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Lamar's top running back quits
It's been another tough season for the Lamar Cardinal football program. After a 56-7 home loss to Sam Houston State last weekend, leading rusher Herschel Sims told head coach Ray Woodard he was leaving the team and would transfer at the end of the semester.
The sophomore was the team's leading rusher with 388 yards but has missed the last two games due to a knee bruise. No particular reason was given to Coach Woodard, but Sims spoke his mind on his Twitter account (@newkid_28) late Tuesday by posting, "Very thankful for every opportunity I've been given. I gotta do what's best for HERSCHEL. Either get with it or get lost!!! #dreamchaser."
Sources have told me Sims was not very happy with the team's performance this season as the Cardinals are currently 3-6 overall and 0-4 in Southland Conference play.
Cardinal fans rejoiced in July when Woodard announced he had signed the sophomore, who became available after being kicked off the Oklahoma State team earlier this summer when he was charged with two felony counts of second-degree forgery. He was alleged to have taken money out of an Oklahoma State teammate's account without his permission.
Oct. 26, Sims returned to Oklahoma City and pleaded guilty to both charges and must serve 18 months of deferred adjudication and pay $300 in fines, $150 to the victim's compensation fund and $700 in restitution.
Sims played high school ball at Abilene High School and was one of the top recruits in Texas in 2011 and moved on to Oklahoma State where he played in nine games last year and ran for 244 yards and two scores during the Cowboys 12-1 run.
Sims came to Lamar after two other Oklahoma State teammates transferred in receiver Kevin Johnson and defensive end Joe Okafor.
I've said it before and I will say it again — Division I (FBS) transfers are needed, but are not always the answer. Look at Rice University. They had not one but two FBS transfers at quarterback with Nick Fanuzzi from Alabama and Taylor Cook from Miami. The Owls are 3-6.
The Cards have three games left on their schedule, and one is very winnable — the final home game — Nicholls State on Nov. 10. Lamar plays at Stephen F. Austin this Saturday and has lost the last two games to the Lumberjacks by a combined score of 140-13. They finish the season at McNeese State on Nov. 17 in Lake Charles.
If the Cards do beat Nicholls, which they should, and lose to SFA and McNeese State, they will end their third year 4-8 overall, but more importantly just 1-7 in the Southland Conference.
Attendance for home games have tapered off some, but official numbers from Lamar's athletic department show a strong average of 11,734 fans per home game through five games.
A reported crowd of 9,042 came to Provost Umphrey Stadium last Saturday to watch Lamar and Sam Houston State, though it looked to be half that.
Strikers sign players
Beaumont's newest professional sports team, the Texas Strikers, announced the signing of its first three players. For those who might not know, the Strikers are an indoor soccer team that will play its home games at Ford Arena beginning Dec. 1 against the Dallas Sidekicks.
Signed were Thomas Shenton, Mikey Olabarrieta and Jeff LeBlanc.
Shenton is a 24-year-old from Doncaster, England, where he played four years of high school soccer and four years at Doncaster College. He has since moved to Beaumont and was appointed director of training at Beaumont Youth Soccer Club in 2011.
Olabarrieta, or "Mikey O," is from Houston and captained the development team for a professional team in Honduras in its minor categories. He was preselected at age 15 for the Honduras u-17 national team but moved to the United States with his family at that time. While growing up in Florida, he played high school soccer then moved to Lumberton where he finished his high school playing days with the Raiders, then went on to play for Lamar University. Mikey O currently coaches soccer at Kelly.
LeBlanc is a 29-year-old from Port Neches who played at Lamar and the University of Texas. He was also played in the United Soccer League and Premier Arena Soccer League.
Golf strokes
Ronnie Hollier joined the hole-in-one club Oct. 25, using a 6 iron on Hole 8 at the Henry Homberg Golf Course to nab the 180-yard shot, which was witnessed by Chris Loupe.
The Southeast Texas Senior Championship is set for Nov. 6-7 with the opening round at Babe Zaharias in Port Arthur and the second day at Bayou Din. The tournament is open to players 60 years and older, and the $25 entry fee will help the prize fund. Carts and greens fee are not included in the entry.
Players will be flighted by handicap, and a 9 a.m. start is planned for both days. Additional information can be obtained by calling Clint Martin at Bayou Din at (409) 796-1327.


