text: Students of Lynne's Voice & Piano Studio in Winona held their Christmas recital Dec. 1 at the Winona United Methodist Church. Front row, from left, Ellie Marhefka, Hannah Egli, Nathan Franklin, Victoria Robbe, Kaleb Shinn; second row, Christian Chappell, Molly Gibson, Billie Sue Gibson, Breeanna Smith, Rebekka Hall, Colin Wells, Kaylie Shinn; third row, Chloe Chappell, Jenna Reiter, Katelyn Hutton, Dominique Costarella, Emily Tedrow, Katie Chludzinski, Madelyn Wells; fourth row, Juli Spencer, Lindsey Chludzinski, Sophia Wells, Megan Drake; fifth row, Adam Barkley, Chase Reiter, Lindsay West, Haley Drake, Rachel Lawlis, "Dean Martin" and Mrs. Lynne Hartsough. Not pictured are Nick Chappell and Molly Frantz. (Submitted photo)


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Sorting lists
Hello I have a project in which I must merge two text files which contain a variable number of numbers. Both of these text files are sorted from lowest to highest value and when they are merged into one list must retain this property.
My friend and I were working on developing code for this but we have no idea if this is right. This is what we have so far...
#include <iostream>
Line 30 - Error:Invalid use of member<did you forget the &?>
Line 46 - Error:Request for member 'insert' in 'mergeList', which is of non-class type 'int[10000]'
Line 51 - Error:Request for member 'insert' in 'mergeList', which is of non-class type 'int[10000]'
I know this code probably won't do the job in the first place and so any assistance would be greatly appreciated,thanks.
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You are trying to insert an element into an array but thats not allowed you can assign a value to the array at any of the index.
mergeList[j]=1;// at index j have the value 1
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Thanks for your suggestions,I'll try working on them tomorrow morning and I'll tell you how they go.
If we wanted to do the exact same thing as the above but this time sort a list of a KNOWN size(say 1000 numbers in each file),could we use a bubble sort function to do so?
We have this code...
"undefined reference to 'bubbleSort<int*, int>'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status"
I have never seen this error before,whats up?
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You have to write your bubbleSort routine probably.
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Woman injured in wreck on Blue Ridge Boulevard
SUV hits power pole, convenience store sign
Published 6:26 AM CDT Aug 25, 2013
A woman was injured in a crash near 67th Street and Blue Ridge Boulevard early Sunday.
Police said the woman was driving an SUV through the area about 3 a.m. when she struck a power pole and then crashed into a sign at a convenience store.
The section of Blue Ridge Boulevard was shut down in both directions while police investigated the wreck.
Police did not release the woman's name or additional information about her injuries.
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New fishing licenses go on sale each year on Dec. 1. While that is no great revelation, Pennsylvania anglers will now have the option to purchase multi-year fishing licenses rather than an annual license. Because I've bought a Pennsylvania fishing license every year since I turned 16, I was interested to learn that three-year and five-year fishing licenses would be available when I saw an announcement about them several weeks ago on the Fish and Boat Commission website. At that time, no pricing information was provided, but I assumed one of the new multi-year licenses would represent a worthwhile savings compared to buying three or five annual licenses. When the Fish and Boat Commission finally posted the multi-year prices last week, however, any saving appeared meager at best.
For example, a resident fishing license costs $22.70. The new three-year license costs $64.70 and the five-year license is $106.70. Those prices reflect a savings of just $3.40 or $6.80 respectively, or about a 5 percent discount on the 3-year and 6 percent off the 5-year. Of course, each season many of us also need to buy a trout stamp or Lake Erie permit, which cost $9.70 each, or the combination trout stamp and Lake Erie permit costing $15.70. Adding a trout stamp or Lake Erie permit brings the total cost to $90.40 for a three-year license and $148.40 for a five-year license, while a three-year license with a combination permit will be $108.40 or $178.40 for the five-year license. Any of these options will only save you another $3.40 on a three-year license and $6.80 on a five-year. Overall, those prices mean the most you can save is $13.60 over five years.
Actually, there is no real discount on the cost of the fishing license itself when purchasing a multi-year license. All fishing licenses - resident, senior and non-resident - as well as each trout stamp, Lake Erie permit and combination permit include $1.70 in fees. The issuing agent who sells the license gets one dollar and the other 70 cents is the processing fee for the Pennsylvania Automated Licensing Service. The cost of a multi-year license and any applicable stamps or permits just includes the $1.70 fee for the initial purchase and not for the other two or four years. The ability to waive the issuing fees for those subsequent years is how the slight savings on the multi-year licenses are derived.
In addition to the slight cost savings, the Fish and Boat Commission is also offering some other incentives to those who purchase a multi-year license, including an online subscription to Pennsylvania Angler and Boater magazine and special offers and discount coupons from sporting goods stores. It will be interesting to see if the meager savings and the other inducements will be enough to entice many folks to fork out the extra cash upfront for a multi-year license. Personally, I will just keep buying an annual license for the next several years until I qualify for the senior lifetime fishing license, which is a relatively good deal.
Speaking of senior fishing licenses, you only have to look at the prices for the senior multi-year licenses to realize how detached from reality most bureaucrats really are. For those folks aged 65 or older, an annual fishing license costs $11.70 and a lifetime license is just $51.70. There is no senior discount on additional stamps or permits, but lifetime license holders need only purchase a trout stamp, Erie permit or combination permit one time.
The price of the new three-year senior fishing license will be $31.70, so for another 20 bucks one could purchase the lifetime ticket. The five-year senior fishing license is $51.70. That's right, our Fish and Boat Commission will be glad to sell senior citizens a five-year license for the same price as a lifetime one. If that's not silly enough, consider they also provide a 5-year senior license with a trout stamp for $93.40. Someone really needsto explain to me why that could possibly be a good idea. That's nearly double the cost of a senior lifetime license and trout stamp at $61.40 and you are good to go forever.
Whether you will opt for one of the new multi-year fishing licenses or stay with the traditional annual license, the 2013 fishing licenses are on sale now at hundreds of issuing agents throughout the state or online at www.pa.wildlifelicense.com. A new fishing license is also a great gift idea for any anglers on your Christmas list.


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... And a step back
October 13, 2009 - Mike Maneval
The Wall Street Journal reported today that the Obama administration is backing down from plans announced in May to crack down on tax dodgers, including closing a loophole which allowed corporations to defer paying taxes on profits from overseas investments. President Obama, according to the Journal, will consider such measures as part of a broad overhaul of the tax code "sometime next year."
When first announced in May, officials in the administration said the government could retain $210 billion through the crackdown. A senate report maintains a $100 billion is lost to offshore evasion a year. And yet, as the government hemorrhages money and unemployment unparalleled in decades hampers middle-class spending and financial security, these loopholes - including loopholes which reward employers for shipping jobs overseas and degrades the value of work here in the U.S. - will remain in place, clearly a greater priority for the lobbying groups and special interests fighting for them than tax relief for the average, working American family. And, at least for now, a greater priority for the Obama administration.
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When I heard the news, it felt as if a beloved niece had died.
Aliyah's Voice
To honor the memory of Aliyah Howard and her desire to help others, the South Carolina chapter of the Head and Neck Cancer Alliance has created a fund, Aliyah's Voice.
All funds raised will be dedicated to providing assistance to head and neck cancer patients experi- encing speech and swallowing deficits.
An account has been set up at First Federal for Aliyah's Voice.
