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Picturing the Past 61: Depot and urban renewalPosted Tuesday, May 18, 2010, at 10:12 AM
'Doc' Mummert with Bill Cannon and a new 1959 Impala in December 1958. (T-G file photo)
Here's "Doc" Mummert taking delivery of a new 1959 Impala from Bill Cannon at Cannon Chevrolet in its Depot Street location sometime in December 1958. Looks like as late as the late 1950s men routinely wore hats.
At top right, just under the Chevrolet banner, you'll see one of the old houses that lined Depot Street between Cannon and the Times-Gazette building. Was this large, white house the Baptist Church parsonage, or did the minister live in the red brick home (later housing the Gingham Dog in the 1980s and 1990s) that was torn down just a few years ago?
WHERE IS THIS? The negative envelope dated April 18, 1956 indicates this street was within the area designated for urban renewal due largely to repeated flooding. I'd guess most people under 60 have no memory of this street. But I'll bet some of you recognize this right off.
Much of the news coverage of Nashville's record floods concerned mold left behind as water receded from homes -- and whether to scrap the homes entirely or do extensive repairs such as replacing practically everything, etc. Much emphasis has been on the health hazards of mold.
So how did people whose Shelbyville homes were flooded over and over, such as those on this street likely were, handle mold and repairs? Was as much attention paid to health hazards in those days?
I hesitated to use this photo because the negative isn't in the best of shape, but this shows a side of Shelbyville most of us who are relatively younger haven't experienced. Look at how much newer portions of downtown Shelbyville look compared to downtown areas of some of our surrounding towns. Shelbyville's changed so much.
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I'm just speculating here, but perhaps one factor is that today's homes are more tightly sealed-up and less likely to have windows, doors, etc. open. That holds the mold spores (or whatever) inside, where the person who lives in the home is more likely to breathe them. You hear this mentioned sometimes as a factor in why radon concentration is a concern.
Then again, there are a lot of allergies that you hear more about now than in the past, so maybe there's something about the environment, or our diet or lifestyle, that makes us more sensitive.
-- Posted by Jicarney on Tue, May 18, 2010, at 10:40 AM
David, I just now spoke with Bro. Homer Cate's widow on the phone to ask about the parsonage. She told me that the parsonage was the red brick home that was later an office for Dr. Avery and Dr. Burch. She said that Dr. Burch bought the house from First Baptist. Then First Baptist bought a house on Moody to be used as the parsonage, and the Cate family moved there. Bro. Cate was pastor at First Baptist from 1941 until 1952. She said that Dr. Gilbert, a local dentist at that time, lived in the white house she thought.
The picture from the flood area looks familiar to me, but I can not place exactly where it was.
I agree with Jicarney about the houses being tighter today than what they were in those days. I can never remember mold being mentioned as a major problem. Whenever it was mentioned that something smelled moldy folks would just say we need to air it out and that solved the problem. My Dad had our house built in 1946 and that is the first that I can remember of sheetrock being used in the construction of inside walls. Before that inside walls were either plaster over wood lathe, or 1/2 inch tounge and groove boards covered with wallpaper, or concrete block walls.
-- Posted by leeiii on Tue, May 18, 2010, at 2:18 PM
Where did 'Doc'Mummert work?
The name rang a bell,however I can't remember how I know it.
-- Posted by Gus on Tue, May 18, 2010, at 5:20 PM
I don't remember where "Doc Mummert worked, but I do remember his wife was my Latin teacher at Central. I hope that someone comes forth with an answer, because I can't remember either.
-- Posted by cookie on Tue, May 18, 2010, at 6:08 PM
If I am not mistaken "Doc" worked at Brantleys Drug Store, but do not bet the farm on that. Mrs. Mummert was my Algebra I teacher in both my Freshman year and my Freshman red shirt year.
-- Posted by leeiii on Tue, May 18, 2010, at 6:27 PM
These houses look like the ones on N. Britain back in the 40's and 50's, but I don't think that they would be a part of the Urban Renewal. I just remember walking up N. Britain going to the movie on Saturday, and seeing the houses that seem to be right on the street. They would have been in the block just north of Holland Street.
-- Posted by cookie on Tue, May 18, 2010, at 9:11 PM
Supposedly, when JFK took his inaugural walk barehead, it started the trend of men not wearing hats. It is a bit like Clark Gable taking off his shirt in "It Happened One Night"; undershirts took a nosedive because he wasn't wearing one.
-- Posted by Tyger on Tue, May 18, 2010, at 9:32 PM
leeiii...you are not mistaken....Doc Mummert was the pharmacist at Brantley's for many years. But I didn't know that Miss Emma ever taught anything except Latin and French. She must have started that Algebra stuff after I departed CHS in 1954. Was she still doing the language courses as well as math when you came along? She was a classic!
-- Posted by steadyeddie on Wed, May 19, 2010, at 12:09 AM
steadyeddie, yes she was doing both Latin and Spanish when I came along, however I do not remember French. I am wondering if French was dropped sometime earlier before I started high school. Mrs. Mummert only taught first year Algebra. I think FlaDon's Mom taught second year Algebra and maybe some Plane Geometry. I think Miss Troxler (Mrs. Wesner) taught Plane, Solid, and Trig.
-- Posted by leeiii on Wed, May 19, 2010, at 7:09 AM
Doc Mummert was the pharmacist for many, many years at Brantley's Drug Store on the east side of the square. I also fondly recall that when my dad would stop by the drug store to pick up prescriptions, my siblings and I would occasionally be treated to "the best malted milkshakes in the world" made by Carl, another longtime Brantley's employee.
-- Posted by marnold1118 on Wed, May 19, 2010, at 8:21 AM
I don't remember the street, but I do remember that most houses back then were open under the house. When I was about 6 yrs I asked my grandmother sitting on the front porch "who does all these chickens belong to?" She said "anybody that can catch one". We did'nt need pest control, running wild chickens ate every bug within a mile of the house. Thanks David for all the great memories generated by your pictures.
-- Posted by Grits on Wed, May 19, 2010, at 5:55 PM
I had Mrs. Mummert for two years of Latin from 69-71. I also had Mrs Wesson the last two years, 71-73. These were by far the best teachers I ever had anytime.
-- Posted by cfder on Wed, May 19, 2010, at 5:58 PM
I don't recall either one of my great grandparents having air conditioning, but I do remember windows being left open, as well as doors witth only the screen door being latched from the inside. I don't recall mold ever being a problem. Window fans were the order of the day and my great grandma on my mother's side never cooked on an elctric stove. (Her children bought her one once and she would'nt allow it in the house!) That old Black Diamond wood stove made the best homemade biscuits I've ever tasted. Seemed like homes smelled better then too. I really enjoy this blog of yours David. Keep it up!
-- Posted by Tim Lokey on Wed, May 19, 2010, at 10:58 PM
Tattoos & Scars you have stirred the old memory pot again with the wood cook stove. Who can forget coming in from school and getting a biscuit out of the warming closet of the old cook stove, punching a hole in it with your finger, and pouring it full of molasses. I guess that was kind of a jelly filled donut long before its time.
As for the window fan. I can remember that we were able to afford a window fan about 1950. Dad said that it would cool the whole house at night if we would just crack a window closest to our bed. Boy was he right. You had to get under the covers.
-- Posted by leeiii on Thu, May 20, 2010, at 6:54 AM
In the 30s it was my job to put kindling in the kitchen stove and build the fire for Mom and sisters breakfast baking and cooking. I also had the job of emptying the "slop jars" into the outhouse out back. No one in the world has a greater appreciation of indoor plumbing and sewage systems than I.
One of the Halloween pranks some boys pulled, was outhouse tipping. They would turn an outhouse over and run. That stopped forever when one of the pranksters accidently fell in the hole.
