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GAYLORD-The third quarter did in the Alpena girls basketball team on Tuesday.
Ahead 19-10 at halftime thanks to a solid defensive effort, the Wildcats found themselves outscored 26-10 in the third quarter and ultimately lost 45-33 to Gaylord in a Big North game.
The Blue Devils hit five triples in the third quarter and held a 36-29 advantage at the end of the period.
"In the second half, they came out and broke our press," Alpena coach Jenny Poli said. "They had three kids who hit three-pointers and it didn't matter who were trying to guard."
The return of Mackenzie Edwards and Maddie Hamilla to Gaylord's lineup also bouyed the Blue Devils as the duo combined for 27 points. Edwards led the Blue Devils with 16 points and Hamilla added 11.
Alpena (2-4 overall, 1-3 Big North) got off to a fast start and led 11-5 after the first quarter thanks to 7-of-8 shooting from the free-throw line. The Wildcats also did a nice job defensively, holding Gaylord to five points in each of the first two quarters.
"In the first half our defense was incredible," Poli said. "Offensively, we were driving the hole pretty well."
Christina Kollien and Emma Strong each had seven points for Alpena.
The Wildcats host Cadillac on Thursday.
Alpena's JV team lost 40-25. Adrianna Hatch led the Wildcats with eight points.
The Wildcats' freshmen team picked up a 60-20 win and every player on the roster scored. Chloe Ferguson led Alpena with 13 points.
Hillman 46,
Fairview 37
FAIRVIEW-The Fairview girls basketball team pulled within six points of the lead late in a North Star League game against Hillman on Tuesday, but ultimately fell to the Tigers 46-37 at Fairview High School.
Jensen Tchorzynski scored 16 points and Morgan Hardies added 13 points for the Tigers (5-4 overall, 5-1 NSL), who led 18-14 at the half, but faced some pressure from the Eagles in the second half. Hillman outscored Fairview 13-9 in the third quarter and 15-14 in the final period.
"It wasn't our best basketball tonight, but it's a road win and that's all we can ask for," Hillman coach John Kuzewski said.
Fairview pulled to within six points of the lead with a few minutes to play, but couldn't pull any closer to challenge for the lead.
"It was pretty close. We had to within six with a couple of minutes to go, but we couldn't pull it out," Fairview coach Marc Winton said. "We played a lot better than we have been though."
Logan Winton led Fairview with 11 points.
Fairview hosts Mio on Friday while Hillman hosts Posen on Friday.
Mancelona 66,
Onaway 51
MANCELONA-The Onaway boys basketball team got off to a fast start on Tuesday against Mancelona, but couldn't keep the momentum going and suffered its first lost of the season, losing to the Ironmen 66-51.
Onaway (5-1 overall, 4-1 Ski Valley) trailed 33-24 at the half and wasn't able to increase its defensive pressure until late in the second half.
"We came out strong and got a 9-2 lead, but after that they got hot and we got a little lazy on defense," Onaway coach Eddy Szymoniak said. "We missed a lot of easy buckets underneath the hoop."
Onaway outscored the Ironmen 16-12 in the third quarter, but Mancelona came roaring back to outscore the Cardinals 21-11 in the final period.
Joe O'Bradovich led the Cardinals with 16 points and Andrew Prow hit three triples to finish with nine points.
Brandon Dingman led Mancelona with 32 points.
Onaway travels to Pellston on Friday.
Rogers City earns two league wins, Alpena tops Gaylord
GAYLORD-The Rogers City boys bowling team opened 2013 with a pair of wins during a Northern Michigan Bowling Conference meet in Gaylord on Saturday.
The Hurons (5-0) started the day off with a win over St. Igance, 29.5-0.5.
Rogers City won two baker games 418-257 and added a dominating 1063-580 win in the first regular game. Baily Budnik led the Hurons with a 223, Corey Grulke had a 22, Chris Bark had a 215, Zach Hazel had a 211 and Alex Darga bowled a 192.
In the second regular game, Rogers City won 931-578. Hazel led Rogers City with a 234 and Bark was right behind him at 233. Budnik bowled a 196, Grulke added a 163 and Caleb Rhode bowled a 105.
Rogers City earned its second win of the day over Cheboygan 22-8. In two baker games, the Hurons edged the Chiefs 386-348. In two regular games Rogers City won 1911-1830. In the first regular game, Hazel led the Hurons with a 237. He was followed by Bark (216), Darga (194), Grulke (177) and Budnik (171). In the second regular game, Bark led Rogers City with a 212. Darga bowled a 210, Hazel finished with 190, Grulke added a 153 and Caleb Bailey finished with a 151.
The Alpena boys bowling team defeated Gaylord and is 3-2 on the year. Alpena won 29-1 over the Blue Devils. The Wildcats took two baker games 375-287 and won two regular games 1889-1491. In the first game Alpena won 941-787 and was led by Nick Bisanz who bowled a 225. He was followed by Will Rings (210), Brady Marwede (176), Dalton Schaedig (175) and Glenn Woloszyk (155). In the second regular game, Woloszyk led Alpena with a 208. Rings bowled a 222, Bisanz had 198, Marwede finished with a 169 and Schaedig had a 151.
Rogers City improves to 6-0
GAYLORD-The Rogers City girls team picked up two league wins on Saturday, beating St. Igance 29-1 and Petoskey 19-11 to improve to 6-0.
Against the Saints, Rogers City won two baker games 320-214 and won two regular games 1609-1284. Nicole Bannash was Rogers City's leading bowler in the first regular game with a 191. She was followed by Rebecca Bannasch (174) Anna Lehman (172), Ashley Budnik (156) and Jessica Butera (151). In the second regular game, Lehman led the Hurons with a 186 and was followed by Rebecca Bannasch (161), Nicole Bannasch (146) and Budnik and Adrianna Selke who each bowled a 136.
Rogers City topped Petoskey in two baker games 329-315 and took a 1697-1535 win in two regular games. Budnik led Rogers City in the first regular game with a 197. She was followed by Nicole Bannasch (167), Lehman (152), Rebecca Bannasch (137) and Butera (136). In the second game, three Huron girls topped 200, led by Budnik who finished with a 223. Nicole Bannasch had a 211, Rebecca Bannasch had a 204, Butera had a 153 and Lehman finished with a 117.


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Aviation Insurance 2011
When BJT's 2010 Buyers' Guide appeared a year ago, all signs suggested a shift toward an aviation insurance market characterized by increasing premiums, restricted coverage availability and more rigid underwriting criteria. After three straight years of historically low premiums and greatly expanded coverage offerings, the struggle among insurers to gain or hold market share had begun taking its toll. In 2009, the industry experienced one of its worst years for claims since 2001, and 2010 continued the trend. In addition, three insurance companies–AXA, Inter-Aero and Travelers–decided to cease writing aviation policies.
With the exception of the April 2 Gulfstream G650 fatal accident during flight testing, the aviation loss picture has improved in 2011. The market seems to have stabilized, with most aircraft owners witnessing little or no premium increase. Reinsurers persist in investing their capital in the aviation-insurance line, providing excess capacity that keeps competition among insurers fierce–a positive outcome for consumers. The tsunami in Japan and earthquake in New Zealand–although not game changers from a reinsurance perspective like the events of 9/11–have sharpened insurers' focus on where best to place their capital. The renewal of reinsurance treaties (insurance purchased by insurance companies) on January 1 was painless for most aviation insurance companies. One industry insider said this may not be the case at the next renewal.
Two insurers are in the process of adding aviation policies to their product line. Australia-based QBE will headquarter a U.S. operation in Atlanta. Swiss Re, which has been a major player for years in aviation reinsurance, has decided to try its hand at the retail level and at this writing was rumored to have opened an office in New York City. A third firm, Meadowbrook Insurance, began operating in the fall of 2010. These three companies will effectively replace the capacity lost by the withdrawal of AXA, Inter-Aero and Travelers.
