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11 January 2010
by Obert Chinhamo, UNV Programme Officer, Windhoek
On 4 December, UNV volunteers started by disseminating advocacy materials on IVD, UNV, climate change, online volunteering and other subjects. Also on 'Good Morning Namibia', which is one of the linchpin opening programmes of the Namibia Broadcasting Corporation (NBC), the National Planning Commission (NPC) was showcased talking about the importance of volunteering and inviting people to attend the celebrations.
On the actual day, delegates started by planting and naming 120 trees. The Minister of Environment and Tourism, Hon. Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah named her tree 'Biodiversity', whilst Mr. Lebogang Motlana, UNDP Deputy Resident Representative named his tree 'Copenhagen'. Other names given included: 'Volunteering for Development' and 'Seal the Deal'.
After the planting of trees, delegates were transported to the Kabila Community Village for the official launch of the Centre. Whilst opening the Centre the Director General of the National Planning Commission (NPC), Prof. Peter Katjavivi thanked all those who made financial and material contributions. He urged delegates to continue similar initiatives since they directly help to reduce poverty.
The celebrations were attended by more than 600 people drawn from government institutions, UN agencies, the private sector, volunteers and Volunteer Involving Organizations.


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TIPTON - The pumps companies use to free natural gas from Marcellus shale operate at high pressure and often break down.
Gardner Denver makes and fixes pumps, and wanted a bigger share of the fracking business, so it asked its Marcellus customers in Pennsylvania what to do.
Get local, because we're not going to send our broken pumps to Florida or Texas, the firms replied.
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Gardner Denver dedicated a 70,000-square-foot, $15 million plant in Tipton on Thursday that it built based on that advice.
The company's official target is 40 jobs within three years.
But Roy Skinner, a Gardner Denver employee who explained the workings of one of the company's fracking pumps on a tour of the plant Thursday, predicted 100 workers by this time next year.
Blair County is the beneficiary of Gardner Denver's decision not because its has an abundance of Marcellus - it's only on the western fringes, along the Allegheny Plateau - but because of its central location.
Gardner Denver officials looked at first at Williamsport to the northeast and then to Washington County in the southwest, both drilling hotspots.
Then it looked in the middle, on the suggestion of company CEO Barry Pennypacker, a Penn State graduate and Royersford native.
Altoona made sense, because it was two hours from each hotspot, said a consultant who spoke at the dedication.
Once Gardner Denver fixed on this area, Altoona-Blair County Development Corp. directed it towards the I-99 Enterprise Campus, which was ready to receive its first tenant.
That fit with the company's plans, because it was in a hurry to start, and because it liked the campus' proximity to Interstate 99, which can easily handle trucks transporting heavy pumps.
The project took just seven months.
"It's the perfect location," said Pennypacker, whose company recently relocated its headquarters to Philadelphia from Illinois.
The firm will repair all fracking pump components and manufacture "fluid ends."
Production began this week on raw steel cubes that machinists place into "machine centers" for a wide variety of milling operations: drilling, tapping, boring, threading and facing.
The project is a good example of Blair County's continuing evolution away from reliance decades ago on the railroad, which once employed 19,000 here, C. Alan Walker, secretary of the state Department of Community and Economic Development. said.
"You didn't hit the panic button," he told attendees. "You've done a marvelous job of diversifying."
Part of that success has been willingness to take risks like the one ABCD took in building the Enterprise Campus without a tenant commitment, he said.
There's potential here for growth not only by Gardner Denver, but also for other Marcellus-related businesses, because of the county's central location and the industry's need for chemicals, transportation, filtering and much more, Pennypacker said.
If the price of gas rises to $3.50 per thousand cubic feet, "Blair County will be exploding," Pennypacker said.
The shale gas industry has grown to about $3.5 billion, almost 1 percent of the state's economy, and by 2020, it should be about 5 percent, Walker said.
The potential is enormous, as the state has more BTUs [British Thermal Units} in natural gas than Saudi Arabia does in oil, Walker said.
"The best is yet to come," Walker said.
Mirror Staff Writer William Kibler is at 949-7038.


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A rollover accident caused delays on I-43 at the Milwaukee/Waukesha County line.
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For my wife's company, we used a local designer for her logo (which you can see here) and were really happy with the results. What did we pay for this you ask? $1500.
Fast forward a couple of years, and after attending a seminar I learned about 99designs.com. Now, I haven't tried to crowdsource, or outsource anything yet, even though I've read the 4-hour Work Week and fundamentally know there are things that I do during the day I could pay someone to do to free up my time.
So, I decided to give it a go for a logo design for a Real Estate Investment Calculator that I've created, that I'm soon going to market online.
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With a traditional designer, you may get 3-4 redo's, and that's it. Here, 25+ designs and as long as you are active in rating and providing feedback to the designers, they are more than happy to update their designs in the hopes of winning the prize.
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Deadlift PB 145kg x 2. Annoying because I didn't go for a third and should have tried a heavier single. Wasn't tired, just assumed that I wouldn't go higher. Stupid psychological barrier;
In other news, received a warning from the TSR stasi police; I must extend my apologies to you good chaps and chapettes as one of my posts must have caused much offence, with the use of the words eff see you kay and pish. Jeez.
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No, honestly it feels ****ing fantastic, like I've had a nice deep tissue massage. There's something wrong with me, I'm not normal. I don't sleep with a pillow.
(Original post by cowsforsale)
Roundback in that video wasn't as extreme as this one dawg..
Do you seriously not get any acute pain post lifting?
(Original post by Khanage)
Big deadlift PB for me 2 days ago, videoed it and its below, constructive criticism please.
Form isnt great cos its my 1rm, I realise I pull too much with my back and hamstrings and need to involve legs/quads more. Back rounds a bit and struggled to lock out but i got it
If you can't get low enough, then you need to sort out your hip flexibility. I'm 6'1'' and I can get down as low as is physically possible (glutes to calves).
(Original post by Hantheman)
If you can't get low enough, then you need to sort out your hip flexibility. I'm 6'1'' and I can get down as low as is physically possible (glutes to calves).
New deadlift PB today, 160kg for 4 reps.
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Wrt to spine rounding. Read this interview with Stuart Mcgill:
Being low or high is up to you and your mechanics. Look at Koklayev - he goes low as ****. Look at KK, he isn't.
Meh, there's a bunch of ****. In the end you pray to the Iron Gods that you don't get injured.
There was this article a while back on T-Nation perhaps of some fairly old school (like 60s maybe?) dude who pulled 700-800 and he swore by rounding his back a lot.
matched my pb, what are your otherlifts like?
and butters that second deadlfit vid you weren't even locking out lol
(Original post by Gallium)
matched my pb, what are your otherlifts like?
and butters that second deadlfit vid you weren't even locking out lol
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Too long didn't read: Is it good or bad?
Meh, there's a bunch of ****. In the end you pray to the Iron Gods that you don't get injured.
(Original post by Stuart McGill)
lifting with a neutral spine increases the tolerable training volume...
Now for a paradox: If a guy has a long history of lifting with some flexion, the trabecular bone in the vertebral body will be strongly adapted. It appears as though stronger and denser trabecular bone reduces vertebral end plate damage and the ensuing delamination process. This characterizes the grand old men of powerlifting who have survived years of lifting with a flexed spine.
But a newer lifter has a higher risk since they don't have years of loading history to create the adaptation. But the loading is needed to stimulate the adaptation, and this is the most perilous time. Some will survive, but others will have the legacy of a problematic back.
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105kg bench, 140kg squat, both 1RM. Only been lifting seriously for about 6 months so I'm pretty happy with the progress I'm making.
6 1 isnt really that tall
(Original post by Gallium)
my squats around the same, but my bench is like 75-80 ;( lol, i'm guessing you do 5x5 or something
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the bench programme looks pretty awesome!
20kg on your deadlfit in 8 weeks is pretty awesome!
Can't judge depth from the front.
All these guys are tremendously strong but does anyone actually squat to depth these days?
Watching Kirk Karwoski squat and it's just ****ing beautiful. I mean, wow... 1000x2 single-ply; 800x5 raw (just a belt). All to great depth AND walked out.
I'm not really bothered about powerlifting becoming more public but, ****, they're killing any chance of that happening.
800x5 raw? hmmmmmmm
Wilkerson's squat was much better than his 1000lbs one which was sky high. I still think Malanichev is more impressive though.
Yes I haven't seen it myself but it's in his DVD.
1000x2 is quite legendary and known. Crazy. I mean, ****, best squatter ever.


