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Boston Attack Renews Fears About Homegrown Terrorism
Threat Evolves From Complex International Plots to Small-Scale Attacks by Individuals Within U.S.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation interviewed suspected marathon bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev in 2011 at the request of the Russian government, but didn't find evidence of suspicious activity and closed the case, an FBI official said Friday.
The fact that the FBI spoke with Mr. Tsarnaev, who was killed Friday morning in a firefight with authorities, is likely to become a focal point of the post mortem into how the attack was able to be carried out at the Boston Marathon. It also speaks to the challenge faced by authorities as terrorism morphs to some extent from the complex international plots of a decade ago to small-scale attacks carried out by individuals located within U.S.
U.S. counterterrorism policy has since 2001 focused largely on killing terrorists overseas or preventing them from getting into the U.S. But the Boston bombings show how the diffusion of terrorist tactics easily transcends borders. Countering small groups of individuals inside the U.S. can be a bedeviling assignment.
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- WHAT WE KNOW: The Suspects, Miranda Rights, Watertown
- Miranda Laws Have Flexibility
- Life Unravels for Brothers
- A Young Officer Shot Dead, And Another Critically Hurt
- Call for More Video Cameras Spotlights Debate on Use
- Chechen Terror Usually Aimed at Russia
- A Father Keeps Faith In His Sons
- Uncle 'Ashamed' of Alleged Bombers
- Attacks Enter Immigration Discussion
- Before Suspect's Capture, a Day on Lockdown
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Bruce Riedel, director of the Intelligence Project at the Brookings Institution, a nonpartisan Washington think tank, said the Boston attack was likely a harbinger. "We are likely to see this as the future face of terrorist threats to the United States," he said, adding that the case of a small number of radicalized participants who have lived in the U.S. and execute a plot is "the counterterrorist community's worst nightmare, homegrown, self-radicalizing terrorism that learns its skill set off the Internet."
Much about the motivation and background of the Tsarnaev brothers, the alleged perpetrators of the Boston bombings, remain unknown, and a full reckoning won't be possible until those details are untangled.
The two brothers, the elder Mr. Tsarnaev, 26 years old, and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, ethnic Chechens, immigrated to the U.S. roughly a decade ago, and have been legal residents living with their parents in a Boston suburb. The younger brother, who was taken into custody Friday night, became a citizen last year.
An official familiar with the issue said the Russian government reached out to U.S. counterterrorism officials in 2011 and expressed concern that the elder brother might be planning to travel to their country to engage in terrorist activities. The FBI looked into his background and interviewed him, but found no "derogatory information" about him, the official said. They relayed that information to Russia, which had defeated a Chechen separatist movement, and considered the matter closed.
The FBI had no further interaction with him, the official said, until they got his name Friday morning in the bombing investigation and began a search of their files.
Authorities say he traveled to Russia from January to July 2012, but the reasons for his travel are unknown.
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The brothers spent 10 years in the U.S. during a formative period of their lives, exhibiting normal behavior for first-generation immigrants, said Mitchell Silber, a former intelligence official in the New York Police Department. "The question is, what catalyzed the change? Was it Chechen nationalism? Did it start with Chechen nationalism and somehow migrate to a pan-Islamist jihad cause?"
A YouTube page that appeared to belong to the elder Mr. Tsarnaev featured multiple jihadi videos that he had endorsed in the past six months. One video features the preaching of Abd al-Hamid al-Juhani, who was an assistant to an al Qaeda scholar in Chechnya, and another features Feiz Mohammad, an extremist Salafi Lebanese preacher based in Australia. Four months ago, he also "liked" a well-produced video featuring the black flags of Khorasan, a significant jihadist theme.
Mr. Silber, now with the investigative firm K2 Intelligence, said the Boston bombings show that the terrorist threat persisted even in the wake of the death of Osama bin Laden. "This more pedestrian, bare-bones terrorism is out there, and it's going to be very difficult to detect."
Rep. Michael McCaul (R., Texas) said the challenge for U.S. policy makers is how to shift the attention of U.S. counterterrorism efforts to address the threat from smaller, more nimble operations that may not have direct contacts overseas. "Certain flags should be raised," he said.
The profile of the Boston bombing in many ways resembles a number of the recent foiled plots, a federal law-enforcement official said. They have been small with little or no intelligence chatter, and have involved suspects who have been in the U.S. for several years and appeared to have assimilated.
U.S. counterterrorism officials have in recent years intensified warnings about the homegrown threat, though the threat has gotten less public attention because most of those plots, with the exception of the 2009 Ft. Hood shooting in Texas, have been disrupted or botched.
At an assessment in March of the threats facing the U.S., Director of National Intelligence James Clapper said he expected al Qaeda-inspired homegrown threats to continue at a rate of fewer than 10 a year. Meanwhile, al Qaeda's core leadership, he said, was probably unable to carry out large-scale attacks in the West.
After the younger brother was in custody on Friday night, Rep. Peter King (R., N.Y.) said the homegrown nature of the Boston attack showed the need for local authorities to bolster their intelligence capabilities.
"The fact that these terrorists were from overseas, living legally in our country for a period of time, and the fact that there was no federal intelligence or chatter prior to the marathon bombings, demonstrates once again the Islamist terrorist threat to our country from within our borders," he said.
A wild card in the bombing is the possible role of the Chechen separatist cause, which flared after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 only to be crushed by the Kremlin. Olga Oliker, an international security specialist at the Rand Corp. think tank, said that the Chechen separatist leadership has become radicalized and more recently formed an umbrella radical group, the Caucuses Emirate, which was designated by the U.S. as a terrorist organization in 2011.
The leadership, however, tends not to direct overseas operations. Ms. Oliker said it is more likely the two brothers were sympathizers who decided to take action in the U.S.
Bruce Hoffman, director of the Center for Security Studies at Georgetown University, said Chechen influence in the global jihad shouldn't be discounted. He noted two recent rounds of arrests in Europe that involved Chechens allegedly carrying out plots at the direction of al Qaeda.
"The potential is there that this is not as isolated a phenomenon as we might hope it is," he said.
—Adam Entous and Evan Perez contributed to this article.
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The Model-View-View Model pattern is a common denominator between applications using XAML to create the user interface. First applied in WPF, it was then easily ported to Silverlight and Windows Phone development. With WinRT and the Metro-style applications, XAML is now a first-class citizen for native Windows 8 development. Here too, the MVVM pattern is making developers' life easier, and proven components can be used to simplify and speed up application development. In this session, Laurent Bugnion, the creator of the acclaimed MVVM Light Toolkit, will present best practices around XAML-based Windows 8 application development, and how to leverage code and skills in Windows 8 too.
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Laurent continues to educate us in a very humble manner. Great session with very good preparations which keeps the session extremely efficient! Kudos Laurent!
Thanks so much Johan
The material for this session is available on my blog at http://blog.galasoft.ch/archive/2012/02/19/impressions-slides-and-code-from-techdays-belgium-and-netherlands.aspx
Happy coding everyone!
Hi Laurent,
you said at 16:20 that async/await is only .NET 4.5 and not available in Silverlight and Windows Phone which I am not sure if it is true because I am having Async in both WP7 and Sync using Async CTP3 it has Go Live license and it works just fine (at least for me)
( I got it from here: http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=9983)
Great talk!
@malovicn: You are perfectly right, I should have been more precise and mention the Async CTP. I meant not available natively.
Not as usefull as I expected
good job
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When a person attempts to move, nerve signals are sent from the brain to the muscles via motoneuron, moving the musculoskeletal system as a consequence. At this moment, very weak biosignals can be detected on the surface of the skin. HAL catches these signals through a sensor attached on the skin of the wearer. Based on the signals obtained, the power unit is controlled to wearer's daily activities.
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quote: People get injuries when they STOP taking steroids. Notice what happened to Barry Bonds? Or Jason Giambi? Or Clemens? When they were juicing like madmen, they were on the field, but soon after the crackdown on steroids, they were spending time on the disabled list. Same with Palmeiro. Steroids have a tendency to make more fluid retain around the joints, which allows them to move with less friction. Once you stop, they dry up a bit, and then injuries can happen.
quote: "At the moment, there really isn't anything out there that alters myostatin levels other than exercise," Wells said. "It costs energy to keep the muscle alive; the body is very nicely tuned, so if you don't need the muscle, you lose it." Since Liam's muscles don't see the effect of myostatin, he has a monstrous appetite. "He's hungry for a full meal about every hour because of his rapid metabolism," Dana Hoekstra told the AP. "He's already eating me out of house and home."


