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The Kincaid Dispatch, Friday, Jan. 24, 1913
Died: Jan. 7, 1913
On Tuesday morning, January 7, 1913, William Allen Baugh died at his home near Kincaid, Anderson county, Kansas.
Wm. Baugh was born near Russellville, Kentucky, June 15, 1834. In 1856 he was united in marriage to Nancy J. Hardison and in the same year moved to Illinois. In 1857 he moved to Linn county where he remained until 1889 when he went to a farm near Kincaid remaining there until his death. Thus it will be seen that he had been a citizen of Kansas for more than 55 years.
The wife of his youth passed away in January, 1878, and in 1881 he was married to Mrs. Ida Fuller. To the first union seven children were born. Of the second marriage three children were the issue, viz., Aaron M., Clarence R., and Bartlett Calvin, the later dying in infancy.
Mr. Baugh was a man who won the respect of all with whom he came in contact. He was an upright and honest man, fair and just in all his dealings, kindly and considerate, loyal to friend and just to all. He held the position of Second Lieutenant in Company L, 6th Kansas Militia, doing service along the border and in the Price raid, was in the battles of Hickman's Mill, Westport and the running fight which resulted in the capture of Marmaduke at Mine Creek near Pleasanton.
In a conversation with a comrade of Mr. Baugh, a member of his company, that gentleman remarked, "There was a man who always played his part." A good citizen and an honest man is gone—Pleasanton Observer.
Funeral services were held at the Presbyterian church on the afternoon of January 9th, conducted by Rev. Shulenberger, and interment was made in the city cemetery.


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It's happening! Ladies and gentlemen, it is finally happening. Ever since Jojo's Bizarre Adventure ended, I have been offering constructive criticism to every anime since then. That advise is that they need to be more like Jojo's. Now we have something with Nobunagun that very clearly is trying to ape the aesthetic David Production used for Jojo's. The colour filters, the solid blocks of smoke, the framing of certain shots. Nobunagun is taking cues from Jojo's and that's what makes it stand out. Not that it does it as well as Jojo's but I'll take it.
I like the artwork tricks used by Nobunagun. Not everything works. I don't think the naming of everything is used terribly well. It could be used to add humour to scenes but instead it points out the obvious like a lazy episodic anime blogger. Look at her sitting at the back. That means she's alone. She had water coming out of her mouth when she was asleep. That means she drools when she's asleep. I see what they're going for, but it doesn't work. I did like the Gankutsuou-esque flowery filters over characters, particularly when I realised what they were going for with the not-fitting-in motif. I like it because it's using animation to do something other mediums can't. What qualifies as actual movement animation is rather limited, but it was also the case in Jojo's so it works well enough here.
Storywise it's very competently told and executed, if admittedly rather bland. Girl is alone, suddenly aliens appear, she has hidden power all this time, blah de blah de blah. Maybe my lowered expectations are showing after how poorly the weirder Nobunaga show of the season fucked up its first episode that I'm willing to praise something as simple as the ability to tell a story competently and coherently as being a big plus point. But hey, this might be a sign of a great new dawn. For the first few years of the 00s anime was going through a bit of a post K-ON phase with cute girl 4-koma adaptations everywhere. After that it was the My Light Novel Can't Have Imouto In The Title, which is still ongoing and prevalent. Now though it's time for the series inspired by Jojo's. Nobunagun may not be amazing, but I choose to believe it's a sign for a greater tomorrow.

