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As CGI becomes cheaper and more ubiquitous, it's easy to assume that every action sequence we see in a movie was done with a computer, a green screen, and some tennis balls. But as we've shown time and time again, even now the best way to make sure the stuff you're putting on screen looks real is to have actual human beings jumping away from real explosions. And no, it's usually not the stars doing the jumping.
We're talking about the stunt performers who put on the harnesses and take the beatings, protected by nothing but some pads and years of painful training. We talked with an anonymous stunt-woman about it on the day she quit her day job to switch over to doing stunt work full time (seriously). And she says ...
(Disclaimer: this article is based on an interview Cracked carried out with an actual stunt-woman. An editorial decision was made to frame the article in her voice.)
5Stunt Work Is Tougher for Women (But Not for the Reasons You'd Think)
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It's not just that female stunt performers like me get paid less than men, or get respected less -- it's that stunt work is more difficult for women for the simple reason that doing a stunt in a tank top and miniskirt is shitty. Think about it: When you see a man on screen doing something ridiculously dangerous, he's usually wearing a Starfleet uniform, or a flak jacket, or a tuxedo.
They're fully dressed, is what we're saying.
The perk there for the stunt double (or even the actor, if he's doing his own stunts) is that there's plenty of room to hide padding. You can slip a pair of knee pads or a back brace under your pants, and nobody in the audience is going to notice due to the horrible societal double standard that says men are allowed to have swollen, bulky knees and still be considered attractive.
Now compare those outfits to what most female action heroes are wearing, and you'll see what we have to put up with:
Boobs don't count as protective padding, unfortunately.
The reality of the industry is that directors don't want to cover up Scarlett Johansson's tits. They want those puppies out there, even when her character is diving away from a fireball and into a window. Naturally, this subjects those tits to all kinds of stuff that you normally want to keep tits safe from, like fire and broken glass. So on top of the normal difficulty that comes with doing maneuvers in costume (I may have to make a big jump in dress shoes, or do a cartwheel in a wedding dress), we have this to deal with.
Did you see the Jennifer Aniston movie We're the Millers? There's a big scene featured in the trailer with Aniston in a bra and panties running from a burning building. Well, in the dangerous parts, that's not Aniston -- that's Michele Waitman, and she did the stunt work dressed like this:
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It's cool, those panties are 40 percent Kevlar.
So maybe it's no surprise that female stunt performers wind up with more injuries, specifically bruises, cuts, and scrapes. As Leigh Bianco (who did stunt work in the X-Men movies, The Day After Tomorrow, and dozens more) said, "I've done stair falls in lingerie ... You know before you do the stunt you're going to come up bleeding."
4You Never Know What You'll Be Told to Do
This is me, getting decapitated on The Walking Dead:
How many of you who saw that episode even gave a second thought to the person playing the zombie, or how they went about getting that shot? Probably none of you -- that's the idea. If you notice the stunt performer, we've failed. But every such scene on that show requires somebody performing dangerous evasive maneuvers in full zombie makeup -- including contact lenses that obscure your vision. Even fairly simple moves are dangerous if you can't see, let alone trying to catch a wire around your neck without accidentally cutting your own throat.
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"OK, now jump all three alligators."
Of course, everyone involved is highly trained and everything is carefully choreographed (note: attempting the above in your backyard is almost certain to end in disaster, whether you use a friend or an actual zombie), but here's the thing: The plan is constantly changing, often at the last minute.
In film, timing is the enemy -- everything's on a simultaneously tight and fluid schedule where everything is subject to change, but at the same time, delays are unacceptable. So, we have to be constantly prepared to do our stunt, because we never know when they're going to be ready for it. So 80 percent of my job is spent waiting for people to tell me they're set. Obviously, the human body doesn't work that way -- these are athletic tasks. Muscles need to warm up, and your brain needs time to regulate adrenaline and your nervous system to make sure you don't actually punch yourself in the throat or trip over your own feet as you run down the side of that building.
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It's easy for tigers -- they evolved in jungles full of flaming hoops.
After all, the reason we're performing the stunt is because it's not a thing that a normal person (or even *gasp* an actor) could pull off. We're experts, we've practiced this stuff, and we have a repertoire of moves -- but those probably aren't the moves they're going to want you to use that day, because movie making is less about careful planning and execution and more about the deranged whims of madmen.
For a fight scene in the upcoming Anchorman 2 (which we can't show you, because it isn't out yet at the time this is being written), I spent months training in hand-to-hand combat -- only to find out on the shoot that I'd have to do a bunch of scenes in a harness for rappelling instead. Luckily, I'd done that kind of thing before -- I say "luckily" because there was no way in hell I could've known until I was already on set, and I would've had to do it either way or risk not getting hired back.
Hollywood is a harsh mistress if you can't pull off a jauntily colored suit.
If you're saying, "But that's the kind of chaotic danger people like you thrive on!" keep in mind ...


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How I became a Dodger and Baseball fan. My first post!
My name is Emma. I was born in Honduras and came to the LA when I was 13. No one in my family followed baseball so my first boyfriend introduced me to the game when I was 20 (long time ago) . He took me to my first game and I remember that he would listen to Vin Scully on the radio. I did not pay much attention as I would argue with him that Football was better than baseball. He would explain baseball to me and I would explain Football. I was a big Ram Fan then. He was born in Maine so his baseball team was the Red Sox but he was also a fan of the Dodgers.
After we went our separate ways, I started attending some games with a very nice older Jewish lady from Brooklyn that used to talk about Sandy Koufax. I started getting into the game more and more.
The last games of 1980 had left me elated and devastated when The Dodgers pushed for an extra playoff game with the Astros. that was an incredible last 3 games of the season in 1980 where one game would have eliminated the Dodgers but they kept fighting back. I remember Bud Furillo playing "Another one Bites the Dust" on Dodger Talk.
Dodgers won in incredible fashion Friday, Saturday and Sunday. After it was official that the Dodgers had won Sunday's game, I got in line to buy a ticket for the extra playoff game on Monday.
I remember I made sure to show up at working very early that Monday. I walked into my boss's office to tell him I was only working half a day. His response was "I am surprise you are even here."
Monday's game was such a letdown with a lot of second guessing Lasorda. He should have used Fernando in that game! I sat in my car for quite a while all depressed. When I went home I did not want anyone talking to me.
But that November in 1980, I decided to purchase a season ticket. I remember they took me to see a Loge seat (aisle 103 N 3) and that became my seat for 1981 and 1982.
What a year 1981 was with the start of Fernandomaniaand culminating with the Dodgers beating the Yankees in the World Series!!
I had the season ticket for one more year and afterwards I still attended games but not so much as I wanted to go back to school. I started attending less and less games until I would only watch some on TV or just playoffs. Things like free agency, strikes started turning me off. I have a gap of many years that I've been catching up. Back in 2000 this guy from work had 3 extra tickets to a game and he invited me along with two other women from work, then someone else invited me to another game and before long my addiction, my love for the Dodgers & baseball was back in full force🙂
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Welcome to the MLBlogosphere, Emma! Great to have you here and hope you get your Dodger Trolley back! Thanks for showing some comment love on my Haters article on MLB.com! Very cool that you got to experience Fernandomania. My highlight from working the 2008 postseason was Game 3 of the NLDS against the Cubs, as they showed Fernando highlights to the Abba tune of "Fernando" — and then showed a live shot of Fernando himself in the radio broadcast booth. I remember how the crowd went wild that night, and I got goosebumps during that video.
