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'Bigfoot' caught on film in Utah
- From: news.com.au
- November 06, 2012
BIGFOOT has allegedly been found lurking in the forests of Utah.
Beard Card was on a camping trip with his siblings in Provo Canyon when he started filming what he thought was a black bear.
Until it stood upright.
Unfortunately, Mr Card was so frightened, he fled from the scene, failing to film any more of the creature.
Mr Card told Fox 13 that he was certain it wasn't a bear in the trees.
"None us us have ever believed in Bigfoot or anything," he said.
"We all have these different ideas about what it was. I am almost positive that it wasn't a bear and it was so huge I don't know what that was."
He doesn't believe it was a friendly prank, either.
"We had nothing to do with it," he said.
"None of our friends knew where we were going to be that night. I highly doubt there was anybody there hiding in a gorilla suit what with it being deer hunting season."
Bigfoot, also known as Sasquatch, is rumoured to be an ape-like creature living in North America.
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Peter of Brisbane Posted at 4:48 PM November 07, 2012
Hahahaha, you're a card, Mr Card, someone should deal with you for trying to slip one into the deck!!
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TZ Posted at 11:32 AM November 07, 2012
Wow looks like a gorilla in a zoo
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Lee Mazengarb of Wollongong Posted at 10:36 AM November 07, 2012
lol, always, they always run away or get shakey videos n blury etc. One day someone will stay calm and keep filming, probably get killed but hey then we'll know for sure and have positive video of it. Until then...woose. Its a hoax. U run then u report it with this sort of proof, then ur a hoax. Dont spose he can find the exact spot it was standing on for hair samples etc......
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Mad mad world of Melbourne Posted at 9:59 AM November 07, 2012
Relax, It's only my aunty Mary.
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Bigfeet of Sydney Posted at 9:57 AM November 07, 2012
It's clearly Bigfoot
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evildead of liverpool Posted at 8:01 AM November 07, 2012
what a woose
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mangajack of Petrie Posted at 7:22 AM November 07, 2012
He is a chicken for running away. How many people have been killed by bigfoot?
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Gary Richardson of Perth Posted at 1:26 AM November 07, 2012
Its a bit suspicious that nearly all these pics/videos are fuzzy or so distant that they could be anything. Alien pics are the same; so vague that it is evidence but hardly proof.
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Bigfoot Forever of Bigfoot, W.A Posted at 12:14 AM November 07, 2012
Yes definitely Bigfoot. 100% Bigfoot. No way that was a guy in a suit.
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W.G. Posted at 12:13 AM November 07, 2012
No doubt about it.
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Tricky Posted at 11:25 PM November 06, 2012
It's Homer. D'oh
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James Lee of Green Valley, NSW, Australia Posted at 11:01 PM November 06, 2012
Send in the army with rubber bullets and we will have an answer soon.
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Rick of Acton Park, Tas Posted at 9:54 PM November 06, 2012
I haven't watched the video but I am sure if you look closely it is carrying Elvis and Jesus on it's back and is chasing a Tasmanian Tiger!
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Mick Posted at 9:51 PM November 06, 2012
not so big, but with hairy arms. Could be a dude in a Gorilla suit. If Beard Card was serious about verification he should have kept filming. Nice name; hairy at birth, or hairy interests?
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Capt Bob of Sydney Posted at 8:59 PM November 06, 2012
Could it have been his birthday and someone sent a gorilla gram?
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Dennis Posted at 5:56 PM November 06, 2012
I have watched the video and I think it was just a large bear.
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Mr D of Brisbane Posted at 5:51 PM November 06, 2012
why run??? seriously! If no one has recorded encounters with it, why do we automatically believe this "thing" is going to hurt us? Or put ya body on the line for science... become famous Stand there and film it... stand there, capture proof it exists and maybe get famous.... you might also get dead, but you'll get famous! lol
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Oliver Gee · 3 Apr 2014, 15:01
Published: 03 Apr 2014 09:01 GMT+02:00
Updated: 03 Apr 2014 15:01 GMT+02:00
The Nilsson family found the hefty gravestone tucked in under the floor. It measured almost two metres in length and was some 10 centimetres thick.
"I was quite surprised. And my wife is still getting over the shock," Gert Nilsson told The Local. "It's the last thing I could imagine finding under my floorboards."
Nilsson explained that his house is "a pretty old one" and that the floors are directly on the ground, but added that despite 27 years in the house he's never seen anything like it.
The family looked up the three names engraved on the headstone and found they belonged to people who'd likely owned the property in Fuglie, southern Sweden, in the late 1800s. The stone had the names of two men and one woman who died in 1843, 1851, and 1884 respectively.
The homeowners, however, now have a new problem on their hands.
"They must have chucked it out when they renovated the church," he told the paper last spring.

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Review: Dark Wolf Rising by Rhyannon Byrd
Chelsea Smart arrives in Silvercrest with no plan to leave until she finds her missing sister. When she encounters Eric Drake who is determined to get her to leave, she is confused by the attraction she feels for the bossy man and his suggestion that he looks into her sisters disappearance and wait for the information. Chelsea is not one to hand over the reigns, but she has no idea Eric is a Dark Wolf and quite powerful. Each one is determined to the push the other away as the chemistry between them builds and Eric has no plans of taking a human mate, nor does Chelsea want a man controlling her life.
Suspenseful page turner, Chelsea has a troubled background that has her turning the other way when it comes to Eric and manages to get herself into trouble. Eric has his own issues and mating , especially with a human is one of them. I enjoyed the story, thought it definitely had a lot of avenues for future books in the series which I can't wait to read.
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While the ads are pretty solid campaign pieces, the nature of this ad buy is pretty perplexing and may prove too little too late.
Records show that Smith will be spending $102,850 in the Philadelphia media market, $32,400 in Pittsburgh, and $21,535 in Willkes-Barre/Scranton/Hazleton. That's simply not enough to make an impact, especially given the fact that the four gubernatorial candidates will be flooding the airwaves with their own last-minute ads, relegating a small buy such as Smith's to background noise.
While the four gubernatorial candidates have not finished purchasing ads for the final week, it is safe to say that the combined ad buy between Tom Wolf, Rob McCord, Allyson Schwartz, and Katie McGinty in those three markets will exceed $2 million.
