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Smurf in space; Science teacher's lesson reaches the final frontier
February 6, 2013 —
EAST STROUDSBURG, PA — In November 2011, East Stroudsburg Area School District teacher and Shohola, PA native Joe Fluhr was met with a chance of a lifetime—to send a personal belonging into space. Fluhr has been teaching space science to children for nearly a decade. His students learn about aerospace science and exploration and they build and fly their own model rockets. Now, they were going to be a part of the "real deal."
Fluhr, a collector of space memorabilia outside of school, was contacted by a German company that serves that hobby. They mentioned in their letter that they had an association with a Russian cosmonaut and there was a possibility of having a personal item flown to space. Because items belonging to private citizens are rarely taken by the NASA shuttles, let alone a Russian rocket, this presented an extremely rare opportunity.
After discussing this prospect with the students of Leh-man Intermediate, and considering the weight restrictions, Fluhr decided on a toy astronaut Smurf. The Smurf had served as a "test pilot" for the space-related toys he had as a child growing up in Shohola, and Fluhr would stick the Smurf up in a pine tree and stare at it from the ground. Little did he know he would one day see it fly into space.
This same Smurf also flew several times inside a working high power rocket used in his science class demonstrations. The only difficulty was that the cosmonaut agreed to take only flat items such as a photo or letter. An exception would have to be made. After some negotiation—and cleaning off the 30 years of grime from all the years of play—the cosmonaut agreed to take the Smurf, the first toy sent to space, with the Russians.
Knowing he was a science teacher, the Russian and German contacts wanted to do something special for Fluhr's students. They asked him to take photos of all the children in Lehman Intermediate School and arrange them in a collage so their pictures could also go to space. That photo was sent with the Smurf to Germany and passed on to the Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia. Once there, it was placed in the personal belongings pack of the cosmonaut and carried to the Russian Space Center at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.


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How Kindred Works … works
A look inside the new OCLC Research demo for content-based recommendations
There are many ways to find a new book to read or movie to view. For example, you can ask a librarian, consult websites that provide suggestions based on consumer purchasing behavior, or rely on the recommendations of other users. OCLC Research has developed an experimental service that provides a list of items similar to an item of interest. The prototype service uses various characteristics of a sample work, such as classification numbers, subject headings and genre terms, to retrieve related resources from WorldCat. This approach is called content-based recommendation.
The recommendations are accessible through a user interface and through an application programming interface (API). The user interface, Kindred Works, provides basic search functionality; users can search by author, title, ISBN or OCLC number. If more than one record is returned, the user is presented with a list of items to choose from. The recommendations may include books, e-books, audiobooks, music and video materials. The WorldCat Search API is used to retrieve results.
The Kindred Works interface provides a convenient means for viewing the results of the WorldCat Recommender API. The Recommender API requires an OCLC number or an ISBN to operate. A high-level architecture diagram of the Kindred Works interface and Recommender API is shown in the diagram to the right. Once the Recommender API is supplied with an OCLC number or ISBN, a supplemental database is searched to obtain work-level characteristics associated with the resource. These characteristics include:
- Dewey class number
- Library of Congress class number
- Fiction indicators
- Genre terms
- Audience indicators
- Subject headings
A query is generated based on these characteristics and sent to the WorldCat Search API. The results of the query constitute a set of related items. The recommendations can be customized to the collection of an individual library by adding the library's OCLC holding symbol to the query. This feature is limited to libraries that participate in WorldCat.org. The machine service is intended to be used by software developers to integrate recommendations into another service or application, for example, a library catalog or other discovery interface. As an experimental service, the Recommender API is likely to be extended and refined over time. Similarly, the Kindred Works interface may evolve based on user feedback.
The user interface is available at experimental.worldcat.org/kindredworks/.
The API is available at experimental.worldcat.org/recommender/. Technical information about the Recommender API is accessible from the Kindred Works home page and through the OCLC Developer Network.
ISSUE 20 contents
- Index
- President's Report
- From community to technology ... and back again
- Moving to meta-services
- Gates Foundation, OCLC continue partnership for library staff development
- First Global Council President from Asia Pacific shares his thoughts
- Exploring shifts in user engagement
- OCLC maps the future of cataloging, discovery and interlibrary loan
- How Kindred Works ... works
- We live in a networked world
- WorldCat statistics
- Updates
OCLC Research Team
- Diane Vizine-Goetz, Senior Research Scientist
- JD Shipengrover, Senior Web and User Interface Designer
- Roger Thompson, Consulting Software Engineer
- Harry Wagner, Consulting Software Engineer
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Review: 'This Is 40' Is Far Too Long With Too Few Laughs
Few people have done as much to change the face of American comedy as Judd Apatow. Having made significant impacts in both television and film, Apatow continually manages to blend his R-rated brand of humor with heart and sincerity. After launching Steve Carell as a legitimate comedy star in The 40-Year Old Virgin, Apatow made himself a star with Knocked Up, the funniest film of 2007 and one of the most hilarious movies of all time. To describe a movie or style of comedy as "Apatow-esque" can be both a very specific indicator of what to expect and one of the best compliments one can give to a project. His latest film, This is 40, is another pure Apatow creation, but it fails to have either the comedic gut punch or emotional core that his previous films have managed.
As a "sort of" sequel/spin-off of Knocked Up, This is 40 focuses on two of the most entertaining characters from Apatow's 2007 film: married couple Pete (Paul Rudd) and Debbie (Leslie Mann). They have been married for a long time, longer than either of them cares to acknowledge. While Debbie refuses to face the inevitability of turning 40 by pretending she is only 38, Pete accepts his age with a shrug of the shoulders. Pete's real concern is the floundering record label he launched and the very precarious financial situation in which he and Debbie find themselves. The couple is also dealing with their two daughters, Sadie (Maude Apatow) and Charlotte (Iris Apatow), and the constant bickering that comes with having children.
