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Check out this great Iowa buck taken by Curtis Goettsch!
This is one of two fine bucks Goettsch was zeroing in on this season. Actually, he said this one was about 20 yards from him just a week before he got a second chance at it! How about that?
The big buck came out after daylight from a wooded area, along with some other bucks, does and fawns. Goettsch even got to see a little scuffling between two young bucks before this bruiser strolled in to make things more interesting!
Goettsch dropped him with a well-placed shot with his PSE EVO and Rage broadhead. Check out his report here about the hunt and for more photos.
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Committee Members
Tracey Hughes, Chair (2012 – 2013)
Kathleen Weessies, Incoming Chair (2013 – 2014)
Paige Andrew
Roger Knouff
Susan Moore
John Ridener
Purpose, Membership, and Duties
Purpose. To plan and execute a minimum of one (1) program or similar activity at ALA Annual Conference meetings. The Committee solicits program ideas from MAGIRT membership and then works with the interested parties to execute a successful and well-attended program for the ALA audience.
Membership. Chair and at least three members. All Program Planning Committee members must be members of ALA and of MAGIRT. Members of the Program Planning Committee are expected to actively participate on program planning from idea conception to program evaluation.
Duties. The Program Planning Committee promotes MAGIRT's work via programs or similar activities, and collaborates with other entities within ALA as appropriate.
Meetings. All Program Planning Committee meetings are open to any member of ALA.

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Daniel Pelavin joins other legendary designers and illustrators, Seymour Chwast, Tom White and Gerard Herta to speak about the worlds of design and illustration at a Graphic Artist Guild sponsored panel discussion.
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This weekend marks the last two days of August, and I will be more than happy to turn the page on the eighth month of the year.
This weekend marks the last two days of August, and I will be more than happy to turn the page on the eighth month of the year. My third month at The Daily Independent doubled as the most challenging stretch I've had since being brought on as Sports Editor.
The Burroughs Fall Sports poster was the first hurdle to clear — it was sent off in the middle of the month and arrived back in town this week. Before I started working on the 2013 Fall Sports Guide, the poster was the most challenging thing I had done so far.
After this week, the Fall Sports Guide has taken that honor — and it's not even a discussion. The eight-page guide, which appeared in the B Section of Thursday's paper, features 15 stories previewing teams and players at Burroughs, Immanuel Christian, Trona and Cerro Coso.
The process of creating the Fall Sports Guide started during the first week of August, when I interviewed Burroughs cross country coach Anthony Barnes. When I interviewed Barnes, he was head coach of the boys and girls team. It's been so long since that initial interview that Barnes only coaches boys now.
The cross country interview slowly set the Fall Sports Guide in motion. Little by little, I scheduled interviews and photo shoots at local schools. I took a break from interviews to finish the poster, which was in the second week of August, and then continued to focus on the Fall Sports Guide.
There were a lot of firsts during this time. I met a lot of new coaches and players and made my first trip to Trona to see "The Pit," which seems like it has a playing surface that would not be comfortable to be tackled on, in spite of what the Tornadoes' players claim.
The preview section dominated my thoughts for most of this month, and this past week it started taking over my time. I had finished a few of the articles prior to Monday and thought I had a reasonable start.
That changed when I arrived in the office on Monday, when I found out that the section was coming out on Thursday. This had always been the date, but for some reason I had it in my head that it would be running on Friday.
It was at that point when the pressure really sank in — the looming pressure of a deadline which felt like a dark cloud centered directly over my head. It was three days until the Fall Sports Guide had to be sent off, and I still had more than half the stories to write and all of the pages to design.
One page was finished on Monday. It featured the Cerro Coso volleyball team and its high expectations headed into the season. I woke up on Tuesday morning wondering when I would get to sleep next, a fear-based question that would be answered later that day and into Wednesday.
I started Tuesday by interviewing Burroughs football coach Todd Mather, beginning a day that literally never ended. I made two trips to Burroughs, went to an Immanuel Christian football practice and designed the rest of the guide's back half.
I left the office at 2 a.m. Wednesday morning, knowing that I needed to finish the Burroughs football stories before I went to sleep. And stories is not a misprint — there was an offensive preview, a defensive preview and a preview of the Burros' season opener against Palmdale among others.
After a quick stop at Jack In The Box for early-morning sustenance, I took a seat at the desk in my kitchen. I was in the midst of my first work-related all-nighter in a number of years.
It started at 2:38 a.m. and ended just more than four hours later with five stories written in a blur. I may have been one of the few people awake in Ridgecrest during those hours, and was unwelcomly joined outside my window by one of the loudest crickets in the history of crickets. He or she was trying to get ahold of someone, and decided that louder and more frequent chirping was the answer.
Once the football articles were done, I went to sleep at 7 a.m. Three hours later, it was back to the office.
Two more stories were written on Wednesday morning/afternoon, and then it came down to the pages. Steadily they all got done starting with the Burroughs' volleyball page that was probably my favorite design. Apologies to the "Fab Four" for running the serious picture in favor of the all-smiles one they liked, but it was too cool not to.
Burroughs football made up the last two pages I finished, which left the middle space on the front page and one final look over the nearly finished product. By the time I finished reading the Fall Sports Guide for the final time it was 2 a.m. Thursday morning. In a moment that I never thought I would see, the section was sent off.
I exited the doors of the newspaper office shortly thereafter to cap a stretch in which 35 of the previous 40 hours were spent working on the Fall Sports Guide. It was a pair of long days and late nights (which Stephanie Reinke of the production department spent with me), broken up by two one-hour breaks and three hours of sleep.
The cover is a design adapted from the Chicago Tribune, and was the one page of the Fall Sports Guide that I didn't design. Managing Editor Brad Kester executed the idea perfectly, and the red looks even better on paper than it did on the screen.
The Fall Sports Guide was the most ambitious project I have attempted in my journalism career and I hope it is an enjoyable and visually-appealing read. I am extremely happy with the way it turned out.
I'm also extremely happy that I am finished with it. The pressures of August have dissipated and I'm looking forward to a poster-less and Fall Sports Guide-less September.


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MUS326 Diction for Singers 1
Study and application of the rules of Italian diction for singing; pronunciation learned through drill work and applied to songs sung in class. Voice prerequisite may be taken concurrently. At least one semester of a language other than English recommended.
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Area Obituaries
Walter Page Anderson, 86, of Jackson died June 3, 2006 at a local health care facility.
He was born Feb. 29, 1920. He was a member of the First Pentecostal Church in Jackson. He was a veteran of World War II serving in the United States Army. He was a retired security guard with Dumas Brothers Manufacturing.
Survivors include his wife of 61 years, Louise Woodyard Anderson, Jackson; one daughter, Janice A. (Mitch) Linton, Jacksonville, Fla.; one brother, Franklin Anderson, Jackson; one sister, Molly Gibbs, Mobile; two grandchildren; Blaine and Blake Linton, both of Jacksonville, Fla.
The service was June 5 at 3 p.m. at the chapel of Lathan Funeral Home in Jackson. Burial was in the Pine Grove Methodist Cemetery in Leroy.
Active pallbearers were Jack Trott, Luther Havard, Danny Havard, Tom Bolen, David Anderson and Craig Anderson.
Honorary pallbearers were Bobby Tillman, Todd Barnes, Richard Cook, Joe Woodyard, Joe Powell and Scott Hutchison.
Rhett Goode Payne Jr., a lifelong resident of Jackson, died Thursday , June 1, 2006. He was born in the McVay community on Oct. 16, 1917, the son of the late Rhett Goode and Eva McDonald Payne.
He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Jackson where he served many years as a deacon and 27 years as an elder. He served in the Army Armored Infantry during World War IiIfrom 1942-1946 at Fort Knox, Ky. and in the European Theatre; was an expert marksman and earned the Bronze Star among others.
