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The Bucket List
By User701213-Oracle on Apr 08, 2011
The title of this blog comes from a recent movie starring Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholson. I confess I have only seen part of the movie - edited, on a plane, with the headphones off for half the movie - but I still "get" the premise, involving two guys in pursuit of accomplishing the list of things they want to do before their lives are over (i.e., before they "kick the bucket"). I have various personal bucket lists that are really more like "short term wanna-do lists." Mine are nothing grandiose like "climb Mt. Everest,"* but they are personal goals which includes places I want to visit and in some cases things I want to do when I get there (e.g., hike the Kalaulau Trail on one of my trips to Kaua´i, perform Hawaiian music at an "open mic" night without rotten vegetables being thrown in my direction, and so on). It's good to have goals and some of those can certainly include life experiences.
In the context of this blog, "bucket" means something other than "things to do before you kick the ..." For example, we use buckets for things like a) swill, b) mopping floors and c) for the inevitable output of drinking far, far, too much with too little food accompaniment. "Buckets" are receptacles for unsavory things we plan on throwing out, and the sooner, the better.
After multiple years in the work force and in technology specifically, I have amassed a list of concepts, phrases and behaviors I believe should be thrown out with prejudice (meaning, that they never darken our door again). I'm including everything from trite business phrases to entire bodies of obfuscation like "governmentese."
At the end of the day
As one of my professors at Wharton said, "in the long run, we are all dead." I might add, "at the end of the day, the sun goes down." So what? There is nothing wrong with using phrases like "the end result is," which has the twin advantages of clarity and being useful advice for more than a single day.
At the net/net, we lob/lob. Why can't people just say, "the result of FOO is BAR?"
Security is only as good as the weakest link
...and the second weakest link and the third weakest link and so on, because we call them "determined adversaries" and not "lazy pesterers." If you strengthen the weakest link, then the adversary goes for the second weakest link and so on. In short, there will always be stronger and weaker aspects of security and there will always be - depending on what is being secured - people who try to cirvumvent those security measures. It is certainly good practice to acknowledge weak points of security and monitor those, but if someone can break through security at the second weakest link, the weakest link didn't really matter, did it?
As long as we do not have perfect security, there will always be one point that is arguably weaker than others. There is nothing stunning in this pronouncement unless it's the banality of it.
Zero false positives
Every security vendor in the world whose product detects bad stuff claims they do so with zero false positives. I can do that, too. Just return (hard code) "no problem" to any scan/test/benchmark that your tool checks. An added plus - the performance is excellent since you don't actually have to do anything, woo hoo!
Most people will tolerate a reasonable rate of false positives because very few alert/alarm mechanisms are 100% accurate. To misquote Dickens, "If I could work my will, every idiot who goes about with 'zero false positives' on his lips should be boiled in his own pudding and buried with a stake of holly through his heart."
There are no silver bullets
Sure there are. After all, how many vampires and werewolves do you see out there? Not many. So, clearly there are silver bullets and they work pretty well.
Glibness aside, there are, occasionally, silver bullets that are (cliché alert) game changers because they work against problems that were previously considered unsolvable. For example, before there was a vaccine for polio, it was a scourge upon youth - too many kids were left crippled or in an iron lung for life. Thanks to the Salk and Sabin vaccines, polio is almost nonexistent. It's pretty darn close to a silver bullet. Vaccines in general are almost silver bullets when you consider the horrible diseases that they protect against which (rant on) makes parents' reluctance to vaccinate particularly heinous.
Digital Pearl Harbor
You could argue that, perversely, Pearl Harbor did the US a favor by galvanizing public fervor. Prior to Pearl Harbor, there was a strong isolationist movement in the US; afterwards, not. "Remember the Arizona and remember Pearl Harbor" were rallying cries throughout the Pacific war. The attack on Pearl Harbor paradoxically put the US in a stronger position in the long run because they had to rely upon aircraft carriers instead of battleships (the Japanese having done significant damage to battleships at anchor in O´ahu) and, as any student of naval history knows, aircraft carriers were the key to success in the Pacific. (While the lack of carriers spelled the end of the British Empire's rule of the seas, notably as the Prince of Wales and Repulse were sunk in the early stages of the war due in no small part to No Air Cover, duh.)
Admiral Yamamoto - who meticulously planned the attack on Pearl Harbor - nonetheless actually opposed doing so since, as he noted, it would buy him at most 6 months to roam around the Pacific. It was almost 6 months to the day between the attack on Pearl Harbor (December 7, 1941) and the battle of Midway (June 3-5, 1942), at which Japan lost the war. Japan also erred in not destroying the POL (petroleum, oil and lubrication) facilities on O´ahu that would have rendered Pearl Harbor effectively useless as a port.
In short, while nobody wants to have a digital (or other) event that amounts to a) a sneak attack with b) a significant loss of life, Pearl Harbor is a poor metaphor to use because, in the long run, it was an attack that ultimately backfired on the attackers.
Very unique
Unique means "one-of-a-kind" and requires no other modifier. Unique is thus binary: something is or is not unique, but cannot be "sort of" or "exceedingly" unique.
It's a hard problem
When does anybody ever have an easy problem? If it's easy, it's not a problem for very long! "Hard problem" is the mother of all redundancies.
I have a better phrase: "it's an unsolvable problem." Some problems are not solvable; you merely, if you are lucky, whack away at them until they are less intractable. Or, a problem may be unsolvable as stated and thus you must change the way you think about it to devise better strategies for addressing it.
One of my favorite "it's an unsolvable problem" discussions involves trying to find deliberately introduced malware in code. It's not possible to prevent someone putting something bad in code in a way that is undetectable. Instead of expensive boogeyman hunts (like requiring background checks on all employees of a company whether or not they touch code), other strategies may be more effective, such as having multiple suppliers of a component instead of a sole source (thus reducing the chances that a corrupted core component gives someone the keys to the digital kingdom). Creating more isolation for network elements (e.g., so their interactions with other elements are more constrained and through known paths) is another potential strategy. If I cannot get to a back door to open it, does it matter that it is there? Many things in life do not lend themselves to "solutions" as much as "management." We are better off acknowledging that than holding out false hope of perfect solutions.
