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#3160 - 11/14/00 01:32 PM Re: Now in "Smello-vision"
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Loc: cary, nc, usa
I had to eat the apple I was carrying before I was allowed in.
I saw a documentary once about US Customs and Agriculture. They were standing in the airport with a dog who was specifically trained to smell out sausage, among other agricultural products, to prevent foreign crop related diseases from comming into the country. I don't remember why sausage was so bad though. I'm sure if you met that lady and that dog, they wouldn't have let you take your flour with you.
#3161 - 11/14/00 02:56 PM Re: Now in "Smello-vision"
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Registered: 04/03/00
Posts: 10538
Loc: this too shall pass
so the moral of the story is this: it's not just fruit they're blocking, it's just that the typical traveler is more likely to be carrying the casual fruit (no pun!) than vegetables or (say) bags of white stuff disguised as flour.
#3162 - 11/14/00 03:22 PM Re: Now in "Smello-vision"
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Registered: 10/17/00
Posts: 5400
Loc: rego park
Sausage is banned because we american are so afraid of diseases*, that certain type meats that have been smoked, but not cooked are considered raw, and raw meat could carry diseases-- so its banned, customs to be honest, they will let you take most any thing out--except weird stuff--Cadilac Coupe de ville, ie, Its when you want to bring stuff in they object. So no problem leaving the US with flour-- just don't bring English flour here!
*as an aside, our being parinoid has some use, since USDA blocked british beef right at the start of BSE.
Coming from a irish family, i did get raised on smuggling stories, (how relations smuggled canadian fur coats into Ireland, sans tax and Irish whiskey into England, during WWII) and i smuggled (well i packed it in a suitcase, and forgot to declare it) a 10lb Ham into Japan!
Its not just US customs-- try driving into California with out of state plates.
Its a scene right out of grapes of wrath. the california authorities stop your car and inspect it-- to make sure your not bringing contraband!_________________________
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#3163 - 11/14/00 03:36 PM Re: Now in "Smello-vision"
Registered: 09/20/00
Posts: 347
Loc: Melbourne, Australia
> the word Knead is related to the word Lady
A Lady Kneads a Gentleman like a Fish Kneads a Bicycle?
#3164 - 11/14/00 05:46 PM Re: Now in "Smello-vision"
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Registered: 09/28/00
Posts: 2891
Jo, I had the same problem driving down to the States on a weekend spree. The border guard specifically asked if we were trying to smuggle in oranges?!?! We cant even grow oranges in Canada. Its too cold. Plus, we get all our oranges from the U.S. I though maybe you guys just didnt want them back .
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The Essential Features of a Focused Strategy to Deal with the Proliferation Challenge: What Has Been Done and What Is to Be Done?
Book Chapter, pages 141-152, Aspen Institute
Author: Ashton B. Carter, Former Co-Director, Preventive Defense Project, Harvard & Stanford Universities
Belfer Center Programs or Projects: International Security; Preventive Defense Project
President George W. Bush has rightly proclaimed that keeping the worst weapons – weapons of mass destruction – out of the hands of the worst people is America's highest national security priority. Yet so far, the United States has been waging a war on terror but not a war on WMD, attacking the worst people much more vigorously than the worst weapons.
The war on terror and the needed war on WMD are related, but they are not identical. The terror attacks of 9/11 stimulated a comprehensive overhaul of U.S. counter-terrorism practices and agencies: the struggle was taken on the offensive in Afghanistan and around the world with a global coalition of support; previously casual border and immigration controls were tightened; emergency response was fortified; and a new Department of Homeland Security (DHS) was created.
A comparable and sorely needed overhaul of counter-proliferation remains to be made. The most significant action taken by the United States to counter WMD since 9/11 was the invasion of Iraq, which appeared to be fully justified on the basis of existing intelligence suggesting a recrudescence of Saddam Hussein's WMD programs. Now we know that the picture painted by that intelligence was incorrect. Meanwhile, North Korea plunged forward unopposed to quadruple its stock of nuclear bombs, a counter-proliferation setback far graver than anything imagined of Saddam's regime. The initiative for curbing Iran's evident nuclear ambitions was ironically left by a distracted Washington to the two parties that failed most conspicuously to cooperate with it in the war against Iraq: the Europeans and the United Nations. Perhaps the most important omission in the aftermath of 9/11 was any new effort to prevent "non-state actors" – terrorists – from getting their hands on WMD.
In February 2004, in the wake of the failure to find WMD in Iraq, President Bush delivered a speech at National Defense University laying out his proposals for dealing with the spread of WMD. While some of his ideas are useful, by and large they represent piecemeal extensions of long-standing policies rather than a bold departure.
The term WMD itself is normally used to cover nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons, ballistic missiles and, more recently, "dirty bombs," which are ordinary high-explosive bombs impregnated with radioactive materials. In actuality, while still dangerous, chemical weapons are not much more lethal, pound for pound or liter for liter, than ordinary explosives and hardly deserve the WMD label. Similarly, long-range ballistic missiles are only to be feared if they have a nuclear or biological warhead, so they should not be considered a separate category of WMD. Dirty bombs would cause local contamination and costly clean-up – but not true "mass destruction." The primary focus of an overhaul of counter-proliferation should therefore be nuclear and biological weapons.
A true overhaul of counter-proliferation would aim to eradicate the threat of nuclear terrorism entirely by denying fissile materials to non-state actors and to contain the scale of the most likely forms of bioterrorism. It would revamp outdated arms control agreements, expand counter-proliferation programs in the Pentagon and DHS, and improve the way intelligence on WMD is collected and analyzed. It also would favor countering WMD with non-nuclear rather than nuclear measures, and it would at last develop coherent strategies for heading off the two most pressing nuclear proliferation threats: Iran and North Korea.
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Hawkeye landed time on the big screen with Marvel's recent Avengers movies, but some fans may not know the arrow-wielding hero historically experienced severe hearing loss in the comic books.
At some point a decision was made to write Hawkeye's hearing loss out of the storyline, but a girl from Utah provided the inspiration needed for the comic's current author to write it back in. Hawkeye 19, which was released July 30 and depicts the hero as being deaf, was dedicated to 17-year-old Leah Coleman.
Rachel Coleman, Leah's mom, worked with Marvel writer Matt Fraction on the issue. She created the program "Signing Time" to teach families American Sign Language after learning Leah was deaf, a program Fraction used with his hearing children for early communication.
Coleman said she and her daughter were surprised to see the comic dedicated to a "Leah" on the final proof and quickly sent the author a message asking if it was for her.
"He wrote back and said, 'Absolutely, that is your Leah. If it weren't for her, I wouldn't know any sign language. Leah being deaf is the reason this is included in this issue. She introduced our family to sign language," Coleman said.
