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Contrary to popular belief, the season is not over. The Thunder have not been crowned anything. There are still 14 games remaining.
But the past week was pretty darn special. Thing is, the NBA season only moves forward though. Now it's games against the Grizzlies, Heat (again) and Pacers. There's work to be done. The Thunder made a pretty loud statement and climbed atop everyone's power rankings, but the Spurs are still nipping at OKC's heels and the season still isn't done. It appears the Thunder are hitting a stride right now and while I'm sure there will be a hiccup or two along the way, we're seeing what the team is capable of. When they play with energy, focus and effort for a full 48, they're basically awesome.
There's still room for improvement and still time to get better though. I keep saying it almost as a reminder to myself but there aren't any trophy presentations in March or April. It's about the big picture. Handle business one night at a time and then tackle the postseason when it gets here.
But man, what a week.
Now to the rankings:
1. Russell Westbrook (Last week: 2)
I think we might've seen the best three-game stretch in Russell Westbrook's career. That's probably a little bold and I'm sure you could find a better set from last season or something, but in terms of magnitude, impact and overall how well he performed, I don't know that Westbrook's ever played better. He torched Portland, completely dominated the Lakers and then owned the Bulls in three quarters. And in those three games? Five total turnovers. That's right. Five. Take away what was really a bogus traveling violation against the Lakers and Westbrook's gone two games without a turnover. In fact, since he gave it away seven times against Denver two weeks ago, Westbrook's averaging just 2.2 turns per game over the last nine games.
This season, Westbrook has led OKC in scoring 17 times, while KD has done it 30 times (Harden's done it twice). Here's my question for all those that question Westbrook's offense: Isn't scoring diversity a really good thing? Don't you want that option to look elsewhere for points? Isn't that what everyone agrees makes the Heat so dangerous?
I attempted to make the point at CBSSports.com that if the Thunder are going to win a championship, they're going to need the Russell Westbrook that's not afraid to shoot 30 times in a game, the guy that's not shying from taking big shots and making big plays. He's just too good to not be. There are absolutely times he forces it, takes dumb shots or makes bad plays. He's going to have a bad game or two in the playoffs and it'll get everyone harrumphing about. But Westbrook's got to play that way. That's how the team has been built to win, and they're doing a pretty good job of it right now. You can't change now. Be who you are and if it's good enough, great. If not, you live with it.
2. Kevin Durant (Last week: 1)
As someone that probably loves KD as much or more than his own mother, I don't really need to sit here and list the things he's awesome at off. But here's one more: Durant's willingness to step aside for Westbrook (or Harden) is one of the reason's he so very special and also so very clearly the leader of this team. Some guys truly would have an issue with what some see as a brewing alpha dog issue. But it's not an issue because KD doesn't make it so.
He's a really smart guy. He understands what's working and why the team's winning. And he's not going to compromise all that just for something as arbitrary as so-called alpha status. You know how we all know this is KD's team? Because he doesn't have to say so. There would be questions if he was having to try and prove that as a point whether be in the media or with him forcing the issue in games. It's pretty clear that he's the Thunder's go-to option in the clutch and that Westbrook defers to him pretty openly in the fourth quarter. So what that Westbrook sometimes takes more shots than he does. I say if KD's cool with it, we all should be.
3. Serge Ibaka (Last week: 4)
Ibaka's averages for March: 10.4 points, 8.5 rebounds and 3.6 blocks per game, along with 56 percent shooting. Consistency was once an issue with Ibaka and while his minutes sometimes fluctuate based on matchups, he's putting in near double-double efforts almost every night. And you can just see the confidence dripping from him with his jumper. There are lots of X-factors in the postseason, but Ibaka's certainly going to be a big one.
4. James Harden (Last week: 3)
Not the best scoring output from Harden as he went for 21 against Portland, then nine against the Lakers and 11 against Chicago. But combining the Miami and Portland games, Harden scored 40 points on 12-14 shooting. That's ridiculous.
5. Thabo Sefolosha (Last week: 7)
The fact Kobe Bryant so openly despises Thabo tells you everything you need to know. I'm not sure anyone defends Kobe better. Thabo's length and instincts are absolutely terrific on Bryant, or anyone for that matter. He just makes the Thunder so long. Every passing lane is covered up, every shot is contested.
6. Nick Collison (Last week: 5)
Against the Bulls, Collison dunked on Omer Asik. It was impressive enough for me to say, "Holy crap, did Nick Collison just dunk on Omer Asik?!" But wouldn't you know it, when I went back to rip video of the play to watch over and over again 800 times, the ABC broadcast missed it because it was showing a graphic about Kevin Love. Collison does something outstanding, and nobody sees it. Isn't that just
7. Kendrick Perkins (Last week: 6)
After EXPLODING for 40 points in three games, it was back to normal for Perk Sunday against Chicago. But I think we're getting a taste of the postseason Perk. He's been in shape all season, but his aggression and intensity against the Heat and Lakers was extremely encouraging.
8. Derek Fisher: (Last week: 8)
Since Fisher was signed, the Thunder are 6-0 with blowout wins over the Clippers, Heat, Blazers and Bulls, along with terrific wins over the Wolves and Lakers. They've won those games by an average margin of 14.1 points. M-V-P?
9. Cole Aldrich (Last week: 13)
How about the two blocks Aldrich busted out at the rim against the Bulls? He didn't see anything other than mop up duty, but that's a way to make an impression during it.
10. Royal Ivey (Last week: 11)
Scott Brooks randomly tossed Ivey into the game against the Lakers when OKC was trailing big. I like how Ivey's become Brooks' message to his team they aren't playing hard enough. Like when Ivey comes in during a second quarter, it's basically saying that Brooks wants some energy.
11. Lazar Hayward (Last week: 9)
Think about what Hayward's contributed this season. You're not thinking about very much, I realize. But he's given some decent minutes, played some in the rotation, hit a few 3s and played solid defense. And now think about what OKC gave up to get him: Robert Vaden and a second round pick. Not too bad then, right?
12. Nazr Mohammed (Last week: 12)
Nazr Mohammed went to Kentucky's Final Four game against Louisville Saturday afternoon and returned home Saturday night to be ready for OKC's game Sunday against Chicago. That's good hustle.
13. Reggie Jackson (Last week: 14)
Watching him play in sparse garbage time minutes Sunday made me stop and wonder, "How in the world did OKC survive with him as its backup point guard for two months?" Mop up time is tough because it's sloppy, but Jackson still has lots of work to do.
Inactives: Eric Maynor, Daequan Cook


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USA Today High School Sports has taken notice.
The publication is conducting its Rivalry Nation competition to determine the best high school rivalry in the country. The winners will receive $10,000 to be split between the school's athletic departments.
Carson and Douglas made the cut for the state competition, along with Bishop Gorman-Palo Verde and Moapa Valley-Virgin Valley.
"All of these rivalries represent decades, and sometimes more than a century, of the greatest competition, and plenty of bad blood," the USA Today website stated. "But now those communities must bind together to win a state (and perhaps a national) title."
The state competition runs through Dec. 3 with the winners advancing to the regional competition. Winners of four regions will be chosen Dec. 12 and the national competition runs through Dec. 19.
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Gottfried Leibniz
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Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz (1 July 1646 {21 June O.S.} – 14 November 1716) was a German philosopher and mathematician.
- "quando orientur controversiae, non magis disputatione opus erit inter duos philosophus, quam inter duos computistas. Sufficiet enim calamos in manus sumere sedereque ad abacos, et sibi mutuo (accito si placet amico) dicere: calculemus" De arte characteristica ad perficiendas scientias ratione nitentes in C. I. Gerhardt (ed.), Die philosophischen Schriften von Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (7 vols. 1875–1890) VII 125.
- "[...] if controversies were to arise, there would be be no more need of disputation between two philosophers than between two calculators. For it would suffice for them to take their pencils in their hands and to sit down at the abacus, and say to each other (and if they so wish also to a friend called to help): Let us calculate."
- The famous calculemus of Leibniz appears in several places of his writing; this is the most frequently quoted; variants are found in the Preface to his New Essays on Human Understanding, and in Dissertatio de Arte Combinatoria (1666). See R. Chrisley, Artificial Intelligence (2000), p. 14; H. Busche, Leibniz' Weg ins perspektivische Universum (1997), p. 134.
- Theologus: Amare autem?
Philosophus: Felicitate alterius delectari.
- Theologian: But what is to love?
Philosopher: To be delighted by the happiness of another.
- Confessio philosophi (1673)
- Theologian: But what is to love?
- Nam filum labyrintho de compositione continui deque maximo et minimo ac indesignabili at que infinito non nisi geometria praebere potest, ad metaphysicam vero solidam nemo veniet, nisi qui illac transiverit.
- Only geometry can hand us the thread [which will lead us through] the labyrinth of the continuum's composition, the maximum and the minimum, the infinitesimal and the infinite; and no one will arrive at a truly solid metaphysic except he who has passed through this [labyrinth].
- Dissertatio Exoterica De Statu Praesenti et Incrementis Novissimis Deque Usu Geometriae [1] (Spring 1676) [2]
- To love is to be delighted by the happiness of someone, or to experience pleasure upon the happiness of another. I define this as true love.