The newcomers face a daunting task. To succeed, they need to obtain licenses and file their policy forms in each state, a time-consuming process. Finding and hiring talented aviation underwriters represents a major challenge. And with premiums and underwriting standards at historic lows, the timing of their entrance could not make it any harder to compete. The margins are extremely thin.
This is good news for the consumer in the short term. The three new entrants will be working hard to capture market share. Since many insurance consumers have demonstrated that their primary motivation to change carriers is cost savings, you can expect aggressively priced policies from these companies. When I spoke recently with the president of one of the larger legacy insurers, he told me the market would be flat with possible small increases for accounts that require higher hull and liability limits, a segment the new markets will probably leave alone, at least initially.
In an attempt to differentiate themselves from their competition, some insurers have added safety components to their policies. Global Aerospace, for example, has introduced the SM4 initiative, a program that supports four safety-management components: prevention, planning, response and recovery. USAIG, meanwhile, has launched Z-Coach, a fatigue-management program. Other insurers are offering similar safety initiatives to individual clients as well as regional seminars open to all. Although no premium discounts are awarded to clients who take advantage of these programs, you can be certain that participants will be identified as the most desirable risks and will receive the most aggressive rating discounts. Many of the top accounts earn a no-claims bonus, calculated as a percentage of the hull premium, to reward them for a loss-free year.
In the long term, the current aviation insurance market appears unsustainable. Premiums now are below the "burn rate," a term insurers use to describe the break-even point. Losses have outpaced earned premiums in the last four years, while the battle for market share in the aviation line has raged on. Reinsurers are rumored to be unhappy with results and are said to be one catastrophic loss away from tightening their underwriting standards and raising rates to the retail insurance companies. A saving grace has been the resurgence of the stock market, which has enhanced the investment component for the insurance companies. As we are all too aware, this can change quickly.
It's not a question of whether a shift will come but when. So what should you do now? Three things:
1. Plan for higher rates. Veteran insurance buyers know the market cycles back and forth from soft to hard and understand the need to plan for rate changes. When a market begins to harden, make sure you ask your insurance broker for a projection of next year's premium so that you aren't hit with a big surprise at renewal. Plan to absorb increases, even major ones, into the aircraft's operating budget and keep in mind that while premiums have dropped dramatically in recent years, they can rise just as quickly. Buyers who purchased their first aircraft in the last few years may have a false sense of comfort and may be caught unprepared.
2. Shop around. Make sure your broker is surveying the market at renewal time and ask to see what each insurance company quoted on your account. Be careful if you are considering moving your coverage to another insurer based on price, however. Unlike some other lines of insurance, aviation policies are not created equal–some are much broader than others. Before making any decision to move, you should thoroughly examine policy differences and consider how long you have been with the current insurer, as well as the benefits that loyalty may have earned you.
Pay particular attention to the claims history and philosophy of competing insurers, as some are known to play hardball on claims while others have earned a reputation for always trying to find a way to pay them.
3. Focus on safety. Insurance underwriters will continue to fight for the business of premier flight departments that embrace a top-level safety culture. Consider pursuing IS-BAO certification and increasing the frequency of pilot recurrent training to more than the required once per year. This should help make your business attractive to insurers. But since the vast majority of aircraft accidents result from pilot error, you should be implementing these measures regardless of the state of the insurance arena.
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Main Page Risk Factors Symptoms Diagnosis Reducing Your Risk Treatment Screening Talking to Your Doctor Living With Social Anxiety Disorder Resource Guide
There are currently no guidelines to reduce the risk of social anxiety disorder. However, there are certain factors which could help reduce the risk of relapse:
- See your doctor as soon as you notice the symptoms of social anxiety disorder.
- Continue therapy if suggested by your therapist
- Avoid tobacco, alcohol, and illicit drugs use.
- Avoid caffeine.
- Avoid the following drugs: ephedrine, phenylephrine, isoproterenol, antipsychotic medication, diet pills, drugs for flu or colds, and steroids.
- Attend support groups.
- Attend family or marital counseling if needed.
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In an effort to give pet owners the best possible chance of saving their animals after an emergency situation, the Weymouth VCA Animal Hospital in Weymouth, Massachusetts, has a fully equipped emergency wing with four operating rooms, a pharmacy and more, The Patriot Ledger reports.
There, a dedicated staff of highly qualified employees work around the clock to help family pets who are taken in for everything from swallowed toys and accidental injuries to chronic illnesses and more serious diseases. Aside from the emergency rooms and pharmacy, the animal hospital is also home to a radiology department, an oncologist, ophthalmologist, neurologist, cardiologist and a critical care unit for critically ill animals.
The nationwide company also helps countless rescue leagues across the country find homes for dogs, cats, rabbits and other animals. Through the company's Shelter Partnership Program, VCA's around the U.S. offer their medical and expert animal care resources to help new adoptees gain the knowledge they need to keep their new animals in good pet health, while offering services like vaccinations, neutering and spaying.
"The VCA Shelter Program is great for the Animal Humane Association of New Mexico because all adopted pets have a complimentary wellness exam," Anna Todd of the Animal Humane Association of New Mexico said on VCA's website. "The exam helps the client establish a relationship with a vet that will offer optimal lifetime health care for their animal."


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For at home or office use, this executive massager chair is upholstered in sepia brown bonded leather on all seating surfaces, with unique, newly designed wood arms and base. This Massager chair is powered by four massage motors: two for the upper back and two for the lower back. They can be used independently or combined with adjustable intensity. The bonded leather represents class and prestige while offering comfort and durability. This executive massage chair features an extra tall surface that gives added support from the neck to the lower back and the extra large construction helps with support and sturdiness. The sloped seat edge promotes leg circulation to maximize comfort and the soft layered cushions provide lumbar support.
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What if you discovered that many of the seemingly good and honorable acts you've ever done to please God were actually worthless in His sight?
Some Christians today, driven by a desire to win God's favor, have built a false, self-righteous standard for living and even judged others by it corrupt expectations. This tangled, legalistic web frustrates worship, leads to disunity in the church, and offers only a cold shoulder for people struggling with sin and in need of loving, biblical help.
Is Your Worship Free from Legalism? helps you understand how to pursue holiness in a way that not only honors God, but also provides spiritual fulfillment and peace. You'll also learn how to provide biblical support and encouragement to people who are entangled in sin and help them turn back to the spiritual resources found in Jesus Christ.
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This brand needs no introduction. Many of you know how I feel about the 5 Vegas Original Series "Red Label". It's been a favorite of mine since my adolescent cigar smoking days. I was hesitant to pick up another 5 Vegas and potentially tear down the pedestal that I put 5 Vegas on years ago. And what I've found most intriguing, after smoking dozens and dozens of the 5 Vegas Gold series is that it is a very different cigar. Lit up by a Connecticut-shade wrapper with Dominican and Honduran tobaccos, this is in a league of its own - not to be compared to the 5 Vegas Original except in quality. Let me take you through the drama.
The wrapper is a fragile, delicate, hold it with your pinky flying Connecticut-shade that only my well-to-do friends puff on with their fancy Macanudos and brands they can't pronounce. It's a firmly-filled cigar rolled to perfection from head to toe. Not a seam or flaw in the wrapper. Light one up to find a burst of flavor that fills your senses - I can't pinpoint the undertones, but a dry mild aroma bites some mild spices at the back of your tongue. Ample tobaccos form a superb body of smoke around you, but dissipates quickly and doesn't linger to offend your shag-covered seat covers and steering wheel in your car. The finish is equally smooth, almost buttery. A nice mild lager beer would go perfectly, this cigar pairs well with almost any dinner menu, but particularly a pasta primavera. The beauty of this smoke is that it's a smoke-me-anytime cigar that you could spark up before any meeting, short drive, long drive, or safari through a Brazilian jungle.
