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- Susan G. Komen retracts defunding Planned Parenthood; yet things are left unclear. What's really going on? Pro-lifers are pretty unanimous on where to stand concerning Komen's announcement: learn more and take action.
- Michelle Obama continues to strengthen ties to Planned Parenthood as she campaigns for her husband's re-election reports Steven Ertelt of Life News.
- Planned Parenthood supports women making the right to choose sex selective abortions. Read more on Life News.
- We must support a presidential candidate who is solid in his pro-life convictions. Read 'So, You Want to Elect a President'.
- 40 Days for Life reports of a former abortion clinic worker who ran a 40 Days for Life campaign at her former work place and now the clinic is about to close!
- NCHLA reports "Department of Health and Human Services reaffirmed a rule that under the new health care law, virtually all private health care plans must cover sterilization, abortifacients, and contraception." Take action now!
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Lucknow: Mohit Sharma took five for 47 to help Haryana bundle out hosts Uttar Pradesh for a meagre 227 and then themselves reach 32 for one at the end of the opening day's play in their Ranji Trophy Group B match here on Saturday.
After putting UP in to bat, Haryana bowlers wrecked havoc as they dismissed the hosts for less than 230 runs on the board. Arish Alam top scored with 52, while Suresh Raina (49), Mukul Dagar (38) and Parvinder Singh (32) chipped in with important runs for UP. But wickets at regular interval did not help the hosts' cause at all. While Mohit ended with a five-wicket haul, Harshal Patel (2/42) claimed two wickets.
In reply to UP's modest first innings total, the visitors lost opener Abhimanyu Khod (8) early, but thereafter Rahul Dewan and Sunny Singh made sure that they do not lose any more wickets on the day. At stumps, Rahul was unbeaten on 13, while Sunny was not out on 10.
Brief scores: UP: 227 all out in 73 overs (Arish Alam 52, Suresh Raina 49; Mohit Sharma 5 for 47). Haryana: 32 for one in 9 overs (Rahul Dewan batting 13; Ankit Rajpoot 1 for 15).
Delhi vs Maharashtra: Read Navneet Mundhra's report here.
Karnataka vs Vidarbha:
In Mysore, unbeaten centuries by Lokesh Rahul and Murlidharen Gautam helped Karnataka pile up 308 for two against Vidarbha on the opening day of the their four-day Group-B Ranji Trophy match. Rahul was unbeaten on 145 and Gautam was batting on 129 at stumps.
Rahul batted cautiously and built a 44-run partnership for the first wicket with Robin Uthappa, who was first to go after scoring 24 runs from 4 balls with three boundaries.
Batting largely against a "stingless" Vidarbha attack, Rahul scored his unbeaten 145 knock from 269 balls with fifteen hits to the fence. Gautam faced 215 balls and struck eleven fours during his unconquered knock.
Sandeep Singh, who gave a push in the morning session with his two quick blows, nor Shrikant Wagh and Ravikumar Thakur could make any impact on Rahul and Gautam's 256 runs stand.
Brief scores: Karnataka (First innings) 308 for 2 in 90 overs (KL Rahul 145 not out, CM Gautham 129 not out; Sandeep Kumar 2 for 45) vs Vidharbha.
Baroda vs Tamil Nadu
In Vadodara, tail-enders Murtuza Vahora and Bhargav Bhatt defied all the odds to put up a 63-run stand for the final wicket as Baroda reached 191 for nine at stumps against a formidable Tamil Nadu side in the Ranji Trophy group league encounter.
Bhatt joined Vahora when Baroda were 128 for nine on a seaming track where seamer V Yomahesh ripped through the middle-order grabbing five for 25. Vahora remained unbeaten on 45 while Bhatt contributed 23.
Save skipper Ambati Rayudu who scored 54 with the help of five fours and a six, none of the reputed batsmen made any significant contribution. Among the top nine, only Aditya Waghmode reached 20 apart from Rayudu.
The best part about the partnership between Vahora and Bhatt was that they defied the Tamil Nadu pace trio of Jagannathan Kaushik, Sunil Sam and Yomahesh for 30 overs. Both Kaushik and Sam got two wickets apiece.
Brief Scores: Tamil Nadu 191 for 9 (Ambati Rayudu 54, Murtuza Vahora 45 batting, V Yomahesh 5 for 25).
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When it comes to keeping marine organisms in a glass box, size does matter. The size of the box and the size of the animals we intend to keep will impact how long these organisms remain in our aquariums. I do believe that when you purchase a fish, you should look at keeping it for its entire life. Therefore, when selecting one of the many saltwater fish species for your home aquarium, one of the first things you should investigate is the potential size of that particular species. Yes, it is very important to know what the fish eats. Yes, it is important to know how hardy the fish is. However, the potential maximum length of the fish should be the first thing you consider. If you don't have the funds for an enormous aquarium, you certainly don't want to pick up a juvenile specimen of some piscine behemoth.
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National Night Out Against Crime is Tuesday, with towns throughout the state celebrating with community gatherings and other events. The national program, now in its 30th year, is designed to heighten crime- and drug-prevention awareness, generate support for local anti-crime efforts and strengthen ties between the police and the community. Residents are asked to keep their exterior lights on during the events
Bergen County
Garfield Family activities and music by The Kootz, 7-9 p.m. Tuesday, 20th Century Field, Elizabeth Street. (201) 457-3418, ext. 2218.
Hackensack Crime prevention and safety displays and information, music by Filet of Soul, food and drink, prizes and raffle, hosted by Hackensack police and local organizations, 6-10 p.m. Tuesday, Courthouse Green, Main and Court streets. hackensack.org or (201) 646-7732.
Maywood Food, music and other activities and information and displays by town clubs and organizations, 6 p.m. Tuesday, Memorial Park, Spring Valley Road. maywoodboro.org or (201) 845-8800.
Teaneck Block party with displays and presentations from police and other county, state, and federal law enforcement agencies, fire trucks, ambulances, representatives from military, organizations and community groups, helicopter landing, vehicle "Jaws of Life" extrication demonstration, Army rock climbing wall, inflatable slide and obstacle courses, train ride for children, face painting, giveaways and music, 5-9 p.m. Tuesday, Votee Park. (201) 837-8759.
Camden County
Winslow Games, face painting, giveaways, pet parade, self-defense demonstration, voter registration, outdoor movie screening and opportunity to meet police bicycle patrol, Fire department and EMS members; bring nonperishable items to donate to Food Bank SJ, 5 p.m. Tuesday, Frank Donio Memorial Park, Chews Landing Road in Sicklerville. winslowtownship.com or (609) 567-0700.
Essex County
East Orange Food and activities hosted by First Ward Council members Andrea D. McPhatte and Jamal S. Barnes, 4-8 p.m. Tuesday, Soveral Field Park. (973) 266-5120.
Livingston Rides, face painting, free hot dogs, pizza and drinks, live music and DJ, public safety displays and demonstrations, and children's activities, 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Memorial Park Oval, Robert Harp Drive. livingstontownship.org or (973) 992-3000, ext. 3600.
Maplewood Observance at DeHart Park, Burnett Ave., 6-9 p.m. Tuesday. twp.maplewood.nj.us
Newark "Newark (National) Night Out" gatherings are planned for 6:30-9 p.m. Tuesday at numerous locations:
• Lincoln Park, Broad Street at Clinton Avenue, hosted by pastor Gerald Whitaker of Christ Church-Newark. (832) 368-0087.
• West Side Park neighborhood, 202 16th Ave., hosted by minister Mable Lewis of Dominion Fellowship Ministries, pastor Gloria Johnson of Study to Show Thy Self Approve By God and pastors Harold and Mavis Vaugh of Soldiers of the Cross. (908) 400-5043, (973) 342-1488 or (973) 757-7477.
• Washington Park, Washington Street and Washington Place, hosted by Dominion Fellowship Ministries founder Bernard Wilks and pastor Javon Allen of Peace Temple COGIC. (973) 273-9200.
• West End and South Orange avenues, hosted by Gloria Harris of Beth El International Church. (973) 204-1351.
• Clinton Avenue and 18th Street, hosted by pastor Ginnie Holte of Ray of Hope Ministries. (862) 452-8705.
• 998 South Orange Ave., hosted by pastor Mamie Bridgeforth of Faith Christian Center, (973) 715-6278.
• 985 South Orange Ave., hosted by Aubrey Gregory of Newark Gospel Tabernacle. (201) 259-4817.
