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Athens News Courier (Newspaper) - June 2, 2009, Athens, Alabama Youth League play heats up with summer temps PAGE IBThe News CouriServing Athens and Limestone County: A Community of Tradition and FutureTuesday, June 2, 2009 Visit us online www.enewscourier.comArmed robber hits Citizens Bank Report released on crash NTSB: Aircraft in fatal collision at Calhoun was made in China By Karfn Middleton kareua atln -\\ s-< xnirier.coin The National Transportation Safety Board has issued a preliminary report on a May 23 plane crash on the Calhoun Community College campus that killed one man. The mid-air collision, between a I lazelwood RV-8, piloted by Steven G. Raddatz, 41, of'Tuscumbia, and what was at first identified as a vintage World War II Russian Yak. piloted by B.J. Ken-nemore, 59, also of Tuscumbia, caused Raddatz's plane to spin out of control and crash in front of the Science Building, killing him. What one witness identified as a Yak flown by Kennemore has been clarified by the NTSB to be actually an experimental Nanchang China CJ-6A. The CJ-6A was manufactured bv Nanchang See Crash, page 3A Dealer: GM can 'regain its footing' From staff, wire reports An Athens Chevrolet dealer expects to feel the pinch of the General Motors reorganization but not as much as some other dealerships, an official said. General Motors filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as part of the Obama administration's plan to shrink the automaker to a sustainable size and give a majority ownership stake to the federal government. If successful. GM will emerge as a leaner company with a smaller work force, fewer plants and a trimmed dealership network. GM's bankruptcy filing is the fourth-largest in U.S. history and the largest for an industrial company. The company said it has $172.81 billion in debt and $82.29 billion in assets. Alex Nafe, general sales manager at Champion Chevrolet Chrysler Dodge in Athens, was disappointed by the news but said the local dealership will carry on. "Champion won't feel the effects as badly as some dealerships because of our long-term commitment to the community and our huge satisfied customer base," Nafe said. "We will continue to sell and service Chevrolets tor the citizens of Limestone County for many years to come, with the same commitment to customer satisfaction as always." The reorganization won't be easy but it will be an opportunity. "It presents challenges for everyone associated with it." Nafe said. "But we have to look at this is a great opportunity for CM to regain its footing in the marketplace and to be a profitable and See GM, page 2A COURTESY PHOTO A photo captured by a surveillance camera in Citizens Bank shows hooded man in black robbing the bank shortly before 5 p.m. Monday. At press time the robber had not been apprehended. Inside Today A male dressed in all black and presumed to be carrying a handgun, robbed the Citizens Bank and Trust off U.S. 72 East shortly before 5 p.m. Monday, according to Athens Police Capt. Marty Bruce. A blurry bank surveillance photo shows a hooded male, but gives little indication of his race. He was last seen by bank employees heading east on U.S. 72 toward Interstate 65. "The robber told the teller to 'give me the money," said Bruce. "The robber was believed to be armed with a handgun." Bruce said witnesses reported that the robber fled with an undisclosed amount of money in a newer model Dodge extended-cab pickup. The search continued into the evening for the suspect. Further description of the pickup included that it has a chrome brush guard. Police checked a black Dodge Ram parked on the side of 1-65 and they were See Robbery, page 2A More graduation photos Athens Bible School VALLEY, PAGE 4A Coming Wednesday Delmore Days Fest The annual bluegrass festival named for the popular brother duo is June 13. Find out more in a story COMING WEDNESDAY Subscribe Get the news with your morning coffee SUBSCRIBE TO THE NEWS COURIER BY CALLING 232-2720 'Just a blip in history' NEWS COURIER/KAREN MIDDLETON Frances Box, left, and her daughter, Julie Lea, are remembering the loss of their son and brother, Thomas Belue Box, who died June 3,1969, in the collision of an American destroyer on which he was aboard and an Australian aircraft carrier in the South China Sea off Vietnam. Survivors of ships' collision continue fight for recognition By Karen Middleton /can 'nA'athei isi tew s< r >urii r. com It was already June 3 off the coast of Vietnam, but it was still June 2,1969, on this side of the world when the Box family learned their 21-year-old son had gone to the bottom of the South China Sea w ith 73 of his shipmates. Seaman Thomas Belue Box was aboard the destroyer U.S.S. Frank E. Evans when the Australian aircraft carrier Melbourne sliced it in half dur ing Operation Sea Spirit exercises at the height of the Vietnam War. Dr. Dan Box died in 2004 alter 35 years of trying to get his son and the others who died with him recognized as Vietnam War casualties. Their names are not included on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. Today, on the 40th anniversary of the collision, Thomas Box's mother, Frances, and his sisters, Julie Lea and Sara Green, will pass the day quietly as they do every anniversary of the tragedy that robbed the family of its only son. They will phone each other and they'll receive a condolence call from the widower of their other sister, Janie Hamner, who died a little over a year ago. "40 years ago...In a way it seems like yesterday," said his mother. "But kxrk at all that's happened since then. Box See Thomas Box, page 3A Index Classifieds.......4B Obituaries.......2A Sarah Beasley Elizabeth Pyron Vonda Sue Scroggins Col. John J Stratford Jr Dorothy R. Wagner Emma Weigart Sports...........2B Adr production, news staffs win 20 press awards The News Courier advertising, production and news staffs won 20 awards in the Alabama Press Association Better Newspaper Contest, including second place for General Excellence, the overall award given for outstanding performance in both categories. In the Better Newspaper Contest, the advertising and ad production staffs won the sweepstakes award in their division, and the news staff won first place for best local news coverage, two coveted honors. These awards are in addition to the 23 awards the news staff" received last week from the state's Associated Press. "Producing a local, community-focused newspaper requires talent and dedication, which our team demonstrates on a daily basis," said Publisher Ann Laurence. "To be recognized with these honors by our peers is truly an outstanding accomplishment. This is all about hard woric of the staff. 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For three days last week Nashotah House took time off classes and enjoyed a silent retreat. Students were advised to use their time wisely, seeking God's presence without the distraction of homework, electronic devices, and other duties our normal busy schedule requires. I remember vividly the moment silence commenced. After Monday's Evensong service and a brief opening address from our retreat speaker, students and staff exited St. Mary's chapel in a silence devoid of the usual chatter that marks the end of the day's work and prayer. I felt I was suddenly transported to a different world (Nashotah House is the Anglican version of Hogwart's, right?). Besides the noise of birdsong and tree leaves ruffled by the autumn breeze, a transcendent quiet encompassed our woodsy campus. It was powerful. One could immediately experience a heightened awareness of the Lord's presence. This communal silence reminded me that we are all in this together, united as a body for the same purpose – to converse with the living triune God. It was a sign of our collective obedience and reverence for the majestic Creator of the world. How easy it is to forget that that Creator desires to communicate with us in silence!
