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Well, we learned that for all the protests in the offseason by coaches, conference commissioners and even members of Congress about how the Mountain West and Western Athletic Conference deserve inclusion at the BCS table, it takes more than one big win a year to be considered among college football's elite.
In other words, as big as BYU's victory over Oklahoma was the first week of the season, the Cougars couldn't do it twice. BYU couldn't even come close, losing Saturday 54-28 at home to Florida State, a team that looked less than average in barely beating Jacksonville State the week before. We should remember, of course, that the Seminoles were one pass completion away, on the last play of the game, from beating the Miami Hurricanes a few days before.
Like it or not, deserved or not, what separates the BCS conference teams from the non-BCS conference teams is that the teams at the top of the "Big Six" usually face two or three games a season that are much like BYU vs. Oklahoma and BYU vs. Florida State.
Consider the current AP Top 25. No. 3 Alabama, No. 4 Ole Miss, and No. 7 LSU will all play each other. No. 1 Florida will play LSU, No. 21 Georgia and probably another highly-ranked team in the SEC Championship Game. Texas, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State all play each other.
You get the picture.
With Utah and BYU both losing this weekend, the best shot to break into the BCS bank probably belongs to Houston of Conference USA. The Cougars upset Oklahoma State and plays Texas Tech this weekend.
Otherwise, you've got Boise State, which won its one big game of the year in the season-opener over Oregon but has no top 25 teams left on the schedule. You've also got TCU, which has Clemson this weekend and conference games against already BCS-busted BYU and Utah.
Certainly part of the problem for those top non-BCS teams is that it is difficult for them to get games against the best of the BCS. The BCS teams generally seem to feel they play tough enough schedules in their conference without taking on the best of the outside world, and that's too bad.
But it's also what you get when you try to come up with a national championship formula from a field of 119 football teams all trying to claim a piece of the BCS pie.
So while it's great for a Utah to beat an Alabama or a Boise State to beat an Oklahoma, it needs to happen more often than every now and then to make their case they deserve to be at the BCS table.
Don't get me wrong: I'm not saying college football doesn't need to find its way to some kind of a playoff. I'm just saying going through Provo is not the best way to get there.
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The MV Kearsarge is heading back out on the water after sinking at the Sunapee town dock earlier this year.
The restaurant ship was badly damaged, but has since been completely renovated.
The MV Kearsarge will take its grand inaugural sunset cruise on Lake Sunapee next Monday night. Tickets cost about $60 per person.
For more information visit www.mvkearsarge.com.

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Forest Zones F-5, F-10, F-40
From Weber County Wiki
8-1 Purpose
The intent of the Forest Zones is to protect and preserve the natural environment of those areas of the County that are characterized by mountainous, forest or naturalistic land, and to permit development compatible to the preservation of these areas.
The objectives in establishing the Forest Zones are:
- to promote the use of the land for forest, fish and wildlife and to facilitate the conservation of the natural resources, vegetation and attractions,
- to reduce the hazards of flood and fire,
- to prevent sanitation and pollution problems and protect the watershed,
- to provide areas for private and public recreation and recreation resorts, and
- to provide areas for homes, summer homes, and summer camp sites.
8-2 Permitted Uses
- Agriculture
- Cluster subdivisions which comply with the requirements of Chapter 22B of this Ordinance
- Grazing and pasturing of animals, limited to one (1) horse or cow per acre of land exclusively dedicated to the animal; the keeping of animals and fowl for family food Production; golf course, except miniature golf courses
- Home occupations
- Public parks and recreation grounds; public campgrounds and picnic areas meeting the Requirements of the Forest Campground Ordinance of Weber County; public buildings 10-37B
- One recreational vehicle, temporarily parked on a lot or parcel for periodic short term intervals of less than one hundred and eighty days (180) for recreational use only and not for longer term placement nor for full time living. The following additional conditions shall apply:
- The lot has a minimum area of five (5) acres in the F-5, 10 acres in the F-10, and 40 acres in the F-40 Zone or is determined to be a legally approved or legal non-conforming lot or parcel or cluster subdivision and meet the minimum lot size, frontage, and setback requirements for all zones in this Chapter.
- County Environmental Health Department approval as to waste disposal by an approved septic tank and drainfield with approved connection to the R.V., and a Land Use permit from the Weber County Planning Commission for each unit, which shall expire after 180 days from date of issue, and including only the following accessory uses: not more than one (1) storage shed of not more than 100 square feet per lot, not to include electrical or plumbing connections; prepared R.V. parking pad; raised deck of not more than two (2) feet in height adjacent to the R.V. parking pad; one outdoor camp fireplace; picnic table and chairs and tent type screens.
- A second recreation vehicle may be placed on any lot, parcel, legal non-conforming lot or parcel as qualified in 8-2.6.b above containing a minimum area of two (2) acres excluding land known as common land and/or open space.
- The following State and Local Division of Health Codes and requirements are complied with:
- International Utah Plumbing Code
- Rules and Regulations relating to Public Water Supplies
- Code of Waste Disposal Regulations
- Code of Solid Waste Disposal Regulations
- Recreational Vehicle Park Sanitation Regulations
- Signs: Shall comply with Chapter 32-B, Ogden Valley Signs, if located within the Ogden Valley area.
- Accessory buildings and uses customarily incidental to the primary use.
- Single Family Residences; summer home subdivisions 2003-14
- Facilities for persons with a disability meeting the requirements of Chapter 23-26 of this Ordinance.
- Private Stables, not to exceed 1 horse per acre.
- Household Pets
8-3 Conditional Uses
- Cemeteries; churches
- Forest industries; production of forest products
- Dams
- Educational/Institutional Identification Sign
- Mines, quarries and gravel pits, sand and gravel operations subject to the provisions of the Weber County Excavation Ordinance
- Planned Residential Unit Development in accordance with Chapter 22D of this Zoning Ordinance.
- Private parks and recreation grounds; private campgrounds and picnic areas meeting the requirements of the Forest Campground Ordinance of Weber County; dude ranches; public utility substations and transmission lines
- Public Utility Substations
- Radio and television towers
- Ski resorts
- Skeet and Trap Shooting Ranges as an accessory use to public and/or private camps in the F-5 and F-10 Zones
- Skeet and Trap Shooting Ranges in the F-40 Zones
- Water pumping plants and reservoirs
- Waste water treatment or disposal facilities meeting the requirements of the Utah State Division of Health Code of Waste Disposal Regulations but not including individual water disposal systems
- Recreation Lodge
- Recreation Resort
- Conference/Education Center
- Heliport in the F-40 Zone subject to the following standards:
- A heliport must be located on a single parcel of record which is not less than 40 acres in area.
- A heliport must be located at an elevation of at least 6,200 feet above sea level.
- A heliport must be located at least 200 feet from any property line. The Planning Commission may grant exceptions to the setback requirement if it can be demonstrated that locating the heliport closer than 200 feet to the property line provides a more beneficial situation for purposes of safety, noise abatement, access, or other valid reasons as determined by the Planning Commission.
- The heliport landing surface must be dust-proof and free from obstructions.
- Prior to issuance of a conditional use permit for a heliport, written approval from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is required, if necessary.
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Hispanic Caucus Chairman Rubén Hinojosa lauds Senate immigration plan
Rep. Rubén Hinojosa, D-Mercedes, chairman of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, calls the bipartisan Senate immigration blueprint "a positive step."
"Their 'tough, but fair' approach provides a good foundation for the legislation that is needed," he said in a statement. "What is most encouraging about their plan is the earned pathway to citizenship, which is a core tenet of our nine principles of immigration reform. It is our hope that our Republican colleagues in the House will see this as a workable framework and be fully willing to cooperate on common sense solutions that will benefit all Americans."
That pathway to citizenship element, of course, will be the sticking point.


