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The 5 Types of Jewish Characters in Sci-Fi Movies
The other day, I finally gave in to the Internet's demands and watched Joss Whedon's Firefly series. Good call, Internet. I enjoyed it, but that has nothing to do with this article. Y'see, although the show takes place in a different galaxy 500 years in the future, one episode still features a minor Jewish character.
This guy.
It got me thinking about the limited times I'd seen Jews in sci-fi shows. Even though racists will tell you that Jews control each and every decision made in the entertainment industry, it occurred to me that you don't see a lot of Jews in sci-fi, and when you do, it's usually not Han Solo stuff. (Yes, I know Harrison Ford is 1/4 Jewish, but I'm talking about the actual characters.) I mean, if I had full creative control over a science fiction project, I'd probably make the protagonist Jewish, name him Gladstone and give him chances to have lots of hot sex with neo-punk 20-something Goth girls.
But clearly I'm not calling the shots, because Jews in science fiction usually come off pretty badly. So I decided to examine five science fiction universes inhabited by either actual Jews or characters meant to represent Jews, and rank them from least to most favorable.
One interesting addendum before we get started. Know who else is really into this topic? Neo-Nazis and white supremacists. My research kept bringing up hate group forums. In one, a certain member expressed deep concern to find out that there were Jews in the later books of Frank Herbert's Dune series and asked if that meant all the books were riddled with propaganda. If you're sympathetic to those views, I'd be happy to give you the link, but be sure to ask your dad if he's done raping you before you check it out.
#5. Star Wars: Jawas and Watto
I'm not the first or 800th person to draw this conclusion. Not that grotesque racial stereotypes are limited to Jews in the Lucas universe, but we do seem to have a special place. Don't get me wrong. Like all non-insane people, I still love A New Hope and hate Phantom Menace, but let's just say there's something to the way Lucas presents his merchants.
It started with A New Hope. There were certain tiny, unreliable, shifty salespeople in the sand he called Jawas.
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Now, I know some of you are saying, "Wait a second. So what if the Jawas share some undesirable traits that are consistent with the negative stereotypes of Jews? Gladstone, aren't you being the racist here by seeing greedy little creatures and instantly thinking 'Jews'?" That is a very fine point! And yes, that's entirely possible. All I have to say in response to that is um, well, he does call them Jawas. Seems less than accidental that they have a "J," "W" and "S" in one word like that. I tried longer than I care to mention to see if there any other such words in the English language. Aside from the obvious "jaws," the closest I came was "JelloWombats."
But hey, it's not like I was ready to call the JDL and stage a protest. I love the original movie and still have my original-issue Jawa action figure. But then Phantom Menace came out and ... ouch.
Enter Watto, who has walked off the pages of WWII Nazi propaganda and into the Star Wars universe. Here's a quiz: Which picture below portrays an immoral, greedy, big-nosed monster with a funny hat? Oh wait, they both do, but one was commissioned by the Nazi party and the other by a man hellbent on setting your childhood memories on fire.
#4. Star Trek: Ferengi
I don't want to spend too much time on this, because people have been calling Ferengi "Space Jews" since their first appearance in Star Trek: The Next Generation. Also, once again, these are fictional characters, not necessarily intended to be Jews. Having said that, there's virtually no difference between the Ferengi and Watto above. All the same greed and capitalism stereotypes are there. Oh also, for some reason, the Ferengi religion forbids autopsies (just like Judaism), and four of the most famous Ferengis are portrayed by Jewish actors. Anyway, if they are meant to be Jews, I still rank them a sliver less reprehensible than Watto, and they come in at number 4.
The Ferengi are also racially insensitive toward flying baby elephants.
It should also be mentioned that some argue that another Star Trek race, the Bajorans, are meant to represent Israelis and are fairly positively portrayed.
#3. Firefly: Amnon and Mr. Universe
OK, now back to the show that got me thinking about all of this. Firefly is Joss Whedon's short-lived series about humanity's colonization of a new universe 500 years in the future. In "The Message," I was pleased to learn that Jews still exist, and one of them apparently owns an intergalactic post office or something.
See, he's got a yarmulke and everything. His name's Amnon, which I believe is Hebrew for "really difficult to pronounce."
In the Firefly universe, Jewish characters aren't particularly conniving or bad; they just succumb to evil super quick. They're cowardly, if you will. For example, Amnon tries to keep quiet about Capt. Mal Reynolds' secret package for about 0.4 seconds before falling to the threats of a rogue Alliance officer.
No big deal. Most Jewish or gentile characters in this 'verse would do the same, but I wondered why it was so important to make this pushover Jewish in the first place. But on the other hand, who cares? I soon forgot about it, until I saw Serenity -- that's the movie Joss Whedon made a couple of years later to tie up the series' loose ends following Fox's uber-terrible cancellation.
Enter a new Jewish character, Mr. Universe. Mr. Universe is the ultimate tech geek, and he lives alone on a moon. Oh wait, not alone. He's married to a robot wife, because clearly he's less than a man. Oh, and how do we know he's Jewish? Well, for one, he's portrayed by David Krumholtz.
When Krumholtz has lunch with Larry David and Adrien Brody in LA, he's known as the "the Jewy one."
The second bit of evidence is that we're shown footage of Mr. Universe's wedding, where he wears a yarmulke and breaks a glass as per Jewish tradition. Oh, and he exhibits that classic Firefly Jewish trait -- he caves under pressure instantly. Yep, Mr. Universe bends over for "The Operative" faster than Whedon can remove his female protagonist's shoes. Is that racist? No. Is it awful? No. But it's just weird that two characters who cave under evil are revealed to be Jews, even though their religion is completely irrelevant to the plot.