Even if the full $156,785 were spent in Philadelphia alone, it would barely register with voters. In addition to gubernatorial ads, the race in Pennsylvania's 13th District will see major Philly TV time too, further drowning out smaller ad buys.
State Senator Mike Stack, who is also running for lieutenant governor, has roughly $700,000 that he could choose to spend on TV ads. Should Stack choose to "drop mad stacks" on getting on air, he would be the only candidate with the ability to have the GRPs (gross rating points) necessary to resonate in the mind of the average voter.
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CENTREVILLE, MI -- There may not be a smoking gun that ties accountant Andy Brown to the shooting death of his boss, but evidence that his attorney said amounts to "a lot of smoke" was enough for a judge Thursday to sent the case to trial.
Brown is accused of fatally shooting prominent Sturgis accountant David Locey inside his office on Oct. 2. Fifteen witnesses took the stand Wednesday and Thursday in Brown's preliminary examination in St. Joseph County District Court.
But Prosecutor John McDonough argued that evidence shows that Brown could have stolen a .38 caliber Colt revolver from a desk drawer inside VIP Auto Body Shop, where Brown used to be the accountant and was seen the week before the killing, according to testimony from the shop's owner.
Bullets, bullet jackets and metal fragments found at the scene were determined by police to be .38 caliber. According to investigator testimony, the Colt revolver was among several types of guns that could have fired the type of bullets found at the scene.
"The murder weapon could be a .38, but it could be a lot of different other weapons," Hills said. "We don't know it was (the gun at VIP Auto Body). It's speculation."
Hills argued there was a lack of evidence and motive in the case.
"There is a lot of smoke but it doesn't relate to this homicide," Hills said. "There is a substantial lack of evidence ... There is zero motive."
But McDonough painted a different picture, pointing to testimony from co-workers who said Brown and Locey had an emotional meeting the day before the homicide about embezzlement allegations against Brown. Brown left the meeting not knowing if he would keep his job.
"He was on the verge of being fired. Mr. Brown was not happy about that. And because of that imminent firing, he chose to murder David Locey," McDonough said.
Hills argued that Locey hadn't fired Brown yet and that Locey had been supportive of Brown in the past and was still on his side, giving Brown no reason to harm him.
Hills also discredited testimony from owners of VIP Auto Body, who accused Brown of embezzlement when he was the company's accountant.
"Frankly, it's not an element of the crime," Hill said. "All of it is irrelevant to the homicide."
But McDonough said it showed where Brown was at in life.
"His life was spiraling downward," McDonough said, arguing Brown knew he could be charged with embezzlement, lose his CPA license and his livelihood.
Orville Elkins, owner of VIP Auto Body, testified that in the days leading up to the killing, Brown was desperate and constantly contacting him to find out if he was going to press charges. He said Brown was in the shop the week before the shooting, acting strange and snooping around the office. Elkins said Brown knew that guns were kept there.
McDonough also pointed to testimony from an investigator, who analyzed data from Brown's cell phone the day of the homicide. The investigator was able to determine Brown made a call near Findley Road and M-66 at 6:57 a.m. and cell phone data sent to nearby towers showed that he headed south to the general area of Locey's Office, located at 67036 M-66, between 7:05 and 7:20 a.m.
Locey entered his office at 7:13 a.m., according to ADT Security records. Brown was seen at his parent's house on Big Hill Road in Sturgis around 7:25 a.m.
McDonough argued Brown was "lying in wait" for Locey to get to the office so he could kill him. But Hills noted that the cell phone data couldn't specifically pinpoint Brown at Locey's office.
Ultimately, St. Joseph County District Court Judge Jeff Middleton determined there was probable cause that Brown killed Locey, but said it wasn't an easy decision and that there are many unanswered questions for which the prosecution will have to find answers before trial.
Middleton said to conclude that the gun missing from VIP Auto Body was the homicide weapon is "rank speculation." Investigators are still searching for that gun.
The judge also said it will be important for the prosecution to have results from testing of Brown's clothing for blood and testing of swabs taken from Brown's hand for gunpowder residue, before the trial. Investigators are waiting for those test results.
Middleton kept Brown's bond at $2 million. A trial date is yet to be determined.
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AUSTIN, Texas Lance Armstrong will ride in the 2009 Tour de France, marking the first time he will compete in that race and the Giro dItalia in the same year.
Im committed to riding for the best guy, Armstrong said Monday, acknowledging the taxing schedule could leave him riding in a supporting role in France.
The Giro runs May 9-31, and the Tour begins July 4.
With such a quick turnaround between two gruelling races, the seven-time Tour champion acknowledged his body might not perform at the same level it did when he won his last Tour in 2005.
If youve been away for three or four years, it would be silly for anybody to think I could pick up where I left off, Armstrong told The Associated Press in a telephone interview from Tenerife in the Canary Islands where Astana is training. I can tell you I feel better than ever, I feel stronger than ever on Dec. 1. How that translates to racing, well have to see. Mentally, in terms of motivation, this feels like 1998-1999 to me.
Armstrongs decision to ride gives the powerhouse Astana team a superstar lineup in France, including 2007 Tour winner Alberto Contador. He missed last years race because Astana was barred from riding for previous doping violations. Also riding with Astana is Germanys Andreas Kloeden, American veteran Levi Leipheimer and top support rider Yaroslav Popovych. Astana is considered by far the strongest multi-stage team.
Well abide by the same code that I do: cycling is team sport, while wed all like to win, he said.
The 37-year-old stunned the cycling world in September, when he announced he was ending his three-year retirement. He said then his goal was to race in the Tour but stopped short of a guarantee.
Reached by telephone, French anti-doping agency chief Pierre Bordry would not comment on Armstrongs decision but did say he will be treated like everyone else when it comes to drug testing.
In recent interviews, Armstrong revealed worries about his personal safety while riding in the open roads of France and through the throngs of fans that pack the route.
The Tour has its own police force to guard each stage and ensure safety, and French police paid particular attention to Armstrongs safety when he was riding. In recent years, organizers have taken additional steps to protect riders.
Armstrong dismissed any potential threats Monday: Its not going to keep me from going and doing my job, and its not going to keep me from spreading my message.
He has dedicated his comeback to raising awareness for the Lance Armstrong Foundation and his global fight against cancer.
