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Timothy M. Stapleton, 57, of Martinsburg, died Tuesday, June 18, 2013, due to a work-related accident.
Born Sept. 22, 1955, in Savannah, Ga., he is the son of Sally (Elmore) Pinkham Kimber of Syracuse, N.Y., and the late John Pinkham.
He was employed by the John C. Grimberg Company, Rockville, Md.
Tim was a loving and caring family man and cherished his grandchildren, who call him PaPa.
Along with his favorite dogs, Nyla and Samson, he was an avid motorcyclist.
In addition to his mother, he is survived by his wife, Sandra (Moxley) Stapleton; two sons, Russell and wife, Sunny, and Dustin Haines, both of Frederick, Md.; four grandchildren; two brothers, Steve Stapleton, of New York, and Michael Stapleton, of West Virginia; three sisters, Dale Sargent of New York, Kathy Faith Harrison, of Texas, and Tammy Maska, of New York; and sister-in-law, Diane Whitmore.
In addition to his father, he was preceded in death by a sister, Jacqueline Pinkham.
Memorial service will be held at 3 p.m. Monday, June 24, at Brown Funeral Home, with Pastor Matt Francis officiating.
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If you're Driving While Stressed, settle down or get off the road
By Jennifer Hadley 09/24/2009
Icrashed my car. Again. This time I was returning home from my morning coffee run to 7-Eleven. As I was pulling into my underground parking lot (which I do several times a day) I smacked the front end of my Xterra into a concrete wall (which I don't do as often). I wasn't hurt, and neither was my four-legged companion, Frankie. I can't say the same about my car. The driver-side front quarter panel is bashed to bits. Sigh.
I know that the statistics of driving while distracted show that we're far more prone to get in accidents when we're talking on the phone, eating, applying make-up, or dealing with children in the car. I also know that accidents happen far more often when we're drowsy. In my case, I wasn't distracted by any of those things, but arguably I was a little drowsy. I hadn't had my coffee yet.
But what I certainly was that morning was stressed out. Like so many small-business owners, I'm scared of losing everything I've worked for. I'm anxious because some of my clients have fallen way behind in paying me. And I'm taking on a great deal of extra work in an effort to supplement my income.
No doubt about it; I'm a bit of a nervous Nelly these days. So I had to wonder: Is being stressed out a driving distraction? Could my stress, or the stress that others are feeling with job losses, mounting debts, wars, you name it, actually make us less alert drivers?
I'm no therapist, but luckily my fellow Pasadena Weekly columnist, Patti Carmalt-Vener, is. Wasting no time, I called Patti to ask her if there was any merit to my theory that stress may in fact be considered a distraction while driving.
"Stress is a catchall word for any type of overwhelming emotion, such as feeling scared, angry or sad. Research has shown that strong emotions running through your body can lead to cognitive distortion," according to Carmalt-Vener. Moreover, she explained, "one of the ways the body defends itself against these overwhelming emotions is sleepiness." Hmmm. I liked where she was going with this; my theory was looking like it might hold some weight.
On the day of my crash, I was feeling overwhelming emotions of fear. This got me to thinking of how many others like me there are out there on the road, feeling overwhelmed.
What about the guy who got notice at five o'clock that he's being laid off, and now has to commute back home in rush-hour traffic? Or my friend, Judith, who is facing foreclosure and is being hounded day and night by creditors and banks? She's such a nervous wreck that she says she doesn't feel safe driving. But she has to drive, because she has to get to work. Is there anything we can do to make sure that we're not inadvertently putting ourselves and our fellow drivers at risk in our overwhelmed condition? Carmalt-Vener says there are a few things we can do. "Deal with the feelings before you get behind the wheel. Process them. Take a minute, call someone and talk about how angry, sad or fearful you are. Get it out." Note though, that Carmalt-Vener definitely advises against driving if you're tremendously upset.
To that end, I urge everyone to remember that driving really does require our full attention. Now the stress of having to fix my car, get a rental in the interim and pay my deductible is just adding more stress. I can't even fathom how much this stress would have been exacerbated had I hurt someone in an accident.
As for me, I'll be taking deep breaths before getting behind the wheel. And if that's not enough, my appointment is just going to have to wait until I can vent my frustrations to an open ear. I certainly don't need the added stress of being in another accident. Driving while stressed out is just not fair to my fellow drivers.
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- Electrophoretic chip for high-fidelity fractionation of double-stranded DNA
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- Sun, Kai; Li, Zheyu; Ueno, Kosei; Juodkazis, Saulius; Noji, Sumihare; Misawa, Hiroaki
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- We report the high fidelity, on-chip fractionation of selected segments front an electrophoretic flow of separated fragments. dsDNA fragments (10-330 base pairs (bp)) were initially separated using a 6.5 cm long channel with an electric field strength of 150 V/cm. As an example of the fractionation process, a target fragment of 20 bp was selected and extracted from the separation channel. The extraction was confirmed and evaluated by fluorescence imaging. High resolution and extraction fidelity were achieved by introducing new procedures for (i) extraction channel-blocking and (ii) segment transfer with cleaning. These procedures are necessary for the development of a practical, fully automated multitarget fractionation electrophoretic chip. A kind of CCD image processing method was introduced to monitor, control, and evaluate the procedure of fractionation. The resolution limits of the separation and extraction are discussed.
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On Friday, November 16, 2012, a small contingent from Cogswell College visited the campus of Independence High School in San Jose to offer interactive presentations that highlighted our Audio Production and 3D Modeling majors.
Tony Dias, a faculty member in our Digital Audio Technology degree program and Matt Bard, a student in our Digital Art and Animation degree program, lead the demonstrations. Paula Cruz, Community Outreach Specialist for Cogswell, facilitated the event.
Throughout the day the group provided 7 demonstrations for more than 1,000 students. The audio side of the presentation featured the magic of sound synthesis and the flexibility it gives sound designers. Tony provided samples of digitally created sound and then let the students experiment. Matt demonstrated the power of Zbrush and Maya, software programs widely used in the digital arts industry to bring characters and environments to life through color and texture and to animate characters.
Tony, as an alumnus of Independence High, also offered advice to the students including:
- Attend college or other professional training
- Learn how to learn and develop good problem-solving skills
- Be persistent and learn from failure
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While New York has lost a total of more than 123,000 manufacturing jobs since 2005, advanced and high-tech manufacturing jobs are thriving. Computer and electronic manufacturing industries increased employment by 9 percent from 2004 to 2008.
To spark more growth in high-tech manufacturing in New York and create more of these good-paying jobs right here, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced her new manufacturing agenda.
Senator Gillibrand's plan creates a Make It In America competitive grant program to help retool struggling manufacturers for the thriving fields of clean-tech and high-tech manufacturing, supports manufacturers specializing in clean energy technology, and leverages more private investment into New York's manufacturing hubs that have been hit hardest by the economic crisis.
"America was built by New York's manufacturing," Senator Gillibrand said. "Our manufacturers powered our economy through the 20th century, and will be the key to fueling our economy in the 21st century. It's time to see 'Made In America' again starting right here in New York. When we spark more growth in clean-tech and high-tech manufacturing, we'll reinvigorate New York's great manufacturing communities, start more new businesses, and create more family-supporting jobs right here where we need them the most."
Every corner of New York State has been crippled by manufacturing job loss. A recent report by the Public Policy Institute of New York State highlights that New York's manufacturing has been hit hard in comparison to other states around the country. Twenty years ago, nearly 1 million New Yorkers had jobs in manufacturing, but close to half of those jobs have been lost over the years and the state's manufacturing industry has suffered. In fact, 52 of New York's 62 counties have shown significant manufacturing job loss since 2001.
Across New York, a total of more than 123,000 manufacturing jobs were lost from 2005 to 2010, according to data from the New York State Department of Labor.
In the Hudson Valley, an estimate of more than 11,500 manufacturing jobs were lost from 2005 to 2010.
Manufacturing accounts for approximately 11 percent of the country's GDP and employs an estimated 11 million Americans. As America loses manufacturing operations, it also loses the innovation this sector provides to the overall economy, accounting for 70 percent research and development conducted in this country. Investments in manufacturing spur regional job creation. In fact, every dollar invested in manufacturing operations directly fosters $1.40 in economic activity, and every newly created manufacturing job creates 2.5 other new jobs across the local economy.
Manufacturing is key to maintaining America's competitive edge in new and emerging industries, providing high-paying jobs right here at home and an economic boost to local communities. In particular, tremendous opportunities exist for American manufacturing to tap into the growing $500 billion global market for clean technology.
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Police are asking for help finding a man accused of shooting at his girlfriend's parked car while her child was sitting inside.
Narcizo Soto Jr., 34, is charged with two counts of assault against a household member, shooting from or into a motor vehicle, abuse of a child, felon in possession of a firearm and other misdemeanor crimes associated with the incident, court records show.
Soto's girlfriend and the mother of his child drove to the police department just after midnight Feb. 26 after she said he shot at her car, according to information contained in a police report.
The woman said she was standing outside her vehicle and her 8-year-old child was seated in the passenger seat when Soto pulled up beside her and fired two rounds into the driver's side of her car and drove away, the report said.
No one was injured in the shooting.
Further investigation by police revealed after fleeing the scene, Soto crashed his vehicle in the 1400 block of Fourth Street and fled on foot, leaving his car behind.
Soto is described as 5 feet, 6 inches tall, weighing about 150 pounds with gray and black hair and brown eyes.
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WisDOT: 601 traffic deaths in 2012 in state
The Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) says there were 601 traffic deaths in 2012. That's 36 more, or about 6-percent higher, than 2011.
WisDOT says the number of fatalities ended a four-year streak of fewer than 600 annual traffic deaths. Before 2008 to 2011, the last time the state had four consecutive years of fewer than 600 traffic deaths was from 1924-1927.
In 2012, 101 motorcyclists died, as well as 13 motorcycle passengers, 44 pedestrians and 10 bicyclists.
Wisconsin State Patrol Major Sandra Huxtable said more than 80-percent of the motorcyclists who died in crashes last year did not wear helmets.
There was also a 37-percent increase in fatalities for passengers in automobiles and light trucks, according to the state patrol.
"The significant increase in passengers' deaths indicates that there were far too many vehicle occupants who likely died because they were not wearing safety belts and consequently were ejected from their vehicle or thrown around violently inside it in crashes," said Major Huxtable.
Huxtable says Wisconsin's seatbelt use rate is 80-percent, while the neighboring states have safety belt use rates of more than 90-percent. The national average is 86-percent.
"We must do everything we can to drive and ride responsibly and safely, every trip, every time, so we can one day reach zero preventable deaths in Wisconsin," Major Huxtable said.
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The 100 best British films
Time Out counts down the best British films, as chosen by the film industry
By Dave Calhoun, Tom Huddleston and David Jenkins, with Derek Adams, Geoff Andrew, Adam Lee Davies, Gareth Evans, Paul Fairclough and Wally Hammond. Explore the individual top tens of every contributor.
Kes (1969)
Dir Ken Loach (David Bradley, Lynne Perrie, Freddie Fletcher)
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As the tide of the 1960s began to recede, taking with it all that class-obsessed ee-by-'eck pub-jazz new wave chest-beating that had threatened to drag British cinema into some kind of socialist-modernist-industrial nightmare, the real realists were revealed, sitting quietly and waiting for someone to notice. And chief among them was (and still is) Ken Loach, this country's most relentless cinematic artisan, 47 years at the cultural coalface and still no sign of flagging.
'Kes' was Loach's second feature film, and just a few years later he was struggling to make work for cinema at all: proof, perhaps, that honesty isn't always the best policy. Because 'Kes' is, if nothing else, a powerfully honest piece of work, in its performances and relationships, its treatment of trapped lives, its sad-eyed acceptance of human failings. It's trite but true to say that Billy Casper stands for the crushed child in all of us, with his beloved kestrel as the soaring soul that school, work, family and society conspire to kill quietly in the woodshed.
But this isn't the true horror of the film. Because Loach is not just suggesting that Billy's fate is inevitable, but that it's necessary: in order to survive in this world of barking gym teachers, harried parents and brutalised big brothers (each of them once as open and inspired as Billy), he'll have to take his lumps and like it. And so 'Kes' remains devastating, the peak of British realism and one of the most heartbreaking works in all of cinema. TH


