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Glamorise Foundations, Inc. began in 1921 in New York. It is the world's oldest bra manufacturer. Glamorise was founded on the idea that the full-figured woman was not served well in the world of lingerie and needed a company focused on her needs. Their motto was helping women find "the art of the perfect fit." When Len Rosner took over the family business things began to blossom for the company. In 1925, the first patents for a bra and corset were granted. In 1951, the Adjust-Eze girdle was featured in "Life" magazine, it was a revolutionary patented girdle design that allowed you to adjust your waistline for a custom fit. In 1970, the first USA patent for the MagicLift bra was given to Glamorise. This collection is still the industry leader in soft cup bra with a criss-cross design to uplift and support the fuller bust. Glamorise went on to grow their collections to include full-figure underwires, wire-free styles, longlines, strapless bras, minimizers and shapewear. The bras featured a wider, stretch strap with front closures or supportive back closures. Glamorise delights in being a classic in the lingerie world, while growing along with the fashion and trends of tomorrow.
Glamorise prides themselves on their exclusive True-Grading process, which they says "is unique and assures that our bras are never cross-graded. In a typical cross-graded product line only 16 differently sized components are used to fit a range of 66 sizes. Some manufacturers even cross grade the entire bra, not just its components, selling 44C and 46B bras interchangeably."
One of the best selling collections from Glamorise includes shapewear for the plus-size woman. The Full Figure Support Body Briefer and the Magic Lift Plus Body Briefer are favorites. Both pieces give the tummy and torso a smooth line and include built-in bras. Glamorise bra designs are all unique and different. Their cups may be lined, smoothed or three-sectioned depending on the style you choose.
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The TOYO Open Country WLT1, has been developed to provide excellent performance for a variety of Heavy Duty Light Truck applications on demanding winter road conditions.With a new design and profile, the Open Country WLT1 confidently delivers improved ice and snow capabilities with a longer wear life.
Increased sipe density improves water evacuation and ice traction.Straight sipe & dimple design on the outsides of the tread design for improved resistance to wandering and good snow traction on deep snowWider tread footprint ensures better driving stability and allows for more of the tire to grip the road surface whatever the conditions.A unique High Rigidity Sidewall Compound provides bruise and abrasion resistance
Just received these tires this winter from Toyo. Previously was using the BFG A/T which has the extreme winter rating... No clue why though, they were useless in any sort of snow. The WLT1 on the other hand... unbelievable. Snow - great, every winter tire is. Slush - spectacular. Ice - about as good as it gets for studless. I live in a ski town and we get pounded with snow all winter, often slushy and slippery at that. With my sled in the back and my WLT1's I rarely have to shift into 4x.. even going up the relatively steep hill to my house. My Titan doesn't have much in the way of traction control and even when it breaks loose, these tires hold their ground very well. With no sled in the back, 4x gets used a bit more often and once it's in 4x it's a tank. Can't speak much to tread wear as I've only had the tire for a few wintery months.
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Without a doubt the worst winter tires image ever driven. On ice they are le summer tires. In city diving of the lights in 2wd absolutely 0 traction. Driving up ski hill, again zero traction. Felt like I had summer tires & front wheel dive. Do not buy.
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Vehicle: 2009 Ford F350 FX4 Crew Cab 4x4 Single Rear Wheels with 3000 KM of Tire Wear
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Have 2 sets of these tires, one on a dodge diesel 3500 and the other set on a toyota fj cruiser... great on the toyota except glare ice, then good to a point but when they break away look out! wearing OK on the toyota as well, approx 50000 km and think i might get one more winter..........
however on the dodge, with the diesel engine's weight up front and living in an area with lots of corners and temps in the +5 to -5 C range, after around 20000 km these tires are worn out!
so in summary, good on a light vehicle, but for the diesel I'll be looking for something else to try
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Amazing. Drove on icy roads and passed everyone, with confidence. Didn't even feel like the road was iced over.
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In the last 4 or 5 days I all of a sudden have an over-abundance of milk. My son is almost 9 months old and is in the midst of getting top teeth. They are through the gum but not out yet. I know that he is in pain but I can't really say that he has been nursing more than normal and certainly not enough to cause a sudden large increase in milk.
I kind of wonder if when he is nursing he is not actually removing much milk. He will nurse for 10 minutes and even after he comes off and switches to the other side my boob that he just nursed on will leak a huge amount. I have also been feeling really full in the morning and I haven't had any of these symptoms since he was 3 or 4 months old!
My diet hasn't changed, I take no medicines, vitamins, or supplements. Does anyone have any idea what would cause a sudden oversupply?


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Bullets Flash Muscle, Upset No. 7 Haverford
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GETTYSBURG, Pa. – Senior Danno Lynch (Medway, Mass./Avon Old Farms [Conn.]) scored a season-high four goals and handed out one assist as 18th-ranked Gettysburg outscored No. 7 Haverford College 6-1 in the fourth quarter en route to a 10-4 victory in the Centennial Conference men's lacrosse opener for both teams Saturday afternoon at a sunny, windy Shirk Field at Musselman Stadium.
The Bullets (5-3, 1-0 CC) never trailed after scoring the game's first three goals. It was just a 4-3 game heading into the fourth quarter before Gettysburg ripped off three goals in a 2:43 span to open up some breathing room.
The game marked a rematch of the last two Centennial Conference championship games, with Haverford winning last year's tilt 11-8.
Senior J.C. Ward (Setauket, N.Y./Ward Melville) added two goals and two assists for Gettysburg while classmate Chris Cahill (Nashville, Tenn./Montgomery Bell Academy) posted two goals and one assist. Sophomore J.T. McCook (Miami, Fla./Gulliver Prep.) stopped 13 shots as the Bullets held an eighth straight opponent to a single-digit goal total. It was also the third time this season that Gettysburg limited an opponent to four goals or less.
Senior Max Hjelm led Haverford (5-2, 0-1 CC) with two goals as the Black Squirrels saw their five-game winning streak come to an end. Junior Joe Banno also had 13 saves.
For the second game in a row, the Bullets raced to a 3-0 lead. Ward set up Lynch on the game's first two goals, which came 1:56 apart midway through the opening quarter. Lynch's second tally came in a man-up opportunity and made it 2-0 at the end of the first period.
Ward scored just over two minutes into the second quarter to five Gettysburg its three-goal advantage before Haverford went to work, scoring twice inside the final 1:26 of the half to make it a 3-2 game at the intermission. Jason Leeds then scored 1:39 into the second half to knot the score at 3-3.
Cahill put the Bullets in front to stay with 5:44 remaining in the third quarter, taking a feed from senior defenseman Tommy Barnett (Greenwich, Conn./Brunswick School) in transition and blasting in a straightaway shot to make it 4-3. Cahill fired in an unassisted tally with 13:57 left in the game before the Bullets struck again on the break, this time with Lynch bouncing in a shot off a feed from senior long pole Chris Fumai (Huntington, N.Y./St. Anthony's) to make it 6-3 with 12:28 showing.
Junior Pat Sartory (Ellicott City, Md./McDonogh School) got into the act just over a minute later, scoring off a Cahill assist as the Bullets' lead ballooned to 7-3. Hjelm's second goal pulled the Black Squirrels to within 7-4 with 8:20 left, but eight seconds later freshman Henry Tesar (Lake Bluff, Ill./Avon Old Farms [Conn.]) picked an opportune time to score his first collegiate goal. On the ensuing face-off, a loose ball rolled deep into Haverford territory, where Tesar snatched it up and buried a shot from five yards out to make it 8-4 with 8:12 to go. Lynch tacked on his final goal with 5:20 on the clock before Ward set the final score on a Lynch assist with 4:05 left.
Gettysburg held a 33-26 edge in shots and a 37-28 advantage in ground balls. There were just a combined four penalties called for the game.
The Bullets take a week off before visiting Muhlenberg College next Saturday in another Centennial Conference affair beginning at 1 p.m.
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Stevenson is 'silver bullet' for RBS
The hire of Credit Suisse banker Ewen Stevenson as the next chief financial officer of Royal Bank of Scotland has pointed once again to the close links between the Swiss bank and the UK government.
Co-head of Credit Suisse's Europe, the Middle East and Africa investment banking department, and co-head of its global financial institutions group, Stevenson's move was announced this morning by RBS and in a memo to staff at the Swiss bank.
He will be ultimately accountable to former colleague James Leigh-Pemberton, Credit Suisse's ex-UK chief executive, who left late last year to lead UK Financial Investments, the government body that oversees the country's stakes in bailed-out banks.
Chris Wheeler, banks analyst at Mediobanca, described Stevenson's appointment as a "silver bullet" for RBS and that his relationship with Leigh-Pemberton was a key merit of the appointment.
He said: "They will have sat on the same exec committee at Credit Suisse, so [Stevenson] has some very strong contacts [at UKFI]."
Even pre-Leigh-Pemberton, Credit Suisse has an open line to UKFI via Philip Remnant, a non-executive director of UKFI since 2009.
A former head of UK investment banking at Credit Suisse, Remnant was also previously chairman of the UK government's Shareholder Executive, a division of its Department for Business Innovation and Skills which oversees state-owned enterprises.
Stevenson was also a member of the Credit Suisse team, alongside Leigh-Pemberton, which advised HM Treasury on the stabilisation of the UK banking sector in 2008, including work on the recapitalisation of RBS and Lloyds Banking Group. Fellow Credit Suisse bankers on that team who are still with the Swiss bank include Sebastian Grigg, a vice chairman of its Emea investment banking department, and George Maddison, a vice chairman of UK investment banking.
Analysts at Bernstein Research wrote in a note this morning: "Given that Ewen has already advised the UK banks in the past through their restructuring [it] will give him a head start as to the idiosyncrasies of the RBS' balance sheet and relation to its principal shareholder."
A financial institutions banker by way of background, the New Zealand-born Stevenson, 47, will join fellow Kiwi and RBS chief executive Ross McEwan in the bank's senior team next month.
McEwan said of his hire: "In recent years he has been a trusted adviser to both governments and company boards on the steps needed to restore confidence in financial institutions following the crisis."
Stevenson ascended to his post as co-head of European investment banking alongside Marisa Drew last May. He was previously held several senior roles in the bank's financial institutions group, having first joined Credit Suisse in 1989.
After a 25-year career with Credit Suisse, Mediobanca's Wheeler suggested Stevenson's move could be akin to "public service" in helping RBS recover from the financial crisis.
He said: "I'm not saying he won't get a nice LTIP [long-term incentive plan] but he's earned his money at Credit Suisse. The bottom line is he is going for a big cut in pay."


