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Movement in the Desert
In the late summer of 1999, a few thousand partiers from Los Angeles flocked to the outskirts of Palm Springs for a two- day festival featuring many of the same bands that played the disastrous Woodstock '99 festival only 3 months earlier.
Even thought the line-up was similar, the two festivals couldn't have been more different. Woodstock became an infamous display of destruction and mayhem, while the first Coachella was the start of a new type of music festival, one with a distinct energy of freedom and creativity. Even back then, it would have been impossible to predict that old polo field would soon become hallowed ground for music lovers across the world. However, over the past 15 years, the Coachella Valley Music and Arts festival, has taken a life of its own.
Nearly 200,000 people come each year to feel the movement and energy of this one-of-a-kind crowd. This festival has become a moment when all arms are opened, and anyone can become a new friend during this incredible shared experience.
Coachella has developed into a state-of-mind. The music, the art, and the light shows all set a stage that allow people to adopt a Coachella persona – one that might even be a more perfect representation of who that person really is – a person that has let their creativity free.
It is the ultimate moment of creative self-expression for this generation. The desert gives everyone an opportunity to think beyond the ordinary, and to embrace the possibilities of what you can be on any given day.
If there is any cultural happening in the world that captures the spirit of Absolut's Transform Today campaign, then this is it. Various forms of creativity collide to inspire thousands to explore themselves and realize how much better life can be when they embrace their inner creativity.
Coachella doesn't need to just be two weekends, it can be a lifestyle of how to be inspired, to interact with others, and to creatively express oneself.


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Citi plugs top sales gap in Europe
Citigroup has made a senior change to its European markets business, promoting a new head of investor sales for markets and securities services in Emea, according to a memo seen by Financial News.
The appointment of Conor Davis fills a gap in the firm's markets team in the region, which has recently seen a number of changes to its senior staff.
Davis replaces Leonardo Arduini, who was promoted to head of its markets business in the region in March.
Arduini had replaced Andres Recoder, who moved to New York to take up a global sales role in the bank's markets and securities services business.
Davis will report to Arduini and Jim O'Donnell, who runs sales for investor clients.
Davis has most recently been head of credit sales in Emea at Citi. In that role he helped integrate the bank's structured, flow credit and global securitised markets.
Davis joined Citi in 2007 as head of European distressed and high-yield trading, and made the move into sales management in 2009.
He began his career working in European high yield and distressed trading for Bank of America, and also worked for Deutsche Bank before moving to Citi.
The memo has also revealed a restructuring in sales in the region. Regional sales will now report directly to Davis, while product sales will jointly report to their respective product heads and also to Davis.
Citi's relationship management team will report to Davis regionally, as well as to O'Donnell.

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A Des Moines police officer who was struck by a sports utility vehicle in March is continuing her rehabilitation.
The Des Moines Register reports Officer Candice Lassiter was released from a hospital rehabilitation unit earlier this month. She is continuing daily rehabilitation sessions.
Officials say the 33-year-old Lassiter will be evaluated in three months to determine if she will be able to return to work.
Lassiter was outside her vehicle investigating an accident on March 24 when a passing driver lost control of his car. The vehicle slid on an icy hill and struck Lassiter.
The driver was cited for failing to maintain control. Authorities say there is no indication the driver was under the influence of alcohol or drugs.


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Girl, 9, helps deliver baby sister
Alyssa Meza says she used what she saw on TV to help her mother
Published On: Jan 03 2014 02:26:13 PM CST Updated On: Jan 03 2014 03:17:18 PM CST
A 9-year-old girl in Chicago used what she saw on TV to help deliver her baby sister.
Alyssa Meza was at home when her mother went into labor two weeks early in the city's Little Village neighborhood on Sunday, Chicago TV station WLS reported.
Her mother said she could feel the baby coming.
Alyssa, who wants to be a paramedic when she grows up, helped catch her baby sister as she came out.
She told Chicago TV station WFLD she wrapped the baby in a towel and even helped cut the umbilical cord with a neighbor.
Alyssa's mother and baby Aaliyah were released from the hospital on New Year's Day.
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Malkin missed the final 11 games of the regular season because of a foot injury suffered in a 1-0 loss to the St. Louis Blues on March 23.
Penguins coach Dan Bylsma is pleased with Malkin's progress but was noncommittal on whether he could play in the first game of the best-of-seven first-round series in Pittsburgh, saying it will depend on how Malkin responds after the practice.
Game 2 is scheduled for Friday night.
Malkin's presence would be welcomed by the Penguins, who went 5-4-2 without him in the final weeks of the regular season.
"Teams change matchup and (defense) pairings in particular depending on whether they're home or away, in particular, or how they perceive the way the lines to be playing," Bylsma said.
Malkin missed 22 games this season but was still second on the team in points with 72 (23 goals, 49 assists).
Linemate Jussi Jokinen watched Malkin practice and thinks he looked like his old self.
"It seems like every time he's come back from an injury, he's played really well," Jokinen said. "I think he's had a lot of injuries throughout his career and every time he's come back, he's played really well, so we hope that's going to happen again."


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If you're a regular reader of this series, you already know that I'm a big fan of the FreeBSD ports collection. It never ceases to amaze me how over 6000 applications are a mere "make install" away. In today's article, I'll share some of the ports I've discovered in the last six months.
As a reminder, if you'd like to try building any of these ports yourself,
make sure you have a
/usr/ports directory on your FreeBSD system. If you
don't, go to www.freebsd.org/ports and click on the link that says
"Download a gzip'd tar file of all ports." After your download, become the
superuser and untar the file like so:
mv ports.tar.gz /usr
cd /usr
tar xzvf ports.tar.gz
This process will create the ports directory and all of its subdirectories
for you. To actually build a port,
cd into its directory as the
superuser, and type
make install clean while you are connected to the
Internet. Once you're finished, leave the superuser account to try out your
new application. If you are using the C shell, you may have to type
rehash so the newly-installed application will be in your path.
Whenever I have a bit of spare time to build some ports, I always seem to
end up in the
/usr/ports/net directory first. I have a small LAN at home
running various operating systems, and I am always looking for new things to try
with my computers. I also like to practice hardening each operating system
to make them more secure, so the description of
nat caught my eye:
If you decide to build this port, remember that you NEVER try to audit a computer that is not yours unless you have the explicit, written permission of the owner of that computer.