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First-round co-leader George McNeill is alone atop the leaderboard through 54 holes of the Puerto Rico Open. The $3.5 million PGA Tour event began Thursday at Trump International Golf Club in Rio Grande, Puerto Rico.
The 36-year-old Floridian and one-time Tour winner carded a 5-under 67 to go to 13-under 203, one stroke ahead of Sweden's Henrik Stenson (65) and American Kevin Stadler (66).
Thirty-six hole pacesetter Matt Jones of Australia shot an even-par 72 Saturday and is in solo fourth at 205. Right behind at 206 are Japan's Ryo Ishikawa (69) and Americans Scott Brown (65) and Daniel Summerhays (68). After a 68, Canada's Graham DeLaet is alone in eighth at 9-under 207.
Sharing ninth are 2003 British Open champion Ben Curtis (68), William McGirt (68), J.J. Killeen (69), Roland Thatcher (68), Roberto Castro (70), Andres Romero (70) and Brendon de Jonge (69).
Starting the third round only three shots behind Jones, 2004 British Open champion Todd Hamilton had a 73 to fall into a tie for 19th at 6-under 210.
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A compromise to assure future funding of Lehigh Valley Zoo wasn't enough of a compromise to satisfy at least four of Lehigh County's nine commissioners Tuesday night.
On another financial matter, commissioners are scheduling a Dec. 18 public hearing to learn from operators of Cedarbrook, the county's nursing home, why it went millions of dollars over budget this year and what steps will be taken to prevent it from happening again.
The zoo proposal, presented by Commissioners Tom Creighton and Percy Dougherty, would provide a $185,000-a-year subsidy to the zoo from
2014 through 2016. Both commissioners called it a good compromise.
That compromise would replace an earlier proposal by County Executive Matthew Croslis that would have ensured county funding to the zoo for the next six years: $185,000 a year from 2014 to 2016, then $150,000 from 2017 through 2019.
"Three years is better than six, but it's still two years too long,"
said Commissioner Michael Schware, who proposed an alternative compromise.
Not in dispute is an additional $92,500 provided each year for the care of the county's bison, elk and Palomino horses that live in Trexler Nature Preserve, where the zoo is located.
The commissioners already have approved the county's 2014 budget, which contains $185,000 for the zoo for next year.
But at least four commissioners are reluctant to lock in funding for the zoo for several years, especially because the county is facing a budget deficit of more than $7 million in 2014.
They don't accept that the zoo is destined to fail if it doesn't get a
three- or six-year funding deal.
"I have a lot of apprehension as to whether I want to approve anything beyond 2014 based on the financial situation of this county and what the taxpayers may be facing at the end of 2014," said Lisa Scheller, president of the commissioners.
And Commissioner Scott Ott said he remains reluctant to give the zoo "a long-term contract" when the process of approving its budget allocation year-by-year "will serve it just as well." Schware said other non-profits get county subsidies on an annual basis.
"We do have an extreme financial crunch in the county," agreed Dougherty. "But I still feel the zoo is the crown jewel of the county park system and we owe the zoo some financial support for the next couple of years."
Croslis told commissioners he fully supports funding the zoo for three years: "It gives stability to the zoo. They shouldn't have to come here year after year."
The county executive called it "an outside-of-the-box solution" to both support the zoo and reduce the county's subsidy.
Thomas Muller, the county's director of administration who will become the new county executive in January, told commissioners he also supports the three-year funding plan for the zoo.
Compromise to the compromise
A compromise to the proposed compromise was offered by Schware. He suggested giving the zoo $60,000 less each year -- $185,000 in 2014, $125,000 in 2015 and $65,000 in 2016.
Ott and Commissioner Vic Mazziotti indicated they support Schware's alternative proposal.
"I'd like to see this come back from the administration with a different set of numbers," said Schware.
Scheller recommended that administration do just that, adding: "The board would support that."
"We'll have to talk about it," said Croslis. "We will have a discussion."
After the meeting, Croslis explained a third version of a proposed ordinance funding the zoo, using the numbers suggested by Schware, would have to be presented for a first reading at the Dec. 11 commissioners meeting and the two earlier versions would be withdrawn.
Croslis stressed the proposed three-year funding plan already includes built-in reductions in the annual $185,000 subsidy, if audits show improvement in the zoo's cash balance at the end of each year. Those reductions range from $15,000 to $35,000, depending on how much the cash balance increases.
Croslis said the three-year funding plan for the zoo was Creighton's idea. Creighton did not support the six-year plan, which is likely to be withdrawn or voted down at the Dec. 11 meeting.
Commissioners have been debating future funding for the zoo for months. In late September, they voted 5-4 to delay a final vote on the six-year plan until Dec. 11.


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The team will have a new head coach, as Andy Reid has already been fired and signed by the Kansas City Chiefs. It's highly unlikely any of the coordinators will be retained, and the new head coach will have the fourth overall selection in the upcoming draft.
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An average 44mm (1.7in) of rain fell across England and Wales in the first six days of the month, prompting the final four water companies with hosepipe bans to lift them from today.
According to the Met Office, which keeps rainfall figures dating back to 1766, the current record July was in 1828 with 183mm (7.2in), or nearly three times the monthly average.
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My son eats mostly what I do, but we have teenagers in the house who are not my kids, and they eat bread and pasta and the like... so at the moment he eats maybe 60% primal. I haven't noticed alot of changes but he's always been extremely healthy. He seems to get fewer colds and sleep more deeply these days.
I do have a friend whose daughter's behavior is night-and-day different when she has sugar vs when she has absolutely no sugar. I've heard that added sugar and some types of dye can make a big difference in children's behavior - so you may very well notice a difference.
I'm so glad I have my fiance's support, even if he doesn't totally follow along with me. I can't imagine doing it completely on my own. You have my sympathy.


