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Who the hell are these guys working for?
FBI's Latest Outreach Outrage by Steven Emerson IPT News Service
Much has been written about the U.S. government's current bout of schizophrenia in its outreach to the American Muslim community, specifically related to the Department of Justice. While federal prosecutors in Dallas have labeled several Islamist organizations as unindicted co-conspirators – describing them as front groups for Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood - in the terrorist financing trial against the Holy Land for Relief and Development (HLF), the FBI is meeting with the very same groups to hold outreach events and the Civil Rights Division of the DOJ is setting up booths at their conferences.
As wrongheaded and shortsighted as these policies are, they do not hold a candle to a recent outreach event held by the FBI's Detroit field office at the end of last month. As reported in the Detroit Free Press (see:Detroit's FBI chief: Violence extremism cuts across religions), two top FBI officials from that office "spoke to about 50 Muslims inside the Islamic Organization of North America, or Tanzeem-e-Islami." The Free Press described the organization as merely "a Sunni mosque with a primarily Pakistani congregation" and tells us that the meeting was nothing more than "part of an effort by the FBI to reach out to Muslims and other communities."
While outreach to the Muslim community remains an important endeavor, officials at the FBI and other law enforcement agencies have become far less discerning in determining who the gatekeepers and spokesmen for the American Muslim community should be.
Take this recent meeting with Tanzeem-e-Islami, a group founded in Pakistan in 1975 and headed by a man named Dr. Israr Ahmad. The FBI might be unaware, but Ahmad is often credited with initiating the vicious rumor, spread throughout the Muslim world, that Israel was responsible for the 9/11 attacks. On the heels of the attacks, he sent faxes to various U.S. mosques and Islamic centers,stating:
The secret Israeli service Musad [sic] orchestrated these terrorist attacks ... [which] are a vital link in the chain of events that the Jews are undertaking to fulfill their dream of world domination.
Islam's renaissance will begin in Pakistan … because the Arab world is living under subjugation. Only the Pakistan region "has the potential for standing up against the nefarious designs of the global power-brokers and to resist the rising tides of the Jewish/Zionist hegemony."
And that's just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to Ahmad's opinions about Jews. Also reported in the National Post:
Another of his books repeats the Jewish conspiracy theories popular among neo-Nazis, claiming that Jews have "a deeply ingrained tendency to conspire and to maneuver things surreptitiously for their own gain."
The Jews exert a "wicked web of control and exploitation" through their ownership of banks, insurance companies and stock exchanges, he claims.
He compares Jews to parasites, calls the Holocaust "Divine punishment" and foresees the "total extermination" of Jews at the hands of Muslims.
There's more. Unfreakingbelievable. America is our best slave indeed.


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Social responsibility
Right from the start Jolidon was set to obtain the commercial success in an ethical way, with respect for the community, environment and people. Voluntary, Jolidon contributes to a better society and to a cleaner environment.
The charity and patronage principles make Jolidon a social responsible organization in Romania.
The company runs commercial activities in over 60 countries, on very different markets, so that, the dialogue with the company becomes one of the key elements of the strategy, positioning the ecosystem as a whole.
In Romania, the school and university partnerships from Cluj manifest in joint projects and support actions for the performance in education – culture – sport, in promoting the civic sense, in developing the aesthetic sense and maintaining a clean environment.
The winners of contests, school and student Olympics, regional, national and international phases were sustained and rewarded by Jolidon (sponsorships for Cluj Napoca's colleges such as Emil Racovita, George Cosbuc, Victor Babes, Avram Iancu, Sports High School, Children Palace and for universities as Babes-Bolyai University, Arts and Design University, Technical University of Cluj Napoca, Dimitrie Cantemir University or "Universitatea" Sports Club).
Through partnerships with the Cluj Napoca's universities, the students benefit every year from Jolidon's support regarding their internships, bachelor and master degree thesis.
Jolidon has promoted NGOs and sustained the activities of different organizations like AFA Cluj, AISEC, BEST, Romanian Scouts or Social Protection Foundation.
Other partnerships with obvious results for the Cluj Napoca's community are those made with groups or student organizations (Românașul, Mărțișorul, Cultural Center of Students) on supporting the National Fashion Festival, Folklor, and the ones regarding film festivals (TIFF) and theater festivals.
It has become a tradition to sustain all the beauty pageants, many of them being "Miss Boboc Universitas" held by universities.
Starting from the idea that competition makes performance, performance makes role models, Jolidon sustains Cluj Napoca's sports (amateurs and professionals). "U JOLIDON" team has won in 2012 the 3rd consecutive title of vice champion of Romania in feminine handball.

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Studying this technical article and answering the related questions can count towards your verifiable CPD if you are following the unit route to CPD and the content is relevant to your learning and development needs. One hour of learning equates to one unit of CPD. We'd suggest that you use this as a guide when allocating yourself CPD units.