Coleman first met Fraction when she was in Portland for a "Signing Time" concert in 2012. He told her he loved ASL because of how similar it is to his media, comic books, since it is visual. The topic of Hawkeye came up and Fraction said he thought it was a shame the character's hearing loss had been written out and forgotten, Coleman said.
They kept in touch, and last year Fraction contacted Coleman to tell her he had found the right opportunity to put Hawkeye's hearing loss back into the story. He asked for her help to bring ASL to the comic book audience.
"There's a huge fan base already for Hawkeye series and for Avengers and I think this is just a brilliant move for them," she said. "(The comic) introduces disabilities and a new point of view, a perspective most people don't even consider unless they happen to have a child or family member who is deaf.
"I think it opens up a world of sensitivity and understanding that you wouldn't expect to come from a comic book series. It's kind of delivered in a surprise package. You just wouldn't expect to get that when you're waiting for your favorite comic to come out."
In the comic, Hawkeye is shown communicating with two brothers through various means. If the hero's back is turned, the speech bubbles for other conversations in the room are blank. Other times, he is unsure if what people are saying is correct, which is represented by a question mark.
"(Leah) said, 'Oh my gosh, that is exactly what it is like to be deaf. You know there are conversations going on and they may as well be empty speech bubbles on a page,' " Coleman said.
Leah said it was a great illustration and representation of what it is like for her on a daily basis. If she is not looking at somebody's mouth or they cover it during a sentence, she misses what they're saying.
"It puts the reader on the other side of it — the reader now has to interpret and sort out and put the pieces of communication together to figure out what it is that is actually being communicated," Coleman said.
"It's a brilliant piece and in some ways we hope people are uncomfortable and confused as they read it, because that is exactly the experience many, many people have on a daily basis throughout their life when they have a hearing loss."
The issue received critical praise and was noted by news outlets like The New York Times. There is already talk on social media that Hawkeye 19 could win the Eisner Award for single best issue, an award Fraction took home in July for another issue told from the perspective of a dog.
If the issue is nominated, Coleman said she and her daughter will join Fraction at the San Diego Comic-Con next year. Leah enjoyed attending the Comic Con in Salt Lake City and is a big fan of the TV show "Doctor Who."
Fraction commissioned an "H Signs" T-shirt with "Hawkeye" spelled out in ASL on the front. He said his curation commission will be donated to the Signing Time Foundation.
"Signing Time," which is produced by Coleman and her sister in a Midvale studio, is broadcast on PBS stations around the country. Coleman was nominated for a daytime Emmy Award as an outstanding performer in a children's series for her role on the show.
The foundation is registered as a 5013C nonprofit group, and Coleman is currently developing a new curriculum that she hopes to offer to families with deaf children for free so they can learn ASL.
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Deaf hero storyline inspired by Utah teen
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The organization says entire roads and bridges were washed away, and one of its historic buildings, Pigeon Lodge, was shattered beyond repair.
The release requested donations. It said, "The Executive Leadership Team and the Board of Directors are focused on the many financial steps that must be addressed to start the rebuilding of Frost Valley. We are seeking donations through our website of www.frostvalley.org/relieffund [2]. We will be announcing other help needed as we get a better idea of the damage."
While Frost Valley is located just over the line in Ulster County, the nearby hamlet of Claryville is located in Sullivan County; Claryville was also devastated by the storm and is awaiting repairs to roads and the cleaning of debris from the Neversink River.
On September 2, Sullivan County Manager David Fanslau announced that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has approved the county for the individual assistance program to homes and businesses that were damaged by the storm.
Ulster County had previously been approved, so the Frost Valley YMCA and residents of Claryville, as well as any other businesses and residents in Sullivan and Ulster that suffered damage, may apply for assistance. The FEMA number to call to begin the application process for assistance is 800/621-3362.
However, FEMA has only about $800 million left in funds to pay for disaster relief, and the overall total damage caused by Hurricane Irene has been estimated at up to $8 billion. There is a tug of war going on in Congress. Some Republicans in the house say that cuts should be found elsewhere before more funds are given to FEMA to serve disaster victims, while some Democrats are saying disaster victims should not be used as pawns in partisan battles in Washington, D.C.
New storm concerns
As residents throughout the region were still recovering from Irene, the remnants of Tropical Storm Lee were heading toward the region with a promise of more heavy rains.
On September 6, the National Weather Service (NWS) issued a flood watch for the region, which included Pike and Wayne counties in Pennsylvania and Sullivan and Delaware in New York.
NWS said moisture from Lee will merge with a front bringing the possibility of two to three inches of rain to the Upper Delaware River Basin through September 9, and six or more inches across the Upper Susquehanna River Basin.
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Of course, common sense eating could help you avoid the next sleeper risk ...
No. 2: Type 2 diabetes
There's something about a middle-aged man and his gut that's endearing ... to doctors and pharmaceutical companies, that is.
Excess weight is the leading cause of type 2 diabetes and can be prevented with a diet that includes fruits, vegetables and low-fat foods. In other words, the stereotypical "man's man" meal of steak, spare ribs or any other slab of on-sale meat five days a week needs to be altered.
Exercise helps, too. Oh, and watching other people exercise doesn't count.
If you think all this salad and strawberries and treadmills and not pounding a double Whopper with a bag of peanut butter cups and a 2-liter bottle of Dr. Pepper and a pint of Budweiser is unmanly, then maybe you'd prefer something more manly -- heart disease, blindness, nerve damage or kidney disease, for example -- all often caused by type 2 diabetes.
It also makes you more susceptible to our last sleeper health risk ...
No. 1: Kidney disease
WomensHealth.gov (and who better to tell men how to live than women) reports that men smoke and drink more, live less healthy lifestyles, participate in more risky behaviors, are less likely to have a regular doctor and are more likely to ignore symptoms of a health problem than women.
Winning these categories is nothing to brag about, especially when the resulting health problems could lead to death.
Unhealthy living and lack of regular checkups is a major cause of high blood pressure and type 2 diabetes, the two most common causes of kidney disease. Symptoms of kidney disease include a change in energy, increased water retention, shortness of breath, nausea or vomiting, easy bruising, light-headedness and itching.
Reduce your risk with exercise and a healthy diet. Sound familiar? It had better if you want to avoid these five sleeper health risks.


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Recount costs Racine County taxpayers $5,400
RACINE, Wis. (AP) -- A recount that didn't change the outcome of state Sen. Van Wanggaard's recall loss has left Racine County taxpayers with a bill of about $5,400.
The payroll and equipment costs totaled just under $6,100. Wanggaard's campaign had to pay $685 to request the recount, and taxpayers are on the hook for the rest.
The official canvass following the June 5 elections showed Democratic challenger John Lehman leading Wanggaard by 834 votes out of nearly 72,000 ballots cast.
