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Submitted by Chris Brookins on January 31, 2012 - 9:25pm
This is the 21st in our series of Drupal Gardens 'What's New' posts, and we think this one is especially worth celebrating. Need to restrict valuable content on your site to only privileged users? Want to crop, rotate or resize uploaded images in your posts? Wish you could click to perform bulk delete or other operations on lists of users, content or media? Long for better control over how comments are displayed on your site? With this release, we've got you covered.
A lot went into making these features simple, but powerful. For content access control, we started with the powerful Taxonomy Access Control module, and worked with maintainer Jess (xjm) to make it easier to assign access permissions with an alternative user interface. In addition, we created the TAC Redirect 403 module that allows custom upsell pages for different categories of restricted content. For cropping, rotating and resizing image media we created the Media: image editing module. For bulk operations we added the Views Bulk Operations module and worked with maintainer Bojan Živanović (bojanz) to simplify the UI. For comment customization, we created the Comment Goodness module. As usual, the patches and modules developed for these features were donated back to drupal.org so the entire community can benefit. We hope you find them useful!
The Drupal Gardens service was updated on Jan. 30th with the following new features and enhancements:
- Crop, rotate, and resize images in the WYSIWYG editor
Content editors can use the WYSIWYG editor to rotate, crop, and scale images on the fly. To learn more, see Crop, rotate, and scale embedded images.
- Customize how comments are displayed
Now you can sort comments per content type and customize commenting labels. For a YouTube-like comment experience, you can sort comments by 'Newer first' which also moves the comment form to the top of the comment stream. To learn more, see Customizing comments and sorting.
- Eliminate repetitive site administration tasks with bulk operations
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- Restrict access to your site's content to privileged users.
For Professional subscription plans or higher, Drupal Gardens provides fine-grained access control to your site's content using Taxonomy-based access control. With this feature, you can define access control rules describing which users (by role) can view, edit, or delete content. Then you can apply these access control rules to any content you want. Optionally, you can allow some users to see a teaser of the content, but then redirect them to another web page when they try to view the full version of content in order to upsell them or provide information about how they can get access to your premium content. To learn more, see Restricting access to site content.
- For a complete list of what's new, including updates to Drupal modules and bug fixes, see the release notes.
Thank you! I'm very happy to have restricted access. It will take me a while to learn it and put it into use, but I think it will be very important to our nonprofit organization.
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Great! The fine-grained access control will help my site considerably as we have paying subscribers. It appears much easier to learn than other CMS platforms. The taxonomy part will enable us to control access far more easily. Drupal Gardens should be clearly on the radar of any organisation and person developing on the internet.
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Before Carrie Bradshaw, Manolo Blahnik was the well-shod woman's best kept secret. Now he's a household name and what's more, his super glam and ultimately feminine shoes are available on Saks.com. After pining over his blue suede pumps and iconic Akkin Mary Jane, Saks POV talked with Blahnik about the jet-set life — his other area of expertise.
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A shooting victim was rushed to Orlando Regional Medical Center after calling authorities early Monday.
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In the 2010 legislative session, a bill was introduced that required the Washington State Department of Transportation, in its efforts to push forward the 520 bridge renovation and replacement, to focus on minimizing and addressing potential impacts to the Washington Park Arboretum. A group representing the Arboretum Botanical Garden Committee, which advises the University of Washington, City of Seattle and The Arboretum Foundation on the management and stewardship of the Washington Park Arboretum, worked with WSDOT on addressing issues outlined in ESSB 6392. Based upon this discussion, WSDOT issued a report to the Governor. This was a very important document as it acknowledges both historical and future impacts. Representing the University of Washington were Theresa Doherty and Fred Hoyt, the City: Barbara Wright, Parks and Recreation: Donald Harris and Michael Shiosaki and the Arboretum Foundation: Paige Miller (with Nancy Belcher providing technical assistance).
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From Massachusetts General Hospital, Beth Israel Hospital, Harvard Medical School, and Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts. University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine and Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Birmingham, Alabama. University of Colorado Health Sciences Center and Denver Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Denver, Colorado. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland. University of California, San Francisco, and the San Francisco General Hospital AIDS Program, San Francisco, California. University of California, San Diego, and San Diego Veterans Affairs Medical Center, La Jolla, California.
For The AIDS Clinical Trials Group Protocol 116B/117 Team and The Virology Committee Resistance Working Group.
Requests for Reprints: Richard D'Aquila, MD, Infectious Disease Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, 149 13th Street, Charlestown, MA 02129.
Acknowledgments: The authors thank Kimberly DeVore, Donna An, Lawrence Bechtel, Anu Savara (Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts); D. Adam Plier, Mary Jane Burton (University of Alabama at Birmingham); Steven Kim, Linda Ecto (Beth Israel Hospital, New York, New York); Scott Bell, Russell Young, Piper Prach (University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado); Sara Albanil, Mary Ann del Fiorentino, Pat Ley (University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California) for doing the laboratory studies; Elaine Gebhardt (ACTG Statistical and Data Analysis Center, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts) for providing valuable logistical support; N.A. Roberts and Ian B. Duncan (Roche Products, Ltd., United Kingdom) for providing the saquinivir; and the work of investigators, clinicians, and virologists at each of the clinical sites participating in ACTG protocol 116B/117.
Grant Support: National Institutes of Health (AI 27659, AI 29193, AI 32775, AI 32770, AI 29173, AI 01101, AI 27670, AI 29164, AI 30457, and AI27664), the Research Center for AIDS and HIV Infection of the San Diego Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company. Dr. Johnson acknowledges core research facilities of the University of Alabama, Birmingham, Center for AIDS Research, and the Birmingham Veterans Administration Medical Center.
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Objective: To evaluate the association between resistance of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) to zidovudine and clinical progression.
Design: Retrospective analysis of specimens from patients in the AIDS Clinical Trials Group (ACTG) protocol 116B/117, a randomized comparison of didanosine with continued zidovudine therapy in patients with advanced HIV-1 disease who had received 16 weeks or more of previous zidovudine therapy.
