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Ahhhh, indeed a Sunday Synopsis on Sunday; now that is a good thing! The last couple of weeks have been full, somewhat stressful, but to a great extent productive -- but still no Sunday Synopsis.
First order of business is the book of my Uncle Ralph's letters. I am almost a third through the major edit and revision. The revision is not of his letters, but includes the introduction paragraph for each letter and inserting letters that were lost in the transferal process. I also have an appointment to talk with a professional who consults, advises and even sets up the printing process. I am not sure just where this conversation will lead, but looking forward to having some professional input on how the final project might look. Unfortunately, I am further away from that publication date than I had earlier thought. Revision and editing is the PITS.
Next on my list of TO DOs is much more entertaining to me: Transcribing the diary of my 2x great-grandfather James Peter McPherson. Being a bit obsessive about this project has forced me to actually close the screen with the photographic image of the diary as well as the transcription screen when I have finished for the day. I have tended to leave the screen active in my tool bar ---- then, I will tell myself that I can just add an entry or two. The next thing I know, an hour or more has passed. The good thing about that is that I have about 50 pages transcribe, clear up to mid 1853. Now to keep myself in check with reality, this means that I have only transcribed about 3 1/2 years out of the thirty-five years in the first book. Yowser!! Reality noted!
Before the 4th of July holiday, I was headed down to northern California to visit my McPherson aunties, which I did. However, one aunt was ill in the hospital, so our family get-together rather revolved around going to the hospital, at the hospital, coming from the hospital, and talking about the same. As always, I enjoyed seeing my aunties and cousins, even under such stressful and worrisome conditions. However, I didn't get to hear any of the family stories that I so love.
Last of my ongoing tasks -- not really a tasks, because I really do enjoy writing --- even though my writing has not been very productive the last two weeks. During April and May, I participated in a memoir writing group, and during the process I wrote about 15-20 short pieces, which in retrospect are rather like reminders of stories that I want to put flesh on their bare bones. During the last two weeks, I have all of those pieces entered into my computer --- some actually in a "2nd draft"-rewrite condition. One of the most important parts of the workshop was the mining of these stories that had nearly slipped away.
I do like my latest writing regimen; I get up between 5:30-6:00 a.m and stagger to my computer and write. I try not to put a good or bad connotation on what I choose to write, but knowing that sooner or later I will use what ever I write or am working on --- in some form or fashion these morning sessions will show up in a completed piece. Now, depending upon the day, I have full-filled my writing commitment by 7:00 to 9:00 a.m. and I have the rest of the day to work in my garden, read, go to my writing group, check in with friends, clean house (ughh), or even to go back to my office and write. What a change in attitude, no more struggling with my ever-growing lists which left no time for life and living. Although to my list-making family this is a slovenly way to go through life. But it suits me --- and it is how I worked for most of my life. Back to my roots -- or in this case, Roots'n'Leaves.
Sunday, July 10, 2011
Sunday Synopsis . 2011 Junly 10th
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Sounds HUGELY productive to me. Love reading about your progress on all your projects!ReplyDelete
Thanks for reading and commenting. You, your FB and blogs make my heart sing.ReplyDelete
Joan, I'm impressed by your program and commitment to it. The diary sounds like a big task but it will be an achievement when it's done. I need to take a lesson from yr plan and get some actual research done soon. Good luck with both the letters and diary. PauleenReplyDelete
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Lost kayakers rescued from Neversink River
April 8, 2013 —
Troopers from NYSP Liberty responded to a report of two lost kayakers on the Neversink River at 11:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 6. The investigation revealed that two men from Pine Bush, NY set off from Holiday Mountain in the Town of Thompson at noon and hoped to kayak the Neversink River to Cuddebackville in the Town of Deerpark. They encountered problems including overturning numerous times and losing paddles.
Darkness fell and they spent the night on the river unaware of their location. Troopers utilized cell phone data to try to locate the boaters during the hours of darkness and did locate their vehicles.
At daybreak a State Police helicopter from Newburgh was utilized while a command post for the rescue operation was set up at the Cuddebackville Fire Dept. NYS Forest Rangers and local firemen were setting up for the ground search when the helicopter located the two men along the river in the vicinity of Griffin Road in the Town of Forestburgh, approximately four miles north of Oakland Valley Road. NYS Forest Rangers and firemen traversed the woods in ATVs to drive the two men out of the woods. They were unhurt and required no medical attention.

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1993... still 18 <.<
I'm 20 years old
I am 17 >___>
wow this thread still going? it's 2 weeks old.
I'm a newborn turtle.
hell yeah, If you seriously think anyone is still under 17 on the base there's a problem. I'm 19 bro.
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I'm a newborn turtle.
lol there's nothing wrong with that. there are people of all ages on the base.
I'm 25. :faust:
Most of the mods are way over 17>.< Some of them even have got kids...
So, yes, there are people older then 17 on the base.
20 in a couple of months...
I just had my 18th birthday last month...So yeah, I´m older than 17 o.O
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I've only been back at work for 2 weeks, after spending 4 months at home with my baby. He's been breastfed exclusively. I had supply issues few days after coming back to work, not getting the amount i usually get when i express (atleast 4.5oz). I pumped every 4hrs or so at work before this. Over the weekends, i let him drink as much n as often n as long as he likes.. hoping to increase production.
However, i just came back from expressing (3hrs after i last fed him) and could just squeezed out 0.5oz. What's happening? Is this the end of our exclusive breastfeeding journey? This is really breaking me. If I were to supplement with formula, will i still produce enough to feed him at night and on weekends?


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The warmth of a cup of tea; Giving a tea party
On a brisk fall afternoon recently, I had the pleasure of joining Christine San Jose and a group of women for a high tea party ourselves. We met at The Willow River Gallery Café in Honesdale, PA. Willow River is owned and operated by Trix Render, who opened the art gallery in 2009 and the tea shop in 2011. Render offers everything from a simple cup of tea (or coffee, if that's your preference) to extravagant tea parties; slices of pie or cake to an entire sit-down gourmet dinner. Everything offered in the tea shop is made from scratch using local products whenever possible.
Tea was served in the art gallery at a large table laden with sweet and savory treats. Following a unique tradition at the café, whenever you order tea, Render will invite you to select your own tea pot from her unique collection of wonderful pieces that fills a cupboard off to one side. As the guests took their seats at the table, each found a place setting of fine china with one of Render's one-of-a-kind tea cups and saucers already waiting.
The menu included two kinds of delicate open-faced sandwiches (a choice of cucumber, or salmon) with the bread cut into round or heart-shaped, bite-size morsels; and such a variety of sweet treats it was hard to count: scones served with whipped cream, an assortment of cookies, pizelles, and crepes filled with bananas or apple compote; and, of course, plenty of tea.
