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Wisconsin Protocol as treatment for canine lymphoma
Dear OncoLink "Ask The Experts,"
Can you please explain the Wisconsin Protocol? I understand it to be the most effective treatment for canine lymphoma.
Lili Duda, VMD, Section Editor of the OncoLink Veterinary Oncology Menu, responds:
The most effective protocols for canine lymphoma combine several drugs, each of which has individual activity against the malignant lymphocytes. The drugs that are included in the Wisconsin Protocol, and most protocols for canine lymphoma are: vincristine (Oncovin), cyclophosphamide (Cytoxan), L-asparaginase (Elspar), doxorubicin (Adriamycin), and prednisone. This protocol also includes small amounts of methotrexate and chlorambucil, which are a little less common, but still considered standard drugs for lymphoma.
The theory behind combining drugs is that there are many subpopulations of cancer cells, and some of the populations will be resistant to drugs a and b, but sensitive to c, others will be sensitive to c, but not a or b, etc. In addition, some drugs act synergistically, so that the effectiveness of two drugs together exceeds that of the simple sum of each drug individually. There are a variety of different ways to combine drugs, and there are many effective combinations that have been published and/or that are routinely used by different veterinary hospitals. Any protocol has to balance the chance of working effectively against the cancer with the side effects that the chemotherapy drugs are going to cause. Once a patient is started on a protocol, individual drug dosages might have to be modified or even eliminated to suit the particular sensitivity of the patient and the effectiveness of that particular drug on the cancer. This is why it is beneficial to have a board-certified oncologist who has large amounts of experience with these drugs oversee treatment of lymphoma.


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India and Pakistan to exchange prisoners in historic deal
NEW DELHI, India - In a historic move that has signalled a thaw in the relationship between rival South Asian neighbours, India and Pakistan have agreed to exchange prisoners.
As part of the agreement, which is a humanitarian gesture first suggested by India, three categories of prisoners, women, mentally challenged or those with special needs and those above 70 years of age will be included.
The move also comes as the two countries continue to exchange fire across the border in Kashmir, in violation of a 2003 agreement.
It has been cited as a key confidence-building measure between the two countries.
On Wednesday, the Pakistan foreign office said in a statement that Islamabad had approved the proposals for exchange of prisoners and the revival of a judicial commission set up to expedite the speedy release of prisoners who had finished their sentences.
The Pakistan high commission in New Delhi said that the country's foreign minister Khawaja Asif, after consultations with "all stakeholders," had approved the proposals received from the Indian side.
Another aspect in the proposal seeks to revive the judicial commission and a third seeks to facilitate "the visit of medical experts (from both sides) to meet and examine the mentally challenged prisoners for their repatriation," the Pakistan statement said.
The Indian foreign ministry spokesman Raveesh Kumar said that India first made these proposals in October.
Pakistan has suggested on its part that it would also want to exchange prisoners above 60 years of age and the exchange of child prisoners below 18 years of age.
The spokesman added, "The foreign minister... stated that it was his desire that through such initiatives, Pakistan and India would embark on the road to a comprehensive dialogue, and make a conscious effort to de-escalate the extremely vitiated current environment and the situation on the Line of Control and the working boundary (International Border)."
Kumar also acknowledged the positive response from Pakistan and said, "The officials on both sides would be working on the modalities to implement the understanding reached on these humanitarian issues."
Meanwhile, Dilip Sinha, a former Indian diplomat who was in charge of the Pakistan desk in the Indian foreign ministry said, "Pakistan's response to India's proposals comes six months after they were first put forward. The timing of the response is intriguing as it seems to be under pressure from India as well as the U.S. and wants to de-escalate."
Since 2013, India-Pakistan talks have been suspended and efforts to revive them subsequently have not worked out so far.

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Alternative to tobacco cigarettes used as a method to improve health, quit smoking
In the fight for better health, electronic cigarettes � or �e-cigarettes� � have been looked at as the new alternative method to people who have been trying to quit smoking. The product has been gaining popularity for its ability to emulate the taste and feel of the original cigarette without the harmful chemicals.
E-cigarettes have been sold in tobacco stores, gas stations and retail stores across the nation since 2009. With increased laws on smoking because of the harmful toxins that provide secondhand smoke and the smell of the carcinogens, e-cigarettes can be utilized in order to get the nicotine fix without bothering nonsmokers.
A Herritage Street drug store manager in Kinston said e-cigarettes have been selling very well in the stores.
�A lot of customers have told me they picked them up so they could smoke in bars or restaurants without having to deal with the tobacco smell,� said the woman, who asked her name not be used in this report.
E-cigarettes can be �smoked� just like regular cigarettes, but without the use of lighters or flicking ashes. Instead, the e-cigarette is like an electronic inhaler, releasing a vapor into the air in contrast to the smoke from standard cigarettes.
Some e-cigarettes taste just like original tobacco or menthols, but there are alternative flavors that can be found. Blu � one of the most popular brands of e-cigarettes � gives smokers a variety of flavors such as cherry, vanilla and pina colada, amongst others. Also, people have the option of buying disposables � which can last about as long as a pack of cigarettes � or rechargeable e-cigarettes which can last for months.
When inhaled, a light comes on and the nicotine is released. When the light fades away or won�t come on, the e-cigarette needs to be recharged or discarded.
Like patches or gum, nicotine is entered into the bloodstream, but in an article in The Huffington Post on Monday, Dr. Lynn Kozlowski said e-cigarettes are more likely to get a smoker to quit altogether.
�An ineffective cigarette substitute could fool an addicted smoker for a few hours or a few days, but not for weeks or a few months,� Kozlowski said. �After many months, it will be rare to see a placebo effect satisfying an addicted smoker. Will they work for every smoker? Probably not. Can they work for many smokers? Probably.�
Linda Walston � store manager of Tobacco Road Outlet on Herritage Street � has sold quite a few e-cigarettes in her establishment and has utilized it herself with positive reviews.
�If you�re trying to quit or just looking for something to use when you don�t have a cigarette at the time, it works,� Walston said. �When I�m with my grandbabies, I don�t smoke around them so the e-cigarette is a good substitute.�
With the increase in health, additional places to smoke and the flavors provided, Walston had a prediction about the future of e-cigarettes.
�The electronic cigarettes have really taken off,� Walston said. �There might be only e-cigarettes in 10 years.�
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Home > News & Events > Wayland Press Release Archives > 2002 News Releases > May 2002 > New ministerial scholarship honors Bishop's leadership
New ministerial scholarship honors Bishop's leadership
Amelia Bishop said two feelings arose when she found out Wayland Baptist University's Division of Religion had named a new endowed scholarship in her honor.
"I felt two things: First, very humbled, then supremely grateful for the honor," she said.
Bishop, known as "Millie" to most folks, downplays her role in Texas missions leadership over the past decades. But to those in the know, Bishop has been a leading force among women in ministry leadership. She's also a familiar face statewide for many reasons.
Bishop graduated from what is now the University of Texas at El Paso with a bachelor's degree in journalism. She also earned a master's degree from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and met J. Ivyloy Bishop, who was then the first national director of Royal Ambassadors, a mission interest group for boys.
The couple came to Wayland in 1955, when Mr. Bishop was hired as a professor in religion and eventually chaired that division. Mrs. Bishop was active as well, working full-time as a journalism teacher at Plainview High School and then at Wayland. After retirement, she continued to teach part-time before moving.
Bishop worked on the state staff for the Women's Missionary Union, an organization she would spend years serving. She also served as WMU state president from 1984-88, and has served on various committees for the Baptist General Convention of Texas for more than 25 years.
Now a freelance writer living in Austin, Bishop has written two devotional books and a biography of Eula Mae Henderson as well as many Sunday School lessons for the Baptist Standard. But she avoids any praise that comes her way.
"The older I get, the more convinced I am that anything and everything we do of merit is because God gave us the capability, He gave us the opportunity, and He took it and went where He wanted with it," she said.
The scholarship, officially named the Amelia Bishop Women's Ministerial Scholarship, was created in Dec. 2001 with two major gifts given to assist religion students. Desiring to honor women studying for the ministry, the Division of Religion opted to name the award for Bishop.
"The scholarship attempts to honor Mrs. Bishop's numerous accomplishments for the cause of Christ, to recognize her worldwide missions influence on the lives of many generations, and to thank her for a life of exemplary Christian ministry," said Micheal Summers, director of church services. "She is truly a model for young women answering God's calling."
Wayland officials hope others who desire to help equip young women for missions and ministry will support the scholarship, which will be set up as an endowment through Texas Baptist Foundation.
"Women make up 40 percent of all ministry students in Texas Baptist schools, we thought this would be a good way to help those students," Summers added. "In trying to find a relevant model of women in ministry, the obvious choice was Millie Bishop, especially with her ties to Wayland and her history of service in missions and ministry."
Individuals wishing to contribute to the Bishop Scholarship may send donations to Wayland Baptist University, Development, 1900 West 7th St., Plainview, Texas 79072. For more information, contact Martha Cross at (806) 291-3427.


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My ZIP code is a black hole for individual health insurance.
That's what I recently discovered when I tried to find the coverage I want at an affordable price. What hubris I had.
My story started in 2009, when my position as a journalism professor at a small college was eliminated, and I lost my health benefits along with the job. In the ensuing months, as the clock ticked on my COBRA extension, I began to focus on finding a new health plan. I thought it would be a matter of dealing with mild sticker shock and doing comparative shopping. I was wrong.
