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Get an overview of this hotelHotel in Smithfield with free breakfast and outdoor pool
Popular property highlights
Situated in Smithfield, this hotel is 0.7 mi (1.1 km) from Carolina Premium Outlets and 1.7 mi (2.7 km) from Ava Gardner Museum. Rudy Theater and Hinnant Family Vineyards are also within 9 mi (15 km).
Hotel Features
This smoke-free hotel features an outdoor pool, a fitness center, and coffee/tea in a common area. Free buffet breakfast, free WiFi in public areas, and free self parking are also provided. Additionally, a seasonal outdoor pool, a meeting room, and laundry facilities are onsite.
Room Amenities
All 74 rooms provide free WiFi and free wired Internet, LED TVs with satellite channels, and conveniences like refrigerators and microwaves. Guests will also find coffee makers, hair dryers, and phones.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!Opens in a new window
Sleep Inn & Suites Smithfield
Hotel Amenities
Hotel Amenities
Sleep Inn & Suites Smithfield features an outdoor pool and a fitness center. Public areas are equipped with complimentary wired and wireless Internet access. Guests can enjoy a complimentary breakfast. This business-friendly hotel also offers coffee/tea in a common area, complimentary newspapers in the lobby, and laundry facilities. Complimentary self parking is available on site.
Sleep Inn & Suites Smithfield is a smoke-free property.
- 24-hour front desk
- Free breakfast
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Coffee/tea in common areas
- Total number of rooms - 74
- Number of floors - 3
- Elevator/lift
- Fitness facilities
- Free WiFi
- Free wired Internet
- Laundry facilities
- One meeting room
- RV, bus, truck parking
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Free self parking
- Smoke-free property
- Outdoor pool
- Outdoor seasonal pool
Family Friendly Amenities
- Family Hotel
- Outdoor pool
- Free Wi-Fi
- Laundry facilities
- Refrigerator
- Microwave
- Cribs/infant beds (complimentary)
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi , Free wired Internet
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi , Free wired Internet
Free self parking, RV, bus, truck parking
Room Amenities
- Premium TV channels
- Air conditioning
- Phone
- Refrigerator
- Coffee/tea maker
- Microwave
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Iron/ironing board
- Desk
- Satellite TV service
- Free WiFi
- Free wired Internet
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
- Free cribs/infant beds
Where to Eat
Guests are offered a complimentary hot/cold buffet breakfast.
Nearby Things to Do
Recreational amenities at the hotel include an outdoor pool and a fitness center.
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- In-room accessibility
- Accessible bathroom
- Roll-in shower
Hotel Policies
Minimum check-in age is 21
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Check-out time is 11 AM
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Kids stay free! Up to 2 children 18 years old and younger stay free when using existing bedding.
- Rollaway/extra beds are not available.
- Free cribs (infant beds)!
- Pets not allowed (service animals welcome)
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
Hotel Name
- Sleep Inn Hotel Smithfield
- Sleep Inn Smithfield
- Sleep Inn Smithfield Hotel
- Smithfield Sleep Inn
- Sleep Inn And Suites Smithfield
- Sleep Inn & Suites Smithfield Hotel Smithfield
We should mention
Up to 2 children 18 years old and younger stay free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding. The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation.


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Lysa Pullover
Lysa (a Swedish verb for light) is a round-yoked pullover with a simple, modern colorwork pattern. The twinkling stripes encircling the yoke and sleeve cuffs provide endless possibilities for play with color, and are a perfect way for an adventurous beginner to dip his or her toe into the colorwork pool. The sweater is constructed from the top down, in the round, with (optional) short rows lowering the front collar in a flattering way and subtle waist shaping providing for a nice fit.
Sample shown in size 32" / 81.5 cm with 1"/ 2.5 cm of negative ease.
Specific yardage requirements:
MC: The Plucky Knitter Primo Worsted (75% Merino, 20% Cashmere, 5% Nylon; 200 yds / 183 m per 100g); 4 (4, 5, 5, 6, 6, 7, 7, 8) skeins in Pinehurst
Or, 685 (790, 880, 985, 1075, 1180, 1280, 1375, 1475) yds / 625 (720, 805, 900, 985, 1080, 1170, 1255, 1350) m of a worsted weight yarn
CC: The Plucky Knitter Primo Aran (75% Merino, 20% Cashmere, 5% Nylon; 200 yds / 183 m per 100g); 1 skein in Miss Manners
Or, 30 (30, 35, 50, 55, 60, 60, 65, 70) yds / 27 (27, 32, 46, 50, 55, 55, 59, 64) m of a yarn similar to MC
3/19/14: End of page 3, after completing the short rows, there is no need to "knit to end of rnd, working wraps together with wrapped sts", as there are no wraps between the last wrap and the end of the rnd. The pattern now reads, simply, "Knit to end of rnd."
Note: I used Primo Aran for the CC because a) I loved the color, b) I didn't have it in Worsted, and c) I was impatient and wanted to start the sweater right away. Otherwise, I would have used Primo Worsted. Despite the slight difference in weight, using Aran for the colorwork stripes did not impact the gauge of those parts of the sweater at all.
If you have any questions, or would like to share progress or FO photos, we'd love to hear/see them over at The Yarniad's Symposium!
Technical editing by Alison Green.

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About the Oregon Cheese Guild
Founded in 2006, the Oregon Cheese Guild is dedicated to the art and craft of making cheese. The Guild is a collaborative effort to increase awareness of Oregon's artisanal cheeses, create educational opportunities, and provide a platform for cooperation and shared resources among Oregon cheesemakers.
The Oregon Cheese Guild hosts a number of yearly cheese events such as the Oregon Cheese Festival at Rogue Creamery in March, The Wedge in Portland in October, and provides The Oregon Cheese Trail, a resource for discovering cheesemakers and vendors in your own backyard or planning a cheese-tourism trip.
Happy cheese tasting!


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In lovely soft brushed flannel, these traditional style pajama bottoms are made with a comfy pull-on fit. With a pale gray and pink check design, they're perfect for keeping you cozy on Winter nights.
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1 acres in Ionia County, Michigan
Beautiful wooded development in the country with gentle rolling hills. Located 1.5 miles south of Lowell, minutes to & from I-96. Ionia Co. taxes. Several building sites available between 1 - 4 acres. Privacy and lots of wildlife. Paved private drive with street lights and mailbox at your driveway. The friendly Lowell community offers shopping, fine dining and many family entertainment events. Quality homes available to be built by Advanced Homes of West Michigan. Provide your own plan or prepar e custom plans directly with the builder. All of the homes to date in the development have been built by Advanced Builders. Additional information available at www.riversidewoods.com. Also available nearby is the Fred Meijer Grand River Valley Rail Trail http://www.traillink.com/trail/fred-meijer-g rand-river-valley-rail-trail.aspx. Property is located 1/4 mile from Lowell Schools, known for excellent education and sports teams - most of the children in the development attend there.
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Key Features Super high 12 bit (4096) resolution Robust output for superb response in extreme maneuvers Zero dead band assures legendary precision Aluminum middle case helps dissipate heat Digital precision provides great accuracy and performance Ball bearing-supported output 25T shaft Compatible with all types of Radio system Pulse width travel is adjustable Applicable only for the R/C Car and Drifting Rudder (1:10) and R/C Helis lock tail (700series and larger) Technical data: Item No. HDT72070B Type Digital Operating Voltage Range 4.8-7.4Volts DC Bushing or Bearing Bearing Bearing Type Dual Ball Bearings Speed (s/60°@6.0V/7.4V) 0. 05/ 0.04 Torque oz./in. (6.0V/7.4V) 76/90 Torque kg./cm. (6.0V/7.4V) 5.5/6.5 Size in Inches 1.57 x 0.79 x 1.50 Size in Millimeters 40 x 20 x 38 Weight oz. 2.53 Weight g. 72 Motor Type Brushless motor Control System +Pulse Width Control 1500µsec Neutral Required Pulse 3-5 Volt Peak to Peak Square Wave Operating Temperature Range(F) 14° - 122° Operating Temperature Range( â ) -10° - 50° Idle Current (@6.0V/7.4V) 5mA/5mA No Load Running Current (6.0V/7.4V) 180mA/220mA Stall Current (6.0V/7.4V) 3800mA/4700mA Dead Band Width 2µs Potentiometer Type Rotating(Max.220°) Connector Wire Length 11.8 in. / 300 mm. OMG wire Connector Wire Gauge 22 AWG Connector Type JR Gear Type Titanium gears Frequency 330Hz Shaft 5.85mm 25T
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Unless a product or products you wish to return arrived to you damaged or faulty, you are responsible for the return transportation costs.
