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By Marlena Hartz: Freedom Writer
Infectious waste from the Plains Regional Medical Center operating room was disposed of improperly during an inspection of the hospital in February conducted by the New Mexico Department of Health.
An employee placed infectious waste in a container for material considered non-infectious, PRMC officials said. Infectious waste in New Mexico — which can include organs, blood, used needles, or any substance that has a risk of transmitting disease to humans — must be rendered non-infectious before disposal, in accordance with the law. That can be done in a number of ways, including incineration or heat sterilization, according to the New Mexico Environment Department Web site.
PRMC medical waste is disposed of weekly by a Roswell company, which sends it to a treatment center in Kansas, according to PRMC officials. Non-infectious hospital waste from PRMC is disposed of at the Clovis landfill.
PRMC spokesperson Tayloria Grant would not say how long infectious waste at the hospital had been improperly disposed.
"We are not pointing a finger at any one employee," Grant said Monday.
"We want to focus on it as a team."
PRMC employees undergo extensive training upon employment with the hospital, and they receive additional training throughout their employment, Grant said.
"We don't make any excuses. However, when (the improper disposal) occurred, we look at it as an opportunity to re-train and re-educate the staff," Grant said.
Since the New Mexico Department of Health inspection, medical waste has been disposed of in clear bags to mitigate instances of improper disposal, Grant said.
Other health standards were breached at PRMC during the New Mexico Department of Health inspection in February, but Grant would not divulge those findings.
The Clovis News Journal has requested the New Mexico Department of Health findings, and the release is pending, an official from a federal health care regulation agency said.
The New Mexico Department of Health inspection, spurred by a confidential complaint, was conducted in February on behalf of Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, state officials have said.
Because PRMC was found to be out of compliance with certain health standards during that inspection, the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services launched a full survey of PRMC, Medicare and Medicaid Services officials have said. That inspection — also conducted by New Mexico Department of Health officials — took place last week, according to PRMC officials.
CMS and Department of Health officials said they could not comment on the findings of the inspection because a full, written report on the inspection had yet to be issued.
Clinical standards in the operating room and throughout the hospital were deemed suitable, according to Gayla Brumfield, chairwoman of the PRMC Board of Trustees.
"Every inch of our hospital was open (to the inspectors)," Brumfield said.
PRMC was deemed out of compliance with some non-clinical CMS procedures during the inspection, Brumfield said. "There will be a few formal findings," she said, "in governance, paperwork, and process."
PRMC will receive a formal, written report of the inspection in two to three weeks, PRMC officials said. The hospital will be asked to submit a plan of corrective action to CMS, and another CMS inspection will follow to ensure the areas have been properly addressed, PRMC officials said.
"In health care," Brumfield said, "you always need to be raising the bar. That is what is best for patients."
Inspections of hospitals by regulatory agencies are a routine part of the health care industry, regulation and PRMC officials have said.
Former administrator of the Plains Regional Medical Center, Brian Bentley, resigned from his position shortly after the New Mexico Department of Health inspected the hospital in February. He and hospital officials declined on numerous occasions to give a reason for his resignation.
Hoyt Skabelund, 37, of Socorro, will take over as hospital administrator in late June.
PRMC, which is owned by Presbyterian Healthcare Services, serves more than 110,000 people living within a 100-mile radius of the city of Clovis, according to its Web site.


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Rebuilding the house of GSAM
The resignation of Jim O'Neill as chairman of Goldman Sachs Asset Management has reignited a debate over whether it is more sinned against than sinning.
Critics say O'Neill's departure illustrates a revolving door syndrome which has plagued GSAM since its inception in 1988. Equity performance and business flows have disappointed for five years.
A dozen professionals have quit its London office during the past 12 months and others have departed in the US and continental Europe.
But GSAM has also been hiring. Its bond managers retain a strong reputation and its equity managers started to perform well last year.
GSAM co-head Tim O'Neill said investors should retain overweight equity positions. The firm is currently backing themes such as US residential property, mobile computers and further recovery in Europe.
The London departures have included Paul Trickett, head of the global portfolio solutions group in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, Lucy Gazmararian, executive director of a global team and Alison Priestley, who, according to LinkedIn, was an executive director in the alternative investments and manager solution group.
Elsewhere, Marc van Heel stepped down as head of Benelux this year, GSAM co-head Edward Forst left in 2011 for lifestyle reasons and Eileen Rominger, chief investment officer, quit in early 2011 for a stint at the Securities & Exchange Commission.
Marc Spilker departed as co-head in May 2010 to become president of Apollo Global Management, an alternatives manager.
Of the 12 London defections, 11 are contained in the Financial Services Authority's data base. Trickett has retired as head of investor solutions for personal reasons. After taking account of three arrivals, net departures represent only 4% of FSA-registered professionals totalling 221.
One head hunter said: "GSAM cannot afford to continue to lose good people at the current rate."
According to a report published by data provider Morningstar last year: "The comings and goings within the firm are an unhelpful environment for consistent stock picking." It noted, however, GSAM has recruited replacements and retains a relatively high level of expertise.
Recent hires include credit chief Kent Wosepka (ex-Standish Mellon) and head of equity quant Ronal Hua (ex-PanAgora).
A former GSAM manager who worked at GSAM before the financial crisis, said he had struggled to come to terms with the strong views expressed within the firm at that time. But, a spokeswoman for GSAM pointed out that its fundamental managers are bottom-up stock pickers not expected to conform to a house view.
GSAM co-head Tim O'Neill refused to comment on individual defections. He said: "We don't know if there is a benchmark for firms like ours but we review the positions weekly. We believe our experience is similar to others."
He denied a report that Jim O'Neill was rebuffed in plans to beef up his equity team and bolster incentives. Jim O'Neill, former Goldman Sachs chief economist, said: "Reasonable people will always have reasonable disagreements."
Breaking off a walking holiday in Chile to speak to Financial News, Jim O'Neill said he reckons GSAM will prove the critics wrong: "When I joined GSAM in September 2010 I was leaving the Manchester United of research jobs to join a business not yet there.
I promised to take two years to get it on the road. By last autumn the improvement was in place. We had a very good 2012. After 17 years at Goldman, I decided it was the right time to move on."
Assets managed by GSAM rose to $854bn in 2012, still below its 2007 peak of $868bn. Money market funds, worthy rather than exciting, are a quarter the total. Advisory accounts take the 2012 balance to $965bn, an 8% rise on the year.
Renewed determination
In November, the bank displayed its determination to succeed in asset management and incentivise key players by confirming 12.4% of its new partners worked in the sector, triple the previous percentage in 2010.
The businesses include wealth advice, a top-rated pension advisory team, led in Europe by Nigel O'Sullivan, and the Rothesay Life scheme buyout business.
GSAM's fiduciary business, which takes decisions on behalf of schemes, dovetails nicely, along with its highly-rated bond managers.
Tim O'Neill said funds of hedge funds and private equity are other strong suits. Equities remain a work in progress, although GSAM equity mutual funds jumped to fifth in a 2012 performance table compiled by US journal Barron's, a sister publication to Financial News.
Tim O'Neill said: "GSAM hired hundreds of people in 2012. We continue to invest." But GSAM's critics will not be silent, partly because consultants are jaundiced against asset managers owned by banks.
According to US-based consultant Casey Quirk, such managers need to deal with "cultural aversion to autonomy, inability to implement effective asset management-focused incentives and heightened regulation."
Consultants say Goldman puts too much pressure on GSAM to win business, taking note of the determined way relationship managers ply their trade, armed with an array of new products.
Consultants also shudder at the way quantitative investment products were heavily marketed before 2008, only to hit the skids. One was Global Alpha, a hedge fund worth $12bn at its peak and now shut.
They are alert to perceived conflicts of interest. Dutch pension scheme Vervoer recently dropped this charge against GSAM in a current legal case relating to fiduciary management. Vervoer is continuing to pursue a negligence claim. GSAM vigorously denies all its allegations.
The Dutch affair has dampened the appeal of Goldman's fiduciary products, although Patrick McCoy, head of pension advisory at KPMG, says GSAM remains a credible player in the sector.
Before becoming GSAM co-head in 2008, Tim O'Neill was a strategist at the bank. His co-head Eric Lane, is the first to develop his career in Goldman's investment division rather than the bank.
One of their initiatives builds on a plan by ex-colleague Eileen Rominger to improve communications between managers.
It seeks to address disappointing returns, contributing to net outflows from equity funds in each of the last five years.
