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Heartfelt Collection: Wedding RSVP Cards
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These handmade paper wedding RSVP cards from Arnold Grummer's Paper Making Kits and Supplies are the perfect accompaniment to the Heartfelt Collection: Handmade Paper Wedding Invitations for your eco-friendly wedding!
- Arnold Grummer's Angel Wings: Pink
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- Arnold Grummer's Papermill PRO Envelope & Stationery Kit
- White photocopy paper, plain or printed (to recycle for paper making)
- Vellum (plain)
- Optional: Snippets of light green metallic floss or thread to add to pulp
- Optional: Dried Plumosa Fern (available in the floral department) to add to pulp
- Pink cardstock 3 1/2" x 4 3/4"
- Pink ribbon, 1/4 inch wide
- Ruler
- Hole punch
- Scissors or 12" personal trimmer
- Optional: Decorative edge scissors
- Computer with printer
- Envelopes
- Use Arnold Grummer's Large Dip Handmold or Arnold Grummer's Papermill PRO kit to make one sheet of paper per guest. The Invitation, RSVP Card, and Thank You Note call all be made from one sheet of handmade paper. You'll need to make two sheets of handmade paper per guest if you use Arnold Grummer's Papermill Kit.
- To make pulp, recycle plain or printed white photocopy paper. Use 1 1/2 sheets of photocopy paper for every handmade sheet you plan to make.(Use 3/4 of a sheet if you use the Papermill Kit)
- Add pink petals, iridescent flakes, fern(optional),snippets of thread(optional), and 1/8 tsp. of paper additive to pulp before forming sheets.
- Form, press and dry sheets following kit or handmold directions.
- Trim (or tear) handmade paper 2 3/4" x 4". Save leftovers for the folk heart (step 7 - invitation instructions), and to decorate favors for the reception.
- Print Invitation, RSVP and Thank You card text on vellum using your home computer to take to a copy center. Trim: 2 3/4" x 4".
- Center vellum with printed information over handmade paper and punch two holes at top. Thread ribbon and trim ends.
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SYCAMORE - The Mohawk Community Library is hosting the I Read Dead People.
The program allows patrons to chose to read a book from an author that has passed and be entered into a drawing to win a gift card and to receive a tombstone.
The event is to run through Oct. 31.
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PNC's Gift to Sangamon Auditorium
Above: Carly Shank, Director of Audience Development and Communication, prepares Head Start children for Fancy Nancy, a Sangamon Auditorium Class Acts performance.
PNC'S Gift to Auditorium's Arts Start Continues to Yield Impressive Results
In May, 2011, the PNC Foundation awarded its first Grow Up Great grant in the Springfield area to Sangamon Auditorium. Now in it's fourth year, the PNC grant continues to provide funding to enhance the performing arts experiences of 600 Springfield Urban League Head Start students.
Head Start Children Experience Performing Arts
In its fourth year, Arts Start has provided pre-show learning, professional development, and more than 6,000 event tickets to Head Start students, families, and teachers for the following shows: Skippyjon Jones; Aesop's Fables; Treasured Stories by Eric Carle; Fancy Nancy and Other Storybooks; If You Give a Mouse a Cookie and Other Story Books; Harry the Dirty Dog; We're Going on a Bear Hunt; The Ugly Duckling & The Tortoise and the Hare; The Little Engine That Could Earns Her Whistle; Harry and Mudge; Leo Lionni's Swimming, Frederick, & Inch by Inch; and Five Little Monkeys.
- For each performance Amy Zepp designs preschool-appropriate learning materials .
- Carly Shank designs a pre-show lesson plan to prepare the students for attending each live performance.
- As part of the pre-show experience for students, each classroom receives a copy of a storybook related to the performance they will attend.
Teachers have offered their thanks to PNC, including the following: "We are very thankful to PNC for choosing to give to youth in such a grand fashion while teaching the children about the arts! Thank you!," "We want to come back," and "This was a great experience for the Head Start children."
Urban League Head Start Families Attend UIS Family Series Events
Urban League families also receive an invitation to an evening family event at the Auditorium including an on-site meal and pre-show activities.
Head Start Teachers Participate in Professional Development
Each year, Head Start teachers participate in a professional development workshop, part of the Auditorium's "Partners in Education" program from the nationally recognized John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Comments from the teachers in the past have included "I learn better with hands-on. Excellent!", "Great audience participation along with education," and "We really enjoyed the activities."


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on March 18, 2013 - 1:00 AM
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We're not exactly sure what the State Assembly is looking for in seeking to stiffen the penalties against the Buffalo Bills should they leave Western New York before their proposed new lease allows, but the effort seems unnecessary.
The Assembly wants the Cuomo administration to write financial penalties against the Bills into law, allowing the state to recoup the entire cost of renovating Ralph Wilson Stadium, as Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo agreed to do in the deal he made with the team in December. "We want to make sure the Buffalo Bills remain a permanent fixture in Western New York," said Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, D-Manhattan, by way of explanation.
But the agreement hammered out by the state, Erie County and the Bills already seems to do an adequate job of protecting the public's interests in this deal. According to the terms of the memorandum of understanding, the Bills will be liable for a $400 million penalty if they leave Buffalo before the end of the seventh year of the 10-year lease. After that, their liability drops to $29 million.
It's a stiff penalty, at least for seven years. It might not make moving impossible, since the team could be worth much more in a different city, but it's not chicken feed, either. Together with the pledge by Chief Executive Officer Russ Brandon that the team will remain in Buffalo for years to come, the state has reason to believe that its money will be well and safely spent.
The Assembly believes that the memorandum of understanding is insufficient. Silver wants its requirements written into law along with a toughened penalty that adds to the $400 million any money the state has spent if the team leaves before the seventh year of the lease. That could total $53.9 million in capital spending for the stadium and another $6 million each year of the lease deal.
Philosophically, it's hard to argue with the point that the Bills should repay all the state has put into this agreement if the team breaks the lease. As a practical matter, though, it doesn't seem helpful. If $400 million isn't enough to keep the team here, then $453.9 million, plus a few more million, won't make the difference either.
What is more, there is always a risk in reopening a complex agreement, especially one that was as difficult to reach as this one was. The important points were to keep the team in Buffalo and to ensure that the public's investment is well-protected. Both those goals were met in the agreement announced in December.
It's possible that the push for more-stringent requirements is nothing more than political theater – a way for downstate legislators to show that they are keeping an eye on what Western New York is getting from Albany. That would be business as usual in Albany.
Still, any members who may truly be thinking about jamming a stick in the spokes of this deal should pay attention to the comments of Assembly Ways and Means Committee Chairman Herman Farrell, a Manhattan Democrat.
Responding to a downstate Republican who questioned the wisdom of spending public dollars to keep a sports team, Farrell said, "The New York Giants said that one day, and now they are the New Jersey Giants." The Yankees stayed, he said, partly because of public financial support for a new stadium.
"I don't want to get beat up because they left Buffalo," Farrell said. "Buffalo has got a lot of hard times. I don't think it would be a smart thing to let that team leave because it would really do damage to that city and the mentality of that city."
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Palestinians deserve to gain full state status
Let me be the first to congratulate the Palestinians on their recognition of status of state in the United Nations. For too long, they have struggled against the Israeli apartheid and oppression. I hope they take this opportunity to seriously participate in the peace process and eventually gain full state status. As for the lack of U.S. and Israeli support, the majority of the world has spoken and cannot be wrong.
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Back in the good old early nineties, I've seen highlights from guys named Lidström, Yzerman and boom there you have it. Then I've started to gain some information about this team, the history, the all time greats so basically I am a fan since then and always be. This organization has brought a lot of joy to my life, watchingso many alltime-greats, the best owner in sports and an over the top management working together is just a pleasure.