• 272 Chancellor Ave. at Adline Street, hosted by Greater Life Church pastors Michael and Maria Westbrook. (973) 202-7231.
•555 MLK Jr. Blvd., hosted by MBC Willing Heart Community Center. (973) 819-5995.
•1024 Bergen St., hosted by pastor Hansel Ottley of Power Ministry Assembly of God Church. 9573) 576-9207.
•West Side Park Community Center, 600 S. 17th St., barbecue, games, activities, music and health screenings hosted by Tri-City Peoples Corporation and United Community Corporation, 4-8 p.m. Tuesday. (973) 676-5506.
South Orange Music by Aisle Five, public safety fair, Kids Zone with bounce house, coloring stations, face painting and giveaways, food and outdoor screening of "Despicable Me," 6:30-10 p.m. Tuesday, Flood's Hill. southorange.org
Hudson County
Hoboken Parade, watermelon-eating contest and entertainment, sponsored by Hoboken Police Department, 5 p.m. Tuesday, Church Square Park, 400 Willow Ave. email@example.com or (201) 420-2100.
Kearny Car show, bounce house, balloon artist, K-9 Unit and fire department demonstrations, local community groups, 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, Veterans' Field, Belgrove Drive between Afton Street and Bergen Avenue. kearnynj.org or (201) 955-7400.
Union CIty Free children's rides, hot dogs and performances by Rosario & Her Stars, Papo Ortega's Cubanoson, Union Hill, Rumba Havana Capitan, La Nueva Bohemia, TR Blaze and Luciano Xactamente, 6-10 p.m. Tuesday, Downtown Union City, Summit Avenue from Eighth and 15th streets. ucnj.com or (201) 348-5700.
Hunterdon County
Readington County observance with free food, drinks, door prizes, music, classic car show, children's activities, dunk tank, bounce houses, face painting, 5-9 p.m. Tuesday, Deer Path Park, 120 W. Woodschurch Road. email@example.com or (908) 788-1129 or (908) 788-1166.
Mercer County
Hopewell Free cookout, water ice, bounce house, dunk tank and police and fire vehicles on display, 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Hopewell Fire Department, 4 Columbia Ave. hopewellfire.com or (609) 883-6336.
Middlesex County
Cranbury DJ, moon bounce, dunk tank, car show and opportunity to meet members of local police, fire and EMS squads, 5-9 p.m. Tuesday, Village Park Gazebo, Brainerd Lake, Maplewood Avenue. firstname.lastname@example.com or (609) 395-0031.
Dunellen Activities in municipal parking lot at Route 28, sponsored by police and recreation departments, 6-9 p.m. Tuesday, Downtown Dunellen, North Avenue. dunellen.com or (732) 752-2466.
Highland Park DJ, public safety information and equipment on display, free raffles, giveaways, snacks, children's activities, car show and collection of donations for Highland Park Food Bank, 5-9 p.m. Tuesday, Third and Raritan avenues. (732) 572-3800, ext. 4212 or 4235.
Metuchen Free photos with police, fire and EMS officials, face painting, sidewalk art, games, rides and performance by Middlesex County Police and Fire Pipes and Drum Band, 6-8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Friendly's Restaurant and adjacent lot, 550 Middlesex Ave. (732) 549-4790.
Middlesex Games, giveaways, DJ and opportunity to meet local emergency services representatives, hosted by Middlesex Police Department, 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, Mountain View Park, Route 28 and Bound Brook Road. middlesexboro.com or (732) 356-1900, ext. 346.
Monroe Free food, bike rodeo and activities with emergency services representatives; moves to middle school in event of rain, 6-9 p.m. Tuesday, Thompson Park, 1701 Perrineville Road and Forsgate Drive. monroetwp.com or (732) 723-5000.
North Brunswick Music, food, bounce house and slide, face painting, temporary tattoos and public safety displays and information, 5:30-8:30 p.m. Tuesday, North Brunswick Municipal Complex, 710 Hermann Road. northbrunswicknj.gov or (732) 247-0922.
Piscataway Crime prevention and safety information, classic cars, children's activities, rock climbing, DJ, emergency vehicle display and dunk tank, 6-10 p.m. Tuesday, J.W. Westergard Library, 20 Murray Ave. piscatawaylibrary.org or (732) 562-2349.
Plainsboro DJ, children's games and rides, car show, bicycle safety checks and local emergency services equipment on display, 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, Morris Davison Park, Plainsboro Road. plainsboronj.com or (609) 799-0909.
Sayreville Family-friendly activities, 5-9 p.m. Tuesday, Kennedy Park, Washington Road. (732) 407-4448.
South Brunswick Free food, activities and displays, 6-9 p.m. Tuesday, Rowland Park, 255 Broadway Road. (732) 329-4646.
South River Rides, dunk tank, North Star helicopter landing, music, petting zoo, food, clown and music, 4-9 p.m. Tuesday, Seven Acres Park, Whitehead and Kamm avenues. $10 wristband for rides. southrivernj.org or (732) 257-1999, ext. 118.
Spotswood Games, local emergency response and military representatives, music, health screenings, water slide, vendors; moves to high school in event of rain, 5-8 p.m. Tuesday, Spotswood Municipal Building, 77 Summerhill Road. spotswoodboro.com or (732) 416-1854 or 418-1870.
Monmouth County
Asbury Park Activities and vendors in municipal parking lot area, 5-8 p.m. Tuesday, Asbury Park Oceanfront, Ocean Avenue between Asbury and Sunset avenues. apboardwalk.com or (732) 502-5755.
Bradley Beach National Night Out, Food, activities and safety information and demonstrations, 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, Bradley Beach Firehouse, 815 Main St. bradleybeachonline.com or (732) 776-2999.
Fair Haven Activities hosted by local police, 5-8 p.m. Tuesday, Fair Haven Police Headquarters, 748 River Road. (732) 747-0991.
Howell DJ, giveaways and demonstrations by police and emergency service personnel, 5-8 p.m. Tuesday, Lanes Mill Marketplace, 4807 Route 9. (732) 938-4500.
Long Branch Food, music, games and giveaways, 5-8 p.m. Tuesday, Slocum Park, Slocum Avenue and Broadway. long-branch.net or (732) 222-7000.
Manalapan Food, music, children's inflatable rides, face painting, police K9 and self-defense demonstrations, monster truck, clowns, crime prevention information, 5:30-8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Target, 55 Route 9. (732) 446-3200.
Matawan Vehicle extrication and roof rescue demonstrations, opportunity to meet local public safety personnel and inspect equipment and free food and refreshments, 6-9 p.m. Tuesday, Matawan Police Department, 150 Main St. matawanpolice.org or (732) 290-2025.
Red Bank 6-9 p.m. Tuesday, Red Bank Municipal Complex, 90 Monmouth St. redbanknj.org or (732) 530-2760.
Sea Girt Hosted by Sea Girt Police with classic car show, a bicycle safety rodeo, mobile video-game center, music by Project P.A.C.K.M.A.N., state police K-9 demonstrations, displays and safety information, 5-9 p.m. Tuesday, National Guard Training Center, Sea Girt Avenue. seagirt-nj.com/nationalguardtrainingcenter.shtml or (732) 449-7300.
Union Beach Family activities, food, vendors and giveaways, 6-9 p.m. Tuesday, Union Beach, Beachfront. unionbeach.net or (732) 264-2277.
Morris County
Butler Music by Bloomingdale Cornet Band and other activities, 6-9 p.m. Tuesday, Butler Park, Park Place. butlerborough.com or (973) 838-7200.
Chatham Police department coordinating activities and observances in participating neighborhoods, 6-9 p.m. Tuesday, Chatham Township Police Department, 401 Southern Blvd. chathamtownship.org/police_main.html or (973) 377-0100, ext. 509.
Florham Park Police department displays, National Guard helicopter landing, Fatal Vision DWI simulation, ERT Team and motorcycle demonstrations, free food, prizes and face painting and screening of "Hotel Transylvania" on a jumbo screen, 6 p.m. Tuesday, Florham Park Borough Hall Lawn, intersection of Ridgedale Avenue and Elm Street. florhamparkboro.net or (973) 410-5300.
Morris Twp. Countywide observance with free food, entertainment, ice skating, giveaways and opportunity to meet Park Police and representatives from more than 40 other law enforcement and community agencies and inspect emergency vehicles and mounted equestrian units, 5 p.m. Tuesday, Mennen Sports Arena, 191 E. Hanover Ave. morrisparks.net/aspparks/mennenmain.asp or (973) 326-7654.