Today we understand that tea offers many health benefits. Medical studies have proven that Green, White, Oolong, and Black teas are loaded with healthy antioxidants, fluoride, and Vitamin C. Tea is a name given to a lot of brews, but purists consider only green tea, black tea, white tea, oolong tea the real thing. They are all derived from the Camellia sinensis plant, a shrub native to China and India, and contain unique antioxidants called flavonoids. The most potent of these, known as ECGC, may help against free radicals that can contribute to cancer, heart disease and clogged arteries.
Although a lot of questions remain about how long tea needs to be steeped for the most benefit, and how much you need to drink, nutritionists agree any tea is good tea. However, a good pot of tea cannot be made from bad tea, and each tea variety needs to steep for the correct amount of time for the best results.


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Monticello steps and sounds
June 15, 2011 —
After spending countless hours throughout the school year preparing their pieces, students from Monticello Central School's (MCS) music department showcased their talents at "Steps and Sounds of Different Cultures" on the evening on June 13, at the Eugene D. Nesin Theatre in Monticello.
The performances were collaborations of dance and music routines performed by over 70 students from 9th through 12th grade. Jazz, Greek and African songs were just a few of the genres presented.
Students managed the festivities, creating the music programs for visitors, explaining the evolution of the various genres performed at the event.
For 15 years, the music department has worked with the Weekend of Chamber Music (WCM), a non-profit music organization that has helped give guidance to students eager to obtain the musical knowledge they need to become skilled musicians.
WCM artistic director Judith Pearce said the school's music program "is very unusual, to have had 15 consistent years of collaborations; that's extremely unusual." The music program is unique because public schools typically do not have "the breadth and quality all the way through elementary right through high school." The support from the community and school board has added to the success and longevity of the music program, she said.
The performance was unique because it is not a common practice for dancers to share the stage with the musicians. Pearce called the school's music department "very special." The purpose of the program was to "really reinforce a sense of rhythm and pulse" she added.
A graduate of MCS, Marina Lombardi is a vocal performance major at Manhattan School of Music, where she is studying to become a professional opera singer. Having worked with the WCM and MCS's music department for years, Lombardi said she is grateful for the support from everyone at MCS and WCM because they have encouraged her love of music as well as helped her grow as a musician. She said, "When you step out of Monticello, it's a competitive world."


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IF Amare plays like he did in 2010 and is healthy.. We are equal to the nets talent imo.
Anyone take a look at this? Stephen A Smith is crazy
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Also another thing we should be worried about...
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if this goes through... we have a lot to handle in Miami and across bridge in Brooklyn. Looks like NYK is gunna be a 3 or 4 seed. I'm guessing
1. Heat
2. Nets(if they get howard)
3. Knicks
4. Chicago(maybe, if rose comes back)
5. Pacers
6. Celtics
7. 76ers
8. Up in smoke....
Orange and blue, yesterday, today, and tomorrow...
IF Amare plays like he did in 2010 and is healthy.. We are equal to the nets talent imo.
If Amare plays the way he did at the beginning of 2010 we're the best team in the league
If they can land Howard, they sure will be a powerhouse. Exciting team to watch, no doubt, especially when they just moved to Brooklyn. They will gain alot of NY fans. I can't say I would like the competition, but i rather have them as one of the top seeds rather than the Bulls, Pacers or Boston...
Even assuming Nets get Howard, the team needs time to build chemistry even if they have two big name players. They won't be top 3 East for a while
lol.......Knicks at #3 and Celtics at #6 is a little too unrealistic. I think we need to put aside our team bias and see that Celtics almost took the series from Heat, even more close than OKC, while Knicks lost pretty bad. I would currently rank Celtics at #2/3 and Knicks at #4. Ofc, when the new players hit our roster and our team begins to form chemistry, we're probably gonna be stronger
Favorite Team: Knicks
Favorite Player: D. Rose
Favorite Position: PG
I would not put us ahead of the Celtics just yet. They are a proven team, seasoned & have built a chemistry together over a span of years that the Knicks have yet to do.
I think if the Nets were to get Howard they would be better than us.
A team with a nucleus of Joe Johnson, Deron Williams and Dwight Howard can rival Miami for years to come..
That is a legit contending core right there.
People forget that this team has NO ceiling, no one really knows how good we can be. We never had a legit PG with these stars for a whole season.
I am excited to see Lin take over and have Kidd behind him, it is a great 1-2 punch at PG.
Both guys have court vision and can run the floor, exactly what we need. They can hit shots when they are open, they are perfect compliments to Amare, Melo and Chandler.
we should be a top 5 team
I believe the Pacers are a great team but if they don't match the offer for Hibert then they will finish 7th at best.
The Bulls not having Rose and the Pacers possibly losing out on Hibert just gives us more reason to have a great year. The only teams we should worry about are the Heat, Nets, and Celtics. And I believe we can beat all of them if we are healthy. We have the defensive players, the right coach, the right philosophy and a lot of offensive weapons...all we need is health and PG's to orchestrate the offense which we will have.
Whether the Nets have Howard or not, we should come together and everyone should be effective. Amare needs to step up and I believe he will with Lin and Kidd.
"The Knicks are back" - Amare
How in hell are the Net's going to fill out the rest of their roster? D-Will, JJ & Howard will nearly all earn 20mill per year, and Gerald Wallace is on like 10 mill per season?
Realistically if the dwight trade goes through this is what the standings would look like
1. Miami Heat
2. Brooklyn
3. Boston
4. New York
5. Chicago
6. Indiana
7. Philadelphia
8. Washington/Bucks
Without the trade
1. Miami Heat (Champions)
2. Boston Celtics (based on the core group being together for 5+ years pushing Miami to 7 games in the conference finals)
3. New york (with a full training camp, competent coaching and chemistry we should not underachieve this year)
4. Chicago (no rose they might even end up as the 1 or 2 seed again because thibs is just that good but maybe unlikely because his key player will be out for a significant amount of time)
5. Indiana(posssibly no hibbert with max deal on the table from portland; they are shopping for another center as we speak they feel he is not worth superstar money)
6. Brooklyn( williams and johnson feature one of the best back courts in the NBA second to kobe and nash now)
7. Philadelphia (amnestying Brand *understandable* as well as not resigning Lou Williams will hurt them )
8. Washington/Bucks (washington has a solid core with Nene, wall , and okafor i expect them to make a playoff push/ bucks have a nice back court with ellis and jennings as well as the new additions of samuel dalembert)
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Right now lets say Brooklyn does get D12
1. Miami
2. New York
3. Brooklyn
4. Boston
5. Chicago
6. Indiana
7. Philadelphia
8. Washington
Our depth is the key, not to mention we have a more complete well rounded team.
Miami was top heavy in 2011 and lost to Dallas a more well rounder, deep team
Miami added depth and subsequently beat everyone.
Brooklyn lacks depth and only really has 2 guys who are gameplan worthy. Our gameplan to stop them too Tyson Chandler and Iman Shumpert.........I am not worried about the Brooklyn Nets 1 bit
How in hell are they going to get Deron, JJ & Dwight? All are earning near 20 million and will be over that in a season or two. AND Gerald Wallace's 4 year, 40 million contract.
