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Alex Van Pelt still remembers that first time he stepped into the Buffalo Bills' offensive huddle in 2001.
The veteran backup quarterback had been with the Bills since 1995, so it wasn't like he was the new guy around there. But after seeing action in only 11 games, and starting only three, during his first six seasons in Buffalo, this was different. The Bills had just lost starter Rob Johnson to a fractured collarbone – sound familiar? – with a preliminary diagnosis that he'd miss at least five weeks. (Johnson would not play again that year.)
Suddenly, the Bills were Van Pelt's team.
"They just lost their leader. So when you step in that huddle, if you waver, there's going to be some doubt in those eyes," Van Pelt said this week. "And that's the worst thing that can happen.
"It's critical. You may not play at the level of the other guy, but you better lead at that level."
While he coaches running backs – not quarterbacks – for the Green Bay Packers these days, Van Pelt certainly can understand what Matt Flynn is up against. With star quarterback Aaron Rodgers having been declared out for Sunday's game against the Pittsburgh Steelers at Lambeau Field – the seventh straight game Rodgers will miss with the fractured collarbone he suffered Nov. 4 against Chicago – Flynn will start in his place.
While Flynn left as an unrestricted free agent in March 2012 and spent time with the Seattle Seahawks, Oakland Raiders and the Bills before re-signing with the desperate Packers on Nov. 12, he – like Van Pelt had been to his Bills teammates – is a familiar face who breeds confidence among his teammates. Those who were on the team in 2010 and 2011 remember his performance at New England while Rodgers was out with a concussion before the team's Super Bowl XLV run took off, and they remember his 480-yard, six-touchdown performance in a victory over Detroit in the 2011 regular-season finale.
And, except for a horrendous Thanksgiving Day performance at Detroit – where the Packers were a collective trainwreck in a 40-10 loss – Flynn has rallied the Packers three times in the past four games. Taking over for Scott Tolzien against Minnesota on Nov. 24, he rallied the Packers from a 16-point fourth-quarter deficit to a 26-26 tie; in his second start, he overcame a 21-10 halftime deficit to beat Atlanta, 22-21, on Dec. 8; and last week, Flynn led the Packers to a historic rally, coming back from a 23-point halftime deficit to beat the Dallas Cowboys, 37-36. The comeback matched the biggest in team history, and gave the Packers their first victory in Dallas since 1989.
Flynn will be making his fourth start of the season Sunday, and after veteran Seneca Wallace was ineffective in relief of Rodgers against the Bears and then suffered a season-ending groin injury in his first start, and after Tolzien was inconsistent in his two starts, Flynn has stabilized the position. Now, the Packers hope he can keep their playoff hopes alive – they'll win the NFC North if they beat the Steelers Sunday and the Bears Dec. 29 in Chicago – and lead then to another victory.
"Matt's a gamer. He's been doing this his whole career," said wide receiver James Jones, who was in his second season when the Packers picked Flynn in the seventh round of the 2008 NFL Draft out of LSU. "He comes in the game, he has ice in his veins. That's the new Matty Ice over there. He just comes out and plays ball. That's just what he does. We have 100 percent confidence in Matt to get the job done and go out there and help us win."
Added wide receiver Jordy Nelson, who was in Flynn's draft class: "I think we're very confident, especially after what we did in the second half in Dallas, scoring that many points in a half. We know Matt can make plays. He's been here, he knows the offense, but we've tweaked some things and he's got to get comfortable with us again and the way we do things here. You can tell he's picking back up, he's more comfortable and more confident and the chemistry is going."
Flynn has never lacked for confidence. As a rookie seventh-round pick, he coolly outplayed second-round pick Brian Brohm during the summer of 2008 – while the competition was overshadowed by a slightly more heavily covered quarterback storyline – and showed right away his knack for comebacks. Down 23-7 in the preseason finale against Tennessee, Flynn threw a pair of touchdown passes, the second one coming with no time left on the clock, and was a 2-point conversion incompletion from tying the game in a 23-21 loss.
"I just remember that preseason, he just had a knack for making plays. He made things happen, remained calm," said offensive coordinator Tom Clements, the Packers' quarterbacks coach at the time. "That game against Tennessee in the preseason where it was a wild comeback in the end, he just made things happen. Guys seemed to respond to him.
"Obviously you try to train guys, teach them what you want them to do, but they have to be able to make plays. Matt had that knack for being able to make plays, not being affected when things weren't going well or things were breaking down around him – which happened a lot in the preseason."
Flynn's personality has always been easy-going, and he's shown that during the comebacks of the past two weeks. He's even low-key when talking about them.
"I think I've always kind of had that. I'm a laid-back guy, that's my nature," Flynn said. "I make a conscious effort not to try to get too overly excited or too down just because I feel like there's a lot of chaos going on, whether it's in the stands, whether it's defense, there's a lot of chaos going around. So when we get in that huddle, a couple seconds before we run each play I feel like it's good for them to have a calming effect in the huddle. I think that's good for them. But I definitely get excited when we do things or when it's crunch times. It's just kind of my nature."
Flynn enters Sunday having completed 81 of 127 passes (63.8 percent) for 914 yards with six touchdowns and three interceptions (91.1 rating). After his poor performance against the Lions and with some folks wondering if coach Mike McCarthy should go back to Tolzien, Flynn has more than responded. And now the Packers are counting on him to keep their playoff hopes afloat.
"I'm a competitive guy. I'm a hard-headed guy. So, I mean, trust me, we'd like to not be in these close games, we'd like to put up a bunch of points, and do all that," said Flynn, who took virtually all of the snaps with the No. 1 offense this week after sharing them with Rodgers before the Cowboys game. "But there's so much talent here, we're such a good team, especially on the offensive side of the ball. There's so many talented guys that a lot of times they make my job easy out there.
"I don't know. I've just always been one that keeps on fighting, whether it's stupidity or stubbornness or whatever it is."
While his situation was different in Buffalo – the Bills were 1-7 at the time of Johnson's injury and went 2-6 with Van Pelt at quarterback, finishing last in the AFC East – Van Pelt believes that Flynn's familiarity with the offense and his teammates' familiarity with him has been a big help. So too has his calm demeanor.
"I definitely see that," Van Pelt said. "It's just becoming more comfortable – with the guys, the system, the play-calling. Obviously all that plays into it. It's just the natural progression.
