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Council member Bob Jennings threw another bomb at the meeting of the Honesdale Borough Council on Monday, October 8 when he suggested that the police force be expanded.
"I move that we should hire two full-time officers for the borough police for the safety and health of the borough," he said.
The suggestion was provocative because the last board struggled with the new budget and, under pressure to keep expenses down since it had to borrow $400,000 to meet expenses, decided to lay off at least two full-time officers.
Mayor Ed Langendoerfer, who works in close association with the police department as part of his duties, quickly supported Jennings' motion.
"I started out a little skeptical in my job as mayor monitoring the department, thinking that the department may be too expensive, but I soon changed my mind when I saw the hard job the police have in this town and what a conscientious job they all do," he said. "I suggest that you take a look at how hard they work and how important it is to the borough."
With a total expenditure of $887,200, the police department accounts for 31% of the budget. Two full-time officers would cost the borough, with salary and benefits, an estimated $140,000.
Not everyone agreed. "My objection is that we must keep our taxes as low as possible because of the high number of seniors and those on limited income," said councilman Jim Brennan. "We're spending a lot now on the police force. Adding more will be harmful to our residents."
The force currently has seven full-time police and 10 part-time officers.
"For 12 years, we've had nine full-time officers," said police chief Joe LoBasso. "But the last board was under pressure to lower expenses of all departments and decided to lay off two full-time officers and settle with only seven full-time." When the former police chief Mark Flynn and lieutenant Lawrence Witt retired, they were not replaced, thus saving the borough from laying off two officers, he said.
"It's extremely difficult to fill shifts," LoBasso said. "We have to cover 24 hours a day, seven days a week and 52 weeks of the year. And we want experienced policemen out there. The pool of candidates is limited. Some of the 10 part-timers could leave anytime if they get a better job on another police force. It's becoming more and more difficult to insure the safety and health of the residents. We can't go on like this."
One possible solution is to turn to regionalism, a program that is succeeding in other communities.
"We would be sharing our duties with neighboring townships and sharing funds," LoBasso said. "And if we are in a regional program, there are a list of grants open to us from the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED)."
"We will have to seriously look into this regionalism idea," said F.J. Monaghan, the president of the council. "We should get on the phone to our neighboring municipalities and see if they are open to such an idea."
"There are regional programs in Pike County, Monroe County and Stroud Township," LoBasso said. "They are very pleased with the way it has worked out."


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It was an unconventional rally constructed with four walks, a hit batter, a couple of sacrifice flies and only one hit.
But the sum was what mattered as the Cincinnati Reds rallied for four runs in the eighth inning to overtake the Chicago Cubs on the way to a 6-4 victory on Saturday at Wrigley Field.
"We manufactured runs; there wasn't a big one there," said Reds third baseman Todd Frazier, who provided a run-scoring sacrifice to tie the game.
"A couple of sac flies, a couple of walks, that's baseball and I'm glad we're on the right side."
The come-from-behind victory spoiled two Cubs highlights, including two two-run home runs by Alfonso Soriano, giving him 375 home runs in his career.
It also overshadowed a quality outing by right-hander starter Jeff Samardzija, who appeared on track for his first victory since Opening Day.
Instead, Chicago dropped its third straight game and fell eight games under .500 heading into Sunday's series finale.
Logan Ondrusek (2-0) pitched the seventh inning and got the win. Aroldis Chapman bounced back from a poor Friday outing to claim his seventh save.
The Reds trailed, 4-2, entering the eight, but loaded the bases against on reliever Carlos Marmol and then scored four runs to pull ahead.
"Marmol had a little tough time out there and our guys stayed off some close pitches and we were fortunate to get the hit when we needed it," Reds manager Dusty Baker said.
"We also did a good job keeping the ball off the ground. We had the bases loaded (to avoid a double play)."
After losing his job as closer earlier on April 8, Marmol has pitched 11 straight scoreless innings. But he also set up conditions for Saturday's loss.
"I don't even know if (Marmol) threw a strike today; a couple of swings but I don't know if they were strikes," Cubs manager Dale Sveum said.
"One way or another we've got to get it fixed because he's got to pitch."
Marmol (2-2) exited before facing his fourth batter and took the loss.
Left-handed reliever Hector Rondon gave up a bases-loaded single to Jay Bruce to score Zack Cozart. Todd Frazier hit a sacrifice fly to deep right to bring home Joey Votto and tie the game.
After intentionally walking Xavier Paul, Rondon issued a conventional walk to pinch hitter Jack Hannahan to score Brandon Phillips and Cincinnati went ahead, 5-4.
Devin Mesoraco's sacrifice fly scored Bruce for a 6-4 lead.
Shin-Soo Chin scored twice against Samardzija with a first inning home run and after a third inning walk.
Choo's lead-off home run came on Samardzija's first pitch and landed in the basket in left field. It was his seventh career lead-off home run and second of the season.
The Cubs replied in the bottom of the first with two runs off Reds left-hander Tony Cingrani, who has making his fourth start.
Anthony Rizzo was hit by a pitch to reach base and scored on Soriano's second home run of the season deep into the left field bleachers.
The Reds forced a 2-2 tie in the third. Choo walked, advanced to second when Samardzija's pickoff throw to first went into the dirt and scored on Cozart's single to center.
Soriano's second home run came with two out in the third and Rizzo again on base, this time after a double to the center field wall. Soriano hit a 1-and-0 pitch an estimated 370 yards to left to give him his 30th multi-home run game.
Samardzija left after six full innings and 111 pitches. He allowed four hits and one earned run while walking three and striking out five.

