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TRENTON, N.J. (AP) -- Five months after a state panel recommended changes designed to improve college safety in the wake of the Virginia Tech shooting rampage, security at many campuses across the state remains inconsistent, said the state's Homeland Security director.
Testifying Monday before the state Assembly's Higher Education committee, Richard Canas said the state's colleges have been good about sharing campus security information, but there is still significant variation in emergency preparedness.
"There's no uniformity or mandate yet," said Canas. "We erred on the side of giving latitude."
Canas was giving legislators an update on the progress of the Campus Security Task Force, which recommended in October that state colleges update their emergency management plans, provide preventative mental health services and create an immediate warning system for emergencies.
Some lawmakers expressed dismay at the inconsistency of security plans from school to school.
For example, lawmakers pointed out that only 14 of 59 institutions have an armed security force. And in the event of an emergency, some colleges would defer entirely to local law enforcement while others prefer that their own officers maintain control.
Committee Chairman Patrick J. Diegnan, D-Middlesex, questioned why schools weren't required to take certain steps to improve safety.
"Your report appears to be entirely recommendations," said Diegnan. "There seems to be no enforcement, which I find very disturbing."
The Homeland Security director said part of the reason for the lack of mandates was that the schools were all making progress to improve college security.
"The reason we took the softer approach is because the level of cooperation was dramatic," explained Canas, who stressed that all institutions had laid out emergency plans for review, even if plans weren't the same from one school to the next.
Canas also said his department was only authorized to coordinate information sharing and suggest best practices -- not mandate compliance.
"We're hoping it doesn't come to that," Canas said. "Because mandates usually mean money, and right now we're in pretty dire straits here."
Jane Oates, the executive director of the New Jersey Commission on Higher Education, said the variety of security preparations was due in large part to the variety of institutions of higher learning, like small religious schools that had never considered themselves at risk.
"These rabbinicals never thought about campus security," said Oates. "They never thought of themselves as a campus."


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The lifelong Richmond resident was a member of the Staten Island Pee Wee Football League's Board of Directors and he even started a golf outing to raise funds for the loop's Challenger Football Program for children with special needs.
Sadly, Caccese passed away nearly five years ago of sudden cardiac death syndrome at the age of 31.
In an effort to keep his name and memory alive, provide tuition assistance to young athletes entering high school, and funds to deserving charities, the Caccese family formed The Philip Caccese Jr. Family Foundation.
One of the foundation's main fundraisers is the Philip Caccese Jr. Memorial Golf Outing, which will take place June 28 at LaTourette Golf Course.
The donation is $170 per golfer ($65 dinner only) and includes green fees and golf cart; free range balls; on-course refreshments; continental breakfast and a steak barbecue afterwards. The deadline to register is June 17.
Prizes include a Buick Verano to a golfer who scores a hole-in-one on the seventh hole, a $500 travel voucher and awards for closest to the pin, longest drive as well as a 50/50 raffle and other prizes.
Sponsorships include hole sponsor ($100 donation), continental breakfast sponsor ($500), refreshment sponsor ($750) and BBQ sponsor ($1,000).
Sign-in begins at 7:30 a.m. with a shotgun start to follow at 9 a.m.
"It means so much to our family to carry out Philip's memory and give back to the community," said Philip's older sister, Kim Caccese-Paribello. "(The golf outing) is a good time for everyone with the prizes and raffles."
According to Kim Caccese-Paribello, her brother, who proudly served with the elite 10th Mountain Division in the U.S. Army, was always looking to better the lives of youngsters.
"He believed the training and discipline he received in the military provided the communication skills needed to teach the young boys the meaning of sportsmanship and the importance of being part of a team," added Kim Caccese-Paribello, the softball and girls' soccer coach at Petrides High School.
To date, through the Philip Caccese Jr. Memorial Scholarship, the Foundation has awarded $12,000 to student-athletes, as well as $5,000 more to deserving charities.
The 2012 winners, who are freshmen at Petrides, included Riley Runfola of New Springville and Westerleigh's Natalie Neader. They were awarded $1,000 scholarships.
Kim Caccese-Paribello said any eighth-grader may apply for this year's $2,000 scholarship by requesting an application at: firstname.lastname@example.com. The deadline to enter is June 17.
"The past winners of this scholarship were very appreciative," said Kim Caccese-Paribello. "And they always seem to give back to the community as well, so everything seems to come full circle."
Make all checks payable to the Philip Caccecse Jr. Family Foundation. Checks are to be sent to Caccese Family Foundation, 3176 Morley Ave., S.I., N.Y., 10306.
For more information, please contact either Philip Caccese Sr. (917-833-2030), Kim Caccese (917-846-2411) or Charles Caccese (646-996-6575).


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KALAMAZOO, MI -- Cadets in Western Michigan University's ROTC program are observing the 12th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks with a vigil on campus today.Army and Air Force cadets will be standing in a silent vigil, shifting out approximately every 30 minutes, until 4 p.m. at the flagpole in front of the Seibert Administration Building at the center of WMU's main campus to honor lives lost in the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
Taps were played while the flag was lowered to half-staff at 8:46 a.m., to coincide with the time the first aircraft hit the World Trade Center in New York City.
At 6 p.m., WMU president John Dunn will be among speakers during a 9/11 commemorative service in Bronson Park in downtown Kalamazoo. Logan Stark, a Lansing resident and former Marine, will offer closing remarks.
In the event of inclement weather, the service will take place at First United Methodist Church on Park Street, across from Bronson Park.


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[JAZZ] Jazz is missing a manifesto. We need someone to step up and cry "fire!" in a crowded martini bar—someone to echo the words of the great futuro-fascist FT Marinetti: "We shall sing of the love of danger, the habit of energy and boldness...we shall extol agressive movement, feverish insomnia, the double quick-step, the somersault, the box on the ear, the fisticuff." I nominate saxophonist Rob Scheps.
A larger-than-life figure with a terrifying command of his instrument, Scheps is one of the busiest horn players working today. Casting a looming, forceful presence on the bandstand (with a brazen, yet well-intentioned, swagger reminiscent of '50s model idol Victor Mature), Scheps is a whirlwind of unbridled, forward-leaning energy—bursting any Welkian champagne-bubble notion one might have about jazz's big-bang origins. If he erupts with the occasional off-color chiding of audiences or admonishment of a bandmate, it's truly because for Scheps, jazz is, as the saying goes, "as serious as your life"—where every gig is High Noon and unholstering your instrument is an act of survival. And people will tell you, he never fails to paint the town red with jazz frenzy. More than anything, Scheps' appeal lies in his deep understanding of art's heroic impulse, the immediacy and urgency of the music. Musical from top to bottom, Scheps is a marvel slashing at melodic spaces, worrying notes, and exciting silence with the oceanic force of Jackson Pollock ripping the door off the Cedar Tavern. While he's earnest and self-effacing at times, he makes no apologies, suffers no fools and above all, takes no prisoners.
Working with a bicoastal who's-who of jazz, Scheps finds himself these days on a dead-heat cross-training schedule as a guest artist, composer, clinician and bandleader. This latest venture back to his Portland home offers audiences a chance to see Scheps in a spectrum of settings—from the intimate (in a first-ever duo with Dave Frishberg), to a ménage-à-trio with Scott Steed and Jeff Cumpston at LV's Uptown to a full-on 18-wheeler diesel-powered big-band blowout at the Towne Lounge. Do not forsake me, oh my darling—the gunslinging sax-sheriff is cleaning up the puddletown.
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Rob Scheps/Dave Frishberg, Friday, Nov. 25. LV's Uptown. 7 pm. Free. All ages.
Rob Scheps Burnin' Trio, Saturday, Nov. 26. LV's Uptown. 7 pm. Free. All ages.
Rob Scheps Big Band (featuring Todd Strait, Jay Thomas, JaTik Clark, and so on), Towne Lounge. Wednesday, Nov. 30. 8:30 pm. $5. 21+.