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Heika: Dallas Stars face tough questions on free-agent-to-be Derek Roy's future
DENVER — A lot has happened to Derek Roy in the past year, and he might just be getting started with the changes of life.
Roy battled through an injury-plagued season in Buffalo last season, battled with coach Lindy Ruff and finally left after eight seasons. Traded for Steve Ott in the summer, Roy looked forward to a fresh start in a new town. However, a quick physical revealed some looseness in his shoulder, and the Stars decided to give him surgery to fix it. That kept Roy out through the lockout, and contributed to a slow start when he returned in January.
And now, just as he seems to be finding his stride, there is talk that he might be traded.
Camps for Roy and the Stars confirmed Wednesday that there is no news on a possible contract extension for Roy, who can become an unrestricted free agent in the summer. If that continues, there is a very good chance the Stars will trade Roy rather than keep him.
"I understand the situation, and you never know what can happen, so I just concentrate on my game," Roy said. "It's fine, honestly. I just try to work on my game, and everything will figure itself out. I want to play better, I want us to win games, and if that happens, then I'll be happy. I'll adjust to whatever else happens, but I just believe that if I play well and if I help my team play well, then everything else will fall into place."
It is that focus that makes the Stars ponder a contract extension for Roy. He was once a No. 1 center who tallied 81 points (32 goals, 49 assists) in 78 games with Buffalo. Injuries and a couple of slumps took him down to 44 points in 80 games last season, and the Sabres decided to move him before they had to make a decision on giving him a long-term deal between $5 and $6 million a season.
Now, the Stars have that quandary. Roy has been good in his limited time with the Stars. He has 16 points (three goals, 13 assists) in 23 games and leads the team in plus-minus at plus-7. That's helpful as No. 1 center Jamie Benn is a team-worst minus-8.
"I can see that Derek is getting more and more comfortable with the way we're playing here," said Stars coach Glen Gulutzan. "He's a good player, and it gives us flexibility to be able to play him anywhere and take some pressure off of Bennie. He is a two-way player. He's not a heavy two-way player, but he's a positional two-way player."
So does that mean he can be a No. 2 center for the next five or six years? Does that mean the Stars can afford to pay him among the top No. 2 centers in the game?
It's an interesting question, and one that is at the heart of Roy having to ponder even more change. Will he be traded? Will he test free agency? Could he actually go to another team and then re-sign with the Stars in the summer?
Roy said he can't answer those questions, he can only play hockey.
"I'm just trying to get back to the player I was, and I firmly believe that I will do that. I have a lot of confidence in myself," he said. "I feel 100 percent that I can get back to the level of scoring I was at, and I know I'm a better two-way player than I was. But what I really want to do is win.
"When you're younger, you're more concerned with scoring. When you're older, you're more concerned with winning games," he added. "I don't have a Stanley Cup under my belt, and that's something I really want. That's all I'm really thinking about right now."
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Northern Natural Gas Company
Original Volume No. 2
Contents / Previous / Next / Main Tariff Index
Effective Date: 12/13/1992, Docket: RP91-181-005, Status: Effective
Ninth Revised Sheet No. 1I.2 Ninth Revised Sheet No. 1I.2 : Effective
Superseding: Eighth Revised Sheet No. 1I.2
1. Rate Adjustment to Reflect Changes in Gas Purchased Costs (Continued)
(4) Prior Deferral Amount - Any unamortized balance, either positive or negative,
remaining in Account 191 after the respective amortization period will be
transferred into the current deferral period to be included in the next
surcharge adjustment.
(b) Each month, Northern shall amortize the prior twelve-month deferrals by
an amount equal to the total monthly system sales multiplied by the surcharge
adjustment rate.
1.6 Direct Bill of Account 191 Upon Termination or Suspension of the PGA
(a) Upon Northern's determination to terminate or suspend the Purchase Gas
Cost Adjustment as defined in Section 18 above, and with the specific
advance approval of the Commission, Northern shall, based upon the current
period over (under) recovery balance which are booked from July 1, 1991
forward in each 191 subaccount, invoice its sales customers for any
amounts due to Northern or shall issue a check for any amounts owed its
sales customers. Such 191 subaccount shall not be adjusted by any prior
period surcharge/refund amounts. For purposes of this Section 18.6,
"sales customers" shall mean any firm sales customer of Northern during
the immediate three-year period prior to the termination or suspension of
the PGA, or from July 1, 1991, whichever is sooner. This definition
includes any sales customer who has fully converted their sales
entitlement to transportation entitlement within the same three-year
period described above.
(1) The balance in each subaccount shall consist of the cumulative
balance accumulated from July 1, 1991 for the demand portion and the
commodity portion of the PGA Account 191 balances. The balance in
each subaccount shall be determined at the end of a six-month period
following termination or suspension, taking into account all billing
adjustments and other amounts which are known and measurable at the
conclusion of the six-month period. However, if Northern receives a
refund, as defined in Section 6(e)(1)(iv) of Subpart B of the General
Terms and Conditions of Northern's Volume No. 1 Tariff, which is
related to the period prior to the date of termination or suspension
of the PGA, related to the cost of servicing former sales customers,
such refund will be flowed through to the former sales customers
regardless of when Northern receives such refund.
(2) Each sales customer's share of the Account 191 balance shall be equal
to the sum of the demand and commodity amounts, calculated as
(a) Demand Amount. The ratio of the annual average firm sales
entitlement for that customer for the previous three (3) years
prior to termination or suspension or from July 1, 1991,
whichever is sooner to the total annual average firm sales
entitlement for the previous three (3) years prior to
termination or suspension or from July 1, 1991, whichever is
sooner. This ratio will then be applied to the Account 191
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How to incorporate gym days with riding?
If you guys do legs at the gym, do you ride the same/next day or give your legs a day off to recover? If you do ride, is it low intensity or high? Just looking for some pointers!
if you haven't lifted before and if you get a good lift session you'll probably get really bad DOMS. so a recovery ride would be great the next day. you said you have a team coach you should ask him what to do since be should know what you need.
I'm about 3 weeks into lifting seriously, and now I look at stairs differently.
"Repeated Bout Effect"
Doms does eventually almost go away. I just did a couple PBs yesterday and can't feel a thing today.
As far as training goes, I do gym and bike training both hard on the same day, then follow that with a recovery day. Lather, rinse, repeat.
I'm in the same boat. On some of the harder leg days there's almost no way I could ride the same day. But I do try to at least get in a lower intensity ride to keep the legs moving. Once the season gets underway my thought is to cut back on the more intense lifting. Problem is sometimes I don't listen to myself.
You will always be in a constant state of fatigue of some level, but the pain should go away after the 2 week "transition" period. As long as you keep the gas pedal down on your training, you won't be sore anymore...just tired :)
Enduros that lift, generally lift 1-2x a week in the off season and 0-1x/week when the season starts for the same reason.
Remember, there is no "ready to go" during the weekly races. Wednesday night racing (DLV's weekly race night) was simply part of training. Most competitive racers are only fresh for big races like Nationals or some other big race. Many (like me) only peak once a season. Any other racing (Pro Races, Regionals, other big events) I train straight through them.
I know guys who try to peak 4-5 times a year for every big-ish event in their calendar. But, expressing it that way shows that they aren't familiar with Periodization.
I just started lifting and it's really hard to get a decent ride in, even a day after my lift day. I was told by some teammates/our coach to maybe not be so intense with the weights so DOMS isn't last like 3 days... ahhaha.
Your comment regarding the weekly races is very interesting to me, but makes sense. They're every week, if you were trying to "prep" for them, you'd just be in prep mode all the time. I never thought of them as just another training night.
I'm going to try and represent my team or our track's team (if I'm selected to) in pursuit nationals... they make selections in June... I don't think I'll be fast enough though.
Do you know the track's selection process?
DLV's weekly races are literally called "Training Races". DLV only has 4 "real" races per season: 3 Pro Races (which pay money) + Regional Championships (pays medals/jerseys). The rest are simply organized training races. Most other tracks (Frisco, Rock Hill, etc...) have a similar system.
So, think of your weekly racing as no different than a gym day, training ride, group ride. It's simply very-specific training of your legs and race skills. But, it's still just training.
You'll only race a handful of times of the year (likely less than 5). Basically, any event with money, medals, or jerseys on the line is a real race :) anything else is training.
Also remember that every one will be coming into the start of the season with the same lack of race legs. This means less pressure, but it also means more danger. People are not used to being on the track, and definetly not used to the tight quarters that a race entails. If you can get some on track training days before the season starts. Better if it is with your team or some buddies, but solo is better than nothing.
I've been to two of the mens pursuit training sessions this year and I try to make it to the weekly beginner sessions if there isn't any other event. Unfortunately our "open training" is only open to cat 3+ :C Clearly I just need to get to cat 3.
you just have to know what you are doing out there and most importantly being safe!
Do you guys do upper body at all? I feel that sprinting uses more upper body than I think it does.
Squats every day...then a mix of other stuff.
You have to have decent, but not max, upper body strength. Need to be strong enough (especially in the fingers) to not have your legs pull your hands off the bike.
Jaytron, I'm cat 5 and probably always will be as I only do sprint events. The cat 3 rule is not necessarily hard and fast.
So, how do you know if your lifting is accomplishing anything if it no longer hurts? I kinda used that as a benchmark, haha.
There was a mention to enduros that lift, wouldn't this be the reverse of developing their efficient and typically weaker muscles?
Sorry if it's obvious, I'm only about to start my first season in track and don't know many people at my track.
I consider myself middle-ground, I can sprint, but not as well as the guys who dedicate to it and I can hold my own in stuff like points/devil events, and I don't lift on a regular basis.
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Dear Mr. Smisek,
I have been a loyal customer with Continental Airlines for years having usually had Platinum, Gold, or Silver Elite status in the past years. I do have concerns about the Upgrade policy that has not been fairly communicated (if it has changed significantly) and the way upgrades have been denied until the boarding time of flights. This has been my recent experience. In October I flew round trip from Denver to Sao Paulo and used miles and $500 way in advance of the return flight of which I chose for the upgrade. There were enough seats in Business Class to give me the upgrade well ahead of boarding time, but it was an upgrade not given to me until I had actually boarded the plane in Sao Paulo.
Since October, I have flown Round trip to Costa Rica and to Cleveland from Denver. On every flight after the October flight I have either been omitted from the upgrade standby list or I have never been given an upgrade as per Premier (Elite) Status 3 days in advance because I am Gold Elite. For every flight that I have been upgraded I did not know that until boarding or just before boarding. I do not understand this, especially after rereading the policy for upgrades, and knowing that seating is often plentiful in Business Class 1,3, & 5 days prior to the flight. Why does United/Continental wait until the day of the flight to upgrade its Platinum and Gold Elite members? I see a deviation from the policy! If United and Continental no longer upgrade in advance, then communicate the policy change to customers online or by email.
On my return flight from Costa Rica ( CO1680) on January 19, 2012, my name was omitted from the standby list in IAH and I discussed this with the gate agent. He could not find my name on the list and he did add my name just prior to the flight boarding. Also enclosed is a seating chart copied minutes before boarding for the IAH-DEN flight 1680 on January 19, 2012 showing 9 open seats available in Business Class and, again at the last minute, the remaining 9 seats were assigned to Elite members. I understand my not receiving upgrades because of seat availability, but there is no excuse for Continental or United holding open Business Class seats until the last minute. My experiences with UAL/CON in the past three flights have been stressful and disappointing, and I feel that other Elite members, as well as myself, have been cheated out of knowing clearly upgrade status for those flights. That is, seats are not given to Elite members until the last minute.
I feel disappointed in the handling of good, loyal customers by either deception or lack of communication. I do not want Continental/United to be seen as deceptive in their policies; I still think Continental is the best airline, but I do not want to see the decline of great customer service from either United or Continental.
Please tell me if these are not valid concerns , but leave me with a positive feeling that I have called possible issues to the attention of executives who want to maintain happy customers.
A One Pass Elite passenger who has received 2 inadequate (BS) responses by a company who is dodging honesty.
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Tarleton State Bands
Inaugural Invitational Band Festival
The Inaugural Invitational Band Festival was held on March 10, 2011 with invited clinician, Col. John R. Bourgeois conducting the Tarleton Wind Ensemble. The concert consisted of:
Aubrey Fanfare, Jack Stamp, Dr. Anthony Pursell, conductor
All Selections Listed Below Were Conducted By Col. John Bourgeois, USMC (Ret.)
Polonaise, Tchaikovsky/Bourgeois
March from "Tobasco", Chadwick/Bourgeois
In Memoriam, Halvorsen/Bourgeois
Sunflower Slow Drag, Joplin/Bourgeois
Elsa's Processional to the Cathedral, Wagner/Bourgeois
|Col. Bourgeois working with the Stephenville High School in post concert clinic
|With the Tarleton Wind Ensemble
|With the Tarleton Wind Ensemble
|With the Tarleton Wind Ensemble
|Col. Bourgeois with Tarleton State President, Dr. Dominic Dottavio
|With the Tarleton Wind Ensemble
|With the Tarleton Wind Ensemble
Col. John Bourgeois, USMC (Ret.)
Director Emeritus Colonel John R. Bourgeois, USMC (Ret.), was 25th Director of "The President's Own" United States Marine Band. His acclaimed career spanned nine presidential administrations, from Presidents Dwight D. Eisenhower to Bill Clinton.
Bourgeois is a graduate of Loyola University in New Orleans. He joined the Marine Corps in 1956 and entered "The President's Own" as a French hornist and arranger in 1958. Named Director of the Marine Band in 1979, Bourgeois was promoted to colonel in June 1983. He retired from active duty July 11, 1996.
As Director of "The President's Own," Bourgeois was Music Advisor to the White House. He selected the musical program and directed the band on its traditional place of honor at the U.S. Capitol for four Presidential inaugurations, a Marine Band tradition dating to 1801. He regularly conducted the Marine Band and the Marine Chamber Orchestra at the White House, appearing there more frequently than any other musician in the nation.
Under Bourgeois' leadership the Marine Band presented its first overseas performances in history, traveling to the Netherlands in 1985 where "The President's Own" performed with the Marine Band of the Royal Netherlands Navy. In February 1990, Bourgeois led the Marine Band on an historic 18-day concert tour of the former Soviet Union as part of the first U.S.-U.S.S.R. Armed Forces band exchange. He also directed the Marine Band on 16 nationwide tours, bringing the music of "The President's Own" to the American people.
Bourgeois is past president of the American Bandmasters Association, chairman of the board and past president of the National Band Association, president of the John Philip Sousa Foundation, and the American vice president of the International Military Music Society. He has served on the boards of directors for the World Association for Symphonic Bands and Ensembles and the Association of Concert Bands. As Director of the Marine Band, Bourgeois was Music Director of Washington, D.C.'s prestigious Gridiron Club. He is a member of the Military Order of the Carabao, the Alfalfa Club, and the College Band Directors National Association.
Among the many honors and awards Bourgeois has received are the 1986 Phi Beta Mu Outstanding Bandmaster Award and the 1987 Kappa Kappa Psi Distinguished Service to Music Award for "contributions to the growth and development of modern college and university bands." In 1993, he was awarded the Midwest International Band and Orchestra Clinic Medal of Honor. Bourgeois was elected to the Academy of Wind and Percussion Artists of the National Band Association in 1988 and received the 1991 Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia National Citation "for service and dedication to music and country."
Bourgeois conducted his final concert as Director of "The President's Own," July 11, 1996 (the band's 198th birthday), at DAR Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C. More than 3,500 people, including prominent musicians and government dignitaries, attended the gala event. Former Presidents Clinton, George H. W. Bush, and Jimmy Carter, as well as former First Lady Nancy Reagan sent letters of gratitude and praise that were read at the concert. Secretary of the Navy John H. Dalton hailed Bourgeois as "a national treasure" and presented him with the Distinguished Service Medal from President Clinton. Marine Corps Commandant General Charles C. Krulak compared Bourgeois to the band's 17th Director, John Philip Sousa, saying, "Our Corps has not only had John Philip Sousa, we have now had a John Bourgeois. His legacy will never be forgotten by the Marine Corps or our nation." The change of command received national attention, being covered by CNN, ABC, CBS, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post. ABC's Peter Jennings selected Bourgeois as the Evening News "Person of the Week."
After the change of command concert, The Washington Post's chief music critic wrote, "Bourgeois leaves his ensemble in terrific shape; indeed, it would be hard to imagine any band playing with greater vigor, precision, and timbral variety ... Washington is very generous with its standing ovations. But Bourgeois deserved each and every one he received last night."
Since retiring from the Marine Band, Bourgeois has been actively involved in music as a guest conductor, has published new editions of classic band compositions, and is a visiting professor in a chair endowed in his name at Loyola University in New Orleans.
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2011 Participating Bands
Archer City High School Wildcat Band
Ms. Priscila Gibson, Director
Angelo State University Wind Ensemble
Dr. Daniel McCloud, Director
Stephenville High School Symphonic Band
Mr. Mike Childs, Director


