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Insertion in unidentified handwriting. This line was added to
describe the content of the page and was not part of the original
dictation. (See Skousen, Original Manuscript, 25.)
Skousen, Royal, ed. The Original Manuscript of the Book of Mormon:
Typographical Facsimile of the Extant Text. Provo, UT: Foundation for
Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, Brigham Young University, 2001.
Oliver Cowdery handwriting ends; John Whitmer begins.
Insertion in the
handwriting of Oliver Cowdery.
A record engraved on gold plates, which JS translated and published as the Book of Mormon. The text explained that the plates were an abridgement of other ancient records and were written by an American prophet named Mormon and his son Moroni. The plates ...
JS History, vol. A-1, 5,
see also Oliver Cowdery, "Letter
VI," LDS Messenger and Advocate, Apr. 1835, 1:108–112; and
Oliver Cowdery, "Letter VII,"
LDS Messenger and Advocate, July 1835, 1:155–159.
Latter Day Saints' Messenger and Advocate. Kirtland, OH. Oct.
1834–Sept. 1837.
Known as Swift's Landing and Tolland before being renamed Palmyra, 1796. Incorporated, Mar. 1827, two years after completion of adjacent Erie Canal. Population in 1820 about 3,700. Joseph Sr. and Lucy Mack Smith family lived in village briefly, beginning ...
Located in northeastern Pennsylvania. Area settled, by 1787. Organized 1809. Population in 1830 about 340. Population in 1840 about 520. Contained Harmony village (no longer in existence). Josiah Stowell hired JS to help look for treasure in area, Oct. 1825...
10 July 1804–30 Apr. 1879. Scribe, editor, boardinghouse operator, clothier. Born at Willingborough Township (later in Harmony), Susquehanna Co., Pennsylvania. Daughter of Isaac Hale and Elizabeth Lewis. Member of Methodist church at Harmony (later in Oakland...
18 May 1783–10 July 1875. Farmer. Born at Easton, Albany Co., New York. Son of Nathan Harris and Rhoda Lapham. Moved with parents to area of Swift's landing (later in Palmyra), Ontario Co., New York, 1793. Married first his first cousin Lucy Harris, 27 Mar...
To produce a text from one written in another language; in JS's usage, most often through divine means. JS considered the ability to translate to be a gift of the spirit, like the gift of interpreting tongues. He recounted that he translated "reformed Egyptian...
Knight, Reminiscences, 4; Joseph Smith III, "Last Testimony
of Sister Emma," Saints' Herald, 1 Oct. 1879, 289; JS
History, vol. A-1, 9–10.
JS and Harris stopped translating on 14 June, the day before Emma
Smith gave birth to a son who either was stillborn or died shortly
after birth.
Sr. Reminiscences,
Saints' Herald. Independence, MO. 1860–.
JS History, vol. A-1, 11.
Revelation, Spring
1829 [D&C 10:3]; see also Historical Introduction to Revelation, July
13 Mar. 1808–30 July 1844. Farmer, logger, scribe, builder, tavern operator. Born at Tunbridge, Orange Co., Vermont. Son of Joseph Smith Sr. and Lucy Mack. Moved to Royalton, Windsor Co., Vermont, by Mar. 1810; to Lebanon, Grafton Co., New Hampshire, 1811...
JS History, ca. Summer
3 Oct. 1806–3 Mar. 1850. Clerk, teacher, justice of the peace, lawyer, newspaper editor. Born at Wells, Rutland Co., Vermont. Son of William Cowdery and Rebecca Fuller. Raised Congregationalist. Moved to western New York and clerked at a store, ca. 1825–1828...
Not all
of the plates were translated. According to Oliver Cowdery, a heavenly messenger
had previously told JS that "a part of the book was sealed, and was not
to be opened" until "the people of the Lord are prepared, and found worthy" to
receive it. (Oliver Cowdery,
"Letter IV," LDS Messenger and Advocate, Feb. 1835, 1:80;
see also Book of Mormon, 1830 ed., 111 [2 Nephi 27:21–22].)
14 Apr. 1773–13 Aug. 1854. Farmer. Born at Harrisburg, Dauphin Co., Pennsylvania. Son of Peter Whitmer and likely Maria Salome. Member of Presbyterian church. Married Mary Musselman, before 1798, in Pennsylvania. Lived in Lebanon Township, Dauphin Co., by...
Located in northern part of county between Seneca and Cayuga lakes. Area settled, by 1790. Officially organized as Washington Township, 14 Mar. 1800. Name changed to Fayette, 6 Apr. 1808. Population in 1830 about 3,200. Population in 1840 about 3,700. Significant...
7 Jan. 1805–25 Jan. 1888. Farmer, livery keeper. Born near Harrisburg, Dauphin Co., Pennsylvania. Son of Peter Whitmer Sr. and Mary Musselman. Raised Presbyterian. Moved to Ontario Co., New York, shortly after birth. Attended German Reformed Church. Arranged...
James H. Hart, "About the Book of
Mormon," Deseret News (Salt Lake City), 9 Apr. 1884,
Deseret News. Salt Lake City. 1850–.
Revelation, Spring
1829 [D&C 10:41]; see also JS History, vol. A-1, 21–22.
Most scholars of the Book of Mormon believe that JS and
the portion from Mosiah to Moroni first, and the portion from the first book of
Nephi to Words of Mormon second. (See, for example, Welch, Opening the Heavens,
100–101, 115–117; and Metcalfe, "Priority of Mosiah," 396–399.)
Welch, John W., ed. Opening the Heavens: Accounts of Divine
Manifestations, 1820–1844. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book; Provo, UT:
Brigham Young University Press, 2005.
Metcalfe, Brent Lee. "The Priority of Mosiah: A Prelude to Book of Mormon
Exegesis." In New Approaches to the Book of Mormon: Explorations in Critical
Methodology, edited by Brent Lee Metcalfe, 395–444. Salt Lake City:
Signature Books, 1993.
complete transcript of the extant parts of the original manuscript of the Book of
Mormon has been published as Royal Skousen, ed., The Original Manuscript of
the Book of Mormon: Typographical Facsimile of the Extant Text (Provo,
UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, Brigham Young University,
27 Aug. 1802–11 July 1878. Farmer, stock raiser, newspaper editor. Born in Pennsylvania. Son of Peter Whitmer Sr. and Mary Musselman. Member of German Reformed Church, Fayette, Seneca Co., New York. Baptized by Oliver Cowdery, June 1829, most likely in Seneca...
Skousen, "Translating the Book of Mormon," 75–82,
85–87; Skousen,
Original Manuscript, 1:25. Decades later, eyewitnesses
Harris, and
Whitmer recalled details about the translation process, mentioning, for
example, that
JS spelled out difficult proper names when
necessary. (Joseph Smith III,
"Last Testimony of Sister Emma," Saints' Herald, 1 Oct. 1879,
289–290; Edward
Stevenson, "One of the Three Witnesses," Deseret News [Salt Lake
City], 28 Dec. 1881, 762–763;
"Mormonism," Kansas
City Daily Journal, 5 June 1881, 1; see also "Joseph Smith Documents
Dating through June 1831.")
Skousen, Royal. "Translating the Book of Mormon: Evidence from the Original
Manuscript." In Book of Mormon Authorship Revisited: The Evidence for Ancient
Origins, edited by Noel B. Reynolds, 61–93. Provo, UT: Foundation for
Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1997.
Kansas City Daily Journal. Kansas City, MO. 1878–1891.
The handwriting of this
scribe matches handwriting of a partially extant copy of a 9 December 1830 revelation created in Ohio around
early 1831. Thus, the
unidentified scribe is narrowed to someone who served as scribe both in Fayette in 1829 and Ohio in 1831.
Unfortunately, no known identifiable or significant samples of Martin
Harris's or Christian Whitmer's handwriting have been
found. According to his brother David Whitmer, Christian assisted
Oliver Cowdery in writing the Book of Mormon as JS dictated the text. (Revelation, 9 Dec. 1830, Revelations
Collection, CHL [D&C 36:3–8];
"The Last Man,"
Times [Chicago], 17 Oct. 1881, 5.)