Making their lives even more complicated is Pete's dad, Larry (Albert Brooks), who is constantly mooching money off his son even though Pete doesn't have the money to give. The store Debbie runs is missing $12,000 and she assumes the culprit is her sexy employee, Desi (Megan Fox), whose wardrobe and lifestyle costs more than what she is earning working retail. Pete and Debbie are also battling their own insecurities which lead them to resent each other more than they should.
The main problem with This is 40 is that, like Funny People, Apatow is trying to cram too much into one movie. The film runs over two hours and just plods along with no real sense of urgency. The script is overflowing with conflicts and mishaps that the characters must deal with, none of which are either fully explored or brought to a satisfying resolution. The movie moves from scene to scene with no real transitions or logical progression. Apatow can be long-winded in his narratives (each of his films would benefit from significant editing), but This is 40 is the worst offender by far.
Of course, the film is hilarious and, if you like Apatow's taste for off-color jokes, you are going to love the first hour of the movie. After that, it becomes too bogged down with arbitrary arguments to allow the wonderful cast to do what they do best. Rudd and Mann are terrific (as always) and it's nice to see Pete and Debbie again since their dysfunctional marriage was one of the highlights of Knocked Up. Here, though, we get a little too much of them and they become slightly grating by the film's end.
The supporting cast is uneven, at best. Brooks is great as Pete's deadbeat father and manages to make you love and hate Larry at the same time. Jason Segel pops up as Debbie's very hands-on trainer, but doesn't make much of a splash in the film. Chris O'Dowd, whose list of credits is rapidly expanding, is great as Pete's employee Ronnie, delivering some of the film's best one-liners.
While This is 40 cannot be called a bad movie, it should definitely be skipped in the theater to save yourself the money. Catch it on DVD or On Demand in a few months so you can fast forward through the many, many superfluous scenes of arguing and yelling.


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Forget betting on the Super Bowl: Save your seat ticket stub instead
- 8:06 pm Wednesday, January 30th, 2013 by Dian Vujovich
With the Super Bowl Sunday days away, bets about who is going to win and lose are flying around right along with talk about which commercials will yield the greatest rewards to their advertisers. And the most laughs. But if making money is one of the reasons you're watching the game, one extraordinary way to cash in might be to simply save some game chatzkies. And then wait.
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A tsunami warning for the state of Hawaii was lifted just after 1 a.m. Sunday, according to the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center.
A tsunami warning was issued 7 p.m. Saturday following a 7.7 magnitude quake off of the west coast of Canada near British Columbia Saturday evening at 5:04 p.m.
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Skidmore college in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. recently announced that it is offering a new course called "The Sociology of Miley Cyrus: Race, Class, Gender and Media." Check out other celebrities who have been studied in college.
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Disney drops bid to trademark "Dia de los Muertos"
An attempt by the Walt Disney Co. to trademark "Día de los Muertos" drew such a loud protest that the company has dropped its plans to trademark the name, The Los Angeles Times reports.
The company had filed an application with the U. S. Patent and Trademark Office for "Día de los Muertos," including applications pretaining to toys, cereals and jewelry, the newspaper says. That was in anticipation of a movie that Disney-Pixar is developing that features the popular Mexican holiday, a Disney spokesman said. »Read Full Blog Post(3)
Frank Almond returns to stage with recovered Stradivarius violin
Reunited! Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra concertmaster Frank Almond gave a recital Monday evening on the 1715 Lipinski Stradivarius that was stolen from him in an armed robbery two weeks ago and recovered last week.
Almond and pianist William Wolfram played to a full, 619-seat house at the Wilson Center for the Arts, a house that had been only about a third sold before the announcement last week that the violin was back and Almond would play it on this installment of his Frankly Music concert series. »Read Full Article(17)
New WTMJ-TV VP, GM from Journal Green Bay stations
Journal Broadcast Group has promoted Joe Poss to vice president and general manager of WTMJ-TV (Channel 4).
Samuel L. Jackson rips TV reporter for confusing him with Laurence Fishburne
Samuel L. Jackson taught a Los Angeles TV reporter a valuable — and, for the rest of us, very entertaining — lesson Monday: Don't mess with Samuel L. Jackson.
Sam Rubin, a veteran L.A. TV entertainment news reporter, was doing a remote interview with Jackson Monday on KTLA-TV when he asked the actor and TV pitchman about his commercial during the Super Bowl. Looking stunned momentarily, Jackson quickly realized that Rubin was asking about a spot featuring another African-American actor. »Read Full Article
John Koethe opens Woodland Pattern's poets laureate series
Woodland Pattern Book Center begins an exciting new project, the Milwaukee Poets Laureate Reading Series, with an event featuring former Milwaukee poet laureate John Koethe on Feb. 15.
The series pairs current or former Milwaukee poets laureate with another poet whose work they admire, according to a Woodland Pattern statement. The series begin with a 7 p.m. reading Feb. 15 by Koethe and John Godfrey. »Read Full Blog Post
Queens of the Stone Age coming to Riverside
Acclaimed alternative rock act Queens of the Stone Age announced a nationwide tour Tuesday--including a Milwaukee show at the Riverside Theater May 7.
The band is touring behind last year's album "...Like Clockwork." Inspired in part by frontman Josh Homme's difficult recovery from a surgical complication that left him bedridden for four months, the at-times crushing "Clockwork" was nominated for best rock album at the Grammys and was the band's first release to debut at the top of the Billboard charts. »Read Full Article
Weekend Olympics ratings steady; Beatles fab, too
The first weekend of NBC's coverage of the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, saw local viewer interest on WTMJ-TV (Channel 4) hold steady after Friday's opening ceremonies.
Prime-time viewing on Saturday averaged a 19.8 rating; on Sunday, it averaged a 20.1. WTMJ was the fifth ranked station in the nation both nights. »Read Full Blog Post(1)
Pabst Theater Group announces new shows with 'Long Island Medium,' Ira Glass, Phantogram
The Pabst Theater Group has announced a particularly diverse set of shows - even by its standards - that will appeal to fans of NPR, modern dance, synth pop and "Long Island Medium."