Our retreat speaker was the Very Reverend Heidi Kinner, Dean of St. Peter's Cathedral in Helena, Montana, an ex-Marine chaplain, and Daughter of the House. Needless to say, this godly woman brings a lot of experience and passion to the table. Rev. Kinner used Elijah as a model and discussed the necessity of a personal prayer life, bible study, Eucharist, and retreat in the life of a priest (or priest-in-training). She warned against a "secularized" ministry that gets over-burdened with trivial tasks, losing sight of God, and emphasized how Elijah's ministry was always firmly grounded in God through his prayer life. He didn't hesitate to speak to God conversationally, and he knew how to listen to God: "And the word of the Lord came to Elijah…" When Elijah became disillusioned with his prophetic ministry, begging the Lord to let him die, God sent an angel to feed him a cake. Rev. Kinner returned to this story several times and emphasized the necessity of feeding on the Lord in the Eucharist, especially during times of ministry "burnout". Our speaker didn't just talk at us about what a God-centered ministry consisted of; she fleshed out the kinds of practices – lectio divina, contemplative prayer, etc. – we ought to consistently engage in, and shared stories from her own experience. I personally appreciated seeing her offer spiritual direction and happily chatting (very quietly, of course) with students during meals in the refectory. All who spent one-on-one time with Rev. Kinner would testify to her encouraging and passionate spirit, and I'd venture to say we were all refreshed and challenged by her series of addresses.
Following chapter 38 of The Rule of St. Benedict – "Reading will always accompany the meals of the brothers…only the reader's voice should be heard there" – our Dean of Student Affairs, Dr. Rick Hartley read Holy Scripture during our silent lunches. We heard from 1 John, Phillipians, and James, while we quietly munched down plates of salad, pasta, and grilled chicken. The experience challenged me to remember that we do not live by bread alone, "but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God."
During the retreat, cassock-clad students could be spotted reading on the library's porch, praying silently on the campus beach of Nashotah Lake, or contemplatively drinking a cup of coffee while gazing at the beautiful grounds through the refectory windows. If Nashotah didn't already feel like a monastery, these three days added a whole new level to the Benedictine spirit of the House. More importantly, students were graced with a time to set academic books aside and seek the Lord's still, small voice that reminds us to "be still and know that I am God."

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Distribution rights for James Eaves' The Witches Hammer are being offered for sale by Wonderphil Productions at the Marché du Film in Cannes. The movie is being screened at the Gray 4 on Monday May 22nd at 1:30 p.m. (13:30).
The screenplay for The Witches Hammer was written by Eaves. The movie stars Claudia Coulter as Rebecca, Jonathan Sidgwick as Edward, Tom Dover as Hugo Renior, Sally Reeve as Charlotte Apone, Jason Tompkins as Oscar, Miguel Ruz as Victor, Magda Rodriguez as Kitanya, Beryl Nesbitt as Nana, Sam Smith as 'The Masked Man', Harold Gasnier as 'Le Cardinale', and Stephanie Beacham as Madeline.
Here's a synopsis for The Witches Hammer from the website of production company Amber Pictures: "Rebecca is brought back from the brink of death by top secret agency 'Project 571'. She is trained as a lethal assassin and sent on missions to kill that which she has become, a vampire. ¶ When Project 571 is destroyed by a gang of vampires, Rebecca is thrown into a quest for an ancient book powerful enough to raise the dead. Rebecca joins two priests on a journey to kill the master vampire Hugo Renoir before he can unleash the grotesque souls of the damned into our dimension. If Hugo is allowed to perform the ancient ceremony the earth shall forever pass into the realm of darkness. ¶ Along the way Rebecca must utilise her training to face Vampires, Demons and Witches all vying for the book and its awesome power."
Here's a description of Bane - which is in pre-production - from Amber Pictures' website: "Four women wake up imprisoned in an isolated manor house in the midst of a strange experiment. ¶ With complete amnesia the women try to piece together their memories to find out why they came to be there. To retrieve their lost memories each woman must delve into her darkest nightmares. ¶ Four women, four total strangers. Each with a secret fear that will come to visit. ¶ What nightmares would you face to find out who you are...?"
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Digital reflections on learning : a monograph by students of Digital Pedagogies, Semester 2, 2011
Carey, Bill, Catterall, Phoebe, & Richardson, Carly (2011) Digital reflections on learning : a monograph by students of Digital Pedagogies, Semester 2, 2011. (Unpublished)
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Learning a digital tool is often a hidden process. We tend to learn new tools in a bewildering range of ways. Formal, informal, structured, random, conscious, unconscious, individual, group strategies, may all play a part, but are often lost to us in the complex and demanding processes of learning. But when we reflect carefully on the experience, some patterns and surprising techniques emerge. This monograph presents the thinking of four students in MDN642, Digital Pedagogies, where they have deliberately reflected on the mental processes at work as they learnt a digital technology of their choice.
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- Adobe Lightroom 1.2 and Camera Raw 4.2 Available
Adobe has released Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 1.2 and of course the updated Camera Raw 4.2.
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Federal, state officials announce collaboration after Bakken drug bust
MISSOULA, Mont. - At a press conference Friday, state and federal officials released new details about a massive Bakken-related drug bust and announced new plans to fight a growing crime problem in the Bakken oil fields.
The bust landed six Montanans behind bars. They're accused of dealing methamphetamine in numerous Montana towns, including Billings, Bozeman, and Missoula.
Federal court documents shows that the case centers around a man from Spokane named Robert Armstrong, also known as "Doctor Bob."
The indictment says he obtained wholesale amounts of meth in Washington and brought it to Montana, where he used a criminal network to distribute the drugs.
The indictment names Montana residents Robert Ferrell, Kara Evans, Lloyd Westervelt, Jennie Britt, Keith Lester and his son Kyle Lester as distributers who allegedly dealt the drugs across the state
In addition to the drug crimes, Ferrell, Evans, Westervelt, and Britt face felony gun charges.
Yellowstone County Sheriff's officials say the six are being held at the Yellowstone County Jail.
The arrests are the result of a collaborated effort involving several state and federal agencies called Project Safe Bakken.
At the press conference, U.S. District Attorney Michael Cotter said these indictments are the first of many to come for the initiative.


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Operation: Jack Frost (Novel)
Book by: rofltaco
Status: Finished
Genre: Science Fiction
Chapter8 (v.1) - Urban Wasteland, Part One
"Where do we go now?" My question seemed stupid as it hung in the air. Where was there to go, really?
"I say we find the quickest way out of this city, pick up any survivors we can on the way out." Snack Isle Man sounded confident, like he'd been trained for this at the police academy. "My name's Brad, by the way. Now stick close, if you want to make it out alive."