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AUSTIN, Texas Lance Armstrong will ride in the 2009 Tour de France, marking the first time he will compete in that race and the Giro dItalia in the same year.
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DETROIT, MI - The day Kanye West's new "Yeezus" album leaked four days early, he launched the second wave of an album promotion campaign that included a push in Detroit.
In the Motor City, West used a Chicago-based promotion company to show the video to his song "New Slaves" on five buildings in the city and play a few songs from the new album.
Watch video of "New Slaves," projected on the side of the city's Leland Hotel, in the video player at the end of this post.
One of the songs played at the Leland Hotel after the "New Slaves" video was one called "On Sight" that's produced by Daft Punk.
Another song played was "Black Skinhead," and that really got the crowd going.
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There were four other projection sites that were also downtown.
When the video for the song and a few tracks from "Yeezus" stopped playing, an image projected on the hotel at 400 Bagley that simply read: "Yeezus June Eighteen."
What do you think of West's marketing push for his new album? Let MLive Detroit know in our comments section.
The website Hip Hop N More has what it claims is the track list for "Yeezus" from the album that leaked Friday afternoon online.
MTV News linked to the website and mentions that "Yeezus" is the year's most anticipated album.
West picked a Friday night last month to debut his "New Slaves" video to select cities around the world via building projections.
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WesCorp Issues $1.5 Billion Debt
The fixed-rate notes yield 1.793% to investors, 13 basis points less than the $2 billion in notes issued on Oct. 14 by U.S. Central Federal Credit Union. Those three-year fixed-rate securities yield 1.922%.
Another comparison between the two deals is spread versus the three-year Treasury rate: U.S. Central's deal was 47 basis points over, while WesCorp only paid 35.9 points over Treasury. Compared to swaps, WesCorp came in five basis points under, while U.S. Central had to pay five basis points over.
That means U.S. Central had to pay a higher cost of funds than WesCorp, despite the fact that both issuances are guaranteed by the NCUA under the Temporary Corporate Credit Union Liquidity Guarantee Program. The difference could mean investors are gaining familiarity with and confidence in NCUA-backed corporate credit union debt
Like the U.S. Central deal, J.P. Morgan and Bank of America are serving as lead underwriters, with co-manager services from Barclays Capital Inc. and RBS Securities Inc.
NCUA Director of Public and Congressional Affairs John McKechnie said the notes secure another source of funding so WesCorp's investments can be held to recovery. The term sheet said WesCorp will use the proceeds "for general credit union purposes, including working capital needs, capital expenditures, the repayment of existing indebtedness guaranteed under the TCCULG Program and, if permitted by the NCUA, other NCUA-related indebtedness."
However, Callahan & Associates President Chip Filson questioned the wisdom of seeking funds from private markets in an Oct. 26 column posted on the firm's Web site (www.creditunions.com).
"In all the analysis of corporate investment problems, the difficulties caused by the leveraging of the balance sheet and creating dependence on external borrowings were common themes," Filson wrote about U.S. Central's issuance. He told Credit Union Times that corporate credit unions don't have a liquidity problem, they have a confidence problem if they can't raise funds from their own members. He noted that natural person credit unions are currently deposit heavy.
Filson stressed he had not yet seen the details of WesCorp's notes. However, he said if corporates would pay competitive rates on deposits, credit unions would be more than happy to provide them.
"Why are corporates going to banks when the credit union system is set up to be its own source of liquidity?" he asked.
Furthermore, through the CLF, the NCUA could borrow the money from the Treasury, rather than seek the funds from the private market and pay above Treasury rates, he said.


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This is for me to remember, when I'm old and gray, when all the hard parts of parenting have faded out of memory, and I'm tempted to belittle the struggles of young mommies around me with platitudes about time passing quickly. This is for me to remember when I'm too critical of myself, when I think maybe I could have, should have, would have been a better mommy if . . . This is to remind myself that sometimes it's just hard. And there's no parenting magic that will make it easy. And sometimes you just can't hold it together anymore.
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On our last week in Ziway, the kitchen manager at the Primary School, Hiwot, invited me to come to her house for a coffee ceremony. Hiwot doesn't speak much English, so she asked me through our friend Hawi. I quickly agreed. What an honor! And asked Hawi if she would accompany Kally and me so that we would have a translator. Looking back, I'm not sure why I thought this, but something about the way Hawi told me made me think that Hiwot was only inviting me and Kally, not the kids.
So on the appointed Saturday, Kally and I met up with Hawi at the Right Café (where else?), and walked down Ziway's main street to a corner where we would meet Hiwot.
When Hiwot arrived, I could tell something was amiss, even though she seemed pleased to see us. Soon Hawi translated for us. It seems Hiwot had intended for us to bring the whole family. I have to admit that my heart dropped a bit at this. Coffee ceremonies are not extremely kid-friendly, especially for my kids. I had been looking forward to enjoying one without having little children bumping and jostling me. But, on the other hand, I hated to think that Hiwot had made preparations for our entire family, only to have two of us show up. I quickly called Casey. Yes, he could come with the kids. It wasn't too far from our hotel, so he agreed to get a bajaj and meet Hawi at the corner in a few minutes. I went on to Hiwot's home to wait for them.
Hiwot and me in the Ziway Primary Kitchen
Hiwot rents a room for her two children and herself in a compound shared with a few other families. This is very typical for Ethiopia. The room was beautiful and very neatly arranged, with a full size bed, a small refrigerator, and several extra chairs she had brought in for our meal. In the center of the group of chairs (with very little leg room!) was a beautiful, glass coffee table.
When she showed me into her room, my anxiety started to build a bit. I had visions of Josiah jumping off of the bed and landing on the glass table, smashing it to bits. Or Evelyn tripping over a chair leg and crashing into the table, knocking off everyone's plates and cups. I immediately starting plotting how to best manage the kids when they arrived. One could sit in my lap, one could sit in the floor right beside me. One could sit with Casey. I could feed them from my own plate instead of getting them each a plate . . . My mind was a buzz of activity as I tried to think through every possible catastrophe.