Democrats urged Wanggaard to concede, saying the margin was too large for a recount to change the outcome. But Wanggaard's campaign said it was concerned about reports of voting irregularities and wanted to ensure the outcome was accurate.
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Mildred L. Boswell
Mildred Lucille Boswell, 88, of Harpers Ferry, passed away Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013, at her residence surrounded by her family. She has been reunited with her husband of 51 years, Bernard C. Boswell.
Born Oct. 22, 1924, in Carlinville, Ill., she was the daughter of the late Robert John and Mildred Rice Donahue.
She graduated from Eastern High School in Washington, D.C., in 1942.
Mrs. Boswell was a loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother.
She is survived by four daughters, Cheryl Bennett and husband, Wayne, of Harpers Ferry, Catherine Heird and husband, Bob, of Frankford, Del., Donna Gebicke and husband, Tom, of Avenue, Md., and Betsy Robinson and husband, Ted, of Martinsburg; and one son, Bernie Boswell Jr., to whom the family is grateful for his caring and love for our mother as her primary care giver for the last six years. She is also survived by 10 grandchildren; 18 great-grandchil- dren; and her beloved dog, Bear.
In addition to her husband and her parents, she was preceded in death by her brother, Robert Donahue.
A memorial service will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, March 2, 2013, at Eackles- Spencer & Norton Funeral Home, 256 Halltown Road, Harpers Ferry, with Chaplain Bruce Hanson officiating. Interment will be private. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Hospice of the Panhandle, 122 Waverly Court, Martinsburg, WV 25403.
Condolences to the family may be expressed at her obituary at www.eackles-spencerfuneralhome.com.


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FRC Shooter Used Southern Poverty Law Center Website To Choose Targets
Unsurprisingly most media outlets and lefty websites are ignoring this information
(Washington Examiner) The Family Research Council shooter, who pleaded guilty today to a terrorism charge, picked his target off a "hate map" on the website of the ultra-liberal Southern Poverty Law Center which is upset with the conservative group's opposition to gay rights.
Floyd Lee Corkins II pleaded guilty to three charges including a charge of committing an act of terrorism related to the August 15, 2012 injuring of FRC's guard. He told the FBI that he wanted to kill anti-gay targets and went to the law center's website for ideas.
At a court hearing where his comments to the FBI were revealed, he said that he intended to "kill as many as possible and smear the Chick-Fil-A sandwiches in victims' faces, and kill the guard." The shooting occurred after an executive with Chick-Fil-A announced his support for traditional marriage, angering same-sex marriage proponents.
This brings up an interesting question: do we put a burden on the SPLC for the shooting? Whenever a supposed conservative is involved in some sort of violence (of course, we usually find out that the supposed conservative is actually on the political left) some group or person on the Left is mostly blamed.
On one hand, the SLPC did not put Corkins up to the actions, and Corkins is apparently bat-guano insane. On the other hand, the SPLC isn't just opposing people and groups that have different viewpoints on issues: they are intentionally targeting those people and groups and labeling them as "hate groups", demonizing them, giving crazy people like Corkins the go ahead to get violent. Yet, on the other hand, Corkins is the person responsible for his own action.
What do you think? Does the SLPC play a role in the shooting?
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Does the eye drops that dialate your eyes pass thru to the breastmilk
I have an appt today and wonder if I should deny the drops
DD is 5 weeks old
Does the eye drops that dialate your eyes pass thru to the breastmilk
I have an appt today and wonder if I should deny the drops
DD is 5 weeks old
Hmmmm.... I don't know for sure on this.
The drops are vasodilators and the effect is pretty localize in the eyes (I don't think there is a whole-body systemic effect?) and the volume of the drops is very small. My guess would be that there is very little that gets into your general circulation, but I don't know. I'll do some searching and see if I can come up with any actual data for you in the next hour or so.
Now...all that said....when I had my eye-exam when DS was a few months old, I skipped the drops that time around (DS is 14.5 months, still BF and I still haven't had the drops). My eye-doc, who has 4 kids of his own, thought that was the best way to go -- unless there was something really worrisome going on with my vision and it was necessary. In that case, you could pump and dump for a few hours if you were really wanting to be sure.
I'll come back if I find anything worthwhile for you to know.....
Jsmom (very very nearsighted!)
OK, here's one thing I found. If the drops are atropine based (the most commonly used for dilation in a typical eye-exam, I think), then there is not alot of data. See: http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/medicines/100002958.html
There is the pretty standard cover-the-butt kind of "we know know what this does in breastmilk" kind of statement. I tried to look on Dr Hale's site to search for atropine references, but I don't have access for all the features.
Any LLLleaders on here have a few minutes to search Dr Hale re: atropine eye-drops??
Sorry I couldn't be more helpful!


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Caregivers File Suit against Kindred Healthcare for Wage and Hour Violations
Today, LAS-ELC and the Women's Employment Rights Clinic of Golden Gate University School of Law along with the law firm of Lewis, Feinberg, Lee, Renaker & Jackson, P.C., are filing a class action lawsuit on behalf of in-home and facility caregivers in the California Superior Court, Alameda County against Kindred Healthcare, Inc. and affiliated companies Professional Healthcare at Home, LLC and NP Plus, LLC, alleging failure to pay minimum wage and overtime and various meal and rest period violations, among other claims.
Plaintiffs contend that Kindred—one of the nation's largest employers of direct-care workers— and its California homecare affiliates have failed to pay caregivers for all hours worked when they provide in-home care. Often working shifts of 12 or 24 hours, caregivers provide companionship, custodial care, supervision and other non-medical support services to Defendants' clients - including the elderly, people with disabilities, and people recovering from surgery or coping with a long illness.
The complaint goes on to allege that Kindred and its affiliates fail to comply with the rules that govern caregivers working in California care facilities, by failing to pay applicable overtime or to provide meal and rest breaks. Caregivers were regularly assigned to provide constant care and supervision to Kindred clients in care facilities, and were not provided relief so that they could take legally-mandated and much needed meal and rest breaks.
"I worked as a professional caregiver for over 25 years. It's a hard job, but I truly care for my clients," said Ginger Rogers, a named-plaintiff in the suit. "But I believe they didn't pay me all my wages when I was assisting a Kindred client in her home. And when I went to care for another client in a facility, I had to work long shifts without any meal or rest breaks. So I decided to speak up so that no one else will have to suffer like I did."
"Companies cannot provide these kinds of services at the expense of their employees' basic right to be paid for all hours worked," said Carole Vigne, Director of LAS-ELC's Wage Protection Program and one of the attorneys for the plaintiffs.
"Nationally, an estimated 3.5 million people work as caregivers – it is the fastest growing sector of the workforce," said Hina Shah, Co-Director of the Women's Employment Rights Clinic at Golden Gate University School of Law. "Defendants employ approximately 300 professional caregivers in Northern California alone."