-- Posted by Grits on Thu, May 20, 2010, at 8:42 AM
Grits, you made me laugh all over myself. Yes, I remember those times as well. Back to your earlier post about the houses being open underneath. My job was to gather the eggs from under the house. It seems that the hens always wanted to lay as close to the chimney as they could, and I was always on the look-out for any snakes that might try to beat me to the eggs. What kind of snakes you ask? They are all Copper Mouthed Rattling Mocasins don't you know?
-- Posted by leeiii on Thu, May 20, 2010, at 11:10 AM
Yep..leeiii and Grits...I really can remember building those fires with kindling in the kitchen stove..and the Franklin heater...and the old Warm Moring heater...and leeiii, we couldn't afford a fan to keep us cool at night. In the summer, we all changed our sleeping position...with our head at the foot of the bed...and the windows wide open to try to catch some cool air from the outside.....And in the winter, we heated a flat iron and wrapped it in newspapers for our feet to rest on in the ice-cold bedroom (with linoleum on the floor).....Ah..the good old days!
-- Posted by steadyeddie on Thu, May 20, 2010, at 1:05 PM
steadyeddie, the reminder of cold linoleum on the floor makes me ouch just to think about it. The flat iron reminds me that after we got us a warm place made in the straw bed or feather bed we had better stay there and not roll out of it lest we freeze all over again.
I have heard my Dad talk about warming rocks by the fireplace all night and then wrapping them in a quilt to put in the car for heat the next day if they were going to take a long trip like to Nashville. I am too young to ever have done that.
-- Posted by leeiii on Thu, May 20, 2010, at 2:05 PM
steadyeddie...did you have to mention those cold linoleum floors? You just made both of my feet sting with chillingly painful recollections. Being the oldest of four children, it was my responsibility to start the morning fire if we were at our grandparents home. (Remember those "pallets" on the floor?) The only pleasurable thing about being the first one to hit the old linoleum was that I was the first one to feel the heat!
-- Posted by Tim Lokey on Thu, May 20, 2010, at 2:08 PM
Leeiii, under the house was a great place to hangout with the neighbor hood kids. In the summer it was cooler there. I remember one time I was sleeping there and woke up with a big startup, when a pig began licking my face.
Steadyeddie, I always loved our Warm Morning Heater and I have the fondest memories of the fireplace in the living room. Sitting on a sofa with the family gathered around, without PC, Celltexting, TV abstractions and all the faces reflecting a bright orange glow. The memory seems almost like a magical place.
-- Posted by Grits on Thu, May 20, 2010, at 3:29 PM
bbbluebird, one of the funniest stories I heard during the late 40s was: Two boys were always looking for a good secluded parking place to take their girl friends for some sparking.
One of them noticed that a farmer on the old Tullahoma road had left his grazing field gate open. That night they picked up their girls and went through the open fence and it was a hot night, so they rolled all the windows down. A whole lot of loving was going on when all of a sudden a hugh bull stuck his head in a window and went MOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!. One girl fainted and the other wet all over her partner. The driver got his ankle caught in between the break/clutch and
the other boy screamed like a wild wombat in a hornets nest.
-- Posted by Grits on Thu, May 20, 2010, at 8:39 PM
These last ten stories have been the best of the year and I have lived every one of them.
-- Posted by Cal t on Thu, May 20, 2010, at 10:06 PM
Grits....I believe you've won the prize with your story of "Love in the Meadow"....That's a real leg slapper!..It's too bad that today's young whippersnappers have no concept of "catching an ankle between the brake and the clutch". They are too busy with their I-pods....What a pity!
-- Posted by steadyeddie on Fri, May 21, 2010, at 1:04 AM
Off the subject, but great advice from years ago:
Do not run back and forth across a busy highway just to show possums it can be done. Don't even think about kidnapping the Tennessee cheerleaders during a game. Always remember the old German saying "those who sup with the devil better us a long fork". To be really green always use 100% recycled electrons when you send in your comments.
-- Posted by Grits on Sat, May 22, 2010, at 6:50 PM
Hey Grits....let me know if you decide to put out a book filled with your "recollections of days gone by"....I'll buy the first copy.
-- Posted by steadyeddie on Sat, May 29, 2010, at 1:12 PM
Thanks, steadyeddie. It would be difficult to write a book now at my old age and cloudy memory. Sometimes I remember the old times, but then most I have forgotten until a commenter reminds me. Hope you and your family have a great Memorial day.
-- Posted by Grits on Sat, May 29, 2010, at 7:58 PM
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As Anderson's top guy and industry legend Don Finkell recently retired leaving behind his long leadership of the company, Shaw's hard surface management has built a team that will carry the brand into the years to come, according to Mollie Surratt. Anderson's restructured executive lineup is as follows:
Shaw's executive hard surface team consists of Scott Sandlin, vice president of hard surfaces business development; Jeff Sills, executive vice president of sales; and, Drew Hash, vice president of product management. Leading the daily management of the Anderson brand: Rick Knowles, Anderson vice president of sales; Mollie Surratt, director of marketing; Randy Myers, director of manufacturing; and, Kevin Thompson, Anderson product management.


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text: I think that theres too many thing pointing to tobi being obito especially in the way he looks. The whole only see the right eye thing and the hair and the fact that obito was left in the rain country. But then i wonder what was the point to the Kakashi gaiden i mean no other character had a back story so it doesnt make sense unless its a clue. So i started thinking that maybe madara does what orochimaru does in that he takes bodies and transfers his soul or whatever to them. So that if obito is tobi its obito's body with madaras conciousness. And this would also maybe explain how itachi ended up in the akatsuki and why tobi comments on the power of sasuke's eyes compared to itachis as in sasuke might be a better host. This kinda made sense to me because orochimaru didnt get the change body technique untill after he left the akatsuki. The biggest flaw i see here is that madara didnt found the akatsuki well maybe but pain is the leader although he's ordered around by tobi so i dunno but yea. The main theory is that if it is obitos body its madara's conciousness.


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For this look, Eva Mendes has very long, thick hair. Her hair falls long on her back and is build up high on top as the sides have been brushed and gathered towards the back, then clipped in place. At the front, long bangs are styled at both sides.Eva's haircut is long.The hair is coloured a dark brown with auburn highlights.
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Stamford Advocate (Mar. 9): "Some Want More Than Sanctions Against Russia"
Former UNH president and former congressman Lawrence J. DeNardis, who has been an election observer in Ukraine over the years, says he is not sure sanctions against Russia will help as the situation intensifies in the Crimea. "Many of our European allies are not crazy about sanctions," he said. "If Putin wants to take another step ... the world will have to respond in a more definitive way."


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MF council thanks police, community
MARTINS FERRY – City council reviewed and facilitated several ongoing projects during Wednesday's regular meeting.
Thanks went to all who participated in the recent Pitch-in Day, which included a semi-trailer that hauled away old tires for recycling. Between 550 and 600 tires had been collected during a period of years. Thanks went to the Lions Club and other volunteers. Four picnic tables were donated by a resident.
Council approved the appropriation of $10,000 from the permanent improvement fund to address storm sewer issues. A similar action had been taken last year. Council appropriated $5,000 from travel and training and $5,000 from auxiliary, all from the police budget. Thanks went to the police department, noting that this was the second such occurrence this year. Mayor's Court has seen heavy use thanks to the officers' diligent patrols.
Council appropriated up to $10,000 from the permanent improvement fund for storm sewer issues this year.
Council appropriated up to $7,000 for the purchase of valves for replacement on Clinton and Catawba streets. Council also appropriated $11,000 for repairs of an electric cable.