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More than half of all kids in the United States were vaccinated against influenza during the 2012-13 flu season, along with more than four in 10 adults, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Overall, 45% of Americans over the age of 6 months got some sort of flu vaccine.
"Last season, more people were vaccinated against influenza in the United States than in previous seasons," Dr. Anne Schuchat, director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases at the CDC, told a gathering sponsored by the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases.
But Americans can do better, she said, and vaccine makers are offering more options for the coming year than ever before.
Schuchat reported that 57% of children got a flu shot or flu mist in 2012-13, with coverage ranging from a low of 44% to a high of 82% in individual states. Among adults, 42% got some type of vaccine, with state-specific coverage ranging from 31% to 53%. South Dakota had the highest rate of vaccination among adults, and Rhode Island led the way for children, Schuchat said. (The laggards weren't called out by name.)
Vaccination rates were up for all age groups last flu season, compared with the previous season. The biggest gains were seen in teens (they improved from 33.7% to 42.5%), followed by children 5 to 12 (they improved from 54.2% to 58.6%).
The age group most likely to get the flu vaccine was infants and toddlers between the ages of 6 months and 2 years, with 76.9% of them being vaccinated in 2012-13. Coming in second were adults 65 and older, with a 66.2% vaccination rate.
At the other end of the spectrum, only 31.1% of adults in their prime — ages 18 to 49 — got a flu shot or flu mist during the last flu season. Still, that represents an improvement over the 28.6% vaccination rate for the 2011-12 season.
Women were more likely than men to be vaccinated, by a margin of 45% to 38%. One subset of women that Schuchat was particularly pleased about was pregnant women — 51% of them got a flu shot or flu mist last season.
The 2009 outbreak of H1N1 "swine flu" hit pregnant women particularly hard, and they — and their doctors — seem to have responded by emphasizing the need for these women to be immunized. "It was a wake-up call to all of us," Schuchat said.
When clinicians recommended the vaccine and offered it in their practice, 71% of pregnant women got it; when doctors neither recommended nor offered it, only 16% of pregnant women got vaccinated, she said.
Healthcare workers also did a better job of getting themselves vaccinated during the last flu season, the CDC figures show. Doctors led the way with a 92% vaccination rate, followed by pharmacists, nurse practitioners and physician assistants at 89%.
Overall, 83% of people who worked in hospitals got a flu shot or the flu mist in 2012-13; however, only 59% of staffers in long-term care facilities did so. Schuchat flagged that as a particularly troubling statistic, because these are places "where the evidence on the value of vaccinating caregivers is strongest and the population is the weakest," she said.
Among adults, 45% of Asian Americans, 45% of whites and 41% of Native Americans got vaccinated during the last flu season, compared with 36% of African Americans and 34% of Latinos. "We do continue to see unfortunate disparities in adult influenza vaccinations, Schuchat said. "In children, we don't see those patterns." In fact, the vaccination rates for Asian American children (66%), Latino children (61%), black children (57%) and multiracial children (59%) were all higher than for whites (54%).
If all of this is persuading you to get a flu shot this year, Schuchat has a message for you:
"The vaccine is out there, and now's the time to get it," she said. "You need to get vaccinated before you're exposed to influenza for it to work. The first cough or fever is not the time to start thinking about it."
About 73 million doses of influenza vaccine have already been shipped by manufacturers, who expect to produce at least 135 million doses for the 2013-14 flu season, she said. Among them are some new choices, including a flu mist that covers four strains of influenza virus instead of the usual three. There's also a flu shot that is injected only into the skin instead of going all the way into a muscle; as a result, the needle is 90% smaller than the one used for regular shots.
Which option is best? The one you get, Schuchat said.
"The CDC does not recommend one vaccine over another, or one type of vaccine over another," she said. "The most important thing is to be vaccinated."

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I took the assessment tests at another school, can I use them at Saddleback College?
We can accept English placement results from the CTEP exam and MDTP math exam raw scores from other California Community Colleges as Alternative Evidence. Assessment results must be submitted to the Matriculation Office along with a College Prerequisite Evaluation Form. Students that are required to matriculate and use Alternative Evidence to clear their assessment exams are still required to complete the remaining steps of the Matriculation process.
How much does the test cost?
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Where are the tests held?
Tests are held in the Matriculation testing room located in Village 8-3 for nights and weekends and 8-5 for all other testing sessions.
When I arrive for testing, where do I park?
Parking lot 1 is centrally located to the Village 8. Valid campus parking permits are required! Daily parking passes are available.
Why am I required to Matriculate?
The California State (Student Success Act SB1456) require every student that does not yet have a minimum of an AA degree from an accredited U.S. college, are concurrently enrolled at another 4-year college or taking classes for personal development to go through the Matriculation Process no matter what class they are trying to register for. California regulations state that each student must complete the Matriculation Process prior to being eligible to register for any class at Saddleback College.
How do I know which tests to take?
Students that are required to complete the Matriculation Process must take the reading, English, and Math exams, unless they have Alternative Evidence in either the math and/or English subject areas.
How do I determine which English and math classes I should take?
The online Student Advisement and MAP will help you select courses based on your assessment and placement in the subject areas of math, English, and reading. We suggest that students see a counselor or complete a MAP workshop if they need more guidance.
What is a Prerequisite?
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Starting in fall 2014, new state regulations will give registration priority to students who have completed all steps of the matriculation process and are in good academic standing.
I have my Student Educational Plan but the classes I wanted are already filled. What do I do?
Always attend the first day of class to see if the instructor is giving out an (APC) Add Permit Code which is required to register for any course that is full or has already started.
I took college English, and or math, at another college. May I use those courses in place of testing??
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Following tragic death, teen's organ donations help hundreds
An Iowa family is finding a small comfort more than a year after the death of their teenage son.
Drew Lienemann of Waukee took his own life in January of 2016 at the age of 18. Since then, his organs and tissues have helped 194 people, and that number could continue to grow.
"When Drew got his driver's license, he made the choice to become a registered organ and tissue donor," said Wanda Lienemann, Drew's mom. "As his family, we wanted to honor his decision."
His family spent the day at Mercy Medical Center asking others to become donors.
"Anyone can register regardless of age, regardless of medical history, and we encourage everyone to register," said Tony Hakes, with the Iowa Donor Network. "Let our screening process determine whether or not donation can take place."
There are 120,000 people on a donor waiting list at any given time and about 700 of those people are in Iowa.


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Ferry sinks off Gambian coast
A ferry from Senegal capsizes off the coast of Gambia on this day in 2002. Only 64 out of more than 1,000 passengers were rescued, making it one of the worst maritime disasters in history.
The ferry, the Joola, was traveling from Ziguinchor, in the province of Casamance on the southern coast of Senegal, to Senegal's capital city, Dakar. It was a German-built ferry that had begun service 12 years before in 1990. About 200 feet long, it was carrying approximately 1,035 passengers, well above its capacity of 800. Apparently, many people had been allowed to board even though they did not have tickets for the trip.
The Joola had experienced problems with its engine during a previous trip from Ziguinchor and had been taken out of service for nearly a year. On September 23, 2002, it was inspected and allowed to return to service. It had modern safety equipment and was staffed with an experienced crew, including a commander with 21 years of experience.
There is no evidence that either the boat or the crew was at fault. Instead, the Joola seems merely to have been overwhelmed by the wind and rain of a strong storm. At about 11 p.m., it capsized off the coast of Gambia. In the stormy darkness, rescue efforts were nearly impossible. Hundreds were declared missing. Later, scores of bodies turned up in the Gambia River.
Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade took responsibility for the tragedy, declared a three-day national mourning period and promised compensation to the victim's families.