text: The SPRINT 20 linear production lathe combines driven tools and a main-spindle Y axis with an accommodating, functional work area to simultaneously machine with two tools, the manufacturer says. The machine is suitable for turning bars ranging to 20 mm in diameter for automotive, electronic, medical and hydraulic sectors. The traversable spindle functions as an integrated spindle motor with an 80-mm stroke along the Z axis. The tools in linear arrangement on slide 1, combined with the driven tools, enable efficient machining on several axes at once, the company says. Simultaneous operations can be conducted on both the main spindle and the counterspindle, which is also designed as an integrated spindle motor.


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text: Biography John Anderson Fry, appointed Drexel University's 14th president in 2010, has served higher education for his entire professional life. Through his roles as a consultant, board member, chief operating officer and chief executive, he has acquired a deep and broad understanding of the challenges of leading a major educational institution. Fry set out to transform Drexel into what he has termed the "modern urban university of the future"—an institution that harnesses both its long-established and still-emerging strengths to serve its students, its neighborhood, its city and the nation. Under Fry's leadership, Drexel is setting a new standard for cooperative education, transforming its online and hybrid offerings, and becoming a powerful force for economic development in the Greater Philadelphia region. Fry led the University community's collaboration on a five-year strategic plan, launched in 2012, to guide the pursuit of those goals. Fry has announced high-impact academic initiatives to increase the breadth of opportunity for students and faculty. He negotiated a groundbreaking affiliation in 2011 with the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, America's oldest major natural history museum and a world leader in natural sciences research. Drexel launched the Close School of Entrepreneurship in 2013 to integrate entrepreneurial learning into the curriculum and support campus innovators. And Fry has signed agreements for academic and research partnerships to enhance Drexel's global connections in China, Turkey, Israel, Brazil and Chile. For the 2015-16 academic year, Drexel's total enrollment was 25,595. Under an enrollment process reengineered to focus on quality and fit, 42 percent of Drexel's new undergraduate students ranked in the top tenth of their high school class, a significant increase over the average of the previous four years. Fulfilling a commitment he made to Drexel's neighbors in his first address as Drexel president, Fry has championed major neighborhood initiatives including the PECO-Drexel Education Collaborative supporting local public schools, the Lindy Institute for Urban Innovation and the Dornsife Center for Neighborhood Partnerships. He also attracted corporate partners to invest in Drexel's campus development; for example, American Campus Communities is investing more than $250 million in residential/retail projects, which will reduce the destabilizing effect of student housing on surrounding blocks, while Drexel's enhanced Employee Home Purchase Assistance Program encourages increased owner occupancy in the neighborhood. A focal point of Drexel's strategic plan is to become an even greater economic engine for Greater Philadelphia. Fry announced the creation of Drexel Ventures, a subsidiary enterprise to help faculty and students partner with the private sector to build businesses around their inventions. And those relationships will be at the heart of Schuylkill Yards, a 14-acre live/work/learn development on University real estate adjacent to Philadelphia's Amtrak 30th Street Station. Under Fry's leadership, Drexel has seen a significant increase in fundraising and a growing number of philanthropic partners. A $400 million campaign reached its goal ahead of schedule in 2013 and brought in more than 16,000 new donors, including raising faculty and staff participation from 12 to 62 percent. In addition to serving as president of Drexel University, Fry serves as president of the Drexel University College of Medicine and Drexel e-Learning, the University's operating company for online education. Fry came to Drexel from Franklin & Marshall College, where he served as president from 2002 and was instrumental in the college's academic growth, campus and neighborhood development and improved finances. He raised the college's national profile and brought a renewed confidence to the institution. During his tenure, the quality of the student body improved dramatically as measured by a 63-point gain in average SATs over seven years. He also improved the student-to-faculty ratio to 10:1 by adding more than 40 faculty lines, oversaw an updated curriculum and made a long-term commitment to increase financial aid. Fry forged new partnerships with the city and neighbors, improving the surrounding business district and neighborhoods. From 1995 to 2002, Fry served as executive vice president of the University of Pennsylvania. He was a major force in developing and implementing Penn's "Agenda for Excellence," a comprehensive plan that guided strategic initiatives from 1996 to 2001. He also built a coalition of nonprofit, business, neighborhood and governmental organizations in support of a multi-pronged strategy to address the key challenges facing the University City neighborhood in West Philadelphia. In a relatively short period of time, residential property values rose significantly, the crime rate declined dramatically and hundreds of millions of dollars were invested in commercial infrastructure and economic development. Before joining Penn, Fry was a management consultant for the higher education and nonprofit sectors. He worked closely with some of the nation's premier colleges and universities, first with KPMG Peat Marwick and then with Coopers & Lybrand's National Higher Education Consulting Practice, where he was elected a partner in the firm and eventually became partner-in-charge of the national practice. In 2014, Fry began a three-year term as a member of the board of directors of the American Council on Education, representing his fellow U.S. university presidents in the nation's most influential higher education association. He also serves on the boards of Lafayette College, The Shipley School, the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce, Select Greater Philadelphia and US Squash, for which he has served as chairman. He was the founding chairman of the University City District and served in that capacity for five years. He is also a director of Community Health Systems and Delaware Investments. He will become chairman of the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce in October 2016. He previously served as chair of the NCAA Division III Presidents Council and on the Executive Committee of the NCAA. He was appointed by President George W. Bush to the Benjamin Franklin Tercentenary Commission, and co-chaired the transition team of Governor-Elect Edward Rendell of Pennsylvania. A native of Brooklyn, N.Y., Fry graduated from Lafayette College and earned a master's degree in business administration from the New York University Stern School of Business. Fry and his wife, Cara, an art historian, have three children: Mia, a graduate of Williams College; Nathaniel, an undergraduate student at Drexel University; and Phoebe, a student at the Agnes Irwin School.