Those interested in making a donation can contact First Federal and request that funds be deposited to Aliyah's Voice (routing number, 253271945), or mail it to:
Head & Neck Tumor Center, Medical University of South Carolina, 35 Rutledge Avenue, MSC 550, Charleston, SC 29425-5500
For more information, call Ann Durgun with the S.C. Chapter of the Head and Neck Cancer Alliance at 792-0719.
Last spring, I sat in the garden of the Medical University of South Carolina Hollings Cancer Center and interviewed Aliyah Howard for a story that ran in the April 16 edition of Your Health.
The 25-year-old, who was wrapping up her master's degree in speech pathology at South Carolina State University, had endured a year of battling stage 4 oral cancer that included having her tongue removed.
As I mentioned in the first paragraph of the story, Aliyah demonstrated a rare combination of "maturity, strength and grace in youth, forged from adversity." And she was strikingly beautiful, inside and out.
Her way
Aliyah looked forward to a career of helping others, particularly those who faced the same challenges as she had. She and medical staff at MUSC said she would offer a unique perspective for patients. She was going to use her experience to make lives better.
"This (oral cancer) was meant to happen to me, so that I can help my patients in a way that I wouldn't have been able to beforehand," said Aliyah, in an interview April 9. "It's one thing to have empathy and sympathy for someone, but unless it happens to you, it's a big eye opener."
"But I won't lie to you either. It also has not been easy. I cannot feel sorry for myself every day because then I'll just become a pitiful person. I have to keep moving the best that I can."
Two weeks after the story ran, her cancer re-appeared, this time in her lungs and kidneys.
The next two months brutalized her, her family and friends. Aliyah endured two chemotherapy treatments, pain, wheezing, coughing, and blood clots. And yet, they said she handled it with same grace as before. Her mother and brother's girlfriend say she was at peace with her ultimate fate.
She died July 8, about two months after receiving her master's degree.
Pain lives on
Her mother, Tunisiann Howard of Columbia, is among those still suffering from the loss.
"It haunts me — I can't sleep — that something couldn't have been done," says Ms. Howard. "It's tearing me apart."
She adds that her daughter's valiant fight over oral cancer is now "overshadowed by the vengeance of the last two months" before Aliyah's death.
The Howards also are asking for records from MUSC about the possibility of the spot being detected on Aliyah's lungs on an image taken in January. Tunisiann says that neither Aliyah nor the family were told of the spot. They have yet to get the information.
"I know I have to let her go," says the 51-year-old Tunisiann, "but it's the hardest thing that I'll probably have to do in my life."
Honoring her memory
Staff members at MUSC's Head and Neck Tumor Center, where Aliyah did her clinical work, were so impressed with Aliyah and were equally devastated by news of her death.
They started a fund, Aliyah's Voice, that will provide assistance to head and neck cancer patients experiencing speech and swallowing problems. The fund will be under the direction of the Head and Neck Cancer Alliance.
That memorial fund will be only part of Aliyah's legacy. She will live on in the hearts of many who had the privilege of knowing her.
Dr. Terry Day, director of MUSC's division of head and neck oncologic surgery, says that Aliyah was "true inspiration to me."
"I feel honored to have experienced a part of her life along with seeing what a special relationship that she had with her family," says Day. "Sometimes I don't understand why cancer affects certain people, but I must say that for such a young, healthy and undeserving (of cancer) person, Aliyah displayed extraordinary courage and an unselfish attitude that I will always remember."
In the April 16 article, Day noted that Howard was among the 15 percent of the population with head, neck and oral cancer with no known cause or risk factor.
Howard was not a smoker, a major risk factor for head and neck cancers. She tested negative for the human papilloma virus, or HPV, a rising risk factor for young people. And she did not have a family history.
MUSC speech therapist Julie Blair went to Aliyah's graduation, which was bittersweet for all involved.
"I wanted to be there for her, to let her know how proud I was of her accomplishment but it was also very difficult to know that her disease had returned and she may not have the opportunity to put into practice all that she had learned," says Blair.
"She had made such an incredible impact on the patients whose care she participated in and on the students that heard her speak during awareness talks. Although her speech was not always clear, her message was: She had cancer but she was not going to let it take her hope or her spirit or her voice.
"And now through 'Aliyah's Voice' her message can still be heard and her goal to help others communicate is not lost."
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While its CEO made public assurances that it had sufficient liquidity to make it through 2013, the debtors of the lavish but flagging Revel casino in Atlantic City scrambled to arrange a bankruptcy filing.
The burden of servicing $1.5 billion in debt, amid dismal revenue, was simply too heavy, according to the 390-page petition filed by owner Revel AC Inc. late Monday in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Camden.
On Page 13 of the voluminous petition, the debtors listed four ways they hoped to improve business: Add a high-end slots area, a new and less-expensive food court, a semi-private VIP players' lounge, and not least, a smoking area.


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thats interesting about your pain going ... who would have thought dairy was such a problem... I admire your endurance. keep it up.
So I am doing something similar to Whole30 this month, and after having some terrible cravings the last couple days decided to review my progress to remind me to stay on track.
As of Jan 1st I gave up alcohol, white potatoes, and dairy 100%, and to give the trial more help I am 99% free from grains or sugar (includes any form of sugar outside of veggies). I have already been low carb/gluten free for years, I have done dairy trials in the past (still included butter before, not including it this round), so none of this is new, its more just refining. Before Jan 1 even with all my decent eating, my chronic back pain has been worse lately and my hormones just won't get completely in order.
In the last 3 weeks I have seen my back pain that was getting really bad in Dec go away completely (took about a week of clean eating to notice improvement). I am back to sleeping good again pain free. Also my digestion is really settling down with almost no upset. So it is obvious one or all of the items I gave up was contributing to my pain flare ups and painful abdomen. Too soon to tell on the hormones, but in general I am feeling even keeled energy wise all day.
So whole30 has been a success so far. My cravings the last couple days are from hormones unfortunately, so just need to stick to my guns and get over the bump. I am really really thinking dairy was more of an issue then I thought it was. I will keep it out of my system for longer then 30 days and maybe do a test in a few months. Its been hard to adjust all my recipes, but if I stick to it I think I will get over that too.
thats interesting about your pain going ... who would have thought dairy was such a problem... I admire your endurance. keep it up.
Drinking can cause me back pain. Not sure why.
It is nice to feel better, that is for sure. 15 years of chronic back pain, and while its been better, it rarely is gone completely.....so I relish when it is gone. Just need to keep up the good habits.
Nice to hear your progress, Meadow!
Yes, cutting dairy has been good for me, too! I'll probably only add butter/ghee back (and maybe occasional cream) but the more protein forms of dairy (milk, cheese, yogurt) are too insulin spiking for me- I lost some weight almost immediately after cutting them!
As for alcohol, it's pro-inflammatory. I learned over the years that, for me, the difference between having menstrual cramps and having menstrual AGONY was consuming alcohol shortly before/during my period. Of course, not consuming gluten and sugars minimizes them altogether
I just did a Whole30 update today:
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Good to hear your results :-)
I am on day 21 today and feeling ok - I am sure I'd be a lot better without a stressful life situation going on, but I think I feel calmer from eating very clean and more able to cope.
Physically I am down at least 14lbs (only weighing at the mid point and the end), my skin has stopped being dry, my foot is no longer painful and I have recovered from and injury and a cold super quickly.
Having never given up dary before I will probably only add in ghee, then butter and cream if I can, like Hazyjane.
I do think I might be allergic to coconut milk and/or oil though - which is a real shame.
