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Saying they were short on cash, Berkeley County school officials last August asked residents to open their wallets to help the district pay for crayons, notebook paper and other supplies the district couldn't afford due to budget shortfalls.
The community rallied and chipped in more than $45,000 to help with the "Stuff the Bus" campaign.
While school officials praised the effort and the difference it would make, the amount raised was just a drop in the bucket compared to what the district spends each year on outside lawyers to defend its actions and help navigate a complex web of laws that surround the business of education.
With 40 schools serving close to 32,000 students, Berkeley County has the fourth-largest school district in South Carolina, but it leads the state in spending on outside legal help, in part due to an ongoing State Law Enforcement Division investigation into ethics violations in the 2012 Yes 4 Schools building referendum campaign. Since 2011, the district has spent nearly $1.7 million on legal fees.
Berkeley County is hardly alone in its dependence on outside legal help.
Since 2011, South Carolina school districts have shelled out about $22 million - an average of nearly $100,000 per year per district - to law firms for assistance, according to a Post and Courier analysis. For some perspective, that amount could be used to pay for a new elementary school, replace 265 of South Carolina's aging school buses, or hire more than 450 new teachers.
The Post and Courier obtained data on legal-related spending since July 2011 through Freedom of Information Act requests filed with South Carolina's 81 county-level school districts.
Three districts, Bamberg 2, Williamsburg County and Florence 4, did not respond to the newspaper's requests and did not have legal fees posted on their websites, as required by state law.
The Lowcountry is well-represented on the list of top spenders from 2011 to the end of January. Charleston County's school district had the second-highest total for legal bills, with nearly $1.5 million spent - even though it has an in-house attorney on the payroll for about $150,000 a year. Dorchester District 2 came in at No. 9 on the list, with about $695,000 spent.
School officials and attorneys with some of the districts' go-to firms said the money is well spent because these lawyers have crucial expertise that helps districts avoid costly missteps in lawsuits, personnel matters, building initiatives, contractual issues and other areas.
But critics contend the price tag for this help seems too high and diverts money that could be better spent educating children.
"It's kind of outrageous," said Lin Bennett, a Charleston County resident and first vice chairwoman of the South Carolina Republican Party. "I'm concerned as a citizen of South Carolina and a taxpayer with the amount of money the school districts are paying to these law firms. The school children could use this money in the classrooms."
Patrick Hayes, a third-grade teacher and founder of EdFirstSC, a nonprofit education advocacy group, agreed.
"It's definitely a great deal of money that we could find better things to do with," he said. "Twenty-two million would go a long way to increasing pre-K instruction and other things that we know would help."
Complex issues
Columbia-based Childs & Halligan represents more than half of the school districts in the state, and since July 2011 has pulled in nearly $8 million in fees to represent districts on a variety of issues, from lawsuits to contractual issues. Duff, White & Turner, also based in Columbia, offers similar services and represents about a quarter of the districts. That firm collected about $1.3 million during this same period.
"I know people don't like lawyers and don't like legal fees," said Ken Childs, a former schoolteacher and founding partner of Childs & Halligan. "They think every dollar that's spent on lawyers is one that could have been spent on kids, and that's a legitimate concern. But there's an effective way to use legal services and an ineffective way."
Childs and his partner, William "Bick" Halligan, said their business has grown in part due to an increasing number of complicated state and federal regulations.
Districts have to stay on the right side of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act, the Affordable Care Act and civil rights laws dealing with age, gender, race and disability, to name a few. In some cases, districts are still settling 40-year-old desegregation orders, Halligan said.
"My point here is that every move you make with employees, with students, with parents, is fraught with a consequence," said Halligan, who served on the Richland County District 1 school board from 1986 to 1994. "Every parent, every child can complain to an agency or to a court about any adverse circumstance, in some cases in a way that you wouldn't even think. What we're trying to do is figure the way through the wickets so that you can avoid the court and come out with a result that is happy for as many people as possible."
Easy targets
School districts are easy targets for litigation and complaints, particularly when job actions are involved, Beaufort County School Board Chairman Bill Evans said.
"People look at school districts and feel we all have deep pockets and it's easy to go after us," Evans said. "It seems like there's hardly anybody that we dismiss these days that doesn't come back and sue us."
State Sen. Paul Thurmond has noticed this too. He filed a bill that has been referred to the Committee on Education that would take away teachers' right to appeal if they are dismissed or do not have their contracts renewed - a move designed, in part, to avoid costly hearings.
"(The appeal process) is time-consuming, cumbersome and expensive," Thurmond said. "That money could be spent on education for our children."
Sometimes all it takes is a dispute between a school board and its superintendent, or the district and a special interest group, for legal costs to spike.
Fairfield County, with just seven schools and fewer than 3,000 students, "has had 10 years of incredible dysfunction," costing it $636,285 in legal fees since 2011, Childs said.
In the past four years, the district has dealt with a State Law Enforcement Division investigation into spending, accreditation problems, a state attempt to wrest financial control of the district away from the board and a lawsuit filed by a former superintendent of schools, according to multiple media reports.
"They've had one superintendent after another and all that," Childs said. "When we first came in, our fees were about $200,000 (per year) but now they are down to about $70,000 because we helped them hire a first-rate superintendent and that has taken care of a lot of their problems."
Going in-house
Beaufort County School District, which has been involved in a lawsuit about building defects, has spent $1.3 million on outside lawyers since July 2011 but hopes to lower that figure in the future by bringing representation in-house, Evans said.
"We think an in-house lawyer could probably handle 85 to 90 percent of our legal issues," he said.
The board has budgeted $180,000 next year for salaries and benefits for a lawyer and an assistant or paralegal, he said, but they still expect to spend an additional $50,000 or so on other representation.
Five school districts - Aiken, Charleston, Greenville, Horry, and Richland 1 - already have in-house lawyers to help them navigate legal issues on a daily basis. All five are among the top 10 largest school districts in the state, and all also hire outside attorneys to advise them on some issues. But only Charleston and Richland 1 also made the top 10 list of big spenders on outside legal help, The Post and Courier's analysis shows.
To some, it's puzzling that having an on-site lawyer wouldn't keep those outside bills down more.
"It seems to me, if you're paying $140,000 or so for an attorney to represent the district, you would think that attorney would be able to handle a lot of the day-to-day things, like dealing with dismissal cases and things like that," said Peter Smyth, a retired educator and co-founder of Charleston Area Community Voice for Education.
John Emerson, staff lawyer for Charleston County's school district, said that's exactly what he does. Charleston outsources litigation and legal expenses connected to construction, such as bond work and property transactions. Those require special expertise, he said.
"You can't prevent people from bringing a lawsuit and have to deal with it as it comes," he said. "It's unfortunate that tax dollars have to be spent for that, but that's the reality of it."
'Cheaper on front end'
Childs, the Columbia firm founder, said districts also seek legal advice as a preventive measure.
"In the old days, school people would call a lawyer when they got a lawsuit," he said. "Today, they contact attorneys when they suspect that a lawsuit might be coming. The cheapest way to use lawyers is on the front end. I have seen $50,000 cases that could have been avoided with a $500 consultation."