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PHILADELPHIA - Penn State's football program will head into the 2013 season at a significant scholarship disadvantage, one year before NCAA sanctions will force the Nittany Lions to be down to 65 scholarships.
Coach Bill O'Brien, on his second stop of a PSU coaches caravan tour Tuesday, explained where the Lions will stand this season.
"I think we'll be below FCS scholarship numbers," O'Brien said, referring to the Division I-AA limit of 65.
While most of the Big Ten members will be starting the fall with rosters consisting of up to 85 scholarship players, PSU figures to be under 65.
"If I had to estimate right now - and you have to do the math because it is important to understand how this works - I would say right now we would probably be at 66 scholarships on campus at Penn State," O'Brien said Tuesday.
However, O'Brien explained that three players under scholarship - Dakota Royer, Luke Graham and Anthony Stanko - are not expected to play football in the fall. They have left the team but will remain in school, and under the NCAA sanctions, they can remain on scholarship.
The scholarships do count against the team's total. Without those three, PSU would be at 63 scholarship players actually on the team.
"This is really a six-year sanction," O'Brien said. "We have until 2014 to get down to 65 scholarships. We're at 65 in 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017, and we're already at 65, probably, in August of 2013. So it's not just a four-year sanction."
Stanko, a redshirt freshman, became the latest PSU player to take advantage of the NCAA policy allowing them to leave the team but remain on scholarship for their education. O'Brien announced Stanko's decision Tuesday.
The coach also addressed details about the departure of quarterback Steven Bench, who decided last week to transfer.
"It's his right, and I respect what he did. He has the ability to transfer and go play somewhere else right away," O'Brien said.
"I don't want anybody to transfer. I don't want anybody to quit the team. I want them to play for Penn State. But that's something that they decided to do, and I'm not going to begrudge the fact that that is what he wanted to do if he feels like he's got a chance to be a starter somewhere else, or a better chance than at Penn State."
Injury concerns are also at the forefront of the second-year coach's mind, as his program attempts to ensure maximum safety at a time when roster depth is a primary concern.
Zach Zwinak, a 1,000-yard rusher in 2013, suffered a wrist injury on the third play of the Blue-White Game.
O'Brien joked, suggesting the injury was "non-life threatening," and said he believes Zwinak should be back and ready to play when Penn State opens the 2013 season at MetLife Stadium against Syracuse.
But O'Brien shifted his tone when discussing the way the spring game is operated may have to be an area to review.
"Going forward, why would we ever want our best players to get hurt in a Blue-White Game?" O'Brien asked.
The coach already has taken measures to change the way the spring game is played in terms of scoring. With health concerns, other ideas may have to be implemented. This does not necessarily mean the spring game will vanish just yet, though.
"I understand how important that weekend is to our fans, and I'm not saying we're going to put an end to the Blue-White Game," O'Brien said. "I think we'll find different ways to show the fans where we are as a football program."


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One chocolate Labrador Retriever has changed the nature of drug searches in Randolph County schools, enabling the potential search of students....
So kiddies, take your weed seeds, shake, roaches and resin, drop it randomly throughout your schools. Place a little in the bottom of the valedictorians' locker, some in the prom queens notebook, and little in the quaterbacks' helmet, don't forget your favorite teachers' desk drawer and the priciples' overcoat. Get creative, you can have some real fun with this one. Sit back, burn a fattie and wait for the pig-dog to come and entertain...
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NIAGARA FALLS – At a time when the region pins much of its economic future on tourism, some Niagara Falls lawmakers appear ready to sever the official relationship between the city and its tourism promotion agency.
City Council Chairman Glenn A. Choolokian on Friday said that the three-member majority on the Council may either table or vote down a proposed one-year contract extension with the Niagara Tourism and Convention Corp.
The agency has been "robbing taxpayers for years," said Choolokian, who added that he does not favor approving a proposal to extend the deal.
"They produce absolutely nothing," Choolokian said.
Choolokian said he plans to speak with Councilman Samuel F. Fruscione and Councilman Robert A. Anderson Jr., the other members of the majority, before Monday's meeting to talk more about what action they plan to take.
The agency, funded by the bed tax paid by hotels and motels, is responsible for promoting all of Niagara County.
But because Niagara County has already approved a contract extension with the agency, the bed tax revenue from Niagara Falls will still flow to it.
Niagara Falls, which supplies the vast majority of funding to the agency, collects a 5 percent bed tax. After 1 percent is taken for trolley services, the remaining 4 percent is divided, with 80 percent of that sent to the Niagara Tourism and Convention Corp.
Last year, the city collected $1.96 million in bed-tax revenues, the fourth-straight year that figure has increased and the highest figure in at least the last 17 years.
In 2003, the first year of the agency's existence, the city's bed-tax revenue totaled $988,000, according to city Controller's Office records.
John H. Percy Jr., the agency's president and CEO, said that the average daily rate for a room in the city 10 years ago was in the low $60 range. Now, the average is more than $109, Percy said. Overall, bed tax revenue collected by Niagara County and the cities of Lockport and Niagara Falls is up 70 percent over the last decade, he said.
"Our performance numbers speak for themselves," Percy said.
Niagara Falls Mayor Paul A. Dyster called this a bad time to create any kind of instability in the area's tourism promotion effort.
There are seven hotel projects in the works in the city, with investors relying on the tourism promoters to bring them customers, Dyster said. The state is also ready to invest in the promotion of tourism in the region as part of the Buffalo Billion initiative, he added.
Dyster said it sometimes appears some people undertake the "deliberate sabotage of our own economy."
Last month, the Niagara County Legislature, led by its Republican majority, approved only a one-year deal with the agency. The Legislature's Democrats had pitched a 10-year renewal of the contract.
The Legislature's GOP-majority has called for "transparency" and "oversight" of the agency.
The City of Lockport has also approved a one-year extension with the agency.
"Then we all come to the table and we all agree on what are the differences," he said, "and let's get a permanent contract done."
Editor's note: An earlier version of the story incorrectly stated that no extension of the contract would effectively cut city funding to the organization.
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Dear Abby: My boyfriend and I have been seeing each other for about a year. He was a virgin when we met. Three months into the relationship we had sex. I am 18 and he is 21.
We used to have sex often, but now he is completely uninterested in anything sexual. I feel like he isn't attracted to me anymore, although I haven't changed much since we started dating.
Other than sex, we have a great relationship. We haven't had a single fight, but it hurts my feelings that he doesn't want to have sex with me anymore. What's the solution to our problem?
– Teen in St. George, Utah
Dear Teen: Have a frank, nonconfrontational talk with your boyfriend and ask him what has changed. It may be that the novelty wore off. He may have a low sex drive, or he may be interested in women only as friends. But you will never know until you ask him. When you do, let him know that whatever his answer is, you care about him and you hope he feels the same way about you.
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Dear Abby: My 31-year-old daughter, "Layla," is beautiful, accomplished and earns a good living. She has a lot of friends and always has a boyfriend. She has had both long-term and short-term relationships.
Layla isn't married and hopes to meet the right person. I'm very anxious about it, but this is her life and her choice. People constantly ask, "How's your daughter? Is she seeing anyone?" And when I meet someone for the first time who asks about my children, the second question they ask is, "Is she married?" (They don't ask that about my son.)
What should I say in response to this omnipresent question?
– Layla's Mom
Dear Mom: All you have to do is smile and say: "My daughter is single, loves her job and is quite successful. Now tell me about YOUR children."
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Dear Abby: I have been divorced for eight years. My daughter is learning how to drive. In her mother's car, while under her mother's supervision, she hit their garage door.
My ex believes I should pay half the cost of the new garage door. Also, she did a total upgrade, turning the entrance to the garage into one large door instead of two. I say I shouldn't have to pay. She says if it was someone else's house we would pay. I agree, but it is not, and my ex-wife was in the car – not me.
– Who Pays? in California
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Well, at least we are getting another blog up and it isn't taking a month.. or two.
With that said, we here at Hustle Paintball have something to gripe about. Paintballs! As you all know, we are not just a retailer, we are players too. Because of this we are very big activists on only stocking and selling good paint. The problem with this is that it is difficult to find a brand of paint that is consistently reliable. We have been trying all kinds of paint lately and needless to say we just have not had the results that we are looking for. I mean, we have gone through boxes of paint that is "brittle" that does not break worth a crap, and does not shoot straight. We have also gone through a period where an entire skid of paint was rendered pretty much useless because it stained (no, this was not generic brand paint).
The thing is, we are not just looking for one factor. We here like to stock two types of paint – one mid-grade paint at $39.99 with a thick enough shell for un-regulated blowback style markers. As well as one high-grade brittle paint anywhere from $45.00-55.00 depending on the case. You would think this would be simple, but the variables we are looking for just differ so much between brands!
Really, I think the problem stems from the manufacturing. We have had batches of a particular kind of paint that has been absolutely godly. We have then gotten a batch of the same kind at a later time and it is some of the most awful paint we have ever used. All of you guys out there thinking in your head "Do you store it correctly? How old is it?" – We play, we run a store, we're knowledgeable people about this stuff. The paint on our temperature controlled showroom sits at most 3 weeks before it is sold.
So, the search for paint continues. We just got in a skid from one of our manufacturers that looks quite promising. However, only time will tell if we have found the right paint or if we need to continue looking. What paint has been the most reliable for you guys? Do you seem to have this issue yourselves? What is your personal favorite paint? Let us know your thoughts in the comments! Thanks so much for reading! – Trevor


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The latest from the brother duo, Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, The Kid With a Bike, vividly depicts the struggles of growing up a lower class Belgian from the vantage point of the young protagonist, Cyril. Cyril (Thomas Doret) is a hostile and unruly 11-year-old orphan determined to set off on a mission to find both his deadbeat dad and his bicycle. Along his journey, Cyril meets an empathetic hairdresser, Samantha (Cécile De France) who decides to care after him.