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Wisconsin Congressman Ron Kind voted in favor of the deal but he called it an imperfect solution and says Congress needs to stop waiting till the last minute to strike a deal.
He understands people's frustration with congress right now and says the solution may start with voters.
"There's no question that the Congress does not live up to the democracy that they American people deserve but I also remind people that Congress is very reflective of the American people and the fact is that we have a very deeply divided, polarized country right now and that is reflective of the representatives that are sent to Washington," Kind said. "And for too long too many of my colleagues have come with this my way or no way at all attitude."
The bill Congress passed does not include an extension of the payroll tax cut. That means typical families will see about $1,000 taken out of their paychecks this year that they were able to count in savings last year.


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July 2, 2013 —
HARRISBURG, PA — Legislation passed in the Pennsylvania General Assembly last week prevents new policy from being implemented that could have greatly increased the cost of installing new septic systems in areas with high quality (HQ) and exceptional value (EV) watersheds in Pennsylvania. The legislation was supported by Senator Lisa Baker, and representatives Sandra Major, Rosemary Brown and Mike Peifer.
The bill allows the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to approve septic systems using the current standards.
"We are pleased to have this legislation garner such strong support in both the House and Senate and look forward to House Bill 1325 being signed into law by the governor in the coming days," announced the lawmakers. "We also appreciate the work of our local elected officials, conservation districts, planning boards and sewage enforcement officers, who take great strides to maintain and protect our waterways. Their hard work and successful track record is what helped this legislation ultimately pass."
The new policy that was to be adopted by the DEP was bitterly opposed by local officials.
At the Pike County Commissioners' meeting on June 18, Commissioner Matt Osterberg said it was important that the bill pass. He said, "I don't have to tell you how important this is to Pike County residents with the economy the way it is."
As he has said in past, Chairman Rich Caridi insisted, "There is no nitrate problem in Pike County. Apparently the legislature agrees with us."
The DEP proposed the new rules after losing a court challenge to its approval of a Lycoming County sewage plan. Since that decision (Pine Creek Valley Watershed Assoc. v. DEP), the DEP proposed new guidance for on-lot systems within HQ and EV watersheds. Uncommon in most of the state, these streams drain much of Wayne and most of Pike counties.
That guidance reportedly would have prohibited septic systems closer than 150 feet from a body of water or 30 feet from a stream, and require underground septic systems to be surrounded by a barrier to prevent the effluent from traveling underground.
Sponsors of the house legislation said it had become clear through public input that the proposed DEP guidance would be impractical, leaving the DEP with no approach upon which to rely when approving development projects using on-lot systems in HQ and EV watersheds.
Caridi said that Baker had met with environmental groups supporting the new rules. "Once our concerns were explained to them, they took a neutral position and did not lobby against the legislation."


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Juanes Changes Course On English-Language Songs
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Originally published on August 23, 2012 3:59 pm
Colombian superstar Juanes has been dominating music charts in the Spanish-speaking world for years. Now, the award-winning musician has decided to crossover to English-language music. Guest host Viviana Hurtado sits down with Juanes about his music and his social activism.


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BSC Professor Roger Owensby to Participate in Ten-Day WV International Education Mission to China
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(Bluefield)—Bluefield State College faculty member Roger Owensby will participate in The West Virginia International Education Mission to China, a ten-day trip to explore and strengthen cultural, faculty, student, and intellectual exchange opportunities between West Virginia and Chinese institutions of higher education.
One faculty representative from each of the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission's (HEPC) member institutions has been selected to take part in the trip, which has been organized by the Marshall University Center for International Programs and is being underwritten by the HEPC. The delegation will depart for China on October 19 and return on October 29.
This will be Owensby's third trip to China. He was a member of the BSC delegation that traveled to the People's Republic in 1992 to develop three collaborative agreements with institutions of higher education there. The following year, Owensby taught for one semester in China.
"This promises to be a productive trip," Owensby, Professor and Department Head/Mining Engineering Technology at BSC, said. "We will have the opportunity to talk to students about our academic programs, and explore the possibility of establishing a study abroad program with Chinese higher education institutions."
Participants in the International Education Mission will participate in the Chinese International Education Expo, the group will also visit the Great Wall of China, the Temple of Heaven, Tiananmen Square, and they will take a Huangpu River Cruise in Shanghai.
"We will visit some of the top 100 universities in China," Owensby continued. "It's going to be very interesting for me to be able to travel back to China and see how things have changed in the nearly 20 years since my last visit."