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Albany, NY -- Gov. David A. Paterson announced Friday his pleasure that that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has responded to his request for disaster assistance, declaring 17 counties as primary disaster areas due to damage caused by a severe hail and wind storm June 16.
As a result of the USDA's action, farmers and growers in the 17 counties declared as disaster areas and 23 other counties that were named as contiguous disaster areas will now be eligible for low-interest emergency farm loans.
The 17 primary disaster counties are Albany, Columbia, Dutchess, Erie, Fulton, Genesee, Greene, Monroe, Onondaga, Ontario, Orange, Orleans, Rockland, Schoharie, Ulster, Wayne and Westchester.
In addition, counties contiguous to the 17 primary disaster areas are Bronx, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chautauqua, Cortland, Delaware, Hamilton, Herkimer, Livingston, Madison, Montgomery, Niagara, Oswego, Otsego, Putnam, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Seneca, Steuben, Sullivan, Wyoming and Yates.
On June 16, much of New York state was battered by one of the worst hail storms in recent years. It damaged many crops including apples, cherries, fresh vegetables, grapes and corn. At the time, strawberries and cherries had just come into season, leaving damaging pit marks from hail stones.
Immature tree fruits, such as apples, peaches, pears and plums, were also damaged aesthetically and are no longer sellable on the fresh market. Young vegetables were damaged in the fields, stressing plants, inviting pests and disease and causing production setbacks.


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A Lebanon County motorcyclist is in critical condition this morning at Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center following a crash last night on Killinger Road in South Annville Township, a hospital spokeswoman said.
Terry L. Lanham, 62, was taken by First Aid and Safety Patrol ambulance to the hospital following the crash, which happened around 10:45 p.m. a mile north of Hoffer Road. State police said Lanham was not wearing a helmet when he rode his 2010 Thunderbird into an embankment on the side of the road. After striking the embankment, Lanham's bike went into a cornfield, sliding on its side for around 85 yards before coming to a stop, police said.


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Interview with Philip Watkins, conducted by Blackside, Inc. on March 15, 1989, for Eyes on the Prize II: America at the Racial Crossroads 1965 to 1985. Washington University Libraries, Film and Media Archive, Henry Hampton Collection.
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LEGISLATORS CONVENING for the regular session this week have several weighty issues before them — not the least of which are the state's serious financial woes.
There's no word yet on proration for this year, but it's likely that the governor's budget proposal for next year will cut the General Fund from $1.8 billion to $1.4 billion. The problem is the loss of one-time windfalls that have propped up the budget in recent years.
Trying to shoehorn the needs of the state into its meager means will take some skill, and perhaps a little magic.
Legislators are expected to take up the issue of allowing charter schools in Alabama. This is a common-sense step that is supported by the governor as well as the group Reform Alabama. A charter school bill has a good chance of passage, especially now that the Alabama Education Association's Paul Hubbert won't be at the Capitol to rail against it.
As long as standards are high and schools are held accountable, allowing charters can offer a much-needed choice for students within the realm of public education. This is especially crucial in small towns where there are few schools from which to choose.
Meanwhile, the need for more affordable homeowners insurance can't be dismissed, even in a session that's dominated by budgetary concerns. When the governor created the Affordable Homeowners Insurance Commission last spring, he demonstrated that he was serious about addressing the frustration of residents over policy cancellations and high premiums.
Representatives from coastal Alabama, now experts on the subject, can help lead the conversation.
A market-driven way to attract insurance companies to Alabama is to raise the bar for construction throughout the state, thus lowering the risk of damage. Such reforms are recognized on the hurricane-prone coast and are becoming an issue for the rest of the state as well.
Baldwin County set a good example recently when it voted to adopt updated international building codes. Now, for instance, roofs in that county have to be sealed at the time of construction or replacement.
Building stronger might cost a little more on the front end, but it can result in insurer discounts and lower premiums, providing welcome relief for homeowners.
Lastly, legislators will have an opportunity during the session to tweak Alabama's embarrassing immigration law. The governor has acknowledged that the law created legal problems, administrative snafus and negative publicity for the state.
In a perfect world, the entire law would be repealed, but revising it to satisfy these specific problems is a step in the right direction.


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The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey in Madison has announced the appointment of stage director and longtime company guest artist Stephen Brown-Fried as the theatre's artistic associate and casting director. "I am thrilled to be back at this company. I do not know of another theatre that combines excellence in classic theatre and such a deep commitment to teaching. The combination of professional practice and educational training here is unparalleled," says Brown-Fried.
A native of Madison, Brown-Fried first became involved with The Shakespeare Theatre 23 years ago through an outreach program at the Madison Middle School when he was a sixth grader; Brown-Fried then began volunteering and taking classes at the company. Over the years, he has often returned to the theatre as a main stage director (All's Well That Ends Well and The Comedy of Errors), educational touring company director (Macbeth, A Midsummer Night's Dream, and Coriolanus), and acting teacher. He holds a BA with honors in Drama and History from Stanford University, and an MFA in directing from the Yale School of Drama.
Artistic director Bonnie J. Monte says, "Stephen embodies the mission of our institution; he began his relationship with the arts, and our company in particular, as a child in one of our school residency programs. All these years, he has been able to train and work his way up through our ranks, which helped prepare him for the professional arena. Through all his experiences, The Shakespeare Theatre has remained his artistic home base. It is truly exciting to welcome him back in this new and integral role and to have him working side by side with me on all matters artistic. He is a consummate professional and very talented artist."
Brown-Fried is also an Associate Artist with Trinity Shakespeare Festival, where he directed critically-acclaimed productions of Julius Caesar, The Merchant of Venice, Macbeth, and Much Ado About Nothing. His production of The Merchant of Venice was named one of the best productions of 2012 by D Magazine, TheaterJones, and The Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
From 2005 to 2008, Brown-Fried served as the resident assistant director with Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington, D.C., where he assisted directors Michael Kahn, Ethan McSweeny, Kjetil Bang-Hansen, Douglas C. Wager, and Stephen Wadsworth, and directed the Free-For-All remount of Kahn's Love's Labour's Lost.
Brown-Fried's extensive directing credits include productions at Illinois Shakespeare Festival, Milwaukee Shakespeare, National Asian American Theatre Company, New Worlds Theatre Project, Connecticut Lyric Opera, The New School for Drama, Columbia School of the Arts, Yale School of Drama, New York University's Tisch Graduate Acting, North Carolina School of the Arts, Southern Methodist University: Meadows School of the Arts, Virginia Commonwealth University, and University of Miami.
Brown-Fried is on the MFA Directing faculty at The New School for Drama. He has also taught at acting and Shakespeare at Marymount Manhattan College, National Theatre Institute at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre Center, The Shakespeare Theatre Company, and Yale School of Drama.