As an experienced writer and researcher, I am used to making calls, asking questions and digging through hard-to-understand details. But it never occurred to me that the answers I uncovered about Tompkins County, N.Y. -- a paradise of farmland, lakes and waterfalls close to the cultural attractions of Ithaca, home for me and Cornell University -- would be so frustrating. It turns out it's one of the state's worst places to find good individual health coverage.
When I tell people about my dilemma, they get curious -- even participatory. "Did you try a professional group?" they ask. "Did you try an online broker?" (Yes and yes.) Maybe they get caught up in my story because, unlike many people with tales of insurance woes, I'm in my fifties and healthy. My story doesn't involve a medical condition that's unsolvable or hard to talk about. Or maybe it's just that my experience lights a path, however convoluted, through the insurance gobbledygook.
I started my quest with Aetna, my COBRA insurer. Under New York state law, I thought I had "conversion rights" -- meaning I could convert my former employer's group coverage, the basis for my COBRA plan, to individual coverage. Though the full monthly cost was already $565, and I worried I wouldn't be able to afford any increases that kicked in when it became an individual plan, it was great insurance -- providing excellent benefits and the ability to choose my own doctors. But it turned out my cost concerns were not even relevant. There is a caveat in the law: self-insured employers are subject to federal, not state, regulation. And because my former employer is self insured -- meaning Aetna administers the plan but the college assumes all the financial risk -- the conversion option did not exist.
After this idea evaporated, I explored possibilities on the website of The Freelancers Union, a professional association that offers its own health insurance in New York. Five plan choices popped up. Great, I thought. Then I clicked further to read about the plans' residency requirements and up came a map. The right side of the state -- covering 34 counties that share borders with New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont and Canada -- was colored in blue. These counties are the lucky ones. Those on the left -- 28 counties that border more of Pennsylvania and Canada, extending all the way to Lake Erie and Lake Ontario -- were white, meaning no Freelancers Union health insurance. That's where Tompkins County is.
This development was crushing. Somewhere along the way, the notion had lodged in my head that if I ever turned to freelance writing as my full-time job, I could get benefits through this type of organization. But -- at least as far as I could tell -- there are no such groups with health plans in my area.
I felt stupid. I also was getting curious, which happens whenever I feel stupid. The reporter in me wanted to know what the heck was going on. But the consumer in me needed a health plan. So I kept looking.
I tried other websites, starting with AARP. The site directs consumers to an AARP-branded Aetna plan. I entered my ZIP code and got the same response: the plan was "not available in your area." Next, at a top-rated insurance broker site, my ZIP code brought up one result. The $561-a-month GHI policy covered annual physical and gynecologic exams, prescription drugs with a co-pay, hospitalization and outpatient surgery. But it did not cover, among other things, any other office visits; inpatient physical therapy; ER professional charges; diagnostic admissions; and diagnostic lab tests. To me, that seems like too much money to spend for what amounts to catastrophic coverage.
Curiosity was getting the better of me, so I did some random comparisons on the same website. Zip codes in the District of Columbia; Seattle; Fairbanks, Alaska; and New York City offered 80, 45, 56 and 16 insurance choices, respectively. I also tried random rural areas. Residents of Aladdin, Wyo., had 27 plan choices, starting at $380 a month. Residents of Amelia, Neb., had 87, starting at $133.05.
In search of clarity, I visited the New York state insurance website and discovered a whole new possibility: Healthy NY, a subsidized program for low-income people. Several different insurers offer the same basic menu of coverage through different regional HMOs, which charge different rates.
At first I ruled it out because I wouldn't be able to choose my own doctors, which has always been very important to me. But I was starting to feel desperate. And I qualified for the plan because it just so happens that in January, I made less than $2,269. I never imagined I would be glad to have a dry spell with my freelancing.
I was not surprised to discover that, although New Yorkers in many other parts of the state can choose a Healthy NY insurer from several options, I only had one: Excellus BlueCross BlueShield. I was just glad to learn that I could get insurance. A phone call led to an additional choice, through the same insurer, that would let me see my own doctors. But it would have cost around $1,400 a month, which is the same as my mortgage. There was also a plan for sole proprietors, but I didn't qualify.
At this point I went into full reporter mode. I called Troy Oechsner, New York state deputy superintendent for health, and asked him about my scarcity of coverage options and the high costs associated with them. He told me that some other rural areas in the state are in a similar fix, and he said, "For an insurer to get into the area of Tompkins County, where Excellus has such a large hold on the commercial market, is really difficult."
Ah. That rings a bell. I remembered reading a very similar conclusion in a 2009 United Hospital Fund report: "Entering Central New York is entering the Excellus zone" -- a 15-county region where "the region's nonprofit BCBS plans vigorously defend their turf." Who do they defend it against? Mostly for-profit insurers, which have a much stronger foothold in downstate areas, including greater New York City. Nonprofits have historically claimed upstate markets (which include Central New York). In my region, Excellus in particular dominates, with a strong record of well-established health-provider relationships.
Not only am I in the Excellus zone, said Oechsner, but I've stumbled into "the plight of the individual market in New York." It's a decades-long saga in which the state "traded the problem of a group of people who can't get insurance at any price for another problem, which is that our individual rates are out-of-control expensive," he said. In other words, the state gave up some of its power to regulate rate increases in exchange for guarantees of access to quality coverage for everyone -- although as recently enacted legislation is phased in, the state is regaining more control over the increases.
I still didn't get why the Freelancers Union insurance isn't available to me. So I called Chief Operating Officer Ann Boger, who explained that the group's plan in New York is linked to the service area of Empire BlueCross BlueShield. I knew from my other research that Empire can't operate in Excellus territory without giving up the BlueCross BlueShield brand. Boger also said that offering insurance in rural areas is a challenge. "The nature of insurance is that it works best organized around large numbers," she added.
What about those rural areas I randomly sampled on the broker website? My answer came from Peter Newell, director of the United Hospital Fund's Health Insurance Project. It's simple: I didn't compare the coverage. He talked of plans that have limited benefits, ratings for gender and age that push costs much higher than advertised, and exclusions for people with preexisting conditions. Broker websites, for all their ease of use, don't instantly compare apples to apples. "If you compare my neighborhood to someone else's neighborhood, you've got to think about those things," said Newell.
Newell told me the federal health care reform should help me eventually -- particularly with the establishment of health insurance exchanges that should yield more choices.
But for now, time has run out. I have signed up for the high deductible option in Healthy NY, with a drug benefit, for $296.48 a month. The deductible is $1,200 a year. I'm approaching this choice as a stop-gap measure, although, as I told Oechsner, I now have a strong incentive for limiting my income.
His response: "There's no way to sugar coat it: You're right. If you make too much money, individual health insurance in New York gets very expensive."
I also have one foot out the door as I weigh my professional prospects. If I move, especially if I'm making a living as a freelancer, my first criterion in choosing a location will be something I've never before considered: the availability of good health insurance.
Kaiser Health News is an editorially independent news service and a program of the Kaiser Family Foundation, a nonpartisan healthcare policy research organization. Neither Kaiser Health News nor the foundation is affiliated with Kaiser Permanente.


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LTE based in balloons may help in future disasters and other emergencies.
Lighter-than-air craft were the wave of the future until the Hindenburg burned up in full view of movie cameras in 1937. Now with few exceptions — like aerial coverage of football games — they seem like toys or novelties. But something is stirring in the realm of lighter-than-air. NASA and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency recently gave California-based Aeros $35 million to develop a 500-foot-long helium-filled airship that's purported to carry more than 60 tons of cargo. And Google is floating Project Loon, the idea that Internet connectivity can be established on a network of balloons 12 miles up in the air.
Balloons also are being tested to lift wireless communications platforms high above areas stricken by disaster. Although balloons aren't the only method for doing so, they have some unique characteristics that might help round out disaster response at the local level.
In a major disaster, ground-based communications systems are most likely knocked out, and in 12 hours or so, generators and backup batteries will grind to a halt. It may be days before organized disaster relief arrives, and so an emergency communications system is needed that local authorities can deploy within 12 hours and continue operating for 72 to 96 hours.
To fill that critical gap, the FCC, FEMA and others are looking at Deployable Aerial Communications Architecture (DACA) for emergency communications, hoisted above the Earth on aircraft, drones, helicopters, satellites or balloons.
But getting the equipment airborne is only the first challenge. Using DACA in real-world emergencies will require multiple coordination points to avoid a range of concerns.
One worry is potential interference with ground-based wireless systems that may still be operating after a disaster, or that are brought back into service following the disruption. Gregg Riddle, former president of the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO International), for example, last year applauded an FCC inquiry into the technology as a first step toward "identifying whether and how DACA can be used … without creating interference to other emergency radio communications." Avoiding interference will require coordination with the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), which regulates radio spectrum.
The FAA will be involved to prevent collisions between balloons or drones carrying communications gear and other aircraft. In addition, areas near Canada or Mexico need coordination with the U.S. State Department, if operations, aerial equipment or spectrum use might impact a neighboring country.
So just how well would a balloon-based communications system work, and could local authorities launch and manage it? To find out, Reston, Va.-based Oceus Networks and two of its partners — Space Data Corp. of Chandler, Ariz., and NTIA Public Safety Communications Research of Boulder, Colo. — conducted a test in July in Adams County, Colo., one of the first areas to pilot FirstNet, a nationwide public safety wireless network. The test temporarily used FirstNet bandwidth to avoid interference issues and a special "steerable" balloon package.