Payne worked at the Jackson Bank & Trust Co., was later a wholesale salesman for J.C. Stewart and Bama Auto Parts, worked for Liberty National Life Insurance Co. for 28 and one-half years as an agent and associate manager and was district manager for the Jackson District for 12 years until his retirement in 1981.
With LNL, he made Leader's Club 11 times, qualified for 25 Torch Club Conventions and served as president one term of the Tombigbee Underwriter's Club. He was a member and officer in the Optimist Club, a lifetime member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the American Legion, Jackson Chamber of Commerce and was an avid golfer. In 1994 the Jackson Golf Association named a tournament in his honor recognizing him as one of its charter members.
He is survived by his wife of 59 years, Jean McCrary Payne of Jackson; two sons, William McCrary (Elizabeth) Payne of Birmingham and Rhett G. (Donna) Payne III of Meridian, Miss.; sister, Bernice P. Feagin of Grove Hill; five grandchildren, Laura Payne of Tuscaloosa, Frazier (Lesley) Payne of Mobile, Katy P. (Keith) Brunelle and Rhett "Chip" Payne IV, all of Meridian and Kristy P. (Sean) Buchanan of Columbus, Ga.; two great-grandchildren and many nieces and nephews.
The funeral service was Saturday, June 3, 2 p.m. at the First Presbyterian Church in Jackson with the Rev. Daniel M. Berry, the Rev. Dr. Rhett G. Payne III and the Rev. Hughie Denton of Evergreen officiating. Burial was in the Pine Crest Cemetery in Jackson with Lathan Funeral Home of Jackson directing.
The American Flag was presented to his wife by Lt. Sean Buchanan at the conclusion of the service.
Pallbearers were Frazier Payne, Chip Payne, Charles McCorquodale, Jim Bailey, Jim Cox, Leroy Mitchell, Joe Skipper and Kenny Smith.
Honorary pallbearers were Kenneth Stewart, Sonny Gilmore, Otto Bostrom, Frank Barbaree, John D. McGowin, Joe Payne Lindsey, Dan Outlaw, Audrey Beech, Irwin Cooper, Reg Cooper, Hollis Cooper, Robert Evans, Ed Ford, Charlie Hamilton, Gaines Adams and Nelson Beech.
Ushers were elders Bud Scogin, Bob Stewart and Sam Hughston. Pianist, soloist was Patricia Smith and organist, Audrey Powell.
Memorials may be made to the First Presbyterian Church of Jackson, Presbyterian Home for Children in Talladega or the William F. Green Veterans Home in Bay Minette.
Minnie Rhee Tillman, 62, of Grove Hill died June 2, 2006 in a hospital in Opp.
She was born April 18, 1944. She was a member of the Grove Hill Baptist Church. She was a nurse at Grove Hill Memorial Hospital.
Survivors include one brother, Willard Kinman, Jackson; two sisters, Pauline Sheffield, Virginia Courington, both of Grove Hill.
The service was June 4 at 2 p.m. at the chapel of Lathan Funeral Home with Rev. David Curtis officiating. Burial was in the Union Baptist Church Cemetery in Grove Hill.
Dorothy O. Weaver, 71, of Grove Hill died May 30, 2006 at a local facility.
She was born Jan. 31, 1935. She was a native of Coy, Ala. She was a member of Calvary Independent Baptist Church of Grove Hill. She was a retired seamstress with Vanity Fair Mills.
Survivors include two sons, Willie C. Overstreet, Jackson, Nathan C. Overstreet, Grove Hill; three daughters, Laurine (Kenny) Johnson, Dorothy (Phil) Gilchrist, all of Jackson, Betty (Stevie) Gilchrist, Grove Hill; one brother, Earnest Gray Sheffield, Texas; one sister, Sally Ann Helms, Thomasville; 10 grandchildren; three great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by Jeremey Overstreet, a grandchild and Chelsea B. Carpenter, a great-grandchild.
The service was June 2 at 2 p.m. at the chapel of Lathan Funeral Home in Jackson. Burial was in the Cantuche Cemetery.
Edward Vaiden Dozier, 77, of Thomasville died June 3, 2006 at Southwest Alabama Medical Center.
He was born Feb. 25, 1929 in Chance. He was a member of the Thomasville Church of Christ. He was a long time owner and operator of Dozier Oil Company in Thomasville.
Survivors include two sons, Mike Dozier, Grove Hill, Mark Dozier, Thomasville; three daughters, Charlotte Luker, Elaine Cline, both of Thomasville, Kathy White, Enterprise; one sister, Ida Bea Lowry, Montgomery; 11 grandchildren; five great-grandchildren.
The service was June 5 at 4 p.m. with Minister Adam Andrews officiating. Burial was in the Evergreen Memorial Gardens in Thomasville. O'Bryant Chapel Funeral Home of Thomasville directed.
Active pallbearers were Brian Luker, Brandon Cline, Wayne Dozier, Billy White, Chase Dozier, Russell Gunter, Chase Tucker and Perry Dailey.
Honorary pallbearers were Bobby Hepstall, Gerald Corgill, Billy Dozier, Frank Dozier, Gene Armistead, Raymond Chunn, Bruce Cogle, Van Phillips, Gerald Smith, Blanton Reid, Bobby Gibson, Square Sims, T.D. Cline, Shane Morgan, Dick Irons, Wesley Dozier, Philip Dozier, Slater Lowry, Jesse Gailbraith, Billy Hicks, J.R. Overstreet and past and present employees of Dozier Oil Co.
Catherine Arnold Adams, 50, of Columbia, Miss. died May 29, 2006 in an automobile accident. She was born July 17, 1955.
Survivors include three brothers, James Davis, Canton, Ohio, Alex Arnold, Jacksonville, Fla., Bennie (Vanessa) Arnold, Thomasville; three sisters, Lillie Arnold, Lora A. Bass and Lisa (Charles) Towns, all of Thomasville; three grandchildren.
The service was June 3 at 1 p.m. at Williams Temple C.M.E. Church in Thomasville. Burial was in the McFadden Memorial Gardens. Thomasville Mem-orial Funeral Home directed.
Helen Morrissette Weatherly, 48, of Chance died May 29, 2006 at the Southwest Alabama Medical Center. She was born Dec. 22, 1957.
Survivors include her husband, Ozell Weatherly, Chance; her mother, Cleo Morrissette, Chance; one brother, Jerry Morrissette, Packers Bend; five sisters, Esther Kidd, Rosetta Morrissette, Linda (Curtis) Chapman, all of Thomasville, Joann (Assa Lee) Anderson, Chance, Brenda (Stanley) McCaskey, Pine Hill.
The service was June 3 at 12 noon at the Chance Baptist Church with Rev. Charley Marshall officiating. Burial was in the Fellowship Cemetery. Thomasville Memorial Funeral Home directed.


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Ambulance Service rejects claim roster is delaying treatment
THE Ambulance Service of New South Wales has returned fire at the Health Services Union, dismissing claims new rosters for paramedics are putting Northern Rivers lives at risk.
The HSU issued a press release on Thursday that said there were incidents on Monday at Murwillumbah and Byron Bay where there were no paramedics to respond.
But the Ambulance Service dismissed claims rostering was the cause, saying standard procedure was followed.
"In Murwillumbah, two ambulances were called to the address," an Ambulance spokesman said.
"When the first ambulance arrived, the second ambulance which was in transit was immediately notified and called off."
The spokesman said HSU claims the patient was transported in an unmarked Toyota Tarago were false.
"The patient was transported to Murwillumbah district hospital in a stable condition in a highly visible, clearly identifiable marked ambulance vehicle with sirens and beacons."