Elegant solution
A technoid favorite, and entirely too cutesy. Most of us do not care if a solution is elegant or not, as long as it works. To me, elegance involves black tie and classical music. However, I do not need most problem solutions to be accompanied by Chopin and presented by a white-gloved waiter. "Ugly gets you there."
Awesome and Cool
If ever there were words that were overused, they are "awesome" and "cool." It's as if surfer-dude speak has permeated our national consciousness. As much as I love surfing, and "speak the lingo" when I am out in the water, I dislike hearing non-surfers try to use "gnarly" correctly and pepper their lexicon with "awesome" and "cool." These are the same loons who wear "No Fear" T-shirts when they wouldn't even set a toe in the ocean on a flat day, most likely. Only God is awesome: everything else is, at best, spectacular.
Core competencies
Who admits to core incompetencies? I think it is fair for individuals and entities to think about what they should do themselves, which is likely a subset of "things that I am actually good at." If something is a core competency, it's probably not a good candidate for being outsourced to a third party. More to the point, if something is a core mission - it absolutely should not be outsourced, or why are you in business?
For example, I have been concerned about the US National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) recently outsourcing some standards development. I restate that I have immense respect for the mission of NIST and the people I know who work there. But they should not, IMHO, be hiring contractors to develop standards for them, particularly not when by definition paying a contractor to develop a standard means it is not a standard, but a "contractor-developed, closed way of doing something that has not been developed with others, with industry, or sanity checked by a broad group of actual experts." If it is proprietary, it's not a standard unless you are handed a monopoly. Which is what happens when the government pays to develop something that they then mandate through procurement - you get a government-proprietary way of doing something instead of an open standards way of doing something. None of which is conducive to use of core competencies.
Think outside of the box
Thinking inside the box is perfectly acceptable for 98% of daily living. For example, if I look in the backyard and see that Thunder is not there, which is more likely to be true:
- I let him in and forgot about it?
- He was attacked by a mountain lion (without my hearing it)?
- He was beamed up by aliens looking for a very noisy and hairy addition to their alien zoo?
My mantra is to by all means, think inside the box, because there is a lot of amassed wisdom as to how you do things well that is just ripe for the picking - far preferable to an expensive experiment to "think creatively" for a problem best solved using current approaches. And let's face it, the majority of tasks that the majority of us do is a problem someone else, somewhere, has already dealt with.
Reinvent the wheel
Presumably, once something has been invented it cannot be reinvented, and it certainly cannot be reinvented if someone has a patent on it. Maybe people who are reinventing the wheel were told once too often to think outside the box?
Boil the ocean
The global warming alarmists are convinced that we are boiling the ocean by degrees, so people who say, "we shouldn't try to boil the ocean" are apparently mistaken. Of course, nobody is presumably actually trying to warm the ocean, except - perhaps - surfers like me who would be happy to wear less neoprene in northern climes.
Aside: I am endlessly amused by watching surfers in the water who wear far, far, too much "bundle up gear" in not-all-that-cold water. Such as a surfer I saw in San Diego wearing a) a full suit b) a hood c) booties d) and had some oxygen apparatus on his back - all on a 3 foot day in 57 degree water, which is warm for winter surfing in SoCal. I wanted to ask him, "what are you going to wear when it gets really big and really cold?"
Frameworks are the "F" words of technology. A framework is something that is never actually implemented. It's kind of the scaffolding of technology, actually, because scaffolding can go anywhere and you never really know what the building it rises beside is going to look like.
This is not a verbal cliché but it is a cliché nonetheless. I like tasteful tribal tattoos on Hawaiians and other Pacific islanders: it's a cultural thing ("tattoo" comes from the Polynesian word "tatau" - or kākau" in Hawaiian, which means "to write"). I even like a tasteful globe-and-anchor on members of the US Marine Corps (which also represents a tribal affiliation of sorts). I really, really hate tattoos on pasty haoles for two reasons. One is the general lack of "truth in advertising;" e.g., a guy I saw who must have weighed 350 pounds, very little of it muscle, with "buff" tattooed on the back of his neck. He was anything but buff, but I guess nobody wants to get a tattoo that says, "out-of-shape pudgewad."
Second, given so many people are getting or have tattoos now, how "individual," and "cutting edge" is it to get one? It's mainstream and crowd following. More to the point,
when you get old, tattoos fade, sag, and generally look even more awful than they do now, if that is possible. As the French say, "a chacun son goût" - each to his own taste. But in my opinion, except for Marines and Pacific islanders, I think most people look dumb with a tattoo.
According to one waggish definition, an expert is "someone who knows more and more about less and less until finally (s)he knows everything about nothing." I am, alas, beginning to think that a similar definition can be extended to the way in which some employees and "deputies" of the government express themselves: "governmentese is the language by which one says more and more less and less comprehensibly until finally ones says nothing that can be understood." (To be fair, the same can be said about academia, particularly in areas of study that have been strip-mined more than Appalachia, and technologists who insist upon speaking in acronyms - without spelling out first use - such as SOA, CRSF, and EIEIO.)
I am particularly frustrated by government documents that
a) do not clearly define a problem
b) are written in passive voice, so that the actual actors (and direct objects of the acts) are unclear, and that thus obfuscate who has actual responsibility, if anybody does**
c) that make heavy use of acronyms and jargon that is not spelled out (e.g., VBBWAR, which stands for Very Big Bureaucracy Without Actual Responsibility)
People who are proposing legislation that's going to cost somebody something - probably a lot - or are proposing building something - that will cost a lot - have a responsibility to articulate clearly. What they mean, who does what, and with what proposed effect.
Information sharing
Information sharing is a mantra for every problem in cybersecurity: if only we shared more information with more people, we'd all be more secure. This is postulated as a Universal Truth.*** My response to this is that I am happy to share information: I don't like any opera written after Puccini died, I think post-modern anything is by definition dreary, devoid of moral values and second rate, my weight and age are...OK, I am not going there. I could "overshare" a lot of information that might be of interest to somebody but to the larger security populace, oversharing of information is:
a) not relevant
b) does not help anybody mitigate risk better
c) is a tactic and not a strategy
d) risks "hardening of the digital arteries" to the extent more and more information is shared and drowns out or crowds out the really useful information in our technical and neural pathways.