With quoted shares and securities (and also unit trusts and OEICs) there is more scope for CGT tax planning than there is with most other chargeable assets. This is because it is easy to sell or gift the exact number of shares required to arrive at a particular chargeable gain or capital loss. Other assets, such as unquoted shares, are more difficult to sell, and with assets such as land and property it is not generally practical to dispose of just part of the asset in order to achieve a gain equivalent to, say, the annual exempt amount.
The introduction of the 28 percent higher rate of CGT from 2010 means that there are now more tax planning possibilities than was previously the case with just a flat rate of 18 percent. There are several million shareholders in the UK, and many of these will have built up portfolios of sufficient size to benefit from the type of planning outlined in this article. The article is aimed at investors with portfolios in the GBP50,000 to GBP250,000 range, and for such investors more advanced tax planning, such as the use of trusts, is probably not a realistic option.
Avoiding CGT altogether
The easiest way to avoid CGT is to build up a portfolio by using stocks and shares ISAs, since chargeable gains will be tax free. However, such a strategy will be constrained by the annual investment limit (currently GBP11,520), and it is not possible to transfer existing shareholdings into an ISA since subscriptions must normally be in cash.
If a share portfolio is retained until death then the shares will be completely exempt from CGT - and therefore there is no need for any CGT planning. However, people may have to sell shares later in life to top up their pension and investment income, whilst many other investors prefer to actively trade shares rather than just retaining the same portfolio.
Such an approach must also be balanced against the possible inheritance tax implications. Although retaining a share portfolio until death will avoid CGT, such an approach may not be beneficial where the value of the portfolio is high in relation to the amount of chargeable gains. For example, a person has a share portfolio valued at GBP200,000 with potential chargeable gains of GBP50,000. Retaining the portfolio until death will result in a maximum CGT saving of GBP14,000 (GBP50,000 at 28 percent), but the inheritance tax cost could be GBP80,000 (GBP200,000 at 40 percent).
It is also possible to avoid CGT by becoming non-UK resident, although it is necessary to be non-resident for at least five tax years. Obviously, such tax planning is not appropriate for people with the modest share portfolios being discussed here, but if someone is already planning to retire overseas it would make sense to delay disposals until after they have left the UK - this assumes that the gains will not be taxed in the new country of residence.
Deferring gains
The only relief that is likely to be available is reinvestment relief as a result of investing in shares that qualify for the enterprise investment scheme. Such an investment is probably too risky for our investor, but it might be appropriate where an investor is investing in their own company (for reinvestment relief, it does not matter if the investor is connected with the company). It is not particularly difficult for a company to become an enterprise investment scheme company (simply complete form EIS1), and the main restriction will be that certain types of trade are excluded.
The investment must be made within a period starting one year before and ending three years after the date of the disposal. It is only necessary to reinvest the amount of chargeable gains in order to obtain full deferral, and there is no upper limit to the amount of gains that can be deferred. Gains are only deferred until the enterprise investment scheme shares are disposed of, but if the shares are held until death the deferred gains will then be exempt.
There is also the option of investing up to GBP100,000 per year in shares that qualify for the seed enterprise investment scheme, although this is not appropriate for someone investing in their own company. For 2013-14, an investment provides 50 percent exemption for reinvested chargeable gains plus income tax relief at the rate of 50 percent.
The total potential tax relief of 64 percent (50 percent + (half of the higher CGT rate of 28 percent) might therefore make such an investment attractive despite the risk of investing in very small companies. An investment can be treated as being made in the previous tax year, so it's still possible to exempt gains made during 2012-13. In this case, 100 percent of the reinvested gains will be exempt - the total tax relief is then 78 percent (50 percent + 28 percent).
Basic tax planning
There are three main aspects to basic CGT planning.
Firstly, maximise the benefit of the annual exempt amount - currently GBP10,900. This can be achieved by making sufficient disposals each tax year so that chargeable gains are at least GBP10,900.
Secondly, where CGT will be payable, then (all other things being equal) delay a disposal until the start of the following tax year, since the due date will then be one year later. For example, for a disposal made on 4 April 2014 the due date will be 31 January 2015, but for a disposal made on 6 April 2014 it will be 31 January 2016.
And lastly, minimise the rate of CGT by making disposals during a tax year when an investor has some of his or her basic rate tax band available. Chargeable gains are taxed at the lower rate of 18 percent where they fall within the basic rate tax band (currently GBP32,010), and at the higher rate of 28 percent where they exceed this threshold. There are several relevant points here:
- Where an investor's taxable income is consistently below GBP32,010 then disposals could be spread over several years so that CGT is at 18 percent instead of 28 percent. This strategy also fits in with utilising the annual exempt amount.
- The basic rate band is extended if a person makes personal pension contributions. Therefore matching disposals and pension contributions to the same tax year could reduce the rate of CGT payable.