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About the Book
Jenny Carman is tired of playing by the rules. It didn't get her the promotion she so deserved, and it certainly didn't get her Mr. Right. Or even Mr. Right Now. It's time for her to do something besides spend Saturday nights at the Laundromat. So she's letting down her long blonde hair, stepping out of her gray suits and into some sexy stilettos . . .
Leaning against a bar, dressed in a lacy, curve-hugging red camisole, Jenny's ready for action—and gorgeous businessman Robert Marshall eagerly takes the bait. She tells him her name is Jasmine, a hairstylist, and gets ready for a mind-blowing evening. Robert, however, is smart, funny, sensitive—worth a lot more than a hot one-night stand. But one lie leads to another, plunging Jenny/Jasmine in way over her head. She can't keep this double life up forever—but will she still drive the handsome hunk wild if he discovers a good girl hiding inside?
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Abu Dhabi University - Abu Dhabi, UAE
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Job Description
•Compilation and maintenance of student records in compliance with the requirements of accrediting bodies;
•Developing and implementing the strategic plan for the Registration Office;
•Training staff to provide outstanding customer service and accurate records management;
•Serving as a primary point person in the planning and preparation of university graduation ceremonies;
•Planning and implementation of class registration for each semester;
•Maintaining confidentiality of student records through established procedures in the Registration Office;
•Working with the faculty of the university to establish appropriate student record policies;
•Supervising the implementation of the university's student information system, providing training to staff as necessary;
•Planning and monitoring the budget of the Registration Office;
•Keeping abreast of the latest technologies related to registration and records maintenance; and
•Hiring and evaluating personnel in the Registration Office
•5 years experience in student services with minimum 4 years experience at management level.
•Excellent problem solving and conflict resolution skills.
•Knowledge of UAE Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research accreditation standards.
•Knowledge of USA system of transcription and registration.
•Proven leadership in fiscal management including budget development, administration, and development of programs and personnel.
•Proven skills in strategic planning, project and budget management, policy development, people management and resources management.
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Abu Dhabi University (ADU) is well established and reputed university located in the United Arab Emirates with a new campus in Abu Dhabi (UAE Capital City) and another in Al Ain (Home City of UAE president). ADU is recognized as one of the premier higher education institutions locally, regionally and internationally. ADU is committed to delivering superior quality programs. Upholding the enduring values of quality education, ADU has chosen to dedicate the resources necessary for securing local and international accreditation. The University offers diverse programs both at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels; all committed to close integration with leading-edge research and teaching. ADU's Academic Programs are within the following Colleges: Business Administration Computer Sciences and Information Technology Arts and Sciences English Language Institute The ADU approach is one of risks successfully taken; innovations embraced; and challenges overcome in the commitment to discovery, diversity and dialogue. ADU is a strong advocate of flexibility, accessibility and concern for the individual. The University values inter-disciplinary approaches to learning, and is dedicated to offering the best possible research and training for the real world. Much more than a distant provider of education, ADU works closely with students to develop personalized learning plans and provide them access to the courses they need, how and when they need them. ADU's graduates are equipped with the state-of-the-art education that allows them to succeed both in the public and private sectors; eventually serving the community and contributing to the growth & development of society.


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Russell A. Kirsch received his scientific training from the Bronx (New York) High School of Science in 1946, with refinements occurring at New York University (BEE, 1950), Harvard University (SM, 1952), American University, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He was a member of the group that first designed and built digital computers in the U.S. National Bureau of Standards. Mr. Kirsch was responsible for computer design, operation, training, programming and research for 33 years, from 1951 until he retired as head of artificial intelligence research, becoming director of research of the Sturvil Corporation, but still maintaining an affiliation with the National Bureau of Standards. His research started the computer fields of image processing, syntactic pattern recognition, and chemical structure searching. He was among the early computer workers in the fields of artificial intelligence, natural language processing, library science, time sharing, bio-medical computing, and security printing. He is a past Advisory Editor of the Inst. of Electrical. and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence and currently Advisory Editor of the journal Languages of Design. He is a member of the ACM, a life member of the IEEE, and a fellow of the AAAS. His current research interests are using computers in the fine arts and studying ancient petroglyphs.
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Erie-area college notebook
The following students from Erie County have been recognized as Provost Scholars at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. At the start of the fall semester, any undergraduate student who meets the following requirement is eligible to be named a Provost Scholar: a current junior with a minimum of 45 semester hours earned at IUP with a cumulative grade-point average of 3.5 or higher. Provost Scholar recognition is given only once during a student's time of study at IUP.
Meghan Christine Carney, of Corry, B.S.Ed. in early childhood and special education; Megan Marie Niswonger, of Edinboro, B.S. in nutrition/dietetics; Hannah Jo Ellen Vogan, Fairview, B.A. in criminology; Amanda Marie Slupski, of Girard, B.S. in nutrition/culinary dietetics; and Catherine Ann Caulfield, B.A. in art/studio, and Darla Rae Owens, B.S. in communications media, both of Waterford.
The following Erie students were named scholars:
Ryan James Anderson, B.S. in regional planning/environmental planner; Sara Mary Foessett, B.S. in accounting; Salina Michele Kovski, B.S.Ed. in early childhood and special education; Leann Marie Kozak, B.A. in religious studies; Shelly Ann Maras, B.A. in sociology; and Kaley Irene Toy, B.A. in journalism.
The Nature Conservancy in Massachusetts has named Scott Jackson, a 1980 graduate of Allegheny College, as the conservancy's 2013 Conservationist of the Year.
The Conservationist of the Year award was created in 2005 to recognize the efforts of conservation leaders in protecting the state's lands and waters. The Nature Conservancy staff and trustees periodically select an individual to honor who has made a significant impact on conservation in Massachusetts.
Jessica Hull and Silken Stark, both occupational therapy students at Gannon University and officers of the Gannon Student Occupational Therapy Association, represented Gannon at the 2013 Assembly of Student Delegates and AOTA conference in San Diego, Calif.
In October, more than 25 second- and third-year Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) students from Gannon participated in the annual Pennsylvania Physical Therapy Association conference held in Seven Springs. Twenty of these students volunteered their time to assist with the conference operations.
Nine Gannon physician assistant students attended the 38th annual conference of the Pennsylvania Society of Physician Assistants, Oct. 16-19 at Erie's Bayfront Convention Center.
Steven Mauro, dean of Gannon's Morosky College of Health Professions and Sciences, called the combined effort extraordinary.
"To participate in research as an undergraduate is one thing, but to get to the point of being able to present your work to experts in the field at regional or national conferences is something special. And to be at a level where a student can publish their work is nearly unheard of," Mauro said.