Since I had recently installed an MS operating system on my LAN, I was
curious to see what information it would give before I started applying the
required patches to the operating system. So after building the
nat port, I
became a regular user and ran it like this, where 10.0.0.2 is the IP address of
that MS computer on my LAN:
cd /usr/local/share/nat
nat -u userlist.txt -p passlist.txt 10.0.0.2
[*] NAT - NetBIOS Auditing Tool v2.0
Copyright 1996, 1997, 1998, Secure Networks Inc.
[*] Host 10.0.0.2 (unknown) checked on Sat Jan 19 10:28:31 2002
[*] Trying to connect with '*SMBSERVER'
[*] Connected with NetBIOS name *SMBSERVER
[*] Dialect selected: NT LM 0.12
[*] Server has share level security enabled
[*] Server supports password encryption
[*] Remote server's workgroup: WORKGROUP
[*] Logging in as '' with password ''
[*] Able to login as user '' with password ''
[*] Server Operating System: Windows 5.0
[*] Lan Manager Software : Windows 2000 LAN Manager
[*] Machine has a browse list
- NetBIOS OS Version 5.0
- Master browser
- System is Windows NT
[*] Unable to list shares as '' user
[*] Guessing passwords
[*] Trying to login as user 'ADMINISTRATOR' with password 'ADMINISTRATOR'
[*] Trying to login as user 'ADMINISTRATOR' with password 'ADMIN'
[*] Trying to login as user 'ADMINISTRATOR' with password 'PASSWORD'
[*] Trying to login as user 'ADMINISTRATOR' with password 'LOGON'
[*] Guessed: ADMINISTRATOR Password: PASSWORD
[*] Logging in as 'ADMINISTRATOR' with password 'PASSWORD'
[*] Able to login as user 'ADMINISTRATOR' with password 'PASSWORD'
[*] Workstation information
Computer Name : NOVATECH
User Name :
Work Group : WORKGROUP
Version : 5.0
Logon Domain :
Other Domains :
[*] Able to list shares as 'ADMINISTRATOR' user
C$ DISK Default share
ADMIN$ DISK Remote Admin
IPC$ IPC Remote IPC
[*] Verbose share information for C$
Share Name : C$
Comment : Default share
Permissions : 0
Max Uses : 65535
Current Uses : 0
Shared Path : C:\
[*] WARNING: Able to connect to \\*SMBSERVER\C$ as 'ADMINISTRATOR' user
[*] WARNING: Able to WRITE to \\*SMBSERVER\C$
[*] Verbose share information for ADMIN$
Share Name : ADMIN$
Comment : Remote Admin
Permissions : 0
Max Uses : 65535
Current Uses : 0
Shared Path : C:\WINNT
[*] WARNING: Able to connect to \\*SMBSERVER\ADMIN$ as 'ADMINISTRATOR' user
[*] WARNING: Able to WRITE to \\*SMBSERVER\ADMIN$
[*] Verbose share information for IPC$
Share Name : IPC$
Comment : Remote IPC
Permissions : 0
Max Uses : 65535
Current Uses : 1
Shared Path :
[*] WARNING: Able to connect to \\*SMBSERVER\IPC$ as 'ADMINISTRATOR' user
[*] Trying to get user information for *SMBSERVER
[*] Trying to get user information for NOVATECH$
[*] Trying to get user information for ADMINISTRATOR
[*] User Information for ADMINISTRATOR
User : Administrator
Comment : Built-in account for administering the computer/domain
Comment :
Full Name :
Privilege : 2 - User has ADMINISTRATOR privilege
Auth Flags : 0
Password Age : 4 minutes
Home Directory:
Parameters :
Last Logon : Sat Jan 19 05:20:27 2002
Last Logoff : Never
Bad Logons : 0
Total Logons : 4
Logon Server : \\*
Country code : 0
Workstations :
Max storage : Unlimited
Code page : 0
[*] Trying to get user information for GUEST
[*] User Information for GUEST
User : Guest
Comment : Built-in account for guest access to the computer/domain
Comment :
Full Name :
Privilege : 0 - User has GUEST privilege
Auth Flags : 0
Password Age : 0 minutes
Home Directory:
Parameters :
Last Logon : Never
Last Logoff : Never
Bad Logons : 54
Total Logons : 0
Logon Server : \\*
Country code : 0
Workstations :
Max storage : Unlimited
Code page : 0
[*] Trying to get user information for IUSR_*SMBSERVER
[*] Trying to get user information for *SMBSERVER$
Whoa. All of this information was garnered in about a second. And I remind myself why you never connect any operating system to the Internet until it is properly hardened, and better yet, is behind a properly-configured firewall.
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You'll note that I referred to the built-in password and user lists when I
ran the
nat utility. And that I was also negligent in choosing the
obvious password of "password," even though I was just playing around with
an install on my home LAN.
This utility could prove useful in checking the security of computers under
your control. Simply add the usernames you've created in your network to the
userlist.txt file and add obvious passwords that
you hope your users aren't using to the
passlist.txt file. Then run the utility against the IPs running
in your own network, and redirect the output to a file for analysis. I certainly
plan on rerunning this utility once I've hardened that NT computer to check how
successful my hardening efforts were.
My second stop in the ports collection is usually the
directory, as it contains many small but useful utilities. One such useful
utility is
symlinks, which will find and identify all symlinks on your
system. This utility comes with a short little manpage showing all of its
switches. I decided to see all the symlinks on my system, so I became the
superuser (so I would have permission to scan all directories) and ran the
utility like so:
symlinks -vr /
relative: /dev/vga -> ttyv0
relative: /dev/mixer -> mixer0
relative: /dev/sequencer -> sequencer0
relative: /dev/dsp -> dsp0
relative: /dev/audio -> audio0
relative: /dev/dspW -> dspW0
relative: /dev/music -> music0
relative: /dev/pss -> pss0
relative: /dev/dsp0 -> dsp0.0
relative: /dev/audio0 -> audio0.0
relative: /dev/dspW0 -> dspW0.0
absolute: /dev/mouse -> /dev/sysmouse
other_fs: /dev/log -> /var/run/log
absolute: /dev/modem -> /dev/cuaa1
other_fs: /etc/termcap -> /usr/share/misc/termcap
other_fs: /etc/rmt -> /usr/sbin/rmt
relative: /etc/aliases -> mail/aliases
other_fs: /etc/apsfilter/basedir -> /usr/local/share/apsfilter
other_fs: /sys -> usr/src/sys
other_fs: /compat -> /usr/compat
other_fs: /home -> /usr/home
In less than a second, every symlink on my system had been listed. Very handy utility for this purpose.
Another handy utility in the "sysutils" section is
pkg_tree, which will
list all of the ports and packages installed on your system in a tree-like
structure, so you can see their dependencies.