Thanks Mark! I was at the game and all the playoffs at Dodger Stadium. I got sentimental seeing the video and I could not get that Abba tune out of my mind. I came back and posted a link to the youtube at the ITD blog! Good memories! -Emma

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"Okay, It's official. With the release of the English magazine The Gen in a digital format we now all have access to enough good magic to last us at least four lifetimes...I have often wished that I had a complete file of The Gen. Happily, I now do. I urge you to support this project."
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The Digital Gen is now ready from Martin Breese and it comes on four CD Roms complete with a
161 page index compiled by Dr Michael Collie.
The GEN ran for 26 years starting in 1945 and it has nearly 9000 pages, over 300 issues and it took a team of two experts just under 3 months to scan all the pages and to correct over 13500 photographic images. The price in the USA is $120 and in the UK and Europe it is priced at £75 post free. Harry Stanley published the magazine and it was edited by Lewis Ganson. There were hundreds of well known names who contributed to the GEN but here are just a few:
Al Koran, David Berglas, Ed Marlo, Billy McComb, Ken Brooke, Robert Harbin, Juan Tamariz, Roy Walton, Jack Avis, Dai Vernon, Fred Lowe, Bob Driebeek, Fred Kaps
and many, many more.
I had an order a while ago from a gentleman with the name of Hugh Miller. Could it be the one and only Hugh Miller? And it was. We exchanged emails and when the Digital Gen came out Hugh ordered it immediately. He told me that he had not only written several magic books for Harry Stanley but he also wrote for the Gen and worked at the Unique Magic Studios as well. He mentioned the days when he and Ken Brooke and the rest of the boys used to pack the Gen ready for despatch around the world and the story was so interesting that I asked him to write it up for our website. Hugh is a busy man still and writes for tv as well as writing a wide range of novels for general consumption. If you can still remember the days when the Gen magazine was published and if you ever took a trip to the Unique Studio then this article will evoke happy memories for you. If you are a little younger then you will still find this article to be really fascinating.
by Hugh Miller
One evening at least forty years ago, at the end of a particularly wearying day at Unique Magic, Ken Brooke put on his jacket, poured a couple of glasses of Scotch from a dusty bottle labelled ROUGHING FLUID, and handed me one. 'If we put as much time and energy into any other business,' he said, 'we'd be millionaires.'
He was probably right. As I recall it, our commitment to the magic business was total. Cy Endfield said our eagerness for the job resembled an unhealthy religious fervour. At 7.30 sharp, six mornings a week, we would unlock the door of the Unique Studio in Soho and blunder in, yawning and invariably shivering. There was an opening drill: Ken turned up the heating and I put on the kettle. We would have a swift cup of tea and be started before eight. At that time the magic business was on a roll (for those of us with London W1 addresses, at any rate) and the pressures of the working day could be relentless. Often we didn't get back home before 10 o'clock at night, but Ken appeared to thrive on turbulence and he cut through it without a shudder. I did my best to keep up.
To this day Ken's magical brilliance and his formidable talent as a demonstrator are well known to the fraternity, but demos and selling were only part of his job at Unique. For years he single-handedly managed the mail-order side of the business, packing and despatching mailbags full of magic five days a week. He spent hours routining and writing detailed instructions for most of the tricks marketed under the Harry Stanley banner - a task that required Ken himself to type the text directly on to stencils and then print the 'Magi-Tutors' on a Roneo duplicator. On Saturdays from 9 until 4 he held forth in the studio, demonstrating and talking magic to visitors, blending his skill and humour with an awesome talent for selling. Years later, when Ken was running his own business on Wardour Street, he and I would meet occasionally to down a few and talk over old times. Invariably the conversation would turn to Gen Day, the monolithic monthly event when the pressure went up and we struggled to meet Harry Stanley's sacred deadline.
Our secretary Mavis had the date boldly marked in red on every sheet of her calendar: during my years with Unique Magic, Gen Day was usually the 15th of the month. It was publication day, drop-everything-else day, the day Harry insisted we get his beloved magazine packed and despatched worldwide to subscribers and magical dealers, all within four hours of its arrival in the studio.
'I don't want phone calls, I don't want complaints,' Harry would say. 'People expect to get the Gen on time. I hate apologising when they don't.'
Early on the morning of Gen Day hundreds of envelopes and labels were fed through Mavis's addressing machine, a primitive device which she swore would jam if she took her eyes off it. As soon as the printers made their delivery, Ken and myself - and whoever else we could recruit - began ripping open the parcels and setting out the magazines in stacks on the workbench. In my early days at the studio Ken taught me how to load a Gen into an envelope and tuck in the flap, all in one smooth movement without lifting the envelope off the bench. It was a swift and rather elegant manoeuvre, a combination of rhythm and dexterity. I took a while to get the knack, but by the time I finally cracked it my packing speed had trebled.
After packing, then stacking according to country of destination, every envelope, packet and parcel had to be franked with the correct amount of postage. Here was another area where rhythm and nimble handling could make all the difference, although our elderly franking machine could spring surprises. On one occasion Harry's son Bill, new to the machine, bumped one of the adjusting levers with his knuckle as he whizzed the magazines through the slot. Before he knew it he had franked eight envelopes at over £7 a time and used up all the credit on the machine.
On Gen Days we often had celebrity packers, because many professional magicians were regular customers of Unique Magic, and we never hesitated to ask casual visitors to help. None of them ever objected to 'mucking in', as Ken put it. Subscribers would have been intrigued to know that many individual copies of the had been packed at various times by Robert Harbin, Al Koran, Tommy Cooper, Maurice Fogel and quite a few other big names in the business. Harry once let me see a snapshot he took in the early 1950s, showing Orson Welles sitting at a card table in the old Frith Street studio. The actor was a keen amateur magician and on his visits to England he often bought equipment from Harry. The picture showed Welles hammily puffing on a cigar as he popped a copy of the Gen into an envelope.
Looking back on it all, I realise my time at Unique Magic coincided with a gilded period in 20th - Century magic. Back then our trade had a status we can scarcely imagine today. Countless professionals were working regularly and actually topping bills; talented amateurs played to large, appreciative audiences; a genuine and boundless enthusiasm permeated the entire magic scene and on all sides there was innovation, as a study of any issue of the Gen will demonstrate. For most of us in the retail side of magic it was a time of great fun - and in spite of the strain and occasionally ragged tempers, it was even a bit of a lark to pack a mountain of magazines once a month and schlepp them down to the Post Office. In my six years at Unique Magic I never missed a Gen Day, and in 1970, when Harry called and told me the last issue had been printed and sent out, it felt like news of a sad passing.
But the Gen lives on, after all, preserved in its digital entirety on the magnificent four-disc edition from Martin Breese. It's bliss to ramble through the magazine again, any time I like, with no clutter or fuss, and no fear of doing damage to such a precious resource. As a bonus, there is a distinctly magical glow in knowing that every issue of the Gen is tucked safely away in a corner of a desk drawer. Harry Stanley would have loved that.
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After one or more seniors reported a paving contractor who was said to have offered a bargain price on asphalt left over from another job, and then charged thousands of dollars more than anticipated, the Highland Town Board issued a consumer alert last week.
Supervisor Andrew Boyar said he had received a weekend telephone call from a resident reporting an incident with a truck driver operating as Orange County Paving. "The bill was double the expected cost. I've heard of another person in Highland charged $21,000, another charged $19,000, another $13,000."
The alert says that anyone who has paid for work under these circumstances has recourse. "These tactics should be reported to the New York State Attorney General's Office, Consumer Frauds and Protection Bureau, 1 Civic Center Plaza, Suite 401, Poughkeepsie NY 12601."
Consumers can get a formal complaint form online or they can contact Senior Consumer Frauds Representative Stephanie Brideau at 845/485-3951.