Rockaway Family activities sponsored by the borough police department, 6-9 p.m. Tuesday, Fireman's Field, Beach Street. (973) 627-1851.
Ocean County
Brick Police exhibits and demonstrations, games, Police Camp graduation and Kids Day celebration, 6-9 p.m. Tuesday, Windward Beach, Princeton Avenue. (732) 262-1073.
Lakehurst 6-10 p.m. Tuesday, Harold J. Fuccile Memorial Sports Complex, Chestnut and Myrtle streets. (732) 657-4141.
Long Beach DJ, photo booth, K9 demonstartion, inflatable rides, food and drink, police, fire and first aid information and displays, CompuKid child ID, 6-10 p.m. Tuesday, Long Beach Township Municipal Annex, 68th and Long Beach Boulevard. longbeachtownship.com or (609) 361-1000.
Somerset County
Bound Brook Activities, food and refreshments, moon bounce, face painting, musical entertainment and safety education, 6-9 p.m. Tuesday, Codrington Park, Thompson Avenue. boundbrooknj.net or (732) 356-0833, ext. 646.
Branchburg Activities including fun run and a 5K race; registration fees apply, 7 p.m. Tuesday, White Oak Park, Baird Road. (908) 722-4878.
North Plainfield Emergency vehicle expo and barbecue in the municipal lot across from borough hall, 6-9 p.m. Tuesday, Downtown North Plainfield, Somerset Street. northplainfield.org or (908) 769-2900.
Somerville Police, fire and EMS units, recreation department and children's activities and giveaways, 6-9 p.m. Tuesday, Carol Pager Field, Green Street. email@example.com or (908) 725-0331.
Union County
Cranford Displays of police car, zodiac boat, motorcycle and emergency service unit; DJ, face painter, magician, martial arts demonstration, blood drive and giveaways, 6-9 p.m. Tuesday, Cranford Gazebo, North Union and Springfield avenues. cranford.com or (908) 709-7337.
Elizabeth Free games and refreshments, health, safety and security exhibits and demonstrations, citizen awards and raffles, 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, Carteret Park, Elmora Avenue and Murray Street. elizabethnj.org or (908) 820-4238.
Fanwood Children's activities, food and refreshments and screening "Oz the Great and Powerful," 6:30-8:30 p.m. Tuesday, LaGrande Park, LaGrande Avenue. (908) 370-7092.
Linden Giveaways and free food and beverages, 5-7 p.m. Tuesday, Raymond Wood Bauer Promenade, 400 N. Wood Ave. linden-nj.org or (908) 474-8600.
Roselle Free hot dogs, hamburgers and refreshments and giveaways, 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, Pine Street Playground, Second Avenue and Pine Street. boroughofroselle.com or (908) 245-6156.
Roselle Park Free 90-minute townwide picnic followed by activities in the middle school parking lot with representatives from local police, fire, first aid and emergency management, 5:30-9 p.m. Tuesday, Casano Community Center, 314 Chestnut St. (908) 245-2300.
Scotch Plains Police SWAT, K-9, motorcycle and patrol car demonstrations, rides, dunk tank, music by The Broadcasters and food, 6-9 p.m. Tuesday, Scotch Plains Municipal Building, 430 Park Ave. scotchplainsnj.com or (908) 322-6700.
Springfield Activities followed by outdoor screening of "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs," 6 p.m. Tuesday, Meisel Avenue Park, Meisel Avenue. (908) 558-4079.
Summit Local police, fire and first aid squad displays and demonstrations, 6-8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Summit Village Green, Broad Street between Maple and Summit avenues. (908) 277-2932 or (908) 273-0051.
Union Cookout, contests, youth activities and anti-crime information, 5-10 p.m. Tuesday, Union Township Police Headquarters, 981 Caldwell Ave. uniontownship.com or (908) 851-5000.
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1943-1949 Billy Herman Pro-Model Bat - Highest-Graded Example
Starting Bid - $500.00 , Sold For - $3,231.25
Billy Herman H&B signature model "K55" bat dating from the 1943-1949 manufacturing period. Graded A8 by MEARS, only one graded at this level, with none graded higher. Billy Herman pro-model bats are exceedingly rare and currently this is one of only two examples ever graded by MEARS. Its scarcity notwithstanding, this bat is also highly significant due to the fact that it can be definitively dated to a particular year, that being Herman's final season in the Major Leagues. H&B factory records indicate Herman only placed one order for "K55" bats, matching this bat's specifications, between the years 1943 and 1949, with that order received on 7/29/47. The bat displays significant use along its entire length including ball marks, deeply embedded stitch marks, grain swelling, and an eight-inch-long wrap of vintage tape on the handle that hides a crack of unspecified length. 1947 was Herman's final Major League season and he spent it in Pittsburgh as player/manager of the Pirates. Even though his batting skills were still sharp (he batted .298 in 436 at bats in 1946), he obviously felt more at home in the dugout that season. Herman only penciled his name in the lineup fifteen times and he finished his final year with a .213 average. Herman was fired with one game remaining in the season and in the following few years he served as player/manager for a number of minor league clubs. In 1952 he returned to the Majors as a coach with Brooklyn and managed the Boston Red Sox in the mid 1960s. During his playing career (1931-1947) Herman was considered the finest second baseman in the National League and Leo Durocher once remarked that he was "universally accepted as the classic number-two hitter...an absolute master at hitting behind the runner." He led the League in fielding percentage at his position on three separate occasions and he finished his career with a .304 average. He was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1975. Length: 33.87 inches. Weight: 34.6 ounces. Graded A8 by MEARS (5 point base grade, plus 3 points for use and a half point for the date-specific factory records, but minus a half point for the handle crack). This bat has been consigned to this auction directly from the personal collection/inventory of world-renowned bat and jersey authenticators David Bushing and/or Troy Kinunen. LOA from Dave Bushing & Troy Kinunen/MEARS. Reserve $500. Estimate $1,000/$2,000. SOLD FOR $3,231.25
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Primer trays: any use for them?
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> Primer trays: any use for them?
March 26, 2013, 09:56 PM
Has anyone found any sort of use for the plastic trays primers come it? It just seems so wasteful to throw them away.
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March 26, 2013, 09:57 PM
Small targets, about the only use I've found for them once I know they're empty for good.
March 26, 2013, 09:59 PM
Drink coasters.
March 26, 2013, 10:15 PM
With enough hot glue, anything is possible.
March 26, 2013, 10:29 PM
And do not forget 100 mph tape (aka duct tape).:)
March 26, 2013, 10:38 PM
tiny ice cube trays :rolleyes:
March 26, 2013, 10:49 PM
The only ones I've found any use for are the Remington's. I belong to a model railroad club, and we use them to simulate store shelving for storefront interiors. They work great for HO scale.
March 27, 2013, 12:14 AM
Snowshoes for a gerbil.
March 27, 2013, 09:13 AM
+1 for tiny ice cube tray. that made my smile.
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March 27, 2013, 09:21 AM
Decorative panels for a spaceship model (see Battle Beyond the Stars, Star Crash, Star Wars, E.T., etc). Snippers, glue, spraypaint, you can make heat shields, radar screens, EMP blaster panels. Use you imagination.
^Drink coasters was a good idea too.
March 27, 2013, 09:47 AM
A while back there was a similar thread on those things. I had saved up a huge box full of those things trying to think of some use.
Finally one cold day I started tossing them in the wood stove and got a little extra heat out of them. :)
March 27, 2013, 09:50 AM
Take a 209 primer tray, cut out all, but 85 holes or just plug the other 15 with glue or something. Dip it into a bowl full of steel T shot and get a shot in each hole. Much easier to charge your 10 gauge hull this way than to try to use a bushing for such large shot.
I'm a goose hunter. I realize this is a specialty use, but hey, you asked. :D
March 27, 2013, 10:18 AM
Have used one hole cut square around it's sides as an emergency plastic bushing for the powder feed on my Dillon 550B..........worked just as well as the original.
March 27, 2013, 10:23 AM
Barbie waffles.
March 27, 2013, 10:25 AM
Yes. After many years of contemplating this exact thought, I have finally found a useful novel way to use them and resell them at a $35 dollar profit each.*
*I'm lying
March 27, 2013, 10:26 AM
cajun executioner
March 27, 2013, 12:14 PM
This is taking recycling to a new level!!
March 27, 2013, 12:27 PM
When I am done with them, I call them garage garbage can beautification trays.