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Complementary fabrics mix 'n' match to accentuate the classic lines of these sofas. To make the most of their two similar sofas, our client chose two complementary "Warwick" best quality flame retardant chenille fabrics from the same range. Fabrics from the "Warwick" catalogue are grouped in ranges that will contrast and complement each other beautifully, giving a look that is at the same time co-ordinated yet eye-catchingly different.In this case, one fabric is self coloured while the other is a bold check in shades of brown and cream. The overall effect is calming and comfortable looking, for a warm, homely welcome that invites you to sit and relax. Both sofas were stripped to the frames, which were thoroughly checked before all interiors were replaced to ensure that both sofas are restored to"as new" condition.We also replaced existing seat cushion interiors with best quality flame retardant "Reflex" interiors, which carry a ten year guarantee. They were also wrapped in a secondary casing, comprising Dacron andstockinette, to prolong cushion life. We also replaced existing back cushion interiors with best quality flame retardant "Fibre-fill" interiors. The combination of "Reflex" and "Fibre-fill"ensures maximum comfort, quality and durability.The sofas were finished and complemented by four matching scatter cushions. On seeing their restored sofas, our clients were so delighted they said they looked almost too good to sit on! Praise indeed.
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Figure skating isn't exactly a sport, and it isn't Swan Lake. It is, rather, that frozen netherworld where community theater meets the double axel, in costumes on loan from the floor show at Caesar's.
It's no wonder that the skaters themselves are often quivering bundles of nerves and that their moms and dads are known as the pushiest, most irritating stage parents in captivity. If you had to watch your whining six-year-old sprawl all over the ice for eleven hours a day while Lawrence Welk's greatest hits and Mantovani versions of Michael Jackson tunes blasted away from speakers the size of dump trucks, you'd be in a bad mood, too.
The only good thing about figure skating used to be the breathless TV commentary of ex-performer Dick Button. Worked up to a contralto lilt, the man could loose torrents of nonsense equal to any politician's or crooked police chief's, in a language comprehended by just nine people on the entire planet. Miss ya, Dick. Miss your triple lutz.
Now figure skating has the Nancy Kerrigan scandal.
It comes just in time to pump up the TV ratings for that quadrennial fraud, the Olympic Games. If you didn't know better, wouldn't you suspect the great TV network minds of cooking up the whole Kerrigan assault thing to get U.S. citizens interested in the local angle? After all, now that the Evil Empire has disintegrated, we can no longer vent our jingoist rage by waving little American flags in the faces of those godless commies from Murmansk and Gdansk who would wrest our precious gold medals away. Because these are the winter games, there are no Cubans to hate. And the last time Bill Clinton looked, all the Germans were our allies--despite their awful food and the rise of neo-Nazism.
As far as actual competition goes, we Yanks don't usually have much to crow about, nationalism-wise, once the cold weather sets in. We never have a shot in ski jumping, or luge--care to plant your ass on a 400-mile-an-hour ice skate? The only U.S. citizens who give a damn about curling inhabit igloos in certain suburbs of Minneapolis. Speed skating's the province of Hans Brinker and assorted Ukrainians. And the U.S. hockey team usually gets knocked off by some dark horse juggernaut from Outer Mongolia.
Bobsledding? The last time an American team threatened to go the course faster than Switzerland's number four sled, Citizen Kane was still riding Rosebud.
But in the Kerrigan affair we've suddenly got it all--a cheap little all-American soap opera that will give everybody the excuse to tune in an event that would otherwise have the appeal of high school bowling. By the time Kerrigan, the ostensible favorite for the gold medal prior to her recent troubles, laces up her skates next month in Lillehammer, she'll be America's sweetheart, the darling of the tabloids, the deathless "portrait in courage" sports fans are always looking for.
Because someone from an enemy camp may have whacked her on the leg with a crowbar.
This is a perfect extension of the neurotic hothouse atmosphere of international figure skating, where competing mothers regularly shout curses at each other and where seething resentments, crying jags and hurt feelings are more common than in any corner saloon. Until now, though, the gravest threats to most competitors have probably been corruption among the judges, who see exactly what they want to see, and persistent speculation about the romantic preferences of some of the performers. No longer. At this writing, federal authorites were investigating the husband and bodyguard of Kerrigan's archrival, Tonya Harding, for possible involvement in the January 6 assault that knocked Kerrigan out of the U.S Olympic team trials in Detroit.
Harding won the Detroit competition in Kerrigan's absence. But as fate and malleable Olympic committee policy would have it, the injured Kerrigan was later named to the team without skating for the berth. If Harding's husband, Jeff Gillooly, and her Zamboni-shaped bodyguard, Shawn Eric Eckardt, actually had anything to do with the attack, their ploy may have already backfired: Nancy and Tonya will go one-on-one on the ice at Lillehammer, with (let's see here) $5 to $10 million in product endorsements and appearance fees hanging in the balance, not to mention the Olympic gold.
Network executives will love all the manufactured melodrama, of course, and viewers can always hope that the combatants come to the rink prepared not only to perform the compulsory school figures but to go at each other with stilettos. The best thing that could happen, of course, would be for both American skaters to go skidding on their butts during the long program, opening the way for an unknown teenager from Suriname or South Korea to spin them both into the footnotes of history. Talk about a death spiral.
In the meantime, the Kerrigan/Harding flap holds immediate lessons for us all. The next time the Raiders get a notion to beat the Broncos in the playoffs, why not simply plant a bomb on the L.A. team plane? Dodgers edging close to the Giants again in the pennant race? Poison the water at the hotel. Andretti talking big about winning this year at Indy? Take a wrench to his rack-and-pinion just before time trials.
And don't worry: Ratings are everything.
Silent Steve Carlton has been elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame, which is fine.
Orlando Cepeda has been locked out, which is a disgrace.
In his last year of eligibility for the Hall, the Baby Bull got 335 votes from the baseball writers--seven short of making the trip to Cooperstown. After fifteen years of futility he will now be dropped from the annual ballot. He'll get another, lesser shot a few years from now in the veterans' committee voting.
Shameful. The former Giants first baseman hit .297 in his seventeen-year career, just fifteen points fewer than Hall of Fame first baseman Johnny Mize and sixteen points behind Hank Greenberg, another Cooperstownian who played first. Cepeda, a perennial All-Star and a fine fielder, stroked 379 home runs (20 more than the original "Big Cat," 48 more than Hammerin' Hank) and he batted in more runs than either of them--1,365.
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While no first-sacker will ever approach most of Yankee great Lou Gehrig's lifetime numbers (.340 B.A., 493 home runs, 1,990 RBI), Cepeda comes closer than anyone in a couple of categories: For one, he played just 40 fewer games--2,124--than the Iron Horse.
But Lou Gehrig never got busted for pot.
Pity. It was Cepeda's 1975 conviction on marijuana smuggling charges (he did ten months in prison) that kept him out of the Hall in his early years of eligibility. It was probably forgetfulness and apathy that kept him out in 1994--despite a rigorous PR campaign on his behalf by the Giants, for whom Cepeda still works as a "community representative" among inner-city kids.
Say it ain't so. The man who played with bad knees for ten seasons, who hit a league-leading 46 dingers and batted in a club-record 142 runs in 1961, deserved to take his place this summer alongside teammate Willie Mays.
Meanwhile, inductee Lefty Carlton probably would have thought twice before throwing Cha-cha one of his patented hard sliders. Cepeda would probably slam it into oblivion. Where his accomplishments now reside.