Tim O'Neill said: "We want to break down the barriers which exist between our equity and bond managers. Ultimately this could produce a central library of market information, as well as a robust process where insights are shared."
Computer-driven quantitative tools are being put to broader use: "Correlation between stocks rose from 25% to 60% in the risk on/risk off period. It has fallen a little, but it is still higher than before.
"Our stock pickers can now take account of the factors influencing the market. They might, for example, want to buy some stocks with lower volatility to stabilise performance."
Blended benefits
There is nothing new in this marriage of man and machine. One consultant said: "GSAM has often blended the two. They did it years ago in currencies. How well the idea works depends on its managers."
In 2011 Tim O'Neill made the tough decision to move a team of growth managers in Florida to join GSAM in New York, to improve face-to-face contact with other managers, including value specialists.
David Shell, who led the growth team, and four colleagues have now left GSAM. Veteran value manager Scott Carroll left in March.
Tim O'Neill says the growth team's move has come good, adding that the blending of ideas helped boost equity funds last year. He is encouraged by improvements with value.
Slowest to find traction has been its equity funds covering emerging markets. GSAM's Bric funds [Brazil, Russia, India and China] have performed relatively poorly, which is surprising, given Jim O'Neill was a big fan of the sector.
Tim O'Neill concedes the situation needed sorting out, saying equities chief Ed Perkin has taken charge: "We did not pick the right stocks. We need to understand why."
--This article first appeared in the print edition of Financial News dated February 25, 2013
Correction: Marc Spilker departed as co-head in May 2010 to become president of Apollo Global Management. The original article incorrectly spelled his name as Mark Spilke.

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I know, I know, it's been three games. Three games are rather meaningless over the span of 162, but they were three damn good games. It's why I ask this question: What is your level of excitement after the first weekend of games. How high (or low) are you right now?
Many people are elated with how things have gone thus far, and it appears the good times could keep on rolling. But if you recall, the 2010 season started much the same. The team was blistering and his a cold streak that they were unable to snap for several months.
Where are you now? Let us know on today's PN poll.Sorry, there are no polls available at the moment.
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What I liked so much was that they won games by just getting base hits. They didn't "Live and Die by the longball" like they have over the past 3 years. Maybe they finally figured it out.
So you're suggesting that a World Series, National League and NL East Division CHAMPIONSHIP team has just now "finally figured it out" ???
I agree the hits were great! I love that Polanco, Rollins, Howard combo – it's lethal! I think Jimmy is going to have an MVP season. He's hungry and determined.
To me, when the Phillies win, the world is just a better place in which to live. And when they sweep, I want to ride around my neighborhood in my car and honking my horn —beep, beep, beep. But when they lose, I feel like kicking the dog and hitting the booze. So, let's see another sweep.
I'm just pumped that baseball season is here.
I've been a fan for so many years through the good and the (very) bad. Win or lose, this is my team.
I'm with you guys this is a really great start for the team. The pitching and the hitting is everything we were dreaming of in December. I'm already annoyed we have an off day before the next game.
I don't know how anyone could be still feeling pessimistic after an opening day walk off and 3 dominating performances from our starters. I have faith that if (and right now that looks like a BIG if) the Phillies need help with the offense, Ruben's gonna get it done. He's not gonna fall asleep at the wheel after everything the team has done. He's gotten us Roy Halladay, Roy Oswalt and Cliff Lee twice! Does anybody think he can't make a deal for Michael Young if he wants?
I am gonna be chomping at the bit for the next game I want to see the Phillies sweep the Mets right to the bottom of the division. Let's go 6-0!
I'm happy with how the hitting has been much better..the pitching has been pretty good..but I want to see our pitchers last a little longer..If we can get consistent 7 or 8 innings from the pitchers we should be fine.
As the season goes into May and June, you'll see starters going more than 7 innings. There's no need to push them too hard when they're just getting warmed up. Gotta stay fresh.
I think Cholly's just being careful with their pitch counts to start Jimmy. Don't want to burn out the arms early especially with 5 run leads. Also if it wasn't for two bad plays Halladay goes 7 for sure.
Happy with the starting pitching.
Happy with the hitting.
Happy with the pen.
Happy with the defense.
Yea. I'm pretty happy with how things are going right now.
First, I'm completely fired up that it is spring. Doesn't matter if Bruce Ruffin or Omar Daal is the opening day starter, always optimistic. The pitching did what I thought it would (Oswalt a little better, always surprised when Halladay gives up a run), and I'm very happy the approach the O took from the 9th inning of the opener on – a little small ball, make the Stros throw strikes, jump on the mistakes.
I thought the d looked good, and while I don't expect Ben Fran to hit 0.570 with 215 rbis, he showed he belongs. It's pointless to crown a WFC on Sept 30th, let alone April 1st, but we have the look of a playoff team.
Other fun things from the weekend – it looks like the AL may have to play out the season after all. The Red Sox rotation had a rough start, glad to see 45 sports pundits sweat a bit (although still think they are a playoff team, I don't like their starters after Lester and Buckholz, and don't really like Buckholz that much). And while the Rangers can make any staff look bad, Hughes had absolutely nothing. Maybe the end of last year was something more than a tired arm? Wouldn't it be great for baseball to see KC and the Pirates be competitive all season?
Glad I saw Dodger Stadium in 1990. A beautiful stadium, but I have no plans in going back. I've been to most of the East Coast stadiums, as well as Stl and Detroit, never had more than friendly ribbing. I'd prefer to get puked on than put into a coma (that's just me, though).
Remember last year the first month they came out the gates like lightning. They where hitting the ball everywhere an scoring a bunch of runs for the first month. Then they couldnt hit anything it seem to the all-star break. Remember the pictures are still getting adjusted an wont start to settle in after they had a few games/innings in them.
(I'm writing from Brazil, forgive me for english mistakes)
Maybe I'm too confident, but IHMO it would be very hard for the other teams in our division to beat us.
Maybe Mets can do it, but their main pitchers are at the DL and we'll met them at the end of their rotation. We still have Hamels, Blanton and (OMG) Halladay again.
Maybe we can go 3 – 0 with Mets, Marlins and Braves. Maybe we'll win the World Series.
Welcome to the boards. I hope you're right that would be a really cool way to start the season.
The only obvious drop off so far from what we had last year is Francisco's coverage in right will not be matching what we had in Werth.This should not come as a surprise to any one.However, when Mayberry is out there , the dropoff in defense may not be so bad. If Mayberry started clicking on offense?
Waaay to early!
Nice wins all of them, nice to put the dregs of the NL in their place instead of getting swept by them in August. Nice to dream that instead of playing .500 ball against these teams, we chew them up and play good ball like we have in the past, against the tough teams – that would be my dream come true. Speaking of dregs – here come the Muts and I'm pretty stoked about tomorrow's game with Hamels pitching.
So far, the pitching has looked every bit as good as we were hoping, the batting has looked better than I expected the fielding – eh – in time!
I too gave it a 5-6 –
I'm stoked too. Tomorrow's my first game!
Me too Chuck! Sec 106, right next to the foul pole – see me (and Keith) for a beer!
This COULD one of the best April's in recent Phillies history. Already at 3-0 vs our own division, we play the next 12 games vs the East with the Mess coming up at home, then away for 3 vs the Braves & 3 vs the Nats. Back home for 3 vs the stinkin Fish – and we close the month with 2 home games vs the Mess –
Mess (5 home games) 4-1
Fish (3 home games) 2-1
Nats (3 away games) 2-1
Braves (3 away games) 1-2 (go easy on me!)
With the Brewers (H) 2-1
D'Backs (A 3) 2-1
That's a lot of wins – 18 by my estimate. When was the last time the Phils played this many games in April and won say more than 16?
Truthfully, any total 16 and above would be making a statement, especially if we can continue to trounce our own division.
16-11 April – I'm good.
18-9 April – I'm elated.
Any thoughts?
Brooks, I'll try and stop by. I'll be in 121, Row 34. Weather looks good too!!
Don't want to get too ahead….BUT….there IS potential for a really good month and a fast start.
I'm happy knowing that four game losing streaks are going to be a rarity.
I'm pretty excited now, but if they even some how sweep the Mets series and the Braves series… let's be honest, everyone will be flipping out! haha
This is a deeply flawed team that had the luck of playing arguably the most deeply flawed team in all of baseball. The starting pitching is dominant, as expected, but is also old and could easily be sidelined by injury. Howard is mashing, Rollins is looking good and Ruiz is as good as ever, but the rest of the lineup is still a question mark. The bullpen is an unmitigated disaster. The defense, especially in the outfield, is atrocious.