The spokesman said when the service received a call at 9.54pm to assist a patient in Byron Bay, all local crews were busy so the closest available paramedics were immediately assigned.
"A Mullumbimby paramedic crew became available at Byron Bay Hospital at 10.48pm and were immediately assigned to the incident, arriving one minute later."
HSU North Coast sub-branch secretary Wayne Lewry predicted the worst was yet to come.
"The situation won't improve until the service takes real action to address the critical staff shortages," he said.


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Human or Not? A Track-By-Track Review of Lil Wayne's 'I Am Not A Human Being'
The Song: "Gonorrhea," featuring Drake (produced by Kane Beatz)
The Best Line: "Rockabye baby, homicide baby/That's more tear drops, call me cry baby"
Human or Not? NOT! From the completely ridiculous hook ("I wish I never met ya, I wouldn't wanna be ya/P***y a** n***a I don't want your gonorrhea") to the slew of disgusting punchlines, Wayne is on top of his game on the intro track to IANAHB.


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Clough State ParkApril 19. 2011 9:20PM
Located about five miles east of the town of Weare, Clough State Park is located on the shore of Everett Lake, a 150-acre lake formed by a dam on the Piscataquog River.
Favorite activities in the park include swimming - the 900-foot sandy beach also has two bathhouses, with flush toilets and changing areas for swimmers. Picnicking - picnic tables are located within a large picnic grove. Fishing - Everett Lake is a favorite among anglers. Boating - a boat launch is available for small boats or canoes (motorized boats are not permitted).
Location: Off Route 114 & 13, Weare, NH
Phone: 603-529-7112
Activities: Swimming, picnicking, fishing, boating
Amenities: Bathhouse, picnic tables, playing fields, boat launch
Operation Schedule:
Weekends: Mid-May to Mid-June
Daily: Mid-June to Labor Day
Acreage: 50 acres
Waterfront: Everett Lake
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The Piscataquag River, which flows 14 miles through the town of Weare, was once one of the best sources of water power in the state. In the early 1900s, 22 mill sites had been located along the banks of the river in the Weare area. On September 21, 1938, following several days of heavy rain, a hurricane moving up from the West Indies passed through the center of New England. The additional heavy rains from the hurricane caused the failure of the Deering Resevoir Dam, which resulted in a wall of raging water to rush down to the Weare Resevoir Dam. Although the dam held, the rushing water broke through the land at the side of the dam, releasing the millions of gallons of water in the reservoir. The raging river, completely out of control, washed away everything in its path, leaving parts of Weare devastated.
In response to the 1938 hurricane disaster and other seasonal floods, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers built the 2,000-foot long Everett Dam, as part of the Hopkinton-Everett Flood Control Project, which had been authorized by Congress to prevent a recurrence of the devastating floods. The overall project was completed in 1963 at a total cost of $21,400,000.
Although Clough State Park is situated on land owned by the United States Army Corps of Engineers, it is operated by the New Hampshire Division of Parks and Recreation.
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Bedford dissolves CIP committee
BEDFORD — Bedford is dissolving its capital improvement plan committee in favor of having the town manager create future plans.
Town Manager Steve Daly proposed that the town council rescind a vote taken last year that adopted state legislation relating to the capital improvement plan committee process.
Daly said the town charter already requires the town manager to consult with planning and come up with a capital improvement plan. The CIP committee, he said, provides an alternative to doing that.
He said that in his opinion the legislation "contradicts the requirements of the charter," Daly said.
"Beyond that, last year's process was cumbersome and excessively lengthy," Daly added.
His approach would be to work with a small team of staff members, including the finance and planning directors, to organize all the submitted capital projects into a preliminary plan that would be revised with the town council. Projects relating to the master plan would be reviewed by planning before the entire plan is brought to the council with the manager's budget, he said.
Councilor Jim Scanlon, who worked on the committee last year, said he supports the direction the manager is heading toward. While working on the committee last year, Scanlon said he recognized the strength of the overall group was the town manager, the finance director and the planning director.
"I think Steve's reexamination of the process is appropriate and the solution he's suggesting to the council is not inappropriate whatsoever," Scanlon said.
Vice-chair Bill Jean added that it's important to stay within the provisions of the town charter.
The board voted unanimously to rescind the vote taken to adopt the legislation provisions relating to the committee and to dissolve the committee.


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News flash: Megyn Kelly is pregnant!
The America Live host, 42, and her husband Doug Brunt are expecting their third child together, she announced on air Thursday.
"Every Valentine's Day we always struggle to find just the right gift, and yet this year I believe that we found the perfect solution. Happily, Doug and I are expecting another baby," she told her viewers.
Moments after her big announcement, her coworkers lavished Kelly with a pink boa, balloons and a bouquet of roses.
The new baby will join big brother Edward Yates, 3, and sister Yardley Evans, 22 months.
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Austin -Tuesday, the House Transparency Committee conducted an extensive hearing on the grants and financial processes of the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) and their Foundation, an attempt to clarify conflicting testimony between members of the Foundation and the Institute.
"As guardians of the taxpayers and their dollars, it is important that the inquiry is made into the utilization of resources and the procedure in which these resources are employed. When poor ethical decisions are made regarding the procedure and utilization of these state resources, and we as the elected body are made aware of these abuses, it is our responsibility to ensure that the constituency of the entire state of Texas is protected and answered to," stated Co-Chair Dan Flynn (Van).
Witnesses at the hearing included several members of the CPRIT Oversight Committee as well as three current Institute members who also served as former board members of the CPRIT Foundation, which has sense been dissolved. The Foundation has been under scrutiny for questionable management practices and is currently involved in talks with the Office of the Attorney General for the return of funds to the Institute.
Jennifer Stevens, Executive Director of the CPRIT Foundation, was asked, and encouraged, to testify at the hearing as an opportunity to provide clarification on her contradictory testimony provided at last week's hearing, but failed to appear, adding question to credibility. Alternatively, Mrs. Stevens sent Texas Cancer Coalition (newly created foundation after the dissolution of the CPRIT Foundation) board member, Doug Allison, in her place. Unfortunately, Mr. Allison was unable to answer the questions and concerns of the committee. Extensive testimony by Jimmy Mansour, Chairman of the Oversight Committee for the CPRIT Institute, attempted to provide clarifying information on many of the issues.
"When expenditures involving state taxpayer dollars, or dollars collected to support state activities, such as the Institute, are compromised, it is time to shut down that activity until all is accounted for and all outstanding questions are answered. Right now the the list of unanswered questions is growing and Mrs. Steven's failure to appear and testify at the hearing this week has only contributed to the concerns the committee has," said Chairman Flynn.
After numerous meetings with the interim director and members of the CPRIT Institute and Foundation, the House Transparency Committee will meet to determine what additional action is needed.
Amanda Robertson
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 1st Sep 2010 20:24 UTC
Well, this was rather unexpected. As it turns out, Commodore USA's CEO Barry Altman isn't particularly pleased about the article I wrote earlier today in which I placed a considerable amount of scepticism with regards to Commodore USA and its business (and website). He (not his lawyer) sent us a threatening email demanding we take down the article, post a new correction article, the whole shebang. The entire email - as an image, you'll want the original formatting - after the break. Our reply? We refer you to the reply given in the case of Arkell v. Pressdram.
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RE[3]: OCGA? Really?
by eliyahu on Wed 1st Sep 2010 23:08 UTC in reply to "RE[2]: OCGA? Really?"