Balloons have their limitations. Weather balloons fly at relatively low altitudes and drift out of range, requiring periodic launches to sustain communications with the target area. Balloons can also be tethered, but at such low altitudes, area coverage is restricted. For the Adams County test, a series of hydrogen-filled high-altitude balloons provided a lift into the stratosphere, which at moderate latitudes ranges between 30,000 and 160,000 feet high. The "steerable" part includes technology that lets the balloon drop sand to ascend and vent gas to descend. Up and down is good enough to catch a ride with the wind. For the test, Space Data provided meteorological support.
"I was really impressed at how well the guys could pilot the balloon," said Jim Patterson, vice president of Oceus Networks Public Federal Solutions. The day of the test, the jetstream was blowing about 120 mph toward Denver, which caused the balloon to move toward that city, he said. But once the balloon reached 50,000 feet, a 6 mph breeze pulled it back toward Boulder, near Adams County.
"They targeted the recovery point very early on in our launch, and they hit it exactly," Patterson said. "Potentially you can kind of orbit over an area." The higher the altitude, the greater the coverage area. At 75,000 feet, the area targeted for coverage was about 38 square miles.
According to Doug Sharp, Oceus Networks' director of engineering, the communications gear carried by the balloon is developmental. "At this point, there are not a lot of commercial payloads rated for that altitude," he said. The test payload weighed about 50 pounds and consisted of a full 4G long term evolution (LTE) network in a box, or "network on wheels" minus the wheels.
"It was a full, self-contained deployable network that we flew on the balloon," Sharp said. (Specifically it was a 20-watt LTE 10 megahertz Y frequency division duplex carrier in Band 14, according to Sharp.)
For the test, the team wanted to use traditional on-the-ground equipment, which included Motorola Solutions' dongle for access to the public safety LTE network, a modem that's designed for use in vehicles and an LTE-enabled smartphone. Tests were conducted using the different devices. "All communicated to the balloon, but it's not limited to those," Sharp said. "Any Band 14-certified device could be utilized."
Do first responders think public safety communications via a balloon is more than hot air? Bill Schrier, who was involved in the development of FirstNet and now works for the Washington state CIO, articulated some concerns about balloon-based communications, including vulnerability to wind currents that accompany hurricanes, tornadoes and windstorms. He added that covering such a large area on the ground would mean hundreds or thousands of responders would all share the same bandwidth and signal. In addition, connecting the transmission equipment in the balloon to the Internet — known as backhaul — would rule out fiber and make microwave transmission difficult.
Sharp acknowledged that there are still issues to hash out before real-world deployment, but he said the test confirmed that communications from a high-altitude platform could cover extended distances.
Sharp said that focusing the LTE coverage area would be important to avoid saturating the bandwidth and there are some backhaul options that weren't included in the first test phases, such as a dedicated microwave backhaul using steerable high-gain antennas or even Wi-Fi or WiMAX technology.
"A second possibility is to utilize the newly standardized feature of LTE for in-band backhaul," said Sharp. "This would result in reduced user-to-user throughput, but would facilitate simpler backhaul configurations."
One thing the team learned was not to launch a high-altitude balloon on July 2. "We launched this on World UFO Day," Sharp said. "And the switchboard lit up, as I'm sure it did at the police station. Our balloon payload was 75,000 feet above Denver and people could see it from the ground."
Other lessons learned included the effects of cold, thin air and low pressure on electronics, which are being applied to future platforms, Sharp said.
"We were able to close the link from the ground to the air and at various distances run data rates of anywhere from 5 megabits per second to 20 megabits on the downlink to the local stations, and we were able to close the link and communicate with the payload. We are still looking at do we have enough data to tell us about the overlap to public safety communications."
Although the test used a balloon, emergency communications gear can just as easily be lifted by helicopter or other means. The real value, Patterson said, is what you can do with the bandwidth. "People can wear biobelts so you can keep track of where they are, beam video back and forth, give real-time situational awareness with whiteboarding and exit routes. It's a very flexible, dynamic technology. We just tried one of the hardest-use cases for our experiment."


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Beshear asks lawmakers to delay legislative redistricting
FRANKFORT — Gov. Steve Beshear asked legislative leaders Wednesday to delay the contentious redrawing of district boundaries until after this year's 30-workday session so the General Assembly can focus on reforms to the state's ailing pension system.
In a letter provided to the Lexington Herald-Leader, Beshear urged the legislature to postpone redistricting until later this year and said "I am committed to working with you to make sure it is completed in ample time for the 2014 elections."
Democratic House Speaker Greg Stumbo of Prestonsburg has said he would like to tackle redistricting during this session, which began Tuesday. Republican Senate President Robert Stivers of Manchester has said he would like to redraw district lines in 2014.
Stumbo said Wednesday that he is reviewing Beshear's request. "We'll be discussing it among our caucus," he said.
Lourdes Báez-Schrader, a spokeswoman for Stivers, said Stivers has already said that he would prefer to wait until 2014.
The legislature approved the redrawing of legislative boundaries last year but the Kentucky Supreme Court threw out the plan after the maps were challenged by House Republicans and Sen. Kathy Stein, D-Lexington.
In his letter, Beshear said the state's ailing pension system — which has about 44 percent of the funds it needs to pay for future retirees — should take top priority this legislative session.
"Reforming Kentucky's pension programs will require much deliberation and ample time for quality debate," Beshear said.
In addition to fixing the pension problem, Beshear's task force on tax reform made a series of proposals that would update the state's tax code. Beshear and legislative leaders have said the 30-day session may not provide enough time to act on the task force's proposals but discussions about them should begin immediately.
"These are just two of many issues you and your members may be discussing in this abbreviated session," Beshear said.
During odd-number years, the legislature only meets for 30 days. During even-number years, the session lasts for 60 days.


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Kate Elizabeth Winslet
born on October 5, 1975
in Reading, England
Kate is an Academy Award winning actress who is best known for her roles in films such as Sense & Sensibility, Titanic, Finding Neverland and The Reader. She can be seen on the big screen this year in her films The Mountain Between Us and Wonder Wheel. Kate is married to Ned RockNRoll and a mother to one daughter and two sons.
On December 19, 1997 the film Titanic was released in theaters. The story of the 1912 sinking of the ship that had been described as unsinkable.
This was a film Kate felt she needed to be apart of. "I closed the script, wept floods of tears and said, 'Right, I've absolutely got to be a part of this. No two ways about it.'"
And not only did Kate have to do this film but she wanted Leonardo DiCaprio as her Jack. "I was thinking, 'I'm going to persuade him to do this, because I'm not doing it without him, and that's all there is to it, I will have him.' Because he is f*ing brilliant. He's a f*ing genius, and that was absolutely why." Kate & Leo's relationship started with Kate flashing him on set their first day … and that was the beginning of a beautiful friendship. Leo shared, "In a lot of ways, Kate and I have really grown up in this industry together; we've been a support mechanism for each other for such a long period of time. We've been there for each other and helped guide each other."
The seven month long shoot was rough. Kate shared her memories of filming, "There were moments of despair when I thought, 'God, this is so tough, and I'm so tired.' And, yes, the water was cold. But, y'know, I have to say, at the end of the day I wouldn't have had that water heated. I said to Jim, 'Please don't make that tank hot, because then we can't really know what it would have felt like.' I'm a bit of a masochist. I never believe I've done my job properly unless I go home feeling that I've suffered."
All that hard work must have been worth it because the film earned $1.8 billion worldwide and was awarded eleven Academy Awards including Best Picture and Best Director.
In honor of the twentieth anniversary AMC theaters are showing the film on the big screen. Go here to find a theater and purchase tickets.
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Sequel to the 2009 film.
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Four peoples' lives intertwine amid the hustle and bustle of the Coney Island amusement park in the 1950s: Ginny, an emotionally volatile former actress now working as a waitress in a clam house; Humpty, Ginny's rough-hewn carousel operator husband; Mickey, a handsome young lifeguard who dreams of becoming a playwright; and Carolina, Humpty's long-estranged daughter, who is now hiding out from gangsters at her father's apartment.
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Stranded after a tragic plane crash, two strangers must forge a connection to survive the extreme elements of a remote snow-covered mountain. When they realize help is not coming, they embark on a perilous journey across the wilderness.
The Golden Hat Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to changing the way people with autism are perceived, by shining a light on their abilities and emphasizing their great potential.
After watching A Mother's Courage: Talking Back to Autism with my daughter, she turned to me and asked, "What if I wasn';t able to tell you I love you, mummy?"
To learn more about The Golden Hat Foundation visit their official site at goldenhatfoundation.org.
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What made "The Mountain Between Us" harder to make than "Titanic"? Kate dishes on filming in the cold–and if she'll ever work with Leonardo


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The Kings Park Hotel, is a hotel for people who expect and appreciate the finest Scottish standards. We boast of FREE PARKING and FREE Wi-Fi. This 3 star hotel offers superb accommodation and dining facilities, All the room rates are inclusive of a healthy choice of Continental Breakfast, in an relaxed atmosphere overlooking the Overtoun Park.
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Showtime for the 112th Monon Bell Classicby Jim Amidon • November 10, 2005 Share:
It's show time!
The 112th Monon Bell Classic is upon us. No more hype, no more predictions. It's time to strap it up and hit the field. Coach Chris Creighton's Wabash football team (9-0; 7-0) puts its undefeated season and number-one regional ranking on the line against Coach Tim Rogers' DePauw Tigers (7-1). The winner breaks a 51-51 tie in the rivalry and takes home the 300-pound Monon Bell.