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MILFORD, PA — The historic Hotel Fauchere is sponsoring Pike County's first Food and Wine Faire in partnership with Upstate Wine Country, producers of wine festivals, beer festivals and other events celebrating agritourism throughout Eastern Pennsylvania and Central New York. The festival will be held Saturday, June 1 from 12 noon to 6 p.m. on the grounds directly behind the hotel.
The festival will feature an outdoor Garden Party and a series of indoor Meet the Chef/Meet the Vintner, food and wine pairings and workshops at the Hotel Fauchere. Upstate Wine Country, the event's presenters, will gather more than 20 vendors featuring an assortment of Pennsylvania's wines plus food, handcrafted items, jewelry and more.
General admission tickets cost $20 in advance and $30 at the gate. Designated driver/under 21 tickets are available in advance and at the gate for $5. Tickets are available at the Hotel Fauchere or online at www.upstatewinecountry.com/festivals/Milford-Food-Wine-Faire-2013 [1].


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I'm new here and also a first-time mom, so I'm not sure if what I'm experiencing is normal, but I haven't been able to find a lot of information on it. My nearly 12 week old boy has suddenly started rejecting me--not only the breast but ME TOO! For the past week, he has screamed his head off whenever I even attempt to put him in a breastfeeding position (cradle, reverse cradle, lying down, even semi upright, in a sling) and positively screeches if the breast comes anywhere near his mouth. He is nearly inconsolable at those times. He will only eat in a quasi cradle hold (facing me) with a bottle leaning down on my chest (similar to a breastfeeding position.) He won't eat sitting like he used to. UNLESS, Dad is feeding him or holding him -- he's completely cooperative with Dad.
He also has become totally averse to having skin contact with me and pulls away and screams until I place a blanket or cloth between us. He cries when I speak to him, carry him around, or even sing to him. If I hand him to Dad, he calms down right away. He also enjoys skin contact with Dad still. Did I do something to make my son have some serious negative association with me? Is it possible he is picking up on some sort of chemical imbalance with me that changed my smell? The avoidance of skin contact is really worrying me. He still drinks expressed milk happily, though I doubt my supply will stay up if he doesn't start breastfeeding again soon. He has always loved breastfeeding and always preferred it to the bottle until the past 7 days.
He is an absolute charmer and more predictable with Dad. He sees us about the same amount as I am working as much as Dad, so my time after work to breastfeed (and early in the mornings) is my usual "bonding" chill-out times with him. It's usually that he's so tired at the end of a day of daycare that he wants that bonding time with me and wants to nurse and/or suckle non-nutritively for as long as I'll let him.
Dietary wise -- I had cut out dairy to see if it was a cause of fussiness, excessive gas, and eczema. He has had some mild improvement in gas, the eczema is gone, but now he's totally fussy just towards me. Could cutting out dairy cause such a drastic change that he would not want to be near me (yet still drink expressed milk?)
I'm sorry for the rambling--this is all sudden and has me out of sorts. I was trying to take it in stride, but by the end of today I realized I haven't had a single positive interaction with my son for an entire week and just really broke down. Please, if anyone can shed some light on this I would greatly appreciate it.
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Spring Training: Kyle Kendrick finally has a good start as the Phils lose a close game, 2-1.
With Opening Day/Night now just two weeks away, Kyle Kendrick finally pitched a good game yesterday afternoon, as the Phillies lose a close one to the Minnesota Twins, 2-1.
Kyle Kendrick started the game for the Phils. In the first inning, he gave up two runs on ground ball hits that his infielders were unable to field, giving the Twins an early 2-0 lead. He would then settle down and pitch four shut out innings. Total, he pitched five innings, giving up two runs on five hits and a walk while striking out four. Clay Condrey followed him, pitching two scoreless innings, giving up three hits. Brad Lidge and Scott Eyre then took the mound, with both men pitching a shut out inning as they gave up a hit (Lidge) and a walk (Lidge) while striking out three Twins (Lidge (2), Eyre (1)). Kendrick took the lost, his grapefruit league record now at 1-3 with a 9.20 ERA.
The Phillies got only five hits in the game, with John Mayberry, Jr., leading the way with two hits. Eric Bruntlett, Chase Utley and Pedro Feliz got the other three hits, with Bruntlett's hit being a solo home run, knocking in the only Phils' run, as Twins' pitching keeps the bats silent.
Meantime, Cole Hamels pitched a bullpen session yesterday, saying that his elbow felt fine. He should be pitching in a minor league game this upcoming week. Hopefully, this means that he will be ready for Opening Night, if not actually be the Opening Night pitcher.
The Phillies next game will be played this afternoon against the Boston Red Sox. The game starts at 1:05 pm.
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I'm betting that you're happy that your BoSox put the Phils' bats to sleep yesterday? Well, there is always interleague play for the Phils to cause mischief with your team.🙂


