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Margo and Richard Abelman of Milford are proud to announce the engagement of their daughter, Alanna Kathryne to George Jasman III, son of George Jr. and the late Carolyn Jasman of Easton, Pa.
Alanna graduated from Delaware Valley Regional High School and Raritan Valley Community College. She is employed at Hunterdon Medical Center as a certified pharmacy technician.
George graduated from Notre Dame High School and is also a certified pharmacy technician at The Regional Medical Center at Bayonet Point in Hudson, Fla.
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Bridal crown (brudkrona)
Maker unknown
18th or 19th century
Silver partly gilt
Height 9.6 cm
Museum no. 1354-1873
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This small silver-gilt bridal crown has six upright openwork elements of renaissance inspiration, joined together at the top by a ring of silver-gilt wire, with applied winged angel's heads. There are numerous pendant leaves on all parts. The band at the base is decorated with pyramidal points and more winged angel heads in silver.
Throughout the world brides wear special jewellery, such as tiaras or crowns, to reflect this. In Scandinavia, bridal crowns are the most spectacular part of the wedding jewellery. Their design is based on medieval royal originals, and they are made of heavy silver, often gilded.
In Sweden all brides wore some kind of special headdress. Gilded silver crowns were worn particularly in the east of the country, but crowns made of cloth, richly decorated with ribbons, beads, and metallic lace, were also common. Swedish bridal crowns were originally full-size, but during the 18th century they became smaller, and were worn on the top of the head.
Bridal crowns were always expensive. The bride usually hired her crown, as few families were rich enough to own their own. In Sweden most were owned by the parish church. This tradition dates from the time when church weddings were not compulsory. The church provided rich crowns to encourage people to marry there.
The renaissance decoration of this crown is typical of Swedish crowns of the 18th and 19th centuries. Many of the motifs used, such as angel's heads with wings, and leaf pendants, are also found on other pieces of Swedish traditional jewellery. It was bought for £9 at the International Exhibition, London, 1872.


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Volume 46, Issue 10, 01 October 1975
Dielectric relaxation studies of poly(N‐vinylcarbazole) and poly(3‐chloro‐N‐vinylcarbazole) including the effects of sorbed oxygen46(1975); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.321434View Description Hide Description
The dielectric relaxation spectrum of poly(N‐vinylcarbazole) (PVK) and poly(3‐chloro‐N‐vinylcarbazole) (CLPVK) have been investigated in the temperature range −180–+240 °C. Four relaxations are observed in PVK. The α relaxation (225 °C) is associated with the glass transition of the polymer. On the basis of oxygen‐sorption experiments, the γ relaxation (∼−60 °C) has been associated with a rotational libration of the pendant carbazole group. It is also speculated on the basis of this work that an off‐axis dipole is induced in the carbazole moiety by the sorbed O2 producing the dielectrically active motion about the symmetry axis of the carbazole moiety. The β (∼80 °C) and the δ (∼−160 °C) relaxations are assigned as carbazole wagging motions and localized backbone motions, respectively. These assignments are based on comparative work in the literature.
Permanent polarization in poly(acrylonitrile)46(1975); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.321435View Description Hide Description
The dielectric behavior of poly(acrylonitrile) (PAN) has been investigated through the formation of electrically polarized films. The formation of films having a persistent electrical polarization has been achieved by the application of electric fields of the order 104 V cm−1 at temperatures ranging from 130 to 160 °C. The thermally stimulated discharge spectrum of PAN reveals at least three different peaks, two of which might be related to the relaxation of oriented nitrile side groups (90 and 145 °C). Intense current peaks observed above 160 °C are believed to be associated with backbone mobility in amorphous and paracrystalline regions. It is suggested that nitrile orientation with an applied electric field results in the formation of a highly developed level of intermolecular bonding.
On the assignments of rotatory lattice modes in n‐alkanes and polyethylene46(1975); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.321436View Description Hide Description
Considerable discrepancy exists in the recent literature on the assignments of the rotatory lattice modes of the n‐alkanes and polyethylene. New low‐temperature Raman data are presented on orthorhombic n‐alkanes and and on n‐C36D74 and n‐C16D34. Analyses of these data and the existing assignments show that the long‐axis rotatory mode of the triclinic n‐alkanes may be assigned to a weak Raman band at ∼ 50 cm−1; the A g rotatory mode of polyethylene may be assigned to the Raman band at ∼ 130 cm−1 and the B 3g rotatory mode to a weak Raman band at 108 cm−1.
Craze yielding of polycarbonate in N2, Ar, and O2 at low pressures and temperatures46(1975); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.321437View Description Hide Description
The tensile stress‐strain behavior of PC was measured in mixtures of He, which is inert, and each of the following crazing agents: N2, Ar, and O2 at partial pressures of 0–1 atm and in the temperature range above 77 K. The yield point for crazing depends on temperature, pressure, and the shear yield point according to the following equation: σ c /σ s = (P exp(Q/R T)/P*)−1/12, where Q and P* depend on the gas. The values of Q are approximately the same as those for the adsorption and absorption energies as determined by theories and experiments. The maximum sensitivity of the craze yield point to the partial pressure of the crazing gas occurs at the lowest pressure for crazing. In the case of N2, a 1% change in the partial pressure can produce about a 0.45‐ksi change in the yield point.