Theresa Caputo, the star of TLC's hit reality show "Medium," will share stories and conduct live readings with audience members at the Riverside Theater, 116 W. Wisconsin Ave., on April 15. Tickets are $39.75 to $99.75. »Read Full Article
Countdown to Spring: 39 days
Winter continues its wicked ways. You might need inspiration to go on.
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Pandora: Great Company, Absolutely Crappy Stock
There's so much misinformation printed, almost hourly, about Pandora (P) that the need exists.
My radio background helps me understand this company better than most, particularly when considering competitive threats, (e.g., from Apple (AAPL) ) and the markets Pandora targets.
The stock sucks right now. No question about that. Pandora deserves blame for some of the downside. However, short-term noise, by and large, dictates the stock's near-term fate. Everything from the Apple "threat" to weak guidance after a Q3 profit.
And, while you cannot call the royalty battle in Congress "noise," it's not like Pandora is the only company dealing with suffocating content acquisition costs. Spotify has it bad; they just use a different system for licensing music.
To that end -- and speaking of misinformation -- Pandora and Spotify don't just use different systems for securing songs, they are two very different complementary products.
It's difficult for people -- namely (and sadly) the people who write about the Internet radio space -- to understand this, but Pandora is radio.
In many ways, it's nothing like the radio we grew up with and still listen to. In fact, Pandora -- alongside iTunes -- took the radio industry as we knew/know it and opened up a can of disruption on it that has already gone down in history.
Pandora did what terrestrial was never able to do. It brought personalization and discovery to radio with the Music Genome Project.
You lay a seed -- a song, an artists, etc. -- and Pandora becomes your personalized radio station. The more you listen and interact with the platform, the better it gets at personalization of stuff you like and discovery of acts and tracks you might like, never heard of or had forgotten about.
So, while in one respect, you can label Pandora as "passive," it's really the opposite. Sure, you can sit back, do nothing and listen, but that's hardly a static proposition.
There's a market for radio. Traditional radio still commands hundreds of millions of listeners each week and billions of dollars in advertising each year. That's the pie Pandora continues to successfully go after. Pandora competes primarily with and is overtaking traditional radio, particularly as FM signals increasingly give up on music and run formats such as news, talk and sports.
There's an incredible focus on these two points -- targeting traditional radio listening and advertisers -- at Pandora. People on the outside who refuse to consult the company completely ignore this. They discount Pandora's dominant share of Internet radio listening (more than 75%), increasing share of total radio listening (now at over 7%), surging mobile listener hours and monetization and a growing local advertising infrastructure.


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Everything allowed
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Kirito bio <_< >_>
Aizen begins by slowly walking towards you. As he walks towards he removes his hands from his pockets, and lets the wind blow his robe away, revealing his sword that is on his side. He grabs onto his sword and takes a simple, single handed lower guar, the blade pointed down, and my feet would be shoulder width apart. I grip it firmly but not to limit the fluidity of my motions.
As soon as he fully unsheathes his sword he is within a 5m radius and quickly gets down on one knee and slams his left hand(free hand) on the ground, causing the ground within a 1m radius of you to drop down 2m.
(Doton: Chidōkaku) - Earth Release: Moving Earth Core
Rank: A
Type: Offensive, Defensive, Supplementary
Range: Short - Long
Chakra cost: 30
Damage points: N/A
Description: The user lowers or raises the ground in the surrounding area at high speeds, allowing them to create giant holes in the ground or avoid attacks. The size of the affected area as well as the depths that it is lowered to is up to the user and rasing earth can be done up to 20 meters tall creating a small cliff or they can create trenches that can be as deep as 20 meters. Other than being moved below ground relative to the surrounding surface the terrain is not altered, plant life and people retaining their same positions.
As soon as the ground drops, he pushes his left leg off the ground and heads towards you in the pit created at high speeds and creates a water rasengan in his fee hand.
He flies towards you and slams the rasengan into your head. The water rasengan, on contact, creates a dense torrent of water that throws you around like a child's play thing in the put.
(Oodama Rasengan) - Big Ball Spiral Sphere
Chakra Cost:40
Damage Points:80
Description: Oodama Rasengan is an advanced Ninjutsu technique that creates a very large Rasengan ball.
Note:Must already know rasengan.
Elemental Rasengan
Chakra Cost:N/A
Damage Points:N/A
Description: By combining the original Rasengan with an elemental affinity, a new Rasengan can be created that may produce a variety of effects.
Note:Must know rasengan
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Dayan Viciedo (above), Brent Morel (below), Tyler Flowers and Alejandro De Aza found themselves in the Sox starting lineup last night as the likes of Paul Konerko, Alex Rios, Carlos Quentin, Alexei Ramirez, A.J. Pierzynski, Manny Ramirez and the injured Gordon Beckham were firmly planted on the bench in the third base dugout.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with Dorel Asia SRL, of Barbados, is announcing a voluntary recall to replace drop side and non-drop side cribs that pose suffocation and strangulation hazards to infants and toddlers. Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled cribs until replacement kits are obtained and installed.
Name of Product: Dorel Asia cribs
Units: About 635,000
Distributor: Dorel Asia SRL, of Barbados
Hazard: The drop side hardware can fail causing the drop side to detach from the crib. When the drop side detaches it creates a space in which an infant or toddler can become entrapped and suffocate or strangle. In addition, the recalled cribs can pose a serious entrapment and strangulation hazard when a slat is damaged. This can occur while the crib is in use, in storage, being put together, taken apart or reassembled; or during shipping and handling.