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Soon to be a major motion picture
"Essential for most fiction collections." — Library Journal
A hair-raising ride, where winning is everything – regardless of the cost.
The world's toughest car race. Twenty-one days of searing heat and rock-hard desert tracks; of blowouts and breakdowns; of subterfuge and sabotage. Ten thousand miles of dust and glory.
Driving at breakneck speed over Australia's roughest roads and through the most appalling conditions imaginable, six competitors break free from the pack and fight for the lead, gradually finding themselves entangled in a web of deceit, betrayal and danger.
Dust and Glory is best-selling author Evan Green's stirring account of the most gruelling race of them all – a hair-raising, careening ride that accelerates to a gripping and unforgettable finish.
About the Author
Evan Green was a wellknown Australian media personality and motoring journalist, who wrote many bestselling novels. His bestselling Clancy's Crossing is also available in the Bolinda Audio Book range. He was also the author of several successful works of non-fiction.
Audience: General
Format: Audio CD
Language: English
Published: 1st February 2014
Publisher: Bolinda Publishing
Country of Publication: AU
Dimensions (cm): 13.4 x 14.6
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According to Facebook's new policy, now users can post gruesome videos as long as users do not celebrate the action or they can post gruesome videos to condemn the action.
Sang Nam, associate professor of communications in the department of film, video and interactive media in the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University, is available to comment.
""I'm deeply concerned about our youth who will be exposed to these videos. These gruesome videos online, especially on Facebook, are just a click away from our teens. It only takes few seconds to view such graphical videos, but the psychological damage might be permanent. These videos are harsh to adults, and it can leave a permanent trauma on our youth," said Nam.
"Facebook's decision seems to be based on its belief that responsible users can decide what to watch and what not to watch and Facebook doesn't intervene on people's freedom of speech and people's right to have access to information online. However, these gruesome videos are just a click away, and one click can hurt our youth, who might be too young to fully understand the consequences of online actions.
"Some might say the Internet has a self-correcting mechanism and gruesome videos would be removed by concerned users. It is true in a sense, but Facebook is risking many vulnerable teens by lifting its ban on gruesome videos. A self-correcting mechanism still takes time and effort to put aside these graphical materials. Facebook might not want to be seen as a company that strips someone's freedom of speech and intervenes or controls users' access to information online, but it is wrong and irresponsible for Facebook to lift its ban on gruesome videos without creating a proper warning. Again, with one click, our teens could be exposed to these videos, and it can leave a permanent damage in their mind.
"It's ironic that Facebook still bans the children breast-feeding images due to exposed woman's breasts, but you can watch the videos of decapitations on Facebook. Which leaves more damages in youth's mind? I think we all know, except Facebook."
To speak to Nam, please call John Morgan, associate vice president for public relations at Quinnipiac, at 203-206-4449 (cell) or 203-582-5359 (office).
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Lowe Manufacturing has trencher models available for mini-loaders, skid or track loaders from the smallest to the largest horse power units. Digging depths range from 24" (610mm) to 60" (1,524mm) with digging widths from 4" (102mm) to 12" (305mm). Lowe offers several types of digging chains that can dig loose, hard or dry, rocky, and even frost soils.


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The Patches Scrolls
Change Log编辑
Note: The change log file that is included with the beta patch is longer than what is displayed below this is because some of the changes listed were in previously released patches and thus not part of this beta patch.
- [58972] Hotfix: Possible crashes in VoN when many players were speaking simultaneously.
Arma 2 Public Beta Build编辑
Copyright (c) 2009 Bohemia Interactive. All rights reserved.
Latest public beta patches are available from http://www.arma2.com/beta-patch.php including change logs.
Please note: Arma 2 Beta is a public preview release intended for developer testing and community feedback. It may be updated often and we use them to verify that a bug we are tracking has been fixed. We make the beta builds for testing only and also to allow developers in the community to test their content with the upcoming versions before they are released as the official release. We write code and post the results frequently so people like you can join our testing process and report bugs but Arma 2 Beta might crash on startup or cause any other kind of unpredicted problems so please do not bother downloading Arma 2 beta builds if you're unwilling to put up with problems or help with the testing of the game and stick with the latest official release instead.
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Usually, beta versions will be compatible in multiplayer with either previous or the upcoming public final release (unlike in Arma 1 where beta versions were causing large incompatibility in the multiplayer community).
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- ANY ORIGINAL VERSION OF ARMA 2 from 1.03 (including Steam version)
- DirectX 9 March 2009 is required
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Run the patch exe to apply the patch setup automatically (you may be prompted to choose your exact version in some occasions).
- It will install all beta content to a mod folder "Beta", including the beta exe (that has to be run properly with working directory set to the main game installation, see below for more information)
- To launch Arma2 beta patch you need to go to the main game directory and click on shortcut "Launch Arma2 Beta Patch"
- You can configure your Arma 2 with Beta Patch including other mods etc., just make make sure that:
- in your ArmA Shortcut start-up Target line;
- You are running the Arma2.exe from your "beta" folder.
- You have "beta" in your modfolder as in -mod=beta
example: "C:\Program Files\Bohemia Interactive\ArmA 2\beta\arma2.exe" -mod=beta
- Make sure the shortcut's "Start In" section refers to main "Arma 2 " main working folder and NOT "Arma 2/beta"
example: "C:\Program Files\Bohemia Interactive\ArmA 2"
You can always run your Arma 2 final version in the main Arma 2 folder if you use default application shortcuts, start menu or run the regular arma2.exe without the beta mod folder.
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- to your description.ext add following class
class Params
class Score
title = "$STR_mp_param_score";
values[] = {10,200};
texts[] = {"10","200"};
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class Duration
title = "$STR_mp_param_duration";
values[] = {1,2};
texts[] = {"one hour","two hours"};
default = 1;
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- old style of parametrs definiton can be still used
How to use multiple parameters in your MP mission:
- values can be read from new variable paramsArray
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Dhamendran - the mother of all custodial deaths?
The latest breath-arresting reported death of late N Dhamendran while in the custody of the law keepers sends shocking shivers down the spine of all concerned and caring Malaysians.
In any developed and democratic nation state, by now the citizenry and non-governmental organisations would have marshalled a protest march till justice is done and the heads resigned.
In all likelihood, citizens of the world who converge on the Net would be asking the same question: What on earth are the people of Malaysia going to do about these ghastly beatings that led suspects to death within the police barracks?
The pathologist should be praised for the courage and professional commitment in disclosing the true report that establishes the cause of death on a father and husband of a fellow Malaysian.
I wonder, too, what would be the consequences that the doctor will face subsequently. Would a transfer be chasing hot on his heels, or perhaps some form of cold storage of future prospects? Only time will tell.
Lest we forget, the nation was - and still is - gripped by the gruesome and world-record murder of Mongolian national Altantuya Shaariibuu. No answers are forthcoming, despite the passage of years that seem reluctant to put to eternal rest the slain and blown fragile, lone female from a distant and foreign country.
There were other deaths as well - Teoh Beng Hock, A Kugan and another. Several more died under highly suspicious circumstances. Already within a space of eleven days in a row, we have been seeing death reports of three citizens who had been in the custody of the police. However, the allegations and evidences still cannot establish speedy justice beyond speculation till this date.