The morphology and thermal response of high‐temperature–crystallized poly(vinylidene fluoride)46(1975); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.321438View Description Hide Description
In this study, optical microscopy,differential scanning calorimetry, and infrared spectroscopy are used to study the high‐temperature isothermal crystallization of high‐molecular‐weight poly(vinylidene fluoride). It is shown that there exists a temperature domain in which both the α and β phases of PVF2 can be grown concurrently and in competition with each other to form two distinct populations of spherulites which are characterized by different diameters, band periods, and melting points. In addition, a time‐ and temperature‐dependent crystal‐crystal transition from the α phase to the γ form can be induced in this high‐temperature crystallization region to produce spherulites which melt 15–20 ° above the melting point of the original α phase. This transformation exhibits nucleation and propagation characteristics which in some regions can compete with the normal growth of the α phase to produce unique ''wagon‐wheel'' spherulitic structures.
Effects of defects on the longitudinal acoustic mode of n‐alkane chains46(1975); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.321439View Description Hide Description
Normal mode calculations show that a single conformational defect in an otherwise all‐trans n‐alkane molecule disrupts the longitudinal acoustic mode (LAM) associated with the all‐trans molecule. Similar calculations for a chain in the conformation produced by smoothly twisting a planar zigzag through 180 ° about the chain axis show that the LAM amplitudes and frequencies are unaffected by this gentle twist. These calculations indicate that the decrease in the LAM intensity observed in some polyethylene samples cannot be accounted for by smoothly twisted chains, but can be accounted for by defects which involve large localized departures from the all‐trans conformation.
Kinetic behavior of the thermal and mechanical properties of segmented urethanes46(1975); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.321440View Description Hide Description
Commerical and experimental urethane polymers were studied by thermal‐mechanical methods including DSC and stress‐strain analysis. The studies reveal that following thermal treatment these polymers show time‐dependent mechanical properties. This time‐dependent period may be many days while the degree of this dependence is influenced by annealing temperature. By DSC analysis it has been shown that the glass transition temperature of the soft segment, T g s , is also greatly influenced by annealing treatment. Immediately following annealing temperatures above 130 °C, T g s may be as much as 40 °C higher than its ''long‐time'' value. With time, however, T g s decreases to its original value. Higher‐temperature endothermic behavior associated with hard‐segment domains is also time dependent. Both the degree of T g s shift and higher endothermic effects are correlated with annelaing temperature. The time‐dependent behavior for a given annealing temperature has been related to to chemical structure (ester vs ether, and hydrogen bonding effects). The data are explained in terms of the thermal stability of domains.
Validity of the Ehrenfest equation for a system with more than one ordering parameter: Critique of a paper by DiMarzio46(1975); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.321441View Description Hide Description
Davies and Jones have shown that if the configurational state of a liquid is determined by two or more order parameters that freeze in at the glass transition temperature T g (P), the Ehrenfest relation, r=ΔβΔC p /T V (Δα)2=1, valid if there is one such parameter, is converted to an inequalityr?1. DiMarzio has shown correctly that if the conditions ΔS=0 and ΔV=0 are satisfied at T g (P), r=1 regardless of the number of order parameters. He has, therefore, concluded that if experimentally r≳1, the order‐parameter concept is inapplicable to the glass transition. It is shown here that r≳1 implies that ΔS and ΔV cannot both be zero at T g (P), and that there is extensive experimental evidence that the volumes of glasses depend on the pressure under which they were formed, implying ΔV≠0. It is concluded that the experimental observation r≳1 does not render the order‐parameter concept inapplicable.
Physical properties of poly(vinyl chloride) ‐copolyester thermoplastic elastomer mixtures46(1975); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.321442View Description Hide Description
A study has been made on the compatibility, thermal behavior, and mechanical properties of the system poly(vinyl chloride) and a copolyester thermoplastic elastomer (under the trade name of Hytrel by duPont). Results from NMR, linear thermal expansion, tensile test, and dynamic mechanical measurements indicate extensive mixing of PVC and the soft segments of the thermoplastic elastomer when the mixture is rapidly cooled from around 150 °C to ambient temperature. The hard segments of the elastomercrystallize under these conditions, as revealed by the calorimetric measurements. Upon isothermal annealing at 130 °C the mixture shows signs of phase separation in dynamic mechanical measurements. These observations suggest the existence of upper critical solution temperatures for the system. The associated miscibility gap encompasses room temperature and reaches a maximum temperature somewhere between 130 and 150 °C. The phase domains in the annealed sample are extremely fine and have been estimated to be no more than 100 Å in size from the pulsed NMR data.
NMR relaxation‐time studies of poly(N‐vinyl carbazole) and sorbed‐O2 effects46(1975); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.321443View Description Hide Description
Proton spin‐spin (T 2) and spin‐lattice (T 1) relaxation times have been measured in order to elucidate the molecular dynamics in poly(N‐vinylcarbazole) (PVK). Measurements were obtained on samples covering a broad range of molecular weights in air, O2, N2, and i n v a c u o. Correlation frequencies ν c determined from NMR data were used in conjunction with dielectric data to construct transition maps. The α,β relaxations associated with main‐chain and segmental motion exhibit temperature‐dependent behavior very similar to that observed in polystyrene (PS). The γ relaxation in PVK is highly unusual in that it is dielectrically active and manifested in the T 2 data only in the presence of O2. A detailed interpretation of this effect is provided, leading to the conclusion that O2diffusion is severely restricted at low temperatures and that torsional oscillation of the carbazole group is responsible for the γ relaxation. It is proposed that the presence of O2 leads to relaxation by slow spin diffusion to the paramagnetic site at low temperatures but by direct paramagneticrelaxation by diffusing O2 molecules at high temperatures. This effect is related to the temperature‐dependent lifetime of the O2‐carbazole complex.