It's even more weird because WWII imagery is already in Firefly on a symbolic level. The Alliance has clear Nazi overtones as a totalitarian regime bent on controlling more and more worlds, espousing only one correct way to live, experimenting with psychic warfare and, ultimately, committing genocide. Indeed, my favorite moment in the series is when Simon and his sister, River, hide on the outside of the ship, almost like Anne Frank in the attic, as the Alliance interrogates the Firefly crew. So when you already have symbolic Jews in your show, it's a little jarring to suddenly see real ones, especially when they only seem to show up to be lame.
Still, Firefly is less insulting than Star Wars and Star Trek for portraying two minor Jewish characters as just flawed, unheroic humans instead of subhuman villains. Now we're getting somewhere!


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Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Fought cancer.
Beat rival.
Honored seniors.
The Stratford High School soccer teams raked in the perfect hat trick last Thursday on Pink on the Pitch night, winning a pair of games over rival Goose Creek High School.
After the girls coasted to a 9-0 win, the Knights boys recorded a 5-0 victory. Proceeds from the event will go toward the fight in the ongoing battle with cancer.
"It's a special occasion," Stratford coach Alister DeLong said. "We're very proud to be a part of it and we really appreciate Goose Creek being a part of it with us."
The Knights scored three goals in the first 16 minutes to take a commanding lead and senior goalie Justin Overstreet had the shutout. Tyler Tekac and Tristan Ray led the way with two goals apiece while Zack Wombwell tacked on another.
For Overstreet and the back four, it was their sixth shutout in eight games. Overstreet was selected to play in the North-South all-star matches after the season.
"He's a quality goal keeper," DeLong said. "… He's capable of playing at the next level. The back four and Justin are good. They're the reason we are where we're at."
The win was the Knights' ninth this season, two more than all of last year. They improved to 3-1 in region play and sent seven seniors out with a bang in their last home game versus Goose Creek.
"We've got a lot of seniors on the team so a lot of them had been through this before," DeLong said.
They knew what to expect. They focused in… With out their leadership, we wouldn't be where we are."
On Friday, the Knights led Cane Bay 3-0 late in the first half before weather led to a postponement of the game until April 29.
Stratford's boys were set to travel to No. 1 Wando on Tuesday before hosting West Ashley on Wednesday and traveling to Waccamaw on Friday.
The Lady Knights' victory over Goose Creek snapped a three-game skid and gave Stratford a 4-9 record overall.
Mandy Bolton had two goals, while Jazmen Thompson, Heather Blaszak, Chrisia Class, Brooke Walker, Grace Smith, Caroline Morris and Sara Steckman all chipped in one apiece.
Blaszak had three assists and Mahaley Keen assisted on two goals.
It was the final home game against Goose Creek for four Stratford seniors. Coach Peter Heusinger said it's been a fun group to work with.
"They're a very strong group on and off the field," he added.
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This site lists the most updated Redbox free rental promo codes [3].
Latest Codes (3/28) – Remember to use a different credit card and you can use codes several times:
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Until tonight I've never had a chance to check out the Redbox DVD Rental service [4], those red DVD vending machines found in some MacDonald's franchise locations and even some grocery stores. Its basically a vending machine for DVD movies, you select one from an easy to navigate touch screen, put in your credit card and out comes a movie. The rentals are $1+tax each day and if you keep a movie for more than 25 days, you keep it forever. It's a pretty slick system with a nice touch screen interface that's really easy to use (huge touch screen buttons) and it vends out a simple white plastic case with only the DVD inside (with a special bar code).
How does Redbox compare to Netflix [5]? I think it's better. With each of those you pay a monthly subscription fee, send in your movies (or with Blockbuster you can swap them at a retail location), and watch a limited number of movies a week. With Redbox, you pay $1 each night. You want 15 movies? $15. You want 1? $1. The only weakness is in selection and how unpredictable that can be but for the price, I'm willing to accept that. Plus, as you'll see in a minute, with promotion codes I've never paid for a movie (except when I was late returning it, which cost me a whole dollar!) rental.
One thing to remember is that you can only use one code per credit card, so you can use DVDONME as many times as you have credit cards. I would also recommend writing down all the codes in the event that one of them isn't active in your geographic region.
Let me know if you know of any codes or if one of the ones listed above is invalid. Here is a list of their locations and a Redbox finder [6].


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Oct. 7, 1961 – March 2, 2013
Gary T. Roncone, of Lancaster, a Scout leader for 16 years and a heating, ventilation and air conditioning technician, died Saturday in Roswell Park Cancer Institute after a five-year illness. He was 51.
A Cheektowaga native, Mr. Roncone attended Maryvale schools. It was in ninth grade at Maryvale High School where he met Katie Schoenle, the girl who would become his high school sweetheart and, 10 years later, his wife. They would have celebrated their 28th wedding anniversary May 24.
Mr. Roncone began his career at Mel Schmidt Heating and Cooling, then worked at Phillips Sheet Metal and most recently at Complete Heat in Depew until his cancer left him unable to work.
He was active with the Boy Scouts from 1997 until the time of his death and led the groups of which his sons were members: Cub Pack 57 at Our Lady Help of Christians Catholic Church in Cheektowaga, and later, Troop 601 in Bowmansville. He enjoyed participating in camping trips with the Scouts at Camp Scouthaven and Camp Schoellkopf.
He also was a soccer coach for his children's teams with the St. Barnabas Athletic Association in Cheektowaga from 1993 to 2010.
Mr. Roncone enjoyed taking annual fishing trips with his family to Parry Sound in northern Ontario's Georgian Bay.
One of his special loves was playing the role of Santa Claus each year at Salvatore's Italian Gardens.
Mr. Roncone was a member of Our Lady Help of Christians Parish, where he was an usher, a bingo volunteer and a member of the Holy Name Society.
He was known in many circles for his wacky sense of humor, his generous spirit and his courage and persistence during his battle with cancer.
In addition to his wife, Mr. Roncone is survived by a daughter, Kayleigh; two sons, Vincent and Anthony; his mother, Nordessa; and three brothers, Pat, Richard and Jim.