Service Director Chuck Bennett Jr. reported progress on maintaining the cemetery and cutting weeds on Route 7 and other sites.
Asphalt patching should resume today, with potholes and water breaks to be addressed. Also, 100 feet of a culvert must be replaced on Crawford Heights after a collapse.
Bennett also addressed prior questions of utility bills. He noted when water meters were originally installed and lowered the minimum rate from $30 to $18. When that cut occurred, it affected 1,500 people who utilize the minimum. The reduction by $12 each was a monthly loss of $18,000 to the city, and the increases on some of the individuals above the minimum did not entirely differentiate that amount. For the total of the year, the city lost about $216,000.
Furthermore, the loss of Wheeling Steel compounded that for a total of about $360,000 less.
In response, the city has taken measures including cutting costs and changing suppliers.
In other matters, council took a voice vote for cemetery capital project. Whatever money put in the project would have to be used in a 10-year period for projects with a lifespan of more than five years. An ordinance will be pending.
Council Member Robert Duncan inquired about dissolving the parking meter fund and creating a line item within the fund. The auditor said any such line item had to be used for duties related to the parking meters. Mayor Paul Riethmiller said he was concerned that should layoffs become necessary a law enforcement officer could be among them.
Regarding the park district, the pool is operation and thanks went to donors who provided $25 hundred for chemicals.
The city will consider whether to use the Ohio Revised Code's ordinance against texting and driving or the city ordinance.
Tentative dates were set for town hall meetings with the area's representatives. Rep. Jack Cera may be available July 25, 5:30 p.m., with July 18 as a backup. Sen. Lou Gentile will be available Aug. 26, 5:30 p.m.
A budget hearing is set for July 2, 5:30 p.m. with the budget to be passed at the 6 p.m. council.
A finance committee meeting will be held today at 5 p.m.
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Columnist's wrong on interpretation
I am writing in response to the commentary "Cherry picking for rights" (Aug. 26). I find it necessary to address a fundamental flaw the author has in regard to the Second Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
He states he has "no doubt the government has the right to regulate that right in many ways, the language, 'a well regulated Militia' allows that, and let's face it, they regulate each and every other amendment of the Constitution." He then states that those who do not agree with his misinterpretation "can't read, refuse to accept or just don't understand the words."
The English language contains many words that have multiple meanings and variations of meanings. Some had meanings which have fallen out of common usage over time, but were completely understood at the time they were written. There are those who are simply ignorant of the usage of the word "regulate" as used at the time of the framing of the Constitution, or deliberately choose the wrong definition in an attempt to distort and pervert the meaning of the passage.
In either case, the author's opinion is at odds with the meaning intended by the Framers. "An American Dictionary of the English Language," by Noah Webster LL.D. published in 1875 gives the definition of "regulate" on p. 1109 as follows:
1. To adjust by rule, method, or established mode; to direct by rule or restrictions; to subject to governing principals or laws. "The laws which regulate a succession of the seasons."
2. To put in good order; as, to regulate the disordered state of a nation or its finances.
The second definition as given in 1875 is the same as used in 1789 by the Framers when writing the Second Amendment. I shall provide some examples of the use of the term "well regulated" from that time period to support this fact.
"We hear likewise that the French are in a great Alarm in Dauphine and Bresse, not having at present 1500 Men of well regulated Troops on that side." – The London Gazette, No. 2568/3, 1690.
"To oblige the great body of the yeomanry and of the other classes of the citizens to be under arms for the purpose of going through military exercises and evolutions, as might be necessary to acquire the degree of perfection which would entitle them to the character of a well regulated militia, would be a real grievance to the people and a serious public inconvenience and loss." Alexander Hamilton, "The Federalist Papers," No. 29.
"Resolved, That this appointment be conferred on experienced and vigilant general officers, who are acquainted with whatever relates to the general economy, manoeuvres and discipline of a well regulated army." "Journals of the Continental Congress," 1774-1789.
"That the strength of the Wabash Indians who were principally the object of the resolve of the 21st of July 1787, and the strength of the Creek Indians is very different. That the said Creeks are not only superior in numbers but are more united, better regulated, and headed by a name whose talents appear to have fixed him in their confidence. That from the view of the object your secretary has been able to take he conceives that the only effectual mode of acting against the said Creeks in case they should persist in their hostilities would be making an invasion of their country with a powerful body of well regulated troops always ready to combat and able to defeat any combination of force the said Creeks could oppose and destroy their towns and provisions." "Journals of the Continental Congress," 1774-1789.
"I am unacquainted with the extent of your works, and consequently ignorant of the number of men necessary to man them. If your present numbers should be insufficient for that purpose, I would then by all means advise your making up that deficiency out of the best regulated militia that can be got." "The Writings of George Washington," pp. 503-504, G.P. Putnam & Sons, pub. 1889.
These are but a few examples that clearly show that the meaning of the term "well regulated" as used in the Second Amendment is a reference to troops properly armed, trained and disciplined, in good order. Examine how the term "regulate" was used elsewhere in the Constitution. In every other instance where the term "regulate" is used as in definition one, or regulations are referred to, the Constitution specifies who is to do the regulating and what is to be regulated. In the Second Amendment, the Framers used the term "well regulated" to describe the militia, and therefore did not define who or what would regulate it. This descriptive term cannot honestly be construed as intent to give authority to politicians, unelected bureaucrats or appointed political czars to control, invent prohibitions and restrict the types of arms the people were permitted to possess, require licensing and otherwise infringe on the right.
I hope this clarifies the matter and corrects the author's confusion.
It was also suggested that supporters of the Second Amendment somehow support infringements on other Amendments. I can't answer for anyone else, but I do not, and am indeed outraged by the blatant infringements and abuses of all the others as we currently see perpetrated by our State and Federal governments.
Terry L. Clark is an Angola resident.


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|Puzzle Afternoon
Event Type: Adult Programs
Age Group(s): Adults
Date: 2/22/2013
Start Time: 2:00 PM
End Time: 3:30 PM
Put jigsaw puzzles together or try some word search and word scrambles. Exercise your brain! Light refreshments provided. Someone will win an attendance prize! For seniors.Library: Eureka Hills Branch Map
Location: Meeting Room (EH)
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For seniors.Presenter: Library Staff


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Many TeaChatters (including me) are just beginning to venture into the world of pu erh, so I thought that it would be helpful to post this article by Stephane of Tea Masters (a reputable source).
(it was originally in French, but I translated it with google)
He suggests first exploring:
- Young Sheng (under 5 years old)
- Shou (3 - 10 years)
I definitely trust Stephane's advice, so I'll begin to develop my palate by tasting young sheng and slightly aged shou. This way, I can fully appreciate the aged stuff once I get a chance to taste it.
Also, I would recommend that everyone (experienced and inexperienced alike) read through his blog entries. I've read about 3/4ths of his already, and have rapidly learned so much about tea.


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5th Birthday of Paintugal Association
Band of Brothers
The biggest Rec Ball Event in Portugal & Spain - 600 players expected
This event has an entrance fee of 6 for non Paintugal Associates, that include entrance on field, AC refills and insurance, they are BYOP, bring your gear and/or paint and play, fulfilling the regulations.
Coordinates: 39º 00' 31.74'' N - 9º 19' 24.20'' W
Oporto - > Mafra:
Motorway A1 to South (Lisbon), exit in Leiria to A8 Motorway,
Follow the motorway A8 until the exit nº5, "Venda do Pinheiro, Malveira, Mafra"
Follow the roadbook:
Lisboa -> Mafra:
Motorway A8 until the exit nº5, "Venda do Pinheiro, Malveira, Mafra",
Follow the roadbook:
Faro - > Mafra:
Motorway A2 to North (Lisbon), until exit nº5 - A12 Motorway / Vasco da Gama bridge,
Follow the motorway A8 - Leiria, directions, until the exit nº5, "Venda do Pinheiro, Malveira, Mafra"
Follow the roadbook:
Roadbook: http://www.megacampo...book_lisboa.pdf
September 19th & 20th
Event Program:
Saturday September 19th
Paintball game with 4 hours duration; small airball field and several other activities; Paintball shopping area; Player's Party and distribution of prizes.