X‐ray topographic examination of large paraffin single crystals46(1975); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.321444View Description Hide Description
The internal microstructure of large melt‐grown paraffin (n‐eicosane, C20H42) single crystals was examined by the Lang x‐ray diffraction projection topographic technique. Crystal selection was facilitated by use of an electro‐optical system which permitted instantaneous display of Laue transmission x‐ray diffraction patterns on a television monitor. The crystals were oriented and topographic diffraction planes were selected by the use of a standard (001) stereographic projection plotted from computed angles between crystallographic planes. A second electro‐optical system which permitted direct viewing of the topographic images was use for rapid alignment of the Lang camera and ensured uniformly exposed topographs. X‐ray topographs were obtained from crystals in the as‐grown, plastically deformed, and γ‐irradiated states. The results indicate that both plastic deformation and γ irradiation caused marked changes in the microstructure of the crystals, and that x‐ray topography can be successfully exploited to determine such changes in hydrocarbon crystals.
Mixed‐crystal infrared studies on melt‐crystallized polyethylene46(1975); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.321429View Description Hide Description
In order to minimize the occurrence of heterogeneities, or segregation, of polyethylene and poly(ethylene‐d 4) in mixed‐crystal systems during melt crystallization, it has been found that conditions of high molar ratio of PEH/PED and a small difference in melting points between the two species are necessary. Under these optimum conditions the infrared spectral results observed in melt‐crystallized polyethylene have to be attributed predominantly to chains which fold essentially with adjacent reentry along (200) planes.
A vibrational analysis of crystalline trans‐1,4‐polybutadiene46(1975); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.321430View Description Hide Description
The normal vibrations of crystalline trans‐1,4‐polybutadiene have been calculated by combining interchain atom‐atom potentials with the previously proposed intrachain force field. These calculations have been used to analyze the infrared and Raman spectra of an essentially all‐trans urea‐complex polymer. The band splittings and low‐frequency lattice modes observed in these spectra are satisfactorily accounted for by the calculations.
Structure and properties of the system: poly(2,6‐dimethylphenylene oxide) isotactic polystyrene. Small‐angle x‐ray studies46(1975); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.321431View Description Hide Description
The superstructure of PPO/iPS blends, in which the iPS is partially crystallized from the glassy state by thermal treatment, is studied as a function of composition. A superstructure model, based on Hosemann's treatment of a linear paracrystalline lattice, is used in order to calculate theoretical SAXS curves and fit them with experimental SAXS data. The model includes such superstructure parameters as lamellae thicknesses, thicknesses of amorphous regions, thickness distribution function, and size and shape of ''ordered'' regions. It is found that the lattice thickness distribution functions for both the crystalline lamellae and amorphous layers are best represented by symmetrical Gaussian functions. The thickness of the iPS crystal lamellae decreases with increasing PPO content. This explains, in part, the observed decrease of the melting point of the iPS in these blends.
Structure and properties of the system: poly(2,6‐dimethyl‐phenylene oxide) isotactic polystyrene. Wide‐angle x‐ray studies46(1975); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.321432View Description Hide Description
PPO/iPS blends of various compositions have been crystallized isothermally and by solvent‐induced treatment from the glassy state. The crystallinity as a function of composition has been determined from the integral scattering of the crystalline and amorphous regions. Applying Hosemann's concept of the paracrystal, crystallite size and strain parameters have been calculated from peak broadening analysis. The results are compared to those obtained from DSC and small‐angle x‐ray measurements on the same samples.
Molecular dipole electrets46(1975); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.321433View Description Hide Description
The total polarization due to molecular dipoles in a glassy electret is computed using an Onsager cavity approach. From this result, all the possible contributions to the piezoelectric and pyroelectric coefficients are considered. It is shown that there are major contributions from the variation in dielectric constant and, for pyroelectricity, from thermal motion. These results account well for experimental data for polyvinyl chloride.
Methyl branches in hydrocarbon crystals: Calculation of relaxation parameters46(1975); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.321445View Description Hide Description
A site model has been used in conjuction with potential‐energy calculations to examine the role of isolated molecules with methyl branches in the mechanical relaxations of a linear hydrocarbon host crystal. The results indicate that there are two possible relaxation modes and that the one involving molecular rotation is energetically favorable over the one involving rotation and translation. For some modes of deformation, the calculated relaxation strengths are comparable to the experimentally measured ones. Furthermore, the barriers determined in this work yield calculated curves of the logarithmic decrement as a function of temperature which are comparable to the experimental ones. The relaxation is much weaker for unbranched chains in the planar zigzag conformation.
Hybrid Ising mean‐field treatment of melt transitions: Application to polymethylene46(1975); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.321446View Description Hide Description
A hybrid Ising mean‐field model is developed to account for the conformational and configurational origins of transitions in dense chain molecular fluids. The model is applied to polymethylene. The role of intermolecular interactions in controlling both the melt transition temperature and the extent of the degree of cooperativity is demonstrated. Near quantitative agreement of the transition‐temperature and heat‐capacity behavior is achieved when a linear correction term to describe interchain melting is incorporated in the general model.
