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Alex Rodriguez (Revised Edition)by Jeffrey Zuehlke
Alex "A-Rod" Rodriguez of the New York Yankees has been breaking records since he joined the Major Leagues in 1994. In 2007, he made history again by becoming the youngest MLB player ever to hit 500 career home runs. This American League MVP and Gold Glove infielder is consistently at the top of the league in home runs and runs batted in. His amazing combination of offensive and defensive skills has made him one of baseball's highest-paid players. Follow A-Rod from his Miami childhood through his transformation into a superstar.
Ben Roethlisbergerby Jeffrey Zuehlke
Quarterback Ben Roethlisberger set an amazing record in only his second year in the NFL. In late 2005, the twenty-four-year-old led the Pittsburgh Steelers on a wild ride to Super Bowl XL. With 11 wins, the Steelers just made a playoff spot. Next Ben and the team defeated three strong opponents on the road. Then in the big game, Ben became the youngest quarterback ever to achieve a Super Bowl victory. Having reached the top of his sport so early, many wondered what Big Ben would do next. A motorcycle accident and surgery almost took Ben out of play for 2006. He recovered, but his 2006 season had ups and downs. Still Pittsburgh fans are eager for more great play from this hugely talented young quarterback.
Curt Schillingby Jeffrey Zuehlke
Many thought the Boston Red Sox were cursed. But in 2004, Curt Schilling made history when he helped the Red Sox win their first World Series Championship in 86 years! Pitching with a badly injured ankle, Curt amazed the world with his toughness and determination. But Curt's career has had its ups and downs. It took him several years to become one of baseball's best big-game pitchers. And he spent many years playing for losing teams before finally winning it all. Learn more about the life and career of his amazing athlete.
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At the towering height of 7' 0", forward Dirk Nowitzki is one of the tallest players in the NBA. But Dirk also has a light touch and is one of the best shooters in the league. Born in Germany where soccer is king, Dirk didn't begin playing basketball until he was almost a teenager. In his short time in the game, Dirk has proven himself to be one of the best players in the world. Learn more about this athlete's life and amazing career.
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Children's biography of the famous baseball player.
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U.S. swimmer Michael Phelps more than met the world's expectations at the 2008 Olympic Games. He already had eight medals--two bronze and six gold--from the 2004 Olympics. He left Beijing with a history-making eight more golds--one for every race he entered. His fourteen golds are the record number for any Olympian--ever. In addition, he set seven world records at the Games. Follow this hard-working swimmer from his days as a talented seven-year-old through his amazing performance in Beijing.
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The Google Data Center in Council Bluffs was briefly locked down as police investigated a threat Friday, reported KETV-TV.
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2. When transporting your guinea pig to the vet or for any other reason, observe your small pet for signs of stress. Provide shredded paper towels in the carrier so the guinea pig can hide underneath, and consider placing a towel over the carrier to help the guinea pig feel more secure.
3. Don't leave a guinea pig in the car on a warm day, even with the windows open since the temperature inside the car can reach an unsafe level quickly (guinea pigs are particularly prone to heatstroke). Remember to never open the cage door once you leave your home or the vet's office because a guinea pig could easily escape.
4. If you are going on vacation and plan to leave your guinea pig behind, find a trusted friend, relative or professional pet sitter to care for your small pet in your absence. Make certain the person knows how to care for a guinea pig, and has taken the time to meet your small pet.
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Comparing Speeches of Martin Luther King and Cesar Chavez
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Both of the speeches, Martin Luther King's and Cesar Chavez', are powerful peices and communicate one vision: equality. King and Chavez have two very different styles of writing but the message from both is simmilar. for example both king and chavez discuss how their people are discriminated against because of their skin color, and how their people have neither the right to vote in the the south, nor the will to vote in the north , and in Chavez' situation, to have their vote counted. however similar their message's may be, their writing styles are different. Chavez talks about statistics, about why and how his people are treated. king held that the atrocitys commited against his people were self evident and as such did not need to be proved to anyone. kings message was meant to encompass the entire Uninted States while Chavez' was directed primarily at California.
Throught the history of the uninted states it has been plagued with racism and prejudice. M.L.K and C.C were the two most outspoken opponents to the injustice that they saw on a daily basis. mlk said that it was "time to lift our nation from the quick sands of racial injustice to the solid rock of brotherhood". both ceasar and martin recognized a need for change and were brave enough to seek change. indeed in 1968 Dr. King sent a message to Chavez which said "Our separate struggles are really one. A struggle for freedom, for dignity, and for humanity." These mens cause was one and the same. these men were intamently connected, in fact chavez said that they were "Dr. King's disciples". you could no more have chavez without king than you could have ghandi without the imperialism. both men felt that their people were being robbed of there dignity. cesar chavez said that the most important thing to him was the "recognition of workers' dignity". "We can never be satisfied as long as our children are stripped of their selfhood and robbed of their dignity by signs stating "For Whites Only"." was how mlk stated their dissatisfaction with the inequality.
Even though their message was incredibly similar, their writing style was vastly different. for example, Chavez talked in a especially concrete sense. he gave specific examples and statistics to support his opinion wihle mlk spoke on a very idealistic level with no real support in his speech. this difference might be because of there different backgrounds. one would assume from cesar chavez' background as the son of a shopowner turned migrant farmer that he would be a fairly practical person which would explain why he would feel it necessary to put some many examples in his adress. Dr. King, on the other hand, was the son of a baptist minister , and was a minister himself he naturally talked on a more post-conventional level with the thrust of his speech to get people to do the right thing because it was right. not because of past or present events.another significant difference between them was the scope of their visions. mlk envisioned a change for the whole of the country. king spoke to the disenfrachised blacks in the north and the south, in Alabama and California, in Tennessee and Colorado. Chavez only adressed the people in California. the problem that cesar percieved was one that he did not adress in his speech as a widespread problem but as a much more local one.
The tone of the speeches is very different as well. chavez has more condesencion in his address. even though his speech is very well written he seems ungrateful for all that he has recieved when compared to mlk. chavez said that he dosn't want people to do the right thing because its the right thing but because they have to for political reasons. it seems that he dosn't appriciate all of the people who helped his cause. mlk on the other hand says in his speech that he is gratful for the "white brothers" who are supporting equality and freedom.
In conclusion, both mlk and Cesar Chavez wrote amazing speeches about freedom, equality, and justice. their work has changed the Uninted States and has given people what both men wanted the most. Dignity.
King, M.L, Jr. (1968, August 28). I Have a Dream. speech given at the Civil Rights Rally, Washington DC. retrieved March 26 2008, from http://www.usconstitution.net/dream.html
Chavez, Cesar. (1984, November 9). Not Title. Speech given to the Commonwealth Club California, San Francisco, CA. retrieved April 6 2008, from http://www.commonwealthclub.org/archive/20thcentury/84- 11chavez-speech.html
Chavez, Cesar. (1984, November 9). Not Title. interview given at the Commonwealth Club California, San Francisco, CA. retrieved April 6 2008, from http://www.commonwealthclub.org/archive/20thcentury/84- 11chavez-qa.html
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Mark Sanchez put the devastating loss in Denver on his shoulders Thursday night, calling his play "embarrassing" and saying he let his defense down.
But the morning after the 17-13 loss, Jets coach Rex Ryan gave his starting quarterback a strong vote of confidence.
"This is our quarterback," Ryan said on a conference call with reporters today. "He's going to be our quarterback for as long as I'm here, which I hope is a long, long time."
Sanchez wasn't the only part of his team that malfunctioned in the Mile High City.
The Jets committed special-teams errors including a fumbled kickoff and a shanked punt, and their defense allowed the Broncos to march 95 yards for the game-winning touchdown with 58 seconds left.