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In high school, Brandon Lilly weighed 170 pounds. Last week he topped out at 322.
Lilly, 29, is a professional powerlifter who trains at private Grove City gym Lexen Xtreme. He is in the business of pushing his body to the limit and beyond, constantly stretching his threshold for size and strength. Some powerlifters can keep upping their lifts while maintaining a static body weight; at 6 feet, Lilly finds packing pounds on and picking pounds up are closely connected, so he has worked up into his sport's top weight class, Super Heavyweight.
"For me, I've yet to find the point where bigger isn't better from a lifting standpoint," Lilly said.
Better for lifting, yes. But pushing your body to unnatural extremes has its downsides.
"I never wake up pain-free," Lilly said. "My lower back is constantly an issue. I have an ongoing hip problem. My left elbow hurts so bad I can't even straighten it out. I'm probably going to tear my pec in a year or two."
His sleep schedule is erratic: "I'm constantly exhausted. I was probably up seven times last night."
Then there's Lilly's diet, which calls for 7,000-8,000 calories per day to keep his weight up. Some of his feasts sound like feats — he throttled The Thurmanator, Thurman Cafe's 1.5-pound beast burger, and he recently slammed 100 pieces of all-you-can-eat sushi — but even at his size, finishing that much food is a grim chore. His grocery budget is about $125 per week, and he sometimes spends as much as $70 a day eating out. Savings, investment returns and freelance personal training fund his pursuit of power.
With so much discomfort, what drives him to press on? "Being the runt," he said. "Being the little kid. Getting picked on."
Lilly was an all-state soccer player in Berea, Kentucky. When he transferred schools for academic reasons and lost a season of eligibility, he took to pumping iron in a makeshift gym at a football coach's farmhouse. Lilly tried bodybuilding but soon decided he wanted a sport in which his performance, not judges' opinions, dictated the outcome.
After years of casual lifting, he began dabbling in strongman competitions in 2007. Eventually he discovered powerlifting, and by late 2009, he was so impressive that Louie Simmons invited him to train at the famed Westside Barbell in Columbus.
"I thought that was the paramount day of my life," Lilly said.
He improved massively at Westside, but last March Lilly was dropped from the roster after suffering a hip injury. He called up world-record-holder and Westside defector Chuck Vogelpohl at Lexen Xtreme and resumed training.
Lilly will return to competition Saturday at the Xtreme Powerlifting Coalition's International Open at Ultimate Sports Center. His final session of heavy training was last Wednesday evening.
After stopping by Raising Cane's for pre-workout sustenance — he had already downed sushi and Bob Evans — he headed to Lexen, where he applied horse ointment to his skin and psyched himself up to the sounds of Gucci Mane and White Zombie. He tightly wrapped his black elastic wristbands and strapped on a red Inzer bench shirt, a sort of jersey-turned-corset that helps him get more leverage.
First he grunted his way through a 705-pound bench. After huffing around the room, he tackled a 795 as teammates cried "Belly up! Belly up!" Lifting partners laid wooden paddles of varied thickness ("two board," "one board," "half board") across his chest, allowing him to skip the initial push off his chest and focus on perfecting the awkward, make-or-break middle part of the motion. After more stomping and exhausted leaning, Lilly struggled through an 805-pound bench.
International legend Vogelpohl offered advice: "You gotta open up a little bit more, Brandon. You're starting to tuck."
His Ohio State baseball cap now soaked to a new shade of red, Lilly maxed out at 845 pounds with a two board. He's never pushed that much weight without a board — his personal record is 810 — but with the two board he managed to less-than-gracefully force the bar back to its resting place, his limits officially tested.
After an hour of sitting, pacing and stretching his back on what looked like an oversized baker's rolling pin, it was off to Chipotle with his teammates for a nightcap burrito bowl with double steak, then another sleepless night on what he hopes is the road to glory.


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- H-2A program could be salvation of labor-intensive agriculture
- Are immune from arrest
• The situation could lead to more farmers reconsidering the one method of legally bringing foreign workers to their farms: The federal H-2A guest worker program.
• Although it is difficult and expensive, it's proven to work.
THERE IS AN ABUNDANCE of workers from Mexico and Central America who desire legal work in the U.S. These workers transplanted tobacco on the Tony Ross farm near Carthage, N.C.
Producers of labor-intensive crops face difficult choices due to the dwindling supply of farm workers, says Lee Wicker, deputy director of the North Carolina Growers Association (NCGA).
And most of the options are not very appealing.
"You might have to scale your operations back drastically. Or you might choose to give up labor-intensive crops. Or you might even have to give up agriculture altogether," Wicker says.
"Some may very well think it best to jump off the merry-go-round, but many others are stuck on it and can't get off. There are simply not enough legal or illegal workers around that want our farm jobs."
All this could lead more farmers to re-consider the one method of legally bringing foreign workers to their farms: The federal H-2A guest worker program.
Although it is difficult and expensive, it's proven to work.
"There are obviously challenges in using it, but the program legally allows the farmer a dependable supply of labor, while providing extensive protections to the worker," says Wicker. "It can be difficult to find any other way to do this."
He has special insight into the labor question. NCGA provides assistance to its 750 farmer members in participating in the program and in fact is the largest user of the program in this country.
"Our growers as well as our workers want to meet labor needs while complying with the law, and H-2A is the most reliable way to do it."
But there are a multitude of problems associated with it. "Obtaining workers through this program is expensive, loaded with bureaucracy, and legal problems are frequent," says Wicker. "But farmers without other options are finding a way to make it work."
The program is administered by the federal government for the purpose of permitting citizens of other countries to temporarily come to work legally in the U.S.
Employers who wish to use the guest worker program must acquire a labor certification by both the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), and a visa petition approval from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS). The employer must first attempt to recruit U.S. citizens who are willing and able to perform the work they need done.
Once the employer is approved, he must make appointments with the U.S. Consulate for applicants to be interviewed so the H-2A visa may be issued that allows the worker to enter the country and work. The paperwork process takes approximately 60 days.


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UPPER DELAWARE VALLEY — The blast of cold from what is now commonly referred to as the "polar vortex" brought frigid temperatures causing schools to close and warming centers to open.
Two centers for warming, socializing and nutrition were open in Pike County, one in Lords Valley and the other in Dingmans Ferry.
The centers are operated by the Pike County Area Agency on Aging, which gives priority treatment to seniors and people with disabilities, but also services families if need be. The 24-hour hotline for at-risk seniors is 800/233-8911.
In Wayne County, the senior centers in Honesdale, Hamlin and Hawley were open for warming, but were not serving the usual noon lunch. In Honesdale, the Grace Episcopal Church Parish House is open as a shelter every night that the temperature falls below freezing.
In Sullivan County, warming centers are operated if needed at the town level. Bethel supervisor Dan Sturm said that town officials are keeping an eye out for people who might be in need, but so far there was no need to open a warming center.
According to the National Weather Service (NWS), the temperature dropped to -6°F in Monticello, -8°F in Honesdale in the early morning hours of January 7, and while those temperatures are frigid, they did not set records in the region. Again according to NWS, the temperature in the region went down to -21°F in 1957, -23°F in 1963, and -21°F in 1994.
This season, however, is a bit unique because of what is being called "weather whiplash," where temperatures were in the forties, plunged to below zero over the course of a day, soared back to the forties, plunged back to below zero, and are expected back into the forties by week's end.
What about global climate change?
If weather extremes are a symptom of global climate change, then this recent pattern might be seen as part of that, but climate scientists warn that a single cold snap is not evidence either for or against global climate change. The fact that it's cold now doesn't mean that human-induced global climate change is not happening. Jason Samenow writes in the Washington Post: "Take these same cold air outbreaks and project them on the climate of the 1800s, and they'd be more severe. We'd need a model to test that, but it's an educated guess."
So whether the climate is changing is judged on observations over time, and those observations show that winter temperatures in the United States, especially in the colder states, are getting warmer over the decades.
A report from Climate Central in 2012 (tinyurl.com/lgxyra9) shows that "Winter nights have warmed in all but one of the lower 48 states since 1970 (Nevada). Across the continent, winter nighttime temperatures have warmed about 30% faster than nighttime temperatures over the entire year." Since 1970, winter temperatures in New York State have climbed about 1.0°F per decade, in Pennsylvania the increase has been about .08°F per decade.
The report also says, "Since 1912, states with average winter temperatures below 32°F warmed three times faster than states with average temperatures above 32°F. Since 1970, winter warming has accelerated almost everywhere and states that previously cooled began to warm in winter."
The current single event, while very cold, does not measurably alter the record of the past century.