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Remembering LA's 'Artful Dodger'
A friend of former LA Councilman Art Snyder reminisces about the ex-Marine-turned-lawyer who loved a good fight and cared for constituents
By Lionel Rolfe 11/15/2012
Having just turned 70, I've been swimming in reveries about folks who've affected me a lot, which got me to thinking about Art Snyder, my debating coach at Los Angeles High School in the late 1950s.
About a week ago, a random thought crossed my mind — was he still alive? I wasn't young anymore, so he certainly wasn't either.
The next morning I woke up and read in the paper that Art Snyder had died the previous day, just shy of 80.
Most people knew Art as the very white Los Angeles councilman in the city's heavily Latino northeastern District 14, elected in 1967. Art became the councilman representing El Sereno, Eagle Rock and Glassell Park, among other communities, a post he held for nearly two decades.
He was a red-headed Irishman who looked like the Marine he had been. Born in Boyle Heights in 1932, during the Great Depression, it was natural that he learned how to speak Spanish.
I knew Art pretty well, because I had a terrible crush on his wife, Mary Snyder, my debate teacher at LA High when I was 16 or so in the late '50s. Art decided to mentor two students in his wife's debating class. So on weekends, he'd drive yours truly and my old friend, Les Evans, around to the debates.
Art was a young attorney who was born to be a politician. He looked like the Rotarian-type of Republican he really was. While I was beginning to flirt with the emerging counter-culture, he wore suits and ties. But he loved to argue, and argue and debate we did. And he was always good-natured about our political differences.
Art later divorced Mary to run off with a 19-year-old aide. He was a Republican, but I don't think he was ever that ideological. I don't remember him as a big fan of Ayn Rand, the far-right author of "Fountainhead," for example.
We didn't talk that much about our debate topics, which were kind of standard, uninteresting high school debating subjects. It was all the other stuff — Republicans, Democrats, Goldwater, Communists, Adlai Stevenson, FDR, Eleanor Roosevelt, Hitler, Stalin, Huey Long and all of that — about which we had many animated conversations.
Don't get me wrong: There was a certain fun larceny in Art's soul. He was a hustler, and it was no accident that, after his career as a councilman, he became a powerful lobbyist at City Hall. At one point, he faced some misdemeanor money laundering charges, the details of which I forgot. But unlike today's standard-issue Republican, he was never fanatically stupid or venal, which is why he was able to appreciate a good conversation.
I'm sure he was all too friendly with developers and such, but that's always true of Republicans and, to a lesser extent, Democrats.
Art didn't fit his district, at least visually or viscerally. But if a resident called up to complain about a pothole, he'd get it fixed — personally, if he had to. If you were a businessman and you had a problem with a city agency, he'd fight for you. If you had something really big, it might cost you, but he also paid attention to his regular constituents. Most of the people in his district were Democrats. But that didn't matter to him. If you were a constituent, he'd do his best to take care of you.
In retrospect, I'd have to say the most memorable thing he ever taught me summed up a lot of things.
"If you need to prove something in a debate," he said, "just say, 'As Time Magazine said, 'blah blah blah and blah blah blah.'"
I tried it and it worked. I won the debate, thanks to a nonexistent quote from Time Magazine that I'd made up on the spot.
It appalled me a bit, only because while I feel my politics intensely, I also wanted to know how things really are. I wanted to know what actually was happening. I still want to know the truth of things. As a working journalist, I've always been dedicated to that goal. You've got to get the facts before figuring out how they fit with your ideology. So the idea of winning an argument by spinning a bullshit story kind of unnerved me, even then.
Years later, I hooked up with Art after he had retired from City Council. We met in his law office on Sunset Boulevard, not far from Grand Avenue, in downtown LA. We went out to eat and talked about the old days. I really liked Art. He was a lot more of a mensch than, say, Mitt Romney could ever be. And unlike Romney and others of today's Republicans, he never made the terrible mistake of believing his own bullshit.
Please read a related story on page 8.
Lionel Rolfe is the author of "Literary L.A.," "The Menuhins: A Family Odyssey," "The Uncommon Friendship of Yaltah Menuhin and Willa Cather" and "Fat Man on the Left," all available on Amazon's Kindle Store. A documentary is being made of "Literary L.A." See "Literary L.A. Movie" on Facebook.
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There was a time in East LA where every store and restaurant had two photos. One was of the Pope and one was of Art Snyder. Both were well loved.
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Walks are the highlights of a dog's day. But rushing to find poop bags right before you leave can cause your pooch to whimper with impatience.
The Four Paws Poo-Kins Dog Waste Pickup Bag Dispenser means you're ready to walk out the door after leashing your dog and putting on your shoes.
Available at Petco.com, this fun dispenser attaches to your dog's leash so it's there when you need it.
Petco also carries the Bamboo Waste Bag Dispenser that also attaches to a leash. Scented companion bags contain Arm & Hammer baking soda for natural odor elimination. The large size enables easy tying.
Since this is as sexy as this topic is going to get, let's move on to toys.
No. 1: Toys that don't stand a chance
Our canines are good at convincing us that they're smarter than the average dog. They sit and shake on command and bark at strangers to show that they have our backs.
But at the end of the day, they're furry creatures who'll spend 20 minutes chewing their toys to shreds. That's why holiday toys are a must in every dog's gift basket.
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Strong Second Half Puts Vermont Over Albany
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ALBANY, N.Y. – Joe Resetarits scored four goals and added two assists to lead Albany to a 15-7 victory over Vermont in America East men's lacrosse action on Saturday night. The Great Danes broke open a tie game at the half by outscoring the Catamounts 9-1 in the third and fourth quarters combined. Senior Geoff Worley recorded six points on a career-high five goals and an assist, as UVM falls to 1-10 overall on the year and 0-3 in league play.
Albany (3-8, 3-0 America East) jumped out to a 4-0 lead with 9:52 remaining in the second quarter. Worley netted his first just four seconds later after Andrew Muscara won the faceoff and took it down the field, finding Worley to make it 4-1. Trailing 5-1, Worley tallied the Catamounts' next three as Muscara and Michael Connors assisted on the last two, as Vermont would score five straight.
Junior Drew Philie earned a man-up goal with a feed from Thomas Galvin and then Galvin made it 6-5 Catamounts with a second straight tally with a man advantage with 56 seconds to go before halftime. Albany knotted the score on a Miles Thompson goal with 12 seconds left that would send the game into intermission tied 6-6.
The Great Danes netted the first four goals of the second half to go back on top 10-6 with 3:28 remaining in the third quarter. Worley picked up goal number five on the night with 2:27 left in the third off a feed from junior Garrett Virtue. Albany responded with the final five goals of the contest, as Thompson netted the next three over a span of 2:52.
Albany outshot Vermont 44-33 for the game and 23-13 in the second half alone. Senior David Barton made 10 saves in goal for the Catamounts, while Albany's Max Huber also stopped 10 shots.
Vermont returns to action on Saturday when it hosts Binghamton at 3 p.m. A dedication ceremony for Virtue Field will take place prior to start of the game and Vermont's six seniors will be honored for playing in their final regular season home contest.
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Police reports
Arrested: Edward Dehart, 30, 1242 Wellesley Ave., domestic violence, Thursday.
Cited: Christopher J. Yanda, 19, 109 Mary Ann Place, Mingo Junction, speeding; Morgan T. Rauch, 18, 1907 Oregon Ave., speeding; Barbara Fuller, no age listed, 1410 Euclid Ave., expired plates; and Cassie L. Mamula, 28, 306 Pennsylvania Ave., red light.
Arrested: Jacob M. McGinnis, 24, 110 Logan Ave., Mingo Junction, speeding and contempt of court warrant out of Belmont County, Thursday.
Theft: Vehicle entered in Tri-State Plaza, Mall Drive, and brief case taken, Thursday.
Arrested: Laquala Kelly, 21, 725 Brady Ave., drug abuse, Thursday.
Arrested: John Lytle, 33, 1412 Plum St., bench warrant out of municipal court, Thursday.