And now we have N Dhamendran, a case that can easily be classified as the mother of all custodial deaths, considering the over fifty blows to his handcuffed body as well as his stapled ears.
'An infinity to solve yet another death'
In all likelihood, the forces that be will reprimand all Malaysians not to politicise the episode. Already the head of the pack has boldly thundered that we must not "demoralise" the 'men in blue' being implicated in yet another custodial death. Another has even warned citizens "not to speculate" on the matter.
Speculate or not, we can safely conclude - given the precedent Altantuya case - that it may perhaps take infinity to solve yet another spate of taking away the life of a fellow Malaysian.
While those who were established by the Palace of Justice to have committed murders are still waiting alive - albeit on death row - here we have citizens who have yet to be judged and charged beyond all reasonable doubt, already dead.
It matters least to Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak, even if all these deaths under custody demoralise the people. It matters least certainly to newly-minted Home Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi. It is also a low priority case for the inspector-general of police (IGP) Khalid Abu Bakar who is certainly busy chasing after opposition politicians for, supposedly, the security of the nation.
Meanwhile, the citizens only have the Net space to share their woes and shower their concerns over the bereaved families. Therefore, one cannot blame citizens for also asking: Are we going the way of some rogue regimes in certain parts of the world?


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H.B. Fuller Ventures Invests In SAGE Electrochromics
October 12, 2004
H.B. Fuller Co. recently announced that its corporate venture fund, H.B. Fuller Ventures, has invested in SAGE Electrochromics, Inc. Based in Faribault, Minn., SAGE develops, manufactures and markets electrochromic glass. The technology behind the glass enables users to electronically control the amount of light and heat that pass through glass without altering its transparency, offering energy savings and reduced glare. Unlike other manufacturers of electrochromic glass, SAGE has developed a durable glass technology that is suitable for use in the $25 billion commercial, residential and transportation window industries. Through its Windows business unit, H.B. Fuller produces insulating glass sealants, thermal barriers and glazing compounds for residential window manufacturers.
For more information, visit http://www.hbfuller.com.
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Garrett Caples Calls Kenny Goldsmith to Account
Yes, abandon all despair ye who enter here: Garrett Caples, has once again blown our minds at the City Lights Booksellers & Publishers blog.
In his blog post all about Kenneth Goldsmith's work-in-progress, Printing the Internet, (which we've covered to some extent here, and here) Caples argues against Goldsmith's claim that the internet, "comprised completely of text-based alphanumeric language—is the greatest poem ever written," and Caples argues against Goldsmith's choice to dedicate the work to recently-deceased activist Aaron Swartz.
Caples writes:
You can call the Internet a poem, but that's not what people mean, generally speaking, when they use the word "poem." And this is what, from a Wittgensteinian viewpoint, makes the statement meaningless, because it relies on our ordinary senses of the word "poem" in order to have any punch, even as it says something that contradicts these senses. Another way to think about this error: if the word "poem" is called into question to so fundamental a degree, how can we know here what "Internet" means? Or "language"? Or "comprised"? Or even "—"? There's a tacit assumption on Goldsmith's part that only the unstable term is the one he wishes to be. To say "I feel that the Internet is the greatest poem ever written" is thus to express one's confusion and superstition, and ultimate conservatism, about how language works. Which, of course, calls the very beginning of the statement—"I'm a poet"—into question. Certainly one should have a more solid grasp of the medium in which a poet works before self-applying that title.
A third way to think about it: if you understand all of the other words in the sentence "I feel that the Internet is the greatest poem ever written," then you're free to respond, "your feeling is incorrect." And this response doesn't depend on your having any precise definition of "poem."
Of course, Goldsmith doesn't actually make this statement as an expression of literal belief, but rather as an expression of attitude. This is clear from his follow-up observation that "As users of the web, we are all contributors to this poetic project—let's call it the ultimate crowdsourced poem." Buzzword time! Whatever you want to say a poet is, there's a kind of baseline minimum that you need to do something interesting with language, so if we needed further cause to suspect that Goldsmith isn't really a poet, it's this penchant for trendy marketingspeak, uninflected with any subversive element save, perhaps, a knowing cynicism. In this he is Jeff Koons, even as he claims to distinguish his brand of conceptualism:
In the [change.org] petition [asking him not to print the Internet], people are saying the following: "While it is appreciated that Mr. Goldsmith plans to recycle the paper used in his art exhibit, reduction of usage is more important than post-usage recycling." Do you think that your project bring [sic] damage to the environment? If the answer is yes, is that something that should be taken in consideration?
All art is spectacle; all spectacle is material; and all material must come from somewhere. Relative to the rest of the art world—the spectacle of the Venice Biennale with its global carbon footprint, hideous yachts and private jets or the $35 million Jeff Koons strip-mined aluminum sculptures, created by one person for one person of the 1%—Printing Out The Internet, with its all-inclusive democratic attitude, nothing for sale, and a recyclable ending looks pretty good by comparison.
The rationale by which Goldsmith spurns this plea to not waste what he calls "shitloads of paper" in order to fill a massive gallery space in Mexico City with printouts is entirely specious: logically, it amounts to gouging out someone's eyes and saying, "isn't it great I didn't kill you?" The picture of "the rest of the art world" sketched out between dashes only indicates how narrow Goldsmith's purview is, as well as where his sights are set. There's something for sale here alright, but I don't buy it.
Caples's argument expands to consider Goldsmith's dedication of the project to Aaron Swartz, and then examines the claim by a Yahoo! News writer that Goldsmith has liberated much of the internet, to a degree comparable to Swartz.
Caples also shares his personal experience of reading a poem out loud to the hip-hop artist Saafir, whose language he had incorporated into one of his own poems. Caples meditates on how it felt to wait for the artist's response, and then considers the difference between his own and Goldsmith's ethics.
Read more from Caples's whip-smart brain at City Lights's blog.


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She's blonde, and she's built big and naturally bouncy up top, and she flaunts her chest ornaments in a sheer, low-cut scrap of period-piece lingerie on the HBO freak show Carnivàle. You think, "What is the name of this bosomy, billowing broad? Has she come out of nowhere?" The largely lovely leading lady's name is Cynthia Ettinger, and she has trod a long road to Carnivàle. Her tracks, and her stretched bra straps, have been everywhere from Seinfeld to ER to Family Law to Gilmore Girls to ...Join Mr. Skin for the full bio >>
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Hayescott (TNR) and Pennacott (TNS) are located on the same site and can either be booked individually or together to accommodate up to 10 guests. The perfect choice for a memorable holiday at any time of year within the pretty village of Week St Mary, yet just 5 miles from the glorious sandy beach at Widemouth Bay. Hayescott and Pennacott are both presented to a very high standard and both provide spacious holiday accommodation with stunning country views towards Dartmoor. Hayescott is a splendid, spacious house once the home of the schoolmaster at the neighbouring historic Old College, originally founded by Lady Percival in 1506 and now owned by the Landmark Trust. An ideal choice for family and friends to relax and recharge the batteries. The pretty garden is a particular feature and perfect for a summer picnic or an alfresco breakfast. Pennacott is a delightful romantic retreat, detached and tucked away within the grounds of Hayescott. This contemporary property has exposed beams and the glazed wall in the living room takes in the glorious views and leads to a pretty patio and private lawned garden. Hayescott and Pennacott can be booked together to accommodate a larger group. The village is surrounded by beautiful rolling hills and magnificent scenery, with a well stocked local store/post office, village pub and a lovely old church. Just 5 miles from Widemouth Bay and the rugged North Cornwall Coast with its fantastic beaches, amazing scenery and coastal cliff top footpath. Bude, 6 miles, is an ideal place to shop, eat out and sample specialist local produce. The perfect holiday choice and an ideal location from which to explore this delightful area. The pretty fishing villages of Padstow, Boscastle, Port Isaac and Rock are well worth a visit and mystical Tintagel with the legendary King Arthur's Castle is close by. The wild beauty of Dartmoor and Bodmin Moors are a must for walkers and nature lovers, and for a great day out Crealy Adventure Park, The Big Sheep and the famous Eden Project, are all within easy driving distance. Golf, fishing and horse riding available nearby. Shop and pub 80 yards.