Okay, so 23 days in and I am noticing another benefit. I have had pain across one of my vertebra about 3/4 down my back for years. Its not muscle pain per say, its like a band over the bone itself and frankly doesn't bother me unless I happen to bump that bone directly on something. Its odd, with all my back problems and pain, this one is totally different, almost like a bruise. Exercise, stretching, nothing effects it. My doc indicated no indication of issues. My acupuncturist identified it as an area indicating digestive issues. Sometimes it would fade a bit with repeated acupuncture treatments, but I have never been able to get rid of it with all my dietary changes.
23 days now without dairy, very little sugar, grains, or alcohol, and that band of pain is definitely reducing. The biggest change with this whole30 is sticking to no dairy (including no butter) for probably the longest period ever. I suspect dairy is going to be out of my diet for good after this.


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MS made a change with SP1 of Win 2003 that locks tape IO at 64k blocks
x64 versions of 2003 include SP1 by default. MS has a hotfix available to
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A Dexter Township man managed to avoid being scammed by someone identifying himself as a Medicare representative, and Washtenaw County Sheriff's Office deputies are warning others about the scam.
An elderly Dexter Township man recently received a call from an unknown man with an Indian accent, the Washtenaw County Sheriff's Office said in an alert sent through the Nixle messaging system. The alert states the unknown man identified himself as being "with Medicare" and said he needed to verify some information.
The Dexter Township man refused to give the man any information, but the caller stated he just needed the man to confirm information he already had. The unknown man tried to get the Dexter Township man's bank account information by providing three account numbers and asking the Dexter Township man to confirm which was his account.
The Dexter Township man refused to confirm his bank account number or routing number, and the caller told him all Medicare benefits would be terminated in the morning. The Dexter Township man then hung up the call.
Deputies remind residents to never provide personal information — such as an address, date of birth, social security number or banking information — over the phone.
Kyle Feldscher covers cops and courts for The Ann Arbor News. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com or you can follow him on Twitter.


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There are seemingly millions of live-action giantess POV videos out there, but very, very, very few that cater to mini-giantess fans. We'd love to see playful interaction and power dynamic changes as we slowly shrink, not get squashed between a model's toes. (By the way, if you know of any videos that do line up with the MiniGTS content on the site, we'd love to read your comments below!)
This is why we need to improvise. With a little imagination, a lot of low-angle videos could be repurposed as mini giantess POV clips. Ignore the ridiculously sleazy (and clearly false) title of the video below.
There is an unrelated internet fetish out there for downblouse videos. Not the unethical voyeur kind, which we would never dream of posting here. These are over-the-top wish-fulfilment deals, with (consenting) young women cleaning, talking or generally going about their business while providing cheeky boob slips. (Yeah, there are some blatant gender issues in this, but we're a fetish site for people who like to pretend to shrink and/or encounter women nine feet tall. Who are we to judge?)
Here are some more that – to a slightly lesser extent – could easily be from the view of a shrunken man. (Having trouble? Imagine a tiny hand reaching out…)


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When people tell me their Yankee Candles aren't burning right.
There are a few things you should know about Yankee Candles before you burn them:
- The wicks need to be trimmed between 1/8″ and 1/4″ EVERY TIME YOU LIGHT THEM. It will seriously cut down on the soot the candle produces, and the candle will smell better because you aren't getting that soot-y smell. If you are burning your candle for longer than three to four hours, the flame needs to be extinguished and the wick needs to be cut again. I noticed a big difference when I started doing this, and I tell all of my customers to do this if they notice a problem. The length of the wick will depend on what candle you have. YCC has hundreds of different kinds of wicks, and they change depending on the fragrance and wax style. The thicker wicks will most likely need to be kept near the 1/8″ length. The thinner wicks will most likely need to be a little longer. I know this just from experience, so you will learn as you go.
- Burn your candles for about 4 hours each time. If you only burn your candle for about an hour the first time you light it, the melted wax will create a "memory ring." That ring of wax will make it so the candle starts tunneling. Tunneling is when the sides of the candle never melt and there is a "tunnel" down the middle of the jar. If you don't want to burn something for that long, get a different type of fragrancing product. Tarts or votives are both great options. Votives are small "testers" for fragrances. That's why they are sometimes called "samplers." They only last about 15 hours, but you don't have to worry about tunneling like you would with a jar candle. Tarts are my favorite thing to burn. Each tart lasts about 8 hours, but each fragrance is different. Some fragrances are stronger than others, so those fragrances might last longer. Tart burners/warmers come in two styles, the tea light version and electric warmers. Both are good for strong, short-term fragrance. The tea lights YCC offers are self-extinguishing. That means the flame will go out on its own. The electric warmers are my favorite, because you can turn it on and off easily for whenever you want a fragrance.
- If the room or house you are trying to fragrance is larger with a more open floor plan, get the two wick jars. They will have a stronger scent, so the fragrance will reach every part of your room. The only downside to the two wicks is they will burn faster. The single wicks do burn about 150 hours (in a large jar), but what's the point of 150 hours of burn time if you aren't even going to smell it anyway?
- Each fragrance is different, and some are stronger than others. I mentioned this before. Not all fragrances in the same category will burn with the same intensity. For example, Midsummer's Night and Soft Blanket are in the same Fresh scent category, but Midsummer's Night is definitely stronger than Soft Blanket. If you want to really smell something in your room/house, get a stronger fragrance. If you just want something subtle, I'd stay away from those really strong scents.
- Illuma-lids. They are not just for decoration. I noticed a huge difference in my candles when I started using Illuma-lids. These lids are meant for large and medium single wick jars, and they hold the flame steady, keep the heat in, and catch any soot that the candle will produce. When you have a candle sitting on a table and someone walks by, the flame will wiggle. This can cause uneven burning if the "wiggling" is constant. By using an Illuma-lid, any drafts are kept out and the flame won't wiggle. Even though trimming the wick helps immensely with soot production, your candle will still make a little bit of soot. The Illuma-lid will catch any of that on the bottom so the black stuff doesn't end up on your ceiling/wall/jar/whatever.
Now, some Yankee candles are poured by hand and the wicks are hand straightened, so not every candle is perfect. I have had a couple candles that didn't smell right, didn't burn right, or the wick was off center. The people at YCC are human, and everyone makes mistakes sometimes. But YCC is committed to their product and they believe that it's the best. So, if you do have any problems with your candles, go to a Yankee Candle store and the employees will help you. If they can't, they will definitely point in the right direction so your problem can be fixed.
I may have forgotten something else, but I wrote this as fast as I could so I can have a Lifetime Movie Night with my sister. Bye!


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Our local 'DIYer of the Year' competition which DIY Doctor have launched in Frome, Somerset has been featured in the local newspaper, The Frome Times, with a lovely photo of our own Mike Edwards with Steve Cox who runs Sergeant Ironmongers and who is sponsoring the competition.
The closing date for applications is 31st May and the three top finalists after this date will be invited to battle it out at a live final in the town on the 4th June. There is £200 worth of equipment up for grabs and of course the title of Frome's 'DIYer of the Year'!
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On March 20, Michelle Obama and a group of elementary school students broke ground on an organic White House garden. Obama and the children used only organic fertilizers and insect repellents, and instead of chemical pesticides, ladybugs and praying mantises are being used to control harmful insect populations. The garden is tied to a healthy school lunch campaign from the secretary of agriculture, but changes for restaurants could be next—and they wouldn't necessarily be law-induced.
"I think any time somebody high profile does something like this, it just helps to normalize it," says Michael Oshman, executive director of the Green Restaurant Association (GRA). "The more it's perceived as normal, the more people will do it. The more people do it, the more prices will come down. The more people who couldn't afford to do it, now they can afford to do it. It sets off a domino effect."
