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(Bluefield)—Dr. Tesfaye Belay, an Associate Professor of Biology at Bluefield State College, has been selected to receive a $10,000 "Research Seed Grant" from the NASA West Virginia Space Grant Consortium. The grant will fund laboratory supplies for BSC's continuing NASA-related research projects. Additionally, the grant will cover expenses for BSC minority and underrepresented students to participate in the upcoming annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS) to be held in Orlando, FL. The award covers grant-related activities from July, 2010-June, 2011.
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Members of the New Mexico State Police investigate a crime scene Thursday morning on Roosevelt Road N 1/2 southeast of Portales where a burned-out car was found. (CNJ staff photo: Eric Kluth)
By Kevin Wilson: Freedom Newspapers
Two bodies found Thursday in a burned car southeast of Portales were still not identified on Friday. But law-enforcement officials said they have found a blue pickup that may be connected to the deaths.
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Authorities have released the name of a 48-year-old man who died in a recreational vehicle fire in Racine.
The Racine County medical examiner's office identified the victim as Peter Johnson.
Firefighters were called to the RV fire late Monday night. After putting out the fire, firefighters discovered Johnson's body in the motor home.
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- Title
- Open access broadband networks in Alberta, Singapore, Australia and New Zealand
- Author(s)
- Middleton, Catherine A.; Given, Jock
- Abstract
- In policy debates about the appropriate regulation of next generation fibre access networks, a good deal of attention has been paid to various forms of 'separation' between network, wholesale and retail operations. This discussion is no longer theoretical, because 'open access' next generation networks are now operating or being constructed. This paper investigates four different models around the world, each at different stages of deployment: (1) Alberta, Canada, where a commercial company Axia has been operating the province-wide 'SuperNet' since 2005. This is an optic fibre network connecting 4700 sites (provincial government and municipality offices, health and education sites, libraries) in 27 urban and 402 rural communities. Axia is the government's service provider across the whole network and the wholesaler of capacity to retail providers in the rural communities; (2) Singapore, where a network is under construction taking fibre to 1.12 million residential premises and 152,000 other premises. Separate companies are building the physical infrastructure ('Net Co') and installing the electronics and network termination devices in customer premises and operating the network ('Op Co'); (3) Australia, where a national FTTP network is being built to reach 93% of households and businesses. Wireless will be used to deliver download speeds of at least 12 Mbps to the other 7%. Around 200,000 households will get FTTP in Tasmania, where services commenced in mid-2010; and (4) New Zealand, where the national government has promised 'superfast broadband' within six years to all businesses, schools and health services, greenfields developments and some residential users, and to 75% of the population within ten years. Drawing on interviews conducted in the four territories in 2009 and 2010, the paper will investigate the common, contrasting and unique features of these four models.
- Publication type
- Working paper
- Research centre
- Swinburne University of Technology
- Source
- Ted Rogers School of Information Technology Management Publications and Research series, Research paper no. 23
- Publication year
- 2010
- FOR Code(s)
- 160503 Communications and Media Policy
- Keyword(s)
- Australia; Broadband networks; Canada; Case studies; Fibre access networks; Internet access; National broadband networks; Singapore; SuperNet; Telecommunications policy
- Publisher
- Ryerson University
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- Copyright © 2010. Published version of this paper reproduced with the kind permission of the publisher.
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- This paper was previously presented at the 38th Research Conference on Communication, Information and Internet Policy (TPRC) in October 2010. For more information, see: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.3/149586. This research was supported by a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada grant: Developing Next Generation Broadband Infrastructure: Learning from Australia's National Broadband Network (Investigators: Catherine Middleton, Ryerson University, Canada, and Jock Given, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia). See http://www.broadbandresearch.ca/nextgen for project details.
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Climate change will affect human settlements. Settlements that depend heavily on commercial
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risk are low-lying areas and deltas, large coastal cities, squatter camps located in flood plains and
on steep hillsides, settlements in forested areas where seasonal wildfires may increase, and
settlements stressed by population growth, poverty and environmental degradation. In all cases, the
poorest people will be the most affected. Though climate change will often have less impact on this
sector than will economic development, technological change, and other social and environmental
forces, it is likely to exacerbate the total stress on settlements.
Infrastructure will become more vulnerable to flooding and landslides. More intense and
frequent precipitation events are expected to intensify urban flooding. The flood risks may also
increase for settlements along rivers and within flood plains. The risk of more landslides is
greatest for hillside areas.
Tropical cyclones are expected to become more destructive in some areas. Also known as
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could create problems with water quality.
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drier weather will combine with other factors to affect the risk of fire.
Agriculture and fisheries are sensitive to climate change. In some cases agricultural yields
may be reduced by up to several tens of percent as a result of hotter weather, greater evaporation,
and lower precipitation, particularly in mid-continental growing regions. However, other regions may
benefit and could experience higher yields. Fisheries will be affected because changes in ocean
conditions caused by warming can substantially impact the locations and types of target species.
Heat waves would become a greater threat to human health and productivity. Heat waves have
their most severe effects on the old, the chronically ill and the very young. The likely effects on
the overall death rate are less clear. Stronger urban heat-island effects would further exacerbate
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coastal defense systems. Several industries such as tourism and recreation – the principle
earners for many island economies – are particularly dependent on coastal resources.