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Books about gamer culture
In the wake of Indie Game: The Movie, I was asked on Quora about other works that are descriptive of gamer culture, suitable for someone who doesn't play games, isn't trying to learn how to make them, but rather is interested in learning about gamer culture.
Something that presents the human side, rather than the technical, and doesn't assume a lot of prior knowledge. As many of you know, portrayals of the gaming hobby in the mass media have often been rather sensationalistic or inaccurate.
So here's a quick list of ones that I have enjoyed and recommend for this purpose. It's not in any particular order. I avoided "business books" that are more about how a company was built, in favor of ones that tell human stories.
In terms of being interested in gaming culture, and game development culture, but not in "how-to" books, I would recommend:
- Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture by David Kushner: this is the story of id Software, makers of Doom and Quake. You get very personal portraits of John Romero and John Carmack, and of the early days of the shareware business model. One thing that I think makes this book valuable today, as we discuss diversity in the industry, is that it reminds us that some game pioneers, such as Romero, come from interracial backgrounds.
- This Gaming Life: Travels in Three Cities by Jim Rossignol: a journalist dives into gaming culture in three cities around the world. Although it spends quite a lot of time on Eve Online, I think that the real value to the typical reader likely comes from the portrait of Seoul in South Korea, where games are as mainstream as it gets.
- Play Money: Or, How I Quit My Day Job and Made Millions Trading Virtual Loot by Julian Dibbell: the story of a journalist's attempt to make a living as a "gold farmer" in a virtual world. This one might be a bit of inside baseball, but it makes for a natural "hook" for those who want to understand how it is that virtual worlds became such big business. There's a direct line to be traced between gold farming and the "free to play" microtransaction business model.
- My Tiny Life: Crime and Passion in a Virtual World by Julian Dibbell: still the best story of what it's like to be a citizen of a virtual world. The prose may seem a bit purple these days, but I truly believe that everyone who has ever played World of Warcraft should read this to get a sense of the real possibilities inherent in virtual worlds.
- Gamers at Work: Stories Behind the Games People Play by Morgan Ramsay: a set of interviews of game developers describing how they got their studios going. Yeah, this maybe bends the "no business books" rule a little bit, but it's one of the most recent of all of these and covers a wide range. There are plenty of human stories throughout as well. Keep an eye out for a follow-up focusing on online game developers due out this fall.
- Smartbomb: The Quest for Art, Entertainment, and Big Bucks in the Videogame Revolution by Heather Chaplin and Aaron Ruby: an overview book that captures the state of the game industry right before the web and mobile disrupted it wholly. It's a portrait of big bucks, big budgets, and of games on the verge of moving from hobby for geeks to mainstream entertainment in everyone's pocket. Each chapter moves through a different segment of the industry (disclaimer: I'm featured in one of the chapters… I think I come across as a crazy idealist).
- Rise of the Videogame Zinesters: How Freaks, Normals, Amateurs, Artists, Dreamers, Drop-outs, Queers, Housewives, and People Like You Are Taking Back an Art Form by Anna Anthropy. There are not yet many works about indie game culture specifically, alas. This book is more from a creator's point of view than any of the others (none of the others feature examples of software code!), but it's an important book that goes a long way towards showing how games can broaden their subject matter and become more inclusive.
- Not a book, but The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters is an entertaining and accessible documentary about arcade gaming culture today. It deals with the world record in Donkey Kong, and the personalities who are chasing it. I haven't seen it, but I hear Ecstasy Of Order: The Tetris Masters is along similar lines. There's also Avatars Offline, which is sadly unavailable, but is a good documentary snapshot of the state of virtual worlds and MMORPGs in the early 2000's.
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If you're interested in history, I would strongly recommend Jon Peterson's "Playing at the World", which focuses on the early history of D&D but also necessarily includes a fairly comprehensive overview of wargaming culture in the mid 20th century and its origins. Peterson managed to produce a solid scholarly work that's also very enjoyable to read, with no shortage of interesting personalities and narratives.
It's good context for what fundamentally attracts people to gaming as a hobby, and it demonstrates exactly how important Dave Arneson and Gary Gygax were to anything that looks like or borrows ideas from an RPG today. D&D would not have been created without Arneson's Blackmoor campaign, and without D&D I'd say about half of modern videogames would have to be completely different.
The last third of Steven Levy's "Hackers" book is about game coders, but the whole thing is a good read.
"Chasing Ghosts: Beyond the Arcade" covers a lot of the same ground as "King of Kong", but without the reality TV shenanigans that "King of Kong" pulled. "Get Lamp" is a thorough examination of Infocom-style interactive fiction.
Dungeons and Dreamers by Brad King and John Borland (http://www.dungeonsanddreamers.com/) is one of my favorites. It follows Richard Garriott mostly, but also overlaps some of the content in Masters of Doom. I really enjoyed the stories from the late 70s and early 80s, particularly when Richard was selling Akalabeth out of Ziploc bags at ComputerLand.
I've been enjoying Extra Lives by Tom Bissell, though it is more of a one man tale.
Thanks @Gene. John and I were never truly happy with the first edition, which suffered a bit from our work with a big publishing company. We actually retained the rights, though, and we've spent the last year re-tooling the book, re-organizing it, re-writing it, and adding about 20% more narrative. And in September, we'll have the 10-year anniversary Second Edition published by Carnegie Mellon that focuses almost entirely on games, players, and communities.
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The Orchards Holiday Village
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Park Open: 18 March - 31 October
Tourist Board Rating: 3 stars
The Orchards has direct beach access and plenty of activities to get involved in. You can explore the fishing lakes after a day of fishing coaching. There are also boats to hire if you want to go down the boating lake. There is also a nine-hole golf course, heated indoor and outdoor pools and a sports court.
If you can't get enough of beaches, Clacton-on-Sea and Brightlingsea are less than ten miles from the Orchards. There are four places to get food from but why not try the Ferryboat Inn? Entertainment can be found at the Live Lounge.
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Memorial Day Weekend is finally here. Time to bring out those bathing suits, sunscreen, shades, and head out to the beach and catch some rays.
I know finding a nice clean beach is hard to find at least here in NY, but according to Explore LI, they've seen to have found the Top 10 Beaches in LI.
(as for the Top 10 Beaches in NYC, I'm still searching, I'll keep ya posted)*
1. Robert Moses
Robert Moses Causeway
Fire Island, NY
Fire Island
2. Jones Beach
1000 Ocean Parkway
Wantagh, NY
3. Long Beach
4. Tobay Beach
Ocean Parkway
east of Jones Beach, off Wantagh Parkway
Massapequa, NY 11758
5. Smith Point
William Floyd Parkway
Shirley, NY
6. Cupsogue Beach
West end of Dune Road directly across the inlet from Smith Point County Park
631-852-8111; off season 631-854-4949
7. Gilgo Beach
off Wantagh and Robert Moses Parkways
Babylon, NY 11702
Ocean Parkway
off Wantagh or Robert Moses Parkways.
Babylon, NY 11702
9. Point Lookout
On Lido Boulevard
Point Lookout, NY 00000
10. Lido Beach
Meadowbrook Parkway south to end, then Loop Parkway to Lido Boulevard, right 2 miles to beach.
Lido Beach, NY 11561-5219
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Shopping in Dublin
For those who enjoy retail therapy there is no better place to base yourself then the Grafton Capita Hotel near Grafron Street. The hotel is located just off Grafton Street - the main shopping district in Dublin.