Direct care workers, such as the plaintiffs in this case, are the lifeline for those they serve, providing quality care. Yet these workers earn significantly less than most others. Forty-eight percent of direct-care workers nationwide earn 200 percent below the federal poverty level income and receive one or more forms of public assistance like food stamps.
"We are hopeful that this lawsuit will set an industry standard requiring compliance with the laws that govern this kind of work," added Catha Worthman, a shareholder at Lewis, Feinberg, Lee, Renaker & Jackson.


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SULLIVAN COUNTY, NY — As winter sports approach their midway point, certain athletes and teams are surging to the forefront. With the exception of Division IV boys basketball, which has already been clinched by James I. O'Neill (9-0, 4-0 OCIAA) by dint of their season-sweeping 62-40 win over Sullivan West, the other division races and bids for sectional contention in boys basketball are still up for grabs. A number of Sullivan County teams still have their hats in the ring as they continue to evince records of at least .500 overall in league play.
Sullivan West (4-2, 2-2 OCIAA) can clinch a sectional berth with a league win over Liberty (2-7, 0-3 OCIAA). In Division III, Monticello (5-5, 2-2 OCIAA) is on track to return to sectionals with either two more league wins or three more overall. The Monties rode the heroics of senior Latique Liles, who hit a half-court buzzer beater to ice a 51-48 win over league rival Goshen. Meanwhile in Division V, Tri-Valley (6-3, 3-1 OCIAA) needs just one more league win to make it to the postseason dance. They downed Tuxedo 72-63 before losing an overtime cliffhanger to S.S. Seward in a battle of league unbeatens by the score of 54-49. Fallsburg (5-2, 2-2) also bested Tuxedo 58-46 in a league encounter. The Comets need three more wins to claim a sectional berth.
In Division VI, Eldred is still in the mix for a sectional berth despite a 2-8 overall record, as their 51-41 win over Roscoe brought their league mark to 2-2. Livingston Manor (3-4, 3-1) downed Family School 70-46 to clinch a berth in the Class D dance. Roscoe (4-4, 2-2) needs one more league win to make the grade. They downed Manor this past week by the score of 56-43.
In girls basketball, Tri-Valley (7-3, 3-1 OCIAA) downed Division V foes Tuxedo and S.S. Seward by the scores of 53-35 and 60-39 respectively. T-V junior Katlynn Greffrath broke Amanda Krom's 2004 school record of six three-point shots with seven from downtown, including four in a row in the fourth quarter. Greffrath posted 26 points in the win and earned the nickname of KGVII from this writer, making her as famous locally as Robert Griffin III (RGIII), who was playing for the Washington Redskins this season. Monticello (5-3, 1-2 OCIAA) won't win the Division III title but is just three wins shy of a sectional berth. The Lady Monties lost to Goshen 48-36, and fell to Cornwall 56-30 in league clashes this past week. Eldred (3-5, 2-2 OCIAA) needs another league win to qualify for sectionals. The Lady Yellow Jackets downed Chapel Field 35-22 to help their cause. They lost a non-league game to S.S. Seward by the score of 45-42. Sadly, Sullivan West (1-8, 0-3) won't be invited to this year's ball as it continued its struggles losing to Liberty 40-34. Livingston Manor (1-4, 1-0 OCIAA) defeated Chapel Field 37-18 to keep their bid for a berth alive.
In indoor track, a number of Sullivan County athletes are in the vanguard in Section IX in their respective events. They include the following. (This writer's sojourn to West Point this week should provide a bevy of great action photos and the latest times, distances, records etc.)
Boys leaders (number in parenthesis signifies current rank in Section IX): 55H—Mitch Paciga, (10) Sullivan West, Jr., 8.64; 1600—Reed Scott, (8) Sullivan West, Sr., 4:46.84; 3200—Alex Campanella, (1) Eldred, Sr., 9:56.54; Reed Scott, (2) Sullivan West, Sr., 10:00.24; 1600 Relay—Port Jervis, (7) 3:52.94; Tri-Valley (9) 3:55:74; High jump—Paciga (5) 6-1; Shot put—Aric Boyes (2) Tri-Valley, Sr., 47-0; Kyle Burkey (10) Tri-Valley, Sr., 40-8.25; Weight throw—Boyes (2) 58-5.
Girls leaders: 55H—Mareena Dimilia (3) Tri-Valley, Sr., 9.04; 1500—Autumn Bender (9) Tri-Valley, Fr., 5:10.25; 3000—Bender (7) 10:57.87; 1500 racewalk—Brooke Gillette (3) Tri-Valley, Jr., 8:23.74; Mary Alongi (8) Tri-Valley, Jr., 8:40.54; 3200 Relay—Tri-Valley (10) 11:07.67; High jump—Katlynn Greffath (8) Tri-Valley, Jr., 4-8; Long jump—Greffrath (9) 15-1.5; Dimilia (10) 14-11.5; Triple jump—Hannah Feinman (11) Sullivan West, Sr., 30-4.5; Shot put—DiMilia (2) 37-3; Claire Tierney (9) Tri-Valley, Jr., 28-6.5; Weight throw—DiMilia (2) 41-0.5; Shannon Smith (2) Tri-Valley, Sr., 37-4.5; Sarah Coney (5) Tri-Valley, Sr., 31-9.5; Claire Tierney (7) Tri-Valley, Jr., 28-8.75.
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|Kate C
Hi all.
I have a game tomorrow and need help building a 9th Level Alchemist. The other players have a Cleric, Barbarian and Wizard.
I do not want to be a direct melee combatant and want to be a granadier sort. With INT and DEX of 20 (perhaps higher because of +4 DEX belt) what other magic items should I take. I already have portable hole, and a +2 Chain shirt.
With 33,000 gp+ what other items should I equip my PC with?
What Feats should I opt for? I am already taking Rapid Shot and Improved precise shot.
Planing to use Stink Bombs/Precise bombs, mainly. Any other pointers? Its supposed to be a tough adventure.
Thanks for any advise.
|Carbon D. Metric
Strafe Bomb is a really nice option if you want to be able to throw bombs in a line as opposed to an explosion. Not a huge impact on damage, but could be worth looking into.
Also, Tanglefoot Bombs are probably remarkable things.
As an alchemist, I always tend to pick up 1-2 Extra Discovery feats by level 10 as well. Hope this helps!
What books and sources are open?
Best core race choices are Elf (boosts 2 most important stats) and Halfling (boosts dex and has size and thrown weapon bonuses, and w/ warslinger trait could possibly launch bombs from a sling on a full attack to extend range). Out of core, Ratkin and Tiefling are also nice choices.