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In fact, the singer says Red's title track is about "this relationship that I had that was, like, the worst thing ever and the best thing ever at the same time."
"I was writing this song and I was thinking about correlating the colors to the different feelings I went through," she reveals during a performance at Harvey Mudd College in Claremont, Calif., for an episode of VH1 Storytellers. (Watch a clip below!)
And red turns out to be one complicated color.
"You have the great part of red, like the red emotions that are daring and bold and passion and love and affection. And then you have on the other side of the spectrum, jealousy and anger and frustration and you didn't call me back and I need space," she explains, before adding with a faux teary huff, "I'm fine."
Swift's episode will premiere Nov. 11 (11 p.m. ET), followed by episodes with Alicia Keys (Nov.12) and Pink (Nov. 13).
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on February 3, 2013 - 4:30 PM
A Town of Hamburg man involved in a disturbance early today in the Town of Boston subsequently was arrested on a felony charge of driving while intoxicated, Erie County sheriff's deputies said.
Deputies were dispatched shortly before 4 a.m. to investigate a disturbance on Feddick Road involving Frank Richards, 38, who reportedly had been drinking. Richards left the scene before deputies arrived, but Deputy Bradford Ballantyne spotted the vehicle he was driving on Back Creek Road.
Richards was taken to the North Collins substation, where a breath test indicated he had a blood-alcohol content of .11, deputies said. Because of a prior conviction in 2007, he was charged with a felony.
Richards also was charged with a violation count of unlawful possession of marijuana. He was taken to the county Holding Center, pending arraignment in Boston Town Court.


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on February 8, 2013 - 3:25 PM
LOCKPORT – Alexander T. Carncross, an Iraq War veteran suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, was assigned this week to Buffalo Veterans Treatment Court in the wake of a guilty plea to first-degree reckless endangerment.
"We invented our own diversion program for you," Niagara County Judge Sara Sheldon Farkas told Carncross, 24, of Shenk Road, Sanborn.
If he succeeds in veterans court, Carncross' charge will be reduced to a misdemeanor, Farkas said, and he will be placed on probation. But if he fails, he faces up to seven years in prison.
On July 2 in his former home on Porter Road in the Town of Niagara, a friend took a loaded handgun away from the intoxicated Crancross, who wrestled with the man to try to get the gun back.


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on January 8, 2013 - 1:00 AM
Climate change causing lakes' water level to drop
I was astounded on Jan. 2 when The News published two articles that discussed the Great Lakes levels and local weather and neither mentioned climate change or global warming. Nobody in this day and age can exclude either or both from any discussion of weather or the Great Lakes.
Climate change determines most current winter conditions and resulting lake levels. Unfrozen lakes and lack of snow mantle of the past few years both result from accelerated warming trends of the planet. Nothing escapes this change. The same forces that melt the polar ice and the Greenland Glacier deprive the Great Lakes of water.
The long-term trends point to deep changes that will alter our region and the Great Lakes forever. The waterways of the entire nation have lower levels now and for the foreseeable future, and this condition has been predicted in recent years in nearly any study of climate change.
There is not a serious geographer or climatologist who denies the change. Most argue over its pace and some still discuss sources, like a possible lessening effect by increased cloud cover, but the change is thoroughly certified. Using past performances to predict future conditions is no longer a valid tool. There are no lake level cycles of any consequences that are not subject to the inflows from snow and water. These are changed forever.
We have dumped carbon dioxide and related gases into our very thin mantle of protection, Earth's atmosphere, for over 150 years and created a greenhouse effect that appears to be accelerating exponentially, thanks in part to a new wild card, methane gases.
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You don't know you're beautiful, Downton Abbey. But comedian Richard Sandling does!
Sandling is the brains behind a video mashup of the Crawley crew performing One Direction's "What Makes You Beautiful." Using footage from seasons 1 through 3 (and both Christmas specials), cast members of Downton lend their dramatic dialogue to the hit song.
And after Sunday's shocking season 3 finale, a little Downton humor is just what the Dowager Countess ordered.
Originally created for Richard Sandling's Perfect Movie, a monthly live show created by the comedian, the cast of Downton manages to utter every lyric – with one exception. Rather than crooning "the way that you flip your hair gets me overwhelmed," Lord Gratham and gang opts for "the way that you flip your hair gets me flabbergasted."
This isn't the first fun mashup Sandling has created – his website, That Awesome Movie Guy, also combined Mad Men with Rick Astley's "Never Gonna Give You Up" for a viral video that's reached over 1.2 million views.


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Over the past two weeks, Stetson had slugged its way to several high-scoring victories which helped the team build an eight-game winning streak.
On Sunday, pitching and defense took center stage as the Hatters defeated Florida Gulf Coast 4-1 and 2-1 to complete a three-game Atlantic Sun Conference series sweep in front of a standing-room only crowd at Patricia Wilson Field.
Sarah Read (9-1) and Meredith Owen combined on a six-hitter in game one and Courtney Brandt (2-0) tossed a complete game two-hitter in game two as the Hatters (25-5, 9-2 A-Sun) extended their win streak to 10.
"I thought we did a great job," Stetson head coach Frank Griffin said. "We had two one-run ball games this weekend, and I love winning one-run ball games. The kids kept their composure, they did what they needed to defensively, the pitchers did what they needed to, and we scored enough runs. It was a good sweep."
Brandt hit a solo home run in game one, her sixth home run in the past seven games, and then took her talents to the circle for game two. After surrendering a lead-off single to Jessica Barnes, Brandt allowed just one more hit the rest of the way, a one-out single in the top of the sixth. She walked just one and struck out three en route to her first complete game of the season.
"It was huge," Griffin said about Brandt's complete game effort. "It allowed us to save both Sarah and Meredith, and gives them extra time to rest, not to mention it was good for Courtney's confidence. She was in control, and she is smart enough to know it is better to pitch ahead in the count than behind."
Defensively the Hatters made several great plays in the doubleheader. Chrissy Morello pulled in six fly balls, including one deep in rightcenter field in the fourth inning of game one. Amanda Grimaldo made a diving catch behind third base in game two, and Brandt herself snared two line drives headed back through the middle.
"It was just reaction," Brandt joked about her two web gems. "Our defense was super tight. Chrissy did an awesome job of tracking balls down, Snoop (Grimaldo) did a great job at shortstop getting to some of those balls, and everyone did an awesome job."
Owen's two-run home run in the bottom of the first inning would be all the offense Stetson would need in game two. Brandt and the Hatters' defense did the rest.
"Courtney did a fantastic job, I am so proud of her," Morello said.
In addition to Brandt's home run in game one, Meza registered an RBI double and Jessica Griffin collected a run-scoring single to lead the offense. Morello was 3-for-3 at the plate with a run scored.
Read worked the first four innings, allowing one unearned run on five hits. Owen pitched the final three innings for her second save.
The Hatters have won 10 in a row for the first time since 2010. They sit in second place in the conference standings heading into next week's series at Northern Kentucky.
Notes: Courtney Brandt won her 21st career game on the same day she hit her 21st career home run ... Meredith Owen hit career home run number 27 ... Stetson improved to 19-2 at home ... Jessie TenBroeck extended her hitting streak to 12 games.