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Guestpost: Lea's & Tori's perfect HEA
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Tori and I were delighted when Susi and Caro extended an invitation to travel overseas and spend a little time at the Secret HEA Society. Along with their hospitality they asked that I offer my thoughts on the Happily Ever After in romance.
So, what am I getting at? On more occasions than I can count I've noticed fellow romance readers responding in blog comments, readers groups etc. that they've "gotta have their HEA". I'm not saying that is bad because it isn't, at all! I mean, I look forward to a happy ending incorporated into the conclusion of my current read too. However, are we talking a "traditional" happy ending here, as in a white wedding dress and white picket fence, or as modern women and men reading a variety romance sub-genres are we more open minded regarding an HEA? I would like to think and hope the latter is true.
In Lara Adrian's Midnight Breed Series, her alien male vampires mate for life with a unique human female breedmate who has the blood composition the male requires to sustain him. These are just a couple of examples of HEA's and there are certainly a litany of others in the thousands of paranormal romance novels on the shelves. There quite often isn't a traditional wedding ceremony or white picket fence when you are reading paranormal romance, and it likely wouldn't fit given the dark tone and the alternate societal structures developed in the storyline. Would it?
I do think historical romance readers tend to see a more traditional HEA in that genre as it has to be kept in context with the times. Traditional marriage was the norm otherwise the woman was considered a whore and the man a hedonist. Of course the guy playing around was accepted and often expected in the good old days but that is a whole other topic, and don't get me started. (I think in some respects that archaic attitude still prevails today. lol)
So what is my favorite type of HEA? As you can see from my ramblings above, I don't have one. I like a conclusion to the love story that fits the relationship development in a compelling well-written romance, no matter what the sub-genre.


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The long wait for Bombardier to move on a replacement for the Learjet 40XR and 45XR is over. The aircraft maker is launching the Learjet 70 and 75, both slated to enter service in second half 2013.
The new models will feature more thrust, improved takeoff performance, faster climb to cruise altitude, better fuel efficiency and lower operating costs. They will be powered by 3,850 lb. thrust Honeywell TFE731-40BR turbofans and have Bombardier's signature Vision cockpit layout featuring Garmin G5000 avionics.
The Vision flight decks in the cockpit will feature three, 14-inch flat-panel displays, synthetic vision and graphic flight planning, along with split screen images, touch screen controllers and RNP 0.3 capabilities, plus LPV approach navigation and ADS-B OUT broadcasting. They'll also provide pilots with cabin amenities, such as chrome and leather trim on seats and yokes.
The aircraft will be equipped with much improved winglets modeled after those being developed for the long-range Global 7000 and 8000.
The Learjet 70 and 75 will offer sportier performance than the Learjet 40XR and 45XR because they carry several hundred pounds less in avionics weight and are propelled by 700 lb. more thrust.
The increased thrust will shorten takeoff field lengths to less than 4,500 ft. Runway performance long has been a sore point with Learjet 40-series operators. The -40AR engines used on Gulfstream G150 are rated at 4,420 lb. thrust to ISA+13C, thus the 3,850 lb. thrust -40BRs will have generous flat-rating margins for hot-and-high airport performance.
The new aircraft will climb directly to 45,000 and, once there, burn 4-5% less fuel than the aircraft they will replace because of the new winglets. (The -40BR engines have the same high altitude cruise thrust output and thrust specific fuel consumption as the -20BR turbofans on today's Learjets).
Both aircraft will be able to carry at least 200 lb. more payload with maximum fuel and will be able to fly about 2,000 nm at long range cruise.
The aircraft will have extended and harmonized maintenance schedules, with 600 hour or 18 month inspection intervals. Reduced fuel consumption and less frequent shop visits should reduce operating costs.
The new aircraft will use the same high definition cabin management system, produced by Lufthansa Technik, on the Learjet 85. Restyled interiors will offer greater comfort and utility, such as PDA storage pockets in the side rails, 7-inch pop-up touchscreen control panels, a 12-inch bulkhead-mounted flat-panel monitor and improved chair comfort and better space utilization. The cabin management system (CMS) has a flexible design allowing for expected growth in digital audio and visual equipment technology. The entire side trim panels will function as speakers.
Flight Test Vehicles 1 and 2, a Learjet 45XR and 40XR, have been flying with G5000 avionics for nearly two years. The new CMS and interior will be installed in FTV3. FTV4, fitted with -40BR engines and redesigned winglets, is slated to make its first flight later this year. Honeywell expects -40BR certification by year's end. FTV5, a fully-equipped Learjet 75, will be used for function and reliability proving flights.
The $11.1-million Learjet 70 will be certified slightly after the $13.5-million Learjet 75. Bombardier claims to have more than 40 purchase agreements and letters of intent for the two models.


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denominator wrote:I'll play, but I'm thinking that if you have a long survival tournament, games are likely to take more than a week.
Chadwick31 wrote:I'll play it... Sounds like a good idea. Obviously, when you get to the final two, it will just be the winner of the game is the winner of the tournament, right?
Wild_Tiger wrote:wouldnt everyone just play at the last hour, only once a day? tournament could last a year with dedicated people
Kinnison wrote:Also, it becomes important to watch other games in the tournament. once someone goes out for the 'tournament round', you just have to last to a later 'game round' than them. So a certain degree of hazardous play becomes acceptable.
I think this is going to turn into a tournament of bogging down and defensive tactics... but what the heck, why not? I'm in.
I'd suspect this needs to be held on either the SMALLEST possible map (Doodle earth) or the largest, for bonuses (world 2.1, I think)...
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Basil Stag Hare, Brian Jacques, Cluny the Scourge, Gonff, Luke the Warrior, Mariel, Martin the Warrior, Matthias, Redwall, Rose, Silent Sam, Tsarmina
It's been some time since I finished reading the entire Redwall series but I'm not done with it yet. It's time to take a look at the best characters in the saga and narrowing down the potentials to just ten was not easy. The classic figures cut include such heroes as Methuselah, Dandin, Sunflash the Mace and Mattimeo, heroines like Constance, Cornflower and Lady Cregga Rose Eyes and the villainous Badrang, Ublaz, Asmodeus and Slagar the Cruel. With characters like those left out you know the top ten will be made up of legends. Continue reading