- The Elements of True Piety (c. 1677), The Shorter Leibniz Texts (2006) edited by Lloyd H. Strickland, p. 189
- Omne possibile exigit existere.
- Everything that is possible demands to exist.
- De veritatibus primis (1686)
- Chaque substance est comme un monde à part, indépendant de toute autre chose, hors de Dieu...
- Every substance is as a world apart, independent of everything else except God.
- Discours de métaphysique (1686)
- As regards the objection that possibles are independent of the decrees of God I grant it of actual decrees (although the Cartesians do not at all agree to this), but I maintain that the possible individual concepts involve certain possible free decrees; for example, if this world was only possible, the individual concept of a particular body in this world would involve certain movements as possible, it would also involve the laws of motion, which are the free decrees of God; but these, also, only as possibilities. Because, as there are an infinity of possible worlds, there are also an infinity of laws, certain ones appropriate to one; others, to another, and each possible individual of any world involves in its concept the laws of its world.
- Gottfried Leibniz (May, 1686) as quoted in George R. Montgomery, Tr., "Correspondence between Leibniz and Arnauld," Leibniz: Discourse on metaphysics; correspondence with Arnauld, and Monadology (1916) VIII, p. 108
- TO LOVE is to find pleasure in the happiness of others. Thus the habit of loving someone is nothing other than BENEVOLENCE by which we want the good of others, not for the profit that we gain from it, but because it is agreeable to us in itself.
CHARITY is a general benevolence. And JUSTICE is charity in accordance with wisdom. … so that one does not do harm to someone without necessity, and that one does as much good as one can, but especially where it is best employed.
- "A Dialogue" (after 1695), as quoted in The Shorter Leibniz Texts (2006) edited by Lloyd H. Strickland, p. 170
- Pour ce qui est des connaissances non-écrites qui se trouvent dispersées parmi les hommes de différents professions, je suis persuadé qu'ils passent de beaucoup tant à l'égard de la multitude que de l'importance, tout ce qui se trouve marqué dans les livres, et que la meilleure partie de notre trésor n'est pas encore enregistrée.
- I am convinced that the unwritten knowledge scattered among men of different callings surpasses in quantity and in importance anything we find in books, and that the greater part of our wealth has yet to be recorded.
- Discours touchant la méthode de la certitude et de l'art d'inventer pour finir les disputes et pour faire en peu de temps de grands progrès (1688–1690)
- Il y a jusque dans les exercices des enfants ce qui pourrait arrêter le plus grand Mathématicien.
- Even in the games of children there are things to interest the greatest mathematician.
- Discours touchant la méthode de la certitude et de l'art d'inventer pour finir les disputes et pour faire en peu de temps de grands progrès (1688–1690)
- When Sir A. Fountaine was at Berlin with Leibnitz in 1701, and at supper with the Queen of Prussia, she asked Leibnitz his opinion of Sir Isaac Newton. Leibnitz said that taking mathematicians from the beginning of the world to the time when Sir Isaac lived, what he had done was much the better half; and added that he had consulted all the learned in Europe upon some difficult points without having any satisfaction, and that when he applied to Sir Isaac, he wrote him in answer by the first post, to do so and so, and then he would find it.
- Anecdote (1701) from John Conduitt's manuscript, as quoted by Sir David Brewster, Memoirs of the Life, Writings, and Discoveries of Sir Isaac Newton (1855) Vol.2
- La nature ne fait jamais des sauts.
- Nature does not make leaps.
- Avant-propos to Nouveaux essais sur l'entendement humain (1704).
- A later, more famous Latin version — "Natura non facit saltus" — is from the Philosophia Botanica (1751) by Linnaeus.
- A variant translation is "natura non saltum facit" (literally, "Nature does not make a jump") (Britton, Andrew; Sedgwick, Peter H.; Bock, Burghard (2008). Ökonomische Theorie und christlicher Glaube. LIT Verlag Münster. p. 289. ISBN 978-3-8258-0162-5. Extract of page 289).
- [The consequences of] beliefs that go against the providence of a perfectly good, wise, and just God, or against that immortality of souls which lays them open to the operations of justice.... I even find that somewhat similar opinions, by stealing gradually into the minds of men of high station who rule the rest and on whom affairs depend, and by slithering into fashionable books, are inclining everything toward the universal revolution with which Europe is threatened, and are completing the destruction of what still remains in the world of the generous Greeks and Romans who placed love of country and of the public good, and the welfare of future generations before fortune and even before life.
- Nouveaux essais sur l'entendement humain (1704)
- I have seen something of the project of M. de St. Pierre, for maintaining a perpetual peace in Europe. I am reminded of a device in a cemetery, with the words: Pax perpetua; for the dead do not fight any longer: but the living are of another humor; and the most powerful do not respect tribunals at all.
- Letter 11 to Grimarest: Passages Concerning the Abbe de St. Pierre's 'Project for Perpetual Peace' (June 1712). Taken from Leibniz: Political Writings (2nd Edition, 1988), Edited by Patrick Riley.
- My philosophical views approach somewhat closely those of the late Countess of Conway, and hold a middle position between Plato and Democritus, because I hold that all things take place mechanically as Democritus and Descartes contend against the views of Henry More and his followers, and hold too, nevertheless, that everything takes place according to a living principle and according to final causes — all things are full of life and consciousness, contrary to the views of the Atomists.
- Letter to Thomas Burnet (1697), as quoted in Platonism, Aristotelianism and Cabalism in the Philosophy of Leibniz (1938) by Joseph Politella, p. 18
- Il y a deux labyrinthes fameux où notre raison s'égare bien souvent : l'un regarde la grande question du libre et du nécessaire, surtout dans la production et dans l'origine du mal ; l'autre consiste dans la discussion de la continuité et des indivisibles qui en paraissent les éléments, et où doit entrer la considération de l'infini.
- There are two famous labyrinths where our reason very often goes astray. One concerns the great question of the free and the necessary, above all in the production and the origin of Evil. The other consists in the discussion of continuity, and of the indivisibles which appear to be the elements thereof, and where the consideration of the infinite must enter in.
- Théodicée (1710)ː Préface
- Musica est exercitium arithmeticae occultum nescientis se numerare animi.
- Music is a hidden arithmetic exercise of the soul, which does not know that it is counting.
- Letter to Christian Goldbach, April 17, 1712.
- Arthur Schopenhauer paraphrased this quotation in the first book of Die Welt als Wille und Vorstellung: Musica est exercitium metaphysices occultum nescientis se philosophari animi. (Music is a hidden metaphysical exercise of the soul, which does not know that it is philosophizing.)
- J'ay marqué plus d'une fois, que je tenois l'espace pour quelque chose de purement relatif, comme le temps; pour un ordre des coëxistences, comme le temps est un ordre des successions.
- I have said more than once, that I hold space to be something purely relative, as time; an order of coexistences, as time is an order of successions.
- Third letter to Samuel Clarke, February 25, 1716
- cur aliquid potius extiterit quam nihil
- Why is there anything at all rather than nothing whatsoever?
- De rerum originatione radicali (1697); reprinted in God. Guil. Leibnitii Opera philosophica quae exstant latina, gallica, germanica omniaː 1 (1840), p. 148
- Cf. Martin Heidegger, What is Metaphysics? (1929)ː "Warum ist überhaupt Seiendes und nicht vielmehr Nichts? Das ist die Frage."
- Although the whole of this life were said to be nothing but a dream and the physical world nothing but a phantasm, I should call this dream or phantasm real enough, if, using reason well, we were never deceived by it.
- As quoted in The World of Mathematics (1956) by J. R. Newman, p. 1832
- De quelque manière que Dieu aurait créé le monde, il aurait toujours été régulier et dans un certain ordre général. Mais Dieu a choisi celui qui est le plus parfait, c'est-à-dire celui qui est en même temps le plus simple en hypothèses et le plus riche en phénomènes...
- In whatever manner God created the world, it would always have been regular and in a certain general order. God, however, has chosen the most perfect, that is to say, the one which is at the same time the simplest in hypothesis and the richest in phenomena.
- Discours de métaphysique (1686); Leibniz famously tried to show that ours is the best of all possible worlds (see also Monadologie (53 & 54) below and compare Maimonides from Guide for the Perplexed (c. 1190), "Whatever is formed of matter receives the most perfect form possible in that species of matter.") These attempts were mercilessly parodied in Voltaire's Candide. Quotations from Voltaire's novel are often mistakenly attributed to Leibniz. Other statements by Leibniz upon the subject include these:
- S'il n'y avait pas le meilleur (optimum) parmi tous les mondes possibles, Dieu n'en aurait produit aucun.
- If there were no best among all possible worlds, God would not have created one.
- I do not believe that a world without evil, preferable in order to ours, is possible; otherwise it would have been preferred. It is necessary to believe that the mixture of evil has produced the greatest possible good: otherwise the evil would not have been permitted.
The combination of all the tendencies to the good has produced the best; but as there are goods that are incompatible together, this combination and this result can introduce the destruction of some good, and as a result some evil.
- Letter to Bourguet (late 1712)], as translated in The Shorter Leibniz Texts (2006) edited by Lloyd H. Strickland, p. 208
- In whatever manner God created the world, it would always have been regular and in a certain general order. God, however, has chosen the most perfect, that is to say, the one which is at the same time the simplest in hypothesis and the richest in phenomena.