Rate‐determining factors for enthalpy relaxation of glassy polymers. Molecular weight46(1975); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.321447View Description Hide Description
In order to obtain information concerning the effect of molecular weight on the molecular mobility involved in the relaxation processes associated with the nonequilibrium thermodynamic state of glassy polymers, enthalpy‐relaxation studies have been undertaken on glassy atactic polystyrenes of various molecular weights, ranging from 2.0×103 to 811×103. As was found in previous studies of enthalpy relaxation in organic glasses, the glass transition temperature T g is the principal rate‐determining factor. From a more detailed analysis of the data, however, it is evident that the relaxation processes at corresponding temperature intervals below T g are a function of the molecular weight. The relaxation rate decreases somewhat with increasing molecular weight and approaches a limiting value at molecular weights in the vicinity of 50×103, the critical molecular‐weight range in the molecular‐weight dependence of glass transformation. For Aroclor 5460, a nonpolymeric material of lower molecular weight but having a T g comparable to that of atactic polystyrene of molecular weight 2.0×103, a slightly faster relaxation rate was observed.
Inferring mechanical relaxation spectra as an ill‐posed problem46(1975); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.321404View Description Hide Description
Inferring a relaxation spectrum from mechanical test data was approached as a mathematically ill‐posed or incorrectly formulated problem in the Tikhonov sense. A compound technique presented previously by the authors, which incorporates Tikhonov's regularization ideas into quadratic programming, was successfully applied to the inversion of the Fredholm integral equations of the first kind encountered in the theory of linear viscoelasticity. Very good results were obtained when computer‐simulated data from initially assumed unimodal and symmetrical bimodal distributions were used.


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FLINT, MI -- A Flint community watch group uses open lines of communication to help patrol its neighborhood without using confrontation, which has allowed them to avoid situations like the Trayvon Martin incident in Florida.
This led some readers to discuss what limits community watch groups should have while patrolling their neighborhoods.
Dawn_Marie_378 weighs in on if there are limits to patrol member's actions:
"Yes there is. Neighborhood watch people are NOT hire security guards. They are not suppose to take the law into their own hands especially after they were told by 911 that the police would come and handle it.hoghiker said Zimmerman acted inappropriately and outside the scope of his job:
"I fail to see what qualifies Mr. Zimmerman to be policeman, prosecutor, judge & executioner. The Florida law that is making this a murky issue is just plain crazy. It invites everybody to be a vigilante. Mr. Zimmerman stalked his prey. According to FL law, Mr. Martin had the right to defend his life from an aggressive Mr. Zimmerman. He wasn't doing anything wrong, but Zimmerman thought he didn't look right and followed him. Doesn't that make him the aggressor. Wouldn't that freak you out, to know that somebody was following you? Is it right that he paid with his life for Zimmerman's paranoia? I've never been to Florida and will darn sure never make it a destination."nosnownhell disagrees, saying Zimmerman acted appropriately:
"It appears more and more as the facts surface that Mr.Zimmerman's actions are justified. Shame on the news media for taking sides in this matter."ic23b said both Martin and Zimmerman are responsible for what happened:
"Both of them were in the wrong and nobody needed to be killed. But Trayvon broke Zimmermans nose, knocked him down and beat his head in the pavement when he was walking back to his car according to a 13 year old witness. Zimmerman should not have followed Trayvon when he was told not to and Trayvon should of not attacked Zimmerman when he was going back to his car. Latino or Black it doesn't matter, they both did wrong and now someone is dead. And I agree the media should use an updated photo like on other media outlets"
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WELLSBORO - Early last week, the Tioga County commissioners awarded contracts for the new 911 call center, as follows:
General construction - J.C. Orr and Son Inc., $1,654,980
Plumbing - Silvertip Inc., $64,000
HVAC - Schoonover Plumbing and Heating Inc., $349,500
Electrical - G.R. Noto Electrical Construction Inc., $473,000
Construction is expected to begin ...
"We have been planning this for years," Commissioner Erick Coolidge said.
The 911 call center, also known as the Department of Emergency Services facility, now is in the basement of the county courthouse at 118 Main St.
However, the basement is in a flood plain and is in danger of being damaged if or when the area becomes flooded.
The 911 center has room for four dispatcher consoles, and the basement is very crowded with the needed equipment, Commissioner Mark Hamilton said.
The new call center will be built on county property in Charleston Township that is not in danger of flooding.
"It will be at a more secure site," Hamilton said.
It will be equipped with the most up-to-date technology, which can be updated in years to come.
"Long-term planning and investment will make easier changes in technology," Coolidge said.
The new 911 call center will have seven dispatcher consoles. The calls primarily received are from Tioga and Potter counties. However, the call center does receive some emergency calls from Clinton, Bradford and Lycoming counties.
"Calls have gone up the past five years," Hamilton said.
This brings on a greater need for there to be seven dispatcher consoles. Emergency calls that come in include fire, police, high water, he added.
The board also opened sealed bids for a pre-fabricated concrete equipment shelter to be situated at the new 911 complex. Bids from Tower Service Unlimited and Saber Industries were opened, but the board decided to review the bids and will make a decision at the next meeting.


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Casey Anthony will be freed from jail next week after being acquitted of murder charges in the death of her daughter.
A Florida judge sentenced Anthony, 25, to four years in the Orange County jail -- one year each for the four counts of lying to police about her daughter's death.
But, considering how much time she's served since 2008 while awaiting trial, Anthony's jail sentence was amended, and she'll be released July 13.
Anthony was also fined a total of $4,000 for the misdemeanor charges. The sentence is the maximum Judge Belvin Perry could give under the jury's decision.