Still don't get how it is possible especially when Crash isn't included in the supposed 11 player, 3 team trade. Do they plan on having 4 players on the roster and nothing else? Or potentially filling out the roster with D league recruits?
PG- Deron Williams
SG- Joe Johnson
SF- Gerald Wallace
PF- Mirza Teletovic(for now)
C - Dwight Howard
Brooks and a bunch of vet min guys.
So if that trade went through they would have 6 guys under contract for roughly 70M for 2012. Now that being said I would think that Orlando would be insistent that Brooks be part of any trade scenario. I could envision a scenario where it was Lopez, Brooks, asset from Cleveland, and 3 future first round picks for Howard and J-Rich.
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Yo, check it out:
Nets with Howard put the Knicks into little dust particle.
The key to the Nets is that their big pieces fit together, they complement each other.
The nail in our foot is that Amar'e/Melo don't fit well, they are like two left gloves but you have two right arms.
It's a stretch for the brain to put Chicago below Knicks because even without Rose, Chicago is a stronger team.
We're snug in the 4-6 area, this is where we will be for the next 3 or 4 years.
Howard, JJ, Deron, Wallace is a team that I favor in a Nets Heat playoffs match-up.
While I do agree Dwight to the Brooklyn will vastly raise the nets standings I'm not sure if I buy them just steamrolling us during the season. It seems like you guys forget we also have a legitimate center who by the way won DPOY and who did as great as a job as anyone could in defending Dwight. The games are going to be fun to watch but Joe Johnson and Dwight dont scare me


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The second album from the British, after a magnificent debut Maiden raised the bar even higher brilliant album in every form apsolutny classic
Written by Void Eater on 17.03.2011 at 23:57
Funny how this album is basically a collection of filler songs, yet still manages to be great. I'd place it as Maiden's second best, behind the almighty Somwhere in Time-which for some reason is perhaps the least known of their 80's albums.
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Very good but not the best maiden alb
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Shelton said eight miles of county road was found with a stream of leaked waste that looked like burned motor oil in McMullen County. When the leaking truck was located, the hauler was found stuffing a T-shirt into the leak, he said. The case is still pending in court, but had the company not been caught the cleanup cost would have been left to the state at a price of $1,500 per hour.
Spills often require a Geiger counter due to the radioactive nature of the fluid, said Jim Wells County Sheriff's Department's Deputy Hector Zertuche.
Environmental impacts aren't the only risk associated with improperly transporting or dumping waste.
"Depending on the amount, it is very slick," Zertuche said. "We've seen cars come to an intersection and apply the brakes and skid right through the intersection. There is no traction."
Nasty black substance
Prior to additional dumping sites opening in 2011, Zertuche, an environmental abatement officer, said they were finding spills along Highway 281 and Highway 44 on a frequent basis.
"We were finding them in town at some intersections but at the time we didn't know what was going on," Zertuche said. "It was just a nasty black mud looking substance that smelled horrible. You didn't want it on your clothes or shoes, you can't get the smell off."
Zertuche recalled an incident where a trailer hatch was open and 85 percent of its contents spilled onto a county road.
Zertuche said some of the haulers were getting into the business of hauling waste without knowing all of the requirements. He said some haulers were getting hired without the companies checking to see if they were certified to carry the waste.
"There are a lot of companies that do it legally, but we are after the fly-by-night bunch that get out of town," Shelton said.
Not transported safely
Drilling waste contains concentrations of naturally occurring radioactive material, called NORM, from surrounding soils and rocks, according to the federal Environmental Protection Agency. Once exposed or concentrated by human activity, the naturally occurring material becomes Technologically-Enhanced NORM, or TENORM.
But, exposure can happen when it's not transported safely.
"The disposal guys have a Geiger counter, and when I park on the road you see the guy come in with the Geiger counter and I'm hoping they do that when I'm not there too," Zertuche said.
He said he asked the Railroad Commission what kind of fines could be cited for leaking the fluid, but initially didn't get an answer. He said he used to work in the oil industry and when he described what was happening they pointed him to Chapter 29 of the state Water Code which lists provisions for spills, haulers and permits.
Zertuche said getting waste to the proper disposal facilities requires clearly marking the trailer on both sides and rear, having a permit to haul the waste, and transporting it to the proper disposal facility.
Penalties for not complying to hauling requirements range from $100-1,000 or up to 10 days in jail.
"The Railroad Commission said they could be cited for up to $1,000 per day for each violation, but they don't ever do it," Zertuche said.
Slurry of toxic soup
According to Shelton, the state is often left with a mess to clean up when companies use improper techniques for disposing of the fluids and get caught because the companies will declare bankruptcy instead of cleaning it up themselves.
But, transporting the waste is only one phase of the disposal process. The waste has to be safely contained at disposal sites called land farms.
"It becomes a slurry of toxic soup," Shelton said. "So far we have been lucky here. They have not allowed a land farm in McMullen County. Everybody still thinks enough of their land that they don't want to do it."
Starting a land farm isn't as simple as just digging a pit and burying the chemicals. The residents of that area have to sign off on the plan to start one, according to Shelton.
Zertuche said anything that goes into the ground and comes back out is considered oil field waste and has to be taken to a disposal site. But, some of these disposal sites are aging and leaking with random items used to plug the leaking holes.
Violate RRC permits
If the waste runoff from land farms flows off permitted areas, it's a violation of various RRC-issued permits, according to Dr. John Ockels, director of the Texas Illegal Dumping Resource Center.
"Drilling mud and cuttings could run off locations where it has been 'land farmed' or seep down into a shallow aquifer," Ockels said. "Neither of these are permitted by the RRC; either would also constitute felony or misdemeanor water pollution, to be enforced by local government."
If water pollution results, local governments may impose the criminal law of Texas Water Code sections 7.145 or 7.147 for the resulting felony or misdemeanor violations.
The waste sites contain things such as frac sands and oil-based mud that have to be treated because they contain chemicals such as various bariums and sulfides, according to Zertuche. He said the possibility for radioactivity is why it's so important to get the waste to disposal facilities.
Waste disposal
When the waste arrives at the land farms such as WFI Waste Facilities Inc. in Premont, it is loaded into a storage cell where the diesel and liquid components evaporate out and the remaining dirt is turned over until it's dry. Then it's sent to a lab for testing, and if deemed clear of contaminants they are then dumped into a pit and buried in clean soil, according to Zertuche.
He also said another way of disposing of the waste is to mix it with ash and dirt and then spread it onto a hillside.
"They just put it on the ground and it just stays there forever, I guess," Zertuche said.
Hauled across counties
Some of the nearby disposal sites are located in Fowlerton, Premont, Palito Blanco and Gonzales and can only be opened with a permit from the Texas Railroad Commission. This means waste from Live Oak and McMullen counties must be hauled across the counties and through Three Rivers, George West and Tilden before reaching their dump sites.