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fill summer streams, and more demand for freshwater supplies would affect hydropower production.
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foundations for structures. Other impacts would include greater damage from freeze-thaw cycles. In
addition, melting permafrost is thought to be a source of methane and carbon dioxide emissions.
Local capacity is critical to successful adaptation. The capacity of local communities to
adapt tends to be strongly correlated with wealth, human capital and institutional strength. The most
effective sustainable solutions are those that are strongly supported – and often developed
– locally. The role of higher-level bodies is then to provide technical assistance and
institutional support. A clear message for policy-makers is to always anticipate the likely future
impacts of climate change when they take decisions regarding human settlements and make investments
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Wineke on friend, colleague Peter Brinkman
I met Peter Brinkman 50 years ago. He was the newly-appointed associate director of the Bethel Bible Study and I was the not-yet-official religion reporter for the Wisconsin State Journal.
We quickly became buddies -- as did about half of Madison, I suspect. Anyone who claimed to be anyone in the religious world, from the Dalai Lama of Tibet to nuns at St. Mary's Hospital Medical Center, had Peter on their speed dials.
Peter died Wednesday night of heart failure. He was 78 and he was, quite simply, the most Christian man I have ever encountered, which might not have been immediately obvious.
Peter didn't glide along in pietist obscurity. He ate a lot. He laughed a lot. During the first quarter century of our friendship we drank a lot and smoked cigarettes a lot. During the second quarter-century we neither drank nor smoked, but we did play golf when we were supposed to be working.
Peter traveled the world for the Adult Christian Education Foundation, which sponsored the international Bible study program. He later served a decade or so as associate pastor of Immanuel Lutheran Church. When he retired from Immanuel, the church sponsored a big dinner for him, during which he announced, "Some people think I won't be able to stop working; just watch me!"
That lasted about a week, and then he became the associate director of the International Committee for the Peace Council and started traveling the world again.
Peter was always the associate director of something or another; he was discovered by charismatic people who asked him to put their dreams into concrete form -- and he did.
The thing about Peter is that he was an incredibly humble man, the kind of guy who was just as interested in the janitor's thoughts as in the thoughts of a world-famed theologian.
He was always cheerful, except at those times when I was supposed to pick him up for lunch and I was late. Peter really didn't like to be late for meals.
So why was Peter the most Christian man I have encountered?
I think because he just accepted joyfully the wondrous individual God created him to be. He didn't feel any need to defend his faith; it was part of him. Nor did he feel any need to argue his religion with others. He marveled at the depth of faith he found in Buddhists, Muslims, Jews, Hindus and a variety of faiths I never even heard of before I met Peter.
He wasn't a perfect man. He and Pat were married for 55 years and often, when Peter and I had lunch, he'd shake his head and say, "You know, if Pat hadn't stood by me when I was screwing up, I'd have lost everything I now find important and I'd have never even known what I missed."
Which is the other reason Peter was the most Christian man I knew. He understood grace. He understood being the recipient of grace, and he understood being the giver of grace.
His biggest fear was that he would end up in the medical care "system," ending his life in a hospital bed tethered to tubes and being unable to live and unable to die.
That didn't happen. He managed to take yet another job in his 70s, as a fund raiser for the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod and he worked until days before his death.
In the end, Peter was the grand recipient of God's grace.
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"What a tremendous blessing! You have come into our life just in time to defend our faith. We are growing from your great work. God bless you all."
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Substance use disorder
Also known as: Substance abuse, Chemical use, Chemical abuse, Drug addiction, Addiction - drug or Dependence on drugs
- Opiates and narcotics are powerful painkillers that cause drowsiness and sometimes intense feelings of well-being, elation, happiness, excitement, and joy. These include heroin, opium, codeine, and [[1007489|narcotic pain medicines]] that may be prescribed by a doctor or bought illegally.
- Stimulants are drugs that stimulate the brain and nervous system. They include amphetamines, [[1000946|cocaine]], and drugs used to treat ADHD, such as methylphenidate (Ritalin). A person can start needing higher amounts of these drugs to feel the same effect.
- Depressants cause drowsiness and reduce anxiety. They include alcohol, barbiturates, benzodiazepines (Valium, Ativan, Xanax), chloral hydrate, and paraldehyde. Using these substances can lead to addiction.
- LSD, mescaline, psilocybin ("mushrooms"), and phencyclidine (PCP or "angel dust") can cause a person to see things that are not there (hallucinations) and can lead to psychological addiction.
- [[1001945|Marijuana (cannabis)]] and hashish
- Experimental use -- typically involves peers, done for recreational use; the user may enjoy defying parents or other authority figures.
- Regular use -- the user misses more and more school or work; worries about losing drug source; uses drugs to "fix" negative feelings; begins to stay away from friends and family; may change friends to those who are regular users; shows increased tolerance and ability to "handle" the drug.
- Problem or risky use -- the user loses any motivation; does not care about school and work; has obvious behavior changes; thinking about drug use is more important than all other interests, including relationships; the user becomes secretive; may begin dealing drugs to help support habit; use of other, harder drugs may increase; legal problems may increase.