Perry agreed that Anthony's guilty verdicts represented "four separate and distinct lies" that led investigators on a months-long search for her 2-year-old daughter Caylee.
He said police spent "a great deal of time, energy, and man power looking for the child."
A hearing is set for Aug. 25 to assess possibly collecting investigative costs. Anthony has 30 days to appeal the four misdemeanor counts.
As Anthony was sentenced, protestors continued to gather outside the courthouse. Inside the courtroom, she showed no reaction while Perry imposed the sentence. As she entered the courtroom, she appeared happy and relaxed.
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The word went around Leinster House yesterday that Brian Cowen was about to make a Major Speech. Journos being journos, there was considerable scepticism and curling of lips. They had been down this road before.
However long it lasts, when the history of the Cowen-led Government comes to be written, the author will have to devote space to the issue of the State of the Nation Address. Why did he never give one (although he may still do it . . .)?
Despite longstanding complaints about "empty political rhetoric", there is a need among ordinary people for inspiration and leadership that can only be assuaged by a rousing oration.
Naturally, people want actions as well as deeds. In truth, this administration has not been short on actions – although whether they were the right or wrong ones, particularly in relation to the banks, is a matter of intense controversy.
But someone needs to put it all into words and point the way forward. In the event, Cowen's speech last night at Slane seems to have been a workmanlike attack on his political opponents, raising issues and pointing out what he sees as faults in the approach of his political rivals.
It wasn't a "State of the Nation" in any real sense. It is probably too late for that now, in any case. We are where we are and let's make the best of it. Anyway, election time is not the occasion for a speech for a rallying-cry that embraces all sections of the community and all shades of political and partisan opinion.
The relationship between politics and psychology is a fascinating one that has not been properly explored to my knowledge. Talk is cheap, they say, but not in relation to the great speeches such as John F. Kennedy's Inaugural Address, which is available on YouTube and can be accessed if you click on the link above. The technical quality is fairly basic: there seems to be only one camera and we don't see Jackie Kennedy, for example, until the very end. But the words come across loud and clear. (The American C-Span channel re-ran the speech on the occasion of George W. Bush's second inauguration in January 2005.)
Kennedy relied heavily on rhetoric, he was very good at it and it can be said that he inspired a nation and even the entire non-totalitarian world at the time. In Irish politics today, it is hard to think of a single good speaker. In Leinster House, there is nobody who comes to mind that I would rush into the Press Gallery to listen to, just to savour the sheer brilliance of his or her thoughts, expressed with outstanding eloquence. The political system and the nation as a whole are the poorer for it.


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The Northwood school board will hold a meeting on June 17 at 6 p.m. in city council chambers to discuss the district's five year forecast.
The district, which has an $11 million budget, is faced with budget cuts, layoffs, and a possible operating levy this year to ward off a deficit, according to Superintendent Greg Clark.
"Our five year forecast shows that we are going to have to make some changes in the way we do business here, most probably," said Clark. "There may be some combination of cuts and asking for additional money or a whole lot of cuts and asking for a lot of money. Which direction our board goes with those options is still to be determined."
Clark said the board wants public input on the options they will be considering to improve its financial outlook.
"We want to invite the community in to hear a presentation regarding what the five year forecast is looking like, and talk about a few of the items we may be looking at, which could include the closure of a school, and listen intently to what the people have to say about what they would like to see. We would like to have good participation."
The district is expected to have a $300,000 budget deficit at the end of this school year, said Clark.
Ottawa County Common Pleas Court Judge Bruce Winters was incorrectly identified in a May 31 story as municipal court judge.
In the 1960s, if you were a "motor head," the place to be was Metcalf Field, says 63-year-old retired Lake Township business owner Mike Evanoff.
From the late 1950s to late '60s, sanctioned drag races took place at Metcalf, drawings dozens of racers. Featured at Metcalf, today renamed Toledo Executive Airport, were hot rods, muscle cars, roadsters, and stock cars.
Even during racing, the airport took priority. Evanoff recalls clearing of a runway as racing took a temporary halt while a plane approached to land. Once the plane was safely grounded, racing resumed.
In the late 1950s, Metcalf's drag strip was named "Vettesville." Later, it became the Greater Toledo Dragway with offices at 513 Main Street in East Toledo.
A newsletter, the G.T. Exhaust Pipe, was published for each event. Here is a briefing from the October 21, 1966 issue about racers who experienced engine trouble on a cold day —
"All things were just fine until the breakdowns came. First, Grimes lost to head gaskets and gave the crankshaft a free shower. Then the 'Wild Thing' lost its clutch as Jerry was just feeling out the eight in a row and how they go. Then Wagner's big 427 Porky Pine lost its quills in the gear box and for the final 'miss-hap' of the day Roger Miller Ford began to sweat about the cylinders, sooo to make a long story short 'NUTS,'"
Northwood sought reassurances from the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) that the Wales Road grade separation project will not be delayed beyond 2012 due to plans by the BP refinery to build an electric substation at the site.
In April, ODOT said that construction of the project would be delayed for one year so that the BP can build an electric substation that would replace overhead wires near the site.
FirstEnergy has major power lines at Wales Road that feed electricity to the BP refinery. To relocate the lines would require a shutdown of the plant that would cost ODOT $1.5 million. Instead, BP has a shutdown scheduled for major retooling next year and plans to build a separate substation so it can have an independent feed that will get them off the FirstEnergy line going down Wales Road.
The $14 million project was going to be bid in December, with construction slated next year. The city will now have to wait until 2012.