It seemed funny for me to follow a cop now that I had Special Forces training, but it did feel good to let someone else take the lead. That was something I wasn't very good at. I saw my knife on the ground and scooped it up before Brad noticed. As far as he was concerned, I wanted to be just another civilian he had to extract. I noticed something was off. We were missing one hulking corpse. Calder was nowhere to be seen, and I was sure Cook had taken care of him. I stowed my intrigue and went on following. We strode out the door and Brad hugged the wall, trying to stay low. He drew his weapon, a nine millimeter pistol. Not bad for civilians who get out of hand, but nothing to be used against an organized force. The whole city looked like it was bathed in fire, some smaller buildings reduced to rubble and much of the street torn up. Larger skyscrapers remained hollow shells of themselves.
We crept to the side of the building, towards the alley I first encountered Calder. We skulked down, keeping our heads low and stopping at the corner to check if the next street over was clear. That's when something caught my eye. Something moved, just a flash of movement, behind a burned out car parked along the street. I halted Brad in his tracks and gestured to the car.
"Did you see something?" His voice was a whisper. He was smart, but silent gestures would have been ideal.
"Something moved behind that car. Let's check it out."
"You stay put," he ordered, "I'll check it out." He approached the car with his weapon drawn. His voice boomed as he approached the car. "Whoever you are, I can help you. Just come out from hiding and I'll get you out of this city. You have nothing to fear." His last word echoed off the smoldering buildings as he stood a few feet from the car, as if fear was taunting us, always coming back no matter how hard you fought it. "Alright, you've got three seconds before I come get you. Three. Two. One." I saw it the moment he said one. A few blocks down the street in a half wrecked warehouse, a long barrel protruded from one of the many vacant windows. It shifted ever so slightly to the left, centering exactly on Brad. I had to act fast. I charged him, pulling him to the ground. As we went down, the person behind the car stood up. A gleaming figure emerged from hiding. He wore a pure white suit of armor, polished to perfection and covered head to toe in either plate or flexible synthetic armor. His helmet's visor was tinted deep blue, opaque from the outside. More importantly, however, he was about to kill us with the pure white assault rifle he was holding.
I sprang to my feet and grabbed his rifle as he raised it to fire. In one fluid motion I slammed the rifle into his chest with my left hand and grabbed my knife with the other. I rammed the blade into his throat guard, expecting a cushy layer between the plates of his chest piece and his helmet. Much to my dismay, however, the knife glanced harmlessly off, barely leaving a scratch in his armor. This was some good tech. The soldier broke my grip on his rifle and kicked me in the chest, sending me staggering back. He took aim at my head, but Brad was on his feet now. He fired off three shots, slamming the enemy in the head, but the small rounds hardly did more than my knife to the tough plate armor. It was enough to shake the guy up, though. He lost his balance, and I struck. I bent at the knees and charged straight to him with my shoulder. I planted my foot between his the moment I made impact with his gut and wrapped my hands around the back of his knees. I picked him up, took three steps driving him back and slammed him down firmly into the broken pavement with a perfect tackle.
I stood up and kicked his rifle to the far side of the street. Brad came over with his gun trained on the soldier's head. He still didn't know about the sniper, though. A bullet streaked past his head and he hit the pavement, escaping death's clutches by fragments of an inch. The soldier was getting back to his feet and I needed to act fast. I picked up the soldier's assault rifle as he charged me. He got to me before I could get a shot off, ramming his fist into my gut and forcing a painful oof! out of me. The sniper had to have chambered another round by now, and the soldier began to back up, giving his buddy room to shoot. I caught on and caught him by the wrist, pulling the soldier in front of me at the last instant. The bullet caught him straight in the head, not piercing his armor but definitely giving him a brutal shock from the impact. He dropped like a rock, and the second muzzle flash had given away the sniper's location. I sprayed a few rounds from the rifle straight at the window, and surprisingly landed a few on the sniper. They didn't pierce his armor, but I saw the rifle's barrel sink back into the window. This rifle was surprisingly accurate.
"On my six," I ordered Brad. It was funny how quickly our roles were reversed. We made a dash for the next street over, emerging from the alley into a ruined neighborhood. I looked back at a terrifying sight. Ten soldiers dressed in pure white armor were on our tail, ready to tear us to pieces. They flew single file through the alley, running faster than any armored man I'd ever seen. They had to have chip implants. The closest one fired off a burst, rounds panging off the ground around our feet. I returned three shots, bringing our pursuers to a crouch, and darted to the nearest house. It was a tall, narrow three story home made of brick, just like those around it, but not attached to them. Every floor had been burned out, but the structure of the building remained intact. Perfect.
I picked up speed and called over my shoulder. "Hey Brad, any chance you could get through this door?" A smile played across his face. He charged ahead, picking up speed straight towards the wooden door. At the last second he leaped and twisted midair, throwing his shoulder into the door. The thing exploded into a shower of splinters, falling all around Brad in the foyer. He got to his feet and ran down the hallway, emerging in a back room. He got to work on the back door, fiddling with the locks to try to get out again.
"Get that open, but we don't run until I say so." My voice sounded so much more confident than I felt. In an instant a plan formulated in my mind. The enemy had used fire based weapons on much of the city, killing the residents but leaving the structure of the buildings intact. That just might be the key. I scanned the walls as I backed down the hallway, finding what I was looking for halfway down the hall. A thick pipe snaked along the floor, up the wall, and into the next level, where I knew it did the same. This pipe carried gas to the upper levels, just like it did in every other house. If the fire bombs hit when nothing was burning gas that meant the pipes would be intact. I bashed the pipe with the stock of my rifle again and again, until finally a leak sprang. I charged to the back room, the enemy pounding up the front porch just behind me.
"Got that door open, Brad?"
"One second….alright there it is." He pushed the door open and stepped outside with me following, but I kept one foot inside. The enemy soldiers rushed through the hall, four going upstairs, the other six charging down the hall, spotting us just before they reached the middle. That's when I fired my weapon. Enough gas had built up, and the whole hall erupted in flames. The supports of the ceiling, so close to the gas pipe, groaned and gave way, sending two upper floors crashing down on the soldiers. I shut the door and Brad and I bolted across the back yard. We hopped the fence and made our way from the heart of the city into the suburbs, hopefully leaving the storm troopers behind.
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Gold Coat and Bubbles...
When I look back to this winter... I won't think of her first Flu and then endless nights we stayed up worrying about her. I won't think of her teething, or the sleepless nights.
I won't think of the bumps or bruises. The tears.
I will think about her laugh. Her gold coat that she wore. I loved every moment she wore it.
I will think of her love affair with bubbles. And how much she adored being outside with us, just playing and being silly.
I will think of how she holds her hands together and whispers prayers at the dinner table and then says "men" for Amen. I pray for her relationship with the Lord and that it is always strong.
I will think about how her little voice would say "Momma, Daddy, Bubbles, STOP, Mine, UP, No no no, Ball, and most recently, "What's that, mama... I want that, mama". Her first sentences. Such a smart girl.
I will think back to her sweet face and her precious curls. And her little hands that wrap around our fingers to walk up and down stairs.