I would use mostly Stink Bombs and Confusion Bombs (no save allowed, which is nice). Dispelling Bomb is annoying in that you can't choose what to dispel, but it lacks an asterisk, so you can combine it with Confusion Bomb (you could also combine it w/ Stink Bomb and be ok by rules as written, but DM might not let you get the cloud effect due to dispelling causing it to not do splash damage), making it helpful.
I would not treat the bombs as a "blasting" or direct damage type resource. They do too little damage and you get too few for that. Use them for debuffs and debilitating to get more life out of each bomb.
Consider being a Mindchemist to boost Int instead of dex, it will boost damage and save DCs. You also get double Int to knowledge skills.
You need BAB +11 for Imp. Precise Shot, I assume you meant Precise Shot. If you can, take Splash Weapon Mastery.
|Eric Clingenpeel
You might check out the grenadier archetype out of the PFS Field Guide. It focuses a bit more on bombs and is quite nice. You give up poison for some of the abilities, but if you're not going melee, it would fit well.
|Silent Saturn
See if you can convince your Barbarian to fight with a reach weapon, so he's outside your bomb radius. I've seen campaigns derailed because the alchemist accidentally killed all his own allies. Though that was at low levels, if you're at Level 9 you should be fine.
The Extra Bombs feat should help you focus on them even more. Though Stream was right-- you won't get enough per day to make it your primary source of damage. Pick up Point Blank and Precise so you can carry a crossbow or other ranged weapon, so that you can bomb when possible and not lose effectiveness when you run out.
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You're good with all thrown weapons and alchemical items. Make use of that. Grab acid flasks, holy water, silver javelins, and a tanglefoot bag or two.
For items, i'd recommend a cloak of resistance, a handful of useful potions (maybe 2000 gp worth) and 2000 for a magic melee weapon as a backup.
Then, think in terms of capabilities. Can you deal with invisible opponents, turn invisible, fly, run away from terrible things, see in the dark, deal with getting hurt, taking ability damage, bypass a trapped door, fight an opponent with fire resistance or poison resistance (most devils, and holy water works on them)
Think about the wings discovery if you want to stay out of melee. Targeted bomb admixture extract is a good way to boost single target damage and avoid cheesing off your allies. A handy haversack is great because you can retrieve any potions or alchemical items that you need as a move action, your hole holds a lot but good luck finding it in combat. Get a portable alchemists lab to brew potions and craft alchemical items. A buckler is a great way to get your ac up and with your feat selection, it will always be giving you its bonus.
How are you grabbing Improved Precise Shot without +11 BAB?
Other than that, I would suggest elf as a race, or as others suggest the grenadier archetype for longbow proficiency. This way you don't have to waste your bombs on the easy encounters. With Fast Bombs and Rapid Shot, you'll definitely be in danger of running out of them fast.
You may want to grab Far Shot if you want to really be out of melee. Bombs have an awful range increment, and being able to throw from up to 100 ft. away with only -5 instead of -10 is definitely a blessing.
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|Zephyre Al'dran
I like to take a more well rounded approach to combat. If you're looking to chuck lots of bombs, I think everyone here is on the right track, but what you need to be aware of is what happens when you're out of bombs. I've seen this happen all to easily to alchemist midway a dungeon, especially since it looks like you've only got one solid melee.
The grendadier is impressive, and I can see that doing a lot of damage over the course of you're career, but take a look at the preservationist. At your level you'd have access to summon nature's ally 4, and as all extracts are activated as a standard action, you'd be able to summon a monster as fast as a summoner with it. This will give you some versatility in the upcoming battles that you may find you'd really want.
A lot of good suggestions have already gone out there with regards to bomb tossing discoveries as well as the wings discovery. Since your'e 9th level to start I'd offer the suggestion to pick up Preserved Organs Discovery with the intention of picking up the Mumification Discovery at 10th level. The immunities you gain with the mumification Discovery are really hard to pass up, immune to cold, nonleathel damage, paralysis & sleep. You should also look into explosive missle for some synergy with your crossbow & breath weapon bomb for those instances you enemies are too close to chuck a bomb without an attack of opportunity.
Ofcourse any bomb chucker should have precise bombs so as to not damage other party members incidentally.
Out side of this, find a light weapon you like and pick up weapon finess and a +1 agile version of this weapon (equivalent of a +2 weapon). You'll be able to use you dex for to hit and damage for those occasions you'll be in melee. And yes, you will be in melee. With a party you're size and only one true melee fighter, this is going to happen. Ofcourse, avoid it as much as possible, but be ready for it just in case. My advise would be to use a cestus or spike gauntlet, as both are simple weapons, you can still create and chuck bombes or fire crossbows while wearing them and they are light weapons so you have a chance to fight back if your grappled. Not to mention they are nearly impossible to disarm.
Since you've got such a high Intelligence and you are looking to use crossbows pick up Focused shot. You'll only be able to take one shot a round, but you'll add your intelligence to your crossbow damage.
Finally, invest in defense. Pick up a Darkwood buckler and enchant this as at least to +2. Being darkwood will relieve it of the armor check penalties and you can still use you're hands to prepare bombs or drink extract. Cloak of Resistenct +2 is pretty critical as well. Amulets of natural armor and a ring of deflection and a ring of featherfall to round it out defensively. And Potions! Look at your extract list and locate those potions you think you might use a lot of (ie cures, invisibility, fly) and purchase these @ half price because of your brew potion feat. As a 2nd level extract you can get Alchemical Allocation. This will allow you to drink, then spit the potion back into the vial and retain it's magical properties without using the actual potion. This is especially good to use for potions of spell not on your list.
|Richard Leonhart
mindchemist as everyone said is good idea. Don't forget to throw alchemist fire when bombs are gone. Altough if you expect tedious days, then don't use fast bombs.
My favourite is a mix with psychonaut, you'll do most of your damage by int, not by d6's, but it shines when you get lvl 5 spells which is quite late. If you let your bombs do other effects than damage, it's great. No need for fast bombs. Just use any thrown weapon for pure damage, don't waste bombs.
otherwise the grenadier is a good pure damage dealer, but remember that bombs are a resource per day.
Perhaps invest in some defensive feats and discoveries that add HP or saves.
With 33,000 gp+ what other items should I equip my PC with?
Take the Grenadier Archetype. Its all about the bombs
Snag a bow with seeking and a + whatever bonus. During the easy fights pick off mooks with your bow. During the hard fights NOVA. Leave the boss Entangled, staggered, and then knock them prone with a force bomb.
Weapon blanches in alchemical silver, cold iron, adamantite, and ghost salt.
Blunt arrows.
A wand or two of cure light wounds
1 Point blank
2 Frost bombs (free precise bombs from grenadier)
3 Precise Shot
4 Tanglefoot bomb
5 Iron will
6 Discovery: Wings
7 Rapid shot
8 Fast Bombs
9 Extra discovery- Force bomb
I normally reccomend infusion but you're already high level and you have a wizard and a cleric.