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Metro drivers striking at the Shubra al-Kheima Station on Tuesday threatened to reduce train speeds to 40 km per hour (half speed) as of Wednesday, and continue reduction by 5 km every half hour until they come to a complete halt, if their demands to fire the company president and increase their salaries are not met.
The metro, which started operation in 1987 under former President Hosni Mubarak, is a vital means of transportation in Cairo, with over 2 million passengers a day.
An official source at the Metro Authority told the state-owned MENA news agency that no trains have stopped running yet, noting that only the drivers of the Marg-Helwan and Shubra-Giza lines are on strike.
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SALT LAKE CITY — The University of Utah Office of Sustainability next week will celebrate its fifth anniversary with a series of events to mark the occasion.
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A woman and her three-year-old son were struck by a train and killed during the morning rush hour on Friday.
Donna Oettinger, 41, and her son, Zachary, died instantly when the 7.38am Uckfield to London Bridge service hit them as it sped through Riddlesdown rail station near Purley, Surrey. Witnesses reported seeing the pair walk on to the tracks at the suburban station before being hit.
Ambulance teams and Metropolitan police officers attended, but Oettinger and her son were declared dead at the scene.
British Transport police (BTP), who have launched an investigation, were called to the incident just before 8.30am. Police refused to comment on reports that the woman stepped off the platform, dragging the child with her, and lay down in the path of the oncoming train, but they do not believe anyone else was involved.
Commuter Paul Camlett arrived at the station just before 8.30am. He said: "The station master rounded everyone up and ordered them off the platform. Everyone was oblivious to what had happened. A woman screamed 'There's a body on the track!'
"I'm in complete shock. People were crying. They were in complete shock. The woman who screamed just could not speak."
Passengers on the train were eventually allowed to leave their carriages at 10am, more than 90 minutes after the incident.
Electrical power to the line between Woldingham and South Croydon was turned off and no trains ran on the line for several hours.
A BTP spokeswoman said: "I can confirm that the woman and child who died at Riddlesdown rail station on Friday 22 March have been named as Donna Oettinger, 41, and her son, three-year-old Zachary.
"BTP officers were called to the station after a report that a woman and a child had been struck by a train. The incident was reported to BTP at 8.29am and was also attended by Metropolitan police officers."
The station was temporarily closed while the emergency services dealt with the incident and the police investigation got under way. The train, thought to have been travelling at around 60mph, was not due to stop at Riddlesdown.
The senior investigating officer, Detective Chief Inspector Iain Miller, said: "Our thoughts remain with Donna and Zachary's family and friends at this sad and difficult time.
" Officers are continuing to work to establish the full circumstances of what happened, although early indications show that no one else was believed to have been involved. A file will be prepared for the coroner."
A spokeswoman for London ambulance service said: "We were called at 8.30am this morning to reports of two people under a train at Riddlesdown station. We sent a responder team in a car, an ambulance crew and officers. Sadly a woman and child were pronounced dead at the scene."