Reports: CPSC and Dorel Asia SRL received a report of the death of 6-month old child from Cedar Rapids, Iowa who became entrapped and strangled in a crib after the drop side hardware broke. The crib continued to be used after the parents tried to repair the drop side themselves. CPSC and Dorel Asia received reports of 31 drop side incidents. In six of those incidents, children were entrapped between the drop side and crib mattress. Three children suffered from bruises as a result of the entrapment. In addition, CPSC and Dorel Asia received reports of 36 incidents of slat breakage, including seven reports of bruises and scratches to children and two reports of entrapment that resulted in no injury.
Description: The following Dorel Asia cribs are involved in the recall:
Sold at: K-Mart, Sears and Wal-Mart stores nationwide from January 2005 through December 2009 for between $120 and $700.
Manufactured in: China and Vietnam
Remedy: Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled cribs, find an alternative safe sleeping environment for your child, and contact Dorel Asia to receive a free replacement kit. Consumers should log on to www.dorel-asia.com to order the free replacement kit to prevent child entrapment in these cribs. The repair kits will be provided to owners within the next several weeks.
Consumer Contact: Call Dorel Asia toll-free at (866) 762-2304 between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. ET Monday through Friday or visit the firm's Web site at www.dorel-asia.com
Important Message from CPSC: CPSC reminds parents not to use any crib with missing, broken, or loose parts. Make sure to tighten hardware from time to time to keep the crib sturdy. When using a drop-side crib, parents should check to make sure the drop side or any other moving part operates smoothly. Always check all sides and corners of the crib for disengagement. Disengagements can create a gap and entrap a child. In addition, do not try to repair any side of the crib, especially with duct tape, wire or rope.
Visit CPSC's Crib Information Center for more information on Crib Safety and Recalls.
4-1 Crib - Walnut, Model # WM1676BC
3 -1 Sleigh Crib - Cherry Model # WM1633 & WM1633-0
3 -1 Lexington Crib - Cherry Model # DA1614B3
3 -1 Heritage Crib - Natural Model # DA0504KMC-1N
3 -1 Heritage Crib - White Model # DA0504KMC-1W
3 -1 Convertible Crib - White Model # DAKM5132
Cottage Hill Single Crib - White Model # DASE5005
Vintage Estate 3-1 Crib - Cherry Model # DASE5009
3-1 Convertible Crib - Natural Model # DAKM1615B3
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Former Badger Konz named Falcons' starting center
Konz played 12 games at right guard during rookie season
Peter Konz had his proverbial baptism by fire as a rookie when he started 12 games at right guard for the Atlanta Falcons.
Now that he's the starting center following the retirement of Todd McClure, Konz should be grateful for the experience when Atlanta opens the regular season Sept. 8 at New Orleans.
There's still much to learn, particularly in making the right calls to keep quarterback Matt Ryan upright and clear space for running back Steven Jackson.
Konz, a second-round draft pick last year, was a three-year starting center at Wisconsin, but the Falcons slid him in at right guard when Garrett Reynolds suffered a season-ending back injury.
Coach Mike Smith said Konz did his job well enough that the Falcons never hesitated to make him the starting center.
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My family is passing around the sick bug. My husband started it. He is a school teacher and the weekend before last he came down with a cold. Then I noticed a blister on my son's throat and he seemed fussy. I took him to the pedi on March 27th. He was negative for Strep, but they treated him anyways by giving him Augmenton(I think that is how you spell it). It gave him a HORRIBLE diaper rash. Now I am real sick. I have no voice, chest and head congestion.
My son was on the medicine for 10 days. What scares me is my son is running a temp of 101.5. He is acting fine. He isn't fussy, but the temp is scaring me to death. I am wondering if I am getting him sick again. Should I take him in? I know I should rely on my mothering instinct, but I question myself all the time. My husband turned out to be the better parent. Parenting came very natural for him. I would like some of your experienced mother's opinions.
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Friends and family hope to create a lasting legacy for a lost loved one while helping other students.
An endowment has been set up at UW-La Crosse which creates a scholarship to remember the late Neala Frye.
Police found her body about a week ago in Onalaska after a night of drinking at a nearby bar.
Her former roommate established the fund through the UW-L Foundation. Starting in the near future, a marketing student will be awarded a $1,000 scholarship.
The hope is to help a student who wants to make a difference in the world like Neala. "Anything would be greatly appreciated and it's all going towards something absolutely great for Neala's name and her legacy," said Neala's good friend and roommate Tyler Zibrowski.
"The scholarship is intended to go to somebody who is very bright, who has financial need, and also is involved in the community and the university and displays the same outgoing, loving, and creative personality that Neala herself demonstrated," said Al Trapp from the UW-L Foundation.
If you'd like to make a donation to the endowment, there are a number of ways to do so. You can call (608) 785-8489 or click here for the UW-L Foundation's website. You can also send checks to:
Neala Frye Scholarship
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The New York Times has posted an in-depth story on Aurora, Colo., shooting suspect James Holmes on its website.
Holmes is charged with killing 12 and wounding 58 during a July 20 midnight showing of "The Dark Knight Rises." Among those killed was John Larimer of Crystal Lake, a sailor in the U.S. Navy who was stationed at Buckley Air Force Base in Aurora.
Despite a widespread media blackout – investigators; the University of Colorado at Denver, where Holmes had been a student; and Holmes' family are not talking – the Times story offers more clues about the weeks and months leading up to shooting, including a text he sent to a classmate inquiring about dysphoric mania.
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Oriental Unlimited has added its name to the retailers joining the voluntary recall announced in December 2009 of ALL Roman shades and roll-up blinds.
The following product safety recall was voluntarily conducted by the firm in cooperation with the CPSC. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product.
Name of Product: Roman Shades and Roll-Up Blinds
Units: About 25,000
Importer: Oriental Furniture of Cambridge, Mass.
Roman Shades - Strangulations can occur when a child places his/her neck between the exposed inner cord and the fabric on the backside of the blind or when a child pulls the cord out and wraps it around his/her neck.Roll-Up Blinds - Strangulations can occur if the lifting loop slides off the side of the blind and a child's neck becomes entangled on the free-standing loop or if a child places his/her neck between the lifting loop and the roll-up blind material.