"In my case, we'd been together for so long in Buffalo, they knew who they were getting. And I think these guys knew what they were getting with Matt."
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Marriage is about giving, but don't make the mistake of giving too much. "Learn how to prioritize and put boundaries around activities that keep you healthy and whole — activities like rest, relaxation, fitness and time with friends," says Bowman. Scheduling "me" time into your day is not selfish, it's a necessity.
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If you find you and your spouse are starting to badger each other over the bottom line, it's time to have a penny-pinching powwow. "Couples need to make an active plan about how they will manage their money," says Jenny Anderson, coauthor of Spousonomics. "Whatever the decision, both people have to be part of the decision to do it and then figure out what needs to be done to keep the system humming."
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When you need to ask your partner for something that could be misconstrued as nagging, keep the request at three sentences — max. "The art of being assertive without coming off as aggressive lies in being succinct," says Bowman. You might even rest your hand on his thigh as you say, "Honey, the house is a mess and I am exhausted. Could you help me clean this place up? I could really use your help."
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Don't duke it out. Instead, consider taking a time-out. "There's a concept called 'loss aversion' in economics, which simply means we really hate to lose. And when we think we are losing, we fight like there is no tomorrow to try to win," says Anderson. "It happens when couples talk about hot-button issues like sex, housework, money or the kids. If either person thinks he or she is losing, he or she will ratchet up the stakes and escalate the issue."
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A recent study commissioned by CTIA-The Wireless Association and the Application Developers Alliance found that mobile-app developers generated more than 8,00 jobs in Colorado, with a total economic impact of $429 million.
As is normally the case with such studies, this particular effort included some ancillary jobs, such as marketing and other sectors, due to the "multiplier effect." But it also counted app developers and other information-technology workers supporting the sector.
The study was conducted by South Mountain Economics LLC, which estimated that there are 519,000 "App Economy" jobs in the United States.
In terms of economic impact, the $429 million experienced in Colorado ranked the state No. 15 nationwide in the app industry. (California leads the nation, with $8.2 billion in economic impact and 151,900 app-industry employees.) Colorado ranked No. 10 when comparing "app intensity," or how much of the state's workforce is affected by the sector.
No numbers exist currently for how big a role the Boulder Valley plays in the Colorado app industry, but we suspect that it's substantial. New application-development companies seem to spring up in the Boulder area at every download to a smartphone.
We would encourage local economic-development agencies and the Colorado Technology Association to take another step in understanding how big an impact different parts of the state have on this growing sector, and how we can help it grow.
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Jennifer Lopez sizzled on the red carpet at the Grammy Awards Sunday night, showing some serious leg in a black one-shoulder Anthony Vaccarello dress that left her right leg entirely exposed -- all the way up to her hip.
The singer, on hand to present an award with rapper Pitbull, joined a host of music's biggest stars on music's biggest night at the Staples Center in Los Angeles for the 55th annual awards ceremony.
Last week CBS, which aired the Grammys, sent out a memo requesting that stars not show too much skin this year. The notice asked specifically that "buttocks and female breasts" (apparently male breasts were okay) be "adequately covered."
The net also asked that see-through outfits and visible thongs be avoided. They also told stars not to expose any part of their "genital regions" in the letter.
Most stars followed the rules, while a few -- like J. Lo and Katy Perry -- pushed the boundaries while keeping in good taste.
J. Lo joked about her attire while presenting, saying, "As you can see, I got the memo."
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I'm currently reading Gill Rapley's book on ther subject. and she says they will not eat anything if they are not ready for it. I (foolishly) put a few sticks of pears on his Bumbo tray while I was eating one. He is 5 months today, but my theory was that he should get used to the idea of seeing these strange things and I *really* didn't think he could pick them up. He did!!! And he *almost* made it. I had to snatch it out of his hand before he could eat it! He did get to suck his fingers though, which I think is ok.
I *never* thought I would be asking ahead of time if he was ready, but he seemed to have awesome motor skills then. Btw he is not sitting up on his own.
Does this mean he is ready? I know the 6 month mark is pretty serious, but I just think if he is ready it would be a great learning tool for him to explore things. And maybe I can eat my dinner before 9 when he goes to bed! lol.


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By Glenda Price: State columnist
A gremlin lives in my computer. I've named him Elmer. We get along fine for awhile, then one day he says, "You've been doing really well, Glenda. Too good for my liking, so I'm gonna mess you up."
And he does. His little attacks usually are sneaky, and more irksome then dangerous, like making me search an inordinate number of folders looking for a file I had just yesterday. When I finally find it, I can almost hear Elmer giggling.
I think he's the one who always asks, "Are you sure you want to …?" when I decide to delete something. Even though I think I'm sure, he gets me worried.
He doesn't understand my language, either. I've learned if I'm discussing roping not to depend on him to help me spell "hoolihan," and he thinks "dally" means dawdle about or waste time. Tell that to a team roper!
Last week he decided to mess up my e-mail. I could neither send nor receive. This column goes out by e-mail, so you can see I sorta had a major problem.
I tried online help, but I don't comprehend their language any better than they understand mine. Much of their terminology was over my head (or hidden in Elmer's secret files) so I gave up and tried the toll-free numbers. That, I assure you, was a learning experience. The English spoken by the person on the line at the first destination was obviously either that person's second — or maybe even third — language. I finally asked, "Where are you?" He replied, "India." That was pretty much the first thing he'd said that I actually understood.
The second place I tried, a person in Canada answers, and that real person stays on the line with you until you've given them your credit card number. At that point they've got you captured. You're put "on hold" and no matter how you try you never again have a conversation with another human being.
My problem was e-mail, so how did these brilliant people try to communicate with me? You guessed it — e-mail.
Meanwhile Elmer was having a great time. I swear those extra little clicks emanating from my computer were his giggles.
At last I got lucky, and an actual person came over, sat at my computer and found the problem. The in-person investigation took a long time — Elmer had done his work well.
In the end it was a fairly simple thing. Elmer had loused up my security-firewall protection. He made it so secure that absolutely nothing could get through. That's like locking the gates to the pens around the auction barn. They can't sell much if nothing can get into the sale ring.