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Craig Gardner scored an equalising free-kick as West Brom held Premier League leaders Leicester to a draw at the King Power Stadium.
The away side took the lead in the 11th minute when Salomon Rondon out-muscled Robert Huth before calmly slotting the ball past the on-rushing Kasper Schmeichel.
Claudio Ranieri's side were level after half an hour when the ball fell to Danny Drinkwater 25 yards out, and his shot took a big deflection off Jonas Olsson and looped over Ben Foster.
The home side deservedly went in front on the stroke of half time when Marc Albrighton crossed the ball to Riyad Mahrez, who produced a sublime flick to enable Andy King to sweep the ball home from 10 yards.
In what was an enthralling second period, dominated by the Foxes, the Baggies levelled when they won a free-kick 25 yards out and Gardner then stepped up and curled the ball into the top corner.
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CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - The National Park Service has awarded nearly $1 million to increase public awareness about sites related to the detention of Japanese-Americans during World War II.
The largest of the 19 grants - $282,000 - is going to an organization that is building a museum at the former Heart Mountain Relocation Center outside Powell, in northern Wyoming.
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - Gov. Dave Freudenthal says a Colorado businessman's plan to pipe water from southwest Wyoming to Colorado's Front Range must not affect any Wyoming water users or future water development in the state.
Last Friday, Normative Services received confirmation from the Department of Family Services that they would once again have a contract to serve Wyoming kids.
The Sheridan County Fair began Sunday and will continue through Monday, August 3rd. Area youth competed in equine events on Monday. Fairgrounds Facilities Director Sharon Nadeau says the staff will be working long hours to make sure the community will have the best fair experience.
The City of Sheridan Planning Commission made quick work of their agenda Monday night as the only item under new business dealt with the building and site design of a new McDonald's in Sheridan.
Planning Commission Chairman Alex Lee on why there was very little discussion prior to approval.
The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System ranked Wyoming 33rd among the country in terms of its residents being overweight and obese. Sheridan Media's Ron Richter tells us how Sheridan County stacks up.
Healthcare reform has been a widely discussed topic of late and it appears the debate of how to make health insurance affordable to the 40 some million Americans without it is just heating up.
The Sheridan City Council considered five applications to fill the vacant council seat on Monday at City Hall. Jerry Grandahl would have been the sixth candidate but he withdrew his application on Monday morning. The five remaining applicants were interviewed by the Council and asked the same series of three questions.
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - Two car salesmen have been indicted on charges that they tampered with vehicles' odometers to falsely show lower mileage to sell the cars for a higher price.
RAWLINS, Wyo. (AP) - A judge ruled prosecutors can proceed with the case of a man accused of attempted murder after allegedly shooting another man nine times.
Twenty-two-year-old Timothy David Kramer faces life in prison if convicted of attempted first-degree murder in the March 4 shooting of Steven Devore. A judge ruled Friday Kramer's case can proceed in Carbon County District Court.


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RAIN killed off NSW's chances of back-to-back Sheffield Shield victories over Queensland on Monday, as Usman Khawaja again failed to enhance his Test prospects.
After losing half of the opening day on Friday to bad weather, and being forced from the field on several occasions on Saturday, intermittent rain on the fourth and final day ended any hope of either side grabbing six points.
NSW will take first innings points on the back of Ryan Carters' superb 154 in their score of 9(dec)-397, which earned them a 91-run first innings lead.
But they will rue the poor weather which cost them a chance at securing rare consecutive outright victories over Queensland, following last week's 150-run victory.
Play was called off following a heavy downpour one over after tea which surprised ground staff, with water getting onto the pitch before they were able to cover it.
Queensland were 3-123 chasing 313 for victory, with Chris Lynn (40no) and Peter Forrest (29no) thwarting the Blues' best efforts.
Doug Bollinger (1-20) continued his bright form to remove opener Greg Moller for one before Steve O'Keefe had Nathan Reardon (22) caught off a mistimed slog sweep.
Khawaja looked to be a major roadblock for the Blues before he threw away his wicket.
The 26-year-old's form in the domestic one-day tournament shot him into contention for an Ashes spot.
But selectors have no desire to change their top six after the monster 381-run win in the opening Test at the Gabba and Khawaja is hardly forcing their hand either.
The left-hander, who has played nine Tests, again compiled a good start before carelessly slashing at a wider delivery from Sean Abbott (1-27) to be caught behind for 25.
Earlier, NSW suffered a mini-collapse in line with England's effort at the Gabba when they lost four wickets while adding just two runs to go from 1-170 to 5-172 in the space of four overs.
The carnage was inspired by former Test offspinner Nathan Hauritz (4-93) and the desire to add quick runs.
The Blues' first innings centurion Ryan Carters again top-scored with 67 to go with his earlier 154.
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PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 21 (UPI) -- Computer scans and 3-D printing will yield clues to how dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals moved and lived in their environments, U.S. researchers say.
Paleontologists at Drexel University in Philadelphia say the technology can create accurate scale models of real fossils to test hypotheses about how dinosaurs moved.
"Technology in paleontology hasn't changed in about 150 years," researchers Kenneth Lacovara said. "We use shovels and pickaxes and burlap and plaster. It hasn't changed -- until right now."
Lacovara has begun creating 3-D scans of giant dinosaur bones and other fossils and plans to use 3D printing technology, used for rapid prototyping and manufacturing objects based on a digital design, to create models for testing the mechanics of how long-extinct animals moved and behaved, a Drexel release reported.
"It's kind of like Star Trek technology, where you can press a button and the object pops out," Lacovara said.
A 6-inch model of a dinosaur bone can be printed in a few hours using current technology, he said.
With enormous dinosaur fossils, Lacovara said, it's physically impossible to manipulate the bones to test theories about mechanics and movement, so scaled-down replicas that preserve the exact shape and proportion of the bones can help.
"We don't know a lot about the way dinosaurs move," Lacovara said. "How did they stand? How did they ambulate? Did they run or trot? How did they reproduce? It's all a bit mysterious."