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McHenry County attorney Herb Franks is a powerful man. He is well known for his work in both banking and worker's compensation law. He helped establish a number of area banks, each of which spawned a number of branches. If he had his way, though, Herb Franks would probably trade it all in to be a famous professional fisherman.
Franks lives on a farm just outside of Marengo with his wife, Eileen. They'll celebrate 56 years of wedded bliss next month. In fact, it was Eileen who encouraged Herb to take up fishing.
"She was the fisherman, not me," Franks said." She's from Tallahassee, Florida. She encouraged me to take up fishing because she always wanted to be fishing. I figured that if I ever wanted to spend time with her, I'd better take it up and go fishing with her."
Herb and Eileen raised three sons, one of which is State Rep. Jack Franks. All of the boys grew up to be fisherman and accompany the parents on the water whenever they can.
"I'm proud of the fact that Jack will always protect the rights of the sportsmen and protect our woods and waters as long as he holds public office," Franks said. "It's a good thing that fishermen have a friend serving in the House."
With Eileen's encouragement, Herb Franks took up fishing with a passion. His name began to get around when after winning a tournament, radio fishing show host Art Mercier interviewed him and asked him to take a trip with him to Canada's Great Bear Lake. They became friends and Mercier hosted him on his show regularly.
Franks was then asked to be a field tester for Garcia rods and reels. The venture ended abruptly.
"I just quit," said Franks. "They had me fishing tournaments and wanted to film everything. I was just focusing on the camera and not concentrating on fishing. I couldn't catch fish. I told them to just forget it."
Franks wanted to get into walleye tournaments but couldn't give up the weeks of time it took to be a professional, so he entered many PWT events as a co-angler.
"What a great experience. For a couple hundred bucks you get a chance to fish each day with some of the greatest fishermen in the world," Franks said. "I got to fish with all of them, "Mister Walleye" Gary Roach, Ron Seelhoff and Mike Gofron.
"All those guys know me because I am such a colorful character. We had fun and I did pretty well. Tommy Skarlis, one of the best, always had his amateur partner bake homemade cookies for him. These guys put food on their tables by winning money and I finally realized I was holding them back. They could have a better partner, so I stopped doing it."
Franks loves to travel to various locations in Canada to chase big fish. His bus trips with Secretary of State Jesse White, other well-known state politicos and radio wildman "Mancow" Muller are annual events.
He once hooked up with noted pro angler Mike Norris for a trip to Tazin Lake in the farthest corner of Saskatchewan. Pressed for time, Franks was able to arrange transportation on a private luxury Lear jet, which was better than a 14-hour bus ride.
"Herbie is a good friend and a serious fisherman," Norris said. "I always have a good time out on the water with Herb Franks."
When asked which trip is his favorite, Franks had no hesitation in making the decision.
"My favorite fishing trip is the next one I'll be taking!" he said.
Herb Franks is 79 and not slowing down. He'll keep spending his days in the courtroom and his free time on the water.


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The dust has now settled on the 2008 Coachella festival in California and, despite boasting a bill that included the likes of Portishead, The Verve, The Raconteurs, Aphex Twin and Goldfrapp, most of the headlines have gone to a 49-year old chap who recently had a hip replacement: Prince.
As a long-term fan of the man, the only thing that surprises me about the ecstatic reaction to Prince's performance is that anyone was surprised by it. People seem to forget just how good he is, so when he pops up to deliver another yet show-stopping set– be it at the 2006 Brit Awards, the 2007 Super Bowl or at Coachella (complete with cover of Radiohead's Creep) – there's widespread wonderment.
But, whatever you think of his recent albums – and some of them have been patchy to say the least – the fact is that Prince is still the consummate superstar. While some artists take to the stage almost apologetically, he works it with a cocksure arrogance. He's outrageously good and he knows it.
Prince is about more than attitude and showmanship, though: what should also be remembered is that he's a fantastic musician. No matter how many times I read that he's underrated as a guitarist it never gets any less true, and he's no slouch on the piano, bass or drums, either. In fact, I'd wager that whatever instrument you play, he can play it better.
Prince is the last of a dying breed – the all-star sing and dance man who can lead a band and take any role in it. We may not see his like again, so we should enjoy him while we can.
Now if only he'd play Glastonbury…
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Wow! Resorts World Genting, There's More To You Than I Ever Knew!
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"And in this round, we have Juli's team, up against their rivals for the championship of the Pyramid Game! Juli, you have to guess the answer based on descriptions given to you by your team mate. Remember to take note of some word exclusions. In order to win, you need to get ALL answers correct. Your 30 seconds starts…. NOW!"
Clue shows: GENTING (CANNOT USE 'CASINO')
Partner: CASINO!!
Me: Genting!!!
"I'm sorry, 'Genting' is correct but you mentioned a word in the clue and that's a disqualification. And that means… Team X is the champion for Season 2 of the Pyramid Game!"
Me: Aiya, why did you say 'Casino'?
Partner: Too nervous! I saw the word 'Genting' and that came to mind right away.
Me: Okie, never mind. I'm going on a trip up Genting with Nuffnang. I'll tell you more about Genting when I come back! ^_^*
HAHAHA! Total imaginary game show cooked up in my happy little world.
But that would be how things could have been played out based on my prior knowledge of Genting. To many of us, the first word that comes to mind when 'Genting' is mentioned is 'casino'. While that association is undeniably well-established, I now know that there is more to Genting than I had previously knew – EXPERIENCE LEVEL UP! – courtesy of Resorts World Genting and Nuffnang who made this trip possible for us.
Yes, SPONSORED TRIP. 😀 Woohoo!!!
Check out my poster face here.
Contest held by Nuffnang to win this free trip!
Add to the fact that 4 bloggers and 4 evangelists from Nuffnang came together to film ReelityTV Season 2, this experience was a truly unforgettable one for me!
I can only tell you <- so much -> what the activities were; you've got to wait for the episodes to be broadcasted! MUST WATCH OKIE!! Seriously, filming was so so so so so much fun!!! I'm a total newbie when it comes to filming as I don't even do YouTube videos so I don't know how I'll look when the episodes are aired.
Pray I don't look fat, sound funny, or have zero stage presence. I tried to channel my inner Running Man passion – you know, like they always stand in a line during the opening of each episode and joke around – and…… you'll see. HAHAHA!
Day 1
Being connected to cyberspace is of paramount importance to bloggers. Lol. And check out our phones! All the iPhones are in white! Great minds think alike and that makes eight of us.
The day ended with dinner at Genting Palace.