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Secret WWII plan to hide soldiers in GibraltarBreaking News
More than 60 years after the end of the Second World War, a retired doctor from Preston has been named as the chamber's last survivor, as researchers struggle to unlock its remaining secrets.
"I had a telephone call one day and they came over," Dr Bruce Cooper said yesterday. Only now has the 92-year-old broken his silence on the mission whose existence was one of the war's best-kept secrets.
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Unfortunately piece was heavily edited by the Independent on Sunday which did nothing more than provide an account of what was already known ten years ago. The edited peice completely failed to cover the following three elements;
1. Dr Coopers description of the secret chamber that he was taken to in 1942 is in some aspects different to the layout of "Stay Behind Cave". This is now fuelling existing rumours that a second secret chamber is yet to be discovered. I have a sketch of such a chamber in my research files, it originated from an MI6 source. Further information has come from a former GCHQ telegraphist which suggests that tandem Operation Tracer units operated during the Suez crisis, so this may also have been the case in Gibraltar.
2. On several occasions during the past month a specialist team has been searching the Upper Rock area of Gibraltar for evidence of a second chamber and two areas are of interest within MOD property.
3. Discussions are currently taking place in the hope of bringing Dr Cooper to Gibraltar to reunite him with "Stay Behind" Cave or to possibly identify the whereabouts of a second secret chamber.
I am actually one of the researchers who interviewed Dr Cooper on behalf of the discovergibraltar.com website. A substantial amount of information has been added to the website which includes MP3 audio clips of Dr Cooper talking, also photographs of him in 1942 as well as photographs taken of him at the meeting. The section also includes up to date information about Operation Tracer and photographs of Stay Behind Cave taken at the beginning of January 2007.
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You might feel like making spur-of-the-moment decisions, and this could mean that you will go about things without fully considering the consequences today. While spontaneity is something that can be positive when you are faced with certain choices, it is also important to slow down and think carefully about the alternatives you have. If you can listen to your intuition more closely today, you may notice that you do not have to pore over decisions in great detail in order to do something that seems natural and unplanned. Should you have to make a choice, take a few moments to ask yourself the question, "Is this the right thing to do?" Even a quick answer may surprise you with its judiciousness. Using your intuition as a guide in this way can help you make quick decisions without deliberating too deeply over them.
Our instincts tell us what is the best choice for us to make. When we make impetuous decisions it is often because we are afraid what our inner guides will tell us. Not only could this lead us into trouble but it also makes the ramifications of our choices much more difficult to deal with. It only takes a moment to really listen to what our inner selves have to tell us. By doing this we will make the choices that are best for us. Letting your deeper feelings guide you today will allow you to make choices that will put you on path that is really right for you.
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'V.I.P.' Anderson Has Liver Disease
Bad news from "V.I.P." star Pamela Anderson. The former "Baywatch" beauty, 34, said in a statement Wednesday that she contracted the potentially fatal liver disease Hepatitis C by sharing a tattoo needle with rocker Tommy Lee while the two were married. She added in the statement that she has been undergoing outpatient treatment for the disease at the University of California, Los Angles Medical Center, Reuters reported. "I contracted Hepatitis C while sharing a tattoo needle with my ex-husband, Tommy Lee," she said. "Tommy has the disease and never disclosed it to me during our marriage." Anderson is in the midst of her bitter custody battle over her two children with Lee, 39, the former drummer for the band Motley Crue. Lee was not available for comment. According to the Centers for Disease Control Web site, "Hepatitis C is a liver disease caused by the hepatitis C virus (HCV), which is found in the blood of persons who have this disease. The infection is spread by contact with the blood of an infected person." As for its seriousness, says the CDC, those who contract the disease carry the virus for the rest of their lives. Most will suffer some liver damage but many do not feel sick from the disease. Those who do have liver damage "may develop cirrhosis (scarring) of the liver and liver failure, which may take many years to develop." The CDC also says that nearly 4 million people have Hepatitis C in the U.S., and the disease reportedly kills about 8,000 people every year.


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It's an American right to question the performance of government; in fact, it's a duty.
The difficulty in evaluating the performance of elected officials, however, comes from the bias of the judge. Since "we the people" often want different services and place personal values on public functions, finding middle ground on government performance isn't easy, or even possible.
Comments from Martinsburg City Manager Mark Baldwin, made this week at the Martinsburg Noon Rotary meeting, offer some concrete measurements of local government.
"Don't look for property tax increases or increases in fire fees or garbage fees," said Baldwin. "Fee increases are not warranted by the budget process at this time."
Martinsburg city officials, as they prepare for next fiscal year's budget, want to continue providing services without raising fees or taxes, Baldwin explained.
We applaud the city's efforts, especially in light of declines in B&O tax revenue and other special fees revenue, such as building permits.
Martinsburg's population hasn't declined, and the demand for city services doesn't change much from year to year. Trying to provide Martinsburg citizens and businesses the same services with less money takes good management and innovative leadership.
"The bad economy hit everybody. It hit government, as well," Baldwin said. "When the economy dropped, our revenue streams dropped."
Through all this, Baldwin said that no employees were fired, no benefits were cut and the public services the city provides residents and businesses were maintained at the same level.
Finding enough revenue for 2012-13 will not be an easy task, but the city is taking a step in the right direction by stepping away from tax and fee increases.


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GRAND RAPIDS, MI -- A West Side market was robbed Sunday night for the second time in five days.
Officers responded to Our Food Market, 423 Webster St., at 11:10 p.m. Sunday, June 23.
Grand Rapids Police Lt. Scott Weitzel said police were told two men, both armed, entered the store and brandished guns to rob the clerk.
The employee was not injured and the suspects fled on foot. No arrests have been made.
The robbery happened around the same time officers were responding to a Spectrum Health parking garage, where a security guard had been shot by a man suspected of unlawfully entering vehicles.
The security guard suffered a non life-threatening wound.
Our Food Market was previously robbed Tuesday night, June 17, around 8:09 p.m. by a single man with a pocket knife.
The suspect in that incident fled with cash before officers arrived.


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Our beloved soap opera continues. This week on "Amish Mafia" things heated up between Jolin and Esther, Levi hosted a Pimp My Buggy competition and a tall dark stranger came into town promising trouble.
Here's the ultra dramatic soap opera ingredients featured in episode 3 of "Amish Mafia."
Chivalry, kind of - Esther knows Levi has a thing for her. In fact, she remembers how one day he made a few guys stop whistling and saying crude things to her. She won't share how he accomplished this feat, only saying that the boys won't be whistling for a long time.
Tall, dark strangers- Merlin is an Amish Mafia leader from Ohio eager to spread his control into Pennsylvania. Clearly he is set to be the manic villain of the show. With absolute sincerity he says "I want Pennsylvania" - a sentence delivered in such a way one half expects him to erupt in maniacal laughter afterwards. He says his desire for the territory is to "save" the Amish in Lancaster from Lebanon Levi's greed. Because, you know, wanting to increase your power and expand territory isn't greedy in the slightest.
Impersonators - The Amish are sent in to take care of the case of the Fake Amish Man. An English person is pretending to be Amish in order to sell goods at his fruit stand. Alvin (Levi's right hand man) goes to town on the man in Pennsylvania Dutch - pointing out all the flaws in the man's Amish costume. While Alvin rages, Jolin starts driving the car towards the stand - the camera goes to black before we can see whether or not the fruit stand has been run over.
(Read what Amish experts say about "Amish Mafia")
Feminine wiles - In addition to hosting crazy parties for Amish teens, the mafia makes money from coordinating fights. Levi doesn't want to do any fights for awhile though - in a desire to lay low until the drama about Alan dies down. But John wants to earn some money, so he has Esther flutter her eye lashes and flash a sweet smile at Levi to get him to change his mind. Esther isn't a fan of doing this (she worries that Levi may start to expect a reward for all the favors he does for her), but John insists. She's a woman, he tells the camera. Which means she has to do what he says. Including fighting his battles for him. She's ultimately successful and the fights are back on.
Fights - Jolin is chosen to be the star of the fight and he scampers off to get another tattoo so he'll look battle ready... and gives us our quote of the night: There's nothing better to do on a Friday night than get punched in the face." The mafia takes money for entry into the fights and for alcohol, in addition to managing the heavy betting going on. Things look iffy for Jolin when his opponent enters the ring, but ultimately Jolin wins, making Levi proud. And Esther is definitely plenty pleased herself - going so far as to congratulate him with a super awkward hug.
Sneaking around - Jolin evidently digs awkward hugs because a few minutes into the episode later he and Esther are sneaking around, taking off their microphones and saying how much trouble they would be in if Levi ever found out they were seeing each other. Obviously Levi is going to find out - just not this episode.
Pop culture references - Naturally, because we're talking about "Amish Mafia," the references are a little dated. Levi decides to have a Pimp Your Buggy contest in an effort to get some good will in the community. The best buggy will win $2,500 - you know, chump change. John, the greedy little man, wants that money - but Levi says he cannot enter the competition because if he does win it will look rigged. But little John is determined to win so next we have...
Betrayal - John knows Merlin is out for Levi's position, so he enlists the Ohio Amish man's help in winning the competition. Merlin agrees after John gives him a 99.99 percent guarantee that he will win. The two arrange to split the cash... and just like that John has made a deal with the devil.
Plans wrecked - Naturally John and Merlin do not win the competition. Merlin's pimped out buggy loses to another kid who has a buggy with an engine in it. Funny story, the kid who wins is Levi's cousin. Hmmm...
And with that the episode ended. But next week promises even more drama as Levi takes Esther out on a date (in English clothes! on a beach!) and Merlin has John do some dirty work for him.
"Amish Mafia" airs on Discovery Channel at 9 p.m. Wednesdays.
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MLK Birthday Celebration March
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The James Madison H.S. Band marches in the MLK Birthday Celebration March/Parade on Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. in Dallas on Saturday, January 19, 2013.
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Deeplinks Blog posts about Transparency
The Washington Post reported today that the "FBI illegally collected more than 2,000 U.S. telephone call records," using methods that FBI general counsel Valerie Caproni admitted "technically violated the Electronic Communications Privacy Act when agents invoked nonexistent emergencies to collect records."
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A few weeks ago, EFF published its first draft of a Buyer's Guide to E-Book Privacy, which summarized and commented on the privacy-related policies and behaviors of several e-readers. In that first draft we incorporated the actual language of the privacy policies as much as possible, which unfortunately created some confusion since companies generally use different language to address similar issues. We also did a few other things clumsily.
The Internet is global, and so are threats to digital freedom. Over the past year, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has fought Internet censorship, oppressive copyright laws and privacy violations wherever they've been under threat around the world.
With the help of our global partners and supporters like you, EFF has been able to achieve great things over the past year:
Today the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of State, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and the National Security Agency released 162 pages of intelligence oversight reporting in response to a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit filed by EFF in July.
The reports, made to a presidential advisory committee called the Intelligence Oversight Board, detail intelligence activities that the agencies "have reason to believe may be unlawful."
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Ishmel Graham threw a no-hitter, striking out 14 and walking just one, when Shabazz defeated Irvington, 10-0, in five innings at Weequahic Park in Newark.
Graham was also 2-for-3 with a double, two RBI and two runs. Jeffrey Olivo went 4-for-4 with a home run, three triples and three RBI. Randall Mendez was 2-for-3 with a home run, double, three RBI and a run.