- Ce miracle de l'Analyse, prodige du monde des idées, objet presque amphibie entre l'Être et le Non-être, que nous appelons racine imaginaire.
- This miracle of analysis, this marvel of the world of ideas, an almost amphibian object between Being and Non-being that we call the imaginary number.
- Quoted in Singularités : individus et relations dans le système de Leibniz (2003) by Christiane Frémont
- We never have a full demonstration, although there is always an underlying reason for the truth, even if it is only perfectly understood by God, who alone penetrated the infinite series in one stroke of the mind.
- The Shorter Leibniz Texts (2006) edited by Lloyd H. Strickland, p. 111
The Monadology (1714)[edit]
- On est obligé d'ailleurs de confesser que la Perception et ce qui en dépend, est inexplicable par des raisons mécaniques, c'est-à-dire par les figures et par les mouvements. Et feignant qu'il y ait une Machine, dont la structure fasse penser, sentir, avoir perception ; on pourra la concevoir agrandie en conservant les mêmes proportions, en sorte qu'on y puisse entrer, comme dans un moulin. Et cela posé, on ne trouvera en la visitant au dedans, que des pièces, qui poussent les unes les autres, et jamais de quoi expliquer une perception. Ainsi c'est dans la substance simple, et non dans le composé, ou dans la machine qu'il la faut chercher.
- Moreover, it must be confessed that perception and that which depends upon it are inexplicable on mechanical grounds, that is to say, by means of figures and motions. And supposing there were a machine, so constructed as to think, feel, and have perception, it might be conceived as increased in size, while keeping the same proportions, so that one might go into it as into a mill. That being so, we should, on examining its interior, find only parts which work one upon another, and never anything by which to explain a perception. Thus it is in a simple substance, and not in a compound or in a machine, that perception must be sought for.
- La monadologie (17).
- Et comme tout présent état d'une substance simple est naturellement une suite de son état précédent, tellement, que le présent y est gros de l'avenir.
- And as every present state of a simple substance is naturally a consequence of its preceding state, so its present is pregnant with its future.
- La monadologie (22).
- Il y a aussi deux sortes de vérités, celles de Raisonnement et celle de Fait. Les vérités de Raisonnement sont nécessaires et leur opposé est impossible, et celles de Fait sont contingentes et leur opposé est possible.
- There are two kinds of truths: those of reasoning and those of fact. The truths of reasoning are necessary and their opposite is impossible; the truths of fact are contingent and their opposites are possible.
- La monadologie (33).
- Or, comme il y a une infinité d'univers possibles dans les idées de Dieu, et qu'il n'en peut exister qu'un seul, il faut qu'il y ait une raison suffisante du choix de Dieu qui le détermine à l'un plutôt qu'à l'autre. Et cette raison ne peut se trouver que dans la convenance, dans les degrés de perfection que ces mondes contiennent, chaque possible ayant droit de prétendre à l'existence à mesure de la perfection qu'il enveloppe.
- Now, as there is an infinity of possible universes in the Ideas of God, and as only one of them can exist, there must be a sufficient reason for God's choice, which determines him toward one rather than another. And this reason can be found only in the fitness, or the degrees of perfection, that these worlds contain, since each possible thing has the right to claim existence in proportion to the perfection it involves.
- La monadologie (53 & 54).
- Ainsi on peut dire que non seulement l'âme, miroir d'un univers indestructible, est indestructible, mais encore l'animal même, quoique sa machine périsse souvent en partie, et quitte ou prenne des dépouilles organiques.
- Thus it may be said that not only the soul, the mirror of an indestructible universe, is indestructible, but also the animal itself, though its mechanism may often perish in part and take off or put on an organic slough.
- La monadologie (77).
- Sometimes paraphrased as: The soul is the mirror of an indestructible universe.
Quotes about Leibniz[edit]
- Gottfried Leibniz is famous... for his slogan Calculemus, which means "Let us calculate." He envisioned a formal language to reduce reasoning to calculation, and he said that reasonable men, faced with a difficult question of philosophy or policy, would express the question in a precise language and use rules of calculation to carry out precise reasoning. This is the first reduction of reasoning to calculation ever envisioned. ...he actually designed and built a working calculating machine, the Stepped Reckoner ...inspired by the somewhat earlier work of Pascal, who built a machine that could add and subtract. Leibniz's machine could add, subtract, divide, and multiply, and was apparently the first machine with all four arithmetic capabilities.
- Michael J. Beeson, "The Mechanization of Mathematics," in Alan Turing: Life and Legacy of a Great Thinker (2004)
- In the interval of 200 years between Kepler and Gauss there arose no great mathematician in Germany excepting Leibniz.
- Florian Cajori, A History of Mathematics (1893).
- The German idealist philosophical tradition from which Hayek emerged is usually held to begin with Gottfried Leibniz, who wrote mostly during the second half of the seventeenth century. Leibniz put forward the idea of "monads," a starkly idealist conception. Essentially, "each monad is a soul," in the words of Bertrand Russell. Leibniz reversed the traditional conception of mind and matter by applying attributes of matter (in terms of sensory experience) to mind. Mind is what it experiences. Every mind or soul becomes an independent attribute of the universe, divinely ordered or arranged. Leibniz's focus truly was mind. […] Leibniz was born at the end of the Thirty Years' War. Religious struggles, such as the Thirty Years' War, are often protracted and intense because they concern fundamental individual beliefs and values to which compromise is not always applicable. Chaos and disorder reigned in the larger society from which Leibniz emerged. It is not surprising that his philosophy moved in the direction of mind from a strictly sociological perspective, for the world was too hard to bear.
- Alan Ebenstein, Hayek's Journey: The Mind of Friedrich Hayek (2003), Ch. 2. German and Viennese Intellectual Thought
- In the History of Mathematics it is generally stated that the higher analysis took its rise in the method of indivisibles of Cavalieri (1635). This assertion... is erroneous. ...Leibniz was led to his invention of the algorithm of the higher analysis by a study of the writings of Pascal, more than by anything else.
- C. I. Gerhardt, "Leibniz and Pascal," (1891) Sitzungsberichte der Königlich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin as quoted in The Early Mathematical Manuscripts of Leibniz (1920) Tr. J. M. Child
- As to Leibnitz, he is certainly a good philosopher, but in his Theodicée he goes too far and would have all actions necessary. His foreordained harmony is not the least credible nor feasible. If you can get a book entitled: An Essay on the Origin of Evil, by Dr W. King, you will find a much better solution of the question: 'whence comes evil?' Leibnitz does indeed reconcile it all with the goodness of God, but not so reasonably as Dr King.
- William Herschel, June 12, 1761 Letter, "William Herschel to Jacob Hershel" in Constance Ann Lubbock's The Herschel Chronicle: The Life-story of William Herschel and His Sister, Caroline Herschel p. 27
- Of all the works of Leibnitz, the "Theodicee" is the one most spoken of in Germany. Yet it is his feeblest production. This book, like several other writings in which Leibnitz expresses his religious sentiments, has obtained for its author an evil reputation, and has caused him to be cruelly misunderstood. His enemies have accused him of maudlin sentimentality and weakness of intellect; his friends, in defending, have proved him an accomplished hypocrite. The character of Leibnitz was for long a subject of controversy amongst us : the most partial critics could not absolve him from the accusation of duplicity; his most eager detractors were the freethinkers and the men of enlightenment. How could they pardon in a philosopher defence of the Trinity, eternal punishment, and the divinity of Christ! Their tolerance did not extend so far as that. But Leibnitz was neither fool nor knave, and by the lofty harmony of his intellect he was well able to defend Christianity in its integrity. I say, in its integrity, for he defended it against semi-Christianity. He established the consistency of the orthodox as opposed to the inconsistency of their adversaries. More than this he never attempted. He thus stood at that point of indifference where diverse systems appear as merely different sides of the same truth.
- Plus un, moins un, plus un, moins un, etc.
En ajoutant les deux premiers termes, les deux suivans, et ainsi du reste, on transforme la suite dans une autre dont chaque terme est zéro. Grandi, jésuite italien, en avait conclu la possibilité de la création; parce que la suite étant toujours égale à ½, il voyait cette fraction naìtre d'une infinité de zéros, ou du néant. Ce fut ainsi que Leibnitz crut voir l'image de la création, dans son arithmétique binaire ou il n'employait que les deux caractères zéro et l'unité. Il imagina que l'unité pouvait représenter Dieu, et zéro, lé néant; et que l'Être Suprême avait tiré du néant, tous les êtres; comme l'unité avec le zéro, exprime tous les nombres dans ce système. Cette idée plut tellement à Leibnitz, qu'il en fit part au jésuite Grimaldi, président du tribunal des mathématiques à la Chine, dans l'espérance que cet emblème de la création convertirait au christianisme, l'empereur d'alors qui aimait particulièrement le sciences. Je ne rapporte ce trait, que pour montrer jusqu'à quel point les préjugés de l'enfance peuvent égarer les plus grands hommes.
- Plus one, minus one, plus one, minus one, etc.