Berkeley County Republican Party chairman Terry Hardesty disagrees with that. He is part of a group that went to Attorney General Alan Wilson last year with concerns that Berkeley County School District's Yes 4 Schools campaign violated the state ethics act.
At issue is whether district employees worked on the 2012 referendum to generate votes for a $198 million building program during district time and using district resources. One employee has been indicted on an ethics charge in the ongoing investigation, and the district continues to foot her legal bills while she is on paid leave.
So far, the investigation has cost the district $57,614 in fees to Childs & Halligan plus $78,385 for independent counsel for the employees under investigation.
In addition, Hardesty settled a First Amendment lawsuit against the district earlier this year for $65,000 after he was prevented from speaking about the investigation during a school board meeting. Childs & Halligan was involved in that suit too.
In both instances, Hardesty and his associates offered to drop the charges if the district would apologize and admit wrongdoing, but the district refused.
"When you give a government entity bad advice and the taxpayers are on the hook for the fees, that's not good," said Hardesty, who served on the school board from 2006-10. "They have consistently given advice to Berkeley County School District that's costing them more money, which is why I argued, even when I was on the school board, that they probably needed new attorneys. Who's running the district, the board or the attorneys? It sure looks to me like the attorneys."
Berkeley County school officials have declined to comment on the ongoing probe but they have defended their decision to pay the legal bills of the employees under investigation, saying they believe those workers were acting in good faith.
Childs & Halligan also represented the district in 2007 when The Post and Courier filed a lawsuit against the district after the district refused to release the performance evaluation of then-Superintendent Chester Floyd, claiming it was protected by attorney-client privilege. A four-year Freedom of Information Act battle ended in March 2011 when the state Supreme Court ruled in favor of the newspaper. The district spent $73,000 in legal fees on the issue, which is not included in the totals for this story.
District spokeswoman Susan Haire noted that Berkeley, at No. 4 on the list of legal spending, is the largest district in the state without an in-house attorney. She also noted that the district's outside attorneys have helped save the county $27 million by restructuring debt in recent years.
Advice on debt refinancing and issuing bonds generally attracts less attention than lawsuits, but it's another common reason districts turn to outside attorneys. Since July 2011, the multi-state McNair Law Firm has collected nearly $3 million from about 32 districts, including a $468,702 payment from Berkeley County this year.
Attorney Frannie Heizer of McNair's Columbia office attributed that figure to the complexity of handling some $350 million in debt Berkeley County has issued from the referendum and a refinancing initiative.
Like Berkeley County, Dorchester 2 voters also approved a building program through a referendum in 2012. Dorchester 2 plans to spend $179 million renovating and building schools.
With three new elementary schools scheduled to open in 2015 and a middle school the following year, the projects are kicking into high gear and so are the costs. So far this year, the district has spent $96,453 on bond counsel from McNair Law Firm and another $219,295 with Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd.
Protecting investments
Sometimes building programs spawn lawsuits as well.
Beleaguered Jasper County, with just four schools and 2,850 students, has paid Childs & Halligan more than $217,000 since July. Not only was a federal investigation into the district launched in March by the IRS and the FBI, but the district also recently filed a $2 million lawsuit over defects in two schools. Berty Riley, Jasper school board chairwoman, said defects with an underground storm water system caused several sinkholes to form at both sites and the buildings also have leaks.
The district tried to settle its disputes over the problems without litigation but ultimately filed suit to protect itself, Childs said.
Sometimes those suits pay off.
Beaufort County School District was entangled in a lawsuit for 3 ½ years concerning design and construction defects at Bluffton High School that cost it about $500,000 but resulted in a $1.2 million settlement. Among other things, the school's floor was peeling and its roof and walls leaked, Childs said.
"We ended up spending just over $900,000 on repairs, so we wanted to try to find a way to recover our money," Evans said. "I think it was worth it."
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LOS ANGELES Movies in 3-D are becoming such big moneymakers that Hollywood studios are cramming them into the nation's theaters, even though there aren't enough screens available to give each film its fullest possible run.
That will mean an unprecedented number of 3-D movies for film fans to choose from this spring and smaller profits for Hollywood studios than they might otherwise get with fewer 3-D competitors.
The pileup was created in part because studios want to capture some of the excitement surrounding "Avatar," the James Cameron epic released in December. At $2.4 billion in global ticket sales, it is the highest-grossing film ever. In addition to the novelty or richer experience that might drive more people to see a 3-D movie, tickets to 3-D movies also cost a few dollars more.
Around the time "Avatar" came out, Warner Bros. decided to convert a remake of "Clash of the Titans" from 2-D to 3-D and push its release back a week to April 2.
That will be the third 3-D movie to hit the market in a short span. DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc.'s "How to Train Your Dragon" comes out a week earlier, and The Walt Disney Co.'s "Alice in Wonderland" hits theaters March 5. And "Avatar" might still be playing in some places, too.
But a limited number of theaters can show these movies in 3-D, because not all theater owners have bought new digital projectors and undertaken other upgrades necessary to show movies in the format. About 3,900 to 4,000 3-D ready screens are expected to be available in the United States and Canada by the end of March. Typically a movie in wide release might be shown on 3,000 to 10,000 screens in North America.
Because it has only one iMax screen, it's a problem the Whitaker Center in Harrisburg has been dealing with for some time, said Steve Bishop, vice president for science and Imax programs.
"We have had to make tough choices about the mix of films we show," he said, adding that because it's not a digital screen, they are unable to book certain films such as "Dragon." What's more, he said, the cost of getting a print version of a movie "is considerable."
"It's inevitable that we will transition to a digital projection system," Bishop said. "That will change a lot of what we do."
In the past, a smaller number of 3-D-capable screens was adequate when one major film at a time was being released in 3-D in addition to 2-D. Each movie had a longer run, and moviegoers who wanted to see it in 3-D could pick a convenient time to go.
With three out at once, each will get less exposure because some theaters with only one or two 3-D screens will have to choose which movies to show in 3-D.
"One or all three are going to suffer in some way," said Patrick Corcoran, director of media and research for the National Association of Theatre Owners. "It makes it a much harder decision on exhibitors on what to keep or what to drop or what to add and probably should have been avoided."
It's not a decision that the Cinema Center of Camp Hill or the Great Escape Theatre in the Harrisburg Mall feel they need to make. Both say they feel the two 3-D screens they have there are enough, at least for now.
"We'll be fine," said Van Troutman, executive vice president of Cinema Centers Inc. "If we only had one [3-D screen] it would be a problem."
"It's much better for us," said Doug Metcalf, manager of Great Escape, about the increase in the number of 3-D films. "It's bringing more people out to the movies. We're getting larger crowds. People want to see [3-D]. It's the new trend and it's great. Everybody loves it."
Because of the lack of sufficient 3-D theaters, Warner Bros., Disney and DreamWorks also will release two-dimensional versions of their films, as they have in the past.
Dan Fellman, head of distribution for Warner Bros., said that even with the competition, his studio will still meet its revenue targets for the 3-D version of "Clash of the Titans." If not for the 3-D logjam, it might get even more.
"Maybe everyone won't have exactly the amount of screens they had wished for," Fellman said. "But it'll certainly be enough to cover all of the major markets."
Hollywood can also take solace in the fact that this spring's 3-D screen count in North America is on pace to be twice what it was a year ago. That means that "Clash of the Titans" will have 50 percent more 3-D screens available to it than the 800 used for "Journey to the Center of the Earth" two years ago.