" it isn't possible. the company headquarters, a.k.a, home of the 'CEO,' is in south florida. thom is overseas. osnews.com is listed as having a nevada address. and as far as i know, the site host isn't in georgia either. i think 'barry the CEO' copied something he found on google without understanding it. it would certainly fit with his behavior to date. EDIT: actually, i know he did because i just found the text he lifted almost verbatim: http://www.chillingeffects.org/protest/notice.cgi?NoticeID=780 i'm sorry, barry. you're a complete joke. -- eliyahu
So Barry Altman and "Commodore USA" is just a very dedicated troll? "
no. just a clown trying to make a quick buck. what upsets me is that he has roped in at least one honest, good guy from the amiga forums to be his 'CTO' -- a 'CTO' who i'm sure really thinks this operation is legit and has no idea about the guy he's been dealing with so far.
-- eliyahu
RE[4]: OCGA? Really?
by Shannara on Thu 2nd Sep 2010 00:52 in reply to "RE[3]: OCGA? Really?"


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New Hampshire Real Estate
New Hampshire is a New England state, named after the southern English county of Hampshire. It borders Quebec Canada to the north and northwest, the state of Maine and the Atlantic Ocean to the east, Massachusetts to the south, and Vermont to the west. The state capital is Concord, and the largest city in New Hampshire is Manchester.
Major regions in New Hampshire are the Great North Woods, the White Mountains, the Lakes Region, the Seacoast, the Merrimack Valley, the Monadnock Region and the Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee area. New Hampshire has a coastline of 18 miles in length.
There are currently ten counties in New Hampshire. They include Belknap County, Carroll County, Cheshire County, Coos County, Grafton County, Hillsborough County, Merrimack County, Rockingham County, Strafford County and Sullivan County. The land area of the counties tends to be smaller in Southern New Hampshire where the population is concentrated. The land area is larger in Northern New Hampshire counties.
As of 2006, New Hampshire was home to 1,314,898 residents. In 2002, there were 561,175 homes in New Hampshire. In 2005, there were 583,324 New Hampshire homes. By 2008, there were 597,129 homes in New Hampshire. The total land area in New Hampshire is 8,968 square miles.
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New research from Ethical Consumer has found four Easter egg brands that don't use the controversial ingredient palm oil in their products.
The four brands are:
A further two ethical brands, Plamil and Traidcraft, use palm oil but still score a best Ethical Consumer rating for palm oil as they use either organic or other certified palm oil. Traidcraft is particularly interesting as it has developed FairPalm, its own fairly traded palm oil from West Africa. Plamil's palm oil is all certified organic, which gives a further degree of assurance on top of Round Table on Sustainable Palm Oil certification.
All the brands mentioned above are Ethical Consumer Best Buys in our guide to chocolate eggs.
A further 8 companies that we looked at scored either a middle rating or a worst rating. (See below for more)
We rate companies for palm oil use because of its association with massive deforestation, as well as human rights abuses, in Indonesia and Malaysia where over 80% of production takes place.
Issues in this market persist despite the foundation of a palm oil certification scheme to try and improve environmental and social standards in the industry (called the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil – RSPO) Sadly this has been criticised for being far too weak.
In our rating system, to get a best rating companies need to either not use palm oil at all, or they need to go "beyond the RSPO", meaning that their palm products are certified and they have something extra as well, such as involvement in positive initiatives or organic certification. If a company's uses uncertified palm oil, it gets a worst rating. Those who fall between these two get a middle rating.
Below we show which Easter egg companies are palm oil free, which are using palm oil in a positive way- helping to support more sustainable production- and which score our worst rating.
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Inquiry into alleged money-laundering
Instro Precision Ltd occupied over link with 'Gaza's misery'
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Mirror investigation outlines UK tax and profits of six corporations
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Serious abuse at detention centre
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US Senate report names UK as tax haven
UK academic potentially facing jail time
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EU looks at arrangement with Luxembourg
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High levels of Uranium found in water
World Cup sponsor accused of encouraging sex trade
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Three arrested by Serious Fraud Office
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Public Eye Awards winners announced
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Palm oil project granted the go ahead
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Questions over use of Cayman Island subsidiaries
Eight top companies paid executives 1000 times more than employees
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Journalist censored on site
Reports of oil leaking into the sea
Award winning activist beaten on way home from work
Pension fund offloads Veolia shares
Warehouse workers face an increased risk of mental illness
Workers stripped of their passports, denied pay and given substandard living quarters
Billions of pounds drained out of developing countries by tax havens
UK banks are second biggest coal lenders after American banks
Demand Shell breaks its joint venture with Gazprom
The 15th violent death of Nestlé workers in Colombia
Thailand's sugar industry reacts to Coke's statement on land grabbing.
Company responds to Oxfam's campaign
Dole's banana plantations found to have poor workers' rights
Goldman Sachs, Barclays, Deutsche Bank, JP Morgan and Morgan Stanley
Environcom accused of exporting banned fridges
Department store resumes sale of fur
RBS one of the heaviest investors
Samsung not fully assessing workplace and fail to co-operate with court
Over 30 UK energy companies avoid millions in tax while raising energy prices
Another bank sanctioned over Libor scandal
UK company accused of torture in South African prison
Chinese media accuse Starbucks of high coffee prices
Unite, War on Want and Change to Win reveal the company's tax dodging behaviour
Nike supplier using cotton picked by forced Uzbek labour
Company moving money through a tax haven
World's biggest electronics manufacturer broke own code of conduct
Companies refuse to accept liability but agree to pay out
Ten killed in latest fire
New motion calls for council to sever ties with contractor
How the UK financial sector is bankrolling Indonesia's fossil fuel boom
U.S. commodities trader bought land through shell companies
Associated British Foods, Pepsi and Coca-Cola score poorly in new policy ratings
Thousands could die constructing new stadiums
Company offers £80.35 to relatives of those killed in Bangladesh factory fire
Activists renew campaign against clothing chain as it abandons fur-free policy
Mining company Rio Tinto sued over "illegal air pollution" allegations
Company investigated for further malpractice
Undercover reporter finds forced labour and falsified documents
Settlement falls way below original claim of $100 million
Food company investigated in China
EU health legislation delayed
Supermarket targets children with new range of imported cereal
Clothing brand loses case against worker who wore a head scarf
70 arrested at Nokia Siemens Networks protest
GMB deliver ASBO to McDonald's UK Head Office
Company charged with "misleading, false or deceptive" accounting
Calls to boycott Winter Olympics over anti-gay Russian laws
City of London police called in to investigate transfer of prisoners contract
50 years after Martin Luther King Jr's March on Washington, US Brokerage giant Merrill Lynch settles racial discrimination lawsuit for $160m
Workers strike over casualisation of workforce
Company fails to notify drivers about vehicle faults
Dow Chemical summoned to court, again.
Hovis to start using agency staff on zero hour contracts to replace contracted workers
Previously unreported settlement with HMRC came in wake of dispute over tax paid by subsidiary
Supermarket giant found guilty over 'half price' claim
Protesters target energy company
Critics say court filing is a "stunning admission"
Lawsuit claims safety device was not installed
OECD to consider complaints regarding severe human rights violations
Subsidiary of the Austrian crystal giant involved in promoting trophy hunting
Footage taken by Four Paws shows company sponsored events
Greenpeace calls for Hitachi, Toshiba and General Electric to pay for the damages their reactors caused at Fukushima.
Water contaminated with radiation is escaping through an underground barrier Tepco created by injecting chemicals into the soil.
G4S, Travis Perkins and Sony DADC, a UK subsidiary of Sony Corporation have all been found to be using prison labour.
Amazon opposed to organised labour, says union
Day 12 at the Balcombe blockade
Company used a chemical it knew could be harmful
Drug promoted by Wyeth sales staff for 'off-label' uses
Sportswear retailer under fire for poor treatment of part-time staff
Chinese Labour Watch provides fresh allegations
UK companies in Sierra Leone part of the problem
Bank failed to properly report almost 45 million trades.