By adding the first two terms, the next two, and so forth, the result is converted into another for which each term is zero. Grandi, the Italian Jesuit, had concluded the possibility of creation from this series; because the result is always equal to ½, he saw the unborn fraction of infinitely many zeros, or nothingness. It was thus that Leibnitz saw in his binary arithmetic the image of creation. He imagined that Unity represented God, and Zero the void; and that the Supreme Being drew all beings from the void, just as unity and zero express all numbers in this system of numeration. This conception was so pleasing to Leibnitz that he communicated it to the Jesuit, [Claudio Filippo] Grimaldi, president of the Chinese tribunal for mathematics, in the hope that this emblem of creation would convert the Emperor of China, since he was very fond of the sciences, to Christianity. I mention this merely to show how childhood prejudices may lead astray even the greatest men.
- Pierre-Simon Laplace, Essai Philosophique sur les Probabilitésas (1814) p. 82, partially quoted in Tobias Dantzig, Number: The Language of Science (1930) p. 15 and in Richard Courant, Herbert Robbins What is Mathematics? (1941) revised by Ian Stewart (1996)
- Plus one, minus one, plus one, minus one, etc.
- In letters which went between me and that most excellent geometer. G.G. Leibniz, ten years ago, when I signified that I was in the knowledge of a method of determining maxima and minima, of drawing tangents, and the like, and when I concealed it in transposed letters involving this sentence (Data æquatione, etc., above cited) that most distinguished man wrote back that he had also fallen upon a method of the same kind, and communicated his method, which hardly differed from mine, except in his forms of words and symbols.
- Isaac Newton, Principia (1687) 1st edition, Book II. Prop.7, scholium reference the co-discovery of the Calculus, as quoted by Florian Cajori, A History of Mathematics (1893)
- As an interpreter of nature... Leibnitz stands in no comparison with Newton. His general views in physics were vague and unsatisfactory; he had no great value for inductive reasoning; it was not the way of arriving at truth which he was accustomed to take; and hence, to the greatest physical discovery of that age, and that which was established by the most ample induction, the existence of gravity as a fact in which all bodies agree, he was always incredulous, because no proof of it, a priori could be given.
- John Playfair, Dissertations on the History of Metaphysical and Ethical: And of Mathematical and Physical Science, Vol. 1. Dissertation Third, p. 572.
- Plato, in the Theaetetus, had set to work to refute the identification of knowledge with perception, and from his time onwards almost all philosophers, down to and including Descartes and Leibniz, had taught that much of our most valuable knowledge is not derived from experience.
- Bertrand Russell, A History of Western Philosophy (1945) Book Three, Part I, Chapter XIII, Locke's Theory of Knowledge, p. 610
- In Locke's own day, his chief philosophical opponents were the Cartesians and Leibniz. ...Until the publication of Kant's Critique of Pure Reason'' in 1781, it might have seemed as if the older philosophical tradition of Descartes, Spinoza, and Leibniz were being definitely overcome by the newer empirical method. The newer method, however, had never prevailed in German universities, and after 1792 it was held responsible for the horrors of the Revolution.
- Bertrand Russell, A History of Western Philosophy (1945) Book Three, Part I, Chapter XV, Locke's Influence, p. 641-642
- In Leibniz, a vast edifice of deduction is pyramided upon a pin-point of logical principle. In Leibniz, if the principle is completely true and the deductions are entirely valid, all is well; but the structure in unstable, and the slightest flaw anywhere brings it down in ruins.
- Bertrand Russell, A History of Western Philosophy (1945) Book Three, Part I, Chapter XV, Locke's Influence, p. 644
- Leibniz's apparent corelessness stands for a fundamental philosophical problem, a quandary that reaches to the foundations of his system of philosophy. In the metaphysics he... presented to the world, Leibniz claimed that the one thing of which we can all be certain is the unity, permanence, immateriality, and absolute immunity to outside influence of the individual mind. In identifying the mind as a "monad"—the Greek word for "unity"—he positioned himself in direct opposition to Spinoza, whose allegedly materialist philosophy of mind he adamantly rejected. And yet the philosopher who made the unity of the individual the fundamental principle of the universe was himself incomparably fragmented, multiplicitous, exposed to the influence of others, and impossible to pin down. How could a monad be so multifarious, not to say nefarious?
- Matthew Stewart, The Courtier and the Heretic (2006)
- Leibnitz, though not propounding any full doctrine on evolution, gave it an impulse by suggesting a view contrary to the sacrosanct belief in the immutability of species... His punishment at the hands of the Church came a few years later, when in 1712, the Jesuits defeated his attempt to found an Academy of Science at Vienna.
- Andrew Dickson White, A History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom Ch.1, p. 58 (1896)
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- ↑ Leibniz, Leibnizens Mathematische Schriften, Herausgegeben Von C.I. Gerhardt. Bd. 1-7. 1850-1863. Halle. The quotation is found in vol. 7. on page 326 in "Dissertatio Exoterica De Statu Praesenti et Incrementis Novissimis Deque Usu Geometriae". Link
- ↑ Geometry and Monadology: Leibniz's Analysis Situs and Philosophy of Space by Vincenzo de Risi. Page 123. Link


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- Ciera Trybend and Katherin Troyer were driving south on North Market Street at 3 p.m. Sunday when Trybend stopped, and her vehicle was struck in the rear by Troyer. Damage was minimal and neither party was injured.
- A Southern Terrace woman reported at 12:51 p.m. Sunday a pipe under her sink just broke and water was going everywhere and no one else was home to help her. Police went to the home and located the main water valve and turned it off.
- A woman reported at 3 p.m. Sunday a suspicious white Cadillac was parked in the Manor parking lots and two white men were sitting inside for "some time." Police found Shane Kantsis of East Liverpool and arrested him on an active warrant through the county sheriff for failure to appear for underage consumption.
- A woman reported at 4:32 p.m. Sunday a man in a wheelchair was panhandling for money at the Village Plaza parking lot entrance.
- Police warned a North Elm Street resident of a noise complaint at 6:33 p.m. Sunday.
- The County Sheriff's Office reported at 11 a.m. Saturday a John Beary called the County Garage and threatened to shoot the plow trucks that took down his mailbox. Police went to the Fairfield Avenue home and spoke with Beary who later calmed down. City and Fairfield Township workers were also advised of the threat.
- Police went to a Spruce Street home at 12:38 p.m. Saturday after receiving a 911 hang-up call from the home. After investigating officers found that an altercation had taken place and arrested Robert A. Hiner, 21, for domestic violence.
- Someone reported at 4:12 p.m. Saturday a vehicle was parked in the Presbyterian Church parking lot without their permission. Police attempted to contact the owner of the vehicle but were unable.
- A Shellabella's employee reported at 7:17 p.m. Saturday a picture was stolen from the restaurant.
- Carl Mercer, 56, was arrested on an active warrant through the county sheriff at 3:44 p.m. Friday.
- Police responded to the post office on Penn Avenue for a report of an open rear door at 4:48 a.m. Monday. The interior was checked and nobody was found inside, with no sign of forced entry. The door was secured.
- Police were called at 11:19 p.m. Sunday to Salem Community Hospital, 1995 E. State St., for persons to be removed. An officer spoke with a staff member who pointed out the persons in question and they were told to leave.
- An anonymous caller at 11:15 p.m. Sunday reported someone driving recklessly in the area of Centennial Park, but nobody was found.
- An officer assisted a motorist with clearing his vehicle from a snow bank in the alley at the rear of the 500 block of South Broadway Avenue at 9:17 p.m. Sunday.
- Police were called for an alarm on Pearce Circle at 8:32 p.m. Sunday and found the exterior of the residence secure.
- A man in the 2500 block of Lexington Avenue called at 8:21 p.m. Sunday to report a person known to him refused to leave his home when asked and threatened him. He was told his options. The person involved could not be found.
- An officer did a well-being check at 7:35 p.m. Sunday in the 500 block of Franklin Avenue for a man having a difficult time with his wife being away. He had sought treatment earlier in the day at the hospital. He was told to call back if he needed anything and to follow the recommendations from the hospital.
- Police responded to the area of Southeast Boulevard and Carbon Street for a report of someone plowing snow into the middle of the road, causing a traffic hazard. An officer checked the area and found no snow in the road or any snow causing a hazard.
- Police were called to a hit/skip accident at 4:24 p.m. Sunday in the 2200 block of East State Street where Richard Hutcheson, 76, of Lisbon, was eastbound and his vehicle was struck by another vehicle which drove through a parking lot and pulled into traffic. The other vehicle fled the scene.
- A speed limit sign on Poolside Drive was knocked down after a pickup driven by Thomas Trieff, of Jefferson Avenue, lost control on the snow-covered road, fish-tailed and struck the sign at 3:10 p.m. Sunday. No injuries were reported, with minor damage to the Chevy Silverado.
- Police were called at 11:20 a.m. Sunday for a security alarm at a building in the 700 block of East Third Street. The building was checked and found secure.
- An officer responded to the 600 block of East Seventh Street at 10:20 a.m. Sunday to speak to a woman upset over her estranged boyfriend. The problem was a carryover from a previous report. The boyfriend came to the station to pick up his keys and was told to get his vehicle and not go back to the residence.


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EAST LIVERPOOL - New food service license fees will go into effect Feb. 1 after the board of health gave the third and final reading Thursday to legislation establishing the fees.
While most fees increased, some actually will go down under the new provisions.
Added for the first time was a category for micro market retail establishments, which was described as being typically unmanned stores in office buildings that offer fresh foods, snacks and beverages to staff for purchase through self check-out kiosk.