But for the second straight week, the third-year quarterback's play was marked by inconsistency and costly decisions that the Jets simply could not overcome.
Sanchez knew that, saying afterward that he "lost the game."
Sanchez was "beat up pretty good," Ryan said, referring to the quarterback's physical health after taking a helmet to the back from Broncos rookie linebacker Von Miller in the third quarter (Sanchez said he was fine and finished the game). But the phrase also applies to the external criticism he is yet again facing.
When Sanchez struggled in back-to-back weeks late last season — against the New England Patriots and Miami Dolphins — Ryan announced that he considered benching Sanchez late in the Miami loss. That next week in practice, the coach gave back-up Mark Brunell a few first-team reps in practice. But so far at least, Ryan is taking a different approach: a bill of "extreme" confidence and public support.
"It absolutely doesn't belong on Mark's shoulders," Ryan said of the loss. "He's just a player. He's a big piece of the puzzle, but it wasn't all on Mark Sanchez. I know he takes it. That's the kind of young man he is."
Ryan did call Sanchez's pick-six — his second in two weeks, and third of the season — a "poor pass" and a "poor decision." The play happened late in the third quarter, after the Jets had taken a 10-3 lead on Matt Slauson's fumble-recovery touchdown.
On third-and-6 in Jets territory, Sanchez stared down receiver Plaxico Burress, and Broncos cornerback Andre Goodman easily undercut Burress' route. Goodman returned the ball 26 yards for a touchdown.
It was Sanchez's 10th interception and 15th turnover of the season. Opponents have now scored five return touchdowns on Sanchez's turnovers (three interception returns and two returns on fumble recoveries).
"I gave them a touchdown, gave them a free play," Sanchez said after the game. "The guy made a pretty good play on it, but he's not open, Plax wasn't open. I shouldn't have thrown it. It's an embarrassing play on my part; it's not a winning formula. So I hurt the team and lost the game."
Sanchez also said he made an error just before the half — like last week, involving clock management. The Jets broke into Denver territory on their two-minute drive with a 14-yard pass to running back Joe McKnight. But they wasted time getting to the line for their next play, snapping the ball with 6 seconds left. Sanchez then decided to throw a quick pass to Dustin Keller.
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As City Manager, Mr. Gleason is responsible for the delivery of public services from a city government with a budget exceeding $150 million annually, made up of eight different departments that include: Development Services, Financial Management, Fire, Legal, Management Services, Police, Public Works, and Water Management.
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Mr. Gleason said the following about these goals, "I've stepped into a great situation. It is vital to keep the momentum growing. The entire City is needed, and together, Decatur will be better than ever."
Mr. Gleason and his wife, Becky, are the parents of five children and the grandparents of three. Outside of his professional duties, he enjoys reading, fishing, and "most any outdoor activity". He holds a Master's degree in Public Administration (MPA) from the University of Illinois at Springfield, and is a native of Central Illinois.


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I've started the new year with a wonderful new friend, an unexpected houseguest.
Flat Lotus arrived in my mailbox last Thursday and we have been inseparable ever since. As explained in a letter of introduction by my granddaughter's 2nd-grade teacher, Flat Lotus is part of the Flat Stanley Project, a fun and exciting geography class activity based on a children's book by Jeff Brown. In the story, Stanley Lambchop is squashed flat by a falling bulletin board. One of the advantages to being flat is that his parents can put him in a large envelope and mail him for a visit to his friends in California.
In Mrs. Bain's Union City (Michigan) Elementary School class, each student makes a flat version of himself or herself to send to other classes, friends or relatives in the hope that the recipient will welcome the flat person as a special guest. We're asked to complete an accompanying worksheet or write a story and mail our flat person back in a couple of months with photos or souvenirs, perhaps even dressing him or her in clothing that reflects our climate or way of life.
I had heard about Flat Stanley, but didn't know the details, so I went online and was surprised to learn that he's been around since 1964 - when I was the same age as my granddaughter Lotus is now. In 1995, 30 years after the book was published, a Canadian schoolteacher named Dale Hubert had his students make Flat Stanley cutouts and mail them to faraway friends and family as well as other classrooms. The idea exploded into a trend and today the project is included in the curriculum for 15 percent of U.S. elementary schools, according to the official FS website. Over 6,000 schools in 88 countries are registered and you can view online journals and photos of Flat Stanleys from all over the world. Besides being a cool geography lesson, it is an engaging introduction to writing as a means of communication.
Variations include "Flat Self," in which students send life-size likenesses of themselves rather than Stanley, and Mrs. Bain's version, with smaller, 9-inch Selves. I like the self-portrait modification. This way, I'm not hosting a total stranger. Flat Lotus looks a lot like my granddaughter, with shoulder-length brown hair, happy brown eyes with eyelashes for days and a huge toothy smile. She appears to be wearing pink Crocs; I don't know how I'm going to put rubber slippers on over those, but I'll figure something out. Of course, I'm making her a lei and a muumuu to wear on her trip home.
Flat Lotus came with a letter from Real Lotus, telling me all about Union City (pop. 1,706) and Michigan, where Henry Ford built the first car and robins come out in the springtime. Real Lotus wants to learn about Hawaii, as she doesn't remember visiting here when she was a toddler. So I am compiling a scrapbook of Flat Lotus' Maui adventure, filled with fun facts and stories as well as typical vacation photos.
In the last few days, I've photographed Flat Lotus on a canoe, in front of a taro patch, surrounded by naupaka blossoms, and buried up to her neck in sand. She rang in the new year at Ka'anapali Beach Hotel, where Wilmont Kahaialii and I co-hosted the year-end bash Saturday night and the next morning's "Recovery Brunch." At the buffet, while Flat Lotus posed for pictures amid giant mounds of crab legs and ahi poke, a few people approached us to talk about their own flat friends; one man had hosted a Flat Sam from Germany, another had a daughter whose Flat Stanley traveled to several states in the course of a year.
Of course, I'd rather be hosting Real Lotus, but flatness is a nice attribute in a houseguest. Flat Lotus takes up hardly any room, doesn't make much noise, and she never gets cranky. She's been a delightful companion, prompting the desire to share our island and culture, as I would for a flesh-and-blood visitor. I'm taking her to the crater this weekend and I plan to have her feed the Chinese New Year lion before she returns to Michigan.
She's also started me on a whimsical, wistful train of thought . . . wouldn't it be great if we all had flat selves? Reluctant fliers and introverts could send their flat proxies on business trips and to class reunions. A flat Congress couldn't be any less productive than the current one and would save us a ton of money. And I am seriously thinking about making a Flat Kathy for my next mammogram. Definitely before that colonoscopy my doctor says I have to do next year.
* Kathy Collins is a performance artist, broadcaster and freelance writer whose "Sharing Mana'o" column appears every Wednesday. Her email address is email@example.com.


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Hi everybody,
Just wanted to let you know that we are hard at work on the preparation of the production of the Tokaido Collector's Edition, so please do not worry... Read more
This is it, we made it and we made it thanks to ALL OF YOU, OUR AMAZING COMMUNITY!
This KS campaign was our first one and we've gone through a... Read more
USPS to CANADA - WARNING, shipping fees update!
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We finally got the last data for the shipping in Canada through USPS.
As we thought it would happen, shipping trough USPS is more expensive than our previous... Read more
Australia + NZ + Asia + Canada shipping update
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After a hard work to find alternative solutions for the deliveries in Asia, Australia and NZ, we are pleased to announce that we managed to find a new... Read more
Hi all,
We are super happy to announce that we officially open the possibility to get a double item per pledge!