People are allowed to critisicee things. Being critical means that fans are carring about this team, as a fan I want them to do well but I don't want them to half ass things (i.e retool instead of rebuild). Add to that how much I want to see another cup for the best owner in all of sports and then you also have the reason, why I am so critical of this joke of a league and their communism approach to things.


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Midwest Dairy Council and Land O'Lakes Award Six Iowa Schools with Pro Football, Cheese Prize Packages
Midwest Dairy Council and Land O'Lakes Award Six Iowa Schools with Pro Football, Cheese Prize Packages
Winners of "Hero's Cheesy Challenge Celebration" rewarded for creative video submission of healthy "cheesy" recipe celebrating local hero
Six Iowa schools are about to receive prize packages – ranging from a supply of cheese to a visit from a pro football alumni player – for their creative video submissions to the "Hero's Cheesy Challenge Celebration."
Wings Park Elementary in Oelwein, Iowa, was awarded the contest's grand prize, including a visit from a pro football alumni player, a $2,500 cash donation from the GENYOUth Foundation, and pro football player-signed merchandise for their school and chosen hero. The prize was awarded for their video creation about a "cheesy" meal or snack that celebrates a local hero. Former Minnesota Vikings outside linebacker, Matt Blair #59, is visiting the school today (Friday, May 10).
The following runner-up schools from Iowa will receive prizes including supplies of reduced-fat cheese – courtesy of Land O' Lakes – and Fuel Up to Play 60 merchandise:
2nd place: Williamsburg Jr./Sr. High School – Williamsburg, Iowa
3rd place: Newell-Fonda – Newell, Iowa
4th place: Ireton Christian School – Ireton, Iowa
5th place: Anson Elementary – Marshalltown, Iowa
6th & 7th place: Waverly-Shell Rock Middle School – Waverly, Iowa
"Our goal was to give students an opportunity to learn about healthier snack options they can create at home or in school," says Melissa Young, health and wellness director for Midwest Dairy Council. "This challenge allowed students and staff to work together to create a special event featuring a healthy menu, while recognizing a hero in their local community.
"Hero's Cheesy Challenge Celebration" was created through a partnership between the Midwest Dairy Council and Land O' Lakes to reward Fuel Up to Play 60-enrolled Iowa schools for engaging in healthy eating and physical activity behaviors.


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KCPD: Disturbance call ends with multiple arrests
1 police officer injures ankle during foot chase
Published 4:40 PM CST Jan 21, 2013
Multiple arrests were made after police officers responded to a disturbance call Monday afternoon, Kansas City police said.
Authorities told KMBC-TV that at least three people were taken into custody in the 800 block of Elmwood Avenue about 1:45 p.m.
Police said several people fled and officers had to chase them on foot. One police officer suffered a broken ankle.
Investigators said the initial report that brought officers to the area was that a man was walking around with a gun. Police said the man was one of the people taken into custody after the chase.
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Tuesday, July 9, 2013
A baseball camp hosted by the Charleston Power Brigade last month drew a large crowd.
More than 100 youth from across the Lowcountry participated in the camp, which was held at the Summerville Little League facility located at Boundary Street. Boys age 7-18 spent a week with players and coaches from The Citadel and College of Charleston and former Major League Baseball players Britt Reames and Bryce Florie.
The camp focused on fundamental instruction and specific position training.
Charleston Power Brigade expects to offer additional camp programs in the fall and again next summer.
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quote: > "Per the story, following the historical cycles, Earth should currently be in a minor ice age, however, because of the human influence, it has been offset by global warming. So, when the environmentalists finally get their way and reduce the CO2/hothouse gasses, it triggers the ice age."
quote: Hurricane intensity may actually *decrease* (storms are driven by temperature differentials, and global warming decreases those differences).
quote: > "I was under the impression that extreme weather phenomena increase in quantity and magnitude as the overall heat energy in the atmosphere and oceans (which roughly translates into average global temperature) increases "


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something that differs from the standard form.
Jennet's brightly colored sail appeared to be the only variant in the cluster of white-sailed boats.
автор: Morgan Tierney 31 октября 2006
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Fakes; not real. Usually dealing with selling or buying shoes.
Damn man I hella want those jordans but they're variants... fake ass piece of shit.. oh well ya boi Vinh's gonna cop them anyways...
автор: Vinnie Poo 4 ноября 2006
fake versions of popular shoes mostly jordans and air force ones usually sales on the internet and flea markets
those variant jordans i broght of the internet were jacked up one shoe was bigger than the other and the colors were off
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CHESTER - Nine units from four fire departments responded to a blaze that swept through a home on Happy Hollow Drive in Chester on Wednesday afternoon, sending one man to the hospital for burns and smoke inhalation.
Fred Cheuvront, 64, was taken by Chester-Newell Ambulance to East Liverpool City Hospital with second-degree burns to his face, hands and legs before being flown to the West Penn Burn Center in Pittsburgh, where he remains in stable condition. Speaking from the hospital via phone, his wife Donna said that Fred was awake and breathing on his own.
Donna was at work when the fire broke out shortly after 11 a.m. The couple had a wood-burning stove that they used for heating the house. "He was fixing the fire and something happened, I'm not sure what," she said.
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Crews from Lawrenceville, Newell, New Cumberland and New Manchester fire departments worked Wednesday afternoon to extinguish a blaze that roared through a home on Happy Hollow Drive in Chester. A wood-burning stove is the suspected cause of the fire. (Photo by Richard Sberna)
New Manchester Volunteer Fire Department Assistant Chief Chad Lamp confirmed that the fire started in the back of the house, where the wood-burner was located. Though they haven't determined what caused the inferno, there are no signs of foul play.
Todd Wolfe, a member of the Newell Volunteer Fire Department, happened to be driving past when he saw the smoke. Although no flames were visible from the road, the house was obviously on fire. "There was heavy smoke coming out of everywhere, from the eaves, the windows, the doors," he said.
Wolfe drove up the long driveway to the home, where he says he found Cheuvront standing on the front porch in a daze with his arms, legs and face badly scorched, and the tail of his shirt burned. Wolfe says he led Cheuvront down the steps and away from the house, then called 911.
Lawrenceville, Newell, New Cumberland and New Manchester fire departments all responded. "I believe we had a pumper and tanker from each department," Lamp said. Fire crews from Chester, Oakland and Hanover Township in Pennsylvania were on standby as well.
Lamp said this is the time of year, with the weather getting colder that, these kind of fires become more commonplace. "A lot of people are turning to wood-burners because it cuts down on the utility bills," he said.
Neighbor Vance Johnson, who was doing chores in his home at the time, said he didn't notice anything until the fire trucks arrived. He recalled seeing ambulance crews park near the bottom of the steep, rocky driveway, electing to carry Cheuvront down from the house by stretcher instead. "I'm sure that was probably pretty rough," he said.
With the house a total loss, Donna Cheuvront said she wasn't sure where she was going to stay. Concentrating on her husband's recovery was her top priority for now. "Got to get through this first," she said.


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Opening Thursday at Lake Tahoe Community College's Haldan Art Gallery will be a showcase of contemporary printmaking by a group of San Francisco Bay Area artists. A reception is scheduled for Thursday from 6-8 p.m.
In an exhibit titled "American Flats," the photography of Nina Aegerter will be on display in the Foyer Gallery. Student art will be on display in the Commons. Both shows will run until March 17.