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HUNTSVILLE, Alabama -- Doc Ratcliff may be making another run at getting the southeast corner of the Sparkman Drive-Pulaski Pike intersection rezoned for commercial development.
And nearby homeowners in northwest Huntsville are once again mobilizing to stop him.
Several residents of the Farmington and Montclair Heights subdivisions came to Thursday night's Huntsville City Council work session to speak against Ratcliff possibly building a supermarket on the wooded, 3.8-acre site.
"Every one of the residents is strictly against putting any kind of business there," said Earl Jordan, whose Stonebrook Circle home backs up to the property. "And we're tried of coming down here for the same old thing."
Ratcliff and several previous owners have made at least nine unsuccessful attempts since 1971 to have the land rezoned from residential to neighborhood business use.
The current Residence 1-A zoning allows single-family homes, churches and government buildings. Neighborhood business zoning is for service-oriented businesses, such as grocery stores, drug stores, dry cleaners and coffee shops.
Marie Bostick, Huntsville's manager of planning and zoning administration, said the city has not received any paperwork from Ratcliff asking for a zoning change.
"We haven't talked to him about it in over a year," Bostick said Friday.
But Ratcliff remains interested in the idea.
Glenn Watson, a former City Council member, said at Thursday's work session that Ratcliff has spoken with two grocery chains and could have a deal in place quickly if the corner is rezoned.
"I guarantee you that if there is a (grocery store) there, it'll be a nice one," said Watson. "If the community is not ready for it, that's a loss for north Huntsville."
The rezoning discussion grew out of a larger debate Thursday about a possible master plan for luring businesses and jobs to north Huntsville. Residents said they support more commercial development -- just not at that particular corner.
Pastor T.C. Johnson questioned whether the Ratcliff property is big enough to accommodate a supermarket and said city officials should study "what would fit there and be safe."
Northwest Huntsville residents have been fighting to keep that corner residential since the Nixon administration.
A divided Planning Commission recommended commercial rezoning in 1971, but the City Council rejected the idea. The Planning Commission later adopted a resolution saying that it intended to "maintain the residential character of land along Sparkman Drive."
A year later, property owner Buell Davis was denied a city variance to build a gas station at Sparkman and Pulaski.
In 1977, the Davis sisters and developer Stan Johnson applied for variances to build a 55,000-square-foot grocery store. They, too, left City Hall disappointed.
Ratcliff's last rezoning request was in June of 1998, when he proposed neighborhood business zoning for 1.7 acres closest to the intersection and said he would deed the remaining 2 acres to the city.
He also offered plat restrictions limiting the retail development to a drug store with heavy landscaping and no alcohol sales.
Again, the Planning Commission said no.


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Mother's Day: History behind the celebration
Mother's Day is celebrated at different times, and for different reasons around the world. In America, Mother's Day has its origins in the accomplishments of two very remarkable women.
Ann Maria Reeves Jarvis was born in Virginia in 1832, the daughter of the Rev. Josiah W. and Nancy Kemper Reeves. The family later moved to Barbour County in what is now West Virginia. It is there that Jarvis is most loved and revered for her work with women's organizations — as a humanitarian, a health worker, and an all-round amazing woman, a true peer of heroes like Mother Teresa.
In her 20s, Jarvis organized a series of Mothers Day Work Clubs in cities and towns in Virginia to raise awareness of health and sanitary conditions. Among other services, the clubs raised money for medicine, hired women to work for families in which the mothers suffered from tuberculosis, and inspected bottled milk and food.
During the Civil War, Jarvis urged the Mothers Day Work Clubs to declare their neutrality and provide relief to both Union and Confederate soldiers. The clubs treated the wounded and regularly fed and clothed soldiers stationed in the area. Jarvis also managed to preserve an element of peace in a community being torn apart by political differences. During the war, she worked tirelessly despite the personal tragedy of losing four of her children to disease. In all, eight of her 12 children died before reaching adulthood.
Near the end of the war, the Jarvis family moved to the larger town of Grafton. Tensions increased as both Union and Confederate soldiers returned at war's end. In the summer of 1865, Ann Jarvis organized a Mothers Friendship Day at the courthouse in Pruntytown to bring together soldiers and neighbors of all political beliefs. The event was a great success despite the fear of many that it would erupt in violence. Mothers Friendship Day was an annual event for several years.
Upon her death in 1905, Jarvis' daughter, Anna, dedicated her life to establishing a nationally recognized Mother's Day, as a tribute to her own mother and the millions of hardworking and committed woman across America.
In 1907, Anna launched her campaign by handing out white carnations to congregants at her mother's church in Grafton, West Virginia. In 1908, her mother's church acquiesced to Anna's request to hold a special Sunday service in honor of mothers — a tradition that spread the next year to churches in 46 states. In 1909, Anna left her job and dedicated herself to a full-time letter-writing campaign, imploring politicians, clergymen and civic leaders to institute a national day for mothers.
In 1912, Jarvis' efforts met with success: Her home state of West Virginia adopted an official Mother's Day. Two years later, the U.S. Congress passed a joint resolution, signed by President Woodrow Wilson, establishing a national Mother's Day emphasizing the role of women in their families. Ever since, Mother's Day has been celebrated by Americans on the second Sunday in May.
However, it was a bittersweet triumph for Anna Jarvis. She grew to see Mother's Day turn into a commercial spectacle far from the tribute she first envisioned. True to her mother's own passion, Anna wanted Mother's Day to be about giving voice to critical human rights issues and promoting the fair treatment of women in a time when sexual inequality is still a big problem. Mother's Day today carries little of this message, overtaken as it has been by retailers and card and chocolate manufacturers.
"I wanted it to be a day of sentiment, not profit," Anna Jarvis once said.
So, this Mother's Day, May 9, remember the struggles of great women like Ann Maria Reeves Jarvis, and consider a tribute to your mother, wife, sister or daughter more in fitting with the true spirit of the day.
Jake Lynch is editor of the Issaquah Reporter, a sister paper of the Federal Way Mirror. Information courtesy of West Virginia Division of Culture and History.
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Dear all,
I have a 2 by 1 variable u_t that varies across time t=1,....,T. This variable follows the multivariate normal N(0, (1\lambda_t)*Sigma) where lambda_t is a scalar , varies across time and follows a gamma density. Sigma is a 2 by 2 matrix.
I want to find the
j=1: T mvnpdf(u_t(j,:),(1\lambda)Sigma) end
where lambda=the vector of all lambda_t's
But the mvnpdf does not allow for that since this product (1\lambda)Sigma makes no sense. Is there a way of finding
mvnpdf(u_t(j,:),(1\lambda)Sigma) for each j?
Thanks is advance
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I'm not sure if the separate Sigma/lambda values correspond to the separate rows of u_t. If they do, here's an example where supply an array of Sigma values by stacking them in a 3-D array, and I multiply each Sigma by the corresponding lambda, and compute the density at the corresponding row of x.
>> x = [1 1;1 2;2 1]; >> mu = [0 0]; >> Sigma = cat(3,eye(2),2*eye(2),eye(2)); >> lambda = [1 .5 .6]; >> for j=1:3; disp(mvnpdf(x(j,:),mu,lambda(j)*Sigma(:,:,j))); end 0.0585 0.0131 0.0041 >> mvnpdf(x,mu,bsxfun(@times,reshape(lambda,[1 1 3]),Sigma)) ans = 0.0585 0.0131 0.0041
Dear Tom,
Thank you very much. You are very close to what I am asking for. For each u_t we have a different lamdba_t but the Sigma is the same for each row of u_t
In that case, how would your algorithm change?
Thank you so much!
I see only two alternatives. One is to loop, each time supplying a single Sigma and the entire u_t array. The other is to expand both the u_t array and the Sigma 3-D array so that there are enough copies of each Sigma for each row of u_t, and enough copies of u_t for each Sigma. I think you'd be better of looping with a single Sigma matrix each time.
HI Tom. Can you possibly provide a sample code?
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Strange how things work: Trammell Crow has informed Voodoo Lounge owner Dan Robinson that he's in default on his lease at Shepherd Plaza. The letter arrived August 25, less than a week after my story ("Stirring the Pot", August 20) documenting the apparent troubles that arose between Robinson, his landlord and neighboring tenants over the racial makeup of his clientele.
The default notice claims that Robinson has "operated a sexually oriented business by having strip shows on the premises on a number of occasions." The letter also states that Robinson "violated the use clause and the law in other ways, such as having drugs on the premises."
Twice, so far, the Voodoo Lounge has hosted "Stripteaze Wednesday," but no nudity was involved on either occasion, Robinson claims. "It was old-style, sensual erotic, and I have no idea what they're talking about, having drugs on the premises. It's funny that all of a sudden this is coming up," he says. "I have 15 days to cure this. If I have two of these letters from them, they can go ahead and lock me out."
And if he abides by the notice, Robinson has nothing to worry about, says his attorney, Louis H. Salinas: "If you have a non-monetary default, you have an ability to cure; if you cure, there's no problem."
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Bentley unveils luxury coupe, sells out of them
Almost before the fizz of the champagne settled at the Bentley Brooklands' New York Auto Show debut, marketing director Stuart McCullough announced that the window of opportunity for owning one was quickly closing. Hitting the market on the heels of the successful debut of the Continental GTC, the Brooklands is an ultra-luxury coupe with a hefty 530 bhp V8. It's also ultra-exclusive: only 550 will be produced over a three-year period.
One of the reasons for the vehicle's limited production, Bentley said, is an extreme level of customization. Every detail of the car, from the color to the type of wood used in the interior, can be specified to the owner's tastes. When asked how many possible variants the Brooklands has, McCullough responded "550."
Though prices will no doubt vary, most Brooklands will sell for just under $400,000. Bentley has already taken orders for the 140 some cars that will ship in 2008, so if you want one you'll have to wait two years.