The waste doesn't just leak from the bottoms of haulers, but from the tops as well when haulers move waste in trailers not designed for it. This causes waste to come up off the back while in transit and splatter vehicles and the road, or slosh to the side when making a turn.
"We had several drivers call in and say they were following a guy who was spilling. We've been able to get some that way but people don't generally call it in," Zertuche said. "People just drive over it and on it. I don't know if they are just unaware or don't want to get involved but somebody has got to see it; it's daylight and they are driving everywhere."
Watch out, Tilden
Zertuche said spills and leaks are becoming less common in Jim Wells County as oil companies, haulers and law enforcement become familiar with the laws. But, he also said issues are starting to surface in areas where they were less common such as Tilden.
"They said you could go to town at the Valero station (in Tilden) writing people up," Zertuche said.
Incidents of leaking or spilled waste have decreased in Jim Wells County because other sites have opened in the north end of the Eagle Ford Shale, according to Zertuche.
"We were having 24-hour trucks coming here," Zertuche said. "We could find 30 in the site itself and seven or eight waiting to go in. Now we see one or two because they don't have to travel down to us."
Live Oak County Sheriff Larry Busby said there haven't been any recent reports of improper waste disposal or leaking in Live Oak County.
"I'm sure it's happened some," Busby said. "It's a bit easier (to catch) in McMullen because they don't have as many roads."
Radioactive material
The EPA says radioactive material isn't necessarily present at every drilling site, but in areas such as the Midwest or Gulf Coast states, the soil is more likely to contain radioactive material.
The waste contains radium-226, radium-228, and radon gas. On-site workers are most likely to be exposed to the alpha and gamma radiation released during the decay process through inhalation, raising the risk of lung or skin cancer, the EPA said. But, radium can leak into groundwater as well.
The EPA says the general public could be exposed to TENORM from oil and gas drilling when sites that were active prior to the mid-1970s, when regulations went into effect, are released for public use. The public could also be exposed when contaminated equipment is reused.
When smaller quantities are found on the road they are covered in sand and scraped to the side of the road, Zertuche said.


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Norman Safeground to launch Norman SecureBox
Norman Safeground is launching Norman SecureBox, a Norwegian service that will allow companies to control and maintain security with regard to how employees share and synchronise files between PCs and mobile devices.
Oslo, 3 September 2013 Many companies find that employees are uploading company documents to insecure cloud services. Recent figures indicate that 71 per cent of employees do not care about company guidelines. This is why a secure, sharable and not least administrable storage option is required. If companies fail to take on board such secure solutions, employees themselves will start using insecure solutions on their own and the company will lose control of its data and documents.
"Norman SecureBox allows companies to share, synchronise and back up both files and folders simply and securely. Security is very much needed in a world in which information is being shared more and more widely and made accessible or ever-increasing numbers of devices," says Arne Uppheim, Product Director at Norman Safeground.
Many individuals and companies nowadays are concerned with how data physically ends up in the cloud, and with maintaining good accessibility. Norman SecureBox stores all data in Norway at two fully redundant, physically discrete and secure data centres. Users would not notice anything even if one of the data centres were to be disabled by a fire or other such incident.
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If files are deleted or edited by accident, they can be reloaded from the cloud, where Norman SecureBox stores its backups.
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The company owns data stored in Norman SecureBox. Administrators can access files in the cloud solution, so they can be both retrieved and deleted. The company can use shared folders.
Norman SecureBox also uses Theftguard technology, which protects the content on mobile devices. Norman SecureBox will be available with market-leading mobile support for iPhone, iPad, Android, Windows Phone and Blackberry right from day one. If devices are lost or stolen, users and administrators can remotely delete files while also retaining secure copies of the data in the Norman SecureBox cloud. Lost or stolen devices can be tracked via the Google Maps service.
Norman SecureBox has a notification system which notifies administrators when files in the company's shared vault are added, deleted or edited.
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Experience the diversity of cultures in Sioux Center at the Dordt College Cultural Fair
February 18, 2013
International cuisine, cultural dance, and fashion styles from around the world converge in a colorful and dynamic event at Dordt College.
The college's Students Without Borders cross-cultural club is hosting the annual Cultural Fair on Saturday, March 2, from 3:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. in the De Yager Center. The colorful fashion show, an audience favorite, will conclude the day's event.
"People won't want to miss the performances," said Giovanna Romero, a junior from Asuncion, Paraguay. "Many international students are going to be singing and dancing something typical from their country."
The Cultural Fair will showcase and engage students and community members in other cultures, helping participants develop a broader understanding of God's creation and a deeper appreciation of our place in it.
"As international students we live every day in a different culture and we learn to respect and celebrate the differences between our culture and the American culture," said Romero. "The Cultural Fair is an opportunity for others to see a little bit about our culture."
This is a free event for people of all ages.
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Camera Day & Other Old Mariners Stuff
I've been looking through some old photo albums lately and found a bunch of old Mariners photos I figured I would share. Most of the following photos are from "Camera Day" (the best promotional night ever) at the Kingdome. The first set are from 1986, the second is from 1987, and the third is from 1990 or 1991 (my hunch is its 1991).
The picture quality of these photos is pretty shabby because I literally just took digital photos of actual printed photographs (my scanner is out of order right now).
During the 1986 season, I was ten years old and I was a huge Mariners fan. And in this pre-Griffey era, there was no Mariner (an no ballplayer period) more important to me than the Mariners sure-handed short stop, Spike Owen. This is the only picture I ever got with Spike.
Later this season, I was dealt a major blow when the Mariners dealt my all-time favorite player to the Boston Red Sox. The Red Sox then moved on to the World Series and, for the first time ever, I watched the World Series and was pulling hard for Spike to win a championship. Spike had a great post-season in '86. He hit .429 in the ALCS and .300 even in the World Series.
After 1986, Spike went on to have a solid career. He wasn't an all-star and he won't be in the Hall of Fame, or even any team's Hall of Fame, but he had a career of which he should be proud. He had over 1,200 hits and was recognized as a quality short stop (although he never won a gold glove).
Interestingly, in the final at bat of his career, Spike hit a fly ball that Ken Griffey, Jr. caught for the first out of the ninth inning of the Mariners 1-game playoff against the Angels in 1995. Two outs later, Spike's career was finished and the Mariners had won their first A.L. West Championship and made the playoffs for the first time in team history.
How about some more 1986 Mariners. Here I am with Al Cowens:
Of course, we had Phil Bradley and "Stormin" Gorman Thomas.
Phil Bradley was a quality Mariner. Over five seasons, he hit .301 and was an all-star in 1985. In '86, Bradley hit .310.
Who remembers Steve Yeager and Ken Phelps?
I never realized this until right this second, but Yeager is apparently the reason that Spike Owen changed his number from 7 to 1 in 1986. I became a big Spike Owen fan initially because we both played short stop and we both wore number 7. I can tell you that M's jersey I'm wearing in these pictures has a big number 7 on the back, and it was for Spike Owen, not Steve Yeager.