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go to youtub and take a look at the new ZELDA movie
Funny, I am not really suprised. I want to see it!
did you go to youtub and have a look i hope its as goob as it lookssssssssssss
The first time i saw that i thought that it was a joke. talk to any of my friends and they will tell you that i am a huge zelda fan, i don' think that it should get made into a movie. maybe a animated movie but not live action.
isn't there a animated series already? you can find it at B&N "You know what you have to admire? A Catholic hit man who blesses himself just before he strangles someone."-George Carlin


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Top Definition
Incincere behaviour by a group or individual to abtain either status, approval or money.
Game shows on TV are quite a puppet show. Contestants and their families are encouraged to act outrageously to drum up ratings.
dari Stephan Smolka Selasa, 20 Maret 2007
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Attaching a loop of string to the under carriage of your testicles leaving the 2 string ends hanging out of the top of your boxer shorts. You then become the puppeteer of the penis causing it to do actions of your choice. This can be done to music or as a silent piece.
Listening to a particularly basey dance track simply in your boxer shorts giving it a right testicle lift followed by a left testicle lift as you would do with your feet on the dance floor, basically getting your puppet show on!
dari andywoodman Selasa, 24 Mei 2011
fisting two girls at the same time.
I was fisting both the girls at the same time. They were moaning at each other so loudly. It was a real puppet show
dari turtleturtle1 Jumat, 23 Juli 2010
An erection that shows through clothing.
"I can't leave the room in my robe yet or the kids are bound to notice the puppet show".
dari jakester the snakester Kamis, 10 Januari 2013
1. An event that is more show than substance.
2. A simple task that is confounded by problems
2. A simple task that is confounded by problems
1. The meeting was a puppetshow.
2. Getting this meeting arranged was a real puppetshow.
2. Getting this meeting arranged was a real puppetshow.
dari Paul McGrath Selasa, 24 Februari 2004
Thee act of dressing your cock as a puppet putting on a show the whole world of youtube will enjoy
So i was bored out of my fucking mind one day and asked to my mom what the fuck should i do and she said to put on a puppet show so there i went putting on a show for the chinks in asia to see
dari JoeTHEEAverage Sabtu, 12 November 2011
An act, usually performed by a basement-dwelling male, that involves broadcasting ones scrotum over the Internet for fun or profit.
Roommate 1: Why is our broadband connection so slow right now?
Roommate 2: Oh, Brandon must be downstairs giving another puppet show to his girlfriend in Chicago.
Roommate 2: Oh, Brandon must be downstairs giving another puppet show to his girlfriend in Chicago.
dari daddyfatsax Jumat, 12 Oktober 2007


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The case of an Altoona woman who disappeared nearly 14 years ago is under investigation as a possible homicide, with police focusing their search for a body near a Huntingdon County camp, according to court records.
Sherry Jean Leighty was 21 years old when she vanished Oct. 1, 1999. On Friday Altoona police, along with investigators from the state police and Huntingdon County District Attorney's Office, took Leighty's father-in-law, Kenneth W. Leighty, 65, of 1225 19th Ave., into custody for assaulting an officer.
"You're not [expletive deleted] taking me anywhere," Kenneth Leighty allegedly exclaimed after police told him they were detaining him for investigative purposes after a half-hour interview at his home around 7:30 p.m. Friday, according to charges filed this weekend. Police said Kenneth Leighty leapt from his couch, threw his shoulder into Trooper Fred Chadwick of the state police at Huntingdon and darted to the dining room where he kicked and punched at officers.
Police charged Kenneth Leighty with aggravated assault of a police officer and related counts, and he was jailed early Saturday in lieu of a $250,000 cash bond set by Magisterial District Judge Fred Miller.
Kenneth Leighty has not been charged in Sherry Leighty's disappearance.
Police said that Kenneth Leighty allegedly lied to investigators on Oct. 12, 2012, about what he was doing the day Sherry Leighty disappeared.
Records show in an October interview with Altoona police, Kenneth Leighty said he last saw his daughter-in-law early on the morning of Oct. 1, 1999, when he dropped her off at her workplace, Labor Ready. Sherry Leighty never showed up at work that day.
Police note Kenneth Leighty told investigators he then drove to his job at Veeder-Root between 6:30 and 7 a.m. Kenneth Leighty said he worked until about 2:30 or 3 p.m. and that Sherry Leighty never returned home. But police learned after pulling his work records that Kenneth Leighty was off work between Sept. 29 and Oct. 4.
Since that interview, police have spoken with others, including Sherry Leighty's then-husband, Aaron, and the couple's son. The couple's divorce was finalized in October 1999, and Sherry Leighty's father, Sheldon Dumm, was granted full custody of their three children, then ages 7, 3 and 1. Dumm died in 2005.
Police indicated Kenneth Leighty's grandson told police he was young when his mother disappeared, but he remembered his parents yelling and fighting a lot. Sherry and Aaron Leighty's son also told police he has heard his mother was buried underneath "an old, unused outhouse" at Kenneth Leighty's 150-acre property in Warriors Mark Township, Huntingdon County, according to a search warrant executed this weekend.
Aaron Leighty also spoke with investigators and allowed police to listen in on two phone calls between him and his father on Friday. In the first call, Kenneth Leighty explained why he at first gave permission on Wednesday for police to search his Warriors Mark property and why he changed his mind on Friday, advising police they needed a search warrant.
Kenneth Leighty allegedly said he had read about search warrants and decided against granting permission so police would have to specify what they were looking for in the warrant.
In the second call, Leighty allegedly made incriminating remarks and allegedly told his son where to find Sherry Leighty's body.
"I did it. ... It was an accident," Kenneth Leighty allegedly told his son as police listened in, records show. The body, Kenneth Leighty allegedly said, would be found along a fence row.
The property, police point out, is mostly wooded and used for hunting. Police said there are two outhouses and a primitive building on the 150-acre property as well as a 1996 GMC Sonoma that Kenneth Leighty was likely driving the morning of Sherry Leighty's disappearance.
Altoona police and state police investigators flew over the property in early March, according to court records, and spotted the pickup truck that is now unregistered. According to police, Kenneth Leighty and his wife, Darlene, owned only one vehicle in 1999, that same red pickup.
Police secured two search warrants late Friday to search Kenneth Leighty's Warriors Mark property and the pickup truck, according to Huntingdon County District Attorney George Zanic.
"There's an active investigation and active search for the body," Zanic said. The search of the property for Sherry Leighty's body began Saturday morning, but investigators remained tight-lipped about what, if any, evidence was found.
"I'm not at liberty to say what we've done or if anything's been found," Zanic said. He added the effort involved many agencies and was a tedious process.
On Saturday, Magisterial District Judge Fred Miller issued a search warrant for Kenneth Leighty's home and several computers, phones and other electronic storage devices were seized, records show.
In the warrant, Altoona police note that police believe Kenneth Leighty used the Internet to research "search warrants, disposal of human remains, and/or police tactics and techniques related to searching for buried human remains."
Kenneth Leighty remains behind bars with a preliminary hearing on aggravated assault, simple assault and harassment charges slated for Wednesday in Central Court.
State police spokesman Trooper David McGarvey said it is the policy of the state police not to identify suspects in any investigation, but McGarvey did say the state police were assisting the Altoona police with an investigation when Kenneth Leighty allegedly assaulted a trooper.
As recently as September, Altoona police maintained Sherry Leighty's disappearance didn't meet the criteria of a missing person. There was a rumor at the time that she had run off to Maine with a boyfriend, and in a September article in the Mirror, her sister, Shelly Nagle of Altoona, said the family still held out hope they would find out what happened.
"I don't want to think the worst, but with her having been gone this long, obviously we have thought of that," Nagle, who started a Facebook page about her sister's case, told the Mirror last year.