Town Clerk Doreen Hanson also has the complaint forms, and said that she would help anyone who needs assistance in filing the complaint. Hanson can be reached at 845/557-6085
Boyar also suggested that anyone who has been excessively billed and not yet paid should not pay that bill. "Then it's up to the contractor, if he wants to pursue legal action."
The town's notice further advises:
"If someone offers you a paving job that sounds too good to be true, it probably is."
The Sullivan County District Attorney's Office suggests the following actions before you allow anyone to work on your property:
Get a written estimate. By law all home improvement jobs in excess of $500 must have a written estimate prior to the work being started.
Comparison shop; get two or more quotes.
Know who you are dealing with. Be aware that there are unscrupulous fly-by-nights in the area.
Do not allow yourself to be a victim. If you have been victimized, file a complaint and let others know about your experience.
In other business, the board held a second session of a public hearing on an unsafe building at Washington Lake and scheduled a continuation of the hearing to precede its meeting in September.
They scheduled a 9/11 remembrance program at 7 p.m. at Heroes' Park on September 10, with the regular board meeting rescheduled to 6 p.m.
They approved a resolution urging support for the state constitutional referendum on casino gambling.
Riverfront revitalization questioned
On August 13, the town board also heard a presentation from Heather Jacksy of the Sullivan County Planning Department detailing a program for coordinated, state-provided signage along the Route 97 Scenic Byway to better direct visitors to local recreational amenities and services, while keeping them off private property.
Boyar said he was uncertain of the town's role as the town has no signs along the state highway and "the state has always been very reluctant to take the town's advice."
Jacksy also detailed her year-and-a-half effort on a waterfront revitalization plan for the river. She said funding is being sought and the plan is almost ready. She said the idea is to create a look more commensurate with a national park area.
Grant funding of $125,000 would create six new river access areas, one of which would be one of three candidate sites in the Barryville area: at the interstate bridge, on town-owned property on River Road, or at a state-owned fishing site a half-mile north of the hamlet. "What gets done depends somewhat on volunteered and donated help," she said.
Boyar said the town has made no decision about a new access, and was concerned that further access development would "encourage abuse," including additional garbage issues. He said the town probably would not participate unless there were assurances made about dealing with new garbage and misuse. "I see negatives without positives," he said.
Resident Jim Hanson said the town has not had bad luck with revitalization grants, citing the business named "Stickett Inn," at the corner of Mail Road and County Road 21.
The name, seen as provocative by many, has drawn wide criticism. "The name is very offensive to a lot of people in town," said Peter Carmeci.
Jacksy noted that other businesses in town, Clancy's and the Carriage House, also received money under the same program.
Boyar said the name given was not the name originally proposed. "We have free speech. If you like one aspect of it, you're stuck with all of it," he said.


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When Substantially Similar Housing is Not Available:
If the University is unable to identify substantially similar space that is available at the time of the necessary repair, one or more of the following courses of action will be discussed with the resident:
1. If available, the student may be offered an upgraded temporary location at the same rate as the student's regular assignment. For example:
- If an Ondrak resident cannot be accommodated in another space within the facility, but there is space available in an apartment in Founders Woods, the resident may be offered a temporary assignment to the available apartment.
- If a resident of a four bedroom apartment cannot be accommodated in another four bedroom unit, but space is available in a two bedroom apartment, the student may be offered a temporary assignment in that space, provided that no more than two students reside in the unit at that time.
2. If the only space in campus housing available at the time of the displacement is considered a downgrade from the student's assigned space, the student will be offered a temporary assignment in that space with a reduction in billing to reflect the rate difference for the period of the temporary relocation, or as close as such an arrangement can be made. For example:
- A resident of Founders Woods cannot be accommodated in another apartment within the Founders Woods community, but is accommodated in Ondrak Hall for a period of five days. A billing adjustment would be made to reflect the difference in cost between the per diem Founders Woods rate and the double occupancy rate of Ondrak Hall for five days.
- Residents of a four bedroom apartment in Founders Woods are temporarily accommodated with double occupancy in a two bedroom apartment for seven days. A billing adjustment would be made to reflect the difference in the cost between the per diem Founders Woods rate and the rate of double occupancy of Neuzil Hall for the seven day period.
In cases where a student may be temporarily relocated from an apartment with kitchen facilities to a residence hall where no meal preparation facilities are available, the University may provide the student with additional meals through Dining Services at the rate of two meals per day. No additional adjustments will be made to the student's account.
3. If the University is unable to accommodate a student anywhere in campus housing due to availability of gender-appropriate facilities, the student may be offered a room at a local hotel for a time period associated with the repair, the arrangements for and the cost of which is covered by the University. The period of the hotel stay will be evaluated based upon facts and circumstances of the repair. The University may provide the student with additional meals through Dining Services at the rate of two meals per day. If the hotel provides courtesy transportation, the University will assist students in working with the hotel to arrange for reasonable transportation accommodations. However, the University will not reimburse a student for the cost of mileage for travel between the university and the hotel during the stay, meals taken at the hotel or incidental expenses (including room service, mini bar expenses, pay-per-view movies or personal services) that are not included in the regular room rate.
Note:The University reserves the right to identify options other than those listed above as circumstances merit.
Student Refusal of Housing Options:
The duty of the University is to provide a substantially similar housing arrangement or provide an alternative option in the event that substantially similar housing is not available. If a student is offered a temporary housing accommodation, but either denies the options offered or states a preference to commute from home or make an alternative housing arrangement, the student may not request and will not be provided any form for compensation in exchange for denying the temporary housing assignment.
Student Appeals:
Only students who have been directly impacted by the provisions of this policy may submit an appeal of any term or condition specified herein. Appeals must be submitted in writing to the Financial Appeals Committee at firstname.lastname@example.com. The University will proceed with completing required maintenance or repairs regardless of the student's intention to appeal.
Statement of Student Rights and Responsibilities
During Temporary Housing Assignment
The University maintains the right to temporarily relocate residents for the purpose of conducting maintenance, repairs or in instances where health and safety issues require temporary relocation. When a temporary relocation is necessary, however, the University is committed to minimizing the impact of the relocation.
Student's Rights:
Student Responsibilities:
- Requiring the student not to enter the space during the repair process unless accompanied by a member of University Police and/or Residence Life staff.
- Refraining from interfering with the maintenance or repair work being conducted in any way.
- Acknowledging receipt of any updates or other information provided by Facilities Management or Residence Life.
Eligibility for Housing
Only full-time students (at least 12 credit-hours for undergraduates and 6 credit-hours for graduates) at Benedictine University may live in campus housing. Students may be denied housing for appropriate reasons as determined by the Office of Residence Life.
Room Changes in the Residence Halls and Founders' Woods Apartments
There are instances when roommates come in conflict with one another. When this occurs, the Residence Life staff will help students work through their difficulties and explore solutions such as mediation, compromise or roommate agreements. Residents must approach their RA to mediate the conflict before any other option is considered. If no solution is reached after extensive effort on the part of the roommates and staff, a room change may be considered. All room changes will originate with the Office of Residence Life.
No room changes will take place until after the two week freeze period at the beginning of the semester. Unauthorized room changes, for any reason, will result in a $100 fine for residents of Founders' Woods and a $50 fine for Residence Hall residents, the student will then be required to move back to his/her original room. Room changes based upon race, color, age, religion, sexual orientation, national origin or disability will not be approved. Room changes after the fourth week of the semester are subject to a $100 fee if living in Founders' Woods and a $50 fee for all other Residence Halls.