Quick-serves are in line to be hit by the organic food bug. Although the movement has been in motion for a while, the number of Americans who buy organic food on a weekly basis currently sits at a 25 percent minority. That number will likely rise as the White House garden gets continued press when its organic produce is served at various Washington, D.C., functions.
"It's a garden, and it's a garden that doesn't use pesticides," Oshman says. "It's pretty basic. It should kind of create that question of, 'Why can't we do this?'"
Several members of the GRA already offer organic food, including some quick-serves, and Oshman says customers will likely come to expect it more from all restaurants.
"As people are eating at home less and less in terms of a large trend, you start caring more and more about what you're eating out," he says. "The kitchen's now transported to someone else, and therefore it becomes important to them what they're feeding their kids and themselves."
And despite the lower price tag of non-organic foods, Oshman says making a switch can be financially beneficial for restaurants. He points to the first 100 percent organic restaurant, a GRA member, as an example. While the owner's food costs are higher than his neighbor's, he has seen success because he attracts a growing base of consumers who specifically seek out organic food.
"He's paying more, but he's also making money because of it," Oshman says.
However, not everyone is as enamored with the White House's organic offerings. One group, the Mid America CropLife Association (MACA), sent the First Lady a letter arguing that chemicals are important in crop protection and have been proven scientifically sound. The MACA could not be reached for comment, but Oshman predicts its letter-writing campaign won't impact the issue much.
"[Obama's] probably not going to stop doing it because of letters," he says. "She's doing it because she believes it's the right thing. Therefore, that's what's going to happen and that's what's going to affect public opinion."


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Customs and Border Protection seized more than 300-pounds of marijuana at the Zaragoza bridge this week. All the suspected smugglers are women.
CBP officers said the women were nervous when they confronted them. CBP said the pot is worth more than a quarter of a million dollar.
CBP El Paso port Director Hector Mancha said in a statement: "History has shown us that smugglers can be any gender, race or age." Mancha said the fact that the suspects are all women isn't strange anymore.


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The first question: What does Alexander Litvinenko have to do with the possibility of a nuclear weapon being detonated on American soil?
Nothing directly. Indirectly? Far too much. After all, the former KGB agent once voiced the following enlightening comments:
"When Putin spoke on the anniversary of the founding of the All-Russian Extraordinary Commission (CheKa, 1917) on December twenty, he began his address to his colleagues with a reference to the way former KGB personnel had pretended to be politicians, infiltrated the leadership of the country, and seized power."
Said another way, it seems that Litvinenko was alluding to the idea that the KGB had become a powerful entity unto itself. And corruption in Russia (former Soviet Union) is something that the rest of the world, United States included, should be very concerned about.
Of course, that's just the half of it.
Before collaborating with al-Qaeda, al-Zawahiri was the second and last "emir" of Egyptian Islamic Jihad. Further, he was the leader responsible for, in essence, leading the Egyptian Islamic Jihad into al-Qaeda.
This of course makes him an enemy of America and a Muslim terrorist.
Thus, it seems that we have reports from someone in the know that the KGB (currently the FSB) is corrupt. However, the fact that this corrupt unit has ties to Ayman al-Zawahiri is perhaps a little too much to bare, considering that Osama Bin Laden was reported to be plotting nuclear attacks on U.S. cities. Just because he's gone doesn't mean these plots to attack America with nukes have gone away.
Further, the news of this alliance - that al-Zawahiri might actually have friends within the Soviet secret services - is a scary proposition for all too many reasons. However, just in case you need to hear more on that Soviet corruption, read on.
Murder in a Teapot On January 26th, ABC News reportedly published "Murder in a Teapot". In sum, this is what was reportedly said regarding Alexander Litvinenko's mysterious death (yes, the same guy that said the KGB was corrupt and fingered al-Zawahiri as a former KGB agent). Radioactive Polonium-210 was placed in a teapot and this tea made it to Litvinenko as he met with some Russian buddies of his.
Immediately makes you wonder about those friends of his, doesn't it?
In accordance with this, British officials told ABC News that Litvinenko's "murder was a state sponsored assassination orchestrated by the Russian security services." They came to this conclusion based on "forensic evidence and intelligence reports. . ."
Then, of course, there's the fact that Russian businessman Andrei Lugovoi has now been charged with the murder.
A businessman? Well, that doesn't support the whole conspiracy theory on Russian corruption, does it?
It does if the businessman was affiliated with the KGB until 1996 (ninth department of the KGB - a bodyguard unit). Though he denies the murder and having ever been in the FSB, a former employer named Badri Patarkatsishvili had the following to say.
"There is no such thing as a former KGB agent."
Does that apply to Ayman al-Zawahiri?
After all, beyond the fact that the Russians have nuclear weapons, the scientists to teach al-Qaeda how to make their own, and the manpower to help in numerous ways, there's also another thing to be concerned about.
Simply put, those damned dead drop sites.
Without going into too much detail (read the article on dirty bomb and nuclear suitcase bombs at secretsofsurvival.com for much, much more) there is a plethora of evidence supporting that during the Cold War, Soviets spies brought suitcase nuclear weapons into the United States and hid them. That's right, they hid them. Now think about it: Who would know where these might be?
No such thing as a former KGB agent
Al Qaeda's Al-Zawahiri Received Terrorist Training in Russia
So what's the answer if even an iota of all this is true? First, close the Mexican border entirely. Second, pray for Homeland Security. Third?
Keep praying.


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Duke Energy Honors Leadership Speaker Series: Adam Shepard
Kenan Auditorium
Mon Sep 16th, 2013
07:00 p.m. - 12:00 a.m.
Scratch Beginnings: Me, $25 and the Search for the American Dream
William Peace University presents the university's summer reading author, Adam Shepard, and his book "Scratch Beginnings" as part of the Duke Energy Honors Leadership Speaker Series.
For the 2013-14 academic year, WPU has chosen "Scratch Beginnings: Me, $25 and the Search for the American Dream" as this year's selected reading for incoming First-Year students and the campus community.
Shepard's book and discussion is about his goal to find a job, save $2,500, buy a car, and furnish an apartment…in just one year.
You'll hear about his first night alone in an unknown land; his 70 days in Charleston's homeless shelter; his first week working for a temporary labor agency; how he finally got a job in the highly demanding, cutthroat moving industry; how he was able to accomplish his initial goals; how things didn't go as planned; about the 18-and-a-half-hour move; about breaking his toe; about getting sick; about the people he met along the way, people from whom he was able to draw hope...and more.
Attending Merrimack College in North Andover, MA on a basketball scholarship, Shepard graduated in 2006 with a degree in Business Management and Spanish. Serving as a Resident Advisor during his upperclassmen years, he began to take particular interest in the social issues of our nation.
Shortly after graduation – with almost literally $25 to his name – Shepard departed his home state for Charleston, SC, embarking on the journey that has now become Scratch Beginnings. As Shepard's first work, the author continues to write and speak and presently lives in Raleigh.
"Scratch Beginnings" has been chosen for its alignment with William Peace University's Quality Enhancement Plan, Ethical Decision Making.
The book and the project will be referenced and used in various ways in each of the First Year Seminar courses on campus, as well as throughout the campus community. "Scratch Beginnings" will also serve as a community discussion point throughout the academic year, and Adam Shepard will be on campus to speak about his journey at William Peace University's Speaker Series event on September 16.
There will also be a book signing in Kenan Hall after Shepard's presentation.
For more information on the book and author, visit his website at www.scratchbeginnings.com.
Event Time: 7:00 P.M.