Mirror Staff Writer Greg Bock is at 946-7458. Mirror Staff Writer Kay Stephens contributed to this report.


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An item in Phantasy Star Online that gives a +# to the end of your weapon's name, increasing it's ATP by 2. Most commonly in Mono-, Di-, or Tri-
Grinders are very hard to find.
от Cpt.Bob 04 октомври 2003
describing a girl that you would grind your dick into like putting meat into a grinder.
She is such a grinder!
от Lance Mitchell 08 август 2003
A girl who grinds her teeth alone the shaft of a man's penis.
That chick was a grinder, so I gave her a purple mushroom...see purple mushroom for details.
от Evan Met 12 януари 2006
After pink socking someone (see pink sock), whip out the sander and grind away at thier rectum.
I will give you a grinder if you dont stop twitching.
от Dave ENGLAND 03 ноември 2005
a type of boot most often worn by punks, skinheads, goths, and sometimes hippies. they are infinitely superior to dr. martens because they are actually approved as safety footwear and they don't sprout holes in the heels after you've only been wearing them for six months. the price is slightly higher than that of docs but they're worth every penny.
hot pocket: 'omg! look! i have new docs! they're made by nike now so i know they're great!'
subcultural girl: 'it's a good thing you can get mommy to drive you everywhere otherwise you'd need grinders like the other people who walk wear.'
subcultural girl: 'it's a good thing you can get mommy to drive you everywhere otherwise you'd need grinders like the other people who walk wear.'
от kitschbunni 19 септември 2007
a person related to a grender, like a brother or a friend. a person who grinds ED
your a grender grinder or a grinder grender. either way your a grinder
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Paul Laufman made several derogatory comments regarding my "Other Voices" column of March 13.
Unfortunately, he wastes a lot of ink refuting arguments I never presented.
One would have to be a Luddite of epic proportions to deny the contributions of science, and nothing in my column suggested this.
I am heartily grateful to science for the privileged conditions of modern life.
However, with privilege comes responsibility. My thesis (to which Laufman never referred) had nothing to do with science. Its focus, clearly stated in the second paragraph, was that the general public has lapsed into a type of "magical thinking" - i.e. denial - when evaluating (or failing to evaluate) critical issues facing our planet. Such denial, I stated, "... is absolutely lethal when confronting a problem that demands decisive action."
Several critical problems are presently - and dangerously - upon us, and unless Laufman's head is buried in the sand, he is surely aware of this fact.
How more useful it would have been, had he addressed the means by which science might help solve the problems arising from the many forces of modern life (of which science is only one), rather than rave on against an attack that was never made.
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The field of gene expression continues to grow and evolve. Commonly used technologies such as microarrays are packing higher densities in a smaller footprint, and qPCR is becoming more accurate and reproducible with new guidelines in place.
Additionally, the introduction of next-generation sequencing has revolutionized the study of transcriptomics by promoting RNA analysis via cDNA sequencing on a massive scale (RNA-seq). The latter eliminates the limited dynamic range of detection in microarrays but adds its own challenges of reproducibility and interpretation.
GEN spoke with several researchers who shared their insights on how they are utilizing gene-expression technologies, the challenges faced, and what they expect of the field for the future.
Pathogens subvert the immune system by sensing and then responding to avert host protective responses. This is accomplished by activating and expressing the pathogen's virulence genes. Jay Zhu, Ph.D., assistant professor of microbiology, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, suggests that pathogens may also specifically repress other sets of their genes to "outsmart" the innate immune response.
"We are studying Vibrio cholerae, the causative agent of cholera. These bacteria employ both positive and negative transcriptional regulation in order to colonize the host intestine and establish infection. Our goal is not only to better understand how the bacteria cause disease by manipulation of gene expression, but also to develop a therapeutic against its targets."
Dr. Zhu says the organism's entire genome has been sequenced, allowing for easier reading of gene-expression changes. To assess how V. cholerae targets and works in the target intestinal tract, they first infect mice with the organism and then monitor intestinal responses.
"Although we could isolate RNA from the intestine, it is difficult to utilize a typical microarray to analyze gene-expression changes because one cannot get high-quality bacterial RNA from such a complex tissue. Therefore, we use other genetic tools such as transposon mutagenesis, RNA-seq that allows sequencing of the entire transcriptome. We next confirm our findings using RT-PCR to confirm with a few targets for screening.
According to Dr. Zhu, these approaches established that components of flagellar biosynthesis also controlled so-called quorum sensing by regulating hapR expression.
"Quorum sensing refers to the ability of bacteria communicating with each other to determine certain cellular process in the whole population. Our studies identified components of flagellar biosynthesis that also participated in the control of quorum sensing so that V. cholerae can sense the "right environment" (i.e., intestines) to activate virulence genes. Overall this data provided a link between regulation of motility and regulation of quorum sensing by V. cholerae during infection of hosts."
Dr. Zhu says these studies provide a clearer picture of how the bacteria can access colonization sites and at the same time allow the natural expression of virulence genes.
"We are now moving into an era of individualized medicine," reports George Vasmatzis, Ph.D., assistant professor, department of laboratory medicine and pathology, Mayo Clinic. "The clinical dilemma is to predict which subsets of patients will respond most effectively to a given treatment and to develop specific tests for that. The goals of such molecularly targeted medicine depend on the identification of specific biomarkers that could stratify patient populations."
Dr. Vasmatzis utilizes a combination of technologies. He first captures the specific cell populations of interest using laser capture microdissection (LCM) and then amplifies the genomic DNA. The amplified DNA from these samples is analyzed using next-generation sequencing to evaluate DNA changes. Finally, he validates his findings using microarrays in which RNA levels can be correlated with genetic expression.
"We find that the use of these technologies together provides a powerful means to profile as well as stratify patient populations. We are able to separate different grades and different types of tumors and then look for genetic changes. Next-gen sequencing is capable of sequencing both sides of DNA fragments and can do so for hundreds of millions of sequences. For a couple thousand dollars, one can virtually cover an individual's entire genome."
Looking next at RNA expression data from microarrays can provide a global look at what is upregulated or downregulated. For example, using this methodological approach, Dr. Vasmatzis and colleagues discovered recurrent translocations in the DUSP22 phosphatase gene on 6p25.3. "DUSP22 is an important prognostic biomarker in T-cell lymphomas. We hope to utilize this same approach to also work on other cancers such as lung, endometrial, and prostate cancers."
Another example of the use of gene-expression profiling is for identifying patient subtypes in juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). "We are studying gene-expression analysis in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) in order to identify sets of genes that may help us better understand differences within the patient population," says Michael G. Barnes, Ph.D., research associate, division of rheumatology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, speaking on behalf of a large team of researchers involved in the project, which was supported by the NIH.
Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) encompasses the majority of childhood arthritis. Although seven subtypes have been described, there is increasing evidence for heterogeneity even within these types. "Use of genome-level technologies can provide a comprehensive determination of genetic and genomic biological signatures, giving an unprecedented opportunity to define JIA on the basis of molecular phenotypes and can help us understand disease mechanisms. This may ultimately help improve therapeutic approaches," Dr. Barnes explains.
To begin the analysis, PBMC are first isolated using Ficoll gradient centrifugation. RNA is immediately stabilized and later isolated and purified. "We assess RNA quality with standard protocols and then label it using NuGEN Ovation (NuGEN Technologies). Next we hybridize the labeled samples to Affymetrix GeneChips (Affymetrix). This array has nearly 55,000 probe sets and can measure up to 47,000 transcripts."
Processing the monumental amount of data generated into meaningful results requires the use of bioinformatic approaches. "To begin analysis, we import the data we generate into a program called GeneSpring GX (Agilent Technologies). We then adjust batch to batch variation by a process called distance-weighted discrimination. Next we identify genes with different levels between groups. Finally, we perform a functional analysis of the data."