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MARTINSBURG - "What Every Landlord Needs to Know," an annual, free workshop for landlords, rental property owners and residential property managers, will be held from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Tuesday in the Berkeley County Council Chambers, 400 W. Stephen St., Martinsburg.
For the first time, a representative of the Berkeley County Sheriff's Department will be one of the speakers, Patricia McMillan said.
"The Sheriff's Department handles evictions," she said. "That's a tough job - what they call the 'set out.' They are anxious to communicate to landlords what the Sheriff's Department does in evictions and what it does not do."
McMillan is the director of the Martinsburg community development department. The City of Martinsburg is one of the sponsors of the workshop along with Berkeley County Council, Eastern Panhandle Board of Realtors Inc. and Eastern Panhandle Homebuilders Association.
Donna Seiler, Berkeley County's litter control officer and a member of the Safe and Clean County Enforcement Agency, will talk about code enforcement.
Also, Floyd "Kin" Sayre, Martinsburg city attorney, will be on hand to discuss rental legalities and answer questions.
Subjects that will covered during the workshop include West Virginia landlord-tenant law; leasing do's and don'ts; security deposits; rental registration for multi-family units; and fair housing and avoiding housing discrimination.
Workshop materials and take-home packettes will be available, including a handbook titled "Tenants and Landlords In West Virginia Rights and Responsibilities," which was produced by the West Virginia Fair Housing Action Network in Morgantown.
While the workshop is free, registration is required because seating is limited, McMillan said.
"We always have full attendance - we can seat about 60 people," she said. "We have repeats. They say they always learn something."
To register, call McMillan at 304-264-2131, ext. 278, or email her at firstname.lastname@example.com. Registration forms also are available on the city's website at www.cityofmartinsburg.org.
The deadline to register is Friday.
- Staff writer John McVey can be reached at 304-263-3381, ext. 128.


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Rover on Mars Extracts First Rock-Core Sample
In a first for interplanetary exploration, NASA engineers said Wednesday that the $2.5 billion Curiosity robot rover successfully mined material from inside a rock on Mars, advancing the agency's search for conditions once favorable for microbial life.
Held in a scoop on the rover's mechanical arm, the tablespoon of pulverized gray rock offers planetary scientists their first sample from the planet's interior, where it may have been sheltered from the harsh surface chemistry and ultra-violet radiation. It may be several weeks before they can analyze the powder using the craft's onboard chemical test-kit.
"This is the first time any robot has drilled in any rock on Mars" or anywhere else beyond Earth, said Louise Jandura, chief engineer for Curiosity's sample system at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif.
The sample comes from a hole about 2.5 inches deep drilled on Feb. 8 in a flat plate of sedimentary bedrock that the space agency managers have named "John Klein" in memory of a Mars Science Laboratory deputy project manager who died in 2011. They picked the rock in Gale Crater, which the robot has been exploring since it landed there on Aug. 5, because they hope it holds evidence of wet environmental conditions long ago.
"The rocks in this area have a really rich geological history," said sampling-system scientist Joel Hurowitz at JPL. "This is reason for us to be pretty excited here."
To complete the drilling without mishap, the rover's operators on Earth had to devise new procedures to solve a series of computer software problems that affected the craft's motor's control systems, said JPL drill-systems engineer Scott McCloskey. They are also worried about potential problems with the welds that hold the scoop together.
"None of these caused any harm to the rover," he said.
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By the beginning of the 19th century Interlaken in the Bernese Oberland had already become renowned for its impressive mountain scenery. Famous contemporaries such as Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Felix Mendelssohn traveled in these mountains. Interlaken's success as a tourist destination was further enhanced by the completion of the Bernese Oberland Railway in 1890 and the Jungfrau Railway in 1912.
As a vacation destination and convention location of international importance, Interlaken is an ideal starting point for countless excursions. Over 45 mountain railways, cable cars, chair lifts and ski lifts lead to 200 kilometers of pistes and a dense network of hiking trails. Excursion ships, including historic paddle steamers, ply the waters of Lake Thun and Lake Brienz.
Trains to the Jungfrau region in the direction of Grindelwald and Lauterbrunnen with connections to the railways to Mürren and from there to the Schilthorn as well as via the Kleine Scheidegg to the Jungfraujoch depart from the Interlaken Ost railway station. A fleet of ships, including one historic paddle-steamer on each lake, cruises on Lakes Thun and Brienz. Interlaken is located on the «Golden Pass» panorama route from Montreux on Lake Geneva past the luxury holiday resort of Gstaad to Interlaken and from there across the Brünig Pass to Lucerne.
Just ten kilometres away from Interlaken, on a sunny south-facing slope, lies Beatenberg-Niederhorn, a paradise for paragliders. For hikers there is an extensive network of hiking routes. The Niederhorn also provides a habitat for ibexes, chamois and marmots.
In winter visitors benefit from the central location of Interlaken and the associated opportunity to every day pick their favourite among the ski regions of the Jungfrau Top Ski Region (Mürren/Schilthorn, Kleine Scheidegg/Männlichen and First) or the family-oriented ski region of Beatenberg or Axalp-Brienz. Over 45 mountain railways, aerial cableways, chair and ski lifts take athletes to 200 kilometres of pistes.
Cross-country skiers and toboggan riders also are well catered for in the vicinity. And there are over 220 kilometres of winter walking trails in Interlaken, Beatenberg, Axalp-Brienz, Habkern, Wilderswil and the Jungfrau region. Guests staying in the holiday region of Interlaken may take advantage of the daily ski bus transfer connecting Interlaken with the ski-region Mürren/Schilthorn, Kleine Scheidegg/Männlichen und First.
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- Open-Air Tell Festival – for almost 100 years, amateurs have presented "William Tell", Friedrich Schiller's heroic drama, on a natural stage near Interlaken (June-September).
- International Trucker & Country Festival – impressive Mile of Trucks, awesome bikes, superb music, unique ambience (end of July).
- International Jungfrau Marathon – some 3500 runners climb 1823 m to conquer the 42-km route (September).
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Demirel "Damon" Levigne, described as a bipolar high-functioning at-risk adult, has been reported as missing, according to Greeley police.
Levigne, 19, is a ward of Douglas County Department of Social Services. He was placed in a foster home in Greeley, and he was reported as a runaway on Tuesday. He was last seen trying to solicit a ride in the area of 71st Avenue and 20th Street in west Greeley.
He frequents 24-hour businesses such as Walmart and grocery stores, and he is a known marijuana and meth user, according to Greeley police. He has been off his prescribed medications for bipolar disorder, and may become hostile toward civilians and law enforcement. He is not known to be armed.
Levigne is a proficient hitchhiker, and may be heading to Scottsbluff, Morrill or Lyman, Neb. He may also attempt to go to Denver or Castle Pines, where his parents live. He also frequents Colfax Avenue near Colorado Boulevard.
Levigne is 5-foot-5, 155 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes.
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A 90 day comment period for a Bureau of Land Management proposed rule governing hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking," has come to a close.
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Albuquerque (August 14, 2013) – A recent report demonstrates the importance of protecting the last fragment of the wild Chihuahuan Desert, Otero Mesa.
Communities across the country would suffer severely under House legislation
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Wednesday, February 27, 2013
State Sen. Larry Grooms received two coveted conservative endorsements last week when South Carolina's Third District U.S. Congressman Jeff Duncan and Fifth District U.S. Congressman Mick Mulvaney threw their support behind the Bonneau Republican.
"South Carolina's Congressional Delegation is known across the country and in Washington for being a united voice for conservatism," Duncan said. "In fact, we've earned a reputation of working together, standing on principle and protecting South Carolina values.
"It's important to ensure that the person who replaces Tim Scott be a reliable conservative, a proven fighter and a leader who will join our mission to cut wasteful Washington spending. I'm convinced the best person for the job is Larry Grooms."
Mulvaney echoed his counterpart's sentiments.
"I know Larry well and I've worked with him on several issues when we served together in the state senate," he said. "Larry's brand of conservatism, leadership and strength will serve South Carolina and the First District well in Congress."
Grooms said he was "honored and greatly humbled by Jeff and Mick's endorsement."
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Q&A: How the Kinder Morgan Deal Affects Investors' Taxes
Note: This post has been updated to answer additional questions from readers.
Tax advisers say some individual investors in Kinder Morgan's two master limited partnerships could face an unwelcome tax bill as a result of the reorganization announced by the company.
A spokesman for company says it believes that "a KMP unitholder will be substantially better off on both a pretax and an after-tax basis versus the status quo when all aspects are taken into consideration."
Here are answers to investors' tax questions about the deal.
Q: I own Kinder Morgan MLP units, and I have been receiving tax-free payouts. Why would I owe a tax on the exchange of my units for cash and stock?
A: The MLPs are organized as partnerships that benefit from substantial tax deductions, and the taxes on the payouts aren't eliminated but rather deferred. When the units, as shares in an MLP are called, are sold or exchanged—as they will be in the reorganization—the deferred taxes come due.
Q: What's the tax rate on the exchange of units for cash and shares?
According to Bob Gordon, a tax strategist who heads Twenty-First Securities in New York, that depends on an individual's overall income. But most of the gains on this transaction will probably be taxed at higher rates for ordinary income, rather than at lower long-term capital-gain rates.
Q: Could I have skipped the tax by holding the MLP units until my death?
A: Yes, says Mr. Gordon, because at that point the deferred taxes would no longer be due. The exchange proposed by Kinder Morgan, however, makes this strategy unavailable.
Q: How much tax per unit will an investor owe on the proposed transaction?
A: According to estimates released by the company, the tax owed by an average investor in KMP units could range from $12.39 to $18.16 per unit, depending on the individual's tax rate. The estimates also assume that passive losses haven't already been used by the investor and that the KMI price per share is between $36.12 and $44.44, the company said.
Mr. Gordon expects the impact on individuals to vary widely, depending on when the units were bought and other factors. The company has said it expects to distribute $10.77 of cash per unit of KMP, which wouldn't cover the tax bill for an average investor cited above.
Q: Could I avoid the tax by making a charitable gift of some MLP units?
A: MLP unit holders won't be able to mitigate taxes by using the units to make their charitable gifts, says Mr. Gordon. While donations of appreciated stock shares are often deductible at full market value, donations of partnership units are not, he says.
Q:What about giving units away to a friend or relative in a lower tax bracket?
A: MLP unit holders who already intend to make gifts to individuals in a lower bracket could minimize taxes by giving away units, says Robert Willens, an independent tax adviser based in New York. The recipient would owe the tax on the exchange of units for shares, but at a lower rate. The recipient would then own shares in KMI going forward.
Q: What will be the tax effect of the exchange if I invest in a fund holding Kinder Morgan's MLP units?
A: Mr. Gordon says the tax effect on funds that are "closed-end" or organized as C-corporations should be minimal, because they already have set aside money for the deferred taxes.
However, mutual funds that are "registered investment companies" will realize taxable income if they hold the affected MLP units. They will pass this income through to their investors unless the fund has losses to offset it, says Mr. Gordon. In these mutual funds, the MLP units typically make up less than 25% of total assets.
Q: What if I hold shares in KMR, a Kinder Morgan limited-liability company?
A: A much smaller group of investors hold shares in KMR. These investors will have no tax due on the exchange of their shares for shares in KMI. They are slated to receive no cash, and the tax cost of their original shares will "carry over" and become the tax cost of the shares they receive from the exchange, according to Mr. Willens.
Q: What if an investor holds Kinder Morgan MLP units in an Individual Retirement Account or Roth IRA?
A: Experts say it usually isn't a good idea to hold MLP units in a tax-deferred retirement account, because if a taxpayer has more than $1,000 of certain MLP income, it's subject to current tax even though the account itself is tax-deferred.
This income is known as UBTI, for Unrelated Business Taxable Income, and typically the MLP's K-1 statement lists the amount of UBTI per unit.
According to Mr. Willens, the sale or exchange of MLP units held within an IRA or Roth IRA is likely to generate taxable income as well.
Q: Would the tax be lower if I sold my MLP units now?
Mr. Willens says the tax will likely be lower, but only because the investor will receive less. The current exchange offer contains a premium that will become more certain as the exchange date approaches. (Kinder Morgan has said it expects the deal to close in the fourth quarter, but it hasn't specified a date.)
Selling units now doesn't avoid triggering deferred taxes, Mr. Willens adds.
Q: Which unit holders will owe the most taxes—those who bought years ago or those who bought recently?
Experts say that the longer an investor has held MLP units, the higher the taxes are likely to be.