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NC Clean Energy Technology Center and Meister Consultants Group released the Q3 2015 edition of 50 States of Solar. This report covers state level distributed solar policy across the country.
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U.S. Solar Market Insight™ is a collaboration between the Solar Energy Industries Association® (SEIA®) and GTM Research that brings high-quality, solar-specific analysis and forecasts to industry professionals in the form of quarterly and annual reports. Released September 9, 2015.
8minutenergy Renewables Joins SEIA Board of Directors
8minutenergy Renewables, LLC today announced that it has joined board of directors for the Solar Energy Industries Association® (SEIA), the national trade association of the U.S. solar energy. The nation's leading independent solar PV developer, 8minutenergy has over 1,100 megawatts (MW) in power purchase agreements (PPAs), has successfully built 260 MW and has 15,000 acres of land under contract.
Bridges to New Solar Business Models: Opportunities to Increase and Capture the Value of Distributed Solar Photovoltaics
In this report, Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI), with support from the U.S. Department of Energy's SunShot Initiative, investigates opportunities to optimize and demonstrate DPV's value as it is integrated into the grid to utilities, customers, and solar companies alike.
Residential solar's diffusion across the U.S. power grid is inspiring concern in the utility industry. Of particular debate have been net energy metering policies (NEM), which engender revenue losses and lead to cross-subsidization of solar customers by non-solar customers. An emerging alternative to NEM is the value of solar tariff (VOST), which is designed to pay residential solar generation based on a more nuanced benefit-cost analysis to determine the actual value of residential solar to utility operations.
With the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) annual meeting kicking off on Saturday, I wanted to take a moment to welcome the commissioners to San Francisco and talk a little about how important solar power is to the health of our nation, our economy and our grid.
Rethinking Standby & Fixed Cost Charges: Regulatory and Rate Design Pathways to Deeper Solar PV Cost Reductions
Utilities have taken on the practice of applying standby and fixed cost charges specific to solar PV for customers choosing to go solar as a means to recover costs resulting from net energy metering (NEM).
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Attacking Syria: Missiles kill, too
U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) urged our president to launch a missile strike at Syria "to send a message" in response to that regime's alleged use of chemical weapons.
And that message to the world would be: Don't use chemicals to kill Syrians, use cruise missiles.
How unstable have our national leaders become?
Edward A. Burke, Roseland
The American worker
Tomorrow, we celebrate Labor Day, a day that recognizes a majority of our fellow Americans who perform everyday tasks that keeps the blood pumping through the heart of this great democracy.
The American worker ignites the energy that powers this nation forward from the postal worker who delivers your mail to the clerk at your local grocery store. The police and fire personnel who protect life and property and assure you peace of mind to the borough employee who cleans our streets and removes our waste.
There are many more, but too numerous to mention. Without these services, our great nation would grind to a screeching halt.
I would like to extend a heartfelt thanks to all of you. The next time you meet one of these fine people, just say thank you.
Walter Sosnosky, Kenilworth
NSA's program illegal
I am upset with President Obama's comments on safeguarding the National Security Agency communications surveillance policy because a government program directs that my e-mails and phone calls be collected and stored somewhere.
Whether the government ever reviews them is beside the point. The NSA's ideology of data collection is unconstitutional. For government to collect private communications is a criminal act, one the United States would have condemned had this taken place in the former Soviet Union.
The mass collection of domestic communications by or for the NSA already crosses the line, so no safeguards or checks can make this safe or acceptable.
Brian T. Lynch, Mine Hill
Off-base on marriage
In his recent letter ("Let citizens decide, Aug. 22), Bernard Ernst makes the rather remarkable and baseless statement that out-of-state anarchists are the force behind the marriage equality movement in New Jersey.
I remember when the 1960s civil rights movements were dismissed as the work of communists and outside agitators. I mention this because marriage equality is a civil rights issue, and the idea that the rights of any group could be denied by referendum is misguided at best.
Michael Holton, Budd Lake
Hypocrisy on war
Funny how we are watching the war in Iraq unfold again, except we can change the name to Syria this time around.
I don't hear the people who voted for President Obama complaining. Last time, they hung President George W. Bush in effigy. Somehow their guy is getting a free pass on this one.
Hypocrisy in action or just a refusal to learn from history? Either way, it doesn't bode well for the future.
John DeVito, Landing
A dependent nation
President Lyndon B. Johnson, with the help of Congress, promoted what he called the Great Society. The two main goals of the social reforms were the elimination of poverty and racial injustice. Major new programs addressed education, medical care, urban problems and transportation.
In the 50 years since, the Great Society has morphed into the Dependent Society. Millions have become accustomed to depending on the federal government for housing, food and everything else given to them for free.
Our current administration in Washington seems to be adding more layers of entitlements to the already burgeoning list. There seems to be a tinge of socialism emanating from what the government is doing. If you keep the masses dependent on government, they will continue to give you their vote.
David M. Levin, Vineland
Bike lanes for Route 35
Over the past decade, New Jersey has made enormous progress in implementing positive and tangible changes to create a healthier state, and healthier communities. The Complete Streets policy is a great example, and all across New Jersey we see local municipalities approving their own Complete Streets policies to make streets accessible and safe for all users.
The reconstruction of Route 35 presents an incredible opportunity to significantly impact the health of Monmouth County residents (and visitors) through the creation of bike lanes. This is an opportunity we need to seize. Let's do this right.
William Lovett, executive director, New Jersey Alliance of YMCAs
Christie's gun veto
Gov. Chris Christie recently vetoed the Legislature's .50-caliber rifle bill outright. He felt that it had gone too far by banning the rifle and forcing owners to give them up. He had originally proposed banning future purchases of the rifle.
Well, the Legislature should revise the bill to match what Christie originally proposed. It will be an acceptable compromise and a step in the right direction. It will be interesting if he then vetoes what he originally proposed.
Also, Christie said, "Tellingly, the Legislature points to no instance of this class of firearms being used by even a single criminal in New Jersey." Well, tellingly, neither did he when he offered his original proposal.
Pete Thurlow, Bernardsville