A white, slightly gray-checkered ash forms instantly and burns evenly. I've been fascinated lately by some quick-to-market cigars that burst out good flavor early only to fade or change significantly as you get past the half-way mark. That doesn't happen here. I also am fascinated by some of the the drag-all-day, get no return, headaches that some cigars give me. You know me, a common cheapskate looking for the million-dollar cigar on a paper boys budget. When I get a great $2-$3 cigar that fulfills my yearning (this is starting to sound like a cheap paperback novel) I jump on it.
I want to share a little story of an adventure I had recently with 5 Vegas Gold. I had to make a number of stops driving between Jacksonville, Orlando, and Tampa a few weeks back. A solid 6 total driving hours in a Ford Focus rental car with a box of 5 Vegas Gold and good 'ol Country on the radio blasted with the windows down (amazing how spoiled you get with power windows and a cd player in your car). I figured with the windows down, I might have a good chance the rental company wouldn't notice that I had smoked a dozen plus cigars in their precious Ford Focus. Nevertheless, I got lost about 8 times driving back and forth on Route 4, 275, 75, and every other major highway in Florida. After about my 3rd cigar, I drove about 35 miles past my destination on Route 19 near Clearwater. Luckily, the flexibility of my schedule gave me the opportunity to stop for lunch at the finest dining establishment in Florida - Hooters! of course. I couldn't resist, they seem to be on every street corner. As I pulled up and the smoke wafted out of my car like a Cheech & Chong movie, some dude said "you know this is Florida and you can't smoke inside". I was about to slap him upside the head when he offered, "hey, there's this outdoor patio in the back and bunch of us are smoking there, you're welcome to join us." Here I am some stranger in a strange land and a fellow brother-of-the-leaf asks me to join them. I brought my box of 5 Vegas Gold and joined a group of about 8 guys puffin' on this little wooden bridge they called a patio. Wouldn't you know that half of them were customers and 2 of them said "you're Gonz?" like I was a circus-clown exhibit. Nevertheless, these guys were top-notch and after throwing back a few lagers, I was off and running to my next appointment. Whatever the occasion or venue, grab a few buddies, a box of 5 Vegas Golds, and light'em up.


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I used to be a ESPN.com guy, but have pretty much boycotted the site (still read Simmons, Stark, free Gammons) due to their annoying and in your face ads and everything being insider premium content.
Foxsports.com, Im not a big fan of their website layout or writers.
CBSSportsline is pretty good. Almost all of my fantasy sports leagues are on CBS, so Im on there alot of times by default.
But I now find myself going to Yahoo Sports for all my national sports news, box score scavenging, and player info. Great writers, excellent layout, the ads are presented in a non annoying way (no pop ups or force minimize ads).


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Topic: Application Error and no production log
Does anyone have a list of possible errors that cause an application error in production mode that doesn't write anything to the production log? I have an error that started when I was not working on the site and now does not update the production log. I tried redeploying and putting it in development mode but neither worked.
The two errors I know of that have caused this problem in the past are having a "puts" statement in a controller and not replacing the dispatch.cgi with "rails ." after deploying. Anyone know of others?


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THE ORCHESTRA OF THE S.E.M. ENSEMBLE performs JOHN CAGE's ATLAS ECLIPTICALIS and WINTER MUSICPosted by s21concerts in Concert Announcement, tags: Christian Marclay, John Cage, Joseph Kubera, S.E.M. Ensemble, Ursula Oppens
BEYOND CAGE Festival — a major event running in multiple NYC venues, Oct. 22-Nov. 7 — will open on Monday, October 22 at Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall with the 86-piece Orchestra of the S.E.M. Ensemble performing Atlas Eclipticalis and Winter Music. It will be the first time these works are presented together in their complete version. This historical event will also mark the 20th anniversary of the complete version of Atlas Eclipticalis, performed by The Orchestra of the S.E.M. at Carnegie Hall, a performance Cage helped prepare but sadly did not live to hear.
"Static sonorities shifted, intangible events solidified; collective images began to appear amid shapeless sound. I was reminded of orthodox Easter service: across expanses of tedium, an epiphany rises in the back of the mind." —Alex Ross, New York Times in 1992
Monday, October 22, 8 P.M.
Petr Kotik, conductor / Joseph Kubera & Ursula Oppens, pianists
Premiere of complete works performed together
Orchestral premiere
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall
Tickets: $25 / $15 Students (at Box Office)
www.carnegiehall.org / CarnegieCharge 212-247-7800
BEYOND CAGE Festival (New York City, Oct. 22-Nov. 7) will present Cage's most significant (and rarely performed) works as well as his legacy in today's composition. The program, featuring 8 performances and 2 talks, will span three generations, from Cage's closest associates to young emerging composers in order to display Cage's broad and lasting influence on the music of our times. Works featured in the festival will include music by Cage, Morton Feldman, Earle Brown, Christian Wolff, Luigi Nono, Salvatore Sciarrino, Roscoe Mitchell, Petr Kotik, Lucie Vitkova, Alex Mincek, Kate Soper, and many others.
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Many people search for more storage options in their homes, but one of the most ample potentials is often overlooked�the walls. Using the vertical space within your home will open up new possibilities and clear up clutter. Learn how to build shelves with these simple steps.
Gather your supplies. Most of these supplies are available at your local hardware store and lumber yard. Big-box home improvement stores will also have these items, and you can even have the wood cut to size before you take it home. The finished unit will be 48 inches tall by 36 inches wide and 8 inches deep. You will need:
Drill or electric screwdriver
Pocket hole jig
5-1x6x6 boards
1-2x4 pine board, cut to 36 inches
28-1 1/4-inch screws
Wood glue
Cut the lumber. Remember, measure twice, cut once. Mark and cut two of the 1x6s at 48 inches. Mark and cut the other three boards at 36 inches in length.
Use a jig to cut pocket holes. To screw the lumber together, you will need recessed holes for the screws. A jig, such as the KREG pocket hole jig, is perfect for this task. Put two holes at each end of the shelf pieces. This makes assembly easier.
Glue and screw. Attach the shelves to the side boards with the screws. Glue the pieces to be joined for additional stability. The first shelf should be put in at 90 degrees at the topside corner. Use a scrap piece of lumber as a pattern and an 8-inch shelf spacer. This will ensure the shelves are equal and uniform. Glue and screw the shelves with the square and spacer block at the bottom every 8 inches. Once all six shelves are attached on one side, repeat the process for the second side.
Complete the shelves. Attach a 36-inch long 2x4 at the bottom of the unit with screws and glue. This will give additional stability and lift the unit from the floor almost 2 inches. Allow the glue to dry completely. You may want to clamp and weight the unit to keep it square and plumb. Finish with a light sanding using a fine grit sand paper. Be sure to hit any edges and splinters of wood with the sandpaper. Leave the shelves unfinished, or stain or paint the unit to your taste preference.
Safety first. Use an angle bracket to secure the unit to the back wall to prevent the shelf from falling forward. Be sure to attach to a stud for maximum stability. The unit is tall and may tip without this angle bracket. You can also add a backer board, which will add even greater stability and strength. A 1/4-inch backer board should be perfect for this purpose. Review the Occupational Safety and Health Administration�s safety tips before starting any wood working project.
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Here's how RW members rated this race in the past (1519 votes).
In short: its called great because it is!In full: This was my first gnr and it definately wont be my last.iv wanted to do this run for decades but was never fit enough and wasnt dissapointed.weather was ideal for running.plenty of powerade and water stations.lots of support all along the route that help when you gotta dig deep.lovely uplifting feeling running aling the tyne bridge.great to finish by the sea in south shields.red arrow display was incredible.good goody bag also.this is a special race and of my 26 races this is the only one iv gotta do again.loved itDate of review: September 21, 2012
In short: In danger of getting too big for its bootsIn full: I ran this for the first time this year. I really enjoyed it but the lack of organisation at the start was bad and as a race there's just too many people on sometimes narrow stretches of road to make this a proper race. Enjoyed the experience but I think 10000 fewer people would make this really great. Date of review: September 21, 2012
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SAULT STE. MARIE – A downstate woman died as the result of a fatal snowmobile accident that occurred over the weekend in eastern Upper Peninsula.