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Airplane model found in a tomb in Saqqara, Egypt. This object is estimated to be from the year 200 bc. This object was discovered in 1898 and thrown into a box and labeled wooden bird model. Airplanes weren`t around in 1898 so they didn`t make the connection with the object and airplanes.
What is quite remarkable about this object is that it has very advanced aerodynamics built into it`s conception. Whoever scaled and built this model obviously had some idea of what he was doing. This is the conclusion reached by scientists who studied this object.
The aztec calendar or "sun stone" as it is also known is a 365 day calendar designed by the Aztecs and used by the pre Columbian peoples of ancient Mexico. The original actec calendar is a huge 12 foot long stone slab, since the original many smaller versions were made. The sun stone is similar to the Mayan calendar, however it is not quite as precise as the mas precise as the mayan calendar.
The main question we should be asking ourselves is where did these somewhat primitive peoples receive all this knowledge about the stars, the cycles of the year, and other important astrological information.
And also where did the mayans who were earlier then the Aztec receive all their mathematical, and astronomical information. The most logical explanation is that someone showed them all this stuff, they were taught.. Who better to teach them then aliens who were highly intelligent. You see there seems to be a huge gap in history. People who were fairly primitive all of a sudden started having extensive astrological, astronomical, and mathematical knowledge.
Science today says that they may have developed this knowledge on their own. I find that hard to believe, you go from primitive to super smart in just a few years, it just doesn`t make sense. This is knowledge that is very highly developed, it had to have come from someone highly intelligent.
The Nazca lines are ancient geoglyphs found in the Nazca desert in southern Peru. They are huge sketches or outlines of birds, fish, and animals. There are also many symmetrical lines and geometrical shapes throughout the vast array of the Nazca lines.
The shapes of animals, birds, and fish sketched in the Nazca desert can only be appreciated if you are above them in the sky, they are so large there is no way to appreciate their design from on the ground, they are too big.
So the question we need to ask ourselves is why create something that can only be seen from the sky. And let`s not kid ourselves, they did this on a massive scale, there are a LOT of drawings in Nazca, and a lot of symmetrical shapes and lines. Many of the lines drawn are extremely precise and straight and cover vast distances. Creating a straight line that covers over 1 kilometer is very hard even today, imagine in 400 AD which is when they were created.
Here is what we think about the Nazca lines. Probably the people of Nazca had some help in creating the Nazca lines, or perhaps they weren`t even made by the ancient primitive people of Peru. Perhaps they were created by Aliens. They drew the animals, birds, fish, and insect shapes to let other aliens passing by in ships as to what there was on this planet in terms of animal life.
That is one explanation that makes better sense of why they were created, it gives the Nazca lines a more practical explanation. Or possibly aliens visiting us wanted to have some fun and draw some art, and they decided to etch out the nazca lines for artistic purposes. Only people in the sky can appreciate them, so it is wise to realize that they were created for alien eyes.
As for the straight lines and geometrical patterns, many think these may have been ancient runways for alien vessels. While this is a possibility it doesn`t seem like the most logical assumption in my view.
Maybe the creators of the Nazca lines had some geometrical ideas or principals and they sketched them out on the Nazca lines, maybe the lines have a purpose, maybe they mean something, something we haven`t figured out yet.
This glyph is of an alien looking being with big buggy eyes. Could this be a portrait of the alien race that created the Nazca lines. Very possible. Maybe he is just saying "Hi humans, we created this, enjoy!"
Many elongated and strange skulls have been found in Mexico and Peru. This is one of the skulls. This finding supports our argument about ancient aliens with elongated skulls. Other similar skulls have been found from across the globe.
Deformed skulls photographed in the Museo Regional de Ica.
On Easter Island there are many huge statues of stone. They were created a very long time ago by an ancient people. How they managed to create them is a mystery. To lift stones this big today it would take a crane. It is said that the ancient people who created them were a tribe called the `birdmen`.
What that means is left to the imagination. In my opinion the people who created them had the means to fly. In other words they posessed advanced technology that allowed them to create such huge works of stone. They may have posessed an ancient technology that enable them to life these heavy blocks of stone. Maybe they could even fly like birds with some unknown technology.