- Addiction (dependence) -- cannot face daily life without drugs; denies problem; physical condition gets worse; loss of "control" over use; may become suicidal; financial and legal problems get worse; may have broken ties with family members or friends.
- Confusion
- Continuing to use drugs even when health, work, or family are being harmed
- Episodes of violence
- Hostility when confronted about drug dependence
- Lack of control over drug abuse - being unable to stop or reduce alcohol intake
- Making excuses to use drugs
- Missing work or school, or a decrease in performance
- Need for daily or regular drug use to function
- Neglecting to eat
- Not caring about physical appearance
- No longer taking part in activities because of drug abuse
- Secretive behavior to hide drug use
- Using drugs even when alone
- People with drug overdose may need emergency treatment in the hospital. The exact treatment depends on the drug used.
- Detoxification (detox) is the withdrawal of the substance abruptly in an environment where there is good support. Detoxification can be done on an inpatient or outpatient basis.
- At times, another drug with a similar action or effect on the body is taken, as the dose is slowly decreased to reduce the side effects and risks of withdrawal. For example, with narcotic addiction, methadone or similar drugs may be used to prevent withdrawal and continued use.
- Depression
- Cancer-- for example, mouth and stomach cancer are linked to alcohol abuse and dependence
- Infection with HIV, or hepatitis B or C through shared needles
- Loss of job
- Problems with memory and concentration-- for example with hallucinogen use, including marijuana (THC)
- Problems with the law
- Relationship breakup
- Unsafe sexual practices, which may result in unwanted pregnancies, sexually transmitted diseases, HIV, or hepatitis B
Substance use disorder occurs when a person needs alcohol or another substance (drug) to function normally. Abruptly stopping the substance leads to withdrawal symptoms.
Addiction means that a person has a strong urge to use the substance and cannot stop, even if they want to. Tolerance to a substance (needing a higher dose to get the same effect) is usually part of addiction.
This disorder is also called substance abuse.
The exact cause of substance use disorder is not known. A person's genes, the action of the drug, peer pressure, emotional distress, [[1003211|anxiety]], [[1003213|depression]], and environmental [[1003211|stress]] can all be factors.
At least half of those who become addicted have [[1000945|depression]], [[1001551|attention deficit disorder]], [[1000925|post-traumatic stress disorder]], or another mental problem. A stressful or chaotic lifestyle and low self-esteem are also common.
Children who grow up seeing their parents using drugs may have a high risk of developing an addiction later in life for both environmental and genetic reasons.
Commonly abused substances include:
There are several stages of drug use that may lead to addiction. Young people seem to move more quickly through the stages than do adults. Stages are:
Symptoms and behaviors of drug use include:
Exams and Tests
Drug tests (toxicology screens) on blood and urine samples can show many chemicals and drugs in the body. How sensitive the test is depends on the drug itself, when the drug was taken, and the testing laboratory. Blood tests are more likely to find a drug than urine tests, though urine drug screens are done more often.
Substance use disorder is a serious condition and not easy to treat. The best care and treatment involves trained professionals.
Treatment begins with recognizing the problem. Though "denial" is a common symptom of addiction, people who are addicted have far less denial if they are treated with empathy and respect, rather than told what to do or being confronted.
The substance may either be slowly withdrawn or stopped abruptly. Support for physical and emotional symptoms, as well as staying drug free (abstinence) are also key to treatment:
Residential treatment programs monitor and address possible withdrawal symptoms and behaviors. These programs use techniques to get users to recognize their behaviors and learn how not to go back to using (relapse).
If the person also has depression or another mental health disorder, it should be treated. In many cases, a person starts using drugs to try to self-treat mental illness.
Support Groups
Many support groups are available in the community. They include Narcotics Anonymous (NA), Alateen, and Al-Anon. Most of these groups follow the 12-Step program used in Alcoholics Anonymous (AA). SMART Recovery and LifeRing are programs that do not use the 12-step approach. You can find other support groups on the internet.
Outlook (Prognosis)
Substance use may lead to a fatal overdose. Some people start taking the substances again (relapse) after they have stopped.
Complications of substance use include:
When to Contact a Medical Professional
Call for an appointment with your health care provider if you or a family member is addicted to drugs and would like to get off of them. Also call if you have been cut off from your drug supply and are at risk of withdrawal. Most employers also offer referral services for their employees with substance use problems.
Drug education programs can be helpful. Parents can have a strong influence on their children by teaching them about the harms of using substances.
Kowalchuk A, Reed BC. Drug abuse. Rakel RE, Rakel DP, eds. Textbook of Family Medicine. 8th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Elsevier Saunders; 2011:chap 51.
National Institute on Drug Abuse. Drugs, brains, and behavior: the science of addiction. Revised August 2010. Available at: http://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/science-addiction. Accessed on: February 24, 2014.
Stager MM. Substance abuse. In: Kliegman RM, Stanton BF, St. Geme JW III, et al., eds. Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics. 19th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Elsevier Saunders; 2011:chap 108.
Weiss RD. Drug abuse and dependence. In: Goldman L, Shafer AI, eds. Goldman's Cecil Medicine. 24th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Elsevier Saunders; 2011:chap 33.