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Water is the last thing I think about drinking while on vacation.
I have never been to Mexico. My ex was from Ixtapa and he always promised to take me there but we never made it. I would like to go sometime though. But Hawaii will always hold a special place in my heart. I also am a huge fan of NYC but for completely different reasons.
irritating positions:
"i don't need 'book-smarts', i have real-world knowledge"
"you won't learn _______ at your fancy college..."
There was a comic once that said something about spending thousands of dollars to send their kid to a university and he came back only knowing how to bounce a quarter in a glass. I know people with four year degrees who can't get jobs and when they do make less money then I do. It just depends on the person and the motivation.
"What do you mean you're not going to school? You need college"
"You won't be successful without some form of education"
"I graduated from ______ university which means I know more than you"
That's all I'm saying
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you guys seem pretty . . . true to your schools.
the anti-college positions i pointed out are terrible because they come from a position of ignorance, since the person hasn't been to college and cannot judge, and secondly because they seem very defensive, like the person actually feels inferior for not completing higher education, so they turn it around on those who actually made the effort and achieved it.
I do not feel inferior by any means, although it seems you feel a little superior in your arguement. Some people don't have the option of going to a 4 year college and do the best they can with what they have. Someone with such a high education should probably recognize that.
And I don't know how you can defend the 3rd statement. I can find someone who didn't go to college who is smarter a lot of college graduates. It isn't some crazy Matt Damon janitor success story either I'm talking regular people. The statement "I went to college and am smarter than you because of it" is just as ignorant as "I didn't go to college and I'm smarter than you because of it"
And you seem more defensive as if you think your diploma makes you smarter and someone saying it doesn't takes away from your college experience.
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i imagine there are legit circumstances that make it difficult for people to go to college... but if it's a matter of income, i do not understand, because grants, loans and scholarships are always available. if it's a matter of poor grades in high school, i really can't sympathize.
"Who is this doing this synthetic type of Alpha Beta psychedelic funkin'?"
i personally don't feel like anyone is 'taking away from my college experience'. that is one thing that no one can take away. i just really wanted to offer a protest against this common attitude of putting down college. perhaps i should not speculate that it comes from 'inferiority' like i said, maybe that is unfair. but either way, i think it's just bad advice to discourage people in their educational aspirations.
And your logic doesn't make sense. I don't know where you went to college but let's say it was ranked #100 on best colleges in the world. A respectable rank and graduating from there is an accomplishment but does that mean everyone who graduated from the 99 schools ranked above is smarter than you? By your theory, yes.
And no one is discouraging college, like I said before I am in college so clearly I think it's good for me and I wouldn't discourage anybody from going this route. But if someone told me "School isn't for me I am going to do (________)" then who am I to say, "That's dumb you shouldn't do that school worked for me it will work for you. And if you don't go to college you'll always be dumber than me"
To be honest I have learned a lot in my almost 3 years of college but I havent learned much more than I would have had I stuk my self in a library for 3 years. To be honest I am using college for what it has now become, a networking facility. Yes I am gaining the basic skills needed in my profession but I use it to network so that when I go out I can be advanced in my profession. Also this little piece of paper doesn't tell me I am smarter than anyway but it's going to open a door that otherwise would be close. Going to college is a more intelligent business move? I'll give you that. Going to college makes you more intelligent than the next man or woman? Naw I can't give you that G.
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Two survivors of the plane crash off Molokai were sitting directly behind Hawaii Department of Health Director Loretta Fuddy when the aircraft went down Wednesday afternoon. Fuddy died in the crash.
The couple returned to Oahu on Thursday.
Click here to watch Cam Tran's report.
Rosa and Jacob Key are amazed to be alive, but they're still badly shaken and traumatized after the Makani Kai Air crash off the coast of Kalaupapa.
The couple says shortly after the plane took off from Molokai, things went wrong.
"We had a bang, ya know, while the thing climbed up, make a turn and bang, that's it," said Jacob Key. "After that the beeping from all the machine came up then after a few seconds, the beeping was gone and the plane is going down."
That's when the couple says everything became a big blur.
"I was shocked. It was a lot of thoughts that go through," said Rosa Key. "It was like a slow motion of everything. The plane slowly going down."
The Keys said after the plane hit the water, everyone evacuated and put on life jackets in the water.
"The water was rough. The pilot was trying to get everybody together, but it was kind of impossible because of the waves," said Rosa Key.
What seemed to be nearly an hour of floating in the rough and choppy ocean came a sign of hope.
"I thought was last day was [Wednesday], so it gave me hope when we saw the helicopters and it gave me a little hope when we saw the first plane," said Rosa Key. "The one that came and circled around."
The Coast Guard rescued the couple and were taken to Molokai. They say they ahve some aches and pain, but they say their woes are nothing compared with the Fuddy family members who have to deal with the devastating loss.


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Two passengers were injured when a Dubuque, Iowa man crashed his vehicle into a ditch and drove through a fence, according to the Iowa County Sheriff's Office.
Deputies were called to the intersection of County Road G and County Road E near Livingston at 5:55 a.m. Monday for a report of a single-vehicle crash.
Investigators said Benjamin McDade, 19, lost control of the vehicle, which landed in a nearby field.
The passengers were taken to Southwest Health Center in Platteville with non-life-threatening injuries.
McDade was arrested on suspicion of operating while intoxicated causing injury.


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Man Charged With False Report In Murder Probe
There is a bizarre twist in the murder investigation of 12 year old Garrett Phillips of Potsdam..
Richard O'Hanlon, 65, of 18 Sisson Street, Potsdam, was freed on probation supervision Thursday night after being charged with six misdemeanor counts of third degree falsely reporting an Incident, obstructing governmental administration and identity theft.
Police charge O'Hanlon sent two e-mail letters to them in December 2011, which was two months after Phillips' October 24, 2011 strangulation, and again on August 8, 2013. The letters, which were sent from computers at the Potsdam Public Library and the Woodgate Public Library, near Forrestport, NY, fictitiously claimed to be from four other Potsdam men confessing to the child's murder.
The e-mails also claimed the men sexually molested Phillips before killing him.
O'Hanlon told 7 News Reporter John Friot he sent the false e-mails because he was angry at the individuals.
"I was just so angry at someone," he said, "I was angry at two people here."
Police told Friot O'Hanlon's actions were a distraction and wasted police time and manpower.
"Unfortunately, the letters acted in a way that not only diverted resources and energy away from the actual investigation that is most important to us," Potsdam Police Lt. Mark Murray said, "it also could have potentially muddied the waters had we not identified the author of those letters."