If you've built more than a couple of packages or have built a mega-port such as Gnome or KDE, you'll definitely want to page the output like so:
pkg_tree | more
pkg_tree | less
Just to give you an example of its output, I'll show the first ten lines of mine:
pkg_tree | head
|\__ pkgconfig-0.8.0
|\__ glib-1.2.10_4
| \__ pkgconfig-0.8.0
\__ gettext-0.10.35
\__ linux_base-6.1
The last utility I'll mention today in the "sysutils" section is
fortunelock. This is a short and sweet program with a short little
manpage. If you need to leave a terminal and don't want to log out first,
It will prompt you for a password and ask you to repeat it. Once you've done so, it will repeat random fortunes until you return and re-enter the password. Passersby will at least be entertained by your terminal, even if they don't know the password to access it.
One of my favorite ports is in the
/usr/ports/textproc directory and is
glimpse. I have a lot of articles and whitepapers stashed away in
my home directory, and this utility is indispensible for finding a certain
line of text. It is similar to the
locate utility in that it builds a
database; because of this database, searches are blazingly fast, almost
The first time you want to use
glimpse, go to your home directory (I'm
assuming the information you want to find is somewhere in your home
directory and its subdirectories) and build the database like so:
glimpseindex -o
This is glimpseindex version 4.12, 1999.
Indexing "/home/genisis" ...
Size of files being indexed = 6437564 B, Total #of files = 850
Index-directory: "/usr/home/genisis"
Glimpse-files created here:
-rw------- 1 genisis wheel 35658 Jan 13 19:52 .glimpse_filenames
-rw------- 1 genisis wheel 3400 Jan 13 19:52 .glimpse_filenames_index
-rw------- 1 genisis wheel 0 Jan 13 19:51 .glimpse_filetimes
-rw------- 1 genisis wheel 510659 Jan 13 19:52 .glimpse_index
-rw------- 1 genisis wheel 863 Jan 13 19:52 .glimpse_messages
-rw------- 1 genisis wheel 342572 Jan 13 19:52 .glimpse_partitions
-rw------- 1 genisis wheel 130 Jan 13 19:52 .glimpse_statistics
-rw------- 1 genisis wheel 262144 Jan 13 19:52 .glimpse_turbo
The indexing will churn along for a few minutes, depending on how large your home directory is. You'll note that it will make several hidden files in your home directory that all begin with ".glimpse". Once you've made the database, try to find something. As an example, I know that somewhere I have a file that tells me the modem code for "auto answer," but I can't remember which file, so I'll try:
glimpse "auto answer"
/home/genisis/unix: no result codes (Q1), and auto answer (&S0=1). Then write the
/home/genisis/unix: at&s0=1 turn on auto answer
Not only is the modem code located in
/home/genisis/unix, I don't even
have to read the file as, it also returned the modem code I was looking
for. See why this is one of my favorite utilities?
The manpage for
glimpse has several examples on how to fine-tune your
search. If you use this utility often and are constantly creating and
removing files from your home directory, you may want to consider running
glimpseindex as a
cron job. I'm pretty lazy, so I usually just rerun
glimpseindex whenever I can't find what I'm looking for.
While I was in the "textproc" section, I also came across an interesting
utility known as
dadadodo. Even if you decide not to build this port,
I highly recommend checking out the homepage of this utility's creator; it's well worth a visit.
To run the utility, simply type:
dadadodo name_of_a_file
I've found that saved emails, especially boring, overly technical ones, make great input files. With a utility like this, one could quit their day job to become either a poet or a fortuneteller.
The last port I built from the "textproc" section really impressed me. It
was the
gutenbook port. If you haven't heard about the Gutenberg
Project, you can check it out here.
A separate project, known as the Gutenbook project, is a very user-friendly utility for accessing and reading the etexts available at Project Gutenberg. You may also want to check out the URL for Gutenbook and see the screenshots for yourself.
Once you've built this port, start it from an X Windows session. If you click on the "Browse Gutenberg (L)ibrary" button and wait a few seconds, you'll get a list of all of the available etexts. The titles are in alphabetical order and there are tabs so you can go to the section you are interested in. Or, use the "Search in Title/Author" section to search for a specific etext. Once you find one you're interested in, highlight it, click "Read Selected Etext," and wait a few seconds as it downloads it for you. You know it's finished when a zip file appears under the "Local Copy" column. Close that window and your selected etext will be loaded and ready for you to read. Not only can you read it, but you can jump to a certain page or search for a specific bit of text. You may never want to read a book the old-fashioned way again. One last note: you'll notice that a new directory named "Gutenberg_Library" will be created in your home directory to store your downloaded etexts.
The last port I'll mention today is a Keyboard Practicer found in
This is a very user-friendly GUI interface to practice your typing skills. Run it from an X Windows session and it will look like this:
The default mode is to show a Dvorak layout; if you're using a regular keyboard, go to "Options-->Keyboard" and choose "Qwerty".
Then, just start typing what you see in the top section without looking at your fingers. If you're not sure where the key is located, don't look at your fingers; instead, notice which key is highlighted on your monitor. This program will keep track of your mistakes and your speed in wpm. If you want to practice typing another file, go to "File-->Load file" which will show you all of the files in your home directory. Highlight one to practice typing and to see if you can improve your speed.
I hope you enjoyed this latest tour through the ports collection and will check out some ports yourself to make your own discoveries.
Dru Lavigne is a network and systems administrator, IT instructor, author and international speaker. She has over a decade of experience administering and teaching Netware, Microsoft, Cisco, Checkpoint, SCO, Solaris, Linux, and BSD systems. A prolific author, she pens the popular FreeBSD Basics column for O'Reilly and is author of BSD Hacks and The Best of FreeBSD Basics.
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PITTSBURGH, PA – Fares lowered by 27 percent, about 360,000 additional passengers per year, a total economic impact of $180 million to the region – these are just a few of the results of a just-released study on the local impact of expanded low cost carrier (LCC) service at Pittsburgh International Airport. The Allegheny County Airport Authority commissioned this study, conducted by Wilbur Smith Associates (WSA), in an effort to quantify the value of lower airfares on the tri-state region.
Pittsburgh International Airport's current roster of LCCs includes AirTran, JetBlue, Southwest and USA3000.
In 2000, the average one-way fare to all destinations was nearly $192, one of the highest in the nation. The expansion of low-fare service at Pittsburgh lowered this figure dramatically. The average one-way fare decreased by 27 percent to $140 from 2000 to 2006, and fares to Pittsburgh's Top 15 destinations dropped 32 percent to $120.