Injury or Illness
Any accidents occurring in the residence halls resulting in injury should be reported to the RA or the Area Coordinator; who may, depending on the circumstances, assist the person in obtaining medical treatment and notifying appropriate family and/or University personnel. An accident report will be filled out by the University agent. Any medical emergencies or extended illnesses should also be reported to the Office of Residence Life. Arrangements may be made with the Food Service director to obtain a sick tray for a resident confined to his/her room. Residents are ultimately responsible for their own health care.
Locks and Keys
All residents, upon check-in to their assigned space, are issued a room key, which locks both the resident's main door and the bedroom door, and a mailbox key. A charge will be assessed if the keys are lost or not returned at the announced deadline. Residents must notify the Luba Baranivsky within 48 hours of losing keys. A resident's checkout will not be considered complete until the key is returned. Duplicate keys are not permitted. Disciplinary action will be taken in this situation. Legal action may also be taken against the vendor providing the duplicate.
If a student is locked out of his/her room, Campus Police has access to a master key to open the room. Identification is required and there will be a charge for this service. Unauthorized locks may not be placed on room doors. Any change or addition of locks must be performed by Campus Services and have prior authorization by the appropriate University personnel.
Non Compliance
Students must comply with orders from University personnel at all times. Failure to do so will result in the violation of both the non-compliance policy and any suspected violations involved with non-compliance.
For the safety and protection of your personal belongings, always lock your room and apartment door before sleeping or whenever you leave your room or apartment, even if it is only for a brief period of time. Any thefts, even minor ones, should be reported promptly to a Residence Life staff member and/or Campus Police.
Fine System
A fine system shall be placed that pairs various policy violations with a monetary fine. These fines will be severe enough to have an impact on negative behaviors, but not high enough as to be unusual or prohibitive. Please also note that providing alcohol to minors will result in addition fines. While the monies can be used for various projects, they must be used to better the lives of on-campus students and/or the mission of Residence Life. The following is a list of incidents and fines:
Underage consumption/possession of alcohol: $100 fine for each offense. After the third offense, there will be a physical arrest. All alcohol incidents will involve a meeting with Residence Life staff. This meeting is an effort to help curb behaviors that may be considered hurtful, unhealthy, and/or dangerous. It is at the discretion of the Office of Residence Life to issue sanctions in addition to fines received.
Littering: When excessive trash is spotted outside a residence a fine will be issued. The initial fine is $10 per resident. The resident(s) will be fined $25 each day that the trash is not removed after the first fine is issued. The Office of Residence Life has the discretion to issue additional fines if deemed necessary.
Guests of the opposite gender (Jaeger and Ondrak only): If prudent, warnings will be issued and meetings will be scheduled for regular violations. Severe violations (guests staying for several 24 hours periods) will result in a $10 fine for each night to protect student costs as well as a meeting with the Residence Life staff.
Smoking: Illinois law prohibits smoking in virtually all public places and workplaces, which includes educational institutions and their properties. This includes all residence halls and Founders Woods apartment complex. If a resident is spotted smoking within 15 feet of a prohibited area, including public balconies of the Founders' apartments, a warning will be first issued. From that point the student will be charged $75 for each subsequent occurrence. If the violator is not a student, then the resident responsible for them will be fined.
Fines will be automatically assessed to the student's account.
Override Policy:
In an effort to protect these funds and the interests of the students, should the monies be assigned to a project that is viewed to violate the mission of Residence Life or is believed to be misused in other forms, an unanimous override vote can take place from the Assistant Vice-President of Student Life, Associate Dean Area Coordinator(s) of Residence Life.
Annoying or Harassing Phone Calls
Any calls of an obscene or nuisance nature should be reported to the Residence Life staff. The Office of Residence Life, with the assistance of Campus Police, can arrange to have incoming calls screened as they come in. If the calls persist or are threatening, Campus Police should become involved.
Room Furnishings
All room furnishings (furniture including, but not limited to beds, tables, desks, chairs, and couches) provided by the University must remain in the residents' assigned room. Beds are provided by the University. Lofts are not permitted. Pressure system bunk beds may not be used. Waterbeds are not permitted in resident rooms because of the possible damages from leaks or flooding. If any furniture is removed from the apartment, is found missing, damaged or placed out on apartment balconies, the resident will be charged for the entire piece of furniture and may also be subject to disciplinary action.
Pets, other than fish in an aquarium, are not allowed to visit or reside in Residence Halls or Founders' Woods apartments because of health and nuisance problems. Fish aquariums may not exceed 10 gallons. If any unauthorized pets are found and/or are not removed resident may be subject to a fine and/or disciplinary action.
Illegal Appliances
For fire safety halogen lamps, toasters, hot plates and any other open coil appliances are not permitted in any of the Residence Halls.
Only Halogen lamps are not permitted in Founders' Woods apartments due to the high risk of room fires.
Candles and Incense
These items are not permitted in any of the Residence Halls and Founders' Woods apartment. Open flames are fire hazards. Many students have allergic reactions to incense.
Antennas are prohibited outside the windows of the Founders' Woods apartments. Radio transmissions from rooms are also prohibited.
Windows and Screens
Window screens may not be removed and must cover the windows at all times. For safety reasons, residents may not lean out of the windows or sit on window ledges. Removal of the window screen and/or throwing items from windows will result in a fine and/or appropriate disciplinary action. The removal of window screens will result in a $200 fine. Windows are not to be opened when the air conditioning is operating.
Students may not use windows to exit or access their rooms
Displays in windows which are deemed inappropriate and not removed by the resident(s) will be removed by the Residence Life staff.
Throwing objects from windows may result in terminating your housing contract.
Residents may not leave personal belongings during the summer months. The University does not have facilities to store student property. Please make the necessary arrangements to remove all of your belongings before the time of checkout. Personal belongings left behind will be discarded after 72 hours of the official checkout date. Students found in violation of this policy will be charged $200 for the removal of their belongings.
Decorations to help personalize your living space are encouraged so long as they are in good taste and are not considered a safety hazard. The Residence Life staff reserves the right to ask students to remove decorations deemed offensive, unsafe or as viewed as damaging to University Property.
Adhesives may be used to attach decorations as long as they can be fully removed when the resident moves out without damaging walls.
Students should be cautious when placing items on room and/ apartment main doors and ceilings because they might present a fire hazard or remove the finish.
Decorations on room doors and windows should also be in good taste (i.e. not lewd, indecent or obscene).
Guest Responsibilities
Guests are permitted so long as they conform to the visitation policy and roommates agree that the frequency and duration of the visits is acceptable.
A resident may host an infrequent and occasional overnight guest (The Office of Residence Life reserves the right to define "infrequent and occasional"), provided that such does not interfere with the rights of the roommate and does not violate the visitation policy (i.e. Jaeger and Ondrak cannot have overnight guests of the opposite sex). Residents must walk their guest to the Campus Police department and register their guest for purposes of campus and guest safety. Guests may not stay longer than two nights in a row. Guest registrations must be completed before 10 p.m. on the first night the guest is staying. The host is responsible for the observance of University housing policies and the behavior of their guest at all times. The guest must be in the presence of the host at all times.
In the case of a disciplinary issue, action will be taken against the host if the guest is a non-Benedictine student. Guests are discouraged during the week due to the inconvenience to roommates and other residents.
Residence hall guests are expected to sign in at the Campus Police department. Guests who have not signed in and/or are unescorted in the building will be subject to detainment and identification. Consideration for privacy and rights of roommates and other residents must be respected. A resident may have up to three guests visit his/her assigned room at any one time.
Cohabitation is defined as an un-wed person physically living with someone of the opposite gender; it does not matter whether either party is a student or a non-student. Benedictine University does not support cohabitation and thus it is not allowed within the residence halls or Founders' Woods.