This comes however with SOME RESTRICTIONS,... Read more
600k SG pre-painted mini example
Hi all,
We felt that it was important to show you the kind of upgrades we are aiming for with the 600k SG regarding the pre-painted minis.
As a picture... Read more
New Stretch goals added!
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First of all we wanted to warmly thank you all for having reached the bigger board stretch goal. This is simply amazing!
While reaching this SG, we decided... Read more
WIP on minis #2
Hi all,
Just a quick update to share with you the amazing work in progress on the minis.
Here is the master sculpture for Gotozaemon the souvenir seller.
Hope you'll... Read more
Mini, first pre-paint example.
Hi Guys,
We have received the first pre-painted mini sample from the folks at PureArts.
This example is pretty accurate of what you'll got in the end even if the... Read more
3 New stretch goals including the MATSURI EXPANSION!
Hi all,
We are pleased to announce that we have added 3 new stretch goals.
1/ The first one is the awaited color bases for the minis. These ones will... Read more
WIP on minis
Hi all,
The work has started on the final minis. Here is a sculpt of the messenger made out from our 3D file (but sculpted by hand). The folks at... Read more
Community poll: New box cover art for Samurais (and up)?
Hi all,
While we received several comments from people prefering the original artwork of the game (versus the new walking character), we thought about proposing a new cover art design... Read more
Reworked (stackable) scoring tokens
Hey all!
Several comments told us that the actual scoring tokens might be a problem when several players would be at the same level as they are not stackable.
Even... Read more
FAQ update
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As we are receiving several messages asking the same questions over and over, we decided to update the FAQ section.
Please be sure to have a look at... Read more
The BraziloRussian update ;)
While we are still working on improving our shipping terms we are super happy to announce that we have managed to open this KS project to our Brazilian and Russian... Read more
New stretch goals
Hey guys,
We are happy to announce that we've added 2 new stretch goals:
- $275.000: New languages for PDF rulebooks. With a lot of demand for this, we decided... Read more
Alternative characters are becoming NEW characters!
Hi all!
While reading and thinking about your (numerous) comments and messages we started to work with Antoine on bringing more gameplay into the game on top of more fanciness.... Read more
Update on pledge & stretch graphics + note on the future
Hi there,
Just a quick note that following several demands we have made an update of the graphics to avoid misunderstandings and to reflect the following:
- changing the previous... Read more
Painted vs. Unpainted minis - round #2 + global edition improvements or "we hear you".
While receiving a LOT of unhappy messages and reading at all the comments we realize that the current situation/solution about the painted vs. unpainted minis is definitely not the right... Read more
KS exclusives and Stretch goals clarification
After several feedbacks about the stretch goals we feel that we need to clarify and emphasize some important points regarding the stretch goals.
KS exclusives: The KS exclusives are... Read more
Shipping options and challenges
Several of you would like to get shipping to their countries (Hi Brazilian folks).
We wanted to assure you that we are working on this option as we'd LOVE to... Read more
ERIKU mini
We are glad to announce that Eric Burgess gave us his GO to create an Eriku mini (big thanks to him!).
We so have added a stretch goal that will... Read more
Painted vs. Unpainted option
As many of you are asking about this option, we decided to take a slightly different approach:
All of the Samurai (and up) pledgers will get painted AND unpainted minis.... Read more
Reincluded - the travelers wooden pawn
As we have reached the new minis stretch goal (for the Samurai level minimum), we decided to reinclude the colored wooden travelers pawns for the ones who might not get... Read more
Samurai - Français
Amis francophones, à la demande générale nous avons le plaisir de vous proposer un nouveau pledge level "Samurai - Français" équivalent au niveau "Samurai" original, c'est à dire incluant tous... Read more


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I use SYSMAN to connect to many of my VMS nodes to run generic
commands and I'm having problems with one specific node.
My setup is as follows:
I then SYSMAN set env/node=ABS which works fine and I put my password
in without issue.
I then run SYSMAN> do show system/process=*dec* which works across all
nodes except on one for which I get the following message:
%SYSMAN-I-OUTPUT, command execution on node SPTEST
OpenVMS V7.3-2 on node SPTEST 26-OCT-2008 17:46:49.96 Uptime 45
Pid Process Name State Pri I/O CPU Page
flts Pages
0013FE43 DECevent_SPTEST HIB 6 909 0 00:00:00.20
1939 1045
%SYSMAN-I-OUTPUT, command execution on node ABSCUK
%SYSMAN-I-NODERR, error returned from node ABSCUK
-SYSTEM-F-NOSUCHOBJ, network object is unknown at remote node
I can run standard decnet commands between the target and source node
without any issues so I don't think it's a uaf problem.
Also, decnet_register is correct for both nodes when looking at each
If anyone can shed any light on this I'd be really grateful.
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Kyle Haines, who looked good all evening in his second appearance at the shortstop position, followed with a strong throw to land the second out of the evening and a nice flip to Ishikawa on the run in the top of the ninth.
The contest was a defensive struggle where quick innings and 1-2-3 became the flow of the game. Simon Klink delivered the only two hits for the Defenders prior to the ninth with solid shots into the outfield, but he was left stranded on base both times. The Baysox did not fare any better with their offense. Luis Montanez and Jeff Nettles delivered two-out singles in the first, but they would not add another hit until the eighth as Defenders starter Dave McKae turned in his best outing since last June.
All of the action came in the bottom of the ninth. Ben Copeland started off with a single on a line drive to left. Travis Ishikawa then laid down a sacrifice bunt to advance Copeland to second. After Adam Witter, who has five home runs already this season was intentionally walked, the Baysox brought in Rommie Lewis, Jr. to face Klink. When Klink got hit by a pitch to load the bases, Olmo Rosario was called in off the bench to bat for Carlos Sosa. He nailed a ball deep into left field, bouncing it off the wall to plate the winning run and give the Defenders the first win of the series.
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Grade: Pilot A+ Series A-
Lord knows, I don't ask much of you. But this week I'm beseeching you to watch the pilot of this new series. It's not just extraordinary TV—it's the best piece of filmmaking I've seen anywhere this year.
The drama is a lyrical coming-of-age story told through the eyes of 15-year-old Angela Chase, a Holden Caulfield for the '90s. As she bluffs her way through those excruciating teen years, Angela shares with us her solipsistic ruminations, including such observations as, "Cafeteria is the embarrassment capital of the world. It's like a prison movie" and "It's so strange how parents can, out of nowhere, turn psychic. It's unnerving." Whereas most TV shows transpire in some vague, undifferentiated time warp—could be the '50s, could be the '80s—My So-Called Life is very much of the moment, set in a world of raucous mosh pits, where girls rakishly wear backward baseball caps and bands have cheerful names like the Frozen Embryos—a world in which high school students have to pass through metal detectors in order to get to their classes.
As Angela, newcomer Claire Danes, 15, gives a luminous performance, perfectly conveying the adolescent paradox of halting awkwardness and blinding grace. Angela is painfully self-conscious everywhere but around her parents, with whom she is a disdainful know-it-all. Along with the acid-dipped Darlene on Roseanne, this is the only authentic portrait of a teenager a TV show has ever presented. (Okay, and maybe Zelda on The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis.) Bess Armstrong, a fine actress finally getting a shot in a decent show after a string of turkeys, nails the role of Angela's exasperated mother. But the cast is uniformly strong, particularly the teen contingent of Wilson Cruz, A.J. Langer and Jared Leto.
In subsequent weeks the series settles into a more predictable and sentimental mold, reminiscent of The Wonder Years, but it is still superior TV The debut episode is so poignant and so powerful, however, it deserves separate consideration.