Finding the useful nuggets in a sea of overshared information is like looking for a platinum needle in a haystack of silver needles: "good luck with that." The next time someone proposes "information sharing" as a solution, let us ask them "to what problem? And what information, precisely, and to whom?"
I would agree that selected information sharing may help us improve the security of the commons if it enables collective situational awareness that we do not have now. Unfortunately, most people who opine on information sharing want to feed at the public trough as they create frameworks, repositories, standards and so forth as to how to do it, and offer information sharing as the cure for all digital ills. Presuming, of course, that all that shared information only got to the right people, and wasn't shared with or leaked to the wrong people. As we've been so recently reminded, sharing more information with more people carries its own set of risks. Thus, the problem with looking for the platinum needle in a haystack of silver needles is that you may prick yourself and lose a lot of blood before you find what you are looking for.
* Mostly because, while I like reading about mountaineering, I have no interested in doing technical climbing. And anyway, being hauled up Mt. Everest by a guide when you have no actual technical climbing skill in my book does not count as "climbing Mt. Everest."
** "Mistakes were made" is the poster child for responsibility avoidance masked in passive voice.
*** "It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife." This, the opening line of Pride and Prejudice, is one of the catchiest and most-quoted first lines of a book, the other two being "it was a dark and stormy night" (the opening of Paul Clifford by Bullwer Lytton), and "In the beginning, the world was formless and void," the opening of the book of Genesis, whose authorship is a matter of faith.
Book of the Month
The Twilight Warriors by Robert Gandt
This is a wonderful read about the air battle for Okinawa, which was the most expensive naval battle in American history. It is very well researched but also reads well: you have a strong sense of the players, the terror caused by the kamikaze attacks, the valor of the defending pilots and ship crews, and the human cost of the carnage. Well worth the read.
Buffalo for the Broken Heart: Restoring Life to a Black Hills Ranch by Dan O'Brien
I picked this up because my local Sun Valley bookstore had it on their staff picks list. About three pages into it, I was hooked. If you think, "why would I want to read a book about ranching in South Dakota," you are missing a treat. It's a poignant book encompassing natural history, hopes, dreams, and the unique ecology of the buffalo. The Great Plains evolved around the buffalo and has - devolved, for lack of a better word - under cattle. A beautifully written book that will sweep you up in the life of a buffalo rancher.
Killer Summer, Killer View, Killer Weekend by Ridley Pearson
These are just fun "thriller" reads, set in Sun Valley and starring a protagonist - Walt Fleming - whose name is a whisker away from the real-life sheriff, Walt Femling. (As of this writing, Sheriff Femling has just retired after a 24-year career of public service to Blaine County. Happy retirement, Walt.) As the book notes, the sheriff of Blaine County looks after a county bigger than the state of New Jersey. They are great reads and I enjoy them as much for the celebration of Sun Valley - gorgeous views, and outdoor living punctuated by "got-bucks" living - as for the fact they are great page turners "I betcha can't read just one."
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand
This is the "amazing but true" story of Louis Zamperini, a former Olympian and "survivor" par excellance. He survived his plane being shot down over the Pacific, 47 days in a raft, and years in Japanese captivity where he was the target of a particularly sadistic guard. Meticulously researched, brilliantly written, it is a book that will lift the spirit of all who read it. Sometimes truth is not only stranger than, but more transcendent than fiction.


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Bills' Robert Woods: 'You Gotta Be A Man'
Buffalo Bills wide receiver Robert Woods spoke to reporters Monday for the first time since being ejected in Sunday's victory over the Miami Dolphins, saying he knows what he did was wrong but he felt he had to stand up for himself.
"Of course you shouldn't throw a punch in a football game, but if you're playing outside the rules, sometimes you got to be a man sometimes," Woods said. "But I learned my lesson and just can't do it again."
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R.J. Cody, L.J. Stief (NASA/GSFC), F.L. Nesbitt (Coppin State College), M.A. Iannone (Millersville University)
The methyl free radical (CH3) has been observed in the atmospheres of Saturn, Neptune and recently by Cassini - CIRS in Jupiter. Atmospheric models predict much higher abundances of CH3 than observed, especially in the case of Saturn. A major, but not exclusive, cause of the disagreement has been identified as the underestimation of the loss process for CH3 via the self-reaction at the low temperatures and pressures prevailing in these atmospheric systems.
Although the reaction CH3 + CH3 + M arrow C2H6 + M has been extensively studied both theoretically and experimentally, the laboratory conditions have been, with only a few exceptions, higher temperatures and pressures than those present in the outer planet atmospheres or M=Ar rather than H2 or He as the bath gas. We are measuring the rate constant of this reaction under physical conditions more suitable to these atmospheres, i.e. P = 0.6-2.0 Torr of He and T < 298K. Our measurements are now extended to T = 155K. The experimental technique is discharge fast flow with mass spectrometric detection and monitoring of the CH3 decay. The methyl radical is generated via the fast reaction F + CH4 arrow CH3 + HF. The lowest temperature of our or any other previous research was T = 200K. To work at lower temperatures required a new flow tube design and a different cooling technique. Both of these changes were made successfully.
The experimental results at T = 155K and P = 0.6-1.5 Torr He will be presented. The results are shown to be invariant for CH3 concentrations in the range (4.5-10.8)x1012 radicals cm-3. The impact of these results upon photochemical models of planetary atmospheres will be discussed in the paper by P. Romani and D. Tardy to be presented at this meeting.
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Leonie (Nic 's wife) just gave me the excuse to post some holiday picture: today meme is "Vacation's pictures" (from Create a Connection!)
It's hard to tell about a favorite vacation, since all my last vacation with my wife Daniela have been great, so I'll post one from my last vacation, which was last week walking the Queen Charlotte Track.