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Around town
Annual Cabin Fever run/walk Feb. 23
The 10th annual Cabin Fever 2 Mile Run/Walk, which supports the Marietta City Schools' Cross Country program, will be held at 2 p.m. Feb. 23 at the Broughton Nature Preserve off Ohio 821 near Marietta. The start and finish is at the picnic shelter. Individuals or teams can race. Registration for individuals is $12 by Feb. 14 and $15 after. Registration for teams is $36 by Feb. 14 and $45 after. For an application, go to www.mariettaxc.com/images/10th_Annual_Cabin_Fever_2_Mile_Run.pdf.
For information: Andrea Adkins, 350-4669; or Kelly Haught, 374-0494.
Steak/chicken breast fry at Lowell Legion
American Legion Post 750 in Lowell will have a steak/chicken breast fry from 5 to 8 p.m. Feb. 15. All meals come with salad, bread and a drink. The cost for a steak meal cooked to order is $10.The cost for a chicken dinner is $7 and the cost for a no-meat meal is $5. Students will be selling dessert.
Soup lunch Sunday at Masonic Lodge
The Beverly Masonic Lodge will hold a soup luncheon from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday. The meal is all you can eat, with four kinds of soup, sandwiches and dessert. Donations will be accepted. Carryout and delivery is available by calling 984-2826.
Benefit in Fleming for local 2-year-old
A benefit will be held Sunday at Lazy H Farm in Fleming for Caleb Wall, a local 2-year-old at Children's Hospital in Columbus after contracting the flu. Doors will open at 1 p.m. Bingo with chances to win Longaberger, Thirty-One, Pink Zebra and more will start at 3 p.m. The cost is 20 games for $20. A silent auction and bake sale will take place and food will available throughout the event. Tickets may be purchased ahead of time or donations can be made to a Pay Pal account at www.lazyhfarm.net/caleb.html.
For information: Audrianna Wellspring, 516-3670, Connie Waggoner, 525-9249, or Karen Henthorn, 516-4964.
Soup beans and cornbread supper at DAV Hall Saturday
Disabled American Veterans Auxiliary in Whipple will hold a soup beans and cornbread supper from 4 to 7 p.m. Saturday at the DAV Hall, 835 DAV Road. The cost of the meal is a donation and the money raised goes to assist veterans and veterans families.
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When officers are involved in a shooting, like the one that happened on the South Hill Tuesday morning, investigators from around the county are called to determine exactly what happened.
The shooting scene was located right off Monroe Street, which meant the road had to be closed for more than 10 hours Tuesday, so investigators could tag and document every piece of evidence to ensure the shooting investigation is thorough.
That meant drivers had to be diverted until early afternoon as Washington State Patrol investigators independently work to determine what happened early Tuesday morning.
When bullets are fired by officers -- especially in fatal situations like the one Tuesday morning -- the Spokane Investigative Regional Response Team (SIRRT) is called to the scene.
"You bring a group of investigators together, from multiple agencies," WSP Trooper Troy Briggs said.
"Everybody's point of view is different; even officers standing directly next to each other. They perceive different things, they see different things," he said.
Detectives spent the morning verifying witness statements and measuring the distance between bullet casings. Tire marks were traced through the chases' path that covered the neighborhood west of Huckleberry's, everything precise and accurate enough to stand up in court.
"To tell exactly what happened, if there's evidence on the vehicles, that sort of thing. The shell casings, make sure what weapons they came from," Briggs.
Monroe was closed through the afternoon as patrol cars were towed from the scene to a storage facility. They'll be held there as evidence until the case is completed. That way the response team can sift through it all and hand it to the prosecutor for review.
"It's a total package of exactly what the evidence shows us, plus the witnesses, plus what the officers statements are," Briggs said.
The officers involved, who are on paid administrative leave, which is standard after an officer-involved shooting, must give their statement to investigators within 72 hours. They will remain on administrative leave until investigators determine they did nothing illegal and did not violate departmental policy.
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On the last stop of her June 6-10 tour of Latin America, Secretary Clinton visited Barbados for the CARICOM ministerial meeting in Bridgetown. The Secretary was joined by Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Heads of Delegation of Antigua and Barbuda, the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, the Commonwealth of Dominica, the Dominican Republic, Grenada, the Republic of Guyana, the Republic of Haiti, Jamaica, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, the Republic of Suriname, and the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. The leaders pledged to strengthen cooperation in responding to common challenges in a spirit of partnership and mutual respect.
The CARICOM Ministers addressed health, trade, energy, climate change, and the global economic and financial crisis. The ministers affirmed support for and solidarity with Haiti and stand in partnership with its people. Read the ministers' joint statement here.
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"We all know well that addressing transnational security challenges in the twenty-first century requires a comprehensive approach. CBSI means working together not only to strengthen national security forces and anti-trafficking efforts, but also focusing on broader citizen safety partnerships and social inclusion," Secretary Clinton told leaders of Caribbean states at a CARICOM ministerial meeting today in Bridgetown, Barbados.
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Vince Susa is a senior at Eleva-Strum High School. For the past two years, he's been a mentor with the school-based Big Brothers, Big Sisters program.
To be chosen as a mentor, Vince had to meet certain academic criteria. He's also well-respected throughout the school and community.
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I just received an email from a friend: "Over the weekend my laptop died - man, what a hassle! Have you heard a single good word about Vista? Every machine comes with Vista and I really don't want it." Should he consider Ubuntu 7.10?
Ubuntu started out as a software project in 2004. A small group of developers organized their talents and efforts to create a Linux-based distribution, including application software suitable for a desktop environment. Eventually, the effort came to be known as Ubuntu, with the following ideals:
Every computer user should have the freedom to download, run, copy, distribute, study, share, change, and improve their software for any purpose, without paying licensing fees.
Every computer user should be able to use their software in the language of their choice.
Every computer user should be given every opportunity to use software, even if they work under a disability.
Since then, the Ubuntu community has expanded and added developers and users from around the world. It's a great bunch of people. As just one example, the Massachusetts Ubuntu Local Community (LoCo) team, an all-volunteer group, recently organized an InstallFest at the MIT Media Lab. More than thirty people—from remarkably diverse backgrounds and varied interests—brought their laptops and desktops of all shapes, sizes, and vintages to install and discuss Ubuntu. By all accounts it was a big success. The Chicago area LoCo is holding a similar event on October 21st. Another group is working on introducing Ubuntu to college students and faculty.
MIT Media Lab Ubuntu Installfest, October 13, 2007
- Photo by Brian DeLacey
Ubuntu now comes in five flavors: Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Xubuntu, Edubuntu, and Gobuntu. The development name for 7.10 is Gutsy Gibbon. This continues a trend of two word code names based on an animal and a catchy descriptor. The first release, Warty Warthog, shipped in October 2004. The ship date for version 7.10 is October 18th. Here's a quick summary of what will be shipping:
Ubuntu: Ubuntu with the Gnome Desktop Environment
Kubuntu: Ubuntu with the K Desktop Environment
Edubuntu: Ubuntu for Education
Xubuntu: Ubuntu with the XFce Desktop Environment
Gobuntu: Ubuntu with no proprietary components; strictly following the "free" in free software
Ubuntu Server Edition: Ubuntu for servers (This article concentrates on the desktop versions.)
Each shares a number of attributes. First off, they are all free-of-charge, community-developed projects. Secondly, every six months new laptop/desktop releases are packaged and shipped. Third, an elegant graphical installer makes it easy to get installed and running fast. Fourth, the resulting installation is much more than just a traditional operating system—it is a complete operating platform, with great software for word processing, spreadsheets, Internet, graphics, and much more.
All Ubuntu releases have a common code heritage: they pull a huge amount of code from Debian. Established in 1993, Debian is the wise old great grandparent of Linux/GNU distributions. In April 2007, Debian reached a major milestone with version 4.0, with more than 18,000 free software packages running on eleven platforms.
Ubuntu enjoyed a rapid rise in adoption. Gerry Carr, the Marketing Manger for Canonical, told me that the United States is the largest Ubuntu user base by far, with Germany second, followed by the United Kingdom, France, and Brazil clustered at third. Carr described some of the new adopters as individual users appearing in IT departments, In addition, Carr said "I just meet more and more people whose machine broke or the license expired and then don't want to spend $400 on MS Windows and Office. What often happens instead? A friend comes around and installs Ubuntu on their computer to browse the Web and do email. We see lots of people putting it on their parents' PCs."
Walt Mossberg, who writes for the Wall Street Journal and has an active web presence, concluded in a September 2007 WSJ article that Ubuntu wasn't quite ready for mainstream use: "Even in the relatively slick Ubuntu variation, Linux is still too rough around the edges for the vast majority of computer users." In contrast, one person who attended the recent Installfest at the MIT Media Lab put it simply: "Ubuntu is ready." Who is right? I will say this: I've been using Ubuntu since its earliest releases and the 7.10 release is easily the best yet. (For the record, it took me considerably longer to set up WiFi on a new laptop I bought with Vista than it took me to get wireless working on a laptop recently installed with Ubuntu.)
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Ubuntu LoCo Installfest (From left to right: Brian DeLacey, Martin
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Distrowatch keeps track of the number of hits per day for the top 100 distributions. Debian has remained in the top 10 during each of the past five years, Ubuntu didn't even make the list until it appeared as #1 in 2005, where it has stayed ever since with activity in the range of 2,500 or more hits per day. I've been told that approximately six million people use Ubuntu on a daily basis, although some people place the usage level as high as 12 million. One thing is very clear, Ubuntu is no longer merely a niche software product running on geek machines; it's become a full blown operating platform.
Ubuntu's development and distribution philosophy is built around the concept of community. Nelson Mandela, former president of South Africa, described the meaning of the Zulu word ubuntu: "In the old days, when we were young, a traveler through our country would stop at the village and he didn't have to ask for food or for water. Once he stops, the people give him food...That is one aspect of ubuntu...Ubuntu does not mean that people should not address themselves. The question, therefore, is are you going to do so in order to enable the community around you...to be able to improve. These are the important things in life. If one can do that, you have done something very important which will be appreciated."
Ubuntu, as a software initiative, began as the brainchild of South African entrepreneur Mark Shuttleworth who was a Debian Developer and Apache maintainer in the 1990s. Shuttleworth sold his company to Verisign in 1999 for more than a half-billion dollars. In 2005, he invested $10 million to establish the Ubuntu Foundation. Shuttleworth, who considers himself both privileged and lucky for his acquired fortune, has already given away half his wealth to charity.
Canonical Ltd., another company started by Shuttleworth, is a primary financial and resource sponsor of Ubuntu. However, they are not alone. Recently, it was noted that Sun is the largest single contributor to Debian. Never before has free, open-source software seen this kind of directed investment.
Ubuntu 7.10 adds highly attractive user interface elements with the inclusion of Compiz Fusion technology. This is instantly cool demo-ware. If you want to get a sense of what this functionality can do, visit Google Video and you will find impressively choreographed demonstrations by virtuosos of Compiz Fusion demonstrating their jazz of "Advanced Desktop Effects."
Not only do these interface improvements look nice, but they can also help you productively manage multiple desktops and workspaces with numerous 3D effects. These have been wish list items for some time, and they have finally arrived. These effects require newer video cards for you to get the full benefit, but they degrade gracefully on older hardware lacking the required graphics horsepower.
Printer installation also works much better. I have to confess, this is actually the first release of Ubuntu that I have ever successfully printed to paper, and now it's almost too easy. Ubuntu even politely notifies you if the ink is low, something that has been a more gruesome task to discover on other platforms. Gnash, a free Flash-compatibility plug-in, will be attractive to many. Automated Firefox plugins are a major step forward in Linux-based usability, while still working within a robust security framework.
Each of the official derivative releases includes some unique work of its own:
Kubuntu includes the same kinds of desktop improvements we see in Ubuntu. In addition, they've added the Dolphin file manager and improved desktop search. These features are getting an early release in advance of the December 2007 ship date for KDE 4. The LiveCD installed easily on my 700M laptop, producing an attractive desktop and a chance to play with the release.
Edubuntu promises faster thin clients with the added used of compression technology for images. Additional improvements help the educational market make the most of older hardware. The login manager has been re-engineered for improved usability.
Xubuntu, by design, is intended to be a slim, light release that can work on older, underpowered hardware. It's not the kind of release where you'd expect loads of new features. I found this release easy to install (it did the best job of any Ubuntu release in recognizing my finnicky SR1620NX video card.) Reports suggest it is faster than previous releases.
A wild card in this release is Gobuntu. Everything is new, since it's a first-time product introduction. There are no restricted files in this release—so if your video card doesn't work with an open source driver you may be completely out of luck. This is seen "as the test bed for developing a user-friendly operating system with no compromise in terms of the open source philosophy." This is essentially a software free-for-all that can go anywhere and do anything without restriction to license or application.
In order to test Ubuntu and gather some real-world experience with the releases, I dusted off three old machines—Compaq Presario SR1620NX, eMachines T4010, and a Dell Inspiron 700M. Each one had become a sluggish, poor performer by the end of its useful life with Windows. To balance my review with more modern hardware, I bought a brand new shiny desktop – Dell's 530N—to put Ubuntu through its paces. Here's the lineup:
Compaq Presario SR1620NX has 512 MB of RAM and a wimpy AMD 3400+ Sempron processor. It was reviewed by PC Magazine in October 2005 as "an unassuming PC."
eMachines T4010 is even older: it also runs with 512 MB of RAM and a low-end Intel Celeron processor. CNET's April 2005 review described the T4010 as an "excellent value for the money among budget PCs."
Dell Inspiron 700M with 512 MB of RAM. This spry little laptop came with a Pentium M Processor clocked at a mellow 1.60 GHz. I reluctantly retired this versatile little laptop, which was purchased in 2004, from active Windows service when a relentless round of virus attacks rendered it unresponsive to help from multiple, expensive, and time-consumed spyware doctors.
Dell 530N with 512 MB of RAM, a quick Intel dual-core processor, more advanced NVIDIA graphics processing, and a very sharp 20 inch widescreen digital flat-panel display, This one was pre-installed with only Ubuntu, keeping the price below $600 when I bought it in July 2007.
As you can see, all these machines have downright stingy memory footprints. In fact, you'd be hard-pressed to build a machine that could meet the low standards of those old ones today. My test machines were inexpensive hardware using free software. If it works, it's a compelling combination.
I was able to install Ubuntu, Kubutnu, Xubuntu, and Gobuntu without any major difficulties. Installations typically took about an hour once I had the software on CD. This compares favorably to other software operating systems, where an equivalent installation and configuration might take a day or two. In addition, Ubuntu has a Live CD, which lets you run from the CD without requiring you to remove anything from your test machine. It's a wonderful example of "try before you buy"—except here there is nothing to buy since it's all free. (Ubuntu software is available at www.ubuntu.com. If you want CDs, through the generosity of financial supporters like Canonical Ltd., you can order them free through Canonical's ShipIt service.)
"Is Ubuntu perfect?" No, but it works really well and the price is right. I have one glitch with video on the SR1620NX in the 7.10 release, even though that same machine has no problem with video in Ubuntu 7.04. I can wait before I update that computer. (An Ubuntu developer has contacted me no less than three times in an effort to resolve the problem, so I'm confident of a good outcome.)
Another unanswered question is how easily I'll be able to upgrade my existing Ubuntu 7.04 system to 7.10. I have previously saved data files and then reinstalled the entire system when a major new version appears. All Ubuntu users will be automatically notified when new releases and other updates are available, allowing users to decide whether or not to accept the updates.
With all my old hardware now running pre-release versions of Ubuntu 7.10, they feel like they've been rejuvenated into peppy, useful computers. Each one of them handles the typical tasks of web browsing, email, word processing (with spell checking), spreadsheet, presentation, and programming activities (NetBeans, Java, Ruby, Swing, etc.) The machines can print to modern printers, play my music, and process my camera photos. Because of the robust security environment, I have few fears of viruses.
This article was written on the eMachines T4010, connected to a 24" Dell widescreen LCD. While Ubuntu was helping me with my writing, it was also playing music, sharing files (over a local area network and the Web), scanning the Web for the latest in news and sports scores, and running a number of additional programs not included in Ubuntu. For example, I installed Google's Picasa to transfer photos from my Canon camera via the USB ports. Google Earth installs beautifully as well: a virtual tour from the United States to China, using Google Earth on a 42" high definition LCD connected to a computer running Ubuntu, is fun for the whole family. There are software applications that I use on Windows that do not run on Ubuntu, but the variety and quality of applications that do run in Ubuntu is growing steadily.
Software development is an amazingly creative process that blends art and science. Open source is both more complex (with volunteers contributing from all over the world) and somehow simpler (as a self-organizing process, lacking many points of coordinated complexity) compared to proprietary development. Codeography is my term for describing and mapping where code comes from.
Working on installs at the Ubuntu Installfest at MIT
(Clockwise from left: Mike Rushton, Martin Owens,
and Steve Pomeroy) - Photo by Brian DeLacey
There are more than 1,000 developers working on the Debian project. A number of employees at Canonical work on Ubuntu full-time. In addition, there are 76 Masters of the Universe (MOTU) who work with open source developers to make sure the right version of up-to-date code is included in the final release. Countless other volunteers have contributed—I asked a few to comment.
Sarah Hobbs started doing volunteer development on Ubuntu and Kubuntu in 2005. She initially helped by providing IRC support and later gained experience with packaging. She subsequently served as a MOTU, and now contributes as both a MOTU and a Ubuntu Core Developer. I asked Sarah about the role of the MOTU, and she said, "Part of the role of Masters of the Universe is to monitor upstream projects, including Amarok for me, and make sure that we're sending our bug reports (in a useful fashion) to them. We also take fixes that they commit to their svn repository, and put it into our packages. For fixes of high impact bugs, such as security fixes, severe regressions from previous versions of Ubuntu, or bugs that cause a loss of data, we put these fixes into the stable versions of Ubuntu."
Richard Johnson is a Kubuntu Developer and also serves as a MOTU, helping to look after the "universe,"which is a large repository of free software that isn't installed out of the box with Ubuntu but provides a source of future applications to consider. He described his role: "I really don't have a specific role. The closest I come to such a role would be that I spend most of my time working on packages for Kubuntu, so most of my work would deal with KDE. At times I assist other developers in getting their packages to build if they are having issues, and every now and then you can catch me in the IRC channel (#ubuntu-motu on Freenode) helping future developers learn the process."
Andrew Mitchell has experience as a Debian Developer and Ubuntu MOTU. Mitchell described the flow of software as it makes its way into a Ubuntu release: Most of the packages in Ubuntu originated from Debian. Ubuntu pulls packages from the Debian unstable branch of code, which makes it especially important for bug fixes to find their way back and forth between open source projects. According to Mitchell, upstream authors write the majority of the code that finds its way into a release of Ubuntu, while Debian people package much of it up. Ubuntu developers also do some independent packaging, and a great deal of integration work as well as original coding—usually creating tools, which become packages in Ubuntu and can be pushed back to Debian.
Brian Fallik is an end user, working on software development projects between the United States and India. He relies on Ekiga and Ubuntu for communicating with his development team in India. Trying the Ekiga version in one of the early beta builds of Ubuntu 7.10 proved problematical. He queried LaunchPad and saw a bug report had been filed. Within a couple of days, the bug was fixed.
Kilian Krause, the Debian Developer currently maintaining Ekiga in Debian (but not in Ubuntu) reckons that Debian had found the very same issue. However, a roll-out of a new version would have been delayed until further testing was done. The bug was soon fixed in both Debian and Ubuntu, further demonstrating how closely this stream of software is connected together.
Fallik was thrilled when Ekiga was fixed—but there were many other encouraging moments in his use of the beta: "One feature that amazed me was the way plugins work. I launched Firefox and found that eTrade couldn't display some widget because the Java plugin was missing. Sigh. Having used Linux for many years I knew this is almost always a pain to resolve. With low expectations for success, I decided to simply follow the instructions on the web page and click to install the missing plugin. I expected either an error message, an attempt to install a Windows version, or an attempt to download and install an unpackaged version. Immediately Gutsy's update-manager pops up and asks me which version of Java I want to install! I selected the later version, which downloaded and installed fine. Simply refreshing the web page displayed the correct widget. It all actually worked together, and I had a native Ubuntu package installed. Wooohooo, as Homer would say."
Full Circle is a community supported publication that provides good coverage of the latest news from the Ubuntu community. Ronnie Tucker, the founder and editor, described the publication to me: "The readership of Full Circle is worldwide, we have around 30,000 downloads each month with the vast majority of the readers being American (followed by other English speaking nations). We also have translations from English to Chinese, Polish, Italian, French, and so on, these have monthly downloads ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. In the beginning most people found out about us through The Fridge (part of the Ubuntu site) and from the Ubuntu Marketing and News mailing lists." Now, Tucker explained, more blogs are starting to pick up on the publication. Issue #5 includes a "Preview of Gutsy Gibbon." The magazine walks its talk too: only open source software is used in creating the publication, something not all Linux publications claim. It's well worth checking out.
Building a new version of Ubuntu is a delicately interwoven process of activities involving people from all around the world. Much of the communication takes place via email and IRC. New volunteers are welcomed, and it's not too late to get involved and have a major impact on the future of this technology.
Ubuntu's community is already looking ahead to the next release. Releases are scheduled for delivery every six months, so the next one will arrive in April 2008 as version 8.04. (The 8 represents the year, and 04 representing the month shipped.). The code name is Hardy Heron.
The Ubuntu Developer Summit (UDS) will be held from October 29th through November 2nd in Cambridge, Massachusetts. This is a working gathering for Ubuntu contributors and marks the beginning of a new development cycle for Ubuntu. Priorities will be agreed to. Schedules will be set. Coding will commence. As they say about the UDS, "It's not for end users, it's not a time for free support, it's not a time to meet and talk strategy. No suits, no tourists in short."
Success, even for free things, requires some serious effort.
Brian DeLacey attended the December 2005 Ubuntu Developer Summit in Montreal. He's thankful that his old hardware now runs faster with Ubuntu 7.10. He's also pretty happy that his newer Dell 530N runs Ubuntu on one half of a 42" 1080P LCD, with the Red Sox still playing games in October on the other half.
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- Poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) nanofibers containing the inclusion complex forming beta-cyclodextrin (β-CD) were successfully produced by means of electrospinning in order to develop functional nanofibrous webs for organic vapor waste treatment. Electrospinning of uniform PMMA nanofibers containing different loadings of β-CD (10%, 25% and 50% (w/w)) was achieved. The surface sensitive spectroscopic techniques; X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (ToF-SIMS) showed that some of the β-CD molecules are present on the surface of the PMMA nanofibers, which is essential for the trapping of organic vapors by inclusion complexation. Direct pyrolysis mass spectrometry (DP-MS) studies showed that PMMA nanowebs containing β-CD can entrap organic vapors such as aniline, styrene and toluene from the surroundings due to inclusion complexation with β-CD that is present on the fiber surface. Our study showed that electrospun nanowebs functionalized with cyclodextrins may have the potential to be used as molecular filters and/or nanofilters for the treatment of organic vapor waste and air filtration purposes.
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- 0376-7388
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Monticello Police arrested David Lee Ward (50) of Monticello on March 14. Ward was charged with felonies for criminal possession of stolen property, forgery, tampering with physical evidence and unlawful possession of marijuana.
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On the evening of March 14, Monticello officers on patrol observed Ward walking on Forestburg road in the Village of Monticello. Officers were aware that the Village of Liberty Police on a bench warrant wanted Ward, and arrested him.
While being processed in the Monticello Police station officers observed Ward attempting to swallow a plastic baggie in his mouth. Officers were able to recover the baggie, which was found to contain marijuana. Officers also recovered a Sears's credit card from Ward's wallet and a receipt from a local convenience.
The credit card had been reported stolen from a resident of Glen Spey. Ward had also used the stolen credit card to make a purchase of tobacco products at the convenience store by forging the signature of the credit card owner.
Ward was arraigned before Town of Thompson justice Martin Miller and remanded to the Sullivan county jail without bail pending further court action. Ward is currently on parole in New York State until May 2015 for a prior conviction of burglary.