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Wednesday, February 19, 2014
Most who have traveled down Route 78 toward North Charleston have seen him.
He is either riding or walking his bike, with a large basket on the front, decorated lavishly with flags, neckties, stuffed animals and other detritus of life.
The basket contains crushed beer cans.
Friendly and happy to talk, 64-year-old Joe McAlister, a Vietnam veteran, opens his home with a welcoming smile and wave.
His home is made of pieces of cardboard, a double mattress that functions as a wind-proof wall, plastic garbage bags taped over gaps and a bright blue tarp that is the roof. It is decorated with wind chimes, what appears to be a wig of black hair, an American flag and odd pieces of particleboard and plywood.
I went in in 67 and got out in 71, he says of fighting in Vietnam. He served two tours. I lost my hearing in that war, got shot here and here, indicating his neck and thigh. Im disabled and they put me on temporary disability but then they cut me off.
Its difficult to communicate with Joe partly because of his hearing difficulties, partly because of his loss of teeth, which makes certain letters and sounds come out completely foreign and, partly, because the beer he is drinking is probably not his first of the day.
Im an alcoholic, he says gesturing with his large can of Icehouse.
He has stopped at the gas station across the street on the way home to get the single can of beer.
He spends a lot of time walking, he says, to keep in shape.
I was getting food stamps but got cut off from that too they just help people who dont need no help. He shakes his head.
He says he has to go back to the Social Security Administration on Feb. 26 but hes not sure what todays date is or when the 26th is.
He says it is a daily struggle to get any official help.
How do you eat?
People drop stuff off, he responds, pointing to a loaf of bread sitting on top of a container that looks like it might be a pie of some sort or perhaps a ready-made meal, tucked at the corner of his house.
There is no sign of a campfire suggesting he doesnt get to eat hot food.
I take my life one day at a time.
What is so remarkable about McAlisters home is that it is meticulously landscaped, clean and obviously cared for.
A walkway has been created, with long pieces of tree branches, carefully raked, and decorated with some hubcaps, a colander, a spatula, a dustpan and brush. A trophy sits at a joint in the walkway. He has a patio paved with cardboard beer cases, overlapped. On top are a few carpet swatches.
There are two comfortable lawn chairs and one rattan-seated high kitchen bar chair.
He is pleased to have visitors and he enjoys company but doesnt get much and it gets lonely.
Behind the structure are neatly stacked piles of garbage, carefully contained in plastic trash bags.
What do you do about a bathroom?
He motions towards the woods, then points to a bucket in which, he says, he does what doesnt belong in the bushes, and then he buries it and cleans out the bucket.
The area smells fresh, and Joe leans over and removes two errant leaves that have had the temerity to drift onto his patio.
I work hard on this place. And it shows. There is pride in his decoration of both his bike and his home.
I used to be a landscaper, ya know.
Joe says hes originally from Greenville but questions about getting veterans benefits fizzle away with a lack of understanding on both sides.
He would, he says, like a propane heater. I about froze in there! he points to his house, referring to the recent storm, I just got a blanket.
Joe goes back behind his house and pulls out a garden rake. He begins to rake the pristine walkway and tidy up around him, before sitting down and enjoying the rest of his beer.
He waves farewell.
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Dozens showed up Friday for a vigil in honor of 12-year-old Alex Madrid.Video Transcript
TONIGHT FOR 12 YEAR OLD ALEX MADRID. THE BOY WAS MURDERED EARLIER THIS WEEK KOAT ACTION 7 NEWS REPORTER MIKE SPRINGER SPOKE TO MADRID'S FRIENDS AND FAMILY. "We love him and we will miss him forever. He will always be dear in our hearts. May he rest in peace." THE 12 YEAR OLD BOY WITH THE BIG SMILE AND INFECTIOUS LAUGH IS GONE. ALEX MADRID WAS FOUND DEAD IN THIS FIELD IN MEADOW LAKE TUESDAY. IT'S ABOUT AN HOUR SOUTH OF ALBUQUERQUE OFF OF I-25 POLICE ARRESTED 15-YEAR OLD BRANDON VILLALOBOS FOR THE CRIME. MADRID'S FAMILY AND FRIENDS ARE STILL STRUGGLING WITH IT ALL. "He liked to help me. Everywhere I wanted to go he wanted to go. I don't have my little buddy anymore." ON FRIDAY, MADRID'S FAMILY AND FRIENDS GATHERED IN THE FIELD WHERE HIS BODY WAS FOUND THEY HELD A SMALL VIGIL FOR HIM. HOLDING EACH OTHER AND PRAYING AS THEY SHARED MEMORIES OF ALEX. he was a great brother to me. We use to play together he's remembered by his life. His kindness to others THE FAMILY SET UP THIS CROSS HERE FOR MADRID. THEY SAY THEY APPRECIATE ALL THE SUPPORT AND LOVE THE COMMUNITY HAS SHOWN THEM we all love you guys. My son loves you guys. We all appreciate everything you guys have done for him THERE WILL BE A FUNDRAISER FOR ALEX'S FAMILY TOMORROW AT 10 A-M AT ULIAN'S BURGERS IN ALBUQUERQUE NEAR CENTRAL AND ATRISCO.
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Faith in Values: How to Reduce Poverty and Save Taxpayers $4.6 Billion Per Year
SOURCE: AP/Ross D. Franklin
A single number can change the public debate on an issue that seems stalled. Two weeks ago, such a number appeared in a report by the Center for American Progress and the Institute for Research on Labor and Employment that connects a higher minimum wage with decreased costs in the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, formerly known as food stamps.
The number is $4.6 billion, and it represents how much money taxpayers will save annually if the federal minimum wage is raised to $10.10 per hour. Paying workers a higher minimum wage will reduce their need for federal assistance, creating huge savings for the taxpayer-funded program.
The report, "The Effects of Minimum Wages on SNAP Enrollments and Expenditures," documents the connection between higher wages and lower public spending on SNAP in a clear and measurable way. For instance, every $1 increase in family earnings brings a 30 cent drop in SNAP benefits. Given such savings, political opponents of a higher minimum wage who also want to slash safety net programs such as SNAP will have a hard time justifying their actions. After all, if they want to cut government spending, the best way to do so is by raising the minimum wage.
"You can't have it both ways," said Melissa Boteach, Vice President of the Poverty to Prosperity Program at the Center for American Progress. In an interview for this column, Boteach pointed out the multiple contradictions in conservative arguments that complain about government spending programs but ignore the solution staring them in the face.
Boteach, who was part of the team that commissioned the report, said that conservatives should applaud how a higher minimum wage would boost the economy. "It's a win-win all around," she said. "Workers win, taxpayers win, and small businesses and the economy win when workers have more money to spend."
The number $4.6 billion also reveals how businesses that pay low wages are part of the problem. I don't know about you, but I find it irritating that my tax dollars are subsidizing corporations whose wages are so low that their workers qualify for basic government assistance.
Don't get me wrong—SNAP is an effective program, and conservative politicians should not slash its budget. It feeds families, improves the health of low-income children, and is a smart investment in our nation's well-being and future. But why should I pick up the tab for low-wage employers—such as Wal-Mart, Target, McDonald's, Taco Bell, and Pizza Hut—whose incomes are soaring?
The fact is that millions of these employers' workers make poverty-level wages. The current federal minimum wage of $7.25 comes to only $15,080 per year for full-time workers, which falls $4,000 below the federal poverty line for a family of three. Compare those numbers to Wal-Mart's profits of $17 billion last year.
When it comes to these realities, states and localities are way ahead of the federal government. More than 20 states have a minimum wage higher than the federal one, and momentum to raise the minimum wage is building in other states as well. Public support is broad and strong. According to Gallup, more than three in four Americans would vote for a higher minimum wage, including a majority of Republicans, at 58 percent; independents, at 76 percent; and Democrats, at 91 percent.
One reason this issue has such strong support is people believe that workers should make enough to be able to support their families if they work full time. Earning a fair wage lets them do that.
Unfortunately, many conservative members of Congress are out of step with the public on this issue and out of touch with the facts, not to mention with the $4.6 billion taxpayers will save if given a higher minimum wage. One way to get the process moving, says Boteach, is for concerned House members to sign a discharge petition and force a vote on raising the minimum wage. That way, elected officials will be held accountable on this issue, and all Americans can see where their representatives stand.
In essence, raising the minimum wage is about fairness and the value of work. It expresses a contract, or covenant, among workers, employers, and the government that each segment of society needs to do its part to make our economy and nation strong.
In his homilies and remarks, Pope Francis often speaks of the dignity of work. He recently celebrated his first anniversary as pope, so let's let him have the last word. "We get dignity from work," he said, speaking on the Feast of St. Joseph the Worker. "Work … fills us with dignity, makes us similar to God who has worked and still works, who always acts. I address a strong appeal that the dignity and safety of the worker always be protected."
Sally Steenland is Director of the Faith and Progressive Policy Initiative at the Center for American Progress. Steenland, a best-selling author, former newspaper columnist, and teacher, explores the role of religion and values in the public sphere.
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Nice! Where abouts are you at? I just moved to Columbia a year ago. Sucks not having a hockey team. Apparently we had the inferno in the ECHL but it doesn't look like they are coming back. I'm definitely planning on checking out the Griffs in Charlotte this year if they play there!Aug 26 2010 03:58 PM


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Join members of the Shoreline Amateur Astronomical Association on Saturday for a one hour indoor program called an Introduction to Astronomy: Planets and the Solar System at 7:30 p.m. at the Nature Education Center.
During this program, you will take a tour of the universe beginning with our own solar system, discover the phenomena we can see as we ride along on Earth, learn the latest information about other planets in our solar system, and learn about the structure of our galaxy. This program will be held rain or shine.
Following the program, there will be a two-hour outdoor viewing session (weather permitting). For the outdoor viewing, telescopes will be provided, or you may bring your own. Bring a lawn chair and binoculars (if you have them). There are no fees and advanced registration is not required. The program and viewing are for adults and older children.
The Nature Education Center is located at Hemlock Crossing in Port Sheldon Township. From US 31, travel west on Croswell St. to West Olive Rd. Travel south on West Olive Rd. to the park entrance. The center is at the end of the park drive. Call 616-786-4847 if you need more information.