Currently, no such micro markets exist in the city, according to health Commissioner Jelayne Dray, who said it nonetheless had to be added as a category under state guidelines that go into effect in January.
The food licensing fee for such a micro market in the city will be $90 per year.
A list of all categories and their fees can be obtained at the health department in City Hall.
Dray advised the board she has received no new information on two separate health studies conducted earlier this year in the city.
Health nurse Stephanie Summers reported she still has a lot of flu vaccine available for children and adults, including the high dose vaccine for those 65 and older.
The board welcomed new member Amber Ramsey, who was appointed by Mayor Jim Swoger and approved by City Council.
Ramsey is owner of Wee the People day care and preschool. She and her husband, Robert "Moose" Ramsey a city police officer have three children.
Dray said she believes Mrs. Ramsey will "make a great contribution" to the board.
The next regular meeting will be held at 4 p.m. Jan. 17 at which time a new president pro tem will be elected, and Dray asked board members to be thinking about their selection.


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Personally I'd rather have a league with fewer teams, no salary cap and no work stoppage every 5 years.
Well they've lost money because of the on ice product and owning a hockey club is a longtime investment. You don't see a guy like Pegula whining...
The NHL could just wipe out the floor or make it 26 % so the so called poor teams can wont be forced to overspend but the problem is Bettman and his stupid parity illusion.
You think an original 6 matchup would have had such terrible ratings? I highly doubt that.
Ok the southern teams are a neccessary evil then don't cry about losing money, because there are better options.
The NHL and Bettman created these problems so it is on to them to fix it with their own money. How about the midget paying 50 % of his salary to help out his mickeymouse clubs? The bastard would move them asap before accepting well not surprising if you think about his background.
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The beloved, bumbling, fumbling comedic act was absent Monday morning as one of America's favorite TV dads got serious to the point of becoming uncomfortable for some viewers.
Cliff Huxtable was nowhere in sight as Bill Cosby told CNN's "Starting Point" host Soledad O'Brien what he thought of today's racist Republican, which is causing a bit of stir among conservatives, judging by the heated comments under the Mediate article and YouTube video. Some rightfully reminded us that the Democratic Party was guilty of heavy racism in the South as well.
The roundtable discussion on "Starting Point" was centered on the 1965 Bloody Sunday March across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Ala., The anniversary of that dark historic moment was this past weekend, and more than 10,000 people reportedly came out to acknowledge, lest we forget.
Host O'Brien remarked on the stark contrast of the times, when in 1966 Cosby was up for an Emmy, while the show he was nominated for — "I Spy" — was banned in the South.
"I read about you, at the same time the fight for rights in the South was going on,' O'Brien said to Cosby. "You were on the verge of winning an Emmy award. First black man – in 1966 you would win an Emmy award. And the show 'I Spy' was banned in the South."
Here is Bill Cosby's response.
"Just a couple of stations," Cosby replied and then turned to Rep. Connie Mack, one of the panelists who had said something inaudible. "What did you say?"
Here Mack replied, "It's just hard to believe." His wife and fellow former Rep. Mary Bono Mack (R-Calif.) was also present and added, "It's unbelievable."
To which Cosby replied, "I don't think so. Not when you look at the president's speech recently." He was referring to the State of the Union Address.
"To see people sitting down when there are others standing and cheering. I think we have people sitting there who are as bad as the people who were against any kind of desegregation," Cosby continued. Click on the above video for more.
Racism can be found in both parties and in the past, the Democratic Party was ironically, the poster child for prejudice. However, modern times have seen the Grand Ole Party morph into something of an exclusive club and the Democratic Party become more outwardly inclusive. Are the Dems masquerading as the party of the people--all of the people? If they are, they're doing a grand ole job, while their Republican counterparts seem to be clinging to a stringent demographic--mostly white and rich.
But whether you agree with Cosby or not, we all know what he is talking about. Speaker John Boehner had a permanent constipated expression blatantly visible over the president's left shoulder throughout the speech, and I'm sure his scowling Republican Party co-horts could muster up more enthusiasm getting a root canal than they did sitting there listening to their president. The body language was priceless.
And when Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.) shouted "you lie" during Obama's 2009 health care speech in those hallowed halls, it was the height of disrespect.
Let's add the level of obstructionism against this president—which is the worst in modern day administrations—and we see a polarizing pattern that cannot be blamed on politics alone. There are other insidious forces criss-crossing Capitol Hill and beyond since we elected a black president—and that's not playing the race card—that's acknowledging race is still a factor in politics.
If we have racism in other parts of American society, why do you think our political arena is exempt? I love when some Republican legislators compare President Obama to Bill Clinton, saying at least they could work with him. Why is that?
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Judy Petersen is a rocket scientist turned environmental activist. She left her job as an aerospace engineer to enjoy a slower paced life in Kentucky with her husband in 1984.
Judy has had her hand in numerous environmental issues across the state since moving to Kentucky. She worked for several years on solid waste legislation and better environmental regulations for landfills. Her work in this area caught the attention and respect of then incoming Governor Brereton Jones and his administration. As a result, Judy was named the first Ombudsman for the Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Cabinet working for Secretary Phillip Shepherd.
For the past 13 years, Judy has led the Kentucky Waterways Alliance, the state's only advocacy membership-based organization working solely on clean water issues. With a mission to protect and restore Kentucky's waterways, KWA works on clean water issues through water quality advocacy, watershed education, support and planning, and statewide outreach efforts. KWA work not only spans the Commonwealth, but Judy and her staff collaborate with states along the Mississippi River, the Ohio River, and throughout the southeastern U.S. Locally, KWA has worked extensively in both Beargrass Creek and Floyds Fork, as well as Salt River Watershed Watch. In 2007, KWA opened an office in historic Bakery Square in Butchertown.


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Opens Nov. 21, 2012. Run time: 2 hr. 06 min.
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A 16 year-old Indian boy's passage to a new life in America aboard a freighter ends in a shipwreck in the Pacific. He is left to fend for himself on a life raft with an orangutan, a zebra, a hyena and a Bengal tiger.
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There is a lot that could go wrong with a big screen adaptation of Life of Pi, the 2001 bestselling novel by Yaan Martel. Which may explain why the story of a young boy stranded on a lifeboat with a Bengal tiger — juggling deep themes of religion, family, nature, and human existence — has been developed and let go by many big names in Hollywood. For nearly a decade, filmmakers like M. Night Shyamalan, Alfonso Cuarón, and Jean-Pierre Jeunet (Amélie) have grappled with the project, but it wasn't until Oscar-winner Ang Lee (Brokeback Mountain and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) that the film was fully realized. Lee's Life of Pi is an inspiring film, sporting imaginative visuals and pushing the art of 3D in new directions.
Even more impressive is what's underneath it all: a character-driven narrative that depicts the book's grand ideas with unexpected tenderness. Life of Pi dreams big. Thanks to Lee's expert direction and a solid script from David Magee (Finding Neverland), the survivor tale avoids the pitfalls of such an ambitious effort, never straying into hokey melodrama. The film opens with a writer (Rafe Spall) visiting an adult Pi Patel (Irrfan Khan) at his home in Canada, after being told that the Indian immigrant had an amazing life story in need of capturing. ''Amazing'' may not be enough of a superlative.
Young Pi (newcomer Suraj Sharma) begins his life as a regular kid in Pondicherry, India, growing up on his family's bustling zoo while attempting to fit in with the world around him. His major struggle is with religion — while his father resents faith and his mother is dedicated to Hinduism, Pi wants a little of it all. He's Hindu, he's Catholic, he's Muslim, he's a wanderer between all ways of thinking. When he attempts to feed the zoo's tiger, only to be caught by his father and disciplined for considering the beast to be anything remotely soulful. It's clear that his upbringing in the lush environment has seeped deep into Pi's way of life.
The main character's passion for the world around him gives Lee the opportunity to direct Life of Pi with a painter's eye. Nearly every shot is exquisitely composed — from bold colors to camera movement to the layers of 3D. This holds true even when Pi's story takes a turn for the worse. Having run into financial troubles, the Patel family packs up the animals and heads to Winnipeg on a French freighter. While crossing the Mariana Trench, the ship encounters a catastrophic storm that floods it into oblivion (a moment of disaster that rivals the artistic destruction of Titanic).
Pi and a few of the animal passengers escape on a lifeboat, the glow of his past life slowly fading away into the depths of the Ocean. The set piece is gorgeous, but Lee never forgets the impact the incident has on Pi's life. It's indicative of the entire film. The brunt of the story focuses on the man vs. nature we've seen in films like 127 Hours and Cast Away, but in an even more terrifying landscape and played out with an expressionistic touch.
Pi finds himself on a lifeboat with the Bengal tiger, ''Richard Parker,'' lowering the already minuscule chance of his survival to something unimaginable. He copes, building a second raft out of wood planks and life preservers, but his survival is a ticking clock. All he can do is sit, fish, write, and pray. Lee approaches Pi's journey of floating in the middle of the Pacific with a jungle cat like a fever dream. Like the swirling universe he imagines as the residence of his various gods, the deserted ocean is a luminescent wonder, filled with giant whales, glowing jellies, flying fish, and deep caverns that unlock Pi's wild imagination.