A great series, lots of good memories, but myriad concerns.
Was waiting for Mr negative to show up. Flawed maybe deeply flawed no way, Ben had a few missteps and I do not like making excuses but the wind was really howling on that dropped fly ball, and he made a nice play a little later. Is he Jayson Wreth defensivly not really, but he is not terrible. And he showed he can hit, with people on ;base in front of him. How many RBIs did Wreth have last year with runners in scoring position. The Pen is a work in progress and Charlie is figuring out what to do with it and getting everyone involved to see how they are working. It is all about hits when you need them, like I said about Valdez last year, if he can hit with guys on after the 6th inning I do not care that he goes 0fer until then. As long as the .250 hitters hit when we need them who cares about there average. Look how the RBIs were spread out 1-8 all weekend. Be happy and enjoy for a chnaage.
"my name is Publius, and I don't like fun…. now stand over here so I can dump a bucket of water on ya." Publius 4/4/11
Come on dude lighten up. Live the dream! We're 3-0. I wouldn't classify it as a disaster they've had one bad inning in 3 games little early to decide one way or the other. The outfield is nowhere near as good as last year, but i'm willing to give it a chance if Ben keeps hitting. You gotta remember dude this isn't your father's Phillies, The only real concern is will the offense keep going or will they have to make a trade other than that we're solid.
Publius, really?
Deeply flawed?
Please recall waayy last August how this team lost 4 straight to the Astros – that was deeply concerning.
The team did what they needed to do, kicked the tail of a crappy team.
Next up? Yes, another crappy team – lets have at it.
Last year as well as 2009, the team pitching was terrible for most of the first half. This year the only weak links I can see on the staff are some leftovers from last year, Baez and Herndon – and I would hope that Cholly has a very short leash –
At the old PN web site, there was one frequent visitor, crier if you will who seemed to have a similar attitude yet different in the fact that his immaturity could not be overlooked. His name was Jeff – always negative but sometimes very loud and sometimes aggressive.
Hey Brooksy, we had a lot of criers, looks like they're gone for now. Did you get my private message?
I got one a while ago Lefty – are you headed to any of the next 3 games? I'm going Tuesday night and Thursday. Wednesday there is a tailgating even in Lot M I am hoping to make (BYOB) – going?
No, I'm not going to get up there the first time until 4/30. I'm meeting my brother the Muts fan. I told him I can't protect him! Anyway it was a while ago and someone else asked me to send it. I'll send another.
w00t! 4/30 is my first game in Philly this season too!
Awe Lefty – you have Muts in your blood line? I know you cannot help it..
I will be there on the 29th, sold my tickets for the 30th.
I just sent you a new message and yeah, he and I have been going at it for as long as I can remember. I'm sure there will be another game where we can meet at some point this season.
It's been an awfully long Winter and I'm so happy to have baseball season back – and what a great start for opening weekend. Go Phillies!!!
3 major differences between Jeff and Publius:
– Between the grammar and bad spelling, it usually took me 2 or 3 re-reads to figure out Jeff's general point. Publius clearly communicates his points.
– Jeff was total emotion, rarely had any data to support his opinions. Publius selectively utilizes stats to support his view. There is no documented evidence that Pub is capable of emotion.
– Jeff actually liked the Phils, hoped for the best, but always expected to be disappointed. I think Pub would prefer to have the Phils fail to prove his point.
The Mets and Nats, who have no starting pitching, are deeply flawed. The Marlins, who have no bullpen, startign pitchign which falls off quickly after Johnson, bad defense, a lot of youth without strong leadership, are deeply flawed. The Astros, who have a closer that throws batting practice (tops out in the high 80s with absolutely no movement), and very little talent are deeply deeply flawed. The Braves have a lot of question marks (a bad infield defense with pitching that pitches to contact, expecting a lot from very young players) have some issues, as do the Phils (limited power after Howard, not a lot of depth, age), but to state they are deeply flawed indicates a lack of objective analysis on the competition. We're not playing the 27 Yankees for the next 159 games.
Psssssssssssssssssssssssss. (air being let out of a balloon that Publius popped)
I think you have to be excited that the Phillies managed to win 3 games that they should have won… we'd all be happy with a 2-1 series win.. but the sweep makes it all the more exciting
This isn't the greatest team ever assembled… I have concerns about our lineup just as much as the next guy, but that said … I think we currently have a better team than 2008 …better than 2009 …and we'll see about 2010 – our best team ever- and also the one that failed to reach the World Series
we dont need to worry about AL teams.. we'll only have one to worry about, it we're lucky enough to make it that far .. and none of the NL teams are all that scary … Giants have great pitching, terrible defense, and a worse offense than we do … Braves have documented question marks .. Rockies have "talent" in the rotation, a great lineup – but superstars who have health concerns, and i don't think their pitching staff will cover offensive flaws like ours will … The Brewers seemingly have pitching depth and a great offense – but an unproven bullpen – a closer that came from nowhere last year and has struggled since camp opened this yea … the team that scares me the most is the Reds…but that all depends on how healthy they are too – they've got great young talent that has started to win TOGETHER .. i said it last year that they then reminded me of the 2007 Phillies- happy to just be in the playoffs and would cause major damage the following season


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SULLIVAN COUNTY, NY — Two women—one of them Sullivan County's senior assistant attorney Cheryl McCausland—have published a book in which they share their personal encounters with the spiritual world. "Intertwined: Humble Journeys on the Pathway to God," is a heartfelt and candid account of how each arrived at the shared belief that "human souls are predisposed to seek God and, by doing so, journey with the souls of others on the pathway to Him."
Co-authors McCausland and Laura Terry, as well as Terry's younger sister, Tracy, offer their individual stories of visits from spirit beings, life-altering events and communications from beyond the physical realm that reassure, comfort and ultimately connect them more deeply with God. Readers are invited into the women's soul-searching and are encouraged to reflect on their own life journeys.
Through a friendship that has spanned decades, McCausland and Terry analyze otherwise unexplainable events such as the timely arrival of each one's personal "Annette," real-life women who appear at the right time and place to help each through a crisis.
All of it serves to demonstrate the connection human beings have to one another—and to God, according to Terry. "My journey begins in childhood as I witness unusual events involving my younger sister Tracy. It takes an unanticipated turn years later while I participate in a corporate-sponsored competition.
"Cheryl's journey seems to simmer and then advance full force after an accident nearly takes her life. Tracy's journey varies greatly from those of Cheryl and I and reflects a life filled with extraordinary abilities and spirit encounters. After struggling to understand God's desires for her, she now openly shares her story to encourage others who are similarly situated to release the fear that prevents them from embracing their gifts."
In explaining her motivation, McCausland writes, "I was born inquisitive and have made a living delving into the details of situations. The prospect of a provocative investigation in the interplay among psychic abilities, spirituality and faith was irresistible."
Terry wanted to show how those seemingly disparate tenets were, in fact, deeply connected. Tracy, who has received visits from spirit beings throughout her life, believes the world is bursting with individuals who have similar abilities but remain trapped inside the fear of exposure and ridicule.
Response to the book has been heartwarming for the trio. "Since the book's release, we have been so humbled by the feedback we have received from people who have related to the stories in a way in which we could not have imagined," said Terry, who notes that both men and women have been moved or comforted in some way by the book. "It is also truly amazing to hear how 'Intertwined' has sparked conversations between spouses, family members and friends, which have proven to deepen their mutual understanding regarding very personal and intimate thoughts that were once unspoken."
McCausland and Terry's long friendship has become even more intertwined with the publication of their book. McCausland has practiced law since 1986 and lives in New York with her family. Active in her community, she volunteers as an adult leader for her church youth group and teaches religion classes. Terry lives in New Jersey with her family, but calls her "true home" a renovated cabin on Tennanah Lake in Roscoe, where she summered as a child. She worked as a corporate executive for many years before pursuing her first love, interior decoration. She loves to garden and read and volunteers at her church.
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Westby provides 'home away from home' for international ski jumpers
If you enjoy watching ski jumpers fly off crazy high jumps, then this is the weekend to be in Westby.
Saturday was the second and final day of this year's Snowflake Ski Jumping Tournament.
About 30 ski jumpers from around the world took off at speeds up to 60 miles-per hour -down a 450 foot hill.
The event draws in thousands of spectators and takes hundreds of volunteers to make sure the course is ready to go.
Last night's snowfall created a little bit of last minute work this morning, but organizers say it didn't stop the event from being another huge success.