Unlike those other entities, the nice guy who solved my problem did not require a credit card number before he began. So I'm thanking him by baking a batch of brownies. Everyone who knows me understands that's a supreme sacrifice on my part. I even have a button I proudly wear that reads, "Don't Assume I Cook."
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Bethlehem, Monday April 8, 2013, Palestinian medical sources reported that a Palestinian cameraman was shot in the face, on Monday evening, by a rubber-coated metal bullet, in the Aida refugee camp in the West Bank city of Bethlehem.
The Palestine News Network (PNN) has reported that Mohammad Waleed Al-Azza was shot during clashes that took place between Israeli soldiers invading the camp and local youths who hurled stones at them.
PNN added that Al-Azza, who works at the Refugee Media Center in addition to freelancing for PNN and other agencies, was deliberately shot in the face by the soldiers who tried to stop him from documenting the invasion.
The soldiers tried to push him away, and when he refused to leave, one of the soldiers pointed his gun at him and shot him from a relatively close range.
Al-Azza's medical condition was described as moderate; he was moved to the Bethlehem Arab Society for Rehabilitation, in Bethlehem, where he will undergo surgery.
The camp has been witnessing an extended wave of escalation since several months now, due to repeated Israeli invasions and attacks against the residents, PNN said.
Several reporters have been injured in recent clashes between the soldiers and the Palestinians in different parts of the occupied West Bank, and occupied East Jerusalem.
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Police say a 30-year-old woman intentionally struck two teenage girls with her car after an altercation Wednesday morning outside Chief Sealth International High School in West Seattle.
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Shige Masaki Nagamura
Class Year:1954
Outstanding Alumni Award Winner 2007
Shige Masaki '54 Nagamura received an Outstanding Alumni Award for her deep commitment to international education and loyalty to her alma mater, spanning a half century.
She came to North Central College in the difficult years following World War II with limited financial resources. "In January 1950, on a cold winter day, I arrived with a warm heart and with excitement and happiness ... because I could study in this country. And I could never dream that this day would come to me," she said upon receiving her award.
Following graduation from North Central College with honors, Mrs. Nagamura received a master's degree from the University of Chicago and returned to Japan to undertake an impressive career. She worked for the United States Educational Commission in Tokyo and later enjoyed a 25-year career in the Tokyo Family Court Conciliation Commissioners Association, part of the Japanese justice system. For her leadership, she was decorated by the Emperor of Japan with the Order of the Sacred Treasure, Gold and Silver Rays.
Her husband of 39 years, Mr. Teiichi Nagamura, held many prominent offices in government and business, including that of president of the Japan External Trade Organization, before he passed away in 2004. The couple traveled widely, met heads of state and represented Japan at the highest levels.
To help Japanese students experience the same benefits of studying at North Central College, Mrs. Nagamura made a generous gift commitment of more than $1 million to her alma mater. The College has in turn established the Teiichi and Shige Masaki '54 Nagamura Endowed Scholarship to support outstanding students from Japan in their studies. Mrs. Nagamura continues to live in Tokyo.
At the awards ceremony, she credited her own successful years at North Central College to the friends she made and their kind acts of friendship. "I want to share this award with those who helped me, my good friends, whom I shall never forget for the rest of my life."


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|Maurices representatives Kristen Ratliff (seated, left) and Amanda Lawrence (seated, right) discuss career opportunities with a job candidate during the recent Spring Job Fair at Bluefield State College. The fair attracted 63 employers and more than 300 job and career candidates.
(Bluefield)—Recruiters from 63 employers spoke to 309 job seekers during the 23rd annual Spring Job Fair at Bluefield State College on April 6th. Although the event is hosted by BSC, the students and graduates of Concord University, Bluefield College, New River Community and Technical College (NRCTC), Southwest Virginia Community College, and Wytheville Community College were also invited to participate, as were residents of the region. The Job Fair provides an opportunity for students, recent graduates, and other individuals pursuing career interests to meet and discuss options with potential future employers.
"This year's event attracted a large contingent of job seekers, as well as a sizeable group of employers and recruiters, and that's particularly encouraging because of the challenges faced by business and industry in today's economy," noted Tom Harrison, BSC's Director of Career Services. "The Job Fair brings employment opportunities to students approaching graduation, along with recent graduates. It also provides a laboratory-type learning experience for freshmen, sophomores, and juniors who get to meet and talk to prospective employers."
Each attendee taking part in the Job Fair received a vendors' map, noting the location of each recruiting organization, as well as the academic areas of emphasis sought by each recruiting organization.
Harrison observed that approximately a dozen students who met with prospective employers at prior Job Fairs returned this year in the role of recruiters for the organizations with which they are now employed. He also expressed special appreciation to all the individuals that are vital to the success of this annual event. "Many people worked many long hours together to make this project happen," he said.


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As of December 1, 2013, Canyon Ranch will no longer manage the spa at The Omni Homestead Resort in Hot Springs, Virginia.
On July 1, a month after Canyon Ranch SpaClub™ opened at The Homestead, Omni Hotels & Resorts purchased The Homestead from KSL Capital Partners, LLC. As the new owner, Omni decided to exercise its right to end the agreement with Canyon Ranch and rebrand the facility with its own spa.
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Ratt -- Cheswick, PA -- July 26th, 2009
An obligatory hyperbole to start. Hair Metal is probably traditional heavy metal's weakest link. But I guess as those Monster Ballads commercials say, 'Every bad body has his soft spot'. This notion holds true to even myself. The first concert I ever attended pitted fellow Hair Metalists Def Leppard and Tesla on the bill back in 2005. Four years later, Ratt and Extreme (2 more of some of Hair Metal's finer acts) are announced in a venue 20 minutes from my humble abode at a location in the outskirts of Pittsburgh, and in very nice proximity to the PA Turnpike. I decided to give this one a shot, since it has been 4 years, and Bret Michaels was not in sight.
The actual venue itself ("The Ches-A-Rena") is a former Roller Rink turned Nightclub converted into concert club. Its location was difficult to immediately pinpoint; it is shaped like a Roller Rink, but the better part of it was plastered with a 'Goodwill' logo, referring to its location below the venue. After finally finding the place, I proceeded to stand in the line alongside the people I went with. This would go on for almost a couple hours, as the doors were delayed by an apparent generator blowout. Nuno Bettencourt would later reveal on stage that this led to a local opening band being forced to drop off, and almost leading to the entire show's cancellation, which was salvaged in the nick of time by both bands' road crew. A lot people are somewhat pissed during the waiting period, but shit happens, and we finally make it inside at 8:30. In contrast to most Metal shows I attend, there were a lot of older rockers in attendance for this show, which I admired. Virtually no scene kids made it a win!