From 8h to 11h, players registration.
Go straight to the registration tent in order to register. After registration you will get your player's card which includes the ticket to withdraw the rental equipment (if you have rented something).
Next, set up your equipment, fill up AC/co2 bottles, buy paintballs, and check paintball marker in the testing area.
At last, check chrono radar before the game starts. SPEED LIMIT 280FPS, once it's set at that speed you will receive your team armband, and you are set to play.
11:30 - Game briefing and team's field placement.
12:00 - Game Start
16:00 - Game Over
Return armbands at the organization tent.
Return rented equipment to the supplier.
22:00 - Players Party + Prize Distribution + Anniversary cake of the Paintugal Association
24:00 - Party on the beach bars
Sunday, September 20th
Free day to enjoy local tourist sights, environmental and cultural heritage, and also taste Ericeira cousine.
Game Regulations:
Register for this event from 1st of June until 4th of September in http://www.paintugal.com/eventos
For every Non Paintugal Associate, the Megacampo Field charges a fee of 6 that includes the entrance on field, air refills, insurance.
Preference is given to teams, for the general to assign missions and team objectives send your team info to: firstname.lastname@example.com
WC's and Showers
Car Parking
Shop/Trademarks Area
Activity Zone + Airball Field
Accommodation in ERICEIRA City:
Camping Mil Regos
Estrada Nacional 247, km 49,4
Tel.+351) 261 862 706/(+351) 261 862 513
Fax: (+351) 261 866 798
e-mail: email@example.com
Website: http://www.ericeirac...com/indexEN.php
More Options: http://www.cm-mafra....ccomodation.asp
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Game Scenario
Band of Brothers
Band of Brothers is a ten-part television World War II miniseries based on the book of the same title written by historian and biographer Stephen Ambrose. It was executive produced by Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks, and aired in 2001 by HBO.
The narrative centers on the experiences of E Company ("Easy Company") of the 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment assigned to the 101st Airborne Division, from Easy's basic training at Toccoa, Georgia, through the American airborne landings in Normandy, Operation Market Garden, the Battle of Bastogne and on to the end of the war.
Episodes used on the game:
"Day of Days" & "Carentan" - Battle of Normandy - France
The first combat Easy Company had, was in the dawn of 6 of June 1944, landing behind enemy lines in Normandy, taking out a set of guns at Sainte-Marie-du-Mont, secure the south exits of Utah beach, the north exits of Omaha beach and take the city of Carentan.
"Replacements" & "Crossroads" - Operation Market Garden - Holland
On the 17th of September of 1944, the company was assigned to break the enemy lines concentrated in Holand, openning a breach from Eindhove until Arnhem, to the British armor.
"Bastogne" & "The Breaking Point" - Battle of the Bulge - Belgium
In the winter, on the 16th of Dezember 1944, the German Army counter-attack in Belgium, Ardennes Forest, penetrating in allied lines of defence. There was a town called Bastogne, wich was the key crossroad to all the Ardennes, the Germans want to take it, the company got surrounded, without food, ammo and hospitals.
"Points" - Eagle's Nest - Germany
After the invasion of North Germany, the company captures Eagle's Nest in Berchtesgaden, and camp there until the end of the war.


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International Students Association
The International Students Association is dedicated to satisfying the needs of international students while at DSU. The organization comprises of hardworking, devoted and serious students putting their best efforts to good use. Our association has been created for the benefit of any international student and we extend our welcome to all so we as international students may learn from citizens of this country. This is an open invitation for all international students to join the association. Please come for the fellowship at meetings and participate in fun activities or talk with fellow members. The most important thing is to be recognized as an international student.
The goals of the ISA are to:
Membership fee: $10 per year


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You may have seen in the news recently that about 800 babies—children of the Catholic Church's historic "homes" for unwed mothers (or "laundries")—are unaccounted for and presumed to be buried in unmarked graves.
You may have seen in the news recently that about 800 babies—children of the Catholic Church's historic "homes" for unwed mothers (or "laundries")—are unaccounted for and presumed to be buried in unmarked graves.
Part I and Part II are also posted on this blog.
P.R. Claim: Religion fosters family closeness and family values.
Last night I watched "Polygamy USA." I am aware that polygamous LDS is not standard LDS. And, further, LDS isn't standard "Christian." But what I saw that disturbed me, had nothing to do with the differences in these religious cultures, and represented, rather, obvious similarities. It had nothing at all to do with the polygamous aspect of the environment, and everything to do with how religion can strain ties between parents and children—putting distance between them by fostering irrational intolerance.
What I see over and over again, is that religion damages some aspect-X of society, but then successfully spins itself as beneficial to aspect-X. A commonly observed example would be religious groups that promote restricting access to both contraception and comprehensive sex education, as a means to reduce unwanted pregnancy. But sometimes the instances are not so obvious, even if they are just as common. Repeatedly, I see the P.R. claims slide through society unquestioned and unexamined. It appears that all religion has to do is continue claiming it's good for aspect-X, and after a time, the claim, "it's good for aspect-X," takes hold, even among nonadherents.
What I'm about to discuss is not a problem restricted to religion, but rather a problem that religion compounds. In other words, without religion, there would be one less cause for this harm. Additionally, being a massive and well regarded institution, it has the potential to continue causing extensive damage, more than other ideologies that are not so socially far reaching, nor as lauded. [Read more…]
So this idiot punk-ass Somali kid decides he wants to be a big jihad hero and set off a bomb in Portland, and is exactly dumb enough to walk right into a sting. I imagine the FBI was having a hard time not laughing as they handed him the cell phone he thought would trigger a massive explosion. "Dude, it'll be just like on 24, except this time you're the good guy!"
On Sunday some clodhoppers decide to retaliate by burning down the Islamic Center the kid attended, though they only managed to scorch part of it a little bit and cause some smoke damage.
In the midst of all this, we have the unsurprising spectacle of Christopher Hitchens turning Tony Blair into thin strips of beef tripe in a debate over whether religion is a "force for good" in the world. The only debate there is whether anyone who would answer yes to that question is merely deluded or maliciously ignorant.
Religion, more and more, is being revealed as a haven for lunatics willing to commit all manner of lunacy to curry the favor of an imaginary father figure. I see precious few good guys, only idiots with competing holy books trying to outdo one another's monumental acts of barbarism. Whatever good "faith" may be doing anyone is well hidden from view, at best. Can everybody please just let it go already?
…Sorry. Slipped into a little reverie there. Back to bad old reality yet again.
When I receive a communication like this one, I don't know whether to be happy or to cry. On the one hand, it's nice to be able to help someone. On the other hand, I'm sorry to have to help someone put their self-worth back together after it's been badly damaged so unnecessarily.
I received this note privately from someone on Facebook:
I watch AE on ustream and just wanted to say that something you said really helped me work through a few things Forgive me for being candid about the subject!
While not brought up in the Catholic faith I went to Catholic schools and have suffered problems relating to sex due to various things (minimal relationship advice from embarrassed parents, virtually no sex education from school other than in science lessons). I have been in emotionally abusive relationships since a very young age and was taught to feel nothing but guilt and shame about anything sexual. Being English (and from Yorkshire to boot), we just don't talk about those things with our parents.