The Little Giants' theme all season has been "Unfinished Business." Beating Wittenberg and Wooster and winning the North Coast Athletic Conference's bid to the NCAA Division III Playoffs were a few pieces of unfinished business that have now been, well, finished. Now there's another piece: bringing the Monon Bell back to Crawfordsville.
"They have it and we want it," has been Coach Creighton's motto all week. Listening to Wabash's seniors speak — in TV and newspaper interviews and in the Chapel Pep Rally Thursday — sounded like a broken record. "They have it and we want it." You have to hand it to these Little Giants — they are focused. And so they have been since a week-one whitewashing of Kalamazoo through week nine's shutout of Denison. Clear, determined focus has guided the Wabash football team all season.
Looking at the matchups for the 112th meeting of the two schools reveals more than Russ (Harbaugh) vs. Ross (Wiethoff). While the two dynamic quarterbacks are the focal points of their respective offenses, the defenses of Wabash and DePauw set the tone for the teams.
And so the ability of DePauw's linemen and linebackers to pressure Harbaugh and its secondary to stay with Wabash's stable of thoroughbred receivers is critical if the Tigers want to stay close. Similarly, Harbaugh (pictured on the right) and the fast-paced Little Giant offense can only do damage if they are on the field. DePauw's game plan will be to hand off early and often to sophomore Jeremiah Marks, who combines size and speed to become DePauw's best all-around back in years. Marks and the speedy Wiethoff will hope to dominate time of possession on long, clock-churning drives.
Matching it up:
DePauw's offensive line vs. Wabash's defensive front — Wabash gives up tons of size to the Tigers, and a good bit of experience, too. DePauw is led by third-year lettermen Jaime Waymouth (6-4, 285) and Chad Homan (6-0, 255) on the offensive line, but second-year starter J.P. Kinerk (6-6, 285) is the biggest of the bunch. Four of DePauw's starting linemen are seniors, as is 6-4, 240-pound tight end Chase Jonason. Jonason doesn't catch a lot of balls, and is used primarily to take out linebackers.
In fact, DePauw's conventional offense features a two-back set with fullback Jeff Roth (5-10, 225) punching holes in the line for Marks (being tackled by Adrian Pynenberg at left). That's a lot of beef coming at Wabash's front seven. The Little Giants saw virtually no two-back offenses in the NCAC, and when they did they were able to adjust pretty quickly. Wittenberg's Tristan Murray gained 101 yards on Wabash, but many of his yards came outside the tackles and he gained them on 27 hard-working carries.
Wabash is small and fast on defense. And experienced, too. The Little Giants are big only in the middle, where Jared Lange (5-11, 252) and T.J. Schaaffer (6-1, 266) roam. On the line, the biggest key could be Tamarco White (photo at right) and Peter Kempf's ability to contain Wiethoff, who loves to roll out and take off down field. Wiethoff threw for only 10 yards last year, but rushed for 64 yards, including a 40-yard touchdown run.
Linebackers Aaron Selby, Tim Parker, Josh Foster, and Adrian Pynenberg bring enormous experience to the field. Foster played big in the Bell Game as a rookie and Pynenberg was the game's leading tackler in last year's game. Selby and Parker, both as healthy as they have ever been, missed last year's Bell Game. They are now playing the best football of their careers.
But what if they need to pass the ball? — Should DePauw need to play catch-up and throw the ball downfield, the Tigers will look for leading receiver Brian Culp to get open. He keeps defenses honest, for sure, and can break big plays. He enters Saturday's game with 30 catches for 364 yards. Other than Jonason's 16 catches, no other Tiger receiver as more than five catches on the year. Certainly throwing the ball is not the way DePauw hopes to win.
Wabash's offense vs. the Tiger pass defense — Passing the football is how Wabash plans to beat DePauw. Harbaugh is the nation's third most efficient passer and has completed over 70 percent of his passes for 25 touchdowns with just three interceptions. He will start his third straight Monon Bell Game on Saturday, and comes in having thrown for over 300 yards in four of his last five games.
Four of Harbaugh's receivers — Eric Summers (45 catches, 691 yards, 6 TDs, pictured on the left), Geoff Walker (39-593-5), and Mike Russell (35-533-6), and Ray Green (24-431-4) — average over 15 yards per catch. Kyle Piazza has 35 catches out of his J-back position, while tight ends Graham Nelson and Tim Schirack have combined for five touchdowns.
DePauw's defense loves it when teams pass. The Tigers boast the third best pass defense in the nation, allowing opponents 91 completions in eight games. Opposing offenses have netted just 140 passing yards per game with seven TDs against 15 interceptions. Junior safety Greg Sylvester is DePauw's best pass defender with four interceptions and a team-high 56 tackles. Corner Andrew Huff has three interceptions, and DePauw boasts eight players with one interception each.
If DePauw elects to drop linebackers into pass coverage to stymie Harbaugh, Chris Ogden (454 yards, 3 TDs), Brandon Roop (417 yards, 8 TDs), and Don Juan Brown (381 yards, 3 TDs) are more than happy to run the ball.
Perhaps DePauw's pass defense is so good because its defensive line and linebackers get so much pressure on opposing quarterbacks. Dustin Hertel, a senior defensive end, has been hurt in each of the last two Bell Games, but comes in healthy this year with 46 tackles, 11 tackles for loss, and a team-high five sacks. Linebackers Aaron Key and Rob Farrow have 51 and 45 tackles respectively. Outside backer Eric Lewis has 7.5 tackles for loss.
The special teams match-ups — The two teams' kicking games match up pretty evenly. Wabash's Chad Finley hit 7-of-7 extra points and a 31-yard field goal vs. Denison. For the year he's hit 34-of-41 extra points and 5-of-7 field goals with a long of 43 yards. DePauw's Tyler Mallory is 30-of-34 extra points and 5-of-8 field goals, but his longest field goal this year is 28 yards.
Finley has enjoyed a fine year as the team's punter, averaging 39.2 yards per punt with a long kick of 74 yards. DePauw's Jon Williams averages 36 yards per punt.
And now for turnovers — Good teams take care of the football, and it's no wonder Wabash and DePauw come in with 9-0 and 7-1 records, respectively. Wabash has given up the ball just eight times (5 fumbles, 3 interceptions), while forcing 18 turnovers (4 fumbles, 14 interceptions). Likewise, DePauw has coughed it up just 17 times (10 fumbles, 7 interceptions) while forcing 23 turnovers (8 fumbles, 15 interceptions).
Home field advantage? — Fugetaboutit. DePauw is 26-25-3 in games played in Greencastle and has lost its last two home Bell Games. Wabash is 24-23-5 in Crawfordsville.
The Spoils — Just in case fans needed something other than the Monon Bell to get excited about, this game also has playoff implications. Wabash won the North Coast Athletic Conference's automatic bid to the playoffs and is ranked first in the NCAA's North Region. Beating DePauw would likely cement that seeding and give Wabash the potential of two home games in the playoffs. DePauw can only get into the playoffs at this point with a win over Wabash. Doing so would likely allow the Tigers to get in, though where they might play is unclear since the Tigers are in the South Region.
Recent playoff spoilers — DePauw snapped Wabash's 9-0 record in 1998, tossing the Little Giants from the playoffs. Wabash did the same thing to DePauw in 1985. The teams traded the favor several times in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Wabash is in the playoffs for the third time ever and second time in four years. DePauw has never made the Division III playoffs.
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COMMERCE CITY, Colo. -- The streak is over.
Team Dojo (Blue) defeated Team Burn (Orange) 16-14 to win its first Warrior 40 final competition at Dick's Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City, Colo., Wednesday.
Wilkins Dismuke from Rock Canyon (Littleton, Colo.) was named the overall MVP for the second-straight year after scoring five goals, including four goals in the fourth quarter for Dojo.
"I was more nervous coming into this year then I was last year," Dismuke said. "I felt like there was a little more pressure this year so it means a lot to win overall MVP. I didn't want to come out and not play well this year after earning MVP last year."
The Johns Hopkins commit scored his second and third goals to put DoJo up 13-11 in the fourth quarter then followed it up with two of the game's final three goals to seal the victory.
Back and Forth
Three goals was the biggest lead for either team until the final few minutes.
Burn, which had won the previous two Warrior 40 final competitions, jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first quarter, but Dojo roared back with two goals and an assist by Jordan Evans from Jamesville-DeWitt (DeWitt, N.Y.) and the teams ended the first tied at 4-4. The first and second quarters ended with the teams tied.
Coronado (Las Vegas) rising senior Kieran Eissler scored with 2:41 remaining to push DoJo's lead to 15-12. Dismuke's fifth goal with 1:47 remaining pushed the lead to 16-12, but goals by Burn's Dylan Maltz and Tim Rotanz capped the final two goals of the contest.
Most Valuable
Rotanz from Shoreham-Wading River (Shoreham, N.Y.) finished the game with four goals and one assist for Burn and was named Offensive MVP.
"I didn't expect it at all. I finished eating my sandwich during the (team) picture so I was obviously unprepared," Rotanz said.
Daniel Morris from Dallas Jesuit (Dallas) earned the Defensive MVP award after recording nine saves in the first half for Burn.
"It means a lot to me. It really shows the growth of lacrosse across the U.S. and in Texas," Morris said of two players from non-traditional hotbeds earning MVP honors. "It nice to show that we have some skills."