Incidents/Injuries: None reported.
Description: This recall involves all styles and sizes of Roman shades and roll-up blinds sold by Oriental Furniture. "Oriental Furniture" is printed on the packaging.
Sold by: Only online at www.orientalfurniture.com, www.amazon.com, and www.overstock.com from March 2009 through December 2009 for between $20 and $60.
Manufactured in: China
Remedy: Consumers should stop using the recalled Roman shades and roll-up blinds immediately and contact the Window Covering Safety Council for a free repair kit at (800) 506-4636 anytime or visit www.windowcoverings.org. Oriental Furniture is contacting all known consumers.
Consumer Contact: For additional information, contact Oriental Furniture at (800) 978-2100 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. (ET) Monday through Friday, or visit the firm's Web site at www.orientalfurniture.com
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10 Themes for the New Millennium Teen Years
On Wednesday I wrote, The Stock Market Is a Risky Asset Class in 2013 even though I knew that the new year would begin with a strong rally for stocks. Strength has made stocks even less attractive fundamentally particularly with the yield on the U.S. Treasury 30-year bond up to 3.15% this morning.
In this environment I continue to believe in a buy-and-trade investment strategy and on Thursday I wrote, Polishing Apple's Profile for 2013. This story illustrates my method of stock picking.
Next week we add the fourth quarter earnings season to the mix and on Monday I will profile five stocks that report quarterly results during the week. During earnings season I will also keep track of the stocks that miss estimates or lower guidance in a stock feature I call "Woodshed Stocks." I will provide value levels at which to buy these stocks on weakness as long as they maintain buy ratings according to www.ValuEngine.com.
For the stock market the fundamentals are not cheap. At ValuEngine we show that 44.2% of all stocks are undervalued with 55.8% overvalued. This morning all 16 sectors are overvalued as shown in the table below. Note that 11 sectors have elevated price-to-earnings ratios of between 20.23 and 49.09.
Ten Themes for the teenage years of the New Millennium:
- The Housing Recovery will remain sluggish in 2013. The National Association of Home Builders Housing Market Index will have a tough time sustaining a trend above the neutral 50 reading. Single family housing starts will be stuck around an annual rate of 600,000 units. Existing home sales may average five million or so, but there is a backlog of other real estate owned in the banking system, and at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
From the minutes of the Dec. 11 FOMC meeting: "Conditions in the housing market continued to improve gradually, but construction activity was still at a low level, restrained by the considerable inventory of foreclosed and distressed homes and the tight credit standards for mortgages." "Starts and permits of new single-family homes were essentially flat in October after rising significantly in the preceding month."


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Missing and Never Forgotten
Heidi Marie Allen
Missing since April 3, 1994 from New Haven, Oswego County, New York.
Classification: Endangered Missing
Vital Statistics
Date Of Birth: September 14, 1975
Age at Time of Disappearance: 18 years old
Height and Weight at Time of Disappearance: 5'11"; 145 lbs.
Jewelry: Heidi may have been wearing an 18" gold chain necklace with a heart and diamond charm at the time she disappeared.
Distinguishing Characteristics: White female. Light brown/blond hair worn long and curly; blue/hazel eyes. Birth mark (unknown location).
Marks, Scars: One inch scar on right knee. She wears glasses or contact lenses and has pierced ears.
Clothing: She wears glasses with renaissance metal frames. She was last seen wearing white sneakers (size 9 or 10), light colored blue jeans and a light gray sweatshirt with plaid S.U. letters.
Circumstances of Disappearance
On Easter Sunday, April 3, 1994, Heidi Allen was working alone as a cashier at the D&W Convenience Store, located at the intersection of State Routes 104 and 104B in New Haven, NY. She opened the store at about 05:45 and managed the store routinely for approximately 2 hours, with nothing out of the ordinary occurring.
About 07:50, an Oswego County Sheriff's Department patrol unit was flagged down in the area by a citizen who reported that the convenience store was open, with lights and gas pumps on, but no one tending the business. Allen had apparently vanished from the store. Allen's keys were still on the store counter and her maroon station wagon was parked outside when police arrived.
There was no sign of a scuffle, money was still in the cash register and customers had left $9.50 on the counter for newspapers and gas.
Allen, who friends and family describe as smart, strong and ambitious, worked at D&W Convenience store for about 2 1/2 years. Several employers across Oswego County received her resume in the days after she vanished because she was about to graduate from Onondaga Community College and was looking for a full-time job.
In May, 1994, Richard Thibodeau was arrested and charged with kidnapping, 1st degree in connection with the missing person case. In August of that same year, Gary Thibodeau, Richard's brother, was also arrested and faced the same charge.
In June, 1995, Gary was convicted of kidnapping, 1st degree. He was sentenced to 25 years to life in the New York State correctional system. Richard was found not guilty in September, 1995.
If you have any information concerning this case, please contact:
Oswego County Sheriff's Department
Sheriff Reuel Todd
NCIC Number: M-723932874
Please refer to this number when contacting any agency with information regarding this case.
Source Information:
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Happy Birthday Heidi..
Heidi Allen's Sister To Speak At Believers Chapel North
Posted on November 21, 2011 by Contributor
MEXICO, NY – More than 17 years ago, Heidi Allen was abducted from an area convenience store. She is still missing today. In the years that have passed, her only sister, Lisa M. Buske, has worked through depression, loneliness and blame.
Lisa has recently finished writing her first book, "Where's Heidi: The Search Begins" to share her thoughts, fears, hopes and misunderstandings with others who have experienced pain, especially through tragedy.
She will be speaking on Dec. 1 at 6:30 p.m. at Believers Chapel North in Mexico.
As a writer and speaker, Lisa is a catalyst for others affected by trials and tragedy.
Through her writing and speaking she engages the audience while sharing her heart to help others in their personal journeys.