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Wednesday, April 3, 2013
Each week, the Moultrie News and Mount Pleasant Recreation Department will feature one local lacrosse athlete. Jack Patterson, 11, plays midfield for the U11 Lowcountry Hurricanes.
Question: Who is your favorite lacrosse player or team?
Answer: This is my first year playing lacrosse, so being new, I don't know any professional lacrosse teams, but my coach Ryan Grueninger played lacrosse in high school and college and is very good. So, I'd say him.
Q: If you could visit any city or country, where would you go?
A: I would visit Italy, mainly because it has lots of historic landmarks and attractions that I would like to visit and see in person like the Roman Coliseum and The Pantheon. And, I love Italian food, especially lasagna.
Q: What is the best moment in your athletic career?
A: I'm not sure, but whatever it is, I hope it hasn't happened yet.
Q: What is your favorite Mount Pleasant restaurant?
A: Either Grimaldi's for the pizza or Carrabba's for spaghetti.
Q: If you could be anyone for a day, who would you be?
A: I would be Tajh Boyd, because I think it would be cool to see what it's like to be the star quarterback of the Clemson Tigers.
Q: What is the best advice you have gotten from a coach?
A: "Effort counts."
Q: What do you look forward to the most about being an adult?
A: Mostly I look forward to making my own decisions, and not being told what to do.
Q: What do you think is the most difficult and most fun position to play in lacrosse?
A: That's easy: midfield. It's hard because you're running non-stop the whole time you're in, but it's fun because you get to play both offense and defense.
Q: What is your favorite movie and television show?
A: My favorite movie is "Holes," and my favorite TV show is "The Middle."
Q: If you could have dinner with any three people, who would you choose?
A: Eli Manning, Will Ferrell and Brad Paisley.
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Home sales soared in Western New York in August and prices rose solidly, as the warm, sunny and dry weather brought out prospective buyers, all competing for a shrinking supply of available homes.
According to new data from the Buffalo Niagara Association of Realtors, 1,079 homes changed hands in August, up 13 percent from 954 in August 2011, and up a whopping 56 percent from 692 in 2010. That's the highest tally for any month in two years and maintained a strong growth trend all year, as closed sales since January rose 9 percent to 6,137 from 5,623 in the same eight-month period in 2011.
The future looks bright as well. Pending sales – where a contract's been signed but not sealed – rose 10 percent in August to 946 from 861, and were up 17 percent from 812 in 2010. So far this year, pending sales are up 13 percent to 7,237 from 6,432 in the same period a year ago.
BNAR, whose report lags both state and national figures for August, reports only sales handled by its members in the eight counties of Western New York, plus a handful of sales in Monroe and Livingston counties.
"We continue to monitor key improvements in the local housing market with a keener eye," BNAR said in its report. "With two-thirds of 2012 complete, we're starting to get a sense for how the year will shake out."
But the inventory is drying up in some parts of the market. New listings fell 9 percent in August to 1,525 from 1,679 a year ago. That's the lowest for any month since February, and is even lower than August 2010. Meanwhile, sellers put 2 percent fewer homes on the market in the first eight months of this year than last year, with 12,279 compared with 12,536 in 2011.
As a result, the total number of homes for sale in August fell 16 percent from a year ago to 5,871 from 7,007, The current tally would handle 7.2 months of demand, down 25 percent from 9.65 months in August 2011.
That led to multiple offers on some houses and drove prices up. The median sale price rose 7 percent to $128,750 from $120,000 in August 2011 and August 2010, representing the highest level in at least two years. The average sale price, meanwhile, rose 8 percent to $150,663 from $138,939 a year ago, and was still up 3.6 percent from $145,472 in 2010.
Sellers received 95.8 percent of their asking price in August, up from 94.8 percent a year ago and the highest for any month in at least two years. And homes spent 61 days on the market, down 15 percent from 72 days a year ago – the lowest duration of time for any month in more than two years, and a far cry from 98 days just six months ago.
"There's reason for optimism going into the last third of 2012 and even into 2013, and housing is actually playing a large role in that positive outlook," BNAR said.
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Gretchen Lulow Named Assistant Field Hockey Coach
Gretchen Lulow, a 2012 graduate of Ball State and a member of the field hockey team from 2007-11, has been named the program's assistant coach, according to head coach Beth Maddox.
"We are thrilled to have Gretchen join our coaching staff," Maddox says. "She was an incredible player here at Ball State and we know her knowledge of the game will be an asset for the program. Gretchen brings a competitive energy to everything she does and we know our team will welcome the competition."
Lulow, who has served as a student coach for the Cardinals since January, was Ball State's team captain as a senior in 2011. She was named to the All-Mid-American Conference and Academic All-MAC team in 2010 and 2011 plus was named to the MAC All-Tournament Team in 2011. In addition to her field hockey experience, Lulow served as a strength and conditioning intern at Ball State during the second semester of the 2011-12 academic year.
"I am honored and excited to have the opportunity to begin my coaching career at Ball State," Lulow says. "I am looking forward to being a part of the coaching staff and working with a great group of student-athletes. I am looking forward to helping the program grow and return to becoming a force in the MAC."
In addition to her Ball State experience, Lulow has served as a summer camp coach for Gateway Field Hockey in St. Louis, Mo., since 2007. She has also served as a National Field Hockey Festival Coach since 2007. From 2008-11, Lulow also served as a summer camp coach for Aim Field Hockey in St. Louis. In 2009 and 2010, she was a Regional Futures Tournament Coach for USA Field Hockey.
A native of Ballwin, Mo., Lulow earned her bachelor's degree from Ball State in May of 2012 in exercise science. The daughter of Steve and Laurie Lulow, she managed a 3.88 grade-point average on Ball State's 4.0 scale and was a member of the Dean's List from 2007-12, including being on the Honors College Dean's List from 2007-09.