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If you're anything like me, then you are no doubt suffering from Rob Bell fatigue. It happened to me with Bono a few years ago. I love Bono. But I grew tired of seeing him on every magazine cover and hearing about him everywhere I turned. I doubt I'm alone. I bet even Bono—big as his ego is—suffered Bono fatigue! And I bet Rob Bell is suffering Rob Bell fatigue.
So why another post on Rob Bell? Because I think that in all the malstrom of commentary, in all the defending and allegations and so on, it seems an interesting point has been overlooked. The point is this: if what Rob Bell says in his book is true, and if what Rob Bell has recently said at Mars Hill is true, then it looks like LOVE does not win in the end. And that's disappointingly bad news, and Love Wins a case of false advertising.
To see why it is plausible to believe that, according to Rob Bell, LOVE really doesn't win after all, let me begin by providing an argument for what I like to call Christocentric Universalism, the belief that eventually all are reconciled to God and enjoy everlasting union with him in a New Jerusalem. Here it is:
1. God's intentions ultimately will be realized.
2. Among God's intentions is that human beings flourish.
3. Human beings cannot flourish if they are suffering the torments of hell forever and ever and ever.
4. Therefore, eventually, all are reconciled to God (since being reconciled to God is the only way for human beings to flourish).
The only way to avoid the conclusion is to deny one of (1) – (3). Yet each has a lot going for it. For instance, to deny that God's intentions ultimately will be realized seems to suggest that small, finite creatures like us can thwart God's good purposes and intentions forever. And that doesn't seem right. We can thwart God's good purposes, of course—we do it every day. But forever? No! To borrow from Charley Sheen, God is a winner. So says the first premise of this argument anyway.
One way, however, to avoid the universalist conclusion is to deny (2). And this, I would like to suggest, is what Rob Bell does and why if what he says is true it looks like LOVE doesn't win after all.
One way to deny (2) is to say that while it is true that among God's intentions is that human beings flourish, God has other intentions or purposes that conflict with this one and, sadly, trump. Enter free will. The idea is that while God desires that all are saved and reconciled God also desires that all are saved or reconciled by their own free choice. And since God values free will so highly, God will not coerce or violate the free will of those who choose to separate themselves from God. The idea is that honoring the free choice of those human beings who choose their own eternal misery is itself a manifestation of God's love.
Here's where the problem arises, however. Does that really seem loving? Suppose I learn that one of my children abuses heroine. Suppose I know that if they abuse for one moment longer they will be irretrievably and permanently lost. Which is the loving thing for me to do here: to say "I love you but I value your free will so very much that I am going to honor your choice to continue abusing and to utterly and irretrievably destroy yourself" or "I love you, but I do not value your free will more than you; you're going to rehab."
As a human parent, while I value my children's free will I do not value it more than my children themselves. Likewise, one might argue that God values human freedom as a great good. But it is a relative good, however great it is and not an ultimate good. Human beings, one might think, are ultimate goods. And God will not value human freedom over the humans who have it.
Here's the idea. All things being equal the very best is for human beings to freely embrace God and come to him. And perhaps God will give each human being the very longest leash possible to come freely. But if ever—way, way, way down the future of eternity—one reaches a threshold beyond which if they exercise their freedom one moment longer they would be eternally lost, LOVE will say "NO! I love and value YOU more than your freedom. I will not allow you to be eternally lost." Isn't it plausible to believe that this is how LOVE would act?
Now I'm not suggesting that a universalist has to take this path in order to retain her univeralism. She could simply insist that eventually all are reconciled and all are reconciled freely. God has all eternity. Eventually everyone will freely and without coercion be reconciled. All I want to point out is that to suggest that God values free will so much so that God is willing to eternally lose a human creature who has it does not seem especially loving. God, it could be argued, would love and value the human being more than its freedom.


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'Premium economy' takes wing among Indian flyers
The premium economy cabin is getting popular among air travellers from India. Air France and Virgin Atlantic have seen 40 per cent and 60 per cent growth, respectively, in this class from India routes. The latter has increased the number of seats in the segment from 35 to 48 in its Airbus A330 planes.
British Airways, Turkish Airlines and Cathay Pacific also offer premium economy seating on their flights to India. The class has wider reclining seats and an exhaustive menu in comparison with regular economy. Cathay Pacific has separate check-in counters at airport for the segment's passengers.
Fares in this category are 20-30 per cent higher than the lowest economy fare, but cheaper than business class. For airlines, the segment helps to improve their loads and yields per flight.
Earlier in the week Air France announced that 1.5 million passengers have travelled in premium economy class across its network in the last three years. "The premium economy product has been very successful in India since its launch on Indian routes in 2010. We have seen an increase in preference of this product by our customers this year,'' said Yeshwant Pawar Air France general manager (India).
"We carried about 7,000 passengers in premium economy cabins this year which is a growth of 40 percent over last year,'' he added. The airline offers the service on its twenty weekly flights to Mumbai, Bangalore and Delhi.
According to Stephen King, General Manager, Virgin Atlantic- India, "We have seen a strong demand in Premium Economy from India, with over 60 per cent growth this year to both London and New York from Delhi.
British Airways said nearly 1.2 million passengers fly in its premium economy passengers across the network and added that it is investing five billion pounds in new aircraft and upgrading its service. The airline refused to share India specific data.
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I admit it–I am an avid redditor… so when upon receipt of an email about a subreddit founded on the idea that Google practices censorship in its search engine results, I immediately investigated. As of today, the subreddit has 155 subscribers. All of the submissions on the "hot" page were by a redditor called skepticofskeptics, who is also the creator of the subreddit. From the sidebar:
Google covertly censors web pages.
You know it's happening. It is obvious and blatant. Your friends know it is happening.
You can make it stop.
Talk. Organize. Petition your congressman, senator and other lawmakers.
Bring an end to the lies and deception.
I reserve judgment on the question of whether Google actually manipulates its search engine results for political or social reasons. I know for a fact that it does so for financial reasons. I think it would be difficult for even a sophisticated person to distinguish the two. Furthermore, I am not convinced that it would be improper for the company to manipulate or "censor" its search engine results for political reasons. After all, it is not as if the company is a government actor or owes the public a relevant legal duty one way or the other.