- Some investors may have fluctuating taxable income. It could be because a self-employed person makes a loss, or because an employee is posted overseas for a year (with their earnings being outside the UK tax net). In such a year all or most of a person's basic rate tax band might be available, so it will be a good time to make disposals. Directors of owner-managed companies that withdraw profits mainly by way of dividends could forego dividends for one year to achieve the same result.
- Similarly, a self-employed person could aim to make disposals in the same year that they incur expenditure qualifying for the 100 percent annual investment allowance - thus reducing their taxable profits.
For example, over the next 12 months an investor wishes to make disposals of shares which will result in chargeable gains totally GBP60,000. The investor's annual taxable income is GBP17,500. If the disposals are made entirely in the current tax year then the CGT liability will be as follows:


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Neighbors who live near a Trussville home where three people were found dead this afternoon described the family living there as "good neighbors."
"They are the finest folks you'd ever want to meet," said Tom Foster who has lived on Cottonridge Road about 18 years. "They are the kind of neighbors who are there when you need them, and not if you don't," he said.
Police were called to 7646 Cottonridge around 1 p.m.
At 4:45 p.m. about six police cars were at the residence. Crime tape was used to rope off the driveway of the large brick home. There is also a smaller "mother-in-law" type home next to the larger house.


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For February, I want to reduce my mile time.
Be careful what you say, plenty of MCRRC members belong to DC Tri Club!
MCRRC has a good track workout scheduled every Wednesday at 7 PM at Wootton HS in Rockville/North Bethesda, by the way.
I'm a MCRRC member too ... [begin sappy music] ... but my heart will always be with DC Tri


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This practical, easy-to-use guide gives all the advice you need on dealing with violence, threatening behaviour and abuse in an education setting. It covers prevention, training and policies and procedures, gives checklists of immediate action that should be taken in the event of an incident, and explains the legal situation as well as your entitlements if you suffer an injury. It also includes ATL's model policy on violence, threatening behaviour and abuse.
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Love in Abundance
Rating: 4.91 stars 23 23 reviews
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Love In Abundance works to help students heighten her value of self by increasing her Human Capital (Social, Symbolic, Economic, and Cultural Capitals)
LIA has helped 47 students enter and remain in college. LIA has helped 17 parents enter college for 1st time. LIA is a nominating organization for the Posse Foundation. LIA's founder is the author of the College Must Begin in 8th Grade Literary Series, that will donate 40% to LIA from each project in the series.
Target demographics:
Title One and Lower Performing Schools
Direct beneficiaries per year:
Approximately 100-150 students per year. LIA nominated our first Posse Foundation Scholar after having recently received the honor of being a nominating organization.
Geographic areas served:
Houston and surrounding cities
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"You know how most deer hunting articles are fulla facts, figures, statistics and tips on how to get your buck?" said WW&W wildlife correspondent and huntress Paris Hiltunen, who gets hers every year without firing a shot.
"This isn't one of them," she hastened to add.
She's right. I take a more anthropological, cultural, social and romantic approach to the subject, writing from a factional perspective, fiction based on fact. Sure I throw in a random statistic and an occasional inadvertent fact; if I don't have much to begin with, I can always make it up.
You don't have to be a hunter to know that Nov. 15 is Opening Day of yet another white-tailed deer season. Here in the Keweenaw and throughout the U.P., it's generally acknowledged and recognized as a high holiday. So venerable and revered is the hunting tradition that high school students get the day off, as does mosta the work force.
The white-tailed deer, Odocoileus virginianus, is our Michigan state game mammal, and deservedly so. In the U.P. alone, there are three times more deer than people, about 900,000 of them to 300,000 of us. In Eagle River, they outnumber us 25 to 1.
"Without the cultural and social components, there's nothing very romantic about the rut," said WW&W whitetail correspondent John Deer. "Prior to breeding, males spar with sapling trees, creating rub marks to make other males aware of their presence. Males also make scrapes, patches of muddy ground where they whiz to attract females. I know it sounds kinky, but that's pretty much as romantic as it gets. Bucks and does mate from October to January, with seven months gestation until one or two fawns, about 8 pounds each, are born with white spots for camouflage."
I admit I go to deer camp for the culture and the culinary arts more than the hunting. Don't get me wrong, I love the sights, sounds and smells of the late fall woods, and the pleasures of wildlife viewing through the crosshairs of a scope. But I take my fishing rods to camp as well. I love to take a break from the blind and sauna to wade the mouth of Fanny Hooe Crick and pay the fish of Copper Harbor a visit. If I get lucky, there's not just plain old surf and turf back at camp, there's splake and steak.