Event Location: Kenan Hall
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Update: Reward for conviction of person who set cat on fire in Grand Rapids raised to $5,500
GRAND RAPIDS -- Hadley is missing half his whiskers, much of his fur isn't expected to grow back and his ears will probably fall off because they are so badly burnt.
But Humane Society of Kent County staff are optimistic about the cat's chances for a full recovery. The 1 1/2-year-old orange-and-white tabby cat, formerly known as Puppy, suffered third-degree burns over his ears, neck, back, legs and part of his face last week.
|Hadley recovers from severe burns at Humane Society
A week after the cat's discovery by a neighbor, Humane Society staff and the owners who had to give him up are left with questions how the cat got hurt and who did it.
"The burn pattern on the cat is consistent with an accelerant," said Karen Terpstra, the humane society's executive director. "We believe it was intentional.
"It looks like something was poured on him and then he was set on fire."
The cat was brought to the Humane Society by its distraught owners, Krystal and William Anderson and their 5-year-old daughter, Isabel. They did so after it was clear he was not responding to their treatment, said Krystal Anderson.
The Andersons discovered the pet crouched under the stairs of their home on Turner Avenue NW, between Leonard and Ann streets, after a boy in their neighborhood alerted them. They found Puppy's fur matted and burnt, Anderson said.
"I just don't understand how anybody could do this; it's sickening" she said. "We had always been kind of concerned when he would go outside.
"For the most part, he was an indoor cat, but he really liked to go out."
Humane society staff told Anderson that the cat's care, including surgeries and antibiotics, would likely cost between $600 and $2,000, which she said the family couldn't afford.
The family has had it hard since her husband lost his job at Superior Manufacturing Co. They decided to surrender Puppy to the humane society after finding out the cost of treatment.
"I asked if he would be euthanized and they said they couldn't guarantee anything," Anderson said. "They told us, 'Once you give him up, you give him up.'
"It hurts, but just to know he might be adopted by a good family comforts me."
The cat, renamed Hadley by society staff, is responding well to treatment, has a healthy appetite and is grooming himself, Terpstra said. Those are all good signs of recovery.
The decision to keep the cat alive because it had a good chance to recover was made by Dr. Wendy Swift, the society's veterinary director.
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"Hadley is in stable but serious condition, and will remain in intensive care at the Humane Society for several weeks as his injuries and infection are treated," she said.
"It will take many months and hundreds of dollars for medication and bandages for this kitty to recover from this act of cruelty."
The humane society sees cases as serious as Hadley's a few times each year, Terpstra said. The decision to treat an animal or euthanize it depends on the seriousness of injuries and chances for recovery, she said.
"We're trying to give him a chance," she said.
An unspecified reward is being offered for information leading to conviction of whoever's responsible for the cat's injuries. No tips on the case have come in, Terpstra said.
"We're just concentrating on getting him better," she said.
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CWN.com - HOUSTON --The mouth-watering aroma of chopped chicken breast -- blended with peas and carrots to be served over rice -- drifted through the parking lot of the public sports park in League City southeast of Houston. Those Southern Baptists were cooking again.
At this location in the hot Texas sun, it was scores of Texas Baptist Men -- some with their wives -- who were preparing meals for Houston-area victims of Hurricane Ike, which ripped through Galveston and up to Houston last Saturday.
Click on the player above to hear the Southern Baptist Convention's Brandon Pickett describe the North American Mission Board's plan to serve 400,000 meals a day in Texas and Louisiana.
Sixteen men stir giant "tilt-skillets" with aluminum boat paddles on a team led by Marc Traweek. Once done, the chicken, vegetables and rice are scooped up with tea pitchers and poured into red plastic "cambros," which the Red Cross would deliver to neighborhoods in their ERVs.
The process -- only with different menus -- is repeated with every meal prepared by volunteers ranging from the Baptist General Convention of Texas and the Southern Baptists of Texas Convention to units from Baptist conventions from more than 20 other states.
In response to Ike, League City is one of three "mega" feeding centers in southeast Texas where Baptists are cooking lunch and supper until Ike's victims begin getting back on their feet.
With feeding units from the Top of Texas Baptist Association in Plains, the BGCT unit from Dallas and the South Texas Baptist Association from Skidmore, the League City site is gearing up to provide 60,000 meals a day.
"You want to know the nature of a dog, you put a cat in front of it. You want to know the nature of Christians, you put hurting people in front of them," said Randel Everett, BGCT executive director. "When we see people hurting, we want to help."
As Everett spoke, another pallet of food was being moved by a tow-motor from one of the dozen tractor-trailer rigs to the cooking tents. The trucks contain tons of food -- mashed potatoes, large cans of fruit cocktail and mandarin oranges, 3,200-pound pallets of rice, salty snacks and cookies.
But not all the food has even arrived yet. "We're just getting geared up," said Leo Smith of Dallas, longtime director of the Texas Baptist Men. Other smaller feeding units have been feeding evacuees in Marshall, Beaumont, San Antonio and Orange, Texas, since last week.
Smith said 50 volunteers began the cooking operation at League City but that number will grow to 75 before the site is closed down. "We're here until they say they don't need us anymore," Smith said.
While touring the League City feeding kitchens, North American Mission Board President Geoff Hammond said, "One of the great things we at NAMB can be proud of is our role as the gate-opener for our partners in the field. On behalf of the state partners, we maintain relationships with the Salvation Army, the Red Cross and FEMA so we can better coordinate our joint efforts.
"Since arriving here in Houston, the Lord has also impressed on me the sacrifice our disaster relief partners make," Hammond said. "Many of them leave families, jobs and responsibilities back home. They drive for days just to get to the disaster site. They work long hours. It's sacrificial work, all in the spirit of Christ. These folks have to have strong backs and good feet, and don't mind roughing it. Then at the end of a long day, they go to a local Baptist church and sleep on cots. Only the love of Christ can explain why they do it."
And Hammond said as "great as the SBC's Cooperative Program is, we're just not about giving money to the Cooperative Program. It's doing missions together in a cooperative manner. We have assets out there. The state conventions, local associations and the churches cooperate wonderfully in time of crisis. It doesn't matter where they're from because hurricane victims don't care which state convention or association they represent. They are united in sharing the love of Christ."
Since Southern Baptist Disaster Relief volunteers began their response to Hurricane Gustav in Louisiana over the Labor Day weekend and now are responding to Ike, more than 11,500 ministry contacts have been made leading to at least 96 professions of faith in Christ. Southern Baptist disaster relief leaders at NAMB report that the cumulative totals of the Ike and Hurricane Gustav response have topped 9.300 volunteer days served, 1.1 million meals served, 578 chainsaw jobs, 17,671 showers and 2,861 laundry loads.
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I made a mapping of the Dagu Spider Motor Controller pins. The cells in red are what you see on the board itself. Other info has been placed adjacent to those cells for easy reference of functions, alternate names etc.
Curiously I am wondering if there is actually a typo mistake on the board with one of the pins being labelled as "TXD1/D1" when it should be "TXD0/D1" instead. Is that an error?
Please give feedback on the accuracy of the mapping.
I have 2 Picaxe 28x1's that will need to communicate serially with one another while each performing tasks such as PWM, reading ADC, simple outputs. As I understand, the Hserin and Hserout pins/commands allow the Picaxes to recieve serial data in the background, store it somewhere, and read the stored data whenever necessary. I need Picaxe A to do tasks, and then send 2 variables to Picaxe B without interupting B's program flow. B needs to be able to look up the variable sent from A whenever necessary and continue on. How would I connect the 2 Hserin/Hserout pairs on each Picaxe?