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Alvin and Marna Mizner of Warren are taking a whole new approach to giving back. While others donate money, they work with Domestic Sewing Center and Blankets of Love to help give quilts to seriously ill children.
"We make quilts," Marna said. "They're 40-by-40. In fact, I'm working on a Halloween one right now. I do the hand sewing and my husband does the machine sewing, so it is a couple's project. We do all different themes for holidays. Then we make little girl ones and I'll do cowboys for the boys, and they go to the hospitals in Trumbull, Mahoning and Columbiana counties - also the Shriners Hospital in Erie."
The Mizners have been marred 61 years. Alvin is retired from Warren City Schools where he worked with transportation and maintenance for 32 years, while Marna retired from Gilmore's Greenhouse. They started volunteering their time and energy about four years ago. Last year, they made 123 quilts. This year, they have surpassed that number in just six months.
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Marna and Alvin Mizner of Warren spend their free time making quilts that are donated to Blankets of Love and given to seriously ill children at local hospitals.
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"We get more each year," Marna said. "Already this year we have turned in 149. You know, it was a bad winter, so we couldn't get out too much. We are senior citizens, and when the weather is bad we don't go, so we make quilts."
"We will probably make close to 200 this year," Alvin said. "We have Thanksgiving and Christmas coming up after Halloween, so we are way ahead of the season."
They complement each other when it comes to the duties that are required in making the quilts. They used to make the quilts that would fit queen- and king-sized beds in their basement, but now that they are older, they moved their station upstairs in their living room and the quilts are for twin-sized beds.
"I cut out the blocks and the wife puts out whatever she wants on there and then I sew the blocks together with the machine," Alvin said. "Whatever she puts on there, I sew them on with the machine. I sew the blocks together that make the quilt. After she gets the quilt made, I sew the outside on. That's the binding."
Generally, after they drop off the quilts at Domestic Sewing, they don't know where the blankets go or who gets them but, once in a while, they hear the fantastic stories of what happens to the quilts once they have reached the children.
"It makes you feel good," Marna said. "A lot of times we find somebody who knows a child that has gotten one and we'll hear their story and that feeling makes you feel good. We talked to a nurse once that worked at Boardman (location of Akron) Children's Hospital and she said that there was one little boy that they gave a quilt to and when it came time for him to go home, he didn't want to go. The nurse asked him why and he said 'because I would have to share it with my sister.'"
Marna keeps a photo album in her walker of most of the quilts that they have made together, so that she can show them to others and celebrate her talent. She said she gets most of her materials from garage and rummage sales. Domestic Sewing Center also gives them materials to work with. Marna said that sometimes when people find out what they are buying the material for, they are more than willing to donate items to them. Marna has also gotten patterns from coloring books and cookie cutters.
Alvin takes pride in the work that he and his wife do as well.
"Oh, certainly I like doing these with her," Alvin said. "Otherwise I wouldn't do it. I enjoy it because I know that no matter where it goes, it's going to make a difference in someone's life eventually."
Linda Fabrizio works at Domestic Sewing Center and is their direct contact for the Blankets of Love. She has been working with Alvin and Marna since they decided to help and completely dotes on them.
"They have really contributed a lot. I'm glad that they are getting some recognition," Fabrizio said. "It's unbelievable what they are doing. They are just wonderful. They are absolutely just wonderful people."
Blankets of Love meets the first and third Tuesday of the month at Domestic Sewing. All of the fabric and supplies to make the blankets are donated. They also make animal beds for the Animal Welfare League with some of the fabric that they can't use.
The program takes stuffed animals to the children along with the blankets. They are slightly used but the people at Blankets of Love fix them up so that they look brand new.
"We have already donated over 10,000 blankets," said. "It's all because of the great volunteers like Marna and Alvin. It's just phenomenal what they bring in. We are just the recipients of the great things that they can do for us and the community. They come through with their piles and piles of blankets with a smile on their face. They just are wonderful, wonderful, wonderful people. "
Although the bulk of the blankets go to Akron Children's Hospital, Blankets of Love also have delivered to Trumbull Memorial Hospital, St. Joseph Health Center, and Shriners Hospital in Erie, Pa.


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THOSE WATCHING Sen. Arlen Specter's long career in public service might at times have felt like they were watching a vigorous tennis match between admiration and disappointment.
Admiration, for example, at his vote that torpedoed conservative Supreme Court candidate Robert Bork, then disappointment at his brutal questioning of Anita Hill during Clarence Thomas' hearing. Admiration for his intellect and command of issues, and disappointment at his curious "single-bullet theory" of the Kennedy assassination. Admiration for his moderation as a Republican, then disappointment at his somewhat cynical party switch when he lost Republican support (and later, lost his Senate seat.)


text: On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 10:56 PM, Mike Samuel <mikesamuel at gmail.com> wrote: > Some values that are not representable in JSON but that are > probably functional: NaN, +/-Infinity, undefined, Dates. Good point. These too then. :) > So functional code can't call functions, but can pass function > objects around? That's not what I meant - see below. > What is the definition of functional? That evaluating it has no > side effect? No side effect except on the arguments supplied. > Functions capture the lexical environment in which they're defined and > capture "this", so it's not pure, as the "purely" in "purely > functional" above might suggest. Right, so that's where the compiler would step in and conservatively annotate certain functions as having no side effects on their lexical environment. But it seems this sparked a lot of discussions so off I go to read.... :) Ihab -- Ihab A.B. Awad, Palo Alto, CA