Box Score
Dojo 16, Burn 14
Dojo Leaders
Goals: 5 Dismuke; 3 Justin Guterding, Garden City (N.Y.); Evans; 2 Eissler; 1 Tate Jozokos, Governor's Academy (Byfield, Mass.); Ryan Lukacovic, Chaminade (Mineola, N.Y.); Hayes McGinley, University School (Huntington Valley, Ohio). Assists: 2 Ian King, St. Xavier (Cincinnati, Ohio): Ground Balls: 7 Steve Larson, Chaparral (Scottsdale, Ariz.): Saves: 7 Jake Kennedy, Torrey Pines (San Diego, Calif.); 3 Danny Fowler, Chaminade (Mineola, N.Y.).
Burn Leaders
Goals: 4 Rotanz; 2 JT Blubaugh, St. Francis DeSales (Columbus, Ohio); Connor Cazzizzaro, Jamesville-DeWitt (DeWitt, N.Y.); Dylan Maltz, Stone Bridge (Ashburn, Va.); Matt Rambo, La Salle (Wyndmoor, Pa.); 1 Colin MacIlvennie, East Side Catholic (Sammamish, Wash.); Austin Shanks, Brewster Academy (Wolfeboro, N.H.). Assists: 2 Connor Cannizzaro, Jamesville-DeWitt (DeWitt, N.Y.); Austin Shanks, Brewster Academy (Wolfeboro, N.H.); Jake Woodring, Eden Prairie (Minn.); Ground Balls: 11 Brian Wegner, Regis Jesuit (Lone Tree, Colo.): Saves: 9 Morris; 7 Brian Balkam, Smithtown East (St. James).


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Today is National Pie Day, so why not make a pie, or its closest cousin - a tart? Besides a pie being deeper than a tart and pie being served directly from a pan versus being unmolded out of some sort of ring, they are pretty much the same. Both have a crust and a filling, and although various kinds of pies have a top crust, many do not. Pies and tarts have another thing in common, too. Some pies and tarts are baked before serving, while others are not baked at all. So, if you've not made a pie in a while, today's a good day to do it, especially with the winning recipes you'll find here. First, we have Kate Stewart Rovner's Lemon Cheese Pie, which won "best of show," amateur division, in 2010's 16th Annual American Pie Council (APC)/Crisco National Pie Championships. Kate's pie will remind you of lemon cheesecake, except it won't collapse during baking as so many cheesecakes do. If you like Kate's recipe, you will surely not want to miss owning The American Pie Council's new "America's Best Pies: Nearly 200 Recipes You'll Love" cookbook, where Kate's recipe joins 200 other best of the best pie recipes from other APC championships. Every pie baker should own this book, including anyone who aspires to entering the contest with a pie of his or her own at the next APC event, scheduled to take place in Orlando, Fla., a on April 26-28. (Those wishing to compete must submit entries by 11:59 a.m. EST on March 28 and registration fee(s) must be received by April 4. For details visit www.piecouncil.org/Events/NationalPieChampionships.)
The next recipe, for Perfect Pear Tart, comes from our friends at Harry & David. The tart doesn't need baking - not even the crust, which is made with Harry & David's buttery Vanilla Shortbread Cookies. For its ease of preparation and creative way of using delicious Harry & David world-famous Royal Riviera Comice pears, this recipe is deemed a winner, too. (Don't miss Harry & David's buy one box, get one free pear event taking place at the Bluffton Tanger II location through Feb. 3. For information, call 837-2121.) Today is National Pie Day - and aren't you glad?
Sue Ade, a Lowcountry resident since 1985, is a gourmet baker and collector of vintage cooking utensils and cookbooks. She can be reached at email@example.com or 683-0375.
16th Annual American Pie Council (APC)/Crisco National Pie Championships
Lemon Curd*
1 teaspoon finely grated lemon zest
½ cup fresh lemon juice
½ cup granulated sugar
3 large eggs lightly beaten
¼ cup (½ stick) butter cut into small cubes
Vanilla Wafer Crumb Crust
1½ cups vanilla wafer crumbs
¾ cup toasted almonds, finely ground
2 teaspoons lemon zest
Pinch of salt
7 tablespoons melted butter
Lemon Cream Cheese Filling
2 (8-ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
? cup granulated sugar
2 large eggs
½ cup sour cream
½ teaspoon vanilla extract
½ teaspoon lemon extract
Reserved lemon curd
½ cup heavy whipping cream
2 tablespoons powdered sugar
½ teaspoon vanilla extract
About 12 to 15 fresh raspberries
1 lemon, cut into thin slices and quartered
Prepare Lemon Curd*: In a 1½ quart saucepan, whisk together lemon zest, lemon juice and sugar. Whisk in eggs and butter. Cook over medium-low heat, whisking frequently for 7 minutes or until curd is thick. Remove from heat and use a food mill or sieve to strain curd into a small bowl. Remove ½ cup of lemon curd, reserving remaining lemon curd. Press plastic wrap directly onto surfaces. Cool 30 minutes. Heat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a 9-inch pie plate with Crisco No-Stick spray.
Prepare Vanilla Wafer Crumb Crust: In a medium mixing bowl, use a fork to toss together vanilla wafer crumbs, almonds, lemon zest and salt. Stir in melted butter. Press mixture onto bottom and sides of prepared pie plate. Bake for 12 minutes on bottom oven rack. Remove from oven and set aside.
Prepare cream cheese filling: In a medium mixing bowl, beat cream cheese and sugar at medium speed for 2 minutes or until smooth. Add eggs, one at a time, and beat at low speed until incorporated. Beat in sour cream, vanilla and lemon extract. Beat in reserved lemon curd. Pour into baked crust. Dollop remaining ½ cup lemon curd onto filling and swirl into filling with a small knife. Bake for 30 minutes or until center is nearly set. Remove from oven and place on a wire rack. Cool for 2 hours. Cover and refrigerate overnight.
Prepare garnish: In a chilled medium mixing bowl, beat whipping cream, powdered sugar and vanilla with a hand-held electric mixer, starting at lowest speed and increasing gradually each minute, until stiff peaks are formed. Using a #32 tip, pipe whipped cream decoratively around border of pie. Decorate with fresh raspberries and lemon slices. Refrigerate until serving time.
*Kitchen Ade note: When I'm really short on time, I've found Harry & David's lemon curd an excellent substitute for homemade. One (10-ounce) jar was just right for this recipe.
1 (8-ounce) box Harry & David Vanilla Shortbread cookies
½ stick (4 tablespoons) unsalted butter, melted
2 (8-ounces) packages Harry & David Cream Cheese, softened
1 cup powdered sugar
2 to 3 Harry & David® Royal Riviera Pears, peeled and thinly sliced
1 (11.5 ounce) jar Harry & David Pear Preserves, heated
3 tablespoons Harry & David Fruit Rub
Combine cookies and butter and press into bottom of tart pan. In a large bowl, mix cream cheese and powdered sugar together, add mixture as next layer. Place in refrigerator to chill for 20 minutes. Dip Royal Riviera® Pear wedges into heated preserves. Lay pears on top of cream cheese mixture in pinwheel design. Sprinkle Harry & David® Fruit Rub on top to add a bit of sweet crunch. Place a spoonful of whipped cream in center if desired. (For an alternative finish, caramelize fruit rub on top of tart with a kitchen blowtorch right before serving.) Serves 10.
*Kitchen Ade note: A 9.5-inch tart pan, with a removable bottom, works well for this recipe.


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To determine where we should look for records, we need to know the county and state our ancestor lived. As we search, we need to review histories and maps of the county and state to see when and how the boundaries changed.
States changed their boundaries more than we think. For example, Kentucky settlements were a part of Virginia until Kentucky became a state in 1792, but continued to have boundary disputes with Tennessee until 1820. The northwestern portion of Virginia split in 1863, forming West Virginia. Colonial Louisiana included sections of ten other states, including Minnesota.
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We had a full house at The Inn at English Meadows for our first Memorial Day weekend and a lot of great memories were made thanks to all our wonderful guests! Thankfully the sun was shining and our guests were able to see what makes Kennebunkport so special. Everyone spent most of their time out and about, one guest who went golfing was lucky enough to have the pleasure of meeting President Bush at the golf club now that's a memory that he will never forget. My breakfasts were a BIG hit and I had several requests for recipes which I am happy to share. Most guests needed to a take a walk to the beach after breakfast because they were so full, there were only crumbs left on the plates. We were delighted that our guests all enjoyed the upgrades we made to the inn the new decor was a HUGE hit some guest are asking for the paint colors so they can use them when they get home. Several guests enjoyed our Tea Forte tea's and Frette robes so much they choose to purchase them to enjoy back at home. On Memorial Day we servedour breakfast a little bit earlier than usual so guests could go the parade. We were all hoping to see President Bush make his annual speech but this year he and Barbara were just enjoying the day like the rest of us. I also must thank again Bjorn & Christine who after check out went into town and brought us back a bottle of wine to thank us for making their stay so special – I can't tell you how much that meant to us. If all our guests are as wonderful as the guests we had for Memorial Day weekend we will be very happy innkeepers.
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QUEBEC - The Canadian flag was brought out of storage Tuesday.
The Maple Leaf made its return to the ornate Red Room of the Quebec legislature Tuesday, less than 24 hours after it was pulled out as members of the pro-independence Parti Quebecois took the oath of office.
The red and white flag was back for the swearing-in of Quebec's other main parties: Francois Legault's Coalition and, later in the day, the Opposition Liberals.
Whether it remains there, in the long run, is another issue. At this point, the odds don't appear great of this particular Maple Leaf surviving the fall on its current perch.
The flag has been used as a political yo-yo over the years, bouncing in and out of the chamber depending on which party is in power in Quebec and it has never been present the previous times the PQ has governed.
The Maple Leaf has never actually been present in the main legislative chamber but, since 1985, depending on the government of the day, it has spent periods next to the Quebec flag in the room used for ceremonial events and committee meetings.