Hiwot, preparing for our coffee ceremony
I smiled at Hiwot, and made chit-chat as best I could with our very limited language abilities. In a few moments, Casey arrived with the kids, and then the eight of us were crowded into Hiwot's room. I have to admit that I was pleasantly surprised by how well the kids did. Hiwot cooked a full meal for us, not just the typical coffee ceremony fare, and the food was so good. I remember that the fish goulash was particularly good; Hiwot does manage a kitchen, after all. The kids ate pretty well without too much complaining, and nothing was spilled. I kept Josiah in my lap the entire time and didn't let him wiggle out of my grasp.
After the meal, I sighed with relief when someone suggested we take our coffee outside in the courtyard. We did it! No broken coffee-table, no smashed dishes. I was proud of my kids, and myself.
We headed outside and sat in the shade of the trees, while Hiwot and her neighbors worked to prepare the coffee. They passed around fandisha (popcorn), and, as we waited, several of the other compound residents joined us, including an older gentleman who settled in close to Casey and me and began a conversation. He was very kind, and I wish that we had been better conversationalists, but the longer we sat there the more active Josiah became. And while all the Ethiopian children in the group were sitting quietly, Josiah became louder and louder and louder. The courtyard was small, and there was no good place to escape to. Casey and I tried everything to get him to settle down. We put him in time out, we threatened him, we tried to hold him, but things weren't getting better.
In his defense, he is only four years old, and it was a lot to ask of him, but in our defense there was nothing we could do. It would have been incredibly rude for us to leave the coffee ceremony before the coffee was even served, and Hiwot had explicitly asked that the children come. Casey and I were becoming more and more agitated as we tried to manage Josiah, and I was very aware of the scene we were making in front of Hiwot and her neighbors, most of whom we had never met before.
Soon the coffee was served, but this was the tricky part. The coffee is served in small, china cups, which are usually filled to the brim and very, very hot. Even on my own, I'm sure to spill some of it into my saucer while I try to stir in my sugar and make conversation (and sometimes even hold a handful of popcorn!). And with three children dancing around me, it's almost hopeless.
We were sitting on small stools in an oblong circle, with Evy and Josiah sitting right across from me. Evy was sitting on a small, metal stool with four tiny legs and a woven seat. She was close enough to me that she occasionally bumped my knees. "Evy, please don't bump me; give me some space so I don't spill my coffee," I pleaded with her more than once. But Josiah was sitting right behind her, kicking her and bumping her and just being a nuisance.
And then it happened . . . And I watched it all in what felt like slow motion, but I was holding a full cup of hot coffee and there was nothing I could do to stop it. Evy stood up and, in an attempt to escape Josiah, scooted her stool forward a couple inches, inadvertently setting one of the feet of the stool onto my bare little toe, and then proceeded to drop all of her weight onto the stool with a huff!
I yelled, and I don't know what else happened. I know I tried to pass my coffee off to Kally and spilled some on my arm. Casey jumped up and grabbed Evelyn, who was so traumatized that she began crying. And then everyone was looking at me, the crazy American girl who just screamed in the middle of a coffee ceremony, while I held my throbbing toe and tried to fight back tears.
The pain wasn't too bad; I think the fear of losing my toe was the worst part. But I was so embarrassed at the way my kids had acted and so overwhelmed by their behavior, and I was also still grappling with intense emotion from my visit with R and the overwhelming sadness that we would be leaving Ziway in just a few days. And I couldn't help but wish that it didn't always feel like my kids were battling against my best efforts.
Soon the tears started to drop. I wiped them away quickly, but I could just tell: this wasn't going away. Luckily, I wasn't breaking into the "ugly cry" but I was definitely crying, and I wasn't able to hold it back. Kally started rubbing my back. I think she saw the look on my face, and since she was dealing with all the same emotions, she knew; she knew this wasn't about spilled coffee or smashed toes. It was about parenting three young children in a strange place and a strange culture, and it was about falling in love with a place in a way that left me raw and vulnerable, all the while knowing that I had to leave soon.
Quickly, Hawi and Hiwot ushered me back into Hiwot's room. They were hugging and kissing me, and rubbing my toe and offering me water and food while I continued to cry. This was probably one of the most embarrassing moments of my life. But I couldn't quit crying, and I just wanted out of there. After a few minutes, Hawi realized that I needed to go home, so she made our excuses to everyone, and we slipped out the front gate. Luckily, we had finished our coffee, and it was almost time to go anyway.
I cried the whole way home, and then sat on my bed between Kally and Hawi and cried some more. Mothering is so hard, and I think sometimes we need to admit to ourselves that we've done all we can do, and "trying harder" just isn't going to fix things. And yeah, looking back, I probably should have insisted that the kids not come; it was asking too much of them to sit quietly for that long, but cultural and language barriers complicate things so much and I really did not want to offend Hiwot.
Poor, sweet Hiwot. She will probably never invite us over again.
As beautiful and amazing as our entire trip was, this was the one part that I wish I could have changed. A few days later, Casey and I toured a neighboring school that happened to have the same kind of metal stools with woven seats. Just the sight of them made me want to run away screaming.


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Abstract: The title compound, C9H8N2OS, crystallizes with two molecules (A and B) in the asymmetric unit. The dihedral angles between the mean planes of the 1,3-benzothiazol-2-yl ring system and the acetamide group are 2.7 (4) (molecule A) and 7.2 (2) Å (molecule B). In the crystal, pairs of N-HN hydrogen bonds link the A and B molecules into dimers, generating R22(8) loops. The dimers stack along [100].
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The dead sports season has arrived
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25th anniversary celebrations for Mega Man get under way with the launch of Street Fighter X Mega Man
Today marks the beginning of a year's worth of festivities Capcom has planned to celebrate the 25th birthday of their iconic little blue hero Mega Man.
The first action of the celebration is the free release of the fan-developed PC title Street Fighter X Mega Man which was created by Singapore-native Seow Zong Hui with support and direction from Capcom. The game features eight Street Fighter-themed levels each with its own boss inspired by Street Fighter's character roster.
Starting on December the 27th Capcom will also be beginning the staggered release of the original Mega Man titles one through to six on the 3DS. After Mega Man's Christmas release the rest of the titles will be available throughout 2013.
Street Fighter X Capcom is available to download on the PC from today on the Capcom Unity community website.
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ALABASTER, Alabama -- Alabaster Board of Education member Melanie Shores announced her resignation from the position effectively immediately in an e-mail to various school leaders, city officials and others Wednesday night.