Setting: Participating ACTG virology laboratories.
Patients: 187 patients with baseline HIV-1 isolates.
Measurements: Zidovudine susceptibility testing and assays for syncytium-inducing phenotype were done on baseline HIV-1 isolates. Relative hazards for clinical progression or death associated with baseline clinical, virologic, and immunologic factors were determined from Cox proportional-hazards regression models.
Results: Compared with other patients, 15% (26 of 170) with isolates showing high-level zidovudine resistance (50% inhibitory zidovudine concentration ≥ 1.0 µM) had 1.74 times the risk for progressing to a new AIDS-defining event or death (95% CI, 1.00 to 3.03) and 2.78 times the risk for death (CI, 1.21 to 6.39) in analyses that controlled for baseline CD4+ T-lymphocyte count, syncytium-inducing HIV-1 phenotype, disease stage, and randomized treatment assignment. The clinical benefit of didanosine was not limited to patients with highly zidovudine-resistant baseline HIV-1 isolates.
Conclusions: High-level resistance of HIV-1 to zidovudine predicted more rapid clinical progression and death when adjusted for other factors. However, patients with advanced HIV-1 disease may benefit from a change in monotherapy from zidovudine to didanosine whether high-level HIV-1 resistance to zidovudine is present or absent, and laboratory assessment of zidovudine resistance is not necessary for deciding when to switch monotherapy from zidovudine to didanosine.
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How do you find a job when you haven't touched a resumé in 30 years? How can you be physically fit when you have mobility issues?
To address the issues of an underserved population, Gloucester County College will roll out a new initiative in the fall, the Academy of LifeLong Learning, for people 50 and older.
"Baby boomers are transitioning out and are looking for things to do," said Brigette D. Satchell, the college's dean of continuing education. "So whether they need professional development, if they need to come back to school to retrain for a career change, or if they want to complete a degree. Then we have the soft classes and things, fun things, that they can do, as well."


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Bug: by clicking "New Post" in the Sandbox and changing the forum to Coffeehouse, I can add attachments and tags to posts in the Coffeehouse, even though this is impossible from the form you get if you click "New Post" in the Coffeehouse.
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Something about the site makes it so that you can't click any links at all in MobileSafari... I'll go fire up (desktop) Safari in a bit and see if I can't find any leads for you.
(And, no, my iPod isn't broken. It's like there's an invisible overlay over the whole site.)
Thanks, I appreciate you putting the extra effort in to checking that... I have used the site from desktop safari, so I'm not sure if you'll see the same issue.
Yeah, I didn't see anything resembling the same problem in desktop safari.
It would be nice if Apple gave developers a MobileSafari emulation mode or something, where you could use the Web Inspector to get more information like you can in desktop Safari (when it works... seems to be broken on my computer). You don't have any transparent <div>s hanging around that could cause this kind of thing, do you? That's what it seemed like (the page scrolled fine, the communities bar still worked, just none of the links on the page worked).
Something about the site makes it so that you can't click any links at all in MobileSafari... I'll go fire up (desktop) Safari in a bit and see if I can't find any leads for you.
(And, no, my iPod isn't broken. It's like there's an invisible overlay over the whole site.)
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Doesn't work at all in either of my two primary browsers (Minefield or Bon Echo - x64 builds of Firefox).
Instead of a list of threads I see this:
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I'm using Firefox 3 so I can't see any content either.
Please learn how to sniff out browsers correctly!
Yes-- C9 team, please sniff for Gecko and the Mozilla version, not Firefox!!
(from yet another user of FF nightly builds, which identify themselves as Minefield, not Firefox)
Duncanma wrote:If you'd like to see Silverlight on this site in the near future, check out this thread.
And you can see this video in said Silverlight player, too (suprised you didn't link it): http://channel9.msdn.com/showpost.aspx?postid=344297&silverlight=true
Very cool (beats streaming using WMP hands-down).
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Hey, all.
I'm glad that the overall reaction seems to be positive.
There have been a lot of talks lately at 9 about what kind of content we'll be doing. My feeling is that we need to return to the shorter, more interesting videos.
The changes are the result of everything I've observed since coming on board in late October. As a former customer of Channel 9, I think I'm right about what needs to be done, but I'm just one guy.
What do you think?
I'll have to agree. There is a place for lengthy videos about things like testing and deploying IPV6 or production planning with Dynamics AX, but the really compelling videos that people want to see are interviews with interesting people focusing on those people or the topics that those people are really passionate about. Early in Channel 9, there were a lot of these types of videos-- the first two "real" videos were with Bill Hill, about spaces after periods and about human interaction-- two things that he, working in reading technology, is passionate about. The videos were able to focus in on one topic and they were not only informative but also showed the human side of Microsoft-- passionate people working on projects that they love and that they are passionate about.
You do realize you're going to have to have another HR meeting now, telling you not to post videos of you shooting each other on the internet...
Today was Pirate Day? I didn't hear you ending every sentence with "Yar"...
edit: ah, crud, this video was posted yesterday. Yar!
In-browser demo of the "locating photos in 3D" part: (Java applet)
Pretty cool! Only real complaints are the username length limit and the long time it takes for the movie to start (but everyone's already mentioned that, including myself)... otherwise it's pretty nice.
I think this might be the only place I'll ever see quicktime coming from download.microsoft.com. Ironic.
Hmm... got me looking into the DLLs just out of curiosity...
Question: why are not only all the XP IE6 toolbar icons there but also all the Windows 2000/98 style toolbar icons there as well? Just curious.


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John Bissell
Published: Thursday, February 28th, 2013
John Bolles Bissell, Jr., was born Sept. 10, 1948. John grew up in Minnesota and attended Hopkins High School. He enjoyed athletics and played ice hockey while attending Bemidji State (Minn.) University.
After college John followed his adventurous spirit and moved to Whitefish, Mont., where he nurtured a love for backpacking, mountain biking and downhill skiing. It was in Whitefish that John married Gail Sager and fathered two sons, Ryan and Andy. The family lived on Boot Jack Ranch, where John tended to the many needs of the property and began his career in woodworking.