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VAN BUREN - Carey went just 1 for 7 in placement matches, but the overall effort helped the Blue Devils capture third to lead the area Saturday at the Van Buren Invitational.
Otsego claimed the team title with 176 points, with Riverdale turning back Carey 145 1/2-126 1/2 for second.
Hopewell-Loudon came in sixth (100) in the 26-team field, Fostoria upended Lakota 71 1/2-54 1/2 for 14th, St. Wendelin ended 23rd (25) and Seneca East finished 26th (4).
Jevyn Pratt and Zack Sauber keyed Carey with runner-up finishes. Wayne Trace 106-pounder George Clements pinned Pratt (3:49), and Fremont St. Joe 220-pounder beat Sauber 7-3.
The Blue Devils got fourths from Zach Brodman (145), Cody Ferguson (152) and Jonathan Racheter (195).
Dylan Pratt added a fifth at 138 pounds, and Caden Johnson ended sixth (182).
The area's lone champion came from H-L's Damion Vitt, who blanked Elmwood's Brik Dauterman 2-0 at 138 pounds.
Teammate Chet Swartzmiller fell 9-4 in the 113-pound title bout to Riverdale's Kolten Martin.
Tristan Myers added a fourth (170), Braxton Young took fifth (126) and Alex Brock ended sixth (132) for H-L, which competed with only half of its team.
Fostoria 126-pounder Luke Leonard ended second after getting pinned by Otsego's Buddy Limes (5:19).
Lance Smith added a fourth (132) for Fostoria, and fifths came from Austin Struble (113) and C.J. Matheny (160).
Lakota got sixths from Levi Beckford (113) and Madison Jaso (160).
St. Wendelin's Cole Williams finished sixth (138).
TC's Williams takes first at Maumee Bay Classic
MAUMEE - The Columbian wrestling team placed three of its grapplers at the Maumee Bay Classic, a who's who tournament in the state.
The Tornadoes went in against a stacked lineup with 29 state-ranked wrestlers, four of whom were state runner-ups and two others who were state champions.
"We said it from the beginning, that we only go after the best competition," Columbian's head coach Chad Long said. "I don't believe in filling our kids with false hope. This tournament is a great way to show where we stand."
Seth Williams found where he stood, placing first at 170 pounds. Williams won a hard fought match by decision 8-4 against returning state-runner up Aaron Schette from Wauseon.
Columbian's Mason Correll made it to the finals at 152, losing 4-3 to Mount Vernon's Lucas Stanton and grabbing second place.
The only other Tornado to place in the tournament was Roman Williams, who ended sixth at 145 pounds after a 4-2 loss in overtime to Amherst Steele's Austin Williams.
"Mentally we're getting there and painting a picture for sectionals," Long said. "I put our guys into these tournaments to mentally prepare them for what they will be up against down the road."
Overall, Columbian placed 11 out of 37 teams. Delta won the tournament by edging out Clay 228 1/2-227 1/2.


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"We'd give it a cute name, like 'Roo at the Zoo' and focus on raising funds for a particular project," remembered Andy Friend, a member and former chair of the Saginaw zoo's board of directors. "The themes would correspond to bringing in the kangaroos or expanding the pond."
But "maintain existing exhibits" didn't have quite the same ring, he said, though the need for funding was just as vital to the zoo's well-being. So, instead of calling the whole deal off — "I'm always up to a party," Friend said — Brew at the Zoo was born.
• What: Brew at the Zoo
• When: 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday, June 16
• Where: Children's Zoo at Celebration Square, 1730 S. Washington, Saginaw
• Tickets: $40 in advance; $45 at the gate
• Info: 989-759-1408
And it returns Thursday, opening the grounds from 6 to 9 p.m. to grown-ups who probably grew up visiting the grounds at 1730 S. Washington. Of course, a lot has changed at the zoo since then, Friend added, leading to accreditation by the Association of Zoos & Aquariums.
There are a few new projects in the works, too, an aviary building, a window into the clinic that will allow visitors to watch the zoo vets at work, and a new storage barn for the popular train.
Speaking of trains, Friend said, the night includes free rides on the train and the carousel, and there's nothing like a couple of samples to allow folks to act like kids again.
"Marty Viers is back," Friend added. "He's great; his music really works well outdoors."
So is the pig roast — "Not one of our own," Friend promised — and other tasty foods from Subway, the Bagel Café, the Patisserie and Beefy O'Brady.
"Did I mention that all of the beer and wine comes from Michigan?" he asked. Guests can sample fruit of the vine from Black Star Farms in Suttons Bay as well as Saginaw Township's Cork 'n' Ale and Magic Bean. And Uncle John's Cider Mill in St. Johns is coming by with some hard cider.
Fabiano Brothers has picked out a selection of Michigan brews as well, Friend said, noting that this a night of sampling and not a drunken free-for-all.
In the spirit of fundraising, Brew at the Zoo includes a silent auction, a Chinese auction and a 50/50 raffle. And for the record, this year's proceeds will benefit the cottontop tamarin exhibit, which may find its population on the grow.
"Throughout the year, we see a great amount of support for the zoo," Friend said. "This is one way we can give something back, a night when you can relax, have some fun and remember what it was like when you came here as a kid.
"This is one of the bright spots on our calendar; it's always a lot of fun."
Here's a primer from Fabiano Brothers on the brews on tap at Thursday's soiree:
Bell's Oarsman, called a "session" beer because a group of friends can enjoy more than one.
Founder's Brewing Crumudgeon, out of the cellar, a strong ale beer that increases in complexity with age.
Arcadia Brewing Sky High Rye, one of their news releases with strong rye flavors.
Tri City Brewing Charity Island IPA, an India Pale Ale named after the island in the Saginaw Bay.
Mount Pleasant Brewing Trainwreck, an amber ale made with honey and local maple syrup. Atwater Brewing Vanilla Java Porter, a smooth porter made with whole vanilla beans for great flavor notes.
Dragonmead Final Absolution, a Belgium triple ale and their No. One seller.
Michigan Brewing Celis Raspberry, a Belgium-style raspberry beer with a sweeter finish.
Arbor Brewing Sacred Cow, the brewers' favorite beer and a great India Pale Ale.
Frankenmuth Brewing Munich Dunkel, a traditional German dark beer and the brewery's lead style.
North Peak Siren, an amber sale names after the mythical mermaid in Lake Superior who has caused shipwrecks for 100 years.
Dark Horse Brewing Black Bier, like the name says, black in color, rich and filling.


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The children of the fallen soldier who inspired the Scotty's Little Soldiers charity will be "doing it for daddy" when they line up for GEAR in May.
Kai, 9, and Brooke, 5, Scott will be taking part in the Mini Grand East Anglian Run to raise money for the charity set up after their father, Corporal Lee Scott, was killed in an explosion in Afghanistan in 2009.
The Lynn-based charity was founded by their mum and Lee's wife Nikki Scott to support the children of men and women killed while serving in the armed forces, and has raised more than £1 million to date.
Kai and Brooke were just five-years and eight-months-old respectively when they lost their dad in action.
Now the brother and sister, of Walpole St Andrew, want to do their bit to support other youngsters in the same situation, and help put a smile back on their faces.
They said: "We miss our daddy loads because he was killed in Afghanistan. We are going to run the GEAR fun run in his memory to raise money for Scotty's Little Soldiers.
"We want to help other kids that have lost their daddies too."
Mrs Scott said Kai and Brooke were cheering on people who were running in aid of Scotty's Little Soldiers at last year's GEAR run and they said they wanted to do it this year.
She said: "The kids said they wanted a picture of daddy on their top and then they said they could raise money for other children of Scotty's.
"I think because they are growing up around the charity and see all the amazing fundraisers, it's natural that they want to fundraise too.
"I am so proud of them both, they both have very different types of grief, Kai remembers Lee and misses him so much and Brooke has no memories to treasure so gets upset because she can't remember him.
"Luckily we have lots of photos and wonderful friends and family to share our memories with her. I cannot wait to see them on the day, they are very excited."
Kai and Brooke will be running the 1.2 mile mini GEAR distance when the event is held in Lynn on May 4.
They originally set a fundraising target of £100 as that would pay for a gift card for a family when they stay at a Scotty's holiday lodge, but they have already doubled that amount.
To sponsor Kai and Brooke, visit: www.bmycharity.com/run4daddy