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- November 13, 2014
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- Fred K. Berger, MD, Addiction and Forensic Psychiatrist, Scripps Memorial Hospital, La Jolla, California. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Isla Ogilvie, PhD, and the A.D.A.M. Editorial team.
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Find Your Passion: Oorah! A Marine and a President
By Chloe LeBaron
Cullen Millsap had all the qualities of a student leader before ever enrolling in his first class on The University of Alabama campus.
Millsap, a Mobile native, returned to UA after serving two tours of duty in Iraq as a Marine. The 24-year-old joined the Marines after high school graduation.
Now, the UA senior is president of Phi Delta Theta fraternity, sharing his leadership skills for the benefit of others.
"The good thing that comes out of serving … is that it gives you a different outlook on things. Had I not gone to the war, I would have been that guy who sits in the back of class and doesn't achieve much. But, now I do my best and try my hardest," Millsap says.
His fraternity brothers say Millsap has earned respect across campus.
"Most of the presidents of fraternities know who Cullen is and know what he has done," says Scott Hines, a member of Millsap's fraternity. "Everyone respects him and looks up to him. That's the cool thing about Cullen – he's such a good president to have because you know he has experienced so much and knows what he is talking about."
Millsap served his first tour from June 2004-May 2005.
"I was 18, fresh out of high school, and still naive," Millsap says. "I didn't know anything about anything. When I got back I had a deeper understanding of life and the war and could explain it better."
Upon returning, he enrolled at UA as a restaurant and hospitality major and pledged Phi Delta Theta fraternity.
"The transition was a little more stressful than I initially expected. I went from waking up at all hours, constantly being on the go and never really knowing where you will be the next day, to the only responsibility I had was to wake up in time for class and do my homework," he recalls.
At that same time, Millsap was requesting a return to Iraq for a second tour. Millsap, a product of a military family, says there wasn't even a moment of hesitation about what he should do when he learned friends from his first tour were being redeployed. The choice, he says, was clear. He was going with them.
Millsap was redeployed in June 2006. "The second tour was easier than the first, emotionally," he says. He credits this to maturation. He says there was also considerably less combat fighting and fewer casualties in his unit. During his second tour, he worked mostly in the reconnaissance operating center.
During his first tour, one of Millsap's friends and fellow Marines, Philip Schermer, drove over a land mine in a military truck. The explosion shattered his foot. He was sent back to the United States to recover. At his tour's conclusion, Millsap was reunited with his injured friend. The two made a pact. They would both become presidents of their fraternity and graduate from college.
Now both seniors, they are, indeed, both presidents of their fraternities – Millsap at The University of Alabama and Schermer at Auburn University. They both happened to pledge Phi Delta Theta and now share graduation as a goal.
While Millsap is slightly older than the rest of his UA classmates, he's had, he says, "tremendous life experiences." They have affected who he is and what he can contribute.
"The military has always been a part of my life," Millsap says. "After graduation, I hope to be accepted into Officer Candidate School and become a military officer with more responsibility."
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Chloe LeBaron is a recent graduate of The University of Alabama College of Communication and Information Sciences. She was a student intern in the UA Office of Media Relations during the spring 2009 semester.
This story is part of the Find Your Passion series. To learn more about how you can find your passion at The University of Alabama, please visit UA Undergraduate Admissions.


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#174 - iknowimawesome
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66 thousand views. 3000 thumbs. Gotta love the front page
#185 to #174 - ShockedNaziwho the **** do you think you are?
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#187 to #185 - iknowimawesome
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Just someone here to point out the obvious.
And who are you?
And who are you?
#200 to #187 - blazedallday
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I don't give a **** who you are or where you live. You can count on me to be there to bring your ******* life to a hellish end. I'll put you in so much ******* pain that it'll make Jesus being nailed to a cross in the desert look like a ******* back massage on a tropical island. I don't give a **** how many thumbs you have or how tough you are IRL, how well you can fight, or how many ******* guns you own to protect yourself. I'll ******* show up at your house when you aren't home. I'll turn all the lights on in your house, leave all the water running, open your fridge door and not close it, and turn your gas stove burners on and let them waste gas. You're going to start stressing the **** out, your blood pressure will triple, and you'll have a ******* heart attack. You'll go to the hospital for a heart operation, and the last thing you'll see when you're being put under in the operating room is me hovering above you, dressed like a doctor. When you wake up after being operated on, wondering what ticking time bomb is in your chest waiting to go off. You'll recover fully from your heart surgery. And when you walk out the front door of the hospital to go home I'll run you over with my ******* car out of no where and kill you. I just want you to know how easily I could ******* destroy your pathetic excuse of a life, but how I'd rather go to a great ****** length to make sure your last remaining days are spent in a living, breathing ******* hell. It's too late to save yourself, but don't bother committing suicide either… I'll ******* resuscitate you and kill you again myself you bitch-faced phaggot. Welcome to hell, population: you
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That's a very creative way to kill someone.
On a side note, is someone having a bad day? Care to vent a bit?
On a side note, is someone having a bad day? Care to vent a bit?
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You know, sometimes I just don't know what to say about assholes like you. You come in here thinking you know your **** when clearly you don't. What about the thumbs down asshole? Didn't care to count them did you now you ******* ignorant ****? *********** like you are the reason we can't have nice things. 1 minute ago I was just browsing the internet looking for some ******* nice pictures to give my ******* laughs to and then I see your cancer comment with faggot spread all over it and BAM it's gone. Hope you burn in hell faggot.