All the while, Pi tends to his tiger; their brotherly relationship is the core of Life of Pi. Sharma has heavy material to tackle for his big screen debut, but even with its weak moments, stands as a tremendous breakout. Over time, Pi loses himself to the ocean, reaching for understanding and investing more and more in his feline companion. It's a physically demanding performance too — Lee always pelting something new at his young actor and Sharma shining through even the biggest wave. The tiger is another marvel, a CG creation that actually performs against Sharma.
If Caeser in Rise of the Planet of the Apes was a milestone, Richard Parker is the next step. On top of the central duo, Magee's framing device of Older Pi and the writer works miraculously well, thanks to the natural skills of Khan and Spall. Exposition be damned — these two can have a casual conversation that feels as dynamic as the larger-than-life tale they're discussing. Life of Pi arrives in theaters on November 21 and as all the makings of the perfect holiday film. On a visceral level, it's simply a beautiful movie (any live-action film that evokes memories of Hokusai's ''The Great Wave'' is doing something right).
But Lee transcends flashy blockbuster contemporaries by finding a source material where the breathtaking compliments the character's arc. Life of Pi isn't an overtly religious film, even though Pi identifies with religions of all kinds. It's about the power of self, the religion of humanism. There are few feats of mortal strength as impressive as survival. That's what makes Life of Pi one of the most powerful films of the year.
Hollywood.com rated this film 4 stars.-Matt Patches.
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PERRY TOWNSHIP - Criminal arrests and drunken driving arrests decreased slightly, traffic citations increased significantly and the number of overall complaints increased by quite a bit in Perry Township last year.
That's what the numbers indicated in the 2012 Perry Township Police Year-End Report released recently by Chief Mike Emigh, who said a new computer program may be responsible for complaint calls increasing from 1,481 in 2011 to 1,632 in 2012.
He explained that whether to fill out a complaint used to be at an officer's discretion, but the new software from the state of Ohio requires a complaint form to be filled out for everything. The new system was installed in August.
The number of traffic citations also increased from 710 in 2011 to 792 in 2012, which he attributed to the computer laptops in the cruisers, enabling officers to access information about a vehicle at their fingertips.
"We get a quicker response with the laptops," he said.
Arrests were down overall, with adult arrests decreasing from 116 in 2011 to 106 in 2012, juvenile arrests decreasing from 14 in 2011 to six in 2012, warrant arrests down from 53 in 2011 to 52 in 2012 and arrests for operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol or drugs decreasing from 39 in 2011 to 21 in 2012.
Emigh's opinion was that people realize they're going to end up being thrown in jail. He also said he believed more people may be back to work and the economy may be on the upswing, so people aren't at home getting into trouble.
Domestic violence calls dropped from 53 in 2011 to 46 in 2012. Burglaries decreased from 17 in 2011 to five in 2012, a statistic the chief said he was happy about. Thefts only increased slightly, from 79 in 2011 to 82 in 2012. He said break-ins into cars late in the year probably affected that number.
He wasn't sure why assaults increased, going from nine in 2011 to 13 in 2012. Harassment complaints dropped from 61 in 2011 to 37 in 2012 and neighbor disputes dropped from 27 in 2011 to 16 in 2012. Civil disputes, which could deal with child custody or property, increased from 21 in 2011 to 31 in 2012.
"Most everything stayed on an even keel," Emigh said.
Other numbers reported included: state reportable crashes, 93 in 2012 (94 in 2011); medical assists, 47 in 2012 (39 in 2011); alarm responses, 68 in 2012 (43 in 2011); and assists to other agencies, 77 in 2012 (128 in 2011).
Emigh said he was glad some of the major crimes were going down. He said officers were out patrolling and keeping their eyes out for anything.
"The officers' presence has a lot to do with the decreases in some of the areas, like burglaries. They're always out and about," he said, adding they employ active traffic enforcement.
He said it's been two or three years since his department has been at full strength, noting that one of the five full-time officers in the department has been off with an injury for an extended period of time and he's down to four part-timers since one just left for a full-time job with the Salem Police Department. He's planning to replace the officer and said the part-timers have done a good job filling in the spots. The department had been without the part-timer who just left for Salem because he was serving a combat tour in Afghanistan. He had just returned in November.
"I'd like to thank the residents for believing in their police department and having faith in us," Emigh said. "We have a nice group of residents. They've been very supportive of the police department."
Emigh said he's looking forward to the next year-end report because he'll be able to provide more information due to the new computer program for complaints, including pie charts. He said he created zones with the new system and can track what's happening in certain areas and look for patterns of activity.


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From March 26 through March 28, 2012, the United States Supreme Court heard arguments contesting the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act. The challenges focused on several aspects of the law, each of which is summarized briefly below:
Anti-Injunction Tax Act – The first day of arguments was spent on the Anti-Injunction Tax Act, which is a law that says people must wait until a tax goes into effect before they can challenge it in court. Since the fines for not having insurance coverage do not go into effect until 2014, some questioned whether the Supreme Court can rule on the constitutionality of the case. All of the individuals involved on both sides of the case argued that the Court should decide the case now, but the Court must determine that it has jurisdiction over the case, either by concluding that the Act does not affect jurisdiction or that the fine is not a tax, before evaluating the constitutionality of the ACA. If the Court rules that the Act does prevent it from exercising jurisdiction, a decision on the constitutionality of the ACA would be delayed until at least 2015. Press reports analyzing the arguments suggest that the Justices seemed to think they could rule on the case now.
Individual mandate – The second day of arguments concerned the individual mandate, the ACA requirement that all citizens have health insurance coverage after 2014 or pay a fine. Several individuals sued the government, arguing that it is unconstitutional for Congress to pass a law requiring individuals to purchase something. Some have compared this to the "broccoli" tax – if the government can make you buy health insurance or pay a fine, could they also force you to pay a fine for failing to eat your broccoli? This day of arguments was contentious and many Justices asked tough questions of both sides. The four more-liberal Justices seemed to support the individual mandate while five-conservative justices were skeptical about it, but it is hard to tell based on the questioning.
Medicaid expansion – On the last day, the Court heard arguments concerning the ACA provisions that expand Medicaid eligibility to all individuals (including single adults) with incomes below 133% of the Federal Poverty Level (FPL) in 2014. Medicaid is a state/federal partnership where the federal government sets broad eligibility and coverage requirements and pays part of the cost of coverage, and states implement the program in diverse ways. Several states sued the government arguing that this provision is "coercive" since the loss of funding that would result from not implementing the expansion is so high that they have no choice but to comply with the statute's demands. Analysis of these arguments was mixed – some people believed that the Justices indicated skepticism about the expansion and were likely to rule it unconstitutional while others thought it was much less clear.
Severability – Finally, also on the last day, the Court heard arguments about how much of the entire ACA would need to be struck down if the Court held the individual mandate unconstitutional. The arguments on both sides involved both legal and health policy aspects. Some argue that the mandate is required to enact the whole host of private insurance reforms in the bill and, so, if the mandate is struck down, so, too, should the entire ACA. On the other hand, the ACA is a nearly 2700 page bill and there are numerous provisions that concern many other aspects of the health care system. The Justices did not appear interested in going section by section in the law to see what relates to the mandate, and so this may lead them to declare the whole law constitutional – or unconstitutional.
There has been significant media coverage of the arguments that seek to discern the likely outcome of the cases, but it is difficult to predict. A decision by the high court is expected later this spring or early summer.


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Dodgeball tournament to be held
EAST LIVERPOOL - Team Mojo Foundation will hold Black Friday Dodgeball, a single elimination tournament, at 4 p.m. Nov. 23. The tournament is being hosted by the Downtown East Liverpool YMCA. The cost is $25. The tournament is limited to 20 teams, ages 12 and up. Details and registration forms are available online at teammojofoundation.org or from the Downtown YMCA or the Calcutta YMCA.
Poland holding basketball tournament
POLAND - The Poland Boosters Basketball Tournament for boys and girls in grades 4-6 will be held Jan. 26-27 and Feb. 2-3. For information, contact David Wolfe at 330-707-0565 or firstname.lastname@example.com. Information is also available at www.polandboosters.com.
Touchdown club sponsoring banquet
WELLSVILLE - The Wellsville Touchdown Club is sponsoring the football banquet at 6 p.m. Monday in the high school audeteria. Tickets are $10 at the door.
Potters' selling boys' basketball tickets
EAST LIVERPOOL - Tickets for the East Liverpool boys' basketball 2012-2013 season will be on sale from 5-7 p.m. Monday at the Fieldhouse ticket office through Friday and during Potter Primetime on Nov. 21. The cost of the package is $35 if it is purchased on one of these dates.
Basketball skill clinic being held Tuesday
WHEELING - The Cancer Research Classic is a holiday high school basketball tournament played in Wheeling that raises money for cancer research. It's becoming one of the bigger events of its kind in the country. ESPN will again be carrying some of the games on national TV. The Classic is offering a skill development clinic for middle and high school coaches, players, parents and athletic directors Tuesday designed to help educate them on skill development for college basketball. The clinic is free for OVAC schools (athletic directors, coaches, etc.), athletes, and families. Particular topics include: concepts of learning & training necessary physical skills, mental toughness, college coaches expectations, player expectations, transition to college basketball, recruitment insight and NCAA academic requirements. To register and for information, call 304-243-6412.