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Home List of Titles The 'Nostocoida limicola' story: resolving the phylogeny of this morphotype responsible for bulking in activated sludge
Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.3/232544
- Title
- The 'Nostocoida limicola' story: resolving the phylogeny of this morphotype responsible for bulking in activated sludge
- Author(s)
- Seviour, R. J.; Liu, J. R.; Seviour, E. M.; McKenzie, C. A.; Blackall, L. L.; Saint, C. P.
- Abstract
- On the basis of 16S rRNA sequence analyses of several isolates of "Nostocoida limicola" from activated sludge plants in Australia and other countries, it is clear that "N. limicola" I, II and III are not three morphological variants of a single bacterium but at least three phylogenetically different bacteria. Data show that "N. limicola" I are members of at least two genera in the low mol percent G+C Gram-positive bacteria, while some isolates of "N. limicola" II belong to the high mol percent G+C Gram positive bacteria, and "N. limicola" III is a member of the Planctomycetales. Design and application of 16S rRNA targeted probes for each to biomass samples suggests that their phylogeny is more diverse than pure culture studies would suggest.
- Publication type
- Journal article
- Source
- Water Science and Technology: Proceedings of the 3rd International Specialialised Conference on Microorganisms in Activated Sludge and Biofilm Processes, Rome, Italy, 13-15 June 2001, Vol. 46, no. 1-2 (2002), pp. 105-110
- Publication year
- 2002
- Keyword(s)
- Activated sludge; Australia; Bacteria microorganisms; Biomass; Bulking; Filamentous bacteria; Gram-positive bacteria; Nostocoida limicola; Phylogeny; Planctomycetales; Posibacteria; Prokaryota; Sewage sludge; Waste water management; Wastewater treatment plant
- Publisher
- IWA Publishing
- 0273-1223
- Publisher URL
- Copyright
- Copyright © 2002 IWA Publishing.
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The contrast between Kirk Caldwell and Ben Cayetano on the eve of Honolulu's mayoral election is as stark as their differences on rail.
Caldwell, 60, a strong supporter of the city's $5.3 billion rail project, spent the Monday before Election Day on a trolley, crisscrossing urban Honolulu.
The former managing director and acting mayor began his day of sign-waving in Kalihi by the Kamehameha Shopping Center. Caldwell then traveled to downtown Honolulu, had lunch at the Costco in Iwilei, and ended up back at his Nimitz Highway headquarters by 4 p.m.
"I think when you run for office, the job is to get out before as many people as you can (and) let them get to know us up close and personal," Caldwell told KITV4. "It's not just you expect to get elected, you got to go out and earn their vote."
Cayetano, on the other hand, was much more low-key. The former two-term Democratic governor and anti-rail candidate met with individual reporters at the State Capitol Monday without the fanfare of sign-wavers nearby. Despite his casual approach less than 24 hours before polls open, Cayetano, 72, said his supporters are extremely excited.
"This is my ninth election, and it is one where I think the supporters are most enthusiastic of all," said Cayetano. "To everyone, I would say this election is very, very important."
Although much has been said about so-called "October surprises" in the waning days of political campaigns, the race for Honolulu mayor got an unexpected November eye-opener when federal Judge A. Wallace Tashima issued his ruling on the controversial rail project Thursday.
In his ruling, Tashima said for the most part, the city had followed federal environmental guidelines by studying the impacts of rail on native Hawaiian burials. He also said the city had properly studied alternatives to steel on steel technology, like bus rapid transit and an express toll way. The lawsuit was filed by Cayetano and other rail opponents in May 2011.
Caldwell, an attorney at the Honolulu law firm of Ashford and Wriston, took the judge's decision as a victory for rail supporters.
"If I came back and told my client that I got rid of tons of claims and just have three left, they'd consider that a victory," said Caldwell, who in the recent past has served as the city's managing director and acting mayor.
However, Tashima also ruled the city did a poor job in identifying culturally sensitive properties along the proposed rail line. He said the city must mitigate impacts to historic Mother Waldron Park in Kakaako, and study the feasibility of placing a portion of the rail project underground along Beretania Street.
Cayetano believes the ruling shows rail has been poorly managed and should be stopped before it becomes a boondoggle for taxpayers, part of his closing argument to voters.
"What's at stake here is what kind of city you want to leave to future generations," said Cayetano. "We're going to fix the infrastructure, the sewers and the water. That's going to be a high priority on my list."
Cayetano has been pitching his $1.5 billion alternative to rail, which he calls FAST, short for "Flexible Affordable Smart Transportation." The plan utilizes a BRT system serving Central and Leeward Oahu, a Nimitz Highway flyover and three short underpasses along Kapiolani Boulevard.
Cayetano said Tuesday's election could also determine whether mainland style negative campaigning takes root in Hawaii.
Last month, Cayetano filed a libel lawsuit against Pacific Resource Partnership after the trade group accused him of profiting from illegal campaign contributions during his time as governor.
PRP is a strong rail advocate, and has spent more than $2.8 million in an effort to influence the mayor's race. The group is supported by the Hawaii Carpenters Union and more than 200 signatory contractors.
Caldwell's final message to voters rests on the practicality of making Honolulu a better city for residents and visitors alike.
"I want to really set the city on a new course with new infrastructure," he said. "You know, rebuilding our sewer and our water for bigger capacity, and of course, rail to move people in a narrow urban corridor."
Cayetano, Caldwell lay out closing arguments on eve of election
The contrast between Kirk Caldwell and Ben Cayetano on the eve of Honolulu's mayoral election is as stark as their differences on rail.
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I need some suggestions. I want to buy a laser printer that has a low toner cost and must have duplex printing. please make suggestions of brands/ models. thank you.
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Brother HL-2240 [officemax.com]. Not sure what you consider "low toner cost" but this is a pretty good solid laser printer.
Calculate out a cost per page by looking for the capacity of the cartridge & divide it by the cost. For example, the toner for the HP I linked above is $63 for a 2100 page capacity [adorama.com]. A quick calculation shows that that's $0.0286 per page.
The Brother linked above takes a 1200 page cartridge that's $44 [officemax.com], which comes out to $0.0367 per page. However, they also offer a 'more expensive' high yield cartridge that gives you 2600 pages for $71, or $.0273/page. Shop around and you can probably find any of these for less.
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Paul Menard and the No. 27 Quaker State/Menards Team Bring Home Eighth-Place Finish at Atlanta Motor Speedway
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Paul Menard and the Quaker State/Menards Chevrolet team overcame handling issues early in Sunday's AdvoCare 500 to finish eighth under the lights at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Starting from the 18th position, Menard maintained a spot in the top 20 while battling a loose-handling condition on the neon yellow and green machine. During routine pit stops under both yellow and green-flag conditions, crew chief Slugger Labbe called for a number of chassis, shock and air pressure adjustments to assist the Richard Childress Racing driver around the 1.54-mile race track. With each visit to pit road, the handling of the No. 27 Chevrolet improved. On two occasions during the 327-lap event, the Eau Claire, Wis., driver found himself a lap down to the leader, returning to the lead lap during the ensuing restarts by racing into the Lucky Dog position prior to each caution period. As the race neared the halfway point, Menard broke into the top 15 and reported the No. 27 machine was tight for the first five laps of the run and then began to turn well. On lap 270, an accident occurred just in front of the Quaker State/Menards Chevrolet, bringing out the fifth caution period of the evening. Scored in the ninth position following the melee, Menard drove to pit road and the No. 27 pit crew fired off a pit stop that catapulted the RCR team into the seventh spot for the lap-279 restart. Menard remained a fixture in the top 10 for the final 108 laps, including the green-white-checkered conclusion. The eighth-place finish marks the No. 27 team's third consecutive top-10 finish.
"We kept making the Quaker State/Menards Chevrolet better and better tonight. When we started off in the daylight, it wasn't that good. As the sun went down we got better, made the right adjustments and came away with another top 10. You always want more, but it was a solid night for this No. 27 team."