The US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics reported that Pittsburgh International Airport was number one in dropping fares among US airports during the first quarter 2007 compared to 2006.
"We have been saying the discount fares of low cost carriers provide true economic benefits to the region. In quantifying these results, we learn that they have saved local businesses $110 million in travel costs; they saved leisure travelers $64.5 million and they increased visitors by 111,000 in 2006," stated Dan Onorato, Allegheny County Chief Executive.
Another aspect of the study explores the implications should LCC service cease at Pittsburgh International Airport. "Every time a low cost carrier started or expanded service in Pittsburgh, the Airport Authority has been on record to say we need to support the new service, otherwise we will lose them and fares will go up. This report details the limited options air travelers would have if LCCs exited," said Kent G. George, Executive Director, Allegheny County Airport Authority. The options passengers would have include paying higher fares, driving to other airports that have lower fares, driving instead of flying and forgoing travel. This would also cost the region jobs and pose a near impossible challenge to Pittsburgh International Airport in ever attracting any other LCCs.
Reducing the cost of flying out of Pittsburgh International Airport has been one of the primary goals of the Regional Air Service Partnership - a joint effort of Allegheny County Chief Executive Dan Onorato, the Allegheny County Airport Authority, and the Allegheny Conference on Community Development.
"Lower airfares make our region competitive for retaining and locating businesses. More low cost carriers at Pittsburgh International Airport mean more travel options that save money – that helps both businesses and the local economy," said Barbara McNees, president of the Greater Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce, an affiliate of the Allegheny Conference.
Leaders of the LCCs at Pittsburgh International Airport also weighed in on the study results: "AirTran Airways is pleased to continue our longstanding history of driving down fares and stimulating demand in the Pittsburgh market," said AirTran Airways` vice president of marketing and sales Tad Hutcheson.
"Southwest Airlines strives to offer Pittsburgh travelers low fares and flights to popular destinations. We are so thrilled to be making a difference in Pittsburgh and look forward to growing in this great city," said Gary Kelly, C.E.O. and Vice Chairman, Southwest Airlines.
"JetBlue has brought lower airfares to the region since launching service at Pittsburgh International Airport in June 2006," said Trey Urbahn, Executive Vice President, Chief Revenue Officer, JetBlue Airways. "We encourage travelers to take advantage of our convenient flights to both New York/JFK and Boston."
"USA3000 Airlines has received great support from the Pittsburgh market. In an ongoing effort to offer affordable fares to leisure destination USA3000 recently announced nonstop service to Montego Bay Jamaica and the re-introduction to Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. USA3000 will continue to offer savings without sacrificing quality and service for the Pittsburgh Market," says Angus Kinnear, Chief Operating Officer for USA3000 Airlines.
The report is available in two forms. A two page Executive Summary and the full report are both available as downloadable PDF files at www.FlyPittsburgh.com.


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Cera, Gentile cast no votes on budget
COLUMBUS – State Sen. Lou Gentile, D-Steubenville, and state Rep. Jack Cera, D-Bellaire, on Friday voted against the two-year state budget citing issues on taxes and a lack of funding for public schools as the reasons for their votes.
According to Gentile, the conference committee made several unprecedented changes that were not properly vetted.
"House Bill 59 passed out of the Senate chambers by a party-line vote of 21 to 11. This budget will raise taxes on seniors, homeowners and small businesses," said Gentile.
"In this budget, communities, public education and job creation were not a top priority for the Senate majority. The new tax plan of the House and Senate Republicans gives the wealthiest in Ohio tax cuts at the expense of everyone else. The burden is being shifted to Ohio's most vulnerable populations and the Republican majority failed to provide the resources our schools and communities desperately need. Instead of fixing the problem, this plan hurts senior citizens, small business owners and is unfair to the working families in Eastern and Southeastern Ohio," said Gentile.
He said the conference committee made last-minute changes concerning a broad tax restructuring package and a handful of education issues.
"The Republican tax plan will award Ohio's most affluent with average annual tax cuts of more than $6,000 a year, while low- and moderate-income Ohioans will pay slightly more. The Republican tax plan will also hurt local communities by making it harder to pass future levies because of the elimination of the property tax rollback," noted Gentile.
"I offered an alternative to this tax plan multiple times during this budget process which would have stimulated the economy and created and saved jobs.
During the Senate budget debate I presented amendments several times to restore $396 million to the Local Government Fund to alleviate the funding challenges our struggling communities are facing. There is already a burden on property owners for funding education and basic public services, and I fear that it will be made even more disproportionate by this budget," Gentile said.
Currently, seniors age 65 or older qualify for the homestead exemption, shielding $25,000 of the market value of their home from property taxation. Under the new tax plan, those who are not yet 65 and who earn more than $30,000 annually, will no longer qualify for the homestead exemption. This was the threshold before eligibility was expanded in 2007, said Gentile.
"I'm deeply concerned about how this will impact struggling seniors in my district who are already on a fixed income. As the cost of living increases, the homestead exemption would have provided valuable property tax relief. However, many seniors in my district will no longer be eligible for this exemption," said Gentile.
"Budgets are about priorities. Rather than invest in education, strong communities and health care, this General Assembly chose to cut taxes for very few at the expense of all Ohioans. It is unconscionable that Ohio is sitting on a $2 billion dollar surplus while communities are forced to make lay-offs and are struggling to provide basic public," he said.
Gentile expressed concern about the lack of input citizens had in the final budget bill.
"There are complex issues that will have dramatic effects on our state's economy.To make such sweeping changes, in less than a week, with little input from stakeholders is dangerous and undemocratic," said Gentile.
According to Cera, the provisions in the two-year state budget raise the state sales tax, increase property taxes and raise spending without helping public schools and local governments.
"The $61.7 billion budget is the largest in state history and directs more funding away from public schools and leaves our local governments still struggling to fund basic services," said Cera.
"The biennial budget, a 5,300-page document being dissected by the 130th General Assembly, should be the vehicle for finalizing the financial aspect of running programs and agencies across the state. Instead, bills on other issues were dumped into the budget bill at the last hour," said Cera.
"Such proposals," according to Cera, "had no business in the state budget bill and should have remained separate issues. These issues needed to be vetted properly through the committee process, not dumped into a budget bill."
Cera said a new tax package was also inserted at the last few days of deliberation.