That crash was one of four fatal snowmobile accidents in Michigan since Friday.
Deputies from Chippewa County Sheriff's Office said Terri F. Tarzwell-Klee, 48, of Deckerville, Mich. was driving a Yamaha snowmobile when she lost control on a curve and ran into a tree in Chippewa County's Trout Lake Township.
Tarzwell-Klee was ejected from her sled and unconscious at the scene.
She was transported to War Memorial Hospital in Sault Ste. Marie where she died from her injuries, officials said.
Deputies said that just prior to the accident, she had her nine-year-old daughter riding with her and she stopped allowing the girl to switch sleds and ride with her father.
Initial reports indicate that neither excessive speed nor alcohol appears to be a contributing factor.
The accident remains under investigation.
Assisting at the scene was the Department of Natural Resources and Trout Lake Fire and Ambulance.
In the northern Lower Peninsula, three separate snowmobile crashes have claimed the lives of three men.
Authorities say two crashes happened near each other on Trail 35 in Wexford County.
Jeffrey S. Ellens, 51, of Cadillac was killed in a crash Friday night in Cherry Grove Township, near Cadillac. Authorities say it appears he was speeding and hit several trees.
Earlier in the day, 61-year-old Gerald Carter of Clarkston hit trees along Trail 35 and died.
In Gladwin County, the sheriff's department says a 51-year-old Midland County man was killed about 6:30 p.m. Saturday when a vehicle driven by a 60-year-old drunken relative struck his snowmobile on Secord Lake. It's in Secord Township, about eight miles northeast of Gladwin.
The victim's name wasn't immediately released.


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Venice. March 6th 1853. La Traviata, the Giuseppe Verdi's opera based upon La Dame aux Camélias by Alexandre Dumas, fils, was experiencing its (disastrous) debut. The public did not like at all the performance and made fun of Violetta, the main role played by soprano, Fanny Salvini-Donatelli. Fortunately, time passed as people's perception of art evolved and now La Traviata is one of the most popular Verdi's works. Now, Florence is welcoming a new rendition of the famous text.
Next Saturdays 8th and 15th June, at 9:00 pm, Verdi's Violetta and Alfredo will step into the stage again at the Auditorium al Duomo. As you can see, in case you want to go, you are still on time to get your tickets. The prices vary from 20€ to 50€. You can consult the conditions on this website.
Of course, if you are going to see the show, you should remember that, after it, the most comfortable room will be waiting for you at Il Salviatino, your 5 stars hotel in Florence.


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Can you believe the politics?
It a strange world we're living in, my friends. This is a world where up is down and cold is hot and hate is love, all depending on what day of the week or who's making the definitions at the time or what political party they claim to believe in.
The Internal Revenue Service is under fire for targeting Tea Party organizations that were filing for tax-exempt status. The fact that there was a sudden and large-scale increase in applications for tax-exempt charities from only right-wing organizations once it became legal for them to make campaign contributions had nothing to do with any of the increased attention by the IRS. (Bridges for sale, anyone?)
This was clearly a biased and partisan harassment and abuse of power by the IRS. The Tea Party and Conservatives responsible for formation of these groups were as innocent of political motivation as could be! (Swampland is available for development as well)) I might add that the IRS manager responsible for this "scandal" is a CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN! That does sort of confuse the situation. But, the right wing is up in arms over tactics they practically invented, and it is occurring under a liberal president who promised an open government.
Then we have a revelation that under President Obama, a covert surveillance was occurring of people's phone calls. Not a tape of the call, but a record of who was being called. Many calls to Yemen or Iran or wherever would be then subject to a warrant for an actual phone tap. As it turns out, this was and is all completely legal under passages in the Homeland Security Act. But it's occurring under a president who ran with a pledge to have a more open government, yet has engaged in more of what used to worry the left wing than what the right wing was doing. And now, the right wing politicians are making the most noise about these events, even though it was their guy and his supporters who shoved that bill down everyone's throats under fear of being labeled unpatriotic.
When that bill was passed, approximately 57 percent of Democrats were against it. Now, almost that many are in favor of it! Are you confused? I am, confused and shocked because as I type this Dick Cheney, the devil to the left wing, is defending the president's use of this surveillance. Dick Cheney!? Wow!
And how about that Eric Holder, a Democratically appointed attorney general, a supposed supporter of a supposedly liberal president. First, he's in the middle of a huge increase in enforcement of federal laws against marijuana, actively threatening and even raiding state legal medical marijuana growers and sellers, (President Bush pretty much took an attitude of "benign neglect" on that issue) then he gets caught on a gigantic fishing expedition of several major news organizations, especially AP! Does any of this sound like liberal behavior to you? And once again, the result is a total roar of outrage over these events from the right wing, a group notoriously against any news organization other than Fox News, and guilty of disparaging Freedom of the Press at every turn, even on occasion jailing reporters for refusing to expose their sources.
On top of it, he gets embroiled in a tempest over remarks that it was legal to assassinate American citizens. This is a liberal!? And our liberal president has supported everything Holder has done! Is Washington somehow falling into the old "Twilight Zone?" I swear, just before the evening news reports on television, I can hear Rod Serling's voice.
Nothing, not one single event has been as portrayed or expected from any of the participating parties. John McCain is pushing to aid rebels in Syria, yet these rebels are clearly aligned with the sort of Arabs we're killing with drones. Isn't that sort of what we did with both Saddam Hussein and Iran, and Osama Bin Laden and Russia? Those decisions wound up embroiling us in two wars and basically bankrupting the country.
So now President Obama has decided to give arms to the rebels in Syria, the same president who got involved in Libya's internal problems and then caught hell for the embassy in Benghazi being raided, costing the lives of several embassy staffers, by, you guessed it, some of those radical elements who were aligned with the rebels in Libya.
OK, maybe it's not "The Twilight Zone," maybe we're into "Outer Limits" territory here. The main point is, once again, the left and right have switched places in what and who they're supporting.
What exactly is somebody to think when the same people who repeatedly blame any and all gun issues on criminals with guns, then vote against stiffer background checks and sales restriction that could have ensured that those criminals have a much harder time getting their hands on guns? Once again I'm a bit confused, as are many others I talk to who are starting to ask whether the differences between any of our elected officials is real or not, or just a public position taken for votes.
You don't think that's possible, do you, that none of our elected representatives really believe in anything other than what needs to be said to get elected in certain districts? Could that be? Is it possible that under the cover of The Capitol roof, so-called liberals and conservatives are laughing over coffee and lunch, sitting at the same tables, and spending the money of the same lobbyists? Is it really that corrupt?
I'm seriously thinking that any and all of us blindly supporting one major party over another, supporting the policies of one major party or another, are actually doing nothing but perpetuating a well-played Washington game. Well, that or we have now entered another Dimension, a Dimension ofdoodododo, dodododo
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Just after 9:00 p.m. EDT, President Obama delivered a national address from the East Room of the White House to discuss the situation in Syria. He explained why he has called for military strikes in response to the Assad regime's use of chemical weapons, laid out his reasons for asking Congress to authorize the use of force, and described how the threat of U.S. action has created the potential for a diplomatic breakthrough.
"Terrible things happen across the globe, and it is beyond our means to right every wrong," the President said. "But when, with modest effort and risk, we can stop children from being gassed to death, and thereby make our own children safer over the long run, I believe we should act."
Read the full remarks here, or watch the full video here.
About the Author: Matt Compton serves in the Office of Digital Strategy in the White House.
Editor's Note: This entry originally appeared on the White House Blog.
For more information:
- Explore WhiteHouse.gov/Syria to learn more about President Obama's response to the Assad regime's use of chemical weapons in Syria and get the latest news from the White House about the situation.
There are times that make one wonder, and things that make one go "Mmmm...", but I'm not suprised to hear Mr. Putin's vitrol directed at President Obama in the New York Times today, it's like President Obama gave him an estimated bill for our expense of kineticly scrapping a lot of Russian-made weaponry in Syria, and suggested to him on the side at the G-20 that it would be cheaper if Russia simply "repo'ed" these delivery systems and other weapons and munitions, along with any and all chemical and other WMD's that may be in Assad's hands.