Unless you have a specific build in mind it's hard to justify not taking Extra Discovery for every feat.
Ugh, so not true. 1-2 extra discovery is fine, but you can't even use it for your first feat, you want feats to back up what your character is doing, and there is only so many discoveries that you actually really want. Some of the discoveries are nice, but probably are too situational to find a time to use them.
Level 1, point blank shot, lvl 2 explosive bombs or smoke bombs, lvl 3, precise shot, lvl 4 precise bombs or stink bombs, lvl 5 extra discovery for what you didn't take at 2, lvl 6 for what you didn't take at 4, lvl 7 rapid shot, lvl 8 fast bombs.
8th level is right when your guy gets access to fast bombs, so its important that you also have rapid shot to make the discovery even better. 3 bombs a round is going to clear enemies mobs fast, but potentially kill the party fast. Which is the reason for the precise bombs and the precise shot. Don't want to accidentally miss and hit the other PCs, or to include the PCs in the area of effect.
Up until after lvl 8 there isn't much flex in building a bomb oriented alchemist, but after that there is a bit more, but only so many discoveries are actually going to be useful for it. Since the OP wants a 9th level alchemist i would say follow the track I wrote, then at 9th take extra discovery again and get either force bombs or dispelling bombs.
One concern with this build is running out of bombs (asuming 20 int, that is only 14 bombs, slightly more than 4 full round attacks), but extra bombs isn't a good choice due to the fact that it doesn't really add enough. One thing to keep in mind is a back up weapon. Acid vials work great for this, try to make your own to keep costs down (won't get to use full attacks with them, since they aren't bombs or technically ammo). Also get a good bow. The feat chain above assuming an elf makes for a great archer secondary. If you have a str bonus, or use your mutagen bonus for STR, you can really put the damage on quick with a compound bow.
There's another possible way to ration bombs. If you can afford a MoMS dip at levels 7-8 and can get your knowledge skills high enough you can Kirin Strike for a total of 3x int damage on your first bomb/round. If you take Breadth of Experience as an elf you can auto-make the Kirin Style DC for a CR +4 creature with 20 int once you have the full Kirin chain. CR +7 for undead and animals.
But you're down two alchemist levels and two feats (BoE and Kirin Style, the others are monk bonus feats) for +10 damage on one bomb per round and only against the primary target, and not the first round of combat where your swift action is spent identifying a target and can't be used for kirin strike.


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Facebook's reporting algorithm abused by antivaccinationists to silence pro-science advocates
This is not what I had wanted to write about for my first post of 2014, but unfortunately it's necessary—so much so, in fact, that I felt the obligation to crosspost both here and on my not-so-super-secret other blog in order to get this information out to as wide a readership as possible.
I've always had a bit of a love-hate relationship with Facebook. On the one hand, I like how easily it lets me stay in contact with family and friends across the country, people whom I would rarely see more than once or twice a year, if even that. On the other hand, I have the same privacy concerns that many other people have with respect to putting personal information, as well as pictures and videos of myself, family, and friends, onto Facebook. Now that I've become a (sort of) public figure (or, as I like to refer to myself, a micro-celebrity), I've thought that I should cull my friends list to just real friends with whom I have a connection (or at least have met in person or had private e-mail exchanges with) and set up a Facebook page for my public persona, to prevent people whom I don't know or barely know from divebombing my wall with arguments. As I tell people, I don't want obnoxious arguments on my Facebook wall; that's what my blogs are for.
My personal social media preferences aside, Facebook does indeed have many shortcomings, but until something else comes along and steals the same cachet (which is already happening as teens flee Facebook to avoid their parents) and even after, Facebook will remain a major player in social media. That's why its policies matter. They can matter a lot. I was reminded of this about a week ago when Dorit Reiss (who has of late been the new favored target of the antivaccine movement, likely because she is a lawyer and has been very effective thus far in her young online career opposing the antivaccine movement) published a post entitled Abusing the Algorithm: Using Facebook Reporting to Censor Debate. Because I also pay attention to some Facebook groups designed to counter the antivaccine movement I had already heard a little bit about the problem, but Reiss laid it out in stark detail. Basically, the merry band of antivaccinationists at the Australian Vaccination Network (soon to be renamed because its name is so obviously deceptive, given that it is the most prominent antivaccine group in Australia, that the NSW Department of Fair Trading ordered the anti-vaccine group to change its misleading name) has discovered a quirk in the algorithm Facebook uses to process harassment complaints against users and abused that quirk relentlessly to silence its opponents on Facebook.
Over the weekend of December 21-22, an unknown person or persons used a new tactic, directed mainly at members of the Australian organization "Stop the Australian Vaccination Network" (The Australian Vaccination Network – AVN – is, in spite of its name, an anti-vaccine organization – see also here; SAVN had been very effective in exposing their agenda and mobilizing against them). In an attempt to silence pro-vaccine voices on Facebook, they went back over old posts and reported for harassment any comment that mentioned one person's name specifically. Under Facebook's algorithm, apparently, mentioning someone's name means that if the comment is reported it can be seen as violating community standards. Which is particularly ironic, since many commentators, when replying to questions or comments from an individual, would use that individual's name out of courtesy.
Several of the people so reported received 12-hours bans. Some of them in succession.
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[Editor's note: The Turkey Bandit was first introduced in the Letters Home column in 2010. The saga continues....]
Previously, we heard the account of the Turkey Bandit's Hickory Farms rescue. The Bandit and his partner, Jack, had outsmarted the watchdog, shut off the alarm and freed 50 birds from their upcoming slaughter; to the Bandit's delight it had ruined poor Old Farmer Hickory's Thanksgiving.
The Bandit himself had had a great Thanksgiving with his wife, Hen, and son, Junior. The aunts and uncles had come down to visit, and the small coop had been full of life. He, of course, had stuffed himself silly and fallen asleep on the couch.
"Tell that old turkey we say goodbye," he heard as he drifted off.
He was in and out of sleep as he watched Junior jump around the room, and he imagined the day when Junior would be old enough to take over the family business. The Bandit concluded that with a little bit of training Junior would be an excellent bandit.
"It wasn't too far around the corner," he thought as he rubbed a sore knee. Someday he was going to have to hang up his cape and a take off the mask. He'd retire someplace warm. "That'll be nice," he thought to himself as he dozed off again, knowing he would miss it terribly.
When he awoke he could tell immediately that something was wrong. The house was dark and quiet and empty.
"Hen?" Nothing.
"Junior?" Nothing.
The Bandit dashed to the top of the stairs. His mind was spinning. He checked the bedrooms. Disarray. Drawers opened. Bed a mess. He could see it now, replay it in his mind. The squawks, the screams, the feathers. They had been kidnapped.
The Bandit slumped to the floor, tears in his eyes. He couldn't believe it. He had let his guard down only momentarily and the two most important beings in his life had been plucked from right under his beak.