Employing these approaches, Dr. Barnes and colleagues found substantial PBMC gene-expression differences in patients with early-onset JIA as compared to those with late-onset disease.
"Age of onset may be an important characteristic for classifying certain JIA patient subtypes. Today, differential diagnosis between the oligoarticular and polyarticular JIA subtypes is based, to a large extent, on how many joints are affected in patients. Utilizing molecular approaches in addition to other biologic markers like antinuclear antibodies (ANA) provides great potential to grasp pathologic mechanisms that may help explain the differences between patients with early and late disease onset. Understanding these processes ultimately may lead to better treatments for JIA."
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Orchard Park Police are looking for the public's help in solving a recent burglary.
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EAST LIVERPOOL East Liverpool High School was evacuated for about an hour Thursday afternoon when writing was found on a bathroom stall door that indicated an explosion could be expected that afternoon.
Superintendent James Herring said a student entered a second-floor restroom at 2:05 p.m. and noticed writing on the inside of a stall door reading, "BOOM," with "2:16 p.m." written underneath. Off to the side was a drawing that Herring said resembled a stick of dynamite.
The student notified school officials just as the bell rang for class change, meaning kids were in the hallways, according to Herring, who said once halls cleared, the evacuation began by 2:08 p.m.
Students and staff were sent to the Trinity Presbyterian Church parking lot, with city police and fire departments arriving within minutes.
Herring said he made it to the high school by 2:13 p.m. from his offices downtown and safety forces were already on the scene, preparing to search the building.
With administrators along to unlock doors, police officers, firefighters and Herring began a thorough, floor-by-floor search of the main building and by 2:52 p.m., the entire complex had been covered. The field house and vocational complex were also searched by school personnel.
Meanwhile, Herring said, drivers had lined their school buses up at the church lot, ready to pick up students, who were then allowed to go back to their lockers and retrieve coats and other belongings that had been left behind during the evacuation.
The last bus pulled out by 3:10 p.m. with no one injured and nothing found in any of the buildings.
Principal Randy Taylor sent an all-call message out to parents of both high school and middle school students, advising of the situation and assuring them the emergency response had been put into place.
Herring praised the police and fire departments for their prompt and well-manned response and also school staff and the students, saying, "They were very well-behaved. It was very orderly. The building was evacuated in five minutes, and you're talking a thousand people. I hand it to them for doing it well."
Meanwhile, surveillance video of the area leading to the restroom will be reviewed and any student seen entering the room that day before the message was found will be considered a suspect and will be interviewed, Herring emphasized.
"We have to take everything seriously anymore," he said.
As for someone who would make such a threat, Herring said, "I don't know what's in their minds. I don't think they realize the punishment (for such an act). They would be gone for the rest of the year; that's board policy."
Referring to a similar incident at Beaver Local last week, Herring said, "In my opinion, it's like a virus. If it happens one place, it's going to happen some place else. I won't be surprised if it happens some place else now. It's sad. Nothing was accomplished by doing this."
A choir concert scheduled at the school last night was to go on as planned, although Herring said custodial staff was directed to notify administrators immediately if they saw anything that "looked funny."
Herring encouraged any student who knows anything about the incident to come forward and tell school officials.
Earlier in the day, the fire department had responded to the school building for a gas smell, but it was found the odor was coming from a student whose home has a kerosene heater, according to fire officials.


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|Structure of the Kinase Domain of CaMKII and Modeling the Holoenzyme
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The rate and intensity of calcium (Ca2+) currents that oscillate through the plasma membrane around a cell affect such diverse phenomena as fertilization, the cardiac rhythm, and even the formation of memories. How does the cell sense these digital oscillations and transduce them into a cellular signal, such as changes in phosphorylation (addition of a phosphate group to a protein) or gene transcription? A group from the University of California, Berkeley, the Yale University School of Medicine, and Berkeley Lab has combined protein crystallography and small-angle x-ray scattering to give a first glimpse into what this conversion may look like as well as the structural consequences of the conversion.
Many years of cell biology and biochemistry have shown that a key player in this process is an enzyme that transfers phosphate groups, the Ca2+/calmodulin-activated protein kinase II (CaMKII). A large protein complex (about 600 kDa), it is made up of twelve individual polypeptide chains (i.e., a dodecamer). Each polypeptide contains a kinase domain, which can phosphorylate downstream targets in the cell, and an "association domain" that links the kinases together in the complete complex (holoenzyme). These two domains are joined by a regulatory segment that binds to the kinase and inhibits its activity, as well as a linker domain of unknown function.
In the absence of Ca2+, the regulatory segment is bound to the kinase, inhibiting its ability to phosphorylate its targets (substrates) including itself (autophosphorylation). When calcium enters the cell, it binds to the small protein calmodulin (CaM), which in turn binds to the regulatory segment, releasing the kinase activity. Underlying the ability of this protein complex to transduce Ca2+ signals is a system, based on the autophosphorylation of the regulatory segment, that allows the kinase activity to be initially dependent on Ca2+/CaM and then to become independent in response to an increasing Ca2+ oscillation frequency, thereby allowing the phosphorylation to persist even after the calcium signal is over.
The group solved the crystal structure of the isolated kinase domain and regulatory segment of CaMKII from data obtained at ALS Beamline 8.2.2. Members were surprised to find that pairs of neighboring kinase domains form dimers where the active site of the kinase domain is blocked by a coiled-coil (two alpha-helix coils coiled together) formed by the regulatory segments. The significance of the dimer structure was suggested by biophysical measurements of Ca2+/CaM binding to the holoenzyme. The measurements showed that the activation of the holoenzyme dodecamer is highly cooperative, thereby suggesting that when Ca2+/CaM binds to the kinase, it releases the activity of more than one kinase domain.
The new structure provides an answer for why this happens: When Ca2+/CaM binds to one inhibiting regulatory segment, it releases its dimer pair at the same time. This insight formed the basis for a model of CaMKII activation by Ca2+/CaM. In its resting state, the CaMKII holoenzyme is a tightly packed and autoinhibited assembly that cannot autophosphorylate. When Ca2+/CaM is added, however, the kinase domains are disrupted and the complex converts into an activated state that is capable of autophosphorylation and Ca2+/CaM-independent activity.
Because the holoenzyme proved resistant to structural characterization with crystallography, the collaborators turned to small-angle x-ray scattering (SAXS) at the new SIBYLS Beamline 12.3.1. The combination of high-intensity SAXS and crystallography allowed the group to build a model of the holoenzyme structure that was consistent with their crystal structure and their biochemical results. The SAXS model revealed that the kinase holoenzyme is a compact flattened disc about 220 Å in diameter. The addition of Ca2+/CaM to the holoenzyme increases the diameter of the complex by almost 25 Å, suggesting that this addition changes the complex into a much looser association of kinase domains.
Research conducted by O.S. Rosenberg (University of California, Berkeley; Howard Hughes Medical Institute; and Yale University School of Medicine); S. Deindl and R.-J. Sung (University of California, Berkeley, and Howard Hughes Medical Institute); A.C. Nairn (Yale University School of Medicine); and J. Kuriyan (University of California, Berkeley; Howard Hughes Medical Institute; and Berkeley Lab).
Research funding: National Institutes of Health through the Yale School of Medicine Medical Scientist Training Program and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Operation of the ALS is supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Basic Energy Sciences.
Publication about this research: O.S. Rosenberg, S. Deindl, R.-J. Sung, A.C. Nairn, and J. Kuriyan, "Structure of the autoinhibited kinase domain of CaMKII and SAXS analysis of the holoenzyme," Cell 123, 849 (2005).