20 minutes later, the sounds of drinking mark Extreme's stage intro. And they hit the stage with great intensity and never lost it throughout their performance. Nuno Bettencourt is the man, quite possibly second only to Paul Gilbert as far as Hair Metal guitar virtuosos go. Gary Cherone sounded fine, and everybody seemed to be OK with it as long as no Van Halen III songs were planned on being played (there were shouts for Van Halen from time to time, however). Extreme's bass player bears a striking resemblance to Opeth's new guitar player, Fredrik Akesson. The band brought out a cake and sang Happy Birthday to Gary in the middle of the set. They did the Michael Jackson cover at the end, but did not play 'Rock And Roll All Nite'. I managed to snag their abridged setlist for the gig.
Decadence Dance
It ('s A Monster)
Star (new song)
Rest In Peace
Am I Ever Gonna Change
Play With Me
More Than Words
Cupid's Dead
Take Us Alive
Hole Hearted
*Nuno Bettencourt solo*
Get The Funk Out
Wanna Be Startin' Something (MJ Cover)
After Extreme left, the crew pulled out 3 rugs, and taped them onto the stage. Those rugs really tied the room together, man. A roadie taped a Ratt setlist in between 2 of the stage monitors, fortunately, in plain sight of us at the guard rail. The person next to me pulled out a piece of paper and wrote down Ratt's abridged set for the night, and was kind enough to let me take a picture of his version of the set for me to transfer onto the intarwebz as we know it.. The actual picture will not be shared on this site because the handwriting did not come off well on my cellphone. After awhile, Ratt took the stage and sounded quite dignified playing their classics. Their newest guitar player, Carlos-something beared a striking resemblance to (and I'm not making this up) Marty Van Drunin. And in contrary to Aerosmith, they gave us their classic album ('Out of the Cellar') in its entirety. Their set went without flaw but with some compromise.
Tell The World
I Want A Woman
Lay It Down
You're In Love
Way Cool Jr.
Wanted Man
You're In Trouble
In Your Direction
She Wants Money
Lack Of Communication
Back For More
The Morning After
I'm Insane
Scene Of The Crime
Round And Round
'Nobody Rides For Free' and 'Body Talk' were scratched off the set due to the delays. A great show in all. And now to prepare for the almighty Slayer/Behemoth/Cannibal Corpse on Saturday.
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Who is this Extreme Ratt band? Are they like a new band or something? LOL I'm just bein stupid. Saw Ratt a few years ago and they still put on a fun show. Any show w/o scene kids is a def win!!!!
11/5 - Wayfarer
11/9 - Black Dahlia Murder & Napalm Death
11/25 - Henry Rollins
12/1 - Extinction A.D.
Plus a side note... why put Taking Back Sunday on your signature? LOL I'm just messin around.
Plus Blackmore not trying to be a dick about your post either. Just messin around is all.
RATT's newest guitarist is Carlos Cavazo (formally of Quiet Riot).
11/14 - Grim Reaper
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DD is 6 month old and weighs 14#9oz. She weighed 9# 1oz @ birth. Doctor didn't have any concerns about her weight at her 6mo check up and I am not concerned about her weight either. She typically nurses about every 2 hours when w are together and takes a 4oz bottle every 2-4hrs when I am away from her (I work 6pm-6am 3 nights/week and she goes to day care for 5 hrs while I sleep during the day).
I am wondering if I should increase the amount in her bottles. When she finishes her bottles, I am told she gets quite upset. But I also read that many breast fed babies would drink from a bottle, even after they are full. When she was younger, she would sleep for 12hrs straight some nights but she doesn't anymore. She usually wakes up once or twice for a bottle If I'm working or to nurse if I'm home. I realize this might just be her sleeping pattern changing and may have nothing to dfo with her breast milk intake. Should I have my DH give her 5oz in her bedtime bottle? She isn't really taking any solids right now. We are doing BLW and she gets the food to her mouth but spits 99% of it out.


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The Implementation of Load and Resistance Factor Design (LRFD): Geotechnical Design for Bridge Foundations is a Web-conference training (WCT) that is designed to assist transportation agencies with the successful development of LRFD Design Guidance for bridge foundations. The training follows the 2010 American Association of State Highway Transportation Officials (AASHTO) LRFD Bridge Design Specifications, Fifth Edition, while incorporating local experiences of design engineers and various transportation agencies. The course is presented in two sessions with a variety of interactive discussions and exercises to verify achievement of learning objectives.
The training introduces a step-by-step procedure for implementing the LRFD platform and provides recommendations to assist transportation agencies in implementing these steps. It also highlights principal changes in the AASHTO design specifications regarding the transition from allowable stress design (ASD) to LRFD and discusses options for selecting LRFD design methods.
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March 1, 2012 —
In last month's column, I wrote about the good news and bad news regarding recycled polar fleece. I also mentioned that cotton acreage covers 2.5 percent of our planet's cultivated land, yet uses more insecticides than any other single major crop.
Which leads us to hemp, the most durable textile known to humans: in fact, bits of hemp fabric from 8000 BCE were found in China. Hemp has many other positive attributes. It is strong, warm, soft, biodegradable, mildew and microbe resistant. It is less prone to fading than other fabrics, blocks out ultraviolet rays more effectively than cotton and can be grown without fungicides, herbicides or pesticides. It can be blended with other materials like cotton, linen and silk, rendering a sturdier fabric than if those materials were used alone. It grows quickly in a wide variety of climates, germinating in 80 to 120 days; and hemp's deep root systems help prevent soil erosion and replenish topsoil, according to an excellent website on all things fabric, or ganicclothing.blogs.com
So why don't we in America grow hemp for our clothes, fuel, personal care products, paper or as a plastic substitute?