The Bandit slammed the wall as hard as he could. How could he have been so foolish? He slammed the wall again. Silence. He took a breath. Another.
A moment of clarity: Old Farmer Hickory, of course, it was him.
The Bandit crossed quickly to his telephone and punched a few numbers in without lifting the receiver. A concealed compartment behind the couch slid open. His secret Turkey Coop. The door slid closed behind him.
The side of a hill slowly creaked open revealing for a moment the Bandit's hidden coop from the outside. His fake taxicab lurched forward as the side of the hill receded back into itself.
The Bandit drove fast. He gripped the steering wheel tightly and concentrated with a passion and focus that only comes when your loved ones are in danger.
It was dark by the time he got to Hickory Farms. He parked on the side of the road as close as he dared and traveled the remaining distance on foot.
He slumped down next to the Hickory Farms sign and gazed through his binoculars. The farmhouse loomed dark in the distance. It was quiet. Just one upstairs light on. He checked the guard doghouse. Empty. The Old Farmer must be taking the dog for a walk.
"This was the easy part," he thought to himself as he slipped through the fence and headed toward the farmhouse, he would sneak in and rescue them. Foolish farmer, he probably hadn't expected him to figure it out so quickly.
He was about halfway between the house and the fence in the middle of an open field when it hit him like a bucket of gravy. It was a trap.
The Bandit turned and ran as fast as he could. In the distance he could hear shouting and he knew that the farmer had just released the dogs.
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Photographer Cathy Pinsky often uses computer software to help people look their best. Cathy Pinsky, "I'll use Photoshop to minimize the wrinkles, take out some of the crow's feet, and my clients are thrilled. They just love that." Look at how the wrinkles disappear in this photo! But you can't just click away wrinkles in real life. Consumer Reports ShopSmart tested to see how well anti-wrinkle creams work. Jody Rohlena Consumer Reports ShopSmart Jody Rohlena, "We tested seven products with a really wide price range - from eight to 80 dollars!"
The creams included big names like L'Oréal and Lancôme, as well as Equate from Walmart and the CVS store brand. Jody Rohlena, "We used an outside lab and a total of 79 people. The test took 12 weeks. The people applied two different creams in the morning, one on each side of their face." The lab took "before" and "after" photos. Then Consumer Reports' sensory panelists examined the results - more than 600 photos in all. Panelists also evaluated the creams to assess how they feel on your skin, and their smell. Jody Rohlena, "All of the products smelled pretty good and they didn't leave much of a tacky residue behind, but they didn't make that much of a difference." After 12 weeks, only one cream did a little better than the others - Garnier Nutritioniste Ultra-Lift. But it only helped about half the people in the test. And as you can see in these before and after photos, the results are not very dramatic. Jody Rohlena, "The thing with wrinkles, once you get them, they're very hard to get rid of, so the best thing you can do is prevent them in the first place." To do that, stay out of the sun as much as possible. And wear sunscreen as well as a wide-brimmed, tightly woven hat when in the sun.


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On this day (July 22) in 1934, the notorious bank robber John Herbert Dillinger was mortally wounded outside of the Biograph Theater after watching the movie "Manhattan Melodrama" in Chicago's north side Lincoln Park neighborhood.
During Dillinger's colorful outlaw career, he was charged with robbing at least 25 banks and with the fatal shooting of a police officer. By 1934, "Jackrabbit" (his adult nickname) deservedly had earned the title of Public Enemy No. 1.
Born June 22, 1903, in Indianapolis into the family of John and "Mollie" Dillinger, the young "Johnnie" lost his mother in 1907, and, thereafter, was raised by his older sister, Audrey, until their father remarried in 1912.
As a teenager, Dillinger often was in trouble for petty theft and for his increasingly wild and rebellious behavior. He dropped out of high school to work in an Indianapolis machine shop. During his teenage years, while pursuing a wild lifestyle, he contracted gonorrhea.
Arrested in 1922 for auto theft, he apparently avoided imprisonment by enlisting in the U.S. Navy, where he was assigned to the battleship USS Utah. Quickly tiring of the Navy regimen, he went AWOL, which led to a dishonorable discharge from the Navy.
Dillinger then returned to the home of his father and stepmother in Mooresville, Ind. It was there that he met his future wife. On April 12, 1924, the 21-year-old Dillinger married Beryl Ethel Hovious, from whom he was divorced five years later.
Unable to hold a job, Dillinger began his notorious career in crime in 1924 by robbing a local grocery store, netting all of $50. Spotted as he left the store, Jackrabbitt was arrested and convicted of a conspiracy to commit a felony, and he was sentenced to 10 to 20 years in prison. He began his prison term in the Indiana State Prison in Michigan City. He was paroled on May 10, 1933.
Now free after nine years in prison, Dillinger immediately reverted to a career of crime by robbing a bank. Thereafter, in 20 or more bank robberies, most of which were in the Chicago area, Dillinger was estimated to have stolen more than $300,000.
In January 1934, during a robbery attempt in East Chicago, Ind., Dillinger and cohorts were confronted by seven police officers. Dillinger was charged with killing police officer Patrick O'Malley in the ensuing shootout. Dillinger escaped immediate arrest and went into hiding – first in Florida, later in Texas, and finally in Arizona.
It was while he was in Tucson, Ariz., that Dillinger was captured and charged with the murder of O'Malley. He was then extradited to the Lake County Jail in Crown Point, Ind.
At the time of this incarceration, local newspapers claimed that the Crown Point jail was escape-proof. The details of Dillinger's widely reported escape are murky, but the most plausible explanation is that he had carved a gun out of wood and used it to facilitate his escape.
During the few months between his legendary escape and his death, Dillinger robbed four more banks while hiding in Chicago under the alias of Jimmy Lawrence.
Interestingly, Jackrabbitt became a rabid Chicago Cubs fan and often came out of hiding to attend baseball games at Wrigley Field.
His death in 1934 has been well documented and even memorialized.
A prostitute, Ana Cumpanas, threatened with deportation, told federal agents that she would identify Dillinger in exchange for their help in preventing her deportation. She became the infamous "Woman in Red." Actually, she wore an orange dress, which appeared red in the lights of the theater.
Cumpanas told the federal agents that Dillinger would be attending the movie with another prostitute named Polly Hamilton, but she would go up to the couple outside of the theater, thus identifying Dillinger.
A bloody shootout ensued in which Dillinger was hit at least three times – one of which severed his spinal cord, bringing almost certain instant death. His demise was quickly and widely reported in the press.
Dillinger was buried at the Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis.