Company attempts to secure children's homes in anyway possible
Company pays minuscule percentage on sales
Electronics giant admit to distorting market
PepsiCo attacked over anti-union campaign in India
Hispanic workers allege racial discrimination
Employees detained over 'serious economic crimes'
US companies using Ireland to reduce tax bill
New revelations show depth of relationship
Angolan man Jimmy Mubenga died after being restrained by G4S guards
Sugar company under scrutiny for child labour and land grabs
Company sanctioned over energy-saving light bulb distribution
But US retailers like Wal-Mart and Gap shun the deal
Company accused of using parts labelled as 'scrap only'
Shell trying to access the Arctic through Russia
Nintendo bottom of conflict minerals rating
Vail of secrecy surrounds actions
Food giant accused of misleading campaign
Ab Ghraib prison torture case against CACI dismissed as judge rules it does not have the jurisdiction
Electrolux and British Airways among those named in investigation
Bank sanctioned over shadow accounting system
Yakult, Danone, Nestle and Unilever all named in new report
Consumer action forces the move
Designer clothes pair sentenced to jail
Criminal background checks discriminated against African-Americans
One-year ban due to conflicts of interest
Californian stores may need to replace counters
Gas giant criticised for move into controversial fossil fuel sector
But got £5m credit from the Treasury and made £550m in profits
German airline helps supply Turkey with tear gas
Lloyds admits mishandling complaints
Telecoms company hides behind loopholes
Companies accused of rigging chocolate prices in Canada
German MP complains over company involvement in lethal fire
Banks taken to court by New York State
Production halted after two fatal accidents
itunes deal used to keep Amazon at bay
German companies accused of causing food price fluctuations
Company broke environmental laws in two US states
Over 23 hurt as police charge with stun batons
GAP and Wal-Mart among those who refuse to sign safety accord
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WDM protest outside HSBC's AGM Friday 24th May
Offices raided by European commission
Senate says Apple used "a complex web of offshore entities"
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Court case over illegally seized land in Cambodia
But government gave it £2.5m in grants!
Bill Oddie joins Global Witness to highlight issue of illegal logging
H&M and Zara sign up to safety accord
Big four banks and Tesco among biggest users
Tahoe Resources investors warned against further investment in the mine
Goldman's "sweetheart" deal scrutinised in court
Reuters investigation into Google UK tax affairs
US dairy industry calls for aspartame to be included in milk without labelling
Company admits using metal mined by children
Primark and Mango labels found in the ruins
Role of international institutions called into question
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Friends of the Earth campaign now focuses on Apple
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No corporation tax for the last three years
Other retailers agree to contribute to compensation plan
Rio Tinto and Anglo America AGMs to be targeted
Corporate Europe Observatory list arguments used by the two companies.
Role of auditors under scrutiny
Order to pay $236 million for clean up costs in USA
Concerns over its ability to safely produce meat.
5 out of 6 top firms paying staff over £1million
Authorities investigate incident
SSE guilty of 'prolonged and extensive' mis-selling
Customers complain over human rights abuses
Barrick Gold attempts to block right to legal redress
Company score worst Ethical Consumer rating
Leading companies score badly
Accused of breaking rules on mining exploration and water use.
More high pay for bankers
Tribunal hears unfair dismissal claim
Bank facing charges in Argentina
Campaigners demand its withdrawal from country
Company appeals to regulators
Google UK paid £6m in tax to Treasury in 2011
Energy giant backs down and agrees to injunction
Company receives worst rating for supply chain management
Barclays and RBS paying out huge sums, again.
On-line day of action planned
Company faces multiple counts of false invoicing
Company dismisses 129 union members after negotiations breakdown
e:tailer drops offending items but continues to stock brand
Catalogue of problems blamed for halt
Profits up but corporation tax down
Tin in their mobile phones linked to habitat destruction
Company ends relationship with security firm
Bank's pledge not sufficient to tackle the problem
Bank found to have lied about funders
British food company in new tax dodge revelations
New report highlights workers' rights abuses
Taxpayer-owned bank third to be sanctioned
Court rules on espionage charge
GlaxoSmithKline to fight UK legal battle despite US payouts
Deepwater Horizon settlement reached
Audit reveals major issues in supply chain
Bershka, Lefties, KIK and New Look labels all found on site
Goldman Sachs and Shell win the Public Eye Awards 2013
River Severn polluted with liquid waste
New report highlights role of corporations
Bank making huge profit from food speculation
PWC could face possible fine
Bank face multi-million dollar tribunal
Extraction likely to start soon
Public Eye Awards for the worst cases of corporate misdeeds


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Former Denver Broncos assistant offensive line coach John Benton, former New Orleans Saints assistant coach Stan Kwan, former undrafted free-agent DT Vince Oghobaase (Duke) and former Houston Texans OT Adam Stenavich were added to the San Francisco 49ers' coaching staff Tuesday, Feb. 21. Assistant coach Michael Clay will serve as strength and conditioning coach. Benton, Kwan, Oghobaase and Stenavich will serve as offensive line coach, assistant special teams coach, assistant defensive line coach and assistant offensive line coach, respectively.
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Former Philadelphia Eagles quarterbacks coach Ryan Day, former New York Giants offensive line coach Pat Flaherty, former Philadelphia Eagles defensive line coach Jerry Azzinaro and former Philadelphia Eagles defensive quality control coach Michael Clay have rounded out the San Francisco 49ers' coaching staff. Day, Flaherty and Azzinaro will have the same roles, while Clay will serve as a special teams assistant.
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Former Princeton linebackers coach Stephen Thomas has been named the Philadelphia Eagles quality control coach, former special teams assistant Matthew Harper has been named the assistant defensive backs coach and former defensive quality control coach Michael Clay has been named assistant special teams coach.
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The Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department's report on the 2012 deer hunting seasons is available on the department's website, with statistical information about the number of deer killed in various categories.
The report is produced each year after information is received from more than 120 agents statewide and all the data are reviewed for accuracy and trends.
Hunters killed 13,757 deer in 2012, up more than 13 percent from the year before. The department estimated an increase in the number of deer in 2012 due to a mild winter and a reduction in the number of muzzleloader season antlerless deer permits issued in 2011.
In response, the number of antlerless permits was increased by 30 percent in 2012.
"The increase in antlerless permits provided hunters with the opportunity to harvest antlerless deer while still allowing for the slow increase of deer numbers in many regions of the state," said deer biologist Adam Murkowski.
Forty-five percent of the deer were taken during the rifle season, 24 percent in archery season, 18 percent during muzzleloader season, and 13 percent in youth season.
"I want to encourage anyone interested in Vermont's deer management program to attend one of the three annual public hearings being held this month," Murkowski said. "The meetings will cover last year's harvest results and prospects for the 2013 deer seasons. If you can't make one of these meetings, there will be two more later this spring in the northeast and southwest regions of the state."
The following public hearings will be held from 7-9 p.m.
March 27, Montpelier -State House, Room 11, 115 State Street, Montpelier
March 28, St Albans – St. Albans Town Educational Center Cafeteria, 169 South Main Street, St. Albans, VT (This is a nut product free zone)


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Here is the article i spoke about. It is just a basic thing with some tests he done, but i thought might help( mind you , is with PIC uC's though).http://pk2lab.blogspot.co.uk/2011/11/controle-de-fader-behringer.htmlPS:Brazilian/portuguese but apart from the translator online, let me know if you need any help in case it plays up in the translation.