I was wondering if I could measure battery voltage simply by hooking the battery's + to an analog Arduino pin so that my robot can know when it's low on power. From what i've understood, a battery of 1.5 volts is dead when it outputs 1.4 volts (gonna do some research about this). I guess I can apply this approximation to different voltages battery. The only problem is that, if I want to use a battery with voltage superior to 5v (Arduino analog pins set 5v as a maximum), how do I divide the voltage? Again, I guess I'll need op-amps to do that and voltage dividers, but what do I exactly do?
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How NOT to treat your kid's lice problem!
Mom's Attempt to Kill 5-Year-Old's Lice Lands Her in Jail
by Jeanne Sager
Lice. They're the last thing you want your kid bringing home from school -- worse than an F on that report card even. So what do you do? Well, take it from an Oklahoma mom who just got arrested for setting her 5-year-old daughter's hair on fire. Don't use gasoline!
Cops say Shana Suggs poured gas on her child's head to kill the creepy crawlies she brought home from school. But then things got scary, and fast!
A space heater nearby caught both Suggs and her daughter on fire. Her live-in boyfriend, Dylan Webster, apparently put the flames out, and after dropping off the four other kids who were at home with relatives, they rushed the little girl to the hospital.
Now the little girl is in CPS custody after a visit to the burn unit, and mom has been arrested and charged with felony child abuse by injury.
Come on now!
If anything, this mom is guilty of being an idiot.
But felony child abuse?
It sounds more like a horrible accident to me. One that happened because of her stupidity, granted, but still, the story laid out by the cops doesn't stink of abuse.
They were dealing with the kid's lice! They rushed her to the hospital!
They didn't leave her to deal with the itch on her head, nor did they leave her covered in burns in her bed.
Unfortunately, gasoline is a lice remedy used by many Americans and has been since the olden days. It's not a good one; I'm not suggesting anyone copy Suggs' alleged crime here. But it reminds me of bourbon being rubbed on the gums of a teething tot -- it's a bad idea but one that is handed down from generation to generation.
So again, I have to ask: is it really criminal to follow granny's advice? Or just plain stupid?
From the sounds of it, Suggs and her daughter have both suffered here. Both were caught on fire, mom and child were separated. There's been a CPS investigation, there's been the public outing of her dumb move.
I'd say this family has been punished enough, don't you?
What do you think should be done with this mother?
Um, wow... maybe she needs to go back to school and get educated on the dangers of flammible liquids.
I don't think she needs to be charged with child abuse, stupidity maybe, but not child abuse.
Gasoline is a good way to get rid of it but that way is also outdated and highly dangerous and the tiniest spark will set it off of course. I don't think she should be charged with child abuse or whatever. I just think that she needs some classes of some sort.
How does this compare with rubbing a little liquor on the gum of teething toddlers? Doing that won't cause them to burst into flames....very poor analogy. Child endangerment is probably a better charge.
Oh wow. Yeah, I wouldn't charge her with felony child abuse, but I would charge her with something less. That's just plain scary!


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Lots in Store at CONNECT '13By Michael W. Kahn | ECT Staff Writer Published: April 22nd, 2013
They call it "Connect" for a reason. At this year's conference there will be new faces and new campaigns to connect with.
Taking place May 13-16 at the Loews Royal Pacific Resort in Orlando, Fla., CONNECT '13 has a lot on tap.
"Touchstone Energy® is celebrating its 15th birthday and will premiere its new communication campaign called 'The Power of Co-op Membership,'" said Jim Bausell, COO of Touchstone Energy.
Offering a little sneak peek, Bausell promises "a tremendous image portfolio" for the print portion of the campaign, which was photographed in a cooperative service territory.
"It has some of the most memorable, iconic images of cooperative linemen at work," Bausell said. The campaign includes TV and radio spots as well.
Also at CONNECT '13, the new Cooperative University online learning platform will debut. By partnering with Lynda.com, Touchstone Energy will offer free access to some 1,600 communication and business courses.
"This will bring the latest in distance learning to the desktops of cooperative staff and directors all across the nation," Bausell said.
Touchstone Energy will also debut an updated Together We Save website, which Bausell said will be "completely designed for mobile, both tablets and smartphones," and an updated TouchstoneEnergy.coop.
At CONNECT '13's opening general session, new NRECA CEO Jo Ann Emerson will hold a meet-and-greet with participants. And Kelly McDonald, who presided over a well-attended session at this year's NRECA annual meeting, will talk about how co-ops must keep up with the times and the changing faces of their membership.
Learn how President Obama's re-election campaign raised nearly $700 million online when Teddy Goff, the campaign's digital director, speaks at the May 15 general session. Goff will share insights from that digital strategy that co-ops can use.
The conference wraps up May 16 with the founder of the Travelocity website, Terry Jones, sharing ways for co-ops to create a culture of innovation.
But before CONNECT '13 is done, there will be more than 30 learning labs to choose from, covering a wide range of topics. Sessions will look at everything from how to bring prepaid metering to your co-op; ways of using new technology to engage members; and making use of social media during a crisis. There will also be four optional pre-conference workshops on May 13.
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Although papers and complete sessions related to the conference theme would be especially appreciated, MAASA will also—as it always has—continue to welcome presentations on any aspect of American Studies. MAASA also encourages self-nominations from people willing to chair or comment on sessions.
Proposals should comprise a one-page summary and a one-page c.v. for each presenter, chair, and commentator. The deadline for submission is January 18, 2002. Send proposals, self-nominations, or inquiries to: Matthew Mancini at the address or email below.


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Words for What Can't Be Described
My recent novel follows the story of a Russian chess champion turned political dissident. One of the key challenges I encountered was figuring out how to write about chess. How, I wondered, could I interest serious players of such an elegant, complex game without rendering unconscious the average reader? More broadly: How can we capture in words an activity that isn't always mediated by language?
It's a problem that has called on the gifts of some of our greatest novelists. In "Ada, or Ardor," Vladimir Nabokov deploys his dazzling prose to share with his readers his own passion for the rarefied art of butterfly collecting. When we encounter "the flat larva of a local catocalid whose gray knobs and lilac plaques mimicked the knots and lichens of the twig to which it clung so closely" or "the little Vaporer fellow, its black coat enlivened all along the back with painted tufts, red, blue, yellow, of unequal length, like those of a fancy toothbrush treated with certified colors," we fully attend to what's being described. We really see that larva—even if, in real life, we'd rather not.
Jennifer Egan sets a different challenge for herself in "A Visit From the Goon Squad." In the middle of a novel about music (already notoriously difficult to write about), she gives us an autistic boy, Lincoln, who is fascinated by the pauses in pop songs. Lincoln's subjective experience is unusually defended against efforts at description, and Ms. Egan's approach to writing about it is elegant—she doesn't.
One of the book's most-discussed chapters is in the form of a PowerPoint presentation, composed by Lincoln's sister. It's an investigation of pauses in pop songs, and when we land on a slide that is blank—a pause—the effect is strangely haunting. Ms. Egan gets us closer to feeling what Lincoln feels than we might have thought possible. Instead of describing an experience for her readers, Ms. Egan actually gives them one.
In "The Pale King," his posthumously published novel about the Internal Revenue Service, David Foster Wallace makes boredom not just a theme but almost a character. He seems to be saying that boredom is one of the costs of being present in the world—and that real life, in the form of sustained and conscious application of attention, exists on the other side of it.
In certain sections of the novel—hyper-focused descriptions of envelope-opening, lengthy ruminations on the tax code, a description of getting stuck in traffic that reads nearly in real time—we get the sense that Wallace is asking us to confront this challenge ourselves. Breaking through to Wallace's most savagely brilliant prose, after many pages of tedium, is a unique literary experience, and it also feels like a lesson about something more than craft.