"If you have a theater every six miles as opposed to every three miles, if you want to see it in 3-D, you'll drive a couple of miles," Fellman said.
DreamWorks declined to comment on the situation. However, its 3-D "Monsters vs. Aliens" took in $198 million in North American theaters last year on half as many 3-D screens as "How to Train Your Dragon" will have this spring. Even if the 3-D screen count for "Dragon" drops 50 percent on its second weekend, it'll be back to where "Monsters" began, with about 2,000 3-D screens.
Earlier 3-D films didn't have as many other 3-D movies to compete against. "Journey to the Center of the Earth" had a free run of 3-D screens for several months after its summer 2008 release. As more 3-D movies came out in the following year, one movie would largely wind down when another came out.
For example, when "Monsters vs. Aliens" came out last March, the number of screens devoted to "Coraline," a 3-D movie released the previous month, dropped 75 percent.
This year, studios have to hope that movie fans are willing to spend extra to see more than one 3-D movie in a short period.
There are 19 3-D movies scheduled for release this year, including Disney's "Toy Story 3" and DreamWorks' "Shrek Forever After" and "Megamind."
The next time a scheduling crunch will occur is Dec. 17, when both "Tron Legacy" and "Yogi Bear" will appear in 3-D. The number of 3-D screens in North America should reach around 5,000 by then, alleviating some of the problem.

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Joseph Sweeney, 48 of Deptford, reportedly lost control of his vehicle while trying to make a curve and hit a utility pole, police said. The pole broke into several sections.
The crash occurred at about 11:40 p.m.
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First time this has happened to me, and while I may be wrong, I do suspect it is incorrect behavior so I'll report it here.
1. I have three workspaces open in Accordance 10. For purposes of clarity in my explanation, they are IBS Class Prep, Hebrew Language Study, and Sunday Study. Each with its own layout and very different modules open.
2. In my currently selected workspace (IBS Class Prep), I click on a superscript link in my ESV to open its cross references in my "Tools" tab that is already opened, containing other modules but NOT the ESV references yet.
3. Rather than opening the "ESV Cross references" into the "Tools" tab, it ties to one of my other two workspaces where there is already a pane open for the "ESV Cross references," thereby bringing that workspace (Sunday Study) to the front.
4. To get Accordance to open a pane with "ESV Cross references" in my desired workspace (IBS Class Prep), I had to close the Sunday Study workspace, although I would imagine that closing just the "ESV Cross references" pane would have sufficed.
5. Having left open my Hebrew Language Study workspace, I tried the same approach there. This time, rather than opening the "ESV Cross references"in that workspace, it took me back to my IBS Class Prep where there was now a pane open containing that module.
Thanks for any feedback.
ESV superscript links lead to another workspace
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Posted 08 October 2012 - 09:28 AM
Mark Nigro
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Posted 08 October 2012 - 10:48 AM
Does all of this behavior still occur if you check 'Confine amplify to same workspace' in the Preferences -> General? It sounds like this is what you want, so each workspace works independently of the others.
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Posted 08 October 2012 - 11:00 AM
Joel, that nailed it. Thanks for the quick response. And here's why it surprised me after all this time of using Accordance....and why I completely forgot about that setting. My beloved MBP died the other day (yes, it was a 2008 with the infamous NVIDIA chip that killed it), and I had to replace the machine. I'm still in the process of transferring my files over from backup, but I made sure to bring Accordance as the very first application. However, since I brought over all the preferences (which had been set LONG ago) and application support etc. for Accordance, I never thought of an issue being in the preferences, and actually forgot there was the 'confine' option. Sorry, but thanks for quick fix.
Edited by Mark Nigro , 08 October 2012 - 11:03 AM.
Mark Nigro
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Posted 08 October 2012 - 11:15 AM
No problem, glad it solved your issue!
Joel Brown
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TORONTO — It's hardly the matchup Yankees fans might have anticipated before the season when they saw the Red Sox on the schedule, playing the Yankees three times in October. But for the Yankees, at least, the games are crucial, and they expect Boston to come to play.
"All they've got to play for is to spoil our season," said Nick Swisher. "And I expect them to play hard because of that. The Bronx is going to be jumping and I can't wait. It's still a rivalry and I think the juices will be flowing just like any time it's Yankees-Sox."
Jeter, who's answered these questions so many times, was much more understated than Swisher. "Every single game is big," Jeter said. "We're trying to win games, we're trying to win the division, that's what we always do. We play our games, try to win our games."
Asked whether he would be happy when the Yankees clinch a wild card, Jeter said, "It means you're in the playoffs, but you celebrate for winning the division. That's what you try to do. Our goal going into the season isn't to win the wild card, it's to win the division."
• Manager Joe Girardi said he expects to have first baseman Mark Teixeira back in his lineup tonight for Game 1 vs. the Red Sox. Teixeira, who has been rehabbing from a strained left calf injury in Tampa, Fla., for the past five days, got in his final workout Sunday and will be in the Bronx today.
"He'll see the doctor and we'll see if he's cleared to play," Girardi said. "(If he can play) it will be the first time we'll have our whole lineup in a long time, which is really good. It will make our lineup different. You won't see lefties stacked together. That's something we've had to fight, and at times, we've been vulnerable. Tex is a huge bat against left-handers, so (not having him) has affected us."
The Yankees have played 30 of their past 31 games without Teixeira, but Girardi did not sound like a manager who was going to ease him back in. "I'll talk to him to see what he thinks," Girardi says, "but my thinking is he'll probably play first base."
• Utility infielder Jayson Nix will be out 10 to 14 days with a Grade 1 strained left hip flexor. Girardi does not view this as a small absence because he's been reluctant to move Eduardo Nunez around defensively. "It does affect us because Nix is a guy who can play second, third and short for us. Maybe he can progress in the next few days, but we'll have to see."
• At the beginning of Sunday's American League action, not a single playoff spot had been determined, which Girardi could hardly believe.
"I think if you had asked me at the beginning of the season I'd have thought something would've been settled by now," Girardi said. "It's really hard to believe how it's played out and I think it's what baseball was kind of looking for. It's good for the game. There's a lot of teams involved and you're looking up at the scoreboard and all but one of the games is having an impact what's going happen in the American League.
As for if he'd be happier with a place secured, Girardi said, "Would you like to rest some guys? Yeah, but it doesn't hurt having to stay focused for all these games. We'll see."
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Understanding the options for senior living and care can be overwhelming and confusing.
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Local care advisor Sheila Nemeth, from Assisted Transition, stopped by 69 News at Sunrise to offer some advice.


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PITTSBURGH, PA - Consider the Big Duck on Long Island, a duck-shaped structure built in 1930 as a place to sell duck eggs.
Look at the Corn Palace in Mitchell, South Dakota, a civic center decorated every year in massive mosaic murals made of corn.
Stop for lunch at Mammy's Cupboard in Natchez, Mississippi, where you can eat inside the "skirt" of a building, erected in 1940 to attract tourist business to a gas station, in the shape of an African-American mammy.
Get your prescriptions filled at Bondurant's Pharmacy in Lexington, Kentucky, a drug store in the shape of a giant mortar and pestle.