Prayers will be said at 9 a.m. Thursday in Sliwinski Funeral Home, 5090 Transit Road, Lancaster, followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 10 in Our Lady Help of Christians Church, 4125 Union Road at Genesee Street, Cheektowaga.


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The South Carolina Stingrays have signed rookie forward Tory Allan and defenseman Tom Janosz.
Allan, 24, recorded 62 points (28 goals, 34 assists) in 84 games over three seasons at Norwich University including a career-high 31 points (10 goals, 21 assists) last season while skating alongside current Stingrays forward Kyle Thomas. Before moving into the NCAA ranks, the Davidson, Saskatchewan, native skated four seasons of junior hockey in the SJHL with the Humboldt Broncos, totaling 49 goals and 50 assists for 99 points in 156 contests.
Janosz, 25, completed a four-year collegiate career at the University of Connecticut, acquiring 22 points (five goals, 17 assists) in 127 games. Prior to dressing with the Huskies, the Elma, N.Y., product suited up for five seasons of junior hockey in the BCHL, USHL and OPJHL, adding up 14 goals and 65 assists for 79 points in 249 games.


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EAST LIVERPOOL - The first snow storm of the year hit the area hard and fast Wednesday, bringing many activities to a halt in the southern portion of the county.
At City Hall, offices closed just before noon and employees were sent home, according to Mayor Jim Swoger, who remained on duty, answering just a handful of phone calls from the public.
Municipal Court had already planned to be closed for the day after Christmas, but other offices had opened for the day.
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Andy Maruca removed heavy snow from in front of Sayre Electric on Market Street in East Liverpool, where he works. Many stores and City Hall were closed Wednesday due to the snow or because it was the day after Christmas. (Photo by Jo Ann Bobby-Gilbert)
Swoger said street crews were out full-tilt, with five trucks plowing city streets.
"That's because that's all the guys we have to run them," he smiled.
One truck had broken down, but a street employee had gone to get parts and Swoger expected it to be back on the road by afternoon.
Heavy, wet snow blanketed the area for several hours, making it difficult for road crews to keep up, but by early afternoon, the snowfall had tapered off and crews began to make headway.
Uncharacteristically, police departments were not reporting a large number of accidents, despite the snowfall, perhaps because residents had been warned and decided to stay off the roads.
In Calcutta, ardent shoppers looking for those after-Christmas deals were not going to be put off by the wintry mix, and most parking lots in the busy state Route 170 and Dresden Avenue plazas were full.
While most businesses in the city were closed, including restaurants, fast food restaurants and most stores were doing a brisk business in Calcutta from those fed up with ham and all the trimmings.
Meanwhile, residents could be seen using all means to plow the heavy white stuff from their driveways, from four-wheelers to lawn tractors, and, in some cases, just old-fashioned shovels and elbow grease.


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This is not a new tax, nor am I proposing to increase the rate of the existing tax.
I am simply saying the time has come to apply it to the full value of what the company is selling. It is time for oil and gas companies to pay their fair share of the cost of the infrastructure supporting their industry.
Our most costly option would be to do nothing. It will cost us in repairs, it will cost us in rebuilding, and it could cost us in tragedies we might have avoided.
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This budget makes it clear that we are committed to providing Pennsylvanians with the best health care options at the most affordable price for the taxpayers.
As we planned our budget, we took great care to analyze the requirements of the Affordable Care Act and its impact on the lives of Pennsylvanians.
In 2009, at a White House reception for Senate Democrats, President Obama said, and I quote: "As we move forward on health reform it is not enough for us to simply add more people to Medicare or Medicaid to increase coverage in the absence of cost controls and reform."
He went on to conclude, "Another way of putting it is, we can't simply put more people into a broken system that doesn't work."
He was right.
We cannot afford to expand a broken system. Right now, without expansion, the cost to maintain our current Department of Public Welfare programs will increase by $400 million. The main driver in that cost increase is Medicaid and long-term care.
Washington is asking us to expand Medicaid as part of the Affordable Care Act without any clear guidance or reasonable assurances.
Today, I sent a letter to Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius advising her of our position.
We need to work together to provide access to greater and affordable health care for all Pennsylvania families.
However, Washington must provide a clear answer about what this expansion would cost the taxpayers of our state.
The federal government must authorize real flexibility and innovative reforms that empower us to make the program work for Pennsylvania.
We also should not permit the federal government to take away millions of dollars from our hospitals as leverage to implement their one-size-fits-all policies.
At this time, without serious reforms, it would be financially unsustainable for the taxpayers, and I cannot recommend a dramatic Medicaid expansion.
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In the last two years we have transformed the state's health and human services programs, making them more efficient and better able to respond quickly to the needs of all Pennsylvanians.
This budget reaffirms this commitment to helping individuals with intellectual and physical disabilities. It seeks to help senior citizens, children and low-income families.
Earlier, I mentioned the need to serve more Pennsylvanians who have been on waiting lists. When I think of young people with intellectual or physical challenges, I don't think of them as disabled. I see them as differently-abled.
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Bert Sperling's comments in the article "City should stress positives" are right on. "Rockford needs to tell positive stories about its interesting people, places and things to combat negative press."
We recently moved "back home" to the Rockford area. The first thing I noticed was the negativity projected by the Rockford Register Star. There are many good people and businesses that are still here, slugging through every day. Why not interview those manufacturing businesses that are still here and tell their stories. Every day someone in a business is getting a patent approved, a certificate of achievement, a new customer.
Do your readers know the history of a screw machine business? Local suppliers are key to big businesses picking a location. Do your readers know that Farm and Fleet services the lawnmowers it sells? That Bergners is part of Bonton and do they know its history? What's the story of the head of nursing at one of the major hospitals or the person that comes out to fix your furnace at 20 below? Why not put these stories in print only? It would increase your subscription rates because people here are hungry for REAL news.