Revelations Collection,
1831–ca. 1844, 1847, 1861, ca. 1876. CHL.
Times. Chicago. 1854–1895.
JS revelation, dated 19 Jan. 1841, instructed Saints to build boardinghouse for travelers and immigrants. Construction of planned three-story building to be funded by fifty-dollar shares. Cornerstone laid, 2 Oct. 1841, but building never completed beyond ...
29 Dec. 1841;
see also Foote,
Autobiography, 2 Oct. 1841; and
Ebenezer Robinson, "Items of
Personal History of the Editor," Return, Aug. 1890,
Foote, Warren. Autobiography, not before 1903. Warren Foote, Papers,
1837–1941. CHL. MS 1123, fd. 1.
The Return. Davis City, IA, 1889–1891; Richmond, MO, 1892–1893; Davis
City, 1895–1896; Denver,
Independence, MO, 1899–1900.
"Relics of the Old Nauvoo House,"
Deseret News (Salt Lake City), 4 Oct. 1882, 577.
Principal gathering place for Saints following expulsion from Missouri. Beginning in 1839, LDS church purchased lands in earlier settlement of Commerce and planned settlement of Commerce City, as well as surrounding areas. Served as church headquarters, 1839...
Skousen, Original
Manuscript, 6–7; see also 33–37.
Sarah M. Kimball, Salt Lake City,
Utah Territory, to George Reynolds, [Salt Lake City, Utah Territory], 19 July
1884, in George Reynolds, "History of the Book of Mormon,"
Contributor, July 1884, 366; see also
"Editorial Notes,"
Woman's Exponent, 1 July 1883, 20.
Reynolds, George. "History of the Book of Mormon." Contributor,
July 1884, 361–367.
Woman's Exponent. Salt Lake City. 1872–1914.
Jessee, "Original Book of Mormon
Manuscript," 266.
Jessee, Dean C. "The
Original Book of Mormon Manuscript." BYU Studies 10 (Spring
1970): 259–278.


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How "Celebrity Apprentice" Evokes Hope
This is a guest post by Aaron Likens, an adult author who has Asperger Syndrome. You can follow Aaron's blog at lifeontheothersideofthewall.blogspot.com.
I started watching "The Apprentice" from the first episode in 2004 and have followed it every season since. I was diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome in 2003 and started writing about my experiences in 2005. As I started to write Finding Kansas I had no idea if anyone would ever read my thoughts or feel with me as I wrote, but in an episode several months after I started to write, a new upstart charity was featured.
In that episode, Suzanne Wright, one of the founders of Autism Speaks, mentioned that their goal was to "give a voice for those who can't speak". I was so elated that the autism spectrum got air time and that the message of awareness was delivered through that episode and that elation translated into a deeper passion to share my story. It makes a profound impact when one realizes they aren't fighting alone, and that episode and that quote was a turning point in my life.
Flash forward to this season of "The Celebrity Apprentice" and once again autism is a topic. Unlike the seasons that started the series that saw players playing for a job in the Trump organization, this season is the third installment of a Celebrity version where celebrities play for their favorite charity. Holly Robinson Peete has a deep connection and passion for her charity, the HollyRod Foundation that benefits those with autism, because she has a son with autism.
Going into Sunday's episode there were five players left. Quickly the field would be "fired" to just two. Prior records were examined and a task that Holly won raised a non-finale record of $347,893!
The boardroom to determine the final two was an emotional and passionate battle. Sharon Osbourne made several comments about Holly's huge heart, and Holly's battle looking at her child each day and also, "I don't know what I'd do if I had a child that wasn't well; it's devastating."
I was moved by this, I live with being on the autism spectrum each day, and the compassion shown by Sharon towards Holly's battle was much like that first moment I heard Suzanne Wright on that episode back in 2005.
Holly showed great resolve in these final boardrooms and after being interviewed by the first Apprentice, Bill Rancic, and last season's celebrity winner, Joan Rivers, it was time for Donald Trump to choose who the final two would be.
The field was reduced to three, Sharon Osbourne, Holly Robinson Peete, and Bret Michaels. Each of the three have a personal tie to their charities and each had been an amazingly strong player in the game. Mr. Trump took his time, and the moments on the television screen probably didn't give justice to just how intense it was, and in the end Holly Robinson Peete and Bret Michaels made the final.
The final task involves making a new Snapple drink that will utilize their charity in the design. This is no easy task as they must make a 30-second television spot, a three-page ad, and make the drink in just three days.
Who won? The finale is next week and either Bret Michaels or Holly Robinson Peete will hear the words, "You're hired!" I know who has already won though. Autism is often misunderstood and still there are those that don't know what it is. For those who have it, or know someone who does, autism is a 24/7 condition that there is no current cure for. For families to see the resolve and passion that Holly Robinson Peete has shown for her cause, she has surely evoked a sense of hope.
I started writing my best work once I knew I wasn't alone and there was someone out there that knew what autism was and the challenges that goes along with it. That was five years ago, and once again Donald Trump's television show, "The Apprentice," may give others that same passion I felt. So, win or lose in the game, Holly Robinson Peete is a winner in more ways than she may ever know.
May 17, 2010 at 11:03 am
As Aaron's father, I remember watching the Apprentice show that featured Autism Speaks in 2005. In March of 2005 he and I were in Kisumu, Kenya on a filming trip and as he wrote in room 312 at the Imperial Hotel he realized that he was going to become a voice for those who can't speak. He didn't fully understand what he was about to do as he continued to write.
His book, Finding Kansas, has been compared to Temple Grandin's Emergence. As I watched Aaron watch Celebrity Apprentice last night, I could see that he really understood what a winner Holly is even though the final episode will not be aired until next week.
Aaron describes having Asperger's Syndrome as living behind a wall. If you want make a trip behind that wall I invite you to read his blog. You can access it from his website at http://www.findingkansas.com.
God bless my son, he's my hero and it is an honor to stand in his shadow.
Jim Likens
May 18, 2010 at 8:51 am
Thank you BOTH for sharing your insights and writing talents with our community! No matter who Mr. Trump "hires" next Sunday, autism is the winner and we have Holly Robinson Peete (and many others) to thank for their passionate advocacy. Thank you Likens family for reminding us about these lessons.
May 17, 2010 at 11:18 am
I LOVE The Celebrity Apprentice, and although, Holly Robinson Peete, has turned me off a few times this season, her devotion to her foundation, as well as to her committment of hope to Autism Spectrum Disorders has moved me. I have a son with Asperger's, however I see myself as lucky for the following reasons–he has taught me more than probably any of my other 3 children, I have not only learned a lesson about the beauty of the world, but because of his unwavering sometimes brutal honesty, I have learned about some of the ugliness of the world too, that sometimes, us optimists, miss. I am also lucky because he was diagnosed far earlier than most with Asperger's (he was 5) this helps us to learn and grow from his diagnosis, instead of sitting around wondering–"What is wrong with my child?" When in all honesty NOTHING is wrong with him, he is perfect in the way that God intended him to be. Asperger's needs to be brought to the forefront, it needs to be discussed and there needs to be more education put in place regarding all 5 disorders on the spectrum. We could look at the disorder as a "problem" but I intend to see it as something else entirely….My beautiful, wonderful, awesome, honest, Ramsey, it is sometimes difficult, but I cannot imagine my life without him. I know I will compile a book someday. Thank you for sharing your thoughts. I applaud you!
May 21, 2010 at 9:14 am
The Celebrity Apprentice has been a double blessing for me. I am a Type I diabetic with a beautiful, 7 year old son with autism. It moves me to see the passion that these final two have for their charities.
Diabetes is so intense. Many think of it as, "ok, no more dessert", but we are faced everyday with careful decisions for everything we consume, from the cream in our coffee, to a quick mint for fresh breath– it can be overwhelming at times.