Now it's the PQ's turn to decorate the place.
While it only has a minority government, the PQ has a majority 5-4 vote on the decision-making body that governs symbols in the national assembly building. The party has remained mum on its intentions but it would be unprecedented for it to vote in favour of keeping a flag of the country it wants to leave.
The Maple Leaf was there Tuesday morning, standing next to the Fleur-de-lis as the PQ's opponents were sworn in.
The Liberals' interim leader, Jean-Marc Fournier, spoke of his party's attachment to Canada.
In a news scrum with reporters, he also took a dig at the PQ — noting that Quebecers had voted in two sovereignty referendums, in 1980 and 1995, and they sided against the party's separation option.
"They're dividing Quebecers, they're diving flags," Fournier said of the PQ.
"We asked Quebecers twice for their opinion and they chose to stay in Canada."
The flag has been in the chamber since 2003 when Jean Charest's Liberals took office and placed it next to the Quebec flag at the Speaker's chair in the Red Room; that chamber, across the hall from the main legislature, used to house the now-disbanded upper parliamentary house.
While less committed to Canada, Legault's new Coalition party was singing a similar tune as the Liberals.
Legault is a former PQ cabinet minister who now wants to avoid a debate on national unity; his party includes both federalists and sovereigntists who believe it's time to move on to issues beside the independence discussion.
He could have asked to have the flag removed for his party's swearing-in. But he let it stay there and he cast his decision in practical terms.
"I think it's not a priority for Quebecers," Legault said. "I think that right now, the last thing people would like to see at the national assembly is a battle over flags."
Legault said he wants to bring Quebecers together and having a "flag war" isn't the way to go. "We should keep it the way it is right now," he said.
Federal politicians avoided getting wrapped into the provincial flag debate.
NDP members either described the event as non-news or simply said the decision belonged to the province's lawmakers.
The Conservatives grumbled about the development but mainly stuck to their standard line that Quebecers would prefer to focus on economic issues, not old disputes.
The Liberals were slightly more eager to wade in.
Ex-leader Stephane Dion said he couldn't believe the NDP would have no position on the issue: "They can't even say they want to see the Canadian flag — good grief."
One Liberal MP, Francis Scarpaleggia, whose riding is in the highly federalist west end of Montreal, said he had already received a constituent's complaint. While he called the flag removal unfortunate, he said there wasn't much he could do about it.
The flag issue also made a bit of a flap in social media — where many expressed outrage over the removal while many others wondered what all the fuss was about.
While the Canadian flag was gone, for the PQ, there was still no escaping the Queen this week.
Every member of the PQ caucus swore an oath to the monarch, which is a prerequisite for taking office in Canada. This after the party had complained during the campaign about the increased presence of the Crown under the Harper Conservatives.
The PQ was elected two weeks ago with a minority mandate. It now holds a four-seat advantage in the legislature after winning the popular vote by less than one percentage point.
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Pretty much every single game-related blog I read has mentioned Mr. Jack Thompson.
I cruised on over to Mr. Thompson's website, stopkill.com* just to soak in a little crazy-ambiance.
This little tidbit caught my attention:
"The incredibly violent Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, made by Take-Two Interactive of New York City, has caused multiple copyist killings across the country. A recent Gallup Poll found that any American teen who has played this one game is twice as likely to be engaged in an act of violence than those who have not played this one game."
Naturally, I was immediately concerned. Not only did the game cause copycat killings (no doubt much like Son of Sam's talking dog), but it's making teens more violent. Horror of horrors.
I was disappointed that Mr. Thompson neglected to cite his sources. He mentions a Gallup Poll, though, so I went to their website and signed up for their gracious 30-day trial.
Searching for 'Grand Theft Auto' in the Polls section yielded two results.
The first one dealt with how children view restricting access to media. Not what I was after.
The second had the juicy title, "Grand Theft of Innocence? Teens and Video Games." Spectacular.
Opening the second one, I was struck by this immediately:
"It has come to our attention that the public is erroneously relying upon the information included in the "aggression connection" paragraph of a Sept. 16, 2003, article by Steve Crabtree titled, "Grand Theft of Innocence? Teens and Video Games," which Gallup subsequently determined cannot be supported by the properly weighted youth survey data, and thereafter removed from the original article. Gallup now expressly retracts the entire "aggression connection" paragraph that was included in Mr. Crabtree's initial Sept. 16, 2003, article because the data do not support any such conclusion. We regret any confusion that may have been caused by Mr. Crabtree's initial article."
The "aggression connection" paragraph is exactly what it sounds like. A paragraph which posits "mounting evidence of a connection to aggressive teen behavior" in regards to violent videogames. That connection is bunk. The Poll certainly doesn't lend any credence to such a claim.
Which is, naturally, why that part was retracted.
In fact, the Poll also mentions that "[t]wo thirds of teens have played sports-based games[.]" Why aren't they making a connection between sports games and violence?
What makes Mr. Thompson's position so laughable is that this Poll (which I assume is the one he is citing**) provides no data whatsoever on how many of the teens that are playing these videogames have committed any acts of violence. None whatsoever.
It mentions Grand Theft Auto only enough to say that 76% of boys and 44% of girls have played the game.
But maybe I'm mistaken. Maybe there is another Gallup Poll which makes the connection (and supports it). I sure would like it pointed out to me.
In the meantime, I'd like to refer Mr. Thompson to some other Gallup Polls (see, statistics can be fun!).
How about the January 22, 2002 article "The Blame Game: Youth and Media Violence," which states:
"Each addition to a rapidly growing list of cases of violence in American schools, which now includes a Jan. 15 school shooting at a New York City high school, intensifies the discussion about the potential impact that media violence, and media technology such as the Internet and video games, have on teens. But Gallup poll data suggest that blaming the media for teen crime and violence is not a new tendency. While the public is quick to call for the regulation of violent material at the source, it also believes that the responsibility for teen exposure to violent media rests a little closer to home."
The article then goes on to cite Poll data from 1999 and 1954. In the 1954 Poll, 70% of American adults thought blame for teen-age crime could be placed on "mystery and crime programs on TV and radio." 70% also said that reading comic books could be blamed.
Or I could also refer Mr. Thompson to an April 20, 2001 article titled, "Americans Say the Family is the Starting Point for Preventing Another Columbine."
In response to the question, "In your opinion, what is the single most important thing that could be done to prevent another incidence of school shootings by students, like the recent ones in California?" here's the number one answer in 2001: 31% said 'Parent involvement/responsibility.'
Only 5% said 'Control media violence/video games/Internet.'
The rest of the Poll should be a good read for Mr. Thompson. Yes, it does have respondents saying that media is important. And I wouldn't contest that.
But the overwhelming responses refer back to family and home life. That certainly seems to keep priorities straight.
Mr. Thompson would probably be able to twist the data in the June 23, 1999 report "Public: Current Efforts to Control Exposure of Children to Violent Entertainment Are Not Enough." There is clear data there saying that a large percentage of adults (18 years and older) believe that children's exposure to violent media is a serious problem, and that current information about the content provided by the producers is insufficient.
This actually seems like reasonable data to back up a straightforward and non-inflammatory campaign to both clarify the ratings systems to meet general parental approval and educate parents on how to ascertain the nature of a product's content.
But, of course, Mr. Thompson would never do something so reasonable. Best to misuse numbers in his pursuit of . . . well, whatever he's doing.
Then there's a May 10, 1999 article, "Media Portrayals of Violence Seen by Many as Causes of Real-Life Violence." There's lots of meat for a firebrand, if you dig a little. For example, 58% said that the federal government should do more to regulate video games. And 49% blamed TV programs, movies and music (though no videogames mention, odd) 'A great deal' for causing shootings like the one in Littleton, Colorado.
Just ignore the fact that 40% said 'Breakdown of family/Parenting/Poor parenting' caused the Columbine shooting. And that only 4% attributed the tragedy to '[the] Entertainment Industry/TV/Movies/Music'. And definitely don't point out that 51% said Parents were '[a] Great deal' to blame for causing shootings like the one in Littleton (and 33% said '[a] Moderate amount').
Of course, the only thing this Poll can actually speak to is perception. These are the connections that people are seeing themselves. This is not a scientific Poll, it's an opinion Poll. You can draw certain conclusions from responses, but they'll always be suspect. The best you can say about this data is "X percentage of our sample perceives Y issue thusly --" and then give the data.
On to something funny.
Mr. Thompson's site (and this makes me wonder whether the site is legit) has three links at the bottom.
One goes to mediafamily.org (with a link to that PSA with the kid describing what sounds like an awesome videogame). One goes to killology.net (the made up word about slanted research).
And one goes to rockstargames.com. I shit you not. Way to advertise for the enemy, Jack!
It was as if I were at an Andrea Dworkin website (no, I don't know why I would be) and they had links at the bottom to iafd.com. Jarring.
*I think it's a mistake to use what seem to be the imperative forms for the verbs in his site name. This seems to say, to me, "Stop, kill!" Though I do play videogames, so that's probably just the psychosis talking.
**And I freely admit that I'm going off of an assumption. But at least I'm citing my sources.


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Following the April 3 game against the Denver Nuggets, 750 Lakers fans poured into the Lexus Club at Staples Center for the 4th annual Casino Night, a $500 per person benefit for the Los Angeles Lakers Youth Foundation, which promotes education, teamwork and self-esteem by focusing on sports and providing financial aid.