Matt Dillon
March 27, 2013, 12:43 PM
I only wish that I could purchase them full of primers! I can't remember what they look like, it has been so long since I could find them*
*i'm lying about not remembering what they look like :-)
March 27, 2013, 12:58 PM
I use em for home made dip-n-dots :)
sure they are little pucks and not perfect little spheres but I cant complain too much. Actually I use them to help build Mount Rumpke http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumpke_Sanitary_Landfill
Jesse Heywood
March 27, 2013, 01:44 PM
Cheesecake holders. You can kill two birds with one stone.
In the back of the fridge is that aerosol can of party cheese crazy aunt Martha brought for the housewarming party two years ago. Using a small primer tray, fill each hole with cheese. It should be ripe by now, so do this outdoors. Then cut the individual cones from the tray. Now you have 100 cheesecakes for the enjoyment of the mice in the loading room. Place them at prime locations, so the mice can invite their buddies for a party. Replace the holders htat are missing, but slide the holder inside the lip of a trap, Repeat as needed.
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March 27, 2013, 01:47 PM
Actually I use them to help build Mount Rumpke http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumpke_Sanitary_Landfill
"A 14-year-old circus elephant and the world's largest Hershey's bar are some of the items buried in the landfill."
March 27, 2013, 01:53 PM
They are kinda like chads with "flare".
March 27, 2013, 02:13 PM
Primer trays: any use for them
Every time a thread like this appears, I click on it with high hopes that someone, somewhere, has finally found a legitimate use for them little buggers.
But alas, disappointed again.:banghead:
March 27, 2013, 02:26 PM
I use mostly Winchester primers and throw away nearly all of the trays. If you need a primer flipping devise, just place an empty tray over a full tray and turn them over. Worked fine for the primer tube on my Dillon SD.
March 27, 2013, 02:31 PM
It's a solution looking for a problem. Throw them in the recycle bin.
March 27, 2013, 02:41 PM
I bet if you ground them up and then bound them within an epoxy matrix, to of course tightly fit the bore of a 12 ga shotgun, you'd be able to say at least you did that.
March 27, 2013, 09:40 PM
I also use them as targets. The CCI SP ones are 2 inches square. If you turn them over, you'll see that they are divided into 4 1" x 1" quarters. I color in alternate quarters with a black marker. I hang them up and then my wife and I shoot at them from 10-15 yards with our 22 LR revolvers with the intent of putting at least one round in each of the 4 quadrants. See below pictures.
March 27, 2013, 10:36 PM
That's the best one I've ever heard.
March 27, 2013, 11:15 PM
Cheap, uncomfortable diaphragm?
March 27, 2013, 11:25 PM
Cheap, uncomfortable diaphragm?
Spongebob Squarepants would approve.
March 27, 2013, 11:38 PM
Earrings, duh!
March 27, 2013, 11:43 PM
Shuriken but a mouse would/could probably just bat it away. I bet you could wing like five at once so that'd have to be one skilled mouse though. OK, mouse shuriken death.
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"By asking ourselves how we want to be remembered, we plant the seeds for living our lives as if we matter. By living each day as if we matter, we offer up our own unique legacy. By offering up our own unique legacy, we make the world we inhabit a better place than we found it." - Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner, authors, The Leadership Challenge
When I facilitated the Franklin/Covey Seven Habits of Highly Effective People training program, one of my favorite habits was Habit 2, "Begin with the End in Mind." Imagine yourself at your 80th birthday party, listening to the people in the room reminiscing about the impact you had on their lives. These people are your spouse, your children, your former employees, coworkers, bosses, customers, and other people from the communities where you have lived and served in various capacities. It would be interesting to peek into the future to see how it will turn out. The question is, if you could see the future, would it cause you to change your actions in the present? We're talking about legacy. Here are two legacies for someone in a leadership position:
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Legacy B
If you think this is an exaggeration, you would be wrong. I actually worked with someone who is living Legacy A and Legacy B. The one who is living Legacy A, I consider my mentor. Even after 20 years we stay in touch and I trust his advice and counsel. He made me want to be better, to learn, and to grow. Legacy B is a compilation of the worst traits in people I've come across in 31 years of public service. Needless to say, it was not fun being part of those organizations, particularly when the person with those traits was the boss. In my experience, organizations with Legacy B leaders experienced loss of trust, declining customer service, and loss of employees in the 5-15 year range of service leaving an experience gap. The employees that were left were the new ones just starting out and those hanging on until they could retire. Those organizations were also characterized by a closed system of communication where dissent was not welcome and employees were afraid to speak up. Sound familiar to anyone?
Which legacy do you want to leave, if you want to leave one at all? Also, you don't have to be the boss to have the term "legacy" attached to your life. We all leave a legacy, to our families, our children, our work life, our community, etc. We all make a difference, but the question is what kind of difference will you make?
Have you ever heard someone say, "I don't care if they like me as long as they respect me." As far as I am concerned, that is nuts. The reality is that people will be better workers and more dedicated and loyal employees when they are treated right by their leaders. Respect, dignity, support, empathy, compassion and confidence are just a few of the terms that apply. If our leaders treat us like that, we will like them. Kouzes and Posner say the following:
"We will work harder and more effectively for people we like. And we will like them in direct proportion to how they make us feel."
"If people don't want to be liked then they probably don't belong in leadership."
It shouldn't take a huge research project to figure this out. However, there is a crowd out there that equates being liked with not holding people accountable or allowing them to do whatever they want without consequences. They may be called easygoing or laid back. That couldn't be farther from the truth. The fact is, if you are that kind of leader, there is a large group of people that don't like you—the high performers. When there is little accountability, the high performers get frustrated and will eventually leave your organization. That is not a legacy you want to leave either.
While on active duty in the Navy Civil Engineer Corps, I had the privilege of serving President Reagan, providing support while he was at his ranch near Santa Barbara. A group of Navy Seabees was assigned to maintain support facilities during his visits and then we also removed these facilities at the end of his second term. (Seabees is the name given to those in the Naval Construction Force and is taken from the first letters of the words Construction Battalion). I will always remember how he made me and the other Seabees feel when we were in his presence. He made us feel important and that he cared for each and every man and woman in uniform. He would participate in reenlistment ceremonies and tell stories. When he was at the ranch, he was there on vacation, but he always had time for his Seabees. His leadership instilled a sense of pride in us and he made us feel good about ourselves and our contribution to the nation. As a result, we liked him and would work even harder for our organization. That has had a lasting effect on me personally and has challenged me to strive to be that kind of a leader.
Legacy isn't just about you and what you've accomplished. Peter Drucker said that "There is no success without a successor." What are you doing to cultivate successors? John Maxwell said in a recent Leadership Wired newsletter that he resolved to produce leaders rather than attract followers, and it is one of the best decisions he ever made.
Maxwell says there are four aspects of shaping a legitimate leadership legacy:
Your character, choices, and conduct are the seeds you sow. Consequences, #4, are the results and a reflection of the other three. I have seen the positive side of this when you invest yourself in the development of employees. When you give of your time, share your experiences, and lead potential successors down the right road, they will blossom into the kind of person, leader, and successor that will help an organization stay strong when you leave. Maxwell says, "We spend our day either preparing or repairing."
Where is your time spent? Preparing or repairing? If you treat people like a piece of equipment or a car that has a few miles on it, then you will never invest your time or pour your life into the development of that person. You will simply write them off when you are tired of them or when you see a newer, more attractive model that looks good on the outside, but is unproven otherwise. You will be constantly repairing and your legacy will be nothing more than an example of a leader others don't want to follow. You will leave a "track record" rather than a legacy.
Be a leader who has confidence in your followers. Have the belief and knowledge that they will go on to do even greater things than you have done as a result of your influence on their lives. People will not remember how well your organization did in the fourth quarter of 1998. They will remember the people you developed so that your organization was able to "adapt, prosper, and grow." In a relay race, success is determined by successfully passing the baton. In business and public service, successfully passing the baton might just be the greatest gift you can give to yourself and to the next generation.
Finally, if you start questioning what legacy you will leave, remember that on the highway of life, you won't get anywhere by looking in the rearview mirror. Keep your eye on the road ahead and you can make a brighter future for yourself and others by starting today.