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Daily Log, April 7
Tiffin reports
A person reported Friday evening a man may have been hurting a woman and blood was on the walls in the first block of Minerva Street.
Olumide J. Olanrewaju, 21, of Tiffin, was charged with theft Friday night.
A person reported Saturday morning someone in the 100 block of Dallas Street was having problems with a nephew who lives next door not returning her property.
A person went to the station Saturday afternoon to report child abuse/neglect in the first block of Clinton Avenue.
A first-block Wentz Street man reported Saturday afternoon he was working in his garage and a man came up behind him. The man took off.
County reports
A woman reported Friday afternoon a house in the 500 block of South CR 23 was broken into and a pillowcase, jewelry and jewelry box were taken.
People from the 1000 block of West CR 48 went to the station Friday afternoon to report credit card fraud.
A 100-block West High Street man reported Friday afternoon his garage had tools and a bicycle taken from it.
Fostoria reports
A woman reported Friday afternoon someone stole her credit card numbers and had made purchases.
An ambulance and officer were requested in the 200 block of East North Street Friday afternoon for a boy bleeding profusely after being bitten by a dog. The report was to be forwarded to the dog warden.
An officer in the 200 block of East North Street advised Friday evening a boy was shot in the face with a BB gun.
A 200-block West South Street man reported Friday evening his 11-year-old son was throwing a ball at a child's head and was punching his brother.
A 200-block North Vine Street woman reported early Saturday morning her ex-boyfriend tore up her house and assaulted her. Both people had injuries and refused to press charges.
An altercation was reported in the 400 block of North Town Street Saturday morning.
Tiffin accident
A citation of assured clear distance ahead was issued after a two-vehicle, non-injury accident at Miami and Allen streets Friday afternoon.
County accident
A person went to Mercy Tiffin Hospital after a four-wheeler accident in the 6000 block of East US 224 Friday night.
Fostoria accidents
Scott E. Luce, 28, of Fostoria, was cited with failure to yield left turn after an accident at North Countyline and West Culbertson streets March 26.
Jason M. Gee, 31, of Kentucky, was cited with backing without due regard after an accident at West Jones and North Main streets March 27.
Sierra N. Avalon, 21, of Fostoria, was cited with assured clear distance ahead after an accident on Findlay Street Wednesday afternoon.
A two-vehicle accident was reported at Perry and West High streets Friday afternoon.
Tiffin firefighters were called to an alarm system activation at 255 Main St. Friday evening. There was no fire, and it was unintentional.
Bascom fire and EMS, Bettsville fire and Kansas fire were called to a possible grass fire Saturday afternoon.
Tiffin EMS had two squad runs Friday afternoon and one squad run early Saturday morning.
Bloomville fire and EMS had a squad run Saturday morning.
Green Springs fire and EMS and the Echo unit had a squad run Saturday morning.
New Riegel EMS, NBS fire and the Echo unit had a squad run Saturday afternoon.
Fostoria Municipal Court
Chad N. Welly, 514 E. Lytle St., pleaded guilty to protection order violation, 180 days jail, 150 days suspended, 11 days credit, two years community control, no contact with victim, counseling at Firelands, $406.
Emilee N. Davis, McCutchenville, pleaded no contest to no operator's license, $204; pleaded no contest to child restraint violation, $93.
Daniel J. Bohn, Findlay, operator vehicle impaired case dismissed, $18; pleaded no contest to operating vehicle impaired/refusal, 180 days jail, 160 days suspended, two-year license suspension, two years community control, counseling Firelands, ignition interlock, SCRAM CAM, no alcohol, prohibited from entering establishment where alcohol is sold unless food is primary business, $704; pleaded no contest to failure to control, $118.
Ryan M. Davis, 137 Fall St., pleaded no contest to disregarding safety, 30 days jail, 15 days suspended, two years community control, counseling FAC, ALS terminated, $568; operating vehicle impaired case dismissed, $18; pleaded no contest to improper backing, $68.
Duncan E. Haughawout, 804 Oaklawn Ave., operating vehicle impaired case dismissed, $18; pleaded no contest to operating vehicle impaired, 180 days jail, 168 days suspended, one-year license suspension, two years community control, SCRAM CAM, no alcohol, prohibited from entering establishment where serves alcohol unless food is primary business, $579; pleaded no contest to driving under Financial Responsibility Act suspension, $768; pleaded no contest to no operator's license, $118.
Lisa F. Marshall, Fostoria, pleaded no contest to yard parking violation, $143.
Shaquiel L. Taylor, 1231 Perrysburg Rd., Apt. I, two receiving stolen property preliminary waivers, bond continued, bound over to Seneca County Common Pleas.
Reginald P. Smith, Fostoria, pleaded no contest to disorderly conduct, $187.
Marquis J. Payne, 720 S. Poplar St., pleaded no contest to aggravated menacing, 180 days jail, 150 days suspended, four days credit, one-year community control, counseling Firelands, $291; pleaded no contest to resisting arrest, 90 days jail, 60 days suspended, $239; pleaded no contest to personal disorder violation, $214.


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For Immediate Release
November 9, 2011
Hersey High School social studies teacher singled out for national recognition
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS —The Illinois State Board of Education and the Milken Family Foundation announced today that Bradley Abel, a social studies teacher at John Hersey High School in Arlington Heights, has been chosen as the Illinois recipient of the Milken National Educator Award. Abel, a ninth-grade teacher, will receive $25,000 as part of the award.
"Brad is a young educator who is a natural teacher, leader and mentor. His commitment to helping students of all levels become successful learners is making a difference in the lives of students and teachers alike," said State Superintendent Christopher A. Koch. "We appreciate the Milken family's generosity in providing this caliber of award. Brad's hard work on co-creating curriculum for the school's AP classes resulted in increased student participation in AP courses and improved scores on AP exams. This is just one example of his teaching expertise."
Abel is not only a remarkable teacher, he is also the head coach for the Hersey girls soccer team, where he has also experienced success with his students. A dedicated community service advocate, Abel leads by example. Once a week he gives up his lunch hour for the "Service Over Self" program in which Hersey students travel to help at a school for students with special needs. Students serve as big brothers and sisters in this program. The impact Brad and his students have on one another highlights Brad's strengths in both teaching and leadership roles.
"His involvement in sports has made Brad very visible in the community and with kids. His coaching style mirrors his teaching style, always positive and encouraging," said Dr. Tina Cantrell, principal of Hersey High School. "I think one of his best strengths as a role model to kids is his ability to always offer positive reinforcement. He believes in our students and they know it."
Currently in his eighth year of teaching, Abel has become a valued leader and mentor to new teachers as well as veteran teachers. His ability to always see the positive and encourage others to do their best is equally as effective with his colleagues and students.
The Milken National Educator Award is given annually to teachers demonstrating exemplary skills and a personal commitment to education. Each winner receives $25,000 from the Milken Family Foundation, which they can use however they wish. Michael Milken, Co-Founder of the Foundation, was present at Wednesday's surprise announcement.
This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Milken Educator Awards. Since 1987 more than 2,500 educators across the country have been awarded a total of more than $63 million in individual, unrestricted awards. Illinois joined the Milken Educator Awards program in 1988 and to date 109 educators across the state have been named National Educators.