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For a long time, I've wanted to emulate a graphic I have of a quilt hanging on a clothesline. I finally got to do it with that whole sewing/quilt set a few weeks ago. :)
Just one more week until I leave for Ukraine (June 1)!
If you'd like to follow my Ukraine blog, it is HERE. I just updated it a few minutes ago.
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NI Water must not be immune from the law.
Here at Friends of the Earth, we will wait for the conclusions of the inquiry that will be conducted by the NI Authority for Utility Regulation rather than blaming any specific individuals.
We are concerned that Regional Development Minister, Conor Murphy, may react by taking the regressive step of bringing NI Water fully back into his Department.
When Water Service, as it was then called, was an agency of the Department for Regional Development (DRD), it enjoyed Crown Immunity from prosecution. It was regularly exposed as being guilty of large-scale pollution but could not be prosecuted.
When NI Water was created in 2006 immunity from prosecution was removed. Bringing it back into DRD could reinstate Crown Immunity, and leave the UK open to cripplingly large fines from Europe.
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2nd July 2010
The first of two quarter final days and this is where it really hots up. The weather is good and life is better. Enjoy!
Holland 2 Brazi 1
Venue: Blagg Acres
Sustenance: A glass of Advocaat and a bag of Dutch Edam crisps
If ever a tournament needed a result like this, then it was this one as the Dutch came from behind to dismantle a Brazilian side that lost control, composure and eventually the match. When Robhino scored after only 10 minutes it looked like business as usual but I've not been convinced by Brazil in this World Cup and Holland upped the pace in the second half and equalised after a dreadful mistake by the so-called best keeper in the tournament Júlio César.
With Brazil suddenly up against it, they imploded in spectacular fashion. Bastos, who needlesly kicked out out Robben in the first half, was lucky to stay on the pitch for a bad second foul that would have got him at least a yellow had he not already been booked, before Felipe Melo - whose superb through ball had enabled Robinho to score early on - was sent off for an appalling stamp on Robben again. Melo must have been a confused man as he tropped off, it was his head that applied the last touch to Wesley Sneijder's deep cross that eluded his keeper to bring Holland level.
Before Bastos was sent off in the 73rd minute, it had been Man of the Match Sneijder who had put the Dutch ahead on 68 minutes with an excellent header after the Brazilian defence had been opened up incisively from a corner back-flicked by Dirk Kuyt. After going behind and losing a man, Brazil lost all composure and the result seemed ensured as the Dutch had several half-chances to increase their lead.
As usual, the pundits were all stunned but this is no 1970 Brazil team and I'm as pleased as punch for the Dutch. With Uruguay facing them in the semi-final, Holland must really fancy their chances to go all the way now.
Uruguay 1 Ghana 1 (aet Uruguay won 4-2 on penalties)
Venue: Blagg Acres
I wanted some Uruguyan or Ghanian food - I really did - but I had not one email suggesting what I could cook so supporters of Uruguay might want to contact me in time for the semi-final
You always get at least one match like this every World Cup and this was 2010's; heartbreak and joy in equal measure and great entertainment for the neutral - even though ITV's coverage seemed to be trying to lead most of us into thinking we all had Ghanian roots somewhere.
Muntari scored a scorcher just before half-time to give Ghana the lead, his 40 yard shot catching everyone out, but a determined Uruguay struck back in the second with a cracking Forlan free kick ten minutes into the half.
The game ebbed and flowed and was always entertaining with Asamoah Gyan and Kevin-Prince Boateng a threat for the Africans but with Uruguay similarly a threat with their more considered approach. Nothing could be decided after 90 minutes so the game went into extra-time where the South Americans looked stronger in the first half only for Ghana to go on top in the second.
Then, with just seconds to go, the tension was racked up another notch when a Ghanain free kick caused chaos in the Uruguay defence before Suarez handled on the line. A red card was shown as a distraught Suarez trooped off but the same player was jumping for joy seconds later when Asamoah Gyan's penalty struck the bar. As Gyan slumped to his knees in horror the whistle blew for the end of the game and more penalties.
In the usual tension soaked minutes that followed, Gyan showed true mettle by taking Ghana's first and scoring and, although Maxi Pereira missed wildly for Uruguay, John Mensah and Dominic Adiyiah missed for the Africans to send a jubilant Uruguay through to a clash against the Netherlands.
I suppose in the true spirit of sport we should mention that Suarez's deliberate handball on the line denied Ghana a perfectly good goal and his one match ban could see him back for the final if Uruguay get through. My feeling is though his loss could be crucial for the South Americans although I still think they are a tidy looking outfit.
This is cheating- of course it is. With only a minute to go a 99.9% goal was suddenly a 50/50 chance. When is FIFA going to change this rule a deliberate hand ball and a goal-red card and the ref awards a goal-simple as that. Uruguay is shameful and should hand over their prize money to Ghana. They probably won't reach a final for another 60 years.
It wasn't a 99.9% goal - it was 100% a goal and should have been awarded. Rugby has penalty-tries, why doesn't soccer have penalty-goals? It just encourages players to cheat.
Uruguay won't get any further without Suarez - especially against the Dutch.
Germany is playing great soccer - I love it! It's almost making me into a German fan! Almost.
Blagg: I know the 'love Germany' thing is really starting to have an effect on me too.


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In 1945 Jake Geismer (Clooney), an American reporter, arrives in Berlin to cover the Potsdam Peace Conference, during which the U.S., Britain and Russia will divvy up post-WWII Europe. But his real reason for visiting is to track down Lena (Blanchett), a married German woman with whom he had an affair while in the city before the war. Jake finds her, and bad trouble follows.
Shot in black-and-white and imitating the visual and even acting styles of Casablanca and other '40s era movies, German is a cinematic curio. Director Steven Soderbergh (Ocean's Twelve) pays self-conscious homage to those earlier films but poses moral questions far more complex than his models ever raised. Does it work? Not entirely (the love story lacks heat), but it's a fascinating experiment. (R)