Then throw a mind-blowing diagnosis of autism for your child into the mix. Besides being completely physically draining, the experience is emotionally devastating as well. Sleep deprivation, worry, stress, and ultimate desperation takes a toll on a body that already struggles.
Holly Robinson Peete and Bret Michaels are my heroes and I feel their pain and their passion in every episode. They both deserve to win. Thank God for the awareness that has come about because of this show! I hope that people will see past the antics of the characters and see the message here, that we can change the world and make things better for people that are suffering, by giving from our heart.
May 22, 2010 at 8:10 am
Thank you, Aaron, for sharing your story and your enthusiasm for raising awareness about autism. My eight year old daughter was diagnosed with moderate to severe autism at the age of two. She can speak, and she has improved over the years with intensive therapies. However, my greatest fear and despair comes when I see how others outside our social/educational/medical sphere react to her behaviors. Once, for example, she stole a french fry off the plate of a man at a restaurant. Even though my husband explained our daughter's disability and offered to buy him another meal, the man yelled at our daughter and my husband for her rude behavior. My daughter, of course, did not understand, and my husband was both embarrassed by and furious with this outraged french fry eater. As long as there is no cure, awareness will be the most important facet in our daughter's life.
May 17, 2010 at 2:09 pm
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BERKELEY -- Swim sensation Missy Franklin didn't wait for formalities Wednesday as she began her new life as a Cal freshman.
"Hi, everybody," Franklin said while striding toward the podium at an introductory news conference. "How is everyone?"
Get used to it. The four-time Olympic gold medalist has a disposition as sunny as Strawberry Canyon on a summer's day.
Franklin, 18, starts classes Thursday as well as preparation for the swim season that begins Sept. 21 for one of the country's most talented women's teams.
Cal coach Teri McKeever has mentored Natalie Coughlin, Dana Vollmer and a handful of other greats, but the Golden Bears have never had anyone of Franklin's stature. She hasn't had a post-Olympic letdown, winning a record six events at the World Championships in Barcelona earlier this month.
As a result, school officials are going to unusual lengths to ease Franklin into college life knowing the social media world never sleeps.
"This is Missy's new normal," McKeever said.
Franklin, who grew up in Centennial, Colo., said Berkeley already feels like home.
"It is fun getting accustomed to it," she said. "It's very different than Centennial. It's totally unique, totally crazy."
The presence of a celebrity is bringing changes to the Golden Bears as much as it is to Franklin, who showed off shiny golden fingernails and wore sparkly pink slippers.
McKeever plans to spend the next week talking to her swimmers about behavior away from the pool. She has asked them to turn off their location applications on cell phones, for example.
Franklin realizes she has to be careful about posting photos where she eats with friends or other personal information many college kids like to share.
Franklin is rooming on campus with another freshman swimmer McKeever declined to identify to allow for privacy.
Franklin also declined to say which classes she plans to take this fall. Franklin expects to swim for Cal for two years before turning professional to prepare for the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. She will remain in Berkeley to train and complete her education.
But Franklin hasn't decided on a degree yet.
"I'm taking classes all over the board," she said.
In her 22nd season at Cal, McKeever feels a rebirth with the added dimension of coaching Franklin while trying to allow the swimmer to have a typical college life.
"She's 18, but she's not 18," the coach said. "We don't want to have a bubble around her. That's not real, either."
McKeever learned during the Big Game a year ago that Franklin had chosen Cal over other schools.
Sitting in the stands, McKeever saw she had a voice message from the recruit. McKeever told her husband she couldn't deal with it because of nerves over recruiting the best swimmer in a generation.
A little later a Cal assistant texted McKeever that Franklin needed to talk to her right away.
McKeever found a spot in the stadium at halftime to return the call.
"This is so hard," Franklin told McKeever. "I appreciate all you've done. I've got to go with my heart."
McKeever recalled thinking some phrases unsuitable for print.
Then Franklin let it out: she had chosen Cal.
"Did I get you?" Franklin teased.
She did.
And now McKeever gets to work full-time with an athlete who will be in the spotlight through the next Olympics.
"It's either limiting or it's an incredible opportunity," the coach said of the prison of fame. "It will work because of her."
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The bulk of Tuesday's Ramsey County Commission meeting was taken up with reorganization after swearing in new member Myrna Heisler and re-elected members Bill Mertens and Mark Olson.
Scott Diseth was elected to head the commission and Mark Olson elected vice chairman.
The portfolios changed hands as each commissioner volunteered to fulfill their duties as commissioners by representing the county serving on boards and commissions. Then Mertens, who had been serving as chairman handed over the gavel to Diseth and he chaired his first meeting.
Chris Schilken from Forward Devils Lake informed the commissioners of land acquired for the industrial park north of Highway 2 from Bob Weed.
Earl Hanson from the county's Veteran's Service Office explained he was attempting to get information on the status of the Devils Lake Veterans Clinic, but at this time had nothing new about it to report.
Kristen Nelson from Emergency Management discussed the need for repairs to the office's vehicle or the purchase of a different vehicle in the 2014 budget year.
Kevin Fieldsend discussed the county's roads projects.
A committee from Arts in the Park visited with the commission about the possibility of using the Memorial Building as a back up for the Tuesday events in the summertime when weather threatens. The group's spokesman was Larry Liere.
Commissioners Mertens and Ed Brown were appointed to be on the committee to iron out the operating and maintenance agreement for the area's flood protection with the city of Devils Lake.
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Creating and editing pivot table reports
Format and edit a pivot table report
After you build your pivot table report, you can go back at any time to format or edit your pivot table report. Expand one or more of the options below to learn how to edit the data range for your pivot table report, get an overview of formatting options, or find instructions about how to copy and paste a pivot table report.
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The fields listed in the Report Editor depend on the data range selected for your pivot table. Each column header in the selected data range will appear as a field in the Report Editor. To change the data range, follow these steps:
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NEA, Kleiner Tackle Online Education With $16M For Coursera
Backed by $16 million from two of Silicon Valley's largest venture capital firms, Coursera launched today to deliver free online courses from elite universities to millions of people around the world.
The company is headed by two Stanford University computer science professors, Daphne Koller and Andrew Ng, who developed an online education platform last fall that served two courses that attracted about 200,000 students, despite having no marketing.
The project was such a success that Koller and Ng decided to spin it out of Stanford and create a company. New Enterprise Associates General Partner Scott Sandell, who backed a previous company founded by Koller's husband, said he heard a brief pitch from Koller on a Saturday in October when the two families were eating lunch together at Sandell's house.
He said he presented Coursera to his partners on Monday, and they agreed to fund the company within the next week or two.
Before he became a venture capitalist in 1996, Sandell left Microsoft to join a now defunct education software company because he believed so strongly in what technology could do for education. "Through all that time I've been looking for breakthroughs to enable technology to improve education dramatically in some way, and in all those years I found nothing I wanted to fund," he said. "But I knew that what she was doing was special."
Coursera said Princeton University, the University of Michigan and the University of Pennsylvania will join Stanford and the University of California, Berkeley, in offering courses through its platform, in fields including business, medicine, social studies, history, literature, mathematics and computer science.
Courses are delivered in 10- to 15-minute video chunks, with interactive quizzes and automatic grading that give students instant feedback and allow them to take as much time as they need to master the material. There's also a social networking element that lets students work together online.
Sandell believes that basic premise can be taken even further. Imagine 10 of the world's best calculus professors putting their courses online so that students could pick one, he said, and imagine these subjects could be offered through community colleges and that those teachers could work through the material with their students.
"(Coursera) will be enormously enabling to millions of very talented students around the world who otherwise would never have had access to this level of education," he said.
Coursera's other backer, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers Partner John Doerr, said he met Ng and Koller when he took one of their online courses–a class in machine learning–last fall, since "machine learning wasn't invented when I studied compiler construction."