We don't grow industrial hemp because of the 1937 United States Marijuana Tax Act. You see, the botanical name for hemp is cannabis sativa, and the name for marijuana is cannabis sativa indica. Both industrial hemp and marijuana contain tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the chemical that provides the high for someone who smokes cannabis sativa indica. However, marijuana contains between three and 20 percent THC, while industrial hemp contains less than 0.3 percent, so insignificant an amount that it does not produce psychoactive effects if ingested. As the above-mentioned blog so wittily puts it: "Someone smoking socks made from hemp might become nauseous, but they would never become high."
While it's legal to buy hemp products here in the good ole U.S. of A., it is illegal to commercially grow industrial hemp. We are the only industrialized country in the world that outlaws its cultivation, but it was a staple crop prior to 1937. An ironic fact is that Thomas Jefferson grew hemp at Monticello where the fiber was used to make clothing. He wrote in his logs: "Tolerable ground yields 500 lb to the acre. You may generally count on 100 lb for every foot the hemp is over 4. f. high."
I find the following fact even more ironic. Guess which country is the world's leading producer of hemp fabric? China.


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By Casey Peacock: PNT Staff Writer
Researcher Saum Sanogo is working to develop more organic methods to treat pod rot in peanuts.
Beneficial microbes for seed treatment and botanical extracts, such as garlic and chili plant extracts, are being studied to determine if they could prove to be beneficial to the peanut community, according to Sanogo, a plant pathologist and assistant professor at New Mexico State University.
"I do a lot of work here working on pod rot, which is a major problem here," Sanogo said Wednesday during NMSU's annual peanut field day at various locations in Roosevelt and Curry counties. "We're trying to find new ways for the growers to control the disease with non-chemicals," Sanogo said.
Sanogo and fellow NMSU researcher Naveen Puppala, who specializes in peanut breeding and genetics, are collaborating on ways to improve the production of peanuts and combat diseases, Puppala said.
Besides disease, water is becoming a concern for peanut farmers, something that could greatly hinder the production of peanuts, Puppala said.
"I'm basically trying to breed for a disease resistant, drought-quality plant," Puppala said.
Other experiments include determining which peanut varieties contain less allergens for those who are allergic to peanuts.
Puppala is also studying the effects of planting peanuts in a diamond shape. Going from the single row method to the diamond method has potential to allow for more light to penetrate the plants, Puppala said.
"It's absolutely vital that we continue to get every possible advance in research," said Dee Brown, a Roosevelt County peanut farmer for more than 50 years.
"The biggest thing I've benefited from is disease and weed control. Consequently from these two criteria, yields have increased," Brown said of the importance of the research being conducted, which includes a plot on his land.
In New Mexico, peanut production is a $50 million cash crop and a major agricultural industry in counties such as Roosevelt, Curry, and Lea, according to the office of Sen. Pete Domenici, R-N.M.


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|Pre-service training will probably be the most intense period of your Peace Corps service, as you will need to gain the knowledge and experience necessary to successfully serve as a Volunteer in just 10 weeks. While the training period will be extremely busy, it should also be a time of excitement, discovery, and self-fulfillment. The effort and challenges of adapting to a new culture will draw on your reserves of patience and humor but will be handsomely rewarded with a sense of belonging among new friends.
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Training is an essential part of Peace Corps service. Our goal is to give you the skills and information necessary to live and work effectively in the Dominican Republic. In doing so, we build upon the experiences and expertise you bring to the Peace Corps. We anticipate that you will approach training with an open mind, a desire to learn, and a willingness to become involved. Trainees officially become Peace Corps Volunteers after successful completion of training.
You will participate in 11 weeks of intensive training in five major areas: technical job orientation, language (Spanish), cross-cultural adaptation, health, and safety training. You will live in a community near Santo Domingo with a Dominican family, sharing meals, conversations, and other everyday experiences. You will also visit secondary towns and rural areas to get accustomed to the realities of life in the Dominican Republic. Trainees are together for the first four weeks of training. For six weeks, you will live in a smaller town for community-based training by project sector. Following the community-based portion of your training, you will travel to your future project site for an orientation visit and then return to the capital for a training wrap-up and to swear-in as a Peace Corps Volunteer. If you are serving with a spouse and you and your spouse are assigned to different programs, you will live apart for the community-based training portion of the program. Married couples are allowed to get together for one weekend during community-based training if they are in different project areas.
Training helps you learn how to apply your strengths and knowledge to new situations, developing your skills as a facilitator in a variety of technical areas. It doesn't make you an expert. At the onset of training, the training staff will outline the goals you must achieve to become a Volunteer and the criteria that will be used to assess your progress. (A detailed breakdown of these criteria will be provided in-country.) Evaluation of your performance during training consists of a continual dialogue between you and the training staff.
Technical Training
Technical training prepares you to work in the Dominican Republic by building on the skills you already have and by helping you develop new skills in a manner appropriate to the needs of the country. The Peace Corps staff, Dominican experts, and current Volunteers conduct the training program. Training places great emphasis on learning how to transfer the skills you have to the community in which you will serve as a Volunteer.
Technical training will include sessions on the general economic and political environment in the Dominican Republic and strategies for working within such a framework. You will review your technical sector's goals and meet with the Dominican agencies and organizations that invited the Peace Corps to assist them. You will be supported and evaluated throughout training to build the confidence and skills you will need to undertake your project activities and be a productive member of your community.
Language Training
As a Peace Corps Volunteer, you will find that language skills are the key to personal and professional satisfaction during your service. These skills are critical to your job performance, they help you integrate into your community, and they can ease your personal adaptation to the new surroundings. Therefore, language training is the heart of the training program, and you must successfully meet minimum language requirements to complete training and become a Volunteer. Experienced Spanish-language instructors teach formal classes five days a week in small groups of four to five people at the training center or in community-based settings.
Your language training will incorporate a community-based approach. In addition to classroom time, you will be given assignments to work on outside of the classroom and with your host family. The goal is to get you to a point of basic social communication skills so that you can practice and develop language skills further on your own. Prior to being sworn in as a Volunteer, you will work on strategies to continue language studies during your two years of service.
Cross-Cultural Training
As part of your pre-service training, you will live with a Dominican host family. This experience is designed to ease your transition to life at your site. Families go through an orientation conducted by Peace Corps staff to explain the purpose of pre-service training and to assist them in helping you adapt to living in the Dominican Republic. Many Volunteers form strong and lasting friendships with their host families.