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Home List of Titles The 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey: the dependence of galaxy clustering on luminosity and spectral type
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- Title
- The 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey: the dependence of galaxy clustering on luminosity and spectral type
- Author(s)
- Norberg, Peder; Baugh, Carlton; Hawkins, Edward; Maddox, Stephen J.; Madgwick, Darren; Lahav, Ofer; Cole, Shaun; Frenk, Carlos S.; Baldry, Ivan K.; Bland-Hawthorn, Joss; Bridges, Terry J.; Cannon, Russell D.; Colless, Matthew; Collins, Chris A.; Couch, Warrick J.; Dalton, Gavin B.; De Propris, Roberto; Driver, Simon P.; Efstathiou, George P.; Ellis, Richard S.; Glazebrook, Karl; Jackson, C. A.; Lewis, Ian; Lumsden, Stuart; Peacock, John A.; Peterson, Bruce A.; Sutherland, William J.; Taylor, Keith
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- We investigate the dependence of galaxy clustering on luminosity and spectral type using the 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey (2dFGRS). Spectral types are assigned using the principal-component analysis of Madgwick et al. We divide the sample into two broad spectral classes: galaxies with strong emission lines ('late types') and more quiescent galaxies ('early types'). We measure the clustering in real space, free from any distortion of the clustering pattern owing to peculiar velocities, for a series of volume-limited samples. The projected correlation functions of both spectral types are well described by a power law for transverse separations in the range 2 < (σ/h-1 Mpc) < 15, with a marginally steeper slope for early types than late types. Both early and late types have approximately the same dependence of clustering strength on luminosity, with the clustering amplitude increasing by a factor of ∼2.5 between L* and 4L*. At all luminosities, however, the correlation function amplitude for the early types is ∼50 per cent higher than that of the late types. These results support the view that luminosity, and not type, is the dominant factor in determining how the clustering strength of the whole galaxy population varies with luminosity.
- Publication type
- Journal article
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- Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. 332, no. 4 (Jun 2002), pp. 827-838
- Publication year
- 2002
- Keyword(s)
- Bias; Catalog; Catalogue; Emission; Evolution; Formation; Galaxies; Large-scale structure; Morphological segregation; Numerical methods; Real-space; Space distortions; Statistical methods; Universe; Velocity
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell Publishing
- 0035-8711
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- Copyright © 2002 RAS. The accepted manuscript of the paper is reproduced here in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. The definitive publication is available at www.interscience.wiley.com.
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Pa. may be next right-to-work battleground state
There was Wisconsin. Then there was Michigan.
Could Pennsylvania be the next right-to-work battleground state?
Speaking to 84th District constituents at a town hall meeting last week, state Rep. Garth Everett, a Muncy Republican, detailed a six-bill package to give workers the option not to be forced to join a labor union and pay dues.
State House Republicans, who hold a majority, are pushing the package for reasons of which many people already are aware:
Government is now providing many of the oversights, such as worker safety, that unions provide.
Workers don't always support how their union dues are spent, particularly on political campaigns.
Workers should have a choice of work situations rather than being forced to join a union.
The pushback against these arguments is the belief that without unions workers lose collective bargaining and their rights are endangered.
As evidenced by Wisconsin and Michigan, these can become emotional, politically divisive debates.
But one thing that is not debatable is the outcome following right-to-work legislation. Almost uniformly, states that move to right-to-work status experience economic growth.
We can't imagine most Pennsylvanians aren't in favor of the increased job opportunities that economic growth creates.
-Williamsport Sun-Gazette