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Showing Style on the horse show circuit has been Valerie Heydinger's specialty for 10 years.
She creates clothing people wear during competitions.
Although many local people aren't aware Showing Style by Valerie exists between Melmore and Bloomville, people on the circuit know her custom designs well.
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Valerie Heydinger works on a pair of chaps for a customer in Arizona.
An example of a design sold by Showing Style by Valerie design.
"I've had customers from all over the country," she said. "I would say a majority of them are in Ohio.
"These chaps," she said, pointing to pieces of black leather on her work table, "are being shipped to a customer in Arizona.
"I've got chaps and men's shirts all over the country," she said. Even the "Gerber baby," who now shows horses in adulthood, wears clothing designed by her.
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For more information call (419) 937-2476, visit Showingstylebyvalerie.com or e-mail email@example.com.
Heydinger mainly travels with the quarter horse circuit, but also attends shows for Arabians, paints, buckskins, appaloosas and open shows.
"A lot of my customers are from the same circuit," she said. "We usually take a popup tent and then I decorate that with displays and clothes."
The work is similar to custom dress making.
"I do all my own designs," she said. "I probably take more measurements than a regular dress maker because show clothes have to fit very well. You don't want anything loose and hanging. It's fitted to each person's body."
Heydinger said it takes her about a week to make an outfit - from cutting out the pieces and sewing to making a design template and gluing.
"Then you stitch it," she said. "Sometimes you have two to three layers, so sometimes you topstitch a couple different times.
"When it's all done, you add the glitz and glitter," she said. "You add the rhinestones and stuff."
The business has grown considerably grown in 10 year's time, Heydinger said, and she doesn't plan to stop.
Today, prices for a Showing Style by Valerie creation range from $800-$3,000.
"People think I make a killing," she said. "But I really don't. The materials that go into these clothes are expensive."
She makes showmanship and horsemanship clothing.
"In showmanship, you are leading the horse. You're on the ground presenting your horse," she said.
"Horsemanship is the same thing, only you're riding the horse, showing your ability to do a pattern - with poise."
Heydinger makes 75-100 outfits a year, depending on complexity. Most are custom orders, but she usually has a few off-the-rack items to sell.
"I sell a lot to the horsemanship students at the University of Findlay and Tiffin University," she said. "But a lot to regular people too."
She sees people at her shop by appointment only and works long hours six or seven days a week.
"When you love what you do, you don't count your hours. I have no idea how much I work," she said. "It's a deadline business. You're always shooting for somebody's show date."
Despite her work schedule, Heydinger said she saves two hours every day to ride her horse, Deal Me a Poker Chip.
In addition to making clothing for other people, she shows her horse on the American Quarter Horse Association circuit.
"We just had our annual banquet and I just got all kinds of prizes," she said.
One example was an all-around award.
"In order to do that you have to show in a bunch of different classes," she said, such as horsemanship, showmanship, equitation, Western pleasure and trail.
"(Trail) is my favorite," she said.
Heydinger has been showing horses since she was 10 years old, except for a 20-year "mommy break" from ages 25-45.
"We still showed, but my kids were showing so I was the groom," she said.
Her children are Wes, now 33, and Lindsey, now 30.
After they grew up, she decided to get back into showing about 10 years ago.
"I was following my daughter all over creation and she got a new horse and her other horse was there available for me to show, so I showed him," she said. "I never quit wanting to. I just couldn't juggle both."
Now at age 57, she said has no plans to end her career anytime soon.
"It's a true passion," she said. "My goal is to be riding when I'm 100, so I have a long way to go. Hopefully, I make it."
It was during her years following her children that the business idea developed.
"I always did office work and I always hated it," she said. "But that's what I went to school for, so that's what I did."
At first, she taught herself to sew because she wanted to make her children's show clothing.
She said didn't know much about sewing when she started.
"In eighth grade I made an apron. Does that count? And I hated it," she said. "I got a sewing machine for a wedding gift and said. 'What the heck am I going to do with this?'"
She made a few baby clothes with it when her children were small.
But when they got old enough to start showing horses, Heydinger said she started taking clothes apart to see how they were made.
"My mother was very fashion-design conscious," she said. "She modeled when she was young and she always had nice clothes. I would take those good clothes apart and taught myself that way."
She also read books and did a lot of experimenting.
"It just came natural to me," she said.
When she started making clothes for her daughter, people started taking notice.
"I started making some chaps for other people," she said.
"It took a while," she said. "It took me until I was 48 to decide what I wanted to do with my life."
When she decided to get serious about the business, her husband and son turned a four-car garage into her office and workshop.
"My husband, Ben, can do just about anything - and he did," Heydinger said. "My son's a brick mason and he laid my ceramic tile for me."
Her shop has an industrial sewing machine, which she uses mainly for making show signs and banners.
"People use them when they set up," she said.
The banners are a new aspect to the business.
"The lady that used to do it retired," she said. "I bought my machine from her and she kind of helped me get going in it.
"Upstairs, we have three Bermina sewing machines and two sergers," she said. The sergers are used for making clothing professionally finished edges.
She has more ideas for the future.
"At some point, my dream is to have a boutique," she said. "There's nobody around here who offers one."
Heydinger said the store would offer horse-related clothing and accessories.
"You can go to Texas and find that kind of stuff, but you can't find it around here," she said.


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SBDC offers Management Certification seminar
Published Friday, 4th March 2011
SBDC offers Management Certification seminar
The Tyler Junior College Small Business
Development Center will offer a "Management Skills Certification
Seminar" consisting of six entrepreneurial courses beginning April 7.
Classes will meet on consecutive Thursday evenings through May 12.
Classes last from 6-8:30 p.m. and meet in Room 134 of the Regional
Training and Development Complex, on the TJC West campus.
"Business skills are ultimately more critical to small business owner's success than the service or product they are selling," said SBDC business trainer Robert Lewis. "Yet, for one reason or another, people in small businesses tend to spend very little time honing their management skills."
Lewis said the six-week seminar will provide valuable skills in legal matters, business planning, accounting and taxes, banking, advertising and strategic thinking for small businesses. Instructors for each of these classes are accomplished business professionals in their area of experience. Participants in this seminar have the opportunity to question the instructors about the business topics covered. This valuable advice would be costly if sought individually.
This seminar has been designed for individuals who currently own a small business or individuals who are considering starting their own small business.
"Often business owners send their employees to this seminar to give them a better understanding of the business environment in which they are working," Lewis said. "The classes are considered as information only classes with no outside reading assignments or tests given."
A notebook containing material presented by each instructor will be made available to each participant.
To register for the seminar, call TJC School of Continuing Studies at 903-510-2900. The cost for all six classes is $100. The course number is BUSG1011 CRN35134 and is titled "Management Skills Certification."
Further information concerning this seminar can be obtained by calling Lewis at 903-510-3076 or 903-510-2975.
Fred M. Peters
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Flooding rain is expected in Somerset County again over the next three days, including to the National Weather Service. Its office in Mount Holly has issued a Flood Watch for much of New Jersey, including Hunterdon, Somerset and Morris counties.
It's in effect from late Sunday night through Tuesday afternoon. Somerville is one of the local areas where flooding is possible.
According to the weather service, a "complex and eventual consolidation of a series of low-pressure systems will bring periods of heavy rain into the region starting Sunday night and lasting into Tuesday," with lighter rain possibly persisting into Wednesday morning.
An average rainfall of 2 to 4 inches is presently forecast, with more precise amounts to be announced late Sunday. The combination of the heavy rain and already-nearly saturated soil conditions would lead to renewed flooding across the watch area. Flooding is possible on smaller streams as well as some of the larger rivers, NWS said.
A Flood Watch means there is a potential for flooding, based on current forecasts. A Flood Warning will be issued later if actual flooding is happening or imminent.
According to AccuWeather.com, some of the rain could even be heavy enough to create flash flooding of streets and roads in the region.
While New Jersey is expecting all rain, as temperatures drop Sunday night, the rain will mix with or change over to snow across northwestern Pennsylvania, upstate New York and north to Maine, AccuWeather.com said.
After the storm moves offshore of the mid-Atlantic Monday night, it will spin just south of New England through Tuesday, bringing more rain back into the Northeast.
Drier, warmer weather will take over in the Northeast on Wednesday through the rest of next week. According to the National Weather Service, afternoon highs will be close to 60 on Wednesday in Somerville and reach around 70 on Thursday, with the peaks in the 70s both Friday and Saturday.