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So one of the most exciting projects this summer was being involved with Carmen at the O2 for Autograph Sound Recording, you could say it was my ideal gig, nice big arena lots of speakers on a Bobby Aitken design. Disappointingly due to working around my last minute involvement with the Christophe gig I was unable to stay the whole week at the O2, Sorry Jim. But I did get to fly a boat load of Mayer line array in a no nonsense get on with it kind of way.
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The narrator and others are setting up to execute cabinet ministers. Five of them stand quietly against the wall, amid the puddles and strewn leaves from a heavy rain. The final minister is suffering from typhoid and will not stand up. Finally, they decide to let him sit. He is sitting in the water when they fire the first round of bullets.
This story is told in an even colder manner than the others. Hemingway drains his prose of any emotion or feeling. By doing so, the executions, with one sick minister, seem even sadder. After all, the narrator cannot even bring himself to engage in the act: he wants to separate himself from the event by discussing it as a distant phenomenon.
Sparknotes' commentary for On the Quai at Smyrna seems to have quite a few historical errors. The commentary states that the narrator is likely talking about the Greek evacuation of Thrace, but the title is On the Quai at Smyrna. Smyrna is a city in modern-day Turkey (now called Izmir). The Christian (mainly Greek and Armenian) part of Smyrna was burned in 1922 after the Turks recaptured the city from the Greeks. Hemingway was actually in Turkey just after the Great Fire to cover the Greco-Turkish War as a correspondent for the Toronto Star.... Read more→
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As of 4 PM ET, Sportsnet confirms that Alex Auld will once again start for the Canucks, who'll dress one of Wade Brookbank or Tyler Bouck--both known more for their fists than their hockey-playing skills.
The Canucks are a hard team to read--literally and figuratively. They're tied with the Flames for the Northwest Division lead, but lost 6-5 to Columbus on Tuesday and 4-0 to St. Louis on Monday.
It's hard to get a read on the inconsistent team in the media as well, despite having one of the best and most frequently-updated websites in the NHL--if you want audio clips and a report from the morning skate, they became available at 3:30 PM ET.
Still, the Nucks' website is most definitely slanted in terms of the information they pass on to the average fan, and the Vancouver Sun and Vancouver Province, both of which are owned by CanWest, lock down most of their articles to those who don't actually subscribe to the paper or the Electronic Edition (for $9.95 + GST every month)...and what does come out of the Vancouver Press, that one can read, anyway, is so garbled and whiny that it's hard to tell up from down.
Today's Sun and Province provided some perfect examples.
Things start off well, with a good story about the uncertainty surrounding Jovanovski's groin injury and Ryan Kesler's homecoming:
Centre Ryan Kesler is seeing plenty of familiar faces on this week's road trip. Kesler played his college hockey at Ohio State University and had a number of his former teammates and coaches at the game in Columbus on Tuesday night.
Tonight, the Canucks play Detroit at Joe Louis Arena, not far from where Kesler grew up in suburban Livonia, Mich.
"It breaks up the road trip a little bit," Kesler said. "For me, it's good to go home and recharge my batteries."
The Canucks practised Wednesday morning at the Ice Haus, a rink that is part of the Nationwide Arena complex in Columbus and where Kesler played his first college hockey game.
"It was kind of neat going back on the ice there," he said.
However, the next story, from Iain MacIntyre, declares that the Canucks need an upgrade in every single position, and then MacIntyre goes on--for ten paragraphs--about the team's "heart" being "hard to read" before ending with this doozy:
Their inconsistency is their identity.
Is it caused by apathy? No, players care. Coaching? Probably not. The erratic history transcends regimes like debt transcends African presidencies. Leadership? Possibly.
For all the Ryan Keslers and Alex Burrows, the Canucks still go as Markus Naslund and Todd Bertuzzi go. They get the ice time from Crawford. They set the agenda. And the dangerous duo was spotty against Columbus and, generally, have been too loose defensively for a while.
As captain, Naslund needs to be inclusive and his closeness to Bertuzzi hinders this. There is a pile of minor-leaguers up with the Canucks, but their restaurant dinners have the same guest lists they did in Winnipeg. Only the food and per-diem are better.
That's great, Iain, you can really write. But what the heck does he tell us about the Canucks, other than that they're clique-ish and may need a goalie?
Not much.
Then there are a few locked-down articles about the Canucks' desire to improve their penalty kill (PK), there's a game preview that you can't read unless you subscribe...
And then, if you head over to The Province...
Ed Willes actually does tell us that Jovanovski (groin), Cooke (ankle), and Park (knee) are out.
But to get to that, you have to deal with this:
There is a hard-and-fast rule in the information dissemination racket which, loosely stated, says you should never write a lead paragraph which engenders the response, 'Well, duh,' from the reader.
If you've just joined us, Naslund has finished fourth, second and second in the NHL in scoring over the last three seasons. This year he was 14th before Wednesday night. In '02-03 Bertuzzi was fifth in the league in scoring and third in '01-02. This year he was 31st.
Both are also minus-players. Both have been given to prolonged periods of absenteeism. And neither has demonstrated the ability to inspire this team as he once did.
I mean, it's as plain as the nose on Mike Ricci's face. The next question is what are its larger implications for the Canucks?
"Do we need our best players to play better?" said GM Dave Nonis. "We do. We need them to dominate."
Oh, it gets worse from there, but I'll spare you the bandwidth. Willes goes on to talk about the locker-room issues, but ends by saying that "you'll get ten opinions from ten different people."
And again, the locked-down articles include the game preview, something about the Nucks' PK, and something about Jovanovski's injury, as well as a piece on the Wings being old, which has been covered a thousand thousand times...
Really, the best answers come from the official site's practice report from Wednesday, where the Nucks talk about their penalty-killing issues themselves, though they, of course, have only stock answers...
And the Nucks' media writers, like MacIntyre and Willes, are too busy writing brooding short novels about the Nucks' "psyches" and "character" to tell fans what happens with the team on a day-to-day basis.
No wonder the Canucks are a hard team to figure out. Their own media doesn't know, either, so they've resored to writing soap operas which may or may not be represenative of reality.
The simple story? The Nucks have had a bad PK of late, and were flat against two good teams. They're working on their PK, and as Cheli tells Canucks.com, they're going into a building where they've mysteriously had a lot of success against the Wings.
The rest?
It makes for good reading if you like drama. But it doesn't really tell you anything about the Canucks themselves. Maybe they'll figure out the solution to their own inconsistencies, and maybe they won't. But Willes will be too busy writing the next great Trashy Canadian Hockey Novel to tell you if they do.


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The Jewish Community Center in Harrisburg will present the Tony Award-winning musical comedy "Hairspray" this weekend.
Set in 1960s Baltimore, "Hairspray" follows teen Tracy Turnblad on her quest for her one true desire: to dance on the "Corny Collins Show." When her dream is achieved, Tracy is transformed from social outcast to sudden star, but she must use her newfound power to vanquish the reigning Teen Queen, win the affections of heartthrob Link Larkin and integrate a TV network.
- IF YOU GO: Hairspray, 7:30 Thursday and Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday at the Jewish Community Center, 3301 N. Front St., Harrisburg. Tickets $10, available at 717-236-9555, ext. 0.
Alexis Dow Campbell is director of creative programming at The Ned Smith Center for Nature and Art.