Youth basketball tournament being held
MARTINS FERRY - The Martins Ferry Basketball Parents will once again be sponsoring a youth basketball shootout the weekend of March 1-3, 2013 for 5th and 6th grade boys and girls teams. All teams will be guaranteed three games, with a possibility of a fourth game depending on the number of teams. The entry fee will be $75. Games will be held at Martins Ferry High School with onsite parking and concessions available. If interested, contact John Bennett at 740-633-0684 ext 1106 or email@example.com, or Kim Appolloni at 740-633-0684 ext 1423 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
Final turkey shoot being held Sunday
CHESTER - The Chester-Newell Sportsmen Club will be holding its final turkey shoot beginning at 10 a.m. Sunday. The cost is $2 per shot Lucky X and $5 per shot for the money shoots. Factory guns and tubes only. There will be cash, meat, novelty & 50/50 shoots. Kids and ladies are welcome. The kitchen will be open. For information, call John at 304-374-1451 or Vance at 304-287-0095.
Volleyball Club holding tryouts
WARREN - The East Ohio Volleyball?Club is holding tryouts Sunday and Nov. 18 at the Warren YMCA. Players in grades 6-8 will try out from 1-3 p.m. Players in grades 9-12 will try out from 3-5 p.m. Players in any grade will try out from 5-6 p.m. For information, call 330-219-1368 or visit www.eovc.org. This is the club's 20th year.
Club Hollywood tryouts to be held Sunday
COLUMBIANA -?Tryouts for Club Hollywood Volleyball ages 11-18 will be at Crestview High School Sunday from 1-3 p.m. Additional information can be found online at www.eteamz.com/clubhollywood or our Club Hollywood Facebook page.
BLHS Athletic Hall of Fame nominations
CALCUTTA - The Beaver Local High School Athletic Hall of Fame is currently accepting nominations. Forms can be obtained at www.beaver.k12.oh.us/blhof/hall-fame.html or at the high school office.
Boxing back at MTR on Dec. 1
CHESTER - Former world champ Paul "The Pittsburgh Kid" Spadafora (46-0-1, 19KOs) will headline a boxing card at The Harv at Mountaineer Casino, Racetrack & Resort on Dec. 1. The event is presented by 8-time world champ Roy Jones Jr. in association with TNT Promotions. In the co-feature is Youngstown's Jake "The Bull" Giuriceo (16-1-1, 3KOs). Other fighters scheduled include Billy "Hutch" Hutchinson (4-1-D, 2KOs), "Big Chief" Morgan Fitch (7-0, 3KOs), the pro boxing debut of MMA favorite Joey "The Jack Hammer" Holt, of East Liverpool, a special prelude amateur bout with Steubenville's Angelo Magnone and more to be announced. Base ticket prices are VIP starting at $100, Section A $50, Section B $35, & Bleachers $25. Tickets can be purchased at Mountaineer Casino's Players Club in person or by calling the Players Club at 1-800-804-0468 Ext: 8297, online at www.MOREatMountaineer.com or www.Etix.com.


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Elkins youth football teams split pair at Lewis County
August 28, 2012
WESTON?— Elkins split a pair of games with Lewis County Sunday in American Youth Football action at Robert L. Bland Middle School. The Midgets (1-0)?defeated Lewis County, 20-....
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Shane St. Cyr Joins SCR Dairy as Training and Customer Support Manager
Shane St. Cyr Joins SCR Dairy as Training and Customer Support Manager
SCR Dairy announced today the addition of Shane St. Cyr as Training and Customer Support Manager for its expanding U.S. team.
"We are excited for Shane to join our team and bring his extensive, practical dairy knowledge to our organization," says SCR U.S. General Manager Tom Breunig. "Our customers will benefit, as his real-world dairy management experience will ensure they get the most from our technology to ultimately improve health monitoring and herd performance."
St. Cyr will be working directly with SCR's U.S. dairy customers to maximize the benefits of SCR's breakthrough technology in rumination and activity monitoring. He will also provide software training to all users, support staff and SCR distributors.
St. Cyr grew up working on his family's dairy in Maine and earned his Bachelor of Science degree in agricultural systems management from Penn State University. For the past 15 years St. Cyr has worked on dairy operations of various sizes on the East Coast, most recently serving as the herd manager for a 2,100-cow herd in Peru, N.Y.
"My background in the dairy industry is solidly founded on hands-on experience, which allows me to relate to dairy producers of all sizes," St. Cyr says. "Because there are different goals and strategies for success on each dairy operation, I look forward to visiting with producers and helping them implement new ideas and technologies that will allow them to meet those goals."
He will be based in Plattsburgh, N.Y., and can be reached at email@example.com or (518) 565-6010.
About SCR
SCR is a leading developer of advanced technologies for dairy farms and a driving force for progress in the industry. SCR provides dairy producers with revolutionary cow monitoring solutions to manage individual cows, regardless of herd size. Technologies include revolutionary heat detection and rumination information, which utilize unique collar tags and health management system. Over 2 million cows in more than 15,000 farms worldwide are monitored using SCR's collar tags while their technology touches over 10 million cows worldwide, making SCR the global leader in advanced solutions for cow monitoring. www.scrdairy.com


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Gynaecologists say early marriage poses a challenge towards ensuring safe motherhood. It was a reported by a news agency recently that Rubi, a resident of Faridpur upazila of Pabna district of 20 years age gave birth to a male baby, she is again expecting. All members of the family expected that she would give birth to a female child this time. But an ultra sonogram report says she would give birth to a male child this time too. After this information, all reportedly became disappointed. An elderly birth attendants of the village had been informed of the matter. But Rubi was not keeping well due to lack of nutrition and proper care. Her husband on an emergency basis took her to a clinic at the upazila headquarters and at last she gave birth to a healthy male child.
Incidents of early marriage are still happening in rural areas of the country although early marriage is prohibited legally, and after marriage of adolescent girls they become mothers for which they face various health complications. Around 50 per cent of the girls are getting married before the age of 18 although the Child Marriage Act disallows marriage before the legal age of 18 for girls, according to a latest millennium development goal (MDG) report.
Around 20,000 women die every year during delivery and most of them die of severe bleeding infections, obstructed labor and due to consequences of unsafe abortion. Besides, about 18 per cent women suffer from pregnancy related complications. Bangladesh witnessed a sharp decline in maternal mortality rate (MMR) from 574 (per 1000 live births) in 1990 to 391 in 2002, but experts say the ratio was not up to the desired level. Given the situation, the government has taken up massive awareness programmes focusing on char areas and in the districts of Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) amid at reaching health care facilities to the door steps of rural people. The programme includes increasing the number of health professionals, and training programmes for nurses, doctors and health workers.
The government took safe motherhood and population control programmes aimed at reducing maternal mortality rate (MMR) at 143 in 1000 and 21 in each 1000 live births to achieve the millennium development goal (MDGs) by 2015. Poverty of parents are also compelling their to give them daughters in early marriage. Rural monitoring must be intensified and Nekah Registers must be cautioned against early marriage. Monitoring cell must be formed in all union parishads to check unbridled early marriage found to be too common in rural areas.Religious leaders should motivate the people to refrain from getting their daughters in early marriage and with the assistance of gynecologists try to convince the guardians to abide by the law and thus save the girl from various complications.


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KANSAS - Grant Price ran for two scores and caught one of Drew Loose's two TD tosses Friday as Mohawk thundered past Lakota 35-12 in Midland Athletic League play.
Price scored on runs of 2 and 12 yards and caught a 2-yard strike from Loose on his way to 84 yards of total offense (70 rushing, 14 receiving) for the Warriors.
Loose also found Mitch Parker for a 32-yard touchdown pass and Gunnar Johnson had a 6-yard TD run.
Still, it got interesting in the first half's final 123 seconds.
Down 14-0, Lakota's Tiger Jaso scored on a 4-yard run with 2:03 left in the half to make it an eight-point game.
Loose's 2-yard scoring pass to Price came with 32 seconds left before intermission for Mohawk, but the Raiders countered by having Kody Brewer reel in a 31-yard Colin Timmons TD strike with 3 seconds remaining to make the deficit 22-12.
Loose ran for 96 yards and went 9 of 10 passing for 124 yards for Mohawk. Johnson ran 13 times for 92 yards and Price had 13 carries for 70 yards.
Rams get on a roll early
LUCAS - Cory Frey returned the opening kickoff 75 yards for a touchdown and Upper Sandusky pulled away in the second quarter Friday in a 54-24 North Central Conference domination of Lucas.
Frey's kick return helped the Rams enjoy a 13-6 at the first stop, but Will Adelsperger's 3-yard run, and Tyler Pritchard's TD tosses of 23 and 12 yards to Donald Barth in the second period pushed the lead to 34-6.
Barth added a 2-yard scoring dive in the third quarter and caught a 10-yard touchdown pass from Pritchard in the fourth, while Cameron Crawford tacked on a 3-yard TD run in the final period. Pritchard also had a 5-yard scoring run in the first quarter.
Pritchard finished 18 of 23 passing for 260 yards, with Barth hauling in seven passes for 130 yards. Brennen Miller (5-50) and Tristan Reichelderfer (4-54) combined for nine catches and 104 receiving yards.