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IDAH's award-winning EVIA Digital Archive Project creates software and systems for the annotation, discovery, playback, peer review, and scholarly publication of ethnographic field video.
IDAH fellow Ellen MacKay (English) directs the Folger Luminary Shakespeare iPad app for A Midsummer Night's Dream to create interactive reading experiences.
The Institute for Digital Arts and Humanities (IDAH) creates networks of faculty and technologists for developing digital collections, tools, and methods for research and creative activity. Specializing in audiovisual media, IDAH assists faculty in the life cycle of research from conceptualizing projects, designing prototypes, and preparing grant applications; to archiving, publishing, performance, and display. IDAH advocates for the needs of faculty and special collections in the development of campus infrastructure for the preservation, access, and dissemination of this research and creative activity. IDAH also supports graduate students and upper level under graduate students through the HASTAC scholars program and partners in developing courses in digital arts and humanities on the IUB campus.
The Institute for Digital Arts and Humanities was initiated in 2007 by the Office of the Vice Provost for Research at Indiana University, Bloomington. IDAH focuses on the use of media and digital technology in research and creative activity.
IDAH works with faculty to provide an in-depth understanding of the life-cycle of research data and the implications of their work as they undertake projects involving digital technologies. IDAH assists faculty in the beginning stages of project conception, design, and development, and directs faculty to the appropriate campus units which will assist them in the middle and end stages of preservation of, and access to, data once a project has been implemented. Integral partners in all of this work include Libraries Digital Collection Services, the Advanced Visualization Laboratory, UITS Cyberinfrastructure for Digital Humanities, the Pervasive Technology Institute, the College and Professional Schools, University Information Technology Services, the Archives of Traditional Music, and the Media Digitization and Preservation Initiative.
IDAH provides leadership in innovative research and ground breaking projects, and is a partner in educational initiatives and curriculum development. IDAH is also engaged in outreach to the IUB community and beyond through its website, Facebook and Twitter. Across campus IDAH provides a forum for disseminating information about, and building collaboration among, small and large-scale digital arts and humanities projects.
The IDAH offices and conference room, located on the first floor of the East Tower of the Wells Library, serves as a campus hub for individual consultations with faculty, as well as for IDAH presentations, special topic seminars, classes related to digital arts and humanities, and graduate student programs. Faculty may also reserve designated project cubicles within the IDAH office on a semester-by-semester basis to work on a specific digital project. The IDAH office, project spaces, and conference room complement and contribute to the Libraries' Scholar's Commons programs, and well situated for encouraging faculty to drop in to seek advice on research projects or to discuss nascent ideas.
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Matthew William Corder, 31, of Junior, died Saturday, April 6, 2013.
He was born Jan. 1, 1982, at Elkins, the eldest son of William Donald and Julia Ellen Lothes Corder, who survive at Junior.
In addition to his parents, he is survived by his son, Kaleb Gabriel Corder, 4, and Kaleb's mother, Sara Coberly of Belington; one brother, Eric Michael Corder of Fairmont; his paternal grandparents, William Edward and Violet Jean Proudfoot Corder of Junior; three aunts, Linda Coleman of Belington, Cecelia Cacace and Margaret (Sonny) Austin, all of Elkins; two uncles, Wilfred (Gail) Lothes of Ellamore and retired Air Force Maj. John (Wilda) Lothes of Elkins; and a host of cousins.
He was preceded in death by his maternal grandparents, Wilford and DeSales Lothes.
Mr. Corder was a 2000 graduate of Philip Barbour High School where he was a Blue Chip Award winner in football, wrestling and baseball. He had attended Fairmont State College and was Catholic by faith. He was an avid hunter and loved all sports. He enjoyed participating in mixed martial arts and power lifting.
A Celebration of Life service will be conducted at 3 p.m. Saturday, April 13, from Schoonover-Stemple Funeral Chapel, 609 Crim Ave. in Belington. The Rev. Steven Newman will officiate. Friends may call at the funeral home from 1 until 3 p.m. Saturday.
The family requests memorials in the form of contributions to the Children's Miracle Network at West Virginia University, P.O. Box 8200, Medical Center Drive - ROC 117, Morgantown, WV 26506. Contributions should be made in honor of Kaleb Corder. Schoonover-Stemple Funeral Chapel was entrusted with the arrangements.