There are also a lot of other pictures from that short 4 days trek on my wife's flick account.
This is even harder to tell, since still not sure where I'll be in the next 6 months, here in Wellington, or back to Milano, or maybe even somewhere else (Vancouver? Barcellona?). But the most probable future vacations will be: Mount Kilimanjaro peak in August or back to climb for the 2007 RocTrip event in Kalymnos (well, if they do it again this year as they are doing since a few years).
The picture about Kilimanjaro is taken from wikipedia while the one about Kalymnos is taken from my picasaweb photo album on my last trip in Kalymnos last September.
hey Simo, glad you put some photos up here. hopefully we can have dinner with you and Daniela before she goes home again! She has some great shots on the flickr site, i like the one of the two chairs.
the photo from your recent trip is gorgeous!Now I get your comment on my blog ; ) My husband used to climb, but not so much lately- kids, not to mention we live in FL which is rather flat.Hopefully we'll be getting the kids to Italy in the next two years.
these look fabulous. i love adventure vacations. i love hiking, and recently fell in love with climbing. thanks for playing along!
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It seems as though someone is always pushing a new wonder supplement to restore health the natural way.
Is there good evidence that any actually work for people with heart disease or those at risk for it?
We asked four area cardiologists what they thought. They are: Daniel Rader, director of the University of Pennsylvania's Preventive Cardiovascular Program; David Shipon, who has a special focus on prevention and integrative medicine at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital; Sara Sirna, who directs Temple University Hospital's lipid clinic, and David Becker, who practices in Flourtown.


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The man was wearing a red T-shirt. On the back were six words in white: "I Coach, They Play, You Cheer."
These words provide alignment, roles and responsibilities for three stakeholders (coach, players and parents) for a team sport. The sport could have been football, volleyball, soccer, baseball, basketball, hockey, softball or badminton.
Seeing that T-shirt made me wonder, "What would be the most appropriate words for a business owner to have on a T-shirt?"
Would "I Own, You Work, I Profit" be suitable? This is how some owners see things.
Unfortunately, a company run by this type of leader almost never reaches their potential. The leader doesn't believe in incentive plans, raises or performance evaluations, and employees are considered expendable.
Could "I Tell, You Listen, No Discussion" describe an alluring place to work? This owner is dictatorial in nature; not much more needs to be said. Potential employees might want to interview on the day the owner is wearing this shirt to see what kind of person they will be working for.
"I Teach, You Learn, You Do" indicates a learning organization, one where solid teaching is paramount, but the larger burden is the learning and the execution of what is learned.
What about "I Lead, You Perform, Clients Win"?
This sounds simple and appealing. But these six words and 25 characters raise questions that need to be addressed long before the T-shirts are printed and before they can be worn.
When it says "I Lead" what does it mean, exactly?
Does it mean that I am the leader because I own the business? Does it mean that because I am the leader, employees must follow me, regardless of where I go? Does it mean that you can never question me because I am the leader?
When I put that shirt on, where am I taking the people I am leading? Have I thought it through, am I clear about the destination, not just for myself, but for my employees, their families, the vendors who supply the company?
Do I have to have the right plans? Do I need to have an exit strategy? Do I need to have an annual operating plan, a marketing plan, a sales plan and a service quality plan? Must I create an organizational chart, insure that employees are regularly evaluated for quality and quantity of work done compared to expectations?
Does it mean that I have to lead by example? Does it mean that I need to give up control, learn to delegate better, start holding people accountable?
It means all these things and more. No one wants to follow leaders who do not know exactly where they are going and how they intend to get there.
What exactly does "You Perform" mean? How are those two short words defined? Does it mean that every position needs to have a job description with tangible results detailed? Does it mean that everyone needs to have goals that do not conflict with anyone else's goals? Does it mean that goals need to be hierarchical and in alignment?
Does it mean that need to be consistent with accountability, making sure that everyone is doing what they are supposed to be doing when they are supposed to be doing it, at the quality level they need to be performing?
Does that suggest that I might need to confront the fact that some of the people who have been working for me for a long time are not keeping up personally and professionally and might need additional motivation or movement to another position where they are better suited?
Do I have to teach my managers and supervisors how to do these things so that they become better managers and supervisors? And I become a better, stronger leader as a result?
It means that ownership and management must step up and get things done through people. That means being honest with people about how they are doing, what they are doing, how they are doing it and helping them when needed.
Sometimes that help might be showing them a better future elsewhere if all else fails. No one who performs wants to be around people who don't perform.
"Clients Win" means what for the business, and what for the employees?
Does it mean that whatever the client wants we will give them, even if we lose money in the process? Does it mean the client is always right, regardless of anything that has happened?
Does it mean that the game of business is "lose-win," or is "win-win" acceptable? Can we price products and services so that we make a profit? It means all this and more. No one wants to work for a company that is not profitable. No one wants to be the owner of a company that is not profitable. And no one wants to have clients depart to do business for somewhere else.
Six short words can serve the owner of the business better than any mission statement on a wall, maybe even better than a long-range plan. Six words will align, enthuse, focus and get everyone moving forward. What are your six words?
Ken Keller is president of STAR Business Consulting, Inc., a company that works with coachable growth oriented business owners, addressing challenges, opportunities, problems and situations faced when leading a growing, profitable enterprise. He can be reached at (661) 645-7086 or at email@example.com. Mr. Keller's column reflects his own views and not necessarily those of The Signal.


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March 19 – Pakistani security forces arrested a suspect in the murder of U.S. journalist Daniel Pearl in the port city of Karachi, according to a military official with knowledge of the detention.
Qari Abdul Hayee, a former leader of a Sunni sectarian group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, was aware of the plan to kidnap Pearl, the Wall Street Journal's South Asia bureau chief, who was later decapitated, said the official who asked not to be identified as he's not authorized to speak on the matter.
Hayee was LeJ head in Sindh province at the time of Pearl's killing in 2002 and is wanted for his alleged involvement in deadly attacks on the country's Shiite minority, the official said. A video of Pearl's decapitation was sent to the U.S. consulate in Karachi in the same year.