In the e-mail forwarded to AL.com, Shores said in light of "recent health issues together with unforeseen circumstances I feel that it is in the best interest of my health and my family that I no longer continue on this journey."
"It saddens me to leave something that I am so passionate about. This is certainly not an easy decision for me," according to her e-mail.
Shores, who served as board president, did not attend the most recent Alabaster Board of Education meeting on Monday night. Efforts to reach her were not immediately successful today.
Shores will be recognized at a board meeting and work session at 5 p.m. on Monday at the Alabaster Senior Center.
She joined the fledgling board last year as Alabaster works to form a school system separate from the Shelby County district. She served with vice president Ty Quarles and members Linda Church, Adam Moseley and John Myrick.
Alabaster City Manager George Henry sent an e-mail this afternoon that thanked Shores for her service on the board.
"Under Dr. Shores' leadership, the Board has been able to make strategic decisions that we are confident will result in a successful school system," according to Henry's e-mail.
"The Alabaster City Council is working diligently to fulfill the current vacancy and will continue to support the Alabaster Board of Education as they move forward with making our future school system the best in the state," the e-mail stated.
In an interview this afternoon, Henry said the city will seek applicants to fill the Place 3 position on the board. He expects to have an announcement on the city's website at www.cityofalabaster.com for applications later today.
Alabaster Board of Education Interim Superintendent Phil Hammonds complimented Shores on her service.
"Dr. Shores provided the system with invaluable leadership at a critical time in its history. She will continue to be a special part of the public education family in Alabaster for many years to come," Hammonds said in a statement.
Hammonds said Shores' resignation would not affect the timetable for the Alabaster system's separation from the Shelby County School District.
Shores in her e-mail expressed optimism for the Alabaster school system.
"I have made some great friendships along the way and I will cherish those always. Please know that I will continue to be your biggest advocate as you all continue to build a great school system. I look forward to cheering you on from the sidelines and working to support teachers and schools as a parent within the Alabaster system," she wrote.
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To enrich the spiritual lives of participants through prayer, social action and study and to enrich the lives of the beneficiaries of our social action.
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West San Fernando Valley and Conejo Valley
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I discovered Conejo Jewish Outreach recently. I attended one of the Shabbat dinners. I enjoyed the dinner and service so much that I offered to volunteer my help to the organization. Conejo Jewish Outreach can fill a void of services that other organization in the Conejo Valley, California do not perform. I am very confident that this organization will grow into a major Jewish landmark in the Conejo Valley.
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The people seems very motivated and dedicated. I like that and I look forward to working with those people.
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My husband and I are an interfaith couple, and it's hard to find places that welcome us with open arms. Conejo Jewish Outreach has been a wonderful way for me to introduce my non-Jewish husband and my 4 year old son to celebrating the Jewish Holidays in a warm and friendly environment. The music has been amazing and Rabbi Len leads a lovely service.
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watching my son experience the songs of my youth for the first time
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I came to this group at the behest of some of my friends who are planning for the group. It was very friendly and spiritual group. The experience is all about tzedakah and reflectioon. The music is unbelievable. Most of the time Justin Stein has been acting Cantor. He has a divine voice. I am well acquainted with him.I had heard Rabbi Muroff first at a hospice service where he did a fabulous job. It is quite a warm and lovely service delivered with great sincerity to a great group of folks.
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change the world.The group has dedicated and spiritual volunteers who believe that Jews have the obligation to reach out to all who are needy and volunteer and give programming to draw in those who don't fit a mainstream group or just have not joined yet.
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When my husband was receiving care from VITAS Innovative Hospice earlier this year, we requested a visit from their hospice rabbi. Rabbi Len Muroff helped my family through an extremely difficult time. As unaffiliated, mostly cultural Jews, we didn't have a place or someone to turn to for our spiritual needs at this time. Rabbi Len stepped in offering us comfort and piece of mind. He was available work with us to prepare and officiate at two memorial services, one for family and friends and then again at Valley Presbyterian Hospital for employees and staff. We were truly grateful for his care and compassion. When Rabbi Len mentioned that he wanted to start a Jewish Outreach Group in the Agoura Hills area, I was delighted to sign on to help him, both as a way of saying thank you and because I had a need to belong to a community that a group like this could become. I also have experience with fundraising, event planning and working with JCCs in Michigan, Wisconsin and Northern California that would be beneficial. Conejo Jewish Outreach (www.conejojewishoutreach.org) is the group we have founded. The first of our monthly Potluck Shabbat Dinners was in June, with guest musicians adding a special touch to services led by Rabbi Muroff. We have had about 40 participants, adults and children, at each gathering with new families joining in each time and a growing list of interested people. There is a planning committee that meets monthly to discuss social action organizations and causes where our members could volunteer and ask people from those organizations come to our gatherings. Most importantly, as a very new organization, we discuss ways to attract more families to our group, are in the process of getting our Non Profit paperwork filed and are constantly seeking ideas for new funding opportunities to keep us up and running. At the moment our funding comes from participants, only the adults, who pay a small fee to cover the musician's fee. Members have been taking turns holding the Shabbat dinners at their houses, mostly outdoors during the summer months, but now that we are heading into colder weather we need a place to move our activities inside. That will take money we haven't figured out how to raise as yet. But some of our new participants have agreed to join our planning group with new ideas and enthusiasm. We definitely need the exposure that this award could provide.
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Real Estate ETFs Hold the Key to the U.S. Stock Market's Direction
29 August 2013 at 12:06 pm by Gary Gordon
I am not exactly going out on a limb, but let me say this about the circumstances in Syria: Missile strikes will not be the stock market's downfall. Granted, the short-term trend toward higher oil prices is a thorn in the paw of consumption; consumer-oriented stocks may struggle a bit. However, the recent momentum in "black gold" is more likely to wane. For that matter, the White House can always counter with the use of U.S. "strategic reserves."
The real trouble for stock assets? Housing. The move from a 30-year fixed circa 3.4% to 4.8% is responsible for 2 consecutive months of pending home sales declines as well as significant decreases in refinancing and new mortgage origination. Worse yet, home prices are likely to stall, adversely affecting the "wealth effect" that has been the primary driver behind consumer spending habits.