Where are you getting these faders anyway? And I second the question -- how much are they costing you? If they're built worth a crap, that looks like quite the feature set.
f you use the AD7147 chip to detect the touch, you don't have to periodically read in your Arduino loop.The chip can set an Arduino interrupt when anything is touched or released. (page 29)( www.analog.com/static/imported-files/data_sheets/AD7147.pdf )It handles 13 touch contacts so you would need 2 of them.
They are some faders from an old mixing console. My University proffessor got them few years ago and they are working allright.
And sorry for any grammatical or explaining mistakes.


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Landmark women: Catherine Carter
Catherine Carter, ACT Executive Director, Property Council of Australia
Landmark Women, 14 February 2014
Catherine talks about running the ACT Property Council's operations, policy development and public affairs, and working with people from bureaucrats to builders in a male dominated industry.
Surveyors at the snowline: surveying the ACT-NSW border 1910-15
Matthew Higgins with introduction by David Arnold
Glorious Days: Australia 1913, 12 April 2013
Canberra historian Matthew Higgins tells a story of adventure and discovery by three young men, Percy Sheaffe, Harry Mouat and Freddie Johnston, working in Australia's rugged mountain country to mark the national capital and its surrounding territory.
Why we love our gardens by Hugh Mackay
Hugh Mackay, Helen Stevens and Carolyn Forster
11 July 2012
Social researcher and author Hugh Mackay explains not only why we become so attached to our gardens but also why we need them in our lives. In this lecture Hugh talks about how gardens and gardening satisfy seven of our most basic human desires.
Gallery launch: Landmarks: People and Places across Australia
Dr Kirsten Wehner, National Museum of Australia
3 June 2011
Senior Curator Kirsten Wehner introduces the new National Museum gallery exploring a broad history of Australia through stories of places and their peoples.
agriculture, colonial, environment, gold, history, indigenous, place
Matthew Flinders in the Recherche Archipelago
Pip McNaught, National Museum of Australia
Behind the Scenes – Landmarks series, 14 April 2010
Matthew Flinders sailed through the Recherche Archipelago in 1802 and 1803 on board the Investigator. Curator Pip McNaught shares her work developing a Landmarks' exhibit and talks about Matthew Flinders and his cat, Trim.
Yolngu ways of knowing Country: Insights from the 1948 Expedition to Arnhem Land
Emeritus Professor Dr Ad Borsboom, Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Barks, Birds and Billabongs symposium, 19 November 2009
Whereas the 1948 Expedition presented vast collections of plant and animal life classified according to Linnaean taxonomy, Ad Borsboom explores how the Yolngu organise and present knowledge through mythological Dreaming stories.
'A Robinson Crusoe in Arnhem Land …': Howell Walker, National Geographic, and the 1948 Arnhem Land Expedition
Mark Jenkins, writer, editor and historian
Barks, Birds and Billabongs symposium, 17 November 2009
Mark Jenkins explores the role played by the Expedition's primary American sponsor – National Geographic – and its intrepid representative, Howell Walker.
Memorials and sacred sites
Professor Claire Smith, Flinders University and Dr Peter Stanley, National Museum of Australia
Sites of Memory symposium, 28 August 2009
The spiritual significance and memorialisation of place are explored by archaeologist Claire Smith, examining Aboriginal sacred sites, and by historian Peter Stanley's research into the Mont St Quentin battlefield.
Layers of significance – Reconciliation Place and the Acton Peninsula, Canberra
Leanne Dempsey, Mandy Doherty, Anne Faris, Professor Amareswar Galla, Paul House, Andrew Smith and Benita Tunks
Sites of Memory symposium, 28 August 2009
Explores the varying layers of significance of Reconciliation Place and Acton Peninsula in Canberra, both traditional homes of the Ngambri Aboriginal people. The Peninsula was once the site of the Canberra hospital and is now home to the National Museum.
The 'spirit of inquiry' in Port Macquarie
Roslyn Russell, National Museum of Australia
Behind the Scenes – Landmarks series, 10 June 2009
Curator and historian Roslyn Russell talks about the work of amateur scientists, including astronomer WJ Macdonnell, in the New South Wales coastal town of Port Macquarie, as part of her research for the Creating a Country gallery.


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The following people were arrested on felony charges by law enforcement agencies in Davidson County, and, unless noted otherwise, were either placed in the Davidson County Detention Center or released from custody and are scheduled to appear in Lexington District Court on the date given:
• Tremain Donta Ervin, 24, of 1005 Century St. or 285 Allen Drive, was charged with felony possession of cocaine and possession of drug paraphernalia, $50,000 secured bond, Nov. 26.
• Jeffrey Stephon Davis Jr., 25, of 105A Melrose Drive, was charged with misdemeanor carrying a concealed gun, felony possession of cocaine and possession of drug paraphernalia, $2,000 secured bond, Nov. 4.
• Lenell Markeith King, 29, of 204 Third St. E., Mound Bayou, Miss., was charged with felony possession with intent to manufacture, sell and deliver schedule VI controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia, $10,000 secured bond, Dec. 20.
• Eric John Debari, 29, of 2405 Murry Circle, Archdale, was charged with felony maintaining a vehicle/dwelling/place for controlled substance and felony possession with intent to manufacture, sell and deliver a schedule VI controlled substance, $50,000 secured bond, Dec. 4, Thomasville.
• Ahmed Griffin, 42, of 308 Foster St., Thomasville, was charged with felony intimidating witness, $25,000 secured bond, Nov. 27, Thomasville.
• Matthew David Floyd, 37, of 2607 Upper Lake Road, Thomasville, was charged with felony breaking and entering, felony larceny after breaking and entering, misdemeanor larceny and felony obtaining property by false pretense, $5,000 secured bond, Nov. 20, Thomasville.
• Shawntavia Breana Sellers, 16, of 2887 Inca Court, Winston-Salem, was charged with four counts of felony breaking and entering and misdemeanor larceny, $5,000 secured bond, Nov. 20.
• Gregory Allen Halsey, 40, of 3087 Indian Trail, Sophia, was charged with felony assault inflicting serious bodily injury (Randolph County), no bond, Nov. 18, Randleman.
• Tony Lee Barnes, 60, of 307 Dixie St., was charged with misdemeanor possession of stolen goods/property, felony larceny remove anti-theft devices and misdemeanor larceny, $500 and $3,500 secured bond, Nov. 25.
• James Dallas Irwin, 25, of 105 Hiatt Road, Apt. A, Thomasville, was served with a fugitive warrant for grand larceny in Pittsylvania County, Va., $250,000 secured bond, Friday.
• David Elret Johnson, 31, of 190 Beulah Harrison Road, was charged with two counts of misdemeanor larceny and felony attempting to obtain property by false pretense, $1,000 and $5,000 secured bonds, Nov. 13 (Thomasville) and Dec. 5 (Lexington).
• Angela Marie Wilmoth, 23, of 155 Snider Kines Road, Linwood, was charged with felony possession of schedule I controlled substance, $5,000 secured bond, Nov. 27, Thomasville.
The following larcenies more than $1,000 were reported to the Davidson County Sheriff's Office and the Lexington Police Department:
• A stove and refrigerator valued at $1,010 were reported stolen from a home on Cotton Grove Road between Oct. 1 and 2:39 p.m. Tuesday.
• Metal grates valued at $1,100 were reported stolen from behind a building on Brown Street between Oct. 17 and 2:41 a.m. Monday.
• A laptop, field piece meter and S-man 4 meter valued at $2,590 were reported stolen from a hotel on Piedmont Drive between 1:30 a.m. Sunday and 12:19 a.m. Wednesday.
• A utility trailer valued at $1,500 was reported stolen from a home on Midway School Road near Thomasville between 7:45 a.m. and 4:47 p.m. Tuesday.
• An ATV, blower and chain saw valued at $3,700 were reported stolen from a home on Concrete Works Road between 9 p.m. Monday and 6:38 p.m. Tuesday.
