult to create, and still ultimately under the DM's control.
What kind of item creation rules (if any) would you like to see?
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Wednesday, 10th October, 2012, 02:25 AM #2
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I'd like to see optional rules for creation that:
- Provide something mechanically simple for one use items (scrolls, potions)
- Provide for simple, multi-use charged items (wands)
- Provide for recharging items
- Provide suggestions for in-game stories or quests associated with making permanent items. Collecting adamantite ore, forging it in the fire of an active volcano, and quenching it in the heart of a red dragon to make a flametongue, that sort of thing.
- Does not rely on metagame resources (e.g. XP) to execute.
- Is not so simple or lucrative that every wizard worth hos salt becomes a wall of iron-casting magic item factory. See also: optional.
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Wednesday, 10th October, 2012, 02:57 AM #3
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It should be pretty common to make scrolls, possible to learn to make +1 weapons and armor eventually, and almost impossible to make anything else except through lots of questing.
Wednesday, 10th October, 2012, 03:09 AM #4
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This is an area that I have no real "how to" suggestions at this time. I only have "how not to" suggestions based on dissatisfaction with prior editions.
So whatever it is I really hope:
1) XP is not a resource spent in the process.
2) Expendible items like healing potions, scrolls, and wand charges are within the means of characters between adventures.
3) Creation of permanent items is cost-prohibitive and requires a serious investment of time and wealth.
4) No magic item shops, at least not as they came to be in 3e. Maybe its okay for hedge wizards who peddle potions, charms, and might help you idenitfy an item you bring in, but an archwizard that could craft a wondrous item doesn't hang out a shingle. You want his help to get a specific type of item crafted, you gotta know a guy who knows a guy who can tell the wizard you're cool and not to turn you into a pile of ashes when you knock on his door.
Wednesday, 10th October, 2012, 03:15 AM #5
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While I don't think this is something that would be high on WotC's list of priorities, I would like to see adventure modules built around the idea of creating a magic item. DMs don't really need much support if they take the approach of "The PCs can't create magic items" or "The PCs just spend money to get a magic item". However, if a DM wants to play through the process of gathering exotic materials, learning the proper techniques and rituals, and performing them, it would be good if there is something he can reference.
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I favor a combination of 3.x style rules and special quests. Simple magic items should require only time and money; more powerful magic items should require special ingredients/components/materials that can't just be purchased.
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I'd like for PCs to be able to create minor magic items with some basic investiture (the proper character options, money, a little bit of time.)
anything past a +1 sword with basic properties should be basically out of reach when it comes to crafting.
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Common and simpler magic items for your world should be craftable 4E style. But rarer items require finding special craftsmen, doing special quests, or locating special items.
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It really depends on how magic items are factored into the game.
If items are 'standard equipment' - if there's an expectation that PCs will have items, and, as the game progresses, encounter balance and the type and scope of adventures reflect that, then PCs should be able to make or buy such items, or specifically seek them out in quests or otherwise exercise some control over what items they acquire.
If items are potential 'game breakers,' they need to be kept strictly to the DM - PCs can't make or buy them.
If the design allows a clear line to be drawn between the two, then making/buy for the former, and DM-largess-only for the latter would be workable. However, that would require a lot of care, as a fairly 'minor' item that PCs can make in quantity can greatly impact the game (see WoCLW in discussions of 3.x, for instance).
The current philosophy seems to be (once again) "let the DM sort it out." Magic items are not going to be factored in to game balance. Instead, they're simply going to be designed to be cool and desirable to players things that 'feel magical' and are 'something to get excited about.' That makes design fun & easy. It's exciting for the players.
It's a minor nightmare for the DM. Each time you give out an item, you may be wrecking your game. If you avoid individually-broken items, the sum of what you give out could still skew or break things. You don't know for sure until the players have used the item for a bit, and, as happy as they likely are with an item that turns out to be a game-changer, taking it back is an unpleasant option. Enter rust monsters, disenchanters, steel predators, Mordenkainen's Disjunction, Rods of Cancellation, anti-magic zones, etc...
That should sound familiar to anyone who played classic D&D, because 5e's approach to magic items is cribbed directly from it. I'm sure some of you loved that approach. Others of us were acutely aware of its shortcomings and were glad to see it go.
This is probably, yet again, something that needs to be presented as options... quite a large range of very carefully thought-out options...
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When I played 1e & 2e I saw the inability for PCs to capably make magic items at less-than-ridiculous cost & difficulty as a flaw in the system.
After playing 3e & 4e for years, I can comfortably say that I've found the opposite is true.


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The Great British Entrepreneur Awards will be held during Global Entrepreneurship Week in November 2013. They will celebrate all areas of enterprise and categories will include: entrepreneur of the year, enterprise city of the year and business TV show of the year. Simon Burton, awards founder, said: "Entrepreneurs are the lifeblood of the economy. They create jobs and solve problems. Entrepreneurs make something of nothing."