Does it have to go this way? Not at all. The Fed may recognize that it can afford to wait until after the markets absorb a transition to a new chairperson. After all, with the 10-year yield at 2.75%, way beyond what May's "taper talk" had intended, why rush to make a substantive change?
That said, if investors continue selling income-oriented holdings in anticipation that the Fed will exit (or eventually taper) its bond purchases, there is very little chance that corporate shares will be able to withstand the increased selling pressure. Â Flat revenue, flat earnings, uneven economic news, debt ceiling debate in Congress — stock prices will have a much more difficult time climbing the proverbial "Wall of Worry" if real estate is stuck in neutral.
It has been nearly 2 years since the broader S&P 500 SPDR Trust (SPY) pulled back more than 10%. SPDR Homebuilders (XHB) can be used to gauge the probability of whether the 23-month rally in stocks will continue or, conversely, whether we will witness a genuine health-restoring correction. If XHB cannot climb above and stay above its 200-day moving average — if it suffers a larger fall from grace — this would likely indicate trouble for the ultra-low interest rate fueled bull. If XHB fails, I would expect SPY to retreat to its 200-day trendline as well. (Yes… that'd take SPY down to the 155 level.)
Perhaps ironically, investors may need to look for their central bank-infused gains elsewhere. Consumer confidence in the Euro-Zone recently hit a 2-year high. Business confidence across manufacturing and service segments in Belgium reached its highest levels since February of 2012. What's more, the European Central Bank (ECB) is maintaining an ultra-accommodating low rate stance; nobody at the ECB is thinking about tapering rates in the Euro-Zone.
The Euro-Zone is hardly out of the woods. Each of the economies for the PIGS (i.e., Portugal, Italy, Greece and Spain) is still shrinking. And record levels of unemployment rarely translate into increased spending. Moreover, if the U.S. Fed does travel the tapering path of slowing down its purchases of U.S. bonds, we may see Spanish and Italian yields climb back to unsustainable levels. Once more, the sovereign debt crisis abroad could come back to haunt.
Nevertheless, there's evidence to suggest that the performance of foreign developed markets (e.g., United Kingdom, Europe, etc.) relative to the U.S. have bottomed. Both the iShares United Kingdom (EWU):SPDR S&P 500 Trust (SPY) price ratio as well as the WisdomTree Hedged Europe Equity (HEDJ):SPDR S&P 500 Trust (SPY) price ratio favor the increasing relative strength of EWU and HEDJ.
Keep in mind, the key will still be U.S. housing. If XHB cannot climb back above and stay above its long-term moving average (200-day), stock assets clear across developed and undeveloped markets are likely to suffer. Make sure that you have stop-limit loss orders on existing risk assets. If you're looking to put cash to work, consider increments where you might make a purchase when the S&P 500 is 5%, 7.5%, 10% and/or 12.5% off an all-time record.
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Posted: 1/3/2010 1:26:49 PM EDT
After reading many survival posts it seems like WV is not mentioned as a possible bug out location very often. The state seems to have alot going for it survival wise it's wooded, lot's of game, low population(although heavily armed), good water, moderate climate. What would the advantages/disadvantages of WV be in a major SHTF situation?
Posted: 1/3/2010 1:32:25 PM EDT
The mountainous terrain could be very challenging. However, the game and smoll plat agricultural opportunities are very good.
Posted: 1/3/2010 2:02:52 PM EDT
The thing I look at with WV, besides everyday since I work on the rivers edge, is that "SOME" of the people over there have grown rather dependent on the Gov't and their blessed handouts that keep senile men in power in DC. You have a SHTF scenario happen and deer will disappear like they did with the Great depression. these Jesco White types will kill you in a second for 20 bucks for a fix what do you think they will do if their starving.... I have hunted, fished and camped in WV for years with my father. I never felt like there was an abundance of wildlife in the mountains, in fact it was rather more challenging to kill the same deer I could walk out on my front porch in Ohio and kill. more work equal more wasted calories. but less chance of the game population being totally wiped out.
i'll take rolling hills, large farm land area's any day for a SHTF. Now if one was to be properly armed, supplied, educated, and had enough work hands, a remote WV location could be good for a compound like home.
so to sum it up i'd fear the people more then the land.
Posted: 1/3/2010 2:11:07 PM EDT
I grew up in West Virginia, I bugged out to Alabama...that should tell you something.
Posted: 1/3/2010 2:49:25 PM EDT
My kids mother and family are from WV. In some ways, they are already living SHTF. The unemployment is absurdly high and the average income in many areas is below the poverty level. Lasly, WV has numerous superfund sites and various other contamination.
Point is, its a beautiful state but since they're already living on the brink, having "outsiders" in their woods is asking for problems.
Posted: 1/3/2010 2:52:21 PM EDT
Posted: 1/3/2010 3:21:45 PM EDT
The wife and I had an opportunity to relocate to WV 2 years ago. She was up there working and I was up there visiting her and one day while she was at work I went to the local gun range to pickup brass. While I was picking up brass a local fella named Mike pulled up and we started talking. (Very nice Christian fella in his 60's, goes to this particular outdoor range every Tuesday to shoot). Anyways, we were talking and I mentioned that we were looking at relocating to the area, his comment to me was to go somewhere else for mostly the same reason mentioned above (high unemployment, government jobs, etc., etc.) Needless to say we didn't move to WV. On a lighter side note, he is the only person to have ever asked me if I was a Christian, said that he does that to everybody he meets for the first time.
Posted: 1/3/2010 3:48:01 PM EDT
One disadvantage I could think of is it's relative close proximity to some big cities.
Posted: 1/3/2010 3:53:16 PM EDT
I would take the agricultural land around here over WV any time. I can't imagine cutting a field out of the side of one of those mountains.
We have beef, fields already soft from planting, deer coming out of our ears, and easy water sources galore. If you were one of those immature people who think living off the land in the mountains is a survival strategy you might think WV is nirvana.
Posted: 1/3/2010 4:33:54 PM EDT
Keep of meh propurtee! Nah, its fine here. Just don't hold your breath looking for work.
Posted: 1/3/2010 4:43:45 PM EDT
It sucks here, don't come. Crappy hunting, people are assholes, land is already spoken for, stay away, it's for the children.