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LAS VEGAS -- If you missed the start of Friday night's Sprint Cup banquet at the Wynn Las Vegas, you missed one of the funnier moments of the week, one of the funnier moments of any celebration involving NASCAR's champion.
If you missed the start, you missed one of the best examples of why Tony Stewart is great for the sport.
Ethan Miller/Getty ImagesFive-time champ Jimmie Johnson, left, caused an uproar when he walked onstage and to the head table when the Sprint Cup champion was introduced.
On a night that was supposed to be all about him, a night of pomp and ceremony, Stewart convinced Jimmie Johnson to walk out on the stage and go to the head table when the champion was introduced -- just like Johnson had the past five years when he actually won the title.
The look of confusion on Johnson's face was priceless.
The reaction of the crowd was priceless.
It happened because Stewart was more interested in entertaining and collecting a good laugh than he was wrapped up in himself like you might see others be. Had NASCAR not called the three-time champion to the Vegas "hauler" before the event, it would have been funnier.
It would have been funnier than Jeff Gordon break-dancing a day earlier at the After The Lap event.
"I had an Elvis suit I was going to throw on and come out with," Stewart said afterward. "[NASCAR chairman] Brian [France] thought that might be a little too risky for an awards ceremony."
Stewart is all about risk. He took a huge risk when he left the comforts of Joe Gibbs Racing after the 2008 season to become the owner/driver for Stewart-Haas Racing. He took huge risks all race in the season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway, going three- and four-wide to make passes to get to the front for the win he would need to steal the title from Carl Edwards.
Had NASCAR's chairman not vetoed the Elvis costume, who knows how many more risks we would have seen at the banquet?
"He told me he only got to do about half of what he wanted to do," Johnson said.
It was a fun ending to a fun championship run, one that began at the onset of the Chase with a struggling Stewart saying he would be a "total bumbling idiot" if he took home the title.
During his speech Friday night, Stewart reminded us that he wasn't married like many champions, but that he had a hot date in the elderly mother of SHR co-owner Gene Haas, adding, "I like cougars."
He took several shots at the length of Edwards' second-place acceptance speech -- just shy of 10 minutes -- in which the runner-up thanked everyone but the banquet room help.
"I fight hard in the race car every week," said Stewart, who had to fight for five wins in the 10 Chase races to beat Edwards in a tiebreaker. "We like to have a good time. I'm looking forward to finally going home and have fun with my friends."
Which will include?
"A lot of pool. A lot of Schlitz. I'm sure there is a deer that is going to be pretty upset over the next few days, too," Stewart said as he anticipated his return to Columbus, Ind.
Stewart as champion will be great for the sport. That he doesn't take himself too seriously as we saw on Friday will endear him to many fans.
"This year, I've never seen a more laid-back and happy Tony Stewart in the Chase," said Ryan Newman, Stewart's teammate. "Before that, he was an emotional wreck. He was struggling."
The only thing Stewart struggled with on Friday was convincing NASCAR to let him have more fun with his wild ideas.
"Getting called to the [NASCAR] trailer after the season for doing something stupid didn't seem right," Stewart said. "I thought I'd better end this all on a good note."
He did.


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SAGINAW, MI – For Tim Brandow, Styx was the band to watch when he was a kid growing up in Bay City.
"They were huge back in that day," remembered the midday DJ from WILZ-FM, 104.5, the station responsible for bringing the Chicago rock band to Saginaw's Temple Theatre. "Now here I am, meeting them, interviewing them, and it's just another day at work."
The band plays the Temple at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, April 7. Tickets, which cost $75, $59.50, $49.50 and $39.50 are available at the box office by calling 989-754-SHOW, and online at templetheatre.com.
After spinning "Lady," and "Come Sail Away," on just about every station on the region's airwaves, he's still a big fan of the musicians he now knows as everyday people.
First on the air at Bay City's high school station, WCHW, and hitting many others along the way, including the double-wide trailer that once housed WKQZ-FM, 93.3, in the middle of a Midland field, Brandow says Styx is one of the few artists he's met that he really wants to see again.
"Career-wise, they just blow me away, but the coolest thing is that they're people just like us," Brandow said. "I just interviewed James 'JY' Young, and he's never forgotten where he came from."
That's true of all the band members, echoed Scott "Dr. Music" Itter, a music journalist from Naperville, Ill., who's catching Styx at the Temple.
"I just took my daughter to a drum clinic Todd Sucherman put on here, and you really got to see what a nice guy he is," Itter said. "My older brothers got me interested in Styx when they were still playing the high schools around Chicago. Now I'm 44, I'm an honorary Styx Chick and I catch them whenever I can."
Listen for an edgier rock sound when Tommy Shaw, Lawrence Gowan, Ricky Phillips, Young and Sucherman come to Saginaw, he said, as they break out of the ballad pigeon-hole. It's very old school, he added, with no "Babe" or "Mr. Roboto."
And it's reputation is still growing.
"When I took my daughter and her friend to see them, they expected to see a bunch of old guys," Brandow said. "But when the music started, my daughter was going, 'I know this song. I know this song.' I witnessed myself what's happening.
"They might not be selling out Joe Louis four nights in a row but you only had to catch them at River Roar in Bay City a couple years ago to know they still are a big draw."
Itter's teens have now seen Styx live nearly 20 times, he said.
"Some people might think they're dinosaurs, but Chuck Wright once told me they were real pros, they were what every other band tries to be. That keeps them going."
Brandow predicts that eventually, Styx will end up in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
"Inevitably, that will bring some kind of reunion with Dennis DeYoung," he added. "They really deserve to be there. That's what is coming next."


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The Cathlapotle Plankhouse will be kicking off its 2013 Second Sunday Series on Mother's Day, May 12, at 2PM.
2PM: Garden Historian and Humanities WA speaker Joan Hockaday will be presenting The Lewis and Clark Wildflower Discoveries in the Cathlapotle Plankhouse. She will discuss the lasting legacy of Lewis and Clark in the exploration of the American West, and the contributions that Native Americans have made to the expedition and western science. This presentation will speak to the question: "What do we discover today from Lewis and Clark's daily accounts about our early Washington landscape, natural history and native peoples?"
Guided tours of the Plankhouse and children's activities will be available from 12-4pm. Those feeling up for it can also join Joan on the trail after the talk to explore some of the plants along the adjacent Oaks To Wetlands Trail.
The Cathlapotle Plankhouse is a modern Chinookan Plankhouse built to interpret the Chinookan village of Cathlapotle that once existed on what is today Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge property. At the time Lewis and Clark visited Cathlapotle, it had 14 large plankhouses and over 900 people living there. The modern Cathlapotle Plankhouse is used to provide educational programs to youth and the general public through our Lifeways, Landscapes, and Wildlife Interpretive Program. To learn more about the plankhouse visit www.ridgefieldfriends.org or contact Sarah Hill at email@example.com or (360) 887-4106.