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The same factors that contribute to urban homelessness, that is, a lack of affordable housing and insufficient income, also lead to rural homelessness. According to the National Alliance to End Homelessness Geography of Homeless report, there are approximately 14 homeless people on average for every 10,000 people in rural areas. Perhaps the most distinguishing factor of rural homelessness is the access to services. Many rural homeless assistance services lack the infrastructure to provide care to their homeless population. Limited modes of transportation and the tendency for federal programs to focus on urban areas are contributing reasons for the lack of adequate services for the rural homeless. Rural areas also tend to have higher rates of poverty.
According to the Housing Alliance of Pennsylvania, homelessness is a real problem in the state, and increasingly includes not only individuals but also families. On any particular day approximately 16,000 Pennsylvanians are known to be homeless. During one school year, school districts around the state provide services to approximately 13,000 homeless children.
The Housing Alliance has also organized the Homeless Providers Network, a subcommittee of service providers and advocates to develop and focus more resources on the growing issue of homelessness.
However, there is no housing agency or homeless shelter in Pike County, PA, making it difficult to count the homeless in that county with any accuracy. In 2011, an informal group mostly consisting of social service workers was formed to address the homeless issue.
Moreover, each year prior to Thanksgiving, the National Coalition for the Homeless (NCH) along with the National Student Campaign against Hunger and Homelessness set aside National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week to bring awareness to these pressing issues. This year NCH marks its 30th anniversary in the long and difficult effort toward ending homelessness and commitment to bring about more substantial initiatives toward that effort. Participation will help build communities and promote greater understanding among friends, peers and co-workers.
No one chooses to be homeless; many might be someone's neighbors. Addressing the root causes is essential for improving the circumstance and promotes stability in a person's life. Some of those causes include the growing gap between rich and poor, medical bills, the decrease in affordable housing, decrease in services and social assistance, loss of employment and family break-up.
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In my youth our "traditional derby" games at holiday times of the season were...
Swinton v Oldham - Christmas Day (later Boxing Day) and Good Friday
Swinton v Salford - New Year's Day and Easter Saturday
Swinton v St Helens - Easter Monday
The Easter weekend had THREE games in 4 days. Imagine today's prima donnas having that on their plates eh?
As usual you are spot on there Blue Monkey - the reason we did not play Salford in the 1963 Easter fixture was simply they were in the 2nd Division.
I remember visits to the old Watersheddings on snowy Christmas Days - I think the last one was 1959 before it was changed to Boxing Day - never seemed to cause any family issues (sport on Christmas Day) but then I was just a teenager living with Mum and Dad.


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Give critters a brake
March 19, 2014 —
A couple of weeks back, I took a trip up and down the river, and up and around Lackawaxen and Shohola townships. There was lots of wildlife present on the river and above. What was more significant was the wildlife tally observed on the roadway on this trip of 30 or so miles. The critter road tally was nine turkey, seven deer (four different locations), a couple of crows feeding on road kill, and one opossum calmly walking along the shoulder.
Due to our colder and snowier late winter, there are a few reasons wildlife seem more noticeable near roadways as winter nears its end. Deer and other wildlife had to forage through deep snow this winter, and when late winter thaws arrive, it's the road shoulders that get more exposed first, revealing previously hidden menu items to any herbivore. In addition, accumulated road salt may attract some animals, and gravel and grit is utilized by turkey and other birds for their digestion process. Roads, being plowed throughout the winter, offer easy foot travel for wildlife. Less traveled secondary roads offer some good opportunities for wildlife viewing this time of year.
If an animal is struck and killed by a vehicle, that animal may attract other opportunistic foragers. Turkey vultures have arrived here just before March, and will feed on road-killed animals. Bald eagles are not above feeding on freshly killed carcasses by the road. Raptors like eagles need a little clear horizontal distance to get airborne if flushed, and the roadway frequently becomes their runway if they are on the ground. Bear have started to emerge and may forage on road killed animals when they are not chewing on your bird feeder or attacking your trash cans.
Be cautious when driving on the roads, for there are a lot of hungry critters as this winter ends. As spring arrives, many animals are trying to fuel up for the upcoming breeding season. Be safe and take a little more time to get to your destination; you may get some great wildlife viewing opportunities.


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August 21, 2003
Bluefield State College
Board of Governors
August 21, 2003
Members Present: Mr. John Barnes, Dr. Frank Ball, Mr. Michael Hanna, Mr. Daniel Frost, Ms. Ann Crowe, Mr. Norris Kantor, Mr. Jack Caffrey, Dr. Lyn Guy, Mr. Frank Wilkinson
Members Absent: The Reverend Garry Moore, Dr. Louis Aikens
Guests/Staff: Dr. Albert Walker, Dr. Tom Eaves, Ms. Shelia Johnson, Mr. John Cardwell, Dr. Don Smith, Dr. Mindy Maher, Dr. Raphael Heaggans, Dr. David Perkins, Mr. Jim Nelson, Vivian Sidote
Board Chairman Mr. John Barnes called the meeting to order at 7 p.m.
The motion was made second (NKantor/JCaffrey) to approve minutes of the July 17, 2003 with the following correction. Mr. Daniel Frost asked, under New River Community & Technical College, Organizational Leadership that instead of saying considerable discussion took place that specific items of discussion be included. The discussion concerned classified personnel who were appointed to positions under New River Community & Technical College and classified members from other campuses not being afforded the opportunity to apply for those positions. It was mentioned that those positions were not new positions but additional duties added to positions that already exist. Motion carried.
Multicultural Director
Dr. Walker introduced Dr. Raphael Heaggans, Director of Multicultural Affairs.
Business and Financial Report Budget
Ms. Shelia Johnson said the College has received notification that it should make budget preparations based upon a possible 9% reduction in state funding. She reported that the budget would be included as an agenda item for Friday's Higher Education Policy Commission meeting. She also noted that PEIA premiums will increase by 13%, a rise that equates to an additional $176,000 for BSC, and she also observed that the BRIM premium for BSC is increasing by $25,000 Discussion concerning the projected cut in state appropriations was discussed.
Shelia reported that, as required by HEPC, Series 12, any College expenditures projected to cost more than $100,000 require Board of Governors and Higher Education Policy Commission approval. Mr. Frost asked why the College could not use its own engineering technology faculty to conduct architectural studies instead of hiring an outside firm. It was noted that if the College's personnel were used, the Institution and Institutional personnel could incur liability that would not be encountered if an outside firm were to be used. A motion was made and second (JCaffrey/LGuy) to approve the Capital Expenditures Projects, FY 2004-2009 as presented. Motion carried.
Concord College/Bluefield State College Collaborative Report
Dr. Eaves discussed the Concord/BSC collaboration report, noting that the Board was requested to indicate changes needed, then approve this document as a draft.
Chairman Barnes commended the collaborative report committee for the work it had done.
Ms. Anne Crowe expressed concern regarding some of the financial collaboration initiatives identified in the report. She said there are several items that indicate joint effort between Concord and Bluefield State. She said she believes that Concord College and Bluefield State should have separate contractors and should purchase supplies as needed, without comingling funds. Shelia Johnson responded by noting that the institutions would not comingle funds but would share contracts/contractors when such an arrangement would result in a financial savings for each college.
There was discussion concerning programs or courses that would be offered at both colleges. Ms. Crowe asked that, at this time, report item #48, "Identify possible 2 + 2 opportunities and develop appropriate articulation agreements" be deleted. A motion was made and seconded (NKantor/JCaffrey) to accept the draft with the deletion of item #48 and with the provision that the two colleges' Board chairs and Presidents act on behalf of their Boards to approve the amended document. Motion carried.
Dr. Ball asked about report item #35, "Analyze existing and potential academic programs of both institutions and develop cooperative efforts where possible"; item #36, "Establish a common academic calendar'; item #37, "Establish common class meeting times"; item #38, "Establish common semester exam times", and; item #39, "Establish common 'inclement weather' policy." Dr. Walker indicated that these items are already being implemented.
Legislative Update
Jim Nelson indicated that, as recommended by the Board, the College is maintaining a regular working relationship with state legislatures. Dr. Walker has already met with several legislators including Senators Plymale, Guills, Caldwell, Fanning, Love, and Weeks, and Delegates Mezzatesta, Caruth, Long, Sumner, Manchin, Frederick, and Browning.
Mr. Nelson said that Senator Plymale (chair/Senate Education) indicated the following points during a discussion with Dr. Walker on August 4:
1. The BSC Board's Chair and Vice Chair certainly represented the institution very eloquently before legislative leadership during an August 3 meeting in Charleston.
2. Senator Plymale has expressed interest in attending a BSC Board of Governors' meeting. .
3. There will be a move during this legislative session to separate matters of governance from matters of policy.
4. The Community & Technical College Council will play a more prominent role in matters impacting the state's community & technical colleges.
5. Delegate Marshall Long may be moved from his assignment with the House Education Committee--a change that would substantially reduce the representation of southern West Virginia on that committee.
6. Higher Education Bonding could be addressed during either the October or November legislative interim meetings.
7. A informal group of legislators has coaligned to try to protect the interest of Bluefield State College
Rented Facilities
Dr. Perkins narrated a PowerPoint presentation featuring the facilities at NRCTC sites in Lewisburg, Beckley, and Nicholas County.
Enrollment Management
John Cardwell distributed enrollment information, noting that today's total headcount enrollment was 3619 students.
Dr. Walker said the next step in the enrollment management process retention. He said the goal is to have a retention rate of 70%. The emphasis is being placed on increasing both the number of students and the academic quality of students at the College. There was lengthy discussion concerning the enrollment.
New River Community & Technical College
Dr. Perkins distributed a two-page report detailing activities/accomplishments at NRCTC, along with an accreditation progress report.
Dr. Walker said that legislative interims will be held in Lewisburg, September 7-9.
Assessment Plan
Dr. Mindy Maher delivered a Powerpoint presentation on assessment. Dr. Maher distributed a survey to the Board of Governors to complete and get back to her.
President's Report
Dr. Walker gave a Powerpoint Presentation, updating Board members of activities/accomplishments that have taken place since the July Board meeting.
Executive Session
A motion was made and second (LGuy & NKantor) to enter executive session at 8:55 p.m. Motion carried. A motion was made and seconded (LGuy & NKantor) to return to regular session at 9:30 p.m. Motion carried.
Meeting Date
The next meeting of the Board of Governors will take place on September 18, 2003 and Senator Plymale will be extended an invitation to attend this meeting.
1. Chairman Barnes and Mr. Kantor complimented the staff and Dr. Walker for the outstanding group of Ph.D's hired recently by the College.
2. Mr. Wilkinson asked that when the Board anticipates the attendance of a special guest like a state legislator, members should be notified in advance so that attendance for the meeting will be at an optimum level.
A motion was made and seconded (NKantor/DFrost) to adjourn the meeting at 9:35 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
John Barnes