Yes, there are still some wacky and "hey-look-at-that!"-type buildings all over America, strange structures that attract kids (and the curious) as well as carloads of customers who might otherwise drive by and never know the silly joys of outlandish architecture and its amazing ability to boost business and reflect an all-American sort of pride in the big, the unusual and the attention-grabbing wonderful.
These peculiar places are celebrated in a slightly wacky travelogue titled "A Program About Unusual Buildings & Other Roadside Stuff." The one-hour program premieres on WQED tv13 and PBS stations across the country on Sunday, July 11 at 8 p.m. ET. In addition, the program will air on Thursday, July 15 at 8 p.m., and Sunday, July 18 at 5 p.m. on WQED tv13.
Producer Rick Sebak and his team (the folks who made "A Hot Dog Program," "Sandwiches That You Will Like," "A Flea Market Documentary" and "An Ice Cream Show") take viewers across the country, from the Clam Box in Ipswich, Massachusetts, to the hot-dog-shaped Tail O' The Pup in West Hollywood, California, checking out buildings that are in the shape of something unexpected.
"We celebrate primarily places that you can walk into," said Rick, "but we weren't too strict about that because we also include things like the World's Largest Catsup Bottle in Collinsville, Illinois, that is really just an old water tower. You can't climb up inside it, but you can stand beneath it and marvel at its size and beauty. Although size wasn't as important to us as unusual shape. And we wanted to meet the folks who take care of these one-of-a-kind buildings that are the best kind of local landmarks as well as national treasures."
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Fun Fact 2/24
Dr. Ruth, the famous sex therapist, was once a sniper in the Israeli army!
Dr. Ruth was born Karola Ruth Siegel in Germany, in 1928. Her entire family was murdered during the holocaust, but not before her mother and grandmother managed to send her away to the safety of Switzerland.
She was 17 years old when WWII ended. Orphaned, ans with nowhere to call home, she moved to Israel. She was dedicated to building a Jewish homeland and joined Haganah, an underground Jewish military organisation.
Her skills as a lethal sniper were discovered in her teenage years. Despite being tiny, she was also amazingly accurate at throwing hand grenades.
On her 20th birthday, just as she completed her watch, an Arab shell exploded at her feet. The metal pierced her legs, leaving her with severe injuries and cutting her military career short. The incident left three others dead and many severely wounded.
During the span of her career as a sex therapist, author and media personality, Dr Ruth received an honorary doctorate from Trinity College, the Medal for Distinguished Service from the Teacher's College at Columbia University, as well as many other awards.
"I am what you call bold because the one thing that I've learned coming out of Nazi Germany, is that I have to stand up and be counted for what I believe. And that is how people are listening to me, because they know it is not a put-on" – Dr Ruth Westheimer.
OMG. Just goes to show, never judge a book by it's cover. Pretty cool.


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By Jason Bernstein
Getting off the slow starts has been a regular source of frustration for Randolph coach George Mousis this season.
Randolph certainly would not have such issues yesterday. The Morris County school came out and scored four first-half goal en route to a 5-2 victory over Passaic Tech in the quarterfinals of the NJSIAA North Jersey, Section 1, Group 4 playoffs in Randolph.
"Our pregame speech was about that because we usually start slowly," Mousis said. "We knew we had to get it going early."
"We wanted to make sure that we stayed focused from the moment the whistle blew," said senior Francesco Folino. "We got the goals in the first half like we exactly wanted."
Folino in particular was dominant. He recorded his first career hat trick and after being told before the game by assistant coach Marybeth Foran that he "was on fire during the warmups."
Folino opened the scoring for Randolph (13-6-1) in the eighth minute when he receive a cross from Angel Baena in front of the net and promptly buried it.
It would only take seven minutes for Folino to strike again, this time when he received a long through ball down the right side from Zachary Silverstein and scored on the counter. Folino would add his third goal of the game when he headed in a Raymond Ramos cross in the 33rd minute.
While Folino and the rest of the Randolph attack was firing shot after in the opening half, it was equally as effective on the defense in shutting down forward Teddy Forson of Passaic Tech (14-8-1).
Getting the ball to Forson, who entered the game with 35 goals, proved nearly impossible in the first half thank the defensive play of Baena and Ramos in the center midfield. On the rare occasions Passaic Tech could bring possession past them, Forson would be marked by a combination of Silverstein and Giovanni Howells.
"Basically, we just clogged the middle and denied him the ball," Mousis said. "We told our guys to double-team him when he does get the ball because that's his main strength. It worked out well."
"We knew coming into the game that they had a great forward up top, so our game plan was to mark him and stick with him as best as we could," said Silverstein.
Forson would add a pair of second-half goals for Passaic Tech in defeat. Kevin Bueno had five saves and Anthony Moyano had four saves.
Ramos had a goal and two assists and Howells added a goal for Randolph. Greg Moserwitz made three saves, as Randolph advances to face Montclair in the semifinals. Montclair upset top-seeded Kearny 3-1 yesterday.


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Bruce Willis is the latest geezer to join the hit parade of '80s action stars on our big screens.Following Arnold Schwarzenegger in "The Last Stand" and Sylvester Stallone in "Bullet to the Head", Willis is back as unbreakable cop John McClane in "A Good Day to Die Hard", the fifth entry in the action franchise that began in 1988.
For the first time, the events take place away from US soil, with McClane visiting Moscow. He says he's on vacation but he's really looking for trouble as he tracks down his estranged son Jack. The whippersnapper is played by up-and-coming Australian star Jai Courtney from "Blood and Sand" and most recently "Jack Reacher".
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"Warm Bodies" - "Zom rom com" is a term likely coined for British director Edgar Wright's genre-bending 2004 cult hit "Shaun of the Dead", but it also applies to "Warm Bodies", which has star-crossed lovers right out of Shakespeare. A young zombie finds his heart has restarted when he spots a cute human girl and rescues her from having her brains eaten. It's a sweet story, given a comic spin by director Jonathan Levine, who previously made cancer funny with "50/50".
"Bachelorette" - Following "The Hangover", now it's the turn of the ladies to misbehave. In "Bachelorette", three young women - Kirsten Dunst, Isla Fisher and Lizzy Caplan - ruin the wedding of an old classmate. She's played by Rebel Wilson, who came to fame for her quirky supporting role another female-powered wedding romp, "Bridesmaids".
"Safe Haven" - Lasse Hallstrom is the king of sappy sentimental movies, but don't let him hear you call his latest a "chick flick" - he really hates that term. "Safe Haven" is based on a tenderhearted Nicholas Sparks novel about a young woman on the run from her past. She doesn't want to fall in love but can't help it when things are so gosh darn romantic.
"Choice Khoo See Dee Tae Fun" - Musicians "Way" Prinya Intachai from the hip-hop group Thaitanium and Preeti "Bankk" Barameeanant from the Thai rock group Clash have had their share of acting roles, but this marks their first time in the directors' chair, directing themselves as convenience-store clerks with big dreams.
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Carmelo Anthony and Chauncey Billups were brought in to lead the Knicks to the promised land -- or at least past the first round of the playoffs.