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OCEANSIDE —— A masked gunman dubbed the "Trash Bag Bank Bandit" struck again Tuesday at a Wells Fargo bank in Oceanside and eluded capture, authorities said. FBI Special Agent Jan Caldwell said the same suspect is responsible for four other bank robberies in North County.
He is called the Trash Bag Bank Bandit because he usually puts the money into a trash bag.
Tuesday's robbery resulted in officers stopping the vehicle of a possible suspect in front of Olive School on Olive Avenue in Vista, which led to a lockdown on campus until school officials were told all was fine. In the end, FBI agents questioned the father and son in the vehicle and determined they were not involved in the robbery.
During the lockdown at the kindergarten through fifth-grade school, all classrooms were locked as a precautionary measure and no one was allowed to enter or leave the school until it was deemed safe.
A school employee, who did not want to give her full name, said the lockdown lasted about 30 minutes. None of the deputies or officers went on campus but were outside the school, she said.
The bank robbery happened at 12:48 p.m. at the Wells Fargo at 4176 Oceanside Blvd., Caldwell said.
The black-clad bandit, who wore a ski mask and a floppy black hat, used a gun in a takeover-style robbery in which he vaulted over the counter and grabbed money from four tellers, she said. No one was hurt. Rather than using a trash bag to carry the cash, this time he carried a large cardboard box to put the money into, Caldwell said.
Witnesses described the masked man as Latino or black, in his mid 20s, and about 5 feet 10 inches tall with a thin build, she said.
Caldwell said the Trash Bag Bank Bandit is also responsible for robberies at noon Jan. 4 at San Diego National Bank, 2520 El Camino Real in Carlsbad; 12:15 p.m. Jan. 6 at California Bank and Trust, 140 Escondido Ave in Vista; 4:38 p.m. Jan. 11 at U.S. Bank in Vista; and 11 a.m. Jan. 14 at Citibank West, 898 E. Vista Way in Vista.
Crime Stoppers is offering a reward of up to $1,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the bandit. Anyone with information is asked to call (888) 580-TIPS or (858) 565-1255.
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Sprint Jumps Into iPhone Frenzy
In the U.S., the battle for lucrative smartphone subscribers got more intense on Friday as Sprint Nextel Corp. S -0.32% became the nation's third carrier to offer the Apple Inc.'s AAPL -0.56% iPhone.
The stakes were high across the country as the latest model of Apple's handset went on sale in stores, but nowhere more so than at Sprint outlets. The nation's third largest wireless carrier made a multibillion-dollar gamble that the iPhone would boost the company in its fight against larger rivals AT&T Inc. T -0.03% and Verizon Wireless. From June 2010 to June 2011, Sprint lost 264,000 contract customers-the kind of customers Sprint hopes to win back with the iPhone.
So far, the bet looks like it is paying off as Sprint reported that it is selling out of the device at some locations across the country. However, by selling out of the device Sprint also frustrated some new customers.
"Sprint today reported its best ever day of sales in retail, web and telesales for a device family in Sprint history with the launch of iPhone 4S and iPhone 4," said Sprint product chief Fared Adib, in a statement.
As has become the custom for Apple product launches, across the globe throngs of eager customers lined up in front stores to be among the first to get their hands on the new phone.
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"I had to cancel some lunch plans," said Adam Metzger, a 21-year-old waiting in New York. "But the iPhone, once I get it, can reschedule my lunch plans for me."
AT&T and Verizon Wireless as well saw strong demand for the new iPhone 4S. A Verizon spokeswoman said the company was seeing brisk traffic at its stores and said she hadn't heard of stores running out of inventory. AT&T said it was on track to double its previous record for activations on a single day.
AT&Thad its own issues, though, as some users trying to activate their new iPhones reported problems with the carrier's computer systems that didn't allow them to get their devices working. High volumes "may produce slower activations for some customers, though our systems continue to run at record levels," AT&T said in a statement.
Analysts expect AT&T and Verizon, which both have more than twice as many contract subscribers than Sprint, to win the lion's share of iPhone customers. In the fourth quarter, Sprint will activate 1.2 million iPhone customers, compared to 4.5 million at Verizon and 4.3 million at AT&T, estimates UBS AG analyst John Hodulik. In 2012, Mr. Hodulik expects Sprint to activate 5.2 million iPhone users, compared with 14 million for Verizon and 12 million for AT&T.
Each carrier is stressing their respective strengths. Sprint is pushing its unlimited data plan, Verizon the breadth and quality of its network, and AT&T says the latest iPhone model runs faster on its network than on Sprint or Verizon, which use a different wireless technology.
For the phone companies, one key number to watch will be how many people are switching from one carrier to another. With the number of wireless-subscriber connections in the U.S. now greater than the total population, the competition between wireless carriers now increasingly amounts to stealing customers away from one another. At a recent industry conference, Sprint chief executive Dan Hesse said the lack of the iPhone is "the No. 1 reason customers leave or switch."
The carriers' targets were people like Marques Sanders, a T-Mobile USA customer in New York City who was lined up outside a Sprint store in New York's Brooklyn Heights neighborhood. But just before the 8 a.m. opening, Sprint store associates informed Mr. Sanders and about 10 other iPhone hopefuls waiting outside that the store wouldn't have any of the handset's latest models for sale to people who didn't preorder.
The people waiting were redirected to a bigger Sprint store a few blocks away, where, less than an hour later, an employee broke the news to the roughly 30 people lined up that this store, too, had run out of the latest model, the iPhone 4S. Mr. Sanders and his sister Shentel ended up settling for the previous model, the iPhone 4.
"A pretty frustrating morning," said Ms. Sanders.
In Houston, Scott Aronstein, whose company Connectivity Source owns 24 Sprint stores in Texas and Louisiana, said it took an hour for the iPhone 4S to sell out at all of his locations.
In the U.S., the odd carrier out is now T-Mobile, owned by Deutsche Telekom AG of Bonn, Germany. Its future is in limbo with the government trying to block AT&T's purchase of T-Mobile, and it faces an even tougher battle for customers now that it's the country's biggest carrier without the iPhone.
To compete, T-Mobile is pushing advanced phones running Google Inc.'s Android operating system. "We've made it clear to them we do want it but we don't think we're missing anything in terms of technology or experience," said Andrew Sherrard, T-Mobile's senior vice president of marketing. Apple declined to comment.
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Halton Hills firefighters responded to a single vehicle collision at Ten Sideroad and Ninth Line about 8:50 a.m. Friday (Nov. 22). A minivan had hit the light standard and landed on the median between the lanes. There were no injuries to the driver and no fluid leaks from the vehicle. Crews cleared the scene.

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Monday, November 18

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Firefighters responded to the report of hydro wires arcing on Third Line in Acton. Halton Regional Police were already on scene, blocking traffic in both directions. Crews found a power line arcing on the ground and in the ditch, and a tree was leaning towards the road, on top of two wires causing the tree to smoke. With the problem contained to the ditch and the tree Fire staff cleared the scene. Police remained on scene for traffic control until Halton Hills Hydro arrived.

Tuesday, November 19

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Firefighters responded to an ambulance assist in the area of Eighth Line and 32 Sideroad. Upon arrival firefighters assisted ambulance with patient packaging for transport.

8:34 p.m.

Firefighters responded to an alarm activation on Ontario St. Upon arrival on scene, firefighters met with the shift supervisor who advised that the carbon monoxide alarm had activated in the boiler room area. Crews checked the building and found readings as high as 30ppm in the boiler room. Crews removed a small electric oven used in the area believed to be responsible for the high levels of carbon monoxide. Carbon monoxide levels dropped to acceptable levels after the area was ventilated

Wednesday, November 20

3:09 p.m.

Firefighters responded to the report of a possible structure fire on Byron St. Upon arrival on scene, crews noted some light smoke in the backyard or a home.The homeowner was trying to light a fire in a prefab fireplace in the backyard. A small container of gasoline situated close to the fire had ignited causing a large amount of smoke. The fire was smoldering when firefighters arrived. Firefighters extinguished the fire. The homeowner didn't have a burn permit and was advised not to burn again without obtaining a permit.

Friday, November 22

12:02 p.m.

Firefighters responded to an ambulance assist in the area of Main St. N. and Knox St. Acton. Upon arrival on scene ambulance staff advised firefighters weren't required.

6:49 p.m.

Firefighters responded to a fire alarm activation on Park Ave. The tenants believed they were testing the smoke alarm, but set off the alarm in the building. Crews were able to reset the system and spoke to the tenant about the difference between the smoke and heat detector in the unit.

Sunday, November 24

12:55 p.m.

Firefighters responded to a fire alarm activation in the area of Guelph St. and Armstrong Ave. Crews arrived at the store which had been evacuated. Building personnel advised they couldn't find any problems. Crews did a sweep of the store and nothing was found. Building personnel were advised to reset the alarm, but it went back into alarm mode. The fire alarm company was contacted and taken off line until their arrival.

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Sunday, November 24

12:05 p.m.

Firefighters responded to an alarm activation in the area of Steeles Avenue & Trafalgar Road. Upon arrival on scene, staff was advised there was a sprinkler system malfunction. No action was required.