Through my self-education over the past few years (and my interest in issues related to atheism) I have started to work through these things that have plagued me since I can remember. It really clicked for me however whilst watching you responding to a caller on one of the archived programmes a few days ago. You were explaining to the caller how we do not need saving from being human. You stated that seeing a person and thinking sexual thoughts is a normal state of being and entirely natural (even essential) to being human and why would we need saving from soemthing so inherant to us?
It sounds silly to say it now but I had never thought of it that way. I'd had so much misinfomation and guilt piled on me that I couldn't see the blindingly obvious.
I've been reading John Gray recently and this concept of the human as animal and natural is only just now sinking in (I don't agree with everything he says but that part got to me). It seems that you don't need faith to be still affected by some of the dogma!
I turn 30 next year and have had so many good relationships ruined by this, so many tears and recriminations that I can't explain it here. I can't even begin to think how much I have lost.
I'd been working towards it for a while but you really made it finally click with your matter-of-fact approach. I felt like "duuuuuuuh" when I realised the crap I put myself through! And it was totally unecessary! 😀
So thank you. I managed to open so much of my life recently and this was one part of the puzzle that bound me to that old guilt.
All I can say to her is "you're welcome, and best of luck."
And all I can add for anyone else is "Don't tell me the average believer doesn't cause any harm."
There's a truth about the upcoming Koran cookout planned by Dove World Church and its grandstanding (and light-fingered) pastor Terry Jones: they have every right under the Constitution to do this thing. Are they a bunch of dicks who don't care about the potential devastating backlash of their actions as long as they get the publicity they crave? Yeah, I suppose they are.
Recently, atheists proudly participated in an online event called Everybody Draw Mohammed Day, which was as deliberate a middle finger to Islam as we could have thought up. Before that, PZ Myers famously threw a cracker in the trash, making him the bête noire of Catholics worldwide. (Though they conveniently forget that he also trashed a copy of The God Delusion at the same time.) As people who are not above acts of deliberate provocation ourselves — indeed, as people who are currently arguing amongst ourselves about the merits of "being a dick" in our encounters with religionists — it would hardly be honest of us to join the chorus of chest-beating outrage against Jones' church for the horrible offense of burning somebody's holy book. While most of us, I'm sure, take Fahrenheit 451 to heart and deplore book-burning on general principles as a disgraceful act of intellectual cowardice and the suppression of ideas, we should also acknowledge the legitimacy of the act as a form of protest speech. After all, I can't very well defend the rights of flag-burners while condemning a Koran-burner. Don't work dat way!
I suppose where the conversation ought to go from here for atheists is in whether or not Jones is motivated by a desire to conduct a legitimate form of protest, or if he's simply a crass political opportunist, playing into a rising tide of anti-Muslim bigotry in order to increase his profile from "obscure pastor of an outcast hick church" to "internationally famous martyr and warrior for Christ". Well, what is legitimate protest in this context? Yes, radical Islamists brought down the World Trade Center. But all Muslims are not radical Islamists, and all Muslims did not partake in, let alone condone, the 9/11 attacks. So if Jones's idea is that he's protesting Islam for 9/11, he's clearly throwing his net way too wide. The thing is, I suppose he knows it, but doesn't care. He's getting the publicity he wants.
The potential for hypocrisy in criticizing the upcoming burning has been much on my mind, and I've been forced to think about the similarities and differences between what Jones is about to do, and, say, Everybody Draw Mohammed Day. And then I've been forced to question whether or not any of my ideas are simply bullshit justifications I've been making up to feel better. I don't think they are. But I do think it's a positive thing, overall, that I'm willing to be self-critical. This is an advantage the godless life offers, I think, over the brazen certainties of God-botherers like Jones, who confidently assert that God (i.e., their projection of themselves upon the universe) truly wants them to do what they're planning.
Everybody Draw Mohammed Day, for one thing, was on the whole a creative rather than destructive act of protest. It was a response, not only to the real Islamist violence and threats of violence that erupted in the wake of the publication of a few innocuous (and not especially good, when you think about it) cartoons, but to the arrogant assumption on the part of Islamists that non-Muslims were somehow obligated to follow Islam's rules. Also, at the end of the day, what you had were a bunch of silly cartoons. While there was a little huffing and puffing about EDMD, in the end, the message I think got across (to the general public, if not to radicals) that taking someone's life over a lame doodle was both insane and pitiful in equal measure. Lame doodles themselves can't possibly hurt a fly. EDMD might have offended some Muslims. But in the end, no one killed anyone.
Now, piling up a couple hundred copies of the Koran and torching them — that would be a destructive form of protest. Furthermore, it's hypocritical of Jones to justify it by condemning Islam as a hateful, intolerant religion, when he has a history of hate speech (against gays, the usual suspects) and intolerance. While I think Jones has the right to go through with his speech, I don't think his motives are honest. He's exactly what he condemns, except that his religious radicalism wears a cross rather than a crescent moon and star. (The atheists who took part in EDMD might condemn Islam and Islamist violence, but we'd never want to deprive Muslims of their right to worship, as many right-wingers do right now.)
Could this event trigger more terrorist attacks and counter-strikes against our troops overseas? Yeah, I suppose it could, though it isn't as if they needed more reasons to do that. But if Jones ends up giving them one, the first such attack will be all the vindication he needs. "See, we were right about how violent Islam is!" Not caring that, in this instance, he threw the first punch. Yeah, it's entirely valid to condemn radical Islamists for doing what they actually do, which is kill people who aren't sufficiently "respectful" to their beliefs. But you limit your condemnation to those individuals and groups who do the violence. As has been pointed out to an indifferent Jones, it's absurd and dishonest as hell for him to suggest that he's only protesting the violent Islamists, and that "moderate Muslims" ought to support him, when it's their holy book he's burning too.
In the end, I think what we as atheists should take away from all this insanity is a sobering realization that this is the kind of world you get when religion runs the show. Belief pits us against our fellow man for the most absurd of reasons: failure to worship the correct invisible magic man in the correct way. And for all that defenders bleat about the alleged benefits of religion — that sense of charity, well-being, love and community we are told believers enjoy better than any of the rest of us — they always leave out the part about religion's innate tribalism. Whatever benefits religious beliefs confer are only enjoyed by those within that particular belief community. If you're an outsider…run.
We rationalists can only hope humanity outgrows its penchant for religious tribalism one day, and that all these vile superstitions are eradicated from our cultural landscape completely. (Not through violence, of course, but through intellectual and moral awakening.) There really ought to only be one tribe — humanity.
But until then…yeah, go ahead, burn that Koran. Whatever. I'll be at home that day. Let me know when the smoke clears and it's safe to breathe free again.
This is actually a question I can see both sides of, even though I know which side I come down on. And recently a fan wrote in to express the following:
I'm ok with cherry picking religious beliefs in general because I think that it has helped push beliefs towards a more beneficial outcome. Today you hear people claiming that the Christian God is Love and other such nonsense, but I'd rather them intentionally ignore the bad parts in their holy book than to accept it all unquestioningly if they're going to believe in both cases already.
He raised some good points about how it's good many Muslims are moderate–and not like their more fanatical counterparts. I get the point, I really do. But here are my thoughts:
This is a question with no answer. Someone recently posted on Facebook an article about an American association of physicians who initially came out with a position that it's OK to "nick" infant female genitalia as a substitute for a full female circumcision–which they feared some families would go back to the old country to get if doctors here wouldn't do it. However, they then reversed their stance to say that, in fact, doctors should counsel and support the families, but not perform any such ritualistic procedures.
What should they do? Should they cause small harm, in order to mitigate greater harm? Or should they stand firm against all harm?