The U.S. State Department in 2003 listed LeJ as a terrorist group, saying it had links to al-Qaeda and was involved in the murder of Pearl.
Pakistan's former Interior Minister Rehman Malik said last month that the group was responsible for 80 percent of terrorist activity in the country after a surge in attacks on Shiites, Geo television reported.
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, mastermind of the Sept. 11 terror attacks, imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, carried out the killing. Mohammed, identified by the 9/11 Commission report as "principal architect" of the 2001 strikes, told a U.S. military hearing at Guantanamo Bay on March 10, 2007, he had personally slit Pearl's throat and beheaded him.
U.K.-born Islamic militant Ahmed Omar Sheikh was sentenced to death in July 2002 for murdering the journalist and being the lead planner in his capture. He's still in prison.
Three of his collaborators received life sentences for assisting in the kidnapping and ransom requests.
The widow of the slain journalist, Mariane Pearl, sued 23 individuals, including Mohammed, in July 2007 for their alleged role in the abduction, torture and murder.


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Hosea 11:1-11; Psalm 107:1-9, 43; (Ecclesiastes 1:2, 12-14 and 2:18-23; Psalm 49:1-12;) Colossians 3:1-11; Luke 12:13-21
2 Samuel 11:26 - 12:13a; Psalm 51:1-12; (Exodus 16:2-4, 9-15; Psalm 78:23-29;) Ephesians 4:1-16; John 6:24-35
Genesis 32:22-31; Psalm 17:1-7, 15; (Isaiah 55:1-5; Psalm 145:8-9, 14-21;) Romans 9:1-5; Matthew 14:13-21
Hosea 11:1-11
"Brothers and sisters, if we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. Let us therefore join our hearts together in prayer. . . ."With these words, I invite my congregation into a spirit of confession week after week. To some extent it works: everyone dutifully bows, prays, holds silence, sings a contemplative chorus and rises for the words of assurance.
Matthew 14:13-21
Jesus is in distress. He's still shaking the dust off his feet from that unhappy visit home when he learns that Herod has had his cousin John beheaded.
Luke 12:13-21
The Christian faith is never lived, taught or preached in a vacuum. There is always an alternative to it: another philosophy, another religion, another ideal. "I see that you have many gods," Paul noted when he looked around first-century Athens, and indeed the Greeks had a god for everything: for wealth, beauty, fertility, immortality, warfare and more.
John 6:24-35
It is the day after Jesus fed the 5,000. The picnic is over and Jesus has taken his disciples to the other side of the lake. But the crowds of people who shared the meal with him yesterday and who then tried to turn him into their king are not about to let him go.
Romans 9:1-5; Matthew 14:13-21
Paul and Jesus, each facing a crisis, are tempted to succumb to despair and fear. Each man has gone out in ministry to his own people and been rejected. Paul recognizes that his Jewish listeners do not accept his message about Jesus and opens Romans 9 with what is the barest beginning of his anxious questioning about whether God's salvation story still includes the people of Israel.
Here in the rural upper Midwest, it seems every other person has a pole barn. Usually it's full of old tires, a trailer, dozens of tools gathering rust, coffee cans loaded with lug nuts and screws. Ed and Edna's place is pretty typical. Edna's cupboards, bureaus, garage, attic and spare bedroom have been crammed full of things that define her. ("Oh, you know Edna Furbelow," says her neighbor, "she collected Hummels.") Now that Edna has died and her husband's pole barn has finally gotten emptied, everything must go.
Ephesians 4:1-16
As Christians, we are joined together, responsible for one another's Christian walk and well-being. Paul talks about "one body and one spirit," so when someone we know is in trouble—some metaphorical fuse is burning in his or her life—we're there for that person, praying, talking, listening and helping. We "bear with one another in love," with "humility, gentleness and patience." Of course, it's easier to describe that kind of fellowship with good religious words than to actually pull it off.
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Mr. Ridings Goes to Washington
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Just as Jefferson Smith did 63 years ago in Frank Capra's classic Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, APWA President Richard Ridings was in Washington, D.C. to make an impact on officials in our nation's capital.
On Tuesday, December 11, Ridings met with representatives from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Joining Ridings from the APWA staff were Peter King, Executive Director; Jim Fahey, Director of Government Relations; and Andrea Fisher, Manager of Government Relations.
The first stop for Ridings was at the offices of FHWA, where he met with Mary Peters, Federal Highway Administrator; Susan Binder, Acting Director of the Office of Policy; and Joe Toole, Director of Professional Development. Topics of discussion included renewing APWA's partnership agreement with FHWA; the possibility of expanding educational opportunities between the two organizations; and the reauthorization of the Transportation Equity Act (TEA-21).
During the meeting, Ridings emphasized that our current funding levels are not nearly enough to maintain our basic infrastructure, let alone expand upon it. He also stressed the importance of continued investment in transportation. "Transportation has often been taken for granted, overlooked, and grossly underfunded for the needs that are there," he said. As discussed in recent issues of the APWA Reporter, communicating the need for a strong infrastructure is one of Ridings's top priorities during his presidency.
Concerning the reauthorization of TEA-21, Mary Peters mentioned that the key points involve protecting the funding firewalls and protecting the minimum guarantees that are provided by the legislation. These TEA-21 measures ensure that all motor fuel tax revenues paid to the Highway Trust Fund are invested fully in the transportation system. Peters also noted that one of her top priorities as Federal Highway Administrator is mobility.
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Nadeau discussed the activities of the Emergency Management PET Committee and their goals and objectives for the year. He also mentioned the possibility of developing a training session at FEMA's National Emergency Training Center in Emmitsburg, Maryland that would specifically focus on public works professionals and their emergency management responsibilities. This training session would be in addition to the sessions currently provided concerning the emergency management response of police and firefighters.
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Though U.S. economists have only recently declared our economy in a recession, state financial directors began seeing signs of a downturn months ago, even before September 11. A combination of a dramatic fall in state revenues, soaring health care costs, and homeland security concerns have contributed to state budget shortfalls. According to the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) report on State Fiscal Outlooks in FY 2002, "the warning signs of state fiscal problems began emerging late last year when sales, personal income and corporate income tax collections slowed and failed to meet projected levels." With the decrease of revenues, and the events of September 11, states will have no choice but to cut program expenditures and raise taxes significantly if the federal government does not step in. As economists look towards the future, the outlook for change is bleak.