"It hampered a little bit because it took the hill crew (a little bit) to get the hill ready so we didn't get much jumping before opening ceremonies, but everything is ready to go and we're going to have some really great jumps and a great afternoon of ski jumping," said Scott Yttri of the Snowflake Ski Club.
The tournament has been a tradition in Westby for the past 90 years, which is why it's no surprise that it has spawned some other traditions in the community.
Ski Jumpers from all over the world have traveled thousands of miles to get to Westby for the tournament.
While the Norway team may be far away from home, having a local family open their homes to them is making the experience that much more special.
The Snowflake Ski Jump tournament in Westby is something the coach from Norway, Stig Fredheim has looked forward to all year long.
"In Norway, it's not that many people on the hills, so not many spectators, and so it's a lot more fun here," said Fredheim.
And besides the extra cheering and loud cow bells, something else Fredheim looks forward to is having a comfortable place to relax.
"We usually stay in hotels back home, so that's a big difference too, but I think it's awesome," said Fredheim.
As part of the tournament tradition, all of the skiers from around the world are paired up with host families living in the area.
For some of these skiers, it's their first trip to America.
"It's big," said one of the skiers.
But this Fredheim's second year staying with the same family.
"Mostly I remember it as the cat house," said Fredheim. "That's what we speak on it back home, but it's really good though. We like it. Love pets."
Dan and Karen Ellefson and their many cats are opening up their home to provide the skiers a place to sleep and eat. It's a home away from home free of charge.
They've done this for the past 10 years? Maybe 11. It's a little hard to remember.
"We've had Finland the Americans stay here, and Norwegians like four years I think?" said Karen. "Seven years," said Dan. "We try to go year after year and say, 'ok who did we have that year?'"
Its a chance for the Ellefsons to make new international friends around a sport they love, especially for Dan who was a ski jumper back in the day.
"Once you get older, it hurts a little more once you fall."
"Dan is kind of our inside man when we're here because he knows everything about the hill and how the hill is, and the tracks and everything," said Fredheim.
And while their stay will soon come to an end, these skiers know there will always be room for them at the Ellefson's table if they'd like to come back next year.
"Yeah we will," said Karen. "We'll have Norway. If they want us, we'll take them."
The Norweigan Ski Jumping team will leave Westby this Sunday.
They'll head to Michigan for another tournament before heading back home to Norway later next week.
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Bacon-Burger MeltsMay 2011
This ones for all you devotees of Americandiner flavors: grilled cheese sandwich meetstraditional burger.
Makes: 4 servings
Prep: 20 mins
Grill: 10 mins
- 8 ounces bacon, cooked until crisp, coarsely chopped
- 1 pound (85% lean) ground beef chuck
- Salt and pepper
- 4 potato or brioche buns (4-inch)
- 1/4 cup mayonnaise
- 1/4 cup ketchup
- 5 ounces sliced sharp yellow cheddar or American cheese
- 1 large tomato, thinly sliced
- 2 cups baby romaine leaves
- Preheat a grill to medium. Place the bacon in a large bowl, crumble the beef on top and season with salt and plenty of pepper; toss well. Shape the meat mixture into four 3 1/2- to 4-inch patties.
- Using a serrated knife, trim the bun tops and bottoms so they will sit flat on the grill. Spread the mayo and ketchup on the insides of both halves; divide the cheese among the bottoms; cover with the tops.
- Place the patties and cheese-filled buns on the grill, with the buns over a cooler area; cover the grill and cook for 2 minutes. Flip the patties and buns, cover and cook until the patties are medium, both sides of the buns are toasted and the cheese is melted, about 2 minutes. Transfer the buns to plates and open carefully. Place a patty, a tomato slice and some lettuce on each bun bottom; replace the bun tops.
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I will be shouting as usual on Sunday and I hope you all join in and back our team win, lose or draw..
People should remember this is a new team with first time coaches..and perhaps sometimes people closely involved may need to take a step back to go forward, taking advice when offered or asked for from people who have experienced the highs and lows of this great game of ours.
I have seen great effort from the lads on the park and I know it hits them hard when they don't play to the best of their ability but consistency will come with effort. Keep going you Raiders, if you give 100% you get 100%.
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PITTSBURGH, PA (June 5, 2008) – Nine airlines at Pittsburgh International Airport (www.FlyPittsburgh.com) reported an increase in passenger traffic in April 2008 compared to April 2007, according to the April 2008 Scheduled Airline Traffic Report, prepared by the Allegheny County Airport Authority. Of those, AirTran Airways led the charge with an impressive 40 percent growth – an increase of more than 13,000 passengers.
AirTran had a total of 47,937 passengers in April making it the fifth-busiest airline at Pittsburgh International Airport for the month, accounting for 6.6 percent of the total passengers. Compared to April 2007, AirTran gained a total of 13,704 passengers (47,937/34,233; 40.0 percent increase).
AirTran added additional Florida flights to Ft. Myers, Ft. Lauderdale, Tampa and Orlando. The airline has reported growth over each of the past 15 months. "AirTran's success represents the positive changes we are seeing at Pittsburgh International Airport," said Allegheny County Airport Authority Chief Executive Director Bradley D. Penrod. "AirTran was our first low cost carrier here and its persistence is paying off. Additionally, other carriers have realized increased passenger numbers."
Another such airline is Myrtle Beach Direct Air. While its total passenger traffic at Pittsburgh International Airport is modest, Myrtle Beach Direct Air reported a 10.1 percent increase in April (2,013/1,828; 10.1 percent). The airline has just added two flights per week beginning in June.
Pittsburgh's response to Myrtle Beach Direct Air's three-day-per-week service has been so positive that they are adding on two more days bringing the service up to 5 times per week. Their fares start at $99 each way between PIT-MYR. They will operate 737-400 and A330 aircraft. Flights can be booked today at www.myrtlebeachdirectair.com or call 1(877)-432-DIRECT (3473).
"Myrtle Beach Direct Air has increased service since starting at the airport in March 2007," Penrod said. "Although it is a niche market, it is providing an important service to our customers."
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Seven other airlines reported increases in traffic as well. Southwest increased by 8.8 percent (122,357/112,449; 8.8 percent); United had an 11.9 percent gain (65,215/58,297; 11.9 percent); Continental reported a 6.7 percent increase (43,844/41,094; 6.7 percent); Northwest grew by 6.1 percent (42,773/40,312; 6.1 percent); USA 3000 reported the largest growth at 40.3 percent (18,408/13,121; 40.3 percent); Midwest had 2.8 percent increase (7,647/7,440; 2.8 percent); and Air Canada traffic increased by 31.8 percent (3,898/2,957; 31.8 percent)
A total of 726,634 scheduled passengers were enplaned and deplaned at the airport in April 2008, a 15.6 percent decrease compared to April 2007 (726,634 in April 2008/861,243 in April 2007) as those gains were not enough to offset the losses in traffic posted by US Airways (241,952/408,167; 40.7 percent); Delta (76,969/79,461; 3.1 percent); American (35,960/40,113; 10.4 percent) and JetBlue (17,661/21,771; 18.9 percent).
Year-to-date figures show traffic is 10.3 percent lower than the same time period in 2007 (2,786,970/3,105,501; 10.3 percent).
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Phillies Cruise 2010 Update #3
It is day 6 of the Phillies Phantastic Voyage and we are sailing around the Caribbean on our way to the Bahamas. Yesterday, after a sunny day on the island of St. Thomas, the Phillies group engaged in a trivia competition. Here are a few of the questions we were asked…see how many you can answer! I will post the answers at the end of this entry.
1. How many times in his Phillies career did Steve Carlton strike out 300 batters or more in a single season?
2. What 3 team names have the current Phillies team gone by?
3. Which Phillies pitcher struck out 300 batters or more in a season, 2 seasons in a row?
Today the Phillies held the autograph session for the fans. Shane Victorino, Greg Luzinski, Tom Burgoyne (Phanatic's friend), Ryan Madson, Scott Palmer (broadcaster) and JC Romero all signed:
At the end of the autograph line, a few of the AAA reps, Holland America staff and JC's wife Erin got in line to get autographs for themselves. When Erin Romero reached JC who was at the end of the autograph line, she handed her husband several items to sign. In the photos below, you will see her handing him a head shot to sign. After that, he leans forward to sign HER instead. Her reaction is in the photo below:
JC & Erin are not only the cutest couple, they are super nice and lots of fun. We have all been blessed to have them aboard with us :o)
And here are a few photos of what I have been up to besides the baseball stuff. The photo to the left is the rainforest in Puerto Rico (El Yunque); then you will see a close-up shot of an iguana and a photo of me and two others preparing to scuba dive in St. Thomas:
That is all for now! More photos and video are to come…tomorrow we are in the Bahamas and then Saturday we are heading home. Talk to you all again soon!