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Between 10pm on Monday, January 20, and 9.30am on Tuesday, January 21, a number of items of clothing including two polo shirts, a pair of jeans and a pair of pyjamas, were stolen from the washing line of a house in Newfields.
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Monday, June 04, 2012
Yarn for Port of Stitches' Marketplace
A few days ago Jane Thornley and I had the mesmerizing task of selecting yarns for the Port of Stitches marketplace.
During the July week-end retreat, we will also be making available a large range of Fleece Artist and Handmaiden yarns.
In a wide variety of colours.
Here are just a few of the new colours for this year:
There will be warm colours, brights, cool colours, solids and variegated. Something for everyone.
The marketplace will also feature my patterns, Jane's kits and jewellery as well as Perl Grey's shawl pins.
The marketplace will be open from Friday evening (5:00 PM) to Sunday afternnoon at the Courtyard Marriott in Halifax. It will be open for business for anyone who would like to drop by.
You don't have to be registered for the retreat to visit the marketplace.
Hope to see you there.
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I still have high hope of going public with my patented rectal-intradermic, over-the-counter drug delivery system. Hey, it works!!! It's been proven by all the "investors" on this board. :)))) They are taking it every day.I think I'll be a billionaire by year end. All I need is a good PR firm.
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> I'd like to be able to use my Mac OS X machine seamlessly within my
> network. For this, I need to be able to have NetBIOS resolution occur
> just like DNS or /etc/hosts file lookups.
> For example, I'd like to be able to type http://my-netbios-name into the
> address bar of Safari and have the system resolve the IP.
> Unix systems can use the winbindd and /etc/nsswitch.conf tools, but
> unfortunately this isn't available for OS X as far as I can tell.
> Would creating a custom agent for lookupd be the way to go with this? I
> hope to god that I'm just missing something simple, and that someone
> here can put me back on the right path. I've done a bunch of searching
> on google and the archives for this list, and have just come up empty
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> Thank you for any help/info you can provide,
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> Ryan
I think Windows systems are the only systems that can use NetBIOS name
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over TCP/IP. Linux requires HOST files or bind name resolution. I'm not to
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same problem. It's not really a problem, it's just two different protocols.
There is a Windows solution if you have a WINS and DNS server. You can add a
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Win2000/XP now use dynamic DNS so the WINS server is not required. The newer
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What systems do you need to advertise the NetBIOS names for ? Windows or
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Lady Gaga Appears in the December Issue of Vogue
As in, Anna Wintour's 'Vogue.'By Amy Odell
As in, Anna Wintour's 'Vogue.'By Amy Odell
Sounds terrifying.By Amy Odell
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Does this mean she'll have to keep the face masks in check?By Amy Odell
Right now she wants to use her fame to better the lives of struggling up-and-comers.By Amy Odell
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Her spring 2010 collection was replete with pantslessness and palm trees.By Amy Odell
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I do not have a car, I do not have a bike, and I live in the suburbs. In my opinion, the part of the suburbs that I live in isn't the most charming. There are very few pedestrian walkways, there are some parts that don't have any sort of walkway at all, and it's mostly manufacturing places and some housing complexes with signs that say "No Trespassing" or "Area Protected by Neighborhood Watch". Not the greatest place to go for a walk.
But go for a walk, I did. I covered quite a bit of distance, which was nice. But I didn't get to my destination, which was the Des Plaines River Trail.
I know where the closest "official" entrance is, but it's on the other side of this large and constantly busy highway that I am afraid to cross because I am the proverbial chicken crossing the road. However, I know that the river trail has a bridge that goes over this highway and onto my side, so I was looking for a way to get myself onto the river trail so I could use the bridge to get to the other side and continue exploring.
Unfortunately, I ran into a problem.
That overpass in the top part of the map is a set of train tracks. Behind this track, there's another overpass that is the bridge of the Des Plaines River Trail.
Though I did see the tracks on Google Maps when I was planning my route, I had the brilliant idea to try and cross them. I did not anticipate seeing a "No Trespassing" sign and a rather tall chain link fence on the other side of the tracks.
Also, a train went by right when I got to the tracks, which kind of freaked me out.
It makes me a little sad that I can't freely walk around the same way I can in New York City. I miss walking, I miss having clear paths that I can definitely take and not have to worry too much about getting run over by a car. I miss being able to use just my two feet to get me somewhere.
I wanted to have this post be filled with pretty pictures I would take along the Des Plaines River Trail, but that would have to wait for another day when I can actually get to the trail.
Still, it was a nice day to go out walking. Not too cold, a little bit windy, but nothing biting. I actually felt myself start to sweat a little when I was walking back, but I was bundled pretty snugly.
On my way back home, I glanced at the untamed parts of the fields on the sides of the road, thick and unknown, but fenced in with signs that advertised soon-to-come buildings. I don't want more buildings; I want more walkways and access to that river trail so I can cross the highway without having to cross the actual highway or go through private property.
I can't get anywhere in this town.
But I won't let that deter me. I'll take another walk soon. Hopefully I will get to that darn river trail.
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October 2003
P.O. Box 189, Moffett Field, CA 94035-0189
Communication problems are mentioned in a high percentage of incidents reported to ASRS. Misunderstandings account for the greatest number of communication errors, but improper radio operation and equipment malfunctions are also culprits.
Private Conversation
A misplaced switch, apparently overlooked during the cockpit preflight, resulted in this A300 Captain transmitting to a very limited audience.
A Classic in D - Unplugged
"Check the plug" is the classic first step for troubleshooting many electronic devices. An unplugged headset caused an embarrassing departure for this BE35 pilot.
Talk, Don't Squawk
A corporate pilot reported on a number of difficulties encountered when flying with a contract pilot. The problems started with this communications error.
While military pilots might be familiar with radio silence procedures, such operations are never intentionally conducted at civil airports. This private pilot, when confronted with the phrase "carrier no voice" apparently assumed that "zip lip ops" were in effect. What the controller was trying to convey to the pilot was that his radio was transmitting an unmodulated, constant tone (carrier frequency) without a discernable voice pattern.
A little "amplification" of the problem by Ground Control might have prevented this pilot from going as far as he did.
Misunderstandings cause many communication errors. The following ASRS reports illustrate the need for clear, unambiguous phraseology in all aviation operations.
A Recipe for Miscommunication
Blend distractions, assumptions, and misinterpretations. Add a little pressure. Arrange on a long, flat surface. For "well done" communications, clarify all ingredients before lifting off. For "half-baked" communications, lift off early- even if it feels wrong.
Runway Confusion...By Request
In two similar incidents,
key information was left out of otherwise clear communications. In each
case there were two different interpretations of the same phrase.
This runway incursion occurred because of a miscommunication. I will clarify a request like that in the future. If both the Tower and I were clearer in what we said, I believe something like this would never have happened.
A Bad Sign
Sign language is one of the oldest forms of communication, but even hand signals can be misinterpreted, especially when they are intended for someone else.


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For decades, the Arizona Wildcats' best players have been synonymous with the numbers they've worn on their jerseys.
But not all numbers are unique. So we decided to ask the question: Who is the quintessential player to wear that number?
Who wore it best?
The number: 3
The showdown: Khalid Reeves vs. Loren Woods
The comparison
Khalid Reeves (1990-94)
The stats: His 1,925 career points (15 points per game) is fifth on the all-time UA list.
The details: No UA player has ever scored more in one season than Reeves' 848 points (24.2 points per game) in the Wildcats' 1994 Final Four season. In the NCAA tournament that year, he averaged 27.4 points on 46 percent shooting.
The postscript: The No. 12 pick in the 1994 NBA Draft played for six teams in his six-year career.
Loren Woods (1999-2001)
The stats: Woods averaged 14.3 points, 7 rebounds and 3.4 blocks per game in two years at the UA.
The details: The Wildcats' single-season blocks leader swatted 102 in his junior year, including a 14-block game that tied an NCAA record. Woods led the UA with 15.6 points as a junior. He averaged 13.2 points, 6.5 rebounds and 2.9 blocks in 2001.
The postscript: The second-round 2001 NBA Draft selection played for four NBA teams and had a successful overseas career.
The one-sentence debate: How does one of the UA's greatest scorers stack up against its best shot-blocker?
Khalid Reeves G • 1990-1994
School-record points scored in 1993-94.
Loren Woods C • 1999-2001
Average blocks per game in two Arizona seasons.
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MSNBC reported on June 21 that while Hillary Clinton has not announced a presidential candidacy, the Republican super PAC America Rising launched "Stop Hillary 2016" in an effort to "prevent Americans from ever having to see another Clinton in the White House."
The website goes on to say, "We've seen what a President Hillary Clinton would be like from her time as secretary of state. We can't afford another Clinton administration after eight years of President Obama."
What is astonishing to me and many others is that this Republican super PAC has been testing emails. The emails are against the candidacy of Hillary Clinton when the fact of the matter is that she has not declared herself a candidate.
I have personally endorsed her candidacy as have many others.
The Republican Party fails to understand that in the past it may have succeeded with innuendos and lies about a candidate, but these days most people see these deplorable acts for what they are.
The Republican Party is about ambition, greed and corruption. During Senator John McCain's unsuccessful run for president he ran out of names to call President Obama.