John was a skilled carpenter. His business, Bissell & Associates, specialized in fine woodworking and custom cabinetry. John pursued his work in the woodshop with both zeal and precision. He truly loved his craft.
In 1990 the family moved to Custer, S.D. Along with his woodworking business John was also involved in many volunteer clubs and organizations. Some of these endeavors included helping spearhead the construction of the George S. Mickleson trail, serving as a city council member, a Lions Club member and lent his time to coach youth soccer and baseball.
John also had a fondness for photography and a joy for travel. His travels were always well documented as was evident in his stunning photos.
John died Monday, Feb. 18, 2013, at Custer Regional Hospital. He was 64.
He is survived by his sons, Ryan of Spearfish, S.D., and Andy of Asheville, N.C.; his siblings, Jeff Bissell of Jordan, Minn., Brooks Regan of Minnetonka, Minn., Leslie Hanger of Whitefish, Judy Keane of St. Louis, Mo.; and one grandchild, Haven John Bissell of Spearfish.
Services were Feb. 27 at Living Outreach Church with Pastor Joel Ziolkowski.
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WARREN - A suspect in a September homicide in Warren could face the death penalty if convicted.
David Martin, 28, of Cleveland, was indicted Wednesday by a Trumbull County Common Pleas Court grand jury on a charge of aggravated murder with death penalty specifications and attempted aggravated murder.
Martin is charged in the death of Jeremy Cole and the wounding of Melissa Putnam at a 2220 Oak Circle S.W. home about noon Sept. 27.
Cole, 21, was shot in the head and Putnam, 27, was shot in the hand. The bullet traveled through her hand into her neck, and she spent several days in the hospital before being released.
U.S. Marshals arrested Martin on Oct. 16 in Tallmadge.
Martin also faces firearms specifications on both charges as well as counts of aggravated robbery, kidnapping and a repeat violent offender specification, having weapons while under disability, receiving stolen property because it is alleged he used a stolen gun and tampering with evidence because he tried to burn his clothes.
Neighbors described the incident as an attempted robbery. One said Cole and Putnam were inside when another man entered and opened fire.
Detectives confirmed that money was stolen from Putnam's purse by the gunman.
A detective said Cole and Putnam know Martin, but weren't aware of his name. They told detectives Martin had been in the house before. Another detective said Martin has a prior criminal record and had served prison time out of Cuyahoga County for robbery and felonious assault.
Cole's murder was the fourth homicide in Warren this year.
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GAD upgrades to DB2 10 and boost power and productivity "We quickly realized that DB2 10 could accommodate our annual 5 to 10 percent increase in transaction volume without forcing us to increase CPU capacity, which represents an important cost savings."
Andreas Wagner, First Line Manager, GAD
Primerica improves efficiency and gains more flexibility with DB2 10 "DB2 provides us with a foundation such that two and three years down the road, we know we won't be impeded in developing new applications with our partners or in rolling out new smartphone apps to our agents."
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Kela invests in improving service delivery for Finland's citizens with DB2 10 "By improving the performance and efficiency of the Kela database processing capabilities, we're now better able to meet the growing demand for social services among our main constituency, the citizens of Finland."
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Republic of Turkey Social Security Institution Skips from DB8 to DB2 10 and decreased its CPU per transaction by up to 23 percent and quadrupled its workload capacity, allowing the organization to improve service delivery.
JN Data expands workload without increasing operating costs by upgrading to DB2 10 "The immediate productivity and workload management benefits delivered by DB2 10 for z/OS® are very important to us, but just as important is the reduced system complexity, which makes ongoing maintenance much easier."
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Bank Hapoalim improves efficiency, reduces tape usage by 25 percent Bank Hapoalim views IBM DB2 for z/OS software upgrade as key to delivering innovative banking solutions
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This paper focuses on the lessons learned from beta testing and from customers that have upgraded to DB2 10 for z/OS.
Revolution in IBM DB2 performance: IBM DB2 Analytics Accelerator
Namik Hrle, IBM Distinguished Engineer, talks about work in the area of accelerating DB2 performance for Business Inteligence and Analytical workloads by exploiting new multi-core chip and Solid State Disk technologies.
IBM DB2: The Past, Present and Future: 30 Years of Superior Innovation
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Oracle Excellence Awards Nominations—Such as DBA, as well as DW and Big Data Leader—Are Open
By Javier Puerta-Oracle on Apr 07, 2014
Two of the 2014 Oracle Excellence Awards categories in technology are Database Administrator (DBA) of the Year and Data Warehouse and Big Data Leader of the Year. These awards acknowledge individuals who demonstrate excellent technical ability and superior knowledge of Oracle database, data warehouse, and big data technologies, and consistently apply best practices while demonstrating leadership.
Customers and partners are invited to submit their nominations and success stories for the Oracle Excellence Awards 2014. Full details and submission guidelines are available on the Oracle Excellence Awards Website. Nominations will be accepted through June 20, 2014.


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My name is Teresa Tupaj and I am the Health Clinic Specialist here at Countryside. I have a bachelor degree from the University of Michigan in Health Care Administration. My family and I relocated to Northern Virginia in 1995. I have an older daughter who has just graduated from college and my son is a junior in High School. My husband and I enjoy taking long walks in our neighborhood and traveling. Please feel free to contact me regarding health concerns with your children. I look forward to working with the parents and students at Countryside. Go Cougars!
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Emory Health Source - Latest Issue
The Impact of Brain Injury on Veterans
Nearly 20% of deployed military personnel experience traumatic brain injury (TBI). TBIs are any brain injury caused by an outside force. These injuries can be "closed," such as from a fall or motor vehicle accident or "open," like from a gunshot wound.Traumatic brain injuries range broadly from mild to severe. People with mild TBI (also called concussion) often fully recover within days to weeks, while those with severe TBI may have significant and sometimes permanent impairments. Fortunately, 70 – 90% of all TBIs in military personnel fall within the "mild" range.