Lisa has been featured on radio, television and area newspapers. She is a contributing writer to many local media and writes a monthly column for the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children's "Ride for Missing Children" bulletin.
As a guest speaker for the National Center for Missing and Exploited events, she has shared her journey as the sibling left behind.
At the academic level Lisa's speaking ranges from elementary to adult: presenting for the Mexico Academy Central Schools, Cayuga Community College and the Oswego Reading Council.
For more information on Lisa's story, visit lisabuske.weebly.com
More information on the speaking event can be found at bcnorth.org or by calling the Believers Chapel North office at 315-963-4100.
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Since 2008, whoopieslings.com has been the premier supplier of hammock and tarp suspension systems. Our products are hand-crafted using only the finest of materials. We offer products and custom services for many different types and styles of hammocks. While we have a host of standard items, the custom side of what we do is only limited by your imagination. So feel free to contact us using the link in the store if you have particular needs.
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The addition of the Adjustable Structural Ridge Line allows you to consistently hang your hammock no matter the distance between your anchor points. This gets incorporated into your hammock suspension at the hammock/suspension connection. Its basically a long whoopie sling that gives you a range of adjustment between 82" and 112". Most find their comfort around 100" so that's a good starting point. It doesn't take much adjustment to change the way your hammock hangs, so be conservative. Weight is .2 ounces.
Toggles are for use with a marlin spike hitch. The marlin spike hitch/toggle method is an ultra light weight option for attaching your whoopie slings to your tree huggers. Our toggles are lathe cut from Easton Aluminum arrow shafts and are cross drilled on one end for a customer provided keeper loop.
Polyester webbing is 1" wide with a 1500 pound load rating. Available in either black or camo with 2" loops sewn in either end.
Continuous loops are a spliced loop to be used as utility loops or to use in your suspension for attaching rings to your hammock, or anywhere you need a loop but don't want to trust a knot. These are available in any of the colors of Amsteel Blue and will be 12" end to end.
The "All in One" is so named because it has all the elements of your hammock suspension combined in one continuous unit. Your slings are connected to your webbing using the fixed eye and a rope thimble. The adjustable end is connected to an aluminum ring which also has a continuous loop which you will use to attach the system to your hammock.
The Soft Shackle is an ultralight carabiner replacement. Made from 7/64 Amsteel Blue and weighing in at 4 grams each. These do not carry the same load rating as the slings because of the stopper knot. But my testing shows they work fine for hammockers. These are not designed or intended to be used for fall arrest, fall restraint or to replace a climbing carabiner while climbing.


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Poor Mick – he 'can't get no satisfaction'. Poor Mick – he did not know Jesus! Are you lonely, or thirsty, or hungry, or distressed, or depressed? Then Jesus is for you! Are you dissatisfied with your place or position or past? Then Jesus can be your satisfaction. Jesus Christ can satisfy your every need:
'As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness,' Psalm 17:15.
'For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness,' Psalm 107:9.
There is a Bible word 'propitiation' which may be defined as 'satisfaction,' 'atonement' or 'covering.' That 'satisfaction,''covering' or 'atonement' is Jesus Christ! See Romans 3:24‑25; I John 2:2; 4:10. Jesus is your best friend, John 15:14: What a Friend We Have In Jesus! Amazing Grace How Sweet the Sound! Jesus Is All the World To Me!
The great news is that you can be satisfied with Him. But even greater news, He can be satisfied with you. Think about it. Jesus traded places and died in your place, He took on your sins so God would be satisfied with you, II Corinthians 5:21. God is satisfied with each one of us in Christ, Isaiah 53:11; Ephesians 1:3, 6. 'Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red as crimson, they shall be as white as wool,' Isaiah 1:18.
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text: the navys' new toy bobprin posted:4/10/2013 8:05:45 AM The us navy can now lay down the LaW with their new laser beam. Buck Rogers would be proud. This is certainly impressive. What do you think?gary107 posted:4/10/2013 12:11:00 PM the LAWS system can down drones with great speed, I am impressed. Tax dollars pay off for once. Good job.Wereparadox posted:4/10/2013 1:03:54 PM Now all we need to do is mount a large one of those on the dragon space vehicle or that top secret bx-1 and we've got the begining of the real startrek. Personally I would put a massive one in orbit to fire pin point strikes anywhere on earth. Could be charged by the solar panels. Vaporize anything. And unlike a giant magnifing glass it can work anytime.bobprin posted:4/10/2013 1:27:15 PM Exactly what I was thinking, that would be a whole new deterrent. Imagine, mr kim runs off at the mouth and ZAP! Fried despot. It would be much better than atomics, no radiation. They could call it the Zeus effect.gary107 posted:4/10/2013 2:55:29 PM my paternal family name is the cloud from which Zeus fires his thunderbolts. North Korea is about to fire their shot.gary107 posted:4/10/2013 3:38:46 PM Please to remember the USS Maine.spooky1 posted:4/10/2013 6:32:00 PM IN THE NAVY LINC, BOB P, & GARY SAILED THE 7 SEAS.....bobprin posted:4/10/2013 6:53:49 PM Until they got to burmuda. Then they sailed the 7 dimensions.gary107 posted:4/11/2013 3:04:19 AM there are places even I stay away from.bobprin posted:4/11/2013 5:17:32 AM Yeah, I stay the hell away from cleveland.LincolnGenghis posted:4/12/2013 12:12:43 AM In Reply To:spooky1 posted:4/10/2013 6:32:00 PM IN THE NAVY LINC, BOB P, & GARY SAILED THE 7 SEAS.....If this is a village people thing I get to be the cowboybobprin posted:4/12/2013 5:07:48 AM I'm not going there Linc, no. Now an Iranian scientist says he has invented a personal prediction machine said to be 98% accurate up to 8 years in your future. He's reluctant to release it because he fears the chinese will steal it. Hmmm... why not look into the future and see what happens?kjohns2001 posted:4/30/2013 2:51:57 AM Nice, until Onothing kills it like he did the airborne laser that could shoot down ballistic missiles before they became a threat to us! Never forget he wants the nation to be as helpless as he wants it's. Law abiding citizens to be.gary107 posted:4/30/2013 7:34:11 AM our navy for the last two years has been preparing in detail for when San Diego gets nuked. We no longer have the money to pay off North Korea. Welcome to the wonderful world of cutbacks. Please log in or become a member to add a post.