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Please help-- My sweet daughter is 4 months old and so far I've not had any problems bfing. Suddenly at the end of December my aerolas got very itchy and my skin started flaking off! I naturally have dry skin - but nothing like this ever! I've been slathering Lansinoh on regularly, which seems to help, but has not resolved the issue.
I'm not using soap on them in the shower (nor have I in the past). My skin is so flaky sometimes that it is making me really itchy. I have noticed that my aerolas seem to be a brighter pink/red color sometimes and can get quite tender from chafing all of my skin off. My daughter seems not to notice anything different and is still happy to eat away -- she doesn't have any symptoms of thrush, etc.
Are all of my skin's natural oils gone??
Has anyone else had this problem? We don't live in a particularly dry area, but it is the winter -- I don't know if the weather has anything to do with it. Anyone know how I can get things back to normal!?


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February 27, 2013 —
Several lawmakers expressed reservations about committing the county to spend some $8.8 million on a new emergency radio system for the county, but in the end, the vote was unanimous to move forward with it.
The legislature voted to authorize bonding to pay for the new system at the monthly county meeting on February 21, but the actual bonding won't take place until 2014. The county has received about $2 million in grants thus far to help defray the costs, and there is another round of funding that will be available in April. Officials are hopeful that more grant money will be forthcoming. Along with the direct cost, however, there is expected to be a yearly cost of $300,000 for maintenance.
As part of the project, the county is buying two radio frequencies from Motorola; the contract for that sale expired at the end of 2012. As part of extending the contract, an additional expense of $30,000 was incurred by the county.
With the meeting room filled with police and emergency workers, many of them in uniform, most of the legislators expressed support for the county's first responders and for erecting the new emergency communications system.
Lawmaker Kathy LaBuda said the project has been in the works since at least 2006. She said, "Lets move this forward to keep our promise to all of our constituents that public safety is at the top of our priority list."
During public comment on the question, only one resident, Ron Litchman of Youngsville, spoke in opposition to the project, asking, among other things, if the new system, which relies on technology dating back to 2002, will be obsolete before the bond is paid off.
Early voting opposed
In other matters, the legislators voted unanimously to oppose a bill introduced in Albany that would create the possibility of early voting in the state. The bill would require counties such as Sullivan to staff at least five polling stations with machines and personnel for two weeks ahead of general elections and one week ahead of other elections.
Election personnel would be required to observe all existing electoral protocols in the early voting. Legislators said this would result in significant costs to the county, where early voting is not needed because long lines do not form at polling stations in the county.
Legislator Cora Edwards said that while early voting may be helpful in densely populated places like New York City, it does not make sense in rural places like Sullivan County.
Legislator Alan Sorensen said, "Call me old fashioned, but I just don't believe in early voting.