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just curious to know if any friendly people are close to me in cincinnati?
i'm dying to meet some like minded people.
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I am in the general vicinity of Dayton, but am not involved in the local "atheist community", if there is such a thing. Still, some sort of physical gathering, if only over coffee, would indeed be welcome.
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By Rob Glidden
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Southington residents and officials spent several days trying to dig the town out from over two feet of snow left behind by a historic blizzard that overwhelmed the state on Friday evening.
Governor Dannel Malloy declared a state of emergency in Connecticut at noon on Friday, when the snow was still falling lightly. The blizzard reached its peak intensity that night and residents in Southington woke up Saturday morning to see 30 inch walls of snow in every direction.
Officials said the town had gone through the onset of the blizzard with no power outages and few accidents.
"People mostly heeded the warnings and stayed off the road," said Sergeant Jeff Dobratz, spokesman for the Police Department. "There were a lot of spinouts but nothing very severe as far as accidents go."
However, the toughest challenges for town staff were after the storm was done. The extensive cleanup was steady, but slow enough to frustrate many residents, particularly those living on more isolated roads. In some neighborhoods, such as Todd Road and Hillside Road, residents took the initiative and opted to clear the streets themselves with snow blowers.
Although the roads all had "one passable lane" by Sunday night, according to a report from the Town Manager's office, freezing rain on Monday morning was another obstacle for the town.
"During storm preparation last week, we had planned for significant accumulation, though none of the forecasts called for 30 inches of snow with 4 to 5 foot drifts in Southington," Town Manager Garry Brumback said in a statement. "As the storm progressed and circumstances changed, the snow fall was greater than anyone predicted and the rate exceeded our ability to keep up."
The plowing effort became more chaotic as officials struggled with mechanical breakdowns, departing contractors and exhausted workers. Adding to the town's workload were hundreds of service calls to public safety departments for issues like domestic disputes, threats, harassment and vandalism. These calls often required a plow escort to make sure the residents making them could even be reached.
One of these calls involved Donna Perkins, who called 911 after her elderly mother fell. However, one significant problem was that the cul-de-sac where the home was had not been plowed. A half hour later, plows cleared the way for an emergency vehicle and her mother was taken to Bradley Memorial Hospital. After examination, she was able to return home within hours.
"I was quite impressed and appreciative of the quick response from everyone," Perkins said, in a letter she wrote about the incident.
Problems with carbon monoxide (CO) in homes were also a recurring issue. Fire Captain Alan Zygmunt said that as of press time, out of the 26 calls the department received about CO issues, 17 of them were caused by a blocked furnace or hot water vent. This is not a problem that comes up with every house. Zygmunt said it was mostly newer homes with newer heating systems.
"In a heavy snowstorm, this sort of thing happens," he said. "If people aren't aware of where these vents are, they need to be. And they need to make sure they are clear."
Brumback said that the town's priority for the rest of the week would be widening the roads, with main roads as top priority followed by secondary and subdivision roads. Plows were also sent to the downtown Southington and Plantsville municipal parking lots to make it easier for residents to get to local businesses.
The sheer volume of snow left behind by the blizzard makes it increasingly difficult for the town to open up local roads. Shoveling snow does not eliminate it, it only moves it, and this can be a tough task in tight spaces. Brumback cautioned that some areas may not be completely free of snow until the end of the week, or even possibly this weekend.
"Our hope is that our citizens can keep this storm in perspective," Brumback said in a statement. "We are working very hard to clear access for our residents out of their homes, and if people are watching the news, they realize that towns throughout the state are in the same or worse shape as Southington."
School was not held on the Monday or Tuesday after the storm and Monday's Town Council meeting was also canceled, with a public hearing on proposed ordinance changes rescheduled for the February 25 meeting.


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If you think the "Zombie Survival Machine" or "ZSM" developed by Design Craft Fabrication from some sketches by famed graphic novelist Robert Kirkman with the help of South Korean car maker Hyundai is a little bizarre, you're not alone.
Indeed, anyone not acquainted with Kirkman's long-running tale of life in post zombie apocalyptic world of The Walking Dead will probably look at this almost unrecognizable Hyundai Elantra Coupe and wonder what the heck it's for: Did a police department order it to help quell riots? Is it a prototype designed to help protect truck convoys in hostile lands? Maybe it's for commuters on the Los Angeles freeways!
Well, the ZSM is none of those things (much to the displeasure of commuters, I'm sure) as it's designed for the ostensibly fictional need (one hopes and prays) of transporting live humans safely from place to place through hordes of flesh-eating zombies.
Unveiled at the annual "Comic-Con" convention last week in San Diego, Hyundai's ZSM includes a host of interesting modifications such as: a front-end custom "zombie plow" with spikes; armored window coverings; a roof hatch to allow passengers to fend off attacking "walkers," slang for zombie's on foot; a trunk full of electric and pneumatic weaponry; front and back end floodlights, spiked all-terrain/rally type tires; plus special seat slots for "his and her" machetes in case a zombie manages to get inside the vehicle.
[The clip below shows some of how Design Craft built this one-of-a-kind vehicle.]
As I noted in my previous post about the ZSM, Hyundai also crafted a special marketing campaign called Hyundai Undead to garner attention for its new Elantra Coupe while celebrating Kirkman's release of the 100thissue of The Walking Dead graphic novel series.
They even went so far as to print up a limited number of illustrated "owner's manuals" to "teach" drivers how to operate the ZSM's unique features while preparing them for the gruesome realities of the living through a zombie apocalypse. Ack!!!
[You can also see one on the passenger seat of the ZSM in the photo at right … along with those "his and her" machetes I talked about earlier. And to view more photos of the ZSM, click here.]
Now sure, all this talk of zombies is creepy and gruesome. But hey! It's all just for fun – we hope!