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"This ain't the real Navy," said the boatswain's mate in the Baltic Sea, whose frigate seemed always, always, on the move.
Sailors have played this game, probably, since America's nascent fleet added a six-pack of shiny frigates to its motley colonial vessels. Every class of ship, every kind of duty, has its unique mission and quirks to set it apart from the rest of the fleet.
Carriers? "Bird farms," if you ask the surface warriors. Cruisers? Floating computers, what with Aegis and all. Subs? Designed to sink. Minesweepers, oilers, tenders? Hardly CNN-worthy.
Don't even ask about shore duty.
So what and where is the "real Navy?" Attempts to triangulate are foolish, or at least futile. And yet it was in that pursuit, more or less, that Navy Times sent me on an extraordinary assignment: go around the world with the fleet.
Over a span of three months in mid-1998, a photographer and I flew more than 59,000 miles and sailed another 3,600 or so, visited some two dozen ships and a score of bases and places. Our itinerary traced a pile of spaghetti on the European map and drew a wobbly line westward and then around the globe. From the frigid airstrips of Iceland to the volcanic tip of South America, from Japan to the Persian Gulf to the Black Sea, we watched U.S. sailors train for and perform a mind-boggling array of missions: air strikes, covert operations, humanitarian aid, peacekeeping, and showing the flag in innumerable ways.
The Year of E-Mail
Aviation Electronics Technician Third Class Michael Eccles burst into the television studio of the carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69), waving a pair of floppy disks. "My wife had our baby, and I got her picture on e-mail," the dungaree-clad sailor exclaimed with excitement.
Electronic mail has transformed the workplace of many a landlubber, but it is transforming many sailors' lives too. To many in the fleet, 1998 was "The Year of E-mail." In dozens of ways, messages that arrived in hours, not weeks, helped close the gap between sailors and loved ones. Most of the fleet's aircraft carriers were equipped with the capacity for instantaneous e-mail in 1998. Sailors on smaller ships, which were less-endowed with communication links, nevertheless usually managed to send and receive every few hours. Captains and crews alike touted e-mail as the biggest single quality-of-life improvement they had seen in years.
As with the rest of the fleet's carriers, the Dwight D. Eisenhower got wired just before deploying with an onboard computer network and e-mail capability. Unfortunately, Eccles's own workstation was not set up to handle pictures, so the technician came running into the studio after he got off work around 0300.
Anxiously, Eccles waited as Journalist Third Class Stacy Clark shoved a disk in his computer and pulled the image up on the screen. There she was, all 8 pounds and 20 inches of chubby, pink, naked Morgan Brook Eccles, born to Jessica Eccles on 28 June in Houston, Texas. Being 6,000 miles away on a ship in the Adriatic Sea when your first child is born is no fun, but the digital picture eased the new father's pain. "Wow," Eccles said, nearly speechless with joy and wonder and pride.
Still, there's nothing like an honest-to-goodness letter. "You go three weeks without mail, you feel forgotten. You don't feel part of the universe anymore," said Photographer's Mate Third Class Tim Altevogt, who served on board the USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72).
Short-Handed Ships
Temperatures still topped 110° as another brutal August day of flight operations ended on board the Abraham Lincoln . The flight deck crew was wrapping up, descending into the air-conditioned hull, peeling off sweat soaked layers of safety equipment. In eight hours, Catapult Crew Number Three had reprised the deadly dance of launch-and-recover more than 100 times.
Many of them spent much of the night taking care of their equipment, then rose, bleary-eyed, to risk their lives on too-little sleep. It was not the ideal situation, but Aviation Boatswain's Mate Third Class Todd Gray and his teammates had little choice. Like almost every division on board, Cat Three was short-handed. During the previous deployment, the Abraham Lincoln had embarked 44 green shirts to man the catapult. In summer 1998, Gray's team numbered 25.
It took 13 ABEs—launch-and-recovery specialists—to launch an aircraft, not counting the ones standing watches, keeping logs, and turning wrenches below. Over the long summer, Gray's teammates were on deck for almost every flight. "We're stretched to the limit right now," he said. Cat Three was hardly unique. Their mighty warship was missing a sailor for one out of every seven jobs.
"We left port with 400 fewer than we did in 1995," acknowledged Master Chief Electrician's Mate (AW/SW/SS) Gary Weir, the ship's command master chief. Indeed, the Abraham Lincoln had lifted sailors from other ships in order to make the cruise.
The Abraham Lincoln was not alone. As the George Washington (CVN-73) and the Nimitz (CVN-68) prepared for war with Iraq in January, neither had anywhere near the Navy's recommended manning levels. The George Washington was supposed to have a crew of 5,680. Actually, 1,000 fewer were on board. A month later, the USS Independence (CV-62) dashed into the area with a crew of 4,200. She had snatched 75 specialists from other ships in order to meet combat-readiness standards.
The shortages were hardly limited to the Navy's marquee warships. By year's end, the fleet was missing a sailor for roughly 1 of every 15 jobs. More than three-quarters of the jobs were shipboard billets, which meant that most of the fleet was putting to sea with less-than-ideal manning levels.
Everywhere, too few sailors were doing too many jobs. On many ships, this had produced trickle-up of labor. Petty officers who thought they had advanced beyond menial tasks found themselves refilling ketchup bottles or chipping paint. This was not a morale booster.
"Here's what really hurts: it's not unusual to have a third class petty officer filling slots on the mess deck and that's become the rule rather than the exception," said Master Chief Machinist's Mate (SW/AW) Bernard L. Heffernan Jr., the Dwight D. Eisenhower's command master chief. "I like to have a huge wall between [seaman] and [petty officer]. If there's no difference, it's hard to convince them to stay in the Navy."
Fleetwide, one of every three slots went unfilled for junior ship's serviceman—the rating that gives haircuts, does laundry, runs the ship's store, and more. One ubiquitous sign in the fleet of summer 1998: the "Barbers Wanted" missives that begged shipmates to come in and learn to cut hair.
Yet the peculiarities of the decade-long drawdown made it hard to move up in some ratings. For some sailors, the advancement exam had become a dreary biannual ritual. "You keep finding ways to recognize them and keep picking them up and dusting them off and helping them to move on after the disappointment of not advancing," said a senior chief on board the guided-missile cruiser Shiloh (CG-67).
Difficulties in getting repair parts—especially between deployments—heaped insult on injury. "Not only is there not any time for family; not only are they not able to get advanced; on top of that, you're not letting them do the job they're trained to do. They're going to vote with their feet," said Master Chief Machinist's Mate (SW) Mark Butler, command master chief on board the guided-missile frigate Halyburton (FFG-40). And that was too bad, said Butler, because it was quite clear why young people stay in or get out. "The thing about the Navy is reaching your potential. Those who can't reach their potential are dissatisfied. Those who can are tremendously satisfied."
The frequent confrontations with Iraq engendered yet another complaint in 1998: really lousy liberty stops. "What they want is port visits. What the troops want is to be sailors," said one cruiser skipper. "You give a sailor Cartagena, Colombia, and that goes a long way. Every sailor hopes for Australia. In the Persian Gulf, it's rough, because there's only sand."
Investment Returned
But when everything goes right, a sailor's sacrifice is an investment returned many times. In late June, Anthony Batz was flying high, figuratively and literally. The aviation warfare systems operator, third class, was several thousand feet above the Black Sea in a P-3 Orion from VP-26. He was Sensor Two, the junior operator of the patrol plane's sonar equipment.