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For the past three years, EFF has organized the D(EFF)CONtest to highlight the work of supporters who advocate for EFF's work and inspire others to become supporters of digital civil liberties too. We're always looking for ways to make an impact with this contest, and so this year, we're trying something a little different.
The Electronic Frontier Foundation is back in Austin, TX for South by Southwest (SXSW)! EFF is the world's foremost defender of online civil liberties, so it's only natural that we have boots on the ground at perhaps the most popular showcase of Internet innovation ever. For 23 years, EFF has been uniquely suited to protecting your digital freedom by blending the expertise of lawyers, activists, technologists, and policy analysts to fight for the users. Whether advocating for software patent reform, defending location privacy, uncovering information about domestic drones, or joining forces with international activists to protect free expression, EFF has your back as we continue into the next stage of technology.
In the wake of social justice activist Aaron Swartz's tragic death, Internet users around the country are taking a hard look at the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), the federal anti-hacking law. As we've noted, the CFAA has lots of problems. In this three-part series, we'll explain these problems in detail and why they need to be fixed. For more details about our proposal for CFAA reform, see part 2 and part 3.
Last week the Librarian of Congress issued his final decision (pdf) limiting copyright owners' ability to sue you for making full use of the works you buy. The short version: it's a mixed bag. On one hand, the Librarian looked to the future, broadening existing exemptions for extracting clips from DVDs to include clips from movies distributed online, as well. At the same time, the Librarian refused to expand an exemption for "jailbreaking" smartphones to include the smartphone's cousin, the tablet, even though there is little practical difference between the two devices. Equally illogically, the Librarian refused to grant an exemption for jailbreaking video game consoles.
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03.02.12 Finance WG meeting summary
Time: 10:30 am
Location: First on the highway, then moved to Tea due to disruption
Attendees:Anon, Em, Liz, Luke, Phil, Vica
Fund request procedure:
Vica: – will send email with fund request
Phil & Luke:- will collect requests and count money on Monday
Phil:- will prepare spreadsheet
Em:- will ask for amount of online donations- will take out money from bank account for next GA
Em, Phil, Anon, Liz, Luke:- will be at the next Finance GA- they will decide then when to have the next Finance WG meeting
Em will will coordinate LSX, Luke FS. They are now independent: £100 for LSX, £70 for FS. Luke will discuss with Danny if to continue collaborating with People's Supermarket.
Vica will track down the last signatories, then pass it to Em, who will then pass it to Liz.Luke will make sure M. also signs and will then bring the form to Em.
Vica will send an email from mailng list account for confirmation.When communicating by email, we wait for 3 days for response and then go ahead with task.Meetings are communicated by text message.New folder at info with all Finance details.Vica needs to add prints from website.We need to improve the FAQ page, so we don't respond directly to emails, but can forward to the page.
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"I have listened to Catholic Answers Live for many years now. The show is informational, inspirational, faith building, and funny. I have been in the process of conversion for many years, and now at age 60, I will be joining the Catholic Church. The show and speakers have been my tutor and guide, and I am deeply grateful to all."
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"If you should acknowledge and love Christ you would give up not only all the treasures of this life, but even the glory of your crown itself to win eternal life."
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So many exciting things have happened in the past few days, it's been almost surreal. You know I constantly remind myself that life is this mad and fantastic dance that we are all apart of you and you can either get out there and move to the beat, fumble over everyone else's steps or stand on the side and watch… and for me its been about closing my eyes and doing a slow grind with uncertainty.
In the past few weeks I have come to appreciate the feeling of spontaneity and Tuesday night was one of those nights. A new friend invited me out to a concert at the Barbican Centre, which is in the heart of London. The concert was titled Singing the Truth, a concert to honor the women who changed the music of the 20th Century.
The concert was put on by three amazing women; all of whom were talented and distinguished in their own right. Dianne Reeves, Angelique Kidjo and Lizz Wright. Each woman had their own distinct style, sass and most importantly voice… and let me tell you they knew how to use it! They brought down the house with songs from Miriam Makeba to my personal favorite Billie Holiday.
Being at that concert in retrospect was more uplifting and spiritually moving than it seemed when I was sitting there. They were forces… wild and untamed and their voices had the intensity and power of thousand winds. I was certainly moved and more than once I had to put my soul hand up to catch the spirit of what was being given to us.
I left there with the unshakable sense of limitless power. The enlightened feeling that anything I want can be mine. They said it themselves, that you just have to dream, but among all else you must love! And love was the theme of the night, as I was in Love with their performance and the energy that they generated in that pristine concert hall. I thought as I walked away about the enchanting quality of singing… how you essentially cast your soul out to a crowed and lull them into a trance reciting to them your story along the way. Something about that excites me… the power of story-telling… the charm of the spoken word.
I want to sing now. I want to give my words to the world and allow people to feel it deep in their souls. To move and to feel is to dance and to dance is to live… live the dream that we are all so eager to dream. Our voice is unique to each of us and that to trust in that voice is to truly rock out in life!
The remainder of the night was equally moving because I got to walk in the city and see nothing but the glow of lights from the inside. Night life is always different than what you see in the day and I realized that there is a much more calming and subtle energy that pulses through London at night… its not the jarring energy that you find in other cities like New York. It's Just something peaceful.
We made our way through the rambling mass of streets and all the sensational buildings; everything ancient, worn and regal. To me the buildings exude a warm beauty that is found in very few places in the States. My friend thought it was funny that I was so inspired by the buildings… he said that it isn't as pretty as America. But I had to disagree.
We ended our night at a little Pub. Which was everything that I imagined a London pub to be. It was all brass and wood and just down right gorgeous again. So we sat and had a drink and we talked about life, design and literature. And my friend quoted to me lines from Virginia Woolf.
We had an intriguing conversation about her works and we talked about taking a Mrs. Dalloway's walk around London… which is a book by VW about a day in London. He also retold an amazing scene from the movie The Hours about VW's life and so when I returned home I watched the scene on YouTube and I was totally moved. Here it is for you to see….
I just want to say that VW was an extremely talented woman and before my lovely night with my friend I knew very little about her. She lived at a time where her mental state became her curse and she literally became a prisoner in her own life because the people around her had their ideas of what was best for her. She just wanted to live her life in the chaos of London, regardless of how others thought that affected her fragile state of mind. And eventually she took her life because it was too hard for her to bear… though it was late in her years.
I can relate to Virginia because I think that it's a common feeling to feel trapped in your circumstance. And so you find you way out whether it is writing or strolling the city. What I took from her is that you must be relentless in your pursuit to be who you are, to have your own life and your own mind. You must have a strong sense of conviction to what is important to you.
"And that was what she often felt the need of-to think; well, not even to think. To be silent; to be alone. All the being and the doing, expansive, glittering, vocal, evaporated; and one shrunk, with a sense of solemnity, to being oneself. When life sank down for a moment, the range of experience seemed limitless."
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Concord project a go; brownfield site clean-up to begin
June 1, 2011 —
Developer Louis Cappelli's long-delayed plans to rebuild the old Concord Hotel in Kiamesha Lake seem to be back on track. On May 26, the New York State Racing and Wagering board informed Cappelli that if he builds a racetrack, the board will give him a license to operate it.
That may not be the end of the story, however, because Empire Resorts, which was formerly a partner in the project and owner and operator of a track just a few miles away in Monticello, has vowed to fight the license and may well bring a lawsuit against the wagering board and Cappelli.
Cappelli is building the new hotel, which will have more than 250 rooms and 211 video gaming terminals, in partnership with the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority. If construction begins this summer, the facility might be open in 2013.
In the meantime, however, remedial work at the site may soon begin. On May 27, the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) announced that work to clean-up four contaminated portions of the sprawling site is expected to begin in early June.
The contaminated areas, or brownfield sites, are comprised of about 35 acres out of the total of 1,700 acres. The hotel was built in the 1920s and was expanded over the decades through the 1960s. According to the DEC, the affected areas are contaminated with inorganic compounds, such as pesticides, polychlorinated biphenyls and metals.
There are also "petroleum constituents associated with various underground storage tanks." And there is also a "Freon plume likely associated with a former ice skating rink and large air-conditioning systems." There is also an area that was used by the owners of the hotel as an unlicensed and unregulated garbage dump.
The DEC said the work to remediate the sites is expected to take about six months. When the DEC is satisfied that the work is complete, it will give final approval that will allow Cappelli to receive tax credits to offset the cost of the clean-up.