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6 Office Pranks That Went Horribly Awry
#3. Flaming Mechanics
If you're like the rest of us, you recognize the innate hilarity of fire. It burns stuff, destroys stuff, and hurts like hell. It's like nature's Silly String. Any workplace prank involving fire has to be at least a third again as funny as one that only involves blunt objects and diseases of a venereal nature. Toss in some Australians, and you've got yourself a funny prank stew, baby.
In this case, a new kid at the olde mechanic shoppe was suffering some good-natured ribbing from three of his co-workers -- probably they called him things like "noob" and "greenhorn" and "boner pilot." And then they sprayed him with brake fluid and set him on fire. Chortle!
The apprentice lived through his impromptu barbecue, and afterward the other three were prosecuted for not fully grasping what a prank is. Also for man arson, but the lack of prank understanding was kind of wrapped up in it. The judge in the case also made a statement that includes the line, "It's of concern you were told and formally warned that what you were doing was dangerous." This implies two things -- one, that someone knew that a torching was imminent and, at this place of business, simply warning your employees not to immolate each other is not enough to stop it from happening, and two, that these employees need a stronger influence than that of management to prevent them from lighting another man on fire. This wasn't an accident -- they planned it, were caught about to do it, were told not to do it, then did it anyway. And at no point did they fully appreciate or understand that lighting a dude on fire might not be the best idea. And that's why everyone is afraid of Australia -- because even comedy will kill you there.
#2. The Wedding Pranksters
Picture it: You work in construction, so you're a bit of a tough, rough-around-the-edges kind of guy. Your co-worker is going to get married soon, and before he does, you want to pull off a good prank on him as a way to say congratulations, and we, being manly men, can't understand feelings or intimacy, so we want to emotionally and physically scar you to show that we care. What do you do?
If you answered, "Engage in a chain of increasingly Saw-like forms of torture," then you heard this story once already! The day before his wedding, Gianni Catanzaro was grabbed by two co-workers and immediately plowed right in his nuts. So far, so hilarious. They then used duct tape to tape him to some fencing by his wrists and ankles. Then all of his clothes were cut off down to his underwear. At this point, the prank was still known as an Abu Ghraib Surprise Party. Then they started pelting him with eggs. And then they sprayed the floor with gasoline and set it on fire. While Catanzaro struggled to get away from the fire, duct taped to a fence as he was, he managed to get loose enough to actually fall into the fire. And he ended up spending so much time in the hospital recovering from his burns that he had to cancel his wedding and his honeymoon. And he lost his job. We can only assume that the pranksters planned to also bury his elderly parents alive and maybe pimp out his wife to dockworkers before forcing her to chain smoke her way to cancer as a final act, but the duct tape giving way ruined it for them.
In case you were wondering, yes, this also happened in Australia.
#1. That Escalated Quickly
Because Australia is obviously a hub of good choices, let's stay back there for another prank. This one starts in Leave It to Beaver fashion with a blue-collar prankster gluing together a few screws so that, when his co-workers reached for them, they'd be hard to pick up. That is a 100 percent perfectly mundane office prank. We do the same thing in the Cracked office, only instead of screws, it's Adam Brown we glue down. Every time Kristi Harrison tries to make him dance, it's a slapstick rumpus we all have a good giggle over. I just mentioned two other columnists! It's like when The Golden Girls crossed over with Empty Nest. God, those were good shows.
This prank took a predictably Australian turn, however, when the victim of the prank tried to pick up the screws. Unable to do so, he approached the prankster. The prankster, perhaps basking in the glow of his own hilariousness, fired point blank at the other man with a nail gun. You guys remember that prank? The old "glue a screw, nail gun someone" prank? The nail went right into the other man's arm and fractured his humerus. Get it? His humerus! Because the prank was humorous! But really it probably hurt like hell. Don't shoot a guy with a nail gun.
The prankster's defense was that he didn't know that the nail gun's air supply was still connected, but as any fan of '80s soft rock knows, Air Supply is always there when you need it. It's inside every one of us. Even when we're all out of love.
Hey. You're welcome.


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Deadmau5 and Kat Von D Plan an Underwater-Themed Wedding
On Aug. 10, the couple will marry in an "underwater-themed" ceremony before 200 friends and family in Los Angeles, the tattoo artist tells PEOPLE.
Drawing from their mutual love for H.P. Lovecraft's short story "The Call of Cthulhu," about a character that is half-man, half-octopus, Von D assures PEOPLE that she and the electronic musician's ceremony will be "the furthest thing from traditional."
Previously engaged to Sandra Bullock's ex-husband Jesse James, who married drag racer Alexis DeJoria in March, Von D will have a big day that will include everything from various blue- and green-colored food to performers dressed as mermaids.
And her dress will fit the part too!
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First of all, let me thank you again for your hard work, commitment, and love that have forever changed the lives of the children here. Global Volunteers' host representative Dr. Delia Asoltanei says that without the help of Global Volunteers, the much-needed clinic wouldn't even exist. Now that the Romanian government is trying to join the European Union for economic benefits, it has been under pressure to close many hospitals, especially those in rural areas.Many failure to thrive clinics have been closed, and in the region of Moldavia only two clinics of this kind remain--one of them is Tutova.
Needless to say, without Global Volunteers the Tutova Clinic would not have survived. Not only the clinic is still there, but we are striving every day to improve the life conditions of the children as well as the work of the Romanian staff in the hospital.
The clinic has been visited many times by officials from the Ministry of Health and from the Child Protection agency and they had nothing but nice things to say about how things are going at the clinic. One of them described the Tutova Clinic as "a piece of heaven," and he wasn't far from the truth.
In my last newsletter I updated you on the playground. The equipment has now been installed on it and it gets a lot of use. The opening took place last summer when Bob Bradley who donated the money for it came here as a volunteer.