Photos by Jenn
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1 – One
2 – Phillies, Blue Jays, Quakers
3 – Curt Schilling
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Hey Jenn! Looks like you are having a great time! Any inside scoop on JC's elbow status? Make sure he doesn't do anything to jeopardize that arm! We need him to be ready to pitch as soon as possible!
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We're still freezing up here in NJ/DE/PA – it really looks nice and warm down there in the caribbean – wish we were there!
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The Washington Monument opens to the public, John Lennon is born, Che Guevara is executed, and President Barack Obama wins the Nobel Peace Prize, all on this day.
1916: Babe Ruth begins a 29 2/3 scoreless World Series innings streak with 13 shutout innings in a 14-inning complete-game win over the Brooklyn Robins. The streak, which would come to an end in 1918, would stand as a record until 1961, when New York Yankees pitcher Whitey Ford bested it with 32 scoreless World Series innings in a row, a record that still stands today.


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Less than 50 percent of campuses statewide met the AYP standard and only about one-third of the districts met AYP for the 2011-12 school year. So this is quite an accomplishment!
WES students demonstrated improvement in both reading and math for all students and in every student group (i.e., Hispanic, White, Economically Disadvantaged, Special Education). Improvement ranged from 3 to 14 percentage points with 93 percent meeting the standard in reading and 84 percent meeting the standard in mathematics.
What are the No Child Left Behind and Adequate Yearly Progress Programs? NCLB was the attempt by President George W. Bush, with the assistance of Ted Kennedy to use, on a national scale, the kind of testing-based school accountability system they had seen at work in Texas for two decades.
The theory was to roll together the results of annual standardized testing, attendance monitoring and graduation rates. If results were published, schools would be held accountable and scores would improve.
Ten years ago, the standard for reading was 47 percent passing and 33 percent passing for mathematics. The standard was set for all students and all student groups. After 10 years, more students are included in the accountability than ever before, and the test measure has become far more difficult and demanding.
The standard for this last year was 87 percent passing for reading and 83 percent passing for mathematics. Ninety-five percent are to take the test.
WES had 100 percent taking the test and The Woodsboro Junior and Senior High had between 96 percent and 100 percent taking the test in the various groups. Graduation rates fell between 88 percent and 100 percent for the various student groups. The NCLB standard is 75 percent.
Next year, the passing standard will be 93 percent for reading and 92 percent for math. For 2013-14, the final year of NCLB implementation, passing standards of 100 percent for both reading and mathematics will be expected.
This will be very difficult, if not impossible, for school districts to achieve. I believe that all educators in Woodsboro and Refugio County are doing their very best to provide the educational opportunities needed by our students.
NCLB does not measure individual improvement of students or classes. Only the groups are counted. I know I am proud of the efforts of our faculty and know they work extremely hard and many times on their own time after school, on Saturdays, and during the summer, to assist our students.
By the way, if you have not met our new secondary principal, Linda Garza, you need to stop by the secondary campus to meet her. She will continue to push our students to the higher standards required by the new STAAR and End of Course Tests.
2012 Tax Rate
With the construction of the new SouthCross Energy Natural Gas Processing Plant, the WISD tax base will increase about $40 million (a 30-percent increase).
Unfortunately, because of the state's funding formulas, which decrease the state's funding responsibility as local values rise, the WISD revenues for the total Maintenance and Operations budget will increase very little.
Taxpayers should realize a decrease in their tax rate, though, from about $1.60 per $100 value to about $1.44 per $100 value. This represents a decline of approximately 16 percent.
The added value helps the state's budget much more than the local school district. Last year, WISD had about $262,683 of property value per student compared to $820,404 for Refugio and $2.964 million per student for Austwell-Tivoli.
The WISD Board of Education and I appreciate the support of our citizens as we needed increased funding for building projects and revenue shortfalls, they were there with their votes and encouragement. With this increased taxable value, they will get a small break for the 2012 tax season.
The Eagle Dome
Because we are in the midst of hurricane season, I wanted to remind all the residents of Woodsboro, Bonnie View, and Bayside that Refugio County remains an Evacuation County during a hurricane or tropical storm event.
If our county judge calls for a mandatory evacuation, citizens are strongly encouraged to evacuate the county. The Dome is for first responders who have to remain during the disaster.
Firemen, emergency managers, DPS, local and county officials may stay in the Dome for protection during the major impact of a storm. The State Office of Emergency Management and the Federal Emergency Management Administration may also determine groups or individuals with access to the dome in a hurricane emergency.
The Dome is not a hurricane or tropical storm shelter for the public. It is to be used for tornado protection for the community of Woodsboro and the students of Woodsboro ISD. It is not a hurricane shelter.
Again, I look forward to a very successful year with our academic and athletic programs. With the addition of High School Principal Linda Garza and the continued dedication of Leslie Garza and her staff at WES, I know all of us will do all in our power to assure the success of the children of the Woodsboro ISD.


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Mobile Makes Facebook Hot Again
From its November low of $19.21 it has risen steadily to its current price of about $28.50. More important, the tone of analyst comments about it have changed. Now it's being put alongside Google (GOOG) ), Amazon.com (AMZN) and Apple (AAPL) when people ask, "Who will rule the Internet in 2013?"
The question, like most media questions, is a silly one. But the Facebook comeback is real. It's based on one word -- mobile.
With Apple and Google's Android system holding a virtual duopoly on the mobile space, as 9to5Google notes, Facebook has been free to focus on two full operating systems. It has done that well.
Its new Messenger app transforms it into a complete solution for combining text and voice messaging, as Jordan Kahn noted at 9to5Mac. It's moving into Voice over IP, making it more of a phone company, writes CNET. Its new user interface, displayed here at Thaeger.com, is very mobile-friendly.
The key to any business, large or small, has always been the same: Focus on doing one thing very well. Facebook was seen right after its IPO as a social media company. That's a crowded field with little stickiness, and so the smart money dismissed it. Now Facebook is being seen in a different light, as a mobile networking company. It's a better story.
Best of all, by controlling its own mobile apps, which define its mobile experience, Facebook also gets to monetize that experience. Jim Edwards of Business Insider estimates the company now has a $2 billion/year "run rate" in mobile advertising.
Mobile advertising has been a tough nut to crack and, according to analysts, Facebook has cracked it, by simply placing its whole user experience inside a mobile frame, and then selling ads against the frame.
The biggest challenge any technology company faces is creating a second act, a second hit, a second reason for being. This is the difference between the one-hit wonders and the acts that last.
To Facebook bulls, mobile advertising has become CEO Mark Zuckerberg's second act, one that will give his company a big future in mobile devices, and what was a sell in October is now a screaming buy.
I would like to believe that. It's a good story. It may turn out to be true. But something tells me Facebook's future remains no more guaranteed than it ever was. It's almost as easy to change apps as it would be to click from one Web site into another. Reputation still matters a great deal, and what was found can quickly be lost.
I still want to be from Missouri here. I still want to see Facebook's numbers at the end of this month. It's possible that, as Techcrunch notes, the company's price is being held up by the controlled way in which early shareholders are cashing out, through SecondMarket auctions, rather than simple sell orders to brokers.


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Urgent care clinic plannedAnthony Edwards / Staff Photo
An urgent care clinic is planned for the former Blockbuster Video building at the corner of North Main and Park streets in Rutland.
The former Blockbuster Video building at the corner of South Main and Park streets in Rutland could soon hold an urgent care clinic.
Weve acquired the building and are in the permitting process right now, Dr. Marcus Hampers said.
Hampers said he hopes to open in the summer. His company, ClearChoiceMD, is opening clinics in Barre and St. Albans in June and is also looking at locations in Brattleboro and Burlington.
Urgent care, Hampers explained, is the treatment of episodic, non-life-threatening illness and injury. He said it is not a substitute for primary care, but that 40 percent of the people treated in emergency rooms could be safely treated in an urgent care clinic. He also said urgent care clinics cost one-tenth what emergency rooms do.
Emergency departments have become overburdened with patients who have non-emergencies, Hampers said. The emergency departments get plugged up, the hospital gets plugged up.