Administrator Pat Bacon told city council at a meeting May 27 that two local businessmen had discussed their frustration about the delay with State Rep. Randy Gardner at a breakfast meeting at the end of May. They suggested that ODOT do the project in two phases, with the first phase ending at the electric lines. The project would then be completed the following year.
The Press Newspaper's photographer, Ken Grosjean, has won first place in the photography category of the Press Club of Cleveland's Ohio Excellence in Journalism awards for 2010.
Grosjean won for his photo of a student at Waite High School who was reacting to TV coverage of Barack Obama being sworn in as the 44th president of the United States as part of the school's World Studies class.
The award will be presented at a ceremony on June 18.
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LAS VEGAS -- Phil Jackson grinned at the inquisition, amused -- as we all are -- at the avalanche of information that continues to pummel NBA Free Agency, which hit its moratorium deadline today.
Since 12:01 a.m. this morning, free agents could be officially signed. But as of 2 PM local time here in Las Vegas (5 PM Eastern), there has been no word from Carmelo Anthony.
"Mercury is in retrograde? I think that's what happens," Jackson said. "Communication broke down."
Jackson said he has texted Melo since they last spoke last week, but he has not received any replies. Asked if he expected a decision today, Jackson seemed to be as in the dark as the rest of us.
"I am," he said. "I expected one yesterday and the day before yesterday. We're waiting."
Jackson likes Tom Petty, but doesn't need him to know the waiting is the hardest part.
And being extremely careful with your words isn't easy, either. That's why Jackson gave little indication about reports that have said Anthony will decide to stay in New York for the maximum contract of five years, $129 million.
What he did was repeat what he said before about his pitch to Melo and reveal that, no, the Knicks are going to have to play the role of the Tortoise in this race to a championship.
"I felt really good about my conversation with Carmelo," he said. "We really struck a chord. The two of us feel really passionately about what we're trying to get accomplished. It's his ability to stay, be patient, lead and watch us develop a winner.
"There's no instantaneous winner that we think is going to happen to the Knicks right now, but we're going to be a lot better."
What Melo wants is to never have a season like the last one -- the first time in his career that he has ever experienced a losing record and failed to make the playoffs -- and also to do what all stars in their prime should do in this league: get their maximum salary according to the CBA.
That, to me, has been the most underreported part of this year's free agency: the idea that the high-end players should take less and "sacrifice" for their team to add other players. Shouldn't it be that other players sacrifice to play with the star player? Shouldn't it also be that teams are willing to pay the higher tax amounts in order to build a winner around that star?
A lot has been, and will be, made of the Knicks offering the max to Melo. Jackson said the media "made a much bigger thing about this, about what would happen, it's not really a big thing."
He then said when it comes to Melo's contract, "there are, maybe, five different options" and said he and Melo "will talk about that when the time comes."
The options involve chipping off a few bucks each year by dipping the percentages in the raises, he said. "It's about the percentages, less than one percent that's available in a series of dollars that grow over a period of five years," he explained. "It's no big deal, it just gives us more flexibility, that's all."
In other words, the Knicks won't ask Melo to talk $16 million per year like the Bulls would have to if he wanted to go to Chicago. They'd keep him very close to the max number annually.
Jackson also said Melo and his representatives were "amenable to what we're trying to get accomplished" which might be the strongest statement of the day.
As for statements with the roster, Jackson seemed to suggest the first move has to come from Carmelo.
"That's the first kind-of kingpin we have to have in this whole situation," he said.
There have been reports that the Knicks were trying to move another big salary -- Amar'e Stoudemire or Andrea Bargnani -- to create an ability to sign a high end free agent such as Pau Gasol. But Jackson seemed to surrender any hope of that kind of effort.
"Not possible clearing money right now," he said. "Everything's pretty much set. We've run around a little bit and tried to figure out a lot of different strategies. Right now, we're pretty set."
So reported efforts to send Amar'e to the 76ers or Bargnani to the Magic went unrealized.
What that means is that Pau Gasol, a free agent that Jackson said the Knicks are interested in, would have to take a significantly lower salary to come to New York. Jackson forecasted Gasol's asking price to be "somewhere above $10 million," which is over $6 million more than the Knicks can offer (the most they have is a $3.2 million Taxpayers Mid-Level Exception) after Melo re-signs.
Jackson didn't completely surrender his interest in Gasol, with whom he won two NBA Championships in Los Angeles. Gasol is said to be garnering interest from the Spurs, the Thunder and the Bulls, who can give him some of the money they would have offered Melo.
"We don't have that kind of money," Jackson said.
But Jackson allowed hope that Gasol, who serves as a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations and puts a great deal of time in for UNICEF, might be lured to New York because of the presence of the UN headquarters.
"That's a platform," Jackson said. "Pretty soon he'll be Secretary for the United Nations. Your career is headed that way and this is a good platform for you. I don't know if that's going to buy him into New York or not, but we'd like him to be there."
Gasol could, theoretically, sign a two-year deal at the TMLE with an opt-out and then re-sign next summer when the Knicks have more cap space. The team could also attempt to make a run for his brother, Marc, in 2015.
Jackson said he did talk to Pau recently, to offer birthday wishes last week (he turned 34). Oh and maybe a few other thoughts, as well.
"I told him in the right system, and the right coach, he could probably play a couple of more years," Jackson said. "He got a laugh out of it."
But did he express interest?