If there's one thing deer hunters know how to do, it's eat and drink well. I know, that's two things. I've been to camps where every night is a special dinner, another opportunity to clog your major coronary arteries. There are exotic wild game feeds, prime rib buffets, fresh and smoked salmon and shrimp night, steak night, chicken & spaghetti night, and pizza and beer night. You'll find friendly inter-camp competitions like Blazing Saddles Chili Cook-Offs, the obligatory pasties, and the time-honored Yooper deer camp staple, venison booyaw, a hearty, slow-cooked stew made with venison, wild game and roadkill-in-season; potatoes, rutabagas, carrots, garlic, onion and celery. To be the real McCoyinen, ingredients must be shot, caught and grown in the UP, but nobody's fussy. Don't ask, don't tell.
Yooper supermarkets, party stores and mini-marts sell hunting supplies by the quart, 6-pack, 12-pack and case. Some camps keep a keg of cold complex carbohydrates handy in the snowbank or on the porch just outside the door, hence the stereotypical sobriquet, beer camp.
I'm not the only cardiology-conversant hunter who believes beer works wonders to help dissolve plaque build-up in arteries and aid digestion of the massive quantities of LDL cholesterol and saturated fat gobbled up at the nightly banquets.
"That's what you call taking it to heart," said WW&W hunting correspondent Buck Snortinen (character courtesy of Kevin Patana). "But let's not forget the emotional, sociological, psychological, relaxational and spiritual benefits - lubricating laughter and conversation, creating the illusion that you have a better poker hand than you really do, and elevating storytelling to an art form."
Yoopers and visiting hunters enjoy a UP-wide life support system, a network of backwoods bars that provides a cultural connection and caters to deer hunters with buck polls and poles, venison and bear meat booyaws, wild game feeds, spaghetti benders and fish fries. My unofficial list of venison venues on the Keweenaw Hunter's Ball and Booyaw circuit are the Drift Inn, White House, Lac la Belle Lodge, Cliff View Inn, Vansville, Gay Bar, Maple Leaf, Mosquito Inn, Dolly Partanen's, Dreamland, Schmidt's Corner, Jayne's L&L, Lake Linden Legion, and UP Pub. Call for dates and times.
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Fairview second-year coach Bill Harvey won't argue that change is good.
The Warriors, who finished 8-14 last season in the West Shore Conference, are 8-4 overall and 4-4 in the Patriot Athletic Conference Stripes Division.
"The parity in the PAC suits us better," said Harvey, the former boys basketball coach at Maple Heights. "It's just that we're so young."
Sophomore guard Katie Smith is averaging 16 points and 4.0 rebounds per game and freshman Kelsey Bielak is next with 7.5 points per game.
"We have two seniors but the first two players off the bench are a sophomore and freshman," Harvey said.
The lone senior who would have been starting, if not for a torn anterior cruciate ligament, is 5-9 post Morgan King.
King, who averaged 10 points and eight rebounds last year, just returned to practice.
Falcons also like the fit: Firelands has also enjoyed making the move from the WSC to the PAC.
They are 9-3 overall and 7-1 in conference play after going 9-12 a year ago.
"We're a small Division II school so the PAC is a better fit for us," girls basketball coach Dave Kudela said. "Our level of ability and athleticism is on the same playing field, better than it was in the WSC."
The only problem for the Falcons is they're bumping heads with perennial Stars Division power Keystone.
"They have good size in the post, six seniors and they're always athletic there," Kudela said. "We have just one senior [the coach's daughter, Megan Kudela] and the rest of our stating lineup consists of juniors, guard Rachel Holowecky [10 ppg] and wing Destiny Samples [7.5 ppg] along with two sophomores -- wing Casey Morrissette (15 ppg) and point guard Alyssa Melendez.
"Megan and Casey are both 5-9," coach Kudela said. "The rest of our team is 5-7 or smaller but the offense has been very consistent. Four of our five starters have led us in scoring at one time or another."
Spreading the wealth: Brooklyn finished 14-7 a year ago and stands 7-4 overall and 6-2 in the PAC Stripes Division, but head coach Kristen Field believes this year's team is better.
"They have a year of playing together under their belt and they're doing a better job on offense, most noticeably in the area of spreading the ball around," said Field, who has a senior-laden starting lineup.
Senior point guard Melissa Caraballo (13.4 ppg, 6.0 apg, 4.5 steals per game), senior forward Amber Tanzi (11 ppg, 8.0 rpg), 5-10 senior forward Carenda Czirr (10.4 ppg, 7.0 rpg, 2.0 blocked shots per game) and junior Rachel Verba (12.8 ppg) are again the Hurricanes' stalwarts.
Verba is shooting 33 percent from 3-point range and has totaled 36 treys, including a school-record eight in a season-opening victory over Independence.
Verba's uncle, Jim Verba, is the Blue Devils' head coach.
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Taylor Luxoro scored twice as Susan Wagner registered a 3-1 PSAL girls' soccer second-round playoff victory Monday over visiting Bard HS in Sea View.
"I'm happy with the way we play," said SW coach Carleen Rago. "We can clean up a couple of things, but we hustled and played as a unit."
The news got even better for the sixth-seeded Falcons after the game, as No. 3 Bayside was upset by 19th-seeded Lab Museum, which will now travel to Wagner for a quarterfinal match Wednesday at 3:30 p.m.