I will think back to her noticing that I'm always taking her picture and has recently learned to say "CHEESE" to see her picture on the back of my camera. She has nick named my camera "Cheese" and goes to find it often. Like mommy, like daughter ;)
I love this little girl so much. I can't believe in just a few short months (5 to be exact) she will be 2 years old. Praying our time before then is sweet, with lots of fun memories together. We are so thankful for our sweet little Birdie.
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Crawl-space and hurricanes?
In a few months we'll be moving into a new crawl-space home in southern Virginia. Although the area we're moving to doesn't have many hurricanes, it does get a few.
We've always lived in houses with basements. My wife is extremely fearful of hurricanes and she has continually raised concerns about this. Recently, the builder advised us that they were improving the construction of our home to withstand 120 MPH winds because of a previous hurricane named Isabel. Prior to this the code was for 90 MPH winds.
So here are my questions. In the event of a hurricane, where is the best place to go in a house with no basement? Are crawl-space homes as strong as basement homes with poured foundations? I'm just trying to put her mind at ease.
Crawl-space and hurricanes?
A crawl space provides no protection from hurricanes. The stick built home on top of the foundation (slab, block or poured concrete) is still the same.
A full block or concrete basement would provide additional mass to resist the uplift if the contractor used a proer connection to the foundation.
If the builder really was conscientious, he would have include a "safe room" built to the requirements established by FEMA about 5 years ago. these requirements include provisions for doors, anchorage and ceilings.
In some areas, the walls must be built to similar standard and the only materials suitable are reinforced concrete or reinforced block. Even kevlar reinforced plywood does not work for the projectile protection requirements.
Then I guess the best solution is to simply leave the area.
That is always the best solution, unless, at a minimum, you like living without electricity for a few days, or at worse, are killed.
I have stayed for some, left for most, but have always been prepared.
This area is pretty prone to power outages so a Kohler Generator will probably be one of our first purchases after we move in.
Do you have a storm cellar or something similar?
It's funny you mentioned that. When we went down to flag the trees we wanted taken down I told the contractor that I wanted all of the potential house killers taken down. Most were what I call "telephone pole" pine trees which are kinda ugly unless bunched together in a forest with other similar trees.
I did leave two huge birch trees standing that are about 100-125 feet tall and are beautiful. If they go and they fall on our house we're toast, but they were too spectacular to remove. Besides, they're both in very good health and will probably outlast us all.
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I lived in Chesapeake for about 5 years and understand the "telephone pole" trees that are really not an asset. The only good thing is they might let a breeze through under the tops. If you happen to be in the Strawbridge area of Virginia Beach it is almost a guarantee you will have oceanfront (someday).
After living in VA and recently spending 5 months assesing Katrina damage, I would say get out!! Unfortunately both places have very limited emergency routes out. Tidewater has the tunnel bottlenecks and New Orleans/So. Miss have few good roads going inland.
The strom surge problems are unbeleivable and unfortunately are not appreciated by the public. On top of that, the low elevations lead to saturated ground down a couple of feet, so wind can do a job on the trees and cutting off the power for long periods.
Outside of the damage from the 28' storm surge on the coast, most of the real $$ damage I saw was really due to mold. Roofs went off/leaked, water leaked in, roads got blocked and people could not air out the house. It does not take long for mold to take off in August. The result is mold and most of it is never really eliminated. Few people that repaired did not bother to renail and replace the nails in the salt water saturated wood. Many of the homes that survived hurricane Camile went down because the old repairs were only superficial and the old wood was rotted and nails were bad.
From the wind alone - Wood frame homes with vinyl got racked so badly all sheet rock had to be replaced. Adjacent homes, even with just partial brick veneer, were rigid enough to save most of the rock. The all masonry homes came through fine and were repaired and occupied in short order. Turbine fans came off and opened up the insulation to the rain, causing ceilings to come in.
If I was in the Tidewater, Virginia area, I would have generator, fuel it up, close the locked cage around it and leave for Charlottesville for a couple of days.
HarryHarley -
Your reinforced bathroom is similar to what FEMA suggested. I have heard about some builders putting in 2 reinforced bathrooms (one in the basement or first floor and one above). the FEMA standards are based on a 12' long 2x4 fired out of an air cannon at a wall with no penetration to the inside of the wall.
Actually, were moving a little west to Williamsburg.
Ya know I've lived in the Tidewater area for 20 years. Va. Beach to Hampton. Tell your wife not to worry to much, this is not New Orleans. We flood down here tidal mostly.
Crawl-space and hurricanes?
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You are dreaming if you live in Tidewater and do not repect the power of a hurricane. You have just had dumb luck!!
New Orleans had a lot of flooding from the levee overtopping. You never heard about the real hurricane damage because of the phoney TV coverage and hunt for glamorous, controversial stories. Have you ever head of Slidell?, Bay St. Louis? Little Viet Nam? Ocean Beach? Waveland?
I lived in Tidewater and spent 6 months in MS and New Orleans. You have just been lucky and do not realize what a real hurricane is AND and storm surge. I talked to a lot of unfortunate people that thought like you at one time.
Forget about the tunnels being useful!! You will not be able to move before and definitely for a week after. The screwed up traffic patterns, lack of exit routes, backwaters make Tidewater a potential time bomb. The safest people are the sub crews.
You can have a storm surge in as far as Langely. When the hurricane leaves, Cheasapeake Bay reverse (outflow) storm surge water will go down the intercoastal waterway (yes, down south) and possibly up the river toward Richmond.
A couple feet of water in your house will result in $100,000 damage when you are done. Forget about your appliances, furnaces, heat pumps and electrical outlets. Then you start stripping sheet rock and renailing studs and joists. If you don't have reising water, the roof damage will saturate your fiberglass and drop the ceiling. Since you don't have power, you cannot ventilate (August humidity in Virginia?) so you know how much mold you will have.
I jsut hope others in Ttidewater do not think like you!!
I don't know what good a basement would be if there is a storm surge or flooding. The reinforced bathroom or closet sounds like the best bet if you can't evacuate. There should be plenty of information about how to protect yourself online.
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my car can start but it drive like a champ untill it gets to tempature when i gets to tempature the red light and stop sighns appeared. it will turn off but will start up right away and run till i get to the next stop. How do you know the problem?And Is it electric problem?Is a fault code scanner can test the problem?
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You saying it occurs @ temp is what throws me off. Many things are linked to at temp...Leaks which only occur at temp, ie, things activated, pressure problems where electronics are turned off....i have no idea... hope someone else can help


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A young woman looks around anxiously in the crowd filled St. Patrick's Street before she crosses at the traffic lights.
I was standing on one of the new marble blocks shooting a scene across the road when I saw the gathering crowd below me at the traffic lights. I saw the glance and quick as a flash I got the shot. It was originally slightly blurry but a little bit of b/w conversion and a duplicate layer with a touch of blur set to screen mode created a nice effect.