Couple Khloé Kardashian and Lamar Odom took time to pose on the red carpet before heading toward the abundant buffets. It wasn't hard to spot the Lakers as most stood heads above others. When asked his height, the towering 6-10 Odom said with a smile, "Handsome doesn't have a height."
While some played arcade games or gambled with free chips, others posed for pictures with Odom, Shannon Brown, Luke Walton and Ron Artest beside the team's championship trophies. Artest also slipped into headphones for a short stint with the DJ.
Celebrities arrived en masse to hobnob with the team. Kevin Connolly of "Entourage" said, "I held the door for Steve Blake," before he and his costar Emmanuelle Chriqui settled onto the patio with Kobe Bryant.
The guests included Teri Hatcher of "Desperate Housewives," Ellen Pompeo of "Grey's Anatomy," Victoria Justice of "Victorious," Regina King of "Southland," Jeremy Piven of "Entourage," Lacey Schwimmer of "Dancing With the Stars," Jessica Stroup of "90210," Julie Bowen of "Modern Family," Ashley Tisdale of "Hellcats" and "High School Musical," Ryan Rottman of "The House Bunny" and Kyle Richards of "The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills," with Mauricio Umansky and their daughters: Alexia, Sophie, Farrah and Portia, 3.
Lakers owner Jerry Buss called the fundraiser "unique." But not all were feeling festive. "I'm not happy to be here," said head coach Phil Jackson. "We lost."
Presented by Pechanga Resort Casino and OneWest Bank, the party netted $300,000 for the foundation.
'Women in Focus'
Before sharing words of wisdom, plus a few cautionary tales, at the April 1 "Women in Focus," some of today's most accomplished female filmmakers joined VIP guests for lunch on a state-of-the-art soundstage at Chapman University's Dodge College of Film and Media Arts.
Dean Bob Bassett welcomed the group, which included Kristina and Larry Dodge, for whom the college is named; university President Jim Doti; and the day's panelists — the women who "knocked on the doors of the boy's club." The panelists were Dawn Hudson, executive director of Film Independent; Susan Cartsonis, producer of "Beastly" and "What Women Want"; Shana Feste, writer-director of "Country Strong" and "The Greatest"; Mary Lambert, director of "Pet Sematary" and some of Madonna's early music videos; Cathy Schulman, "Crash" producer and president of Mandalay Pictures; Nancy Utley, president of Fox Searchlight Pictures ("127 Hours" and "Black Swan"); and Rebecca Yeldham, producer of "The Kite Runner" and "The Motorcycle Diaries."
That such women opted to spend a day at the film school speaks to their sense of responsibility toward the next generation, said Alex Rose, producer of "Norma Rae" and the Chapman University professor who organized the panel. "They know how hard it was for them and they are very respectful and admiring of young filmmakers," she said.
"It's all about women getting ahead, about women not having limits," said Bonny Schumacher, who sponsored the luncheon, along with Twyla Martin and Harriet Sandhu.
During the talks, many women had tales to tell about obstacles they faced as women in the film business. But not Lambert, who declared that that had not been her experience. As the crowd went silent, she added: "April fool's."


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Magikarp salesman
- Salesman redirects here. For the TCG card, see Traveling Salesman (Aquapolis 137).
| The subject of this article has no official name.
The name currently in use is a fan designator; see below for more information.
| Magikarp salesman
コイキング売り Koiking salesman
The Magikarp salesman
|Eye color
|Hair color
|Wife and children (apparently)
|Red, Blue, Yellow, FireRed, and LeafGreen, Black, White, Black 2, and White 2
|Anime debut
|Battle Aboard the St. Anne
|English voice actor
| Eric Stuart (EP015-SS004)
Bill Rogers (DP021)
Tom Wayland (BW116)
|Japanese voice actor
|Unshō Ishizuka
The Magikarp salesman (Japanese: コイキング売り Koiking salesman) is a character who sells various Pokémon, usually Magikarp, at outrageous prices.
- 1 In the games
- 2 In the anime
- 3 Voice actors
- 4 Trivia
In the games
In Pokémon Red, Blue, and Yellow, as well as the remakes FireRed and LeafGreen, the Magikarp salesman appears in Route 4's Pokémon Center and sells the player a Magikarp for 500.
Though he does not make an appearance, the Magikarp salesman is briefly alluded to in Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal, as well as the remakes of HeartGold and SoulSilver. In the Poké Mart in Pewter City, a boy will offer to show his Gyarados to anyone who speaks to him. Speaking to a girl nearby causes her to remark how the boy had purchased a Magikarp from a "weird old man" three years prior, and trained it until it evolved into a Gyarados.
In Black, White, Black 2, and White 2, the Magikarp salesman appears again on Marvelous Bridge to sell a Magikarp for 500. However, unlike in Kanto, Magikarp are not native to Unova and can only be found in the Nature PreserveB2W2. It always has a speed IV of 31 in these games.
|Pokémon Red, Blue, and Yellow
|Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen
|Pokémon Black, White, Black 2, and White 2
Pokémon Red, Blue, and Yellow
- "Hello, there! Have I got a deal just for you! I'll let you have a swell Magikarp for just 500! What do you say?"
- No: "No? I'm only doing this as a favor to you!"
- Yes: (<player> got Magikarp!)
- If talked to again
- "Well, I don't give refunds!"
Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen
- "Hello there, laddie/sweetie pie! Have I got a deal just for you! I'll let you have a secret Pokémon – a Magikarp – for just 500! So, you'll buy it, am I right?"
- If talked to again
- "Well, I don't give refunds. You knew what you were getting!"
Pokémon Black, White, Black 2, and White 2
- "Son/Miss! I have a deal for YOU! And for you alone. Here's your chance. I will sell you the secret Pokémon Magikarp... For an unbelievable 500! How about it? Interested?"
- If the player doesn't have enough money
- "Looks like you don't have enough money."
- If the player's party is full
- "You have no room in your party!"
| Overworld sprite from
Generation I
| Overworld sprite from
FireRed and LeafGreen
| Overworld sprite from
Generation V
In the anime
In the main series
The Magikarp Salesman appears as a con man who is always getting people, usually James, to buy one of his worthless Pokémon. His first appearance was on the St. Anne in Battle Aboard the St. Anne selling Magikarp to anyone foolish enough to buy one. He would tell them that they would reproduce and make the buyer rich. James was foolish enough to buy one which later evolved into a Gyarados. Some time after he appeared with the same "selling strategy" in Tricks of the Trade and Doin' What Comes Natu-rally. Later, in Here's Lookin' at You, Elekid, he would trade his Weepinbell for James's Victreebel. He has also appeared in Hoenn, selling Hoppip disguised as Chimecho when James was searching for a Chimecho. He was also selling Magikarp disguised as Feebas for a Spoink's pearl which Team Rocket stole. Both of them were successfully sold to Team Rocket.
He tried his golden Magikarp scam on Tracey in Showdown at the Oak Corral claiming that the Magikarp could lay golden Eggs. However, unlike Team Rocket, Tracey was too smart to fall for this trick. The Magikarp Salesman ran off when he discovered that he had knocked on the door of Professor Oak's Laboratory.
He made a cameo when Ash captured Aipom in Channeling the Battle Zone.
His latest major appearance was in Ya See We Want An Evolution!. He sold an Evolution machine/Mecha-bot to Team Rocket. While he did inform Team Rocket that the machine must warm up for at least a week before use, Team Rocket forgot to follow his instructions, which resulted in failure in evolving Pokémon and sustaining its Mecha-bot form. Therefore, it is unknown if this was another one of his scams, or if the machine would truly have worked. However, considering he ran off after telling them, it may have been another lie to keep them from following him.
He made a cameo appearance in The Fires of a Red-Hot Reunion!, being one of the many people seen at the Kanto Fair that Ash and his friends were visiting.
Personality and charasteristics
The Magikarp salesman is a con man; as such, he isn't afraid to lie to or mislead his costumers in order to sell his goods.
He is one of the main reasons why Jessie has a Wobbuffet. In Tricks of the Trade, he tries to sell a Magikarp to James, but James recognizes him as the one who tricked him into buying a Magikarp on the St. Anne and chases after him, causing him to bump into Jessie, which sends her flying over to the trading machine. When she bumped into it, the Poké Ball containing her Lickitung fell onto the trading machine, trading it with Benny's Wobbuffet, which he was trying to trade throughout the episode.
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On hand
The Magikarp salesman, as his title implies, has a large amount of these Magikarp to sell to foolish customers for ridiculously high prices. He usually manages to sell them by telling the customer that he or she could sell the Magikarp hatched from this Magikarp's Eggs, as well as Magikarp hatched from those Magikarp's eggs and so forth, resulting in the potential customer getting rich. In reality, however, Magikarp is a completely useless Pokémon which cannot provide riches to anyone except for the Magikarp salesman himself, due to the ridiculous prices at which he sells his Magikarp.