I compared it in a recent dialog to chemo therapy. Some chemo treatments have long-term, or even permanent awful effects on people's bodies. But the idea is that this toxic cocktail will save someone's life, so we induce harm, in order to mitigate worse harm. And most people agree this is the right course. BUT, what if we found a cure for cancer that inflicted no harm tomorrow, but some oncologists insisted upon continuing to use chemo treatments? Would it still be the right course of action?
Making religion somewhat less toxic, I can see, is preferable to having it be fully toxic. But I personally, as a reformed Christian myself, know that there is a cure available that eliminates the harm altogether. And with that knowledge, I can't, in good conscience, pursue the course of mitigating harm, when a cure that eliminates the harm is available.
I can't speak for everyone–but this is how I view it and how I address the problem.
And I think it also covers the "cherry picking" question. To support a book that encourages subjugation of women and killing other people who don't believe what you do, to me, is inexcusable. It would be like joining the KKK because you like the social networking, but reject the racist agendas.
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Pet owners are often advised to neuter their pets, but many may not realize all the benefits of the procedure. Neutering is the procedure of removing a pet's reproductive organs. Ovariohysterectomy (also called spaying) is done for female dogs, while castration is the procedure for males. VCA Animal Hospitals recommends that all pets are neutered as the procedure provides tangible benefits with few disadvantages.
Spaying a female dog comes with several advantages. The procedure eliminates the possibility of ovarian or uterine cancer in the animal, while significantly reducing the rate of breast cancer if done before a dog's first heat. Spayed female dogs will not experience potentially life threatening uterine infections or "heat," which can cause them to become restless and may prompt them to try and escape in order to find a partner.
The benefits are similar for castrating male dogs. It eliminates the risk of testicular cancer, which is a relatively common type of cancer in dogs. The procedure will also curb certain types of aggression and eliminate sexual urges, which tends to cause dogs to roam away from home looking for a mate.
Many of the disadvantages commonly associated with neutering are in fact myths. Neutering does not automatically mean a pet is going to become obese and lazy. Neutered pets do require less calories and pet owners must feed them less in order to prevent weight gain.


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Robert R. Hoffmire
SILVER CREEK – Robert R. Hoffmire, 41, of East Middle Road, Silver Creek died Thursday morning (April 4, 2013) at ECMC Hospital in Buffalo, NY after a brief illness.
He was born on Sept. 4, 1971 in Buffalo, NY, the son of the late Robert and Geraldine (Maybee) Hoffmire.
Mr. Hoffmire worked as a truck driver for Olson Paving in Forestville, NY, until he became disabled.
Robert was a social member of the Lake Shore Marine Corps and a former member of the Silver Creek Moose Club. He was an avid pool player, passionate about the Buffalo Sabres, known for his quirky sense of humor, but most of all loved and adored his daughter, Faith.
He is survived by his fiancee, Lori A. Holloway of Silver Creek; a daughter, Faith Hoffmire of Smyrna, TN; three brothers, Arthur Snow of Salamanca, NY, Nicholas Snow of Irving, NY, and David Snow of Niagara Falls, NY; three sisters, Laurie Hill of Irving, Patty Snow of Irving and Maria Maybee of Hamburg, NY; a stepsister, Laura Betts of Fredonia. Also surviving are Lori's two sons, Christopher and Justin Holloway, whom he helped to raise; and several nieces and nephews.
Friends are welcome to call at the Hole-Parker Funeral Chapel, 160 Central Ave., Silver Creek on Sunday, April 7, 2013 from 2-4 and 7-9, from where funeral services will be held Monday, April 8, 2013 at 11 a.m. with Rev. Roland Cooper officiating. Burial will be in the Seneca Nation Cemetery. The family suggests memorial contributions to the Faith Hoffmire Educational Fund, 1826 East Middle Road, Silver Creek, NY 14136. To send condolences, go to www.holeparker.com.


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Here's a proposition to any potentially interested parties out there. I own the url www.ClevelandSpirits.com . From day one with this website, I wanted to tie northeast Ohio restaraunts, bars into the site over the long term. A place to go where visitors could ...
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I'm just so bogged down with my site, I don't have time for this endeavor. I need someone to take it on. I would finance the cosntruction of the website. And we would have a phenomenal lead in, as we could advertise the hell out of it on TheClevelandFan, also tie it right into the site ... while also being able to market it separately. We're getting significant viewer numbers now, and that base of viewers can be used to spin off other sites. This is the 1st one I want to tackle.
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Dec. 3, 2010) – U.S. Men's National Team players Scott Touzinsky and Ryan Millar, who also used to be teammates on the Turkish league team Istanbul Buyuksehir Belediye, will be facing each other this month in the second round of the CEV Cup.
Millar's (Alpine, Utah) Polish team Asseco Resovia Rzeszów will play two matches against Touzinsky's (St. Louis, Mo.) German team SCC Berlin on Dec. 8 and Dec. 15 to determine which team advances to the quarterfinals.
Touzinsky's team advanced with two first-round victories over Romania's Tomis Constanta. Millar's team had two wins over Hungary's Fino Kaposvar. The second came on Nov. 25 as Rzeszów defeated Kaposvar, 3-1 (25-21, 26-28, 25-21, 25-21). Millar scored 13 points in the match.
Spain's Unicaja Almeria, which includes U.S. middle blocker David Smith (Saugus, Calif.), will also advance to the next round of the CEV Cup, but not without a fight from Greece's GC Lamia, which features of U.S. opposite Will Price (Gaithersburg, Md.) and middle blocker Andy Hein (Carol Stream, Ill.).
After Almeria won the first match, 3-1 on Nov. 18, GC Lamia came back to win the second match, 3-1 (25-22, 25-21, 17-25, 25-19) on Nov. 25. A "golden set" was played to break the tie and Almeria won that, 15-12.
Price led his team with 26 points. Smith had 11 for Almeria.
Almeria will face AB Groningen/Lycurgus of Netherlands in the next round.
Switzerland's Volley Amriswil, which includes U.S. players Max Lipsitz (middle blocker; Williamsville, N.Y.) and Daniel Mathews (setter; Shorewood, Wis.), will play Italy's Casa Modena in the next round of the CEV Cup.
In the GM Capital Challenge Cup, Isku Tampere, the Finnish team of U.S. setter Kawika Shoji (Honolulu, Hawaii) has advanced the round of 16 thanks to a golden set victory over Draisma Dynamo Apeldoorn of Netherlands.
Tampere won the first match between the two teams, 3-1. But Apeldoom came back on Nov. 24 to defeat Tampere, 3-1 (25-23, 25-22, 23-25, 25-19. Tampere won the tie-breaking golden set, 15-10.
Tampere will play Estonia's Selver Tallinn in the next round.
Fakel Novy Urengoi and U.S. setter Kevin Hansen (Newport Beach, Calif.) also advanced to the round of 16 of the GM Capital Challenge Cup (see notes from Nov. 24) and will face Kalo-Méh Kecskemet of Hungary.
The Hellenic League has suspended operations because it has not received its expected subsidy from the Greek government.
The suspension began Dec. 2 following the completion of six rounds of play.
PAOK Thessaloniki, U.S. setter Jonathan Winder (Irvine, Calif.), leads the league with 17 points.
In matches prior to the stoppage, Olympiacos and U.S. outside hitter Jayson Jablonsky (Yorba Linda, Calif.) defeated Apollon Kalamarias, 25-16, 25-13, 25-19 on Nov. 27. Jablonsky started all three sets and scored six points on five kills (0.50 hitting percentage) and one ace. He was also credited with being 100 percent positive and 67 percent excellent in receiving on nine attempts.