Posted: 1/3/2010 4:50:45 PM EDT
Parts of WV would be pretty tough. A couple of weeks ago we got about 6" of snow here in Richmond, VA. Mom and Dad got 31" there in Greenbrier County. WestVaCo's clear cutting policies have about wiped out the squirrels around home. Some years dad manages to kill 5 or 6 (that's right, all fall). No den trees and few trees big enough to have a good mast crop leave them little reason to stay in the area.
The deer population has picked up but it remains to be seen what the growing coyote poplutaion will do to them. Not many rabbits either. Every 3 or 4 years they'll get a rabbit the dogs run across while bird/squirrel hunting. There used to be lots of grouse and turkeys but their population has drastically dropped off the last 8 or 10 years, maybe due to the coyotes, maybe not.
Fishing? If you like little fish. I mean you can catch a stringer full of little fish and little fish is still fish, it just takes more of them. Are there big fish up there? Yeah, but the policies of the Army Corps of Engineers use (letting most of the water out of the lakes in the fall/winter) don't allow for stable habitat in what is shallow water during the warmer months. They stock fish all over the place as the "native" populations just don't provide enough new fish every year to maintain levels. That and some of the locals don't mind taking home 70 or 80 stocked trout a day if they can get by the game wardens.
You know the indians didn't even stay in some parts of the state during the winter months. They moved in in the spring, hunted and fished and gathered and camped and then went home in the fall.
There's lots of wild strawberries (man are they ever good!!), black berries, rasberries, a few huckleberries if you know where to go, lots of apple trees (but due to the weather they sometimes go two or three years without apples due to late frosts in the spring), no such thing as peach or pear trees in that area and wild mushrooms if you know what's safe to gather and cook.
You want to know how hard it is to make a living farming in that area? Most of the smaller farms were abandoned when jobs became available in the mines in the '20's and '30's. My dad remembers a few of them having houses/families living on them when he was growing up in the '30's and '40's but since I was a kid they are just names (the Wade place, the Beckner place, the Burdette place, etc,. etc.) and there's not even a piece of a building standing on any of them that I ever remember seeing.
There are much nicer parts of WV. Mostly over to the west where its more like southern Ohio. Rolling hills and warmer temps in the winter.
Having said all the above, one reason I like it up there was I could go hunting all day and never see another person, or go shooting and never have someone come by and bother me, or go fishing in a creek or pond and probably not see anyone. I really miss it. I'm not anti-social, I just act like it.
Posted: 1/3/2010 4:52:16 PM EDT
hillbilly heroin addicts are everywhere.
Being an outsider they'll kill you and steal your stuff for their drugs
Posted: 1/3/2010 4:52:34 PM EDT
Originally Posted By vanrichten:
It sucks here, don't come. Crappy hunting, people are assholes, land is already spoken for, stay away, it's for the children.
Agreed, WV is the last place anyone should think about relocating too, better yet....as the poster above wrote....go to Ohio.
Posted: 1/3/2010 4:57:51 PM EDT
Originally Posted By casey1:
Originally Posted By vanrichten:
It sucks here, don't come. Crappy hunting, people are assholes, land is already spoken for, stay away, it's for the children.
Agreed, WV is the last place anyone should think about relocating too, better yet....as the poster above wrote....go to Ohio.
We need more good people here!
Posted: 1/3/2010 5:18:46 PM EDT
First wife tried getting me to move the family back near her folks in Parkersburg. Short answer, she left me and the kids, moved back there and now delivers newspapers. Like I said, its beautiful country out there but is it worth leaving your family and living in poverty?
Posted: 1/3/2010 5:32:42 PM EDT
My family had a huge farm there once, several hundred acres. I visited it once when I was very young, and saw the remains of the 2 room cabin my grandmother grew up in. Very beautiful country. My great uncle had a huge piece of it logged off w/o the permission of any of the other siblings, and my grandmother sold off her interest for a pitance. I used to listen to some hair-raising stories about the place, bears coming up the cabin after a hog butchering or to raid the corn crib, "painters" (mountain lions) all over the place. Grandmother would tell a particularly suspensefull story of a panther that was called in by my mom's colicy cries as a baby, and how it pulled at the barb wire over the windows...TWANG!
Anyway, WV is a beautiful place and I have fond memories of that trip.
Posted: 1/3/2010 5:41:05 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By ranchhand:
hillbilly heroin addicts are everywhere.
Being an outsider they'll kill you and steal your stuff for their drugs
Try knocking on their front door and writing them up for an open dump in their yard while you are standing there in your nice, ostnetatious Uniform.
Welcome to my world.
Posted: 1/3/2010 9:57:50 PM EDT
Many parts of WV are great but many serious survivalists won't consider anything EAST of the Mississippi.
True, the Golder Horde will pour out of the rest of the cesspool cities of the over-populated EAST but they wouldn't last too long in West Virginia.
Montani Semper Liberi
Posted: 1/3/2010 9:59:36 PM EDT
Originally Posted By Lungbuster:
One disadvantage I could think of is it's relative close proximity to some big cities.
This is the answer. That's why it's not 'prime' uber-survivalist real estate.
Posted: 1/4/2010 4:33:50 PM EDT
Originally Posted By dispatch55126:
First wife tried getting me to move the family back near her folks in Parkersburg. Short answer, she left me and the kids, moved back there and now delivers newspapers. Like I said, its beautiful country out there but is it worth leaving your family and living in poverty?
I live in the Parkersburg area, just across the river in OH. Yes the unemployment is high in this area, yes the locals don't like people from out of state (it's MUCH worse the further into WV that you get). I have lived in nine different states, I moved back here from KS over ten years ago and I can't think of a better area to raise my children. I guess that your home is what you make of it.


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Ault father looking for hope in his son's eyes after snowmobile crash
July 26, 2013
A benefit auction for the family of Travis Girard starts at 4 p.m. Sunday at Randy's Grill, 2118 35th Ave. in Greeley. Drinks and dinner starts at 4 p.m., with 10 percent of all restaurant proceeds going to the family. The live auction begins at 5 p.m. and should last until 7 p.m.
You can make contributions to Tammy Howell, for the benefit of Travis Girard, P.O. Box 1451, Ault, CO 80610.
The plan was simple: Chase the snow. But the idea behind it was even simpler — Sean Girard wanted to spend time with his son, Travis .