"He knows what he has here and what is possible," Jackson said. "I think he'd like to play with Carmelo. I think he'd like to play for a winner. We can't guarantee that, but with him we guarantee a much better chance."
- Speculation remains rampant about LeBron James' impending decision but one point LeBron seems to be making with all of this is that he will do whatever he does on his own terms, conditions and schedule. James was here in Las Vegas for meetings with Nike and then Pat Riley and the Heat before running his annual basketball camp. I've talked to a few people who have told me in confidence that James will, as Chris Sheridan of SheridanHoops.com has reported, choose to return to the Cavaliers. But others have also said James has not talked with anyone in the Cleveland organization, which makes this impossible to report with any conviction.
- Chris Bosh, as I said in the previous Fix, is expected to bolt for Houston if James leaves for Cleveland, but would the Heat make an effort to keep Bosh with a max offer and make him more of an offensive focal point like he was on Toronto?
- The Heat may also receive some interesting sign-and-trade offers for Bosh from teams that aren't under the cap. Keep an eye on that market. There will be a great deal of fallout if LeBron does leave the Heat.
- There will also be a flurry of moves to follow, as LeBron's move - and in some ways, Melo's too -- will unlock free agency. This weekend could be extremely busy around the NBA with signings and transactions.
- The Cavs would like to be in the hunt for Kevin Love, but I still get word that the Boston Celtics won't give up on their pursuit of Love and the Golden State Warriors also have a bevy of talent and assets to offer the Timberwolves, as well. Flip Saunders would like to settle the issue, but expect him to be stingy, as he should. Love might not go anywhere until either before training camp or perhaps even during the season.
The Knicks begin their NBA Summer League schedule here on Friday at 4 p.m. ET on MSG Networks. We'll have all the Knicks games for you and, of course, the latest on Carmelo Anthony and everything else.
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For four or five months, Nancy experienced some unusual signs and symptoms. As a retired nurse, she knew that something was probably wrong. But she didn't expect her doctor to tell her she had stage I uterine cancer. There was no history of cancer in Nancy's family, and she had never had a more serious gynecological problem than fibroids.
"It was just devastating," she says. "I was afraid I was going to die."
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Gynecological oncologist Jacob Tangir, MD, helped ease Nancy's fears. Although uterine cancer is a serious health issue, hers, fortunately, was in its early stages. It could be successfully treated with a hysterectomy and oophorectomy (removal of the ovaries).
Somewhat relieved, Nancy's concerns turned to how long she'd be recovering from surgery. And she received some more good news. While traditional hysterectomies require invasive procedures and a recovery period of four to six weeks, Nancy's hysterectomy could instead be performed via robotic surgery at the Robotic Institute of South Florida at Memorial Hospital Pembroke.
In robotic surgery, the patient is not "opened up," leaving a large, postoperative scar. Instead, robotic instruments are inserted into the patient through small openings in the skin. Viewing the surgical site on a 3D, high-definition screen, the surgeon performs the operation by controlling the instruments, which respond precisely to the doctor's commands.
Like traditional surgery, robotic surgery is performed under general anesthesia – but since patients only undergo a few small incisions, they usually heal much more quickly.
Effective Surgery – With a Faster Recovery
Nancy was relieved her recovery time would be far quicker with robotics. Not only would she experience less pain, reduced bleeding and minimal scarring – she would enjoy a faster return to her normal activities. Robotic surgery can return patients to their homes and families quickly, and save patients time away from work.
In fact, she was released from the hospital the next day.
Another, unexpected benefit of Nancy's surgery: When a small hernia was found during the procedure, it, too, was quickly repaired.
Finding and eliminating such minor problems as hernias often is possible because the robotic instruments help surgeons see better. With robotics, a camera can magnify structures within the body. This enhanced visibility is considered an important advantage of robotic technology.
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Following her surgery, Nancy had six rounds of radiation treatments to help eradicate her cancer. Today, Nancy is pleased to report that follow-up tests continue to show her cancer-free.
"Everything is fine," she says.
Nancy is thrilled that her cancer was successfully treated with such minimal pain and discomfort. And because it was so important that she get back to her husband's side quickly, she's grateful the speed and convenience of robotic surgery helped make that possible.
"My procedure was done on a Friday, and I was out of the hospital the next day," she says. "Even though I was under general anesthesia for a couple of hours, I had not a bit of pain and no nausea afterward."
Back in the Swing of Things
Within a week, Nancy was back to her usual activities, caring for Joe, and selling mobile homes – a second career she's embarked on since her retirement from nursing.
"The small incisions healed really fast," she says. "Within a few days, I was out running around, driving my car – it was great."
Above everything else, Nancy is happy that she was treated at Memorial Hospital Pembroke – a facility that offered her the choice of robotic surgery.
"I wish more hospitals had it," she says. "I want people to know how easy robotic surgery is on the patient. They need have absolutely no fear or trepidation."
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No aspect of Stephenie Meyer's "Breaking Dawn" was subject to more scrutiny than the little matter of Jacob Black's "imprinting," which simultaneously cleaned up the "Twilight" saga's central love triangle, while simultaneously opening another can of potentially icky worms.
How the "Twilight" film franchise would handle the "imprinting" and how star Taylor Lautner would handle the strange turn of events has been one of the biggest questions for fans leading up to the Friday, November 16 release of "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2."
Naturally and predictably, it was my first question for Lautner when I sat down with him a couple weeks ago. While he admits that imprinting is a "complicated and touchy thing," he credits Meyer's presence on set with helping him understand how to portray imprinting without coming across as problematic.