I live in a city where the tallest building is one that will be 17 floors high so when I travel to far off lands it's always great to see tall skyscrapers looming over the streets.
This might bear a striking resemblance to a previous image but it is a different one and was one of my entries in the Patterns Around Us competition at my local camera club.
I have another 3 or 4 similar images but I'm not going to bore you to death by posting all of them unless I can come up with a nice montage effect or something. I'll have to think about it.
Look up for unusual perspectives on ordinary scenes. I was quite happy with this image of a lamppost in Parnell Place, Cork when I took it. The signs are clearly visible and the upside-down Guinness logo catches the eye!
You have to wonder, what's more important, Guinness or parking?
Tourists in the town of Dingle walk along a street in late September.
I love the contrast between white and red and yet the two houses mirror each other in other ways. This was another entry in the Mallow Camera Club's Patterns Around Us competition.
Michelle looks out from her home at the dreary wet day ahead and the annoying photographer in the doorway. A few seconds later she scampered off under the bushes but was back when I disappeared.
Cats love their comfort and Michelle is no exception. She's spoilt rotten like most house cats and never has a worry in the world!
This is one of my first shots with my shiny new Canon 50mm f1.8 lens. It was delivered while I was at the conference on Wednesday and I'm very impressed already. It's horribly sharp and fast. The shallow depth of field offered by an aperture of f1.8 is beautiful and falls off from the sharp in-focus bits really nicely.
The entrance to Alcatraz Prison is up a series of steps near these flowers. I love how they catch the light while the background is in the shade of the prison.
After yesterday's flood of posts it's nice to get back to the one-a-day habit although I wonder why Technorati hasn't picked up on my IT@Cork2006 tag yet. Grrr.
It seems that they haven't looked at my feed or updated their records of my posts yet because if you look under Canon 20d several of the posts I made yesterday show up. Not this one just yet. I guess there are lots of blogs out there!
A Cork County Council warning sign looms overhead at Garretstown Beach, Co. Cork. Luckily I had left the caravan at home and the rubbish was in the bin!
This photo shows one of the disadvantages of shooting in Jpeg – it can't cope with the subtle shades of blue in the sky, although the ugly bands of colour are made worse by my vignetting of the image afterwards. Oops.
In other news, I ordered Bibble Labs Pro RAW conversion version using a discount code on The Digital Photography Show. The nice thing is, I can use the Pro edition on Linux and the Mac, which will be useful. It's also a great piece of software and will encourage me to shoot more RAW images.
I also ordered the Canon 50mm f1.8 lens from warehouseexpress.com (via) who were reasonably priced. Hopefully I'll get that in the next few days and in time to shoot the IT@Cork conference in a week's time. Eddie Hobbs and various people from the online world will be speaking there and I hope to get some goot shots.
The recently announced Nikon D40 could be the camera that wins over the hearts and minds of a whole new generation of DSLR owners and it's being released right before the Christmas buying season.
Why? For two reasons, price and brand. There are a number of digital SLR cameras in the sub $500 range; the Pentax K100D and Olympus E300 among them but the Nikon brand of digital cameras is better known. Canon don't have any current camera to compete at this price range, yet.
What camera will parents buy their offspring this Christmas? The more expensive Canon 400D or the Nikon D40? I think it's a no-brainer which camera they'll buy. The Nikon is the perfect "starter camera" for junior. It's relatively cheap, looks professionally black, makes the click sound when you take a photo like "real cameras" do and you can use other Nikon lenses. What is there not to like?
Well, the Nikon D40 is great but for the price there have been compromises made. The DP Review preview of the camera compares it favourably to the Nikon D50, emphasising the extra features the cheaper camera has. The biggest drawback is an issue with lenses. It can't auto-focus with traditional Nikon lenses because it doesn't have an internal focus drive motor. This is arguably worse than the Canon limitation on EF-S lenses. At least Canon EF-S cameras can take advantage of proper Canon lenses.
Perhaps the biggest negative on the D40 is that it doesn't have an internal focus drive motor and hence no mechanical focus drive pin, instead it only has CPU contacts which means it can only Auto Focus with AF-S and AF-I lenses (those with built-in focus motors). Indeed our 'standard' lens the Nikkor 50 mm F1.8D (and the F1.4D) are manual focus only on the D40. The images below show the difference between the mount on the D40 and D80, the D80 has a mechanical focus drive pin at about the 7 o'clock position.
Canon need a sub-$500 DSLR to compete. Once you're hooked on a brand of camera it's much easier to stick with that brand. The controls will be familiar, you can use the same lenses, you visit the same online discussion boards.
Personally, I think it's great that DSLR technology is so cheap. It's not that long ago that the only digital SLR was priced beyond the budgets of anyone but the professionals. Isn't Moore's Law great?
Ken Rockwell has a great review of the Nikon D40. I think he likes it:
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It's a good thing nobody in this picture needs help walking or getting about! Is that sign really saying walking sticks aren't allowed?
It could be one of the following too, what do you think?
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With the Olympics at the forefront of everyone's minds, here is an accessory that is inspired both by sport and by the host country's capital. The scarf features illustrations of our favourite Olympic sports, including basketball, cycling, judo and javelin in a design that resembles a sheet of stamps. The London Eye, the Gherkin building (more properly known as 30 St Mary Axe) and the much-loved London bus are also presented within the multi-coloured design alongside other iconic London landmarks, making this scarf a beautifully patriotic piece to add to any summer ensemble.
Hobbs London scarf, £59
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Staying active in cold rainy weather isn't easy, well not is you want to stay dry. Here are a few family favorites of ours to get some energy out while keeping your house in one piece.
Bubble Wrap Jumping.
Tape some bubble wrap to the floor, set a timer and see how many pops you hear in a minute. Jumping non stop for a minute even for little kids full of energy is really tiring. This is my favorite burn off some energy trick .
Hide and Seek - spy variation.
I am sure you know how to play hide and seek. In this variation as soon as the seeker says "ready or not" you need to start moving too. If you get back to the home base before they do you win.
Timed Hunts
Just like a regular shape or color hunt when your children go off to find something yellow to bring back, this one is timed. They need to run. If your house is not conducive to running you might want to wait until nicer weather and try it out side but if you can make a clear path this will burn off the " I am bored..." whining in a snap.
Block Basketball
This is far from original but wow is it fun to throw blocks in a basket. I use painter's tape to have different start line for my kids who are 3 years apart and one even further for me. Trash talking is expected ( although respectfully doled out) and more before dinner energy is burned.


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Two small early-morning earthquakes have jolted the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains in eastern Los Angeles County but there have been no reports of damage or injuries. The US Geological Survey says the first quake, with a preliminary magnitude of 3.7, struck at 4:43 a.m. this morning about a mile southwest of La Verne. The second quake, with a preliminary magnitude of 3.8, struck in the same area at about 5:06 a.m.