"Leadership is not solely about producing results....Being a leader brings with it a responsibility to do something of significance that makes families, communities, work organizations, nations, the environment, and the world better places than they are today. Not all these things can be quantified." - Kouzes & Posner, from A Leader's Legacy
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|Dec 09, 2010, 03:09 AM
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Maintenance Imbalance!! (Civ 5 cannot support large empires/armies)
I just played a single-player game on a standard map, King difficulty, domination-only. The goal was to test how Civ 5 handles situations where the game is reduced to 2 main, exceptionally large superpowers, vying for control of the planet. In previous Civ versions, everything would balance out quite well, allowing for a really strategic-- and hella fun-- showdown that usually ends with one or both civs being covered in mushroom clouds and fallout. The only real annoyance would be that far too much time would be spent micromanaging an enormous number of cities.
Enter Civilization V. The pro is that much less time is spent micromanaging cities and constructing SoD's. There is only one con. Unfortunately, it's not only big, it's downright prohibitive. I can sum it up in one word: Maintenance.
Unfortunately, Civ 5 is simply incapable of supporting a superpower nation with an army that can compete against the AI. My guess would be that the devs simply neglected to figure that into the equation when they were making sure the numbers all added-up.
Specifically, if you have a large number of cities + a large number of units, it is 100% impossible to sustain them, period. In my experiment, I played until around 2070 with Future Tech researched a few times. Japan and I (playing as America) were the sole superpowers, each on separate continents, though I shared mine with two smaller (and friendly) civs and some city states. Virtually all of my land is improved, mostly trade outposts (to the point where citizens are starving in many cities). All maintenance-reducing social policies have been adopted (roads, units, cities, etc). I'm not at war and net happiness is hovering between -10 and 10, depending on how I tweak unit fortifications/etc. Virtually every city has a stock exchange, gold focus, and is producing gold. I also tried selling science and other non-essential buildings in non-puppet cities.
The result? About -300 gold per turn. I was able to get it to around -200 after selling over half of my buildings AND switching every city to gold production. It dropped to around -180 after several units were randomly disbanded as a result of insufficient funds (cannot run a deficit under any circumstances like in Civ 4).
Meanwhile, the "Pointiest Sticks" metric shows that Japan has about 10 times the number of military units as I do (and you can see them). Diplo screen shows that Japan has 0 gold with around -800 per turn! No evidence of their units disbanding as far as I can tell. As a result, there's no way I an compete with their military, because theirs will continue to grow while mine shrinks due to the deficit.
This issue has been reported by others as well. Here's one link I found with a quick Google search:
I certainly understand the devs' desire to discourage large clusters of units in favor of more strategic placement, but I think their zeal for this caused them to lose sight of the fact that larger civs will build larger armies, particularly in the future era. And remember, this was all on the *standard* map. I can't even imagine how bad this would've been on Earth....
This definitely needs to be fixed in the next patch, because right now Civ 5 is unplayable under those conditions. This is the first time I've said this since I started testing with this scenario after Civ 2 Multiplayer Gold was first released. I sincerely hope this will be addressed in the next patch.
Here are a few ideas that could alleviate it:
1. As the game progresses into later eras (and/or as the number of cities you control grows), REDUCE THE MAINTENANCE COST OF UNITS! I was building a fleet of destroyers in that test so I could see if Japan started to send an invasion force across the ocean. I couldn't narrow down a consistent per-unit GPT cost, but in one turn that I built a single destroyer (and nothing else), my GPT dropped -15! It almost seems like they actually rigged it so that the cost for each unit actually goes up the more units you have, like an exponential curve. Bad idea.
2. Make it so that researching Future Tech actually provides a substantive benefit, rather than just boosting your score. Specifically, perhaps like a cumulative 1% boost in gold production each time it's researched.
3. Have some wonders that can reduce the cost of various maintenance of buildings/units/improvements.
4. Add a social policy (perhaps to the end of the Commerce tree) that allows a civilization to run a deficit, similar to how you could in Civ 4. You could realistically offset this by creating unhappiness the larger the deficit is.
5. Increase the gold from "Wealth" production in a city. Converting only 25% of production is basically pointless. For example, in a moderate-sized city that's costing me about 20 gold per turn in maintenance, if there's 10 production then I'll get a whopping 2.5 gold per turn! I think it should be 100%, or at very least 50%.
I've got some saves from that test if anyone would like to have a look at the specifics of what I'm talking about. I would also be interested in hearing any other suggestions on how this "formulaic bug" (for lack of a better term) can be fixed. And no, I'm not interested in hearing "Just dont biuld large civs, n00b!" responses, so don't bother. ;P
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|Dec 09, 2010, 03:13 AM
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Fixed in most mods including mine, via using option 1 (create wealth I think is 60% in MM last I checked, too) Developers seem to like taking mod ideas, so I wouldn't be surprised if it's fixed in vanilla soon.
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|Dec 09, 2010, 01:13 PM
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Please post a save.
I think its not a problem of building lots of cities. Each city after all brings new people to work land and earn gold. Unless you build too many buildings, city building maintainance should be usually covered by what the city earns. Then you have trade routes to cover the rest. I suppose you're just building too many units.
|Dec 09, 2010, 05:21 PM
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So because of this, yes having a lot of cities is not supported, because the only way you can have this many cities is to keep them as puppets, or to have your empire crippled by "livid" citizens. It's a catch-22.
I'll go ahead and post some saves. I don't have time to go through it at the moment but I'll get them posted as soon as I get the chance. =)
|Dec 11, 2010, 06:57 PM
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Alrighty, here's the most recent save file, as promised. Note that, in this save, about half a dozen or so of my military units have already been forcibly disbanded.
I sincerely hope they fix this bug in the next patch.
|Jul 23, 2011, 09:54 AM
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I hope y'all will forgive me for bumping this old thread. I haven't played Civ 5 since I posted this because the maintenance imbalance proved to make the game prohibitively limited for my favorite superpower strategy. Now I just read about this new patch. I took a look at the changelog and it looks like maintenance costs are somewhat reduced, but so is happiness.
So I'm wondering: For those of you who have played the patched version already, can you tell me if the maintenance issue for large empires is better or worse than before? If better, then I think I'll start playing again!
Thanks guys!
|Jul 26, 2011, 05:05 AM
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I haven't noticed a maintenance issue. Using social policies like Oligarchy and Military Caste are big helps in this regard. You may run a small deficit at times, but it should be adequately compensated through warfare (taking cities), and seems to quickly improve with a solid puppet empire.
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Interview With J.T. Knight
Q:Where did the idea for this logo come from?
I Googled "Fox Photos" and looked at a ton of different types of foxes. I ended up picking the most recognizable features and simplifying them. I had originally tried to incorporate a fox and sun somehow to represent the solar aspect. In the end, the sun concepts were dropped in favor of a simpler logo design.
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More Designs From J.T. Knight
I like this, the curves on the fox are nice & smooth and the tail is great. Nice work
Right up my alley here. Just finished a similar one for a kangaroo. I appreciate the stylism and simplification. Well done.
Would love to have some of your designs on LogoGala, SCM. If you've got time to submit them of course.
Did you havre one in mind? Happy to share.
Hmm… How about: Kangaroo Car Care, Cherry Picker and Movie Stick?
I like the looks of those as I flip through your portfolio.
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YOUNGSTOWN - After sitting in the penalty box for around 14 minutes, Youngstown's John Padulo was itching to get back on the ice to repay his teammates for his mistake.
The Rochester, N.Y., native tied the game at the 14:01 mark in the second period on the power play, but the referees gave him an unsportsmanlike misconduct penalty for saying something to the opposing bench that forced the Phantoms' power forward to sit out until halfway through the third period.
"I had a lot of saved energy," Padulo said. "I stayed in the box for 14 minutes, so that was the least I could do - make a difference. I think I did, and that was a turning point in the game."
On his first shift back on the ice, the right winger did just that, helping set up the go-ahead goal in the Phantoms' 4-2 win over Dubuque at the Covelli Centre on Tuesday night to stretch their season out to another game. The fifth and deciding game is Saturday in Dubuque.
Padulo stole the puck on the forecheck and got it to Cam Brown, who found a streaking Austin Cangelosi on the left wing. The Youngstown captain had a wide-open net to shoot into to give his team the 3-2 lead.
"It was a huge forecheck by Padulo, just laid a crushing hit on the defenseman," Cangeolsi said. "I saw no one was in front of the net, so I snuck backdoor. (Brown) gave me a perfect pass.
"I saw the puck coming, and I said, 'I'm going to put this puck in the net.' "
Padulo later sealed the win by flicking the puck over the Dubuque defenders and into the empty net with 1:03 remaining in the game, finishing off his redemption.
While Padulo spent the time off the ice thinking about the penalty, his teammates knew that in order to force Game 5 in the series, the Phantoms needed Padulo, a 5-foot-11 forward, to come out of the box with a clear head and the game still tied.