If the regular season is any indication, the gamble has been a failure. In a stunning midseason trade, the Knicks basically gutted their roster, giving up rising stars Ray Felton, Danilo Gallinari and Wilson Chandler in return for Billups and Anthony.
But the struggles down the stretch will be forgotten if they can defeat the Boston Celtics in the first round. The Celtics also made a trade that hasn't paid off, getting rid of Kendrick Perkins and Nate Robinson in return for Nenad Krstic and Jeff Green.
The Celtics will finish the regular season as the third seed in the East and the Knicks -- a decided underdog -- are sixth. Boston, with its big three of Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce and Ray Allen, are not the intimidating team of the past few years.
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The Blackhawks (just like any team) would like you to buy their stuff. The Blackhawks are pushing some interesting choices this holiday season. What message do these items send?
Women's Chicago Retro Stripe – "I'm a Cubs fan!"
Men's Army Bruiser Longsleeve: – "I don't know what the Blackhawks are, but I like to wear this shirt to and from the gym."
Women's Feathers Sublimated Tee – "I might be racist!"
Men's Army Hoodie – "I like the Blackhawks! Those are some sweet helicopters!"
Women's Retro Reversible – "Nobody wears any team apparel to games anymore. That's disappointing."
Men's Army Logo Tee – "Wait, this isn't a German soccer team?"
Women's Chicago Flag Sublimated Tee – "Look at my boobs!"
Army 86th Infantry Hat: – "I'm a douchey hipster, and I'm not very good at it!"
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Anyone who loves to sew can help others and have a fun time doing it by creating "stuff sack" bags to be sent to needy children through the Operation Christmas Child program.
"This is a great hands-on way for you to be a part of this project and touch the lives of kids in need all over the world," said Bob Cowgill, community relations coordinator for the Elkins area Operation Christmas Child team.
Operation Christmas Child is a worldwide children's project of Samaritan's Purse that uses simple gift-filled shoe boxes to let children know that they are loved and not forgotten. In 2011, Operation Christmas Child has a goal of reaching more than 8 million children around the world.
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"Stuff sacks" like the one shown above can be made and included in Operation Christmas Child shoe boxes for needy children.
Cowgill and his wife, Faye, have been involved with the program for more than 15 years, and have recently begun to focus on creating bags with a drawstring - or "stuff sacks" - to be folded and placed in the bottom of the shoe boxes. "With the stuff sack, the child has something they can carry their possessions around in," he said.
About 300 of the bags have been made so far this year by Faye Cowgill and two friends, Doris Blackburn and Jo Conway, who are all members of First United Methodist Church.
"Faye bought a special sewing machine, a serger, for the bags, and can make them much faster now," Bob Cowgill said. "Most of the material has been donated."
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Operation Christmas Child
Gift Bag Instructions
1/2 Yard (45 inches) of Fabric
36 inches of cord
Find the center of one 18-inch end of fabric. Measure down 2 inches and make two 1/2-inch buttonholes.
Sew 22 1/2-inch sides of fabric together creating a bag.
Fold top down 1 1/2 inches and stitch forming a casing and pull cord through.
Track cord through casing on opposite sides from buttonholes so cord cannot be pulled out.
These gift bags can be made from leftover scrap material, preferably colorful material that will appeal to children.
They will fold easily to place inside a shoe box and make a great additional gift that the children can use to keep their belongings in.
The following is a list of the official Operation Christmas Child Shoebox drop-off locations for Randolph and surrounding counties:
Randolph County:
Big Lots in Elkins - Main Collection Center
Monday - Sunday 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Contact person: Yvonne Murphy (304) 636-3365
Bowden Special Ministries in Bowden
Monday - Saturday 1-5 p.m.
Sunday and Monday 10 a.m. to 12 noon
Contact person: Kim Everson (304) 516-3074
Barbour County
Belington Nazarene Church in Belington
Monday - Saturday 12 noon to 4 p.m.
Sunday 1-4 p.m.
Monday 12 noon to 4 p.m.
Contact person: Connie Brown (304) 823-2978
Crim Memorial Church in Phillipi
Monday - Sunday 10 a.m. to 12 noon
Monday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Contact person: Barbara Alkire (304) 457-4188
Upshur County
Wayside Southern Baptist Church
Monday - Friday 4-8 p.m.
Saturday 8 a.m. to 12 noon
Sunday 1-4 p.m.
Monday 8-10 a.m.
Contact person: Lisa Owens (304) 472-8465
Tucker County
Kidwell Auto Parts
Monday - Friday 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Saturday 8 a.m. to 12 noon
Sunday 2-5 p.m.
Monday 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Contact person: J.R. Helmick (304) 478-4184
Performance Motors
Monday - Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Saturday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Sunday 2-5 p.m.
Monday 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Contact person: Tammy Helmick (304) 478-4184
Webster County
Calvary Baptist Church
Monday - Friday 4:40 - 7 p.m.
Saturday 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Sunday 12:30 - 2:30 p.m.
Monday 9 - 11 a.m.
Contact person: Mary Gladwell (304) 847-5636 or (304) 872-8886
He encouraged anyone with an affinity for sewing to try their hand at making the bags (sewing instructions are listed in the accompany information box).
"Check your scrap material, and watch the local stores for sales on fabrics," he said. "These can be made very cheaply. They can also be made at a smaller size if someone would prefer to do it that way."
The Operation Christmas Child shoe boxes will be collected the third week of November. First United Methodist Church, located at 315 Kerens Ave. in Elkins, will host a "Packing Party" on Nov. 6 to prepare boxes for collection.
"If anyone would like to make and bring bags to the church before then, we would be happy to accept them and pack them in the boxes," Bob Cowgill said, adding that anyone with questions about the bags can call him or his wife at 304- 636-6367. More information about Operation Christmas Child can be found at www.samaritanspurse.org.


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Sydney: Australia captain Michael Clarke vowed to strive for a 3-0 clean sweep against Sri Lanka in the final Test starting Thursday to give retiring batsman Michael Hussey a fitting send-off. Clarke has opted for a four-man pace attack after Australia's crushing innings victory against the tourists in last week's second Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
Mitchell Starc returns after being rested, joining quicks Peter Siddle, Jackson Bird, and MCG man-of-the-match Mitchell Johnson on a green Sydney wicket. Clarke declared himself fit and will bat at four in place of Shane Watson, ruled out with a calf injury.
All-rounder Glenn Maxwell was named 12th man, meaning Usman Khawaja misses out. Although a dead rubber, Clarke said the game had taken on special significance after veteran middle-order batsman Hussey declared it would be his final Test, with the squad determined to see him off with a flourish.
"When guys retire, it's extra special to get a win in that last game for them and I'm certain this Test match will be no different in regards to Michael Hussey," Clarke said. "I think a lot of guys will be emotional that Mr Cricket's finishing up in Test match cricket after this game... we want to make sure that we send him out on a high," he added. "Our focus is to win this Test match and to have beaten Sri Lanka 3-0 in this series."
Clarke said his own hunger for success had increased with news of Hussey's retirement and he was confident of a big score after making 106 in Melbourne, adding his hamstring had improved. The skipper said he also hoped that Hussey, 37, who has been in exceptional form, averaging 180.00 in the past two Tests, would make one final Test ton.