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Kidney Cancer and Robotic Cancer Treatment
The American Cancer Society estimates about 62,700 new cases of kidney cancer (39,650 in men and 23,050 in women) will occur in in the United States this year.When people think about the kidneys it's likely they picture a pair of bean-shaped organs, one on the left and the other just to the right of the backbone. It's not likely that people think about connections to the heart or even the toes through a large vein called the vena cava. The kidneys are apart of a complex system that extends into the main blood vessels and the heart.
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Brow Lift Versus Eyelid Lift: Which One Do I Need?
Are you tired of looking tired? As we age, excess skin or drooping brows can cause our eyes to lose their sparkle, leaving us looking chronically fatigued. You may assume that the problem is excess skin on your eyelids—and you might be right. However, sometimes the reason is more complex. If your eyebrows have drooped, they may be causing your eyelid skin to bunch up and even crowd your eyelashes.


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NIAGARA FALLS – A television, iPad and two game systems were reported stolen from a home in the 2400 block of Falls Street after intruders kicked in a door sometime Tuesday.
The 29-year-old victim told police that she left for work at 3 p.m. and returned around 11:20 p.m. to find an east side door had been forced open. An iPad she had left charging was missing from the kitchen table, a 32-inch television and Wii game system were taken from the living room and a handheld Nintendo 3 DS game system was taken from the bedroom. She said someone searched the jewelry boxes, but it was all costume jewelry and nothing was taken.
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CBNNews.com - ASHKELON, Israel - Since midnight Tuesday, Palestinians in the northern Gaza Strip bombarded southern Israel with more than 40 Kassam rockets, Grad missiles and mortar shells, damaging homes and factories and sending residents into shock.
At least seven rockets landed in the coastal city of Ashkelon, and five others hit the southern town of Netivot, a suburb of Ashkelon.
Rockets landed near a factory in Ashkelon's industrial area and another exploded near a children's playground in Netivot. Two people were treated for shock.
One rocket scored a direct hit on a home in Kibbutz Sha'ar Hanegev, and another hit a factory in the Eshkol Regional Council, both attacks causing extensive damage and sending several residents into shock.
The IDF (Israel Defense Forces) Home Front Command ordered residents of Gaza-vicinity communities to keep children indoors.
The Sderot municipality asked all residents to remain in their homes until the situation stabilized.
Magen David Adom -- Israel's national emergency rescue service -- was put on high alert, with 120 ambulances ready to respond as needed.
Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak cancelled Wednesday's transfer of humanitarian goods to the Gaza Strip, scheduled for 11:00 a.m., and the Security Council convened an emergency meeting to discuss responses to the latest rocket barrage.
Earlier Wednesday morning, Ashkelon's newly elected Mayor Benny Vaknin told Deputy Defense Minister Matan Vilnai that canceling aid to the Gaza Strip was not enough.
"The response must be extremely tough," the mayor said, pointing out that the Grad missiles reaching Ashkelon were more deadly than the smaller Kassam rockets.
"A Grad missile can contain 8 kilograms (17.6 pounds) of explosives and can cause injuries and great damage. If such a missile were to land inside a school, God forbid, a disaster could take place," he said.
"The Grad missiles are only fired by Hamas men, which means there is an intentional policy here by the Hamas government, and therefore we should respond accordingly," he said.
Vaknin told the deputy defense minister that if school buildings were not reinforced, teachers would go on strike after the Hanukkah holiday.
"There are 30,000 pupils and students in the college here and contrary to what people have said, not one school in Ashkelon is fortified," the mayor said.
On Tuesday afternoon, IDF troops from the Paratrooper Brigade's 101st Battalion confronted three Palestinian terrorists attempting to plant a bomb along the security fence near the Gaza-vicinity community of Netiv Ha'asara.
In the ensuing firefight, the three terrorists were killed. No soldiers were injured.
Meanwhile, following a meeting with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in Cairo on Tuesday, Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas said the PA is against any increased Israeli response to the rocket fire.
"We won't agree to an Israeli invasion in Gaza or even an aerial attack," Abbas told reporters.
Some analysts believe the PA would like nothing better than for Israel to take on Hamas, which gained control of the Gaza Strip in June 2007, after defeating Abbas's Fatah forces in a bloody military coup.
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ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR THINGS TO DO THIS HOLIDAY WEEKEND IS GET OUT ON THE WATER... BUT, BOATING CAN ALSO BE DANGEROUS. WYFF NEWS 4'S MANDY GAITHER IS OUT THERE ... REPORTING TONIGHT FROM LAKE HARTWELL. It's not a holiday weekend for SCDNR...every single one of their officers is working and they're out making sure boaters have what they need to stay safe how y'all doing i'm doing great got my paperwork right here IT'S CALLED A SAFETY INSPECTION... SCDNR SGT. RON WINEGUARD IS STOPPING BOATS... CHECKING TO MAKE SURE ALL THAT'S NEEDED TO STAY SAFE IS INSIDE. check that from time to time it'll lose its compression FROM FIRE EXTINGUISHERS TO PROPER PAPERWORK AND MORE... we need to see a wearable life jacket for everybody so everybody grab a wearable life jacket and put one in their hand IF BOATERS DON'T HAVE...WHAT THEY SHOULD HAVE... THEY FACE THE POSSIBILITY OF A TICKET... you can't sit up there and sunbathe you have to be in the confines of the boat yeah, you flip off the boat that's where the prop is and it'll cut you up ok SUSAN BARNETT GOT OFF WITH A WARNING... we've been boating a long time this is our 3rd boat and ive been on the water since i was a kid but i just didn't know that OFFICERS ARE ALSO ON THE LOOKOUT FOR DRIVERS UNDER THE INFLUENCE... when we're looking at the captain of the boat when we stop them we're looking at their mannerisms to make sure they're not impaired that's why we always pull up on the starboard side so we can get close we can smell WITH SO MUCH TRAFFIC ON THE WATER THIS HOLIDAY... ya'll have a good 4th thank you OFFICERS WILL REMAIN OUT IN FULL FORCE ON JOCASSEE...KEOWEE AND HARTWELL...THROUGH WEEKEND. Getting any a ticket out here can cost you...up to 470 dollars depending on the violation. Mandy gaither wyff news 4 on lake hartwell.