Considering Padulo's physical role on the team, players such as Josh Nenedal were left to pick up the slack, which they managed to do.
Along with the individual performances on the ice, Youngstown coach Anthony Noreen looked at forward Markus McCrea as a major reason Padulo came back motivated. The Temecula, Calif., native sat in the box for the first 2 minutes to serve the minor portion of Padulo's unsportsmanlike conduct penalty.
"The first person I'll credit for John when he came out of the box is Markus McCrea," Noreen said. "Markus gets that penalty. We didn't tell him to - he took it upon himself to spend those 2 minutes talking to John.
"He said, 'I told (Padulo) that we need him. I told him to rest up, come out of the box do what he's done all series.' "
Overall, the game saw fewer shots than in the previous games, as they combined to put 41 shots on net.
For Youngstown goalie Sean Romeo, he didn't see as many shots as he would have liked, but he had to credit his defenders for making his job easier. The Phantoms dove all over the ice to block shots, leaving him to make just 18 saves on 20 shots.
"To be honest, I think they had just as many shots as the other night, but our defense did such a good job of blocking shots before they got to me," Romeo said. "At the end of the game, I still had action, but I wasn't feeling the puck."
With the series tied at two games apiece, the Phantoms have the series-decider on Saturday at Dubuque. Although the Saints only lost three times in the regular season and not once during the playoffs at home, the players feel confident they can pull off the upset over the league's best team in the regular season.
"They're going to be going home on a 10-hour bus ride thinking to themselves, 'How did we get up two games and now it's going tied back to our place for Game 5?' " Padulo said. "We have all the momentum, we're a confident bunch and we've always viewed ourselves as the best team in the league."


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It must have hurt on some level for Kurt Thomas, who is from Texas, to have lost his starting job to the more lively Ronnie Brewer. Mike Woodson said after the game that Kurt Thomas is a professional who will not complain about such a demotion.
Of course, KT was only filling in for the injured Amar'e Stoudemire, who is improving after having surgery to clean out his knee two weeks ago.
It is Carmelo, however who has been the power forward in Amar'e's absence. Brewer is playing the three or the two when he's out there.
We were at the game Friday night against Dallas and witnessed a few things that were confirmed upon further DVR inspection.
1. There were words between Vince Carter and J.R. Smith, words between Vince Carter and Tyson Chandler, and words between Vince Carter and Carmelo Anthony. With Dirk and Marion still injured, I supposed Vince has the role of vocal leader of the team. OJ Mayo was a huge factor for the Mavs, but he was not "getting into it" with the Knicks like Vince was.
2. Did you notice how much of a force Elton Brand was in the first quarter? Why was it that we didn't see him again until the game had already been decided in the second half? Is he nursing an injury because he only had 3 personal fouls in the box score.
J.R. Smith really showed up big time to help us secure this win. Melo had 31, yes, but no one else was producing, and we needed a lift from another player, that player was Smith. 22 points and 4 steals.
Tyson was very lively. His put back dunk plus the foul was a huge play.
The coach believes Carmelo's three was the biggest play of the game.
We are not that good at rebounding the ball, but a win is a win and our undefeated record lives to fight another day.
The next game is on Tuesday in Orlando, then in San Antonio, then in Memphis. We'll reconvene at the Garden on Sunday against the pacers for another nooner. From there, another 3-game road trip begins with a game against New Orleans and the other two Texas teams.
It seems the Knicks will celebrate thanksgiving on the road this year. Thus far, they have much to be thankful for. The Knicks are beating teams on average by 17 points a game.


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Northumberland College in Berwick is introducing a wide range of Bitesize introductory courses for just £5.
The courses offer learning opportunities in subjects from first aid for pets, floristry and belly dancing to brickwork and carpentry.
They have start dates throughout February, March and April and last for between one day and five weeks. The first course to start is Floristry for Beginners starting on Monday, February 24.
For £15, residents can also learn how to create a website for a small business, pick up tips on celebrity make-up and gain an introduction to becoming a beauty therapist or hairdresser.
Helen Norris, schools and community leader for Northumberland College, said: "The Bitesize courses offer a great opportunity for local people to access training at an introductory level that might help them change career direction, progress to other training, get back into work or simply find a new interest."
The courses will be run at Northumberland College's main centre on Adams Drive, Spittal, Construction centre at Ramparts Business Park and The Graduate Hair and Beauty salon in the town centre.
Northumberland College was graded 'good' by Ofsted last year for teaching and learning and the college's success rates place them in the top 10% of colleges in England.
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The Toll from the Oklahoma Bombing Now Includes Hero Cop Terry Yeakey
With that desperate act, the Oklahoma City explosion, already responsible for the deaths of 168 people, may have claimed another victim. Four nights later, Yeakey's suicide hung like a pall over the 1,100 people who filled the National Cowboy Hall of Fame for the police department's awards ceremony paying tribute to its heroes in the April 1995 bombing. "I never thought I'd have to bury my dear friend and receive this award on the same day," says Officer Jim Ramsey, 27, one of the 92 men and women honored that evening. To Ramsey and others, Yeakey was a genuine hero: Not only had he pulled three men and a woman from the rubble of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, but he had dedicated himself to helping schoolchildren. Since August, he had been assigned to a drug education unit and traveled from school to school, counseling students, playing basketball with them and reading to them. "He loved kids," says Ramsey. "That's what drove him, the kids."
What drove him over the edge was a little less clear. A divorced father of four, Yeakey, 30, had his share of romantic and financial woes. He also had a chronic back injury (brought on when he fell two stories through a hole in the Murrah building during the rescue), insomnia and nightmares. Still, says Lt. Joe Ann Randall, "He was in the office on Monday, as lively and happy as could be. You had no idea. We didn't know the depth of his pain."
Early on, Terry Yeakey learned to smile to hide bad feelings. The sixth of seven children born to a parks employee in Enid, Okla., Yeakey—along with his brother Leslie and sister Vickie—was adopted at age 6 months by the late Zarakov Yeakey, an aircraft mechanic from El Reno, and his wife, Juanita, a nurse. The family's practical joker and marathon talker, Terry was also an emotional perfectionist who was reluctant to display anger or sadness. "Every waking moment Terry was thinking of helping somebody else," says his sister Lashon Hargrove, 29.
After earning an associate's degree in psychology from Redlands Community College in El Reno in 1986, he enlisted in the Army and became a military policeman. He joined the Oklahoma City police in 1990 and was called up for service in the Persian Gulf in December. There his duties included the mass burial of civilians killed in the war. "When he came back, you could tell there was a major change in him," says his sister Vickie. "He wasn't the same."
Back home in 1991, Yeakey tried to put down roots. He married Tonia Rivera, his college sweetheart, who is now a state clerical worker. They had two daughters, McKenna, 4, and Sheridan, 2, but went through a bitter divorce in 1995. (Yeakey also had two sons, Brandon, 10, and Braden, 20 months, by other women.)
The bombing of the Murrah building deepened Yeakey's distress. What others saw as his heroism he regarded only as failure. "He'd say, 'Had I not fallen, I could've saved more lives,' " recalls his biological mother, Almar Jarrahi, 53. After the bombings, Yeakey apparently fell behind on child-support payments, which forced him to work as many as three extra jobs, at night and on weekends. Last summer, after his adoptive mother died, his sister Lashon grew especially concerned. "He looked distant," she says. "He said, 'Man, my sleep is all messed up. I wake up at night, and my bedcovers are wringing wet.' "
Yeakey shrugged off suggestions from family and friends that he get counseling. In recent weeks he confided to Ramsey that he felt uncomfortable about receiving a medal and didn't plan to attend the ceremony. On the night before his death, sheriff's deputies found him sitting, disoriented, in his car by the roadside. They brought him to his sister Vickie's house, where, exhausted, he spoke about the explosion, confiding that he was haunted by images of dead children and terrified of his own nightmares. "I'm afraid of what I might do," he said. Yet after a nap he seemed refreshed and left. That was the last time Vickie saw him.
On May 11, several hundred mourners gathered in the redbrick Wesley United Methodist Church in El Reno to bid Yeakey farewell. The communal grieving helped, but it also served as a sobering reminder that, a year later, the bomb that destroyed the Murrah building still poses a threat. "I hope this is a wake-up call," says police chaplain Jack Poe, "to our department and the others that are hurting."