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Michele Brustia was born in Milan and started his musical career as a bass player in 1993, and today is in charge of Proofsound's audio quality. Michele applies his own skills and expert techniques to achieve original and unique results.
Since 1999 Michele has been working as a music producer and sound engineer, entering the European charts more than once with dance and club hits (M.A.D.R.A.S., Labelle, Roberta Childs, Lady Violet, etc). Over the last 8 years Michele has mixed, re-mixed and produced for countless dance, rock, jazz and pop artists.
Paul Bjørling is the musical mastermind behind Proofsound, and translates emotions and moods into musical landscapes. A unique blend of sounds, composition and originality can always be found in Proofsound's work.
Paul was born in Copenhagen and is half English from his mother's side. He has spent most of his life living in many parts of the world being a Diplomat's son always on the move. His musical studies and curiousities about sounds began early and include training in Jazz and Classical piano.
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I got to go to the Smith Optics backcountry park in Smiley Creek, made famous by the robot food movies.
A huge thanks to Smith for making this happen, it was a dream come true to get to hit these jumps.
Travis and Jussi killed this spot in the movie Lame, and it was surreal being able to see the zone and ski it with perfect conditions.
We didn't know if we would get good snow conditions since we were going at the start of April but winter came late this year.
Thanks to Gabe the Smith team manager and Lane for shooting for Smith, and Steve and Benson with PBP.The Main Line right outside the yurt. Jump in the background Packing up with Benson for the ride out of Smiley Creek.
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ATTENTION ITALIAN RESTAURANT BUYERS. This well-established Fine Dining Experience is located on major traveled State Route, a main Arterial Road, of a populous city surrounded by three major interstates, business district, schools, parks, malls, and upscale neighborhoods. This business is a stand-alone 5100 square foot building restaurant in the parking lot of a major mall with tons of parking spaces for only $4800 per month rent. The restaurant seats 110 with an additional patio seating of 15 which is plenty of room for banquets that is being offered with Catering. The banquet room could be easily converted into a specialty bar for added revenue to compliment its newly remodeled bathrooms, and separate entrance for pickup and delivery. It is an absolute event with the Italian Spirit. The food is a very important part of the Italian Culture and varies greatly from region to region of the Homeland. Its recipes have been heavily influenced by the cultures of Sicily and the Old World Classics but also offer a diverse menu for the eclectic tastes of all their loyal customers. One Customer puts it best by saying, It was a great dinner. Would suggest to go on a slow night the food and service was great! The portion sizes are huge! Appetizer bread was very fresh. Two appetizers and two entrees are enough for 4 people. Incredible. Simply incredible. I knew this place in passing as when I was growing up, but passed it a million times as an adult before finding it here on this?. After one visit, I plan to be a regular. Just reading the menu will make anyone's mouth water with the Wood Burning Style Pizzas, Calzones, Authentic Filled Rolls (Sausage, Spinach, Chicken, Pepperoni, and more), Specialty Pasta Dishes, Authentic Baked Dishes, Chicken and Veal Dishes, Old World Favorite Sandwiches, Hoagies, Wraps, Out of this World Burgers, Quesadillas, Seafood Delights, Quesadillas, and this is not even mentioning The Grill Specialties. This restaurant business has established a reputation for providing the highest quality food, excellent customer service and speedy delivery to customers in the market area always at the lowest possible price too. They can promise satisfaction because all their dishes are freshly prepared with premium ingredients. One special needs customer stated, Unlike many restaurants that simply offer a few gluten-free choices, this place is serious about being GF. Instead of having a few GF choices, pretty much anything they sell can be made GF, including all of their pizzas and pastas. I'm used to picking from a handful of GF options at most - I was actually overwhelmed for choice at this place. Awesome. The owner's father (from Sicily) comes in every morning and makes fresh dough, both regular and GF. The GF meals are made fresh when you order - we requested bread for our table while we ordered and it took a few minutes, and came out piping hot (and was delicious). From what the GM tells me, their meats and fish are fresh, never frozen. That alone would be impressive here in Levittown, the GF menu just puts them over the top. The sauce on my pizza was definitely homemade. The GM even said (paraphrasing here) "we're fully aware of the issues Celiacs face, and we'll go out of our way to work with you. If you haven't had a meatball sandwich in years because of the breadcrumbs (which we use in ours), call the night before. We'll make a batch for tomorrow that are specifically GF just for you." Wow. They have a dedicated GF area in the kitchen, separate cutting boards, the works. They fire the GF pizzas in a separate oven. They're 100% on board with GF people and cross-contamination should never be an issue here as far as I can tell. The servers are all super-friendly and knowledgeable and the general manager is awesome and fun to talk to. I can't say enough about this place after only one visit. I'm already planning our next trip. Oh, and get the signature Portabella appetizer. Seriously. A dish that delicious is probably illegal in some countries. This is total dedication to their customers and the needs of their customers. The seller, after years of consideration, has now decided to sell to the buyer who cares for the culture and customer. The seller has other business interests that are demanding more and more of their time, so they are making it very easy for the new buyer to enter the restaurant business and be a success. The seller is now accepting all offers for a quick sale and closing. The price has just been lowered to make that happen. The price multiple and the amount of net income that is fully verifiable will make this a quick sale. SO CALL NOW BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE. Please call 1-877-735-5224 for further information.
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This baby has a diesel engine and a high power lithium battery to make it a green, lean, really fast and expensive machine. I'm going to tell you why it's green, show you that it's lean, and demonstrate that it is a very fast and expensive machine.
Despite the fact that the BMW Vision EfficientDynamics Concept Car's diesel engine is only 6.6 gallons, you won't need to fill up your tank very much. This is because this car can travel 400 plus miles with just that one tiny tank of gas. That's insane! This is due to the already mentioned fact that it gets 62 miles per gallon. The Lithium Battery is 10.8 kWh and only takes 2.5 hours to charge in a European socket.
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Jul 23, 2003 (CIDRAP News) Two women in their 50s suffered dilated cardiomyopathyenlargement of the heartwithin 3 months after receiving smallpox shots, but it was unclear whether the shots caused the condition, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported recently.
The two cases represent the first indication of a possible association between smallpox shots and dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM), the CDC said in the Jul 11 Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. "However, whether vaccination caused these illnesses or whether the two cases were coincidental and would have occurred anyway is unclear," the report stated.
DCM involves enlargement of the heart with impaired functioning of the left and/or right ventricles, resulting in symptoms such as shortness of breath, fainting, and arrhythmias, the CDC said. The condition has many possible causes, including infections, but in about half of all cases the cause is never determined.
In one study of 673 DCM patients, 12% had myocarditis (heart inflammation), a complication that has been seen in a number of recent smallpox shot recipients, according to the CDC. Some 21 cases of myocarditis or pericarditis had been reported among civilian vaccinees as of Jun 20.
"Because smallpox vaccination appears to be associated with myocarditis, which can cause DCM, further evaluation [of the possible link] is warranted," the article stated.
One patient, a 53-year-old with a history of borderline hypertension and obesity, had fatigue and dyspnea starting about a week after her smallpox revaccination in late February, according to the report. She eventually was treated for hypertension, and later was found to have a heart murmur. In late May she experienced chest pain, and cardiac catheterization indicated DCM in the absence of coronary artery disease. She was treated with medication and continued working, the report said.
The report describes the second patient as a 55-year-old with a history of obesity, hypertension, diabetes, and hyperlipidemia. She experienced muscle and joint pain and a slight fever 9 days after her smallpox revaccination in late February. In the ensuing weeks she had periodic fatigue and two episodes of palpitations. In June she was found to have a heart murmur, and further tests revealed various signs of nonischemic DCM. Her medications were adjusted and she continued working, according to the article.
The report said the CDC was evaluating the expected rate of DCM in the population to determine if the observed rate among civilian vaccinees2 in about 38,000is higher than expected. The agency will develop guidelines for evaluating possible DCM cases after smallpox vaccination, and it advised clinicians who treat smallpox vaccinees with possible DCM to report the cases to state health departments and the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System.
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Mazda Settles with the ARB - $1,000,000
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|During 2001, Mazda notified the Mobile Source Enforcement Section that they had inadvertently delivered, imported, offered for sale and sold 160 new 2001 model year 2.5 L Mazda B series trucks in California that were not certified by the Air Resources Board (ARB) for sale in California. Mazda self-reported these actions to the ARB and stopped sales of the vehicles and initiated recovery of affected vehicles in the dealers' possession and shipped them out of California. By selling and offering for sale new non-California certified vehicles, Mazda and Mazda's franchised dealers violated California Health and Safety Code (H&SC) section 43151. The settlement with Mazda and its dealers includes a cash payment to the Air Pollution Control Fund (APCF) in the amount of $750,000 and a Supplemental Environmental Project in the amount of $125,000. Finally, the settlement also includes a provision that Mazda will pay an additional $125,000 to the APCF if ten or more similar violations are discovered within three years of the effective date of the Settlement Agreement.
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TV presenter denies calling for a gay All Black to come out
New Zealand TV presenter denies Sunday newspaper report that he is calling for national rugby players to come out
New Zealand gay former TV presenter Steve Gray has denied reports that he is calling for a member of the national rugby team, the All Blacks, to come out.
The Sunday Star-Times reported that Gray, along with other gay rights advocates, was calling for an All Blacks player to come out and said there have been several gay All Blacks over the years.
'I did not claim there have been several gay All Blacks over the years,' corrected Gray on his blog. 'I stated I slept, well not much sleeping, in the 1990's [sic] with a AB who had played in the 1970s's [sic].'
In his blog post Gray stopped short of encouraging All Blacks to come out.
'The rugby culture in this country is such,' said Gray. 'It would maybe not be a place a gay man would want to be…
'We live in a country where the Prime Minister equated being gay with being weird. Hardly leading from the top.
'I said it is not up to a rugby player to lead and show our country is a place that is proud of gay people when gay is still accepted as a put down.'
Gray used to co-present national TV show Good Morning, but he left in 2009.
Australian rugby league player Ian Roberts was the first professional rugby player in the world to come out in 1995.
Former All Blacks player Craig Innes described Roberts as 'probably the toughest, meanest rugby league player ever' and said it would be good for New Zealand's gay community if a All Blacks player came out.
'I'd admire someone who had the guts to do something like that,' said Innes. 'It would obviously take a very brave person to do it.'