The children enjoy their playground so much, especially in the summer. The swings, the slide, and the swimming pools are so much fun for the kids (and volunteers!), plus now we don't have to chase the children all over!
We have also added an industrial spinner, thanks to volunteer Mike Hostage, to the already existing washer and dryer and this helps the aides clean the children's clothes much faster.
We were able to replace the cloth diaper supply that was wearing out quickly. We now have hundreds of new cloth diapers that assist in the frequent changing of diapers.
Each one of you has been a witness to small progress of the children, but Ramona, Dr. Delia, and myself are able to see the big changes in the children's lives that result from a joint effort of many teams. Just to give you an example, we were very happy to see the dramatic changes in Ana-Maria Rancea, a child with special needs.
There was a time when she wasn't doing well at all. She had her hands wrapped so she couldn't suck her fingers, she couldn't sleep much, she lost weight, and was very unhappy. She is now so much better, thriving beautifully, getting more and more sociable, smiling a lot, and playing with her hands as a result of constant work with her and one-on-one attention.
Beginning in 2004, Global Volunteers is trying to cover the whole year with teams (17 teams a year!) so there will be no gap in working with the children.
We noticed that children regressed even after a short one-week break with no team on-site, so Dr. Delia requested more teams to work with the children year-round. The results are amazing, and Ana Maria is just one example to prove what continuous joint effort can do.
The winter seems to be "the low season" and we understand that people don't travel much at that time of the year. However, last December we had the first-ever Christmas Global Volunteers team since we started the project in 1999.
It was wonderful to be able to spend Christmas with the little ones. Many of them saw Santa (one of the volunteers - but don't tell that to the children!) for the first time in their life. We had such a good time decorating the Christmas tree with the toddlers, who took their jobs very seriously.
Their little smiling faces getting their presents from Santa and unwrapping them eagerly under the Christmas tree made us forget that we were in a hospital. It was like we were a big family. I pray that children will always have someone to love them for Christmas!
I know that they are always in your hearts and minds and I know how much you care. That's the explanation of the success of the child sponsorship program. It was amazing how quickly these children found sponsors. This is proof that these children are an important part of your lives. Thanks to this new project, children have all the food they need, medicine, clothing and everything else. But the most important thing they have is YOU. As Dr. Delia said, "Many times the human touch is critical for the children, and that's what you offer them--your unconditional love."


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SHEPHERDSTOWN - This year marks a new production season like no other for the Contemporary American Theater Festival.
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'A Discourse on the Wonders of the Invisible World'
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Not only is the festival celebrating 100 plays produced, but it is introducing a new stage located in the Center for Contemporary Arts - the Stanley C. and Shirley A. Marinoff Theater - and offering two new events connected directly with the festival: the CATF in Context and CATF at the Movies.
The CATF is a four-week festival introducing five new plays, consisting of 94 performances, in-depth discussions and talks with the CATF company, lectures performed by Shepherd University professors, and matinee movies relevant to the plays being produced.
The CATF celebrates the newest plays available to live theater - some plays so new that no one else has even seen them before, and two of which that were actually commissioned by the CATF.
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What: 2013 Contemporary American Theater Festival
When: Now through July 28
Where: Shepherd University campus
Cost: Ticket prices vary
For more info or to purchase tickets, visit www.catf.org
Founder and producing director Ed Herendeen said that with 100 plays produced, the CATF has hit an exceptional milestone this year and he is excited about the plays that will be produced.
"They're all distinctive in their own way," Herendeen said. "They all have their own voice and they're truth tellers. These plays live in the moment and they will instigate a living conversation with the audience we believe. One of the things I'm excited about is this really is about telling stories. (The playwrights) have had their ears to the ground and they've been listening to the American landscape. All of these plays were written this year and they're current."
James McNeel, managing director for the CATF said, "(The plays are) all different. They all have different sensabilities. I think that's our goal. We want to have an eclectic mix."
The five plays being produced at this year's festival are "A Discourse on the Wonders of the Invisible World," by Liz Duffy Adams and directed by Kent Nicholson; "Modern Terrorism," by Jon Kern and directed by Ed Herendeen; "H2O," by Jane Martin and directed by Jon Jory; "Scott and Hem in the Garden of Allah," written and directed by Mark St. Germain; and "Heartless," by Sam Shepard, also directed by Ed Herendeen.
"Modern Terrorism" is a black comedy about a small group of terrorists determined to exact revenge on the United States by blowing up the Empire State Building; however, they prove to be not very good terrorists and once their upstairs neighbor becomes involved anything could happen.
"Can you really create a satire about terrorism?" Herendeen asked rhetorically. "Yes, you can. The audience will be laughing at the really dark humor found in 'Modern Terrorism.' (Kern) has a great gift for comic dialogue and comedic timing."
"Fear, fanaticism, idolatry, the need for understanding cultures different from our own - what motivates them? What drives them?," Herendeen said. "Perhaps (this play) will help us reach an understanding so we can live together in harmony. (Kern's) not afraid to address those issues, and the he addresses those in the style of satire."
"Heartless" takes place in the Hollywood canyons in a home a woman shares with her sister, her mother and a family nurse. When she introduces a new lover in to her life and the lives of those who live with her, old wounds are exposed - left open and raw.
"Personally, I see Sam Shepard as our most important living playwright today," Herendeen said. "He's always been concerned about the American family. It's a complicated and deep play about our inability to connect with each other - it's about the heart."
Shepard has written three previous plays performed at the CATF: "The Late Henry Moss" in 2002, The "God of Hell" in 2005, and "Ages of the Moon" in 2011.
"Scott and Hem in the Garden of Allah" is one of the two plays commissioned by the CATF for this year's festival, and this production is its world premiere. This play takes place against the Hollywood backdrop as well, but in a much different light. Using a 1937 setting at the glamorous Los Angeles resort villa, The Garden of Allah, playwright Mark St. Germain explores the last night iconic authors F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway spent together.