USA (Thurs., Aug. 25, 9 p.m. ET)
A nightmare-plagued journalist is sent by her magazine to investigate the mysterious goings-on in a small town where she soon finds herself under the spell of a malevolent modern-day sorcerer. (Of course, this happens to my colleagues all the time.) Here the writer is played by Suzanne Somers and the shifty shaman by John Vargas.
The movie starts spookily but grows increasingly silly as it wafts along. At least the plot should give Somers a week's worth of topics for the syndicated talk show she starts next month. How about When Past-Life Lovers Pay a Visit or Women Who Love Evil Wizards Too Much?
CBS (Sat, Aug. 27, 9 p.m. ET)
In this pilot bucking for a spot as a midseason replacement, Kevin Dunn (Dave) plays a regular guy, a Chicago cop. But he has to have his mail forwarded to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. You see, his wife (Helen Shaver) just got elected President of these here United States. The result: Mr. Joe Six-Pack Goes to Washington. Hey, you've got to like a fellow who leaves a state dinner to go down to the White House kitchen and grab a real sandwich, a man who slumps on a settee in the presidential bedroom, screaming at the TV set as he watches a hockey game. (You think Barbara Bush was a Blackhawks fan?)
As soon as Dunn stumbles across some Beltway skulduggery, though, his cop instincts kick in. The next thing you know, he's canceling his meticulously arranged social calendar and commandeering a motorcade to check out a murder scene.
The premise makes for an intriguing mix of political potboiler, sex-role comedy, light romance and mystery. The episode is well acted by Shaver, Meagen Fay and Duane Davis. The standout, though, is Dunn in a crafty, energetic performance that recalls Michael Chiklis in The Commish.
This is a fine pilot. I'm not convinced it could be sustained as a series, but I wouldn't mind finding out.
The Disney Channel (Sun., Aug. 28, 9 p.m. ET)
The channel's laudable music series devotes this installment to Browne, the plangent singer-songwriter. The intimate interview segments are quite good, particularly when Browne's reminiscing about New York in the late '60s spurs him to spontaneously perform "The Birds of St. Marks," a song that he wrote for enigmatic Velvet Underground star Nico but never recorded.
The highlight is the ample selection of concert footage. The most resonant tunes still belong to the earlier era of Browne's career, compositions like "For Everyman" and "Farther On," which is set to a chronological photo collage. (It doesn't include snapshots from Browne's allegedly sometimes abusive relationship with actress Daryl Hannah.) It's interesting to see how delicately the years have etched Browne and his still-boyish face, his limpid Prince Valiant hair and his soulful eyes. Another clever segment seamlessly patches together footage of the singer performing "Doctor My Eyes" over a span of two decades.
The show's small-scale setting is perfect for a personal, unamplified artist like Browne. The only problem with this often delightful reverie is that it lingers on far too long.
>TUBE: For a good time, investigate My So-Called Life; a Disney Channel special celebrates Jackson Browne; Suzanne Somers confronts the supernatural in a TV movie, Seduced by Evil
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A safer turn
Jughandles must not be ditched. They make driving on our congested roads tolerable. If we went with left-hand turns, even with an extra turning lane, what happens when the extra lane is full? Traffic spills back into the fast lane. If a jughandle is full, the overflow backs up into the right lane. Right is always safer.
Enough of our legislative traffic experts. The out-of-state drivers should try reading the "All turns from right lane" signs.
William H Barton, Hackettstown
Build more circles
I think it's great that New Jersey might finally stop building jughandles. We have far too many red lights. All of these unnecessary lights cause traffic, pollution, accidents, higher insurance rates and road rage.
Hurricane Sandy actually had a silver lining. It proved we don't need all of these red lights at intersections. For weeks after Sandy, many red lights were not operating. Did you notice how little traffic there was? From Route 21 to Routes 1, 9 and 18 there was very little traffic. Things flowed smoothly. We all made it home to our families much easier and quicker.
New Jersey should shut off half of these lights to save electricity. Some can be turned into permanent blinking red or yellow lights. The state also should consider going back to circles, or roundabouts as they call them in Europe. They keep traffic flowing. Anyone who can't handle driving around a circle probably should not be driving at all.
Tom Robertson, Monroe
Get better signs
With reference to state Sen. James W. Holzapfel's position on jughandles on state roads, it would appear his legal education also included "road construction and design" as well as "traffic engineering and traffic flow control" courses.
His opinion fails to consider space constraints, traffic flow, traffic congestion and red-light timing, which state road engineers must deal with constantly. If some out-of-state cars and trucks are missing the "right to go left" turns, just maybe the signage is at fault, and not the road design.
I have been driving New Jersey roads for decades and believe the use of jughandle turns to be prudent, appropriate and safe.
Ken Stufko, Allentown
Managing the flow
We'll take the jughandles over a left-turn lane any day of the week.
During heavy traffic, the overflow from a left-turn lane blocks the fast lane. A jughandle overflow can use the shoulder, or at worst blocks the slow lane. We know. We drive the New Brunswick area where Route 1, the Turnpike and Routes 18, 287, 130 and county roads all come together.
Guy and Lillie Suabedissen, Piscataway
Calculating the drive
When I first moved here from Long Island, I found the jughandles took a good long time to get used to. The fact is, once you get the hang of them, they really move traffic. At a jughandle intersection, through traffic is always moving in one direction or the other. At traditional intersections, while cars are turning left, through traffic is not moving at all.
Let's compare two similar trips. On Long Island, I used to travel from Bellerose Terrace to Roosevelt Field Mall via Route 24. The trip was 6.8 miles and took 22 minutes. That is 31 mph with no jughandles. Here in New Jersey, I travel from Malapardis Road in Cedar Knolls to Livingston via Route 10. The trip is 8.6 miles in 20 minutes. That is 43 mph with jughandles. That shows how jughandles really move the traffic.
Arthur E. Zinn, Morris Plains
Freaks of the road
Would it do any good to voice an opinion on these goofball Jersey creations? I'm retired from the Army, and I spent my final assignment in New Jersey. When I first arrived in late 1993 and experienced these confusing freaks of the road, I couldn't believe it. All my out-of-state fellow soldiers immediately warned me. I'm originally from California, where such things are laughed at. The same everywhere else. Get rid of the stupid things and join the 21st century, and the remainder of the driving world.
Greg Nichols, Lopatcong
Handling the volume
I'm sorry Sen. James W. Holzapfel and his wife have trouble with jughandles and 18-wheeler trucks, but the law he proposes to ban jughandle intersections in New Jersey is the worst idea since Adam.
Jughandles and traffic circles, properly planned, enable a large volume of traffic to move safely through intersections. Imagine the difficulty the senator would have dealing with an 18-wheeler trying to make a left or U-turn from the left hand lane of a heavily trafficked highway.
The Star-Ledger photo of the jughandle intersection on Route 22 in Watchung shows how traffic can be kept moving safely. If an aerial photo had been taken of Route 22 a few miles to the east in Springfield and Union where there are no jughandles, it would have shown New Jersey traffic at its nightmarish worst. Left and U-turns at that point can be accomplished only from the left lane.
New Jersey is a heavily built-up state where traffic solutions must consider not only safety but also the cost of right-of-way acquisition, because the alternative to jughandles would require wider highways. Let's keep politicians out of traffic planning.
John M. Havas, Berkeley Heights
Don't legalize suicide
The proposed New Jersey Death With Dignity Act is another attempt to undermine the sacredness of human life, and it demands a vigorous response from Catholics and all people of goodwill. Today many people fear the dying process. They fear experiencing pain, losing control, being abandoned or becoming a burden. As a society, we will be judged on how we respond to these fears.
The Death With Dignity Act allows doctors to prescribe means for patients to kill themselves. All suicide is a tragedy and the notion that assisting suicide shows compassion is misguided. In fact, providing a legal option to commit suicide with a physician's help could be perceived as an obligation by terminally ill patients concerned about being a burden.