Founders' Woods residents have the privilege of observing 24-hour visitation, so long as courtesy is used when in contact with roommates and other residents and all University policies and State and Federal laws are abided.
Quiet Hours
In an effort to reduce the amount of noise, specific minimum quiet hours have been established. These quiet hours are in effect for all Resident Halls as well Founders Woods.
Quiet hours should be observed from 10:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m. on weekdays (Sunday through Thursday) and 12:00 a.m. until 8:00 a.m. on weekends (Friday and Saturday).
Courtesy hours are in effect at all times.
Noise to an excessive degree at any time of the day is a serious offense in a building where others might require quiet for study or sleep.
Stereos, radios, televisions, musical instruments and conversations should be kept at levels that will not interfere with other residents.
Amplifiers and loud musical instruments may not be used in student rooms.
If you encounter a noise problem, ask the responsible parties to be quiet. If they persist and/or are unresponsive to your requests, contact your RA, the Residence Life staff member on duty, or Campus Police.
Repeated noise violations might result in loss of the privilege to use equipment and/or other disciplinary action.
Any games or sports (including, but not limited to, bouncing basketballs, throwing Frisbees or balls, golfing, using skateboards, roller blades, bicycles or skates) are prohibited in the halls because they may pose a safety hazard or cause excessive noise. Recreational activities outside of the halls should be done at a distance far enough to eliminate the possibility of breaking windows or in appropriate areas where there will be no damage done to any other University property (ex: golfing will leave divots in the grass)
Bicycles may not be stored in common areas (sidewalks, under stairs, etc.) of the apartments. Students are encouraged to take bicycles home during the inclement winter months. Under no circumstances may bicycles be chained to stairwells or be stored in hallways, stairwells, etc. Such violations will lead to immediate impounding of the bicycle and possible disciplinary action.
Motorbikes or Motorcycles
Motorbikes or motorcycles may not be brought into or stored near the apartment buildings. Motorcycles are considered motor vehicles and may be operated only on campus roads, not on sidewalks or other areas normally used by pedestrians. Motor vehicles need to be registered with the University Police department and parked in parking lot areas only.
Littering from, in, or around the apartments will not be tolerated as it destroys the appearance of our campus and can create a health hazard. Littering carries with it an automatic fine and the possibility of disciplinary actions, including the possibility of removal from on-campus housing.
Common Area Damage
Common area (including, but not limited to, the hallways, laundry rooms, lounges of the residence halls, the living room, kitchen, bathrooms, and balcony) damage is the responsibility of all residents in the apartment or residence hall. Prevention is the first step and all residents are urged to be aware of the happenings within their apartment or residence hall. Be alert to intruders or residents who may damage your apartment or residence hall. When damage occurs in common areas of your apartment or residence hall, the individual responsible will be billed for the cost of repairs. If the damage is the result of an act of vandalism, the person responsible might also be assessed a fine and/or be subject to additional disciplinary action, including removal from on-campus housing. If the University is unable to determine who is responsible for the damage, the residents sharing the common area will be billed for the repairs.
The procedure will be as follows:
When damage is discovered, the Area Coordinator will issue a verbal or written notice to the residents describing the problem.
The residents will then have 72 hours to identify the person(s) responsible. If, at the end of the 72-hour period, no responsible party has been identified, the cost of repairs and/or replacement will be assessed appropriately among the population affected.
All residents will receive a notice of the amount due. Charges will be applied to the resident's bill and are payable in Benedictine Central.
If, at some point in the future, the responsible party is identified, the resident will be asked to provide restitution to those residents who were charged for the damage.
Solicitation is not permitted. Salespeople and representatives of religious or political groups are not allowed without specific permission of the person they are coming to see. No resident may use a room as a base for any personal business, including serving as an agent for any line of products. Any advertisement for a product or event outside the University must be sent though U.S. mail and be addressed individually to each resident.
Bulletin Boards
While it is highly desirable to obtain maximum publicity for campus events, materials should be posted in a manner as to be pleasing and effective as communication items, and must be posted in appropriate locations. All announcements should be submitted to the Director of Residence Life for approval before being posted, and may be placed only on bulletin boards authorized for such use. For policies covering posting, please see the Student Handbook. If any items posted by Residence Life staff are torn down or damaged, a fine will be issued to the responsible parties.
Personal Property
The University shall not be liable, directly or indirectly, for any loss of personal property by theft, vandalism or mischief to students or their guests, or for the damage or destruction of such property by fire, water or any other cause.* All incidents of personal loss should be reported to Campus Police. Theft does occur. Valuables and large sums of money should be protected by the owner. Residents are encouraged to keep their apartment door and bedroom door locked at all times when there is no one present.
*Under no circumstances can Benedictine University reimburse students for any losses or damages of personal property. Therefore, residents are strongly urged to obtain personal property insurance. Students are encouraged to review family or personal homeowners/renters and health insurance and to obtain adequate coverage.
Possession of stolen property will result in disciplinary action through the University and possible referral to the Lisle Police Department.
Signs removed from University, city, county or state property are not permitted in resident apartments. Residents in violation of this policy will face disciplinary action through the University, with possible referral to appropriate city, county or state authorities.
Benedictine University prohibits the possession or storage of a "deadly weapon" or "destructive device." The University also prohibits any Carbon Dioxide (CO2) and spring propelled guns. Individuals found in possession will be subjected to disciplinary action, including dismissal from the University and likeliness of being criminally prosecuted.
Deadly Weapons and Destructive Devices: A deadly weapon is defined as an instrument of offensive or defensive combat, something to fight with, and is any device capable of projecting a ball, pellet, arrow, bullet, missile, shell or other material.
Ammunition: Any material capable of being projected by a weapon and makes the weapon operational.
Deadly weapons include but are not limited to:
This policy does not apply to the possession and/or use of disabling chemical sprays when used for self defense. These items include things such as mace and pepper spray. (Training in the use of defensive sprays is strongly encouraged. Vendors should be able to provide this training and Material Safety Data Sheets.)
The University recognizes that there may be activities related to education or research that may appear to be in violation of this policy (e.g. physical fitness activities and the School of Drama theatrical productions). In these cases, the department or organization that is coordinating the activity is then responsible for obtaining written approval (annually) from the Chief of Police or designees in advance, in order to follow through with the activity.
Any person found in possession of deadly weapons on campus in violation of this policy will be required to remove the weapon and/or themselves from the University's property. Any university student shall be subject to further disciplinary action in accordance with the university's disciplinary policies and procedures for students. Further, any possession of a deadly weapon that is in direct violation of federal, state or local news will be referred to Campus Police (or any other deemed appropriate law enforcement authorities) and may result in legal sanctions.
Call Campus Police for any violation or suspected violations of this policy at x6122 (emergency: x6666).
Drugs are strictly prohibited in the residence halls or the apartment complex. The possession, use, sale or distribution of illegal drugs is a violation of state and federal law as well as the regulations of the University. Students who are found to be involved with illegal drugs will face an immediate two-week suspension, severe disciplinary action, and the possibly of removal from on-campus housing and/or resulting in expulsion from the University. In some cases, information and evidence may be turned over to local law enforcement agencies. See the Student Handbook for more information.
For further information, please refer to the Drug Free Campus/Workplace Policy posted on the Benedictine Web site at www.ben.edu/student_life/handbook/.
Smoking is prohibited in all of the Residence Halls and Founders' Woods apartments. Smoking is also prohibited on balconies in compliance with state law. Smoking is permitted if you are at least 15 feet away from the building, with the understanding that the proper disposal of cigarette butts is observed.