In the conversation, Lautner also discusses working with young Mackenzie Foy and, in my favorite part of the interview, he goes into depth on what each of the franchise's four directors brought to their respective films.
I've already posted my "Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2" interviews with Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson, Expect more as we get closer to the premiere...


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I have been with my boyfriend for 9 1/2 years now. We did break up once before, but got back together and are great together but he doesn't want kids. We've talked about it a lot and I thought his views would change over time but because he loves kids and kids love him, but just last week he gave a flat out No. I've even brought up being a foster parent or adopting, and he was adamant about no kids. I've just turned 35 and I've always seen myself being a mother from a very young age, so his decision is just devastating to me. I haven't yet told him how much this hurts me.
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I'm so sorry that you're facing this dilemma and its clear to me that you can really see yourself being a mum of some description. His view is now an honest one despite you having spent so much time with him and for this feeling to be announced now must be devastating for you.
You need to decide whether there is any chance of him understanding your circumstances - could couple counseling be given a chance? If so, there could be a chance that he'd be more willing to see things from a different view rather than just his own. He sounds scared of making sacrifices and they would be sacrifices as there'd be a lot of changes. I've known many couples split up for this purpose alone and some couples who have accepted that there is more to life (their personal lives) than having kids, they feel able to move on, let go and live a life without kids and not see it as a negative but turning it into a positive.
Do you feel you could ever deny your feelings of wanting to be a mother? This is a big ask I believe, as a woman. If you feel that you might at some stage become quite resentful if you stayed with him and accepted his decision, it will always have been his decision over yours. Will you be able to let go of wanting to nurture a child? These are the questions you need to ask yourself.
As a woman myself but also having worked with many women struggling to fall pregnant and deciding on whether fertility treatment (and the expense to both partners is worth it), my experience has been that women very rarely get over it (the resentment and the 'what if' feeling) unless they emotionally are strong enough to draw a line under having a baby/child and not blaming their partner for it -this only happens when the relationship is strong and both partners feel they love each other and can work towards a good future.
You've just turned 35, this is more important for you now than ever before, so I totally appreciate how hard this decision will be for you, take some time to consider your options (these might be like I say, couple counseling or even individual counseling for yourself), you will need to discuss openly and honestly how hurtful you feel by his words of late and his flat-out "no" is hard for you to hear.
Here are the links for counseling should you wish to take a look:
USA therapists website: http://www.psychologytoday.com/
Another website where you can search for counselors: http://www.nbcc.org/counselorfind
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I think my last question didn't go through. The second part of my question is that I am meeting up with an acquaintance who doesn't know I have a boyfriend - simply because it has never come up. Originally I was meeting with him solely to discuss career options. Since we've been exchanging more emails it naturally developed into getting lunch to get to know one another better. It seems there's a mutual attraction that has developed and I'm not sure if it's because of the main problem in my relationship or that I've met someone. I am an honest person and I don't want to be deceitful to either person. My friends tell me I can just have lunch with him to feel the situation out before I mention having a boyfriend. Is that the best way to do it? Thank you again for your help.
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I'm more than happy to support you with this; it seems subconsciously you have chosen to not mention that you have a partner, possibly like you say, because of the issues (emotionally) you are experiencing with your partner at present.
You're an honest person, with integrity, so it does feel like mentioning that you are involved with someone would be the sensible thing to do, however, it seems like you are attracted to this person and the feeling is mutual so to continue as you are would only make things more complicated for you in terms of this colleague and your current partner.
Perhaps talking to your colleague will enable you to work out better whether this was simply an attraction or whether its because of the current existing issues with your partner.
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JACKSON, MI – Consumers Energy will avoid a $185 million shortfall now that the state has allowed the utility to recover the cost of customers' natural gas use.
The Michigan Public Service Commission recently approved Consumers to implement a temporary gas recovery factor of about $5.58 per thousand cubic feet (Mcf) on customers' bills starting in the next monthly billing cycle this month. This is up from the $4.40 per Mcf that the utility originally requested Dec. 27.
The gas cost recovery factor is a charge on a bill that reflects the amount of natural gas a customer uses. This is not a new charge, but an adjustment to a current one on customers' bills, Consumers Energy Spokesman Dan Bishop said.
Approving the temporary gas recovery will lessen the potential shortfall and interest that would fall on customers and help shift some of the burden of recovery away from next winter, the MPSC noted in the order.
In the amended Feb. 28 filing, Consumers said the new factor was needed as a result of "significant, unanticipated increases in the market price for natural gas as a result of the Polar Vortex phenomena," as well as extended periods of colder-than-normal weather and increases in demand for natural gas and its sendout.
On March 7, Consumers and MPSC staff filed a joint motion for a temporary order approving the amended cost factor to start in the April billing month cycle for immediate consideration.
The motion argued that the price of natural gas increased significantly and unexpectedly above the levels that existed at the time of the original filing in December. The motion also said that if the original factor were adopted, it would result in an under-recovery of about $185 million for the company.
Utilities do not make a profit from the sale of natural gas, and the customer and company pay the same price, according to the MPSC.
Consumers Energy officials reported in February that residential customers had used 26 percent more natural gas this winter compared to last year.
At the same time, the company, which touts itself as having the fourth-largest natural gas system in the country, has been able to cut the cost of the natural gas by purchasing the commodity in the summer – when it costs less – and storing it in the utility's 15 underground storage fields, officials said. As a result, the amount customers pay per unit is down about 10 percent from last winter, they said.
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