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Dr. Molly Senokozlieff treats the patients in her practice at Seasons OB/GYN as she would want to be treated and takes time to share knowledge that will empower them to improve their health. I believe education is an important part of providing patient care. Over the past three years, Dr. Senokozlieff has helped lead the way in using the da Vinci system for minimally invasive hysterectomies and other surgeries. Offered through the South Carolina Institute for Robotic Surgery, da Vinci can enhance the surgeons abilities while leading to faster recovery times and less pain for patients. Offering da Vinci surgery to my patients has been exciting because it has drastically improved our ability to manage complex gynecologic problems with minimally invasive approaches.
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New research provides compelling evidence for reflexology aiding cancer patients
This is the first large-scale, randomized study of reflexology as a complement to standard cancer treatment to evaluate its safety and effectiveness.
Reflexology is an ancient practice that was possibly first recorded as a pictograph on the Egyptian tomb of Ankhamor in 2330 BC along with other medical procedures. Reflexology is the application of appropriate pressure to specific points and areas of the feet, hands or ears. Today reflexologist can be found at many hospitals and cancer centers throughout the United States such as Memorial Sloan's-Kettering's Cancer Center and Children's Memorial Hospital.View slideshow: Reflexolgy and conditions
Dr. Gwen Wyatt, PhD, RN, professor in the College of Nursing Michigan State University and lead author of study stated "This is the first step toward moving a complementary therapy from fringe care to mainstream care."
This new study involved 385 predominantly Caucasian women with advanced stage breast cancer (has spread beyond the breast to other organs in the body most often the bones, lungs or liver) that were receiving chemotherapy and/or hormonal therapy.
The women were randomized into three primary groups; reflexology (95) lay foot manipulation on the left foot (95) or conventional care (96). Two preliminary reflexology test groups (reflexology 51 women and lay foot manipulation 48 women were used to establish the protocols. All participants were interviewed about their symptoms at intake then again at five and eleven weeks.
The researchers had found those women in the reflexology group had significantly less dyspnea (shortness of breath) a common symptom in breast cancer patients and saw significant improvements in physical functioning such as stair climbing or grocery shopping.
Dr. Wyatt had said she was surprised to find reflexology's effects appeared to be primarily physical and not psychological. She commented "We didn't get the change we might have expected with the emotional symptoms like anxiety and depression." "The most significant changes were documented with the physical symptoms."
Also found unexpected to the researchers was the reduced fatigue reported by those who received the "placebo" foot massage, particularly since the reflexology group did not show similarly significant improvement. With that in mind Dr. Wyatt is now researching if massage similar to reflexology given by friends or family of cancer patients as opposed to a certified reflexologist, may be a simple and inexpensive option.
Reduced pain and nausea was not witnessed by reflexology however, Wyatt points out it could be due to the drugs for combating those symptoms are generally quite effective so the women may not have reported them to begin with.
In their conclusion researchers write "Reflexology may be added to existing evidence-based supportive care to improve HRQOL (health-related quality of life) for patients with advanced-stage breast cancer during chemotherapy and/or hormonal therapy.
This study was funded by the National Cancer Institute and appears in the latest issue of Oncology Nursing Forum.
Reflexology can be adjusted to meet the needs of cancer patients. Deep pressure and vigorous manipulation of the foot should be avoided during times of active treatment for cancer, or if there is swelling in the foot or lower leg. Reflexology will not be used on known tumor sites or lumps that may be cancerous. Those who have cancer that has spread to the bone or fragile bones should not receive this treatment due to the risk of fracture.
More information on reflexology and cancer can be viewed online at the Cancer Research UK website.


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Rob Gym at UC Santa Barbara may be outdated but winning is always in style. The UCSB men's volleyball team improved to 7-1 at home this year with a four-set win over Long Beach State.
Austin Kingi had a game-high 20 kills while Evan Licht and Matt Hanley each added 17 kills for the seventh-ranked Gauchos.
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Football Names Kevin Kelly Defensive Coordinator
Kevin Kelly, who has served as the head football coach at Georgetown from 2007-13, has been named the defensive coordinator/inside linebackers coach for the Ball State Cardinals, according to fourth-year head coach Pete Lembo.
"We are very fortunate to bring a defensive coach with Kevin's experience, expertise and integrity to the Ball State football program at this time," Lembo says. "Kevin and I have a relationship that dates back to 1995 while we worked together at Dartmouth College. Since that time, we have maintained a very close friendship as our careers have progressed. Kevin has been both a mentor and a great resource for me through the years. He has an outstanding reputation as a defensive technician and has made a positive impact on several Football Bowl Subdivision programs including Syracuse, Navy, Marshall and Tulane. I am also grateful for all his efforts to make my alma mater's football program competitive despite some inherent challenges there. Our defensive players and assistant coaches will greatly benefit from Kevin's leadership."
At Georgetown, Kelly was named the 2011 Patriot League Coach of the Year and was an Eddie Robinson National Coach of the Year finalist. In 2013, he had five players receive All-Patriot League honors, while six of his student-athletes earned league honors in 2012. Kelly coached the Patriot League Defensive Player of the Year in 2011 and 2012. In 2011, Georgetown tallied an 8-3 record, its best since 1999, and played for the Patriot League Championship in the final game of the season. Under Kelly, the Hoyas experienced success in the classroom and community, with 211 student-athletes named to the Patriot League honor roll during his tenure. Kelly also encouraged his teams to take part in several charitable activities through their careers.
Prior to his head coaching stint at Georgetown, Kelly spent from 2002-05 as the special teams coordinator and linebackers coach at the U.S. Naval Academy where he helped the Midshipmen to three bowl games and a 26-11 record in his last three years. Navy won three Commander-in-Chief's titles during his time in Annapolis, won the 2004 Emerald Bowl, the 2005 Poinsettia Bowl and participated in the 2003 Houston Bowl. In 2004, Kelly's efforts helped Navy finish 26th in the country in scoring defense (19.83) as the team won a school record-tying 10 games. In 2003, he helped the defense finish 14th in the nation in pass defense, 42nd in pass efficiency defense (116th the year before), 34th in total defense and 34th in scoring defense (108th the year before) as Navy won eight games.
Prior to joining Navy, Kelly spent the 2000 and 2001 seasons as the defensive coordinator at Marshall -- one of two coaching stints with the Thundering Herd. In 2000, Marshall won the Mid-American Conference Championship and the Motor City Bowl and followed that up with a win at the 2001 GMAC Bowl. Kelly also worked at Marshall from 1996-98, when the team was making the transition to the Football Bowl Subdivision. In 1996, the team won the Southern Conference en route to the Division I-AA National Championship. They won back-to-back MAC Championships in 1996 and 1997, reaching the Motor City Bowl in both years and winning in 1997. His most successful season was in 1998 when Marshall's defense ranked 23rd nationally, including 16th in scoring defense, 14th against the pass and 25th against the run.
Kelly spent a year at Syracuse (1999), where he was the defensive backfield coach when the team won the Music City Bowl. It was his second stint with the Orange, as he was a graduate assistant/assistant linebackers coach from 1986-88, when the team won the 1987 Lambert Cup and reached the 1988 Sugar Bowl. Kelly's other FBS experience came at Tulane (1992-94), where he was the linebackers coach.
He also spent the 1991 and 1995 seasons on the staff at Dartmouth College, and worked with Lembo there in 1995. The Big Green won the 1991 Ivy League title with Kelly as the team's offensive backfield coach.
Kelly has also had coaching stints at Northeastern (1989-90), Bowdoin College (1998) and Southern Connecticut State (1984-85).
In addition to working with Lembo at Dartmouth, Kelly has also worked with current Ball State assistants Shannon Morrison while at Marshall and John Strollo while at Northeastern
A 1982 graduate of Springfield (Mass.) College, Kelly earned a bachelor's in physical education and played football for three years. He earned a master's degree in physical education from Southern Connecticut State in 1986.
His first coaching job was at Longmeadow High School in Massachusetts, where he was the defensive coordinator and defensive backfield coach in 1981. After graduating from Springfield in 1982, Kelly went to The Fieldston School, where he was the head coach for two years. He also served as a junior varsity basketball coach and the head track and field coach.
During Kelly's 20-plus years of experience in coaching at the collegiate level, he has recruited numerous players who have gone on to professional careers, including former Marshall quarterback Byron Leftwich, who played in the National Football League with the Jacksonville Jaguars.
Kelly and his wife, Kathy, have one daughter and two sons. Their daughter, Alexandra, a Notre Dame graduate, married Michael Hoffmann in summer 2011. The Kelly's have two sons, Patrick, a student at Georgetown, who serves as a student assistant football coach, and Ryan, a student at Bowling Green.