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SEMA Legislative Alert
The use of alternative fuel – like Ethanol – is on the rise and gaining popularity. However, if you're current project is not equipped to handle this unconventional fuel, overtime; the fuel can corrode metals, plastics and even rubber fuel lines. Fuel systems and even internal components need to be upgraded in order to handle the different fuel efficiently.
Currently, Florida is allowing an Ethanol-blend of fuel (9-10 percent) at a majority of pumps. To ease pain at the pumps, SEMA has announced its support of a new bill (H.B. 4001), which will help eliminate Ethanol and other alternatives from its pumped-fuel. Of course, action from the public is necessary.
The SEMA Action Network lobbies to help keep our hobby alive and healthy. That said, SEMA Action Network needs your help and urges you to get in contact with members of the Environmental Preservation and Conservation and the Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities Committees in support of H.B. 4001.
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Microsoft is joining the Advanced Message Queuing Protocol (AMQP) Working Group, an organization focused on the development of the AMQP specification. AMQP is a specification for platform-neutral, open standards-based business messaging. The primary goal of AMQP is to enable the communications necessary for business processes. AMQP Working Group members are collaborating on specifications for messaging infrastructure that provide businesses with a simple and more powerful way of connecting messaging-dependent applications both within and between firms.
Message-based transports with security and transactional integrity are a vital infrastructure component throughout institutions. As Microsoft continues to provide vertical industry solutions, AMQP will provide an alternative to current messaging options. The AMQP specification and related implementations may provide greater interoperability for a number of vertical scenarios in addition to financial services, insurance and healthcare, among others.
Members of the AMQP Working Group are Cisco, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Boerse Systems, Envoy Technologies Inc., The Goldman Sachs Group Inc., iMatix Corporation, IONA Technologies, J.P. Morgan, Novell, Rabbit Technologies Ltd., Red Hat Inc., TWIST Process Innovations Ltd., WSO2 and 29West Inc.


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Across the Miles: Tales of Correspondence
McClelland & Stewart, 1995 - Fiction - 266 pages
In L.M. Montgomery's world, receiving a letter was an important event. Letters, before the advent of the telephone, were the sole means of communication between people who lived at a distance from each other. Letter-writing was a cultivated skill, honed by another nineteenth-century pastime, keeping a journal. The twenty stories in Across the Miles bear witness to the importance these writing forms played in ordinary people's lives, as they corresponded with loved ones and expressed themselves through their journals.
As usual, Montgomery's cast of characters ranges widely, from the poor but ambitious student Grace Seeley, to the rich but lonely Isobel Shirley, from the "unholy imp" Link Houseman to the country doctor Jack Willoughby and his millionaire rival Gus Sinclair. Her tales may be set on her beloved Prince Edward Island or the western prairies, in a humble cottage or a society mansion; her tone may be serious or playful; her characters may be caught up in whirlwind love affairs or the more prosaic business of everyday life. But always the stories in Across the Miles bring us back to a world we feel we have lost, a world of old-fashioned values and concerns, a world we enter gladly, sure that we will find people, places, and plots to amuse charm and move us.
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Our November 11 meeting began with the students continuing to work on the 3D projects they started last week using Bristol board, masking tape, and glue.
Iris then took us outside to provide some inspiration in the form of Richard Serra's Vortex from 2002. Leading T/AP in a conversation about Serra's work, Iris discussed Vortex's verticality and the small spaces created where the planes of metal touch each other. She asked the students to contemplate the interior of the sculpture, pointing out that Serra constructed his work in such a way as to beckon people inside.
Back in the classroom, Iris presented a short video about Kurt Schwitters, an early twentieth-century artist, and his sculptural interior, the Merzbau. Throughout the 1920s and 1930s, Schwitters transformed a normal box-shaped room by adding sculptural elements to the walls and ceiling to create an interior space full of odd angles and planes, alcoves, recesses, and intrusions. Asking the students to consider Schwitters's interior while moving into the next phase of their 3D projects, we went back to the lab to continue working.
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Peter Drucker, author of some 60 management books, says executives worth their pay do not predict trends. Instead, they sense and see trends that are not yet fully capitalized on and make use of them.
Executives can be brilliant, imaginative and informed, and yet still be ineffective. Effective executives are systematic. They work hard in the right areas and their results define them. They are knowledge workers who help the organization achieve its goals. They look beyond mere management tasks and try to perceive important trends that will affect their organizations.
Every leader, club owner and manager faces tough times — and that's when leaders distinguish themselves and show who they really are. Leading others can be difficult and can take great courage. Every change, every challenge and every crisis requires a tough call, and the way those are handled is what separates leaders from everyone else. The choices we make in critical moments help to form us and to inform others about who we are.
Good leadership always makes a difference. It can turn organizations around and positively affect the lives of thousands of individuals. Leadership is not easy to learn and is both demanding and complex. By learning more about leadership, you will make a difference in yourself and in the lives of others. These moments will define who you are as a person and as a leader.
You can teach yourself to become effective. You cannot manage others if you cannot manage yourself. The toughest person to lead is always you. To be successful in any endeavor, you need to learn how to get out of your own way. If you want to lead, you have to learn. If you want to continue to lead, you must continue to learn. Successful people continue to exhibit an excitement, a curiosity, a sense of wonder and a desire to learn.
Effective executives prioritize, make plans, take responsibility, communicate, seek opportunities, hold productive meetings and contribute to their organizations. To do so, Drucker says you must master five specific habits:
Control your time and understand how you use it
Focus on what you can contribute to your organization
Build on your strengths and your company's strengths
Prioritize your objectives and work on them one by one
Standardize decision-making where possible
The simplest way to enable a small business owner to make better decisions, implement better and get the necessary support to take action during tough times is to rely on a group of peers. Because they come from the same industry, they understand at least half of your business without even knowing you. A group like this can provide ability, integrity and benevolence to overcome small business's largest pitfalls.
If you meet with a group like this for 60 to 100 hours per year over a number of years in a structured setting with active interaction rather than a seminar setting, you will create an extraordinarily powerful resource that will enable your business to excel and enable you to have a better life.
The best groups share data, goals and problems. Participants support and challenge one another to work their way through these areas, so they receive the benefit of wise counsel from the group but can still make their own decisions. As this group deepens and grows over the years, it develops a power that executive teams and boards of the largest businesses rarely, if ever, attain.
Success is knowing your purpose in life, growing to your maximum potential and sowing seeds that benefit others. If you are able to do those three things, then you are successful.
Ed Tock, a club sales and marketing consultant, specializes in performance/profitability programs. He also is a partner in REX Roundtables. He can be reached at 845-736-0307 or email@example.com.