Blue Devils manhandle North Baltimore
NORTH BALTIMORE - Bryan Powers and Matthew Holsinger fueled the Carey machine Friday as the Blue Devils hammered Midland Athletic League foe North Baltimore 62-8.
Powers and Holsinger both ran for 114 yards, with Holsinger getting the lion's share of his total on a 99-yard TD run. He also had scoring tosses of 52 yards to Austin Patton and 34 yards to Powers.
Powers added touchdown runs of 61 and 53 yards for the Blue Devils (6-2, 4-1 MAL).
Carey's other TDs came on runs of 8 and 31 yards by Justin Meek, 3 yards by Brandon Zechman and 8 yards by Levi Smalley.
The Tigers (1-7, 0-5) got a 70-yard Dalton Ishmael TD run.
Campbell strong against Bucks
NEW WASHINGTON - Ontario's Jordan Campbell ran in four touchdowns for 224 yards in a 48-14 thrashing of Buckeye Central.
Campbell had runs of 15, one, 24 and two yards while teammate Tyler Boatwright added a 24 yard run for a touchdown.
Kameron Jones and Chad Trapp each had touchdowns for Buckeye Central (2-6, 1-4 Northern Central Conference).


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U.S. Rep. Shelley Capito will have every reason to be smiling broadly when she speaks in Wheeling today. She has a tight lock on the race to succeed Jay Rockefeller in the Senate - and the outlook will get better and better for her as the spring and summer wear on.
Capito, the Republican who has served West Virginia's Second Congressional District in the House of Representatives, will be speaking at noon at River City Ale Works in Wheeling. Her visit is part of the West Liberty University Economics Club's annual speaker series.
In a nutshell, here's why Capito will win the Senate election in November: West Virginia voters see her as a staunch opponent of President Barack Obama's health care and energy policies. They will elect her because they trust her, far more than her Democrat opponent, Secretary of State Natalie Tennant, to rein in the president.
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In late February, the Rasmussen Poll asked likely voters in West Virginia which candidate they favored. Capito led Tennant, 49 percent to 35 percent. In politics, a 14-point lead is the equivalent of being Sitting Bull before the Battle of Little Big Horn.
Capito's lead has grown. Last summer, a couple of other polls gave her leads of about five points over Tennant.
Twelve percent of those responding to Rasmussen said they were undecided. If all of them go for Tennant, Capito still wins.
Democrats traditionally can rely on younger voters. Not this year in West Virginia. The evidence is in signups for Obamacare insurance.
According to the government's most recent report, only 18 percent of West Virginians who have enrolled are in the 18-34 age group. That is the lowest rate (tied with Oregon) in the nation.
Obama may have pulled the wool over younger voters' eyes in most of the country - but not here.
Tennant - who, the last I heard, still hadn't said that she would have voted against Obamacare had she been in Congress when it was enacted - may try to use the issue against Capito.
Part of Obamacare is expansion of the Medicaid program. At last report, about 95,000 Mountain State residents had signed up for Medicaid under that provision. Tennant may use scare tactics and warn that if Capito is elected, Medicaid will go away for those people.
That's highly unlikely. For starters, Capito herself has said she would not "second-guess the decision" to expand Medicaid.
As I noted several weeks ago, the preponderance of registered Democrat voters might, all other things being equal, work to Tennant's advantage. But all other things aren't equal, thanks to Obama. Many Democrats - and many labor union members - are furious about Obamacare and the White House's war on coal.
They will have no trouble voting for Capito, who has a reputation as a moderate.
On occasion, she has voted for measures backed by unions - and she also has voted against some conservative initiatives.
Will that hurt Capito among so-called "tea party" conservatives? It has been speculated some of them may not vote in November, because they are not comfortable with Capito. I wouldn't count on that, if I were Tennant. Hard-line conservatives in West Virginia will recognize a victory by Tennant helps the archenemy - and will go to the polls and vote for Capito.
It will be interesting to watch the polls later this year. Again, unless I miss my guess, Capito's lead will grow.
We won't have to wait long for more evidence in the race, however.
Candidates are due to file campaign finance reports by April 4. Both the amounts Capito and Tennant have raised - and where the money is coming from - will tell us more about how the race is trending.
Is there any hope for Tennant? Well, yes - in the faint possibility that Capito supporters, because of her gigantic lead, become overconfident and don't bother to go to the polls in November.
Look, then, for Capito to stress a get-out-the-vote campaign.


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quote: Really? Freaking, REALLY? Are you kidding me?http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bisphenol_A#Health_ef...
quote: I suggest you follow the source links on the wikipedia article. There have been dozens upon dozens of peer-reviewed studies that show links to an incredible variety of health problems from BPA. Sure, some of these studies have had methodological problems, but many more have not. Regardless, there IS real science implicating this chemical in myriad health problems.
quote: Taking in excess sugar on a regular basis, as another poster noted -- and as Americans are wont to do -- is bad for you; REALLY bad. There's all kinds of research to support this, and a basic understanding of metabolic processes makes it obvious.
quote: The problem is that many people in the US don't eat "balanced" diets, which include more vegetables than meat -- they focus on heavy red meats and lean meats like chicken and rabbit, which don't provide the nutrients or dietary fiber that a person needs. Vegan diets (and less so vegetarian diets) have their own problems, but a diet laden with meats, grains, and starches to the exclusion of other things (fruits and vegetables, among them) is even worse.
quote: This is so brain-dead I don't even know where to begin. Yes, 100% deionized water is a pretty good solvent, but it's still not harmful to your body in anything approaching realistic levels of consumption.
quote: Yes, "they" have been saying this for a long time -- and they would have been right if they hadn't been! Measures have been put in place to protect many natural habitats in areas of extensive deforestation, and it is because of the efforts of these activists that these places still exist at all.
quote: I'm not even sure what point you're trying to make with this, but there's nothing stating that symptoms can't themselves be harmful. Excessive sinus drainage is a symptom of infection, and yet the drainage itself can cause damage to your throat and lungs. Bronchitis is an inflammation often spoken of as if it were its own illness, and certainly it is a condition of note, but it is also a symptom, as you don't "catch" bronchitis -- it's caused by something else, usually an infection.
quote: This one is dicier, but there is real, peer-reviewed science that supports (not proves) the idea of human impact on global climate. The fact that some people believe whatever the TV tells them does not invalidate the genuine concerns of the informed.
quote: Refer to my prior remarks about rational and informed people. The concerns about fresh water are actually linked to concerns about climate change; read up on "desertification" if you really want to be informed.
quote: Ranting about "liberals" on a tech site is pointless. Whatever your political leanings, it just makes you look like a backwards Fox News devotee
quote: an impression only strengthened by trotting out unrelated tirades on artificially controversial issues that were never really in question in the first place.
quote: I'm no "liberal" myself (as a stalwart gun owner and small government devotee), but people like you disgust me. If you really want to be a skeptic,
quote: learn to look up peer-reviewed articles and recognize real research, instead of simply decrying all of science as "junk".


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It finally feels like planting weather outside these days. After that warm March and cold April, let's hope we are back on track for the growing season.
And if it's getting close to planting time, then the Master Gardener Plant Sale is happening at just the right time. It will be 9 a.m.-4 p.m. May 19 and 20 at the flea market at the Seneca County Fairgrounds.
We will be in the usual place, on the right of the main driveway just a few spaces in from the entrance.
All the plants will come from the Master Gardeners' own gardens, so you know they are appropriate for our area. We do not bring in commercially grown plants; everything has been grown, potted in good potting soil and brought to the sale by our members.
We never know exactly what to expect until the plants arrive from our gardeners for sorting and pricing, and this year the unusual weather in the spring has affected blooming times and rhubarb growth. We will have illustrations of most of the flowers as they appear in bloom, either by the pots or in books at the education table.
There are some regulars we can expect.
Hostas are always in demand, and we usually have a great selection in many shades of green, with variegated specimens to spice things up. Hostas come in so many shapes and sizes, from the tiny ones suitable for a fairy garden (I will be bringing some of those) to the giants that make a real statement in the landscape.
Day lilies are popular, and the color will be marked when possible. Once planted, day lilies and hostas are trouble free. They just reappear every spring and last until frost is looming.
Expect to find many other perennials, mums, daisies, coreopsis, geraniums, peonies and too many others to name.
Those looking for fruit will find raspberry canes, strawberry plants and, of course, Betty's famous rhubarb, both rooted ready to go into your garden and also in bunches ready for the cook.
Anyone purchasing rhubarb will receive a booklet of rhubarb recipes. This year strawberry recipes will be handed out with those plants.
If you are looking for shrubs, we usually have Rose of Sharon, lilac, forsythia, redbud and more.
Asparagus is popular and sells fast, so come early for that wonderful vegetable.
Several Master Gardeners will be there to help you with selections and an education table will be staffed to answer questions, give advice and explain the needs of plants you are purchasing.
If we do not have the information you need, we will research the subject and get back to you by e-mail or telephone through the resource line.
We also can send you fact sheets from Ohio State Extension and will have some on hand covering the most often-requested information.
Each plant will be labeled with color, height, sun and shade needs and any other facts to help with planting and maintenance.
We want to be sure you enjoy the plants as much as we have.
Janet Del Turco is a local gardener and a graduate of the Ohio State University Master Gardener program. Contact her at email@example.com.


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