Fortune shined on the Falcons during Monday's contest, as well, especially on Luxoro's two tallies.
Six minutes into the game, a hustling Luxoro penetrated down the right side, warded off a defender and took a shot inside the box that glanced off Bard's Naomi Chasek-MacFoy and went inside the right post for the opening goal.
The Manhattan school, however, had the edge in play the remainder of the half. Five minutes after Luxoro's goal, Michal Mandil fired a shot over the net. At the 19th minute, a mixup near the goal saw the ball trickle behind SW keeper Sophia Portalatin, who recovered in time to make the save.
Later in the half, a throw-in by the Raptors' Anna Doebele was headed on net by Katharine Safter, who became the focus of the Wagner defense in the second half.
"(Safter) was their playmaker, and they continually went to her," noted Rago. "At halftime, I told my girls to shut down their outside wings, and that's exactly what they did."
The Falcons were more aggressive in the second half. Eight minutes after the intermission, a throw-in into the box by Nadia Brooks was headed wide right by Amela Drekovic. Four minutes after that, Luxoro took a Nicole Emanuele feed and got past the defense but had a point-blank shot knocked down by the hand of Raptors goalie Anna Paritsky.
But the mounting pressure would pay off at the 54th minute. Brooks delivered a pass down the middle to Luxoro, who converged on the ball at the same time as Chasek-MacFoy and Paritsky. Luxoro's shot caromed past the players and into the open net for a 2-0 Wagner lead.
"I told them at halftime to keep running through the ball, and that's what Taylor did there," Rago said.
Bard, the 11th seed, responded four minutes later. Clara Liff took a pass from Mandil and rocketed a shot off the crossbar, but Mandil pounced on the rebound and fired it in to halve the Raptors' deficit.
Wagner, however, showed its mettle by answering with its most sustained attack of the match. After near misses by Luxoro and Emily Boody, the Falcons recaptured their two-goal advantage at the 63rd minute, as Agape Alexander took a Drekovic pass on one bounce and rifled a left-footed liner inside the right post.
"Sometimes, the breaks don't go your way," shrugged Bard coach Christopher Lanza. "Both teams played with a lot of heart. Susan Wagner's a very good team. They played hard and deserved to win."
"When we play together it's because we're communicating," noted Drekovic. "I thought we had an amazing game passing today."
NOTES: The Falcons were figuring on a rematch with Bayside, whom they defeated in last season's quarterfinals. Both Wagner and Bard lost in the semifinals last year. ... Luxoro nearly had a hat trick with eight minutes remaining but had a breakaway denied by Paritsky, who collided with the SW sophomore. Luxoro left after the play due to leg cramps, which bothered her throughout the second half.


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Let's talk Tuesday!
We can talk about anything today!
I can say that I am not morbidly obese, however, medically speaking I am very much overweight. Thank you again though!
Quoting Wish2Be:
Quoting SammiBaby:
I'm very disappointed with myself to be honest. I've been planning my wedding for almost a year and a half and I really thought that I'd have lost weight from then until now but I just haven't. That's not to say that I haven't tried at all because I have but as much as I hate to admit it, I didn't try as hard as I should have and now I'm going to be this weight on my wedding day and during my honeymoon.
I know I should be happy with how I am and enjoy the day regardless but with the dress fitting this Thursday I can't hep but dwell on this issue. I feel like crap!
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A mother-daughter photography team played hooky from work Thursday and shot Saginaw.
Last year, Carrollton Township's Linda Kreager, 52, and Meika Kreager, 26, participated in the "Focus on Saginaw: A 24-hour community photo project" with more than 150 amateur and professional photographers.
The Kreagers, who shot 30 roles of film during the event, said they had so much fun taking photos of Saginaw for hours that they decided to do it again this year.
"This year, it's just for us," Linda Kreager said. "The only rule we have is that there are no rules."
The two took a more leisurely approach to capturing the city on film and memory chips this year, breaking for intermittent naps and snacks.
Equipped with manual SLR and digital cameras, they traveled to and from random spots they thought "present themselves" and "illustrate everyday Saginaw life."
By 1 p.m., they had shot the clock tower at the Saginaw County Governmental Center, roadwork on Johnson near Washington, the Children's Zoo at Celebration Square, a tree-trimming session and some people beading necklaces at a downtown shop.
They also went to the Downtown Saginaw Farmer's Market, found no farmer's market and shot the area anyway. The market is on a Monday-Wednesday-Friday schedule this year.
"It'll be a nice comparison to last year's photos of the market," Linda Kreager said. "It was so busy last year, and now the same place is barren."
Last year's event, sponsored by The Saginaw News and the Historical Society of Saginaw County's Castle Museum, honored Saginaw's 150th birthday on June 28.
Chosen photos were published in a special section of The News and displayed in the Castle Museum.