Iraklis Thessoloniki, the Hellenic League team of U.S. opposite Brook Billings (Santa Barbara, Calif.) and outside hitter Ryan Jay Owens, swept Aris Thessaloniki, 32-30, 25-19, 25-17 on Nov. 27. Billings scored 11 points on eight kills (0.46 hitting percentage), two blocks and one ace. Owens scored 10 points on nine kills (0.39 hitting percentage) and one ace.
Winder and PAOK beat Panellinios Athens on Nov. 28, 25-17, 25-16, 25-21. Winder started all three sets and scored four points on two kills, one block and one ace. He also set PAOK to a 0.39 hitting percentage. Kris Berzins (Brinklow, Md.), a U.S. player and son of U.S. Olympic gold medalist Aldis Berzins, started the first two sets for Panellinios and scored one point on one kill.
On Dec. 1, Lamia with Price and Hein, defeated Panathinaikos Athens, 25-22, 22-25, 25-16, 25-23. Price led his team with 18 points on 13 kills, four blocks and one ace. Hein added six points on three kills, two blocks and one ace.
To read Brook Billings' blog about the league's suspension, click here.
Zenit Kazan, the Russian Super League team of U.S. setter Lloy Ball (Fort Wayne, Ind.) and outside hitter Reid Priddy (Richmond, Va.), suffered its first loss of the season on Nov. 30 when it fell to Yaroslavich Yaroslavl, 3-2 (25-19, 25-23, 21-25, 18-25, 15-11).
Priddy led Kazan with 17 points on 15 kills (0.43 hitting percentage) and two blocks. Ball added four points on three kills and one block. He also set Kazan to a 0.41 hitting percentage.
Kazan defeated Dynamo Krasnodar on Nov. 27, 3-1 (25-22, 26-28, 25-23, 25-21). Priddy scored 14 points on 13 kills (0.48 hitting percentage) and one ace. Ball scored two points on one block and one ace and set Kazan to a 0.47 hitting percentage.
To view photos from Kazan's CEV Champion's Cup match on Nov. 24, click here.
Hansen and Fakel defeated Gazprom-Ugra Surgut on Nov. 27, 25-23, 25-16, 25-20. Hansen, Fakel's starting setter, had one point on a block and set the team to a 0.54 hitting percentage.
To view photos from the match, click here.
On Dec. 1, Fakel fell to Dynamo Moscow, 3-2 (25-15, 22-25, 20-25, 25-16, 16-14). Hansen scored three points on one kills, one block and one ace. He set Fakel to a 0.37 hitting percentage.
Also on Dec. 1, U.S. opposite Clay Stanley (Honolulu, Hawaii) and his team Ural Ufa defeated U.S. middle blocker David Lee (Alpine, Calif.) and his team Kuzbass Kemerovo, 3-2 (25-22, 21-25, 20-25, 25-23, 22-20). Stanley led Ufa with 30 points on 24 kills (0.49 hitting percentage), three blocks and three aces. Lee scored nine kills for Kemerovo on five kills and four blocks.
U.S. outside hitter Sean Rooney (Wheaton, Ill.) and his Italian Serie A League team Acqua Paradiso Monza Brianza have won their last two matches.
On Nov. 28, Monza Brianza defeated Sisley Treviso, 3-1 (25-23, 23-25, 25-21, 25-15). Rooney started all four sets and scored 19 points on 15 kills (0.52 hitting percentage), three blocks and one ace.
On Dec. 1, Monza Brianza topped BCC-NEP Castellana Grotte, 3-1 (20-25, 25-22, 27-25, 25-20). Rooney started all four sets and scored nine points on seven kills (0.38 hitting percentage) and two blocks.
Marmi Lanza Verona, the Italian team of U.S. middle blocker Theo Brunner (Ridgefield, Conn.) and outside hitter Paul Lotman (Lakewood, Calif.), went 1-1 over its past two matches.
On Dec. 1, Verona defeated Sisley Treviso, 3-1 (21-25, 26-24, 25-18, 25-23). Brunner started all four sets and scored 10 points on nine kills (0.73 hitting percentage) and one ace. Lotman substituted in the first two sets and started the third and fourth, finishing with 10 points on nine kills (0.47 hitting percentage) and one block.
On Nov. 28, Verona fell to Andreoli Latina, 3-2 (25-18, 26-28, 25-20, 24-26, 15-8). Brunner started the first three sets, then played as a substitute and scored seven points on four kills and three blocks. Lotman played as a substitute and scored one point on a block.
U.S. middle blocker Max Holt (Cincinnati, Ohio) and his team Copra Morpho Piacenza also went 1-1 over its past two matches.
On Nov. 28, Piacenza swept Yoga Forli, 25-20, 25-21, 25-19. Holt started all three sets and scored three points on two kills and one ace.
On Dec. 1, Piacenza lost to RPA-LuigiBacchi.It San Giustino, 3-2 (18-25, 24-26, 28-26, 25-16, 21-19). Holt started all five sets and scored 13 points on 10 kills (0.71 hitting percentage) and three blocks.
U.S. outside hitter Matt Anderson (West Seneca, N.Y.) and Tonno Callipo Vibo Valentia have lost their last two matches, despite strong play from Anderson.
On Nov. 28, Vibo Valentia was swept by Itas Diatec Trentino, 25-19, 25-18, 25-23. Anderson scored 12 points on 12 kills (0.45 hitting percentage).
On Dec. 1, Vibo Valentia fell to Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo, 25-18, 26-24, 25-19. Anderson led his team with 16 points on 12 kills (0.37 hitting percentage), three blocks and one ace.
On Nov. 25, U.S. middle blocker Russell Holmes (Fountain Valley, Calif.) and his Brazilian league team Vivo/Minas defeated his U.S. teammate outside hitter Robert Tarr (Cape Canaveral, Fla.) and Londrina/Sercomtel, 25-19, 25-20, 25-23.
Holmes started all three sets for Vivo/Minas and scored seven points on three kills, three blocks and one ace. Tarr started all three sets for Londrina/Sercomtel and scored eight points on seven kills and one block.
On Nov. 27, Londrina/Sercomtel fell to Sada Cruzeiro, 25-18, 25-22, 25-22. Tarr started the first set for Londrina/Sercomtel and substituted in the next two. He finished with six points on five kills and one ace.
On Nov. 28, Vivo/Minas defeated Santo Andre/Spred, 25-19, 25-17, 25-21. Holmes started all three sets and score 12 points on five kills, four blocks and three aces.
On Dec. 2, Vivo/Minas won again with a 25-18, 25-15, 25-22 defeat of BMG/Sao Bernardo. Holmes started all three sets and scored 10 points on eight kills, one block and one ace.
Meanwhile, Londrina/Sercomtel suffered another loss on Dec. 2, falling 25-14, 25-20, 25-16 to Cimed. Tarr started the first set and substituted in the third, finishing with four points on four kills.
U.S. setter Brian Thornton (San Clemente, Calif.) and his French B league team Chaumont now lead the league following a 3-1 (31-29, 25-19, 24-26, 25-14) victory over St-Brieuc on Nov. 27.
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Ok, I bought a Formosa Oolong recently from a tea company (not Adagio) around here and when I opened it up, I noticed that there were a lot of twigs in it and the leaves appeared broken. I was somewhat dismayed, but I forged ahead and made the tea.
Unremarkable would be a word I would use. It wasn't the best I've tasted. I went back to some Tikuanyin I had in a tin that I got in Chinatown and took a look at the leaves. The tea was whole. The aroma of the tea, even at this age was pretty darn good.
Now, granted Formosa Oolong isn't the same, but I have to wonder if the quality was, well, lacking. So, I don't know. Would you guess the tea company bought low quality tea?