Grafton Street is home to designer stores such as Brown Thomas, shopping mecca for many. BT2 also found on Grafton Street caters for Brown Thomas younger clientel. Grafton Street is always buzzing with street entertainers, buskers and pavement artists. The winding streets that surround Grafton Street host an array of stylish boutiques, diverse stores, jewellers and shoe shops, cafes and restaurants.
Blarney Woollen Mills & House of Ireland (both on Nassau Street) offers visitors a unique collection of quality Irish gifts including Waterford Crystal, Belleek China and the Blarney Irish clothing range. Avoca Handweavers on Suffolk Street is a wonderful craft design store established 1723 (Irelands oldest surviving business) and is a must visit!
Temple Bar has a host of quirky stores as well as some really trendy places such as Urban Outfitters.
For Jewellery, look out for Johnsons Court a small street located just off Grafton Street where you will find Appleby and Paul Sheeran Jewellery Stores as well as several antique jewellers.
Take the Luas Green Line to Dundrum Town Centre (12 minutes) Dublin newest shopping centre. With over 100 stores including House Of Fraiser, Harvey Nichols and BT2. A host of restaurants, hairdressers and a cinema!
Take a stroll over the Ha'penny bridge to Henry Street - the second shopping district in the city centre. You'll find all your favourite High Street shops, boutiques, jewellery and homeware stores located on and around this pedestriansed street.
Arnotts Department Store is located on Henry Street. Arnotts is Ireland's largest department store and contains a comprehensive selection of merchandise with a particularly extensive selection of top brand fashions, home wares and Irish gifts.
Just off Henry Street is the famous outdoor food market on Moore Street.
Temple Bar Christmas Market
The market aims to offer a diverse range of gift ideas to the Christmas shopper with a variety of stalls selling crafts, jewellery, cards, gift wrap, photography, decorations, trees, prints, mulled wine, mince pies, ceramics, toys and more.
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This weekly market brings the finest of organic produce to Meeting House Square every Saturday. Fresh Atlantic Oysters, organic vegetables, crêpes, cheeses, chutneys and home made breads...an open-air gourmet's paradise!
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The Cow's Lane Fashion and Design Market is a fashionista's haven with the latest trends from both new and up and coming Irish designers
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Hello all, Im back for my usual Sunday afternoon Pacers Digest posting.
Today I want to discuss the preseason games, and how coaches and players use it in different ways. I've been reading everyone's thoughts on our first 2 games so far, including UB's and Peck's takes on the games, and wanted to start a discussion about what preseason is really used for, and what if anything it really means.
From my perspective, I can tell you that I think most people I read on here are getting way too worked up, both positively and negatively, about what you are seeing.....in some cases your eyes are playing tricks on you in some ways. You guys and gals need to all take a deep breath and relax......
There are many examples of preseason hysteria being meaningless in not just the NBA but in every other professional sport. Rational people can recognize this, but yet many of those who know it intellectually forget it when it comes to their own teams. How many of you remember now who had the best record or the most home runs or the best batting average in spring training this season in baseball? How many of you could tell in spring training that the Tigers would end up in the World Series?
In football, the Colts annually look like crap in the preseason, yet always seem to be one of the best teams in the NFL.....and my local IU Hoosiers didnt look that good in their short scrimmage Friday night, but Im not all that worried about it. Basically, there is little a fan can take from preseason games about either a particular player, or a coach, or basically anything you see. This is true in both a positive and negative way.....just because the Jazz looked pretty decent against us the other night, doesnt mean they should start printing playoff tickets in Salt Lake City already does it? Of course not....and we shouldn't be panicking in the streets either.
As a coach, you arent looking to win these games at all, you are trying to pare down your roster, identify the strengths and weaknesses of your own players, and maybe find out some info on your opponents for later use as well. You do your best to show your opposing coaches very little of what you plan to do when the games are real, you always hold back alot of your best plays and strategies.
For individual players, during games that count your goal as a coach is to always put each individual player in the best possible position to succeed. However, in preseason its quite likely that you may try and do the very opposite thing....in fact, you may intentionally put guys in tough spots, to see how they react to adversity or lack of success. You may play a guy in the preseason out of position, just to see if he can handle that role if you need him to in an emergency sometime in February. You may call plays that you are developing or working on, just to experiment and see if what you've drawn up in the summer will work in real life. You may even intentionally run plays you have no plans to use, just to throw off the opponents scouting and preparations. You may play odd combinations of players that you'd never consider playing as a group if the game counted, just to see what happens. You may try different pregame meals, different warmup procedures, different things during timeouts, different starting lineups, and anything else you want to do to just generate tape for study later, and to try a new approach. Preseason is just one big lab experiment for coaches, so please dont read too much either way in how they interact with each other, who seems to have what role, and how they disperse playing time....it all means nothing. What you are trying to do as a staff however, is establish a winning "mood" and atmosphere, and establishing boundaries, rules, and a method and enthusiasm conducive to winning. You need to get your players to buy into whatever it is you are selling and telling them. Only in that sense is preseason important to a coach, not the win loss record or the box score.
As a player who is established, preseason also has an different meaning. its the time to work on that new move you've been developing over the summer, its the time to try different ways to guard an opponent you will see again in December, and it may be time to pass the ball to a teammate in a tough spot just to see how he handles the ball or if he can make the shot. its a time for you to communicate with your coaches to identify who your game seems to mesh the best with, what plays and areas of the floor you prefer, and how best your coaching staff can utilize you. Its about gaining your timing with one another again, and getting to know your new teammates better. Its about getting used to the new basketball, any new rules and officials, new arenas, new fans, and in many cases finding a new home and schools and such for your family. Its about getting comfortable and focused on your health, and your attitude.
For a non established player, its about making the team....if not the one you are with, then another one in the league. Its about playing the right way, working hard, and doing your absolute most in order to keep your job. For almost everyone in the world, being an NBA player would be a dream lifestyle and life accomplishment, so doing whatever is necessary to keep or achieve that goal has to be paramount in your mind. At times in the preseason, its very possible and even likely that you may make plays or do things or try things that you wouldnt otherwise do if you were already on the team for sure. Maybe you take that tough shot attempt, maybe you try and make the spectacular pass, maybe you gamble and go for the steal attempt when you shouldnt.....there are a million different things that can sunconsciously cause you to play for yourself and not always for the team....and that doesnt make you a bad guy, its just the way it is.
Preseason is for all of that you guys.....the results and the wins and losses, the scores and the stats, they all are meaningless. Don't worry so much about how we look offensively, or how each individual player looks, or whatever.....it doesnt mean anything positively or negatively.
Everybody relax and enjoy basketball again, and quit worrying about everything. After about 15 games or so, then we can make a preliminary judgement, anything before that is just too short a sample.
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A legal deal proposed by the Obama administration may soon make it easier for Americans with chronic health conditions to receive assistance from Medicare federal health insurance to help cover the costs of skilled nursing home stays, home health care and therapy.
Under a decades-old Medicare "improvement standard," beneficiaries have been required to convince the feds that there was a likelihood of medical or functional improvement before Medicare would pick up the tab for the needed services and therapies. That standard, while never written into law, has long been included in the Medicare benefit manual.
But, in a proposed settlement to a nationwide class-action lawsuit, the government has agreed to tweak that Medicare rule. Under the planned new rule, Medicare would pay for such services if they are needed to "maintain the patient's current condition or prevent or slow further deterioration," regardless of the likelihood for improvement. The move aligns well with health care reform and its focus on cost-cutting through preventive care.
The agreement that includes the proposed Medicare rule change was hammered out by lawyers from the Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services. The deal is now before a federal judge in Vermont, home to the lawsuit's lead plaintiff. The judge is expected to approve the settlement, and that would give her the authority to enforce it for up to four years.
Judith Stein, a lawyer for the nonprofit Center for Medicare Advocacy, which represented the plaintiffs, says the rule change will benefit not only tens of thousands of Americans with such chronic conditions as stroke, Alzheimer's disease, multiple sclerosis and traumatic brain and spinal cord injuries, but also their families and caregivers.