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The Big Society is about shifting the culture – from government action to local action. This is not about encouraging volunteering for the sake of it. This is about equipping people and organisations with the power and resources they need to make a real difference in their communities.
Throughout our communities there is a great appetite for involvement in local initiatives and people do want to make a difference in their area. What often stands in the way and takes the time is unnecessary bureaucracy – red tape, filling in countless forms.
Our focus will be on making it as easy as possible for civil society organisations to help shape and deliver our public services, making it easier to set up and run a civil society organisation and to get more resources to the sector.
The Office for Civil Society, part of the Cabinet Office, works across government departments to translate the Big Society agenda into practical policies, provides support to voluntary and community organisations. It is responsible for delivering a number of key Big Society programmes, including the Big Society Bank, National Citizen Service pilots, Community Organisers and the Community First fund.
We have also announced a new taskforce, run jointly between Cabinet Office and the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS), that will look specifically at the issue of cutting red tape, and reducing the amount of regulation, monitoring and reporting imposed on charities, social enterprises and voluntary organisations.
In addition, we are committed to training 5000 Community Organisers across the country. These people will be there to facilitate local action and give support to groups looking to come together to tackle identified problems.
Our National Citizen Service programme for 16 year olds aims to instil this culture of active citizenship in our young people – giving them the chance to develop the skills needed to be active and responsible citizens, mix with people from different backgrounds, and start getting involved in their communities. In addition we will also be encouraging social action by working on a national 'Day of Social Action' and making regular community involvement a key element of key civil service staff appraisals.
The Big Society is about collective action and collective responsibility. We recognise that active local people can be better than state services at finding innovative and more efficient solutions to local problems. Tax-payers want better value for money, and the Big Society can deliver that.
Whether it is in building affordable housing, tackling youth unemployment, inviting charities to deliver public services we want communities to be part of the answer to the big social problems of our time.
There are already several areas including in Eden Valley, one of the most sparsely populated parts of our country, Liverpool, Sutton and Windsor and Maidenhead which are leading the way.
We are seeing lots of people coming forward in Cumbria to develop a community backed affordable housing scheme, and in Liverpool to build digital inclusion in poorer areas. The work underway here shows that communities, no matter what their background, all have unique and innovative solutions to offer and are interested in shaping their local area.
But this should just be the beginning. We would like to see the action taking place in these areas replicated across the whole country. We want other forward-thinking, entrepreneurial, community‑minded people and neighbourhoods in our country to come forward and ask for the same freedoms and the same support.
The sector has an important role in Big Society which is about taking power out of the hands of bureaucrats and giving it back to people so they can solve local problems themselves. We have already announced plans for a Big Society Bank which will use money from dormant bank accounts in England to increase the finance options available for social enterprises, charities and other groups. We are also developing plans to reduce the burdens of red-tape on charities and voluntary organisations and open up new opportunities for the sector to deliver public services.
We have been clear that local authorities should not target charities, social enterprises or voluntary and community groups as easy options for savings.
People can start by thinking locally and asking themselves "What are the issues in my local area", "How could I work with others to tackle these issues?", or "What are the opportunities for my business/charity?"
One issue worth considering is our idea to promote the establishment of mutual and co‑operative organisation among public sector workers: people who think they can do what they're currently doing in a better way. People can form themselves into a mutual, a co‑operative, and bid to carry out public service work in the same kind of way that the four vanguard areas have produced community ideas.
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A grant award has planted the seed for a community garden coming to Swansboro.
SWANSBORO � A grant award has planted the seed for a community garden coming to Swansboro.
The Swansboro Parks and Recreation Department has been awarded a $3,000 grant from Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina as part of the Nourishing North Carolina initiative.
The Nourishing North Carolina program is a partnership of BCBS and the North Carolina Recreation and Park Association to create or enhance community gardens in all 100 counties.
Swansboro Parks and Recreation Director Brittany Wood said the grant will provide funds to get their garden up and running beginning in the fall.
�This grant will allow us to install our garden so we can provide fresh, local produce for more people in our community and encourage healthy eating habits,� Wood said. �We are proud to be part of the Nourishing North Carolina network. Our garden not only provides healthy food, it also provides a safe area for our neighbors to work together, share a public green space and be physically active through gardening.�
Wood said their plans are for a garden of raised beds to be located near the recreation center at Municipal Park.
An initial 15-member garden team has been established and was needed to show support for the project during the grant application process. Meetings will be held in the fall to provide information and invite participation in the community garden.
A portion of the harvest from Swansboro�s community garden will go to Onslow Community Outreach for its soup kitchen and homeless shelter.
Wood said the grant funds will help in purchasing supplies needed to install and maintain the raised beds, such as materials for the beds, garden hoses, shovels, rakes and seed.
By 2014, Nourishing North Carolina is expected to provide North Carolina communities with 190,000 pounds of produce, which will enhance the nutritional value of 150,000 meals, according to a news release announcing the grant award.
The program was launched in June 2011, and in its first year donated more than two tons of produce to food shelter and rescue organizations across the state.
The community gardens are seen as one way to target serious health issues. According to the news release, nearly two-thirds of adults in North Carolina are overweight or obese due to unhealthy eating and physical inactivity, which is above the national average.
�Communities across North Carolina are embracing this initiative and rolling up their sleeves to help North Carolinians eat better and live healthier lives. This is important work that reaches far beyond the growing season,� said Brad Wilson, BCBSNC president and CEO.
The Swansboro community garden will be the first in the area participating in the Nourishing North Carolina program, according to the program website.
Contact Daily News reporter Jannette Pippinat 910-382-2557 or email@example.com.