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Tough economy improves financing environment
Thomas R. Green, CEO of Columbus, Ohio-based investment firm Lancaster Pollard recently discussed financing capital projects with Healthcare Finance News Editor Rene Letourneau.
Q: What are the main reasons why hospitals should consider new construction and major renovation projects?
A: To prosper and grow, hospitals are continually evaluating their markets and repositioning themselves to be current with the latest technology, newest treatment modalities and a changing diverse population. For example, 60 years ago, hospitals, on average, were dealing with mostly homogenous populations, as well as adding maternity wards to meet skyrocketing birth rates. Today a greater focus is meeting the needs of increasingly diverse populations and aging baby boomers.
It's imperative for hospitals to evolve with the times and be relevant to its stakeholders. To do that, hospitals need up-to-date facilities and equipment. New construction and major renovation projects can lead to better physician recruitment and retention, improved services, and increased community awareness and perception - key factors in maintaining and increasing revenues.
Q: How has the poor economy changed the capital financing environment in recent years?
A: A result of the downtown in the economy is today's extraordinarily low interest rates, which mean a lower cost of capital for hospitals to fund projects. If a hospital is planning a new construction or a renovation project or if they are looking to refinance outstanding indebtedness, these historically low interest rates are providing some additional incentive to move forward with those projects. The collapse of the capital markets in 2008 also caused a change to traditional financing structures. Some were virtually eliminated or are much less popular like bond insurance and bank letters of credit. It also gave rise to other structures, like HUD/FHA Section 242 mortgage insurance and private placements of debt directly into bank investment portfolios.
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A Reno newspaper recently asked an important question: "Who Regulates Burning Man?" Their answer seemed to be, "Everyone and no one," but sparsely populated Pershing County injected itself into this discussion last summer when it was sued by the powerful and well-financed Bay Area corporation that owns and operates Burning Man.
Black Rock City LLC sued Pershing County after Lovelock-based District Attorney Jim Shirley, a native Nevadan who gives a damn about the Silver State, had the temerity to attempt to raise the Burners' fees to help defray law enforcement and court costs related to the annual naked drug festival in the Black Rock Desert about 90 miles north of Reno.
Shirley also wants to enforce state and local laws regulating the conduct of 60,000 "free spirits" on public lands in his county. The free-spirited part of the annual early September bacchanal involves widespread drug use and nudity in a National Conservation Area administered by the federal Bureau of Land Management (BLM), which rakes in more than $2 million per year from Burning Man.
In his response to the Burners' lawsuit, Shirley wrote that "government has a compelling interest in protecting children ... in an environment recognized for its lawless culture, drug usage, pornography, full-frontal nudity and 'adult-themed camps.'" Black Rock LLC accuses Shirley of overstepping his authority, but the DA replies that the county has primary jurisdiction over the behavior of the Burners, especially as it relates to underage children.
When I visited Burning Man in 2008, I saw a naked middle-aged man cavorting dangerously near the area reserved for young children. This was after several known child molesters had been arrested up there in recent years.
So how much does DA Shirley want to charge the Burners to pay for law enforcement and court costs? They paid $450,000 last year, and Shirley wants to up the ante to $500,000 this year. "Outrageous!" scream Burner officials, who gross at least $20 million from more than 55,000 participants who pay $350 and more for the privilege of baking in the desert and enduring blinding sandstorms for three or four days.
"They do it for the companionship and the art," say those same Burner officials. Yeah, right. Tell it to a federal judge in Reno.
Shirley (David) refuses to be intimidated by the Bay Area money machine (Goliath), even though BLM, Reno and Washoe County don't seem to care about the presence of young children at an X-rated event.
"They (the Burners) spend a lot of money when they come through here," said Reno Mayor Bob Cashell. "If this (Shirley's attempt to enforce the law) is going to affect that, we need to oppose it." Translation: Collect the money and forget the children.
Although I realize that the Burners do make a major contribution to Northern Nevada's economy and that Gerlach now depends on the annual event for its economic survival, that doesn't mean local authorities should ignore what goes on up there in the fall. The Burners have done some good things for Gerlach and they should be able to reach an accommodation with Pershing County by paying their fair share of the costs and leaving the kids at home. Is that too much to ask? I don't think so.
• Guy W. Farmer, of Carson City, is a longtime critic of Burning Man.


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Even though our pattern has completely changed and the heat is back on, at least the first 10 days of June were relatively tranquil. In fact, compared to last year, it's been downright cool. Above you can see a picture that was submitted by Penny of Fayetteville. It was all that sun Monday that led to the very warm temperatures to round out what was otherwise a relatively below average first ten days of June.
Compare this to the first ten days of LAST June...
Unfortunately the next ten days could look a lot more like last summer as the heat builds in. Stay hydrated, stay happy.
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There are some attempts introduce the Middle East problem as a conflict between Judaism and Islam. What do you think about that?
First of all, the Middle East is a very large area. The conflict between Israelis and Palestinians should not define the meaning of "conflict" as it pertains to the Middle East as your question suggests. Deadly conflicts occur there between Arabs and Kurds, Kurds and Persians, Persians and Azeris, Azeris and Armenians, Turks and Kurds, Jordanians and Palestinians, Islamists and secularists, Sunnis and Shi`is, Christians and Muslims, and between many other internal political, ethnic and religious factions in every country. All of these conflicts have resulted in the unfortunate killing and displacement of thousands of innocent people. The conflict that you refer to in your question is only one of those conflicts and should not define violence in the Middle East as a whole.
Once that is acknowledged, we can begin to look at the very real conflict between Israel and Palestine, or between Israelis and Palestinians, in a calm and dispassionate manner. The conflict is, at its core and root, a conflict between two competing national communities that are defined in various ways. Sometimes they are defined as Israelis versus Palestinians, but there are also hundreds of thousands of Palestinian citizens of the state of Israel who vote in Israeli national elections.