Cross-cultural and community development training will help you improve your communication skills and understand your role as a facilitator of development. You will be exposed to topics such as community mobilization, conflict resolution, gender and development, nonformal and adult education strategies, and political structures.
Health Training
During pre-service training, you will be given basic medical training and information. You will be expected to practice preventive healthcare and to take responsibility for your own health by adhering to all medical policies. Trainees are required to attend all medical sessions. The topics include preventive health measures and minor and major medical issues that you might encounter while in the Dominican Republic. Nutrition, mental health, and stategies to avoid HIV/ AIDS and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are also covered.
Safety Training
During the safety training sessions, you will learn how to adopt a lifestyle that reduces risks at home, at work, and during your travels, as well as how to set up a safe living environment. You will also learn appropriate and effective strategies for coping with unwanted attention and learn about your individual responsibility for promoting safety throughout your service.
Additional Training During Volunteer Service
In its commitment to institutionalize quality training, the Peace Corps has implemented a training system that provides Volunteers with continual opportunities to examine their commitment to Peace Corps service while increasing their technical and cross-cultural skills. During service, there are usually three training events. The titles and objectives for those trainings are as follows:
- In-service training: Provides an opportunity for Volunteers to upgrade their technical, language, and project development skills while sharing their experiences and reaffirming their commitment after having served for three to six months.
- Midterm conference (done in conjunction with technical sector in-service): Assists Volunteers in reviewing their first year, reassessing their personal and project objectives, and planning for their second year of service.
- Close-of-service conference: Prepares Volunteers for the future after Peace Corps service and reviews their respective projects and personal experiences. The number, length, and design of these training sessions are adapted to country-specific needs and conditions. The key to the training system is that training events are integrated and interrelated, from the pre-departure orientation through the end of your service, and are planned, implemented, and evaluated cooperatively by the training staff, Peace Corps staff, and Volunteers.


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In response to the Consumer Watch article: "U.S. Senate Records Reveal Google Inc. Lobbying Campaign On Personal Medical Records Law Despite Internet Giant's Denials"
This story is of interest because the public has no idea which corporations lobbied against their privacy rights in the stimulus bill or how much was spent overall to try to eliminate health privacy.
The focus on Google alone is misleading and actually distracts from the real work of informing the public about the major health-related industries that have long opposed Americans' privacy rights. The real question is which other industry giants that are not household names lobbied against privacy?
The total lobbying money spent by the massive secret health data mining industry, insurers, hospitals, and big Pharma to oppose Americans' rights to privacy far exceeds Google's lobbying expenses.
If we don't know who all the culprits are, we can't stop them and restore privacy.
The most dangerous enemies of privacy are the ones we don't know about.


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Philadelphia Phillies (24-26) at Boston Red Sox (31-20)
Tyler Cloyd (1-0, 2.70 ERA) vs. Alfredo Aceves (1-1, 8.20 ERA)
TIME: 7:05, Fenway Park
TV: My Phl 17
Weather: High 60s, mostly sunny
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Happy Memorial Day, folks. Please take a moment to visit Liberty USO, the Philadelphia and South Jersey chapter of the USO, and check out their group outing at the Phillies planned for June 22.
Tonight, the Phillies begin the first game of their home-and-home series with the Boston Red Sox. Fortunately they are avoiding Clay Buchholz and his 7-0 record as he was scratched due to a right shoulder injury. Replacing him on the hill today for Boston will be Alfredo Aceves, who is making his first start since April 23, when he gave up eight runs and seven hits in 3 1/3 innings.
Tyler Cloyd is pitching for the Phillies and although he grew up in Nebraska, he is a lifelong Red Sox fan. This will be his first visit to the venerable Fenway Park. Cloyd is coming off his first win of the season since being recalled to replace Roy Halladay. He has allowed 3 ER or fewer in 6 of his 8 career starts, including all five of his career starts on the road. In fact, he is 3-0 with a 2.59 ERA (9 ER, 31.1 IP) in 5 career road starts.
Overall since 2004, the Phillies are an unimpressive 9-21 against the Red Sox, while sporting a 2-7 record at Fenway Park.
Lineup: Revere CF, M. Young, 3B, Rollins SS, Howard 1B, D. Young DH, Brown LF, Mayberry RF, Galvis 2B, Kratz C
Your Gameday Beer: Leinenkugel's Summer Shandy
It's the unofficial start of summer. What better way to ring in the hottest of the seasons than with a beer/lemonade combo? Leinenkugel's Summer Shandy is just that. With a malted wheat and barley beginning, and a tart lemonade finish, this beer just tastes like summertime. The real beauty in it is that the lemon flavor doesn't overpower the taste of the beer. It's remarkably well-balanced. Have it with some barbecued pulled pork and a side of baked beans. – by Ryan
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Why can't I type on here
Ohhhh- now I can. I tried all night last night in response to the game. And no luck.
Oh crap… That hit Ben Revere took was not pretty…
He is quie the trooper, though. Didn't let the ball out of the glove even when he took the glove off!
Mayberry is throwing like crap tonight
Charlie, get Mayberry out of there. He is teh suck tonight.
I'm usually an optimist, but this team just might be done. Have to hope Young and Young get hot before the deadline to recoup something of value. I'd trade Rollins if he would let them. Galvis should be the SS now. Heck I'd trade everyone over the age of 30 at this point. Phils need two high OBP RH bats like Heatley and Gomez. I'd
Yeah, I'm liking the look of Galvis (assuming he's not juicing again). He seems like the future of this team, and we need more future, cause we sure don't have much of a present. 😛
When the Red sox ace is out and they bring up a guy with an 8.50 ERA
you know there is no chance.
At least pad your stats Howard
Wow… that almost went over the monster.
crap crap crap
Ah… that's slightly less embarrassing…
Wheeler going on and on about Ortiz.
About how all of the sudden he came to the Red Sox and got great.
Like a light switch went on.
Chris doesn't know how it happened.
Maybe the squirrel sitting on his head has rotted his brain.
Heres what happened Chris.
He came to the Red Sox he met Manny and the needle and the rest is history.
The end.
Well this is the outcome I expected and I assume most everyone else dis as well. Cant expect Cloyd to come to fenway and pitch well in that park against a good Red Sox team. Not to mention the Phillies typically have lots of trouble with them whether they are good or not.