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Governor Cuomo Launches $5 Billion Clean Energy Fund To Grow New York's Clean Energy Economy
Clean Energy Fund will advance solar, wind, energy efficiency and other clean tech industries to spur economic development and reduce harmful emissions (New York, NY) Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced the New York State Public Service Commission's approval of a 10-year, $5 billion Clean Energy Fund to accelerate the growth of New York's clean energy economy, address climate..


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U.S. marshals arrested Carla Osbourne in Edmond and charged her with child abduction and interfering with child custody, officials said.
Osbourne is accused of taking her 10-year-old daughter in 2010. The girl was living with the father.
Marshals found the girl in Edmond and she is in protective custody.
Osbourne faces extradition to Missouri.


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Oklahoma City police are investigating a body discovered about 1:30 p.m. Wednesday.
Homicide detectives and the Oklahoma County medical examiner are at a rural scene in the 7500 block of E. Wilshire Blvd. According to police, a man was trimming trees and found the body in a ditch Wednesday afternoon.
Investigators are calling the person's death suspicious.
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This video title talks a lot about automating things in InDesign so that you don't have to do certain tasks by hand. Take Find/Change, for example. I mean, where would we be without our friend Find/Change, to zip through a document and incidentally change 300 instances of one thing to another? So like, for example, in this document that I've opened, the chocolate catalog, which is in the Exercise Files, you can see that the person apparently is using a foreign way of spelling chocolate. So I could easily just select all this text and go to Find/Change and say find every instance of chocalates, spelled like that, and change it to chocolates.
I'll say Find and Change and Find Next and Change and then maybe I will do it over here in this one too, because I think we have the same problem here. I'll just say Change All. Yeah, that's about it. Can you imagine doing that on your own, in paragraph after paragraph? Well, a GREP Find/Change, which was introduced in CS3, increases the power of Find/Change exponentially. It's clear that Adobe realizes how useful GREP features can be in a page layout program because we also have in CS4 Paragraph Styles. We are able to actually include GREP commands within the Paragraph Style.
So who knows what we're going to see in CS5, right? We could have GREP pages and GREP documents. Power users really need to get their heads around what is GREP and don't let the word itself scare you. So my friend David Blatner has done a fantastic title called 10 Things that InDesign Users Should Know about GREP. I encourage you to watch that, but just to show you what I'm talking about in this video, let's talk about two ways we could use GREP in this one document. Now GREP, by the way, stands for General Regular Expression Parsing and all it means is that in Find/Changes, instead of doing a literal search for these characters and replace with these characters, with the GREP Find/Change, though you can't do that search for literal, one string and change to another string, it's mainly meant for pattern-based searching.
So like, for example, let's say that we wanted to apply a Character Style to all of the prices in this catalog. If we used regular Find/Change, we'd have to search for $12 and then apply the Character Style and then search for $8 and then apply the Character Style and so on. But with the GREP Find/Change, we can construct a little GREP query here that will find all patterns of prices. I've already created one and I've saved it called Find Price. Now you probably don't have that in your document, but let me step you through this and you can just enter if you'd like.
It says Find every instance of a $ sign. Now because a $ sign is a GREP code that can mean something different, whenever you want to find a literal $ sign, you have to put a \ in front of it. That means escaping it. Find a $ sign that's followed by any digit, plus a period, followed by one or more digits. So let's just see how that works. We don't want to change that text, but we do want to change the format. So, for example, I might want to change the -- apply a Character Style like say red to all prices. So, we'll start here and we'll say okay, Find.
And it found the first instance of $12. So we'll say Change, so to apply the Character Style to that and then say Find Next and it found $8 as well. We can just say Change All and it went through the entire document and applied that Character Style to every single price. So you can see how useful GREP can be in Find/Changes. It's also quite handy in Paragraph Styles. Now this Paragraph Style here is description. Let's say that every time that we mention the word chocolate in this chocolate catalog, you want to put a cool, little emphasis on it. We want to apply a Character Style that I've already created called emphasis.
Although we can do this very simply, just by going to the GREP Style panel for description and then entering a new GREP style, you want to apply the style called emphasis. We do not want to apply to numbers, you see that's the default, little tag there, and you could see it automatically applying it to numbers. We want to apply it just to the word chocolate, so we can just enter this straight literal text there. So every time it finds the word chocolate, it's going to apply this little bit of cool formatting. That means we don't have to keep running Find/Changes to search for chocolate. If I add the word chocolate right here, it automatically gets formatted.
That's the power of GREP Find/Change. So the next time you find yourself running a series of Find/Changes over and over again, with just a little bit of variation in between them, try a little GREP instead. It may take you a little while to get it right, but the time it's going to save you in the long run will be well worth the effort.
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Nationalism and patriotism VS MATERIALISM
Labels: sport
Basically a lot of things that cause the condition of sports keterpurukkan Indonesia.Not be denied if in some areas, lack of training facilities and funding remains a classic problem that haunts-coaching sports coaching in various regions.
There's a unique thing that we can take if the sport is able menanalogikan a nation's character. The lack of our current sports achievements was directly proportional to minimya sense of nationalism and patriotism the nation of Indonesia.
Indonesian society feels a sense of nationhood has been decreased due to the influence of globalization. Vast flow of information has indirectly affect the mindset of Indonesian society for materialism. Some cases demonstrated by some courtier National Team Pelatnas PSSI who refused entry due to payment that is not worth it.Another small case is not hafalnya some courtier national team will Pancasila.Contoh 5 paragraph in another is the rampant cases of athlete's move to another province (when PON 2008) in search of high pay.
at least a sense of nationalism and patriotism are attached to the Indonesian sports beings (not only athletes but to the ranks of management, bahka some political elites) may decrease fighting spirit and the athletes. Some sports are not pure anymore insane fight for national sporting achievement for the name of Indonesia, but also for other things. Quite often we use sports arena sebgai one of the main media campaign as was the case in some areas ELECTION.
Nationalism and patriotism in sport is necessary, a sense of nationalism and patriotism on the athletes themselves will determine performance athlete, an athlete who has no sense of nationalism and patriotism will be very bad performance, while an athlete who has a sense of nationalism and patriotism of the nation and homeland terhada will Naturalife Greenworld good performance.
Sense of nationalism and patriotism can generate large semamagat yourself, and have great optimism that deliver these athletes to victory. sport is also a positive activity as unifying the nation who avoid social conflicts and narrow the dispute. It all can be achieved if the actors uphold sportsmanship in playing sports
The condition of athletes who think about the material in every job in the arena can not be blamed entirely to the athletes alone. The descent sense of nationalism and patriotism athletes to it the name the nation could be posed by the behavior of athletes disappointment own people who do not appreciate their accomplishments incision.
Just like a proverb, use and throw, the feelings of the athletes today. Dilematika between the desire to fly the Indonesian flag at the podium with stomach problems. In each exercise they sweat even raised concerns over the fate of their future when no longer able to shine.
Issues to improve the welfare of athletes actually been advocated by Adhyaksa Dault in 2005 with 1000 home program for athletes excel. Still, the issue of how to remain a permaslahan mensejahteraankan athletes.
Recently a paradigm has now emerged that the government was too easy to give athletes the hook and fishing line without telling how to use it. The government claims that our athletes are less able to manage the wealth they have got during shines.
The above problems are basically not the responsibility of government alone, but also our responsibility. Question that arises now is how much we appreciate the world of sport this country? How often do we watch sporting events directly or indirectly to support Indonesia?
Awareness of concrete concern for the less awakened to appreciate the world of sports in Indonesian society. It is very naive if we are unable to learn from our ancestors, the struggle that was not able to contribute greatly to appreciate the world of sports. If we as students have not been able to learn to build it, then chances are we still not appreciate the services of the future of Indonesian athletes in the future. It could be worse sporting achievements of Indonesia in the present and the future remains. It would be naive if brother - little brother who was sitting in our elementary schools do not want anymore dreams - dreams become athletes. And if it turns out that there is a role behind the ugly institution of higher education graduates who scored the nation's future leaders, then it is our responsibility.
From now on, let's think a whole. The name Indonesia has not only seen from the welfare, education, economy and military. The name Indonesia will also be seen from the performance in sports. Come to think together we advance the sport of Indonesia.Let us merdekakan world of sports!
For God, Nation and the alma mater ....