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Five Bluefield State College Students Receive Scholarship Awards from the Joseph L. Palmer Scholarship Program
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Five Bluefield State College students recently received $1500 scholarship awards from the Joseph L. Palmer Scholarship program. Pictured (left-to-right) are Dr. Sarita Rhonemus (BSC Director of Outreach Programs), scholarship recipients Paquita Martin, Shawnta Ware, and Stacy Dudley, and Dr. Albert Walker (BSC President). Scholarship recipients Hubert Mullins and Jessica McGuire were unable to attend the award ceremony and are not pictured.
(Bluefield)—Bluefield State College has awarded $1500 scholarships to five students through the Joseph L. Palmer Scholarship program. BSC student recipients include Paquita Martin, Shawnta Ware, Stacy Dudley, Hubert Mullins, and Jessica McGuire.
The Joseph L. Palmer Scholarship program is funded by the Black History Committee of the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC), which provides a grant to a different Historically Black College or University (HBCU) each year. Bluefield State College was selected for the grant for the 2010-11 academic year.
The scholarship award was named in memory of the late Joseph L. Palmer, a former ARC official with a vision for helping less privileged students. It is intended to supplement funding shortfalls experienced by the students receiving the award and must be used within one academic year, including summer, to cover academic expenses.
All students regardless of race, religion, or gender are eligible to apply, but to receive an award, the student must be enrolled fulltime at the recipient HBCU. Winning students are selected on the basis of their academic progress, as well as their financial need. Only students who either graduated from a high school or received a GED in counties deemed "distressed," "at-risk," or "transitional" by ARC are eligible to receive the scholarship award.


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Court Reporter
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Back from 6 Days 5 nights at Upper Hazel
Just got back from spending the week at upper Hazel Creek with a Friend David Stevens and my brother Colby. Thought I would share a few pictures from our trip that I hope you enjoy.
Two Brothers working thier way upstream. This was Sunday morning before all the rains were suppose to move in so we were in a hurry to make it to campsite 82 before the rains started.
Ok, its starting to get uphill hiking and we are really feeling it, I think I can, I think I can. How much farther is it to #82?, Are we there yet!
Sunday afternoon and we made it to # 82, my Brother setting up his Hammock. Notice how close to the stream he is. I remember him telling me "This looks like a good Site".
Monday Morning after all the rain. You notice my brothers Hammock is not there anymore, We had to move it about 3:00 in the morning during all the rain. Only a brother
The fishing ended up being really great. Even with all the rains we were high enough that the waters cleared out quickly. Mostly fished upstream of the campsite but had one really good day fishing downstream from camp. We did not fish downstream of camp until our last day but the water was good and the fishing was great.
The fishing this day was best between Walker and Proctor. A long day fishing and hiking upstream.
All three days fishing we caught the Slam, Brook, Brown and Rainbows you cant beat that. With the high waters we mostly used nymphs and some double beads when the water was high.
Like most of our trips it will take a week or two at work to heal up all the cuts, bruises and sore muscles, its rough getting old and having this much fun.
Looks like a lot of fun. I recently returned from a few nights at #83 and we also had a blast.
#82 is about 9 miles in, right? The 6 miles to #83 was enough for me.
Wow! The water really came up on you guys. Glad you had a fun, safe trip. That goes to show that even with rain, it's better to be in the woods than not!
I got no style, I'm strictly roots.
Looks like the average size fish you guys caught and cooked up was atleast 10 inches or better. Nice!
Mac, thanks for the great pics., looks like a fun time.......accept for the a.m. awakening.
Now that's what I like to see. A great trip report with some fish on the grill, and no one screaming and whining about it.
I bet he was nervous all night hearing that water. Did he have a flashlight with him? I bet if he did he peeked out at the water every 10 minutes! I know I would have. LOL
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Wow, do I need to build an arch???
Well, I'm Willy's little (but meaner) brother who was in the hammock during the torrential floods. I want to step back a little though in time. As we first arrived to the site Willy's pointed down there and he said that he though it would be a great place for "my" hammock. Now, I'll admit that I'm not the sharpest tool in the shed but I've been around my loving brother enough. I should have immediately questioned the wisdom of anything that he might suggest. So, we put it up and starting running around putting up the camp. As it got dark and we built a fire, I took a Benadryl and a couple PM Tylenol to help me sleep the night away. As I was about to pass out into the fire, I figured it might be safe to go to bed. As I walked over the my hammock, I looked down there. It looked darker and my sinister during the evening. I looked over at my brother and asked "Do you think there is any chance of the water getting up that high?" That evening he said "I've never seen water anywhere near it in 20 years. You'll be fine!" His story changed the next morning. Are you starting to catch a common theme here? In the haze of my mediation, I wasn't listening and crawled into my sweet comfy and cozy cocoon. I think I passed out before I had my head on my pillow. Later that night I figured it was raining in my tent but it was only my drool. I was surprised that I had woke up but the hammock was shaking a little. I got out my brand new high powered kickass LED flashlight. There was a little water down there, only a couple inched. I thought wow. Passed out. I barely remember waking the second time with the hammock moving back and forth a bit more. With my trust flashlight I saw that the water was about a foot or two high. A got a bit concerned but I remembered my loving brother saying it would all be OK before I passed out again. Next, I woke up to the hammock being thrashed about. I got my high power flashlight out and there was what seemed 6 to 50 feet of water ranging below me. I was no longer tired at all. I figured it would be OK but noticed that there was a log jam on all my stakes holding my hammock and my fly. I wondered what would happen, if the stakes to my fly got ripped out. I put on my books strapped my flashlight to my wrist and turned it on. Stepped into the water. The last thing that I saw was my flashlight band breaking, and my powerful waterproof light rapidly rolling down the stream. Within 1/2 I could no longer see a thing. The rest I will not tell as I shiver to even think about it. It was a nightmare only born out of a movie writers darkest dream. I do remember one thing of the rest of the evening. After crawling through the water, mud and darkness, I found my brother. I told him what happened. He said that I would be OK and then turned over to go back to sleep. I love my brother.
Only with brothers could such a story be created.
That's classic. I'm glad it all worked out for the both of you and you made it through the evening.
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I would not compare Lin to Tebow......... They both have the passion to win, but Lin has a genuine chance of being a truly elite player. Whereas Tebow is a freak of nature, maybe the first great college player whose "college" skills (playing the option) have actually worked to a degree in the NFL.If Lin is Tebow then do we really wanna put all our trust in him during the playoffs
People are going to pound on Lin's turnovers again....... But it's getting to the point where I don't much care if he commits them........ Lin's turnovers have not once cost the Knicks a game. (Amongst the turnovers in this game were a horrible traveling call, a questionable offensive foul call, and several mishandled passes.)
And once again, I'll ring the praises of Lin's defensive play. In this Detroit game, it wasn't his best defensive game (he got switched on Prince and got burned, and had his ankles broken by Brandon Knight on one play), but still, yet again, the man he defended, Brandon Knight in this case, had a poor offensive game.