Sometimes the Magikarp salesman has also tried to sell his Magikarp by disguising them as Feebas and telling to the customer that it would evolve into Milotic, the most beautiful Pokémon in the world. Oddly, he has never tried any sort of similar tactic with selling Magikarp as is, by informing the customer that it would evolve into the powerful Gyarados. In Ya See We Want an Evolution! he also tried to offer some special gifts for the customer if he or she buys a Magikarp.
|Battle Aboard the St. Anne
|Voice actors
|Maddie Blaustein
In Who's Flying Now?, the Magikarp salesman was selling what appeared to be Chimecho, a Pokémon James had wanted since his youth. James purchased one of these, unaware that the salesman was in fact selling Hoppip, all of them disguised as Chimecho. The disguise on James's Hoppip fell apart.
|Who's Flying Now?
|Voice actors
|Kayzie Rogers
The Magikarp salesman managed to fool James into buying this Magikarp aboard the St. Anne. Later James got angry about Magikarp's uselessness and kicked it away. This resulted in it evolving into Gyarados. It attacked Ash, his friends and Team Rocket with Dragon Rage and has never been seen since.
|Battle Aboard the St. Anne
|Voice actors
|Unshō Ishizuka
|Maddie Blaustein
The Magikarp salesman sold this Magikarp to Jessie disguised as a Feebas. Later its disguise paint dissolved away and its true identity was revealed. It hasn't been seen ever since and it is likely that Jessie has released it.
|Pearls are a Spoink's Best Friend
|Voice actors
|Unshō Ishizuka
|Maddie Blaustein
Traded away
The Magikarp salesman offered Team Rocket to trade his Weepinbell for them so they could use its Sweet Scent to lure other Pokémon. After a short conversation, it was decided that James would trade his Victreebel for Weepinbell. Later, the new Weepinbell evolved into a new Victreebel. But after it bit Jessie's hair, Jessie used her Arbok to send it away. Later, James's new Victreebel met his old Victreebel, fell in love with it and disappeared to a forest along with it.
|Here's Lookin' at You, Elekid
|Voice actors
|Kōichi Sakaguchi
|Eric Stuart
James was forced to trade his dear Victreebel for the new Weepinbell. Later, the Magikarp salesman found out that his new Victreebel wasn't obeying him, so he kicked it away. After their airflights, James's old and new Victreebel met and fell in love. Then they jumped away to a forest and have never been seen since.
|The Breeding Center Secret
|Voice actors
|Rikako Aikawa
|Rikako Aikawa
In Pokémon Origins
The Magikarp salesman appeared briefly during the Pokémon Origins episode File 2: Cubone, selling Red a Magikarp for 500.
Magikarp salesman sold this Magikarp to Red on Route 4 before Red entered Mt. Moon.
|File 2: Cubone
Voice actors
- The Magikarp salesman was given a Hispanic accent in all of the dubbed episodes except for Showdown at the Oak Corral and The Fires of a Red-Hot Reunion!, where he speaks without an accent. This may have been an oversight of both the Pokémon Chronicles and The Pokémon Company International production teams, since after TPCi took over the dub, his Hispanic accent returned only in Ya See We Want an Evolution!.
- In most of the Magikarp salesman's appearances, the Team Rocket Trio ends up losing and gaining a Pokémon:
- In Battle Aboard the St. Anne, James gains a Magikarp and loses it soon after.
- In Tricks of the Trade, Jessie loses her Lickitung and gains a Wobbuffet.
- In Here's Lookin' at You, Elekid!, James loses his Victreebel but gains a Weepinbell that evolves into another Victreebel (and loses that one soon after).
- In Pearls are a Spoink's Best Friend, Jessie gains and loses a Magikarp after thinking it was a Feebas.
- In Who's Flying Now?, James gains a Hoppip and loses it soon after (he also gains a Chimecho in the same episode).
- Trades often occur in episodes that the Magikarp salesman appears in.
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|Anime characters
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On Tuesday, Bristol planners sat in the conference room of the temporary town offices trudging their way through piles of color-coded maps and complex terms while deciphering the subtle differences between definitions like "Village Mix" and "Village Business."


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This time last year, Canadian Soccer star Kara Lang decided to hang up her boots. The former Whitecaps FC women's player and ambassador has now transitioned from the pitch to the studio, where she is working as an analyst for Sportsnet. Lang is still following her passion, but now in a different role, "I'm watching a lot more soccer on TV than I ever did," said Lang. Read about her new off-field career and life in this in-depth interview. (John Molinaro – Sportsnet.ca)
Make sure to tune in to Canada Soccer's press conference later today as they unveil the new national team kits, as well as upcoming matches for our national sides. (CanadaSoccer.com)
Stuart Neely was named head of player management and advancement for the club's Residency program. He joins the club after spending four years with rivals Toronto FC, where he helped guide six academy players to the first team. (John Molinaro – Sportsnet.ca)
'Whitecaps FC Daily' with Peter Schaad is back in its usual 3:00 p.m. timeslot on TEAM 1410 sports radio! Included in today's show is a chat with new 'Caps man Stuart Neely. For those of you who may have missed past episodes, you can find them HERE!
The show airs every Monday to Friday at 3 p.m. PT on TEAM 1410.
You can always get your soccer fix every Sunday night from 9 p.m. to 11 p.m. PT by tuning into 'Full-Time: Vancouver's Soccer Show' with Tyler Green and Mike Martignago on TEAM 1040.
West Coast Soccer Weekly is a new podcast hosted by Canadian Soccer News writers Pierce Lang and Michael McColl. For all things soccer on the best coast, including up to date coverage of Whitecaps FC, Highlanders, Men's and Women's Canadian national teams, and local community clubs be sure to listen in HERE!
With 2011 Whitecaps FC Player of the Year Camilo returning to Whitecaps FC with a new contract, the Whitecaps FC roster boasts three players who scored ten or more goals in MLS last season. (Martin MacMahon – MLSsoccer.com)
In the latest instalment of The TWO ONE, Carl Valentine meets up with newest 'Caps striker Sebastian Le Toux at the airport. Check out "Le Toux ONE" HERE! (Carl Valentine and Zac Ratcliffe – whitecapsfc.com)
The Whitecaps FC Residency program added an important new member today, naming Stuart Neely head of player management and advancement. Neely was formerly the director of Toronto FC Academy, and now he looks to help map careers for our Whitecaps FC youngsters. (whitecapsfc.com)
Day one, in Casa Grande, Arizona is in the books. Carl Valentine and Zac Ratcliffe check in from camp where they caught up with birthday boy Alain Rochat, Camilo, and Irish trialist Patrick Cregg. Make sure to check out the video HERE! (Carl Valentine and Zac Ratcliffe - whitecapsfc.com)
February 19 should prove a good weekend for a road-trip for Whitecaps FC fans, as a matchup against the CIS national champion University of Victoria Vikes will take place on the island.
Get the full details HERE. (whitecapsfc.com)
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How many times have you had an errant driver blow through your front yard and take out your mailbox and bushes?
How many times have you had an errant driver blow through your front yard and take out your mailbox and bushes?
Larry Parisi, who lives on Old Route 115 in Ross Township, has had this happen to him three times in the last two years.
Parisi believes a confluence of factors, chief among them a "poorly placed" stop sign and a curve in the road, are to blame.
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, which is responsible for Old Route 115 and other roads near Parisi's house, says it will investigate.
But Parisi hopes the agency will do so soon.
His wife does not want to step outside to get the mail out of fear, and Parisi believes that it's just a matter of time before someone gets seriously hurt.
"I really think someone's going to get killed out there," said Parisi, who was awoken just after midnight last Monday to a loud bang: An Acura Integra, in one swoop, had just taken out his mailbox, tore up his lawn and shot over an embankment next to his house.
The driver took off.
The problem for Parisi is pretty clear.
He lives at the point on Old Route 115 where it intersects with Hamilton Road South. If you were to stand on his front porch and look straight, you'd pretty much be looking down Hamilton Road South.
Parisi is not really worried about the traffic moving north and south on Old 115. He is worried about the traffic coming off Hamilton Road South.
Some motorists, especially those who are approaching Old Route 115 with the intent of making a left, are not stopping for a stop sign that is planted at the northern corner of the intersection.
The reason why some motorists fail to stop, Parisi believes, is because, as Hamilton Road South meets Old Route 115, it sort of bends southerly.
Therefore, the stop sign in the northern corner of the intersection might not exactly be in the field of view of a driver on Hamilton Road South who wants to make a left.
There is a sign on Hamilton Road South about 100 yards before the intersection, warning that a stop sign is coming up at the intersection.
Because some people are failing to stop at this stop sign, Parisi says he's seen many close calls when he sits on his front porch, with some drivers coming off Hamilton Road South just narrowly missing cars driving on Old Route 115.
Parisi thinks that if more motorists were to stop at the stop sign, they would be less likely to confuse his driveway and lawn with Old 115 — as they have done three times in the past.
PennDOT spokesman Ron Young said this is the first he's heard of someone being upset over the traffic conditions at the corner of Old Route 115 and Hamilton Road South.
There were four crashes, all non-fatal, at this intersection between 2007 and 2011, according to PennDOT data, and considering that both roads are very well traveled, that number is not very high, Young said.
Still, Young said a PennDOT road crew will visit this intersection at some point in the next two months.
If this road crew believes some sort of hazard exists, it will perhaps install more signage or take some other action.
Parisi says he really hopes that the road crew will deem the intersection problematic.
He recently spent about $1,000 to have a special landscaper install 10 boulders around the part of his lawn that faces Hamilton Road South.
He hopes the boulders will offer protection the next time a motorist comes barreling toward his home.


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Since we're basically in draft limbo until we find out what the Rams are going to do with that #2 pick--I'm kind of praying it doesn't come our way, but that's not really the point; it's not that I have any particular problem with drafting Griffin, it's just that I have a huge problem with giving up three first rounders to draft him--I thought I would float this. I know Browns fans are resistant to changing the uniform design, and I'm not any different, but I was wondering what the Browns fans community here thought of these 'designs' which have been bouncing around the interwebs for about a week and a half or so now. I have no idea if these designs are 'real' or how likely a change is, but I thought an informal poll would be worthwhile.
Love 'em? Hate 'em? Which one of these is your favorite?