"Mark St. Germain is a playwright interested in historical plays," Herendeen said. "'In the Garden of Allah' is about the volital relationship between Fitzgerald and Hemingway. They were very competitive with each other- perhaps the greatest authors in American literature. (St. Germain) has done research about these two literary giants and this play will explore their relationship, their jealousy and their admiration for each other. Fitzgerald lived his life out at the Garden and this is supposed to be about the last meeting of the two. The play really digs deep in to the writers' lives - the sacrifices they made to create the bodies of works they created."
"H2O" is the second play commissioned by the CATF for its 2013 festival, and this too will be a world premiere. It takes place in New York City, where a movie star has left silver screen in L.A. to perform on the big stage on Broadway. Not taken seriously as an artistic actor, he sees this opportunity to perform "Hamlet" as one that will raise his celebrity status. While searching for his Ophelia, he finds a young evangelical Christian woman who is determined to get the role and save him at the same time.
"Jane Martin pitched us to do 'H2O,'" Herendeen said. "She wanted to write a play about a Hollywood movie star - someone like Robert Downey Jr., a real bad boy - who meets an evangelical Christian woman. Is she there to save him? Or is he there to seduce her?"
"A Discourse of the Wonders of the Invisible World" is also been performed in its world premiere. This play takes place in 1702 - a decade after the Salem witch trials. Now at the age of 21, Abigail Williams, one of the first girls to accuse witchcraft, comes to the tavern of Mercy Lewis, her co-conspirator, trying to understand what exactly happened that led to the infamous hangings.
Herendeen said he was very excited when he received the script for this play to review for possible admission to the festival.
"It's a dark moment in American history," he said. "Historically, Mercy and Abigail were the first to accuse, and Abigail disappeared right after the hangings, so (Adams) has now jumped ahead 10 years and imagines what might have happened when she comes back to confront her childhood friend. It's interesting that (Adams) is looking back at the Puritans. I'm really fascinated by her and what motivated the Puritans."
Likening the undercurrent of paranoia in "A Discourse on the Wonders of the Invisible World" with that of Modern Terrorism, Herendeen said history, unfortunately, repeats itself.
"It seems like religion is at the middle of some of these misunderstandings and we fear what we don't understand," he said. "What motivates both sides? It demonstrates that history is worth looking into and that even the time of the Salem witch trials is relevant to today's issues."
Even though the festival draws patrons from all over the world, Herendeen said they are deeply committed to providing access to locals as well.
"This is affordable and if you live locally we are deeply committed to providing access to our plays," he said. "We want to make it easy for members of our local community to come see our work."
They offer subscription discount packages, student, military and 30 and under discount tickets, and discounts for West Virginia residents on Wednesdays and Thursdays. There is also a "pay what you can" offer for each show today - but this is offered on a first-come basis one hour before the show starts, and tickets sell out quickly.
"There isn't anything comparable to what we do," McNeel said. "We are bringing high quality arts to our community and neighbors. What we want more than anything is for people to see our work and anyone who wants to come see the show can. Its only theater when the action is on the stage and there is an audience to receive it."
The CATF has so much to offer the live theater enthusiast - not just the plays themselves, but breakfast talks, lunch discussions, films at the Opera House related to the plays being performed, and so much more.


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Oriflamme Fall Orientation Leaders are selected volunteers who help create a successful Fall Welcome experience for first-year students. Members help lead residence hall floor groups and commuter students in activities such as the Spirit Competition and the Billiken Block Party. They also assist students in their initial college transition process through facilitation of peer group discussions and by serving as a mentor and resource to incoming students. These Fall Orientation Leaders help with move in as well as complete behind-the-scenes tasks that help Fall Welcome run smoothly. Applicants must be able to attend all aspects of Oriflamme training (August 14-16, 2016) and Fall Welcome (August 17-22, 2016). Oriflamme Leader Position Description
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February 19, 2013, 03:03 PM
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Those magazines are essentially AI magazines. Searching for AI mag pouches might be more productive.
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Here: these are 5 round mags, one AI and one Ruger. There are some slight differences, but not enough that a mag pouch will care much. IIRC the 10 round mags are just as close.
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I have a couple of the Voodoo molle pouches...each will hold two ten-round AICS mags.
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WARSAW – A town of Covington man has been charged with the new state criminal offense of aggravated family offense for allegedly continuing to abuse his mother, the Wyoming County Sheriff's office announce Friday.
The sheriff's office received a report from the Wyoming County District Attorney's Office detailing how Timothy J. Foss, 39, of Lemley Road, tore his mother's telephone from the wall on Feb. 1 as she was attempting to call for help from the home they share.
Under the new law, because Foss had a family offense conviction for abuse against his mother within the past five years, he became the first Wyoming County resident charged with the new felony offense, which is punishable by a prison term of up to four years.
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Joseph J. Schoellkopf, a U.S. Army captain who served in World War II and worked for the U.S. Postal Service, died Saturday in hospice care at Mercy Hospital. He was 96.
Mr. Schoellkopf grew up in South Buffalo and graduated from South Park High School in 1934. He received a full scholarship to Canisius College but chose instead to take a job at the post office, where he eventually became an inspector and supervisor. He retired 38 years ago.
He enlisted in the U.S. Army following the attack on Pearl Harbor and served as a lieutenant in the 87th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Division during the Battle of the Bulge.
He was promoted to captain before the end of the war.
In addition to working at the post office, Mr. Schoellkopf was an usher at Buffalo Bills, Sabres and Bisons games and served as a vice president of the Building Services Employees Union.
He also worked for several years as a supervisor for Western New York Regional Off-Track Betting.
His wife, Elizabeth "Betty" Reilly Schoellkopf, died in 2004.
Survivors include three sons, Joseph Jr., William and Thomas, and three daughters, Carol Connors, Mary Schoellkopf and Patricia St. James.