While such clinics tend to average 5,500 patients in their first year nationally, Hampers said Rutland is under-served and could do more. He said they intend to have patients in and out in less than an hour.
Our staffing model will always have a physician on-site, he said. As our volume increases, well add on a midlevel practitioner. Well have two medical assistants, a licensed nurse practitioner and a radiology technician. Well be able to do X-rays. Well be able to do labs. Well be able to manage broken bones, do IV saline, give some antibiotics through IV.
The clinic will have the 25 most commonly prescribed medications on hand.
If you come in with bronchitis, you could go home with your full course of Z-pack, he said.
A 20-year veteran of the emergency department at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, N.H., and a faculty member at Dartmouth Colleges medical school, Hampers said he is concerned about the predicted shortage of primary care doctors over the next decade.
This problem is not going away and I decided to be part of the solution, he said.
Hampers repeated that clinics like his do not replace primary care, but said they can ease the burden on primary care doctors.
Anna White, human resources director at Community Health Centers of the Rutland Region, said her organization did not feel particularly burdened.
It may help alleviate some of the needs in the emergency department in the hospital, she said. Aside from the fact that theres a challenge that theres a shortage of primary care providers thats a burden the health care system suffers together aside from that, we are able to serve the population that needs us.
Inquiries to Rutland Regional Medical Center did not receive an immediate response.
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The evening will begin with a dinner at 4:45 p.m. in the James R. Dougherty Student Union Building. The talent show will begin at 5:30 p.m. The dinner will be catered by Vanguard Resources at Coastal Bend College and will feature chicken parmesan, key largo vegetables, garden salad and garlic bread with chocolate truffle and strawberry trifle for dessert.
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the DrScheme repl isn't the one in Emacs
Dear old Lisper,
You have found drscheme and it is almost like your old Lisp machine. It is easy to program in it, it has things that nobody else has, and we all love parentheses. But after some initial enthusiasm you are wondering why in the world, we decided not to provide commands for sending individual definitions and expressions from the Definitions window to the Interactions window, aka, REPL.
It wasn't an accident. It was by design after some difficult experiences. I am personally a product of the Emacs world that you are describing below, and my advisor Dan Friedman was called the "Lispman" on his door sign at Indiana.
When I first discovered the idea of sending individual expressions and definitions from a buffer to a repl, it was a near-religious revelation to me. I wanted everyone to know this trick and use it. When I started teaching the freshman course at Rice, I told our chairman so and he asked "why". I was shocked, awed, and I failed to explain to him how it mattered. He was a mathematician and I wrote it off. They don't know.
Then I started watching my sophomores and juniors at Rice in lab. Now that was a true disappointment. Few if any used this trick and when they did, they more often tripped up and got the repl into a state where they didn't know what was going on.
In the mid 90s, I wrote some more Little books with Dan, and boy, time and again, I watched him stumble across the state of the repl. I even watched him re-start the repl and load the whole buffer more often than not.
Why? In the presence of macros and higher-order functions and other beasts, it is difficult for masters of the universe with 30 years of experience to keep track of things. What do you think students with 10 or 20 days worth of experience will do? Is it really such a deep principle of computing to create the objects incrementally in the repl as opposed to thinking systematically through the design of a program?
I decided not and asked Robby to make DrScheme's repl transparent. That is, it re-starts the repl and re-loads the buffer every time. I consider this behavior a suitable compromise: have a repl but don't confuse yourself with send-defs and send-exprs. This is especially true in an age when sending an entire buffer takes as much time as sending an individual expression or definition. Soon we'll get "compilation behind your back" so that only the current buffer is re-interpreted. It'll start things even faster.
Even though I had used the incremental mode for more than a decade when I switched from Emacs to DrScheme in 1998, I have hardly ever looked back. I miss a few other things but the incremental repl is one of those rituals old Lispers acquired and never questioned ... but it isn't fundamental and critical to anything. (Note there is no qualifying clauses, no when no if no but. I really mean this last sentence the way I spelled it.)


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Isn't it strange......I knew you in the days before I thought to take photographs...........
Sunday, March 25, 2012
Phil The Ex-Fireman's Surprise 60th Birthday in Halifax
Isn't it strange......I knew you in the days before I thought to take photographs...........
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- Brian Miller said...
ha. yeah the masks would have freaked me out a bit...hope he had a great time though...
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- Martin said...
I'm looking at these pictures and reminding myself of how important friendship is.
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- Kurt said...
That reminds me of my 40th birthday, but without the surprise and the friends.
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- savannah said...
what a great idea, sugar! looks like all y'all had a marvelous time! well done and happy birthday, phil! xoxoxo
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- Little Nell said...
Glad he took it all in good part Tony - I'd have run a mile if I was confronted by a sea of faces, and all of them mine! It was my big one too last week, but I got three days in Madrid soaking up the culture (Oh and the food and wine of course).
BTW, I'm not sure if you are aware that you still have word verifcation switched on. There's a general rebellion to do away with it as it's become very complicated and seems to be putting people off commenting. I got rid of my mine a couple of weks ago and it's been fine. Have a good week.
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- Tom said...
nice. with hundreds of friends a guy is bound to get a couple of free drinks, and maybe laid on his birthday
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- tony said...
Thanks Nell-Will Switch -Off.Tom ,His Partner,she, Would Not Have Been Pleased Had That Have Happened!
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- Akelamalu said...
Looks like a great party!
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- Alan Burnett said...
Do you know I have never been in The Old Post Office (there is indeed a Halifax pub I have not visited). Is it any good. What we need is a trip to discover the Lost Pubs of Halifax at some time.
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- tony said...
Alan,The Old Post Office used to be a Websters pub the *something* Tree I Believe?But,No, I had never been there before in any of it's incarnations.Yes 'The Lost Pubs Trails' Sounds like an interesting journey!Lets Do It!
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The gods just force their way. It doesn't matter what is best for the individiual in question. Even if he is The Chosen One. "We have always used misery to motivate and we always will."
They ruined my whole life. From cradle to grave. This method wasn't going to work with me. And if they sit there and laugh smuggly, saying "we'll see."
That's the price of my whole life being abused. Abused for exploitation.
I had to come around, decide I had it pretty good and my life HAD been salvaged.
I didn't come from the Mediterreanean and you shouldn't treat me like I have.
None of this is my business. I don't want to hear about these people.
You selected them. You worked them up. You strung them along.
You did just fine for 30 years. Keep up the good work.
Not your bitch. I ain't your fucking slave. These poeple are your responsibility. "It's for your benefit too." So this endless telepathic torment is to help me like I was Mediterreanean trash. Then when it stops my opportunity has run out. "We tried." Did I say it:::A fucking lousy reach-around. But I guess since they lie and don't admit ruining my childhood, sculpting my life for exploitation on this very public stage. Then all my enemies will benefit, first doing far better than they would have in my absence, secondly learning the meaning of life when they otherwise never would have.
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Hope you had a great birthday! Makes me wish I had friends just to throw a party!
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I have 3 kids, age 4.5, 3.5 and 2 years old, and in a few weeks I'll have another baby! They've all breastfed for a 9-15month period (due to the successive pregnancies at some point they didn't "like" my milk, and refused to start nursing again with the newborn). So this time I came up with this idea: maybe I could nurse the baby, and pump some extra milk (600-800ml) for the 3 others! Is this safe? Could this "harm" my milk supply for the newborn? When will it be ok to start pumping? Has anyone done something like this?
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The National Marine Fisheries Service is granting the Navy permits for its plans to intensify its sonar use in the Pacific, specifically off Southern California and Hawaii, over the next five years.
Click here to watch Paul Drewes' report.
The military estimates the training and testing program could inadvertently kill 155 whales or dolphins off Hawaii and Southern California, mostly from explosives.
According to Earthjustice, a non-profit environmental law firm, the Navy and Fisheries Service estimate this training will cause 9.6 million instances of harm to whales, dolphins and other marine mammals.
Environmentalists believe the harm is greater. The California Coastal Commission in March rejected the plan but lacks the power to block the Navy.
In its ruling, NMFS said it will review the latest scientific data yearly with the Navy to determine if enough is being done to mitigate the risks.
Following the permit approval announcement Monday, Earthjustice filed a lawsuit in Hawai'i federal court challening the National Marine Fisheries Service's decision.
"Some of the marine mammals threatened by Navy activities are already on the brink of extinction, such as the Hawaiian monk seal, our state mammal and one of the world's most endangered species," said Marjorie Ziegler of the Conservation Council for Hawaii. "Under the plan it just approved, however, each one of these seals will be harmed by sonar an average of 10 times a year. If we can save even a few seals through better planning, we must."