The Kreagers, who keep an album of last year's photos on their credenza, plan to make a tradition out of the 24-hour picture-taking event.
"We'll keep taking off work or doing whatever we have to do so that we can keep this thing going," Linda Kreager said. "It's just a lot of fun."


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Master Gardeners should share costs
The purpose of this letter is to offer a concern regarding the actions of The Ohio State University Extension / Trumbull County and County Director Marie Economos related to the cost and management of the Packard Park Greenhouses at Packard Park in Warren.
As a local business operator for over 50 years in the field of horticulture, it is rare that an opportunity in that field arises which requires comment for public consideration. I am reluctant to do so yet this is one of those times.
For several years now I have watched as The Ohio State University Extension / Master Gardener Program has enjoyed the opportunity to utilize the greenhouses at Packard Park free of charge in order to support its various horticultural programming efforts. Specifically, through the benevolent and kind actions of two City of Warren administrations, with the public interest in mind, several Master Gardener volunteers have been able to offer programs, organize plant sales and grow plants to support their various projects.
While the space is rightly shared with other non-profit organizations, the Master Gardener Volunteer Program has NEVER had to offer direct remittance or formal in-kind services for the use of the space or the cost of heat, water and electricity to grow the plant material they use. Also, they offer no evidence that The Ohio State University Extension or the Master Gardeners on site offer payment for insurance, repairs or maintenance.
As a business owner it is clear to see that these costs have been, are and will continue to be significant to the taxpayers of the City of Warren. This is a burden that is carried by the taxpayers of the City of Warren and the two other not-for-profit entities that share space at the facility. It is a burden which must be relieved out of a sense of fairness given the numerous budget constraints the City of Warren faces including the laying-off of firefighters that cannot be retained in the near future because of the loss of funding sources.
While the Extension's work at Packard Park is noble, the administrative details that surround OSU Extension's presence at the site is muted, silly, vague and obtuse. It is clear that the appropriate thing to do is to ask OSU Extension and County Director Marie Economos to do the right thing and correct this administrative wrong as well as assume a fair share of the burden for managing and subsidizing the Packard Park Greenhouses. This is an effort that should be resolved at the county director level and no other. It should not be an item transferred to the desk of another staff member or to another county for forever consideration.
Extension County Director Economos, Extension staff and volunteers can find revenue, create revenue, as well as seek cost savings in current programs in order to make certain that this is done. It would be a right and thankful message to send to the funding agent of OSU Extension the taxpayers of Trumbull County. Also, it would provide OSU Extension with an investment in the county seat to tend as well as offer evidence of commitment and caring to the residents of the City of Warren.
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I think just about everybody uses the longer filter. On the oil, what do you use the truck for, and how many miles on the engine?
Just curious. Would make sense to run a lighter oil, but I don't know the IDI's well enough yet.
Also anyone run the longer powerstroke oil filters? They look like they will fit, may need a DIY heat shield.
94 E350 7.3 IDI E4OD SRW school bus 12.5 ft box
DIY VEG conversion 120 gal veg tank, hot fox pick up, griffin 455 seperator, raptor pump, HIH.
AirTex Electric Fuel pump, Espar H5 coolant heater, Airlift 5000 Air springs
97 F250 4x4 CC SB 7.3 PS E4OD (Sold)
I think just about everybody uses the longer filter. On the oil, what do you use the truck for, and how many miles on the engine?
Pretty much everyone here runs a powerstroke oil filter. They will fit and you will be able to run an extra quart of oil with it. I think some people are running a lighter oil, but it still has to be a diesel oil, not just some 10W30. Actually, I think people run a 10W40 instead of the 15W40 to help with the cold weather starts. Don't quote me on anything except the PS oil filter though. Different viscosity is not necessary in Oregon....
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i run the cheapest diesel 10w30 i can find in the idi and valvoline synthetic 5w-40 in my psd in the winter.
97 F-350 RCLB 4x4 7.3 5SP RSK, intake, 4" exhaust, 6 POS chip, 1.0 housing, SMF, SD I/C 212k
84 F-250 RCLB 4x4 6.9 4SP Studs, Factory Turbo w/ wg removed 14 psi, 4" exhaust, ip maxed, 130 amp 3G 226k...its a turd
I run rotella 10 30 in the winter and I usually don't change it till the temp starts getting up around 90.
i run Mobil 1 turbo diesel truck which is 5Winter 40Weight synthetic w/Mobil m1-601 filter,year round.
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i just use the recommended oil weight for the truck, synthetic is great, i wouldn't change it for winter because while its easier to start, once its warm its not getting the proper lubrication, they recommend that specific weight for a reason, if you have cold temperatures in your area use a block heater to help it start instead of changing the oil weight, just my opinion
I run 5/40 synthetic in some of my trucks my trucks year round, mostly my 2 dd's that get all the miles. Otherwise I pick oil on a per truck basis, based on oil consumption mostly.