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Bangladesh garment industry demands action on deadly fire report
By Serajul Quadir
DHAKA (Reuters) - Officials in Bangladesh's ready made garment industry demanded on Tuesday quick implementation of recommendations in a report which concluded that last month's deadly fire at a textile factory was the result of both sabotage and negligence.
The investigators, who presented their report to the Home Ministry on Monday, did not single out any individual in connection with sabotage in the November 24 blaze at the Tazreen Fashion Factory in which 112 workers were killed.
But they called for legal action to be taken against the factory owner, identified as Delwar Hossein, and nine mid-level managers. Managers, the investigators said, had neglected fundamental safety precautions and failed to obtain a fire certificate.
"We demand the recommendations be implemented, meaning the owner and other culprits must be arrested and brought to book," said Amirul Huque Amin, president of the National Garment Workers Federation.
The inquiry committee, he said, had "categorically stated" that legal action be taken against the owner and his managers under provisions of the penal code providing for fines and imprisonment of up to five years.
Main Uddin Khandaker, the chief of the investigation committee, told Reuters that members had concluded the fire was a result of sabotage on the basis of witness accounts. There was no question, he said, of the blaze being linked to bad wiring.
"This is unpardonable negligence and the owner is primarily responsible for the deaths of so many workers," Main said.
The committee recommended further investigation to identify who lay behind the sabotage at the factory in a Dhaka suburb. Continued...


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Xirrus, Inc. announced the campus-wide deployment of its Xirrus Wi-Fi Arrays at Chapman University in Orange County, Calif. Chapman chose Xirrus because the Xirrus Wi-Fi Arrays are the only solution capable of solving the user density and bandwidth issues which continue to plague traditional access points.
The Wi-Fi arrays will be deployed first at the Marion Knott Studios and then rolled out across the entire campus, starting with the Davis Apartments and the Lastinger Athletics Complex.
"We looked at several Wi-Fi vendors, searching for a solution that could provide a pervasive and reliable connection for our more than 6,000 students in lecture halls, across open spaces, and in their living quarters – also one that could grow with us as we deployed VoIP phones and upgraded to 802.11n," said Dave Young, director of IT at Chapman University. "We tested and were amazed at the capabilities of the Xirrus Wi-Fi Array: It provided the coverage, user density, and bandwidth we needed along with a simplified central management system and was completely upgradable to 802.11n – traditional access points couldn't come close."
"Chapman University has begun to install the Wi-Fi arrays in its film school and will quickly implement the new Wi-Fi network across the entire campus this summer, including their student housing comprised of five separate three-story buildings, Beckman Hall where dense coverage is needed for lecture halls, and other student and administration buildings campus-wide," said Charles Bettinelli, regional sales manager at Xirrus.
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Barbara Boxer describes Republicans as violent spouses because of the government shutdown. A college administrator is fired from a Kentucky college because of his conservative views. And the National Park Service continues to barricade Memorials to keep citizens and tourists out in the name of politics. These stories are on WesternJournalism.com.
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Good. Impeach this stupid prick. He is not a leader. What leader is going to make comments about the Redskins name, Tayvon Martin and the list goes on. This is not a leader but some butt hurt black man who continually plays the race card.
His not wanted to negotiate with the budget is another joke. He puts himself and that stupid dem party ahead of what the rest of Americans want. A total disgrace. Oh, and try to send him an e-mail. He shut down his website "due to the budget impasse" Really ? Really Mr non president ? He is a joke to the world. Websites do not need to be shut down because of anything. Nor do open parks and parks that are run by the states. He is punishing the people of America like a little kid. Grow the heck up your jerk !!!
I'd say they're much more like clueless assholes.
Boxer's silly comment does not hold up but it opens a real accusation against the democrats. Sticking generations of young Americans with endless debt is indeed CHILD ABUSE.
Their Alinsky rules of blaming the other side for doing what they are doing is in full enforcement mode. They say the republicans are using fowl comments to ram their rules down our throats. Progressives get dirtier every day. Lying while looking straight into the camera. Complete amoral bunch! This is what we have become under this admin. of divide and conquer.
"For there has been a scheme and a plan says the Lord, against the President of this nation, to suffocate him. God says, The enemy has planned in 2010 to bring shame to the first AfricanPresident. So that they will say, 'Never again shall an African American be the President of the United States.' This will not happen says the Lord. This will not happen. This will not happen. There shall come a change in the early part of 2010 and they shall say, 'Look things are not quite as bad as what it seemed,' for those who have murmured and those who have spoken, those who have spread words out to bring shame to this race. God says, It has been my desire to raise up a man that would honor me. And they say 'But the policies, what about the policies?' God says, I told you I will change everything in the mid term of this President. However, the enemy has planned an assassination to suffocate his voice. This will not be completed says the Lord. This will not be successful. This will not be the desire of the people says the Lord. There are three groups that have planned this, and the prophet has heard these words. For the one who prophesied this President into existence will not regret the words that God placed into his mouth." "Three groups are putting this together to bring shame to the USA in 2010, but it shall be, says the Lord, that I will take my angels and I will cause them to hear the prayers of Daniel, Daniel of old, and the prayers of Daniel shall be placed into this time and into this moment. For they shall say, 'What is happening with the prince of Persia? Why is it that there is a battle going on?' God said the spirit of Daniel is praying that this will not take place. I will bring freedom to Persia. I will bring freedom to Persia. I will bring freedom to the Middle East but there will not be a peace treaty. However, the salvation of the Lord shall begin to take place in the Middle East as never before. God says, Your President shall have a great conversion in 2010 which will bring about changes to this nation and because I have spoken. "Your prayers and your praise shall bring about a change in the atmosphere; your praise and your shouts bring about a change, for you don't understand the significance of these sounds. I'm not listening to the journalists or the prognosticators. I'm not listening to CBS or NBC or ABC or FOX. God says, I'm not listening! I'm listening for one sound and one sound only. The prophetic sound that comes from My people as they shout out the victory; for there is a victory that is coming that is greater than ever. A spiritual renewal in 2010 will break the cycle. I will break the cycle. For they have already predicted, 'ThisPresident is in line to die in office.' But God says, hear the word of the Lord. I do not see men the way men see men. I see men through my eyes. I know their hearts. I know that the changes you desire politically and economically are not happening. No one can change anything in this Nation but the Lord God Almighty. No one can. A prosperity is about to come upon the Church in such an unusual way.God says, Athletes are about to arise and penetrate the kingdom of darkness. Economists are about to come forth from young men and young women and the African American people shall rise up and say, 'We have been given the honor and the privilege to go into the marketplace and to build pulpits, and to bring people to Christ,' and so it shall be that I shall put my mantle upon this nation says the spirit of God.There shall be an exposure; a corruption that has been taking place in the political arena shall be exposed, says the Lord. And they have prayed for this President to lay face down in shame. And they shall say, 'How is it that he (Obama) was the one who brought the truth out and this that took place, this corruption that was taking place, was not revealed by the journalists of this hour but by the President of the United States?'Why? Because this President sought the Lord, got onto his knees and prayed out for God's blessing upon the nation. God says, I will honor the prayer in the Easter of 2010. I will break the cycle. For they have predicted another one shall die in office. It shall not be so. For this President shall leave this office, bringing honor to the African American people.God says, Some will say, 'Now will there ever be another African in the White House?' Yes, there will be another. It shall be an African American woman whom I shall raise up to stand in office and you shall be proud in Memphis, TN, for you celebrated the word of the Lord. "I've loved to listen to you over the centuries as you have sung. You sang in pain, you sang in bondage and you sing in freedom. They will never take your song away. You sang as slaves, as bondswomen, you sang of freedom. And that sound has risen to me todayagain. Certain people of this nation who are enemies of the cross have said, 'We will bring to shame this race.'Are you not Americans-Citizens of this Kingdom? No, you will not be brought to shame. There will not be another unnecessary death. There will not be another unnecessary assassination. For your song and your breath, the fragrance that is upon you has come before me, says the Spirit of the Lord."Sent from my iPod
Your idiot Obama is a muslim communist dictator, what is that you do not understand? about this loser. This has nothing to do with him being black it is his failed policies.