Noxious Odors
A noxious odor is any aroma of such intensity that it becomes apparent and/or offensive to others. Some examples are: perfume, air freshener, dirty laundry, etc. When a noxious odor can be localized to a particular apartment and/or bedroom, the resident(s) and/or guests of that room may be in violation of this policy and will be asked to improve the situation. If the situation is not improved, disciplinary actions may result.
Student Life
Jon Miller, Associate Dean
Luba Baranivsky, Assistant to the Vice President of Student Life
Karl Constant, Assistant Director
Monica Miller, Assistant Director
Phone: (630) 829-6124
Fax: (630) 829-6601
Krasa Student Center
5700 College Road Lisle IL, 60532
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Pitching Adelaar to the public; The favorite in the race for a casino license
BETHEL, NY — David Brain, the president and CEO of EPR Properties, unveiled the name of the proposed casino resort at the site of the former Concord Hotel. The name is Adelaar, which is a Dutch word for Eagle.
The unveiling occurred in front of a packed Event Gallery at Bethel Woods on March 13, and details of the venture were explained in some depth.
As presentations regarding casino resorts go—and there have been many over the past decade—this one was among the most seductive, with two slickly produced videos that overflowed with the promise of the good times to come.
The presentation promised a total of nearly 5,000 construction and resort jobs; it also promised that the resort would provide $100 million in tax revenues for the region, and $600 million in increased economic activity.
Brain emphasized that from the time his company started work on the project three years ago, it was always assumed that Adelaar would be more than merely a casino. It would be a full resort destination. At this point plans include a "village" with apartments and retail outlets; a "sporting club" with a spa and resort homes; a redesigned golf course and new clubhouse; a "family resort hotel" with an indoor water park and "Mountain Coaster;" a "casino resort and entertainment village" with full scale gaming, dining and entertainment.
Missing from the press materials was any mention of the Monticello racetrack being included in the facility. This is likely due to the fact that the horsemen at the track and the management of Monticello Raceway are locked in a battle about the amount of revenues from the future resort that will go to the horsemen.
It is clear, however, the EPR is still working closely with Empire Resorts, which owns Monticello Raceway. At the event, Emanuel Pearlman, chairman of the board of Empire, promised that the community would benefit from Adelaar. He said, "This will not be another Atlantic City, where the casino is successful and the city is left with nothing."
Several speakers underscored the fact that Adelaar has been in the works for three years, and has already acquired the necessary environmental reviews and permits to go forward, which according to many local officials gives the project an advantage among the nine projects that are seeking the one or two licenses that will be awarded in this region. Brain said if the company receives a license to operate a casino this fall, the company will be able to begin construction within 30 days.
Assemblywoman Aileen Gunther alluded to competition from developers in Orange County who have expressed their desire to open a casino closer to the city. She said the "intent" of the legislation was to benefit economically depressed areas, suggesting that a Sullivan County casino should more properly receive a license than one in Orange.
Elsewhere on the casino front, at their town meeting on March 12, the Bethel town board voted four to one in favor of supporting two casinos in Sullivan County. Council member Dawn Ryder voted "no," because she said the impacts of casinos would outweigh any benefits.
In the town of Cochecton, on the same night, the board voted three to one to pass a similar resolution, with council member Larry Richardson voting "no."


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Skip to comments.Noah's Ark Flood Spurred European Farming
Posted on 01/24/2008 3:04:09 PM PST by blam
Noah's Ark flood spurred European farming
Ancient Canadian flood cascaded changes across Europe
Randy Boswell , CanWest News Service
Published: Monday, November 19, 2007
A British scientist has found evidence linking the catastrophic collapse of a glacial ice dam in Canada more than 8,000 years ago and the rapid spread of agriculture across Europe around the same time.
The dramatic discharge of freshwater from prehistoric Lake Agassiz - which covered much of Central Canada at the end of the last ice age - has long been blamed for altering global climate patterns and raising sea levels around the world by at least a metre in a matter of months.
The deluged shorelines caused by the colossal Canadian gusher have even been associated with the "great flood" myths common to many ancient cultures - including the biblical story of Noah's Ark.
A file picture taken 15 May 2004 shows the Ararat mountain. The snow-capped mountain -- named in the Bible as the place Noah's Ark grounded after the Great Flood -- dominates the horizon from as far away as Armenia's capital Yerevan.
Now, University of Exeter geologist Chris Turney believes he has traced the sudden proliferation of farming across neolithic Europe to an exodus of coastal people moving inland to escape the results of the Agassiz flood.
"It still blows my mind to think that a release of water from Canada could set off a cascade of changes all the way across in Europe," Turney told CanWest News Service. "It just goes to show how people and the environment are intimately linked."
The existence of a supersized Lake Agassiz, named for a leading 19th-century geologist, has been known since the late 1800s. Formed some 12,000 years ago from the meltwater of retreating glaciers at the end of the last full ice age, the lake was encircled by beaches still visible today as sandy ridges throughout Central and Western Canada.
Initially centred around the present Ontario-Manitoba border, Lake Agassiz formed, at its greatest extent, a 1.5-million-square-kilometre freshwater basin - an area larger than the combined areas of Saskatchewan and Manitoba.
University of Manitoba geologist Jim Teller's reconstruction of the lake's dying throes has kick-started a worldwide wave of research into what was undoubtedly one of the most awesome natural events in Canadian prehistory.
With the lake at the greatest width and depth ever in its 4,000-year lifespan, the glacier that had dammed Agassiz's northern shore broke somewhere along ice-bound Hudson Bay. A huge torrent gushed into the ocean, draining a volume of fresh water equal to about 15 Lake Superiors in a few months.
Some of this country's earliest aboriginal occupants may have even witnessed the epic occurrence since the peopling of Canada roughly coincides with the retreat of the glaciers.
Teller has also theorized Agassiz's final, cataclysmic burst caused such a surge of seawater around the world it might have given rise to the Noah's Ark saga and other ancient accounts of massive floods.
Among the effects, scientists believe, was the breaching of an earthen barrier between the Mediterranean and Black seas in southeast Europe and extensive flooding of the Black Sea shoreline.
Turney, author of the newly published Bones, Rocks and Stars: The Science of When Things Happened, specializes in reconstructing ancient events from the archeological and geological record.
His study, published in the latest edition of Quaternary Science Reviews, shows that up to 145,000 people from farming sites near the Black Sea would have been forced out of their lands by the flooding and into territory occupied by hunter-gatherer cultures of inland Europe.
"The collapse of the Laurentide Ice Sheet and release of freshwater 8,740 to 8,160 years ago abruptly raised global sea levels by up to 1.4 metres," the study says. "Flooding of coastal areas led to the sudden loss of land favoured by early farmers and initiated an abrupt expansion of activity across Europe, driven by migrating Neolithic peoples."
Turney tracked the sudden spread of European farming about 8,000 years ago by mapping the locations and dates of the earliest known agricultural settlements discovered by archeologists. What the data shows, he says, is a clear sequence of flooding, migration and resettlement of farmers across Europe after the Lake Agassiz deluge.
I've speculated that there was an even earlier 'breach' of the Mediterranean at Gilbralter and perhaps a similar breaching of the Gulf Of Mexico.
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The Black Sea breach has been proposed as having caused the biblical flood for some time. This is the first time I've seen heard of a connection to the Canadian event. That is also familiar, but I think the connection is new.
"Then the LORD said to Al Gore, Get thee into thy back yard and build thee an ark out of your father's toxic waste dump, for the global warming from Sodom and Gommorah and San Francisco are ever increasing my wrath!"