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Both my IDI's like Dello 400 the best. 15/40 weight. If all your other systems are in good working order, Ive found oil weight to have very little affect, if any on starting in cold temps.
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Right now I'm running the shorter 6.9L oil filter because I bought a case of them on Fleabay for like $40 SHIPPED. I have ran the longer FL1995 w/o any issues. Right now I'm running Rotella T6 5w40 and it's drinking it. About a gallon every 1200 miles so next time I'm going back to 15w40.
Shell does make a Diesel 10w30 but I bet mine would slurp that up too.
Good replies!
I have owned my 7.3 since 1999 and still enjoying the benefits of the IDI engine.
I started out with Shell Rotella 15w40 and 2000 mile oil changes.
Cold starts were very noisy and driving it cold was not a good idea until it warmed up for at least 5 minutes.
I decided 2000 mile oil changes were costing alot of money when I had four 55 gallon drums of used oil to get rid
of before the county fined me for it.
I then did some research and decided synthetic was a good way to go.
I bought my first 5 gallons of 15W40 and when I cranked up the engine I was amazed the noisy cold engine was no more.
After a few thousand miles I went to a 5W30 Synthetic and used that same oil for 47,000 miles and 5 years with no change.
Did one oil analysis 5 years later with 40,000 miles and the sample came back in perfect shape. That was a nervous 2 week wait for the result's.
Since then I killed the 7.3 two times due to collapsed lower radiator hose at 80mph. since then I had the chance to understand the amount of wear
that happens on the upper cylinder wall when starting up these engines in the cold even using synthetic oil.
At the top of the cylinder I had .0015 worth of wear from all the cold starts I did in 7000 miles of use. I never plugged it in I used only the glow plugs.
Well since then and a new engine again I now only use the block heater to start my truck and it is a ton better starting than using glow plugs.
Warm engines with warm oil is less friction period and saves fuel and wear in your engine.
Take my experience for what it is worth, I just report my findings.
Now I use 10W30 SAE 30 weight synthetic and use the PSD size filter that is an high efficency filter like the 1734XE WIX but from another source.
I get excellent MPG over 20 in the city and am very happy with my truck.
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Engine transmission, differential built by owner.
Thanks for all the replies! This is the great thing about this site. I knew I should have tried the PSD filter!
I'm installing an espar heater on the bus so I should be able to keep from many if any cold starts. I may consider mixing the rotella 10w30 synthetic w/ the 15/40. I'll have to look into it more. Does anyone use additives like Lukas stabilizer?
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John Cook was left feeling empty after his second-place finish Sunday especially after he seemed in control of the tournament for much of the day until late in the final round.
But he could not get up and down from a greenside bunker on the 72nd hole and made bogey, then lost when Mike Reid birdied the first playoff hole. Cook admits bunker play isn't his strongest asset, and he left his blast well short of the hole.
"It was a pretty easy bunker shot, but I hit a bad shot," Cook said.
Cook freely admits that he considers his lack of a major, to go with his 11 PGA Tour victories, a big hole in his resume. And although he says winning a Champions Tour major wouldn't be the same as if he had won the 1992 British Open or PGA Championship -- he was runner-up in both -- he says winning here would've been nice.
But as he did at last year's Senior British Open, he finished second.
"I'd like to close one of these out," Cook said. "It doesn't sit well."
Pioneer before Yang: After Y.E. Yang won the PGA Championship last week, there was plenty of talk that it could start a boom of interest in golf in his native country, South Korea. If any player can relate, it's Bernhard Langer.
Langer, who tied for 17th at 7 under here this week, became the first German golfer to win a major when he won the 1985 Masters, and he added a second Masters title in 1993. The success, Langer led to the game growing in his home country.
Langer said there used to be one or two golf magazine before his first Masters win, and there are six or seven. Before the victory, there were 200 golf courses, and now there are more than 600.
"The numbers really prove that it has grown," Langer said. "It hasn't exploded, but it's definitely grown the last 20 years, and I think the same thing will happen in Korea and the Far East."
Early favorite: If there is a common trait of many of the top golfers on the Champions Tour, it's exemplified by Loren Roberts, who turned 50 in mid-2005 and won seven times in his first 2½ years on the senior tour.
"I think a lot of guys who played on the regular tour all the way until they turned 50 tend to get off to a hot start and to play really well," Roberts said. "That was true for me."
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The locals: Corvallis' Bob Gilder shot his lone under-par round of the week, a 1-under 71 in which he mixed three birdies with two bogeys, as he finished 50th at 4 over. Portland's Peter Jacobsen shot a 2-over 74 and finished 56th at 8 over.