"Elite education is too expensive, and it's available for too few," Doerr said. "I'm not saying accredited institutions will go away, but having great content available for free in the U.S. can transform community college education…and in the developing world as well."
The founders aren't sure yet how Coursera will make money–courses will always be free and will not be funded through advertising, Koller said–although they have some ideas. One is to charge students a modest sum for a certificate when they complete a course, according to Doerr, and another is to match students with potential employers if students choose to be matched.
But both venture capitalists said Coursera should focus for now on developing high-quality classes that attract more students. If the company can do that, Sandell said, "then everything else will follow."
Both Sandell and Doerr are on Coursera's board. Doerr said the company is well-funded and is not expected to raise more money soon.
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The 2013 St. James Tennis Open is scheduled to begin on July 20 at 8 am at the St. James High School tennis courts.
The July 20 matches are for male and female open singles. There is both a senior and intermediate category for the male and female competition.
On Sunday, July 21 there is a mixed doubles tournament. Competition gets under way at 8:30 am.
The Tournament continues the following Saturday, July 27 with boys and girls singles competition of the 15 and under age bracket. Competition starts at 8 am.
The registration deadline for competition on July 20 and 21 is Wednesday July 17. The deadlines for the 15 and under tournament is Wednesday July 24.
The entry fee for singles is $10 and $14 for mixed doubles. Checks should be made out to the St. James Tennis Association. For more information contact the tournament director, Les Zellmann at 507-380-8998 (cell).
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Miley Cyrus "Wrecking Ball"
"I came in like a wrecking ball.
I never hit so hard in love.
All I wanted was to break your walls.
All you ever did was wreck me."
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"I never meant to start a war.
I just wanted you to let me in.
And instead of using force
I guess I should've let you win."
"I wanna hide the truth.
I wanna shelter you.
But with the beast inside,
there's nowhere we can hide."
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"When you feel my heat,
look into my eyes.
It's where my demons hide.
It's where my demons hide.
Don't get too close.
It's dark inside.
It's where my demons hide.
It's where my demons hide."
"I don't care, I love it.
I don't care."
"You're on a different road, I'm in the Milky Way.
You want me down on earth, but I am up in space.
You're so damn hard to please, we gotta kill this switch.
You're from the 70's, but I'm a 90's bitch."
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"Say something, I'm giving up on you.
I'll be the one, if you want me to.
Anywhere I would've followed you.
Say something, I'm giving up on you."
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"And I am feeling so small.
It was over my head.
I know nothing at all.
And I will stumble and fall.
I'm still learning to love.
Just starting to crawl."
"If I was gay, I would think hip-hop hates me.
Have you read the YouTube comments lately? "Man, that's gay" gets dropped on the daily.
We become so numb to what we're saying
A culture founded from oppression;
Yet we don't have acceptance for 'em."
"When I was at church they taught me something else.
If you preach hate at the service those words aren't anointed.
That holy water that you soak in has been poisoned.
When everyone else is more comfortable remaining voiceless.
Rather than fighting for humans that have had their rights stolen.
I might not be the same, but that's not important.
No freedom 'til we're equal, damn right I support it."
"Just give me a reason,
Just a little bit's enough,
Just a second we're not broken just bent,
And we can learn to love again."
"It's been written in the scars on our hearts,
We're not broken just bent,
And we can learn to love again"
"They tell me I should fix my grill cause I got money now.
I ain't gon' sit around and front like I ain't thought about it.
A perfect smile is more appealing but it's funny how,
My sh** is crooked look at how far I done got without it.
I keep my twisted grill, just to show the kids it's real.
We ain't picture perfect but we worth the picture still.
I got smart, I got rich, and I got bitches still."
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"We don't look nothin' like the people on the screen. You know the movie stars, picture perfect beauty queens.
But we got dreams and we got the right to chase 'em.
Look at the nation, that's a crooked smile braces couldn't even straighten."
"But every song's like gold teeth, grey goose, trippin' in the bathroom
Blood stains, ball gowns, trashin' the hotel room, We don't care, we're driving Cadillacs in our dreams."
"But everybody's like Crystal, Maybach, diamonds on your timepiece.
Jet planes, islands, tigers on a gold leash.
We don't care, we aren't caught up in your love affair."
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"So wake me up when it's all over.
When I'm wiser and I'm older.
All this time I was finding myself
And I didn't know I was lost."
"Wish that I could stay forever this young.
Not afraid to close my eyes.
Life's a game made for everyone.
And love is the prize."
"Mine would be you,
Sun keeps shining, back road flying,
Singing like crazy fools,
Making up our own words,
Laughing 'til it hurts,
Baby, if I had to choose
My best day ever
My finest hour, my wildest dream come true, Mine would be you."
Photo: Roger Kisby for iHeartRadio
"What's your all time high, your good as it gets? Your hands down best ever make-up sex? What's your guilty pleasure, your old go to?
Well if you asked me, mine would be you
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Senior patients sought for reduced-price dental services
Published: Tuesday, October 8, 2013 at 5:38 p.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, October 8, 2013 at 5:38 p.m.
The sharp whine of a routine teeth cleaning bounces down the hall on a relatively quiet day at the Senior Friendship Centers' dental clinic. Volunteer dentist Bart Levenson does the honors, while Alexander Arnold and dental director Howard Rosov talk about the joys of donating their skills to older adults in need.
Senior Friendship Centers: The Sarasota Dental Clinic is open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, by appointment only. Services are for adults 55 and older whose incomes are at or below 200 percent of U.S. poverty guidelines ($22,980 for an individual). Patients must have a physician or be screened at the center's medical clinic, and will need to complete an information packet. To learn more, call the clinic at 556-3232.
Other options: Florida's Public Dental Health Program serves low-income dental patients -- mostly children -- at county health departments: 861-2935 in Sarasota and 861-3888 in North Port; 708-7607 in Bradenton; and 624-7200 in Port Charlotte. A few appointments are set aside daily for adults with dental emergencies only. Dental services are not available in Venice.
A new national website, toothwisdom.org, offers resources and information on oral health for elders.
"People always ask me, 'Aren't you compensated for this?' " says Rosov, 68. "I say, sure — with chocolate chip cookies and brownies and lots of hugs."
It will not be so quiet around here for long. These retired dentists expect to be joined soon by colleagues who spent their summers up north. The clinic's staff of 10 dental professionals will swell to 40, placing the long-running clinic in an unusual position: Looking for new patients.
To qualify for reduced-price oral care here, patients must be 55 or older, with incomes at or below 200 percent of the U.S. poverty level — $22,980 per year for a single person and $31,020 for a couple. Rosov says the clinic's services top out at about half of the usual commercial fee, with charges depending on what patients can afford.
"They may come out paying $10 or $20 for what would cost $100 at a regular dentist's office," he says.
The quality of care? Good enough, Rosov and Arnold say, that they rely on colleagues for their own dental needs.
"This is as good as or better than you'll get anywhere in town," Arnold says. "We have the experience, and we have the time to sit and talk with our patients."
Because Medicare does not cover dental services, and Florida's Medicaid program has limited coverage for adults, the Senior Friendship Centers are a refuge for elders who cannot afford to have their teeth cleaned, filled or pulled — a problem that often results in expensive emergency room visits. Arnold says most of the patients he sees have not been to a dentist for some years.
A new report from Oral Health America ranks Florida near the bottom when it comes to older adults' dental care — just above Alabama, Tennessee and Mississippi. Along with this state's Medicaid limitations, its shortage of dental professionals and lack of government attention to elders' dental needs were cited in the report, "A State of Decay."
According to the report, 70 percent of older Americans do not have dental insurance, 30 percent are losing their teeth and 23 percent have not seen a dentist for five years. Of those who lack coverage, 8 of 10 say they could not afford a major dental procedure.
The Senior Friendship Centers clinic has handled almost 1,500 visits in the last year, with nearly 400 new patients. Rosov says he would like to see that number double. This month the clinic will add digital radiography to its services, eliminating the need for traditional dental X-rays and the waiting time they involve.