Of course, Ken Phelps is famous in Mariners history for two things he did involving other teams. First, Phelps was famously traded to the Bronx for future Mariners Hall of Famer, Jay Buhner. Second, as an Oakland Athletic, Phelps hit a homerun with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning to break up Brian Holman's bid for a perfect game.
Next up, Edwin Nunez and Dave "Hendu" Henderson:
Hendu was traded to the Red Sox along with Spike Owen. While he only had one hit and batted .111 in the ALCS against the Angels, Dave's only hit was huge. With the Red Sox down to their potential final out of the series in the ninth inning of game five, Hendu delivered a two-run homerun off of Donnie Moore. The game when into extra innings, in the 11th inning, Hendu delivered the game winning RBI with a sac fly (also off of Donnie Moore). The Red Sox won the game, and then won games 6-7 to advance to the World Series. In the series, Hendu hit .400 (10 for 25) with 2 homeruns.
Hendu can be heard from time-to-time broadcasting Mariners games and seems to be a great guy.
Next up, Billy Swift and Karl Best:
Our catcher in 1986 was the one and only, Bob Kearney.
In 1987, I wasn't about to miss Camera Day. Again, we were along the third base line. This season, I decided to sport my green and gold Sno-King Youth Club baseball uniform. Here I am with "Mr. Mariner," Alvin Davis:
With Spike Owen gone, someone had to play short stop in 1987. And the job was split between Rey Quinones and this guy, Domingo Ramos:
I don't even remember the next guy, Bill Wilkinson:
The 1987 Mariners catcher of the future, Dave Valle:
We weren't the best team in 1987, but we did have a (future) Hall of Famer at the helm: Dick Williams:
Ken Phelps was still hanging around in 1987:
I got my picture with a couple Mikes: Mike Kingery (RF) and Mike Moore (P):
Next up, in the only picture of me holding a bat on a big league field, I posed with Mariners coach, Phil Roof:
Coming off of the bench, we had Rich Renteria:
Who could forget Scott Bankhead?
Once again, Phil Bradley put together a nice season hitting .297:
Our primary catcher in 1987 was this man: Scott Bradley:
Another guy I don't remember was Steve Sheilds:
Here I am with Mariners coach Ozzie Virgil:
And finally, it was Hendu's replacement: John "Johnny Moe" Moses:
That's it for picture day in the 1980s. But we still have some more pictures to share.
Here I am in the Mariners dugout during a Spring Training game in 1991 — I was the batboy for the game:
Here I am retrieving a bat (possibly Ken Griffey, Jr.'s) as Jay Buhner strides to the plate:
By the way, Griffey went 3-3 with 3 singles, Randy Johnson got the win, and Cubs 2B Ryne Sandberg a solo homerun.
This experience was one of the coolest I've ever had in baseball. Griffey was incredibly cool to me. He was easily the most chatty with me in the dugout. Harold Reynolds warmed up before the game using my first basemens glove. Randy Johnson pitched at had to use Edgar Martinez's bat. At one point, The Big Unit bunted a pop up to the Cubs pitcher and never left the batters box. The Cubs pitcher totally booted the ball and it rolled into foul territory over by the Cubs dugout. But Randy was still in the batters box and was thrown out at first. Finally, I went from really disliking M's first baseman Pete O'Brien (I'm not sure why I had not liked him previously) to really liking him (because he was incredibly cool to me in the dugout).
After this game, I got my first and only picture with Ken Griffey, Jr.
Our last Camera Day was in 1990 or 1991. We just took pictures of players as they stopped by to shake hands. I'm not in any of the pictures. I'm not sure if it was because it was too packed or if I felt like I was too old (I was 14 or 15) or if the players were just shaking hands and not posing for pictures. Who knows?
Anyway, here are some of the pictures, starting with Alvin Davis and Ken Griffey, Sr.:
There was Harold Reynolds and Greg Briley:
In a couple years, I was never able to get a good picture of (or with) Harold Reynolds, which is really unfortunate because I regard him as one of the top players in Mariners history. A great player and a great guy.
Ken Griffey, Jr. stopped by, but we got a really terrible picture that isn't even worth posting.
But we got decent shots of two future Mariners Hall of Famers: Jay Buhner and Edgar Martinez (with Jay Buhner):
Finally, we got this shot of Dave Valle:
Next stop is Pittsburgh in 2004. Colleen and I headed to Pittsburgh for the weekend to see the Mariners in their first and only appearance at PNC Park. Colleen and I had been together almost five years at this point and were engaged, but because I had been in law school for three of those years and hours away from any Major League team with no son to travel around with she didn't really fully know me as a baseball fan yet. Primarily, she knew me as a guy who watched a ton of Mariners games on TV and occassionally took her to a game in Philadelphia or Baltimore. This was her first real baseball roadtrip.
Here are some shots from Pittsburgh of the first and third winningest pitchers in Mariners history: Jamie Moyer (first at 145 wins) and Freddy Garcia (third at 76 wins):
Here is another (poor quality but) interesting picture from our Pittsburgh trip: Ichiro wearing (i) a brown glove and (ii) long pant legs:
Finally, this last picture of the entry is from Safeco Field. I'm not sure what year it is from — probably 2003-04 — but it also shows Ichiro sporting long pants:
And there you go, some of my old, pre-Tim, mostly pre-digital Mariners pictures.
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Gosh, Mariners used to play in jerseys looking entirely different from the current ones! And half a decade later, we'll surely see something of you in those Kingdome days in Tim…
To my knowledge, Ichiro began to expose his stockings when he played for Team Japan in World Baseball Classic 2006, the first international game he played as a member of the national team and the occasion that lifted his spirit higher than ever before.
(If his high school team could be among four semi-finalist of the High School National Championship Tournament in any one Summer during his high school days, he could join Team Japan for US-Japan High School Baseball Friendship Games. If he could play college ball, he could join Team Japan for annual US-Japan College Baseball Championship. If he were with a company-affiliated amateur baseball club before 2000 as Hideo Nomo did, he could join Team Japan for Summer Olympic Games. Actually he had missed all these opportunities)
Interestingly, he was the sole player of Team Japan exposing his stockings (Japan vs. US,1st game of 2nd Round).
He must be silently and secretly preparing for the next season at some unknown place… I do hope best of luck for him and Mariners in Season 2011!!!
The M's certainly have switched up their uniforms over the years. The biggest change was going from royal blue and yellow to navy blue and teal. I like the old uniforms on turn back the clock days, but overall I am much happier with our current uniforms than I ever was with the prior designs.
Interesting that Ichi missed all of those prior chances at representing Japan. I'm sure everyone is happy he finally made the team in 2006. He's certainly had some memorable moments in the 2006 and 2009 World Baseball Classics. I wonder what made him switch to high sox between 2005-06. Hmm…a mystery.
> I wonder what made him switch to high sox between 2005-06. Hmm…a mystery.