Aftet a good start, M. Young is regressing to what most thought he would be. I hope he gets going again but I would not count on that. This doesn't bode well moving forward.
Ryan Howard is uncoachable. Last at bat of the game. Two very hittable pitches he just watches. Then he swings at an outside pitch.Three pitches and a strikeout. The guy flat out stinks. He's a real parasite, sucking down payroll and contributing little
Seriously need to blow it up. Keep Brown, Galvis, Frandsen(utility guy) and maybe Chooch. Every other position player can and should go. I guess Utley could come back, but I'd limit him to 100 games. have to pray the tradable pieces turn things around before the deadline.
A solid win a few nights ago; Pettibone is doing very well, and keeping his composure out there. I would like to see Brown move up in the order, but it might put too much pressure on him. In the end, moving him up would benefit the team, and at the MLB level, he is going to have to learn how to deal with pressures of all sorts. However, Cloyd, while performing decently as a full-in, could not hold off a very good Red Sox team. Of course, their fill-in pitcher mystified the Phillies' hitters.
On a lighter note, maybe we can resurrect the ghost of HOF Joe Sewell of the Cleveland Indians, who, I think only struck out 115 times in his career. (This is where the sabermetrics guys show that strikeouts aren't that big a deal). Anyway, even on his worst day, Joe could teach the Big Piece how to get some wood on the ball:
For example, in 1930, Joe Sewell of the Cleveland Indians, who fanned only three times in 353 at-bats during the season, was struck out twice in the same game by Pat Caraway of the White Sox, and that was a bad day for him.
Would it be sabremetrics to point out that the Braves average 9.14 K's per game (compared to 7.29 for the Phillies), have a slightly worse team BA than the Phillies and score nearly one run more per game than the Phillies? 17 MLB teams have struck out more than the Phillies. Two big differences between the offenses are that the Braves are 5th in BB's and 2nd in HR's while the Phils are 25th and 23rd respectively in both categories.
Too many deals to outline but I'd love the following lineup and it can be done.
RF Shoo-Choo
CF Gomez
2b Cano or Utley
1b Howard
3b Heatley
Lf Brown
C Ruiz
SS Galvis
How are you acquiring Headley?
Phils really need to decide which direction they're going in. For example, Franco is a stud that is sure to be a top 100 prospect the way he's going. Doing great at Clearwater and still 20(soon to be 21). Do they package him for Heatley? Obviously a lot more goes. More fun to think of this stuff than the way they're playing. Sure wish we had that 1st rd pick we gave up for Papplebon because RAJ doesn't care about the price.
Who is Heatley?
Until the team is above .500 there will be no buying at the deadline.
You should change "there will be no…" to "there SHOULD be no…" There's no predicting what the Phils' front office is thinking these days, and someone up there still might think they're in a pennant race even if they have a .470 won/loss percentage at the deadline.
My own feeling is that they should not be buyers under any circumstances, because the team's future is in the minor leagues, and not in the current collection of has beens on the ML roster. Even if they still seem to have a shot at the second wild card, they should just let things play out. There's just no sense trading away prospects who might help next year (and which they barely have, anyway) in a pathetic attempt to reach the postseason, where they'd most likely just embarrass themselves anyway.
I agree George, but is in situations like this team's current one where I wonder if the goals of the GM differ from what might be in the team's best interests. If Amaro thinks that his job is on the line and tries to mortgage the future for a long-shot run at the post-season, I would hope that ownership would nix it. However, if ownership is in a position where they have to nix the GM's decisions, shouldn't ownership have already found a new GM?


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The vehicle was a gray, 2005 GMC Sierra, and deputies first heard of the incident as the vehicle reached FM Road 796 heading to Beeville.
Police in Houston had contacted the Beeville Police Department to let them know of the vehicle being in the area.
Deputy Ronnie Jones said the vehicle had gone around Beeville before reaching FM Road 673. At that point, deputies here spotted the truck and gave chase.
The vehicle then turned onto County Road 104 and then turned into a ranch in that area.
As the chasing deputy turned on his emergency lights and went after the stolen truck, the thief accelerated and drove through a fence in the back yard of the ranch house.
The truck then shot through three more fences before the deputy lost sight of it. The thief managed to lose the deputy by speeding through heavy brush that the patrol car could not negotiate.
At that point, the chase was joined by another deputy driving one of the Bee County Sheriff's Office special four-wheel drive patrol trucks.
Deputies in the special truck were able to track the stolen vehicle, but the thief still managed to end up ditching the truck several miles from where it had last been seen.
Deputies realized that the truck had been driven through several more fences in an effort to escape.
The occupants had managed to get away on foot, Jones reported.
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Drumwright honored by Henricus
George T. Drumwright, Jr. may have retired from his position as deputy county manager for Henrico.
But on Sept. 14, Drumwright's friends at Henricus Historical Park let him know emphatically that he will not be allowed to retire from his role as a Henricus Foundation board member and long-time volunteer.
At a reception honoring Drumwright and celebrating the opening of 2012 Publick Days, friends, family, colleagues and fellow members of the Henricus Foundation Board of Trustees gathered to dedicate the Drumwright Education Fund, a component of the Henricus Annual Fund that will enable the Foundation to expand interactive history program offerings for students.
Drumwright's colleagues also presented him with gifts and mementos, and spoke at length about his 25 years of contributions to the park.
Henricus Executive Director Charles Lewis Grant pointed out that when Drumwright first became involved, the park was just a place "covered in vines."
Today, Henricus boasts a dozen re-created colonial structures, including a hospital, parsonage, tobacco barn and planter's house.
"But it's not just about the buildings," emphasized John Siddall, chairman of the Henricus Foundation. "It's about the 25,000 schoolchildren that come through here every year."
And the Drumwright Education Fund, added Grant, will help students from the most disadvantaged schools gain access to park programs.
"If they can't get here," said Grant, "we go to them."
Jurisdictional cooperation
Siddall, who led off his remarks by telling Drumwright, "The first thing I want to say is you are not retiring from here," also praised Drumwright's role in supporting the partnership between Chesterfield and Henrico counties that has helped made the park so successful.
Through a fluke of history, said Siddall, both counties own land in Henricus -- even though today's park lies south of the James River in what is technically Chesterfield.