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Sorry, 3189 thumbs up, and 94 thumbs down.
You ******* happy?
If you're that ******* angry, then go rant at someone else. I'm not your rag-doll.
You ******* happy?
If you're that ******* angry, then go rant at someone else. I'm not your rag-doll.


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Vt. judge to ask Elks to explain lack of payment
MONTPELIER A judge is expected to ask the Hartford Elks lodge to explain why it hasnt paid an estimated $709,000 owed to victims and lawyers in a sex discrimination case.
Judge Robert Bench said Wednesday during a hearing in the case that he plans to order officials of the lodge to appear in court.
Four women and the Human Rights Commission sued the Elks after seven women were denied membership to the then all-male lodge in 1996.
A year earlier, the national Elks organization abolished its requirement that restricted membership to men.
But the Hartford Lodge said the women were denied for reasons other than gender. A jury found the lodge had violated state law by discriminating against the women because of their gender.
The Elks have reportedly refused to pay the damage award and mounting lawyer fees since then and have recently started storing income in a safe instead of a bank account so it cant be seized by court order.
The corporation is in the business of hiding assets. Thats what they do, Edwin Ted Hobson, attorney for the women, told the judge.
Richard Blodgett, the Hartford Elks current exalted leader, said h told Bench that he didnt know the amount of money in the safe and said the Hartford Elks was willing to work out a monthly payment system with Hobson. That sounded like a logical outcome, said the judge, but he also said years have passed with the Elks making no effort to pay as yet.
There needs to be some mechanism to bring this thing to an end in some orderly way, he said.MORE IN Vermont NewsMONTPELIER Rep. Peter Welch, D-Vt. Full StoryVermont Attorney General Bill Sorrell plans to join the U.S. Full StoryAs Rutland prepares to welcome Syrian refugees to its community, some are continuing to voice... Full Story
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How well do you keep a secret? When your best friend tells you something in confidence, do you tell your husband and no-one else? Do you tell a small circle of friends and hope they'll keep it in the circle? In my experience, keeping a secret that doesn't involve our personal safety is rare and difficult.
So I was surprised to learn my best friend kept a secret about another friend for almost 50 years. I will be sure to trust her with my future secrets, as I have in the past. A mutual friend's mother died last month and when I was told, all my friend the secret-keeper would say was "You'll read about it in the Times."
She was right. On the morning of the shiva, a prominent editorial obituary appeared on my breakfast table. It featured a photograph of a woman bearing a striking resemblance to our friend, in 1940s dress and handcuffs being escorted by Federal agents. Her story was straight out of a John LeCarré novel.
When my friend's mother was a young woman in the post World War II era, a lot of intellectuals were curious about the different political movements taking shape in places like Russia. A Barnard graduate with a record of achievement and a good-citizenship award from high school, she had a job as a political analyst for the Justice Department. Although she never discussed her history with her daughter, her obituary in the Times says she fell in love with a Soviet agent after meeting him at the Museum of Modern Art in Manhattan, a famous hangout for "intellectuals" then and now. She always maintained her innocence, saying her only crime was "that I knew a Russian."
In a sting worthy of "The French Connection," she was found with government documents in the company of her Russian friend and arrested for espionage under the Third Avenue elevated train in Manhattan in the spring of 1949. She remained free on bail until her conviction was overturned in 1952 because the arrest was conducted without a proper search warrant. While her appeals were pending, she married her lawyer, our friend's father. They remained married at her death, having raised four children in relative obscurity in a Brooklyn brownstone.
The stigma of her arrest followed her and her family, however. Although she did not discuss her history with her children, the parents of her children's friends were not always so discreet. I never knew the extent of her family's secret, but I knew there was one.
In an era of reality shows and all-too-public public personalities, keeping a secret like this one may be hard to imagine. My grandfather retired from the Air Force as a captain. He was an intelligence officer in World War II, which delighted my brother and me when we learned of it as teenagers during the Cold War. "Grandpa was a spy!" we chanted gleefully to our mother's chagrin. He would neither confirm nor deny this assertion when confronted, but I always thought I detected a glint in his blue eyes when we pressed him for the truth. He, of course, was on the right side of the spy game if he was, and thus stigma-free. As far as I know, he went to his grave carrying secrets only his priest and his commanding officers were privy to. How many of us could say the same?


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|Abstract: To require the labeling of human drugs approved under section 505 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to include a toll-free number for reports of adverse events, and a statement that the number is to be used for reporting purposes only and not to receive medical advice.
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Slain Fort Drum Soldier Loved The Army, Parents Say
The parents of a soldier from New York City who was killed by insurgents in Afghanistan say he decided recently to make a career in the Army after serving for seven years.
Robert Ollis tells the Staten Island Advance in a story published Sunday evening that Staff Sgt. Michael H. Ollis "loved the Army, and he loved what he was doing."
In a telephone interview with 7 News, his father said all Michael Ollis ever wanted to be was a soldier.
"At the age of 17, he came to us and asked if we would please sign for him and we said yes, without a hesitation, because I knew his love for the country and my love for this country," his father said. "I could not say no."