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The Mets were hit by the injury bug in Sunday's 6-5 loss to the Atlanta Braves. Jose Reyes left in the second inning due to stiffness in his left hamstring, and Daniel Murphy in the seventh with an MCL injury after a collision at second base.
Murphy will miss six-to-eight weeks but does not need surgery. Reyes was placed on the DL today and will miss at least two weeks.
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In a sick, twisted way, maybe the Reyes injury could have a silver lining. Teams will be hesitant to give him a lengthy contract, as the post All-Star Game slump coupled with the injuries will bring his value down significantly. This likely puts the Mets back in the race to sign him
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LAST Thursday evening the minor footballers made their exit from championship when they were beaten by Kilmeen 0-16 to 1-8.
Skibb trailed by three points at half point and drew level after some great play in the second half.
With ten minutes to go Skibb had two great chances to go in front but couldn't convert and Kilmeen ran out deserving winners.
Coaches Diarmuid Lucey, Tommy Salter and Sean Carmody should be well pleased with their results from a very young team: Olan Twomey, David Murphy, Richard Fitzgerald, Niall Calnan, Colm Fitzgerald, Christopher O'Donovan, Diarmuid Ryan, Niall McCarthy (capt), Killian Newman, Kevin Coombes, Kevin Davis, Adrian Croston, Gavin Coombes, Eoin Collins, Brian Crowley.
Subs: Colm O'Regan, Joe Lynch, Jack Breen, Eoin Quinn.
The U-14 footballers played a league game in Bandon last week winning 6-6 to 3-10 in extremely difficult conditions.
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Team: Paul Minihane, Padraig O'Neill, Sean Fitzgerald, Daniel O'Donovan, Eoin Fitzgerald, Shane O'Driscoll, Jack Cowap, Killian Lane, Dylan O'Donovan, Kevin Hurley, Dylan Hourihane, Patrick O'Sullivan, Dan Crowley, Eoghan O'Connell, Oscar Egan, Rory Byrne, Conor Hourihane, Ronan McCarthy, Mark Deasy.
Dillon Hourihane lined out for Cork U-14 against Dublin last Sunday morning and contributed three points in a 1-16 to 1-9 away victory.
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World powers are struggling to reach a provisional deal with Iran to limit its nuclear programme.
As talks in Geneva moved into a third day, Iran insisted it would not sign an agreement that did not have specific guarantees of its right to enrich uranium.
Iran's deputy foreign minister, Abbas Araqchi, said: "We are working on narrowing the gaps but the gaps are still there."
Enriched uranium is a critical component both in nuclear power generation and nuclear weapons.
Iran insists its nuclear programme is for peaceful purposes but world powers suspect it is seeking a nuclear weapons capability.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said: "They must not have nuclear weapons. And I promise you that they will not have nuclear weapons."
Before the latest round of talks opened, Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei said Iran would not step back "one iota" from its nuclear rights and referred to Israel as a "rabid dog".
The talks, which are scheduled to conclude today, involve Iran and representatives of the P5+1 - the US, UK, France, China, Russia, and Germany - are now expected to continue into to weekend.
Some US politicians have said they will push for further sanctions against Iran next month if the talks fail.


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Square Inc. has based its sales pitch on the ease of plucking its mobile card reader off a store's shelf and suddenly being able to accept swiped card payments.
But Square's new "Business in a Box" product, which starts at $299, aims to attract merchants that have more complex needs. It can include a cash drawer and a receipt printer, which merchants would otherwise have to purchase separately.
The move has converted at least one Square holdout, the proprietor of a 30-year-old donut shop in Santa Monica, Calif. Asked if he'd use Square previously, Sean Tao, who owns DK's Donuts and Bakery, says: "No."
"Because I do need a cash register. I do need a printer. And I'd have to find my own [if I used Square], and you don't know if it's compatible with the iPad," says the 25-year-old, who inherited his business from family members about three years ago. "It was more of a headache. [Before] you'd have to go out of your way to make it work."
Tao began using the bundled "box" in early December, after receiving a cold call from a Square representative.
Now, he runs roughly 95% of his card payment processing through Square, keeping his old point-of-sale system (which he describes as more expensive) for emergencies, such as when the Wi-Fi in his shop isn't working.
"I try to process as many [transactions] as I can through Square," he says.
Square apparently has struggled to win over other merchants to its portable card reader.
Jack Azimi, who owns Rockwell's Restaurant in New York, couldn't accept credit and debit cards after Superstorm Sandy because his phone line was knocked out.
Azimi would seem like the perfect candidate for a mobile card reader, but he couldn't use Square because he didn't own a smartphone to plug the device into, he says.
"You don't think of those things when everything is going right," he said in an interview last month.
Even Starbucks, which famously invested $25 million in Square last year and uses the company for processing, has never agreed to use its hardware.
Square's new bundle marks the first time it has charged for its hardware. The switch constitutes a stark change for the Silicon Valley company.
"I think it's notable," says Brian Riley, a senior research director in the retail banking and cards practice at CEB Towergroup. "What Square is finding out quickly, and only because they grew so fast, is that you can't approach cards from a single angle, and [right now] that's kind of what the Square model does — it's a device that plugs into a phone."
Already, Riley notes, many others have copied that model, after Square legitimized the market — TSYS, VeriFone (unsuccessfully) and PayPal, to name just a few.
Then, too, others already offer bundles similar to Square's "Business in a Box."
For instance, NCR is selling its point of sale payment system — which costs $499, and comes with a $79 a month fee (waived for the first month after purchase) — at Staples.
The NCR package includes NCR's Silver card reader, a cash register, an iPad stand and a cash drawer.
"You can't be a one-trick pony in this business and survive," says Riley. "[And] you can't diminish that these guys [Square] have a million customers."
Indeed, the decision to bundle hardware and charge a price for that package is natural for Square, says Jim Van Dyke, the chief executive and co-founder of Javelin Strategy & Research, a division of Greenwich Associates.
"Merchant payment processing is one incredibly fragmented market, despite years of consolidation," Van Dyke says. "Square will have to bet on achieving profitability that can only come if they achieve scale."
Building up to that critical size will present challenges -- expensive challenges, he says.
"And that means digging deep into their founder's [Jack Dorsey's] war chest," Riley asserts.
The hardware might prove itself valuable to smaller merchants — "not only simplifying payment options but also bringing in advanced technology," he adds. "Makes you wonder if and when Square will launch a significant foray into mobile POS payments that benefit consumers, merchants and banks."


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A priceless journey: Friend's birthday poem turned into a children's storybook to help those dealing with cancer Read more here
May 24, 2012
By Roxie Hamill, Kansas City Star
It began as a birthday present—a poem written by Laura Myer for her good friend Lori Lober, who at one time had been given only a 2 to 3 percent chance of living five years.
More than 1,200 FGCU students graduate Sunday
April 29, 2012
By BRITTANY SHAMMAS, NapleNews.com
When Sabrina Puhr called her professor to tell her she'd been diagnosed with stage four metastatic breast cancer, the professor recommended she take a brief leave from her master's program.
Local mom dying of breast cancer gets investigational drug and first dose of Pertuzumab
April 27, 2012
By Linda Hurtado, ABC Action News, Tampa
TAMPA - Darlene Gant arrived at Moffitt Cancer Center with hope in her heart. The dying cancer patient had a smile on her face because a little bag of hope has finally arrived.
Pertuzumab is an investigational drug -- not yet approved by the FDA -- that has shown promise in treating Darlene's HER2 positive breast cancer.
Megan MacKenzie to Receive Wilmot Cancer Center Inspiration Award
April 26, 2012
By University of Rochester Medical Center Newsroom
Cancer survivor has raised more than $100,000 to fund care and research at Wilmot
An engaging and energetic cancer survivor, McKenzie was diagnosed with stage IV breast cancer in 2007. In a case of the worst possible timing, Megan received her cancer diagnosis the day of her mother's funeral. Almost unbelievably, her father was diagnosed with esophageal cancer just five days later. In yet another cruel twist, her father lost his battle on Christmas Day 2007 at the age of 86.
Katherine Russell Rich, Who Wrote of Battle With Cancer, Dies at 56
April 6, 2012
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Katherine Russell Rich, whose gritty, darkly comic memoir of her protracted battle with breast cancer became a beacon for other patients, died of the disease on Tuesday. She was 56, and against all predictions had lived with cancer for nearly a quarter-century.
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February 28, 2012
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Seven years ago, Suzanne Hebert was diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer that spread to her liver and bones. After four rounds of chemotherapy and decreasing response rates, she decided it was time for a change. That change came after advice from a friend, who also had advanced breast cancer, and was enrolled on a clinical trial at MD Anderson.