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Naruto vs The Village test? Now thats a test I pay cash on the spot to see.
Originally Posted by Madness4o
LOL too many man sage mod and control of the nine-tailed beast just wow what are you asking about everybody from konoha should help
lol exactly. if naruto masters Sage/Kyuubi mode then not even the entire leaf village could stop naruto from getting those damn bells ROFL.
Originally Posted by niblack89
I agree with you on everything but the tatical thing they are both the same but Naruto is kind of better. Naruto could get the bells without sage mode but sage mode will make it much faster.
based on what?
On kakashis side we have experience, his sharingan, and his inteligence, which makes him a far better tactician than Naruto is. Not to say that he is 10 times smarter than him.
Naruto has more chakra than Kakashi, thats all.
While this would be cheap as hell. Kakashi could just Kamui the bells as soon as the contest started, lol.
Honestly, it should be the other way now. Naruto should have the bells and prevent shinobi like Kakashi from getting one.
well bell test is for testing graduates and teamwork not for testing kage level shinobi....and last time he got the damn bells pretty fast
kakashi lacks chakra
hand him a bijuu and he pwns madara
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Better citizenshipDecember 31,2012As we close the door on 2012, we reflect on the lessons learned and absorb the challenges with the same grace with which we celebrate our successes. Without question, the economy has continued to cast a pall over many of our lives. The holidays allow us to revel a bit, but in a matter of days, reality sets in again: the bills must be paid.
As much as we want to believe that the news coming at us from all sides whether it is the tragedy in Newtown or the fiscal cliff or the upcoming legislative session or renewable energy debates every one of us can make a difference.
To that end, instead of taking the New Years Eve inventory in order to set resolutions for the coming year, we offer another set of resolutions that might not affect your waistline but will make for better citizens.
First, educate. Take the time to educate yourself on the issues you are passionate about, as well as the topics that interest you. Knowledge is power, so arming yourself with facts allows you to make more educated conclusions.
Second, engage. Decisions are made by those who show up. It is easy to sit back and whine the day after a vote, but taking part in the process of decisions allows for due diligence. We need all sides to be heard. We need every idea on the table, because, occasionally, it is the overlooked idea that could bridge the sides or resolve the problem.
Showing up can be done in several ways; it does not always require attending the hearing or meeting. Call or write to your elected officials. Share your thoughts, and hold them accountable for the positions in which we have placed them. While they manage the process, they are in place to serve us.
Third, build. Community building is hard work. It, too, takes showing up. But this can be accomplished in a host of ways: volunteering, running for office, serving on committees, attending meetings, writing letters to the editor, hosting or facilitating a discussion group. By taking part, building networks, we strengthen our towns and cities, and we become better suited to achieve our goals and foster a sense of community pride and togetherness.
Fourth, vote. Whenever the opportunity arises, make your voice heard, whether it is at town meeting or for an election (or special election). Dont regret saying you did not do your part.
Lastly, be open-minded. By doing all or any of the above, you are exercising your right to take part. That means each of us brings our own angle and expertise to a discussion. Politics provides an easy script and offers cover when we dont really want to stand up for what we believe.
Have the courage to speak your mind without fear of deviating from the majority voice or for fear of retribution. Listen and be willing to compromise and accept other points of view. If more of us said what we wanted to instead of what we were expected to say, our communities would feel more like communities than they do. Unplug from the political machine, unplug from the social media and the Internet, and allow yourself to reach your own conclusion.
Being better citizens is our duty. We should not have to resolve to want to make our towns and cities better places to live today and for our children and grandchildren. It just should be.
As we move into 2013, think about what role you want to play in a better tomorrow. Then do it.
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Utah's Mining HistoryIn Utah, there are 174 mining districts illustrating the rich mining history in the state: silver, copper, coal, and uranium have all been unearthed from Utah's lands. The transcontinental railroad and development of ore-extracting technologies fueled the spread of silver and other mining in Utah and Salt Lake City became the center of mining in the west. Before 1900, more than half of Utah's mineral production was silver, which accounted for 20% of the silver production in the United States. However Utah is known more for its copper mines than for silver or gold. In 1910, Utah produced 11% of the US copper and 30% by 1940.
Since the turn of the 20th century, coal has also been an important part of Utah's mining history. Coal powered the locomotives of the Denver & Rio Grande Western railroad that moved coal from the coal fields of Utah to Salt Lake City where it was used in coking ovens and for smelting to make steel. Early coal mining in Utah encouraged the first union activities in an effort to protect the workers from dangerous working conditions, high company-town prices, and no representation. In 1900, 200 men and boys were killed in an explosion at the Winter Quarters coal mine in central Utah and 1924 another explosion rocked the Castle Gate Mine killing 171 men and boys. However, it was not until 1933 that coal companies in Utah finally admitted organizers from the United Mine Works of America and the worker unions in Utah were formed.
Uranium mining, which is still occurring, accounts for several mining booms in Utah's history. The first boom was triggered in the early 1900's, when Madame Marie Curie isolated a pure metal from uranium salts she collected from the Colorado Plateau in southeastern Utah. This radioactive metal was called radium, "the miracle element." A waste product of radium mining known as vanadium, often discarded in the waste rock, was found to add strength, lightness, and elasticity to the steel used in building airplanes, warships, and industrial machinery and this new mineral created the second boom in the area.