Like he said something to the effect..., "Look either you can do it or we can do it, your choice.....but if we have to do it for you, here's the service charge for $100 billion and there may be subsequent billing in case we run into any further problems in the UN."
(Not to start another conspiracy theory here, but the inescapable logic hypotheticly applied here to cause Russia to "own this"...as one US official has been quoted as saying, then indeed they are finding out that it really doesn't pay or serve one's national interests to arm dictators, when a leader is forced to go disarm them to correct that mistake and save face in the eyes of the world when one's government looks to be complicit in crimes against humanity done with weapons Russia provided Assad long ago.
In any case, I hope the stuff I dug up from the archives here ( a few pages out of the book, "The Cure for Political Stupidity and/or How Not To Go To War With America"), will offer a look back, as well as a look forward, as a perspective on the present.
August 2, 2011
Eric in New Mexico writes:
To those "appalled" (you know who you are);
I suppose it gets easy to be appalled by a lot of things, especially when they seem par for the course with ethical infants, as there ain't no helping dysfuntionality when it looks a lot like a skunk with its head stuck in a jar of "Skippy" peanut butter,...just ask Jon Stewart. Compromise in Congress may equate with a tomato juice remedy in the aftermath of "debtmaggedon-averted" in the time delay it takes to perform public aroma therapy in those chambers.
Assad? He ain't coming out of the asinine conundrum of his mass murdering ways smelling like rose water, that's for sure.
But being appalled ain't no solution either, if you can't prevent the crime occuring, Mr. President...(in case you're reading this).
They say "there isn't a military solution". Well I suggest Assad get with that program before we have to find one for his terminal stupidity...now won't we?
That is unless Amb. Susan Rice thinks it's a good idea to ask the Russians if they feel obliged to repo Assad's tanks they sold him seeing as how the UNSC is in emergency meeting over this today.
I mean, to be only fair to the Russians, I don't think they sold them to Syria for them to be used to slaughter civilians. But for defensive purposes against external threats.
Thus Assad is in "breach of contract" and someone definately needs to relieve him of his tools of genocide....pronto.
I know how the Russians like to do things all legal and above board in the UN, and this would be one way to correct their own karma before it hits home to Mother Russia like a trainwreck of past cold-war manifestations, for there's lot of work to be done on that without a lot of quibbling about it.
The benefactors of our own weapons sales throughout the region have been influenced by our relations to put a lid on any violent response to protest...and Russia flat needs to do its part with the recipiants of their's.
Either one is a responsible global partner or not, and there's not much grey area in the doing.
It's only right to ask folks to correct their mistakes, but when they don't listen?
You know folks be calling on America to solve their problems kineticly, and we generally oblige eventually.
What comes around goes around and I think it's time for Russia to step on a dictator's neck for once, and bring a little peace to the world instead of complaining constantly about how we go about that.
Fair's fair, and I think the Russians capable of meeting such a fair challenge.
Eric |New Mexico, USA .June 30, 2011
Eric in New Mexico writes:
Here's a little food for thought for all those commenting here in support of Assad's insanity.
You know folks, as an American all I really want to see is folks generally get their act together and stop being stupid;...there's a reason it took me ten years to write "The Cure for Political Stupidity, and /or How not to go to war with America", and I'm still not sure if dictators are a byproduct of genetic mutation or simply idiots due to the fact that their mommies and daddies were brother and sister.
But good folks like yourself came before you praising one such as this and followed Hitler over oblivion's cliff.
Lest you'all make the same mistake today, you might want to take off your rose-colored glasses.
Just sayin'...
It's your country and you can screw it up if you want to, just don't screw with us or we'll drop a rock on your pencil necked geek you call a leader, but who is just a chip off the old block, for like father like son,...mass murder runs in the family.
Good luck with it,
Eric |New Mexico, USA .April 27, 2010
Eric in New Mexico writes:
@ John in Greece,
You seems to be handling everything tossed your way in great form, so I wouldn't want to tread on the free-for-all going on as to who has the worst form of government.
Let's just say being an American is an attitude, not just via place of birth.
If you want to do buisiness without paying bribes in addition to taxes, then you're American.
If you want to vote the fat-cat politicians out of office, then you're Ameican, just be careful who you replace them with.
If you want to tell your government to its face that it's being dysfuntional and get away with it. Then you're American.
If you struggle for freedom from fear, from want or from apathy and entropy, then you're American.
If you find yourself in a state of perpetual revolution of the mind, then you're American.
If you're looking to put all global conflicts to bed, and find peaceful resolution to them before going for something more "kinetic", then you're an American.
And we generally save "kinetic" for those with which have no inclination to talk with us anyway while issuing threats to us.
But if those who wish to see our defeat in creating a better world to live in have a grain of sense, Assad and Aminidijad will stop reminding me of "Pinky and the Brain".
'lil Kim wil retire and take up comedy...as anyone who calls himself "Divine" surely has a sense of humor.
Far be if for anyone to suggest there's no truth in humor...
Or in the reality of the cage they find themselves in, of their own making.
Or that a pretty major social experiment is in their imminent future.
As soon as the people get fed up with their governments not having the proper attitude, they may just find the path to follow has been paved for them.
"They got the guns, but we have the numbers."
We can simply lend the blueprints of a mindset that changed this country for the better and let it go "viral".
Same is true of most evey Muslim, when confronting violent apostates of Islam.
Talk about putting houses in order...
It's either get it repaired or watch it blow up.
I think I'll leave it to "amuse bored officials" (not my words), to understand why I would recieve such a ringing endorsement for a book written...in the middle of a long and heated debate among various contributors of public commentary on this blog. (chuckle)
"I disagree! I think Assad should buy Eric's book concerning political stupidity and soon enough, I predict for your Syrian heroe that you'll understand that Eric was right… "
-John in Greece
It's actually all John in Greece's fault for suggesting that I write a book in the first place, and I hope he's doing well.
I suppose if State wants to compile a "survival guide" for those thinking of becoming a dictator, and handing out copies....I wouldn't have a problem with that ...we'd all share in the profits if they learned something from it.
It seems to me that the president has had a pretty tough week in office...with the media circus and accusations flying about that he's gone soft on Assad...or that he isn't "Commander in Chief"-like enough for a doubtful Senator. Let alone Putin taking exception to the adjective "exceptional".
Let me just offer this thought that there's some exceptional political stupidity afoot on the world stage on a daily basis, but in reading Putin's op-ed, I realized that I'll probably never finish the book I've started on this blog,...simply because there will always be someone in denial of the reality they've helped create on the world stage who will inspire additional chapter and footnotes.
It is notable that Russia now wants to "secure and ultimately destroy" Assad's chemical arsenal w/ international supervision and has gained Assad's acceptance given the alternative President Obama has handed them.
Or "reposess" them...and I would think that would include delivery systems , including aircraft, artillery, missiles, launchers, in fact just about every piece of heavy weaponry Assad's got, including tanks.
...and of course all the shells, bombs, warheads etc. that so far have killed 100-120 thousand and made millions homeless.
Given the fact than most of these things were supplied by Russia to begin with, and considering the use the regime is putting all that hardware too, in an effort to "deal with terrorists" which are for the most part actually ordinary Syrian civilans Assad is reffering to, he is in breach of contract of the purchase agreement, as well as international law by using them on his own population. Therefore Russia today would be in breach of international law for supplying Assad's forces with one more bullet, and would demonstrate its ability to be a responsible member among nations if they were to "reposess" everything ever sold to that regime capable of killing people...period...no quibbling about it from Assad or his minions.
An immediate halt to hostilities is required.
I don't believe even if all the chemical weapons are disposed of could the president take his decision off the table while Assad continues to slaughter the innocent via conventional means.