• A riding lawn mower valued at $1,750 was reported stolen from a home on Horseshoe Neck Road between 6:30 p.m. Monday and 5:48 p.m. Tuesday.
• A total of $10,000 in cash was reported stolen from a home on Prevette Road between Oct. 11 and 4:48 p.m. Tuesday.
• Tools valued at $2,705 were reported stolen from a home in the 5000 block of Denton Road between 2 and 4:21 p.m. Wednesday.
• A 1993 Chevrolet truck valued at $1,000 was reported stolen from a home on West Center Street Extension between Sept. 12 and 6:31 p.m. Wednesday.
• Two chain saws and gas can valued at $1,480 were reported stolen from a home on Joe Moore Road near Thomasville between 11 a.m. Tuesday and 3:15 p.m. Thursday.
• An electric wheelchair valued at $6,000 was reported stolen from Kennedy Road/Fuller Mill Road near Thomasville between 8:15 p.m. Wednesday and 9:36 a.m. Thursday.


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Breaking Down the Preseason Mags… pt. 2Posted by rtmsf on September 14th, 2007
So Wednesday we established that the Athlon Sports preseason magazine is one that you probably shouldn't take home with you. Unless you're the type of person who goes gaga over seeing your favorite team/player on the cover and must own them all in a Sisyphian quest to document every newsworthy event involving it throughout history. Consider this excitable Carolina fan's tale we stumbled across today (re: the Athlon issue)…
So I will do what I do every year – wait until all the mags are out, then drive up to visit my brother in NC and buy every mag with a Heel on the cover. That is always one of my most happy trips of the year.
Hey, we don't judge. So here's the second installment of our continuing series of reviews of the preseason magazines.
Next Up: Lindy's.
I. Covers (5 pts) – are they cool? inclusive?
- 21 regional covers is a nice number, but the Rocky Mtn states aren't represented in the least – Does Lindy's realize that the Mountain West and WAC have fans too?
- Coolest Cover – none – they're pretty much all the same format, with multiple players photographically stacked on top of each other.
- Say What? The Tennessee issue highlights UT, Memphis, Vandy and the Lady Vols?? The NE issue features UConn, BC and something called the "Lady Huskers," which we assume is supposed to be "Huskies." Either way, we have no tolerance for this.
- Total Points = 2
II. Ease of Use (5 pts) – how hard is it to find confs/teams?
- Somewhat difficult upon first glance. Eleven major conferences are arranged alphabetically, then by predicted order of finish of its teams. The rest of the conferences are shoved into the back of the mag with the teams arranged alphabetically within. Confusing.
- Standard format otherwise – roundup, features & predictions; analysis of teams; recruiting, in that order.
- Total Points = 2.5
III. Roundup (10 pts) – every mag has one – tell us something new!
- Scoping the Nation dives into the one-and-done phenomenon, and pretty much makes the same assessment we made here back in May – that coaches at the elite programs recognize the necessity in assuming the risk of taking potential one-and-dones. The potential reward, as in the cases of Greg Oden and Mike Conley for Thad Matta at Ohio St., is simply too much to pass up. They also take a look at the ten most likely one-and-dones for this season and next.
- The Nov/Dec Action to Check Out section is a bit of a copout by Lindy's in the sense that its early publication resulted in not being able to review full schedules. Still, they make an attempt by reviewing the big pre-conference game possibilities in the holiday tournaments.
- Lots of Lists – that's ok, we like lists.
- Top 10 "under the radar" players
- Top 10 transfer players
- Top 10 juco transfers
- Top 10 jump shooters
- Top 5 defenders
- Lindy's also provides a complete Top 25 (+15 fringe teams), a listing of the NCAA field of 65 by conference, as well as predictions of the Sweet 16 and Final Four.
- There is also a complete list of coaching changes and the conferences are rated first (Pac-10) to worst (SWAC).
- We also appreciated seeing deserving blurbs on Rick Majerus's return to college coaching at St. Louis, and Skip Prosser's passing at Wake.
- They also rate the Top 25 players at each position…
- PG – Drew Neitzel (Michigan St.)
- SG – Chris Lofton (Tennessee)
- SF – Brandon Rush (Kansas)
- PF – Tyler Hansbrough (UNC)
- C – Roy Hibbert (Georgetown)
- …and the top frontcourt (UCLA) and backcourt (UNC).
- Cool Stat Award. Utah St. guard Jaycee Carroll's shooting numbers – .527 from the field, .432 on threes, and .888 from the foul line!
- Total Points = 9
IV. Features (15 pts) – give us some insightful and unique storylines.
- Kentucky-centric. Three of their feature articles relate to the UK head coaching position – Tubby's leaving of the job (He's Gone), Billy D's courting of the job along with his about-face with Orlando (He Couldn't Leave), and Gillispie's acceptance of the job (Billy & the Believers).
- What's Good for the Zags… is a good article about the pressures that other mid-major programs (even the successful ones) now face in light of the Gonzaga Effect.
- Embracing Kelvin is an insightful piece about the "my way or the highway" coaching style of Kelvin Sampson, and validates why we expect big things from IU this season.
- Early and Often is a somewhat weaker article describing how coaches are faced with recruiting players earlier and earlier in high school (and sometimes back into junior high).
- Total Points = 11
V. Predictions (20 pts) – how safe are their picks? do they take any chances? are they biased toward the big boys?
- Lindy's uses both the 65-team prediction model and the Top 25, as discussed above. Like Athlon, they too have UCLA defeating UNC in the final game, but we give them a little bit of credit for projecting first-timer Tennessee into the F4. They don't predict an Elite Eight, but only half of their Sweet 16 made it there in 2007, which is realistic.
- Big Conference Bias. Still, 14 of that Sweet 16 are from BCS conferences – Gonzaga and Memphis are the only exceptions. NCAA Bids – ACC (5), Big Ten (4), Big 12 (5), Big East (8), Pac-10 (7), SEC (7).
- Mid-Major Watch. Mid-Major bids – 3 A10 (Xavier, St. Joe's, St. Louis), 2 CAA (George Mason, VCU), 2 CUSA (Memphis, UAB), 1 Mountain West (BYU), 1 WAC (New Mexico St.), 1 MVC (S. Illinois).
- Surprising Omissions. Florida loses everyone, but are there really seven better teams in the SEC this year? Billy D. has the #1 recruiting class coming into Gainesville. We also think Lorenzo Romar's Washington squad is primed for a return to the NCAAs this year. Also, we gotta believe that the always-underrated MVC will manage to get another team in there, while seven (Georgia and Vandy??) from the SEC is a little ridiculous this year.
- Boldest Prediction. Again, Lindy's doesn't go too far out on a limb with any of their picks, but Alabama winning the SEC West completely depends on Ronald Steele's knees, and Cornell winning the Ivy League is also dubious.
- Total Points = 14
VI. Conference Pages (5 pts) – as a primer for the conference, how much can we learn here?
- The major and mid-major conferences get a predicted order of finish with brief analysis, a substantial recruiting roundup, three teams of all-conference selections, returning leaders in key categories, team stats and a fair superlatives section. While we appreciate a focus on acquainting readers with the newcomers, we would have liked to have seen less space used on this in favor of the returners.
- The small conferences get a predicted order of finish, two teams of all-conference selections and a superlatives section.
- Total Points = 3.5
VII. Team Pages (20 pts) – how in-depth is the analysis? where does it come from? is it timely and insightful given this year's squad or is it just a rundown of last year's achievements?
- Lindy's Top 40 teams get a full page of analysis, including player evaluations and team statistical rankings.