Earthjustice says that the lawsuit is not designed to ask the Navy to suspend training, rather it is asking for more consideration to be given to the impact of increasing sonar usage before such a significant increase is permitted.


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By Anthony Kuhn • Sep 16, 2013
Originally published on September 16, 2013 6:09 am
South Korean managers are heading back to their factories at a complex located just north of the Demilitarized Zone. They're teaming up with North Korean workers to test-run idle assembly lines. The complex has been closed for five months because of political tensions between the two countries.


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(NBC) This weekend the first move of NBC's late night shake-up will take place.
It's the last show for "Saturday Night Live" star Seth Meyers before he takes over the "Late Night" hosting duties vacated by Jimmy Fallon, who is in turn moving to "The Tonight Show".
Meyers has had more than a decade of fun in the pressure cooker that is "Saturday Night Live".
"There's nothing quite like working under that time constraint of SNL to sort of draw you close with people, and I'm going to miss that a lot," he says.
He'll also miss the Weekend Update desk, where he's had a new co-anchor this season, Cecily Strong.
"She's required literally no breaking in. She's so good at it. She's a total pro," Meyers says. "I thought she'd be good. She's blowing me away by how fast she's as good as she is right now."
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Nonpoint -- Milwaukee, WI -- September 6th, 2013
Left With Tomorrow (8:00-8:28)-
Left With Tomorrow were the first band to play at yesterday's show and the last band to be added to the bill. I thought they were decent. The singer was high-fiving people in the first couple rows throughout their set.
No Conviction (8:49-9:10)-
Next up were No Conviction who are from Chicago, they reminded me of Great Southern Trendkill era Pantera. The singer was really intense with the audience a la Phil Anslemo. He mentioned that the last time they played in Milwaukee was in 2011 opening up for Godsmack. They played four songs but after that for whatever reason the venue cut off the singer's mic and tried to signal them off the stage by putting the PA music on. Maybe they thought he was getting too rowdy or out of hand, I don't know. He tried to get the audience riled up enough to possibly get his mic turned back on, it didn't happen. I give them props though, they tried to do one more song without the vocals mic'd and then they left the stage as the singer yelled that the whole situation was some "pussy ass shit". It was a big let down because while they were on I really enjoyed their set.
Otherwise (9:31-10:11)-
Die For You
Vegas Girl
Silence Reigns
I Don't Apologize (1000 Pictures)
Full Circle
^ Otherwise were the band I enjoyed the most last night. It was my second time seeing them, the first time being this past January opening up for Stone Sour and Papa Roach. They had an extra 10 minutes to play compared to the first time I saw them, so the two songs I hadn't seen live before were Vegas Girl and Heaven. The bass player came out in the crowd and rocked out during Silence Reigns. I got my copy of their album True Love Never Dies signed by all the members of the band. My mom and I both got a signed drumstick. I also got a picture with the singer (Adrian) and one of the guitarists (Ryan) along with a separate picture with the bassist (Vassilios), who was out walking around the inside of the venue entrance trying to sell their CD. They were very nice guys, I even thanked the singer for playing the song Heaven as it was therapeutic for my mom and I as my uncle (my mom's older brother), died on Christmas day 2008 of an Asthma attack. He gave us both a hug. I would definitely see them a third time!
Nonpoint (10:30-11:30)-
What A Day
Left For You
Broken Bones
Hands Off
The Truth
That Day
In The Air Tonight
The Wreckoning
Alive And Kicking
Bullet With A Name
^ This was my 2nd time seeing Nonpoint, the first time being in May of 2011 when they opened up for Disturbed. They put on a great, high-energy set. I wish they would have played, I Said It off their new album but beggars can't be choosers. The Wreckoning was definitely a highlight. I was very surprised they played at all though. When my mom and I first got into the venue and went to get a Nonpoint shirt and a towel with a lot of their song lyrics on it, the lady at the merch booth told us that Nonpoint would be signing later that night without the singer because his dad had just passed away. Props to the singer for still doing the show and not letting down the fans, I can't imagine how hard that must have been. Despite the circumstances, they kicked ass live though and the singer said that the Milwaukee crowd was just what he needed.
This band is still around? :lol:
[QUOTE=kalfitegrdan;540557]This band is still around? :lol:[/QUOTE]
I had the exact same reaction! :lol:
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The A-Z's of New York Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2013
By VICE Staff
In the past, we've done extensive coverage of New York Fashion Week, posting daily summaries from staff members and friends of all the shows and presentations everyone attended over the week. But this season we grew tired of the hustle and decided to do things in a more compelling way. We realized there was no point in having writers blast designers and get us into trouble by saying mean things about shows they didn't like or even want to be invited to in the first place for the sake of posting about happenings in fashion. Churning out verbal diarrhea about garment construction and patterns and anticlimactic presentations while suffering from alcohol poisoning and low self-esteem just didn't seem like a good idea anymore. In order to properly cover these events, we needed to approach the week like we would any other major life decision: we needed to chill the eff out and take time to process all the trauma we had been through like adults. Now that the festivities are over and we've safely made it through the holiday weekend alive and caught up on sleep after our 10-day bender, we are proud to share with you "The A-Z's of New York Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2013" according to VICE.
A Is for "Asians"
Now before you get all offended that we're targeting an entire race, you should know that this is a huge compliment. No matter how good you think you look or dress—you will never look as effortlessly cool as every Asian guy or girl who (unsurprisingly) shows up on all the photo blogs during the week. In fact, photographers will most likely scream at you to move the hell out of the way because your hobo garb and stupid puffy face are massacring their frame of the hot half-Japanese girl standing behind you with the rockabilly bangs and a Hello Kitty umbrella. But it's not just kids on the streets who are owning the style blogs, designers are also stepping up their game. Take Alexander Wang who, for instance, happens to be one of the most stylish and beautiful boys in the world. We can't even come up with one bad thing to say about him or his designs. Same goes for Kathleen Kye and Choi Bo Ko from Concept Korea, 10 Crosby, Derek Lam, and Jen Kao who all showed a number of great pieces this past week that we actually wouldn't need one of our friends to bribe us to wear outside—seriously. Good taste is just in their genes.
B Is for "Boot Camp"
Boot-camp fashion was a huge trend this season with several designers incorporating military prints, colors, and their own takes on the traditional olive drab into their collections. There were furry camouflage jackets at Michael Kors, leather sweatpants at Rachel Comey and Charlotte Ronson, structured-leather, army-green trench coats at Calvin Klein, Realtree camo at Patrik Ervell, and even tailored jackets and cargo pants at Prabal Gurung. While it might not be out of character for one of the aforementioned designers to be heard shouting "You had best square your ass away and start shitting me Tiffany cufflinks, or I will fuck you up!" Full Metal Jacket-style, but judging by their interpretations of the military trend, it's probably best they stick to fashion and leave the safety of our country to someone who can actually run and shoot a gun and doesn't have to worry about breaking heels or being able to breathe.
C Is for "Cockblockers" and "Capacity"
The letter C gets two words because they're both tied to the same category: fashion PR lies. Cockblockers are all the press agents who handle invites to shows but don't necessarily do PR for brands on a regular basis. Whatever connections you have with the designer don't mean a thing if someone at a PR agency is actually old enough to have seen your publication some 10-odd years ago when you used to dress heroin addicts and illegal immigrants in clothing and try to pass it off as fashion. If you request a spot at an event, you're going to get some bullshit excuse about them being at capacity or whatever even though they're showing at the Park Avenue Armory, which is the biggest goddamn venue at NYFW. If Tom Sachs can run his "Space Program" in the same building, I assure you that my tiny ass can fit in there, too. Fuckers!
D Is for "Diets" Because Everyone Was on One
There are a number of unfortunate souls who suffered through juice cleanses, starvation, and amphetamine binges until everything inside them turned to shit and leaked out of their butts—all in the name of fashion. Generally they were the people who were the most obnoxious at shows, fighting with showroom staffers over seating, blacking out, and puking behind planters at late-night parties. Throughout the week we hated on these retards and their friendly backhanded diet tips and weird chia seeds they tried to force on us during small talk as we waited in lines for shows. But now that we look back on things, we actually should be thanking them for all the free snacks we were able to ingest as a result of their body issues. We ate every type of cookie and drank most of the beer at Milk Studios. Stole nearly a case of coconut water at Industria. [Editor's note: Nix the chocolate-flavored water next season. It sucks!] Ate a million french fries at the Wildfox Couture presentation at Capitale, and to top it all off, we got to stand right in front of the kitchen doors at Prabal Gurung for Target without having to push anyone out of the way. It was like we were VIPs, the first to put every tiny taco and baby rum and coke in our mouths before anyone else in the room. So hats off to the skinny bitches of NYFW—you guys really missed out on some good stuff.