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By Mickey Winfield, PNT Staff Writer
Don't expect pop music sensation Jessica Simpson to run a fade route for boyfriend and Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo any time soon. But Curry and Roosevelt County women will have that chance Monday — with the Eastern New Mexico University Greyhounds.
Greyhound football coach Mark Ribaudo, along with several assistant coaches and players, are taking on the job of teaching area women the game of football.
Ribaudo says it's not as crazy as it sounds.
"Women want to learn a little bit about football, so when their husband is talking about what a linebacker is or a screen pass and the shotgun — all of those funky words, she'll know what we're talking about," Ribaudo said.
"We're going to talk about terminology and positions so they know where the quarterback is and what a wide receiver is and a tight end and things of that nature so that they don't think a tight end is just somebody's back side."
Ribaudo's wife of 15 years, Lisa Ribaudo, says she's looking forward to the clinic. She said she's watched the game for years, and while she knows the basics, she'd like to know more.
"I think it's a great idea because it's going to help me understand more about what I'm looking at," she said. "It's going to be nice to know, in detail, what I've been looking at all these years."
The workshop begins at 6 p.m. Monday at Greyhound Arena, and Ribaudo said that women won't just get the classroom treatment, they'll also hit the field.
"We're going to go out and do some drills," Ribaudo said. "We're going to have some of our players do some drills with the ladies."
The coach's wife says she believes the hands-on portion of the clinic where the women will actually run some plays will be a big help.
"I think it's a pretty good idea," ENMU football defensive coordinator Todd Wallis said. "A lot of ladies get knowledge of football from their husbands,


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April 8, 2005
Springfield, Ill. The Illinois State Board of Education
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Those Who Excel/Illinois Teacher of the Year awards program.
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Through RecordSetter, Everyone Can Be World Champ
What's the record for squeezing open the most ketchup packets in 30 seconds? Seven. The record for the most people simultaneously flossing with the same piece of dental floss? 428.
These records are nowhere to be found in the Guinness World Records book, but rather on the website RecordSetter, where everyone can be a world champion.
Dan Rollman, co-founder and president of RecordSetter, tells weekends on All Things Considered guest host Mary Louise Kelly that as long as an action is "quantifiable and breakable" and there is media evidence of it, the website will welcome and recognize the feat as a world record. The website and its book, The RecordSetter Book of World Records, showcase thousands of just such triumphs.
The site launched in late 2008 with the help of co-founder Corey Henderson and receives more than 1,000 world record submissions each month.
Creative Beginnings
At the Burning Man festival in 2004, Rollman and his friends created a "world record camp" where people could climb onto a stage and invent their own world records.
One man came to their camp with an accordion and set the world record for the fastest accordion rendition of "The Devil Went Down to Georgia." A woman, whom Rollman says had an "extraordinary deep belly button," set the record for the most blueberries in a belly button.
Both records still stand, Rollman says.
"We started to see a lot of competition in categories, and then it just felt like people were having so much fun with the creative side of thinking what they could be a world champion at," he says. "I thought there was an opportunity to take this thing onto the Internet and invite the whole world to play along."
Rollman says his interest in record-setting began when he received his first Guinness World Records book at the age of 10.
"I think looking at us as kind of the Wikipedia to Guinness' Encyclopedia Britannica is a good analogy," he says. "It's just a much more open and democratic platform for world records."
When he was in college, Rollman looked into setting a Guinness World Record for speed-eating ravioli but found the paperwork to be difficult.
"I was also trying to impress a girl," he says. "Some guys woo women with roses and chocolate, and I said come on over and watch me speed-eat ravioli."
Rollman says nothing is too weird for him, but the site does have principles. "The primary one [is] don't hurt yourself, don't hurt others, don't hurt the planet," he says.
His most recent world record was building the world's tallest tower of clementine pieces (8), which he's challenged the world to beat.
"I welcome anyone out there to have a go at taking me down," he says.
UNIDENTIFIED MAN: Here we go. Three, two, one, go.
That's the sound of a world record being set, specifically, most chromatic scales played in harmony on a xylophone and the base in one minute 66 times. Now, this record is nowhere to be found in the Guinness Book but rather on the website RecordSetter. The site accepts feats in almost any category you can think of, such as most ketchup packets squeezed in 30 seconds, or most people simultaneously flossing on one length of dental floss. Yuck. Well, Dan Rollman is co-founder and president of recordsetter.com, and I asked him where he was when he got the idea.
I always say RecordSetter began when I was a 10-year-old boy and got my first Guinness Book of World Records and just fell in love with world records. And in 2004, I was at the Burning Man festival in Nevada, which is built around a culture of creativity and participation. So my friends and I went out and decided to set up a world record camp where people could come up and climb onto a stage and invent their own world records. So, you know, a guy came up with an accordion and set the world record for the fastest accordion rendition of "The Devil Went Down to Georgia." And a woman came up and she had a whole bunch of blueberries and an extraordinarily deep belly button and set the record for the most blueberries inside a belly button.
KELLY: I don't even know if I want to see the photographic evidence of that.
DAN ROLLMAN: You can find it on our site.
KELLY: So the record still stands.
ROLLMAN: Both of those records still stand. But then we started to see a lot of competition in categories, and then it just felt like people were having so much fun with the creative side of thinking what they could be a world champion at. I thought there was an opportunity to take the thing onto the Internet and invite the whole world to play along.
KELLY: Well, you mentioned the Guinness Book of World Records, which is kind of the gorilla in the room here. Why did you feel like there needed to be something else in addition to that?
ROLLMAN: I think looking at us as kind of the Wikipedia to Guinness' Encyclopedia Britannica is a good analogy. I looked into setting a Guinness world record when I was college. I really wanted to get into the book and be recognized. And I just found that the level of difficulty with the paperwork and so forth that was necessary and...
KELLY: I can't let you go any further without asking what was the record that you were trying to set.
ROLLMAN: I looked into ravioli eating for a little while. I thought I could make a run at being a competitive ravioli eater. I was also trying to impress a girl. And so...
KELLY: And did it work?
ROLLMAN: It didn't work on either level.
KELLY: What was wrong with her? I can't imagine that (unintelligible)...
ROLLMAN: Yeah, you know, some guys woo women with roses and chocolate, and I said, come on over and watch me speed eat ravioli.
KELLY: Is there anything, any record that somebody's proposed that's just too weird?
ROLLMAN: The short answer is no. We have principles. You know, we're trying to raise the bar of human achievement through world record, so we have principles, the primary one being don't hurt yourself, don't hurt others, don't hurt the planet. But in terms of being too weird, we love that stuff.
KELLY: Are you setting one right now, even as we speak, Dan Rollman?
ROLLMAN: I am not in the midst of setting a world record, but I recently set the record for the tallest tower of clementine pieces, which stands at six or seven. If anyone out there wants to have a go at that, they can find the video on RecordSetter, and I welcome anyone out there to have a go at taking me down.
KELLY: A challenge for the weekend. Thanks so much, Dan Rollman.
ROLLMAN: Thanks for having me.
KELLY: That's Dan Rollman. He is co-founder and president of recordsetter.com. And if you want to check out that picture and video, you can head to our website, npr.org.
KELLY: This is NPR News. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright National Public Radio.