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Brookstone Estates in Harrisburg is participating in a worldwide candle lighting ceremony to remember local children who have died 6:45 p.m. Sunday.
The event is sponsored by The Compassionate Friends, a self-help bereavement organization for families that have suffered the loss of a child.
Brookstone employee Treva Aud is promoting the event. She lost her son Stuart, 21, Aug. 21, 2008. He had graduated college and was working at Water Tower Place when he was found dead of what was officially declared to be natural causes.
Aud began receiving literature from The Compassionate Friends Evansville, Ind., and learned of the Worldwide Candle Lighting event now in its 16th year.
There will be inspirational music, readings, the candle light at 7 p.m. and recitation of each child's name. Aud invites all participants to bring a photograph of their deceased loved ones to place on a "remembrance table" for viewing.
"There are 30 countries (participating) around the globe for all children who have died so that their life will always shine on the remembrance table," Aud said.
Participants are asked to submit their child's name to Brookstone Estates by calling (618) 253-5870.
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It's hard to believe that Merge Records has been around for twenty years. In 1989, the imprint was started by Superchunk's Mac McCaughan to release the band's recordings and assorted side projects. Merge has since grown into one of the most successful indie concerns around.To celebrate twenty years in the record business, they've released Score, a compilation of songs by Merge artists covered by Non-Merge artists. A host of prominent participants include the Shins, Broken Social Scene, Death Cab for Cutie, and the New Pornographers. Proceeds benefit fourteen charities, chosen by the collection's curators.
The comp is cause for philanthropists to rejoice; music fans too! St. Vincent joins forces with the National on an affecting rendition of Crooked Fingers' "Sleep all Summer." Apples in Stereo supply a peppy version of Neutral Milk Hotel's "King of Carrot Flowers, Pt. 3." Barbara Manning provides an ardent, rousing take of Portastatic's "Through with People." Magnetic Fields' "Yeah! Oh Yeah!" receives a suitably spare bedroom pop reading, an eloquently lyrical duet from Tracey Thorn and Jens Lekman. Meanwhile, Death Cab for Cutie works a bit against type, trading their often ethereal arranging aesthetic for a bit more grit and darker hues on Superchunk's "Kicked In." Overall, an impeccably selected collection of cover songs, featuring a variety of (frequently interesting)approaches: what's not to like?
Save a Carousel
Some of my happiest moments as a child were on the old carousel at Nunley's Arcade on Long Island: riding the horses around the loop; gazing with a mixture of excitement, awe, and a bit of fear at the carved lions and tigers. A close second was the tire swing:
I hope some readers will consider voting to help restore the Paragon Carousel, favorite haunt of Merge artists Neutral Milk Hotel! Details from the press release are below.
The Paragon Carousel is a beautiful machine that has been my dear neighbor for many moons. Now 81 years old, it is in need of a little love and attention in order for it to survive.
It is my sincere wish for the Paragon Carousel to be a part of the magic of long seaside summer afternoons for many years to come. But it might not get to. Unfortunately, we live in a world where the great whirling contraptions of mechanical music and light are not as profitable to operate as other things, and carousels are worth much more taken apart and sold in pieces to museums, where one must pay to look at them behind glass, rather than having them simply existing in the world that we now all share.
I spoke with Jeff and Scott and Jeremy about this and they agreed that I should, on behalf of Neutral Milk Hotel, make an appeal to the good people who might have enjoyed the music made over the years, because we think you'd understand especially, and want to help.
We humbly ask you to vote!
The Paragon Carousel is competing with 24 other historic Massachussettes buildings for a grant of $100,000. The historic site with the most votes wins, and anyone anywhere can vote. We would love it if by our collective effort we could ensure the continuation of this grand place. It only takes a moment and you can do so here
You are allowed to vote once a day until May 17th . Your vote means a great deal to all of us at Elephant Six. Places like this are so special. They deserve to exist in the same world that we do. So we can visit them with our bodies, not just our memories and dreams.
We'd like to thank you for your help and for spreading the word.
~Julian Koster with Jeff Mangum on behalf of Neutral Milk Hotel


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University Hospital Tubingen
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Removal of penile genital warts (program ID: 135911)
Rupert Handgretinger
Department of Pediatrics
Specialized in: pediatrics, hematology, oncology
The objective of the Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine at the University Hospital Tubingen is to treat various pediatric diseases, disorders and developmental defects. The Department includes five areas of pediatrics and meets the highest level (Level 1) of equipment and service quality of the Joint Federal Committee for Pediatric Hematology, Stem Cell Transplantation and Neonatology. The medical director of the Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine at the University Hospital Tubingen is Prof. Dr. med. Rupert Handgretinger.
On behalf of the state Baden-Württemberg, it is recognized as a Perinatology Center, Center for Social Pediatrics and Social Medical Aftercare. The Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine at the University Hospital Tubingen is recommended by the FOCUS List of Specialized Clinics for Diabetes 2016.
The Department of Pediatrics at the University Hospital Tubingen under the direction of Prof. Dr. med. Rupert Handgretinger focuses on the following areas:
- Pediatrics I: general pediatrics, hematology and oncology
- Pediatrics II: pediatric cardiology, intensive care and pulmonology
- Pediatrics III: neuropediatrics, developmental neurology, social paediatrics
- Pediatrics IV: neonatology and neonatal intensive care
- Department of Pediatric Surgery: newborn surgery and malformation surgery, pediatric urology, tumor surgery and trauma surgery
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Microsoft SearchTogether (Beta)
What is SearchTogether?
Microsoft SearchTogether is a free Internet Explorer plug-in that allows groups of people to collaborate on Web searches.
Where do I download SearchTogether?
SearchTogether is available for download here.
To use SearchTogether, you will need to have a Windows Live ID.
It's fast and
easy to create one if you don't already have one: click here to create a Live ID now.
SearchTogether runs in the Internet Explorer 7 browser; you can click here to download IE7.
If you want to invite your friends to join you in a SearchTogether session, you will need to add them to your buddy list in Live Messenger.
Who can benefit from using SearchTogether?
SearchTogether can benefit any group of people who are interested in investigating a topic together, such as students working on a group report, colleagues working on a joint project, or friends planning a shared vacation or other social activities.
SearchTogether supports both synchronous and asynchronous collaboration styles.
How does SearchTogether facilitate collaboration?
SearchTogether's collaboration features include group query histories, split searching, page-level rating and commenting, automatically-generated shared summaries, peek-and-follow browsing, and integrated chat. For a more complete discussion of SearchTogether's features, check out the tutorial.
How do I learn to use SearchTogether?
A preview of the SearchTogether tutorial, which describes SearchTogether's features in-depth, is available here.
Does SearchTogether require me to use a specific search engine?
SearchTogether allows each group member to customize their search preferences; choices include Windows Live Search, Yahoo!, and Google.
Where did SearchTogether come from?
SearchTogether is a project from Microsoft Research;
it is part of Meredith Ringel Morris's research project
on collaborative Web search.
The original SearchTogether concept was presented in this UIST 2007
paper and video. Thanks to the efforts of developers Piali Choudhury, Matt Maddin, and ThuVan Pham, the original prototype was transformed
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I have a question about SearchTogether / I have a bug to report . . . who do I contact?
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I believe I read somewhere that Beatles tunes are not able to be used on American Idol, not sure about Macca tunes though.
Queen tunes should be fun this week.
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ddr wrote:Eddie V - I can see how you could choose your favorite based on looks (I think Taylor is a cutie) but I think that is why Ace has stuck around so long. Catherine is definitely beautiful but do you think she has the best vocals? No one is really sticking out as superior to the rest like I thought Kelly Clarkson did on season one. I think Elliott has a great voice but doesn't choose songs to show it.
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