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Seven out of 10 countries using child soldiers receive U.S. military support, despite a U.S. law against it.
The past year has seen a 30-percent increase in the number of countries recruiting and using child soldiers, according to the annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report, just released by the U.S. Department of State.
Equally troubling is that some of those same countries receive military aid from the United States, despite the passage of the Child Soldier Prevention Act (CSPA) in 2008.
The 2013 TIP report identifies 10 countries using child soldiers in their military operations, compared to seven in the 2012 report. Those countries include:
Of those 10 countries, the United States provides military aid to Chad, DRC, Rwanda, Somalia, South Sudan, Yemen, and now, to the Syrian opposition.
The TIP report notes that both the Syrian army and opposition forces are compelling children to serve as fighters, porters, servants, and even executioners.
In this region in crisis, it's estimated that more than half of the nearly 6 million Syrian refugees and internally displaced people are children. According to the Child Soldier Initiative, the likelihood that a child will be forcibly recruited to fight in an armed group increases dramatically if that child is a refugee or internally displaced.
The CSPA was signed into law to curtail U.S. military assistance to governments that fail to demobilize and stop recruiting children into the armed forces or government-supported militias.
However, through a loophole in the law, the Obama administration has issued waivers to some violating countries. "The administration is not carrying out the law as it was intended," says Jesse Eaves, World Vision's policy advisor for children in crisis.
World Vision urges the Obama administration to not issue waivers to countries using child soldiers.
"The TIP report is a powerful tool for fighting human trafficking when it comes to sexual and labor exploitation, and the U.S. uses it effectively for positive change, both at home and abroad," says Eaves. "It's time for the U.S. government to do the same thing for children used as weapons of war."
Pray for the protection of children who are forced to fight in wars, and pray that offending countries would stop this tragic practice. Pray that the United States would do the right thing and refuse aid to countries that use child soldiers.
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GlobeImmune IPO not immune to global forces
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A variety of factors appear to have affected the IPO, industry watchers say. Several point to turmoil in the American stock markets as well as financial problems in European markets.
The Louisville-based company is developing therapeutic drugs for pancreatic cancer and for Hepatitis B and C, among other research projects.
Investors see biotechnology companies as a more risky bet than utility companies, for instance, so biotechnology companies are likely to do worse when it comes to raising money in an uncertain financial environment, said Dave Traylor, a managing director at Headwaters MB in Denver, an investment bank.
"There's uncertainty, and financial markets hate uncertainty," Traylor said. "It has nothing to do with GlobeImmune per se. It's just the general market malaise."
The GlobeImmune delay doesn't necessarily mean the IPO won't happen, said another prominent Colorado biotechnology-industry person who declined to be named. The person also declined to say whether the IPO would be withdrawn.
GlobeImmune filed documents on July 2 that said the company plans to raise $74.74 million by offering 5 million shares at a price range of $11 to $13. At that time, the company said it expected to use the money for future drug research and to prepare a manufacturing facility. The company plans to list on the Nasdaq national market under the ticker symbol GBIM.
Companies typically go public in a two-month window after filing IPO plans. There were no biotechnology IPOs in the second quarter from April to June, the first time the sector has had no such movement since 2008, Traylor said. There have only been three in the past year, he said, all in July.
"An IPO window is open when a lot of companies are filing," Traylor said. "The window is not open right now, for all intents and purposes."
Wells Fargo Securities and Piper Jaffray & Co. are joint book runners on the deal. Representatives from those national firms declined to speak about the delay, citing the quiet period surrounding an initial public offering required by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Company officials did not return calls for comment and have said in the past that they also are under the quiet period.
As of June 30, the company reported cash on hand of about $6 million and working capital of negative $3.8 million, according to documents filed with the SEC.
The company's drug products for cancer and infectious diseases are based on its proprietary Tarmogen platform, according to SEC documents. Tarmogens activate a patient's immune system by stimulating a group of white blood cells called T cells, which destroy infected or malignant cells in the body, according to the documents.
GlobeImmune's lead pancreatic cancer drug is undergoing clinical trials required by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration before a drug can be marketed and sold commercially. Altogether, GlobeImmune has four Tarmogen products going through five clinical trials.
GlobeImmune is backed by venture capital companies including Morganthaler Partners LLC in Boulder and HealthCare Ventures LLC in Cambridge, Massachusetts, each of which has a 14 percent stake, according to SEC filings. Sequel Venture Partners LLC and Wexford Capital LP in Greenwich, Connecticut, hold a 9 percent stakes in the company. Lilly Ventures I LLC in Indianapolis and Medica Venture Partners in Herzliya, Israel, each hold a 6 percent stake.
The company also is collaborating on research projects with other biotechnology heavyweights in the industry — Celgene Corp. (Nasdaq: CELG) in Summit, New Jersey, and Gilead Sciences Inc. (Nasdaq: GILD) in Foster City, California.
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curry vs shaq ... heres eddys chance 2 make a big statement across the league
This is the Official Game Thread. All game notes,predictions,in-game observations etc. belong in this thread.

7:30 PM, Monday, February 26th, 2007
Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
TV: Viper TV TVU (channel 20324)

RADIO: ESPN RADIO, 1050 am
New York Knicks: 25-32

PG	SG	SF	PF	C

Marbury	Crawford	Richardson	James	Curry

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Miami Heat: 27-28

PG	SG	SF	PF	C

Williams	Jones	Kapono	Haslem	O'Neal

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Man I am hoping for a win tonight at home against the Miami Heat! I am looking to see the knicks come out strong from the lose in New Jersey. Since D-Wade isn't there the knicks might win(What am I talking about last time D-Wade and Shaq didn't play the knicks were blown out) Go New York Go New York Go
Knicks need this one after losing to Jersey. Home game, no Wade.
No Lee though, he is listed as doubtful.
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Forget Shaq, im worried more about Alonzo Mourning... everytime we go against a great shot blocker they end up with like a career high.... remember Okafor.. what did he have like 10 at least -- look for alonzo to have about 7 or 8 blocks... curry is not gonna do anything on defense and i am gonna put my foot through my t.v. as he stands still and watches everyone grab rebounds over him all game .. He is very overrated .. he should be the first knick who is traded in the offseason
Well you were way off on that prediction bud. Curry went for 28 and 10 and if we coulda made some better lob passes he easily coulda went for 35. Marbury had a great 4th quarter i just wish he didn't turn it on for quarters at a time and played with that aggressiveness all the time. Solid win but if we can't back it up with some sort of winning streak it'll agian be pointless.
I never said he wouldnt score, he obviously is great on offense, i said he wouldnt play defense.. which for the most part was pretty accurate considering whoever he was guarding was scoring easily enough.. and he got dunked on pretty bad by alonzo... i think nate would have contested that dunk better than curry did... he actually did better with rebounding than i thought he would but its still not enough from him.. and yea i dunno watsup with marbury .. he looks like a different player all the time
curry is far from over-rated... he is turning himself into the most dominant center in the east. he was scoring @ will against zo n shaq which is pretty impressive. his defense might need some work but considering all the progress hes made this season i aint mad at him. between him and lee, they are 2 serious contenders for the most improved title.
and marbury exploded in the 4th which was good to see. i still think he needs to be a weapon in our offense in order for us to make the playoffs. he needs to drop a solid 20 pts n 5 assists or so. but the reason he hasnt been aggressive like he was in tonites 4th quarter is because jus like he said he's playing more of a pg roll then our #1 scoring option
it was an all around great team win... jamal did his job n hit the clutch shot like hes done so many times for us. can neone else smell the postseason?
get this curry hater outta here. what a solid game, although we prolly are the worst 3rd quarter team in the league i swear to God. marbury was fricken awesome, and curry just got to the stripe at will, thats one of the best games ive seen him play, he actually rebounded the ball well which was nice, with that being said, we need to go and handle business like we should in boston. I thiknk once we get over this back to back wins hump we will be much better off. go knicks and first and formost as always go stephon marbury, your my fricken hero.
Great game. The Knicks did all the little things yesterday to come out with the W. Bad third quarter. But Starbury had 18 points in the 4th. Curry was playing great he had 28pts and 11 rebounds. Overall I am pleased. But Orlando won yesterday so we are still fighting for that playoff spot
Curry Gets Best of Shaq
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Curry had only one assist, but recorded 28 points and 11 rebounds (both game highs) - so that should tell you the outcome.
In his first head-to-head matchup this season against Shaquille O'Neal, Curry earned a TKO, outplaying the future Hall of Famer during the Knicks' 99-93 victory over Miami.
Although the two didn't cover each other for much of the game, O'Neal (20 points, three rebounds) was plagued by foul trouble and minimized while Curry went off, scoring 16 points alone in the third quarter.
"I thought [Curry] took a giant step," Knicks coach Isiah Thomas said. "I want him to be respected by the Godfather, and the Godfather is Shaq.
"Hopefully this goes a long way in Shaq's mind and Alonzo's [Mourning's] mind that he is on the same playing field [Orlando's] Dwight Howard is on. It would be good if the Godfather anoints him also."
O'Neal said Curry played well, but he measured his praise.
"Not yet. Not yet," O'Neal said of the anointment. "You've gotta win first."
What was once an obvious mismatch has become a more compelling storyline. O'Neal needs another week or two to return to full strength off November knee surgery and Curry is enjoying a breakout year. Before last night's clash, Heat head coach Pat Riley said Curry has "absolutely" taken dominant strides this season.
"There's no doubt," Riley said. "He's probably right behind Shaq. He's more productive, right now, offensively, than Shaquille, but he hasn't been hurt. He's number one in points in the paint in the NBA. He's a load down there."