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Dodgers eye future TV windfall
Deal will give team own regional sports network
Those pockets are about to get very deep and very full. Recent reports indicated that the Dodgers were about to finalize a new local television contract with Time Warner Cable that will pay them in excess of $7 billion over at least 20 years, beginning in 2014. The deal will give the Dodgers their own regional sports network, a channel on Time Warner devoted strictly to Dodgers coverage. Time Warner made a similar arrangement with the NBA's Los Angeles Lakers before the current basketball season.
The $7 billion windfall would be the largest TV deal in sports history, and it would give the new Dodgers' owners a massive revenue increase. In 2012, the Dodgers received just $40 million from Fox Sports to televise their games in Southern California. That contract with Fox expires with the 2013 season. Every major league team also will get a boost in revenue next season when a new national television deal kicks in.
The Dodgers will have to submit the new TV contract to Major League Baseball for approval. A portion of it will be subject to revenue-sharing rules.
At $7 billion over 25 years, the average annual value of the contract would bring the Dodgers $280 million in revenue before they sell one ticket to Dodger Stadium. By contrast, the Angels signed a new TV deal with Fox Sports before the 2012 season for $3 billion over 20 seasons (an average of $150 million annually).
However, Dodgers fans can expect to pay for their team's new deal. Cable subscribers' monthly bills went up nearly $4 with the addition of the Lakers' channel. A similar bump is expected to follow the Dodgers' move to Time Warner Cable.
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Laurier graduate student receives national award for immigration research
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Oct 21/11| For Immediate Release
Margaret Walton-Roberts, Director
Kevin Crowley, Director, Communications & Public Affairs
WATERLOO Wilfrid Laurier University masters student Alyshea Cummins was presented with the national Gunn Award for excellence in immigration research by the Honorable Jason Kenney, Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism, at a ceremony in Ottawa Oct. 20.
The Gunn Award, in its second year, is an initiative of the Canadian Immigration Historical Society (CIHS) and the International Migration Research Centre (IMRC) at Laurier. It is named after the late Al Gunn, a founding member of the CIHS, and is open to fourth year and graduate students who submit essays on a historical aspect of international migration in Canada.
Kenney congratulated Cummins, who is studying Religion and Culture at Laurier, on her paper entitled, A Comparison of the Refugee Resettlement of Ugandan Ismaili Muslims and Cambodia Theravada Buddhists in Canada.
It is important that Canada a country of newcomers understand the factors behind the successful integration of the immigrants and refugees who come here to make a better life, said Kenney. The Canadian Immigration Historical Society and The International Migration Research Centre are rightly promoting important work in this field by university students.
In her paper, Cummins concludes that the Ismailis had three advantages over the Cambodians that made their resettlement experiences in Canada more successful: respected community leadership, pre-migration skills for adaptation and integration, and transnational connections. The Cambodians, as survivors of vast cultural and religious devastations that had damaged the social fabric and eliminated civil and religious leaders, had a much more difficult time rebuilding their community in Canada.
Ms. Cummins shows the growing academic interest amongst university students in questions of refugee and immigration matters, said Margaret Walton-Roberts, director of the IMRC and associate professor of Geography and Environmental Studies at Laurier. The centre looks forward to a continued collaboration with the CIHS in promoting and recognizing such student research.
Mike Molloy, CIHS president, congratulated Cummins on her work and recognized the important partnership with IMRC. The society was keen to encourage students to research and present issues in Canadian migration history and found a willing partner in the IMRC to support this award program, said Molloy.
Wilfrid Laurier Universitys IMRC is based at the Balsillie School of International Affairs. It serves as a focal point for debate, research, policy analysis and proposal development related to international migration and mobility at the global, national and regional scale.