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Online eBooks are revolutionizing people's ability to access information. Recently, the British Library announced it would offer 65,000 works of 19th century fiction for free as eBooks. Crafters can enjoy the eBook craze with free collections of craft projects, tutorials and tips, which can be saved to the computer and enjoyed offline. The Red Heart Yarn Afghans eBook is a complete resource in a favorite crafting theme, with 25 unique patterns for different styles and skill levels.
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With the 2013 NHL draft and the first week of free agency behind us, it is possible to look at the roster of the Washington Capitals and begin to analyze strengths and weaknesses for the upcoming season.
There may very well be moves that are yet to be made. If you read my article from over the weekend, then you already know that there is still speculation that the Caps might make a move for Mikhail Grabovski.
Whether that happens or not remains one of the bigger questions surrounding the Capitals right now.
Beyond that, though, most Caps fans are justifiably concerned about the current makeup of the team and whether they will be able to compete for a seventh consecutive playoff berth.
Have they lost too much in free agency? Have they not done enough in free agency to replace those who have departed?
Are they still too reliant on Alexander Ovechkin to continue to carry them? Has general manager George McPhee foolishly placed too much trust in an unproven lot of young prospects?
As is usual for this time of year, there are many questions but not so many answers.
Like every team in the NHL, the Capitals have their share of strengths and weaknesses. Up and down the lineup and from one line to the next, the Caps have players who add to the team's strength—and then there are players who weaken the team somewhat.
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Barnacle – lepas anatifera. "Those are deep sea things. We didn't expect to see those on drifting objects. Normally they would cover the whole thing, but they weren't doing well on this giant float. That tells us that all the things we thought we knew about this should be thrown out. We didn't know anything. Now we want to find out what the story is." Courtesy of Hatfield Marine Science Center
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Historical Traveler Reviews Sunshine Suites Resort Seven Mile Beach
Loved the Cayman Islands!!
Just returned last week from the Cayman Islands! Can you say "beautiful"? Stayed at the Sunshine Suites, very nice. They were running a 'special' so our rate was even cheaper when we checked in! :) They had an All U Can Eat BBQ on Thursday - it was awesome. Lori, the bartender, is the sweetest. Just a short walk across the street to the beach. The water was warm and beautiful. There were also shade trees close by for the kids. Beaches were NOT crowded at all, which I loved.
Rented a car from Andy's, $20 per day; carseat for $2 a day. Took a tour of the islands....Blow Holes, Rum Point, Turtle Farm - not hugely impressed w/ any of it, although the island itself is gorgeous. Food and gas is the most expensive items that I noticed. Ate at The Wharf, on the ocean, beautiful, but food was not worth price (child meals are large enough for an adult); ate at Eats, really enjoyed the food & reasonable prices. The souvenirs are about average. $18-25 US for a t-shirt. Most of the shops are the "duty free" which I didn't care for.
The people seemed really friendly. Would definitely recommend going, atleast once!
Will Visit Again
Returned from Cayman on August 26. We had a wonderful time. The hotel was very nice but from the website I thought the pool would have been larger. Rooms very clean. Did not mind walking across the street to the beach. But like one of the other reviewers said, the chairs were too heavy and just trying to sit in them was a slight problem. Hell is overrated and so are the blow holes. Turtle Farm was better than I thought. You just had to make the best of it. Our dinners were soooo wonderful!! We selected the Lighthouse, Liberty Restaurant, the Lobster Pot. Only bought a few souveniers, could not find any bargains. Got several rum cakes. Limited nightlife. Cayman is very laid back and no hassel from locals on the beach. Please rent a car and do your own driving. Sting Ray City was a blast. We will go again but not for a few years.
More than a great time!....
We haven't even been back 24 hours (in fact, this time yesterday I was sipping my last "Mudslide" at the Sunshine Grill before getting on the plane to come home :( We had an absolutely fantastic time! We stayed at Sunshine Suites Resort by Wyndham and were very impressed. Only about 4 years old, it was immaculate, great service, with a bar/grill on the grounds with awesome food and drinks. Very quiet...about a 5 minute drive to shop in Georgetown, 5 minutes from most restaurants. No, it is not right on the beach, but is a VERY short walk across the road and up the lane to the beach in front of the Westin. We always walked further up the beach by a few hundred yards and hung out there...right in front of the Governor's House...pristine beach area with shade trees if you prefer. Very uncrowded beach area...the way I love it! I've NEVER seen water so beautiful in my life!! Even my husband who does'nt care too much for salt water, was in it as much as me!....Eating: Definitely recommend for casual, louder dining...Rackam's Pub, and The Treehouse (both with seating overlooking the water...gorgeous sunsets!). For a quieter, romantic setting, the Reef Grill at the Royal Palms, and The Wharf...(our last dinner on the island, superb service and food). Prices, in US currency, range from appetizers starting at $7 to entrees starting at $18 up to $30 per plate. Pricey, but more than worth it. The Island had good shopping, higher prices, yes, therefore we didn't get too many souvenirs...just some t shirts and Tortuga Rum Cakes...delicious! We did find shopkeepers and waitservice to be a little snobbish...could have been the slower season during which we visited...everything a little lower key. We used Soto's Charters for our Stingray City excursion...it was a 3 hour 3 stop tour which featured snorkeling at each of the stops...with the coupon book, which you can find at the airport, or your hotel, we paid $19 US per person. The highlight of our trip by far. Drove around the island to Rum Point..overrated...too crowded and too much seaweed for good snorkeling...only stayed about an hour. ....overall, a wonderful trip that we WILL do again!