Every human life, at every stage and in every condition, has inherent value and dignity bestowed by God. We need to reject the Death With Dignity Act. Instead, we need to continue to work to create measures that will ensure that the sick and dying are provided with life-affirming solutions needed to ease their physical, emotional and spiritual suffering.
Most Rev. Paul G. Bootkoski, bishop of Metuchen
Money talks
The only way to bring Newark Archbishop John J. Myers back to reality is to hit him where it hurts. Last weekend's Masses were dedicated to the "Archbishop's Annual Appeal." The faithful had to sit through movies and scripted speeches.
Why is Michael Fugee (I hesitate to call him "Father") held in such high esteem? That is the question.
The truly faithful need to send a message to the archbishop by donating absolutely nothing to his annual appeal.
Joseph L. La Monica, Roseland


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'Despicable Me 2' holds top box office spot
LOS ANGELES — Universal's minions ran away with the box office for the second week in a row.
With $44.8 million in domestic ticket sales Friday through Sunday, the animated sequel "Despicable Me 2" outdid the debuts of the Adam Sandler comedy "Grown Ups 2" and director Guillermo del Toro's monsters-versus-robots action flick "Pacific Rim."
The weekend's No. 1 movie featuring Steve Carell as ex-supervillain Gru made another $55.5 million overseas. That brought its global two-week total to $472.4 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.
The third-place finish of "Pacific Rim," with $38.3 million in receipts, represented a disappointing start domestically for Warner Bros. and partner Legendary Entertainment. Figures released by the studio showed it doing better overseas.
Elton John, Timberlake at iHeartRadio event
NEW YORK — Justin Timberlake, Elton John and Katy Perry are among the A-list performers set for this year's iHeartRadio music festival in Las Vegas.
Clear Channel announced the performers. Chris Brown, Bruno Mars, Maroon 5, Keith Urban, Miguel, J. Cole and fun. also will perform at the two-day festival Sept. 20-21 at MGM Grand Garden Arena. Ryan Seacrest will host.
Tickets for the third annual festival go on sale Saturday.
The festival will air live across Clear Channel's radio stations and as a two-night special on the CW Network on Sept. 30-Oct. 1.
Danes says she thought about career switch
NEW YORK — Claire Danes, interior designer?
The "Homeland" actress says she considered a change of careers when she went through a stretch where she couldn't find a good role.
In an interview for Vogue's August issue, the 34-year-old says she didn't work for two years after starring in the 2010 biopic "Temple Grandin," which earned her an Emmy and Golden Globe. Danes said she couldn't just take any role after playing Grandin, an activist for autistics and animal rights.
Danes calls it a grim experience that left her so hurt that she flirted with a career change. Says Danes: "I really like interior design."
Of course, Danes didn't have leave acting. She landed the role of Carrie Mathison on "Homeland," and it has earned her an Emmy and two Golden Globes.
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Patrick: I'll be easy to reach as lt. governor — on the radio
HOUSTON — Sen. Dan Patrick says he'll keep doing radio shows if he's elected lieutenant governor.
"I'll be the most transparent lieutenant governor in the history of the state," Patrick said at a debate with his three Republican rivals for the job on Tuesday night.
"People forget about this but as senator, I've still been on the radio," said Patrick, who was first elected to the Senate in 2006.
"As lieutenant governor, when I get time, I'll be on the radio," he said. "Any time you have a question, you'll be able to call up and say, 'Dan, give me the answer to that question.'"
Patrick made the pledge before 200 GOP activists at an event sponsored by United Republicans of Harris County and the Texas Federation of Republican Women. Here's a story about it I wrote for Wednesday's paper.
Patrick continued to hammer on Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst for letting Democrats exert too much influence in the Senate. Because of a dispersed question-answer format, Dewhurst wasn't asked to respond directly. But he cast himself as the candidate of continuity. Dewhurst noted that in 2015, there will be a new governor and new occupants of other statewide offices.
"What's going to happen in the future is best determined by what's happened in the past," he said. "And over the years, I've worked so hard to create the best business climate … by cutting taxes over 50 times for a total of almost $16 billion."
Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson said he's the only candidate not awash in cliches. He urged voters to check out his detailed positions on issues on his campaign website.
Agriculture Commissioner Todd Staples pitched his book, "Broken Borders, Broken Promises." He also promised to scrub the state budget, even if he has to summon agency heads to his office every week.
The four will meet again Thursday night at a debate hosted by the Clear Lake Tea Party.


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Charlie Koznick, host of The Koz Report, comments on the Left's "Moral Superiority Complex." They thrive on being morality police, yet they refuse to police themselves. Whether it's Tucson, Sandy Hook or the government shutdown, the Left loves to


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There are lots of fun iPad apps, but I love any game that teaches children important information – especially when they might not even realize it! Healthy Heroes is a simple game where players give a monster energy by feeding it healthy foods. They'll be introduced to a variety of proteins, fruit, and vegetables, and have to avoid unhealthy choices if they want to make it to the next level.
What it teaches and how it works
Players are given the task of feeding hungry monsters so they won't destroy the city of Yogopolis. Children must choose fruits and vegetables for the monsters instead of sweets. They'll earn points for each round before moving on to the next level. Healthy Heroes is easy to use and even includes tips for healthy eating. The estimated calories are listed for foods used to feed the monster in each round, and the level of difficulty for completing each round is low.
Why your kid won't be able to put it down
Without a doubt your children will love throwing food at the hungry monsters. Hungry Heroes is a colorful, animated app with clear graphics that children will love. They'll be so involved in this aspect of the game that they might not even realize the nutritional information being "thrown" at them.
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The Dybbuk: Between Two Worlds
Presented by:
Pittsburgh Jewish Music Festival
Pittsburgh Jewish Music Festival marks its 10th anniversary with "The Dybbuk: Between Two Worlds," a multimedia chamber opera by Ofer Ben-Amots inspired by the Yiddish tale of love and mystical possession. This new adaptation is presented by the Pittsburgh Symphony's Music for the Spirit Festival, with stage direction by Aron Zelkowicz, choreography by Joan Wagman, and video by Sheri Wills. The performers are soprano Yahli Toren, clarinetist Gilad Harel, baritone Guenko Guechev, actor Leon S. Zionts, Texture Contemporary Ballet, and the Pappert Women's Chorale & Children's Festival Chorus directed Christine Jordanoff, Music Director. "The Dybbuk" is in Hebrew, with English supertitles.
04/25/2013 - 04/28/2013
7:30 pm
New Hazlett Theater, Allegheny Square E., Pittsburgh, PA


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All the answer/questions of chapter 14
Which of the following is the best example of a product line
Kellogg offers Special K, Raison Bran, Corn Flakes, and a variety of other cold ready-to-eat cereals
A_____is a name, symbol, or design (or combination of these) that identifies the goods or services of one seller or froup of sellers and distinguishes them from those of competitors
The best product development strategy for most firms is to
constantly monitor consumer wants and needs and be willing to develop new products and adapt policies and services as those consumer needs begin to change
The primary difference between retailers and wholesalers is that
retailers sell to final consumers, while wholsalers sell to other organizations, such as retailers or manufacturers
Which of the following statements provides the most accurate distinction between an agent and a broker? Agents
develop a long-term relationship with the people they represent, while brokers are usually hired on a temporary basis
Which of the following are products consumers buy after comparing quality, price, and style from a variety of sellers
shopping goods
The procter and Gamble company is a major producer of bar soaps that all claim a variety of benefits. These products are part of Proctor & Gamble produces Ivory, Camay, Lava, Safeguard, Zest, and coast bar soaps that all claim a variety of benefits. These products are part of Proctor & Gamble's_______in bar soaps.
product line
A brand that has been given exclusive legal protection, such as the McDonald's golden arches is a
Patrick Bolger is convinced that his product idea has tremendous potential. He has decided to produce the product himself, but plans to use other firms who specialize in storing and transporting to help him move the product along its path to the final customer. These specialists Patrick uses will be part of his
channel of distribution
When consumers calculate the value of a product, they
look at the benifets the product provides then subtract the cost
Borden, Inc. makes pasta, dairy items, and adhesives. These different types of products are referred to as a Borden's
product mix
Which of the following statements regarding convenience goods and services is accurate?