"These individuals have been denied Medicare coverage and access to medically necessary care for decades," Stein says. "As the population ages and people live longer with chronic and long-term conditions, the government's insistence on evidence of medical improvement threatened an ever-increasing number of older and disabled people. We have finally been able to eliminate this illegal, harmful, unfair application of the law."
Patient advocates admit they have no idea how many Americans might benefit from the rule change because the longstanding use of the improvement standard prevented so many from ever filing claims for Medicare benefits in the first place.
While no one is yet predicting how much the rule tweak might cost the government, Stein says additional benefit outlays may be offset, because treating the chronically ill at home and in skilled nursing facilities will help prevent far more expensive hospitalizations.
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Enchilada Pie
Recipe by jb41848
This is my Great Aunt Versie's recipe. I have no idea where she got it, but we have been making it for over 30 years. My dad especially loves this dish. It is very easy and very tasty.
Top Review by ellie_
Good and spicy. Perfect for a weeknight meal. Although I didn't have any problems with this recipe I thought that the sizes of packages/cans should have been mentioned in the ingredients list. I used 9 tortillas, close to 2 lb of hamburg, close to 16 oz of cheese using both monterey jack and cheddar. I used extra cheese because I used extra hamburg and we like cheesy casseroles.
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Ingredients Nutrition
- 1 package corn tortilla
- 2 cans red enchilada sauce
- 1 1⁄2 lbs hamburger
- 1 onion
- 1 can green chili, chopped
- 1 package monterey jack cheese
- 1 can cream of mushroom soup
Directions See How It's Made
- Fry up ground beef and onion together in a large skillet.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Place all of the corn tortillas in enchilada sauce.
- Line 2 tortillas on the bottom of a 13x9 inch pan.
- Cut 1 other tortilla in half and fill in the edges so that the whole bottom is covered.
- Layer the hamburg and onion mixture next, then green chiles, and 1/3 of the cheese.
- Then repeat again with the tortillas, hamburg, green chiles and 1/3 of the cheese.
- With the remaining sauce in a bowl add the can of cream of mushroom soup and mix well.
- Pour over the top and sprinkle with the remaining cheese.
- Bake for 45-50 minutes or until bubbly.


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|Susan Carle
John F. Kenney
Susan W. McCampbell
Susan E. Poole
|Brenda V. Smith
Melissa Turner
Ashbel T. (A.T.) Wall, II
Susan Carle
Susan Carle is an Associate Professor of Law at American University Washington College of Law, where she teaches torts, labor and employment law, legal ethics, and externship seminars. Prior to joining the faculty in 1997, Prof. Carle practiced law in the areas of labor and employment, primarily representing employees and labor unions. Prior to that, she worked for two years for the United States Department of Justice arguing appeals in cases arising under federal anti-discrimination laws covering employment and other issues. She graduated from Yale Law School in 1988 and clerked for the Honorable Dolores K. Sloviter of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in 1988-1989.
John F. Kenney
John Kenney has a B.S. in Criminal Justice from Elmira College, Elmira, New York. He began work as a Correctional Officer in 1982, was promoted to Sergeant in 1985, Lieutenant in 1986, and became a Captain in 1987. In 1991 he was appointed as Chief Investigator, promoted to Assistant Deputy Superintendent in 1992, and finally promoted to Assistant Superintendent in 2001. In this assignment, he is in charge of facility security and the Special Operations Unit including investigations and intelligence for 2000 bed facility and 800 employees. He also conducts investigations into security breaches, contraband, staff/inmate misconduct.
Susan W. McCampbell
Susan W. McCampbell is President of the Center for Innovative Public Policies, Inc., (CIPP) a not-for-profit company specializing in public policy consulting.
CIPP currently has several cooperative agreements with the National Institute of Corrections (NIC): to develop curricula to effectively manage a multi-generational workforce; to provide technical assistance to state and local correctional agencies regarding the issues associated with staff sexual misconduct with inmates; and to develop a bulletin on gender responsive jail operations for the administrators of small and medium sized jails.
Ms. McCampbell is the co-author of Training Curriculum for Investigating Allegations of Staff Sexual Misconduct with Inmates, Staff Sexual Misconduct with Inmates: Implications for Jail Administrators, Investigating Allegations of Staff Sexual Misconduct in a Jail Setting, and Staff Sexual Misconduct with Inmates: a Policy Development Guide for Sheriffs and Jail Administrators for the National Institute of Corrections (NIC). She also instructs in NIC programs addressing staff sexual misconduct. In February 2002, NIC published the Resource Guide for Newly Appointed Wardens, co-authored by Ms. McCampbell, Elizabeth Layman and Marie Hall. She has also co-authored articles about staff sexual misconduct for American Jails and Sheriffs magazines.
Prior to founding CIPP in 1999, Ms. McCampbell was the Director of the Department of Detention and Community Control for the Broward County, Florida, Sheriff's Office for four (4) years. During this time, Ms. McCampbell oversaw the daily operations of a jail system with 4,200 inmates, three facilities, a staff of 1,600, and a budget of $110 million. During her tenure, the agency received their initial accreditation from the American Correctional Association, and re-accreditation, the largest agency of its kind to receive simultaneous accreditation for all facilities. Other highlights of her term as Director include implementation of an objective inmate classification system, dramatic improvements in the management and treatment of inmates with a diagnosis of mental illness in the jail system, the planning for a new 1,000 bed men's direct supervision facility, and a 1,000 bed women's jail. While with the Broward Sheriff's Office, Ms. McCampbell served as Chief Deputy/Acting Sheriff for six (6) months following the death of the Sheriff.
Prior to coming to Broward County, Ms. McCampbell was Assistant Sheriff for the City of Alexandria, Virginia, Sheriff's Office for eleven (11) years, a Program Director for Police Executive Research Forum in Washington, D. C., and a regional criminal justice planner in Northern Virginia.
Ms. McCampbell holds a BA in Political Science from the School of Government and Public Administration, The American University, Washington, D. C., and a Master's Degree in City and Regional Planning from the School of Architecture and Engineering of The Catholic University of America, Washington, D. C.
Susan E. Poole
Ms. Poole is a retired warden and is currently working extensively as a Criminal Justice Consultant, providing direct services to agencies in the areas of Staff Sexual Misconduct with Inmates, Working with Female Offenders, Institution Culture Assessment, Strategic Planning, and Executive Leadership Development for Women. Appointed to the position of Warden by the Governor of the state of California in September 1988, Ms. Poole served 13 years at the California Institution for Women in that capacity.
Ms. Poole's background includes 29 years in the field of Corrections with the California Department of Corrections (CDC). She began her career as a Teaching Assistant and was promoted through the custody ranks. She served at two correctional institutions and with three divisions in headquarters: Institutions, Administrative Services, and Manpower Services. Her experience and assignments have included a wide variety of field operations and staff assignments in Corrections' headquarters. While in CDC headquarters, she served in the capacity of Assistant Chief of Personnel, Classification Staff Representative, Chief of Institution Services, and Assistant Deputy Director Institutions Division. For the last thirteen years of her career in Corrections she served as Warden of the California Institution for Women (CIW). CIW is a 1,800 bed correctional facility which at one point reached a capacity of 2700 inmates.
Ms. Poole is a member of the American Correctional Association (ACA), the Association of Black Correctional Workers (ABCW), the Association of Women Executives in Corrections, and the National Association of Blacks In Criminal Justice. She chaired the Department's Training Advisory Committee for five and one-half years. In addition, Ms. Poole was selected as one of the Outstanding Young Women of America for 1983 and participated in the 1995 Leadership California Program. She has served as an appointed board member of the Mt. Baldy United Way, and Opportunities Unlimited, Inc., a youth outreach program. She was selected as California's nominee for Warden of the Year to the North American Association of Wardens and Superintendents in 1999. Ms. Poole has received numerous awards and recognition for her work in the community. She has provided consultant services to the National Institute of Corrections (NIC) and the National Institute of Justice (NIJ), to correctional agencies in a number of other states, and is a featured speaker at many community and academic programs. She has recently been selected by the Who's Who Historical Society as a member of their International Who's Who of Professionals for 2001.