Good deal
We stayed at the Sunshine Suites this July for 5 nights. We have a 10 year old son. The room was clean and large enough to be comfortable. We were on the third floor and they don't have an elevator so we got alot of walking in! The staff were all very nice. The pool area was okay too. There is no balcony or view from your room. There was some construction noise from the Ritz Carlton building next door. You walk across the street to the beach. The best part is that part of the beach is the BEST on the island. Sunshine Suites does offer free chairs and towels to take to the beach but we found them too heavy to carry so we would just "steal" a chair from a nearby ocean front condo and no one said anything to us. Sunshine Suites is close to the grocery store and some decent restuarants. The continental breakfast was okay each morning...nothing fancy. (cereal and bagels) If you don't mind walking and want to save money its worth it. It was our first time there and we loved Grand Cayman and will be returning. Cindy
Great value for your stay on the island..
the Sunshine suites are a great place to stay if you want to save some money and cook meals in your room. The resturants are very expensive and being a NYer, the meals aren't worth the prices your forking over.
The beach by the hotel was great, there's even a little bit of reef if you swim out far enough. However walking down to the beach was alittle hassel. When we arrived there, it didn't seem like the walk was going to be a problem, however you have to walk down the Westin hotel's smelly alley. So you were smelling foul garbage on your way to the beautiful 7 mile beach. They did provide beach chairs and towels, which were nice, but the chairs seemed alittle heavy when its 96 degrees outside. my advise is rent a car and drive alittle bit down past the governers house and the beach is very nice, with no smell. The rooms were very nice and clean, and the cleaning staff was on top of things.
However i felt that some people at the front desk area, weren't that friendly/helpful. One more comment about the island as a whole.... not alot of island music. I heard more country and old 80's then anything else...very dissapointing....
Excellent Value
This hotel is an excellent value. We stayed in the smallest room and still had a queen size bed, microwave, two burner stove, and refrigirator along with all the other standard amenities. The staff was wonderful and very courteous. The rooms and grounds were spotless. The loaner beach chairs and beach towels came in very handy. There is a freshwater pool and open-air restaurant where a complementary continental buffet breakfast is served.The hotel is located behind a minimall and across the street from 7-Mile Beach. Its a very short walk to the sand. Right on the beach across the street is the Westin Hotel so you will be on the Westin beachfront. There is a designated public access path and don't worry about the Westin, all the beach is public and there are no hastles. This is one of the best streaches of 7MB. The Ritz Carlton is building a resort and condos just a few hundered yards south of the Westin.The minimall has a liquor store, a couple of restaurants, a water activities shop, and a car rental outlet. 1/2-mile south of the hotel are plenty of shops and restaurants and a big supermarket. Its a bit of a walk though. Do yourself a favor and rent a car. The smallest, cheapest, rental-car will get you out and about without problems. Just remember to drive on the left.The rooms at the Sunshine Suites run about 1/3 the cost of the rooms at the Westin. If you book on-line at the Wyndham website you can find rooms as low as 81USD. You just can't beat that.
Great Value
Sunshine Suites was excellent value for the price. My wife and visited Grand Cayman on a cruise first and decided we wanted to go back. In Mar we celebrated our anniversary there. The Sunshine Suites room that we had was the perfect size for the two of us. We loved the mini kitchen and cooked ourselves a few nights when we couldn't bear to see the $80 dinner bills. The maid service was excellent, she washed our dishes and scrubbed the tub everyday. The only drawback I could see was the AC. It was blowing right on us sometimes, but after sitting on 7-mile beach, it felt perfect.The breakfast was light, the restaurant Legends has a great atmosphere and make sure you try the pizza and the conch fritters!!Overall, if you want a great value for your money, short walk to the beach, supermarkets and fabulous restaurants, then SS is for you.
Immaculate--good value
Sunshine Suites is nearly new and in a wonderful location if you don't care to rent a car. The continental breakfast by the pool helped with the budget. Within walking distance is Foster's grocery store, a liquor store, and several restaurants. The hotel itself is beautifully landscaped. Walking across the busy street to the beach is not as ideal as being right on the beach but then the cost is much less. We'll probably stay here again.
Good Value
The Sunshine Suites were a good value for the price. The rooms were nice and always clean! The breakfast buffet was very minimal. We enjoyed using the kitchette for meals. The grills were nice and we did use them, but could be replaced. Nice to be within walking distance of the grocery store. There was a young man that worked at the front desk and was rude and of NO help and of course, he was working most of the week we were there! It was nice to be within walking distance of 7-mile beach, but it felt like you were walking down an alley way (that you shouldn't be). But once you were at the beach, it was nice. Difficult to get across the street though. Everyone told us how EXPENSIVE the Caymans were. I'm glad that we used this property for our needs and would go back there again!
Great deal
WE stayed at the Sun Shine Suites for the first time in Jan of 2003. We ended up having to switch our reservations at the last minute and the hotel staff was very helpfull and accomodating. When we arrived, the reception staff was very friendly, and courteous. They offered us great advice on where to eat and what to do. Terry was especially helpfull on giving us hints on the best places to go. The rooms were clean and cheerful. We loved having the kitchenette to fix ourselves lunch and snacks. The complimentary breakfast everymorning was set up poolside, and was great as well. The beach was right across the street, and I actually prefered being a little bit apart from all the crowds on the beach. The hotel provided beach chairs and sand toys for kids as well. All in all it was a very good expierence and would highly reccomend this hotel if you are trying to stay in Grand Cayman with out spending too much money.
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Georgetown, Grand Cayman, 19 April 2015
... Unfortunately, we were there on a Sunday and, apart from the tourism businesses, everything was closed. Georgetown has a lovely coastline and the colours of the water were just beautiful! The town itself was pleasant enough and has some pretty, pastel-coloured colonial buildings. Tall buildings are banned which adds to the town's prettiness. Also, there were no hawkers to pester us!! We saw the remains ...
Taking it easy
... Alex wanted to head back, which we did. Then we got out our floats. After 5 minutes, he got bored, and went back to the room. I floated for another 1.25 hours.
For lunch, we grilled hot dogs on our deck. Nice. After lunch, we decided to take a drive. Took about a 1.5 hr dive to Bodden Town and back. That was a nice drive, but we were getting tired, thus ...