WBC 2006 was one of the greatest turning points in Ichiro's career as a baseball player. He had not joined Team Japan before 2006 officially due to either limitation of player qualification (i.e., amateur players only as was the case with Summer Olympic Games in 1996) or team organizing policy (i.e., NPB players only as was the case with Summer Olympic Games in 2004), but there was an additional reason, his own policy. He considered Olympic Games were basically for amateur players and therefore not for professional players. WBC 2006 was different from any occasion he had missed before in that it was a tournament for national teams organized solely by top-rank professional players, like the FIFA World Cup for soccer, for example. This is why WBC 2006 was the first occasion he WILLINGLY played as a member of the national team in an international tournament. He joined the team with the strongest determination to win the first WBC Championship under Manager Sadaharu Oh (the holder of the world career home run record), and expressed his determination by doing something he had never done before, i.e., exposing his stockings. He virtually took part of the leader of Team Japan throughout from the 1st round pool to the final match (as the sole position player with experience of baseball in US), an attitude beyond expectation of most Japanese baseball fans knowing him from early stage of his professional carrier.
I love these pictures. Great job!
I did not remember Steve Yeagar playing with the Mariners. Classic!
Some of those old pictures really show how bad the turf was at the Kingdome. I can't imagine playing baseball on a concrete surface with a thin layer of plastic between a player and the concrete! I am so glad that nearly all teams play on grass now.
Great pictures from the past!
Good stuff, man! I wish I had all my old pics from growing up with the Texas Rangers.
Well, I'm sure the National Team was happy to finally get Ichiro onto its roster. The team certainly has turned out great results with Ichiro as a member.
Thanks. Yeah, we had a lot of past-their-prime veterans back in the day…and a lot of fresh off the farm rookies. And collectively they weren't very good back in these days!
Thanks. Yeah, I noticed the carpet quality. I don't remember the carpet looking so terrible back in the day, but the pictures don't lie. Its funny to think that in 1999 they went from this carpet in the first half to the plush grass of Safeco Field after the all-star break.
I'm sure Team Japan for the coming WBC 2012 will have Ichiro again. He'll make it also in WBC 2015, hopefully still as a player.
The Mariners really need to change their colors back to blue and gold. The current colors of navy, silver and teal had a good run but it's time to embrace the more "fun" combo of blue and gold.
Awesome. I have my own camera day photos from 1980!!


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why do they look like badly drawn cartoon characters?
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why do they look like badly drawn cartoon characters?
Ask the animation crew. They fuc*ked up the animation and drawing for this episode
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The State Board of Education acted today to establish
a School Finance Authority for financially troubled
Hazel Crest School District 152.5, setting in place
a mechanism for restoring financial stability and keeping
schools from closing prior to the end of the school
The district had enough cash on hand to meet the Dec.
6 payroll, but is now basically insolvent and has been
unable to borrow money from private lenders. The School
Finance Authority should assist the district in efforts
to borrow money from private lenders and, if necessary,
enable the district to use an emergency loan from the
state to enable Hazel Crest schools to remain open until
the end of the school year.
Governor Ryan signed legislation Friday authorizing
the creation of a School finance Authority and establishing
an emergency loan of up to $4000 per student if funding
from private sources is insufficient to keep students
in school for the entire school year. The State Board
of Education had five days from Friday's enactment
of the legislation to use the bill's provisions
to establish the School Finance Authority. Within 15
days, State Superintendent of Education Robert E. Schiller
must appoint five members of the Authority, with two
residing in the Hazel Crest district.
"We have several districts with financial problems,
but Hazel Crest stands alone by being insolvent and
unable to borrow money," Schiller said. "Fortunately,
the members of the legislature and the Governor recognized
the significance of the district's problems and
passed this legislation to rescue the district and assure
the continuance of academic services for Hazel Crest
"Neither the State Board, legislators nor the
Governor preferred this course of action," Schiller
said, "but, it is necessary to keep schools open
for the 1100-plus students of the district."
The Financial Oversight Panel, previously put in place
by the State Board at the request of the Hazel Crest
School Board, will stay in place until members of the
School Finance Authority are appointed.
The Hazel Crest School Board voted at its last meeting
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Students in La Crosse continue to out perform the nation on a college entry exam.
The district averaged 22.8 on the ACT out of a possible 36 points. That's almost a full point higher than the state average of 22.1 and nearly two better than the national average of 20.9.
Wisconsin tied for second best scores with Iowa. Minnesota topped the list.
Administrators say students are so successful because of a supportive community and a rigorous curriculum.
"We really do try to focus on creating awareness for students about career and workpalce readiness post-high school and that's starting earlier and earlier, it's not just a high school emphasis anymore, it's leaking down into the middle schools," said Associate Superintendent Troy Harcey.
Other districts are also having success. Onalaska students averaged 22.5. It was 22.7 in Holmen and West Salem.


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Hanukkah, the "Festival of Lights," is widely considered a relatively minor holiday in the Jewish year. In the United States, however, its closeness to Christmas has brought greater attention to Hanukkah and its gift-giving tradition. Amid the ever-growing flood of Christmas advertising, it may seem especially fitting that the Hanukkah story tells of Jewish culture surviving in a non-Jewish world (www.factmonster.com [2])
It's kind of ironic that so many folks think of the Catskills as being rich in Jewish culture—and in many ways it is—but I have scads of friends throughout the Upper Delaware Valley who know little about the holidays and traditions that my Jewish heritage embraces. This past weekend, however, proved to be an opportunity for me to share the Hanukkah story and celebrate with my pals, who wanted to learn more. Don't get me wrong, I'm a big fan of Santa and have run into him a lot lately, but when Dave and Corinne Dunlap (www.facebook.com/pages/Santas-Village-at-Hilltop-Homes [3]) invited me to help light the newest addition to their holiday display, (a giant menorah) I leaped at the chance.
Admittedly, I might have goaded Dunlap into it, having participated last year in his efforts to help make thousands of children's Christmas wishes come true by creating a winter wonderland and by giving his time (and considerable talents) to the Toys for Tots and CASA kids (www.sullivancountycasa.org [4]) campaign, now in its fifth year. While celebrating last season, I may have mentioned (once or twice) that my peeps have a holiday, too. When Dave called, I had no idea what he had in store, so I was shocked to find that he and Corinne had planned a surprise party to go with the menorah-lighting ceremony, replete with a dinner, gifts, dreidels and gelt. Everyone gathered outside as I sang (OY!) the traditional blessing and translated the meaning for the many friends they had so kindly invited to join us, and then we retired indoors to enjoy an incredibly festive party.
Corrinne (with the help of many) had researched the traditional Hanukkah fare, so there was no lack of oil-laden entrees and confections on the table, which had been festooned in silver and blue and included a place of honor (and presents!) for Dharma, the wonder dog. I was (quite literally) ferklempt, overcome at the generosity of spirit of my friends, who gathered that night to hear me regale them with the history of Hanukkah, (www.myjewishlearning.com [5]), to learn the "dreidel song" and to let me drone on about how my mom worked tirelessly to make the holiday as "special" (no mean feat) as Christmas.