So how did I handle the problem of writing about chess? First, I described in detail only matches with high emotional stakes—my character's winning of the U.S.S.R. chess championship, his loss to a computer program—hoping that readers, regardless of their interest in the game's nuances, could engage with the trajectory of long-sought triumph or humiliating defeat.
At the level of language, I tried to surprise with my descriptions while also using them to clarify, with lots of metaphors and similes, alternately anthropomorphic, zoological and geopolitical. I wanted these sections to be very visually grounded, so I would read about famous chess matches and then sit on the floor and try to re-create their choreography on my own set.
All of this was an attempt to conjure the most basic kind of literary alchemy: the mysterious process by which language can bring to life everything it touches. Even, I hope, chess.
—Ms. duBois's debut novel, "A Partial History of Lost Causes," was just published in paperback.


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It doesn't take a rocket scientist to see there's something wrong with our penal system. It costs too much money, it does too little to deter repeat offenses and it treats violent and nonviolent offenses too much alike. And Mississippi inmates are denied any ability to provide support for their families.
A recently completed study – you've almost certainly read about it – defined a host of current problems and issued 19 recommendations to reform Mississippi's system of punishment for criminal acts. You and I might improve on some of the suggestions, but I don't see a single one that is wrong.
Among the problems the commission identified were these:
• a "disconnect between the corrections and criminal justice systems";
• almost three-fourths of new prisoners come in for nonviolent offenses;
• more enter prison for probation or parole violations than for new crimes;
• judges impose longer sentences because the Department of Corrections has too much discretion in determining early release;
• and nearly one-third of nonviolent offenders, once freed, are back in prison within three years.
Add in the realizations that (1) prisons often mix lesser criminals with worse ones, greatly increasing odds that the lesser ones will come out worse in character and greater in criminal skills, (2) the longer a person is in prison, the less support system he'll have left when he gets out, and you have a formula for oft-repeated failure.
The study can be downloaded on the www.legislature.ms.gov home page.
Five goals categorize its 19 goals, each of which is explained in some detail:
• Ensure certainty and clarity in sentencing,
• Expand judicial discretion in imposing alternatives to incarceration,
• Focus prison beds on violent and career offenders,
• Strengthen supervision and interventions to reduce recidivism, and
• Establish performance objectives and measure outcomes.
The Task Force identified four key principles in assessing the state's community corrections system: (1) incorporating surveillance and treatment, (2) responding to violations of supervision with swift, certain, and proportional sanctions, (3) encouraging compliance through positive incentives, and (4) focusing resources on the first weeks and months following release from prison to ensure successful reentry.
The Mississippi Legislature is considering an assortment of bills to address various ones of these issues, House Bill 585 being the most comprehensive of them.
Whether you look at the issues from the priority of public safety, humanitarianism or fiscal conservatism, Mississippi needs penal reform.
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HIX Digest for the week of December 17, 2012
In this week's HIX Digest: Utah's pre-ACA HIX seeks certification, Iowa's partnership plan gains support and West Virginia mulls enrollment challenges.
Utah's pre-exisiting HIX seeks certification
A mid-December Rasmussen poll of 1,000 American voters found 46 percent support a state-based health insurance exchange, while 35 percent are opposed to the idea, with respondents pretty much evenly split across the states.
That finding comes as the tally for state HIX decisions continues to trickle in, with Florida and Utah still remaining undecided. Those two states, coincidentally, have pre-Affordable Care Act state-created HIXs that may or may not be able to be ACA certified.
Officials at the Florida Health Choices small business HIX say they have no plans to seek ACA certification. Meanwhile, Utah Governor Gary Herbert, a Republican, has asked the Obama administration to "instruct the Department of Health and Human Services to certify the current Utah version of an exchange."
Utah's exchange, created in 2009, is currently available only to small businesses. Now called AvenueH, the exchange bills itself as "consumer-based model," with many choices and few restrictions, and it sells small group and defined contribution health plans, from insurers including Select health, United Healthcare and Regence Blue Cross Blue Shield of Utah. The exchange also has a prominent role for brokers, in a bid to preserve traditional aspects of small business insurance.
AvenueH was not designed to be as comprehensive as exchanges required by the ACA. "We never intended for our exchange to administer Medicaid, enforce the individual mandate or distribute federal tax credits," Herbert wrote.
Even so, Herbert wants HHS to certify the Utah exchange as the minimum baseline for state-based exchanges. "I am confident that if you make this change, several other states will join Utah and request certification for state- based exchanges based on our model."
Iowa partnership HIX gets support
Iowa Governor Terry Branstadt diverged from most other Republican-led states in picking a state-federal partnership HIX, although he said he choose it as the sort least-worst option, citing concerns of cost and regulatory uncertainty with a state HIX and the potential for government overreach with a federal HIX.
"We will continue to regulate insurance plans in Iowa and retain control over our Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Plan eligibility," Branstadt told the Department of Health and Human Services. "If our sate loses control of the costs of these programs, other funding priorities like education, public safety and workforce development may be threatened."
In an editorial, the Iowa City Press Citizen endorsed the partnership HIX as "a much better option than having Iowa leaders rush to set up its own system without having done all their homework."
Under the partnership exchange -- also being pursued by Illinois, Arkansas, West Virginia, North Carolina and Delaware -- the federal government provides most of the investments in IT systems, something the Press Citizen thinks is a boon for Iowa, letting the government focus on other funding priorities.
WV looks to enrollment challenges
In West Virginia, where Democratic Governor Earl Tomblin chose a partnership exchange, state officials are talking up plans for maximizing HIX enrollment.
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If you've ever wanted to fly like Iron Man, you might want to try flyboarding. A Jet Ski propels water through a fire hose and out a U-pipe on the bottom of the flyboard, a shoulder-width board with boots to strap in riders. The first 10 minutes may be intimidating as you learn how to shoot out of the water and balance, but most beginners can reach up to 8 feet above the water during their first session. More experienced riders reach up to 30 feet and can flip in the air, dive in the water and skim over and under the surface like a dolphin. Joe and Jared Upshaw, the 23- and 22-year-old cousins who own and operate Flyboard Nation, will coach you throughout your session. With their small operation, just two Jet Skis, lifejackets and the flyboard, you'll probably feel like you're out on the lake with friends. The cost is a little steep ($125 for 45 minutes; the Upshaws are offering a $25 discount to those who mention this story).
Flyboard Nation at Westlake Park on Lewisville Lake. By appointment between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m.; call 469-563-2359. flyboard-nation.com.
Whether you've never even seen a wakeboard or are confident enough to ride behind a boat, you can enjoy Hydrous Wake Park's two locations. Wakeboarders hold on to overhead cables that pull them at about 18 miles per hour in an oval on the main system, which features ramps and rails for more advanced riders. On a separate two-lane cable system, workers teach beginners at slower speeds how to get up on the board, distribute their weight and make turns. All riders wear provided lifejackets and helmets. Mention the early bird pass to ride two hours for $20, 10 a.m. to noon. Normal passes are $25 per hour and $35 for two hours. The main system can pull several riders at one time. Expect to wait in line during peak hours in the afternoons, or go in the morning or evening.
Hydrous Wake Park has locations at 580 N. Cedar Drive, Allen, and 280 E. Eldorado Parkway, Little Elm. Daily from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.; no reservations required. hydrouswakeparks.info.
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Look familiar? This whole area is an expanded version of what you walked through at the beginning of the game. There are a few changes, but the overall concept is the same: follow the waypoint to each section. The only time you really have to do anything is when you need to provide a distraction. You can do this by turning the wheel pictured above.