Hussey is the second experienced hand to vacate Australia's middle order this summer, with Ricky Ponting recently calling time on his 17-year career. The departures come ahead of a critical 12 months for Australia, with a tour of India starting in February followed by Ashes series in England and Australia.
Clarke denied there was new pressure on him with the loss of Ponting and Hussey. He predicted a new generation of leaders would emerge in the squad. "I think over the next 12 months, you'll see these young players stand up, because they're ready for it," he said."They look forward to this challenge, as I do, and I don't think my role [as captain] will change too much at all."
Sri Lanka, despite being humbled by an innings and 201 runs inside three days in the second Test in Melbourne, can still hold onto the hope of claiming a first Test victory in Australia on what should be the most spin-friendly of the three tracks.
Sri Lanka's battered and bruised tour party, by contrast, have had to call for reinforcements after injuries ruled out batsman Kumar Sangakkara and bowler Chanaka Welagedera and put serious doubt over wicketkeeper Prasanna Jayawardene and seamer Nuwan Kulasekara. Still, batsman Thilan Samaraweera said they were motivated by the chance of making a little bit of cricketing history.
"It was really hard to digest that defeat ... but that's the past now," batsman Thilan Samaraweera said on Monday. "The good thing is this team has to believe they can make history if they win one Test in Australia. That is the kind of attitude we are taking into the New Year's Test."
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The 2011 MLB Draft begins Monday, as does the MLB Network's coverage of the event. Hosts Greg Amsinger, Peter Gammons, John Hart and Harold Reynolds will kick off the coverage at 6 p.m. ET. MLB Network will air complete coverage of the first round and compensation rounds live, which also will be streamed live on MLB.com.
Hart, Amsinger and Reynolds previewed the draft by answering a series of questions for Sporting News. For part one of the roundtable, click here.
Is there more of an emphasis on pitching in the draft than ever before? Should there be?
Hart: There is a greater level of talent in the pitching ranks than the offensive ranks in this draft. It doesn't seem like this is going to be a draft where there's going to be a big run on position players. This won't be like the 2008 draft when Buster Posey, Gordon Beckham, Justin Smoak, Ike Davis and Eric Hosmer were all selected. I even think you'll see some college bullpen arms taken before some high school bats.
Amsinger: Yes, because college baseball switched bats. All the offensive numbers are down and, therefore, more college pitchers are dominating than ever before. If you look at all the mock drafts, a common assumption is that eight of the top 10 picks will be pitchers. The numbers do not lie, pitching has dominated the minor leagues and majors.
Reynolds: There definitely is and you can't go wrong with having a plethora of pitching. But for me, I have to go get some offense. I'm sorry, but we're watching a turning in baseball toward pitching. The player development programs are not doing a good job of developing hitters, and there's no way pitchers should be dominating hitters the way they are.
What's the best way to judge a hitting prospect? What should a team's scouting department focus on most?
Hart: Being a former general manager and talking with scouts for so many years, I'm going to give you five key indicators. I want to see a hitter's ability to recognize pitches and use all fields, show consistent contact, his two-strike approach, and if the bat speed is there. If a prospect shows he can do a few of those things consistently, he'll have a chance to be a good ballplayer.
Reynolds: Bat speed and contact are two things you can't teach. You either have them or you don't, and scouts love those two things.
What's the best way to judge a pitching prospect? What should a team's scouting department focus on most?
Hart: I think arm action and the ability to repeat a delivery consistently are what scouts focus on. I also like watching the late movement on pitches. Do the pitches have late life, or do they just die when they get up to the plate?
Reynolds: I know a lot of people say velocity, but I'm more interested in the pitcher's feel of the game. I want to see if a pitcher has the ability to pitch out of jams. Pitchers have lost that mentality in baseball today. The pitch count doesn't allow us to see pitchers make their way out of a bases-loaded, one-out jam. I want to see what a pitcher does when he gets into trouble.
Are college pitchers preferred over high school pitchers? Or is it more of a case-by-case basis?
Hart: It's case-by-case. I think generally if all talents are equal, the college pitcher is going to be taken first. You have to weigh the upside of a high school pitcher against how much risk is associated with the pick. You see a lot of teams early on go with the safer pick which is usually a college pitcher.
Amsinger: It's a total case-by-case basis. Some teams have the patience to invest in a first round pitcher that is four to five years away from making an impact. Other teams want that pitcher up in two to three years, if not sooner. Based on what your needs are, that's the difference between taking a high school and college pitcher.
Reynolds: College pitchers are preferred, but the problem is a lot of teams are afraid to develop or they just don't know how to develop pitchers. It takes time and patience to groom a young arm along. A guy that comes out of high school should be allowed to develop and not be rushed to the majors.
Who is the player who will fall because of "signability" issues?
Hart: I'm interested to see how the Matt Purke situation plays out. Purke has turned down a lot of money, so he may slide. Josh Bell is another player who might slide down.
Amsinger: Joe Ross is a high school pitcher out of the Oakland area. He's going to be difficult to sign because he committed to UCLA and the Bruins already are losing two top five picks in Gerrit Cole and Trevor Bauer. Also, Tyson Ross, Joe's older brother, turned down signing professionally to attend the University of California. To me, it looks like Joe will follow in Tyson's footsteps.
Reynolds: Josh Bell has indicated he wants to go to college, so I think a lot of teams are going to stay away from him on draft day.
Should MLB switch to a draft lottery, like the NBA uses?
Hart: I don't think we should go to a draft lottery, but I do see some things that need to be fixed. There's something not right with Tampa Bay having 10 of the first 60 picks in the draft.
Amsinger: Not at all. A 162-game season is the best indicator of which teams need the No. 1 pick. The draft needs to be slotted with the pay grade going in order starting at the top. The No. 1 pick should make the most money and so on and so forth.
Reynolds: A lottery doesn't guarantee the worst team has the potential to get better. With that said, I definitely think a slot system should come into play. If you're the No. 1 pick in the draft, you should get the most money.


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LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- With the exception of possibly adding another arm in the bullpen, it seems the Detroit Tigers' roster heading into spring training is officially set.
That comes straight from the horse's mouth: Tigers general manager Dave Dombrowski.
The addition of outfielder Rajai Davis more or less crossed off the final chore on the team's proverbial offseason to-do list, as far as addressing the positional roster spots.
"When you look at our situation, we're not trying to pursue anymore (positional players)," Dombrowski said in his hotel suite at the Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Resort.
Of course, Dombrowski didn't close the door entirely, leaving open the remote possibility that another transaction could take shape down the road if the right deal comes along. But don't cross your fingers because it's highly unlikely.
"We feel comfortable going into spring training with the club that we have from a positional player perspective," he said. "Our starting pitchers are set. We have five guys that are going to start, and we have (Jose) Alvarez and (Robbie) Ray behind them."
With position players locked in and the team's rotation seemingly set, Dombrowski reiterated several times this week that he will now turn his attention to Detroit's bullpen.
The plan? He wants to add a veteran arm to offer protection for second-year right-hander Bruce Rondon, who is expected to play a big role in the Tigers' bullpen this year.
"I'm not talking about a big time bullpen arm," he said. "Somebody that could fit in and give us a little depth out there just in case something would happen from an injury perspective."