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POE VALLEY - In 1933 the United States was in economic shambles, and within his first 100 days in office, President Franklin D. Roosevelt set out to turn the tide with his "New Deal" legislation.
Part of that historic legislation established the Civilian Conservation Corps, which was designed to put people back to work by restoring the nation's forests and building infrastructure throughout the country.
In June 1933, the CCC opened a camp in Poe Valley with its first batch of young men from Fort Howard, Maryland.
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Photo submitted by Bill Marcum
An arch way was at the entrance to the Poe Valley Civilian Conservation Corps camp.
Photo submitted by Bill Marcum
Workers enlisted with the CCC lived on 'Company Street' at the Poe Valley Civilian Conservation Corps camp.
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Two unknown Civilian Conservation Corps workers stand in a boat at Poe Lake during the 1930s.
Photo submitted by Bill Marcum
Photos submitted by Bill Marcum
The Poe Valley Civilian Conservation Corps camp is visible in an old aerial photo owned by Bill Marcum, the grandson of the foreman who ran the camp from 1933 to 1941, who is holding a Legacy Day event for the public on Aug. 24 at the park.
Photo submitted by Bill Marcum
One of the many buildings constructed by CCC workers at Poe Valley was a mess hall.
The senior foreman, Sumner Frankenburger, oversaw the daily operation of the camp, and now his grandson strives to promote the history of Poe Valley, along with the other CCC camps.
Bill Marcum can still remember his grandfather telling stories about his CCC days, and when he passed away, Marcum inherited much of the photographic history and documentation his grandfather collected over the years.
Marcum has added to the collection, including memorabilia from the another camp where his grandfather worked, located at Parker Dam.
"It was a big part of his life," Marcum said.
There were nearly 160 people living and working at the camp, Marcum said. Workers signed up for six months, and could get extensions.
At the time the camp opened, natural resources in Pennsylvania, specifically the forests, were in bad shape from decades upon decades of unchecked logging.
"The country mowed down trees by the millions," Marcum said. When the CCC camps opened up it was a case of good timing because "Their mission was to save our forests."
Marcum said the workers "lived a military life, but they carried a shovel instead of a rifle."
Lewistown played an important role for the camp. Besides supplying the workers with food and other supplies, it also served as a rest and relaxation town.
"They had their weekends off and a truck would haul them off to town to go to the movies or a pool hall," Marcum said.
The workers were between the ages of 17 and 25. Some would later get married and stay in the area.
Marcum said he has love letters sent between a man who worked at the Poe Valley camp and a woman in Lewistown, who eventually married. He also has the engagement announcement for "Tate and Miller," which was printed in The Sentinel.
"The camp had its own letterhead and envelopes ... the camp also had a newsletter they published monthly," Marcum said.
There were also some famous people who worked at the camp at one time or another, including Martin Filchock who was the creator of the popular "Check and Double Check" game in the children's magazine "Highlights." Filchock also illustrated several comic books in his lifetime.
Marcum said Filchock lived to be 100 years old and set a Guinness World Record for longest running cartoon.
By April 1941, the camp had disbanded, and most of the other CCC camps did as well.
"The economy had strengthened and the funding dried up for the camps," Marcum said.
In 2006 the park underwent a massive multi-million dollar renovation project, which was completed in 2010. The new main building overlooking the lake has a changing area, concession stand, boat rental and flush toilets, replacing the old pit latrines. There is also a new playground for kids as well as some docks. Across the lake, on the opposite side of the beach area, is a reconstructed boat launch area.
The biggest part of the park renovations occurred in 2009 when much needed upgrades to the earthen dam were completed. The dam was built in the 1930s by the CCC workers, and since that time not much had been done to reinforce the dam. To repair it, the 25-acre Poe Lake had to be completely drained, the old control tower was removed and work crews reinforced the dam with concrete.
Beyond the dam there are several new campsites, including 27 with electricity, and a new bath and shower house in the camping area. There are also several cottages.