- All other BCS and mid-major teams get a brief half-page of analysis with the same evaluations/rankings. Low major teams (even if predicted to make the NCAA Tourney) get a paragraph and a few key stats. Minimal info.
- Again, similar to Athlon, analysis is lacking. Much of it is based on recapping last season's accomplishments plus the obligatory coach's quotes. For teams outside the Top 40, they barely get a mention.
- Total Points = 12
VIII. Recruiting (5 pts) – we want to know who the top players are coming into college bball, where they're going and who to watch for next year.
- As mentioned above, each major conference page has a substantial section on newcomers and what their strengths and weaknesses are.
- Six pages of recruiting information, featuring the top 25 recruiting classes with a brief description of each.
- The top 50 of 2007 is provided by Rivals.com, but Lindy's focuses on the future classes more than present, listing the top 100 for both 2008 and 2009, plus the top 10 for 2010.
- They also provide some much-needed context and analysis from Justin Young at Rivals.
- Total Points = 5
IX. Title IX Guilt (aka Chick Ball) (5 pts) – the less the better…
- We already established that they're putting some women's players on the cover.
- They also give it four pages in the front features section, with a detailed top 25 and fifteen All-Americans. Unacceptable.
- Total Points = 1
X. Intangibles (15 pts) – what's good and bad about the magazine as a whole?
- Errors. We're not sure if the cause is shoddy editing or what, but who and what are Reyshawn Green
Terry(formerly of UNC) (p.9), David Lightly Lighty(Ohio St.) (p.18) and Gongzaga Gonzaga(p.28)? – these errors were found in the first few pages and seemed pervasive throughout, mitigating the mag's credibility from the start.
- Whereas Lindy's provides far more interesting detail in almost every other area over Athlon, its writing (and clearly its editing) is weaker on the whole.
- Again, no schedules due to the early publication date.
- It takes some risks with its predictions (which we like), but its analysis really doesn't explain why, e.g., Georgia is an NCAA Tournament team and Florida isn't.
- Total Points = 9
RTC Grade for Lindy's = 69 pts
Basis: Lindy's is a better magazine on the whole than Athlon, but it has serious weaknesses with respect to its team analyses. Where it excels is in the areas of roundup and recruiting information, but it needs better writing, editing and much more consideration of the smaller conferences. A little more attention to detail would make this magazine a legit value in future iterations.
Grading Scale:
- 90-100 pts – exceptional quality in all areas – must buy and keep on-hand all season!
- 80-89 pts – very good quality mag – worthy of purchasing and reading cover-to-cover
- 70-79 pts – average, run of the mill magazine – some value in certain areas but weak in others – tough call as to whether to purchase it
- 60-69 pts – magazine on the weaker side, but may still have some positive attributes – probably not worth the money, though
- 0-59 pts – such a low quality magazine that it's not worth any more than the five minutes you thumbed through it at the store


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Faiza N. Ali paced across the plaza outside City Hall in Lower Manhattan, consulting a to-do list and juggling the messages on two BlackBerries. How was the turnout? Were the speakers prepped? One minister had already alerted Ms. Ali that he was running late. Another of her colleagues had gone to Borough Hall in Brooklyn by mistake.
On this blustery morning two weeks ago, Ms. Ali was undergoing one of the first tests of her new job as a community organizer, helping to run a rally in support of proposed legislation encouraging more local investment by banks. And by the time the hundred participants had assembled on the City Hall steps, Ms. Ali, a petite figure in a hijab, was standing beside a Catholic priest, holding the edge of a banner from Brooklyn Congregations United.
A Muslim trained by a Jewish agency to work with a coalition largely composed of Christian churches, Ms. Ali is not just the poster child for monotheism. She forms part of a vanguard of faith-based community organizers who have been selected in part for their religious devotion and then trained to cross denominational lines in pursuit of common cause.
"There's a healthy tension," as Ms. Ali, 27, put it, "when I want to talk about an issue campaign and the first line of questioning I get is, 'What's that thing you're wearing and where are you from?' I kind of anticipated those questions. It was a reminder of how few people have met Muslims. I can answer their questions and address the stereotypes head on and then do the work together. It's created a different sense of community for me."
The Rev. Michael Perry, the pastor of Our Lady of Refuge Catholic Church in Brooklyn, has watched and listened as Ms. Ali has interacted with congregants who are primarily Haitian and Mexican immigrants. Just the other night, she taught a lesson on advocacy to half a dozen women from the church.Continue reading the main story
"Here are all these people who look different, whose faith experience is different," said Father Perry, 69. "And she's holding them together with an idealism that's based in her religious belief but in no way conflicts with theirs. They're learning from this young Muslim woman how to find a voice that will speak truth to power."
What Ms. Ali has learned is the possibility of bridging the deep gap that the Sept. 11 attacks and the Iraq war, among other causes, carved between Muslims and non-Muslims in America. Her personal story is one of gaining, losing and regaining faith in a tolerant, polyglot society.
Born and raised in Midwood, Brooklyn, to immigrant parents from Pakistan, Ms. Ali grew up as a die-hard Mets fan and a "band geek" playing flute at Madison High School. Her certainty that the larger world accepted her came to a crashing end in the wake of Sept. 11. Two days after the attacks, Ms. Ali and a younger sister were insulted and roughed up while buying milk at a local grocery. Then, in the fall of 2006, when Ms. Ali was starting her senior year at Pace University in Manhattan, two copies of the Koran were flushed down campus toilets.
Such events propelled Ms. Ali into involvement with the Muslim Students Association and then a full-time job with the Council on American-Islamic Relations. There, she put in 70-hour weeks dealing with controversies including the so-called "ground zero mosque," which inspired a national landslide of anti-Muslim speech. She resigned last year, utterly depleted.
One experience from her years at the council, though, did inspire happier memories. It was a campaign to add two Muslim holy days to the New York public school calendar, and it was one occasion when Ms. Ali sought and collaborated with allies from outside the Muslim orbit, including union leaders and local politicians.
So when she heard last spring about a program to train faith-based community organizers, her initial plan to take a hiatus evaporated. The program was being run by Bend the Arc, a group formed by the merger of two liberal Jewish agencies, Jewish Funds for Justice and the Progressive Jewish Alliance. Its goal was to increase the impact of the religious left in policy debates by developing organizers who, in turn, could develop congregational leaders.
"Without talking to people of faith," said Alan van Capelle, the chief executive of Bend the Arc, "you can't organize on issues like affordable housing, jobs that pay a living wage, access to affordable health care, immigration reform. The people who have organized around social justice have ceded people of faith to the conservatives. But we think people of faith are on our side. It's just that they're not organized, and they don't have a megaphone."
His appeal spoke directly to Ms. Ali's combination of Muslim devotion and progressive politics. She had always taken her mottos from Frederick Douglass ("Power concedes nothing without a demand"), Howard Zinn ("Small acts, when multiplied by millions of people, can transform the world") and a hadith attributed to the Prophet Muhammad ("Whosoever of you sees an evil action, let him change it with his hand; and if he is not able to do so, then with his tongue; and if he is not able to do so, then with his heart").
Ms. Ali competed with about 300 applicants for 26 places in the Bend the Arc program. (In 2010, the program's first year, 16 people were accepted.) Her colleagues included Lutherans, Episcopalians, Catholics, other Muslims, a Seventh-day Adventist and a rabbi. Their training incorporated a monthly session of scriptural study, which was Ms. Ali's first exposure to critical analysis of religious texts.
After six months of residency with Brooklyn Congregations United, Ms. Ali was hired full time by the coalition in March. Our Lady of Refuge has become her de facto office. "The other night, I told her she was doing a fabulous job," Father Perry said, "and she didn't know how to handle it. I told her to just say 'thank you.' But she's not in this for the compliments."Continue reading the main story