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A tip on the whereabouts of a wanted Redmond man led to an attempted traffic stop and a police chase Wednesday south on Highway 97 toward Bend, ending when spike strips deflated a tire on the fleeing driver's car, officers said.
Police had received information that Joey Lee Cox, 44, wanted on a probation violation charge, was leaving the Original Pancake House on Airport Way, said Lt. Mike Kidwell.
Cox was driving a gray Saturn Ion and was spotted driving near Highway 97 and Veterans Way, Kidwell said. Officers tried to pull him over, but Cox continued south on Highway 97 at speeds reaching 65 mph, officers said.
Deschutes County sheriff's deputies responded to assist as the chase left the city, Kidwell said.
Deputies placed spike strips that caught the Saturn near Deschutes Junction and resulted in gradual deflation of the left front tire.
Cox's car pulled over near Bower Lane, where the driver, who was alone, was taken into custody without incident. He was lodged in the county jail, held without bail on the probation violation charge. He also faces new felony charges of attempting to elude a police vehicle and two counts of reckless driving.
Redmond police expressed thanks to the sheriff's office, Deschutes County 911 and citizens who kept dispatchers up to date with the car's description and direction of travel.
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Buffalo Board of Education members voted, 8-1, Wednesday to approve the annual evaluation of Superintendent Pamela C. Brown even though board members didn't have a final copy of it and nothing was shared with the public.
No general statement or reference was made by the board on whether the superintendent's evaluation was positive or negative.
The lack of final documents troubled some board members, since it is not in keeping with the board's past practice of issuing some summary comments and ratings regarding the superintendent's performance.
"I can't vote on something I haven't seen," said outgoing board member Louis J. Petrucci, who along with Rosalyn L. Taylor and Ralph R. Hernandez was attending his last board meeting Wednesday.
The evaluation is a month late in being approved. It was supposed to be completed by the end of May, but instead lingered incomplete for weeks more as board members talked behind closed doors for hours about what the evaluation should say.
"I think it has at least to go through counsel," he said, "to make sure it's not disclosing information that is otherwise privileged information under the superintendent's contract and under other collective bargaining agreement."
Board counsel Christopher M. Putrino said he hadn't yet been given a copy of the document. "I would have to review the evaluation," he said. "I would want to look at the structure of it and the contents of it."
"I have a question," interjected board member Sharon Belton-Cottman. "Why hasn't this been done, handled, before now? Can someone explain to me why we've been working on this and it hasn't been reviewed by legal counsel at this point? I want an explanation. I think we're entitled to it."
Hernandez, chairman of the executive committee, then threatened to withdraw his resolution to have the evaluation approved.
"Hearing what I just heard, this is news to me," he said. "I'm going to withdraw my motion. There's no reason why this board should be approving a document that it hasn't read or been received."
Brown and board President Mary Ruth Kapsiak said they both saw and signed a final evaluation document but had little explanation for why other board members didn't have a copy.
"The contents in the document that Dr. Brown was presented was the same document that we had discussed in executive session," Kapsiak said. "Nothing changed on that document."
In the end, most board members agreed to approve the superintendent's evaluation based on what they had agreed to in committee last week.
Petrucci cast the sole "no" vote, saying later that the superintendent's evaluation is a paramount responsibility for the school board and should be provided in final form.
"It's not something that should be rushed," he said. "It has great impact on Dr. Brown and great impact on the district." Putrino said he expected to make a determination on what can be released to the public in the next few days. In the past, the district has released summary evaluation information and narrative.
Incoming board member Carl P. Paladino, who will be joined on the new board by new members James M. Sampson and Theresa Harris-Tigg, was present at Wednesday's meeting and criticized the board's lack of transparency afterward.
He had his own evaluation of Superintendent Brown and released it in the form of an open letter to the school board where he once again unleashed verbal machine-gun fire to indict Brown, central administrators and board members. He described Brown as "aloof" and lacking "any discernible leadership skill" among other even harsher comments.
Paladino has repeatedly stated that his first and foremost mission as a board member will be to remove Brown as head of the district.
The Board of Education "touted her Ph.D. from Harvard, but a degree does not make a leader. A degree is what you complete. A District is what you lead. She had no history of supervisory skill," he stated in his letter.
Paladino complained that she avoids communication with her own staff, as well as the media, and restated his contention that Brown breached her fiduciary duty in reaching a side deal with the Buffalo Teachers Federation regarding teacher evaluations.
"Why should our children suffer even one more day with the trial and error of a less than capable leader?" he stated.
Paladino said after Wednesday's meeting that he had his open letter to the board ready for several weeks but was asked by certain community members to hold off on releasing it so that Brown could find a "soft landing" elsewhere.
He said that after having dinner with Brown two or three weeks ago, he felt bad for her and was willing to hold off. But Brown has since expressed no interest in leaving the district.
"She's brilliant – fine," he said. "That doesn't mean she knows how to manage people."
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We're disturbed, however, at Newbold allowing campaign ads to be run on his behalf claiming that his opponent, Democrat Nick Barborak, had failed to pay taxes, when in fact, Newbold had also paid taxes late. And while Barborak's law firm had made a $200 unemployment payment and a $400 state payroll withdrawal payment late, Newbold was a month late paying $9,753 second-half property taxes this year. Newbold's excuse? A computer which was scheduled to make the payment had malfunctioned at the time - not a very good explanation for a man who made his living in the technology field.
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My wife and I decided to go to the beach for a week's vacation. I called and set up the date. Upon arriving, we checked in and paid our rental fee....
Yes, you are dreaming. The clown paid the bill with his life. You paid yours with dead presidents. Some would argue that the fool did more to stimulate the economy then you. How many saleries did your meal provide as conpaired to his crime? The U.S. incarcerates more people the any other county. Crime is BIG business. Reduce it by %25 and it will increase by tenfold.
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From the title The Journal gave the letter, I thought he was going to tell us that he shared the beach and hotel with a group of prisoners.