You sound like a total idiot, this is a Free Country and we are not used to having a nobody communist Chicago thug like obama come and destroy our Country. If this odingo does not like America he can go back to Kenya where he was born and leave us alone. Do you understand that? Troll
Are you smoking dope? WTH is wrong with you and all if this crazy gibberish you just posted?
You must realize where comments like Boxhead maam Boxer come from. They come from a bunch of pukes known as the democraps of America. Boxer is your typical jihadist along with Dingy Hairy Reid,Plastic Poopalosi
Chunkster Schumer, Turban Durban and gorilla girl Sheila Lee Jackson and let us not forget that crooked old igger Charlie "the crook" Rangel these people are the most vile bastards in the world.They would sell their country out in a heart beat.They all play by the rules of Saul Alinsky(some jew who would sell out his own people)
Boxer, you a truly a B*t*h!!
Barbara Boxer must be reading too many Mad magazines again.
what a waste of space this site is
who you talking about yourself? it sounds like it, Troll


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Tapping into his love of food, Cathal Armstrong has gone from dishwasher to pizza-maker to four-star chef feeding presidents and dignitaries.
After a stint as a dishwasher and pizza-maker, Armstrong opened his first restaurant in Dublin at age 19. He did everything wrong and the restaurant failed within six months.
Armstrong arrived in America in 1990 as a broke 20-year-old and gravitated toward work in restaurants. Ten years ago, he and his wife opened Restaurant Eve, named after their daughter, in Alexandria, Va.
Digging into his Irish roots, Armstrong takes us on a delicious journey from well-fed lad to his current tenure as chef/owner of five acclaimed Washington, D.C., area restaurants. He tells his story with comforting dishes and 130 recipes in "My Irish Table: Recipes from the Homeland and Restaurant Eve," ($35, Ten Speed Press) written with David Hagedorn.
While Armstrong always has been a proponent of local and fresh food, it became an even bigger focus after an employee lent him a copy of Michael Pollan's "The Omnivore's Dilemma." He started a restaurant garden and in 2010, worked with Michelle Obama's "Let's Move" initiative to found Chefs as Parents, which works to transform the school lunch system.
Armstrong lives in the Washington, D.C., area with his wife, Meshelle, and children, Eve and Eamonn.
Q.How did you first get into the kitchen?
A. It was probably destiny, ultimately. I'm kind of a believer in fate and to a large extent there is a pre-chosen path for everybody.
My upbringing in Ireland was unique in that my father liked to cook.
For an Irishman to cook would've been extremely unusual, and he was a hobby gardener. A lot of what we ate was from his garden. He was also a tour operator. Those three building blocks led us to a lifestyle that was surrounded by food everyday.
My upbringing was surrounded by food.
Q.You grew up in a family of six kids. How did that influence your approach?
A. Number one is understanding how to make the economics of food work for you. When you have such a large family, you just cannot be wasteful. You learn the precious nature of food and a tremendous respect for food.
Q.What's the pinnacle for you?
A. The goal, I guess, in life is probably perfection, but it is a difficult goal because it is unattainable. No one is ever going to be perfect, but to make a perfect dish and to cook something perfectly ... it's like when you hit the bull's-eye when you throw a dart. When you hit a dish that is right, it may be one of 50 preparations of the same dish. That's a tremendous sense of satisfaction for me. Almost the feeling I got when I played hurling in Ireland.
Q.How did you come to write "My Irish Table"?
A. It is almost expected once you have a restaurant or two. I really wanted my first book to tell the story of the beginning and how someone like me can end up in the position I ended up in. The book is very personal to me. Each recipe is about a personal moment, a place on my way to becoming a chef.
Q.What are some American misconceptions about Irish food?
A. I don't remember ever seeing corned beef in Ireland growing up. We never had it on the table, not even once. While it can be delicious, and what you get out of the cookbook is a really delicious meal, it isn't traditionally Irish. For hundreds of years, Irish were producing corned beef, but it was being exported. It is more of an Irish-American tradition.
Q.What books or people have influenced your cooking?
A. "On Food and Cooking" by Harold McGee is key reading for anybody interested in becoming a professional chef. It gives you a legible understanding of the science of food without requiring a PhD. I love "The French Laundry Cookbook." Thomas Keller did a great service to the restaurant industry by writing the rules of basic fine dining. He showed it for its importance. I love the style and influence of Daniel Boulud; he's one of my favorite chefs ever. And it should never go without mentioning Julia Child — she probably did more to raise the profile of food than all of them combined.
Q.You actually had the pleasure of cooking for Julia Child?
A. Jacques Pépin and Julia were doing a TV show. I was working at this hotel on Capitol Hill where Julia was staying. The owner called the restaurant and said, "She's coming to lunch on Thursday, you need to be prepared." She booked into the hotel and visited the restaurant on Wednesday. I was prepared for Thursday, not Wednesday. Off the cuff, I cooked for her. Talk about pressure!
I learned later on that they had reservations to go elsewhere Thursday, and Julia insisted they cancel. She came back with Jacques Pépin. Two days in a row I cooked for her. I have cooked for the last three presidents. Julia definitely trumps all three.
Q.The cabbage you feature in Irish recipes isn't the kind typically found in groceries here?
A. Well, the cabbage we most commonly see in Ireland is York, a loose leaf, very dark green, high in mineral content, irony cabbage. Not at all like the green cabbage you find in America for coleslaw. It is really much more like collard greens than cabbage, so in some recipes I actually substituted collard greens.
Q.You have a great Irish coffee recipe. What's the most common mistake?