The only peaceful way out of the impasse of Assad leaving power that I can possibly think of at the moment...and whether that is a diplomatic solution...or ultimately a military solution and/or mob justice by the hands of the people forcing his decision;...If I were Assad right about now and looking for a way out of this....I would be thinking of spending time some in a Moscow airport with my family, waiting for asylum papers to be approved.
Now I wonder what would happen if Sec. Kerry let that little hypothetical scenario slip out at a news conference...soon.
There was a young Syrian refugee who said that the US "could change the equasion in 15 minutes"...and I'd have to say the president's decision to use force did exactly that.
It certainly has changed the diplomatic equasion for a lot of people and just maybe it's got folks off that "stuck place" that political stupidity has got them hung up on for so long that's cost the lives of a whole lot of people.
It's only right that the Russian Federation correct its own mistake in having actively created and supported the freak show Assad and Co. have become today....that the Russian now realize America's got its limits putting up with.
And folks ask why it is that America goes to war?
Better I think dictators figure out what it takes Not to go to war with America...then I can get on with writing the sequel "Change we can live with"
Damn, and that's been a long time coming too, sorry....hope my publisher will forgive me...;)
EJ Sept. 13, 2013


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Dalrymple signs appropriations bill
As Minot legislators and local officials looked over his shoulder, Gov. Jack Dalrymple signed an appropriations bill Thursday that includes $61 million in flood protection assistance for Minot and Ward County.
Dalrymple held a news conference in Minot City Hall to highlight legislation passed by the 2013 Legislature that benefits Minot. The largest sum coming to the area is the money for property acquisitions and continued engineering related to a proposed flood protection project.
"That bill is more meaningful than it has ever been in state history," Dalrymple said. "Hundreds of millions of dollars in money for water projects, flood protection, water supply of all kinds. In that bill is $61 million for Minot and Ward County for flood protection in the Souris River area. Most of that money is going to be available on a very flexible basis to acquire properties that are going to be needed for permanent flood protection."
Dalrymple noted that the state already has provided about $200 million in response to the 2011 Souris River flooding, plus $50 million in money received by the state from the federal government.
"I think the state has really stepped up, but we continue to do so. This is an ongoing story," he said.
The governor said the state expects to contribute financially in future legislative sessions as flood protection as plans move forward for the Souris River valley. There's still a possibility that a flood protection plan for the river basin will become a U.S. Corps of Engineers project, he said. Property acquisitions and engineering being done in the meantime in Minot and Ward County can be incorporated into a basinwide project later, he said.
Minot also will receive $12.6 million in oil impact funding under legislation approved this past session.
The dollars are a sign that Minot is finally being recognized as an oil impact and hub community, Dalrymple said.
Mayor Curt Zimbelman said it was a challenge to get legislators to see the impact of oil on Minot.
"I really felt in my heart that the Legislature didn't understand really the impact of oil on our city, and I think sometimes maybe the flood played a role in that. That was more of the need that needed to be taken care of. But in the end, we were taken care of very well on both ends. So we are going to put those monies to work," Zimbelman said.
Two appropriations for Minot that Dalrymple singled out were funding for the Rebuilders Loan Fund and oil-impacted airports.
The Legislature re-authorized spending of leftover funds in the Rebuilders Loan Fund, which provides loans of up to $30,000 at 1 percent interest to help homeowners rebuild from the 2011 flood. The Legislature added another $5 million to make $13.5 million available this session.
Legislators also expanded the program to enable existing borrowers to seek additional loans of $20,000, to provide loans up to $30,000 to landlords and to assist displaced residents in federal temporary housing units to buy the units.
House Bill 1358 provided $60 million to oil-impacted airports to match Federal Aviation Administration dollars. Minot already has applied for $25 million, an amount included in the governor's executive budget.
"Our hope is that the federal government will be able to make the match that is suggested by this grant program, and once we get the confirmation that some federal money is going to be available from the FAA, we will be moving forward," Dalrymple said.
He noted that Minot's air traffic has tripled since 2009. For the first quarter of this year, passenger numbers are up 5 percent. The Minot airport is scheduled to construct a 110,000-square-foot passenger terminal to replace an existing 34,000-square-foot terminal.
"We have always relied on the FAA to essentially provide all of the grant money for airport expansions," Dalrymple said. "We are stepping up for the first time ever and saying we will lead the way because it is the result of a booming industry. We understand that the federal government has had to slow down their grant disbursements significantly, and we are not going to allow this project to be slowed down by any circumstances in Washington, D.C."


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I only see a problem if they sell it a the same price level of a 9800 256bit one.
Sapphire Technology faced condemnation from a group of enthusiasts for its cut-down graphics cards featuring RADEON 9800 PRO graphics processors. An individual accuses one of the largest makers of Powered by ATI products in unfair and misleading policy of marking its graphics cards.
Jack Kielsmeier, an individual from
Sapphire Technology's ATLANTIS RADEON 9800 PRO "128-bit Edition" started to emerge for sale in late May. The graphics cards features fully-fledged RADEON 9800 PRO graphics processor with 8 rendering pipelines, but is based on PCB similar to that of RADEON 9500 PRO – with 128-bit memory bus for 128MB of DDR SDRAM memory.
The original RADEON 9800 PRO 128MB graphics cards were clocked at 385MHz/680MHz for chip/memory and equipped with 128MB of DDR SDRAM with 256-bit bus. Cutting down the memory bus width to 128-bit is likely to seriously reduce performance of the graphics card in applications that rely on rapid memory access as well as in situations when full-scene anti-aliasing is enabled.
Sapphire is known for making rather exotic graphics cards powered by chips from ATI Technologies. The company was among the first to go with the RADEON 9800 SE and also created a number of other designs typically considered as extraordinary. Making unusual graphics cards allows Sapphire to address more clients with its offerings and also offer more cost-effective solutions.
The web-site states that the "RADEON 9800 PRO" brand-name means something more powerful than the ATLANTIS RADEON 9800 PRO "128-bit Edition" products are. It claims that the "unfair marketing trick" that mislead a number of "victims" should be punished.
Mr. Kielsmeier and representatives for Sapphire Technology could not be reached for comment at press time.


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Keep your right to vote for judges
To the editor:
You may be interested to learn about a piece of anti-democratic legislation making its way through the State Senate and House. SF1082 and the companion HF1083 is a proposed amendment to the state constitution which will take away our right to meaningful, contested judicial elections. The bill authorizes retention elections, in addition to a pair of unelected and unaccountable commissions. Judges will be appointed by the governor from a list of candidates nominated by a merit selection commission, while a judicial performance evaluation commission will be set up to review and evaluate judges.
Retention elections mean that judges are always appointed so they are never elected. Voters are only allowed to remove a seated judge from office. If a judge loses a retention election, his replacement is again appointed. Therefore, voters never elect their judges. Impeachment is a more accurate term to use than election.
If this bill passes both chambers, the irony of the situation is we the people would then vote on whether we want to give away our right to vote for judges since proposed constitutional amendments have to be ratified by the people.
It is also interesting to note that Senator Kathy Sheran was one of five senators on the Senate Judiciary Committee which recently recommended to pass the Senate version of this bill. The bill will now be taken up by the Committee on Rules and Administration. Senator Sheran's constituents in Nicollet County and the Mankato area should contact her, respectfully voice their disapproval of her vote and tell her they want to keep their right to vote for judges.
Please contact your state legislators (Torkelson, Dahms, etc.) and let it be known that you value your right to vote for judges in meaningful, contested elections. Ask your neighbors to do the same. Let's stop this undemocratic legislation before it is too late!
I certainly could write more on this issue but for now I will leave readers with a quote from Thomas Jefferson which I find to be very relevant to this issue:
"It has been thought that the people are not competent electors of judges learned in the law. But I do not know that this is true, and, if doubtful, we should follow principle. In this, as in many other elections, they would be guided by reputation, which would not err oftener, perhaps, than the present mode of appointment." – Thomas Jefferson to Samuel Kercheval, 1816.