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What aspiring D lister and future porn star disappeared for a few weeks while she recovered from getting some work done to her face
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Courtney. At first I was like "what do you mean easy?" but it suddenly clicked.ReplyCancel
KK??????? Lol
Yeah, yeah, I know, not her…
Oh, I like the Courtney guest… but wasn't she supposed to be 18???ReplyCancel
I couldn't help but peep her twitter (sounds perveted!), she recently uploaded a photo with a decidedly fresher face so who knows….ReplyCancel
So how old do you think she really is? I never bought the "I'm 16 and my mom wants me to get married bc I'm in Wuv" bit.
The whole thing is creepy. I'm tired of fake boobs and plastic hair!!!ReplyCancel
Octomom…it has to be!ReplyCancel
I definitely would not have realized that was her!
How old is this trick, really?ReplyCancel
@aly – Do you really think Helen Mirren is an "aspiring D lister and future porn star"?!!?? LOLReplyCancel
lol @Amber that dress does look a Baywatch bathing suit with the bottom cut off and stretched out. I can't believe that we are living in a world now where an 18 year old needs work done to look younger.ReplyCancel
She looks so much better!! Now she might get the playboy spread!!!ReplyCancel
Did anyone else watch the clip for Couples Therapy? I need the bleach my eyes!!!
The therapist asked him why did he wait until she was 21 he said I didn't want to and touches her knee. She licks her lips. VOM!ReplyCancel
Why he didn't wait! Typos, sorry 🙁ReplyCancel
Does anyone have $30,000 I can borrow to fix my face and get new boobs. Wait maybe it costs more. 65K anyone? I want to be famous and trashy just like Courtney and land me an ole geezer who dresses like a surf boy and is too short to reach the top shelf! Sounds like a great plan!!!ReplyCancel
@maximus – I think that clip is enough forever. At least in the pics you can't hear them talk. Ack!!!ReplyCancel
That picture of her definitely looks different and actually better. BUT she needs to get rid of those stripper shoes! Don't get me wrong – I love high heals and have a huge collection, but those are ridiculous.ReplyCancel
I saw the picture this a.m. and would have never ever thought it was the same girl. Where do these freaks get their money?ReplyCancel
Maybe we can get Donald Trump to start the Stodden-Birther Movement, and find out how old she really is.
Sadly, I do believe she's 18. She's probably jumping on the Vivid bandwagon now that Hef turned her down. "Too fake for Playboy" has to be one of the signs of the apocalypse, right?ReplyCancel
Maximus: If we're to believe one of Himmmm's tales from some time ago, it started even earlier than that! He was visiting a producer friend in the latter's office when Courtney & her mom came traipsing in for an "audition" (the former was almost unspeakably awful, to the degree that Himmmm damn near pissed himself laughing in spite of trying very hard not to), and the whole sorry-assed mess ended w/Mom trying to pimp Courtney out for "partying" to one or both men…at the age of 13. Also, IIRC the insinuation was that mother and daughter were both willing to "party" together… *shudder* If this particular tale is true–and, unfortunately, I wouldn't be at all surprised if the gist of it is–then the whole sordid business probably started when she was even younger than 13.ReplyCancel
Courtney got her nose done and her hair color is much better. She really is pretty in the newest photos.ReplyCancel
MAN, she had a crapload of work done. Unrecognizable! http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2206061/A-class-act-Courtney-Stodden-steps-pair-towering-heels-heads-shopping-short-red-dress.htmlReplyCancel
Nose job, brow lift, chin reduction, lip plumping.ReplyCancel
She is what is wrong with LA and I don't mean the city per se. When my daughter was a baby she had terrible colic and the only thing that would make her calm down was a drive. So we would head out on Melrose heading to Beverly at 3 AM many mornings. You don't see them during the day. They blend in with everyone else. But at 3 AM at every stop light, every bus stop, kid with a backpack, kid with a backpack… Some of these kids weren't teenagers or if they were not by much. A week later I fired the nanny, took my kid and my clothes and got the hell out of there. I thought one day that will be my kid. And it would have been.ReplyCancel
I don't see too much of a change on Courtney other than she is not wearing whorish frosted pink lipstick and she eyes are not made up like a 45 year old crack whore. If you look at pics of her smiling .. she has always had chipmunk cheeks .. so I am gonna say I don't think this is her. Of course, I could be wrong.
But whatever she has or hasn't done .. this new look is a nice change. She doesn't look so damned whorish .. if you don't look at her feet .. and forget she is married to an old pervert.ReplyCancel


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Retail Earnings at the Mall
On Monday I profiled eight larger retailers in Wal-Mart, Target, Home Depot Report Earnings This Week. Each of these stocks are also buy rated and Home Depot (HD) reported their quarterly results pre-market on Tuesday. The home improvement giant comfortably beat earnings estimates on both the top and bottom line. The stock set a new multi-year high at $64.44 in reaction to this report, so the stock continues its mojo run with an overbought weekly chart. As long as closes are above my monthly pivot at $62.76 the upside is to its all time bubble top of $70 set in April 2000.
All nine stocks I profile today are in the retail-wholesale sector which is 4.3% overvalued according to ValuEngine. Apparel and shore retailers are 3.5% undervalued and miscellaneous/diversified stores are 11.2% overvalued.
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OV/UN Valued: The stocks with a red number are undervalued by this percentage. Those with a black number are overvalued by that percentage according to ValuEngine.
VE Rating: A "1-engine" rating is a strong sell, a "2-engine" rating is a sell, a "3-engine" rating is a hold, a "4-engine" rating is a buy and a "5-engine" rating is a strong buy.
Last 12-Month Return (%): Stocks with a red number declined by that percentage over the last twelve months. Stocks with a black number increased by that percentage.
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Value Level: The price at which to enter a GTC limit order to buy on weakness. The letters mean; W-weekly, M-monthly, Q-quarterly, S-semiannual and A-annual.
Pivot: A level between a value level and risky level that should be a magnet during the time frame noted.
Risky Level: is the price at which to enter a GTC limit order to sell on strength.
Investors and traders should employ a buy-and-trade strategy between value level and risky level.
Retailers reporting earnings results after the close today:
Hot Topic (HOTT) ($8.50): Has a buy rating with an elevated price-to-earnings ratio. The stock is below its 200-day simple moving average at $9.38. The weekly chart is negative with the five-week modified moving average at $8.83 and the 200-week SMA at $7.49.