Brand awareness and image are important in marketing these products
Which of the following refers to a group of products offered by a firm that are physically similar or are intended for a similar market?
product line
A(n)_____distribution strategy distributes a product through only a preferred group of retailers
Marketing intermediaries
have survived because they can often perform marketing functions faster and at lower cost than producers
Taken togeter, all of the organizations that move goods from the sources of raw materials to ultimate consumers is known as a(n)
supply chain
from the buyer's perspective, which of the following is a benefit of a product with a well known brand name
quality assurance


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Star Tracks: Monday, May 16, 2016
42 years, 2,191 covers and 55,436 stories from PEOPLE magazine's history for you to enjoy
Sep 10, 2007
Vol. 68 No. 11
September 10, 2007
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Hot Wheels
To Unwind from Playing Doctor on Grey's Anatomy—and Dad of Three at Home—Patrick Dempsey Satisfies His Need for Speed
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The New Cast!
A Boxer, a Billionaire, An Osmond, a Spice Girl and Mr. Las Vegas Get Set to Turn Up the Heat on the New Season of Dancing with the Stars
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Britney & Kevin's Custody Battle: Taking Sides
As News of a Child-Services Complaint Is Discussed During a Court Hearing, Spears's Estranged Parents Show Up to Babysit—for Their Former Son-in-Law
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Mad About Him
Playing a Boozing, Cheating Ad Exec on AMC's Mad Men, Jon Hamm Sexes Up the '60s as TV's Hottest New Leading Man
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Unhappy Ending
After Former CNN Anchor Paula Zahn Sues Her Husband for Mishandling Her Money, Reports Surface of a Steamy Diary Detailing Her Alleged Extramarital Affair
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Mike Wood Didn't Create Cutouts of His Kids to Slow Down Speeding Drivers—but That's What's Happening
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Are They Killers?
Thirty-Five People Died at Sal and Mabel Mangano's Nursing Home. Who's to Blame?
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A High School Student's Nightmare: Dating Violence
It Was Love at First Sight for Sarah Van Zanten When She Met 'Joe' Her Sophomore Year. She Never Dreamed She'd Become a Statistic—One of Thousands of Teen Girls Caught in An Abusive Relationship
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TV's Favorite Cheerleader Celebrates Her Big Day with Some Super Friends
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Deutscher Sprach-und Schulverein
Something new is coming!!!
Our DSSV website is under reconstruction, so not all functionality may be available. In the meantime, please check out our Facebook page for updates and information on the Annual Awards ceremony.
You're invited to the DSSV/AATG Annual Awards Ceremony on Sunday, May 1 at 3:00pm at the Marquette University High School Auditorium, 3401 W. Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaulkee.
Special guest - German Consul General Herbert Quelle
Special keynote speaker - Joseph Wippl, Professor of the Practice of International Relations at Boston University.
DSSV Mission
The Deutscher Sprach- und Schulverein (DSSV) or German Language and School Society of Wisconsin, Inc. was founded in Milwaukee on June 9, 1956. The Society's primary goal is to promote and stimulate interest in and understanding of the German language and culture, by means of an annual German Essay contest."
The DSSV is chartered as a non-political, non-religious, and non-profit educational organization under the laws of the state of Wisconsin.
Annual German Language Test and Essay Contest
The contest is open to students of all public and private high schools in the State of Wisconsin who are currently enrolled in a German language course and is held annually in December and January.
All 2nd through 4th year high school German students are eligible to participate in AATG National German Language Exam. The AATG (American Association of Teachers of German) awards medals and vacation/study trips to Germany to students who qualify. In addition, the DSSV awards books and cash prizes to Wisconsin students who demonstrate exceptional German language ability on the AATG German Language Test.
The DSSV Essay Contest is held annually in conjunction with the AATG German Language Test. Essay topics are announced at the time of the essay and students are then given 30 minutes to write a brief essay in German. Essays are evaluated on content and grammar. For a listing of essay topics that have been assigned in previous years, click this Essay Topics link.
Third and Fourth year Wisconsin German Students are eligible to compete in the DSSV Essay Contest. The DSSV grand prize is a 4 week trip to Germany and a cash award. In most years the AATG is also able to award t second study trip to German. The DSSV also awards additional cash prizes of up to $500 to the runners-up for their essays.
A joint DSSV and Wisconsin AATG Chapter Award Ceremony is held every year on the first Sunday in May in the Marquette University High School auditorium. On that day the DSSV and AATG trips to Germany are awarded. The Wisconsin German teacher of the year is recognized with the AATG Duden Award along with a cash award from the DSSV. DSSV award certificates, cash and book awards are presented to winners. Students and their teachers are encouraged to attend this event and be recognized for their accomplishments.
In 2012, the DSSV in conjunction with the AATG awarded two study trips to Germany, books and over $8,000 in cash awards to 2011 - 2012 contest winners.
The DSSV has sponsored this annual essay contest for over 57 years. In the 2011 - 2012 contest, over 735 Wisconsin students took the AATG German Language Test and close to 400 Essays were submitted by Wisconsin students. During the last 57 years:
· 33,585 students have participated in these contests.
· 8,381 awards have been presented for outstanding achievement in German.
· 86 four-week DSSV Grand Prize Study Trips to Germany have been awarded in addition to the AATG Study Trip awards
· Winning students have received over 7,850 books.
· More than $275,000 has been raised to fund trips, scholarships, cash awards and contest expenses.


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WASHINGTON — The Air Force said yesterday that it was seriously considering revival of the controversial dense-pack system for basing the giant MX missile, a proposal almost laughed out of Congress nearly four years ago.
Air Force officers acknowledged in interviews that the dense-pack system was being re-examined, despite its rejection by Congress, as a possible way of deploying 50 new MX missiles that Congress had agreed to authorize only if a safe basing method could be found.
The system, which was recommended by President Reagan in a nationally televised speech in November 1982, was widely ridiculed in Congress and finally rejected by the House in December of that year by a 245-176 vote.


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RANSON - World War II veteran Sgt. George E. Dunaway Jr. claims he was just a run-of-the-mill soldier, but he certainly didn't have a typical military experience.
Although Dunaway is 91 now and some of the memories of his military experience are fading, he still remembers quite a lot - especially the day he fired at a Japanese fighter plane and helped shoot out its gas tank during a battle on the Aleutian Islands in Alaska.
When a single Mitsubishi fighter plane flew over Dutch Harbor in June 1942, Dunaway and two other soldiers shot at it with their M-1 Garand, semi-automatic rifles.
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George Dunaway is a 93 year-old Word War II veteran that resides in Ranson.
"We didn't shoot it down, but we shot it and saw this white plume of smoke and it had to come down," he said, adding they realized later that the "smoke" was actually gasoline streaming from the crippled aircraft. He didn't see it come down, he just saw the plane go over a mountain.
Dunaway said the Navy found the plane 10 days later on a nearby, unoccupied island, and the pilot's neck had been broken in the crash.