Sometimes the parties to the conflict are defined as Jews versus Arabs, though there are millions of ethnically Arab Jews living in Israel whose families have lived in Iraq or Syria or Egypt for hundreds or even thousands of years. Sometimes they are defined as Jews versus Muslims, though Palestinians include Christians. It is difficult even to define the parties to the conflict, even though the conflict is very real and is very deadly.
I consider the conflict to be one between two competing national communities, one of which defines itself as a nation of mostly Jewish Israelis, and the other which defines itself as a nation of mostly Muslim, mostly Arab Palestinians. These two national communities are relatively new in history. Jews did not define themselves as a modern national community until sometime in the 19th century, and Palestinians did not define themselves as a national community until sometime in the 20th century. Here are two important points.
Both national communities strongly believe that they have the right to be in control of the same basic portion of land in what is called Israel or Palestine. And neither national community really accepts the national identity of the other community. These are very significant problems. I see the conflict, therefore, at its core as a conflict between nations, each claiming the same land and each delegitimizing the other.
Neither national community succeeded in its national goals of establishing an independent state that is accepted in the world of nations. Also, neither succeeded in destroying the other, and neither succeeded in convincing the world that it is right and the other community is in the wrong. Frustration at failure on the part of both sides, plus a growing interest in religion and spiritual fulfillment in the wake of the failure of secular modernity to realize its self-made promise of solving the major problems of the world, have moved both sides toward religion – in each case its own majority religion.
Many but not all Israelis have turned toward Judaism as a way to resolve the problem, and many but not all Palestinians have turned toward Islam as a way to resolve the problem. Harnessing of the power of religion was thought by both sides to advance the nationalist cause. The result has been an increasing "religification" of the core political conflict. Unfortunately, this "religification" has resulted in a rise in zealotry and violence and a rise in static, uncompromising positions. If someone believes that God is on his side, there may seem to be little reason to compromise.
I believe that the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians is resolvable, but each side must acknowledge the real identity of the other as a national community, and each side must be willing to compromise and live on only part of the land that it believes is its right. Jews and Muslims and Jews and Arabs have lived together for many centuries in relative peace, but never with equal rights and responsibilities. For peace to occur, both must strive to respect the other and afford the other equal status as humans being, God's creations, and a part of humanity with all the basic God-given rights that it itself demands.
Are you satisfied with the work of the Jewish community in Azerbaijan?
I am not very familiar with the Jewish community of Azerbaijan. I visited the two synagogues recently in Baki and I was impressed with the spirit of the people I met. I prayed with them and spoke with them. They are proud and loyal Azerbaijani citizens who feel good to be a part of this great nation. I would like to travel more in Azerbaijan and meet more of the Jews and other communities living in your country.
There is an opinion that Azerbaijan could become a bridge between Western and Eastern civilizations and a good example of the coexistence of various nations and religions. What is your opinion?
I do not see why this cannot occur. The Azerbaijani people have had a unique history, not only living in a part of the world that joins great civilizations, but also under a variety of political systems that may help the community to become a voice for dialogue, understanding and compromise.
Iran is not happy with secular regime of Azerbaijan, as well contacts between Baku and Israel. How serious is a threat of Islamic fundamentalism to Azerbaijan and what should be done to prevent that?
Unfortunately, I do not know many details about the internal religious, social and cultural movements and trends in Azerbaijan. As an academic and scholar, I have learned that knowledge is complex and wisdom is much more so. If I am not familiar with a topic, I do not hesitate to keep silent. It might be better in this world if more people would do the same.


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But it was far too late to shield the child from the horrible crime. In Truro's first murder in more than 30 years, Worthington, a 46-year-old fashion writer for some of the country's most revered style publications, had been fatally stabbed in the chest and might well have been dead for as long as 36 hours before Arnold's arrival. The back door had been kicked open and the lock broken, and inside homicide detectives found open cereal boxes, a bloodied cup and a child's stool and wet washcloth at the kitchen sink—indications that Ava may have tried to revive her lifeless mother. A medical exam confirmed that the child was physically unharmed, but when found, "she was in shock," says Arnold.
As were legions of friends and former colleagues from around the world who had known Worthington when she was a fixture on the fashion scene. After graduating from Vassar in 1977, Worthington, the daughter of Christopher Worthington, now 72, a retired attorney and former Massachusetts assistant attorney general, and his late wife, Gloria, went on to a successful career as a writer for Elle, W, Harper's Bazaar and The New York Times. In Paris in the early '80s, she also served a stint as acting editor of the fashion industry bible WWD. "She was a terrific reporter," recalls Marian McEvoy, editor of House Beautiful. "Christa could interview a rock and get it to say something quotable."
But by 1995, Worthington told friends that what she most longed for was not a high-powered career but a child. Soon she moved back to Massachusetts, where she cared for her ailing mother (who died of colon cancer in 1999) and settled in nearby Truro, close to relatives and friends. There she also entered into an affair with Tony Jackett, 51, a local fisherman and shellfish warden who was married and the father of six. She was nevertheless "ecstatic," says a friend, when she found herself pregnant.
In the two years since Ava's birth, the single mother was a familiar sight in Truro, taking her daughter shopping and to dance classes. But more recently, there were signs that she was trying to resume her career. "I think she was probably looking to her future, to create some security," says Joyce Johnson, 72, a retired freelance writer who talked with Worthington at a party on Dec. 21.
But she would never have the chance. In the wake of her murder police questioned the two most recent men in her life—Jackett and Arnold, a children's book author and illustrator (The Winter Mittens) who had briefly lived with Worthington and, by all accounts, remained friendly with her. But within a week of the discovery of her body, the case took an unexpected turn. Based on tips from Worthington's family and friends, police began questioning Elizabeth Porter, 29, the resident of a seedy Quincy, Mass., rooming house who has been linked to Worthington's father and made claims—falsely—that she and Christa were "stepsisters."