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I got up early this morning and felt OK, so was hoping for the best. I decided to go to the trainer at the tournament and see if he had any ideas for my groin injury. He gave me some bio freeze to rub and a compression sleeve. It felt weird but I would do about anything to avoid pain.
Going into the match, I was hoping to keep the points short and get off court quickly without knowing much about what was going on across the other side of the net. It is still a mental hurdle to not want to move aggressively whether something hurts or even if it does not.
Things were not going well, at all. I felt really flat and uncomfortable, missing lots of shots. My opponent also came up with some unbelievable plays like diving volley winners, or the stretch angle winners, and more. Altogether the result was getting down 2 breaks and wondering how I am going to do anything in this tournament. At that point, I decided to at least make shots and try to run if needed, as I wasn't feeling much discomfort in the leg. I ended up coming back to win 6-4.
The second set went better stroke-wise and I got an early lead. However, my leg was starting to feel pretty bad after going for some forehands and more movement. I decided to break out a fresh racquet for some control. After the first shot felt a little strange, I look down and see the racquet is warped. It is bent like a "j" in the racquet head. What else can go wrong?
After going back to the loose stick and being out a racquet for the rest of the summer, I finished it off 6-0. My leg feels pretty sore, so I am pretty concerned for tomorrow and Thursday, if I get that far. I will be playing my doubles partner tomorrow. I played him several years ago — though I won handily, he surely has improved and hits big, and has had some close scores with quality players.
I will try my best to play through it and not give up, but will use best judgement if I'm really hurting and feel I cannot win. I certainly don't want to lose more of the summer because of this injury. I'm definitely deflated but will try to go in positive!
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New defensive coordinator Gene Chizik is preaching that the Tigers need to keep the pressure on opposing quarterbacks and not allow them to sit back in the pocket and pick apart the secondary. The Tigers also need to improve on their sack total of just 15 from 2001 if the defense is going to carry the clout necessary to make a run at an SEC title.
Freshman Kyle Derozan made a good start as an Auburn Tiger before being sidelined.
The biggest concern this season is expected to be a lack of depth and experience at the defensive end positions. After losing seniors Javor Mills, Alton Moore and James Callier, the Tigers must look to newcomers to take their place.
Coming into two-a-days defensive ends coach Terry Price expected to have six players to cover the two positions. However, with the loss of redshirt freshman Steve Bouldin during the summer to family problems Price needed more bodies. The decision was made to move junior defensive tackle Dexter Murphy outside for some extra depth.
Along with Murphy, the Tigers have returning junior Reggie Torbor at the weakside end position and sophomores Bret Eddins and converted tight end Jay Ratliff to work at the strongside. The Tigers have also brought in signees Ben Grubbs and Kyle Derozan to add depth.
However, after making a strong push during the first week of two-a-days Derozan went down with a torn meniscus and had his knee scoped on Thursday. The 6-4, 240-pounder from Morganza, La., will miss about two weeks and Price notes that Derozan will be missed.
"It is depth," Price says. "We are thin enough as it is. You hate to lose another guy that was really coming out and doing some good things during two-a-days. It has to hurt you because you lack depth. You need depth in this game. I am disappointed, but hopefully he can heal up and come back and help us here a couple weeks from now."
Bret Eddins
Even with the depth problems, Price says he believes that his group is working hard and will get to where they need to be. "They are making progress and learning what they have got to do. They are getting better everyday. We have just got to have a few more guys step up and we'll be all right."
Dunn adds, "Ratliff has made a move and done some good things, Eddins is always steady and Dexter is just not a great athlete, but he is an extremely hard worker so you get a lot out of him. They are all working hard trying to get better."
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Price predicts that when September 2nd rolls around that his group will be ready to bring the heat to opposing quarterbacks. "Oh yeah, they'll be ready to go. They are working their tails off trying to get ready to go. They're excited about it." Auburn opens on the West Coast vs. the Southern California Trojans.
For defensive tackles coach Don Dunn the depth issue has not been as big of a problem, but there is still some concern. The Tigers are returning two junior starters in Spencer Johnson and DeMarco McNeil. Dunn also has senior transfer Dante Booker and redshirt freshman Wayne Dickens along with signees Antwarn Franklin and Tommy "T.J." Jackson to fill the gaps in the middle.
Tommy Jackson at the Alabama/Mississippi All-Star Game.
The major question inside for the Tigers has been the health of McNeil and Johnson. Both are coming back after being plagued by knee problems last fall. However, Dunn says that both are doing well and he plans on keeping it that way during preseason practice.
"Spencer is doing really well," Dunn says. "I would say he is 98 percent. We just have to be really smart with him. We held him out of Wednesday's practice just for rehab and ice and stuff. I would say DeMarco is about 85 to 90 percent. He is probably a little behind Spencer. He didn't go through spring practice and you can tell. He is getting used to wearing his pads again, back to the full flow of the game. But I am real pleased with both of them. We have just got to be real smart and take care of them. We have got a lot of games in a short period of time and we have got to be real careful with how we practice those two guys right now."
Thus far in two-a-days the combo has shown that it can certainly be a huge handful for opposing offensive lines as long as the juniors can stay healthy.
The backups have been solid. Booker has been the best in relief, showing effort and really firing off the football. Dickens has also stepped up his play this fall and Dunn says that he has noticed the improvement. "Wayne is doing a great job. He has really had a great two-a-days. The last two days he has really come on and people forget he is just a redshirt freshman, too. It seems like he has been around here for a long time, but he really hasn't. We are looking for big things out of him because DeMarco is not going to be able to play every snap."
T.J. Jackson went down in Wednesday's scrimmage with a knee problem, but the mishap proved to be minor and he returned to action the next day.
Dunn also says that he is excited about Jackson and Franklin, but adds they need to improve before the season kicks off in Los Angeles. "The two freshmen, Antwarn Franklin and T.J. Jackson, they are doing a good job, but they still have a lot of work to do," the line coach says. "They have got to learn how to practice. They have got to learn how to finish. They have got to learn how to go full speed every play and learn the tempo of the game. We would love to redshirt both of them, but I don't think we are going to have that luxury with the long season and, hopefully, into the bowl season and a championship game and all that stuff. It is going to be a long season and we need them to come along. I look for them both to play and I don't know how early they will play, but I expect both of them to play."
Dunn says that he still has a few things to teach the guys to be ready to go on opening night, but adds that he really likes his players. "I am real pleased. They are a great bunch of kids. I know I have said that before, but they are really good people. They work hard, they do everything we ask them and I am real pleased with them. I just need to get those freshmen to come along, get DeMarco healthy and get them all ready for game speed."


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We've all read the stories and the concerns about public education locally, statewide and nationally.
Are our children, our future leaders and the drivers of our society, learning enough and being educated effectively enough to carry on the American excellence to which we've become accustomed?
There are plenty of valid reasons for those concerns and there are statistics that suggest Pennsylvania's per pupil costs, among the highest, aren't netting the results they should. There is a large segment of the population that believes our education system is broken and needs an overhaul.
And then there is a night like last week's, the annual Education Celebration of the Williamsport/Lycoming Chamber of Commerce, when the best of Lycoming County's eight public high schools and St. John Neumann Regional Academy teachers and students are honored.
Their stories and achievements from an instructional and learning standpoint speak of a bygone era many think no longer exists.
But it does exist in the educators and students who were honored.
They are all exceptional, with achievements in their bank of experience and future success there for the taking, success that will improve the lot of our society.
And we were struck by another trait very much on display among all the honorees - humility. In a look-at-me age, there was a glutonous portion of humility served up by the honorees.
It was a refreshing, hopeful night that renews our faith in the future of the region and hopefully our state and nation.
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The hunt is on for the people who took Marcella, a 10-week-old silver/tan puppy from a Brazoria County Humane Society adoption center at a Petco store on FM 518 in Pearland on Feb. 25.
According to the society's Facebook page, surveillance video shows a woman putting the pit bull-Rottweiler mix in her shopping basket and walking out with it, accompanied by a man and two children, a toddler and a child about 5 or 6:
If anyone sees this little girl please (contact) the Pearland Police or us immediately. We didn't save her just to have her go into a bad situation.
Elsewhere in the comments, the society's representative says they will file charges. The person also writes that Pearland Police have requested the video, but Petco has not released it.
KPRC-TV (Channel 2) reports they appeared to want to trade Marcella:
"They went through the store for about 10 minutes trying to exchange the puppy with another family for their dog, and then they left out the store with the puppy," said Shirley Tinnin with the Brazoria County Humane Society.


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UMD Routes SCSU Women's Hockey, Earns Sweep
A trip north to Duluth was none to kind for the St. Cloud State Women's Hockey team this past weekend. The UMD Bulldogs swept the Huskies back to St. Cloud, beating SCSU 5-1 Friday, and 10-2 Saturday from Amsoil Arena.
Despite outplaying the Bulldogs early in the Friday's game, SCSU trailed 1-0 in the second period when Wayne State transfer Cari Coen scored her first goal as a Husky to tie the game. She was assisted by Abby Ness and Molli Mott on the third goal of her career. That would be the only goal SCSU would score as the Bulldogs notched the next four goals en route to the 5-1 win.
Saturday's game saw Duluth totally dominate St. Cloud State. Before the Huskies got a Julia Gilbert goal in the second, they already trailed by six goals. After two periods of play, UMD lead 10-1, and the Bulldog's Haley Irwin had seven points. St. Cloud got the final goal on a tip off a Brittany Toor deflection, but the Bulldog's easily took care of the Huskies and earned the sweep.
St. Cloud is now 1-15-2 on the season and still winless in the WCHA. They will have a chance to change that this weekend when they return home in conference play against Minnesota State-Mankato. MSU was the only team SCSU beat last season. Friday's game is slated for 7:07 and Saturday's for 2:07.
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Women's Hockey vs
Merrimack (Sports Stream)
Oct 01, 2016 - 3:07
Men's Hockey vs
University of Regina
Oct 02, 2016 - 7:07
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