I managed (for something completely different) not to cry as I bid farewell to these incredible folks, but will never forget what an exceptional gift they gave me that night and am thrilled to be a small part of the celebration about to take place there on the 14th and 15th at Santa's Village. For more information, call 845/807-7555. The event is free, but a new unwrapped toy for those less fortunate is most welcome. If you're in need of a good laugh, I'll be there on Saturday (from 5 to 8 p.m.) dressed as an elf (with you-know-who tucked under my arm) so bring your camera and feel free to mock.
Meanwhile, across town, (www.bethelwoodscenter.org [6]) there was a different story being told, as the Delaware Valley Opera (DVO) presented a holiday classic, "Amahl and the Night Visitors," for a packed house. After a greeting by DVO general manager and director Carol Castel, everyone sat rapt with attention as Mason Marie Clark (Amahl) and Carol Diefenbach (Mother) joined wise men Eric Barsness (Balthazar), John Kaneklides (Kaspar) and Wayne Line (Melchior) on stage with Marty Strasinger (The Page) to tell the story of a young boy who receives a magical visit from the wise men. The show was beautifully presented, the voices glorious, and what was (for many youngsters in the house) a first-time experience with opera, a great introduction to the art form itself. As the final presentation in the 2012 World Stage Series at Bethel Woods, it was (IMHO) a fitting tribute to the season, and the gingerbread cookies were swell, too. When the show was over, Dharma played with the kids before reminding me that Santa would be on Main Street in Callicoon the next day, and that she needed some down time before her next public appearance.
Yep, Santa was there, girl scouts were caroling and a festive atmosphere reigned supreme as we made our way home, to light the menorah once more. As Hanukkah continues to light up the night, I need to brush up on Kwanzaa, before hitting the road in search of adventure, always seeking to learn something new along the way.
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The Lady Eagles went undefeated this season. The Lady Eagles also combined with varsity players early, while the basketball team was still in the playoffs, and throughout the season. Coach Jaime Cano said the girls gained valuable playing experience.
"I am real happy and pleased with our J.V., they practice hard every day and did everything we asked of them," Cano said. "Some of these girls came out this season without any experience but were determined to learn and get better every practice." s
Having a Junior Varsity team at a 1A program is an added advantage for our overall softball program, Cano added.
The Lady Eagles are coached by assistant coach Julie Carmichael and head coach Jaime Cano.
The Lady Eagles defeated Port Aransas JV 7-0, Incarnate Word Academy 5-0, Mathis JV 9-2, Falls City JV10-9, Yorktown JV 10-4, and Pettus JV 12-10.
Playing on the Junior Varsity this season were Caitlyn LePore, Kendall Wendland, Brittany Lopez, Anna Vega, Hannah Niemann, Danielle Perez, Amber Gray, Azalea Garcia, Vanessa Vasquez, Michelle Martinez, Tana Salyers, Madalynn Nixon and Brittany Stewart.
"Congratulations to the Junior Varsity Lady Eagle softball team," Cano said.


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The Hickory Farms Escape
Previously, we learned about the origin of the Turkey Bandit. As a young turkey (poult), he escaped a local organic farm after his father was chosen as the "guest of honor" for the farmer's Thanksgiving table; his father was never seen again. The young Bandit escaped and began his quest to free as many turkeys as he could, one farm at a time.
"I'm in position," the Turkey Bandit's radio crackled 10 years later. His partner had the farm under surveillance; he knew where the turkeys were kept and where the Bandit would enter to switch off the alarm.
"Copy that," the Bandit whispered. "I'm on my way."
He pulled his cab to the side of the road and switched the "Off Duty" light on. He popped the trunk and flipped over a secret compartment, revealing a black mask, utility belt and cape. He changed quickly, grabbed the walkie talkie from the dashboard and took off into the night.
A few moments later, he came upon Hickory Farms. A large sign swung in the moonlight. Beneath it, a smaller sign read: "We have the freshest turkeys around." The Bandit chuckled. "Not for long," he said to himself.
The Bandit's partner's name was Estajoca, which the Bandit couldn't pronounce, so he called him Jack instead. Jack was a wild turkey and a very good tracker of Native American decent. The two of them had been working together for the past five Thanksgivings.
Jack was peering through his night vision goggles when the Bandit approached.
"'Bout time," said Jack. "If you were much later we would have missed Thanksgiving all together."
"Yeah, yeah," said the Bandit. "Let's do this."
The Bandit tiptoed over the porch and entered the house through the dog entrance cut into bottom of the door. He took a few steps and felt the floors creak under him.
Jack took his place by the coop, ready to pick the lock.
"Okay, I'm coming upon the alarm system," the Bandit said over the radio. He hooked up his scanner and waited as it decoded. The light upstairs turned on. The Bandit froze. He pressed himself up against the wall as the farmer came down the stairs. He was dressed in boxers and a white tee shirt and seemed to still be asleep. The Bandit crossed behind the farmer stealthily and dove behind the couch.
The farmer continued to the kitchen and filled up a glass of water. The Bandit held his breath as the farmer went back upstairs. When all was clear, the Bandit crossed carefully to the alarm and entered the code. "We are good. Break them out of there."
Jack went to work on the lock. "That was close," he said.
"Too close," said the Bandit.
"Oh, it wasn't that close," said a deep voice from the darkness.
Startled, the Bandit whipped around as the Dog stepped into the light.
Meanwhile, Jack got the door to the coop open and quietly moved through the turkeys, explaining that they were being rescued. The flock gathered quickly. "So there really is a Turkey Bandit," said a young poult.
"There is indeed," said Jack, as he started shuffling the flock out the front gate and on to safety.
Back inside, the Bandit and the Dog glared at each other as if in a Western stand off, each waiting for the other one to make a move.
"Give it up," said the Dog. "There's no way out alive."
The Bandit calmly took a dog treat from his pocket. "Fresh bacon," he said.
The Dog looked nervous. The Bandit smelled the treat and scrunched up his face. "Mmmmm," he said.
The Dog's mouth started to water. He tried to resist but he started to pant. The Bandit threw the treat over his shoulder into the kitchen. The Dog barreled after it. The Bandit shook his head as he slipped out of the house and into the night.
The next morning, the Bandit sat at his dining room table eating breakfast. His cab was parked outside. His wife and two young poults clucked around getting ready for the day.
The cover of the morning newspaper read, "Turkey Bandit strikes again. Hickory Farms emptied."
"Wow" said the son. "Do you think it's really true? Is there a Turkey Bandit?"
"I don't know," said the Bandit himself. "A turkey who runs around in a mask and cape seems to be a little confused. I can't say I approve of his methods but he certainly is doing a good thing."
With a grin, the Turkey Bandit leaned back in the chair, thankful for alarm decoders, dog treats and his family.


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Before there was Lewis Hamilton there was this A+ list rapper/producer/everything else who was engaged at the time but made sure our female celebrity/singer was well taken care of.