For a week, his 12-person crew had operated from a Romanian airfield, flying exercises with forces from many countries. On this particular mission, Batz had not even bothered to power up the monochrome screens of his sonar equipment. The pilots were teaching various Eastern European ships about the Orion's surveillance capabilities, lessons that did not require the sensor operator's particular skills. Batz wedged himself against a bulkhead and cracked a manual. He was trying to bone up for his aviation warfare qualifying exams, but his mind kept wandering back to the bus trip to Transylvania a few days before.
"I saw Dracula's castle," the 25-year-old petty officer said. "It blew my mind. I can't believe this used to be a communist country."
Two years before, the Lebanon, Pennsylvania, native was working 50 hours a week in a convenience store. The pay was lousy. His life was lousier. "I was living at home at age 23. I needed a new direction," he said.
A recruiter's pitch, dimly remembered from high school days, steered him toward the Navy. At boot camp, the instructors handed Batz his first taste of responsibility: simple things, positions of authority in his company of recruits. Batz was startled, and then surprised, to find himself bearing well under its weight. "Someone saw something inside of me that I didn't," he said in wonderment.
In fact, the Navy saw the potential for a highly skilled air warfare specialist. After boot camp turned Batz into a sailor, the service invested thousands more dollars training him to hunt submarines. It was a perfect match. As Batz learned to recognized the sonic patterns that would enable him to find a quiet boat in noisy seas, something clicked. In a year-long stab at college, Batz had studied criminal justice. His favorite part was fingerprinting.
"No submarine looks the same as any other, even in the same classes," he explained, as the P-3's engines droned outside. "They have similarities, but each one's different, like a fingerprint."
When he arrived at VP-26, fresh from school, he found that prying submarines from their watery hiding places was even more fun than he had expected. "It really gets my heart pumping," he said.
The surveillance flights over Bosnia, keeping a protective eye on things for the ground troops below, were even better. "That job brought it home to me. This is the real world. I'm helping people. I'm doing the right thing," he said. "It was the warm fuzzy that everyone needs."
Batz's first deployment was coming to an end. In a month, the squadron headed home to Maine. He returned not quite the same person who left. "I'm learning to rely on myself far more than I ever thought I could," he said. "Younger guys are leaning on me for support."
And he has goals now. He is going after his air warfare pin. Then he will look to move up in his rating. Above all, he is determined to finish his college education. "I promised myself I wouldn't get out of the Navy without a bachelor's degree. Whether that takes 5 years or 20."
The Navy is no free ride. But for Batz, the trip is well worth the fare. "You work hard, you get recognized, and you get what you want," he said. "Right now, I'm loving it. I couldn't have asked for better."
Even in the age of technology, nothing—nothing—matters more than good leadership. The skipper, or commander, or officer-in-charge affects the entire unit more than anything else within or without. As the ever-more technical Navy moves into the 21st century, John Paul Jones's example remains a trusty beacon.
"Sailors aren't worried about how many days off they get if you show them you care for them," said Commander Mike Zieser, skipper of the nuclear-powered attack submarine USS Houston (SSN-713).
Captain James Moseman echoed the thought. "The most powerful thing a commander can do to boost retention is one simple thing: you have to ask the sailor what he wants to do," said the skipper of the guided-missile cruiser Princeton (CG-59). "Then say, 'I'll show you your future, and it looks pretty good."'
An aviation machinist's mate second class from the Dwight D. Eisenhower put it another way. "Morale goes up because someone gives a damn," he said.
Far-Flung Duty
The Cold War's end shrank the number of the Navy's overseas bases drastically, but sailors who stick around for a few enlistments likely will do a tour or two on foreign soil. The Japan-based Seventh Fleet alone is home to 1 in 20 Navy sailors. Most of its ships are homeported at the giant Fleet Activities Yokosuka—home to 13,000 sailors, civilians, and dependents.
Most of the Navy's foreign posts are not so large. It would be hard to get much smaller, for example, than the desert outpost of Fleet Logistic Site Hurghada, Egypt. One officer and one sailor work there, coordinating the supply of U.S. warships sailing through the Red Sea.
Each of these far-flung islands of Americana brews its own mix of cultures and tradition. The ethos that evolve are predominantly American, to be sure. Hamburger joints and brand-name fast-food restaurants far outnumber attempts to import local fare onto U.S. bases. And quite a few sailors and families never venture out of the military ghetto. But the surrounding cultures inevitably work their way past the gates, insinuating themselves into the lives of those who dwell within. Sometimes they get no deeper than an imprint upon the household furnishings: a Japanese print, a piece of Sicilian pottery. Sometimes, the strange cultures leave much deeper marks on the soul. Those who voyage to faraway lands often find love—a new spouse, an affinity for a foreign country, a renewed passion for their native land.
And always, new mores and behaviors are there to be learned—and unlearned. Culture shock, it turns out, works both ways. Sailors who serve in Iceland or Japan learn to relax in these virtually crime-free societies, but upon returning home they face the sad task of teaching their children to be more wary. Their "new home" is more dangerous than the foreign place they departed.
Doing It All
Out on the narrow starboard deck of the guided-missile frigate Kauffman (FFG-59), Sonar Technician Second Class (SW) Joe Stump belted himself into one of the frigate's 25-mm Bushmaster deck cannon. Firing such weapons was not in the sonar tech job description, but Stump had volunteered for gunnery school and had returned fully qualified for the job.
His target—a red inflatable ball the size of a Volkswagen Beetle—floated a mile to starboard. Crews call it the "killer tomato." Stump waited as the line of ships passed by, firing all manner of small-bore weapons at the ball. It was still floating when the Kauffman pulled abreast.
An automatic weapon akin to an eight-foot machine gun, the Bushmaster rests on an electrically powered mount. The gunner swings the barrel into position with switches that control elevation and rotation. This does not make shooting easy, for the tracer rounds do not fly laser-straight. Over a 2,500-yard range, their vague spirals can add up to a lot of slop.
The sonar tech sighted down the barrel. Squeezing the trigger, he unleashed an ear-splitting series of four-shell salvos—pow-pow-pow-pow, pow-pow-pow-pow. Geysers erupted around the distant target. But with corrections after each burst, Stump soon began putting the one-pound shells on target. The tomato began to deflate.
Commander George J. Karol III, a well-built man the crew was wont to call "Gorgeous George," nodded his approval with a single tight movement of his jaw. An exacting commander, the Kauffman's skipper has sharp words for sailors whose performance he deems lacking. But polished brass junction boxes gleamed in the passageways, and the ship's spaces were spotless—bellwethers of the crew's pride in their ship.
Command at sea is one of the loneliest of jobs, and 1998 put a lot of pressure on Karol. He commanded his warship in a year of manning shortages. Predeployment inspections seemed endless. The exigencies of world politics yanked his ship around on a two-week chain. But the skipper was as relaxed in his stateroom as he was stern on the bridge. He ticked off a long list of rewards accorded the skipper of what he called "the Navy's finest ship."
"The fun part is seeing young men come from the Midwest without any education, and then signing, as I did this morning, four diplomas for having completed a college course at sea," Karol said. "It's seeing a young man up to his ass in dirt because I gave him the parts to fix his diesel. It's standing up on the bridge, tossing a smoke flare overboard, yelling at the top of your lungs, `man overboard, starboard side,' and the guy in the combat information center, who doesn't know anything except that there's a man overboard, calls in the helo from five miles away, and it flares out over the smoke and there's a guy in the door ready to jump in the water."
And despite Karol's obvious satisfaction with his crew's military prowess, he takes pleasure in their human gestures as well. "The fun part is seeing the guys engaging with people less fortunate than they are," Karol said.