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"Errors killed us again. We did a good job of limiting damage in innings, but we gave away too many outs," said head coach Cody Fields.
"When you face a tough pitcher, you can't get away with giving a team extra outs."
The Bobcats faced off against the Stockdale Brahmas in the title game and lost a 9-4 decision.
The Bobcats fell behind 4-1 through three innings, but the Brahmas continued to push runners across the plate in the next three frames to get the win. Stockdale scored two runs in each of the fourth and fifth innings and a single run in the sixth.
The 'Cats plated one run in the home-half of the sixth and rallied for two runs in the final frame, but it wasn't enough to overtake the Brahmas.
Brandon East pitched three innings, striking out four and giving up four runs, but only two were earned. East took the loss. Aaron Hughes pitched four innings, giving up five runs with three earned and striking out four Stockdale batters.
Myles Bloemer and T.J. Amador both went 1-3 with a run scored in the game. Eric Schumacher was 1-3 with an RBI.
"We did a great job of battling at the end and not giving up, but it's hard to come back when you put yourself in a deep hole. We had a good showing this weekend with our players from basketball joining us," Fields said.
All-tournament selections for the Bobcats included Jonathan Hernandez and T.J. Amador.
The Bobcats opened district play on Tuesday in Mathis. On Friday night, the Bobcats will host the Taft Greyhounds.


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Since August 1812, Magee had led his men in the manner befitting a West Point graduate and former United States Army Officer. Swiftly and with minimal losses, Magee's men had captured Nacogdoches, Trinidad de Salcedo (a Royal Spanish military settlement on the Trinity River) and Presidio La Bahía. Since arriving at La Bahía, they had taken the upper hand in every single engagement with Royalist forces. Despite their success, however, not all was well.
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My almost 3 month old spits up a few times a day. She doesn't seem uncomfortable but my sister says I may be overfeeding her. I know you can't overfeed a breastfed baby but I do offer the breast often.
When does the spit up get under control? I keep a bib on her know at all times expect when we sleep together and keep a burp cloth on my shoulder.


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The Friends of the Mill Valley Library present a series of Monday Night at the Movies events. This month's theme: Alec Guinness.
Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
Monday, October 7th @ 7:30 p.m. Kind Hearts and Coronets is a 1949 British black comedy about how to get to be a Duke when there are eight family members ahead of you. So in typical British fashion Louis Mazzini (Dennis Price) proceeds to eliminate all in any way he can. He successfully knocks off seven and the eighth conveniently goes down with his ship. Interestingly, all the soon-to-die D'Ascoynes are played by Alec Guinness, including Lady Agatha. Louis is unfortunately undone and is falsely convicted for murdering Lionel (John Penrose)a boyhood friend. Never fear, this is not the end of Louis.Doors open at 7:00. This series is sponsored by The Friends of the Mill Valley Library. For more Programs and Events at the Library, see the Library Events Calendar.
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'Empty Bowl' event to aid food bank
MIDDLESEX — Homemade soup and handcrafted bowls by local potters will be the highlights at the Central Vermont Empty Bowl Benefit, a fundraiser for the Vermont Foodbank on Feb. 16.
The fundraiser runs from 4:30 to 7 p.m. at The Mud Studio in the Red Hen complex on Route 2 in Middlesex. Admission for adults is $25, which includes a bowl, soup and accompaniments. Children under 5 years old get in for free, and tickets for ages 5 to 18 are $5 for a meal only. All proceeds will go to the Vermont Foodbank.
Those attending the event will select a ceramic bowl to take home and will be offered two choices of soup to either eat at the studio or carry out.
A number of businesses have already stepped up to support the event. Cabot Creamery, Cold Hollow Cider Mill, Dog River Farm, Hunger Mountain Coop, North Branch Café, Pete's Greens, Red Hen Bakery, Sarducci's, Willow Moon Farm and several professional area potters have all signed on to make this event a huge success for the Vermont Foodbank.MORE IN This Just InWASHINGTON The House on Thursday cleared bills to keep the government running through April and... Full StorySALISBURY, N.C. Full StoryMEUREUDU, Indonesia Humanitarian organizations descended on Indonesias Aceh province Thursday ... Full Story
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Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies
Laurier PhD student wins Garfield Weston Award for Northern Research
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Jun 7/10
Laurier student Kevin Turner has received a prestigious Garfield Weston Award for Northern Research.
Turner, who is working on a PhD in geography and environmental studies, is one of six recipients across Canada at the PhD level from this years competition.
The scholarship is valued at $40,000 over two years and is awarded through the Canadian Northern Studies Trust program of the Association of Canadian Universities for Northern Studies.
Recipients are selected based on research time in the Canadian north, relevance of their research to northern communities, and a willingness to communicate findings with the scientific and northern communities.
Turners supervisor, associate professor and NSERC Northern Research Chair Brent Wolfe, says the honour is well deserved.
Kevins work is a significant contribution to the field of northern hydrology, says Wolfe.
Through his research, Turner focuses on using water isotope tracers to characterize the present and past hydrology of lakes in the Old Crow Flats in northern Yukon Territory.
His findings directly address concerns the local First Nation community of Old Crow has regarding the effects of climate change on their traditional territory. Residents have noticed water levels in nearby lakes dropping rapidly.
Turners award follows a post-graduate doctoral scholarship from NSERC and a recent lead-authored publication in the Journal of Hydrology.
Kevin has been very dedicated to his northern research program, says Wolfe. He has conducted extensive fieldwork and effectively communicated his findings to the people of Old Crow.
Turners research is also supported by the Government of Canada International Polar Year program, the NSERC Northern Research Chair program, the Polar Continental Shelf Project and the Northern Scientific Training Program.
In early 2009, Turner traveled on a two-week expedition to Antarctica as part of the International Polar Year.
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By Rick Tvedt
It's been said that the biggest stars are often strangers in their own hometowns. Indeed, you probably read the headline to this story and wondered Who the heck is Skylar Grey? Even if you knew her by her real name, Holly Brook Hafermann, or by her former stage name Holly Brook, you probably still don't know. Let me tell you a story.
Once upon a time there was a newspaper published in Madison called Rick's Café. Remarkably, this newspaper focused one hundred percent on local music and arts. Its owner and publisher was a crazy guy who shall go unnamed, but he gave it his best shot, ultimately transitioning the newspaper to an Internet publication while blogging for another prominent magazine that wanted to expand its music coverage. Anyway, this crazy guy thought there should be a focus on female artists in every issue of Rick's Café. Aware of a youngster who was hanging out with Leo Sidran and starting to make a few waves, said crazy guy went to little ol' Mazomanie, Wisconsin, where he sat in a living room with a very, very shy sixteen-year-old who talked about her life so far. Turns out she had been singing at the age of three and performing with her mother in a folk duo called Generations. Holly Brook was the feature story in that first issue of Rick's Café back in January of 2003.
Fast forward a few years. Holly Brook decides to break out and suddenly picks up and moves to Los Angeles. Gutsy? You're damn right. She lucked out, however, and wound up with Fort Minor, a group formed by Mike Shinoda, who is better known as the rapper, rhythm guitarist, keyboardist and producer of Linkin Park. Brook gets into a management deal—a decision that she, like many, many artists over the course of history, would later regret. But, as is the case with almost every major musical artist of our time, perseverance would be the key and bad luck is either a killer or a motivator.
It seems that bad luck was almost a killer in Brook's case, as she bottomed out for an extended period of time. To know Holly, however, is to know that there would be no denying her the success she so earnestly sought. She re-emerged, remade as Skylar Grey, a name she chose largely because of the color grey, which could mean bleakness to some or possibility to others, such as herself. She wrote "Love the Way You Lie," which was picked up by Eminem, recorded for his 2010 album Recovery and became a smash hit. The collaboration between Grey and producer Alex Da Kid on "Love the Way You Lie" continued, and he played a major role on the production of Skylar Grey's album Don't Look Down, released earlier this year.
And they all lived happily ever after.
Or so we all hope, right? Well, you can help Skylar Grey keep doing us proud by attending her show November 10 at the Majestic Theatre. You can also buy her album (read the review here) or her follow-up EP release, the unplugged iTunes Sessions (read that review here).
This story comes from the Local Sounds blog on madisonmagazine.com. Read more like it here.