What's the consensus on the Lake Agassiz event? I was recently reading something relating it to the Carolina Bays event 12900? years ago.
May be the first connection I've seen too. Albeit, RightWhale may have spoken of a connection in the past.
So fire, ice, earthquake, or kinetic kill.
However, the British Isles got majorly-separated from Europe about that time.
God owes a lot of money to Gore's carbon credit company.
When I was much younger some people I used to know then used to smoke some kind of tobacco and then come out with these kinds of revelations.
When Lake Agassiz broke out it flooded all the way down the Mississippi and carried all of Canada's topsoil down to Illinois and even Oklahoma. The weight was also unsettling to the region and perhaps contributed to the new Madrid series of earthquakes, but at least the soil was still loose enough to be greatly disturbed during the earthquakes. Later the Dust Bowl moved much of that topsoil again, which surprised some people but shouldn't have since it was recently deposited and wasn't that well rooted.
Yup. My grandmother Mrs Smith's people (Dad's Mom) in Scotland and Finland, haplogroup U5a1a, were seperated by this event. Previously they could walk across (What is now the North Sea) for a visit.
BTW, Cheddar Man was/is haplogroup U5a too.
But I thought the world was only 4000 years old???
I think making a causal connection is a real stretch. The world was getting warmer, growing seasons were longer, glaciers were retreating. Sounds as though it was a good time to start agriculture.
There can be no exact timing on events that far in the past.
And if the Black Sea Flooded as a result, wouldn't the final effect on sea level be just about all even?
Ignore dendrochronology. They have a continuous calendar going back that far. When they finally pull up a post from a building down in the oxygen-free depths of the Black Sea they will be able to date it to the year the tree was cut.
I looked up Chris Turney on Amazon and ordered his most recent book. I'll let you know later if it's a good buy.
Yes. It's priced at $10.17 at Amazon & the reviews look decent.
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I did a quick check, and I see that you are correct. I did not think that the time line had extended that far back yet, but I see that in Europe, it has been extended back to over 12,000 years. Do you know if it has been applied to the Agassiz event?
Well, Doh!
With all the animals (but two per species dead) they had to figure out some way to eat...and drink.
Thank god someone left some grain in a pot outside in the rain.
Noah's Ark is melting in the dark
All the sweet, green icing flowing down
Someone left the seedcake in the rain
I don't think that I can take it
'Cause it took so long to bake it
And I'll never have that recipe again
Oh, no!
Can't say. The melting of the N America glacial cap happened in stages over about 4000 years, each stage raising the world ocean level 100-200 feet suddenly due to collapse of ice dams. These events were roughly 9000, 11000, and 13000 years ago. The story in this article doesn't fit this sequence well if at all.
...they will be able to date it to the year the tree was cut.Only if there is bark on the tree.
I think your 9,000 year date is too long ago. It should be closer to 8,000...even 7-8,000 years ago perhaps.
I never actually look up anything. :)
Carry on.
THere were probably several times when the sea level increased permanently by feet or meters. If indeed a boloid event caused major disruption and tsunamis 13,000 years ago, this would have become part of oral history for many generations. Although the Agassiz even would only have raised the worlds oceans by a foot and one half; first, since the water flooded into the North Atlantic and the Caribbean very suddenly, it may have caused tsunami type conditions striking Europe and North Africa. The initial increase in water level would have been on the order of one or two meters before the levels settled down world-wide, not to mention possible much higher tidal surges (tsunamis).
With an oral history of other significant rises, coastal and marshland peoples might have considered it prudent to move the settlements inland permanently.
I think the Incas probably took to the mountains because of tsunamis.
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The victim of a fatal house fire in Oshkosh over the weekend has been identified as a 56-year-old woman.
According to an Oshkosh Northwestern report, the Winnebago County coroner's office determined that Randi I. Shaw died of smoke inhalation.
Oshkosh firefighters were called to Shaw's home Saturday about 4:15 a.m. They found heavy smoke and flames coming from the second floor, where her body was later found. A dog was also found dead.
Police say the cause of the fire is still under investigation.
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GREENSBURG, Pa. – Senior attackman Sean Connors (Camillus, N.Y./Marcellus) scored a career-high three goals to lead the sixth-ranked Le Moyne College men's lacrosse team to a 15-10 win over 11th-ranked Seton Hill in the season opener for both teams on Saturday afternoon.
After the teams were tied at seven at the half, the Dolphins outscored the Griffins, 8-3, in the second half for the victory. With the win, the Dolphins have won their season opener each of the last 13 seasons.
Junior midfielder Aaron Cahill (Schenectady, N.Y./Guilderland/Onondaga C.C.), sophomore midfielder Andrew Chadderdon (Auburn, N.Y./Auburn) and freshman midfielder Alec Westerhoff (Lagrange, Ill./Lyons Township/Bridgton Academy) each scored a pair of goals. The Dolphins got single goals from graduate student midfielder Tyler Sennett (Syracuse, N.Y./Nottingham), senior midfielder Taylor Brooks (Cypress, Texas/Cy-Fair), junior attackmen Nate Frechette (Manlius, N.Y./Christian Brothers Academy) and Justin DePalma (Manlius, N.Y./Fayetteville-Manlius/Sacred Heart), junior midfielder Doug Bailey (Syracuse, N.Y./Christian Brothers Academy) and sophomore midfielder Kam Bumpus (Marshfield, Mass./Needham/Bridgton Academy).
Seton Hill was led in the loss by Matt Delmonico, who tallied four goals. James Delaney and Jimmy Cogley each scored twice for the Griffins. Dylan Lefebrve and Greg Chaples scored a goal apiece to close out the scoring.
Le Moyne (1-0) returns home to face first-year program and future Northest-10 Conference foe Saint Rose on Saturday at 12:00 p.m.
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Metropolitan Police have been investigating the disappearance of Carole Waugh.
LONDON -- British police fear a former oil executive has been abducted by a gang of fraudsters who have tried to sell her $1 million London apartment and may have forced her to hand over her bank codes, according to reports Thursday.
Detectives searching for Carole Waugh, 50, said that an unidentified man impersonating her brother had met people in her apartment in central London's upmarket Marylebone neighborhood in an apparent attempt to sell the property, The Times reported (site operates behind a paywall).
Detective Chief Inspector John McFarlane also told Britain's Press Association that "very substantial amounts of money" had been stolen from Waugh's bank accounts.
Waugh, who has previously worked in the oil industry in London and Libya, has not been seen by family or friends since April, when they discussed a planned 50th birthday party for her in June. The case has been passed to the London Metropolitan Police's homicide and serious crimes division.
'Completely out of character'
McFarlane told the PA that financial activity linked to her identity has also grown "incrementally more suspicious." Police have released images of a man outside a supermarket in north London on July 10, where one of Waugh's ATM cards was used, the PA reported.
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"Ms. Waugh is a successful businesswoman and her disappearance is completely out of character," McFarlane said, according to the London Evening Standard.
"Following her disappearance, there have been a number of fraudulent transactions associated with Ms. Waugh's bank account. ... There are also a number of her personal possessions that cannot currently be located," the newspaper quoted him as saying.
Police officers told The Times that Waugh had been impersonated by at least three women at financial institutions across London. Earlier this week, two women, aged 48 and 50, were arrested on charges of conspiracy to defraud in connection with the case. The 48-year-old has been freed on bail, the newspaper said.
Three men and two other women have been arrested and bailed in connection with the case, reports said. A fourth man, named as 40-year-old Rakesh Bhayani, appeared in a London court via video link on Wednesday, The Times said.