Just a few days previously, a few dozen Kauffman sailors and airmen devoted a sunny liberty morning at an orphanage in the shabby port of Constanta, Romania. Home to some 50 HIV-positive children, the Casa Speranta orphanage consisted of one khaki-colored concrete building, and playground, and a small grassy yard. The sailors brought paint, brushes, and a will to work. In a few short hours, they had Casa Speranta as shipshape as their frigate. "If for whatever reason my kids wound up in someplace like this, I'd want people to spend time with them," said Aviation Electronics Technician First Class (AW) Ken Deaton, a father of two.
Several miles off the crushed-shell beaches of Romania's Black Sea shores, Chief Gunner's Mate Bob Cottone leaned from the Kauffman's bridge wing to watch his sailors unlimber the Bushmaster. The gunner's ears were plugged with yellow foam cylinders. He was grinning.
Ahead and astern of the guided-missile frigate, a multinational flotilla—including several vessels of former Warsaw Pact nations—was preparing to take potshots at a inflatable target floating 1,000 yards away.
"This is where it's at," Cottone declared. "This is the real Navy."
Mr. Peniston is a staff writer for Navy Times . A book based on his travels, Around the World with the Navy , will be published later this year by the Naval Institute Press.


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Monday, June 2, 2014
Berkeley County Supervisor candidate Jerry Beckley sat down with the Gazette and voters May 28 for coffee and a discussion of his candidacy during the last Coffee with the Candidates at the Corner Café in Moncks Corner.
Beckley is running for office for the first time, and is assistant vice president of information technology at Heritage Trust Federal Credit Union.
He is one of three candidates vying for the Republican nomination during the June 10 primary.
His fellow Republican candidates were a part of the Coffee with the Candidates series earlier this month. Moncks Corner Mayor Bill Peagler took part in the series May 14, and incumbent Dan Davis took part May 21.
The following questions came from Gazette reporter Lindsay Street and the audience:
How will you transition from the private sector to the public sector?
I have 15 years experience in state and local government. The concepts between private and public are the same. You have to prioritize where youre going to spend your money. We need to look at things we need to do with the county. A budget is a budget is a budget is a budget at the end of the day. Working with a credit union, we are member-owned its the exact same thing in the county. You pay for your membership with tax dollars.
What is the biggest issue facing Berkeley County?
There are two issues: emergency services and manufacturing jobs. I can only tell you what I see. I see emergency vehicles with a lot of miles on them, police cars with paint coming off them. The first job of any county is to protect its people. And, secondly, we need industrial development in Berkeley County. But as supervisor, one of the very first things I want to do is have the books audited. Lets see where our money is.
How will you fix those issues?
Im not going to lie to you not everything makes the cut. I have to get in there and tear that budget apart. And then you microcosm inside each budget. Its a scalpel approach, not a machete.
County council has a significant political divide. Are you interested in fixing that split?
You have to know when to negotiate and you have to know when to stick to your guns. Politics is a contact sport. If they dont want to fix it, it cant get fixed. But all I can do is be the best for the citizens and stick to my conservative principles. Its almost gone past the point of repair on council. Its turned personal. Id be glad to work with anybody, but at the end of the day, I have to do whats best for the people of Berkeley County.
This election could turn the tide toward having what an audience member described as more liberal council members. How will you work with a liberal minority?
You cant just throw your head in the sand. You have to fight your battles. The voters have changed the council to more conservative in recent years. We have a $1.8 million surplus this year. Something has worked. Why dont you return that to the people of Berkeley County? You shouldnt be making a profit. But you do need to have a safety net, and to fund certain things.
The county is about to hold a public auction of American LaFrances business personal property to recoup the companys $650,000 debt to the county. Do we need to rethink economic development?
You have to balance between a tax break and giving away the farm. Ten years for a deal is about right. We need to have people on staff very in-tune with the industries we have. Id like to put together a team that searches for businesses worldwide. Theres no reason we cant bring business here. Go sell the county to people. Charleston cant really expand anymore. Berkeley County is perfect if you think about it: we have all those places in the upper part of the county that need businesses and theres a lot of land up there.
What will you do about impact fees?
You have to wean yourself off ... Id say 10 to 20 percent a year until youre off of it. I believe in a phased approach. Its the scalpel. Fee is a euphemism for a tax. Berkeley County has a lot of growth it can still do. As it grows, you can reduce the impact fees. Government can get a little bit out of hand with fees. Its a way of pulling in revenue.
Speaking of fees, Berkeley County will now charge a $15 fee for nonresidents searching divorce records. Should there be more fee-per-use charges in the county?
At what point does it become were feeing people to death? I struggled on the divorce fee. We are using it to make revenue. And things like this happen because people arent watching. During the last supervisor race, 16 percent of the (participating) voters made 100 percent of the decision for the rest of the county. With fees, youre just nickling and diming people to death.
Is Berkeley Countys government too big?
Yes and let me preface that a little bit. We have some bloated departments where we can combine efforts. Im not saying Im firing anybody, but that we can work together through attrition.
Would you prioritize hiring Berkeley County residents for county jobs?
If your best and brightest are already in the county, absolutely. And if youre hired from another state, I think you need to live in the county so citizens can look you in the eye when they go to church. In the South, theres a Good Ol Boy system, and I dont think thats right. I will hire the best person.
Should the county reopen a satellite office in Goose Creek or pursue more online technologies to help citizens who live far from Moncks Corner?
You can already do online payment to a certain extent. Do I believe in satellite offices? Yes, I do. Theres a difference in expanding government and extending a service to the people. I dont think youd have to hire more people to get that done. Perhaps a book-mobile type service is needed to travel the rural sections of the county on certain days.
What would you have done differently when Daniel Island recently courted annexing to Charleston County?
There are two issues surrounding Daniel Island: schools and county government. It has to do with giving them some attention. We can do little things that will make a big difference in relations, like satellite offices. At least twice a year, I want county council working down there. Maybe once a quarter. What they want is somebody to listen to them.
If you have meetings outside of Moncks Corner, what about the immobile livestreaming and video system set up at council chambers so people can watch from home?
You can do livestream from the cheapest camera in the world. It can be done.
Free speech advocates pushed against the countys political sign exception, definition and time-limit. What do you think the longterm solution should be?
I think 30 days is a reasonable time limit and I think we ought to limit the size. Not the content. But we need to approach this the day after the election.
What is your greatest weakness?
I tend to get into the weeds a little too much. I love to understand things ad nauseam. I want to know the answer.
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The Incline volleyball team appeared destined for a disappointing loss in its Mount Rose League opener at Whittell on Friday.
But after dropping the first two sets, 17-25, 23-25, the Highlanders stormed back and took the next three, 25-22, 25-14, 17-15, to earn the comeback victory.
"The girls really came together as a team," said Incline head coach Tacy Kelly. "We had to step up our play and earn every point in the last game. I was proud of my team and always enjoy beating Whittell in their house."
Kelly said Incline started slowly and was not clicking through the first two games. In particular, the Highlanders struggled with their serving and passing, and were not communicating on the court. But that all changed in the third set.
"We gathered ourselves and fought back in the third game for a win. The girls finally had warmed up and started to take care of business," Kelly said.
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PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - Maine Marine Commissioner Patrick Keliher has lifted time-of-day restrictions on trawlers fishing for shrimp, allowing them to fish around-the-clock for two days a week. He's also lowered the daily catch limit for shrimp trappers when they begin fishing Tuesday.
The shrimp season got under way on Jan. 23 with a big quota reduction that lowered the limit to 1.4 million pounds from 5.3 million pounds last year.
Tweaking the system on Friday, Keliher eliminated the sunrise-to-3 p.m. restriction for trawlers for the first two weeks of the fishery, allowing them to fish around-the-clock on each Monday and Wednesday.
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