"It includes a sales tax hike which disproportionately affects working families and puts our local businesses at a disadvantage with surrounding states. The tax plan also limits property tax relief for senior citizens and eliminates property tax savings for all property owners on any new local levy that is passed. Several other changes in tax policy occurred at the end of the budget process. There was only one week to review the effect of these tax changes on seniors, homeowners, farmers and small businessess. This is not the way to create tax policy,"Cera stated.
Cera added that throughout the lengthy debate on the floor, everyone in the majority party who stood up to speak on the bill prefaced his or her comments with the words, 'this bill isn't great."
"Perhaps a more bi-partisan approach to the whole process would have been a step closer to making it great," said Cera.
Seven House Republicans broke ranks with the majority party to join Democrats in opposing the bill due to its tax policies and increases in spending, giving it a final approval vote of 53 to44.


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The Challenge: To spread the message of No Child Left Behind to the vast network of parents and community members who are actively involved in faith-based and community activities.
The Solution: Rally the armies of compassion in our country to make sure that people of all faiths in every community will hear a new message of hope for educating every child in America.
No Child Left Behind recognizes the important role faith-based organizations and leaders play in America's communities.
- A week after he was inaugurated, President Bush declared that the federal government would play a new role as a supporter, enabler, catalyst and collaborator with faith-based and community organizations because he recognized that these quiet heroes bring hope and opportunity to people's lives in ways that are beyond the federal government's ability.
- Whether through tutoring, after-school programs, mentoring or parent training, faith-based and community organizations have worked for years to leave no child behind.
- Often these groups are the only ones active in communities where the needs are the greatest. It's important that they are supported, not undermined or shut out, by Washington.
The new law gives communities and parents increased local control and more opportunities for faith-based and community organizations to aid in improving student academic achievement.
- The President and the Secretary of Education recognize that it is only in partnership with these community leaders that we can truly ensure that no child is left behind.
President Bush is working with community leadership to spread the promise and message of reform.
- Community leaders can help transform the culture of expectations in education by calling upon local officials to fully implement No Child Left Behind.
- Community leaders can encourage their local officials to take advantage of all the opportunities the act offers.
- Faith-based and community organizations can inform and educate parents about the new opportunities available for their children.
No Child Left Behind gives new freedom to faith-based organizations.
- Faith-based and community organizations are eligible to apply for certain grants from the Department of Education and their local schools.
- Faith-based and community organizations can provide supplemental educational services to children who attend schools in need of improvement. Faith-based and community organizations can also compete for funds to provide after-school and mentoring programs.


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Court documents reveal that Big Island police have surveillance video that was used to arrest and charge two Kurtistown men for the murder of a missing man.
Dante Peter Gilman, 44, was reported missing on Jan. 10.
According to court documents, an altercation took place at Gilman's residence on Dec. 28, 2012 involving three male suspect who confronted Gilman.
The video appeared to show Claude Keone Krause, 30, with a rifle shooting Gilman, according to the arrest report. Court papers also say another man, Kawena Krause, 19, appeared to put Gilman in a choke hold until Gilman's body went limp.
The third male, who appeared to be a minor, was present during the incident.
The Krauses were in a Hilo courtroom on Tuesday for their initial court appearance.
They were charged with second-degree murder, first-degree robbery, first-degree burglary, second-degree theft and use of a firearm in the commission of a separate felony. Claude Krause was also charged with two counts of ownership/possession of a firearm prohibited.
Big Island police have not yet found Gilman's body.
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April 18, 2006: NASAs Hubble Space Telescope has captured the most detailed images to date of the open star clusters NGC 265 and NGC 290 in the Small Magellanic Cloud — two sparkling sets of gemstones in the southern sky. These images, taken with Hubbles Advanced Camera for Surveys, show a myriad of stars in crystal clear detail. The brilliant open star clusters are located about 200,000 light-years away and are roughly 65 light-years across. The images were taken in October and November 2004.See the rest:
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After much discussion over which state was the real Mitten State, Pure Michigan and Travel Wisconsin are joining together to encourage folks to 'shake hands' and unite for a great cause.
We are encouraging people to put their Michigan pride toward a good cause by donating new or gently used mittens to local charities around the state. If you or your business donate mittens, we want to hear about it – leave a comment on this post or head over to the Pure Michigan Facebook page and share your story.
The outpouring of support from Michiganders and our fans has been tremendous. What better way for the Mitten State to harness this state pride than by providing those in need with mittens to stay warm this winter?


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Will remain State Superintendent until December 31
August 29, 2001
Attached: Statement of State Board of Education
Statement of Supt. McGee
Highlights of McGee tenure
Board Chairman Ron Gidwitz will be available by conference call from 3-3:30 p.m. today to talk with reporters. A maximum of 30 lines are available at any time. To connect, call 888-311-0082, then dial 7317838 and the "pound" sign.
Supt. McGee will not be available for interviews today. For further information, call Wade Nelson or Lee Milner, 217-782-4648.
Statement of the Illinois State Board of Education
August 29, 2001
The members of the State Board of Education are committed to making significant and continuous improvements to the state's educational system - improvements that will ultimately ensure that every Illinois student is prepared to succeed in an increasingly complex world.
During the past several months, we have talked extensively with State Superintendent Glenn W. "Max" McGee about our progress, which has been substantial; about the challenges of the future; and about what will be necessary to meet those challenges. We have concluded that new leadership will be required for success in the next, much more difficult stage of school reform.
As a result of these discussions, State Superintendent McGee has informed the State Board that he will not seek renewal of his current contract, which expires on December 31, 2001. In his letter to the Board, Max indicated that he believed that "change needs to happen more rapidly" and "...the State Board would be better served by a new leader who can bring different experiences and skills to the table." The Board will immediately begin the process of searching for his successor.
Dr. McGee was appointed as State Superintendent in 1998 and charged with building on the reform foundation created by previous state boards and superintendents. Three years later, he has clearly helped to move the state forward. The Illinois Learning Standards have been implemented in schools throughout the state; the new state assessment system has been put in place; and high-impact programs such as early childhood education and reading improvement have been emphasized. The state education agency has increasingly focused on teaching and learning, and it has provided support for local district efforts through innovations such as the ILSI website, the Illinois Snapshot of Early Literacy and the Illinois Virtual High School.
On behalf of the citizens of Illinois, we are grateful to Dr. McGee for his energetic and passionate leadership for this phase of educational reform. We are also grateful for the clarity with which he has articulated the challenges of the next stage.
Despite all the progress, despite all the accomplishments, more than forty percent of Illinois students are not meeting the Learning Standards. That is simply unacceptable in a world in which post-secondary education is becoming a requirement for all but the most menial of jobs. Equally unacceptable is the achievement gap among groups of students, a gap that finds many minority students and students from low-income families consistently achieving well below their peers.