Waugh's family, who are based in the north of England, said they did not know much about Carole Waugh's life in London. She was able to work sporadically since moving to London in 2008 because she had been "very careful" with her money, her brother Chris, 53, told the PA.
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Waugh is single and police have been trying to trace men she may have met through dating sites, The Times said.
Chris Waugh told reporters that his sister had been planning a vacation in Las Vegas with her female friends. He appealed for his sister's friends, as well as any recent work colleagues, to come forward.
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"We are keen to track them down to see what was going on," the PA quoted him as saying. "If we could find the friends, just to see what light they can shine on [my] sister."
Chris Waugh said it was a "very distressing moment" when he heard someone was posing as him in a fraudulent attempt to sell his sister's apartment, according to the PA.
'Our imaginations have been running wild'
He said his family was "very proud" of his younger sister, who he described as "very focused, strong and driven," The London Evening Standard reported.
"The last time we saw Carole was at Easter when we all got together in (the northern English city of) Durham. We had a great time and we were all very excited about Carole's 50th birthday party in June. We were planning how we would celebrate and I was looking forward to making a fuss of her, as she did for my birthday," the newspaper quoted him as saying.
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"There was nothing to suggest she would go missing. It was all very strange and completely out of character because my sister rings my mother every other day and suddenly, within days of getting together at Easter, the phone calls just stopped," the Evening Standard quoted Waugh as saying.
Members of her family told The Guardian newspaper that it was highly unusual for Carole Waugh not to check in regularly by telephone.
"Our imaginations have been running wild. I've considered several options, she could have gone on a quick holiday but that became less likely as the time went, and because she would still have telephoned mother," Chris Waugh told The Guardian.
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Public Works Director Cesario Vela said last month that the city is purchasing a $50,000 tool that will allow water department crews to install special valves that will allow work on water lines to be done without turning off water service to customers.
The device allows city water crews to install an EZ Valve system in water lines where leaks might occur. The equipment will allow valves to shut off automatically, preventing the loss of water that drained Beeville's storage tanks late last year.
"I think that every city that has an old system should have these," Vela said as he watched city employees learn to use the new equipment at a location on North Avenue E.
Installation experts from McCain Waterworks Marketing of San Antonio were on hand to show the local workers how to operate the machine.
Owner Jim McCain said his company has acquired the exclusive rights from Advanced Valve Technology to sell and service the system in the Texas market. The company has staff in San Antonio, Houston and Dallas.
Vela said that by purchasing the installation equipment, Beeville will be able to install the same systems into aging water lines in neighboring cities. That way the equipment will pay for itself.
"This sure beats the old method," McCain said while working on the water system in Austin recently. Using the old method of repairing a leaky water line required what McCain called "line stopping," or cutting off the flow of water in two locations. Sometimes it required stopping the water in three locations. That involved up to three excavations, traffic control around the excavations, restraining the pipe that was stopped, then backfilling the hole and patching the road surface.
All that work could easily become expensive for the city that had to undertake the project.
The EZ Valve is a seated or rubber seated "gate valve" that allows for installing a reusable valve that can be installed on any type of water line. That includes lines made of ductile iron, cast iron or PVC pipe and on line sizes ranging from four to 12 inches.
Because of the simplicity of the system, water line stoppages can be reduced to a minimum while work crews will no longer be faced with having to work long hours in cold or hot weather.
Also, more water can be conserved during water line problems. Labor costs can be reduced; customer complaints over water service outages will be reduced; the city will not have to issue "boil water" notices; lines will no longer have to be drained or recharged; no chlorine testing will be required, and no specialized scheduling will have to be made for extensive repairs.
To install one of the valves, a work crew uses the installation equipment by connecting it around a water line. Then the equipment can be used to cut a 1 5/8ths of an inch, 120-degree cut on top of the pipe.
Shavings created by cutting the notch in the top of the pipe are flushed out the side of the cutting machine through a discharge tube. They do not go into the line and contaminate the water.
The cutting assembly is removed and a bonnet is installed and left in place, or it can be removed and used elsewhere. A cover plate is installed to keep the water line sealed until such time that a valve bonnet needs to be installed again.
All the while, the pressure and the flow of water through the line is never interrupted.
Vela said the city plans to leave the new valves in place, eventually replacing what could be hundreds of old valves.
The new equipment will allow city repair crews to perform repairs without interrupting water service to anyone, and the crews will be able to avoid turning off numerous valves that often are located a substantial distance from the leak.
"Sometimes, we've turned off 10 valves," Vela said, explaining the difficulties of making the repairs now.
The new system will also prevent a leak from running, sometimes for days.
"We pay for that water," Vela said. "And it's already treated."
Repair crews are installing the new valves now whenever they need to make a repair on an old valve or a water line.
Recently, the city bought six of the valves for six-inch water mains at a cost of $16,500. That comes out to $2,750 for each valve. But the new valves will save the city a great deal of money in the future.
Vela said most of the water lines in the city are six inches in diameter. But the city plans to replace the valves in the larger, 10-inch and 12-inch lines as needed.
One of the 10-inch valves sells for $4,650 and a 12-inch valve costs $5,900.
Vela said replacing all the city's old shutoff valves will take years to accomplish. But in the long run, the project will prevent significant water service outages and save considerable money.
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My wife and I are first time parents of a 5 week premature boy. He was in the NICU for 10 days with respiratory distress. He was bottle fed with formula until my wife started pumping (every 3 hours). Then they used her breastmilk whenever they had it. Within a few days (3-4) they were using almost exclusively breastmilk. At that point, he was on a 3 hour feeding schedule.
The last few days before he went home he was breastfeeding for his entire feeding. Typically 20-30 minutes per session (3-4 of the 8 sessions per day... the rest was bottle fed breastmilk from my wifes pumping). Just before he went home, they moved him from 3 hour feeding schedule to "on demand" schedule (with no more than 4 hours between feedings). He typically "demanded" it closer to 3 hours than 4, but never less than 3 hours.
When we took our son home, we imediately switched to full-time nursing. He would take the breast for 20+ minutes every 3 hours that day (noon, 3, 6, 9, midnight).
Then from midnight to 8 am, he started feeding about every 30 minutes for about 5-10 minutes each time. That was an exhausting night!
The next morning/afternoon, he seemed to return to a 1-3 hour sleeping/feeding demand schedule and nursed about 15-20 minutes each time. That second night, he slept about 2 hours between feedings and nursed about 15 minutes.
His third day was much like the first two... very normal (sleeping about 2 hours between feedings). The third night was back to waking up every 40 minutes and nursing about 5-10 minutes.
Some (many) of the nursings are hard to accomplish even what seemingly little we are getting from him because he falls asleep after about 5 minutes of nursing. So we try all the standard tricks (rubbing his cheeks, changing his diaper, etc). It takes about 30 minutes to get 10 minutes of feeding in.
I'm expecting another fussy night tonight.
We bought a scale to make sure that he's gaining weight. He's from 6.16 pounds to 6.25 pounds to 6.40 pounds with each weighing. And while about 1 in 3 diapers has poop, it seems to be a smaller amount than at the hospital.
The fussy nights are very, very stressful. Thankfully my wife has 6 weeks leave to get things worked out, but she only has 4 weeks left at this point. I'm hoping we are able to get him at least sleeping in longer blocks at night (every 3 hours would be a blessing at this point) during this time.
My questions are as follows:
Should we be worried? Is any of this related to the hard transition we made from bottle feeding 5 of 8 feedings a day in the NICU to nursing all his feedings at home? What should we do to get him back up to his previous levels?
Thanks for any and all help and feedback and have a fantastic Christmas tomorrow to everyone who celebrates it!


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