"Immediately, it's taken and you see it on the screen in front of you — a virtual picture of the tooth," Rosov says. "The patient can look at it with you."
Time to discuss oral health with a patient is something the volunteer dentists appreciate, he adds.
"These are people who were quite successful in private practice, and they come down here and want to give back," he says. "They love dentistry and love the patients."
Students from the LECOM School of Dental Medicine in Lakewood Ranch will be returning in the high season to assist with patients. Rosov says they, too, enjoy the chance to discuss cases and learn from the seasoned dentists.
"At any other office, doctors run from patient to patient, chair to chair," he says. "Here, we'll see a patient scheduled for an hour, and there's time to talk.
"This model really should be copied throughout the United States."
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No tent material is completely fireproof. It can burn when exposed to continued, intense heat or fire. The most important safeguard is to keep flames away from canvas materials. For this reason, the following safety precautions are emphasized:
If fire breaks out, it must be quickly and properly suppressed. To do this, you must know the three classes of fires and how to combat them:
Fires in any one class may involve materials of other classes, so more than one type of extinguisher should be available. Because of the danger of lethal fumes, carbon tetrachloride (CCl4) extinguishers must not be used. Dispose of these extinguishers as recommended by fire officials.
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Reference: Unit Fireguard, No. 33691A
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Each vacancy announcement will list the KSAs required in terms of "specialized experience" or "selective factor" requirements. In determining if you qualify for a position, your education and experience will be evaluated against the KSAs for each position. Because each position is different, the requirements will also be different.
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BGR The Burger Joint will host its first ever burger eating competition at this year's Taste of DC on Sunday, October 13 at 2 p.m. Three teams of four brave people will face off against each other on the culinary stage as they try to down BGR's massive masterpiece, featuring a 9-pound burger patty made from a blend of prime, dry-aged beef cooked over an open flame and piled high with cheese, two heads of lettuce, eight tomatoes, three red onions, four whole pickles, and BGR's mojo sauce. This beast of a burger weighs in at 15.4 pounds in total after it's all topped.
The winning team will earn not only bragging rights but also a donation made in their name to breast cancer research, a five night trip for four to Mexico, and BGR The Burger Joint gift cards. Teams will have nine minutes to finish the burger – the team that finishes first or has eaten the most will be crowned the winner. Participants must be 18 years and older.
Teams can enter the competition via Facebook by liking the competition and then submitting their captain's name and email as well as the names of the rest of the team. Teams will also be asked to craft a 140 character ode to the awesomeness that is the burger. Teams are then encouraged to get their friends and family to vote. The three teams who receive the most votes now through September 26 will compete in BGR's Burger Eating Competition at Taste of DC on October 13.
On October 12 and 13, Taste of DC will transform Pennsylvania Avenue between the White House and the Capital into the Mid-Atlantic's premier community and culinary festival. Attendees will be able to sample food from more than 50 of the District's most popular restaurants on Restaurant Row, including BGR The Burger Joint. Tickets packages and individual tickets are available.


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Defensive back commits to Tide after visit to LSU
Published: Thursday, January 31, 2013 at 3:30 a.m.
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Eddie Jackson, a three-star defensive back/wide receiver from Boyd Anderson High School in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., announced Wednesday his commitment to the University of Alabama. Jackson talked much more about his decision prior to the announcement via Twitter.
"I committed to Alabama," Jackson said. "I felt like I was the most comfortable there. I was comfortable with the coaches and the players. I feel like they will help make me the most successful in life. They will help me become a man.
"It's a real good feeling to be committed to Alabama. I really wasn't trying to get caught up in the name or the hype of them coming off another national championship. I wanted to know everything about them. I wanted to know about the school. I went there and learned about everything.
"The visit to Alabama a few weeks ago was my first-ever trip up there. I love the campus and facilities. It's beautiful and big. Everything is so organized.
"The thing I love the most is their academics. They have it set up to get your degree in three years. Half of the team in the bowl game had their degree already. It's a championship team with a lot of those guys having their degree. It's saying something."
Jackson informed the Alabama coaching staff of his decision after an official visit to LSU.
"It was great how everything played out," he said. "I felt like this is where I wanted to be. I felt welcomed. I felt like I was home. The people there made me feel the most comfortable."
The 6-foot-1, 180-pound athlete knows the position he will play once he arrives in Tuscaloosa.
"They recruited me to play defense," Jackson said. "They recruited me as a cornerback. It's a great feeling. It's great to be able to play for coach (Nick) Saban. It's a dream come true for me.
"I'll say I can play man coverage really well. My aggressiveness is also a strength. I am very good when I man up on someone. I am aggressive. I feel like I can improve my footwork. I can work on my ball coverage skills. It's good, but it can get better."
Jackson recorded 37 receptions for 778 yards and 12 touchdowns during his senior season. He added six interceptions on defense. He returned two kickoffs and two punts for touchdowns.
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I have just downloaded qcad-126.96.36.199-1-prof. linux and uncompressed it in my home directory (where all previous qcad versions are perfectly working).
When qcad is launched it shows the initial splash reporting that libraries and so on are being loaded. Then the main window appears but just hangs not responding to any click of the mouse.
No messages appear on the terminal window.
When launched as root it runs smoothly. I checked all the permissions flags and owner which seem to be ok.
Thanks for any hints,
Linux Gentoo OS


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Neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) is a group of problems that occur in a newborn who was exposed to addictive opiate drugs while in the mother's womb.
Neonatal abstinence syndrome occurs because a pregnant woman takes opiate or narcotic drugs such as heroin, codeine, oxycodone (Oxycontin) methadone or buprenorphine.
These and other substances pass through the placenta that connects the baby to its mother in the womb. The baby becomes addicted along with the mother.
At birth, the baby is still dependent on the drug. Because the baby is no longer getting the drug after birth, symptoms of withdrawal may occur.
Alcohol and other drugs use during pregnancy can also cause problems in the baby.
Babies of mothers who use other addictive drugs (nicotine, amphetamines, barbiturates, cocaine, marijuana,) may have long-term problems. However, there is no clear evidence of a neonatal abstinence syndrome for these drugs.
The symptoms of neonatal abstinence syndrome depend on:
Symptoms often begin within 1 - 3 days after birth, but may take up to a week to appear. Symptoms may include:
Many other conditions can produce the same symptoms as neonatal abstinence syndrome. To help make a diagnosis, the doctor will ask questions about the mother's drug use. The mother may be asked about which drugs she took during pregnancy, and when she last took them.
Tests that may be done to diagnose withdrawal in a newborn include:
Treatment depends on:
The health care team will watch the newborn carefully for signs of withdrawal, feeding problems, and weight gain. Babies who vomit or who are very dehydrated may need to get fluids through a vein (IV).
Infants with neonatal abstinence syndrome are often fussy and hard to calm. Tips to calm the infant down include:
Some babies with severe symptoms need medicines such as methadone and morphine to treat withdrawal symptoms.
The goal of treatment is to prescribe the infant a drug similar to the one the mother used during pregnancy and slowly decrease the dose over time. This helps wean the baby off the drug and relieves some withdrawal symptoms. Breastfeeding may also be helpful.
Babies with this condition often have poor feeding or slow growth. These babies may need:
Treatment helps relieve symptoms of withdrawal.
Drug and alcohol use during pregnancy can lead to many health problems in the baby besides NAS. These may include:
Neonatal abstinence syndrome can last from 1 week to 6 months.
Make sure your doctor or nurse knows about all the drugs you take during pregnancy.
Call your doctor or nurse if your baby has symptoms of neonatal abstinence syndrome.
Discuss all medications, and alcohol and tobacco use with your health care provider. If you are using drugs, including alcohol or tobacco, ask your health care provider for help with stopping as soon as possible. If you are already pregnant, talk to your health care provider about the best way to stop using and keep you and the baby safe.