A. Very often, the first mistake is you put too much alcohol in it. That really takes away from the drink. When crafted well, it is a delicious after-dinner drink.
A lot of places you'll see it served with a stirring implement and sugar on the side. It is an insult. The classic, and the one in the book, has sugar in it already.
Q.In 2010, you created Chefs as Parents and looked at school lunches?
A. The whole school lunch thing is a big, complicated problem. Hats off to Michelle Obama for her success in the "Let's Move" campaign. We were asked to look at school lunch in the inner-city schools in D.C. The most horrifying thing about all of it to me was the amount of preservatives and sweeteners in the food we were serving our children.
Q.What can parents do when it comes to school lunch?
A. Number one, grow as much food as you can. If that means you grow a little plot on the windowsill, that's enough to teach kids about where food actually comes from. An awful lot of kids don't know that apples come from a tree, not a shelf in the grocery store.
Two, get them involved in cooking. Third, demand change from the schools. Say, "We don't want soda in the vending machines." It is not something children should be drinking every day. My kids play sports; all the kids are drinking Gatorade. They don't need Gatorade. They need water.


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It sounds to me like you are looking at a European style stove which typically have "gas mark" numbers instead of temperature settings. And as the US ovens are calibrated in fahrenheit and European ones in centigrade it probably doesn't matter anyway. Gas mark 4 = "hot", which should be around 400F but no two ovens are calibrated exactly equally. You just have to know your oven. For things like roasts you should use a probe thermometer to test for doneness.
Definitely get an oven thermometer, if only to see how your oven responds. Even for ovens with temperature settings, it's useful to know how an oven behaves. My current oven, for instance, runs quite hot and so I find myself setting it at a lower temp than with the oven I used to have. Ovens can fluctuate wildly--once you know your oven's "pattern" you can adjust your cooking accordingly.
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In Pinellas Park, Florida, Daniel Jensen wasn't running from the law, he was trying to protect his home from burning. Yet, the police tasered him in the process. Jensen and his attorney say it was an excessive use of police force.
Still shaken and visibly emotional as he retold what happened two weeks ago, Jensen said being tasered by police has not only impacted him, but it also shocked his children, who saw it all happen. He described the officers' actions as brutal. And he adds they showed no human compassion:
"All I remember is lying in water, being electrocuted (by the police) for saving my home," said Jensen.
Four days later, burns on his body were still marked where the stun gun's probes targeted him. He says they tasered him for reacting and doing what any man would do to protect his family's home from an out-of-control grease fire.
The father of two recalls his wife waking him around 6 in the evening, saying there's a big fire at the neighbors' house.
"I could hear it, I could feel it," he remembered.
"Then he ran outside and grabbed a fire extinguisher. He sprayed it all over until it was empty, to prevent the fire from reaching his own house.
"I was calling for my daughter and getting no response. I came out, grabbed the hose and sprayed her room until I heard she was out," said Jensen.
He continued to recount the events. He said he then took the garden hose and started watering down his fence and the back corner of his rooftop, trying to prevent the fire from spreading. But with each attempt, Daniel said the officers kept pulling him back… even though the firefighters had not yet arrived.
"They kept telling me to let it go, that's what insurance is for, and that's not acceptable to me," said Jensen.
Captain Sanfield Forseth with the Pinellas Park Police Department said officers could have charged him with obstruction of justice, for not listening to an officer's order.
"I wasn't doing that. . . I was doing [ ] what any homeowner would do to protect a family and a home," said Jensen.
Captain Forseth said the department will not be charging him.
When Jensen saw the fire jump on to his back roof, he again grabbed the hose. That's when he said — unknown to him — a police officer pulled out a Taser gun and brutally fired it at his back.
"As I went to grab the hose, I hear an officer on this side. There was a boat here, he was just behind it. He said, 'Hit him, hit him! Take him down, tase him!'.
"I didn't know if they were talking to me, or about me. I was concerned about putting water on the fire, and the next thing you know I'm being hit."
Daniel said a Sergeant ordered an officer to tase him, but the officer never warned him as department policy requires.
According to Pinellas Park Police policy, an officer will use a Taser gun when other control techniques would likely result in a physical confrontation that may cause injury to the officer or person. But the officer must first give a verbal warning that he is going to use the device.
After tasing Daniel, he said several officers picked him up, carried him to the front yard, threw him on the ground and handcuffed him.
"They should have more tolerance with the public, to exhaust all options before firing electricity into somebody, (like) handcuff them instead of tasering them."
His attorney is now considering legal action against the Pinellas Park Police Department.
If this happens to you, immediately call attorney Keith Weidner, a Civil Rights lawyer!
Note from the editor: Tasers guns deliver 50,000 volts that usually temporarily immobilize suspects so officers can gain control.


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Collingwood chief executive Gary Pert has denied his club has resorted to spying on players to see if they're using recreational drugs.
A Fairfax media report claims "a number of AFL clubs have resorted to covert intelligence" to monitor the off-field behaviour of their players.
Fairfax says some clubs use police contacts and even private detectives to track their players, while also checking with hotels and nightclubs.
The report did not identify the clubs involved and Pert said it was not a policy the Magpies employed.
But he did say all clubs would take very seriously any tips from police or the community about players taking illicit drugs.
"I haven't heard of any surveillance by clubs. It hasn't occurred at Collingwood since I've been been there," Pert told a media conference on Friday.
"I would say that clubs are taking reports from the community, from police very seriously when we hear or behaviour issues of our players.
"Over the last two or three years the clubs have needed to understand that and that goes right to your leadership group as well.
"The player groups ... need to understand what's happened and the background and the clubs will do what's required to find out that information.
"But surveillance stuff - I've never heard of it."
Debate continues over the league's policy on illicit drugs after ex-Hawthorn president Jeff Kennett savaged Wednesday's drugs summit which produced no immediate changes.
The three-strikes provision of the policy will remain after it was backed by all clubs.
Any further recommendations for change - including the contentious issue of when to alert club bosses a player has been caught using drugs like ice and ecstasy - will be left to a working party of three club chief executives, AFL medical officers, the AFL Players Association and outside medical experts.
"We're very proud of the fact we've been pro-active in the involvement of what was put together for Wednesday," Collingwood coach Nathan Buckley said.
"A lot of information was put out in the open that many of the stakeholders may not have been aware of the realities of other stakeholders within it.
"So there's been a lot of talk and right now you're looking forward to see the actions that are going to come from that.
"We want to win games of footy but we want to produce good people and very mature people as well."
Buckley said it would be a tricky situation if he felt the need to approach a player regarding suggestions of drug use.
"The trick is to build a relationship with people and a trust within the environment of a football club that you believe you can be able to have those hard conversations about anything, on-field and off-field," he said.
Collingwood have announced a three-year, multi-million-dollar sponsorship deal with Holden. The Magpies have parted ways after a decade-long involvement with Lexus, who were the original sponsors of the club's office base at Olympic Park.