The lieutenant colonel that gave his parents the news couldn't go into depth because of an Army investigation, but called Michael a hero.
Robert Ollis said they were told his son "went to the battle and didn't go away from it, and his actions saved lives."
The father says that after his son became a squad leader, he told his parents he had to make sure the soldiers under him got home.
The 24 year old infantryman died Wednesday in Ghani Province. Insurgents attacked his unit, which was based at Fort Drum. He was with the 10th Mountain Division's 2nd Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team.
Besides his parents, Michael Ollis leaves behind two sisters and five nieces and nephews. His parents say he fell in love with the north country while at Fort Drum
They say he hoped one day to retire in Sackets after getting out of the army.
Friends and relatives have created a memorial of flowers, flags and mementos on a fence in Ollis' Staten Island neighborhood.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo has ordered all flags at state-owned buildings to fly at half-staff on Wednesday in Ollis' honor.
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A year ago Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast and caused widespread destruction. A year later we're in the midst of an orgy of media overkill about the Meaning of It All. Why should one hurricane out of several a year that hit the continental United States still stir our memories a year later?
The main reason, of course, is that New Orleans, arguably the birthplace of America's most original contribution to world culture, jazz, and a city beloved by people all over the country and the world who have tasted its revels, was virtually destroyed, and it is uncertain if it will ever really come back.
Despite heroic efforts and heartwarming tales of self-reliance and helping hands, the future of one of America's premier cities still teeters on the edge of government-built levees that will hold up to Category 3 storms, might withstand Category 4 storms, but probably are insufficient should another Category 5, Katrina-like storm hit.
The storm also became a vehicle for critics of the Bush administration and a metaphor for the ineffectiveness of the Federal Emergency Management Administration, an agency traditionally headed by political hacks. But it wasn't only FEMA, which, among other things, turned away three Wal-Mart trailer trucks loaded with bottled water, that failed. State and local governments not only floundered but actively prevented the Red Cross and Salvation Army from going into the city with relief supplies in the crucial first hours.
Now, a year later, more than half of New Orleans' former residents still have not returned, and rebuilding is excruciatingly slow. Why?
There are inescapable logistical reasons, of course. Much of New Orleans is built on land below the level of Lake Pontchartrain and the Mississippi River, and when the levees broke damage was done that can't be fixed with a few two-by-fours and some plasterboard. Houses that had stood for generations were devastated. Entire neighborhoods were wiped out, and people wonder whether the risk of rebuilding in such disaster-prone areas is worth it.
A significant portion of the reason why New Orleans is still in limbo, however, may stem from decades of over-reliance on the very institutions that failed to cope adequately with Katrina. Poor people especially have been encouraged to rely on government not only for rescue from disasters but for all the necessities of life. Forced by disaster and dysfunction to rely on their own resources, too many discovered how slim those resources were.
Post-Katrina rebuilding has been hindered, rather than helped, by government sclerosis. Endless commissions and advisory panels have dithered over whether an all-encompassing master plan should be imposed, delaying action by those who simply wanted to clean up their properties and get on with things their own way, the way New Orleans originally grew into one of the most memorable places on Earth.
Our druthers would be for the city to resist the impulse to impose a top-down master plan, but establish few regulations and encourage private-sector insurance and financial support that helps communities reemerge and homeowners rebuild lives. New Orleans may never again be what it once was — for better and for worse. The best way to find out what it can become is for government to get out of the way, not to lock the city in a suffocating embrace.
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This B list reality star from an A list reality show is being pulled out of school because she is failing. She never attends so is going to be home schooled. Riiiight.
Kylie Jenner
First CDaN post of the day ever by Heisenberg AND I nailed this blind too!!! What's crackin everyone!!!??ReplyCancel
Her parents should be ashamed but they're not. Morning errybody.ReplyCancel
I saw some interview with the young Jenner sisters and the interviewer kept asking about the book they "wrote" and they just kept answering "we don't want to give anything away-we want people to buy the book etc" it was OBVIOUS they did not read the book let alone write the book. and now they are infesting my city for the weekend where they will host an awards show. It is going to be a shit-show watching them not read the teleprompter properly…ReplyCancel
Isn't this the one who said on an awards show last month that she 'didn't read so good?'
Maybe they should start a special school for kids whose parents are pimpin' them out. Courtney Stodden could attend too.ReplyCancel
Good morning and afternoon everyone!
Is that like moderating a book club without having read the book, Derek? Asking for a friendReplyCancel
Way to go Lady H!
Talk about giving Homeschooling a bad name.
Haha! Hi TTM. You would never! Would you….?ReplyCancel
@Nutty- Don't give Seacrest anymore reality show ideas.ReplyCancel
hey TTM! It was just embarrassing—their answers full of "um-hmmm" and they kept looking at each-other every time the book was asked about. They did have vast knowledge on the subject of taking the perfect selfie and how hard it is to be worshiped lolReplyCancel
Thanks ya tall cup of handsome!ReplyCancel
Neverrrr, TNCReplyCancel
High five, Lady H!ReplyCancel
Don't knock selfie taking, that shite is hard! They should teach a class, there you go! Career = chosenReplyCancel
I liked my guess of Pumpkin and Mama June better. Though Mama June is a better mother than PMK!ReplyCancel
Good Stuff Lady H.