E Is for "Exposed Ankles"
We love the cropped-pants look that fashion guys have been jumpin' on lately. Thom Browne kind of sparked the movement, and it's fresh. It gives dudes an opportunity to show off their shoes and their socks. But in the wintertime, in the middle of a fucking blizzard named NEMO, that shit isn't fresh—it's retarded. You can't be trudging through the doo-doo-brown snow of New York City, like men were this fashion week, with your ankles exposed to the elements. Even the schizo bums who talk to themselves and shit in plastic bags have enough sense to bundle up when it's cold outside. They do it in the summer too, but that's beside the point.
F Is for "Famous People"
Being famous at Fashion Week is tight. You get to sit front row, cut all the lines, go to all the best parties, get free clothing from the most sought-after designers, and hang out with other famous people. If you're extra lucky, sometimes you even get to design your own clothing line and start out right at the top; then the best magazines kiss your ass and say they love your designs, which are actually pretty basic. Privileges like these are a few of the reasons why we don't take celebrity-run lines seriously, but we decided to suck up our pride and try to do something no one would ever expect: say one nice thing about each of them. Bono's fashion house Edun surprisingly put on a good show this season because, thankfully, he has nothing to do with any of their designs. Victoria Beckham used a pleasant shade of yellow as well as some head-swallowing beanies in both collections, even though we don't think she should be allowed to have two fashion lines. Katie Holmes made a nice oversized plaid jacket for Holmes & Yang that hopefully is the only item in the collection she can be held accountable for. And lastly, the Olsen twins, those two adorable tiny sweet girls, made some furry slippers that we would not be mad at if they were on our feet. Congrats, you guys accomplished something!
Topics: Alexander Wang, Prabal Gurung, calvin klein, Opening Ceremony, Derek Lam, Rachel Comey, Charlotte Ronson, Concept Korea, Thom Brown, Holmes & Yang, Edun, juelz santana, atl twins, chloë sevigny, tommy hilfiger, Rag & Bone, Marc Jacobs, Patrik Erve


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Buttoning upJanuary 16,2013
Legislators should not allow sticker shock to obscure the important findings of a state task force about the benefits of a crash program to improve home energy efficiency.
The task force looked at the money that Vermonters spend on heating fuel, on the quality of the states housing stock and the savings that could be achieved as a result of investments in thermal efficiency. Now it is preparing a report for legislators that calls for $276 million over the next seven years to weatherize 62,000 homes.
Sticker shock may arise from that $276 million. At a time when the state faces many demands for everything from clean water to expanded health care coverage to expanded child care $276 million seems like a lot.
But set aside that number for a moment and look at some other numbers. In 2010 Vermonters spent about $600 million on fossil-based home heating fuels, largely fuel oil. Most of that money leaves the states economy.
Homeowners who tighten up their homes through air sealing, insulation and efficient heating systems can easily save $1,000 a year. If 80,000 homes were weatherized, Vermonters could save $2 billion over the life of the projects. And weatherization at that scale would create 800 job-years, according to the Department of Public Service, which convened the task force.
Viewed this way, spending $276 million to save $2 billion begins to sound like a reasonable idea.
The housing stock in Vermont is one of the oldest in the nation. The numerous 19th-century and early 20th-century homes that create much of the states charm in many cases leak like sieves. In the early days, people just threw more wood on the fire and kept their woolens on.
Meanwhile, most people today burn fuel oil. Thus, home heating is one of the most significant ways that Vermonters contribute to climate change. The task force report says the weatherization effort would prevent 3.6 million tons of carbon dioxide from entering the atmosphere. It would be the equivalent of removing 680,000 passenger cars from the road for a year.
The report also describes the economic boost a state weatherization program would create. The $276 million in state spending would leverage more than $687 million in private sector financing and investment, according to the report.
With the help of organizations such as Efficiency Vermont, the state has already undertaken an important effort to help Vermonters tighten up their homes. According to the task force, the state is on pace to weatherize about 18,000 homes by the end of this year. That is a good start. But to reach the goal of weatherizing 80,000 homes by 2020, the state needs to take care of 62,000 additional homes. If the $276 million recommended by the report is broken down, it amounts to about $40 million a year over that seven-year period.
It was an ambitious goal in 2008 when legislators set a target of 80,000 homes. Now they have a better idea of what it will cost. There is nothing that says they have to stick to their goal, and $276 million may exist mainly as a benchmark, an aspiration. But aspiration is not a bad thing.
As legislators sift through the many proposals making demands on the state budget, they ought to remember the multiple benefits of the weatherization program: saving money for homeowners, curbing the emission of greenhouse gases and creating jobs. Thus, in many ways weatherization is both an environmental program and an economic stimulus program.
Proposals for paying for the program have focused on some sort of fuel tax, which is an unpopular idea among people for whom the cost of fuel oil is already a burden. There is no pain-free way of raising $40 million a year. But taxing carbon is also one of the best ways of discouraging its use. One thing is certain: The price of carbon can be counted on to continue going up, in more ways than one.MORE IN EditorialsProtesters converged on a bank in Montpelier early this week to show their solidarity with the... Full StoryPhil Scott will take office next month after winning with a margin of 51.11 percent to 43. Full StoryIdeologues and partisans work from the outcome backward. Full Story
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Peach Berry Crumble
- Prep Time: 30 min
- Cook Time: 20 min
- Ready Time: 60 min
- Yield: 9 Servings
- 1 cup sugar
- 3 tablespoons cornstarch
- 1/2 cup water
- 1 (16 oz.) package frozen sliced peaches, thawed
- 1 cup fresh or frozen cranberries
- 1 cup fresh or frozen blackberries
- 1/4 teaspoon almond extract
- 1 cup Pillsbury BEST™ All Purpose Flour
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 cup butter, melted
- 1/4 cup milk
Preparation Directions
- HEAT oven to 400°F. Combine 1 cup sugar and cornstarch in large saucepan. Add water; mix well. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly; cook and stir an additional minute or until thickened.
- STIR in fruit; return to a boil. Remove saucepan from heat; stir in almond extract. Pour into ungreased 8-inch square (1 1/2-quart) baking dish.
- SPOON flour lightly into measuring cup; level off. Combine flour, 1/4 cup sugar, baking powder, butter and milk in medium bowl; mix well. Drop dough by spoonfuls over hot fruit mixture.
- BAKE 20 to 25 minutes or until topping is golden brown. Cool 10 minutes before serving. Serve warm. Top with vanilla ice cream, if desired.
Nutritional Information Per Serving
Serving Size (1/9 of recipe), Calories 380 (Calories from Fat 140), Total Fat 15g (Saturated Fat 10g, Trans Fat 0g), Cholesterol 45mg, Sodium 140mg, Total Carbohydrate 59g (Dietary Fiber 3g, Sugars 42g), Protein 4g; Percent Daily Value*: Vitamin A 15%, Vitamin C 110%, Calcium 10%, Iron 6%.
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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A female Hawaiian monk seal was found speared in the head and is alive, according to state Department of Land and Natural Resources officials and authorities with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
The seal was found on Rabbit Island on Tuesday. But, officials did not know how the seal was speared.
The monk seal was born on Rabbit Island about a year ago.
Rabbit Island is off limits to the public. It's not known if the spearing took place there or somewhere else.
"We know the seal is lucky, it was a very superficial injury and it missed the important things like eyes, and ears, nose and things like that," said David Schofield from NOAA.
"The message is if it's unintentional, notify us as soon as possible so we can make sure the seal gets veterinarian assistance," said DLNR Chairman William Aila.
A volunteer called in the injury and a NOAA response team rushed out to help. Officials believe the seal will make a full recovery. The seal swam away after the spear was dislodged.
Near the seal, they found what is believed to the be shaft of the spear.
State and federal officials want to remind the public that harassing or harming a Hawaiian monk seal is a class C felony punishable up to five years in prison and a fine of up to $50,000.
If you have any information on what happened with this seal, call the NOAA enforcement hotline at 1-800-853-1964.
Hawaiian monk seals are a critically endangered species. There are only 1,100 seals remaining, and their population is declining 4 percent per year.