Nicole Scherzinger/Jay-Z
Who hasn't he taken care of?ReplyCancel
Yeah seriously, OT Dec 8th is my day heyyyReplyCancel
Murder boy looks after his ladies. Got no problem with this. And he wasn't cheating on Pregger Faker. They aren't for real, never hasve been.ReplyCancel
Sugar, he's some sort of driver of racing vehicles with a very unfortunate hairline.ReplyCancel
"boy" should be capitalized and there should be 2 "s'" in "hasve".ReplyCancel
have y'all heard about the upcoming reality show "I Want to Marry Harry." The twist is that it's a Harry impersonator. I'd be surprised if no one gets sued.
Lewis Hamilton, the Formula One driver?ReplyCancel
Thanks, @Sugar. I had no idea whatsoever what those people were doing in the same blind. Quite a reeeeaaaaccchhh.ReplyCancel
LOL @Sugar. PRINCE Harry, my bad. Although I'd also watch a spin-off featuring Knuckles!ReplyCancel
Oh wait….ReplyCancel
Prince Harry is on the cover of US or STAR this month and it was sitting on the table this morning when my husband asked why was Ralph Mouth on the cover of a magazine! (he was totally serious) HAHAHA! I thought that was funny because he does sort of look like Ralph. He better hurry up and boat that bass because I think he's losing his hot.ReplyCancel
Lewis Hamilton wants to be a rap star after he is done with his racing career. Maybe Nicole can help him out with that. Blackmail anyone?ReplyCancel
Nicole cant even have her own career much less help anyone else.ReplyCancel
Wth this was the most vague blind everReplyCancel
The ladies would be lined up around the block for a crack at me.ReplyCancel
Nicole is so bitter now it wouldn't surprise me if she writes a tell all…she thought she was gonna be big after the Pussy Cat DollsReplyCancel
I read that as the ladies would be lined up around the block if I had crack with me., Harry :))ReplyCancel
@ Lady H: That sounds like a tired re-tooling of that Joe Millionaire show from 10+ years ago. Those type of shows would be hard to pull off nowadays in the age of Twitter unless they sequester those girls. Like they are supposed to be meeting Harry at some UK location and his camp tweets: "I'm loving it here in Majorca!"ReplyCancel
Nicole is desperate to snag a rich husband. Bless her heart, she's failing miserably. Lewis went so far as to post on his blog that he and Nicole were NOT engaged a couple of weeks ago.
Me thinks Nicole is seen as the pass-around girl. Interscope honcho Jimmy Iovine supposedly took care of her, too, at some point.
Once Lewis finds a younger, prettier, more successful woman, Nicole goes bye-bye. And then she'll write a bitter tell-all.ReplyCancel
I can take care of Nicole but only for one night 🙂 she bores me as hellReplyCancel
Cant make a Ho a housewife. Nicole is only sexy in a hatefuck kinda way. I can only imagine how banal conversation must be with her.ReplyCancel
I think it has been a long time since Bey has asked to smell Jay's dick when he comes home. She probably has a towel warmer on his nightstand so he don't get the sheets stinkin like whore.ReplyCancel
I wouldn't let him "take care of" me even if he offered me shiney things. His face is as unappealing as his squeaky voice. Imagine what Squeaky-Z sounds like when he's…enjoying himself? No thanks. Sidenote: rememba when Nicole Scharzbender went and said the other pussy betches never actually sang. They wanted to claw her eyes out. I'm not a fanReplyCancel
@Sugar That's too funny!ReplyCancel
@Count: Words so beautiful, they can only be expressed in the form of song…ReplyCancel
Scherzinger is literally a whore. The Pussycat Dolls were a traveling brothel with Antin as Madam.ReplyCancel
I buy her albums bitch! I love Nicole freaking Scherzinger and I'd fucking love to have a conversation with her! She doesn't sleep around, she is not miserable and there ain't no woman on this planet who is more beautiful than Nicole fucking Scherzinger. When you learn how to sing like her, let me know. So get back in a line so you can kiss both mine and Scherzy's ass!


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Gov. Bill Richardson is planning to visit Fort Sumner, Clovis and Portales today.
By Kevin Wilson: Freedom New Mexico
Gov. Bill Richardson is visiting eastern New Mexico today as part of his statewide listening tour.
Alarie Ray Garcia, Richardson's deputy communications director, said the tour has a stop in each New Mexico county. She said it's an opportunity for invited leaders and lawmakers to address projects that may qualify for stimulus funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
Richardson will be at Fort Sumner's city hall at 1:30 p.m., then visit the Clovis-Carver Public Library at 3:30 p.m. before finishing the evening with a 5:30 p.m. stop at the Roosevelt County Courthouse in Portales.
Garcia said the meetings could also cover other community needs, but the tour is primarily to make sure Richardson and others are "on the same page" on stimulus-related projects.
"It's just the governor coming to listen to officials," Garcia said. "The state's gotten a lot of paperwork turned in on these things, but he wants to hear about each project."
No doubt he'll hear about the Hull Street Overpass in Clovis, which has been closed since last summer.
"We'll be talking about Hull Street and see where we are with the funding there," Clovis Mayor Gayla Brumfield said. "We're definitely still working on that."
The overpass' replacement is estimated to cost between $8 million and $9 million, Clovis City Manager Joe Thomas said, factoring in construction, design and demolition costs. The aim is to have the overpass replaced by the middle of 2010.
Thomas said there's no money in hand, but verbal commitments add up to about $3.5 million and the design is in the "t's crossed, i's dotted" stages.
"We haven't prepared the bid document because we are told we need a federal control number (to qualify for stimulus funds qualification)," Thomas said.
Other items on the city wish list, Thomas said, are funds to defray city costs on wastewater treatment plant upgrades, the addition of a therapy pool and extra classroom space for the wellness center, and street repairs on Norris Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.
Curry County Manager Lance Pyle said the county without question supports the efforts for Hull Street, but the county's top priority will be road funding.
"With the expansion of (Cannon Air Force) Base," Pyle said, "there are needs to go towards maintaining those roads."
Pyle said he's also applied for a recovery grant to hire three additional sheriff's office deputies, and is thinking in the long-term about a judicial complex to host district court, judges' offices and the district attorney's office. Such efforts, he said, would save the county $100,000 in rent and make the judicial system more efficient.
"To better serve the public," Pyle said, "we need to try to house everything in the same facility."
Pyle said the Curry County Special Events Center still needs additional construction on parking and covers for horse stalls, but he doesn't believe either of those qualify for stimulus dollars.
Portales City Manager Debi Lee envisions city officials will show gratitude for Richardson's help on many local projects.
"He's helped us with job creation and renovation of the Yam (theater)," Lee said. "He's been really helpful in funding some downtown housing as well as Highway 70."
The city will receive $249,000 in stimulus funds to do landscaping, median and city entrance improvements along Highway 70, Lee said. But in general, she said Portales hasn't asked for many other projects.
"We understand the state's financial situation," Lee said. "We're appreciative of the projects we've got going on. Hopefully, the state's financial position will get better soon."