The State Board of Education is absolutely committed to eliminating this achievement gap and to increasing the academic performance of all students. Those are formidable goals under any circumstances, but they are particularly so in the face of increasingly serious teacher shortages and vast differences in resources among districts. Meeting them will require the collective will of all Illinois citizens, close collaboration among state and local policymakers and increased sensitivity to the needs of local communities and their schools.
During the next several months, the State Board of Education will consult with a broad range of community members about the search for a new State Superintendent and the leadership qualities needed for the next stage of educational improvement. A panel of three Board members, including the Chairman, will oversee the transition processes. A new state superintendent will be appointed as expeditiously as possible.
Dr. McGee will remain as State Superintendent through December 2001 and will work closely with the Board to assure continuity of direction during the transition process. He will announce his future plans at a later date.
We thank Max for all that he has contributed to improving education in Illinois and look forward to working with him in other roles in the years ahead. Max is a marathon runner but he and we understand that sometimes it is necessary to hand off the baton in order to accelerate the pace and master the next part of the course.
August 29, 2001
Dear Members of the State Board of Education,
During the past three years, I have been honored and humbled to provide leadership for our state's two million students, 150,000 educators, and nine hundred school districts. It has been a privilege to work with you, our dedicated staff, our educational and business partners, the Governor and his staff, and the members of the General Assembly to move an educational agenda that holds such hope and promise for all of our children.
Public education in Illinois is stronger than it has ever been. From preschool through high school, we have much for which we can be proud. Our early childhood education programs provide a model for other states, and the Advanced Placement scores of our high school students are the best in the entire country!
I am particularly proud of our success in providing resources, support and leadership for improved teaching and learning. Here are just a few examples:
As your leader, I have worked closely with our state legislators and members of our Congressional delegation on behalf of our students. We have been able to generate a record amount of federal funds for Illinois schools and the State has targeted support for kids who need it most. Our early childhood students, our struggling readers and our troubled teenagers have received enormous financial and legislative support from the General Assembly.
Despite all that, I am perhaps most proud of the doors we have opened for our high school students who never thought they had much of a future. Despite many skeptical objections, we incorporated the ACT into our capstone high school test, the Prairie State Achievement Examination. Our juniors took the Prairie State test seriously, our teachers prepared them well and consequently, more than 10,000 students who never would have taken the ACT -- students who did not have someone to get them to a Saturday test, who could not afford to pay the fee, or who had been led to believe that higher education was for someone else - received scores that will make it possible for them to enroll in most colleges and universities in Illinois. These students have opportunities and a future they would not have otherwise considered.
Despite these accomplishments, I am the first to admit we have a long way to go in making education "second to none" for all Illinois students. Closing the achievement gap must top the educational agenda, and we must foster a collective will to rectify the funding inequities that will perpetuate a stratified system of achievement. Some of the programs we have put in place will help -- the Illinois Snapshot of Early Learning, the Illinois Virtual High School, a visionary child nutrition program and the Futures for Kids/SBE website for parents and childcare providers of preschool children-but we must engage all of our partners and all of the public in solving this tough problem. Their engagement and commitment are necessary for find the resources to address the teacher shortage, to reduce the dropout rate and to have EVERY parent involved in the education of their child.
With that said, I am writing to inform you that I will not be seeking a renewal of my contract for a second term. At this point in my career, I believe that change needs to happen more rapidly, and in that vein I believe that the State Board would be better served by a new leader who can bring different experiences and skills to the table. It has been frustrating not to give our agency and my employees the time and attention they need and deserve, and it has been frustrating trying to maintain the focus needed to excel while balancing far too numerous competing demands on my time. I appreciate the opportunity you have afforded me to be a leader, and I trust I have served you, our staff, our teachers and our children well. I stand ready to assist in the transition so that we can maintain the momentum while finding a new leader who will take education in Illinois to the next level, a level that will be "Second to None."
Max McGee
State Superintendent
of Education
Illinois State Board of Education
Superintendent Glenn W. "Max" McGee
Educational Agenda and Accomplishments
Dr. McGee was appointed as State Superintendent in 1998 and charged with building on the reform foundation established by previous boards and superintendents. Three years later, he has clearly succeeded in moving the state forward in important educational endeavors.
The Illinois Learning Standards adopted in 1997 have been infused into K-12 curriculum and instruction and embedded into students' daily lessons. Standards for Early Childhood Education provide guidance for quality programs; they have been endorsed by respected national experts. The State Board adopted teaching standards for both content and teaching skills that now anchor teacher preparation, certification and certificate renewal.
The State Board made a successful transition from the Illinois Goals Assessment Program (IGAP) to the Illinois Standards Assessment Test (ISAT) upon the adoption of the Illinois Learning Standards. For the third year, these tests in grades 3, 4, 5, 7 and 8 are providing students, parents and educators with important information regarding student achievement of the Standards.
Prairie State Achievement Examination (PSAE)
In 2001, the state administered the first PSAE tests to all 11th graders. This ground-breaking capstone examination embeds the ACT test, used by most Illinois colleges for admissions decisions. Preliminary test results indicate that students took the tests seriously and that some will have the potential to attend college who otherwise may not have had the opportunity to show their knowledge.
Improving reading ability has been of highest priority to the State Board and the Superintendent for the past three years. Reading kits with resources and research were put into the hands of all public school kindergarten, first and second grade teachers. In addition, ISBE is piloting a comprehensive diagnostic reading assessment, the "Snapshot of Early Literacy," that kindergarten and first grade teachers can use to identify and remediate reading problems. The Illinois Reads website was developed for the Governor by State Board staff. It provides important information and resources on reading instruction at www.illinoisreads.com. In the Spring of 2001, the Superintendent and State Board successfully advanced important statutory changes to the Reading Block Grant in the General Assembly, with the result that reading funds will now be directed to proven, research-based reading instruction, especially in the early grades.
ILSI and ILEARN Websites
The Illinois School Improvement Website developed in conjunction with the Illinois Business Roundtable and NCREL, provides educators, parents and taxpayers with a means to compare their schools' achievement with that of any other school in the state, and to schools with similar demographics-all with the click of a mouse. The site also leads users through School Improvement Plans and to resources related to the teaching and learning of the Illinois Learning Standards. The ILEARN website allows anyone to compare financial data from one district to another (www.isbe.net - click on ILEARN).