Wong S, Ordean A, Kahan M; Maternal Fetal Medicine Committee; Family Physicians Advisory Committee; Medico-Legal Committee; Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada. Substance use in pregnancy. J Obstet Gynaecol Can. 2011 Apr;33(4):367-84.
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Bio LL, Siu A, Poon CY. Update on the pharmacologic management of neonatal abstinence syndrome. J Perinatol. 2011 Nov;31(11):692-701.
McQueen KA, Murphy-Oikonen J, Gerlach K, Montelpare W. The impact of infant feeding method on neonatal abstinence scores of methadone-exposed infants. Adv Neonatal Care. 2011 Aug;11(4):282-90.
Bencke M, Smith VC, Committee on Substance Abuse, Committee on Fetus and Newborn. American Academy of Pediatrics. Prenatal substance abuse: short- and long-term effects on the exposed fetus (technical report). Pediatrics. 2013 Mar;131(3):e1009-24. doi: 10.1542/peds.2012-3931. Epub 2013 Feb 25.


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ALAMEDA -- Khalil Mack has been challenged by everything but surprised by nothing at the Raiders' mandatory three-day minicamp.
Until Thursday.
"I went to the team meeting room and they made me get up on stage and try to sing something," Mack said. "They caught me off guard with that."
With established veteran players singing Mack's praises, there is a great sense of anticipation for seeing what the rookie linebacker can do in full pads when the club reports to training camp in Napa on July 25.
Privately, there's a sense among coaches, the scouts and front office that Mack is even better than the Raiders initially believed. That's saying a lot, considering general manager Reggie McKenzie made him the No. 5 pick in the draft and coach Dennis Allen compared him to Denver outside linebacker Von Miller, one of the NFL's elite pass rushers.
"Sometimes he moves like a defensive back," left tackle Donald Penn said. "It's crazy for a guy like that to be doing that. He has a motor that's relentless. As a tackle, you stay on him until you hear the whistle or hear the crowd cheer."
Free safety Charles Woodson took notice of Mack's ability at 6-foot-2 and 255 pounds to bend at the waist and get under tackles coming off the edge as well as change of direction.
"It will be great to see him in action when it really goes down," Woodson said. "We all have high hopes for him, because he's only going to make us better as a team."
The perception that Mack could be an immediate star doesn't bother him.
"I'm a relaxed individual," Mack said. "I don't really think 'pressure, pressure, pressure.' I think, 'OK, this is what it is, work on this, work on that, do your job.'
"No more redshirting. No more baby steps. I've got to go out and play football, and that's what I love to do."
Mack moved in immediately as the first-team strongside linebacker but also has had some work on the right side. He'll likely have his hand on the ground in most nickel situations as a pass rusher but will also be available to blitz.
Allen and defensive coordinator Jason Tarver are examining all the possibilities, and Mack is doing his best to absorb it all.
"We've got his head spinning right now, which is a good thing," Allen said. "We're going to throw as much at him as we can at him into the early part of training camp and then we'll settle down into the things we can execute as a team at a high level."
Mack has spent a lot of time bending the ear of defensive ends Justin Tuck and Lamarr Woodley about playing with his hand on the ground, reasoning. "It'd be dumb for me not to ask questions knowing the skill level they play with and that they're pretty much the best in the game when it comes to pass rushing."
Said Tuck: "I think he's going to be special. He has a great work ethic and obviously a ton of talent. And he asks a lot of questions, which is exactly what rookies should do."
Other than visiting with family in Florida, Mack plans to train, work on techniques and study.
He's looking forward to learning to decipher the defensive calls made by his teammates.
"It is a lot of voices behind my head, trying to figure out what safeties are saying," Mack said. "You've got to listen to the right things. I'm trying to break down and assess the game at a high level like those guys are."
"Really every day there's been something that he's done that you say, 'Damn that was a pretty good play,' " Allen said.


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(Tioga Center, NY) Plans for the traditional season ending event at Shangri-La II are in place. The sixth annual Fall Brawl promises to be another huge weekend of racing at the "Concrete Castle". The three day event on September 26 – 28, 2014 will be capped off with the Race of Champions Pavement Modified Series season championship featuring 100 laps for the RoC Modifieds on Sunday September 28th. The on track action will start on Friday September 26th when the concrete high banks are open for practice. Practice will start at 1:00 pm and last until dark. The Saturday action will feature the Sportsman Modifieds running a 60 lap feature The combined Front and Rear Wheel Drive Four Cylinder Stocks will compete in a 20 lap feature and the Big 10 Street Stock series will also see action on the 27th in a 35 lap event. Sunday racing on September 28th will be filled with excitement as the INEX Legends will return to The Fall Brawl line-up in a 25 lap feature alongside the 50 lap Street Stock event and the season ending 100 lapper for the RoC Modifieds. There will be a Pit Party and Bon-Fire following the action on Saturday night.
Rules for the event will follow the Shangri-La II and/or Race of Champions rulebooks. The RoC Modifieds will follow the RoC rules. No tire softeners will be allowed, and the tires will be inspected by the track technical inspectors. There are no gear rules for the Fall Brawl. All Technical questions should be directed to Track Head Technical Inspector, Matt Jilson at 607-259-6231.
Car Entry Fees are as follows: RoC Modifieds - $80.00. Sportsman Modifieds - $ 40.00. Street Stocks and Big 10 Street Stocks - $ 35.00. INEX Legends $ 30.00. Four Cylinder Stocks - $30.00
The event schedule has Open Practice for All Divisions on Friday September 26th from 1:00 pm until Dark. On Saturday September 27th, The Pit Gate will open at 1:30 pm. The Grandstand Gate opens and Hot Laps begin at 3:00pm. Racing will start at 5:00pm. Sunday September 28th the Pit Gate will open at 10:00 am. Grandstand Gate opens and Hot Laps begin at 12:30 pm. Racing will begin at 3:00 pm.
Pit admission will be $20.00 on Friday, $ 30.00 on Saturday and $40.00 for Sunday. Grandstand admission for ages 16 and over is $5.00 on Friday, $20.00 on Saturday and $25.00 for Sunday. A weekend pass for Saturday and Sunday is available for $40.00. Youth under the age of 16 are admitted free.
All events are weather permitting and subject to change without notice. Track Officials reserve the right to change the amount of laps based on field of cars for any division.
Sportsman Modifieds – 60 laps - $ 1,500 to win - $200.00 to take the green flag
4 Cylinder Stocks – 20 laps - $500 to win - $25.00 to take the green flag
INEX Legends – 25 Laps - $500.00 to win - $25.00 to take the green flag
Street Stocks – 50 laps - $1,000 to win - $100.00 to take the green flag
RoC Modifieds – 100 laps - $3,500 to win - $200.00 to take the green flag
Further announcements will be made in the upcoming weeks on the purse structure for the Big 10 series.
Please check out the speedway website at www.shangrila-2.com for updates to the Fall Brawl. Questions to appropriate track personnel can be directed through e-mail links found on the Contact Info tab under the Track Info section.


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Former Raiders wide receiver Tim Brown had some interesting observations regarding the return of Charles Woodson Thurdsay night as well as his own induction into the Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame.
Brown was a teammate of Woodson, who came back to the Raiders Tuesday as a free agent, and was also a fellow Heisman Trophy winner. When they played together, Brown was the consummate family man while Woodson was single and more of a man-about-town, someone who came to play on Sundays but wasn't necessarily as involved Monday through Saturday.
Yet Brown, in a late-January conversation, never had any issue with Woodson because he came to play every Sunday.
Dan Brown of this newspaper caught up with Brown at the BASHOF ceremonies Tuesday night, and this is how Brown reacted to Woodson's return to Oakland:
"I think it's great. I think for C-Wood, it was probably the only move that he could have made," Brown said. "Once you get up there in age, you saw what (Brian) Urlacher did. He just said, 'I don't want to put on another jersey.'
"I think when you get up there in age, you want look around and say, 'OK, I have to go some place where I'm comfortable. Because I'm not trying to learn new people at 36 years old.' That's why I chose to be with (Jon) Gruden because it was someone I knew and there were five or six players that I knew very well. So it was a comfortable environment for me.