Nikolas Boyce
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Here's how RW members rated this race in the past (85 votes).
In short: fabulousDate of review: August 24, 2016
In short: good pb potential. great marshallsIn full: This was my second 10k in a few weeks. Great value for money. Well organised and really friendly Marshalls. Early arrivals can wait in the warmth of the leisure centre as it was cold. A scenic road course with some long straights. I found the last long hill very arduous but the final downhill approach to the finish is great to push for a pb. Date of review: October 4, 2015
In short: My first 10K very enjoyableDate of review: October 5, 2014
In short: Excellent race for all abilities In full: This was only my 3rd race and the most enjoyable for time and course, Good job CrickladeDate of review: October 9, 2013
In short: A well organised and enjoyable Half MarathonIn full: A warm day combined with running the first 5 miles too quickly nearly finished me off! However, I still achieved a new PB. Well done to the marshals for their cheery encouragement. Good value for money so will be back next year. Only one request - please could the water station at the end be located nearer to the finish line. I wondered around for what seem like ages trying to get a drink! Thanks. Date of review: October 9, 2013
In short: First half marathon.In full: Great race, well organised. Half marathon, 10k and fun run. Lovely village and surrounding countryside to run in, well marshalled and organised. Some steady inclines but not hilly by any means.Date of review: October 7, 2013
In short: Lovely scenic route, well organised and welcoming to 1st time 10k. Date of review: October 7, 2013
In short: No thrills, flat, well organised, and great valueIn full: This event had a fast, flat course with chip timing and a medal at the end. There was no fancy start line, quite a basic finish line, and no "goody" bag or other unnecessary stuff. At a cost of 76p per mile (47p per km) it's by far the best value for money event I've entered. The marshals were friendly and supportive, and there were sufficient water stations. The weather was a little hot for my liking but I guess the organisers can't be blamed for that. On the whole very enjoyable and I'd definitely go back and do it again.Date of review: October 7, 2013
In short: Good course, smooth organisation.In full: Ran in the 10k race as opposed to the half marathon. The course was good, pretty flat with a small climb from 8-9km. The good news was the 9-10km was all downhill or flat. The start was well organised but not ideal to have a sharp left hander 25m from the line, not sure why we couldn't start on the road to avoid this - probably due to Fire Station access? Caught up with back markers from half marathon quite quickly and shared the route until about 6km where we turned right and they headed left. This had it's down side as I spent a fair bit of time dodging to overtake, but did receive some good support from them too. Marshalls were supportive and friendly. Would come back again.Date of review: October 6, 2013
In short: good course good value good marshallsIn full: Really good race very enjoyable.I only have 2 niggles 1.runners running with music in their ears despite being told not to. 2. the one or two who dropped their gel wrappers.very good race and will definitely returnDate of review: October 6, 2013
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Denuclearized Senate Augurs Return to Better Days
The Senate narrowly avoided catastrophe this week, reaching an agreement at the eleventh hour, and reminding those of us who remember it of how the upper house worked in its better days.
The Senate's compromise on the "nuclear option" -- Majority Leader Harry Reid's proposal to change the institution's rules mid-session on handling the nomination of executive-branch appointees -- deserves praise. Almost every senator, including Reid, knows that changing the Senate rules in the way he proposed could cause incalculable harm. Likewise, almost every senator, including Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, knows that executive-branch nominations should be confirmed by a simple majority vote, not the 60 votes required to overcome a filibuster by an intransigent minority party. Credit goes to Reid for forcing the issue after facing months of unprecedented obstructionism. But credit is also due to Senate Republicans, who did one of the rarest things in politics: admitted they were wrong and changed course.
Compromise is what the Senate achieves when it is working properly. Because of its tradition of unlimited debate, requiring unanimous consent to conduct business, the Senate seems always to walk a line between paralysis and chaos. Gary Hart, who served in the Senate in the 1970s and '80s, once described it as "a kind of controlled madhouse." In the '70s, when the upper house still functioned effectively, almost every major legislative battle -- including President Jimmy Carter's energy program, the bailout of Chrysler Corp. and the extended protection of Alaska's wilderness -- came to a point where the opposition seemed insurmountable and common ground looked to be unreachable. In each case, the Senate achieved a compromise and the legislation passed.
Filibuster Debates
The Senate, however, has always had bitter fights regarding the rules of the filibuster. In 1978, Majority Leader Robert Byrd enraged many of his fellow senators by circumventing the rules to crush a post-cloture filibuster -- a procedure used to indefinitely delay a bill even after a vote to bring debate to an end -- by Howard Metzenbaum and James Abourezk who were trying to stop the deregulation of natural gas. The next year, Byrd raised the threat of the nuclear option while negotiating successfully with Minority Leader Howard Baker to eliminate the use of the post-cloture filibuster. In 2005, Majority Leader Bill Frist invoked the nuclear option after the minority Democrats opposed several of President George W. Bush's judicial nominations. The crisis was defused when the so-called Gang of 14 engineered a compromise that judicial nominees would be filibustered only in "extraordinary circumstances" -- a term that unfortunately went undefined.
The Senate will inevitably return to considering its rules and the proper scope of the filibuster. For now, though, its goal should be to regain the once-respected place it held in our political system, serving as what Walter Mondale called the "nation's mediator." In its best years, the Senate was a politically demilitarized zone, a governing body that included conservative Southern Democrats and liberal Northern and Midwestern Republicans striving together and keeping their partisan interests in check.
When I worked in the Senate 35 years ago, the "spirit of compromise," as described by political researchers Amy Gutmann and Dennis Thompson, was ever-present. The senators believed in the Senate as an institution and set out to pursue its collective agenda. Filibusters were real yet rare, acts of deep conviction. Holds on legislation and executive nominations were courteously extended for only a short time. Straight party votes were infrequent because during debates, senators weighed the arguments presented and were even known to change their minds. Legislation often passed with less than 60 votes, something that would be unheard of in the Senate today.
The Senate's decline has been long and the downward spiral has accelerated in recent years. In particular, the Senate I knew bore little resemblance to the dysfunctional group that served in the 112th Congress from 2011 until January of this year.
New Hope
Fortunately, this year has been different, and better. By the end of 2012, frustration within the upper chamber over its polarized and paralyzed state had hardened into disgust which then turned into a determination to change. With the battle over nominations at least temporarily behind us, we can see signs of the Senate beginning to make a comeback.
The passage of the immigration bill was reminiscent of how the Senate used to work. Crafting important legislation in the past almost always required the formation of bipartisan coalitions, such as the Gang of 8, which worked to write and pass the immigration bill. It has been heartening to watch the Senate function once again as a place where competing interests are heard, hard bargaining occurs and compromises are reached.
The Senate's agreements this year go beyond the immigration bill. Although it was rejected soundly in the House of Representatives, the Senate passed a farm bill last month, as well as its first budget in four years. It also had a serious debate over gun control, even if the outcome was disappointing. In May, Democrat Frank Lautenberg, who died last month, and Republican David Vitter reached a surprising breakthrough compromise in the regulation of toxic chemicals, and Republican John McCain and Democrat Elizabeth Warren have come together to introduce a bill reviving several parts of the Banking Act of 1933 -- usually referred to as Glass-Steagall.
As Alan Simpson, the former Republican senator from Wyoming, once said: "If you're in politics and you don't believe in compromise, you should find another line of work." This week's compromise over the executive-branch nominations was a legislative triumph and it raises expectations for future agreements on much tougher issues. Let's hope that the Senate of the 113th Congress continues to judge unacceptable the failure to find compromise.
(Ira Shapiro is the author of "The Last Great Senate: Courage and Statesmanship in Times of Crisis.")
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Sunmount employee charged with abuse
TUPPER LAKE – A local man is due in court next week on charges that he abused a resident of a house operated by Sunmount Developmental Disabilities Services Organization.
Derick R. Mandigo, 46, of Tupper Lake, was charged in April with endangering the welfare of an incompetent person and official misconduct.