During the Civil War, Union troops began digging a new channel near the James so they could bypass Confederate fortifications that blocked approaches to Richmond. The new channel, completed after the war, left a part of Henrico across the river — surrounded by water.
"Because of this, we benefit," said Siddall, "and not only because we have this beautiful bluff. We also benefit from a great partnership between Chesterfield and Henrico; we get the support of both counties."
Ken Perry, former chairman of the board, noted that Drumwright had first visited the site in 1977. "I visited this site in 1985," said Perry, "and we both saw the same things: a bunch of trees and a beautiful river view."
He and Drumwright worked together on the board for 15 years, said Perry, during which the jurisdictional cooperation was "marvelous."
'He knew every inch'
Dorothy Jaeckle, vice chairman of the board, recalled that when first elected to the Chesterfield County Board of Supervisors, she was taken aback by the number of boards on which she was expected to serve, and overwhelmed by the steep learning curve required to learn about the various organizations.
Appointed to the Henricus board because the park was in her district, Jaeckle said that joining a board with Drumwright only magnified her feelings of inadequacy.
"George was the one," she said, "who took the sickle and cleared the way in [to the historical area]. He knew every last inch of this place." But her feelings of inadequacy were soon eased, said Jaeckle, because Drumwright was so clearly passionate about the park, and made it clear that he wanted only to share his knowledge of it with others.
Chesterfield County Manager Jay Stegmaier, noting that Henricus was recently named the best park in Central Virginia by readers of Richmond.com, credited Drumwright with being one of the key players that helped the park succeed.
"You've become an icon for Central Virginia," Stegmaier told Drumwright, jokingly inviting him to use a sword to carve his initials in a tree on the site. "[Henricus] is a treasure for Chesterfield and Henrico County, and it's rapidly becoming a treasure for the entire country."
"And," added Stegmaier, echoing the previous speakers, "we're not going to let you totally retire."
A radiant light
In thanking his colleagues for gifts that included colonial-era replicas of a hat and a lantern, Drumwright cited "huge support" from the community as his inspiration, and noted that like the lantern, Henricus had blossomed from a tiny spark of a concept into a radiant light.
Only days before, said Drumwright, students visiting the park from Lucille Brown Middle School had been using a newly re-created platform overlooking the bluff to calculate the trajectory of cannon fire needed to bridge the river – demonstrating just one of the unique hands-on lessons that the park provides to schoolchildren.
Upon being presented with a sword, Drumwright reminisced about his first job in Norfolk, during which he occasionally perched on the rails of a replica ship and played the role of pirate.
"We used to break these swords once a week," he said, "fighting each other."
Everything a miracle
As the celebration moved into the dinner-and-music phase – featuring favorite Drumwright band Steve Bassett and Friends – incoming Henrico County Manager John Vithoulkas read a letter from Tuckahoe Supervisor and fellow Henricus board member Pat O'Bannon, who could not be present at the celebration.
Addressing Drumwright, O'Bannon wrote, "Before Google, George, we had you to ask for answers. Now we can ask Google, but it's not nearly as good."
Thanking Drumwright for serving as a mentor, O'Bannon went on to quote Albert Einstein, who once said, "There are two ways to live: you can live as if nothing is a miracle, and you can live as if everything is a miracle."
"George," wrote O'Bannon,"lives his life as if everything is a miracle."
Echoing O'Bannon's sentiment, Vithoulkas recalled visiting the undeveloped, overgrown future site of Henricus decades ago, when he worked under Stegmaier as a budget analyst.
"It wasn't nearly what we've got here now," said Vithoulkas.
"George, you've done a phenomenal job."
For details about Henricus and the Drumwright Education Fund, visit http://henricus.org.
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Citizen Staff Reports 12/01/2016
The project:HOMES "Renew Crew" (above) recently assisted an elderly member of the Laurel Presbyterian Church in Henrico by clearing brush, trimming hedges and raking leaves in her yard.
The Renew Crew serves low-income, disabled and elderly homeowners in need of small-scale home repairs such as porch, railing and step repairs, exterior painting, clearing overgrown yards, tearing down outbuildings, wheelchair ramps and other critical repairs and accessibility modifications. > Read more.
Alzheimer's Walk raises $436,000
More than 2,000 people participated in the the Alzheimer's Association Greater Richmond Chapter's annual Richmond Walk to End Alzheimer's Nov. 5 at Markel Plaza in Innsbrook. The event raised more than $436,000 for Alzheimer's care, support programs and research.
The event is one of three walks that benefit the Alzheimer's Association of Greater Richmond and is held in celebration of National Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Month and National Family Caregivers Month.
Donations to the Walk to End Alzheimer's will be accepted through the end of the year and can be made at http://www.alz.org/walk. In total, the three walks this year have raised more than $644,344. > Read more.
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The past couple of days haven't felt like it, but it's finally December and this weekend is packed with holiday events. Kicking the weekend off is Glorious Christmas Nights' production of "Finding Christmas" at West End Assembly of God. Gayton Baptist Church's annual Jazz Nativity starts tonight. Another annual favorite is tomorrow – the tree lighting at The Cultural Arts Center at Glen Allen. In search of Christmas concerts? The Virginians Barbershop Chorus will present its annual Christmas Show tomorrow at the Collegiate School and the Richmond Choral Society will perform Sunday at Trinity Lutheran Church. For all our top picks this weekend, click here! > Read more.
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CalendarThe Henrico Theatre Company will present "The 1940s Radio Hour" Dec. 2-18 at The Cultural Arts Center at Glen Allen. A different time is evoked in this holiday show, a live broadcast of The Mutual Manhattan Variety Cavalcade from the Hotel Astor's Algonquin Room on December 21, 1942. The spirit of this bygone era mixed with your favorite holiday tunes including "Strike Up the Band," Boogie-Woogie Bugle Boy," "That Old Black Magic" and "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas." All performances are at 8 p.m. except for Sunday matinees which are at 2:30 p.m. Reservations are recommended. Tickets are $10 for adults and $8 for seniors and students. For details, call 501-5859 or visit http://www.henrico.us/rec. Full text


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Day cab (FMX-DAY) with comfortable and ergonomic driver area. Interior height 157 cm, 114 cm on the engine compartment cover.
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Lower bed measuring 70×200 cm.
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