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congrats to the winners. I love this post. The last photo is so pretty.ReplyDelete
Merry Christmas
As such beautiful trees! This year our tree is a few feet smaller - and next year I really want one the size that are in the buckets! I do love sitting with the lights out and gazing at the tree, I just am simplifying more each year which I am truly enjoying! xxooReplyDelete
Beautiful trees here, Simone...and your tree sounds wonderful...I LOVE a christmas tree too...I've found lots of pretty baubles and given them to my girlfriends as presents this year...I always think decorations are sentimental...I usually have a good weep when I'm putting up the tree...but I'm happy ;-)ReplyDelete
Nearly Christmastime...
Simone ! You've made me one happy chick ! I've literally NEVER won anything in my life before :D sending you my address now and thanks a lot !ReplyDelete
Such gorgeous images Sim xReplyDelete
I love my tree! As I unwrapped each ornament on Sunday I smiles with a memory. There are some that I do not put on any more but display them in different ways. I yearn to have a tree in the rec room ~ am artificial pencil tree but alas hubby says no ~ someday I will have my 2nd tree ~ you know it! xoReplyDelete
We have 2 trees - one all silver and white ligths, the other with everything in every colour! Both pretty big Noble Firs (my fave). I do love having the trees up and hate to take them down in the new year - I think I'll hang onto them as long as possible as they make the rooms look so beautiful. Merry Christmas.ReplyDelete
Oh wow, all of these trees are absolutely beautiful! And I love how there are so many different options now-a-days as to how to bring the joy into ones home ;)ReplyDelete
xo TJ
Oh gosh, thank you! I'm sorry this is so late...I've been a little awol from blogland over Christmas and am only just catching up now. I'm so happy! I've never won a giveaway before! Thank you!ReplyDelete
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Until then, residents may use two-ply, 50-pound weight kraft paper bags or garbage type cans that do not exceed 33 gallons in size with a maximum weight of 50 pounds per container, according to a news release fro the city. No plastic bags are allowed.
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Branches may be bundled to a maximum length of 4 feet, a maximum of 2 feet in diameter and a maximum of 50 pounds per bundle and also must have a prepaid yard waste sticker attached to each bundle.
Acceptable materials include grass clippings, leaves, branches 3 inches in diameter or smaller, brush, garden plants, flowers, weeds, bark pieces and pine cones.
Materials that are not allowed include tree trunks and stumps, branches larger than 3 inches in diameter, fence posts, railroad ties, firewood, rocks, sod or dirt.
The last day the drop-off facility at Knox Park will be open is Dec. 8. The facility can be accessed from Route 31.
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Looking like the underbelly of a backyard barbeque, hundreds of feet of charred, crumbling fiber optic cable was destroyed by an early morning fire on Tuesday.
"It was high, over the ledge and then back rolling up," said Honolulu Fire Capt. Terry Seelig.
Fire investigators said it started just after 1 a.m. on Tuesday in a trash-filled pocket under Nimitz Highway off Kilihau Street.
A homeless man was seriously burned. Investigators don't know if it was an accident or arson.
Homeless camps, and all the trash that goes along with it, has been a huge problem with the state for years.
Every six months, they say they literally clean out tons of stuff, but each time it builds up again.
But that problem led to a much bigger problem. Within minutes it triggered a massive ripple effect.
"Our Sprint radios went down totally as did our landlines," said Freeway Service Patrol Project Manager Mike Burgess.
"I quickly realized our service was down so I ran home grabbed my laptop," said Investment Banker Chris Pike of Wedbush Securities Inc. He said they were lucky the company has a backup private network they could rely on instead.
"I tried to call the office real quick and couldn't get through," added Burgess. He said they clear roads and assist police with everything from rockslides to car crashes, but, on this day, HPD couldn't readily get a hold of them for any road incidents, until they figure out a way to channel their calls through the Department of Transportation.
"We know the impact was significant," said Hawaiian Telcom Communications Director Scott Simon.
Hawaiian Telcom owns the main damaged lines.
Cable, cell and phone service stopped or was seriously hampered for large sections of West Oahu and Kauai, along with a still unknown number of customers statewide.
"It was a long stretch of fiber optic cable that was damaged pretty severely by the fire, so we'll have our crews out there to replace that section and there's painstaking splicing work that has to happen," said Simon.
The list kept growing on Tuesday. Oahu satellite city halls were affected. Most Kauai county offices, including police dispatch, were down.
Oceanic said it restored service to 15,000 customers Tuesday afternoon, but told its customers to expect slower service for several hours.
Hawaiian Telcom said 10,000 customers were hit, but KITV's newsroom had been getting calls and emails from areas supposedly not affected that afternoon.
Hawaiian Telcom had hoped to restore service to most of its customers by late Tuesday evening.