Mandigo appeared before town Justice Leonard Young III for arraignment on April 10 and was released on his own recognizance. The case has been adjourned to May 15.
The charges were the result of a joint investigation by acting state Inspector General Catherine Leahy Scott, state police and the state Office for People With Developmental Disabilities.
Mandigo worked at what's called an individual residence alternative facility, which houses people with developmental disabilities. He was a direct support assistant tasked with providing personal care, treatment and rehabilitation services to four residents of the house.
In August 2009, another worker captured cellphone video of Mandigo being verbally abusive toward a resident and striking the resident in the face, according to a press release from Scott's office.
"Direct Support Assistants at OPWDD are charged with protecting and caring for our most vulnerable population," Scott said in the press release. "As a caregiver, Mr. Mandigo's alleged conduct was reprehensible and inexcusable. This joint investigation resulted in the removal of a danger to residents living in this state facility. Abuses of persons with disabilities in New York State will not be tolerated and will be thoroughly investigated."
When OPWDD was first made aware of the situation, the agency identified Mandigo and the resident/victim and immediately placed Mandigo on administrative leave to ensure the safety of the residents of the house. At the same time, OPWDD referred the matter to the inspector general and state police, and the joint investigation commenced.
Mandigo admitted to authorities he was verbally abusive toward the resident and had struck the resident in the face, as seen on the video.
"There were verbal admissions, a written statement and then the video," Franklin County District Attorney Derek Champagne, who is prosecuting the case, told the Enterprise Wednesday.
Champagne said he's not sure if Mandigo has resigned yet, but if he did or does, it would go a long way toward resolving the case.
"Obviously our main priority is that he's no longer employed in that capacity," Champagne said.
State and county officials were full of praise for the arrest.
"I thank the Inspector General's office, the State Police and the District Attorney for their work and collaboration in taking action on this case," OPWDD Commissioner Courtney Burke said in a press release. "OPWDD takes incidents of abuse in our system very seriously, and we have initiated comprehensive health and safety reform efforts around reporting allegations and preventing abuse, as we continue to promote positive relationships to strengthen the system for the individuals we serve."
"This alleged criminal conduct involves some of our most vulnerable population and will continue to be aggressively investigated and prosecuted," Champagne said in the release.
Champagne told the Enterprise there was more than one alleged victim, but the current charges only pertain to one.
A message left at a number listed for Mandigo was not immediately returned.
Prosecution problems
Champagne said it's a big burden for his office to prosecute cases like this because his employees don't have access to the medical records to be able to tell if a Sunmount resident is competent enough to proceed with court cases and able to legally give permission.
"We don't have access to all sorts of private materials and information which helps make a case," Champagne said.
He said he's looking forward to a new state office that is planned to deal with the prosecution of these types of cases. That office will have protocol in place for dealing with roadblocks while his office must do it on a case-by-case basis.
"These cases can be very, very time consuming for small offices, and they can really drain resources," Champagne said. "We'll continue to do them so long as it's our obligation, but obviously, once the new agency's up and running, I think it will help us as far as not pulling resources away from other cases."
His Tupper Lake office reviews hundreds of complaints a year from Sunmount, and the assistant district attorneys stationed there spend "an extraordinary amount of time" dealing with them, Champagne said.
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Edward Ruscha was born in Omaha, Nebraska, and raised in Oklahoma City. In 1956 he moved with his good friend, the musician Mason Williams, to Los Angeles where he has lived ever since. Once in Los Angeles, Ruscha regularly travelled between California and Oklahoma and his experiences of the road and of the city of Los Angeles have always provided rich material for his art, which features images of roads and roadside culture, the western horizon, Angeleno architecture and, especially, words: the Hollywood sign, title pages of comic books and his own artist's books, vernacular expressions and clichés.
Soon after first arriving in Los Angeles, Ruscha enrolled at the Chouinard Art Institute, where he studied until 1960. Chouinard (now the Californian Institute of the Arts or "Cal Arts") has become one of the most highly regarded of the many art schools in Los Angeles.
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Hiring fair for veterans, military spouses at American Legion post
The Columbus Dispatch - May 21, 2013 10:44 AM
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation and The American Legion will host "Hiring Our Heroes - Columbus," a hiring fair for veterans and military spouses, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday, May 28 at the American Legion Southway Post No. 144, 3253 S. High St.
More than 40 employers are expected to participate, with jobs available for veterans and military spouses of all ranks and levels of experience. Companies include Abbott Nutrition, American Electric Power, Bob Evans Farms, Cardinal Health, Discover Financial, Dish Network, Emerson Network Power, GameStop, JPMorgan Chase, Rent-A-Center, Verizon Wireless and The Wendy's Co.
Since its launch in March 2011, Hiring Our Heroes has helped more than 100,000 veterans and military spouses around the United States find jobs, the organization said in a statement. More than 18,400 of those hires came directly from more than 520 hiring fairs the program has held nationwide.
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Fuerbringer Lucena Unbeaten in Brazil
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (April 19, 2012) – The U.S. men's beach volleyball team of Matt Fuerbringer and Nick Lucena has advanced to the third round of the Brasilia Open in Brazil, the opening event of the 2012 FIVB SWATCH World Tour.
The top-ranked U.S. men's team of Phil Dalhausser (Ormond Beach, Fla.) and Todd Rogers (Santa Barbara, Calif.) and 10th-seeded Jake Gibb (Bountiful, Utah) and Sean Rosenthal (Redondo Beach, Calif.) are playing in the consolation bracket.
In the women's event, the top-seeded team of Misty May-Treanor (Santa Monica, Calif.) and Kerri Walsh (San Jose, Calif.) finished tied for fifth after falling to Brazil's No. 2 seeded Larissa França and Juliana Felisberta Da Silva on Thursday.
Fuerbringer (Costa Mesa, Calif.) and Lucena (Santa Barbara, Calif.), seeded fourth, opened on Thursday with a 21-19, 21-12 victory in 39 minutes over Steven Grotowski and John Garcia-Thompson of Great Britain. In the second round, the U.S. pair defeated Germany's 13th-ranked Sebastian Dollinger and Stefan Windscheif, 23-21, 21-14 in 39 minutes.
On Friday, Fuerbringer and Lucena will face Spain's fifth-seeded Pablo Herrera Allepuz and Adrián Gavira Collado in the third round.
Dalhausser and Rogers breezed through their first-round match against Austria's 32nd-seeded Thomas Kunert and Lorenz Petutschnig, 21-13, 21-10 in 30 minutes. But the 2008 Olympic champions were upset in the second round by Brazil's 16th-seeded Moisés Neilton Santos and Vitor Gonçalves Felipe, 18-21, 21-18, 15-9 in 56 minutes.
Dalhausser and Rogers will play Denmark's 31st-ranked Bo Soderberg and Anders Lund Hoyer in consolation on Friday.
Gibb and Rosenthal are also playing in consolation after losing in the second round. The 2008 Olympians beat Austria's 23rd-seeded Alexander Huber and Robin Seidl in the first round, 21-15, 21-11 in 32 minutes. But the U.S. team fell in the second round to Germany's seventh-seeded Jonathan Erdmann and Kay Matysik, 23-21, 16-21, 15-13 in 58 minutes.
Gibb and Rosenthal will play Italy's ninth-seeded Nicolai Paolo and Daniele Lupo in consolation on Friday.
The U.S. men's team of Brad Keenan (Westminster, Calif.) and John Mayer (Thousand Oaks, Calif.), who won a country quota match on Tuesday and two qualifying matches on Wednesday, lost both their main draw matches on Thursday and finished tied for 25th.
On the women's side, May-Treanor and Walsh, who were playing in consolation after a loss on Wednesday, lost Thursday to França and Da Silva, 21-13, 24-26, 15-13 in 50 minutes and finished tied for fifth.
The semifinals and finals of the Brasilia Open are being shown live and for free onhttp://fivb.laola1.tv.
Complete information about the FIVB World Tour is available on the FIVB web site.