He said the pilot had flown quite close to the ground. "I was close enough to him - if I'd seen him on the street the next day, I'd probably have recognized him."
The Japanese and Americans struggled with the snow and miserable climate as much as with each other in that part of the Pacific campaign of WW II. According to an account of the Battle of the Aleutians on Wikipedia.com, the somewhat forgotten fighting resulted in more than 4,000 U.S. casualties. That number included about 1,200 who had severe cold injuries.
Luckily, Dunaway wasn't injured during his military service. He said the two years he spent in the Aleutians were just dreary and long.
"You didn't enjoy anything about the Aleutian Islands," he said during an interview last week in his Ranson home. "We always said that if God ever made a mistake, that was it. It was cold and miserable and the wind blew all the time."
He added, "I don't think I'd ever go on vacation on the Aleutian Islands."
Alaska wasn't on Dunaway's mind at all when he was drafted to the Army, in October 1941. He was 26 at the time and about halfway through basic training when Pearl Harbor was attacked by the Japanese. Initially he was drafted for one year of service, but the attack "changed everything, and I was in for the duration."
He ended up serving in the military for four years and five days, and he worked in communications and training for the Army's 37th Infantry Division. Dunaway said he's pretty sure about the division he served in, but he couldn't remember his unit after all these years.
"Our outfit was supposed to go to Europe for the invasion - a few people were pulled out, and I was one of them."
Instead of being shipped off to other countries, Dunaway ended up being sent to the Aleutians. He served on a few different islands and bases there, including Dutch Harbor, located on Unalaska Island, and Adak, Attu and Kiska islands.
"That was the only place the Japanese landed on American soil," he said, remembering when the Japanese occupied Attu and Kiska islands for a short time.
He spent about two years in the Aleutians, and he saw just one woman during that time. He said he saw a Navy nurse once on a ship that was passing by when he was on Adak, but that was it. So when he returned to the mainland, he and his fellow soldiers couldn't help but stare when they saw members of the Women's Army Corps, commonly known as Wacs.
"When we left ... there wasn't any such thing as a Wac," he said, remembering how surprised he was when he saw women in uniform. "When we got back to the states, they said we were staring at them, and I guess we were."
Dunaway said some of the other places where he was stationed during his service included bases in Texas, Arkansas and Alabama.
Some details, such as the names of all the bases where he served, are hard for him to recall because it's been more than 60 years and they're getting "a little fuzzy." But the day he met his wife Veda is definitely one of his best memories of his military experiences.
She was introduced to him by a friend who was dating her sister.
Dunaway met Veda when he was in Arkansas, and they were married while he was still in the service.
After he got out of the Army, he brought his wife back to Jefferson County, where he had grown up.
He was born in Fredericksburg, Va., but his family moved to Charles Town when he was a baby. He had two sisters and one brother, and Dunaway's father, George Dunaway Sr., was the postmaster in Ranson.
Dunaway said he's the last of his family now, and his only living relative is his nephew, who lives near Baltimore.
Although he lives alone, he has many friends in the area, especially at Charles Town Baptist Church.
Besides serving in the military, he worked for 21 years each at the Standard Lime & Stone Quarry in Millville and the Mount Weather government operations facility in Virginia.
He said his time in the military wasn't anything special. But he received a good conduct ribbon and a battle star for his service, which he keeps in a little tin with other mementos from his life.
"I wasn't any hero, I was just a regular soldier."
He said he wouldn't want to go to war again, but he wouldn't want to lose those experiences, either.
- Staff writer Beth Henry can be reached at 725-6581 or firstname.lastname@example.com


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Many people have asked me in the past if the benefits of going to an addiction treatment program really outweigh the costs involved?
After all, the cost of treatment can include many things, including:
1) Monetary cost. Treatment is not free and a typical 28 day program can run into the tens of thousands of dollars very easily. Insurance can pay for this but a huge portion of struggling addicts and alcoholics may not have insurance, or their insurance may not cover much (or any) treatment depending on their circumstances. No big surprise there: Treatment costs money. Not everyone can afford or pay for this cost.
2) Time cost. I used to obsess about this constantly when I was still drinking and using drugs every day. I could not see past my denial and I thought that going to treatment for 28 days would be like throwing away 28 perfectly good days that I could never get back. I believed that those days were "lost" forever and that I was missing out on potential happiness from getting drunk and high all the time. How little did I know at the time…..
In addition to this, some people will argue that they are missing out on time spent with family or friends or time worked at a job. But really if the quality of your life is suffering because of your addiction (and you are just blind to this fact) then you are not really missing out on anything when you go to rehab–you just think that you are. This is your disease trying to convince you not to get healthy. Another form of denial.
3) Opportunity cost. This is similar to the above, but I used to play this card in terms of my job. At the time when I was still drinking every day, I was also a pizza delivery man. Now I am not trying to knock that job because in many ways that can be a great career, I know one guy who makes a very, very good living delivering pizzas believe it or not! (He is an accountant by trade but chooses a life of simplicity delivering pizzas).
But I was using this job as an excuse to say that I did not want to go to rehab and sober up because if I did then I would surely lose my position at that particular company. Again, I am not knocking pizza delivery but can you see how obvious the denial is there? When I was living through it I could honestly not see it, I thought that this particular job meant the world to me and that it would be foolish it jeopardize it by going to rehab for 28 days. How incredibly short sighted of me. Of course, having gone to treatment eventually (and leaving the pizza delivery business) I have since realized many jobs since then that had far more meaning and impact in my life. Today I am extremely grateful that my horizons were expanded so greatly when I finally got clean and sober. TL;DR = You will have many more opportunities in recovery than you can ever imagine while you are still drinking or using drugs. Stop fooling yourself. You are in denial!
4) Fear factor. This may not really be a true "cost" but for me it sure felt like one. I had to be willing to pay the "cost" of going to rehab in terms of facing my fear of sobriety. I was terrified to face life without alcohol and I knew that as soon as I set foot into rehab that I would be going cold turkey from alcohol. So I was scared. From the perspective of the alcoholic, this is a cost that must be paid if you want to get clean and sober.
Money, time, opportunity, and fear. Plenty of costs to pay when you finally decide to surrender can check into rehab.
Is it all worth it?
Let's dig deeper.
Unfortunately, recovery is entirely pass/fail
One of the reasons that it can be difficult to gauge the value of treatment is because recovery is entirely pass/fail.
This has been my experience anyway and it also lines up well with my observations that I made while working in a rehab facility for 5+ years.
What do I mean by this concept? That recovery is entirely pass/fail?
For example, let us assume that someone is an alcoholic and their life is out of control. They are drinking a case of beer every day and they lose their job eventually. Their spouse leaves them as a result and they are left with nothing and no one in their life. So they go to rehab.
Now if rehab and recovery worked like most other things in this world, then you might expect that this person would show "average" results. In other words, maybe they would leave rehab and go to a few AA meetings here and there, then they would get a job back and maybe start living a little better life. Maybe they would drink a 12 pack of beer every day instead of a full 24 pack. Their spouse had left them before so maybe they find a new boyfriend or girlfriend. They manage to recover a little bit. They find a middle road in life and get their drinking basically under control. Maybe a year or two later they cut down further to a six pack of beer each day instead of a 12 pack. And then they get a better job of course. And so on…..
Does this sound even a tiny bit realistic?
Of course not! It's completely impossible and it would never happen that way in a million years. And this is entirely the point.
Most of our lives are dominated by scenarios like the one I just outlined above. We put in a little effort, we get a little bit of results. We make a modest effort, we get modest results.
Recovery does NOT work that way.
At all.
This is what I mean when I say that recovery is "pass/fail."
There are only two real possibilities when an alcoholic leaves rehab:
1) They follow through with their recovery and their life gets better.