To date, authorities have refused to disclose results of their investigation. Still, should they catch the killer, the crime's legal resolution will hardly quell its lasting repercussions. For the time being Ava is living with a childhood friend of her mother's, Amyra Chase, 45, and her husband, Cliff, 46, whom Worthington designated as Ava's official guardians three months before her death. But Tony Jackett and his wife, Susan, who had ultimately developed an amicable relationship with Worthington and Ava, are also seeking custody of the little girl, pending results of a court-ordered paternity test. Complicating the matter is Ava's inheritance and the settlement of her mother's $700,000 estate.
Ava, of course, has no more grasp of the custody battle that now looms over her than she has of her mother's death. On the night after Worthington's body was found, Ava stayed at the nearby home of her babysitter Linda Schlecter. At one point, says Schlecter, the little girl turned to her and asked, "Has my mommy gotten up yet?"
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Australians like myself are accustomed to enduring scorching hot summers, but the heatwaves that Down Under has recently been experiencing are longer, more frequent and more intense than ever before. The whole country is feeling the burn—starting around Christmas on the west coast, the heat quickly spread across the continent to hit the densely-populated eastern coast. Temperature records are being broken everywhere and catastrophic bushfires are burning in three separate states. Some think it's only a taste of what to... Read more


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Located only two hours south of Chicago, Illinois' Memorial Stadium has been home to Fighting Illini football for 90 years. Housing just over 60,000 orange-clad Fighting Illini fans, Memorial Stadium is always the place to be on fall Saturdays.
This past season, Illinois made improvements to the stadium, including a new scoreboard and audio system. However, the work isn't done. Like all stadiums, there's always room to improve the experience.
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MARTINSBURG - Hospice of the Panhandle has established a new physicians' inpatient advisory group to solicit community input about programs and practices of the 33-year-old not-for-profit agency.
Members of the group, who met for the first time in early December, include Drs. Tim Devine, a hospitalist from Jefferson Medical Center; Ed Arnett, a retired pediatrician; Karen Rudolph, an internal medicine specialist with Martinsburg Internal Medicine Associates; Craig Winkel, a retired OB-GYN specialist and Hospice Board member; Tim Bowers, a retired oncologist, former Hospice Medical director and founding Hospice Board member; and Alan Fischel, a palliative care specialist from the VA Medical Center.
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Members of the Hospice inpatient advisory board include, back row, from left, James McDaniel, director of the inpatient unit; Dr. Craig Winkel, Hospice Board member; Dr. Ed Arnett, retired pediatrician; Front row, Margaret Cogswell, Hospice CEO; Dr. Sarah Phillips, Hospice medical director; Dr. Karen Rudolph, internist; Dr. Tim Devine, hospitalist at Jefferson Medical Center. Missing from the photo are Hospice foundingboard member and former medical director Dr. Tim Bowers and Dr. Alan Fischel, from the VA Medical Center.
"Members of this group can play an integral role in assuring that Hospice is aware of and listening to what the community physicians are saying," said Bowers. "During a time when the agency is starting a new line of inpatient service, I think that's critical. With the new Hospice inpatient facility scheduled to open within the next few months, it is essential that the Hospice medical staff coordinate with the community physician to ensure continuity of care, a smooth transition and adequate control of pain and other symptoms as the patient is admitted to and discharged home from our inpatient unit."
Rudolph added that she's "excited to serve. We have a lot in common. Hospice and I both work extensively with older patients."
Devine said he thinks of Hospice as an "important resource for the community. Hospitalists, who specialize in caring for hospital inpatients, obviously have lots of interactions with Hospice, so the relationship is important."
Phillips, who did her medical residency with Harpers Ferry Family Medicine, calls Hospice work her "passion."
"I love coming to work every day, interacting with the patients. I think this (physicians' advisory) group can really give us a lot of insight about how we can work with doctors throughout the community so that together we can provide excellent care to patients."
Winkel, who retired from Georgetown Medical Center three years ago and moved full-time to the area shortly before that, has been a Hospice board member for the past two years. "The role of Hospice is huge," he said.
The group will meet quarterly. The December meeting focused on Hospice of the Panhandle's new inpatient service, which starts in March 2014 with the opening of a 14-bed unit designed to provide short-term pain and symptom management for patients and respite care for caregivers.
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Rumen microorganisms were isolated from ewes (n = 4) and incubated ex vivo with no Se (control), with inorganic Na selenite or Na selenate, or with organic selenomethionine (SeMet). Total Se incorporated into RMO and the amount of elemental Se formed were determined under equivalent conditions. Incorporation of Se from Na selenite, Na selenate, or SeMet into RMO was measured as fold change compared with control (no added Se). Incorporation of Se into microbial mass was greater for SeMet (13.2-fold greater than no-Se control) compared with inorganic Se supplements (P = 0.02); no differences were observed between inorganic Na selenate (3.3-fold greater than no-Se control) and Na selenite (3.5-fold greater than no-Se control; P = 0.97). Formation of non-bioavailable, elemental Se was less for RMO incubated with SeMet compared with inorganic Se sources (P = 0.01); no differences were observed between Na selenate and Na selenite (P = 0.09). The clinical importance of these results is that the oral bioavailability of organic SeMet should be greater compared with inorganic Se sources because of greater RMO incorporation of Se and decreased formation of elemental Se by RMO. To the best of our knowledge, one or more authors of this paper were federal employees when contributing to this work. This is the publisher's final pdf. The published article is copyrighted by Springer and can be found at: http://link.springer.com/journal/12011 2016-06-01T00:00:00Z Integrating precipitation, grazing, past effects and interactions in long-term vegetation change http://hdl.handle.net/1957/57887 Integrating precipitation, grazing, past effects and interactions in long-term vegetation change Morris, Christo; Badik, Kevin J.; Morris, Lesley R.; Weltz, Mark A. Determining the causes of vegetation change in arid and semi-arid environments can be difficult and may involve multiple factors, including disturbance, inter-annual climatic variation, soils, effects from years past and interactions between these factors. Theoretical models describing vegetation