Majority of SMEs still unprepared for RTI
81% of small businesses are still in dark about the impending changes to payroll legislation and the introduction of Real Time Information (RTI). These are the findings of an online poll of over 500 SMEs conducted by One Poll on behalf of Crunch Accounting. The Crunch survey found that 46% have no knowledge of RTI, and a further 35% admit they are only vaguely aware of the forthcoming legislation. From April, payroll information including salary, income tax and National Insurance will need to be submitted monthly rather than annually, and will eventually replace P35s and P14s.
New online equity fundraising platform
FundTheGap, a new online equity fundraising platform for start-ups and small businesses, has launched. The site aims to instantly connect start-ups and small businesses with qualified investors. FundTheGap meets the management teams behind each venture before accepting a pitch onto the platform. Once a business has passed the screening, it will have the opportunity to raise up to £2 million in equity, and will benefit from a co-investment by the FundTheGap team of between £500-£50,000.


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Seib & Wessel: What We're Reading Friday
Seib & Wessel: Progress on Iran?
By Gerald F. Seib and David Wessel
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Veteran pollster Andy Kohut (@AndrewKohut1) says tucked away in polls that document extraordinary anger at Republicans over the shutdown crisis are measures of clear disappointment with the Democrats that raise big questions about the 2014 midterms. Democrats, he says, are struggling because President Barack Obama is struggling. [WSJ]
New York Fed President Bill Dudley cites an "important problem evident within some large financial institutions," namely "the apparent lack of respect for law, regulation and the public trust." He sees "evidence of deep-seated cultural and ethical failures at many large financial institutions." [Huffington Post]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his country "utterly rejects" a deal that is coming together in international talks with Iran over its nuclear program because it is getting some temporary relief on economic sanctions without giving up its nuclear program. Iran is getting "the deal of the century" and Israel won't feel bound by it, he said. [Jerusalem Post]
Seth Mandel (@SethAMandel) writes that incoming New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio may turn out to be tougher on crime than his campaign rhetoric suggested—and that he benefited from the fact that most didn't really believe all his campaign rhetoric: "The true liberal governing agenda is so reckless that most people on the left just assume liberals are making empty promises, and those on the right hope they are." [Commentary]
New York's current mayor, Michael Bloomberg, paved the way for the proposed federal ban on trans fats by banning them from restaurant food in his city back in 2006; the federal move "was another triumph for a public health strategy pioneered by Bloomberg and his first health commissioner, Dr. Thomas Frieden." [Associated Press]
If Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell had been indicted by federal prosecutors, Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli planned a dramatic public break with him by invoking a section of the Virginia Constitution which would declare the governor unable to perform the duties of his office, the University of Virginia's Center for Politics reports. [Sabato's Crystal Ball]
Human activity has altered ocean chemistry so drastically that the sea is experiencing "evolution in reverse," writes Alan Sielen (@AlanSielen). Dead zones devoid of sea life – some larger than the state of New Jersey – are emerging in oceans around the world, he writes, and if pollution, overfishing, and ocean acidification do not stop, we will experience a return to an "oceanic Stone Age." [Foreign Affairs]
Obamacare skeptics say early reports that few young people are enrolling in the program are proof they don't want insurance, but Natalie Villacorta (@nvillaco) writes that 20-somethings are just doing what they always do: putting it off. "Young people are likely to treat enrollment like a term paper—they'll do it, but at the last minute," she says. [Politico]
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Progress on Iran? Jerry Seib and Carol E. Lee say that diplomacy with Iran looks promising, but the politics remain tricky. Giving Iran some relief on sanctions – in return for a halt to its nuclear-weapons program – isn't popular in Congress or with allies including Israel. Watch Seib & Wessel's roundtable discussion.
Sign of the Times
Minor milestones we've spotted:
Asked in Wall Street Journal survey of economists what Washington's priority should be, 68% say near- and long-term growth, 32% say cutting long-run deficit. [WSJ]
The world's 200 richest people have a combined net worth of $3 trillion. [Bloomberg]
College endowments reported an 11.7% return in 2012-13 on their investments versus minus 0.3% the year before. [WSJ]
Bullet-proof three-piece suits at Toronto's Garrison Bespoke tailors start at $20,000. [Globe & Mail]
Sixty-four percent of Democrats and 40% of Republicans say a four-year college degree is essential for success. [National Journal]
Since April 2008, the number of businesses registered with IKA, Greece's biggest social-security fund, has dropped by 119,000, or 38%. [The Economist]
At Stanford Graduate School of Business, 32% of graduates this year have accepted tech jobs and just 26% are headed into finance. [WSJ]
Prices of Arabica coffee beans are down 29% so far this year and are now at seven-year lows. [WSJ]
The average American believes 28% of the federal budget is spent on foreign aid, a Kaiser Family Foundation survey found. In reality, that number is 1%. [Kaiser Family Foundation]
Twitter's 73% opening gain is the sixth-biggest on record for U.S.-listed IPOs that raised more than $500 million. [WSJ]
For critical perspectives on politics and the economy from Jerry Seib & David Wessel, visit Seib & Wessel and follow them on Twitter @GeraldFSeib and @davidmwessel.