The third boom came in 1947, when the federal government, under the Atomic Energy Commission and driven by the cold war, sent out a call to prospectors to begin a full scale uranium industry in Utah. Today the fourth boom is occurring, with uranium prices increasing more than fivefold from 1990 prices.
Current Abandoned Mine Conditions in UtahUtah's rich mining legacy has left in its wake thousands of open abandoned mine shafts and adits, dilapidated structures such as headframes and buildings, and eroding waste dumps (also known as mine dumps). These waste dumps often contain elevated levels of heavy metals, such as cadmium, arsenic, lead, zinc, and others minerals.
The number of abandoned mines on Bureau of Land Management (BLM) land in Utah could number between 8,000 and 11,000 but no complete inventory of BLM lands in Utah has been conducted. Unfortunately, abandoned mine lands (AML) in what were once remote areas now pose a real physical safety threat because of Utah's phenomenal population growth, the desire for country living, and quest for recreational opportunities.
In addition to the physical safety issues, about 5-10% of these abandoned mine sites may have a water quality problem ranging from heavy metal contamination to uncontrolled erosion. These issues at AML sites compound the reclamation solutions requiring creative collaboration, increased funding levels, development of new techniques, and the implementation of the Best Management Practices (BMP).


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By Neil WeinsteinPosted April 22, 2013
This year 215 universities from across the country competed
in the first USEPA Campus Rainworks Challenge.
I was privileged to be asked to be one of the judges choose finalists to
send to Nancy Stoner, EPA Office of
Water Acting Administrator and her staff, for the final selection and award
winners. Just a few years ago it may
have been hard for many people in stormwater management to imagine a nationwide
Green Infrastructure (GI) design competition.
The awareness and implementation by all communities of all sizes around
the country has grown exponentially in the design professions. Now the interest and enthusiasm has filtered
down to colleges and universities of all sizes with the advent of this new and
exciting competition.
The finalists were equally divided into large schools and small schools
represented by multi-disciplinary teams of planners, landscape architects,
engineers, artists, and representatives from other allied programs. Each school was given the task of designing a
signature cutting-edge project or master plan that could help transform the campus
into "THE" GI university or college. Previous
rounds of judging criteria included a long list of planning, technical,
feasibility, and other sustainability metrics used in GI, and this final round
looked at how each team really put things together so that the creativity and
vision could be realized by the school.
Our panel of 10 judges, including representatives from the
American Society of Civil Engineers, the American Society of Landscape
Architects, the Water Environment Federation, EPA, private practitioners, and academia,
had to make some difficult decisions.
The amount of creativity, interdisciplinary cooperation, and quality of
the work from each of the sixteen finalists was amazing, and the size of school
and resources seemed to not make a difference on the amount of creativity and
knowledge that was included in each project. Many of the ideas were incredibly innovative,
and they really applied state-of-the-art science to planning and design. I'd also say their sensitivity to surrounding
areas and the community were outstanding. Several designs met all the judging
criteria and took the extra leap into developing new concepts and addressing
issues beyond GI.
The videos and design outreach plans required for submittal
were definitely among the highlights.
Many of them really showed a lot of creativity and fun while getting across
some complex and detailed planning and design benefits. It was also good to see projects from across
the country in many different climate and urbanized settings-- it was apparent
is that Green Infrastructure can be accomplished in campuses almost
anywhere. Many of the designs also addressed the
transition and relationship to conventional GI and looked at retrofits as well
as expansions of the campuses.
It was obvious from the competition that our next generation
of GI professionals is going to be ready, and we're in good hands! Check out
the winning designs announced today at http://www.epa.gov/campusrainworks.
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Dordt College News
Seven Defenders Earn Volleyball GPAC Honors
November 20, 2013
(Wednesday, November 20; Sioux Center, Iowa) Dordt College placed three players on the first-team and had four other players earn honors in post-season voting done by the Great Plains Athletic Conference coaches. Dordt also had the Freshman-of-the-Year award winner.
"Our volleyball program had many student-athletes worthy of highest honors in the GPAC Conference. I am overall pleased that 7 of them were recognized by the conference coaches. This speaks volumes to the quality of talent that we have on our court and is a deeper demonstration of the overall talent in our practice gym as these athletes get challenged to improve every day," said Dordt College volleyball coach Chad Hanson.
Kayla Gesink (Junior; Sioux Center, Iowa) earns first-team all-GPAC honors for the second year in a row after putting up 10.36 assists per set and hitting for a .427 kill efficiency with 1.09 kills per contest. The setter also gets to 2.35 digs per set.
Kayla Broekhuis (Senior; Edgerton, Minnesota) moves from the 2012 second-team to first-team honors this season after leading the Defenders in digs with 5.07 per contest and she also handled 96.7 percent of her serve reception attempts cleanly.
Brooke Wolterstorff (Freshman; Sioux Center, Iowa) claims the honor along with the Freshman of the Year honor after posting 3.02 kills per contest with a .278 kill efficiency and 2.44 digs per outing. Wolterstorff also has 28 service aces.
Earning second-team honors for the second time in her career is Lindsey Floen (Senior; Sioux Center, Iowa). Floen averaged 2.72 kills per set with a .369 kill efficiency and has a team high 1.05 blocks per set average. Floen also earned all-GPAC honors twice during her career.
Also on the second-team is Jenna Horstman (Sophomore; Pella, Iowa). Horstman averaged 2.87 kills per set with a .302 kill efficiency.
Taking honorable mention honors are Meghan Krausman (Sophomore; Grundy Center, Iowa) and Jocelyn Bousema (Senior; Sheldon, Iowa).
Bousema claims the honor for the second time in her career after averaging 1.75 digs per set with 28 service aces. Krausman averages 1.88 kills per set and gets to 1.35 digs per outing.
The Defenders qualified for the 2013 NAIA National Championship Tournament and will open play in the tournament on Saturday, November 23 in Sioux Center, Iowa against Cardinal Stritch (Wisconsin). Dordt was 12-4 in the GPAC and tied for third in the final standings.
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