change in these systems have generally focused on a single aspect as the primary driver. The integration of these factors into a single model may be what is required to fully understand the drivers of vegetation change in desert systems. To test the contributions of these various factors, we analyzed a long-term (1979–2011) vegetation dataset using multiple linear regression. While precipitation and livestock density were important variables for explaining vegetation change, the consistency with which past effects and interactions significantly improved the models underscores their importance. Past effects were included in every model except for shrub diversity, and included both precipitation and livestock density effects. A novel approach to addressing the interaction between grazing and precipitation was included by dividing precipitation by stocking density. Grass density had a high positive correlation with this metric, while shrub cover had a small negative correlation. These results support the integration of multiple factors to explain vegetation change. To the best of our knowledge, one or more authors of this paper were federal employees when contributing to this work. This is the publisher's final pdf. The article is copyrighted by Academic Press and published by Elsevier. It can be found at: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-arid-environments/ 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z Multidisciplinary, Multisite Evaluation of Alternative Sagebrush Steppe Restoration Treatments: The SageSTEP Project http://hdl.handle.net/1957/55481 Multidisciplinary, Multisite Evaluation of Alternative Sagebrush Steppe Restoration Treatments: The SageSTEP Project McIver, James; Brunson, Mark This special issue presents short-term ecological effects of restoration treatments imposed as part of the Sagebrush Steppe Treatment Evaluation Project (SageSTEP), and summarizes public attitude survey results related to restoration efforts. Funded by the US Joint Fire Science Program (JFSP; 2005-2011), the Bureau of Land Management (BLM; 2011 to present), the National Interagency Fire Center (2011 to present), and the US Fish and Wildlife Service (2010), SageSTEP was designed and implemented to provide treatment-related information to managers concerned about the rapidly changing condition of sagebrush steppe ecosystems in the US Interior West (McIver et al. 2010). At lower elevations, cheatgrass has become more dominant at the expense of native perennial bunchgrasses, in some locations shifting fire return intervals from >50-100 years to <20 years, and greatly increasing mean fire size (Whisenant 1990; Miller et al. 2011; Balch et al. 2012). At higher elevations, pinyon pine and juniper woodlands have expanded and displaced sagebrush and other shrubs, in some places shifting fire return intervals from 10-50 years to >>50 years, and significantly increasing mean fire severity (Miller and Heyerdahl 2008). Under current climate conditions, both cheatgrass and pinyon-juniper woodlands have the potential to dominate an even greater area (Wisdom et al. 2002) in the Great Basin and surrounding areas, and global warming is likely to exacerbate this trend (Neilson et al. 2005; Miller et al. 2011). This is an author's peer-reviewed final manuscript, as accepted by the publisher. The published article is copyrighted by the Society for Range Management and can be found at: http://www.srmjournals.org/ 2014-09-01T00:00:00Z Short-Term Butterfly Response to Sagebrush Steppe Restoration Treatments http://hdl.handle.net/1957/55480 Short-Term Butterfly Response to Sagebrush Steppe Restoration Treatments McIver, James; Macke, Euell As part of the Sagebrush Steppe Treatment Evaluation Project (SageSTEP), butterflies were surveyed pre-treatment and up to four years post-treatment at 16 widely distributed sagebrush steppe sites in the interior West. Butterfly populations and communities were analyzed in response to treatments (prescribed fire, mechanical, herbicide) designed to restore sagebrush steppe lands encroached by pinyon-juniper woodlands (Pinus, Juniperus spp.) and invaded by cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum). Butterflies exhibited distinct regional patterns of species composition, with communities showing marked variability among sites. Some variation was explained by the plant community, with Mantel's test indicating that ordinations of butterfly and plant communities were closely similar for both woodland sites and for lower elevation treeless (sage-cheat) sites. At woodland sites, responses to stand replacement prescribed fire, clear-cutting, and tree mastication treatments applied to 10–20-ha plots were subtle: 1) no changes were observed in community structure; 2) Melissa blues (Plebejus melissa) and sulfurs (Colias spp.) increased in abundance after either burning or mechanical treatments, possibly due to increase in larval and nectar food resource, respectively; and 3) the juniper hairstreak (Callophrys gryneus) declined at sites at which it was initially present, probably due to removal of its larval food source. At sage-cheat sites, after prescribed fire was applied to 25–75-ha plots, we observed 1) an increase in species richness and abundance at most sites, possibly due to increased nectar resources for adults, and 2) an increase in the abundance of skippers (Hesperiidae) and small white butterflies. 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MARTINSBURG - Whether looking for a specialty item, local handcrafted treasures or a vintage buy, Martinsburg Mall's newest store, Unique Boutique, offers signature items for every taste.
"We're like a consignment and antique boutique, but we're different because we're not full consignment.
"We still have new things. A lot of our new clothes and jewelry come from New York City that we buy ourselves," said store co-owner Darcia Mickey.
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Unique Boutique offers shoppers a variety of clothing, including plus sizes, jewelry, furniture, records and household items. Many of the items Mickey and Golliday sell are handmade by either of the two owners or local craftsmen.
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Although the store only has been open for a few months, the owners have an ambitious future planned, including branching out to locations in Shepherdstown and possibly Hagerstown.
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Football and a feast, what's not to like?
Hope you have a great day. Also hope that before this weekend is over, you'll have a chance to watch two great Thanksgiving-themed movies: "Planes, Trains and Automobiles" and Woody Allen's "Broadway Danny Rose."
"Planes" is an established classic, but "Danny Rose" is a nice, understated movie that's worth watching if you're a Woody Allen fan.
BTW, it was 42 years ago today when I was sitting in the upper end zone at Pitt Stadium, watching the Steelers lose 41-27 to the Minnesota Vikings on a cold Sunday afternoon.
How about these quarterback numbers for the Steelers: Bill Nelsen was 4-for-15 for 44 yards with one touchdown and two interceptions. They lifted him and put in Kent Nix, who was 1-for-9 for 11 yards with two interceptions. My classmates and I got in on $1 tickets. Yes, I'm a million years old.


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