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This Just In: Nicole and Keith Loving the Real Estate
Maybe it's due to a pregnancy-related nesting instinct, but Nicole Kidman and husband Keith Urban are taking advantage of the soft real estate market. In fact, according to a number of sources, the couple has recently bought not one, but two new homes — one in Los Angeles and one in Nashville.
The couple's new West Coast property is down the street from ex-husband Tom Cruise, but more importantly, it's also close to Kidman's BFF Naomi Watts. The $7 million home features five bedrooms, four and a half baths, and logs in at 5,600 square feet. It's located on the end of a cul-de-sac, which was probably a selling point for Kidman, who was looking for a home with a long driveway for privacy. While no photos are yet available, I'll be sure to provide you with plenty of real estate eye candy when photos of the property are released.
On the other side of the country, Nicole and Keith have purchased another expansive manse. To see a picture of their Nashville home, just
According to the Nashville Post, Nicole and Keith have also bought a home that had been rumored, earlier this year, to have been purchased by Jessica Simpson. The 10,925-square-foot, seven-bedroom, eight-bath home in Nashville, TN, known as "The Queen of Northumberland," was purchased for for $3.47 million. The couple also owns land in the area. Guess they won't have to worry about having room to grow once baby makes three this July.


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Rolemaster - I've got a bunch of those rules. I only got to play it a bit but it was quite fun. Combat was definitely something to avoid in that one. One lucky swing from a sloth could take off even the mightiest warrior's head! (Though it's also not hard to simply ignore the nastier crits for player characters.)
BioOne sounds rather on the deadly side, too. I'm afraid if they make the combat system too realistic it also becomes too deadly and is no longer fun. Getting killed by a ricochet that wasn't even aimed at you may be realistic but it isn't so fun. When you've invested a lot of time and heart in a character, you don't want him/her/it killed off by dumb luck.
Hmm, or maybe not. As Fnord said, it was pretty good to have in JA. If you've got several characters, a more realistic combat system might work a lot better. XCom might do that sort of thing, too. But with lots of characters you can't get as emotionally attached. Hmmmm . Paranioa's instant clone system, perhaps?
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Fisherman missing after Qld trawler sinks
Authorities say the search for a fisherman missing off Queensland's Gold Coast will resume at first light tomorrow.
The 39-year-old deckhand was on a trawler that sank on Thursday night.
The ship's 54-year-old skipper was winched to safety from a life raft earlier Friday.
Australian Maritime Safety Authority spokeswoman Jo Meehan said an air-and-sea search operation has been centred off the southern coast.
"He was last seen when the vessel actually capsized," she said.
"We don't believe he's wearing a life jacket but that's all the information we have at this stage.
"The search area is about 80 square nautical miles and we have a number of assets in the area looking for him.
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This year's Camping World Grand Prix at The Glen celebrated 50 years of top-level formula car competition at one of America's most famous road-racing venues, with a reasonably exciting Izod IndyCar Series race and a solid Fourth of July weekend camping crowd.
Yet Watkins Glen International is one of several IndyCar race venues believed to be "on the bubble," mainly because of a perceived lack of attention and promotion from track owner International Speedway Corp. Add in a new regime of Indy Racing League management that is taking a cold, hard, look at the bottom line, and it's easy to conclude that IndyCar racing could soon be extinct at WGI.
That's a sad prospect for anyone who loves road racing and proper natural-terrain road courses. In the United States, only Road America in Wisconsin rivals Watkins Glen as a test of road-racing bravery. They're both fast and fearsome tracks that should annually host America's top road-racing formula.
The Glen is probably in less danger of being dropped from the IndyCar schedule than ISC-owned ovals in Kansas City, Kan., and Homestead, Fla. If the decision rested solely with WGI President Michael Printup, the IRL would be back.
"We haven't even sat down and talked about it yet," Printup said. "These guys and girls race the hell out of this track, so I'm personally pushing very hard. The date is fine; I know we had some question about the date last year, but I'm ready to have this come back. It's just a business component of sitting down with the IRL."
Recently installed IndyCar CEO Randy Bernard was impressed with what he saw on his first visit to Watkins Glen. He hopes to make a decision about returning to the historic and popular venue within six weeks.
"This is a beautiful track," Bernard said. "The weather's perfect, and there's quite a lot of fans out there -- a lot of campers. I'd really like to find a way to continue to race here. But I'm held accountable for my bottom line, and I want to make sure each facility is held accountable with plenty of butts in the seats. I don't want to go anywhere where we don't have the full support of making the event successful. The key to me is to get 18 promoters behind us who really want to make the series grow to reignite open-wheel racing. That's one of my primary goals."
These decisions rarely rest with the participants, but none of the drivers in the IndyCar field would be happy to see Watkins Glen dropped from the schedule.
"We need tracks like this on the schedule," race winner Will Power said. "This is the nicest track we race on. You can pass here, and it's just a nice, flowing track with fast, banked corners. It's a real dream to drive, especially when the car is working. I'd be really disappointed if we don't come back here. It's such a great racetrack -- fantastic. It's got a lot of history as well."
Indeed, international road-racing competitions have taken place in greater Watkins Glen since 1948, with the first iteration of the current permanent circuit coming on board in 1961. Formula One lasted until 1980, but plans to have Indy car racing take over as the track's flagship event fell through, and Indy cars were absent from The Glen from 1982 to 2003.
Into the void stepped NASCAR, which staged its inaugural Bud at The Glen stock car road race in 1986. Like so many other communities in America, the village of Watkins Glen is now a NASCAR town.
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ALPHARETTA, Ga. – Rosasharn Brown, a seventh-grade student in the pre-upper school of Mill Springs Academy, won the Clean Water Campaign's essay contest for Fulton County. Brown's essay, titled "Stormwater Pollution in the Greater Atlanta Area," describes some of the problems the metro area is encountering locally with stormwater runoff.
Brown said she was excited about the news when she learned about winning the contest during an announcement in her literature class by teacher Michael Griffeth. Griffeth described her as being meticulous while following the directions of the essay and researching her essay topic.
"I am very proud to call myself her teacher," Griffeth said. "I suspect we can expect great things from her in the years to come."
Every one of the seventh- and eighth-grade students in the pre-upper school competed in this contest, along with students from many other schools. Sixth-, seventh- and eighth-graders in Bartow, Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, Fulton, Forsyth, Gwinnett, Hall, Henry, Paulding and Rockdale counties were invited to participate in the 11th annual Water Essay Contest. Students were asked to write a 300- to 500-word essay about stormwater pollution and prevention. Once all essays were received, a subcommittee of the Education Technical Coordinating Committee came together to judge the essays. The best essay among the city of Atlanta and county winners was selected as the regional winner.
Although Brown's essay did not win at the regional level, it was selected as the winner for Fulton County. Representatives from Fulton County Water and the Metropolitan Water District were on hand to present Brown with a copy of her essay on a plaque, a water bottle and a monetary award at the ceremony with the entire pre-upper school community.
For more information, visit www.millsprings.org.