As it stands today, the Tigers view Rondon as their primary set-up man, pitching the eighth inning before handing the ball off to Detroit's newly signed closer, Joe Nathan.
Dombrowski said the team is confident Rondon can handle the role, and repeated early Thursday that the 23-year-old is 100 percent healthy. But they need insurance -- just in case.
"If we got an experienced arm, that would be a plus for us," Dombrowski said. "But if I did know, and I do believe he's fine, if Rondon is OK, that takes a lot of the pressure off."
So now, the question becomes: Who?
The Tigers are open to adding a left- or right-handed reliever -- or, for that matter, an ambidextrous pitcher, Dombrowski joked, as long as he gets the job done. But given the makeup of the current roster, it's more likely the club will target a righty. The need for a southpaw isn't as critical with both Phil Coke and Ian Krol expected to contribute.
Lefties Jose Alvarez and Casey Crosby, who will be shifting to the bullpen, will also give the Tigers some much-needed depth. Meanwhile, the team's right-handed depth isn't nearly as strong.
As it stands today, there's a handful of veteran free-agent righties that seemingly fit Dombrowski's description including Jesse Crain, Joba Chamberlain and former Tigers veteran Octavio Dotel.
Could the Tigers target one of them? Probably, but it's unlikely any such deal will be finalized later this week. The market for free-agent relievers has yet to take shape and it's become abundantly clear this past week that asking prices remain astronomically high.
As a result, the Tigers will keep an eye out for potential fits, but they probably won't address the need for another bullpen arm immediately. In fact, it's a spot they may not address until January, perhaps even early February.
Then again, Dombrowski is fully aware that he can't wait too long to make a move.
"You have to be in a position where some of the protection and depth needs to come now, before spring training," he said, "because it's harder to acquire now with the number of clubs that are in contention."
Regardless, whether a deal is struck later this week or a week before pitchers and catchers report to Lakeland, one thing appears clear: Detroit will add one more reliever, and that's it.
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A suicide bombing at a military installation in Russia's volatile North Caucasus region of Dagestan killed five people and wounded 39 today.
At least one bomber attacked the headquarters of a special military motorcycle squad at Dalny near the city of Buinaksk, according to the state news agency Ria Novosti. An unnamed source said: "According to preliminary information, it claimed five lives and wounded 39."
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> > display server ?
> What does network-transparent mean?
> If it means "emit curses codes so that everything works
> inside your xterm" then sorry, that can't happen: they're
> graphical interfaces.
> If it means "if you're on some other machine and have
> X forwarding set up right, then a new window pops up
> on your screen" then devdraw *is* network transparent.
> Either way, the situation is no different than if the programs
> linked directly against the X library.
I may be wrong but I think he was meaning to use a window (draw
rectangle...) from
another machine like when you run rio inside a window after cpuing to
a cpu server
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I am self-diagnosed as having been bipolar all my life, until Primal. I am convinced that it has pretty much cured me. My biggest problem was the inappropriate behavior when on the manic side. When I look back now, it is so obvious, but not then.
Came across this on PLOS (Public Library of Science)
"Good op-ed out in Science by Hans-Ulirch Wittchen, an esteemed clinical psychologist in Germany, on the burden of mood disorders in industrial societies. He highlights the secondary or indirect costs of mood disorders, which are not as apparent as the more direct costs of something like heart disease."
Op-ed in question here
I think mood and behavioural side effects are a hard to measure and so overlooked aspects of our lifestyles and diets. We all know the physical benefits of a paleo diet and primal living, but I think as more research is done on topics like mood and depression the benefits of a more natural, evolutionary sound approach to diet will become increasingly apparent to more and more people.
Towards the end of the short piece, the authour states
"Reducing the burdens of mood disorders requires major shifts in research, clinical practice, and public health by incorporating multidisciplinary models of intervention."
Hopefully such a shift will be away from conventional wisdom and towards more natural thinking.
I for one felt far more relaxed and balanced after switching to paleo - and that was having lead what was pretty healthy lifestyle by conventional standards. Anyone else experience positive shifts in moods / emotions?
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I am self-diagnosed as having been bipolar all my life, until Primal. I am convinced that it has pretty much cured me. My biggest problem was the inappropriate behavior when on the manic side. When I look back now, it is so obvious, but not then.
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My sister has been on a number of drugs for depression. I often felt as if I ought to consider seeing a Dr. for depression even though I was managing to function pretty well. Since transitioning to primal, my mood is 1000x better.
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Diets similar to this one, together with an strategy of supplementing with amino-acids that are precursors to any neurotransmitter/s that a patient appears to be deficient in, seem to be effective in treating "mood disorders":
Julia Ross' THE MOOD CURE
Someone else who uses a similar approach -- her name escapes me at the moment -- says apropos "talk therapy" that "You can't talk someone out of a nutrient deficiency."
I have both anxiety with panic attacks and depression. Since starting primal, my 'mood' has been much improved! More energy, more desire to be active. However, I still have horrible problems with anxiety, and in fact, I've had more panic attacks in the last month than in the last year.
Granted, I have LOTS of environmental stressors both at home and at work. I am hoping that once the acute anxiety is managed my 'mood' will be better all around.
Anyone know of any research going on the US in this field? I am absolutely fascinated by this topic. I have been thinking of switching the focus of my research to something related to this area. I recently read that suicides now kill more americans than car accidents. We are doing something very, very wrong in this country in regard to mental health.
Using low lectin/nightshade free primal to control autoimmune arthritis. (And lost 50 lbs along the way )
Yeah. For example, there's someone at the University of Maryland - Dr. Broadhurst - working on brain chemistry. Jack Kruse tweeted a link to a page with a couple of videos from her a day or two back. Those videos are worth seeing both for what they tell us about our past (and what's been missed about it till recently) and for what they tell us about our brains' continuing needs.
If you'd like to see them and can't locate the link, let me know and I'll get it and post it for you.


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Strategic Plan for the Restoration of Anadromous Fish to the Merrimack River
This document represents a revised Anadromous Fish Restoration Strategic Plan (1990). The cooperating fisheries agencies have expanded the restoration program planning effort in several important ways. First, this Strategic Plan addresses the river herring (alewife and blueback herring), and the American shad, in addition to the Atlantic salmon. Second, this plan proposes a holistic approach to anadromous fish restoration. This "watershed approach" recognizes the dynamic physical, biological, political and economical connectedness of the Merrimack River basin from its headwaters in the White Mountains to its confluence with the Gulf of Maine.
Measuring success will require a candid portrayal of expectations and agreement on whether the program results are ecologically, scientifically, economically, and politically acceptable.
The Strategic Plan embodies the goal of restoring the Atlantic salmon to a self-sustaining level estimated at 1,900 multi-sea-winter females reaching the spawning grounds. Restoration of American shad and river herring is also directed at developing and maintaining self-sustaining populations to their historical habitat. Full restoration levels for American shad and river herring are unknown at this time because of insufficient life-history and habitat data. Cyclical fluctuations in marine survival, ineffective upstream and downstream fish passage, and a host of additional factors make it impossible to predict accurately what population levels can be achieved through this restoration program. The cooperating agencies have developed three interim objectives that are considered achievable within the next decade.