"For him, coming back here is going to be great. He has a chance to kind of right some of those wrongs that he had while he was here. I don't know if he was the leader back then that he ended up being in Green Bay. So now he gets to come back here and fix everything he needs to fix and go out on a high level.''
Brown, who has been denied in his first three attempts at the Pro Football Hall of Fame, conceded he hadn't given much thought about the signifcance of the Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame until given some perspective.
"Initially, I'm like, "OK. All right." Because at that time I was waiting to see about the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
"But somebody who is a baseball fan said, 'Dude, you're going to be in a friggin' Hall of Fame with Willie Mays.' I'm like, 'Whoa.' It just sort of changed the whole perspective of what this is about. This is not a football Hall of Fame. This is a Bay Area sports deal. And from that standpoint, we really started to look forward to this night.''
Brown said the selection of Fred Biletnikoff to present him at the ceremony was an easy one.
"To me, it was the only choice. Freddy was, what did I play, 15-16 years with the Raiders, and he saw the whole maturation process,'' Brown said. "From struggling coming off my knee injury to being just happy be on the field to wanting to play hard and until the end of the 16 years.
"From that standpoint, I needed him to be part of the ceremony tonight. Whatever he's going to say, he's going to say because it's not or ever was about his words. It's just about him being part of the ceremony.''
Brown's most cherished moment as a Raider?
"I think for me it was making it to the Super Bowl. We always felt it was us versus the world,'' Brown said. "Us winning 12 games felt like winning 20 games. So I think to overcome everything we needed to overcome and still make it there was quite a moment of accomplishment on all of our parts.''


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9:00 – 10:00 am / Concert Hall
Carleton prides itself on its many sustainability initiatives. However, keeping our campus green relies on YOUR help as well. Student Sustainability Assistants (STAs) will explain how you can contribute to a sustainable community, including an overview of Carleton's green initiatives.
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Earthquakes offensive catalyst Yannick Djalo has been ruled out of Friday's showdown against the host Los Angeles Galaxy with a strained right quadriceps.
The speedy Djalo, who has worked well in combination with Chris Wondolowski, scored once in the Quakes' past two MLS games, wins over the Seattle Sounders and Chicago Fire.
Club officials say the oft-injured Djalo, on loan from Benfica-Portugal, could be out anywhere from one to four weeks.
"He feels he's improve a lot in the past couple days," Quakes coach Mark Watson said of Djalo. "We're still working off that time frame, kind of monitoring it day to day."
Watson is confident newcomer Matias Perez Garcia of Argentina, who could be Djalo's replacement, will have his transfer paperwork completed in time to make his debut against the Galaxy. The 5-foot-5 Perez Garcia, the club's third-ever Designated Player signing, came from CA Tigre of Argentina's Primera Division.


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Horticulture program nurtures enthusiasm for tree fruit
Published: Sunday, November 11, 2012 at 8:57 a.m.
Last Modified: Sunday, November 11, 2012 at 8:57 a.m.
Do you enjoy gardening, meeting and talking with people, learning how to plant and grow tree fruit crops, leading tours, conducting taste tests, processing fruit, learning in-depth knowledge about horticulture subjects such as tree fruit propagation and sharing your time and knowledge with others?
Do you have three hours per week that you can use to learn and help others throughout the season?
If the answer is yes, the Henderson County Master Pomology Volunteer Program might be the perfect fit for you. The N.C. Cooperative Extension Service is offering a volunteer program for tree fruit enthusiasts. Because of the specific topic, this course is offered only every three years.
This is a very unique course, the first and only one of its kind in the U.S.
It has been very beneficial to the participants, the Extension Service and the commercial apple industry of Henderson County.
Last year, 12 volunteers gave more than 1,200 man hours of volunteer service valued at $24,000.
There is a huge demand for tree fruit information from the general public as well as commercial growers. Because of this need, this innovative program is being offered to give up-to-date fruit-growing information. Technically trained volunteers work in the Variety Block (a 2-acre test orchard in the Dana vicinity) collecting important field data that is shared with commercial growers in published newsletters.
A limited number of people will receive more than 40 hours of comprehensive tree fruit training. Graduates will receive a certificate and become a representative of the N.C.
Cooperative Extension Service.
The cost is $75 per person. The fee will cover training material and supplies. All material will become the property of the volunteer. There will be eight three-hour weekly classes with some afternoon labs. The classes will be held from 9 a.m. until noon Tuesday mornings at the N.C. Cooperative Extension Service Center (in Jackson Park), Hendersonville. The first class starts Jan. 8.
After the course is completed, volunteers must give back their time by volunteering to work in the Variety Block, helping to maintain the orchard or through office assistance, computer data entry and technical assistance.
The course is offered to anyone who has a keen interest in tree fruits, including master gardeners and commercial growers.
Requests for applications are being accepted.
Please direct your request to N.C. Cooperative Extension at 828-697-4891 or
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Botanica staff gardener Laura Pham is used to lugging around a hefty hose.
We asked her to test the Pocket Hose, a product aimed to make gardening easier. It's smaller and light-weight, but can expand up to 50 feet.
We found it at Bed, Bath, and Beyond for $19.99. The hose was 25 feet long, without water flowing through it. But when Laura turned the water on, it expanded to more than 50 feet. Laura watered with just the hose and no attachments."It has a pretty good reach, with all the pressure," Laura said.Then, she added her water wand. She liked that the hose light."And we want to watch out for squishing plants, that's always a big thing, the weight," Laura said.The hose never kinked."I was kind of watching as it curled. Because usually when it gets to the curl, it tends to kink up. Then we would have to walk back and undo it. And it saved a lot of time," Laura said.Laura also learned the pocket hose shrinks, too.So does it work?"I think it does," Laura said.The Pocket Hose comes in four sizes: 25, 50, 75, and 100-foot long hoses. Pocket Hose: Does It Work?


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About the Book
Not Lost Forever is Carmina Salcido's remarkable story of survival and healing following the 1986 murderous rampage by her father, Mexican immigrant Ramon Salcido in the wine country of Sonoma Valley, California. Left for dead at three years old—her throat brutally slashed—Carmina miraculously survived what is widely considered one of California's most notorious crimes: the unthinkable attack that savagely destroyed seven innocent lives, including Carmina's entire family. At once a harrowing true crime story and the inspirational first-person account of a young girl's strength, heart, and determination in the nightmare's aftermath, Not Lost Forever is a shocking and profoundly moving tale of perseverance and hope, and of a precious life regained.
On April 14, 1989, in California's idyllic Sonoma Valley, Mexican immigrant Ramón Salcido went on a rampage, killing his wife, her two younger sisters, his mother-in-law, and his wife's suspected lover. Then he slashed the throats of his three young daughters—ages four years, three years, and twenty-two months—and left them for dead in the county dump. A day later, when the children's bodies were finally discovered, three-year-old Carmina was miraculously still alive. "Daddy cut me," she told her rescuers.
In Not Lost Forever, Carmina Salcido reaches back into her traumatic past to reconstruct, in sobering detail, her father's crimes and their aftermath. Recalling with clear-eyed candor, courage, and grace the horrific event and troubled childhood that followed, a remarkable young woman carries readers along on her miraculous journey of survival, discovery, and hope.
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12 Best Cities for High Paying Jobs
We started with Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine's list of the best value cities in the U.S., which favors metro areas with healthy local economies, affordable living costs and appealing amenities. Then we used data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and Indeed.com, a job-search Web site, to pinpoint cities with below-average unemployment and above-average income growth.
Because we're concentrating on locating the best cities for high paying jobs, we looked for places with a high total number of postings for jobs that pay at least $50,000 per year. We also made sure that the number of $50,000-plus job postings per 100 unemployed workers was greater than or equal to the average of 11.
To see the full rankings of all 98 cities we looked at, check out this map.