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Town commissioners voted 4-1 yesterday to appoint Clifton resident Margaret S. Cherone the town's new chief financial officer, The Jersey Journal reports.
Cherone's four-year contract ends in July 2016 and calls for her to be paid $125,000 annually, officials said.
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The Roaster's Roundtable: African Coffees
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Saturday, February 23, 2013 from 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM (EST)
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Join our coffee buyer Eric as he discusses what makes African blend coffees so tasty. Discover these Whole Trade coffees and how they benefit the people of Rwanda. Coffee and Bakery treats included!
Cost: $3 to benefit the Whole Planet Foundation
To register for this event, please visit Customer Service, you must pay at time of registration (online payment is not available at this time).
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This Day in the History of Hoaxes: August 15
August 15, 2008: Bigfoot in a Freezer Hoax
Rick Dyer and Matthew Whitton held a press conference in Palo Alto where they answered questions about their claim that they had found the body of a Bigfoot while hiking in the Georgia woods. They said the creature was 7 feet 7 inches tall, weighed more than 500 pounds, and that they were storing the body in a freezer. Despite widespread skepticism, they indignantly stood by their story. However, when the body in the freezer was finally examined, it turned out to be a halloween costume with roadkill remains dumped on top of it. [
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Fri Aug 15, 2014
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This Day in the History of Hoaxes: August 14
August 14, 1927: The Disumbrationist Hoax Revealed
Novelist Paul Jordan Smith, upset that his wife's art was panned by critics as being too "old school," devised an elaborate spoof of modern art. He submitted crude works of his own creation to exhibitions, claiming they were the work of a Russian artist Pavel Jerdanowitch (a name he had invented), the founder of the Disumbrationist School of Art (another invention of his). As anticipated, the works were praised by critics. Smith revealed the hoax in the
LA Times
on this day in 1927, arguing that it showed that the art currently in fashion was "poppycock" promoted by critics who knew very little about art.
Thu Aug 14, 2014
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This Day in the History of Hoaxes: August 13
August 13, 1940: The Nazi Parachute Landing Hoax
On this day, numerous German parachutes landed throughout the north of England, but no parachutists could be found. Even after soldiers, special police and Home Guards had conducted a widespread search, no parachutists were located. Eventually the British authorities concluded that the empty parachutes were a Nazi "invasion hoax" designed to create panic.
Wed Aug 13, 2014
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This Day in the History of Hoaxes: August 12
August 12, 1965: The Great Yak Fat Hoax
On this day, the Great Yak Fat hoax made headlines throughout the United States. Trucker Leroy Hilt had submitted plans to the Interstate Commerce commission (ICC) detailing his intention to start shipping 80,000 pound lots of yak fat from Omaha to Chicago at 45 cents per 100 pounds. This soon triggered a complaint from railroad companies that his rates were too low. The ICC concurred and informed Hilt it was illegal to transport yak fat at that price. In reality, Hilt did not intend to ship yak fat. He had submitted the plan as a protest to show that "the railroads will jump on anything the small truckers propose." [
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Tue Aug 12, 2014
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This Day in the History of Hoaxes: August 11
August 11, 1966: Fastest submarine crosses the Atlantic
Josef Papp was found floating in a life raft near Brest, France. He claimed he had just crossed the Atlantic from Montreal in 13 hours, traveling at 300 mph, in a small, homemade submarine, which had sunk off the coast. French authorities were skeptical, noting that they found a one-way Paris-Brest train ticket in his pocket, dated the day before. They took him to a psychiatric ward and later flew him back to Montreal. Papp later documented his supposed transatlantic journey in a book titled
The Fastest Submarine
Mon Aug 11, 2014
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This Day in the History of Hoaxes: August 10
August 10, 1840: The Fortsas Bibliohoax
Numerous book collectors arrived in Binche, Belgium, hoping to attend the sale of the library of the Comte de Fortsas, advertised as taking place on this day (Aug 10) in 1840. The Fortsas library only included 52 books, but each book was absolutely unique — the only copy of the title known to exist. But soon after their arrival, the collectors discovered there was no Comte de Fortsas, nor any of his books. The entire auction had been arranged by a local antiquarian, Renier Hubert Ghislain Chalon, as an elaborate practical joke.
Sun Aug 10, 2014
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This Day in the History of Hoaxes: August 9
August 9, 1962: The Hastings Rarities Fraud
Taxidermist George Bristow had a reputation for being able to find rare birds, which he stuffed and sold at high prices to collectors. But on this day (Aug. 9) in 1962 (15 years after Bristow's death) the journal
British Birds
published a study arguing that it was statistically impossible for anyone to have found that many rare birds in one small area, Hastings, of southern England. It's suspected that Bristow had imported frozen birds from abroad, then he had claimed to have found them in England, where their presence was unexpected, which allowed him to sell them at high prices. [
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Sat Aug 09, 2014
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This Day in the History of Hoaxes: August 8
August 8, 1903: Trial of Thérèse Humbert Begins
Thérèse Humbert declared herself to be the sole heir of an American millionaire whom she had saved from food poisoning, and on the basis of this was able to obtain loans from leading French bankers for millions of francs. She kept the scam going for a quarter-century before being exposed. Both the inheritance, and the American millionaire, were fictitious. Given the magnitude of her fraud (she was referred to as the "swindler of the century" at the time) it was remarkable that she received only a 5-year sentence. [
Fri Aug 08, 2014
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This Day in the History of Hoaxes: August 7
August 7, 1926: The Midwife Toad Fraud Exposed
Biologist Paul Kammerer had observed that when he forced "midwife toads" to mate in water (they usually mate on land) their offspring, several generations later, had developed black traction pads on their forelimbs, which made water-mating easier for them. He offered this as proof of Lamarckian inheritance. But on this day in 1926, Dr. G.K. Noble reported in the journal
his discovery that the black traction pads were merely injected ink. The revelation destroyed Kammerer's reputation. He committed suicide less than two months later.
Thu Aug 07, 2014
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This Day in the History of Hoaxes: August 6
August 6, 1969: Naked Came the Stranger Revealed
The novel
Naked Came the Stranger
, credited to Penelope Ashe, had sold a respectable 20,000 copies. But it sold many more copies after 25 reporters from
revealed, on this day in 1969, that they were all the true authors, having written it as a team in a deliberate attempt to produce a terrible novel. The satirical purpose of the hoax was to demonstrate that sex, rather than literary standards, sells books. Although, of course, the book's generous marketing budget, which included ads that ran in the
New York Times
for several weeks before its publication, didn't hurt either.
Wed Aug 06, 2014
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This Day in the History of Hoaxes: August 5
August 5, 1934: The Oldest Ear of Corn Debunked
After displaying an object for 20 years that it had believed to be the "oldest ear of corn" in the world (supposedly fossilized corn several thousand years old), the Smithsonian Institution admitted on this day that the object, upon closer examination, had been revealed to be a clay rattle shaped like corn. The museum had acquired the corn from a "collector of curios" in Peru. The rattle itself was interesting, as an ancient artifact, but it had no biological significance.
Tue Aug 05, 2014
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This Day in the History of Hoaxes: August 4
August 4, 1972: Female Wanted to Become Pregnant
An ad placed in a Philadelphia paper sought a "female to become pregnant" in return for a "$10,000 fee plus expenses." A reporter who called the number reached Leonard Goldfarb, who claimed he was representing a childless couple. But when news of the ad got picked up by the national press, prompting hundreds of women to apply, Goldfarb admitted there was no child-seeking couple. He was actually an "economic mathematician," and he had placed the ad in order to gather data about "what price pregnancy" as well as to "pinpoint a serious sociological problem."
Mon Aug 04, 2014
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This Day in the History of Hoaxes: August 3
August 3, 1965: Rex Heflin Photographs a UFO
On this day in 1965, highway maintenance worker Rex Heflin stopped his truck as he was driving outside Santa Ana, CA and took a series of photos that he claimed showed a UFO hovering in the sky. The photos gained widespread publicity, and have come to be considered classic UFO photos. However, they were soon labeled a "hoax" by the Air Force's Project Blue Book, and the Air Force was almost certainly correct. Heflin apparently created them by dangling a toy train wheel on monofilament fishing line out of his truck window. [