Customer Service
Last year, the Superintendent established a Customer Service department and deployed staff to field positions to respond immediately to problems, needs and issues from school districts and constituents. Response time for problem solving has decreased from a few days to a few hours. In addition to this permanent customer service presence, nearly 750 ISBE employees spend a full day in school, learning how their work affects schools and to identify ways to improve service and products. At Schoolhouse Meetings around the state, Superintendent McGee brought information on education issues and initiatives straight to communities, and listened to their priorities, needs and concerns first-hand. Regular services to schools and educators have also improved markedly; for example, the time for issuing a teaching certificate has been reduced from several weeks to a few days.
Access to Educational Opportunities
Working closely with the Governor's Office, ISBE has launched several programs to provide students with important new learning opportunities. The Summer Bridges program provides students with summer classes that boost reading performance, while training teachers in better teaching methods they can use throughout the school year. In three years, Summer Bridges has grown from serving 5,000 to serving nearly 30,000 students. For high schoolers, the Illinois Virtual High School (IVHS) now provides on-line courses to supplement the offerings they take on their regular campus. As more students strive to meet and exceed the Illinois Learning Standards, IVHS will become a key option for pursuing challenging coursework and even college credit through on-line Advanced Placement classes.
Performance Management and E-government
Over the past three years, ISBE has moved to a performance management model, with integrated business plans, budgets and performance measures for every division in the agency. Extending this model to the broader education system, in 2000 the State Board for the first time tied its annual report and budget request to performance goals and measures. ISBE continues to improve its management processes through applying internationally accepted business models and processes, converting to electronic data collection and reporting, and internal management accountability.
Superintendent McGee has been, and continues to be, an impassioned advocate for educational improvement. He has raised the issue of achievement gaps among students to state prominence. He has shepherded Early Childhood Education to the forefront of state and national discussions. He has been diligent in his pursuit of state and federal funds for special education, reading and mathematics. He is well-known throughout Illinois for his ability to clearly illustrate and passionately convey important needs for children, educators and schools.


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On Wednesday, April 2nd, Wurtsboro Troopers arrested a Wurtsboro Man for Aggravated Driving While Ability Impaired.
Wurtsboro Troopers stopped Keith Travers, of Wurtsboro NY, for traffic violations in the Village of Wurtsboro on Wednesday night. Upon investigation Travers was arrested for Driving While Intoxicated. Travers was transported to SP Wurtsboro and processed. Travers provided a breath sample of .29%. Travers was charged with Aggravated Driving While Intoxicated and is due to reappear in Town of Mamakating Court.


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The iconic Eames RAR armchair is now made from a moulded, recyclable polypropylene shell that's designed for every body shape. The shell is placed on a four-legged braced wire base with two wooden rockers, finished with clear varnish. The result is timeless style with a relaxing, smooth movement.
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Highly influential and endlessly imitated, husband and wife team Charles and Ray Eames revolutionised 20th Century furniture design. They combined their respective disciplines in architecture and modern art with low-cost yet durable materials to create perfectly balanced, functional furniture.
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Put out smoking materials and other open flames.
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Operate electric switches.
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Any spark in the area where propane gas is present may ignite the gas. This could include the spark in a light switch, telephone, appliance motor, and even static electricity from walking across a room.
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When a tornado is coming, you have only a short amount of time to make life-or-death decisions. Advance planning and quick response are the keys to surviving a tornado.
Conduct tornado drills each tornado season. Designate an area in the home as a shelter, and practice having everyone in the family go there in response to a tornado threat.
Discuss with family members the difference between a "tornado watch" and a "tornado warning."
Contact your local emergency management office or American Red Cross chapter for more information on tornadoes.
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Tornadoes generally occur near the trailing edge of a thunderstorm. It is not uncommon to see clear, sunlit skies behind a tornado.
If at home:
Go at once to the basement, storm cellar, or the lowest level of the building. If there is no basement, go to an inner hallway or a smaller inner room without windows, such as a bathroom or closet. Get away from the windows. Go to the center of the room. Stay away from corners because they tend to
attract debris. Get under a piece of sturdy furniture such as a workbench or heavy table or desk and hold on to it. Use arms to protect head and neck. If in a mobile home, get out and find shelter elsewhere.
If at work or school:
Go to the basement or to an inside hallway at the lowest level. Avoid places with wide-span roofs such as auditoriums, cafeterias, large hallways, or shopping malls. Get under a piece of sturdy furniture such as a workbench or heavy table or desk and hold on to it. Use arms to protect head and neck.
If outdoors:
If possible, get inside a building. If shelter is not available or there is no time to get indoors, lie in a ditch or low-lying area or crouch near a strong building. Be aware of the potential for flooding. Use arms to protect head and neck.
If in a car:
Never try to out drive a tornado in a car or truck. Tornadoes can change direction quickly and can lift up a car or truck and toss it through the air. Get out of the car immediately and take shelter in a nearby building. If there is no time to get indoors, get out of the car and lie in a ditch or low-lying area away from the
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Help injured or trapped persons.
Give first aid when appropriate. Don't try to move the seriously injured unless they are in immediate danger of further injury. Call for help.
Turn on radio or television to get the latest emergency information.
Stay out of damaged buildings. Return home only when authorities say it is safe.
Use the telephone only for emergency calls.
Clean up spilled medicines, bleaches, or gasoline or other flammable liquids immediately.
Leave the building if you smell gas or chemical fumes.
Take pictures of the damage--both to the house and its contents--for insurance purposes.
Remember to help your neighbors who may require special assistance--infants, the elderly, and people with disabilities.
Check for gas leaks--If you smell gas or hear a blowing or hissing noise, open a window and quickly leave the building. Turn off the gas at the main valve of your propane tank if you can. Call the gas company for an inspection of your system before turning the gas back on.
Look for electrical system damage--If you see sparks or broken or frayed wires, or if you smell hot insulation, turn off the electricity at the main fuse box or circuit breaker. If you have to step in water to get to the fuse box or circuit breaker, call an electrician first for advice.
Check for sewage and water line damage--If you suspect sewage lines are damaged, avoid using toilets and call a plumber. If water pipes are damaged, contact the water company and avoid using water from the tap.