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... with them being so easy going and flexible. We love the mojitos, the coral and sea turtles, the banana boat, snorkeling, making castles in the sand and talking about past, present and future. They really live in paradise but what they seem to like most is being able to share it with their friends. Kate, Adam and Vanessa: We really hope to see you soon at our home this time! Thanks!
Grand Cayman
... br> Our last stop was at the Seven Mile Beach. It is a beautiful beach, with white sand and blue, clear water.
Back on the van, Bonnie dropped us off in George Town where we stopped at a couple stores. Then, we made our way across the street back to the Island Princess.
We had lunch, then Nancy and Ady went to the pool, and Ron and Dee had their siestas. Ron's siesta wasn't very long, and he joined in the swimming ...
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... blue fish and some others. I was traumatized because my underwater camera stopped working on the way to the reef and so I had to abandon trying to take underwater shots. As I was looking at the coral and fish, I couldn't help regretting that I wasn't able to take photos. Oh, well. I was, however, delighted with the snorkeling. Plus the water was so clear and beautiful. When we stood in the sand at Stingray City, the water ...


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I went out once again to the national forest adjoining the Izaak Walton League property on Files Creek. I noticed the leaves that were green the Saturday before were starting to turn.
On this outing, I decided to take my favorite .22 rimfire rifle. It has been at least three years since I have done any squirrel hunting with this rifle. Although this old .22 rimfire may be nearly 60 years old, it still shoots well using a certain brand or type of ammunition. I had to re-sight the rifle in last summer. The ammo it likes best appears to be Cascade Cartridge Inc. (CCI) 40-grain, high-velocity solid-point bullets. For hunting, I chose to use CCI high-velocity hollow-point bullets to assure a quick humane kill.
The weather in the early morning was clear with no rain in the forecast. The morning temperatures were in the high 20s, and the high for the day was to be about 50.
I sort of figured the bushy-tails would be stirring all day. How wrong I was. At about 10 am, it got windy with gusts. Wild animals just don't like wind. I only saw four squirrels in the morning and got two.
In the afternoon, I saw two and got one. Since last Saturday, I saw a total of six squirrels, got three with four shots with the .22 bolt-action rifle. I also got a glimpse of a bear. At first I thought it was a deer when I heard it starting to run, but then I saw a flash of black.
The tissue damage that tiny 36-grain hollow-point bullet does never ceases to amaze me. I noticed this when I was dressing these squirrels out. One of them was shot through the shoulders. The exit hole from the hollow-point nearly tore one forearm off the carcass.
I don't know if I will be able to go out today. My wife Ruth had planned something over six months ago because it is her birthday weekend, and I did commit myself. We have tickets to see the Murder Mystery play at Gandy Dancer. Ruth feels that on occasion she should come before squirrels and deer.
From looking at the weather forecast, things don't look encouraging. Rain is in the forecast. I will most likely stay home and watch some of the West Virginia football game and hope the Mountaineers don't get beat too bad.
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DNR NEWS: The West Virginia Division of Natural Resources (DNR) has announced that physically-challenged hunters, possessing a Class Q (resident) or Class QQ (non-resident) license, may hunt on designated roads throughout the Monongahela National Forest and portions of the George Washington/Jefferson National Forest in West Virginia. The designation of these Class Q/QQ roads in the national forest is a cooperative effort between the United States Forest Service and the DNR.
To be able to participate in this program, hunters must possess a Class Q/QQ permit issued by the DNR. Application for these permits may be obtained at any DNR office or hunting and fishing license agent. In addition to this special hunting permit, both resident and non-resident hunters must possess all the applicable hunting licenses and stamps.
Hunters with a Class Q/QQ permit must apply in person at the appropriate National Forest district office or DNR district office to obtain a letter of authorization. Authorized hunters will have access to specific gates. While behind the gate, hunters must observe all of the national forest and all state hunting regulations.
The U. S. Forest Service and the DNR are committed to providing quality hunting opportunities for physically-challenged hunters.
They also welcome comments and suggestions from participating hunters. For the past 20 years, this program has been well-received.
In this area, the national forest service has opened:
n Goodwin Run (Forest Road No. 933) in Tucker County
n Brushy Fork (Forest Road No. 973) in Tucker County
n Five Lick (Forest Road No. 153/153A) in Randolph County
I do not have a clue as to where the exact location of these roads are, but one could find out by going to the Monongahela National Forest Headquarters Office at 200 Sycamore Street in Elkins or by calling 304- 636-1800.


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John Bookwalter has established a really good name for himself as one of Washington State's premier winemakers – scoring award after award. His wines are highly sought after and his Richland tasting room is packed out most nights of the week.
John has long-standing contracts with some of the best vineyard sites in the Columbia Valley and generally does a really good job of producing wines that accurately reflect each site's unique terrior.
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- Appellation Columbia Valley
- Acid .57
- Bottling Date Summer 2010
- Alcohol % 15.2
- Price: $45
Nose: Black cherries, plum-sauce, tobacco, shoe polish, leather and dark cocoa. Very complex nose with stellar notes of black and white pepper along with star anise and a hint of tar bubble.
Taste: Beautiful black fruits dance across the palate on the front attack which is closely followed by nice layers of dark chocolate, saddle soap, tar and leather. The finish hangs out for weeks and is one of those gifts that keep on giving. A stellar cab that will surely not disappoint and can easily compete with cabs out of California at 2-3x its price. The wine drinks good now, however, I'd love to try it again in 3-5 years or more.
W.E.P. Rating: 100%
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During an appearance Monday on Live! with Kelly, the Glee star talked about his recently adopted, 22-lb. senior cat, Brian.
"He's a lot of cat," Colfer said of his 8-year-old brown tabby. "He's a little bit in denial about his size and thinks he's very, very small. I go home and find him stuffed in all kinds of things."
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Total Healthcare Center at 928 N. Glenwood Blvd. is hosting its Annual Community Health fair from 8:00 a.m. until 1:00 P.M., Saturday, August 27, 2011 in the Center's parking lot. To kick off the event, there will be a community walk starting at 8:00 a.m. THC invites all organizations and health-care related vendors to join …
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