Afternoon everyone. Having a warm but dull day today. I'll take it over rain anytime. In this part of the world that counts as a good summer!
I never thought I'd miss the days when Paris Hilton was a bigger star than the Kardahians.ReplyCancel
@Derek haha "infesting my city", my daughter and her friend arrived in T.O. yesterday morning for the MMVAS. They hung out at the airport all day "welcoming" all the DigiFest YT stars and taking pics with them. Didn't see the Jenners and fortunately didn't care. She doesn't have ticks to the MMVAS but will just "stalk" the celebs haha BTW, she loves T.O.ReplyCancel
@ellashm—I am sure they will have a blast—lots of relevant celebs will also be thereReplyCancel
@Derek They're having a great time thus far! She also went last year for the first time and enjoyed herself. According to her, the celebs were way better last year. I think this year she would be happy just to meet Lorde and Ed Shereen. Last year, she stayed a few extra days so she went to Vancouver Island and Canada's Wonderland. She also LOVES the metro system compared to ours here in MTL. Every city has its good points and bad points.ReplyCancel
Home schooled for what? Porn?ReplyCancel
Finally, they have recognized a Kardashian/Jenner needs a much more comprehensive education than a regular school can provide! Her Fall course schedule has been posted and will keep her very busy. Let's take a look:
• Hooking 101
• Intro to Sex Tape Lighting and Camera Angles
• Advanced Natural Posing for Paparazzi
• Programming: iPhone and Speed Dial of Paparazzi
• Vagimatizing Rich, Successful Men
• Getting Peed on but not Seen as a Piece of Crap by the Public
• Christianity: Jesus Saves but Kardashians Earn
• Advanced Contract Writing: The Pre-Nup
• Glove Size and Acquittals
I agree TTM. ALL my selfies look like crap. Mostly because I'm in them.
Mornin all. Posting from Blanc Debris and trying to lure Orioles to the new feeder. Going bird watching in a bit at my friends place. Bitch be hoarding them at her lush estate. The abundance of food seems to help.ReplyCancel
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Ellashm – As many kids as they have between themselves, they may qualify as a school! Just don't tell her I told you, they might start wanting grant money.ReplyCancel
Hey Sherry. Those fickle bastards just stop at my house for a day or two and then split. I lay out enough oranges to give Anita Bryant a big O. Frickin' dine and dashers. Same thing with the Rose Breasted Grosbeaks. At least the hummingbirds like me.ReplyCancel
derek–do not leave the house. If you must venture out, please wear protective clothing at all times. No deep breathing…and keep moving so that the K Kooties can not catch you or attach onto you in any way. Good luck and hopefully there is still some cash left over for the city to fumigate itself upon the K infestation moving on to their next location.ReplyCancel
Why do the Jenner kartrashian need an edumacation?? Do you know how many college grads are on unemployment? ?ReplyCancel
LOL @Zeeky! KJ Homeschool Curriculum – you need to sell that to TMZ!ReplyCancel
@BeckyMae ahh no way no fair! I should be sitting in my Athens condo overlooking the Acropolis! instead Im stuck here with shitty weather watching the Greeks play soccer on my tv! Hope you're enjoying yourself! BTW, forget about the Mojtos and have a Frappe or a shot of Ouzo!ReplyCancel
Trilby – That's right! Beginner Botox, she's gonna audit that course over the summer. It's never too early for Botox!
TMZ might be a good buyer, but I'm thinking Will and Jada Smith would be better options. When it comes to schools, they'll open any darn thing!ReplyCancel
If 'normal' people allowed their daughters to be sexualised in the way their oxygen stealing mother does, they would be investigated by Social Services. When they are failing educationally and rarely attend school, that would also be investigated.
PMK isn't a momager she is an enabler and an abuser.
I'm not a first time poster. Mostly I'm too lazy to bother because someone has already said what I think. I also can't remember my old username from back in the day!ReplyCancel


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My bikes have been stolen. Both my blue Schwinn Cruiser and my custom made Tricycle. Please share this photo and help me look for them, especially the Trike. If you see anything that looks like the trike in any way, contact me or the police immediately. Craig Schuster, (901) 278-3489.
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A team of four Grand Valley State University students took second place at the 2011 Supply Chain Challenge held at Michigan State University April 7-8. Grand Valley placed first at the 2010 Supply Chain Challenge and second at the 2009 event.
Seidman College of Business students Greg Rotman, Anna Veldman, Alexandra VanderMoere and Allison Whipple, along with their advisors Ashok Kumar and Vivek Dalela, competed against 75 other participants from 16 universities around the state and country.
"We are so proud of the accomplishments of our students," said Jaideep Motwani, professor and chair of the Management Department in the Seidman College of Business. "We take a wholistic approach so our students learn all aspects of supply chain management. Their continued success in this competition and in the workplace and the dedication of our faculty has solidified our program's strong reputation nationally and internationally."
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VanderMoere said the simulation was like running a company. "We had to figure out every step from product to customer; we split into two teams with two of us handling supply and two handling demand," she said. Whipple said the supply chain program at Grand Valley is unique. "We were familiar with the process placed before us because of the coursework and class projects and simulations that are required in our major. The program gives us the skills needed to win competitions like this and find jobs."