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1. Manchester, N.H.
Unemployment rate: 5.3% (U.S. avg.: 8.6%)
Income growth: 4.64% (U.S. avg.: 2.96%)
$50K+ job postings: 2,681
$50K+ job postings per 100 unemployed: 47 (U.S. avg.: 11)
Manchester weathered the recession with a 6% unemployment rate, and the former mill town's strong income growth and refurbished business district still make it a promised land for job seekers. Finance and health care are traditionally strong sectors here, with average wages between $64,000 and $75,000 a year. Six percent of city residents work in management positions, pulling in $105,000, on average. Employers such as the Southern New Hampshire Medical Center and Elliot Hospital are hiring for high-paid positions in nursing, information technology and management. 1. Manchester, N.H.
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2. Washington, D.C.
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Unemployment rate: 6.1%
Income growth: 4.89%
$50K+ job postings: 56,367
$50K+ job postings per 100 unemployed: 30
The District of Columbia promises job openings in the tens of thousands – and not any old openings, either. The average annual wage in the District runs 40% above the national average, dwarfing even larger, costlier cities such as Boston and New York. Nearly 1 in 10 Washingtonians work in finance, often as government analysts, pulling in more than $83,000 a year. An additional 8% work in management jobs, where average salaries run above $125,000. Government contractors, such as General Dynamics and Northrop Grumman, are hiring. 2. Washington, D.C.
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3. Trenton, N.J.
Unemployment rate: 7.8%
Income growth: 6.10%
$50K+ job postings: 11,242
$50K+ job postings per 100 unemployed: 71
A former industrial town turned government center, Trenton's job, salary and technology-sector growth rank among the top 50 in the country. The overlooked capital city boasts something else, too: low competition for high-paying jobs. Bristol Myers Squibb, Princeton University and the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey are all hiring in the region, with openings for business managers, financial analysts and research scientists. Trenton's largest industries include finance, health care and computer technology, which collectively employ 20% of the city's workforce at an average of $75,000 to $87,000 a year. 3. Trenton, N.J.
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4. Boston
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Unemployment rate: 6.6%
Income growth: 4.33%
$50K+ job postings: 31,899
$50K+ job postings per 100 unemployed: 19
Boston is the center of New England's finance, information-technology and health care sectors, which means that jobs in Beantown are both abundant and well-paid. In fact, the city's most common occupations include registered nurse ($87,630 a year, on average), general manager ($125,400) and software developer ($102,950). Firms such as Genzyme and Tufts Medical Center are currently hiring in the life sciences. And if current patterns hold, Boston's economy will continue to grow. In 2011, it outpaced other large cities on almost every recovery metric, from unemployment levels to manufacturing job growth. 4. Boston
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5. Baltimore
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Unemployment rate: 7.6%
Income growth: 5.62%
$50K+ job postings: 18,583
$50K+ job postings per 100 unemployed: 17
Baltimore's booming life-science, international finance and maritime commerce sectors make the port city a prime place to score a competitive job. Johns Hopkins University and its accompanying medical system are the city's largest employers, with 1 in 10 city residents working in health care or research. Meanwhile, Baltimore's technology and defense sectors are growing. Mosaic Techologies Group, SAIC and Northrop Grumman are hiring analysts, systems administrators and program managers at starting salaries well over $50,000. 5. Baltimore
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6. Worcester, Mass.
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Unemployment rate: 7.8%
Income growth: 4.22%
$50K+ job postings: 5,622
$50K+ job postings per 100 unemployed: 24
Worcester's life-science sector is growing fast, and the sudden crop of new labs and offices means many biotech firms are hiring. Genzyme, a global medical research company, posted openings for automation engineers, analytical scientists and manufacturing associates; the UMass Medical Center needs analysts and developers. Roughly 15% of Worcester residents work in health care, life science or information technology. The annual salaries for these jobs fall in the $75,000 to $80,000 range. Managers, who make up 6% of Worcester's workforce, can expect to make more than $109,000 annually. 6. Worcester, Mass.
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7. Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Unemployment rate: 6.0%
Income growth: 3.82%
$50K+ job postings: 1,365
$50K+ job postings per 100 unemployed: 15
Cedar Rapids anchors the Midwestern tech, health care and finance sectors, and there are plenty of high-power firms hiring in all three. Rockwell Collins, an aircraft systems designer and the city's largest employer, is looking for financial analysts, solutions architects and systems engineers. Aegon and the University of Iowa are also hiring en masse. Health care occupations pay an average of $62,000 a year in Cedar Rapids; computer and tech jobs pull in $65,000. One of every 20 residents works in a management position, earning roughly $95,000 a year. 7. Cedar Rapids, Iowa
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8. Anchorage, Alaska
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Unemployment rate: 6.5%
Income growth: 6.07%
$50K+ job postings: 1,378
$50K+ job postings per 100 unemployed: 11
Anchorage's remoteness works in job seekers' favor: Competition for jobs is relatively low, and companies pay top wages to lure talent north. Health care and energy are both top industries, with roughly 6% of the population working in each. CH2M, the international engineering firm, runs a large operation in the area and is currently hiring engineers, analysts and project managers. The Alaska Regional Hospital is looking for RNs. Average salaries for health care and extraction jobs are $89,240 and $60,410, respectively. Wages for all professions skew 16% above the national average. 8. Anchorage, Alaska
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9. Harrisburg, Pa.
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Unemployment rate: 7.4%
Income growth: 2.95%
$50K+ job postings: 3,703
$50K+ job postings per 100 unemployed: 18
Despite a recent brush with bankruptcy, Harrisburg continues to be a boomtown for job seekers. Health care and state government, two of the city's largest employers, always seem to need new blood. WellSpan Health, PinnacleHealth and the Penn State Hershey Medical Center are all hiring in Pennsylvania's capital for positions ranging from nurse and physical therapist to systems manager. Harrisburg's health care workers make $66,600 annually, on average. Thirteen percent of the city works in government, where salaries vary but managers can easily make more than $100,000. 9. Harrisburg, Pa.
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10. Oklahoma City
Unemployment rate: 5.7%
Income growth: 3.55%
$50K+ job postings: 3,684
$50K+ job postings per 100 unemployed: 11
Oklahoma City is the place the recession forgot. Even in the darkest days of 2008, the city skimmed by with a 3.7% unemployment rate and saw considerable growth in its medical, education and energy sectors. The pattern still holds: 7% of city residents work in health care, 6% work in education, and 6% work in construction and extraction, often for large oil and gas operations, such as Devon and Chesapeake Energy. In fact, Chesapeake is currently hiring accountants, analysts, project managers and a range of other positions. Salaries average north of $60,000 per year. 10. Oklahoma City
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11. Minneapolis
Jason DeRusha
Unemployment rate: 6.3%
Income growth: 2.83%
$50K+ job postings: 15,031
$50K+ job postings per 100 unemployed: 13
Twenty-one Fortune 500 companies are headquartered in the Twin Cities, and thanks to a strong, diversified local economy, many of them are hiring. Minneapolis boasts vibrant finance, manufacturing, and professional and technical service sectors, as well as a growing export and medical technology industry. UnitedHealth, Target and Picis are all looking for business and systems analysts. General Mills and Xcel Energy are also hiring in the region. Salaries in Minneapolis's business sector run about $65,000, while technical occupations rake in nearly $80,000 annually. 11. Minneapolis
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12. Springfield, Mass.
John Phelan
Unemployment rate: 8.4%
Income growth: 3.12%
$50K+ job postings: 7,077
$50K+ job postings per 100 unemployed: 24
Landing a lucrative job in Springfield is easy. The city lies on a so-called "Knowledge Corridor" between Southern Massachusetts and Hartford, a region rich in tech companies, top hospitals and big universities. All three fields promise good jobs: Baystate Health is hiring nurses and speech pathologists; Travelers and Cigna Insurance are looking for research analysts and project managers. Salaries run about $70,000 a year and up. 12. Springfield, Mass.
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