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"Thank God for reflexes, because I really should be dead," says Patrick Swayze of a riding accident last May that left him with two broken legs and four detached tendons in his left shoulder. "If the horse decides to go somewhere else, you're nothing but a human projectile on the back of a bareback horse, no matter how good a rider you are," says Swayze, 45. Given his injuries, signing on to play a truck driver caught up in an illegal run in his upcoming thriller Black Dog was a no-brainer for the actor. "If I was going to do an action movie, I couldn't have picked a better one," he says of the film, which also stars Randy Travis and Meat Loaf. "I spend a lot of the time just driving."
Last seen as an off-kilter TV journalist in Scream 2, which has just been rereleased in theaters, Roseanne alum Laurie Metcalf flipped from news reporter to real-life newsmaker on her next project. The actress, 42, plays suburban housewife-turned-Congresswoman Carolyn McCarthy in The Long Island Incident, airing May 3 on NBC. "I felt a responsibility that was heavier than when I'm playing a fictional character," Metcalf says of portraying McCarthy, who became a gun-control advocate after a man opened fire on a New York City commuter train in 1993, killing her husband and wounding her son. "I mean, I would never allow anybody to play me. It's so selfless and risky."
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Greed was still good for Gordon Gekko, as the long-awaited sequel 'Wall Street': Money Never Sleeps' opened at No. 1, enjoying an initial public offering worth an estimated $19 million in ticket sales.
Oliver Stone's follow-up to his 1987 classic 'Wall Street' drew viewers eager to see Michael Douglas reprise his iconic, Oscar-winning role as manipulative money mogul Gekko, though pairing him with protégé Shia LaBeouf may have brought in younger viewers as well. In any case, $19 million marks Douglas' best opening ever (though adjusted for inflation, his best is 'Basic Instinct').
Moviegoers gave less of a hoot for 'Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole,' which opened in second place with an estimated $16.3 million million. Despite a pedigreed director (Zack Snyder) and a property based on a popular children's book, 'Legend' suffered mixed reviews and a PG rating that might have scared off parents of younger kids. Also, it had to fight for 3-D venues with fellow kids' cartoon offering 'Alpha and Omega' and the horror film 'Resident Evil: Afterlife.'
Last week's champ, heist picture 'The Town,' held up well against competition for adult drama viewers from 'Wall Street.' Enjoying the highest per-screen average of any wide release this week ($5,556, compared to $5,330 for 'Wall Street'), 'The Town' slipped just 33 percent to an estimated $16.0 million, good for third place. In fact, when final numbers are released Monday, it may edge ahead of 'Legend' for second place. 'The Town's' two-week total stands at $49.1 million.
''Easy A,' last week's No. 2, also enjoyed a modest week 2 decline. Despite competition for a young, female audience from newcomer 'You Again,' it slid just 40 percent to an estimated $10.7 million and fourth place. In two weeks, it's earned $32.8 million.
Betty White fever wasn't enough to elevate 'You Again' above a fifth-place opening. Star Kristen Bell, whose 'When In Rome' enjoyed a modest $12.4 million opening earlier this year, couldn't even crack $10 million this time. Instead, 'You Again' opened with an estimated $8.3 million.
The weekend's other major release, independent R-rated teen comedy 'The Virginity Hit,' was anything but a hit. The Will Ferrell-produced feature opened on 700 screens, but it averaged only a meager $429 per venue, for an estimated total of $300,000 and a debut at No. 22 on the chart.
The full top 10:
1. 'Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps,' $19.0 million (3,565 screens), new release
2. 'Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole,' $16.3 million (3,575), new release
3. 'The Town,' $16.0 million (2,885), $49.1 million total
4. 'Easy A,' $10.7 million (2,856), $32.8 million
5.'You Again,' $8.3 million (2,548), new release
6. 'Devil,' $6.5 million (2,811), $21.7 million
7. 'Resident Evil: Afterlife,' $4.9 million (2,642), $52.0 million
8. 'Alpha and Omega,' $4.7 million (2,625), $15.1 million
9. 'Takers,' $1.7 million (1,413), $54.9 million
10. 'Inception,' $1.2 million (907), $287.1 million
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RAMSTEIN AIR BASE -- Michigan State's appearance in the Armed Forces Classic put smiles on the troops' faces and perhaps none wider than the one seen on Senior Airman Parrish Moore.
A hardcore Michigan State fan from Detroit and member of the 786th Force Support Squadron at Ramstein Air Base, Moore was among the volunteers chosen to help accommodate Tom Izzo's team leading up to the game, which happened to fall on his 24th birthday in American time.
"(Izzo) asked where I was (from), and I told him Detroit," Moore wrote in a Facebook message on Veterans Day. "He said, 'Really?? Hey Brandan (Kearney), Keith (Appling), Derrick (Nix), get over here! This guy's from Detroit!!'
"Lol, They came over and took a picture with me and we also talked about where we we're from (in Detroit) and they even told me they were gonna give me a birthday gift after the game."
Moore ended up interacting with many of the players. He was invited to play pickup with the Michigan State team managers and received a coin commemorating the Spartans' participation in the Armed Forces Classic. He attended the SportsCenter broadcast featuring Izzo and Connecticut coach Kevin Ollie in Hangar 3. He was given a basketball signed by the entire team and staff with the help of friends who went to an autograph session that he wasn't about to attend himself because of work.
"I wanted to cry since I was so excited," Moore wrote.
Moore, who had left home for the military at age 17 and been based at Ramstein for the past three years, was also about to attend his first college basketball game. As if a member of the Izzone, he lined up outside three hours outside Hangar 5 before the Connecticut game and was rewarded with a seat behind the Spartans' bench.
"Even though they didn't get the W, it was still an amazing experience and honestly the best birthday ever," Moore wrote. "After the game, all of the guys remembered that I was from Detroit and remembered my birthday."
And then, the highlight of the whole experience happened. Moore was handed one of the special Michigan State camouflage jerseys, which came straight off the back of freshman forward Matt Costello.
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This is a picaxe-controlled LCD thermostat. The cheap heating pad I bought didn't have any sort of temperature control and I couldn't find a cheap thermostat online that would do what I wanted : easy push-button controls and a simple LCD to show temperature info. Of course it could be used for things other than brewing beer, for example as a pet bed heater, aquarium heater, etc. The temperature sensor works from -55 to +127 degrees celsius.
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Nurtured by Love—in Japanese?
Does anyone know where I could get a copy of Nurtured by Love in Japanese? I have a new student who is Japanese and her parent barely speaks English; I think a Japanese copy would really help her in the orientation process. I've also put her lesson next to another Japanese family who I've taught for years, so I know that will be very helpful, but I've been unable to find NBL in the original Japanese. Help?
It was originally written in German, I think, then translated to English.
I don't have an answer, but try contacting Karen Hagberg at Piano Basics Foundation, 67 Shepard St., Rochester NY 14620. She may have an answer due to her Japanese connections. Otherwise, you might try contacting the Suzuki school in Matsumoto, Japan directly. Surely there is an edition for use by the Japanese!
Good luck!
Lori Bolt
I think, maybe, this is it—based on what Google Translate tells me—available on amazon.co.jp—and I have no idea if you can actually order the book on the japanese amazon site and have it shipped overseas, but why not try?:
It's 798 Japanese Yen, which is approximately a little more than 10 U.S. Dollars.
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