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The Santa Clara County Vector Control District (SCCVCD) confirmed on August 19 that adult mosquitoes collected from the 95131, 95132, 95133 ZIP code areas of the city of San José tested positive for West Nile virus (WNV). The detection of mosquitoes infected with WNV has prompted the scheduling of a mosquito fogging treatment in the surrounding area, in an effort to prevent human cases of WNV. Weather permitting; the ground fogging is scheduled for
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Acting District Manager Russ Parman notes that "We've recently confirmed the first WNV human case in the county for this year. This, along with the high levels of virus activity that we are observing, tells us that residents should continue to avoid mosquito bites and remove standing water from around the home."
The fogging area is generally bordered by Hostetter Rd. and Washington Dr. on the north; Beryessa Rd., Las Casas de los Pinos Rd., and Gimelli Way on the south; the San José municipal golf course and N. Jackson Ave. on the west; and Morrill Ave., Summerdale Dr., Viceroy Way, Foxridge Way, and Salt Lake Dr. on the east. A live map can be viewed at
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Featuring selections from the 1930's to the 1970's, the station – the first ever established in the hilltowns – is operated by Family FM Inc., a non-profit organization based in Huntington, said general manager Timothy A. Allen.
With its transmitter at 1,700 feet, WHUT can be heard in parts of the four Western Massachusetts counties and northern Connecticut, Allen said.
"This is a real thrill," said Allen, 55, a radio industry veteran who worked for stations from Albany to Oklahoma. "It's something I've wanted to do for 30 years," he said.
Offering a mix of jazz, doo-wop, rock and;roll and show tunes in a 24-hour format, the station is aiming at the 40-plus age demographic, Allen said.
The station is also planning live broadcasts of Gateway Regional High School games and other local sporting events, as well as regular shows featuring Russian and other ethnic music, Allen said.
A number of community activities are also planned, including a youth night Saturday from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Cornerstone Christian Church at the intersection of Main Street and Route. 20, in Chester.
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For 55 minutes, they dominated puck possession, registering nearly twice as many shots as Nashville. They capitalized twice on the power play while taking no penalties. They responded to the Predators' physical play by dishing out their share of hits.
They had everything going for them, but left with nothing, after Shea Weber scored twice in the final 4:24 to lift Nashville to a 4-3 victory at Bridgestone Arena.
"We've done so many great things, and I thought we played great tonight," Red Wings goaltender Jimmy Howard said. "I thought we deserved to win. It just didn't happen. Guys did a great job in front of me. I didn't really hold up my part of the bargain."
The momentum turned when Howard lost the puck behind his net and was forced to take a hooking penalty. Just 22 seconds later, at 15:36, Weber blasted in a one-timer from the point to tie it at 3-3.
"I made a mistake behind the net. I went back there and stopped it, looked up for a second, went to play it and the puck wasn't on my stick anymore," Howard said. "In that situation it was either (take a penalty) or give them an empty net. So we took our chances on the power play."
Nashville coach Barry Trotz said of Weber's blast: "It looked like an absolute rocket. I think Jimmy Howard actually caught it and it just turned his glove sideways it was so hard and so heavy and the puck just carried on into the net. That's just what Shea does."
Weber then scored the game-winner with 1:36 remaining on a harmless-looking wrist shot from the point that skipped off the ice and sailed over Howard's shoulder.
"Weber just threw a knuckle-puck on net," Howard said. "You play here enough you know the puck does that a lot. It was bouncing all night. It felt like we were playing with a freaking tennis ball out there."
Nashville won its fourth in a row while snapping Detroit's three-game winning streak.
"Two things: We missed a lane on the penalty kill, and the last goal we could have had the guy boxed out in the corner," Red Wings coach Babcock said. "So we made mistakes, but we didn't back off, we just didn't win. Tomorrow will be another day, but I liked the effort."
It was hard for him to find much fault. The Red Wings outshot Nashville 40-21, getting power-play goals from Tomas Holmstrom (5:15 of the first) and Henrik Zetterberg (10:03 of the second) and even-strength tally from Nicklas Lidstrom (11:30 of the second) to take a 3-1 lead.
Even after Jordin Tootoo scored at 17:22 of the second period to cut Nashville's deficit to 3-2, the Red Wings appeared to be in complete command, until it fell apart late.
"I thought we had some pressure on their defensemen, spent a lot of time in their zone," Lidstrom said. "They stuck with it, they worked hard and got that power-play goal to get themselves into the game late. But it's disappointing losing the way we did.
"The tempo was high, the intensity was there, too, almost like a playoff game."
Pavel Datsyuk had a pair of assists to continue his roll (seven goals and 14 assists in 13 games). But he was a bit too unselfish at times.
"Six-on-five at the end (after pulling Howard for the extra attacker), I would have liked Pav to shoot it to the net instead of going cross ice twice, but those are little things," Babcock said. "I liked the game."
They played hard enough to get the win. Rather than lament the loss, Babcock believes these things even out over the course of a season.
"I'm sure there's going to be a game this year where the other team plays better than us and we'll find a way to win it," Babcock said. "We made a couple of mistakes that went in our net, but I liked the way we played, how hard we worked."