I agree with RevGramCracker. The letter writer needs some personal experience to better compare prison with his beach holiday.
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"Liberals have yet to tell us what is the "normal" number of people to be imprisoned."
Interesting idea which I've only seen from Major. Perhaps Major would be more comfortable with a well-ordered system where each jurisdiction has a quota for arrests, and even executions.
The fact that America, the land flowing with milk and honey, has the highest incarceration rate in the world suggests a systemic problem worth looking into.
We're rich so we build more prisons. Yay!
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Hilltop is picking up what I am putting down. Why does the richest country on the planet have the highest incarceration rate on the planet? Are our laws unrealistic? Has the mentality of our citizens changed with regards to committing crime? I say, no, nothing has changed. Over years L.E. has gotten better at their job through new technology. Who makes this new technology? Big corporations with a whole lot of employees. Now lay them off along with judges, lawyers, L.E., prison guards the guy who makes soap for the inmates to bath with, ect. because crime have dipped %25, what do you think will happen? Desperate people do desperate things. Like states have become dependent on gambling as economic stimuli, the whole country has become dependent on crime. The quintessential love-hate relationship.
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I agree with the thought that we have too many laws on the books that can cause a person to be sent to jail/prison for things that are seriously stupid. We really need to reduce the number of laws on the books. We really didn't this new seat belt law, for example.
However, it is unlikely that 'big business' is responsible for crime. Research has listed numerous reasons for people committing criminal acts, such as disrespect for their neighbors, disrespect for society, hunger, being poor and raised in a single mom household and all kinds of other crap.
Personally, I say that the Constitution never said we had to treat criminals better than law-abiding citizens, and we should return to the days of them being lucky to get something to eat - no tv, no exercise equipment, none of that crap. They're in jail for a reason. And bring back the death penalty and use it.
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I am not saying that big business is responsible for crime, but they make good money off of it. Did you know that we have for profit prisons in this country? That's right. Wackenhut and Corrections Corporation of America are both multi-trillion dollar, publicly traded companies on the stock market. You think they don't have lobbyist whispering in the ear of politicians? You think they don't have P.R. people spreading propaganda, stirring up fear among "law abiding citizens"? We all know that once upon a time in America companies would pay the film studios to put subliminal messages in their movies. Why not donate to video game makers to desensitize the youth to murder through making games more lifelike and violent? For a few pennies they get a fifty year client and put millions of people to work all while making a bundle. This is America. You can't put anything past Big Business.
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No disrespect to you jwood54 but I believe that the P.R. of big business has led you astray. The reason why they have televisions in prison is to passivity and control the population for the safety of their employees. Think about it. Who wants to make 30k as a prison guard? Eight hours a day working with societies worst. They are outnumbered by inmates 10 to 1 and you don't have enough bullets in the armory shoot half of them. The possibility of not making it home to see their family is greater then most. Recognizing this, prison officials had to find a way to control the population or risk not having enough employees. They quickly realized that locking them in their cell is cost prohibitive and like two rats confined to a small space for long periods of time will fight to the death, so too will humans. Instead, like a child, they gave them a toy(television),on condition that they follow the rules. If the rules are broken then prison officials take away the toy for a period of time.
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It's amazing how well it works but it really does.
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While enjoying their drinks, the Extra host grilled Fergie about her next album.
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HEDGESVILLE - Hedgesville coach Kelly Church summed up his team's win over Shenandoah Valley Academy, Va., Tuesday night in a few words.
Church wasn't going to overanalyze the Eagles' 85-18 win over the Stars at the Miller Center. There's not much to analyze after a 67-point win.
Hedgesville was very good, and that's the end of the story.
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"Sometimes it's just good to get a win and have the team feel good about themselves," Church said.
The Eagles were feeling pretty good after the blowout win over the Stars, one in which Hedgesville dominated from the start.
"They had three kids who were supposed to attend that didn't, so that certainly diminishes what they can do," Church said.
The Eagles had one of the those games where everything seemed to go its way. Hedgesville was solid on offense, scoring at least 18 points in each quarter, and even better on defense, where it held the Stars to just five field goals and didn't allow them to reach double-digit scoring until the fourth quarter.
Hedgesville put the game away right away as it outscored Shenandoah 22-0 in the first quarter, including connecting on three of its first four shots - 3-pointers by Rahsaan Shanton and Juwan Powell and a putback by C.J. Burks to make the score 8-0.
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"We played unselfishly tonight," Church said. "I don't know the exact numbers, but most of our field goals were assisted field goals and a lot of those on breakaways. When you play an inferior opponent, it's easy to play selfishly."
After Shenandoah got its first points of the game, a three-point play by Elijah Moore, the Eagles scored 11 straight points, going ahead by 33-3 with four minutes left in the first half. Moore had half of the Stars' 18 points.
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"It's nice to let a bunch of kids play," Church said. "Jacob Ervin, for instance, practices with the varsity team but doesn't see the court much. Our team was thrilled to see him not only play, but get also score. Guys like Jacob, they practice just as hard as a Juwan Powell. Hopefully, we can continue that team attitude."
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Ford has been in some hot water lately concerning inflated fuel economy figures for its hybrids. While shortfalls aren't uncommon for hybrid models from any manufacturer, Ford's figures set a new record for fuel economy shortfalls in recent Consumer Reports testing – about 20 percent. At a Deutche Bank Global Industry Conference in Detroit, Ford's product development chief, Raj Nair, laid out a much more comprehensive list of reasons why EPA ratings for hybrids frequently don't match up with real-world figures.
As Nair explained, any number of seemingly insignificant factors can dramatically affect fuel consumption. For instance, hybrids will lose about 7 mpg when driven at 75 mph versus 65 mph. A change of 30 degrees in the outside temperature can lead to a drop of 5 mpg. A further 5 mpg gets knocked off if the vehicle has been driven less than 6,000 miles.
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