Three of the four students graduated in April 2011 and have already found jobs. Veldman was hired as a buyer for Amphenol-Borisch in Kentwood, VanderMoere was hired as an inbound logistics coordinator for Irwin Seating in Grand Rapids, and Whipple was hired as a logistics coordinator for Chep in Orlando, Florida. Rotman is a senior at Grand Valley.
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The Twilight Zone: Unassisted Triple Play
If you missed this game, I pity you. Complete insanity. But let us begin at the beginning:
Going back to New York for the first time since leaving the Mets, Pedro Martinez had an eventful day on the mound.
However, his start on the mound was actually preceded by his first turn at the plate. The Phillies absolutely destroyed Mets starter Oliver Perez taking him deep twice in the 1st; both Jayson Werth's and Carlos Ruiz's homers scored 3 runs each. Down 6-0 with 2 outs, Perez had to face his old teammate and Martinez stood at the plate while Perez tossed three straight balls to him. With that 3-0 count, the Mets manager sprung from the dugout and took Perez out of the game mid-batter. To sum up the inning for Perez: total humiliation.
But the bottom of the 1st inning was no less eventful. The first batter of the game for the Mets hit what looked like a ground rule double to centerfield. As the ball jammed itself under the outfield padding, Shane Victorino threw his arms up in the air to tell the umpires that the ball was unplayable. Raul Ibanez saw that the umpires did not react and quickly snagged the ball and threw home, but the throw arrived too late and Angel Pagan wound up with an inside-the-park home run. Apparently, Victorino was unaware of the ground rules in the new Citi Field and balls stuck under the padding are still considered playable.
Both sides must have felt like they were entering the Twilight Zone after the weird start to the game. Martinez looked uncomfortable on the mound and was missing his spots badly. He allowed 4 runs in the first 3 innings but just when it looked like it was going to be a very bad day for him, Martinez settled in and pitched lights out for the next 3 innings. He was so good the last two innings, it looked like he might go out for the 7th, but Charlie Manuel decided to go to the bullpen. The Phillies are probably trying to continue to ease Martinez into longer outings little by little and did not want to risk an injury.
The Phillies scored a few more runs in the game and even Martinez helped himself to a hit and an RBI in the game. Victorino took a career high 3 walks in the game and Eric Bruntlett had 3 hits in a rare start at second base. But the insanity continued into the 9th inning and most of it had to do with Bruntlett.
Bruntlett hit a line drive to right field in the 9th and it was just barely caught by the outfielder; the umpire ruled he trapped the ball and it looked like Eric had a triple. But the Mets argued and the officials overturned the call; a call that, by the way, was NOT reviewable. Replays showed he did make the catch but he did not show the transfer from glove to hand to the umpire.
Then in the bottom of the ninth Brad Lidge took the mound and all hell broke loose. Ryan Howard missed a ball that rolled past him and gave the Mets a triple when it should have been the first out. The next batter hit the ball to Bruntlett who bobbled it for error #2; the run scored and still no outs. Daniel Murphy hit a single to make it 1st and 2nd, still no outs. And then the unbelievable happened; Jeff Francour, the same Met who caught the Bruntlett liner in the top of the 9th, hit a line drive to guess who? Eric Bruntlett. The runners were off on the pitch so Bruntlett caught the ball for one out, stepped on second for the next out and then tagged Murphy to complete the unassisted triple play! The unassisted triple play to END the game no less. OMG!
The announcers said that this was the first time ever that an unassisted triple play ended a game; but it is actually the 2nd time. Johnny Neun did it on 5/31/27 for the Tigers. But in all of baseball history, it was only the 15th time the unassisted triple play has ever happened. Two of those have now been completed by Phillies; Mickey Morandini did it on 9/20/92 for the Phils. You just saw history people; more rare than the no-hitter or even the perfect game; the unassisted triple play – AMAZING.
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Jenn, you should be a play-by-play announcer. You made that recap so entertaining I could almost see it. An unassisted triple play – and one that ended the game. Very rare indeed. Sounds like it was one crazy day!
Oh man unassisted triple play. I believe one of my friends was at Citi Field today to witness that feat. Anyways you sure have a nice recap of the game, maybe you should go to Citi Field when the Phillies play there next time, it shouldn't be a long drive if you live near Philly
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Thanks for the great recap, Jenn. I was on the road and only heard about this play after the fact. Amazing! Just another routine save for Lidge, lol. Reminded me a little of Lidge's division clinching save vs. the Nationals last year – a product of great fielding moreso than great pitching.
That play (and the two proceeding it) is why baseball is so great. I couldn't have dreamed that up myself.
The 2nd time in MLB history that has happened, to end a game. 2nd time! Wow, what a great feat accomplished by Bruntlett, see you should've kept him.🙂
All I can say about that play is this: you never know what you're gonna see at a ballgame.
What an amazinggggg play!! And the fact that it was against the Phillie's rival team the Mets, only made it sweeter for Phillies fans.
Jenn, you took the words right out of my mouth. Yesterday was indeed the twilight zone. We were only missing Rod Serling at the end of that game. Man, I'm still can't believe it happened, and I'd saw the blasted play unfold.