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Duppstadt addresses Rotary; Farmer's Market offerings; silent auction for animal shelter
History curator addresses Rotarians
Andrew Duppstadt, assistant curator of education for Historic Sites in Eastern North Carolina, recently spoke to the Kinston Evening Rotary Club about the moving and opening of the historic CSS Ram Neuse to downtown Kinston.
The Queen Street property was acquired in 2003 to eventually house the boat in a controlled environment for preservation purposes. The 36,789-square-foot museum houses the Ram Neuse in a two-level presentation room with information stations telling and showing what the boat was like originally. It also will display thousands of Civil War artifacts and expects to be fully open soon.
Evening Rotary meets 6 p.m. Tuesdays at the House of Wang.
Offerings at the Farmer�s Market
Produce vendors today and Tuesday at the Lenoir County Farmer�s Market include Porter Farm, TC Smith Produce, Putnam Family Farm and Bruce Coley. Bill Tilghman will be there today only, and Ronnie Hanchey will be there Tuesday only. Produce will include beets, romaine lettuce, broccoli, green and golden zucchini, patty pan and yellow squash, bok choy, spinach, asparagus, strawberries, kale, mustard, red and white spring onions, turnips, cucumbers, radishes, green and red tomatoes.
Specialty vendors today include Natures Touch Farm, with hormone-free small chickens and eggs; Rodney Jarman with pork skins, and boiled and fried peanuts; Almost Heaven Nursery and Farm, with landscaping plants, vegetables and herbs, and homemade ice cream; Della�s Delights; Farmhouse Bakery; and Big Oak Farm.
The market is open from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., with some vendors staying until 5 p.m.
Fundraiser to benefit animal shelter
SNOW HILL � The Friends of Greene County Animal Shelter will host a silent auction May 16 at The City Club, 190 Carolina Drive, Snow Hill.
A social hour and chance to view auction items will be from 6 to 7 p.m., followed by a feast at 7 p.m. and the auction at 8 p.m.
Prepared by local cooks, feast dishes will include smoked beef brisket, turtle stew, fish stew, red beans and rice, shrimp and grits, and chicken wings.
Auction items will include a spring 2014 youth turkey hunt; a weekend getaway to Morehead City; a fall speckled trout trip on the Pamlico/Neuse rivers; a gourmet meal for four; barbecued chicken dinner for 20 at The City Club; and one ticket each to ECU and UNC vs. N.C. State games (including transportation and tailgate).
Admission is free, and donations are welcome. All proceeds will help support the operation of the shelter.
For more information or to volunteer, contact Bobby Glossip at 252-717-0419, Gail Joyner at 252-717-2674 or Terry Wood at 252-566-8934.


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#6 INCLUDE THE CAT (5-2) Dismal betting card today but let's go with this older mare from Miller barn. She may have needed her last when running an even third along the rail but could be set for her best now.
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of France is set face the British Number 1 Andy Murray in the 3 rd round of the ATP Masters 1000 event in Shanghai China.
Earlier this summer the duo met in the 2nd round of the ATP Masters 1000 event in Cincinnati Ohio and Murray won that clash in 3 tight sets.
Chardy however had some impressive wins the week before as he beat Nikolay Davydenko and Fernando Verdasco to reach the final of the ATP Masters 1000 event in Toronto Canada where he eventually lost to the world number 2 Novak Djokovic of Serbia.
Djokovic went on to beat the former world number 1 Roger Federer of Switzerland in the US Open semi final in 5 sets 5-7 6-1 5-7 6-2 7-5.
Djokovic however lost in the final in 4 sets to the world number 1 Rafael Nadal 6-4 5-7 6-4 6-2 it was a 1st US Open title for Nadal.


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Last Name: Abrahamson
First Name : Laurentius
Middle Name: Gustav
Subject's City: Chicago
Subject's State: IL
Subject's County: Cook
Subject's Country: USA
Date: 1851-1900
Photographer: Melander
Photographer's City: Chicago
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Comments: Laurentius Gustav Abrahamson (Nee: ) | Chicago IL USA | 1851-1900 | Comments: Found!#392 12/1/2004 Ranae Feick writes- Photo # 18192 is Laurentius Gustav Abrahamson. A Lutheran minister educated at Augustana Theological Seminary. His home in Rock Island Illinois is now a men's dorm at the same school. He was also on the board of Augusta Hospital Chicago, and founder of Salem Lutheran church in Hyde Park. He was the first cousin to my great grandfather Robert Albin Abrahamsson of Ostra Frolunda Sweden. He sponsored the immigration of my grandmother Lydia and her sister Ruth Abrahamsson (they came through Ellis Island). He married my grandparents in his home in Rock Island, Illinois.
// Written on back * L.G Abrahamson Pastor Salems Kytkan Chicago 1886 Na dod * Photographers address 208 east Ohio Chicago ....The photos from this album are from a family from Sweden who emigrated to Chicago
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