Brenda V. Smith
Brenda V. Smith is an Associate Professor at the Washington College of Law at American University where she co-teaches in the Community Economic Development Law Clinic. Prior to joining the faculty at the Washington College of Law, Ms. Smith was Senior Counsel for Economic Security at the National Women's Law Center and Director of the Center's women in Prison Project and Child and Family Support Project. Ms. Smith is a 1984 graduate of Georgetown University Law Center and graduated magna cum laude from Spelman College in 1980.
Ms. Smith has a long history of work on issues affecting women and children involved in the criminal and juvenile justice systems dating back to her tenure as an attorney with the Public Defender Service of the District of Columbia. Ms. Smith combined her experiences at the Public Defender Service and the National Women's Law Center to create the Women in Prison Project, a legal services and education program which served over 6,000 incarcerated women during its eight-year existence. The program received both local and national recognition, receiving the Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies National Achievement Award in 1990, and the D.C. Commission for Women Community Services Organization of the Year Award in 1991.
Ms. Smith is considered an expert on issues affecting women in prison and has published and spoken widely on those issues. Relevant publications on women in the criminal justice system include: An End to Silence: Women Prisoners' Handbook on Identifying and Addressing Sexual Misconduct (American University, 2002); "Incarceration," in Women's Health Across the Lifespan: A Comprehensive Perspective (Lippincott: 1997); A Vision Beyond Survival: A Resource Guide for Incarcerated Women (National Women's Law Center: Fall, 1995); Female Prisoners and AIDS: On the Margins of Public Health and Social Justice, 9 AIDS & Public Policy Journal 78 (Summer, 1994). Ms. Smith is currently working on an article on the legal and public policy implications of cross-gender supervision on women inmates.
Ms. Smith has received numerous honors, including the prestigious Kellogg National Fellowship in 1993, and was into the D.C. Women's Hall of Fame in 1998 for her work on behalf of low-income women in the District of Columbia.
Melissa Turner
Melissa Turner is a clinical social worker with over fifteen years of clinical experience working with various populations. In Albany, New York, she began her professional career in an alternative sentencing program that advocated in the criminal courts for treatment oriented dispositions rather than incarceration. At the Washington VA Medical Center where she has worked for 11 years, Melissa has specialized in the psychosocial care and treatment of veterans with HIV/AIDS many of whom have a history of post traumatic stress disorder, sexual trauma, mental illness and addiction. As a private mental health consultant, Melissa has focused on women's issues and has facilitated psycho-educational groups for mandated clients in residential drug treatment. She is known for incorporating nontraditional expressive therapies such as meditation, aromatherapy, music, poetry, art and other techniques, into the traditional psychotherapeutic group setting. At Our Place, DC, an agency dedicated to assisting incarcerated women with reentering the community, Melissa is the clinical social work consultant and provides therapeutic intervention to formerly incarcerated women. Melissa received her Master of Social Work degree from the State University of New York at Albany, New York and lives in Washington, DC.
Ashbel T. (A.T.) Wall, II
A.T. Wall's career in Corrections began in 1976 as a line Probation officer. He served in the capacity of Assistant Director for the Rhode Island Department of Corrections from 1987 through 1999. Mr. Wall was appointed Director of the Department in 2000. He holds B.A. and J.D. degrees from Yale University.


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Analysts with the Great American Group, Inc. blame the market's response to the 2012 drought for keeping meat and dairy prices higher than average.
"Increases in meat and dairy products were due to the lingering effects of the drought," Ken Bloore, chief operating officer of Great American Group's Advisory and Valuation Services division, said in a news release. "As a result of higher costs for animal feed, many farmers were forced to sell off their stocks at the height of the drought, thereby lowering the current supply of meat in the marketplace."
Published in the group's latest "Food Monitor" report, both pork and beef producers reduced their herds in the aftermath of the 2012 drought after grain used in animal feed rose to historic highs. The U.S. cattle herd is currently at its smallest since 1952,
Both pork and beef prices increased in June. The report also showed demand for pork continuing to increase as consumers look to it as a substitute for beef.
However, a return to normal feed prices could help slow the rate of inflation into 2014.
"A return to normal feed prices would result in ample supplies of animal-based products such as meat and dairy," explained Bloore. "As a result, food prices could be expected to experience only minimal inflation next year."
USDA economist Ricky Volpe believes that food inflation was affected minimally by last year's drought, and had there not been a drought, prices would have risen by 0.5 percent less than currently estimated.
"He acknowledges the temptation to think food prices would fall if there had been no drought in 2012, but Volpe points out that food price deflation is virtually unheard of due to other inherent costs in the price of food, such as transportation, processing, and marketing," Channel 13 News out of Des Moines, Iowa, showed in a report here.


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Alleged "Elmer Fudd" bank robber appears in court
Police have said that Daniel L. Teeples, 39, was responsible for December and January robberies east of Interstate 205 in Vancouver, Washington. They gave the robber his nickname because during the heists, he always wore plaid shirts and a furry hat with ear flaps, similar to the Looney Tunes character.
Superior Court Judge Rich Melnick set bail at $200,000 for the defendant and his alleged getaway driver, Anne L. Bradley, 31. However, he ordered a second hearing Tuesday to establish what evidence there is against both Vancouver defendants.
Teeples is accused of seven robberies in east Vancouver over two months. Bradley is alleged to have been an accomplice to five.
The two "waived" a probable cause report. This means that during their arrest, a police officer didn't have to write a report describing the evidence against the pair.
However, because the charges are so serious, Melnick asked Deputy Prosecutor Jeff McCarty to explain the allegations. McCarty replied that he didn't have the reports with all the facts of the case.
Specially, the judge wanted to know what evidence there was for holding the defendants in jail on suspicion of first-degree robbery. "Was there a weapon? Were there (demand) notes?" the judge asked.
McCarty said the case opened up when police caught the two defendants Thursday evening fleeing a Bank of America branch. Police found money and a money tracker on the pair. During an interview with investigators, they admitted to the other robberies, McCarty said.
Beside's Thursday's holdup, police have implicated Teeples in the same branch of the US Bank on December 16 and January 18, a second branch of the US Bank on both January 3 and 18, the Key Bank on December 27, and the Bank of America on January 13.
Asked again about a weapon, McCarty said that he didn't know. The judge then ordered the prosecutor's office to submit a probable cause affidavit by Tuesday.
Last Friday, the defendants missed their first scheduled appearance because they were too ill from heroin withdrawals, a deputy prosecutor said. Another hearing is set for this coming Friday, when the defendants are scheduled to be arraigned.
Teeples and Bradley remain in Clark County Jail. The judge appointed attorney George Marlton to represent Teeples and attorney Jeffrey Barrar to represent Bradley.
Remarked Melnick, a former deputy prosecutor: "This is a mess."


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Eighth Circuit Court Judge David Miller sentenced Charles Logan Politte of Carrollton to a total of 18 years in the Missouri Department of Corrections. He was sentenced to 15 year for forcible rape and three years for assault in the second degree. The sentences will run concurrently.
In January, a Ray County jury found Politte guilty of forcible rape, assault in the second degree and armed criminal action in a case that stemmed from a June 10, 2011 incident.
Carroll County Prosecutor Cassandra Brown argued for a 25-year sentence. Brown presented evidence over a two-day period in January in the Eighth Circuit courtroom in Richmond.
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Bhopal, Feb 22 (IANS) The image of Madhya Pradesh's villages has drastically changed as a result of effective implementation of the central government's flagship rural jobs scheme, making it among the top 10 implementing states, an official statement said Friday.
According to the latest quarterly report of the Planning Commission's Delivery Monitoring Unit (DMU), Madhya Pradesh stood fifth in total spending under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA), sixth in making employment available to needy families, sixth in generation of mandays, seventh in the number of families accomplishing 100-day work and 10th in generation of scheduled mandays.