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Sun Aug 03, 2014
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This Day in the History of Hoaxes: August 2
August 2, 1967: Please Don't Douse Your Phone!
The British Post Office, in charge of the nation's phone system, issued an alert about a recent spate of phone calls in which a man, posing as a telephone engineer, informed people that in order to cure a fault on their line they had to drop their phone in a bucket of water. Several people had fallen for this ruse before it came to the attention of the Post Office. The alert also noted that, earlier in the year, a prankster had enjoyed "considerable success" by calling people and saying in an authoritative voice, "Get a large pair of scissors and cut the wire between your telephone and handset receiver. There is some danger."
Sat Aug 02, 2014
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This Day in the History of Hoaxes: August 1
August 1, 1956:
I, Libertine
In the 1950s, bestseller lists were partially based on the number of requests for a title at stores. Nighttime deejay Jean Shepherd hatched a plan to throw a wrench in this system by having his listeners descend on bookstores en masse and ask for a non-existent book titled
I, Libertine
. Requests for the title eventually made their way to publisher Ian Ballantine who (once he figured out what was going on), decided to publish
I, Libertine
as an actual book. A month before the book's release, the
Wall Street Journal
revealed the hoax, and the resulting publicity helped boost its sales.
Fri Aug 01, 2014
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This Day in the History of Hoaxes: July 31
July 31, 1952: Suicide Rescue Hoax
Medal of Honor winner Maynard H. Smith was praised for his heroism when he dramatically rescued 21-year-old Ernestine Whomble on this day as she tried to commit suicide by jumping off the sixth-floor ledge of the YWCA building in Wash. DC. But praise turned to condemnation when Whomble later confessed the rescue had been staged as a way to gain publicity for Smith who hoped to run for the governorship of Virginia. Smith denied the charge but couldn't satisfactorily explain why he had been in the YWCA at that moment. He was convicted of causing a false police report to be filed and fined $50.
Thu Jul 31, 2014
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This Day in the History of Hoaxes: July 30
July 30, 1999: The Blair Witch Project Opens
The Blair Witch Project opened on this day in 1999 and quickly became one of the most successful independent films of all time. It owed much of its success to a marketing scheme centering around the
website, where web surfers could view detailed historical information about the legend of the Blair Witch. It was all so convincing that many people were fooled into believing that the Blair Witch was a real historical figure, which she wasn't. The entire tale was fictitious.
Wed Jul 30, 2014
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This Day in the History of Hoaxes: July 29
July 29, 1955: The MacNab Photograph
Bank manager Peter MacNab took this photo on a "hazy, warm" July afternoon in 1955. However, he didn't share it with the world until October 1958 on account of "diffidence and fear of ridicule." It quickly came to be considered a classic Loch Ness Monster photo. However, MacNab distributed two slightly different versions of what he claimed was the original negative, leading many (even Nessie believers) to suspect a hoax, because if MacNab did doctor the original image (either painting in the monster, or painting out a boat) he may created multiple "original" negatives during this process.
Tue Jul 29, 2014
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This Day in the History of Hoaxes: July 28
July 28, 1932: The Latin-Chanting Ghost of Joliet
As word spread of a ghost that chanted songs in Latin at midnight in the graveyard of the Illinois State Penitentiary at Joliet, crowds of hundreds of people (pictured) started gathering to hear the phantom crooner. Each night the voice was said to emanate from a different grave. But on this day in 1932, prison officials finally located the source of the singing. It was an inmate, William Chrysler, who had night-watch duty at the prison's quarry pumphouse behind the cemetery. His voice carried into the graveyard and seemed to "haunt" it. He was actually singing in Lithuanian, not Latin.
Mon Jul 28, 2014
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This Day in the History of Hoaxes: July 27
July 27, 1907: The Wedding of the Ancients
On this day, a widely reported wedding to unite John B. Bundren, Sr. (101-yrs-old) and Rose McGuire (100-yrs-old) was exposed as a fake. The couple were said to have been engaged 85 years ago, but could not wed at that time due to the objection of her parents. The romantic tale was a fiction created by 44-year-old John B. Bundren, an army clerk, who had worn a wig and beard to look like a senior version of himself in the wedding announcement photo. The bride-to-be was an actress. He did it, he said, in order to gather facts about longevity for a book he planned to write on the subject.
Sun Jul 27, 2014
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- A Staten Island jury has awarded more than $200,000 to a Tompkinsville man hit by a city bus as he crossed the street in his community in late 2008, said his lawyer.
However, Segundo Cabrera will only receive 30 percent of that figure - or about $62,000 - because the panel found him 70 percent liable.
Cabrera, 42, was struck on Dec. 26, 2008, crossing Victory Boulevard at Westervelt Avenue, said attorney Daniel C. Marotta.
The incident occurred about 6 p.m. said court papers.
Cabrera suffered multiple rib fractures, along with bulging neck and back discs, court documents said.
Cabrera, an assistant at a Pleasant Plains floral shop, was hospitalized for eight days, said court records.
He sued New York City Transit in state Supreme Court, St. George, where the trial was held last week before Justice John A. Fusco.
The jury awarded him $100,000 for pain and suffering, $78,997 for medical bills and $25,000 for future medical expenses, said Marotta, a partner in the Castleton Corners-based firm of Gabor & Marotta. The total award was $203,997.
But Cabrera will only get about $61,199 because jurors found him 70 percent at fault.
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A 5-year-old female takes a hike through the woods during a school field trip. Upon returning home, she hugs her father and he later develops poison ivy. Which of the following immune reactions is he experiencing?
When the maternal immune system becomes sensitized against antigens expressed by the fetus, what type of immune reaction occurs?
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A 10-year-old male is stung by a bee while playing in the yard. He begins itching and develops pain, swelling, redness, and respiratory difficulties. He is suffering from:
A 25-year-old female is suffering from hay fever. Which of the following would be an expected symptom?
A 10-year-old male presents to his physician complaining of wheezing and difficulty breathing. History reveals that both the child's parents suffer from allergies. Which of the following terms would be used to classify the child?
A 30-year-old female presents to her physician complaining of fatigue, excessive sweating, and increased appetite. Physical examination reveals protruding eyes, and laboratory testing reveals hyperthyroidism secondary to autoantibody production. This disorder falls into which of the following categories?
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Several prisoners are experiencing symptoms of tuberculosis. A tuberculin reaction test was ordered. This test is an example of type _____ hypersensitivity.
What is the chance that two siblings share both HLA haplotypes, making them a good match for an organ transplant from one to the other?
If a person has type O blood, she is likely to have high titers (levels) of anti-_____ antibodies.
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A 15-year-old male suffers from severe hemorrhage following a motor vehicle accident. He is given a blood transfusion, but shortly afterward the red blood cells are destroyed by agglutination and lysis. Which of the following blood type-transfusion type matches would cause this?
A 5-year-old male becomes ill with a severe cough. Histologic examination reveals a bacterial infection and further laboratory testing reveals cell membrane damage and decreased protein synthesis. Which of the following is the most likely cause of this illness?
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Help me to understand what is happening in this crazy, mixed-up world, especially in Syria.
I see on TV the dead bodies of children and adults who were gassed by their own country. Then I hear around 1,700 or more people have been killed for various reasons. Night after night I hear about this nerve gas and especially the children who have been killed. It is sad and makes me shake my head, wondering how such stupid things can be happening.
So tell me, why do we give approval of abortion by electing people who support it? Why are we so horrified by the gassing of children (and we should be) but are not by the killing of children through abortion?
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BOSTON (AP) — The new head of the MBTA says she will wait until at least March before deciding whether to recommend additional fire hikes or service cuts.
General Manager Beverly Scott told The Boston Globe in her first extended interview since starting last week that she hopes lawmakers in the next two months will come up with new funding for the T, relieving pressure on the agency.
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T officials have pegged the deficit for the budget year that starts July 1 at $132 million.