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- Taxometric analysis supports a dimensional latent structure for schizotypy
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- Rawlings, David; Williams, Ben; Haslam, Nick; Claridge, Gordon
- Abstract
- The existence of a discrete class of people vulnerable to schizophrenia spectrum disorders is the most replicated finding of taxometric research. Evidence for such a 'taxon' has been obtained with diverse measures of schizotypy in clinical, high-risk, and normal samples. However, recent demonstrations that skewed indicators of a latent dimension can yield a spuriously taxonic pattern of results may call some of these findings into question. Normal adults (N = 1073) completed measures of positive (perceptual aberration, magical ideation) and negative (physical and social anhedonia) components of schizotypy. Taxometric curves resembled those obtained previously, but when a simulation procedure took skew into account, dimensional models of schizotypy received stronger support than taxonic models for most schizotypy components, with findings for magical thinking inconclusive. A re-evaluation of previous taxonic conclusions regarding the latent structure of schizotypy is indicated.
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- Swinburne University of Technology. Faculty of Life and Social Sciences
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- Personality and Individual Differences, Vol. 44, no. 8 (Jun 2008), p. 1640-1651
- Publication year
- 2008
- Keyword(s)
- Dimensionality; Psychosis proneness; Schizotypy; Taxometric analysis; Taxon
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The letter, which was read by supervisor Dan Sturm at the meeting on May 22, explained that some time in the late 1940s the town board posted signs at either end of the road calling it Segar Road. A short time later, the Rosenbergs, who owned a hotel on the road, posted their own signs at the end of the road, calling it Rosenberg Road. Barr's letter said that over time the Segar name came to dominate, and the Rosenberg name faded from use.
Barr wrote that all residents and organizations now on the road exclusively use the name Segar, and would like the name to be officially shortened. He sent a petition with 13 signatures of residents who live on and near the road.
After reading the letter, Sturm explained that a portion of the road was named Segar in 1934; however, the town officially adopted the name Segar & Rosenberg for the entire road in 1950. Council member Lillian Hendrickson said that she had researched the matter and "911 knows it as Segar & Rosenberg Road. Everybody I've spoken to that have lived here for I don't know how many years has known it as Segar & Rosenberg; it's been that way for 63 years. Maybe it was named that way to honor someone."
Councilwoman Vicky Simpson said, "It has been Segar & Rosenberg Road, it must have been to honor the Segars and the Rosenbergs, and I'm not really sure why we're looking to change this right now."
Sturm said the current sign, which says "Segar B. Rosenberg," is incorrect in that the "B" was inserted in place of the ampersand.
Council member Bernie Cohen said "I really don't know anyone named Rosenberg on that road." He said if there is no opposition, perhaps it should be changed back to Segar.
Council member Denise Frangipane said the request for the change is coming from people who live on and near the road. She said, "People feel about their road name the same way they feel about their own name, because they live there." She said when she was a child riding the bus to school, the road was always posted on both ends as only Segar, and it was posted that way up until a couple of weeks ago when the new signs went up.
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Sturm said he was concerned about making the change because "911 would have to change, the town maps would have to change." He also said a search on Google on the double names turns up on a location "in a field where there is no road."
A member of the community said maybe the Rosenberg name was added because the couple's son was killed in a car accident near the road. But that happened in 1963, so the two things were likely not connected.
Code enforcement officer B.J. Gettel said, "You have a second Segar Road in the Town of Bethel. According to 911, you can't have two Segar Roads."
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My baby is one week old started to breast feed in the hospital then went to bottle is it ok to do both i want to feel that bond with him help
My baby is one week old started to breast feed in the hospital then went to bottle is it ok to do both i want to feel that bond with him help
Absolutely okay to do both! When you say bottle - do you mean formula or expressed breastmilk?
Skin on skin time is great bonding for the two of you. It took a week for me to get my milk in and my son was born early so could not latch on or nurse so in addition to bottles we used a SNS system (supplemental system)... but the best bonding time was the skin on skin time....
congrats on your new baby!!
As far as what I was told, my Lactation Consultant said to wait to introduce the bottle until 3 weeks of age to make sure breastfeeding is established. That is if you are still wanting to breastfeed. I think that is so you can avoid nipple confusion. Of course it is up to you on what you do, but this was the advice given to me. Good luck and take care!
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There are definitely mamas who do both, especially those who work outside of the home. It's generally recommended that you stick to breastfeeding exclusively until bf'ing is well-established (often 4-6 weeks, although every baby is different). Otherwise, you run the risk of nipple confusion, which makes bf'ing a real challenge. Do you have a situation in which you could try bf'ing exclusively for at least a while to be certain you've got it down before you introduce bottles? (And do you need to use bottles at all?)
If you're having trouble getting bf'ing going again, you can try lots of skin-to-skin contact (strip baby down to the diaper, take off your top), nursing baby while you're cuddling in a warm bath, wearing your baby and nursing. It will also take lots of persistence and patience. And it may be a matter of slowly reintroducing the breast at times when baby is calm and well-rested, thus more likely to be willing to do something different, and eventually moving more to bf'ing and less bottles.
I'm sure more experienced mamas will chime in, and you may want to check out kellymom.com or contact a LC or LLL leader for more help and support.
It is NOT too late to have that bonding experience. Hang in there. You're doing a great job, mama!
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Congratulations on your new baby.
My baby had to do both (some formula and EBM) in the beginning bec. she was in the NICU and they wouldn't let her go home if she didn't have a bowel movement.
Anyway...it's ok to do both but as previous post mentioned it is best to wait a few weeks. Because of nipple confusion but also your baby might get used to the ease of the nipple flow and for breastfeeding your LO needs to work a bit harder for the milk. I would make sure the latch is right on and your supply is set before introducing the bottle regularly. Hope this helps


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Bargains will fill the sidewalks of downtown Elkins July 20 during the second annual Downtown Yard Sale sponsored by Elkins ON TRAC.
Downtown businesses and property owners are invited to place tables with sale items on the sidewalks in front of their buildings from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. A limited amount of space is also available for local residents to participate in the yard sale.
ON TRAC hopes to make the yard sale a friendly summertime tradition in downtown Elkins.
"Nothing says summer like a yard sale," said ON TRAC Project Manager Karen Carper. "We want to create a downtown neighborhood atmosphere where people can enjoy shopping and visiting together."
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The event is free for all downtown businesses and property owners. Employees and tenants may also participate at no charge.
Eligible residents living in or near Elkins must register in advance and pay a $10 fee for each 10-by-10-foot space. Spaces will be designated and pre-assigned to registrants on a first-come, first-served basis. Local organizations are also welcome. Participants must provide their own tables and chairs. Food items, other than those provided by downtown restaurants, are not permitted. Electricity is not available.
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The street fair, "Artists Gather," will be held in conjunction with First Friday activities Aug. 2. The fair will feature the work of local artists from 3 to 7 p.m. on Third Street, which will be closed from Davis Avenue to Kerens Avenue for the event.
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