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Sir Paul Smith's Isle of Man 2012 London Olympic stamps launched on the first minute of January 2012 at the Regent Street Post Office in Douglas.
Regent Street Post Office opened its doors on New Year's Eve to launch the Isle of Man's 2012 London Olympic stamps which are designed by Sir Paul Smith, the iconic British fashion designer and great friend of cyclist Mark Cavendish.
Dot Tilbury General Manager of IOM Stamp and Coins welcomed all the guests which included British National Archery champion Aalin George and her sister Kirsten, Olympian Marie Morgan (formerly Purvis) Tom Black (cycling) and Stewart Bennett (cycling training partner for paralympian Ian Sharpe) Red Cross chairman, Peter O'Shea who will be on first aid duty at the Games together with his daughter Sadhbh who is a volunteer at the Olympic cycling road races.
An enthusiastic crowd turned up to launch the stamps and the staff were kept going till 1.00am.


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Oh, It's Got to be About Job Creation, Too
It's Friday and I'm feeling kind of lazy but I wanted to point out that the Latest Leaders are out and you've even managed to humble Jeff by keeping us #1 among the fan blogs. I'm not exactly sure why you keep coming back but I'm assuming it has something to do with us bringing you things like this:
Wait a minute. Is it just me or is that Miss Teen South Carolina running for Vice President of the United States? It's almost like someone took the intellect of Ricky Henderson and mixed it with the temperament of Ty Cobb. It's like….it's like…..well, I guess it's kind of like this:
Oh Jeebus, we're all gonna' die.
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I was thinking about changing the format of my blog to something like yours, except instead of two different people creating perspectives for us to read. It would be me and another personality of mine (made up) that would post topics and explore both sides of the argument. I am not kidding either, I wonder how I would do…
I say go for it. Although you might have some real world competition from the likes of Sen. McCain. I say schizophrenia is a young man's game, though.
Lol, hilarious post. Some belated congrats on staying on top of the leaders board. Always love to read this blog.
And that sounds like a very cool idea Joe. I would love to see that. Bet you'd do great.
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I have a question about Katie Couric. Didn't she look like she was doing everything humanly possible not to laugh during that interview? I kept waiting for her to just go, "What the heck," and break into hysterics.
Congrats again on your total blog domination!


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Caramel Monkey Bread
- Prep Time: 30 min
- Cook Time: 30 min
- Ready Time: 120 min
- Yield: 12 servings
- 1 (16 oz.) package Pillsbury™ Hot Roll Mix
- 1 cup hot water, 120° to 130°F
- 2 tablespoons butter, softened
- 1 large egg
- Crisco® Butter Flavor No-Stick Cooking Spray
- 1/2 cup coarsely chopped nuts
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
- 1/3 cup butter, melted
- 2/3 cup Smucker's® Caramel Flavored Topping
- 3 tablespoons Hungry Jack® Butter Flavored Syrup
Preparation Directions
- PREPARE hot roll mix according to package directions using the hot water, softened butter and egg. Proceed through step 3. Allow dough to rest 5 minutes. Coat 12-cup fluted cake pan with no-stick cooking spray. Sprinkle nuts in bottom of prepared pan.
- MIX sugar and cinnamon in shallow dish. Cut dough with sharp knife to make about 48, 1-inch balls. Roll in melted butter, then cinnamon-sugar mixture. Layer in pan on top of nuts. Combine caramel topping and syrup. Pour evenly over top of dough.
- COVER loosely with plastic wrap and towel. Let rise in warm place 30 minutes or until doubled in size. Remove cover.
- HEAT oven to 350ºF. Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until golden brown. Immediately invert onto serving plate. Let rest 5 minutes. Remove pan. Serve warm.
- TIP To make ahead: Prepare as directed through step 2. Cover loosely with plastic wrap and refrigerate up to 24 hours. Let rise at room temperature 1 1/2 to 2 hours or until doubled in size. Bake as directed in step 4.
Nutritional Information Per Serving
Serving Size (1/12 of recipe), Calories 380 (Calories from Fat 110), Total Fat 13g (Saturated Fat 5g, Trans Fat 0g), Cholesterol 35mg, Sodium 280mg, Total Carbohydrate 62g (Dietary Fiber 2g, Sugars 31g), Protein 7g; Percent Daily Value*: Vitamin A 4%, Vitamin C 2%, Calcium 2%, Iron 10%.
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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Mr. West was born Nov. 29, 1924, in New Castle to Alvin H. West and Mina Hardin West.
He was a deacon in the First Baptist Church of Refugio, a veteran of WWII and a life member of the Refugio Masonic Lodge 190 and also a Al-Amin Shrine member.
He was preceded in death by his parents and his wife, Wila Sue "Mickey" West.
Survivors include a daughter, M. Sue West of Corpus Christi; a son, Chuck West of Aransas Pass; a sister, Marge West Miller of Susanville, Calif.; two brothers, Bill West of Roseburg, Ore., and Hubert West of Mt. Carmel,Ill.; four grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.
The family will conduct private services at a later date.


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I'm posting this here because I think its more of a working/pumping thing than a weaning thing.
My daughter will be one next week. We had a slow start on solids, but once she was ready to feed herself, it really took off. While we ramped up, she still drank the same 15 or so ounces of EBM she did before. I think maintaining the intake at daycare may be part comfort, part trying to make up for being sick a bunch in Jan/Feb and not gaining/losing some weight.
Right now she is eating "people" food every meal. Tons of veggies (brocoli, green beans, sweet potatoes are her favorites), protien and some kind of bread. She gets either as much as she will eat, or I cut her off at an hour (because usually by that point she's just feeding the dog)
However, I need to stop pumping at work. I'm wearing out my welcome when it comes to how much time I have to be away to pump, and to be completely honest, I'm kinda getting sick of it.
She has started getting the hang of a sippy, and they're giving her one with lunch, and she gets one with/after dinner. She drinks an ounce maybe two of water. She also nurses once first thing in the morning, and a couple-3 times at night.
And now, the point. How do I transition her off of the EBM at daycare. Can I give less, cut out one bottle all together and just have them do a sippy of water? Give her a sippy of cows milk? (I'm not a huge fan, but we did plan on doing a little) Two meals, both followed by a 5 oz bottle that she usually drains, plus another 5 oz bottle for a snack, there has to be a better way. And how much fluids does she really even need?


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Definitely attend your local LLL meeting. I've been going since DS was born (he's 5 months old), and I really enjoy it. It's great to meet with other moms who have similar parenting styles. Many have children/babies older than DS, so it's nice to ask experienced moms all my questions.
Several of my friends are currently BFing (there are five of us with babies all 5months and younger), but I've had one in particular say to me, "If you BF beyond a year, I don't think I can be friends with you anymore". Half joking but I found it to be quite offensive! She is a BFing mother herself. They all believe that children should be weaned by one year, because they say there's no longer any nutritional benefit. I beg to differ, and in my opinion, BFing is more about "getting the milk". Anyway, so I plan to go over a year if DS is keen to continue, and I plan to say, "The AAP recommends BFing beyond a year, because babies really do benefit from it beyond a year old". I'm hoping that will work. I also plan to say that I'm not going to just stop nursing DS because I feel it's time...I'm going to let him decide too.


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Ghost Hunt
The Doll House, Part 2
Episode 5 | TV-14
All signs point to a doll as the source of the evil surrounding a frightened family. When a ceremonial fire fails to destroy the toy, the family unravels - and the moans of departed children fill the air.
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