2) They don't follow through and things get worse, going back to the way they were before or even getting more chaotic and destructive.
There is no in between. You cannot get a C+ grade in recovery. It's impossible.
If you think you are getting a C+ in recovery then just wait a few weeks. You will be at F- before you know what hit you. Recovery is pass/fail. You either succeed or you relapse.
They have a saying in AA that summarizes this concept quite well:
"You are either working on recovery or you are working on a relapse."
Just try to stand still in recovery. Try to stand still in your life and do nothing to get clean and sober but also do nothing to go back towards addiction and drinking.
If you try to do that then you will relapse for sure. It happens every time.
I watched this happen over and over again with (mostly young people) who were in treatment. It always played out the same way:
They got to rehab and they started to detox and maybe they even made it through detox and started attending groups. At some point they were struck with the idea that they did not need rehab and that they wanted to leave treatment right now, this very minute. Once this switch was flipped in their mind nothing could talk them out of it.
Now at first I believed that these people wanted to go get drunk or high. But after watching it happen over and over again and trying to talk them into staying I came to realize that this was not accurate. These people actually believed that they were going to leave rehab early and stay sober. Call it "true believer" syndrome if you will. They had it in their minds that they did not want to drink alcohol or use drugs, but they just did not want to be in treatment either. It was like a switch was flipped in their minds. And so they could not be reasoned with. You could not possibly talk such a person into staying using logic. They were leaving no matter what.
And the results were always the same. You bail out of rehab early, you relapse. It is a given. Anyone can see it coming from a mile away. Expect for the person who is leaving rehab early.
And this has a great deal to do with the fact that recovery is always pass/fail.
You are either in "full surrender mode" or you are doomed to sabotage your efforts and relapse. There is absolutely no in between. I have watched at least a hundred alcoholics try to find that middle ground, and they fail every single time and relapse. The person who is leaving rehab early is trying to find that middle ground. They are saying, in effect, "I know I am alcoholic and I know I need help but I don't want to drink any more so I will just leave rehab now and do it all on my own and I will be FINE." They are in self sabotage mode and they cannot see it for themselves. They are doomed to fail and they cannot figure it out. They have to go out there and fall flat on their face again and go through more chaos and misery before they can surrender in the future and take another shot at recovery (if they even get another chance, some don't).
And so what will happen later is that hopefully they will realize that they cannot do it on their own. That they don't have the answers. That their way of living did not work. And that they cannot just walk out of treatment (leaving early) and go about their way and do it all on their own. This will not work because they don't know how to live a sober life, even if they want to live a sober life they don't have a chance of making it work at this point. They have no clue.
No, what they need to do at this point is to sit down and listen and get out of their own way. They need to put their life in someone else's hands entirely. And that takes guts. It takes serious guts to really surrender at that level. Most people have to fall on their face a few times before they will finally do it.
Unlimited upside to lifelong recovery
Now that I have convinced you that the cost of recovery is never trivial, what are the benefits like?
The benefits of recovery are always immeasurable. They are infinite in comparison to the alternative. The benefits of recovery are boundless.
Keep in mind that recovery is pass/fail. You are not going to "sort of recover." You will either relapse or you will stay sober and grow. If you relapse then you will have to try again at some point in the future to make another run at recovery. But you either succeed or you fail, there is no in between.
So when you fail we know what the deal is: chaos, misery, depression, anxiety. Your life is a downward spiral and everything just keeps getting progressively worse.
The inverse of this is true in recovery as well.
Everything gets better in recovery.
A very long time ago I was in a rehab center, this was before I was ready to really get sober but I was in rehab anyway for the wrong reasons, and I was listening to this guy talk about recovery. He was an H&I person who had brought an AA meeting into the rehab from the outside. And he was talking some pretty good stuff so I really listened to him. In fact he was a very talented speaker and he was also speaking his truth so it rang very genuine to me. And the essence of what he said to us in that AA meeting was "It just keeps getting better and better." Every day he wakes up and he is grateful. And he would just walk around in recovery, amazed that his life could suddenly be so good. And not only that, but that it would keep getting even better still! And the way that he spoke about this was truly energizing and it really moved me.
Now at that time I was not ready to be sober. But I never forgot what he said, and I still think about it to this day. Because if I am honest with myself, I am really living the life that he described to me in that speech. I have achieved that gratitude that he spoke of. This very morning, over 12 years into my recovery, I woke up and was truly grateful for another day. Just grateful to have another day to walk around and explore life. This is a really long way for a hopeless alcoholic to have come. I used to be disgusted with myself and with the whole world and I was sick and tired of everything. Today I would be grateful for a simple walk in the park.
It is difficult to describe this to the newcomer who is struggling to get sober. It is difficult to illustrate to them just how much upside there is if they can make it in sobriety. You can sit there and tell them that it gets better and better, you can tell them that they will be far happier sober than they ever were while drinking, but they it may all fall on def ears. Not because they don't want to believe it, because trust me, they do want to believe it. But because their addiction won't let them believe. Their addiction tells them that they are different, that those promises and benefits can never come true for them, because they are unique and for some reason they require alcohol or drugs to be happy. This is how my brain worked and so I really was sad after hearing that man tell his story in rehab, because I wanted what he had but I knew that I could never have it. I was different. I loved alcohol and drugs too much.
At that time I just wasn't ready. I had not had enough pain. So I went back out to get some more.
Is it worth it to save one alcoholic? The ripple effect
I have a sponsor in recovery even though I don't really do the 12 step program or anything. He is in NA and he has about 20 years clean.
He also has a sponsor and that guy has about 33 years clean. And they both talk to me at times because they think my brand of recovery is sort of different and unique. Not that I am special or anything but just that I am walking a different path.
And so they grand sponsor has this theory that he keeps talking about that means a lot to me the more I think about it: "Healed people heal people." It sounds kind of funny when you say it out loud and so people have to stop and think about what it means. And it really just sort of means "people pay it forward." If you can get one alcoholic to sober up and start helping people then that person will create a ripple effect in life that will create massive currents downstream. Just one alcoholic who is doing this sort of work could potentially affect dozens of people within the next year (for instance) and those people may effect others and even after several decades that healing power may still be reaching out to touch new lives. It is a pretty profound idea and it is worth thinking about.
If you can save one alcoholic then you are potentially affecting hundreds or thousands of lives. Not just his drinking or the alcoholics that he may in turn reach out to, but also for all of the friends, family members, and coworkers that the alcoholic comes into contact with. Everyone's life will get a tiny bit better if there is less chaos and misery in the world. So this ripple effect is not just limited to one saved alcoholic reaching out and saving another struggling alcoholic. It can involve the "regular people" that are not alcoholics that have to come into contact with this person on a daily basis. And even those "regular people" (read: Not alcoholics) are all fighting their own battles too. They all have lives and struggles and they may be setting the example for someone else as well. I don't think you could ever measure the effect of this directly because there so many ripples out there that just keep getting deeper and deeper. Healed people heal people.
So this should, at the very least, show you the value of saving just one life in recovery and teaching someone how to overcome addiction. When you heal one person and teach them how to reach out and help other people you are creating a powerful ripple effect. And this has an implication when you are considering the costs of treatment, because you are not just saving one alcohol necessarily, but you are also working on that giant ripple effect that fans out into the future and touches countless lives.
Living a better life at any cost
The problem of course is that you need to surrender first, and you cannot "buy" that surrender at any price. It is not for sale. It must be paid for with misery.
But once you have had enough misery, you can finally break through denial and then ask for help.
At that point, no cost is too high for the rewards of recovery. Do whatever it takes to seek professional help after reaching the point of surrender, because your life will just keep getting better and better. It's worth it!