"Through MNREGA convergence, 58 percent permanent assets have been constructed, which is the highest in the country," the statement said, adding: "Madhya Pradesh is constantly registering better performances at the national level."
Since last year till date Rs.20,942 crore has been spent on beneficiary-oriented and community-based works. Of this, Rs. 12,486.67 has been spent on unskilled labour.
During the last year, employment worth 14,972.75 lakh mandays was provided to needy rural labourers. Of these, employment worth 2,733.41 lakh mandays was made available to scheduled caste labourers and 6,528.52 lakh mandays to scheduled tribe labourers, the statement said.
Forty-three percent of women were provided employment worth 6,478.83 mandays last year.
"Success has been achieved through MNREGA to prevent migration of labourers to other states in search of employment since they are getting 100-day employment in their villages itself," the statement said.
The state government has also decided to appoint 21 MNREGA Lokpals in seven divisions for monitoring works under the act.
"Besides, a vigilance cell has also been constituted in Madhya Pradesh State Employment Guarantee Council in pursuance of operational guidelines of the union rural development ministry and a senior officer has bee appointed as the Chief Vigilance Commissioner," the statement said.


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It was only in March last year that the medium-term future of Holden in Australia appeared assured. Gathered on the banks of Canberra's Lake Burley Griffin, then Labor prime minister
The occasion was to announce that in return for $275 million from the federal, South Australian and Victorian governments beyond 2015, Holden would invest $1 billion of its own to design and manufacture two new cars, ensuring it would stay in Australia until 2022 at least. But underneath all the ceremony and cracking hardy, the atmosphere was mercenary. Neither Gillard, Combet nor Devereux attempted to gloss over what the consequences had the government money, euphemistically called a "co-investment'', not been forthcoming.
Holden had told the government it would have folded its tent and left Australia.
"The truth is, in January this year, we were at real risk that there would be no more Holden in Australia,'' Gillard said. "It would have been a knockout blow for manufacturing in this country given the importance of the auto-industry to all of manufacturing.''
Apart from the thousands of direct jobs shed from Holden's plant in Elizabeth, in Adelaide's northern suburbs, and its design facility in Melbourne, the departure of the auto giant would have precipitated the collapse of the domestic component manufacturing industry which, in turn, would have jeopardised the future of the other two manufacturers in Australia, Toyota and Ford, the latter of which has since decided to cease manufacturing in Australia from 2016.
Industry like an ecosystem
As former Labor industry minister
The broad political bipartisanship which has underpinned car industry assistance in Australia had held for more than a decade since the system was put in place by the Howard government. It is often forgotten that the subsidies were designed as compensation to help the industry adapt as protective tariffs were gradually reduced. Also, the money was supposed to stop in 2015.
In June 2002, a Productivity Commission report commissioned by the Howard government recommended protecting the car industry until 2015 with the warning that "this should be the last period of special treatment''.
The economically-dry commission recommended that tariffs, which were scheduled to drop from 15 per cent to 10 per cent in 2005, remain at 10 per cent until 2010 and then drop to 5 per cent by 2015. It also recommended that the $2 billion Automotive Competitiveness and Investment Scheme (ACIS), that was set up to compensate for the tariff drop to 10 per cent by 2005, be renewed for another five years until 2010.
The Howard cabinet, on the initiative of then-industry minister
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Macfarlane, who today in his second reincarnation as Industry Minister is again dealing with the issue, was told at the time by then Holden general manager
When Gillard gave Holden another $275 million for beyond 2015, the bipartisanship began to fracture.
In 2008, after Mitsubishi folded its manufacturing operations in Adelaide, the newly-elected Labor government extended the Howard government's assistance package beyond 2015, adding another $1 billion until 2020. It was from this money that the Gillard government's $215 million contribution to the $275 million was funded.
But then-shadow treasurer
"That company is nearly 50 per cent owned by foreign governments, so it is not as if they haven't got the pockets to invest,'' he said the day after the Holden announcement. His anger only grew in November 2012 when Ford shed 212 Victorian workers, 10 months after receiving $50 million from the federal and state governments. The announcement was the forerunner to Ford eventually waving the white flag.
Holden's deadline looms
In opposition and now in government, the Coalition stripped $500 million from the assistance allocated up until 2015 but said it remained committed to the $1 billion Labor had pledged the industry beyond 2015. However, there would be new guidelines that would have to be met. These will be predominantly set down by a new Productivity Commission report the government is yet to commission but wants an interim report issued by Christmas, the deadline Holden has set for a final decision.
Before the election, Abbott began insisting that one condition would be that the companies boost exports. Abbott, who himself drove a Ford Territory, opined during a visit to Ford's Geelong plant that the Territory was a fine vehicle and he could not understand why people around the world would not want to drive one as well.
Last week, to coincide with his visit to Holden in Adelaide, Macfarlane suggested Holden almost double its exports from 17 per cent to 30 per cent.
Holden has rejected this demand as unrealistic. The Commodores and Cruzes it makes in Adelaide are high sellers domestically but are still made at a loss due to the high costs of production and the high dollar, making them uneconomic to export. Furthermore, Holden, which also makes cars in the United States and Thailand, where a car worker is paid about $16 a day, is moving toward manufacturing uniform global platform cars at all its plants, meaning there will not be any unique Australian cars any more.
Macfarlane, after visiting Toyota this week, queried how Toyota can export 63,000 cars a year from Australia when it also makes cars in Thailand and the US.
Right now, Macfarlane holds the same views as Hockey and is serious about not handing over any more money without a change in business plan.
This is the majority view in cabinet.
"You can't just keep throwing money at something with the key beneficiary saying it doesn't make a difference,'' said another minister. Holden,which has reportedly requested the $275 million be increased to as much as $600 million due to changed circumstances, is showing no signs of shifting either. Inside the Coalition, the belief is that if the impasse cannot be broken, the final call will be Abbott's. Few believe he wants to be the prime minister who waves the last Holden off the production line.
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When I started in the intensive care unit 18 years ago, I saw many asthma patients come in, and some of them left in body bags.
In my job as a registered nurse, breathing is on the "assess first" list. If you can't breathe, there is nothing more to do to save your life. As nursing students, we were told not to wear cologne or strong scents in our profession because it could harm patients if they breathe it. When I started in the intensive care unit 18 years ago, I saw many asthma patients come in, and some of them left in body bags. I never realized how deadly a disease it could be.
Then, 15 years ago, my son was diagnosed with asthma and I watched him struggle with it for the first 10 years of his life. Asthma affects more and more people each year and why? Because the air we breathe is more and more polluted.
I work for the University Of Missouri health care system and the coal burning plant that powers the university is on the edge of campus, only three blocks from our hospital and within 2-3 miles of the other three hospitals in town. Our city also has a coal-burning plant that is within the city limits. That means we have not one, but two plants in a city of fewer than 100,000 people.
I see the exhaust from the stacks almost every day. In the winter I see the cinders from the coal waste thrown on our streets, carried into homes and hospitals on our feet and washed down to our water source from the run-off in our streets.
I also work with a local agency called Missouri Rural Crisis Center, which is a group of farmers fighting for the small independent farmer. One of the issues they fight against is confinement feed operators in our state. These operations are deadly to anyone working in them or living near them. People that have farmed and lived in the rural community can no longer sit outside in the warm weather due to the lung-searing smell from large feed lots. Their children get sick and their property is devalued. Feed lot operators continue to lobby our state representatives to decrease the pollution standards and the fines they have to pay when they fail to obey the Environmental Protection Agency's health standards.
I want President Obama, members of Congress and EPA officials to get out of their offices and breathe the air! See where the smells are coming from and investigate why companies are not made to comply with the standards. If I break the speed limit and put others in danger, I have to pay for that. Why then do the big companies that put millions of lives in danger only get weaker standards and small fines? Obey the Golden Rule!