When the cancer came back I felt I had let my family down
December 1, 2011
By Lynsey Haywood, The Sun (UK)
EVERY ten minutes a woman in the UK gets the devastating news she has breast cancer.
Thanks to advances in medical science, survival rates are improving.
But what happens if it comes back after treatment? Secondary breast cancer spreads from the initial tumour to other organs - usually the bones, lungs, liver or brain.
Maggie Daley inspired countless breast cancer patients
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As word of Daley's death spread Friday, the sad news was especially gripping for Chicago-area cancer survivors. In Maggie Daley, many saw a woman who fought the battle with dignity and grace, and who never let her illness overtake her radiant spirit.
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November 25, 2011
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Her husband called her a fighter. Her doctor called her a medical miracle. Maggie Daley, who died Thursday after more than tripling the average survival rate for those with a metastatic breast cancer diagnosis, said she simply was part of a group ready to face what life threw at them. "I have a lot of challenges ahead," Mrs. Daley said in May, at an event celebrating her husband's tenure as mayor. "But anybody who has cancer has the same experience. We're a mighty group. I'm not alone. I'm one of many."
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Reducing Tobacco Use and Secondhand Smoke Exposure: Mass-Reach Health Communication Interventions
Task Force Finding
The Community Preventive Services Task Force recommends mass-reach health communication interventions based on strong evidence of effectiveness in:
- Decreasing the prevalence of tobacco use
- Increasing cessation and use of available services such as quitlines
- Decreasing initiation of tobacco use among young people
Evidence was considered strong based on findings from studies in which television was the primary media channel. Economic evidence shows mass-reach health communication interventions are cost-effective, and savings from averted healthcare costs exceed intervention costs.
Read the full Task Force Finding and Rationale Statement for details including implementation issues, possible added benefits, potential harms, and evidence gaps.
Intervention Definition
Mass-reach health communication interventions target large audiences through television and radio broadcasts, print media (e.g., newspaper), out-of-home placements (e.g., billboards, movie theaters, point-of-sale), and digital media to change knowledge, beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors affecting tobacco use.
Intervention messages are typically developed through formative testing and aim to reduce initiation of tobacco use among young people, increase quit efforts by tobacco users of all ages, and inform individual and public attitudes on tobacco use and secondhand smoke.
About the Systematic Review
The Task Force finding is based on evidence from a Community Guide systematic review published in 2001 (27 studies, search period 1980-2000) combined with more recent evidence (70 studies, search period January 2000- July 2012). The systematic review was conducted on behalf of the Task Force by a team of specialists in systematic review methods, and in research, practice, and policy related to reducing tobacco use and secondhand smoke exposure. The finding updates and replaces two previous Task Force findings on mass media campaigns used to increase cessation and reduce initiation.
Updated Review (search period January 2000-July 2012)
The Task Force finding is based on results from 64 of the studies that evaluated interventions using television as the sole or primary media channel. Mass-reach health communication interventions were associated with decreased tobacco use prevalence, increased cessation and use of available cessation services, and decreased initiation of tobacco use among young people.
- Tobacco Use
- Prevalence of tobacco use among adults: median decrease of 5.0 percentage points (range of values: -5.2 to -1.9 percentage points; 4 studies)
- Increased exposure to anti-tobacco media messages was significantly associated with decreased tobacco use prevalence (4 studies).
- Prevalence of tobacco use among young people (11 to 24 years of age): median decrease of 3.4 percentage points (interquartile interval [IQI]: -5.3 to -1.6 percentage points; 11 studies)
- Increased exposure to anti-tobacco media messages correlated with a decrease in adolescent tobacco users (1 study).
- Increased exposure to and appeal of anti-tobacco media messages were associated with an increased sense of tobacco independence and positive social imagery of not smoking, both of which strongly correlated with not smoking (1 study).
- Cessation of tobacco use: median increase of 3.5 percentage points (IQI: 2.0 to 5.0 percentage points; 12 studies)
- Increased intervention intensity was associated with increased odds of quitting (2 studies).
- Exposure to anti-tobacco media did not significantly increase cessation in 3 studies.
- Prevalence of tobacco use among adults: median decrease of 5.0 percentage points (range of values: -5.2 to -1.9 percentage points; 4 studies)
- Use of Cessation Services
- Number of calls to quitlines: median relative increase of 132% (IQI: 39% to 378%; 11 studies)
- Interventions were effective in increasing use of cessation services, especially quitlines (17 studies).
- Tobacco Use Initiation Among Young People
- Initiation among young people (11 to 24 years of age): decrease of 6.7 percentage points (95% confidence interval: -13.0 to -0.4 percentage points, 1 study)
- Higher intervention exposure or higher intervention recall or appeal was associated with reduced tobacco use initiation (5 studies).
- Awareness of anti-tobacco advertising was associated with reduced smoking initiation among high-sensation-seeking young people (1 study).
Included studies also reported favorable results of the intervention on other outcomes such as changes in quit attempts (12 studies), exposure to secondhand smoke (1 study), and adoption of smoke-free policies in private homes (3 studies).
Previous Review (search period 1980-2000)
- Tobacco Use
- Prevalence of tobacco use among adults: median decrease of 3.4 percentage points (range of values: -7.0 to 0.2 percentage points; 7 studies)
- Prevalence of tobacco use among young people (11 to 24 years of age): median decrease of 6 percentage points (range of values: -11 to 0.02 percentage points; 6 studies)
- Prevalence of tobacco use was significantly lower among young people who were exposed to mass-reach health communication interventions (odds ratio [OR] = 0.60, range of values: 0.49 to 0.74; 4 studies).
- 2 studies found no effect.
- Tobacco consumption (measured as state per capita consumption compared to rest of the U.S.): median decrease of 15 cigarette packs per capita per year (range of values: 24.5 to -9; 3 studies); and relative decrease of 12.8% (range of values: 17.5% to 9.8%; 3 studies)
- Cessation of tobacco use: median increase of 2.2 percentage points (range of values: -2 to 35 percentage points, 5 studies)
- Use of Cessation Services
- Number of calls to quitlines increased by 392% (1 study)
Economic Evidence
Sixteen studies were included in the economic review. Review conclusions are based on results from 13 studies that provided cost-effectiveness measurements and cost-benefit comparisons. All monetary values are reported in 2011 U.S. dollars.
- Cost-effectiveness estimates (10 studies)
- Cost per quality-adjusted life year (QALY): median estimate of $577 (range of values: $97 to $1,622; 3 studies)
- Cost per life year saved (LYS): median estimate of $213 (range of values: $128 to $718; 3 studies)
- Cost per additional caller to quitlines (costs of media campaigns and associated increase in calls to quitlines): median estimate of $260 (range of values: $24 to $399; 4 studies)
- Cost-benefit estimates (3 studies)
- Benefit-to-cost ratio estimates ranged from 7:1 to 74:1
Estimates of cost-effectiveness were assessed in comparison to a conservative threshold of $50,000 per QALY saved. Overall, the economic evidence indicates mass-reach health communication interventions are cost-effective and savings from averted healthcare costs exceed intervention costs.
Considerations for Implementation
The following considerations are drawn from studies included in the evidence review, the broader literature, and expert opinion.
Mass-reach health communication interventions are most commonly implemented with other tobacco control interventions or as part of a comprehensive tobacco control program. Following are some of the common characteristics of these interventions.
- Most primarily broadcast messages through television, as compared with radio or print media (e.g., posters), in order to access a wider audience.
- Most often, funds are used to purchase broadcast time (e.g., television or radio advertisement) or advertising space in print media (e.g., newspapers or magazines).
- Messages from recent interventions commonly use personal testimonials or graphic images of harms caused by tobacco use to generate emotional responses from viewers.
- Messages are commonly tagged with information about cessation services (e.g., quitlines) to increase use of these services.
There are resource centers providing guidance and video libraries to support tobacco control programs and mass-reach health communication interventions, such as the CDC Office on Smoking and Health Media Campaign Resource Center and World Lung Foundation Tobacco Control Mass Media Resource .
Supporting Materials
- Analytic Framework [PDF - 69 kB]
- Evidence Gaps
- Summary Evidence Tables – Effectiveness Review [PDF - 970 kB]
- Summary Evidence Tables – Economic Review [PDF - 179 kB]
- Included Studies – Effectiveness Review
- Included Studies – Economic Review
- Search Strategy
Publication Status
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