Continue through the rest of this area, being scanned, and moving through the meat locker. You'll be back tracking your way through here soon enough. For now, continue to press forward and watch the cut-scene. Ward 5
With the StA5X Arc Cannon at your control, fire a charged burst to quickly eliminate all of the troops coming through the doorway. Time it just right and you'll pick up the Frazzle Dazzle Trophy as seen in the video above.
Press forward into the next room. Make your way to the far end of the room towards the orange tinted hallway. This is a good place to make your stand since it offers you cover and a good vantage point to see throughout the rest of the room. Your biggest threat is the Lightning Trooper -- he takes a lot of damage and his lightning gun can incapacitate you and your crew, so make him a priority target.
Once the Helghast have been eliminated from this room, follow your crew out of this room, through the meat locker towards a science facility. Reload your ammo from ammo crates along the way. When you enter this room, the Arc Cannon is still one of your best weapons to use to take out groups of enemies -- just don't use it as you're ducking in and out of cover. That's what you rifle is best at: short, controlled, accurate bursts.
Continue to move through this facility, ducking into cubicles for cover, and reloading ammo from nearby ammo crates that are scattered around this room. Watch out for rocket troops on the high ledge -- your Arc Cannon can take most of these guys out with one charged shot.
Continue to eliminate the Helghast forces in this area. If you want to pick up some heavy weapons like a missile launcher, look near the ammo crate that is adjacent to Stahl's secret security lab room. Once the enemies have been defeated, rejoin Rico and walk into this lab room for a short cut-scene to play. Assembly Line #17
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After the cut-scene is finished you'll be in control of a Helghast Ice Saw. Stay on the mountain path and keep firing upon any enemy forces (Dropships and Ice-Saws) that get in your way. Again, just like the jetpack, keep your finger on the trigger so you can eliminate every Dropship and Ice-Saw you encounter, helping you to earn the Iced Trophy. Once you reach the end of the mountain path, a cut-scene will play and the chapter will be complete. GO TO 07: SCRAPYARD SHORTCUT GO TO 08: THE RECKONING GO TO 09: INTERCEPTION
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My humans have given me interesting food in a bowl to eat. But there are a lot of things to taste in my home like houseplants and string. How do I learn what I should and shouldn't eat?
The best way to know which food to eat is to watch your mommy. Whatever you observe your mommy eating, you will have as a dietary preference. This even includes what prey you prefer to hunt if your mother is a hunter. In the wild, she would bring you killed prey, mice and such, for you to chew on and learn what to hunt. But if humans adopt you, you likely enter their houses at the same age when you are exploring new food sources. So rubber bands, string... you name it, you'll try it. Who knows, that yarn might be a really thin mouse in disguise. The safest thing for you now is to limit your access to experimental dining by having your owners keep you in a smaller area where they can keep a closer eye on what goes in your mouth.
My sister hardly peeps, but my nickname is Motor Mouth. I even have a shirt that says, "Help, I'm Meowing and I Can't Shut Up!" Why do I squawk more than she does?
That depends on why you are squawking. If you are cold, hungry, or lost, squawking is a way to bring Mommy to help you. In fact, your calls in those circumstances are each different and your mommy can most likely identify your concerns. Once in a human home, you learned that meowing still gets attention. That's the way the world works: Babies cry. Babies get picked up. Babies get babied. Just like two-legged kids, some kittens are extroverts and like a lot of attention. It sounds like you are one of those and your sister is more self-contained. In fact, your sister may have learned to conserve her energy and let you do all the talking. Your vociferous personality is like a talented theater headliner who thrills audiences while your quieter sister prefers doing props backstage.
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The farmer in the market for love on The Bachelor has already given this season's ladies a taste of his down-home lifestyle during mud runs and tractor races, and Monday's episode sees him plan a songwriting group date in Deadwood, South Dakota.
"Country music is a big part of my life," Soules, 33, tells the women. "I love country music, and today we're going to write a few songs."
Country duo Big & Rich make an appearance to "vet" the girls for Soules, 33, and John Rich admits that "Chris Soules is in quite a predicament" as he chooses just one lady as his potential future wife.
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It was arguably the most-anticipated premiere of the season, filled with big, brassy country performances (by Connie Britton's Rayna and Hayden Panettiere's Juliette), crying drama queens (that would be Juliette, again) and, of course, sex (Juliette! Behave!).
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After a tumultuous season of rivalries on NBC's Celebrity Apprentice, John Rich and Marlee Matlin proved a harmonious final pairing.
Just before the final decision was announced on Sunday night – the final challenge had involved promoting a brand of soda – the pair performed a song, "For the Kids," which Rich sang and Matlin, who is deaf, signed.
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Marlee Matlin & John Rich: Too Nice to Fight on Celebrity Apprentice?
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Perhaps surprisingly, the two calmest of this season's contestants – Marlee Matlin and John Rich – ended up making it to the finale of Celebrity Apprentice, which will air on NBC Sunday night.
Unlike others who went before them, the Oscar-winning Matlin, 45, and country music's Rich, 37, never locked horns with others, as did Meat Loaf with Gary Busey, and Star Jones with NeNe Leakes.
Not that there isn't some sense of rivalry between the two finalists. "We are friends but we are still competing," Rich tells PEOPLE. "We still have to go before [judge Donald]Trump and America. I want the quarter million [dollars for charity], and I want it bad."
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Call them Big & Rich ... & Baby.
John Rich, one half of the country duo Big & Rich, and his wife Joan welcomed their first child, a son, his rep confirms to PEOPLE.
Cash Rich made his debut early Sunday morning at a Nashville hospital. John, 36, and Joan, 40, wed in 2008 after quietly dating for more than five years.
The couple announced the pregnancy in October.
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John Rich – one half of the country duo Big & Rich – and his wife Joan are expecting their first child, the singer's rep confirms.
John, 35, and Joan, 39, got married last year in Nashville after quietly dating for more than five years. She is a former model who runs a Houston modeling agency.
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John Rich Blasts Nashville Star
Originally posted 03/25/2009 12:15PM
Country star John Rich has lashed out at his former employer, telling the Tennessean that the NBC version of Nashville Star "completely bastardized what country music is about."
Rich was a judge on the network version of the American Idol-style show last summer, which was hosted by Billy Ray Cyrus.
"I wouldn't touch Nashville Star with a 40-foot pole," Rich says. "I thought this was really going to represent country music, put us on a new level."
Big & Rich's John Rich Gets Hitched
Originally posted 12/06/2008 11:00PM
Country star John Rich married his longtime girlfriend, Joan Bush, Saturday in a small ceremony in Nashville, his rep confirms exclusively to PEOPLE.
The morning wedding between Rich, 34, one half of the duo Big & Rich and host of CMT's Gone Country, and Bush, a former model who runs a Houston modeling agency, was attended by about two dozen family members.
A reception for friends was held at Nashville's Fontanel Mansion, former home of singer Barbara Mandrell, and also a location for the taping of Gone Country.
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Originally posted 09/02/2008 07:30PM
John Rich is proud of his role as one of the most visible and well-known entertainers at the Republican National Convention this week.
"I'm a young conservative guy and there aren't many of us around," Rich, half of the duo Big & Rich, said before performing his political anthem, "Raisin' McCain," at a benefit for Red Cross Hurricane Relief on Monday night.
Rich, 34, has been campaigning with John McCain and plans to continue through the November election. "I'm very deliberately trying to be out there with my ideas and my music," Rich says. "I respect McCain for his heroism over the years. He stands for the things I value and there aren't many young conservatives like me who make it into the media, so I'm trying to do my part."
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