The two took one of those trips together every year, the trips fathers have taken with their sons for eons. Sean saved what he could from his job working as an engineer for Union Pacific, and the two left for a week up in Wyoming to ride snowmobiles in the spring snow. They planned on hitting Centennial, Jackson and maybe Steamboat. Whatever place had the best snow would get the most attention.
The trips together were even more important since Sean married Tammy Howell, an interior design sales rep with West Point Interiors in Greeley, six years ago. Tammy had two older sons, Dalton and Logan Howell, 19 and 17, respectively.
Travis, 13, also spent time playing sports, especially baseball, and he was growing up, and that made the trips even better. It was hard to say how many other chances they'd get. Snowmobiling was one of their favorites, as Travis had done that since he was 5, but they also went fishing or boated on the lake or rode a motorcycle together.
So when Sean talks about that day, April 1, he will mention the clear blue sky before he starts to cry and talks about what happened next. He wants to remember the good times, too. Those good times are why he hasn't given up on Travis yet, even when others, including his insurance company, already have.
Sean went up a steep hill and Travis followed. The hill was like many others they had climbed before, but Sean didn't like the way Travis hugged the edge of the cliff. Sean waved at his son to go hard left. Travis hesitated and Sean remains haunted by the pause. He wonders if Travis hadn't given in to his father's worry — that if Sean hadn't waved — maybe Travis would have turned left on his own. Instead, Travis turned right.
His snowmobile flipped as it fell 30 feet and dashed Travis on the rocks jutting out from the cliff. The first impact caved in his face and stripped his helmet. The second, another drop onto another outcropping, lodged him in between car-sized rocks and most likely resulted in the brain injury that changed everything.
Sean hasn't slept in his own bed for three months. He works at the railroad when he can, to try to keep the medical bills from taking the Ault house he and Tammy share. When he isn't there, he's by Travis' side at Children's Hospital in Aurora or at the Ronald McDonald House.
Sean somehow made it down the cliff and held Travis close so he didn't fall again. If there's any luck in this, it was the arrival of other snowmobilers who helped contact search and rescue. Three hours later, authorities arrived, and it took another hour to lower Travis down from the outcropping and into a helicopter. Sean then had to ride his snowmobile 22 miles back to his truck, pushing it as hard as he could in the fading light. He made it to the Medical Center of the Rockies just in time to give Sean a hug goodbye as another chopper sent him to Children's Hospital. He spent a month in intensive care. He's now on the rehabilitation floor.
Sean admits progress is slow. Travis gives a thumbs up every once in a while. He can move his right arm and foot a bit. Sean doesn't know how much his son's brain still functions. He doesn't know even know if Travis recognizes him.
Doctors don't know much either. Brain injuries, one doctor told him, are the last frontier.
"But I know he's alive and we got something to work with," Sean said. "He's a fighter. I know that much."
Sean's insurance cut him off, he said, because the company wants to put Travis in custodial care in a nursing home. Sean wants Travis to continue with therapy in the hopes that he'll get better.
"He doesn't change his facial expression," Sean said, "but I would like to think he knows me. I know he can hear because he's taking commands. I don't think that's random."
It could be a year or two before he recovers, doctors have told him, or it could be never.
Sean admits he's exhausted, and Tammy, who spends whatever time she can at the hospital, is as well. But Sean's ready for a year or two. He doesn't want to think about never.
So that's why Sean stays by his son's side, pushing Travis to look into his eyes, in between shifts that can bleed into nights on the railroad. Sean's sometimes up 48 hours at a time.
"You can't sleep when you know you could be doing good," Sean said.
Caffeine and a positive attitude, he said, get him through it, but Tammy's been the shoulder when he needs her. He's told her this is a life-changing event, and that retirement may only be a dream now. She seems to understand, he said.
So it's not just Sean and Travis. There's Tammy and her sons and many others who have done amazing things, like host a benefit auction that will take place Sunday.
But sometimes it feels like that. Sometimes it feels like one of those father-son trips they took together, just the two of them.
Sean hopes with all his heart that he'll be able to get Travis out of that hospital room and back to the outside world.
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Liz Sheehy of Bound Brook, is the winner of the national "Meet the Red Rose Family" Sweepstakes from Red Rose Tea. Sheehy will receive a three-day trip this fall for her and a guest to enjoy a behind-the-scenes tour and VIP experience at the Red Rose Tea factory in Little Falls, N.Y.
The contest was held on the brand's Facebook page from Aug. 9-19. Sheehy was chosen at random from entrants from around the country. A longtime Red Rose Tea drinker, Sheehy wrote with her entry, "I drink Red Rose Tea, hot and iced, morning, noon and night … won't have any other! My figurine collection is overtaking the house!"
For generations, Red Rose Tea has been all about savoring life's memories with friends and family," said Tom Schuler, brand manager of Red Rose Tea. "We are excited to welcome Liz into the Red Rose family and provide her with moments to treasure for years to come."
The historic Little Falls facility has produced Red Rose tea for consumer enjoyment since 1988. The factory also manufactures and distributes Salada tea and Junket brand dessert mixes. The factory is on Hansen Island in the Mohawk River in Upstate New York.
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Fagor Canning Accessory Kit
- Summary
Canning fruits and vegetables at home preserves peak freshness and flavor and lets you steer clear of unwanted preservatives and additives. Designed for use with Fagor pressure cookers, this collection equips you with well-designed tools every home canner needs to preserve fresh produce correctly and safely. The kit also includes a full-color 59-page cookbook with 30 recipes for pressure-cooker canning, a method required for low-acid foods
Set includes:
- Canning rack
- Jar wrench.
- Jar lifter.
- Wide-mouth funnel.
- Ladle.
- Bubble freer.
- Magnetic lid lifter.
- Home Canning Cookbook, paperback
- Dimensions & More Info
- Canning rack: 8 1/4" diam. (holds up to four 1-qt. jars).
- Jar wrench: 10 3/4" long.
- Jar lifter: 9" long.
- Funnel: 5" diam.
- Ladle: 10 1/2" long.
- Bubble freer: 10 1/2" long.
- Magnetic lid lifter: 6 1/4" long.
- Made in China.
- Use & Care
- Hand-wash in hot soapy water.
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