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Jorge Soler is Real! Debut's in Arizona Tomorrow
As most of you already know, super prospect Jorge Soler will make his professional Cubs debut in Arizona tomorrow for the AZL Cubs. As if that lineup needed anymore power! We will have full coverage of the mythical Soler swinging a real bat in a real game, at least I think it will be a bat, still hoping for a lightning bolt. Soler will DH tomorrow and bat right behind the red-hot Daniel Vogelbach, that's quite the one-two punch, best of luck to Mr. Soler.
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Smokies Flies and Fly-Tying Traditions
One of the many joys of Troutfest was the opportunity to talk, at some length, with Walter Babb. A fair amount of our exchange revolved around traditional mountain trout patterns, and I thought those on the Forum with an interest in angling history or in knowing more about some traditional patterns might find an outgrowth of that conversation, along with a subsequent one I had with Marty Maxwell, a skilled fisherman and virtuoso of the vise from Robbinsville, might be of interest. Here, in no particular order, are some tidbits.
1. The wet fly commonly known as a "Speck" on the Tennessee side closely resembles a once immensely popular early season N. C. pattern which was called a Deerhair. The basic difference is that the latter features plenty of hackle at the top.
2. In my book, on page 61, you will find mention of a pattern once known as a Herby-Werby. Turns out that this was an early name for a Tennessee Wulff. I had never made the connection but Walter did and even had an explanation for the name.
3. The Fred Hall pattern known as an Adams Variant on the N. C. side is usually called an Adams Irresistible in Tennessee. Speaking of Hall, whom I knew fairly well when I was a youngster, he is generally credited with developing the Thunderhead and aforementioned Adams and possibly deserves much wider recogntion. Yet were the truth known, it seems likely that his wife, Allene, may have been the real innovator as a fly tier. Some index to this is given by a question I asked her after Fred had died and when she was only a year or two from her death. "Allene," I inquired as she completed an Adams Variant while I took photos, "who really developed this pattern, you or Fred?" She answered me without really giving an answer. "Jim," she replied, "some questions are best let unanswered."
4. Legendary Mark Cathey relied exclusively on one fly, a Grey Hackle Yellow.
5. There are a number of contemporary fly tiers--Roger Lowe, Kevin Howell, Marty Maxwell, and Bill Rolen are among those I know--who learned their craft from past generations and are gold mines of knowledge.
6. A great project someone needs to undertake would involve listing traditional mountain patterns, and there are scores if not hundreds of them, and trying to trace their history.
7. The various Wulff patterns were being tied in the Smokies well before Lee Wulff's name was attached to them. The Royal Wulff was just known as a Hairwing Coachman and the Tennessee Wulff, as has been noted, was a Herby-Werby.
That's enough for now, and I just hope others are as fascinated by this aspect of angling history as yours truly (and I don't even tie flies!).
Jim Casada
Good stuff Jim!
I'm a sucker for history....especially anything pertaining to southern appalachia.
That reminds me...we had an extensive thread at one time that contained book reviews & suggestions. I've looked through nearly every thread in the smoky mountain fishing forum, but haven't been able to find it. Does anyone else think they can drag this one back out of the depths??
It would be even neater if someone would put together a history of these flies along with pictures of each one. Like you I am a sucker for the history of fly fishing and of the Mountains.
FRW--Both Roger Lowe and Kevin Howell have come out with slender "recipe" books, but both works, while first-rate, focus more on how to tie than on historical information.
I know Hugh Hartsell is busy on a book, and he has both the background and fly-tying expertise to do a book like this (although I don't know that this is what he has in the works).
Such an effort would require considerable research, most of it in the form of talking with a bunch of old-timers and gleaning from their memories of fly tyers who are now fishing where there are always hatches and where big trout come to the fly with a will.
There's some material in print, much of which I touch on in the chapter on "Flies" in my book, but far more exists through oral history.
I for one would herald the publication of such a book with great joy.
Jim Casada
Jim - maybe this could be a topic for the LR Journal? I would really like to see some of these flies and their history preserved somehow. That would be a great book project for someone to take up.
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I would also love to see someone attempt to put something together like this, because I too like the flies that were established in the southeast specifically for that area.
Thanks Mr. Cassada...
..for this post and the insights it affords and also for your most recent book. I have almost finished it and am wondering what your next subject will be As a kid and even at times as an adult I often dreamed of what it would be like as a child or even as a teenager to live in the midst those beautiful mountains that comprise and surround the Smokies. Though at the age of 54, such possibilities no longer exist and even my visits of late are limited to non-existent, reading, make that feasting, on your book has afforded me great pleasure. As I have read it, I can all too readily see myself in the places you describe, even doing the same or at least similar things. Thanks and God Bless!
"Fly-fishing has many attributes, but none more pleasing than it's ability to liberate the young boy that still hides within me and to let that boy live again without embarrassment or regret, sorrow or anguish." Harry Middleton
Growing up in Waynesville, NC, was the perfect place to learn from some of the tyers mentioned in this thread. Frank Coffey, Bennie Joe Craig, Rex Wilson, Don and Dwight Howell, and my uncle Ralph Mills were great tyers and incredible sources of knowledge. Ralph started teaching me to tie when I was about ten; the first two patterns I learned were the Secret Weapon Nymph and the Yellowhammer. I am very fortunate to have spent time leaning old mountain patterns and techniques from all those gentlemen over the years. I remember that Ralph had all these cigar boxes in his fly tying room, and they would be full of a particular size and pattern. Imagine how many size 14 female Adams it takes to fill a cigar box, which is still mind boggling to this day. I am delighted that tyers from my generation like Roger Lowe (who is from Waynesville also) and Kevin Howell are keeping the local traditions alive and passing them on to the next generations through books and videos.
I remember tying at a Conclave in Gatlinburg in the late 80s, and there was a gentleman there from the fly fishing museum who was asking for old Smokies patterns for an exhibit. I tied a couple of Secret Weapon Nymphs for him, and when I gave them to him, he said he had never heard of that pattern, and he didnt think it was an old pattern. While I was talking to him, Eddie George came by and saw the flies, and commented he had not seen a Secret Weapon Nymph in 15 years. The guy apologized for doubting me and gladly boxed up the flies.
I think organizing a roundtable for old mountain patterns at next years Troutfest would be a great program and a lot of fun.
Pmike--Thanks for the kind and gracious words. I did unquestionably have a wonderful boyhood, and realization of just how much that was the case grows with each passing year. If I am able to convey some small portion of the joy of those years through the printed word, that's a matter of quiet satisfaction.
As for my next book, there actually has already been one, although it has nothing to do with fly fishing. It is Classic O'Connor, an anthology containing several dozen of Jack O'Connor's grand tales which I selected, introduced, etc. I have another book in press (University of S. C. Press) of a somewhat similar nature. It is a collection of Archibald Rutledge's Christmas stories and is scheduled to be out in early November. Another book, one which won't make me a penny but which was something that needed to be done, is a detailed bibliography of books on turkey hunting along with commentary on collecting these books. I'll do it in a limited edition.
All that being duly noted, I do have two Smokies-connected books I still want to write. One is a biography of Horace Kephart. I've studied and written about him for decades, and he desperately needs a fair, fact-based biography which will help dispel the many myths which have currency to day about the man and his milieu. The second is a book on speckled trout--a mixture of history, their lure and lore, how to fish for them, and where to fish for them. It would be a short book with somewhat limited appeal, but it's one I'd like to do. There are a couple of books in this general field out there. Ian Rutter has a dandy little guidebook on the subject focusing specifically on the Smokies and several years ago Nick Karas wrote a detailed general account entitled, if memory serves, Brook Trout. I'm more interested in specks as they were in yesteryear, the sad route the species traveled as logging began in earnest, their tenacious clinging to survival, the restoration efforts, the discoveries of a distinct southern Appalachian strain, and most of all, the manner in which they continue to hold the imagination of so many anglers in thrall.
The biggest decision connected with that book will focus on the issue of geography--how much to reveal about speckled trout destinations. I'm inclined to "tell it all," knowing that distance and difficult of access protect most thriving speck populations, but I have some reservations. For example, I look at what upper Big Snowbird is today as opposed to what it was twenty years ago and I'm troubled. The Cherohala Highway and easier access made some difference, as did revelations from writers (I'm one of the guilty parties). My Graham County sources tell me there are now otters above Mouse Knob Falls, and that's a factor too. Combine these things and recently two guys who really know how to fish made a trip there and reported--"We could scarcely catch enough fish to fry a mess." Contrast that with typical days of 40 to 60 fish two decades ago and it's a bleak picture.
Obviously I'll have to make the decision of whether to follow a "don't ask, don't tell" policy or a quite different one, but I would welcome forum input on the matter. The whole issue is a contentious one and I must be honest in saying that I'm of two opinions about it although as I age I'm far more inclined to reveal "secrets" than I once was.
The questions then are: Was I once selfish? Does realization that I've had my days in the sun on remote streams make a difference? Should special places be a situation where you earn what you learn?
Input welcome, and I see I've been quite long winded. Your post raised a whole bunch of thoughts.
Jim Casada
With pen in hand...(Mr. Cassada)
...just added those titles to my wish list. Were you selfish, I hardly think so! You/we just grew up and lived in a different era IMHO. I was born and raised on the west coast of Florida and as a kid I can recall spending days wading the local (Bradenton) rivers if not boating around in them. One of the main catches was "red fish" or red bass and man were they delicious. I recall one time I got into a school of them and caught 18 of them, not a one was over 16 inches if that but none were less than 12 inches. If I did the same thing today I would likely be looking at some major fines if not jail time (smile), however back then it was legal. I might also add that there were many fish-less day as well, so the mentality was catch them when ya can. The same was true of mullet, in my home town a delicacy, but many places elsewhere just bait or even a trash fish. My brother and I would wade with cast nets until our heads felt like they would split wide open from glare induced headaches sometimes catching more fish than we could carry. Just typing this makes me miss one of Mom's grandest banquets of mullet, grits, slaw, and baked beans, with hush-puppies. I even remember how many of the "nicer" dining establishments, at the time wouldn't serve "Jew-fish" or Grouper, thinking it to be no better than or perhaps not even as good as mullet (which many did serve).
Now days if you catch Red Bass, they have to be within a slot and theres a limit as to how many you can legally keep. I have all but quit fishing salt water here in Florida because it feels like you almost need to hire or at least consult with a lawyer just to stay legal. I believe in conservation but feel most efforts would be more effective if directed toward some of the commercial ventures. I live in Jacksonville Florida now and the few times I've fished the St. Johns it has amazed me to watch the dead and dying fish float by as commercial boats drift by and dump their "by-catch". Now here I go getting way too long winded, only to say the days of your youth were a different day and most of us didn't know then much of what we've learned since.
As to the matter of "tell or no tell", IMHO, most of the folks that would abuse such knowledge or be abusive to any of the locals possible to mention, would be more apt to stumble upon them than to pick up a book and read it. Among those that would read, including myself, our ability would be very limited if by nothing else other than time alone. I suppose what I am saying is that due to brevity of time allowed on my visits in the mountains, most of my adventures would be vicarious and through reading about more so than actually traveling to most locations divulged.
In closing I have to say I too feel a bit torn about whether or not some locations should be divulged even with the most remote possibility of their abuse, but in the end I will defer to you and your wisdom on the subject (smile) This is one of those areas that the more I think about it, the foggier it seems to get for me.
Thanks again for all you have contributed to the sport/art and those of us who love those mountains and all they represent to us, oh so dearly...
"Fly-fishing has many attributes, but none more pleasing than it's ability to liberate the young boy that still hides within me and to let that boy live again without embarrassment or regret, sorrow or anguish." Harry Middleton
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