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Massillon, OH (February 12, 2013) – Two local nurses have filed a motion with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) seeking to intervene in a federal case in which the agency is attempting to force a union hierarchy's "representation" on the nurses in the wake of a tainted organizing election.
With free legal assistance from National Right to Work Foundation staff attorneys, Affinity Medical Center nurses Susan Kelley and Cinda Keener filed the motion last week.
National Nurses Organizing Committee (NNOC) union organizers and Affinity management entered into a "neutrality agreement" that gave union organizers preferential access to the facility, helping them to impose monopoly bargaining on the nurses. Company and union officials refused to disclose the terms of the secret agreement despite repeated requests from the nurses.
Additionally, non-employee union organizers stalked, reported on, and attempted to get company management to retaliate against nurses who exercised their rights to oppose the unionization of their workplace. Company officials, at the behest of NNOC union bosses, even made one of the nurses who opposed unionization document the activities of fellow nurses who campaigned against unionization.
[1] http://www.nrtw.org/en/press/2013/02/affinity-nurses-challenge-02122013
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Mosquito Range > Mount Democrat > Climber's Log
Mount Democrat Climber's Log
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|Larry V
|Route Climbed: with Lincoln and Bross Date Climbed: Labor Day, 1971
|Climbed with Mom, Dad, and little brother.
|Posted Jul 12, 2004 11:54 pm
|Route Climbed: decalibron from Kite Lake Date Climbed: 11 July 2004
|1st of the 3 for the day. Beautiful weather the entire day. Spencer the dog's 5th 14'er, with lots of company for him on top.
|Posted Jul 12, 2004 4:10 pm
|Route Climbed: Kite Lake/Decalibron Date Climbed: July 8, 2004
|I finished the Decalibron with Democrat, and this was the toughest part of the journey. It was a steep hike on loose talus from the Democrat-Cameron saddle. I reached the summit at about 1:30 PM. There were a few hikers there, but they soon left and I had the place all to myself.
|Posted Jul 9, 2004 4:12 pm
|Route Climbed: Kite Lake Date Climbed: August 3, 2002
|My brothers and I decided to try speed climbing from Kite Lake. Brent 0:58, Andrew 1:02, Eric 1:05. Nice view of Climax Mine from the summit.
|Posted Jul 8, 2004 10:07 am
|Route Climbed: From Kite Lake Date Climbed: July 19, 1999
|A fun, solo day out up high.
Here's a (sorta) trip report.
|Posted Jun 22, 2004 9:10 pm
|Route Climbed: Southeast snowfields and talus Date Climbed: June 19, 2004
|Definitely the most interesting summit on the Decalibron loop. Climbed about 600' of moderate snow south of the main trail up to the steep talus pile. Thence to the summit by the shortest available route. Nice place, but crowded. Summer 14ers are definitely a different breed of mountain than what I've become used to.
|Posted Jun 22, 2004 11:05 am
|Route Climbed: Decalibron Date Climbed: September 2003
|Nice easy 14er!
|Posted Jun 15, 2004 7:28 pm
|Route Climbed: East Ridge Date Climbed: May 2, 2004
|Was unable to drive all the way to Kite lake so we managed to get a legal 3000 ft gain hike of Democrat. There was plenty of snow and snowshoes probably would have been helpfull. We wound up postholing quite a bit but got a great glissade from the summit almost all the way back to Kite Lake.
|Posted Jun 13, 2004 8:40 pm
|Route Climbed: Standard Route Date Climbed: June 12, 2004
|I climbed Democrat along with Lincoln and Bross. It took me five hours car to car. The weather was cool and windy and a snow squall blew through on my way from Cameron to Bross.
|Posted Jun 12, 2004 6:27 pm
|Route Climbed: Via Lincoln Date Climbed: July 19, 2001
|Great day!
|Posted Jun 9, 2004 3:10 pm
|Route Climbed: Standard route from Kite Lake Date Climbed: October 2002
|Had to spend 4 months at sea level and upon arriving back home in Colorado I went straight here to kick my butt back into altitude-shape!
|Posted Jun 9, 2004 4:42 am
|Route Climbed: From Kite Lake Date Climbed: September 2002
|Flew in from Seattle, rented a car, drove to the trailhead, and did the Democrat, Cameron, Lincoln circa all in one day! Was feeling the affects of altitude quite a bit. We descended down from Lincoln in the dark, got in the car, and drove off to the trailhead of Mount Elbert. Very fun but long trip.
|Posted May 27, 2004 11:40 am
|Route Climbed: standard loop Date Climbed: june 96
|first of an easy triple-bagger from kite lake with a dozen tourists and the dog.
|Posted May 20, 2004 9:31 pm
|Route Climbed: south slopes Date Climbed: June 2002
|Alex, Richard, Tim and I just kind of found our own route up to the top. We saw the inviting ridge on the south face of the mountain when viewed from Kite Lake and just followed it up to the top - a nice way to spice the climb up a little bit.
|Posted May 12, 2004 3:11 pm
|Ryan Kowalski
|Route Climbed: Southeast Ridge Date Climbed: August 17, 2000
|Did the Decalibron which in retrospect is not that huge a feat, but at the time: being on top of three 14ers in one day was incredible to me. The summit of Democrat was absolutely thick with fog, it was neat climbing into the clouds
|Posted Apr 19, 2004 12:04 pm
|Route Climbed: Unknown Date Climbed: 7/04
|Easy scramble. Fun climb.
|Posted Apr 14, 2004 6:39 pm
|Route Climbed: From Kite Lake Date Climbed: June 16, 2001
|Great tripple tick with Nate Lowery. It took 1.5 hrs to the summit from the lot!
|Posted Apr 10, 2004 3:58 pm
|Route Climbed: North Ridge Date Climbed: September 2, 2002
|Starting at Montgomery Reservoir, Erin and I hiked up to the headwaters of the Middle Fork of the South Platte. We were out early enough to not have to deal with 4WD vehicles attempting this challenging road. We hiked into a small amphitheatre below Traver Peak to gain Democrat's North Ridge above its saddle w/ Traver. The ridge gets very interesting at a notch that you can inspect while on your approach. To stay on or near the ridge crest would be fifth-class of a difficulty unknown to me, but it looked doable. We weren't up to the challenge, though, and traversed out onto the west-facing slopes to evade some of the difficulties. People are very surprised when they see you arrive at Democrat's summit from the north. We descended into Platte Gulch from the Democrat-Cameron saddle. I would not recommend our descent route for an ascent, because it's rather loose. Many 4WD vehicles were on the road to Wheeler Lake along our return trip.
|Posted Apr 9, 2004 5:05 pm
|Route Climbed: DeCaLiBron Date Climbed: June 5, 2002
|I soloed the DeCaLiBron. I was very pleased that the road had been grated because otherwise, my Prizm wouldn't have made it to Kite Lake. A few inches of snow fell the night before, but it melted very quickly.
|Posted Apr 9, 2004 4:48 pm
|Route Climbed: North Face (Platte Gulch Approach) Date Climbed: May 2002
|Good route. Snow was very thin in platte gulch for this early in the
season. 4x4 road was clear to about 12,000'.
Snow was not consolidated, and was easy to kick steps into, but
looking back, was probably not safe from avalanche yet.
This route was absolutely amazing, and I really do suggest it.
With a high camp in Platte Gulch, all three(four) of the lincoln
group can be climbed in a single day. Descend the saddle between
lincoln and democrat.
Also, watch out, the marmots will eat your stuff.
|Posted Mar 19, 2004 11:22 pm


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